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letters Power from a sacred trust With climate change hovering over us like a sword of Damocles, how we produce electricity has become critical. Burning fossil fuels is the most damaging way to get our power, since that produces CO2. And the power we use in North Carolina comes chiefly from coal, most of which comes from dynamiting mountaintops in neighboring states.

This is a matter of grave injustice.

Though there are promising new technologies available that will gradually close the gap, we will be burning coal for at least a generation, with nuclear and hydropower being the other chief sources. But the source of any additional capacity needs to be as close to carbon-neutral as possible.

Building more coal-fired plants is simply suicidal.

A 2006 study commissioned by the state legislature showed that with conservation, efficiency and a modest growth in renewable energy, we would not need any added capacity in N.C. for 10 years.

Despite this finding, Duke Energy is building a mammoth coal-fired plant at Cliffside, near Shelby.

Construction was temporarily halted by federal court order, citing in particular the mercury pollution it would produce, but Duke got around this by simply reclassifying the 800-megawatt plant as a “minor” source of pollution — without changing the plant design. The N.C. Utility Commission and Gov. Perdue went along with this shameful lie. The truth is, there is no clean coal, and we must stop building new plants.

On April 20, I joined 350 folks in a well-orga-

nized march in Charlotte to protest the Cliffside plant, urging Duke CEO Jim Rogers to cancel the project. Rogers has built a reputation as a greenpower executive, speaking articulately about the need to reduce CO2. Indeed, while we were reading the citizen’s injunction and Call to Conscience outside his headquarters, he was on the West Coast addressing a conference on renewable energy. On many occasions Rogers has touted the “grandchild test,” saying we must steward a world in which our grandchildren have as much chance for a healthy life as we have enjoyed. My protest sign read, “Jim Rogers, you flunked the grandchild test.”

I was one of 42 citizens who committed trespass and were arrested that day. I felt it an honor to be in the Mecklenburg County jail with grandmothers in their 80s, students from Appalachian State, environmental leaders and clergy, and most of all, victims of mountaintop removal — that most “efficient” but devastating way to mine coal.

Who is this being built for? Not for us. As the mandated study showed, we don’t need Cliffside.

The additional capacity is being built to sell for profit elsewhere. But I went to Duke headquarters not simply to expose an external enemy. Our own behavior as consumers is key to reducing demand.

This is a justice issue — for the poorest among us already impacted by global climate change and for the rest of creation, which we put at risk by our arrogance and foolishness. It is a stewardship issue — not just of creation, but of our own species. If we don’t radically dampen the accelerating CO2 curve,

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As far as we know, we are the only beings in the universe who can look within and find the Creator staring back. This is a sacred trust indeed.

— Robert McGahey Burnsville

Take care of Rumbling Bald’s rareties We appreciate Julie Tracey’s article on climbing in Hickory Nut Gorge [“Moving on Up,” Outdoors, April 22] and are generally supportive of responsible climbing. A clarification is appropriate, however, about Rumbling Bald.

The majority of Rumbling Bald is private property. The Nature Conservancy purchased it in 2001, first and foremost because it is a nationally significant natural area containing at least seven rare-plant and six rare-animal species. The granitic domes on the mountain contain globally rare habitats that are extremely vulnerable to trampling-type disturbances.

In order to protect these rare natural features, the north side of Rumbling Bald is not open to climbing. Climbers should refrain from trespassing there and enjoy other climbing opportunities in the gorge, resting well in the knowledge that in doing so, they are partners in the protection of a globally imperiled natural resource.

— David Ray Southern Blue Ridge Project Director The Nature Conservancy, NC Chapter Asheville

Which state was that again?

On Friday, April 24, I was at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Governors’ Proclamation ceremony, representing the Carolina Mountain Club — but Gov. Bev Perdue, my governor, was not there. It was a bad call and mistake on her part.

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are more acres of land in North Carolina and more miles of hiking trails in North Carolina than in Tennessee. But ask anyone outside those two states about the park, and they’ll tell you that the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is in Tennessee.

And Tennessee’s Gov. Phil Bredesen was at the ceremony, of course.

Gov. Perdue’s spokesperson was quoted as saying, “It’s so far out of the way.” But Perdue is the governor for the whole state. Here in Western North Carolina, our federal lands — the park and the national forests — shape our culture and the way we live. I’ll hope that the governor will pay an “I’m sorry” visit to the park and maybe walk on [our] fabulous trails.

— Danny Bernstein Asheville

Free speech can be tolerant I was talking to a friend about my video project “My Marshall,” which was about to air on URTV, and how excited I was. Even though the piece was uninspiring and probably boring, that was unimportant. What was important was the chance to communicate to my friends and strangers a little of what I see in the world — to show the world from my perspective and to exercise freedom of expression and freedom of speech. To me, that is what URTV is all about: freedom of expression, freedom of speech.

My friend was also excited, because he was a former viewer of the Mad Scientist Tea Party and was the first to tell me he had seen me on that show — which he found zany and entertaining.

He allowed as to how, from what he had been reading, things were perhaps not going as well at URTV as they should be. I allowed as how, as far as the operation of the station was going, things were great. The facilities are beautiful, the equipment is first rate and perfectly kept and the staff are knowledge and friendly and helpful. The only thing I can see it lacks is more local content. More local writing, more local acting, more local music. But that is very doable.

The important point is to support and enhance

the only source of public access in Western North Carolinian. It gives anyone a chance to speak their mind. There is a reason that the First Amendment to the Constitution is about free speech. Without free speech — the ability to speak our mind without fear of any impediment — there are no other freedoms, and we are no longer living in a free country.

Which brings me to the Wednesday meeting to dismiss Ms. Davyne Dial from the URTV board.

Ms. Dial is a dear friend, but the other board members are also friends, as are most of the people involved.

What I would like, pray and hope to see is for everyone to take a step back, take a deep breath and see where we are heading. The law of unintended consequences is always working and is as sure as

gravity. Ms. Dial’s presence on the board cannot possibly hurt the board in any way — and is positive, in the sense that dissent and another perspective is not only healthy, it is required in order to keep everyone acting in an upright way.

But what is also sure as gravity is that the dismissal of Ms. Dial will have a profound effect. It is ungenerous, unkind and probably illegal from a constitutional perspective, no matter what the lawyer says. Something similar happened in my church over songbooks. A difference of opinion led to a divisive splitting of the church and a lifetime of hurt and regret.

My advice here is simple: Call this whole thing off. Be tolerant, generous, forgiving.

— Steve Rice Marshall

This good deed goes noticed I’m writing about a man who was walking along Biltmore Avenue by the Biltmore Fitness Center at around 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22.

I was on a treadmill by the window when he came by and stopped to pick up some trash along the street. I watched as he then crossed Biltmore Avenue, deposited the trash in a trash can and then continued heading north, stopping periodically to pick up more trash.

I realize that this was Earth Week in Asheville, but I suspect that man is the sort of person who does this all year round. As one Ashevillean to another, I want to say a hearty thank you.

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by Betty Cloer Wallace Bill O’Reilly’s recent denunciation of Appalachian-Americans on FOX News is only the latest example of the widespread, multigenerational problem of Appalachian hillbilly stereotypes. Quite simply, O’Reilly once again reminded the world that Appalachian mountain natives are the only group in America that many people still have the audacity to publicly ridicule as being ignorant — and worse.

O’Reilly even expanded the historical litany of hillbilly stereotypes to include our being drug-addicted, hopelessly beyond social and moral redemption, and unworthy to live in our own mountain homeland. Appalachian children, he says, should move to Miami to save themselves.

Can you imagine O’Reilly directing such despicable rhetoric toward _____ or _____ or _____? (Insert whatever racial, ethnic or cultural groups you choose.) While other groups are stereotyped and subjected to varying degrees of

we’ll survive regardless of what the outside world thinks?

Well, I do care — for myself, my family and friends, and my culture — and I don’t believe we’re surviving very well now or will survive with a shred of honor and dignity in the future unless we rise up, en masse, and protest this kind of abuse at every opportunity.

We’re portrayed as lolling about in our insular Snuffy Smith/Mammy Yokum/corncob-pipe mode as if the opinion of the rest of the world didn’t matter — even as we’re being brutalized every time someone mimics our dialect, rejects us for gainful employment, or dismisses our opinion out of hand (How could an ignorant hillbilly possibly have something to say?).

A professor at the University of Colorado once said to our own Charles Frazier (of Cold Mountain fame), “Imagine that — a hillbilly with a Ph.D.!” Even worse than the professor’s harboring such a misbegotten thought is the fact that she felt free to say it to his face at a fac-

Why are we so reluctant to pick up pine knots and go to war against such blatant, insidious misrepresentation of our culture? “acceptable” bigotry, Appalachian-Americans seem to be the only minority expressly deemed stupid.

How can we overcome the pervasive hillbilly stereotypes that have demoralized us for more than a century and that continue to impact both our economic well-being and our children’s future? Why are we so reluctant to pick up pine knots and go to war against such blatant, insidious misrepresentation of our culture? Why do we continue to pull in our heads like turtles and pretend that we don’t care, that

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ulty dinner party. Can you imagine her making such a statement to a person of any other racial, ethnic or cultural group?

Debilitating hillbilly stereotypes resound internationally and hurt us on so many levels, both personally and economically.

For the past 125 years, especially during periods of economic depression, zealous missionaries, opportunistic writers and rapacious industrialists have flocked to our mountains.

Deeming us easy targets, they misrepresent our culture; scalp our mountaintops; redesign our communities; pollute our rivers; rape our land with roads, airports and cookie-cutter shopping centers; and mine our geological resources. And all the while, they’re defining us the way they want to see us — as ignorant and needy — which, of course, justifies their exploitation.

Remember Deliverance? Remember Tobacco Road? But some recent movies have portrayed us as even more violent and subhuman than those older, culture-defining films. Creature from the Hillbilly Lagoon and Wrong Turn, for example, feature inbred, mutant hillbillies who cannibalize tourists (Not altogether a bad idea, some locals say).

And while many people recently tried to get a cartoonist fired for depicting the shooting of a “stimulus-plan gorilla,” O’Reilly was shooting

down an entire culture on international television — and surprisingly few people were outraged or even seemed to care. Well, we ought to care, and care deeply, because the issue is infinitely larger and farther-reaching than mere irritation with O’Reilly.

True, he’s a catalyst and flash point for bigotry and intolerance, but O’Reilly’s not the source of our problem: We are.

We’re to blame for not doing our best to root out such bigotry, expose it for what it is, and replace it with a truer reflection of who we are. Why aren’t we honoring our centuries-old heritage of persistence, perseverance, courage, loyalty, language and love of freedom, nourished by generations of our Scottish, English, Irish, German, Welsh and Cherokee ancestors?

We should demand that the word “hillbilly” be excised from our language, just as other demoralizing racial, cultural and ethnic slurs are no longer spoken aloud in polite company.

Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia, the first high-profile person to publicly denounce these crippling multigenerational stereotypes, found enough support several years ago to prevent CBS from creating a Beverly Hillbillies reality show that would have placed an Appalachian family in a Beverly Hills mansion to be ridiculed for a year. The producers had even advertised in our local newspapers for an ignorant mountain family — all expenses paid!

More recently, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin authorized a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign aimed at countering his state’s hillbilly stereotypes, but few other politicians have come on board.

It’s getting harder to find native mountaineers who still carry the old values and spirit of independence exemplified by Miller and Manchin, and within a few more generations, our real culture may fade into oblivion — even as the stereotypes linger. Our centuries-old heritage will be gone, and children will ask: “Who, exactly, were the hillbillies? Where did they live? Where did they go?”

And their mothers will respond: “They were lazy, toothless, ignorant people in old movies who ate possums and tourists, dear, but you mustn’t say the H-word aloud. It’s politically incorrect.”

We do have a choice. We can hasten our own cultural demise by doing nothing, by drawing a circle around ourselves and trying to shut out the rest of the world. Or, like Miller and Manchin, we can pick up our pine knots and go to war — to save ourselves. X Betty Cloer Wallace is a descendant of Roderick Shelton, the first English settler in Madison County.

She teaches writing and literature at Southwestern Community College.

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by Carmen Alicia Moncayo Parallel lines never cross, though they may run close together without touching.

But what I truly love are the meeting points where the lines find each other: the intricate play of tree branches; the light woven in and through the fibers of a tapestry or shimmering in water. Playful circles overlap, and suddenly an integrated masterpiece takes shape, a landscape created by converging lines and points that inundate our eyes with exuberant imagery every second of our lives.

This is a true story, set right here in Buncombe County. Anita Flores — an honest, hard-working, 41-year-old woman — cleans houses from dawn to dusk so she can provide for her two children and aging parents.

Five years ago, her father suffered a stroke and has been comatose and bedridden ever since. Anita and her mother have cared for him with total devotion, but the cost of spe-

Salvador. She remembers long walks hand in hand with her beloved husband, or preparing her favorite food, or walking to the market. And then she wakes up to confront once again a harsh reality.

As the days go by, I’ve seen Anita growing weaker, more frustrated and depressed, exhausted not only by her hard physical work but by the huge emotional toll of always having to be strong to provide for her children and parents, pay the mortgage and all the bills, and meet the basic needs for daily survival.

Not long ago, her father suffered a severe pancreas complication that took him back to the hospital. The surgery went well, but the hospital bills were added to the already crushing burden on Anita’s shoulders.

If her parents were back in El Salvador, all the members of their large family would pitch in to help care for their dad. There’s also a good chance that Anita’s mom would recover her health and strength there. Anita,

Even here in Asheville, there are parallel realities and lives that never cross: people in need and people willing to help. cial food, diapers, lotions and medicines has taken a giant slice of their limited budget.

Meanwhile, I’ve seen Anita’s mom’s health decline severely as well. Five years ago, she was a strong woman; now she’s skinny and worn out. She’s lost most of her teeth, and she rarely smiles, whether due to shame over all those missing teeth or to the isolation and endless grind imposed by these sad circumstances.

Her greatest comfort is the memories of her tropical hometown, Sonsonate in El

meanwhile, would be able to focus on being a mom to her children.

We are living at a focal point in history — a hard time but also a privileged one. The considerable challenges we face underscore the need for each of us to intertwine our individual efforts with those of our neighbors. There’s an unlimited power to life lived fully, and we are all part of one another’s success and happiness. Working together, we can find the strength to dream — against all odds.

But embracing the dream means helping forge it, and it begins with small projects that start in the hearts of individuals.

Even here in Asheville, there are parallel realities and lives that never cross: people in need and people willing to help. In this case, a generous local doctor made the difference, arranging for Anita’s parents to fly back to El Salvador. Her father, Mr. Armando Flores, is greatly improved, and Yolanda, his wife, finally has a normal life again.

It was a wonderful gesture by an anonymous donor, and it makes such a nice, happy ending to my story. But right here in our little corner of the world, there are so many more women, men and children who are in deep distress, longing for a little hope and support.

Each of us has the capacity to prevent one woman from confronting the outer limits of despair. Working together, we can reach so many more, and in the process, we’ll be planting the seeds of a healthy community that will help its children become more sensitive and productive adults.

And so I address you, dearest readers, sharing the incessant urgency I feel to be part of a larger tapestry. We must make a start, intertwining the fibers of our hearts and our shared strength to create a true community project, concrete and efficient, that can then inspire others and, thus, rapidly expand. In this way, we can transform this great nation, leading it to new heights that are not even imaginable now.

This is the true meaning of the pervasive calls for change: Yes, we can! X Born in Quito, Ecuador, Carmen Alicia Moncayo has lived in Asheville since 1998, teaching ESL in a church-based program in Weaverville. She believes home is the place our heart chooses to love.

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news Paul Mazzola was walking home from The Rocket Club last August when a car pulled up and a man leaned out the window, showed a chrome-plated gun and demanded his wallet.

Mazzola gave him $52 (all the money he had) and called 911 when he got home.

The Asheville Police Department classified the robbery as “gang-related” and subsequently arrested two suspects, one 17 years old and the other 18. From June through November 2008 (during the first year the APD tracked gangrelated crime), the department recorded 91 gang incidents in its Central District, which includes downtown and its immediate surroundings.

Twenty-two of those crimes were later re-classified, leaving 69 gang incidents during that period.

Asheville’s gangs first made the news in 2007, when the city saw a 25 percent increase in gun violence, including a high-profile shooting at a Montford birthday party. The APD attributed the jump to a rise in gang activity.

At a community meeting called in the wake of that crime, retired APD Patrol Supervisor Walt Robinson asserted that “the boys in blue don’t have a clue,” saying warnings about the problem had gone unheeded for years.

Before the meeting, the police had begun working on several initiatives to address the situation, including establishing a two- detective gang unit, training other officers in how to combat gangs, and beginning to specifically track gang violence. And earlier this year, the APD signed an agreement with the Buncombe and Henderson County sheriff’s offices to create the Western Carolina Gang Task Force. Incidents such as a recent gang-related grocery-store rob-

On watch: Detective Louis Tomasetti of the Western Carolina Gang Task Force surveys gang graffiti on a building just south of downtown Asheville. photo by Jason Sandford

hard to attribute that to our efforts.”

Meanwhile, the underlying problems persist.

“Despite [the gang unit’s] work, the social factors that create gangs haven’t changed,” stresses APD spokesperson Melissa Williams. “I think that’s the greatest contributor to the gang activity: Where they’re coming from doesn’t change at all.”

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a program for at-risk youth, and they have a very different view of the problem.

“This is nothing new,” DeWayne maintains.

“People spend a lot more money trying to find villains than create heroes. Compare the amount they put into chasing people down and locking them up to the amount they put into building up communities. The way this country treats lowwealth minorities is f**ked up, and that’s never really addressed: They keep doing Band-Aids.”

To address those social issues, Lamb and his partner, Detective Louis Tomasetti, also spend

Reading the signs

“It’s an identity issue. They’re just looking for somewhere to fit in, and we know these gang members target those kids.”

— Detective Chris Campbell, Western Carolina Gang Task Force bery in Mars Hill indicate that the problem isn’t limited to a single area.

Law-enforcement agencies believe there are 25 well-organized gangs active in the Greater Asheville area and about 50 less structured gangs, ranging from affiliates of such well-known national gang networks as the Crips and Bloods to white supremacists and biker gangs moving through the area.

In 2008, the APD’s figures showed a 12 percent decrease in gun-related crime, though Detective Mike Lamb of the gang task force cautions, “It’s

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time educating local youth and talking to families.

“The biggest factor in the gang lifestyle — [whether] someone’s drawn to it — is the parents,” says Lamb. “We have the Great Families program, which is geared towards middle-school children between the ages of 10 and 14. Studies are finding that the younger the child, the better our chances of doing some kind of intervention if they’re in that environment.”

But the police aren’t the only ones working that angle. Brothers DeWayne and Clarence Barton are also on the front lines through Asheville GO,

The 69 gang-incident reports document everything from vandalism and burglaries to brawls and robberies (see sidebar, “Gang Incidents by the Numbers”). The largest single category, drug violations, includes 11 incidents, mostly involving crack, cocaine or marijuana. Other common gang-related crimes include assaults (10), robberies (8) and vandalism (also 8). There’s also a spate of robberies similar to Mazzola’s, with an attacker leaning out a car window to rob a victim at gunpoint.

Much of that activity is what Lamb says gang members call “putting in work” — one reason that gang wannabes are more dangerous than established gang members.

“When we started this, we had mixed opinions on gang activity, with some officers saying we didn’t really have a gang problem, we just had wannabes,” notes Lamb. “What we’ve learned throughout our training is that wannabes are actually more violent: They’re trying to build

their reputation. When they ‘put in work,’ a more established gang member will have them do things like shootings, assaults, sell drugs and commit other crimes. I like to refer to it as a pyramid scam: The older gang members get the wannabes to do the work for them. The kids don’t realize they’re just getting duped.”

Education, says Lamb, is a key weapon: training law-enforcement officers and civic groups throughout the area to recognize the signs of gang activity. To date, the city’s gang unit and members of the task force have made more than 100 presentations to community groups.

Since the task force is “only a five-person unit,” he emphasizes, “that information is vital” in enabling community members to help combat the problem.

Indeed, the gang-incident reports show that 28 of the cases were closed due to the police having exhausted their leads or victims refusing to coop-

erate or press charges.

Several signs help identify gang activity, says Lamb. “If we have where everyone’s wearing the same color, or if it’s gang-on-gang-member crime, that’s a sign — they usually don’t rob an innocent third party, because someone who’s got ill-gotten gains isn’t going to call the police.”

Clarence Barton, however, believes police often misinterpret supposed signs of gang activity and end up going after easy targets rather than actual gang members.

“When the police come through, they harass people because they think they’re part of a gang,” he asserts. “If you’ve got some kids that are all dressing one way, it could just be a fad, but they round them all up, charge them in a group because there’s one bag of weed. They label it a gang.”

An APD document defines a gang as “a group or association of three or more persons who may

Gang incidents by the numbers Above, excerpts from two of the 91 gang-incident reports Xpress obtained from the Asheville Police Department. Below, a breakdown of all the crimes the APD has qualified as gang incidents from June to November 2008. (Note: Because some incidents involved more than one criminal activity, the numbers given here do not match the 69 incidents cited in the main story.)

Type/Number of Incidents Drug Offense 11 Assault 10 Robbery 8 Vandalism/Property Damage 8 Burglary/Breaking and Entering 5 Firearms 4 Harassment/Threats 2 Fraud 2 Larceny 2 Graffiti 1 Civil Disturbance 1 Fight 1 Resisting Officer 1

Possession of Stolen Vehicle 1 Possession of Stolen Property 1 Result Arrested 24 Leads Exhausted 20 Prosecution Declined 6 Inactive 2 Refused to Cooperate 2 Further Investigation 2 Unfounded 1 To view all the incident reports, go to www. mountainx.com/xpressfiles.

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have a common identifying sign, symbol or name and who individually or collectively engage in, or have engaged in, criminal activity which creates an atmosphere of fear and intimidation.”

The changing face of gangs Although Clarence Barton is an Asheville native, he lived in California for many years and saw gang problems there as well.

“Down there, they’ve had generations; in Asheville, it’s not that deep yet,” he notes. The local gangs, says Barton, “are knowing and learning from the bigger cities. That’s why prevention is so important.”

Indeed, the knowledge factor is part of what makes gangs more of a problem than individual criminals or ad-hoc groups, says Lamb. “Some of these guys go to prison [and] get training from other gang members on how to carry out these robberies. They’re more apt, being involved in a gang, [and they] get criminal tips from older gang members, much more than someone who’s just in desperate times.”

That adaptation process continues, he emphasizes: As police have focused on stopping violent and drug-related gang crime, gangs are moving into white-collar crime, such as fraud.

“Locally, we’ve seen check-cashing schemes within one gang,” notes Lamb. “Nationally, that’s becoming the trend. Within the biker gangs, they’re going into real-estate fraud. They’re starting to employ more technology, more moneylaundering schemes.”

But DeWayne Barton says he’s seen little

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He also maintains that the police are more likely to crack down on gangs when developers become interested in a neighborhood. “Let’s be real about this: The focus comes along anytime people want to do development in the area. Let’s get everybody at the table, make sure everybody benefits.”

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DeWayne Barton cites the Burton Street neighborhood as an example of a successful local response to the gang problem. The federal Weed and Seed program provided funding for both an enhanced law-enforcement presence and for building up community institutions.

“They created a lot of opportunity; people started working together,” he reports. “Let’s support the programs that are out there; let’s highlight the strengths of kids that are trying to do right as much as we do those in the gangs.

The kids that are doing right should be the spotlight.”

A key piece of that is community activities.

connected, give them something constructive to do. They used to do that all the time when I was growing up, but a lot of it’s disappeared.”

Detective Tomasetti makes a similar point.

“The biggest factor [in the growth of gangs] is parents not [being] around and a lack of support from the community,” he asserts. “A lot of these kids are getting lost in the shuffle.”

“It’s an identity issue,” maintains Detective Chris Campbell of the gang task force. “They’re just looking for somewhere to fit in, and we know these gang members target those kids. That’s why we’re trying to focus so much on education.”

Local government, DeWayne Barton concedes, has begun showing “some interest, and that’s good.” But he says government at all levels still focuses on enforcement rather than prevention.

“Let’s compare how much money they spend to keep someone out there at Swannanoa [Juvenile Detention Center] versus how much money they spend in the community where that young kid came from. It doesn’t balance: We’ll spend hundreds of thousands to keep someone locked up, and pennies in his community.” X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 137, or at dforbes@mountainx.com.

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by Brian Postelle City Council amended Asheville’s animal ordinance to facilitate keeping chickens in the city but held off on a proposed ban on tethering dogs.

Both issues have attracted public attention in the past year or so, as evidenced by the formation of two activist groups: Asheville City Chickens and ChainFree Asheville, both of which were well represented at Council’s April 28 session.

The approved changes include reducing the buffer zone between chicken coops and property lines from 100 feet to the nearest house, down to 10 feet from the property line or 50 feet from the nearest house (whichever is less).

Scott Barnwell of Asheville City Chickens told Council that the move would encourage local food production and expand private-property rights.

Brad Brock agreed. “We are a progressive community,” he said, “and sometimes being a progressive community means looking into the past for sustainable practices.”

The retooled ordinance prohibits keeping roosters due to noise concerns, a restriction supported by the chicken activists. But while the poultry discussion remained generally high-spirited, dog advocates came armed with grim stories and grisly pictures to support their plea that the city prohibit attaching canines to chains, ropes or even runners (which staff had recommended exempting).

Dogs kept tied up, asserted ChainFree Asheville founder Peggy Irwin, are at risk of injury, are often neglected to the point of dehydration, and are more aggressive.

“The worst problem is the dog’s psychological state,” she said. “When you adopt a dog, you are not just buying something like a lawn mower.”

“I don’t know what these dogs are, but I don’t think we can call them pets if they are on chains 24/7,” added group member Walt Sinclair. For some time, ChainFree Asheville has had a standing offer to build fences for people with tethered dogs, at no cost to the pet owner. The organization has built several such fences and plans to continue the service.

The ordinance also allows the temporary use of livestock, particularly goats, to thin grass, ivy and kudzu. In addition, beehives are now allowed within 100 feet of a neighboring property (down from 150 feet). City permits would be required in both cases.

Another provision prohibits residents from “knowingly or willingly” leaving food waste, pet food or grain where it could attract threatening wild animals, such as bears. But some, including Wild Birds Unlimited co-owner Chris Jaquette, read that change as prohibiting bird feeders, which sometimes lure bears. “This is going to hurt my business,” he predicted. “It puts out the idea that this is something that is going to get you cited.”

Coexisting with wildlife, said Jaquette, is part of living in the Appalachian region. “A lot of folks come here because nature is at your doorstep,” he noted. Jaquette was one of several speakers who argued that new developments intruding into forested areas are a more likely contributor to bear problems.

Staff, however, clarified that the provision would be triggered only if a resident disregarded a notice from the Animal Services Unit that a bear had been sighted in the area, and even then, the restrictions would apply for only a limited period of time.

The discussion got some Council members talking about their own associations with animals.

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Council member Carl Mumpower said he raises bees (which can also attract bears, he noted), and Vice Mayor Jan Davis admitted: “We always had a hound or two we kept chained up. I know it’s not the thing to do now — now we have a pen.”

Nonetheless, Davis said he would probably be among “the minority at the table” who would not support the proposed changes, citing enforcement problems compounded by budget issues. And keeping chickens, he emphasized, is more work than some residents might imagine. “We’re a progressive community, and that’s the thing to do right now, so we’re going to keep chickens. But neglected chickens is something I think we’re going to have a big problem with.”

Council member Kelly Miller, meanwhile, emphasized that while he supported the changes regarding chickens, he was “100 percent against tethering.”

Cape agreed, saying, “I have become convinced by the conversation tonight that we might be liable

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food out when bears have been sighted. Staffers will also continue to explore options for addressing the tethering question and report back to Council in 30 to 60 days.

Property owners still fighting Owners of property in a recently annexed area near Airport Road resisted city staff’s request to apply residential zoning.

After a lengthy legal battle, the involuntary annexation took effect at the end of March. The N.C. Court of Appeals ruled in Asheville’s favor last year, and in February, the state Supreme Court dismissed the case. The ruling gave Asheville 60 days from March 1 to implement zoning, and city staff has recommended a variety of uses, including residential, mixed, commercial and industrial.

But some property owners maintained that one particular area proposed for residential zoning should really be commercial. Jim Diaz, one of several people owning affected parcels along Bradley Branch Road, noted that despite the sector’s proposed RS-8 (resi-

“The worst problem is the dog’s psychological state.

When you adopt a dog, you are not just buying something like a lawn mower.”

— ChainFree Asheville if we, as a city, are part of training animals to be vicious.” But her proposed amendment banning all tethering unless the pet is within sight of its owner prompted some on Council to back off.

Brownie Newman noted that approving the ban would suddenly put anyone tethering their dog on the wrong side of the law. “We are going to make them criminals,” he said. “I would want to make sure the resources are there to support them” in correcting the situation.

Mayor Terry Bellamy asked to have the tethering language pulled for the time being. Police Chief Bill Hogan endorsed the move, noting that the city’s animal-control enforcement staff is down from four to two, with the vacant positions frozen due to budget cuts. And despite Chain Free Asheville’s offer to provide fences, said Hogan, some neighborhood associations have restrictions on such structures.

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Robert Coxe argued that the area is commercial in nature, noting that there are group homes on two of the parcels in question and a small landscaping business on another one.

The property owners say an RS-8 designation would limit both the ways they could use their property and its market value. But Urban Planner Blake Esselstyn explained that the residential designation was intended to preserve potential affordable housing, saying the property owners’ petition was news to him.

Council members unanimously approved all the zoning designations except the Bradley Branch cluster, opting to hold off while city staff re-examines the suitability of Commercial/ Industrial zoning there. X Brian Postelle can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 153, or at bpostelle@mountainx.com.

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In the loop: Members of Ashevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public Art Board check out the proposed location for the Energy Loop after a recent meeting. photo by Jason Sandford

At the same meeting, the art board decided to keep the Urban Trailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flatiron sculpture at its former location on the corner of Battery Park Avenue and Wall Street. An allegedly drunken driver in a Pontiac struck the sculpture Feb. 28, knocking it about six feet down the sidewalk.

It was later removed for repairs and has yet to be reinstalled.

Mary Ann and Steve West, who own the adjacent Miles Building, had asked the board to consider moving the sculpture to a spot on the other side of Wall Street directly in front of the Flat Iron Building. In an April 13 letter, the Wests said that while they love the sculpture, they believe it creates confusion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On most days, several visitors confuse the Historic Miles Building with the Flat Iron Building due to the sculpture and have missed appointments and meetings because of this confusion,â&#x20AC;? they wrote.

But the board said it has no plans to move the Reed Todd sculpture, noting that the old

location was specifically chosen to ensure that the artwork could be seen in relation to the adjacent, wedge-shaped Flat Iron Building.

Recalling the irons used at the old Asheville Laundry, the 8-foot-tall sculpture, which marks a station on the Urban Trail, is a popular hangout for buskers as well as tourists looking for a funky photo op.

The art board also heard an update on the Urban Trail audio tour. A company is recording interviews with a number of subjects, with the goal of allowing anyone with an iPod or other MP3 player to download it for a selfguided exploration of Ashevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. Due to be completed by June, the audio tour will be posted on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Web site.

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The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public Art Board has wholeheartedly endorsed placing the wavy strip of black steel in the center of a new plaza created adjacent to Buncombe Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new parking deck and the Carolina First Building on College Street.

Back in 1983, the Swannanoa sculptorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abstract work was unveiled at a nearby site between the old City/County Plaza and Pack Square. The piece was uprooted more than two years ago to make way for construction of the new Pack Square Park. Ever since, the Public Art Board has been pushing to have it placed there, but the Pack Square Conservancy, charged with overseeing the new park, has resisted.

At the art boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s April 28 meeting, however, a new location was announced: a green mound in the center of the College Street plaza, directly across from the Buncombe County Courthouse. Diane Ruggiero, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s superintendent of cultural arts, said she hit upon the idea and began asking about the space, which is owned by the county. City officials approached the county about the idea, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been amenable, she said.

Adjourning their meeting on the fifth floor of City Hall, board members strolled over to the proposed location for a closer look. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a high-traffic area, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safe,â&#x20AC;? said board member Bill Fishburne, noting that children have enjoyed climbing on the piece over the years.

Fellow board member Harry Harrison agreed, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is good; this is right.â&#x20AC;?

Ruggiero said she wants to hold public hearings to get feedback on the plan. If all sides agree to move forward, she noted, city and county officials will have to craft an agreement.

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Two of three Council incumbents and Mayor Terry Bellamy have so far announced their intentions to defend their seats in November.

Council member Robin Cape made it official in December, while incumbent Carl Mumpower sat on the fence until just a few weeks ago.

Still in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;will he or wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t he?â&#x20AC;? column is Kelly Miller, the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce executive VP who was appointed to Council in December to fill the seat vacated

by Holly Jones. Miller has filed a Statement of Organization (fundraising prerequisite) with the Buncombe Board of Elections, but told Xpress recently that he is not yet ready to make an announcement.

So far, three candidates have made early announcements. Most recently, attorney Esther Manheimer entered the ring, filing her Statement of Organization on April 27.

In January, writer, activist and former county-commissioner candidate Cecil Bothwell launched his campaign. And in March, political blogger Gordon Smith kicked off his run for the office.

But, like buds on the trees, candidates emerge in the spring. One place to look for them is the list of 47 people who applied for Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; seat last

year. The public scrutiny involved could make for a good trial balloon for people considering a Council bid. Manheimer was one of those, making it to the final interview process along with four others. Sylvia Farrington is another, and indicated in December her consideration of a run this year, despite removing her name from the appointment short list.

Still to be spotted is a challenger for Bellamy.

That point has not been lost on another of the 47: Artist Jen Bowen, who serves on a handful of city committees including the one working on the Downtown Master Plan, put her name out as a mayoral candidate as an April Foolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s joke. But, she says, community reaction made her begin thinking seriously about the idea.

And her resolve is strengthened by the idea of Bellamy running unopposed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No major [office] should go unopposed,â&#x20AC;?

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Impromptu sit-down: Embattled URTV board member Davyne Dial holds an informal “nonmeeting” to discuss criticisms of her conduct the day of the membership vote on her removal. Dial and her supporters have criticized the process. photo by Jason Sandford

Board member Sandra Bradbury was there and said that although the notice announcing the change from a meeting to a poll had been signed “URTV Board of Directors,” she’d had no knowledge of it.

“It seems like they’re going off on their own and having secret meetings,” she said.

Dial, meanwhile, confirmed that she’d hired an attorney, who called URTV and said that any votes counted before 7 p.m. were invalid. “I retained an attorney because this process is not legal,” Dial explained. “I did not threaten to sue. The attorney just said, ‘Hey, if you do this, it’s not legal.’”

But board Treasurer Joe Scotto maintained that the transparency concerns have been resolved and that URTV is complying with the state’s open-meetings law, as required by its contracts with Asheville and Buncombe County. Both local governments funnel a portion of cable-TV fees to the public channel.

“There’s no secret meetings,” said Scotto.

“Our meetings are open; they’ve been filmed. We’ve addressed these concerns.”

After the vote, Dial sent out a list of criticisms of the process. Her supporters, she said, hadn’t been instructed to vote after 7 p.m., while her opponents had. In addition, said Dial, the requisite membership meeting was never called to order.

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Amid arguments and considerable tension, URTV members voted 33-12 to dismiss outspoken board member Davyne Dial on April 29, according to figures from URTV staff. Dial and her supporters have taken issue with the process, however. An Asheville police officer was present during the proceedings.

Dial’s detractors asserted that the station is running well and that her behavior has brought the public-access channel negative publicity. “We’re moving forward; we’re trying to make this work,” said URTV member David Connor Jones. “But negative stuff — portraying URTV as a shambles and not working properly — how does that help the membership? She’s being removed from the board because a lot of people are dissatisfied.”

Dial and her supporters countered that she’s merely tried to call attention to important issues concerning station management and lack of transparency, saying she shouldn’t be penalized for, in the words of URTV member Sean McNeal, “exercising her First Amendment rights. She’s being censored.”

The member poll, which ran from 1 to 10 p.m. in URTV’s offices, was a last-minute change from the membership meeting originally scheduled for that night. Objecting to the change, Dial and others held a “nonmeeting” to discuss issues facing the station.

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Women on the wall

Hanging on at ClimbMaxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s women-only night

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Ten minutes into my first climb, my left hamstrings are singing and my right buttockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cramping, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not about to stop: My motto is, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave here tonight until I clean that line.â&#x20AC;?

The room is full of women encouraging one another to succeed: spotting people, advising newcomers and exhibiting strength and flexibility equal to (and often surpassing) those of many male rock climbers.

Climbmax Climbing Center in downtown Asheville hosts these women-only sessions at least once a month. On this particular evening, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Climbing Toward Confidenceâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a program for middle-school girls funded by Our VOICE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; runs from 4 to 7 p.m. Meanwhile, women of all ages start filtering in, and before our session starts, we gather in a circle to talk. More than half are beginners, according to the climbing coordinator, Courtney Leigh Johnson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a really positive environment for women to climb, [as] opposed to walking into a roomful of burly

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a really positive environment for women to climb, [as] opposed to walking into a roomful of burly dudes.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; climbing coordinator Courtney Leigh Johnson

dudes,â&#x20AC;? she notes.

Others echo that theory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Climbing is intimidating,â&#x20AC;? says Sarah Smith. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot less intimidating when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a roomful of women.â&#x20AC;?

The strategy seems to be working: Kelsey Green maneuvers across the rock like a pro, though sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been doing this for a mere two months. Watching her girlfriend almost make it to the top of a route, Green laughs and calls out, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You gotta scream like a man to get that last one!â&#x20AC;?

Mainly, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bouldering â&#x20AC;&#x201D; climbing without ropes and harnesses. Different routes are marked with colored tape. Among the more technical routes is â&#x20AC;&#x153;the cave,â&#x20AC;? which has you groping for handholds while hanging upside down. I soon learn that your feet can grip with just as much force as your hands. Tracy Martin jams her entire foot into a hooked rock so sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stable enough for a longer reach with her arm.

When itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my turn, Martin leads me across the ceiling, telling me to â&#x20AC;&#x153;match on that rock.â&#x20AC;? I arch backward to ask her what that means, and we all laugh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Matchingâ&#x20AC;? usually means getting both hands or both feet on one spot. I also learn that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better to hang with arms stretched out rather than bending them and depending on the biceps. A few women effortlessly crawl across the walls and ceilings like monkeys. Others are awkward and hesitant, but nobody has a bad time.

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Enter the cave: Participants at ClimbMaxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s women-only night look on as Courtney Johnson navigates the cave like Spider-Woman. photo by Jonathan welch

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have no cardio!â&#x20AC;? one woman exclaims. And after repeatedly trying a difficult line, I, too, find my heart is pumping as if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d just jogged up a hill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have no upper-body strength!â&#x20AC;? another laments as she jiggles her arms to get the blood flowing again. We beginners tend to overrely on our arms, causing them to quickly fatigue. But once you get the hang of it, this sport strengthens the whole body. Everywhere, women are stopping to stretch out muscles so they can go at it just a little longer.

About 45 minutes later, my forearms are so tight that my hands are clawed into a perpetual grip. As I climb, my thumb catches in a spasm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just when I need that little extra oomph to get beyond the crux. So I bail, jumping down onto the crash pad. I try again, letting a group of women guide me across the rock and help me see where to grab next.

During the last hour, Hannah Gaebler leads a free yoga class. Besides helping soothe our aching muscles, it increases flexibility, which is crucial for making those difficult reaches.

Theme nights â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ladies of the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80sâ&#x20AC;? and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boulderers Ballâ&#x20AC;? (when everybody climbs in their fancy dresses, often augmented by tights) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; further encourage a laid-back atmosphere and help attract newcomers. Johnson, meanwhile, greets everyone like a friend, observing, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s night really does a lot to build the climbing community.â&#x20AC;? X For more information, go to http://womensonlyclimbmax.blogspot.com.

Bettina Freese lives in Asheville.

outdoorscalendar Calendar for May 6 - 14, 2009 Outdoor Fashion Show 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.

Appalachian Trail Conservancy A volunteer-based, private nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the Appalachian Trail. Info: www.appalachiantrail.org or 254-3708.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 5:30-8:30pm - Appalachian Trail 2000Milers Get-Together at Jack of the Wood. Prospective hikers also welcome.

Asheville Ski and Outing Club The year-round activity club organizes skiing, boarding, biking, rafting, golf and hiking trips for its members. Membership is open to all ages and ability. The club supports the Special Olympics. Info: 627-1047 or www.ashevilleskiclub.com.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Meeting.

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.

• MO (5/11), 7-8pm - Learn what to eat while training for a marathon or a long race, how many calories are burned in a training session and more. A sports nutritionist will be at the meeting at LaPaz Mexican Restaurant in Biltmore Village.

• TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Speed workout. Meet at Jus’ Running, 523 Merrimon Ave. Info: 252-7867. * Autism Fun Ride The first annual Autism Fun Ride in the Smokies will begin and end at Waynesville Recreation Center. The ride is being held to sponsor an Autistic child in Waynesville Parks and Recreation’s ASPY program. $20 per motorcycle. Info: 5500589 or 456-2030.

• SA (5/9), 10am-12:30pm - Autism Fun Ride. There will be a hot-dog lunch after the ride along with a drawing for door prizes. Open to all bikers.

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.

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 (5/6), 8:30am - Pilot Mt.-Farlow Gap. Info: 251-0886.

• SU (5/10), 8am - Pilot Mt., Farlow Gap, Daniel Creek Trails.

Info: (502) 494-9309 —- 12:30pm - MST: NC 215 to FS 816.

Info: 698-9394.

• WE (5/13), 8am - Hemphill Bald-Rough Fork Loop. Info: 684-8656.

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.

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: 254-7162 or www.colburnmuseum. org.

• SA (5/9), 10am-4pm - Join Steve Longenecker and Colburn curator/educator Phil Potter for an informative hike to the base of Looking Glass Rock. Bring water, good hiking shoes and lunch.

Free, but donations accepted. Reservations required. * Fat Tire Festival At Camp E-Toh-Kalu, located adjacent to DuPont State Forest.

To register for bike events: www.active.com (registration fees apply). All other events are free. Proceeds from the festival benefit the at-risk youth residing at the camp, which is operated

by Eckerd Youth Alternatives. Info: (800) 237-0308, yeliashevsky@eckerd.org or etkfattirefestival.org.

• SA (5/9), 8:30am - Registration —- 10am - Outdoor activities for the entire family, including mountain biking, trout fishing, kids’ bike challenges, a puppet theater, a life-sized chess set, picnicking and much more.

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.

Hershey’s Track and Field Youth Program This program is free to all youth ages 9 to 14. Events: 50-, 100-, 200-, 400- and 800-meter dash, 1600-meter run, 4x100meter relay, standing long jump and softball throw. This event is

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• SA (5/9), 9am - The event will be held at Asheville Middle School, 197 S. French Broad Ave. Land of Sky Trout Unlimited Info: 645-8700.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Dinner and socializing —- 7:30pm - Program. At Cornerstone Restaurant on Tunnel Road.

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.

Pigeon Valley Bassmasters All interested anglers in the community in WNC, Upstate S.C., East Tennessee and NE Georgia are invited to attend and share fishing ideas. Invitational tournaments are held throughout the area. Info: 884-2846 or middlefork2846@gmail.com.

• 2nd MONDAYS, 7pm - Meeting at the Canton Library in Canton.

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.

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

Tour de Falls Shuttle buses will run a 12-mile tour to High Falls, Triple Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and Lake Julia in DuPont State Forest. $10. Info: 692-2929, 877-6431 or www.dupontforest.com.

• SA & SU (5/9 & 10), 9am-3pm - Tour de Falls.

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farming & gardening

Perennially divided

The sociable art of sharing plants

by Cinthia Milner

My recent article on redoing my cottage garden (“The Aging Ageless Jardin,” March 25 Xpress), prompted lots of phone calls, emails and texts (sorry — I don’t answer those) all delivering the same message: Please don’t destroy your cottage garden! But, they went on, if you’re so heartless as to continue with your plan, well, what are you going to do with all those plants?

I suspect they weren’t nearly as interested in my garden’s survival as they were in making one of their own. Face it: When it comes to our neighbors’ plants, we gardeners are a greedy lot. I should know. I wouldn’t have a garden were it not for the generosity of friends who recognized my envy and gave me a snippet before I could sneak into their gardens at midnight, shovel in hand.

Besides, I’m not totally destroying my garden, just making it more manageable. Some of those plants will be redistributed around my house. I’ve also potted a lot of plants and might try to sell them. (Is this a shameless plug for a budding nursery in Leicester? Let’s see if the editors will leave it in.) Still others will be shared: Stephanie, a newly married and newly gardening friend, will get hollyhocks and Siberian iris for her fence line. My mother’s shady garage area will benefit from my hostas and astilbes, and my foxgloves will grace a neighbor’s wooded lot.

But the really great thing about gardening is that plants love to re-seed, self-layer, produce offsets and generally reward the gardener — and the gardener’s friends — by creating new plants with relative ease. When I first began gardening in earnest, I took on the title of “household propagator.” Aiming to fill our little spot on earth with as many plants as was humanly possible, I layered forsythias till my husband said: “Really; I mean, really. Where

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Face it: When it comes to our neighbors’ plants, we gardeners are a greedy lot.

Divide and multiply: One clump of perennials becomes four plants, thanks to simple division. photo by cinthia milner

do we put another one?”

I liked the fact that bending a forsythia limb down and covering it up with dirt could produce an entirely new plant. How cool is that? Now, all my friends have forsythia in their yards, courtesy of moi. I bought rooting hormone and took cuttings of everything from rhododendrons to Russian sage — basically every woody stem in my yard. The sage was a huge success, the rhododendrons not so much. Now, those same friends have Russian sage with their forsythia.

Re-seeding works even better. Let the plant reproduce itself, giving you a ton more plants.

Columbine and common grape hyacinths are great re-seeders. So yes, my friends now have those flowers their yards too. See how generous I am?

My all-time favorite way to get new plants, though, is what I’m doing now: dividing.

Perennial herbaceous plants need to be divided about every three to five years. This reinvigorates them, producing new growth and prettier blooms. It also allows for better air circulation and light in your garden, producing better blooms and discouraging diseases.

Best of all, it instantly gives you fully mature new plants: no waiting for seedlings to germinate or stem cuttings to root. Just dig up your perennial, divide it, and voilà! — four plants instead of one.

Consider my astilbes. I began with five each of white, pink and burgundy; I now have more than 60 astilbes, and this year, I’m dividing them again — a few each day. I’ll soon have more than 200 plants, and by the end of this month, they will cover a perfect, shady, completely overgrown bank that I have.

So here’s what you do. Examine your garden bed for plants that have gotten too big and clumpy. If the plant has grown in girth, is taking up more room than it should, has skimpy flowers or a bare middle, it’s time to divide. Dig up your plant with a flat-edged shovel, taking care not to damage the roots.

Then, using the same shovel or a really good garden knife, cut it into four sections. (You can do more than four, but too small isn’t good, so four is the rule of thumb.). Replant them — or, if your garden is too full, pot them and hand them out to friends. Now, when plants are just emerging, is the best time of year to divide them. (If it’s a spring-blooming flower, divide it in the fall, but make sure the plant is secure and well-mulched to avoid frost-heaving.)

So what are you waiting for? Grab a shovel and see what needs dividing in your yard. Oh, and let me know: You might have something I absolutely need X Cinthia Milner lives in Leicester.

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888.WNC.TREE. www.ArborEssenceTreeCare.com Garden Composters â&#x20AC;˘ Rain Barrels (pd.) Asheville GreenWorks (Quality Forward), Ashevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Keep America Beautiful, sells Garden Composters and Rain Barrels in the Green Goods Shop at 357 Depot Street. â&#x20AC;˘ 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. â&#x20AC;˘ Rain Barrels are 65 gallons, are easy to install, and cost $135. â&#x20AC;˘ All are made of 100% recycled plastic. â&#x20AC;˘ All sales benefit plantings in Asheville and Buncombe County. For more information, call 254-1776 or stop on by 357 Depot Street or visit: www.qualityforward.org Asheville Mushroom Club Learn about all aspects of mushrooms (collecting, identifying, growing or cooking). Info: 298-9988 or www.ashevillemushroomclub.com. â&#x20AC;˘ 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Monthly meeting at the WNC Nature Center. Membership is $18/year, and includes informative meetings and scheduled forays.

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. â&#x20AC;˘ TUESDAYS through FRIDAYS, 10:30am - Guided Garden Tours. Meet at the Baker Exhibit Center Lobby. $6 parking fee. â&#x20AC;˘ TUESDAYS through FRIDAYS, 10:30am - Guided Garden Tours. Meet at the Baker Exhibit Center Lobby. â&#x20AC;˘ TUESDAYS through SATURDAYS, 10am-Noon Bonsai Volunteers in the Garden. Volunteers stationed in the Bonsai Exhibition Garden will answer questions about both the collection and the garden. â&#x20AC;˘ SA (5/9) & TU (5/12) - Carolinas Dahlia Society and the N.C. Chrysanthemum Society present their Spring Dahlia Tuber Sale and Chrysanthemum Cutting Sale. The event will be held at the Education Center Auditorium on May 9 and at the Baker Exhibit Center Lobby on May 12. â&#x20AC;˘ TH (5/14), 6:30-8:30pm - â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defining Southern Appalachian Bonsai.â&#x20AC;? The N.C. Arboretum Bonsai Curator Arthur Joura will give a lecture and live demonstration, presenting a visual overview of the Arboretumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bonsai collection. $11 members/$15 public. Call to register: ext. 317.

Plant Clinics Buncombe County Master Gardeners will be available to look at plant problems and pests and answer gardening questions. Area residents are encouraged to bring in plant samples for evaluation. Info: 255-5522. â&#x20AC;˘ 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 11am-2pm - The Master Gardener Plant Clinics will be set up at the WNC Farmers Market in the breezeway between the retail buildings. Stop by and visit.

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. â&#x20AC;˘ WEDNESDAYS - 4:30-6:30pm - Open June-Sept.: Tryon Tailgate Market, across the railroad tracks from the Tryon Theatre. Info: 894-8823; 1-4pm - Open June-Oct.: Valle Crucis Farmers Market behind the Mast General store. Info: 963-6511; 3-6pm - Victory Tailgate Market, 1329 Tunnel Rd., E. Asheville, past the Blue Ridge Parkway entrance. Info: 775-5593; 2:30-6:30pm - Open April-Oct.: Weaverville Tailgate Market at Lake Louise. Info: 450-0708; 3:306:30pm - Open April-Oct.: West Asheville Tailgate Market behind the West End Bakery and Haywood Road Market. Info: 281-9099; 2:30-5:30pm - Open

May-Oct.: Spruce Pine Farmers Tailgate Market on Pollyannaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Porch, next to Wildflowers, on Upper Street in downtown Spruce Pine. Info: 467-2171; 2-6:30pm - Open April-Dec.: Wednesday Afternoon Downtown Tailgate Market next to the French Broad Food Co-op in downtown Asheville. Info: 683-1607. â&#x20AC;˘ WEDNESDAYS - 9am-Noon & FRIDAYS - 2-6pm - Open May-Oct.: Burke County Farmers Market. Info: 439-4460. â&#x20AC;˘ WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS - 8am-1pm - Open May-Oct.: Haywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Historic Farmers Market at the HART Theater and Shelton House parking lot on Pigeon St. Info: 627-3469; 8am-Noon - Open MayOct.: Waynesville Tailgate Market. Info: 648-6323; 8am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Watauga County Farmers Market on Hwy. 105 Ext. in Boone. Info: 355-4918; WE, 1-6pm & SA, 7am-1pm - Open May-Oct.: Cashiers Tailgate Market. Info: 230-4785. â&#x20AC;˘ THURSDAYS - 3-6pm - Open May-Nov.: Flat Rock Tailgate Market. Info: 698-8775. â&#x20AC;˘ FRIDAYS - 10am-2pm - Open June-Nov.: Cherokee Farmers Tailgate Market on Acquoni Road. in downtown Cherokee. Info: 554-6931. â&#x20AC;˘ SATURDAYS - 8am-Noon - Open June-Sept.: Andrews Farmers Market at First Street in Andrews.

Info: 321-2006; 8am-1pm - Open April through Dec.: Asheville City Market in the Public Works parking lot on S. Charlotte St. Info: 348-0340; 8am-Noon - Open April-Dec.: North Asheville Tailgate Market on the campus of UNCA. Info: 683-1607; 7am-Noon - Open April-Nov.: Henderson County Tailgate Market at 100 N. King St. (between First and Second Avenues). Info: 693-7265; 10am-2pm - Open April-Oct.: Cedar Valley Farmers Market in downtown Murphy. Info: 361-7505; 8-11:30am - Open April-Nov.: Polk Tailgate Market in front of the Polk County Courthouse. Info: 894-2281; 8am-Noon - Open June-Oct.: Franklin Tailgate Market in Macon County at West Palmer St. Info: 349-2046; 8am-Noon - Open April-early fall: Lenoir Bluegrass Farmers Market at the Hog Waller stage. Info: 2924664; 8am-2pm - Open year-round: French Broad Food Co-op Arts & Farm Market at 90 Biltmore Ave. in downtown Asheville. Art demos and live music.

Info: 236-9367; 9am-Noon - Rutherfordton Farmers Market on Main St. in downtown Rutherfordton; 8amNoon - Open May-Oct.: Mountain Valley Farmers Market on the downtown square in Hayesville. Info: 389-3022; 8:30am-1pm - Open May-Oct.: Graham County Farmers Market in the United Community Bank parking lot in Robbinsville. Info: 479-8788; 8amNoon - Bakersville Farmers Market in the Bakersville Community Medical Clinic parking lot in Bakersville; 8:30am-12:30pm - Open April-Oct.: Yancey County Farmers Market on S. Main St. at Hwy 19E. Info: 6820601; 9am-1pm - Open April-Nov.: Madison County Farmers & Artisans Market in the parking lot near Pittman Cafeteria up Dormitory Dr. at Mars Hill College.

Info: 680-9890; 9am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Black Mountain Tailgate Market at 500 Montreat Road in Black Mountain. Info: 582-5039; 9am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Jackson County Farmers Market on Railroad Ave. at Bridge Park. Info: 507-1146; 9am-Noon - Open May-Sept.: Riceville Community Tailgate Market in the parking lot of the Riceville Community Center. Info: 298-6549; 9am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Big Ivy Market at Marvin and Brenda Dillinghamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Spice Cove Dr. Info: 626-2624. â&#x20AC;˘ SUNDAYS, 1-5pm - Open May-Oct.: Greenlife Tailgate Market at 70 Merrimon Ave. Info: 254-5440; Noon-4pm - Open April-Nov.: Sundays on the Island, cross the river at the courthouse on Main St. in Marshall; 8am-Noon - Open June-Sept.: Swain County Tailgate Market in downtown Bryson City. Info: 4883848; 9am-5pm - Open June-Oct.: Topton Farmers Market at the crossroads in Topton. Info: 321-9030. â&#x20AC;˘ TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 8am-Noon - Open JuneSept.: Canton Tailgate Market at the town hall in the municipal parking lot on Park St. Info: 235-2760.

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Southern Appalachian Chapter of the NARGS Meetings are open to the public. Info: 698-7868. â&#x20AC;˘ SA (5/9), 10-10:30am - Registration and coffee â&#x20AC;&#x201D;10:30am-12:30pm - The Southern Appalachian Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society will feature Malcolm McGregor speaking on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saxifrages: Flowers for All Seasonsâ&#x20AC;? at the Flat Rock Village Hall, 2710 Greenville Hwy.

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Community Events & Workshops Asheville ABC Series “Assembling Ideas, Building our Futures, Connecting Communities.” For more info, including a consistently

updated schedule: www. ashevilleabc.com.

• SU (5/10), 6-8pm “Mother’s Day: Sustaining & being able to nurture our population, natural birthing & midwifery.” Held at Rosetta’s Kitchen.

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.

• WE (5/20), 9am-6pm - Van trip to Tipton-Hayes Farm in Johnson City. This historic site tells the story of Tennessee’s history from the early settlement to the Civil War era. $25. Dutch treat for lunch.Register by May 14.

• MO (5/18), 11:30am-1pm - “Lunch, Bunch & Bingo.”

Bring a packed lunch and a door prize. Desert and drinks will be provided. Register by May 14.

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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 children’s health, education and safety. The tour will begin and end at MANNA FoodBank, 623 Swannanoa River Road.

Eliada Homes Inc. Tours The public is invited to tour the century-old West Asheville campus, stay for lunch in the cafeteria, meet some of the students, and learn more about the organization’s mission.

Info: 254-5356, ext. 108 or dpope@eliada.org.

• 2nd & 4th TUESDAYS, 10:30am & 4pm - Eliada provides guided tours of the campus. The morning tour is followed by lunch with the children and the afternoon tour is of Eliada’s Enhanced Service Programs.

Henderson County Courthouse Events Info: 694-5003.

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

Montford Community Yard Sales Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts hosts monthly community yard sales at the Montford Rec Center, 34 Pearson Dr. Sell your wares or find bargains on household items, outdoor gear, clothing and more.

Tables are $5 and can be reserved three days prior to each sale. Info: 253-3714.

• SA (5/9), 7:30am12:30pm - Yard sale.

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.

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Preservation Week Events in Hendersonville Info: 697-3088.

• MO (5/11), 7pm - Kickoff reception at the Henderson County Heritage Museum on Main Street in Hendersonville. Visit the exhibits and enjoy desserts.

Free.

• TU (5/12), 7pm “Biltmore: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” One of Biltmore’s storytellers will give a presentation on Biltmore, with behind-thescenes photos of Biltmore’s history, current-day operations and renovation projects. At the City Operations Center, 305 Williams St. Free.

• WE (5/13), 10am & 2pm - Tour the renovated 1905 Henderson County Courthouse, designed by Richard Sharp Smith. Tours will begin in front of the building. Free.

• TH (5/14), 10am & 2pm - 7th Avenue Walking Tour.

The tour will begin at the Historic Depot and continue up and down 7th Avenue.

Free.

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

• MO (5/11), 7:30pm - “Turkey Between East and West,” with Dr. Paul Magnarella of Warren Wilson College in Owen Conference Center. $8/Free for students.

Info: 645-7170.

Strive Not to Drive Participate in the national campaign to increase awareness about air quality and transportation issues.

Info: www.blueridgecommute.org.

• MO (5/11) through FR (5/15) - Spend a week in May developing new ways to move about the city and explore multi-modal forms of transportation.

Participants are asked to sign up online.

• MO (5/11), 10am - There will be a press conference at the Chamber of Commerce followed by the second

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Local artists Gwen Deihn, Dan Essig, Andy Farkas and Annie Fain Liden will lead a book art discussion

wed Wednesday, May 6, at 7 p.m. at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe. These book artists and craftspeople will discuss ways that books can become objects of art. Info: 254-6734.

thur The public is invited to an opening reception for Glass Tapestries, an exhibit of hand-manipulated hot-

cane glass sculptures by Carole Perry, Thursday, May 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Bender Gallery. Info: 225-6625.

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Support the work of Food Not Bombs, a group of independent collectives that serves free vegan and vegetarian food to others, by attending a benefit show Friday, May 8, at 7 p.m. at Firestorm Cafe & Books. There will be live music and other forms of entertainment. Info: 255-8115.

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Take your pooch to the park Saturday, May 9. The second annual Paws in the Park event will be held at the Fletcher Community Park from noon to 3 p.m. The day will include live bluegrass music, a pet parade with prizes, dog adoptions, games and much more. Info: www.fletcherparks.org or 6870751.

National Geographic explorer and photographer Helen Thayer, who will be signing copies of her sun Meet books Sunday, May 10, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Mast General Store in Waynesville. Thayer is the first woman to walk solo to the magnetic north pole. Info: 452-2101.

Strive Not to Drive, a national campaign to increase awareness about air quality and transportation

mon issues, will host a press conference at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce followed by the second

annual Mayor’s Ride Monday, May 11, starting at 10 a.m. Mayor Bellamy will ride an electric bike with other community leaders on a 5-mile route around the downtown area. Info: www.blueridgecommute. org.

tue An opening ceremony, dinner and dance for this year’s Senior Games will be held Tuesday, May 12, at the Stephens-Lee Recreation Center in Asheville. Friendly sporting events for seniors will take place through Saturday, May 16. Info: 259-5809.

annual Mayor’s Ride. Mayor Bellamy will ride an electric bike with other community leaders.

• WE (5/13), 10-11am - The Asheville Transit Commission will host an event at the Transit Center on Coxe Ave. Participants will meet the dispatcher, tour the transit center and take a short bus ride while discussing fares, maps, routes and bus riding etiquette. Info: hannarmiller@ hotmail.com.

The Mediation Center Several upcoming community mediation trainings are open to the community. Info: www.mediatebuncombe.org or 251-6089.

• WE (5/13) - Facilitation Training.

Transylvania Heritage Museum Located at 40 West Jordan St., in Brevard.

• SA (5/9), 1-2pm National Preservation Month presentation, “Heritage Museum.”

Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Located at 225 Patton Ave. RSVP: 254-1529.

• WE (5/13), 10:30am The community is welcome to a “Dynamite Street Party celebrating the demolition of the old and kick off of the new.”

Social & SharedInterest Groups Tuesday Nights! • Single And Looking For Something Fun? (pd.) Try AVL Speed Dating!

Events start at 6:30pm and are held monthly at Forest Blue Restaurant (900 Hendersonville Road). • Next event: Tuesday, May 12, ages 45+. To make a reservation or for more info, call (828) 274-6934 or see AVLSpeedDating.com Adult Adoptees Networking Group Have fun and meet other adoptees, both international and domestic. The group meets monthly at different bars/restaurants/coffeehouses to socialize.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 67:30pm - Visit www. wncadoptionnetwork.org for meeting locations or e-mail

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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 gener-

ally $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.

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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.

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• 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.

Cribbage Club Info: 274-2398.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - Meets at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 N. Merrimon Ave. F32 Photography

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• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6:45pm - Reuters Center on UNCA campus, Rm. 206.

Food Not Bombs Come share food and build community. Asheville Food Not Bombs serves free vegetarian food and hosts informal activist network-

ing. 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.

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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.

• MO (5/11) - Movie of the Month Discussion: Under the Tuscan Sun. Free, but donations welcome.

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• 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.

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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.

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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.

OH Singles Group All singles are invited to mingle and meet. Info: 6982885.

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

OLE Older Lesbian Energy meets monthly for a potluck to socialize and plan other events. Info: 545-9698.

• 2nd SATURDAYS, 1pm - Potluck.

Polyamory Group A social group for all interested in polyamorous lifestyles. Info: 255-8115.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Meeting at Firestorm Cafe & Books, 48 Commerce St. Preservation Society Events The Preservation Society of Asheville & Buncombe County promotes and sup-

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

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.

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War The group meets monthly at St. George’s Episcopal Church off of Patton Ave. in the Malvern Hills area. Info: 670-7125.

• 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am - Meeting.

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.

Veterans for Peace Info: 582-5180.

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

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bers 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.

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.

WNC Magic Club Amateur and pro. Magicians helping each other. Info: 645-2941 or www.wncmagic.com.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 7pm - Meeting.

Youth OUTright Weekly Discussion Group A group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth ages 1420 meets at the Jefferson House, 21 Edwin Place, Asheville. Info: www. myspace.com/youthoutright.

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

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. Asheville Latte Republicans All are welcome for coffee, conversation and conservatism.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 5:307pm - Meetings at Filo, 1155 Tunnel Rd. 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 Republican Women A group dedicated to electing and supporting conservative Republicans.

• TH (5/14), 11:30am - Meeting at Cornerstone Restaurant, Asheville.

Marcus Kindly will be the speaker.

City Greenway Commission Info: 259-5800.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 3:30pm - Meets in the first floor conference room of Asheville City Hall.

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

• 1st WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - The Planning and Zoning Commission meets at the City Hall, 70 Court Plaza.

Info: 259-5847.

• 2nd FRIDAYS, 8am - The Downtown Commission meets at the City Development Office, 29 Haywood St. Info: 2324505.

• 2nd & 4th TUESDAYS, 5pm - Asheville City Council meets on the second floor of City Hall.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 8am The Economic Development Advisory Committee meets at the City Development Offices, 29 Haywood St. Info: 259-5433.

City Sustainable Advisory Committee Info: 271-6141.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 3pm - The Sustainable Advisory Committee on Energy & Environment meets in Room A201 in the Public Works Building at 161 S. Charlotte St. City Transit Commission Info: 232-4528.

• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 4:30pm - Meeting in the fourth floor Training Room of the Municipal Building at 100 Court Plaza.

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.

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.

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WNC Regional Air Quality Agnecy Board The board enforces the air quality regulations of Buncombe County and the City of Asheville. Info: 2506777.

• 2nd MONDAYS, 4pm - The board meets in Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept., and Nov. at 49 Mt. Carmel Road.

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 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: 6920382 or www.eco-wnc.org.

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

Senior Games & Silver Art Show Case Friendly sports and competition for ages 55+ in multiple events, including track and field, horseshoes, cycling, shuffleboard, croquet, bowling, swimming, badminton, billiards and basketball. Registration & info: 259-5809 or dhopkins@ashevillenc.gov.

• TU (5/12) through SA (5/16) - The 2009 AshevilleBuncombe Senior Games.

• TU (5/12) - Opening ceremony, dinner and dance at the Stephens-Lee Rec Center in Asheville.

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

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• WEDNESDAYS, 2-2:45pm - 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.walk-wise.org.

• TH (5/7) - Urban walk.

Workshop for Grandparents At Historic Johnson Farm, 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville. Info: 8916585 or www.johnsonfarm. org.

• TU (5/12), 1pm - Creative ideas on spending time with your grandchildren. $4.

Animals Mayfel’s Dog Days of Summer (pd.) Every Thursday through August patrons are invited to come eat and drink with their furry friends in our front patio or back courtyard, 22 College Street, downtown Asheville, 252-8840. Complimentary dog treats provided! 10% of proceeds will go to a different Asheville area animal welfare organization each week. This week is Brother Wolfe Animal Rescue. Look for our posters to see which organization will be sponsored each week.

Animal Compassion Network WNC’s largest nonprofit, nokill 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.

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

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

Asheville Kennel Club Membership is open to everyone interested in purebred dogs and responsible dog ownership. Info: 2584833.

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

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

Free.

Full Moon Farm FMF is a wolfdog rescue organization and sanctuary south of Black Mountain.

Info: 669-1818, 669-0706 or www.fullmoonfarm.org.

• SA (5/9), 3pm - Howl-In and Open House. Tours and a potluck supper beginning at 5pm. $5, includes Perry’s Barbecue and soft drinks.

Paws in the Park A day of furry fun that helps Fletcher Parks and Rec raise money for Brother Wolf Canine Rescue. Info: www.fletcherparks.org or 687-0751.

• SA (5/9), Noon-3pm - Fletcher’s 2nd Annual Paws in the Park at Fletcher Community Park. The day will include live music, food, a Blessing of the Dogs, a silent auction, dog adoptions, informational demos, games and more. * Pawsfest • SA (5/9), Noon-4pm - Pets and their people are invited to the grounds of Wags to Riches, 66 Long Shoals Rd., Arden. Food, music, games, pet photos, animal-friendly groups and more. Animals will be up for adoption. $5/Free for kids under 12. Info: 808-9435 or www.bwar.org.

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 .NET Developers Guild A developer group dedicated to promoting Microsoft .NET technology and education to the software developer community in the Asheville area.

Info: www.wncdotnet.com or 398-0694.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 6-8:30pm - Meeting at ImageSmith Communications, 19 Walden Dr., Arden. Directions: ImageSmith.com.

A-B Tech Events • FR (5/8), 9-11am - Business Computer Technologies Department 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 Business World/Ancient World • New Content, Same Questions (pd.) Wednesday, May 13, 7pm-8:30pm, 84 N. Lexington Avenue, downtown Asheville. • An engaging evening with Todd Sattersten, co-author of 100 Best Business Books of All Time, and Jonathon Flaum, director of the WriteMind Institute for Corporate Contemplation. The discussion will center on how the 5 meta-themes found in best business books are in touch with perennial human themes that trace its roots all the way back to the ancient world. Flaum and Sattersten will facilitate an audience discussion to explore the variety in which these themes take root and play out in our own contemporary lives and how we can utilize these lessons. $15 for WriteMind Institute members and $25 for non-members.

Price includes a signed copy of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. To reserve a seat please contact the WriteMind Institute at 828-253-1733 or erin@ writemindinstitute.com • www.writemindinstitute. com A-B Tech Small Business Events Info & registration: 2541921, ext. 5857 or www. abtech.edu/ce/registration/ default.asp.

• TH (5/7), 10-11:30am - The Business and

Technology Incubation and the Small Business Administration present a free workshop titled “Small Business Loans: Fundamentals and Options,” featuring stimulus package benefits. Held at the College’s Asheville Mall site.

See Web site for registration.

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.

Carolinas Real Estate Investors Association This nonprofit organization is dedicated to the education of real estate investors. Info: 255-2727, creia@bellsouth. net or www.creianc.org.

• SA (5/9), 8am “Fabulous Four Real Estate Investing Seminar.” Learn various sides of real-estate investing. At A-B Tech, Enka campus. $29 members/$35 general admission.

• 2nd MONDAYS, 6pm - Meeting at A-B Tech Enka campus, Haynes Building. $15 nonmembers.

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 administrative 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.

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.

• TH (5/14), 5:30-7pm - “Stretch Those Dollars.”

Learn how to get control and build savings even in tight times, set your priorities, get your credit on track 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.

WNC Human Resource Association Info: http://wnchra.info.

• WE (5/13), 11:30am1:30pm - Bill Treasurer, author of the new book Courage Goes to Work, will speak at a luncheon to be held at the Asheville Renaissance Hotel.

Registration required by May 8. Free for members/$25 guests/$18 students.

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: 259-5339, 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.

Habitat for Humanity Seeks Volunteers for the Home Store & Construction Site Help build houses in Buncombe County by volunteering at the Habitat for Humanity Home Store and at the building site in Enka Hills. Volunteers are needed who can make an ongoing commitment to a shift in the Home Store. Info: 251-5702 or brusso@ashevillehabitat. org.

• 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Volunteer orientations at 30 Meadow Rd.

Hands On AshevilleBuncombe Choose the volunteer opportunity that works for you: your passions, your skills, your schedule. Short-term 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 (5/7), 6-8pm - Help sort and pack food at MANNA Food Bank to be given to agencies serving hungry people in 17 WNC counties.

• MO (5/11), 7-8:30pm - Help bake cookies for families staying at the Lewis Rathbun Center. The center provides free lodging for families from out of town who have a loved one in an area hospital. Supplies will be provided.

• TH (5/14), 6-8pm - Help sort and pack food at MANNA Food Bank to be given to agencies serving hungry people in 17 WNC counties —- 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.

Looking For Better Ways to Work With Volunteers?

Asheville Area Directors of Volunteers in Agencies (D.O.V.I.A.) can help both new and experienced volunteer managers. Share innovative ideas, time-tested tools, new resources, networking and educational opportunities. Info: 2550696 or scatoe@unitedwayabc.org.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, Noon Meeting. Location varies.

Men Wanted Big Brothers/Big Sisters is looking for males age 18 and older to share outings twice a month with youth from single-parent homes.

Activities are free or lowcost, such as sports, local attractions etc. BBBS offers free tickets to events and discounts at various businesses. Info: 253-1470 or www.bbbswnc.org.

• WE (5/6), Noon - Info session at the United Way building, 50 S. French Broad Ave., Rm. 213.

New Spirit 4 Aussie Rescue Saving Australian Shephards and Aussie mixes.

Volunteers needed to foster dogs. Provide shelter, love and comfort. Info: (704) 806-7300.

• SATURDAYS, 11am-Noon - Volunteers meet. Call for location.

Health Programs & Support Groups

RiverLink’s Volunteer Opportunities RiverLink is a regional nonprofit organization working to revitalize the French Broad River watershed. Internship positions are available, as well as many volunteer opportunities. Info: 2528474, volunteer@riverlink. org or www.riverlink.org.

• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 10am & 5pm - Volunteer info session at RiverLink, 170 Lyman St. Learn how to make a difference in making the French Broad River watershed a healthier place to live, work and play.

To RSVP: e-mail or call ext. 118.

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 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

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.

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 - AlAnon 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: 242-6197.

• 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

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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.

ALS Group Resource and support group for people with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease), their family and friends. Meetings are held at 68 Sweeten Creek Rd. Info: 252-1097.

• 2nd SUNDAYS, 3-5pm Meeting, with refreshments.

Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders Offered throughout WNC by the Alzheimer’s Association.

For additional listings and more info: 254-7363.

Alzheimer’s Association 24-hour helpline: (800) 272-3900.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Meeting at Aston Park Health Care Center, 380 Brevard Rd., Asheville.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 10am Carolina Baptist Association, corner of Willow and Hebron, Hendersonville.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 3pm - Trinity Presbyterian Church, 900 Blythe St., Hendersonville.

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.

By donation. Info: 254-5613 or www.centerforsacredsexuality.org.

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• 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. Info: 251-4699.

• 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 30-40 mins., but come and go as needed. Free. Info: myfriendjackie@yahoo.com.

Bereaved Parents of the USA The Asheville Chapter meets at CarePartners. Info: www. bereavedparentsusa.org or 251-0126.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Meeting.

Brevard-Hendersonville Parkinson’s Support Group At Davidson River Presbyterian Church on Main St. in Brevard. Free.

Info: 862-8820 or 6931604.

• TU (5/12), 10am Meeting. Socializing and refreshments, followed by an exercise program.

Virginia Davis, RN, will speak on nutrition and the PD patient.

Diabetic Support Group Enabling you to stand toe to toe with diabetes. Info: 3018555 or pharmacistdrugsandyou@yahoo.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 2pm Meets in E. Asheville.

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: 1-888-543-3480 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. Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville. Free, but registration and appointments required unless otherwise noted. To register or for info: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600.

• TH (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 —- 3-4:30pm - 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.

• WE (5/13), 2-3pm - Suzanne Hall, M.D., will discuss the various types of shoulder injuries and their treatment.

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

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one day at a time. All are welcome. Info: 242-3717.

• MONDAYS, Noon-1pm & 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.

Haywood Regional Medical Center • MO (5/11), Noon - Lunch & Learn: Dr. Jeff Myers, an OB/GYN at Haywood Womens Medical Center, will discuss “Diagnosing Pelvic Cancer in Women.” $5 for lunch. Info: 4528881.

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

• 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.

• MO (5/11), 6:30pm - Dr. Hedberg will cover women’s hormones and the systems of the body that interact with hormones. You will have a clear understanding of hormones, hormone testing and how to balance your hormones. Registration required.

• WE (5/13), 6pm “Folklore, Science and the Role of the Herbalist” (class 2 of 3 part series). $5 suggested donation/class. To register: pknott@abtech.edu or 254-1921, 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: 6935605. : Blood Drive dates and locations are listed below. Appointment and ID required.

• TU (5/12), 9am-1:30pm - Fruitland Bible Institute, 1455 Gilliam Road. Info: 685-8886.

Horse Sense of the Carolinas

The public is invited to tour the farm, meet the horses and therapists and learn more about educational programs. Free. Reservations are recommended. Info: 683-7304 or www.

HorseSenseOTC.com.

• SA (5/9), 10:30am Public tour. Ever wondered what equine-assisted psychotherapy is? Learn how horses can play an important role in therapy sessions.

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 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.

• 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Family Support Group. Snacks and separate childcare activities provided.

At K.A.R.E. House, 1159 N. Main St., Waynesville.

This is a safe and respectful place for families whose children have experienced sexual abuse situations.

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: 681-5177 or 776-4347.

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

Mission Hospitals Women’s Resource Center Support groups are free and open to men and women.

Other classes available. Info: 213-8246.

• 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Love Not Forgotten: Perinatal Support Group.

N.C. Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing Located at 12 Barbetta Dr., just past Biltmore Square Mall. Info: 665-8733 or judith.pittillo@ncmail.net.

• WE (5/20), Noon-1pm Brown Bag Chat: “Assistive Listening Devices: What are they and how can they help those with hearing loss?”

RSVP by May 13.

NAMI Sing-Along With Richard Sackett.

Sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Come to listen or sing.

Meets in the Community Room of the North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Free. Info: 777-0783.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 78:30pm - Sing-along.

Narcotics Anonymous A fellowship of recovering addicts that can help those afflicted get clean and stay clean through a 12-step 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.

• 2nd SATURDAYS, 10:30am-Noon - Meeting at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Asheville. Info: 667- 5882 or 651-9839. * Overcomers Recovery Support Group A faith-based 12-step recovery program. Meetings are held at 32 Rosscraggon Road. All are welcome. Info: rchovey@sos.spc-asheville. org.

• TUESDAYS, Noon Meeting.

Overeaters Anonymous A fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. This 12-step program welcomes everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively (overeaters, anorexics and bulimics). Meetings are one hour unless noted.

• THURSDAYS, Noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376

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Hendersonville Rd. (S. 25 at Yorkshire). Info: 298-1899.

• SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Black Mountain: Carver Parks & Recreation Center, 101 Carver Ave. off Blue Ridge Road. Open relapse and recovery mtg. Info: 669-0986.

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

Open mtg. Info: 1-800-5804761.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - Asheville: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Open mtg. Info: 277-8185.

• TUESDAYS, 10:30amNoon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari.

Open BBSS mtg. Info: 2802213.

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. PFLAG -Asheville Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays is a nonprofit that meets monthly at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Asheville,1 Edwin Pl. PFLAG is a safe environment for parents, friends and families of GLBTQ individuals, as well as GLBTQ people themselves. Info: 335-0787.

• 2nd SUNDAYS, 2-4pm - PFLAG meeting.

Recovery Meditation Group Introduction to the most extensively researched and widely successful 11thstep meditation technique: Transcendental Meditation.

Free. Info: 254-8416.

• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 7:15pm - The group will be led by addiction counselor Milton Burrill, C.E.A.P., C.S.A.C., and 35-year meditation teacher Tom Ball, PhD, MA. Meets at the Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut St. Red Cross Events & Classes Red Cross holds classes in CPR/First Aid for infants, children, and adults; Babysitter Training; Pet First Aid; Bloodborne Pathogens; Swimming & Water Safety; and Lifeguarding. All classes held at chapter headquarters, 100 Edgewood Rd. To register, call 258-3888, ext.

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

• SU (5/10), 9am-1:30pm - Grace Covenant Church 789 Merrimon Ave. Info: 254-3274.

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.

Spring Into Wellness A festival that combines traditional and alternative health practices. The event will take place in the SunTrust parking lot and the First Baptist Church green space on Main Street in downtown Sylva.

Free. Info: 586-2155 or www.mountainlovers.com.

• SA (5/9), 10am-4pm - Festival. Learn about and

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experience acupuncture, yoga, massage therapy, tai chi, qi qong and herbal remedies, along with traditional medical practices from local doctors, dentists and the Jackson County Health Department. Plus, health screenings and presentations.

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.

Support Group for Blood Cancer Patients & Caregivers Mission Hopitals Cancer Center and the WNC Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society sponsor the monthly meetings, which features an open communication about the illness, the sharing of experiences, and personal suggestions on how to cope with blood cancer diagnosis and treatment. Info and registration: 213-4656.

• 2nd MONDAYS, 4-6pm - Meeting.

The Healing Place Provides crisis intervention, support and counseling to victims of sexual assault and child abuse. Info: 692-3931 or www.thehealingplace. info.

• SA (5/9), 10am-6pm - Fingerprinting for child IDs and educational information at the Family Fest Hendersonville at the Blue Ridge Mall. All are welcome and services are free.

Fingerprinting can be done for children 2 years of age and up.

Veterans’ Advisory Consumer Council on Mental Health The Charles George VA Medical Center, 100 Tunnel Road in Asheville, has established a mental-health advisory council to gather input from Veteran consumers. The council is open to any veteran with a diagnosis, their family and VA staff. Info: raycarter2001@ yahoo.com.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 2:304pm - The group meets at the Mental Health Clinic, Rm. 105.

WNC Amputee Support Group For all pre- and post-amputees, featuring positive attitudes, practical tips, friendly sharing and more.

Refreshments provided. Info:

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• 2nd THURSDAYS, 6-7pm - Meeting at CarePartners, 639 Biltmore Ave., Asheville.

YWCA Health Seminars & Screenings Free, unless otherwise noted. The YWCA is at 185 S. French Broad Ave. Info: 254-7206 ext. 202.

• 1st WEDNESDAYS, 1011am - Blood pressure screenings.

Helplines For Xpress’ list of helplines, visit www.mountainx.com/events/category/ helplines.

Sports Groups & Activities American Singles Golf Association Info: www.asheville.singlesgolf.com or 254-6896.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - Meeting at Province 620, 620 Hendersonville Rd. Asheville Foosball Weekly “open draw your partner” 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.

• 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 self-defense.

Info: ashevillekendo@gmail. com.

• SATURDAYS, Noon-3pm - Classes held at CMA-USA, 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 5-8pm Badminton.

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.

• THURSDAYS, 5pm Doubles at WCU, Cullowhee —- 5:30pm - Singles at Haywood Community College.

• FRIDAYS, 5pm - Doubles at Richmond Hill Park.

• SA (5/9), 1pm - Singles, two rounds, at Black Mountain Park.

• SATURDAYS, 10am - Doubles at Haywood Community College.

• SUNDAYS, Noon Doubles at Richmond Hill or Mars Hill College campus —- 4pm - Doubles at Waynesville Rec Park.

• MONDAYS, 5:30pm Doubles at Black Mountain Park.

• TUESDAYS, 5pm Doubles at Richmond Hill Park.

Pickleball It’s like playing ping pong on a tennis court. For all ages.

Games cost $1 per session.

Paddles and balls are provided. Info: 350-2058.

• MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 9-11am - Meets at Stephens-Lee Rec Center, 30 George Washington Carver St. (take S. Charlotte to Max St.).

Sports at UNCA Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. Info: 251-6459.

• SA (5/9), 1pm - UNCA Baseball Double Header vs. North Carolina A&T at Greenwood Field. $5.

Taiji/Hsing-I/Bagua & Kid’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.

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Ultimate Frisbee in Asheville Asheville Ultimate Club invites everyone to participate. $5 suggested donation. Info: 777-6115 or www.ashevilleultimate.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 4pm - Youth pick up at Memorial Stadium —- 6pm - Competitive League at Memorial Stadium.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & 8:30pm - Spring League at Memorial Stadium.

• SUNDAYS, 4:30pm - Hat League at Reynold’s High School.

Unified Martial Artists Calling on any and all martial artists of any stripe, style, experience or age (18+) to crosstrain and “play.” Free.

Info: coohanluk@hotmail. com, please include a brief profile and contact info.

• TUESDAYS, 7pm - Unified Martial Artists meeting.

Kids Super Sensational Spring Homeschool Program at Chimney Rock (pd.) Monday, May 11; 10:30 a.m. - noon. Learn all about nature’s re-awakening for the springtime. 800-2779611, www.chimneyrockpark.com Terra Summer • July 6 August 14 (pd.) Terra Summer is a sixweek 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 828-782-7842 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.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Beginner class for kids 12 and up. Drums included.

Asheville Art Museum Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 15pm. Info: 253-3227, ext.

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• TU (5/12), 11:30am-1pm - Home School Program: a guided tour of the museum’s permanent collection or a special exhibit, plus a hands-on activity in the museum’s studio. For students in grades 1-6.$3.50.

Registration is required.

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.

• Through SU (5/17) - Moneyville. The exhibit uses the subject of money to build math skills and promote economic literacy.

• 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 children’s chorus for ages 7-14. For audition info: 230-5778 or www. singasheville.org.

• 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.

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

• 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 USGA-supported 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. * Girls Just Want to Play Chess A girls-only chess tournament hosted by Hendersonville Elementary School. Trophies will be awarded to the top three finishers of each division: Queen Division (K-12), Princess Division (K-5) and Countess Division (K-3).

Registration is $10. Info: 697-4752.

• SA (5/9), 8:30-9:30am - Registration —- 10am - Round 1 will begin. There will be four rounds total.

Hands On! Gallery This children’s gallery is located at 318 North Main St. in Hendersonville. Hours: Tues.-Fri., 10am-5pm.

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

• Through SA (5/9) - Come make a card for Mother’s Day. • WE (5/13), 4pm - Mad Scientist Laboratory.

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/class or $20/four classes. Call to register.

Performances for Young People at Diana Wortham Info & tickets: 257-4530 or www.dwtheatre.com.

• MO (5/11), 10am & Noon - Theatreworks USA presents Nate the Great. Young Audiences will learn about teamwork and friendship in this musical based on the first volume in Marjorie Weinman Sharmat’s classic book series. $6.

Recommended for grades 1-5.

Tiny Tykes Day Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Dept. presents this free festival designed for children under the age of 5. The event will be held at the Oakley Center, 749 Fairview Rd. Info: 251-4042 or oakleyrec.c@ ashevillenc.gov.

• SA (5/9), 10am-1pm - The event will feature giant inflatables, Fire Engine #9,

WNC Nature Center animals, crafts, face painting, balloon twists and more.

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.

Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Info: 884-2787 or www.tcarts.org.

• SA (5/9), 10am-1pm - Kids Art Day. Kids 5-12 are invited to help create outdoor sculptures and birdhouses that will be placed throughout the community. $5/child. Call to register.

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.

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.

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, 684-7359 or 299-9382.

• THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm & TUESDAYS, 8-8:40pm - Seated meditation, walking meditation, dharma discussions and other mindfulness practices. At 12 Von Ruck Court, Asheville.

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: 274-5444.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Meeting.

Adyashanti Video Satsang Share silence and video satsang at 115 Hudson St., W. Asheville. Info: 255-8856.

• 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

freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19):

When they pray, Muslims face the Kaaba, a cube-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Every mosque around the world typically has a niche that shows the precise direction of that holy place. Recently, however, worshipers have discovered that many of the older mosques in Mecca itself have niches that aren’t pointing the right way. They’re concerned that the prayers they’ve dispatched in the past weren’t aimed correctly. Is it possible that there’s a comparable scenario in your life, Aries? Might you be filled with righteous intentions, but not quite delivering them to the correct location? If so, this is an excellent time to make adjustments.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

In recent decades, many British people with unfortunate surnames have changed them. There are now 40 percent fewer Shufflebottoms, while the numbers of Cockshotts and Smellies have also declined precipitously. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., the government has re-branded its notorious Global War on Terror, shifting to the more palatable “Overseas Contingency Operation.” I hold these examples up for your inspiration, Taurus. It’s a good time to alter any name or title you’ve outgrown, as well as any label that no longer fits or any category you’d like to leave behind.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

I’m going to quote a few pieces of advice from a piece I found on the Internet, “15 Fun Things To Do During a Big, Important Test.” I trust that this will stimulate your imagination in all the right ways as you get ready for your metaphorical version of a final exam. 1. Bring your own private cheerleaders in uniform. Have them cheer loudly whenever you answer a question. 2. Haul in a large, flamboyant idol.

Set it next to you and pray to it often. 3. Bring a friend to give you a massage the entire time. Insist this person is needed because your thoughts flow properly only when your circulation is enhanced. 4. Every now and then, clap twice rapidly. if the teacher asks why, say, “The light bulb that goes on above my head when I get an idea is hooked up to a Clapper. DUH!”

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

Buster Posey is an up-and-coming baseball player for the San Francisco Giants. The poetic incongruity of his name is so apt a symbol for your imminent future, I’m making him your patron saint. According to my reading of the omens, you’ll be called on to be like a “Buster” — a macho, pushy, no-nonsense dude who gets things done — but you will also find power in being as delicate and lovely and innocent as the small flower bouquet known as a posey. Sometimes it’ll make sense to be one or the other. On other occasions, you’ll benefit from being in both modes simultaneously.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

“The Amazing Race” is a reality TV show in which two-member teams compete for money and prizes by doing odd feats in exotic locales. One especially stupid and awesome task they performed was carrying 50-pound wheels of cheese down a slippery hill in Switzerland. Everyone started out hauling the wheels on cumbersome wooden backpacks, but hardly anyone was able to make it to the bottom without falling, breaking the backpacks, and having to manually herd the runaway cheese the rest of the way. I foresee a similar fate for you, Leo. You’ll be asked to do things that are both fun and frustrating, all in a cause that in the long run will be worthwhile.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

One of the most successful managers in baseball history was Casey Stengel. His New York Yankee teams won the world championship seven times. Before the 1953 season, when the Yankees had already won four consecutive World Series, he made the observation that “If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as smart as we think we are.” I hope some version of those words will come out of your mouth soon, Virgo. As savvy and crafty as you are, you’ll have to become even more so in order to pull off the victory that’s almost within your grasp.

pendant engraved with ‘To Florence, 1927.’ Contact Monique.” I call this to your attention, Libra, because I think it’s possible that you’ll have an experience somewhat akin to Monique’s. Playing exuberantly in a very modern style could result in you losing something from the old days. Unlike Monique, though, I bet your loss will be liberating.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

BBC reported on the growing number of “spiritual tourists” who shop around in their search for inner peace. “We are entering a world,” said one expert, “where people aren’t interested in whether something is true or not, or whether they believe it or not, but whether it works.” That would be a good prescription for you in the coming months, Scorpio. I recommend that you reject any idea or theory or practice unless it has the practical value of making you feel more at home in the world and more accepting of yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

I encourage you to attempt a difficult feat: For a few days, dissolve every burst of anger that rises up in you. Squash it. Wrestle it into submission. Attack it with love bombs. If you can eradicate the fury at its source, never even letting it ripen, that would be best. But the most important thing is to use all your ingenuity to keep your hostility, irritation, and snark from reaching the surface and spilling out. And why should you try this seemingly impossible experiment? Because according to my analysis of the omens, it would bring unexpected improvements in your physical and mental health.

You can feel good again.

Dr. R.J. Burle, Chiropractor

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Did you hear about the older Korean woman who has failed her driving test 800 times? Or the American man who has filled out job applications at 25 Pizza Huts in 20 cities without being hired? Or the British artist who has completed over 5,000 paintings even though no gallery has ever shown his work? There is something about you that resembles those persistently frustrated people — or at least has resembled them up until now. Soon, I predict, the dogged efforts you’ve made will finally pay off in at least a modest success, and perhaps even more if you’ll make an effort to free your mind of its backlog of sad images.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

According to polls, more than half the population believes they are fantastic kissers. How did they get that way? Some people say they have rehearsed extensively by smooching the backs of their own hands or rubbing their lips up against posters of celebrities. Whether you’ve tried these techniques or have developed other strategies, Aquarius, I advise you to bone up on your skills. Not this week, but soon, you will be entering a prime romantic phase of your astrological cycle — a time when you will have the potential to accomplish wonders and marvels with your mouth.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

How do you deal with those three periods every year when Mercury is retrograde, as it is between May 7 and 30? I’d like you to consider the meditations of artist and activist Gabrielle Senza: “I think of Mercury retrograde as a big obnoxious Rottweiler on a chain that bares its teeth, lunging and barking as I walk by. I can choose to experience it in one of three ways: 1) as a frightening moment that catches me off guard; 2) as a humorous interlude that allows me to make fun of what I’m afraid of because I know it can’t hurt me; 3) as an opportunity to change my route, usually leading to some wonderful surprise that rewards my instinct to willingly depart from my plans and projections.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

This notice appeared on a bulletin board at a local nightclub that features hip hop DJs: “Missing: my great-grandmother’s necklace, which dropped off my neck while I was krump dancing last Saturday. It might have happened when I was doing a head spin. The necklace has three strands of pearls and a

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community of like-minded 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.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 7pm - Adyashanti video satsang and silent sitting at 115 Hudson St., W. Asheville.

Info: 255-8856.

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

• 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, 7pm - Awakening Practices.

Featuring the works of Eckhart Tolle. Meets at the Enka-Candler Library Meeting Room. Emphasis is on putting words and pointers into action through meditation and discussion. We want to help each other awaken. Info: Trey@ QueDox.com.

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: 2511141 or www.meditateasheville.org.

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• 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: 505-2300.

Asheville Satsang With Gangaji Info: 216-7051 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.

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.

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

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Meet at the Enka-Candler Library meeting room.

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.

Bear Clan Medicine Lodge The group practices Native American spirituality. It also studies natural healing modalities. Not affiliated with any tribe or organization.

Everyone is welcome. Meets at the library on Mitchell St. in Old Fort. Info: http:// seeks.spirit.tripod.com.

• 2nd & 4th SUNDAYS, 3pm - Meeting.

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).

• 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 6pm - Services.

• SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Services.

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

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.

Celebrate Recovery Christ-centered, biblically based recovery ministry.

Weekly fellowship and support meetings deal with reallife 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: 2532325 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.

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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.

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, 6-7:30pm - 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.

Compassionate Communication Practice Group Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication. Group uses a model developed by Marshall Rosenberg in his book Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Life. Free. Info: 299-7942 or www.ashevilleccc.com.

• 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, 5-6:15pm - Meeting.

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.

Course in Miracles

Ongoing discussion group with Rev. Gene Conner. Info: 296-7558.

• SUNDAYS, 12:15-1:30pm - 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: 236-0222, 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 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.

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

• WEDNESDAYS, 6:45-9pm - Meditation Class: Reduce

stress, open the heart, think clearly, deepen a spiritual connection. $10. Call for location details.

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: 817-9727.

• 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 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon Ave.).

Donation encouraged.

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: 2534621 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.

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.

Psychic Development Class Learn to develop your psychic/intuitive abilities.

Emphasis is on gaining experience through practice and applying it to everyday situations. $10 donation. For info & directions: 253-4272 or 255-8304.

• 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Class.

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. 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 664-9503.

• SUNDAYS, 9-10am & 1011am - 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: 545-0239.

• 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.

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.

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 JudeoChristian 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 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 (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.

• 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.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - A Course In Miracles Group.

Love offering.

• TUESDAYS, 2:30pm - “A Search for God Study Group” —- 7:30pm - Men’s Group.

• WE (5/13), 7pm - “Rhythm Circle: Drum for Healing, Health & Wellness,” with Debbie Schults. Instruments will be provided for participants.

This rhythm-based music program is appropriate for all ages. $10 suggested love offering.

Unity Church of Asheville 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. 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.

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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.

• 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,

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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.

Art Gallery Exhibits & Openings 16 Patton Gallery hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., 1-6pm (open on Sun. May-Oct. only). Info: 236-2889 or www.16patton.com.

• 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 SU (5/31) - The Seasons of Liz Sullivan will be on display in the Oui Oui Gallery.

Art at Holy Ground Holy Ground is located at 18 Orange St., off of Merrimon Ave., and is open Mon.Thurs., 10am-4:30pm. 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: 2325000.

• Through TU (5/19) - What Remains, sculpture

by UNCA senior Jason Emory in the Tucker Cooke Gallery and Dissonance, oil paintings by UNCA senior Jessica Laney in Blowers 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) through SA (6/20) - River District Artists, a show featuring works by artists from Asheville’s River Arts District will be on display.

Asheville Area Arts Council The Asheville Area Arts Council (AAAC) is at 11 Biltmore Ave. Hours: Mon.Fri., 10am-5pm and Sat., Noon-3pm. Info: 258-0710 or www.ashevillearts.com.

• Through SU (5/31) - A gallery show featuring the works of the 10 artists who won WNC Magazine’s “On the Verge” art contest will be on display. Info about the competition: www.wncmagazine.com 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.

• 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.

• 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., 10am-5:30pm. Info: 251-5796 or www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com.

• FR (5/1) through SA (5/30) - Ireland — Soul of Appalachia, a collection of oil landscapes of the Irish countryside by Jane Desonier.

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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 SU (5/31) - New work by Kat McIver. New Ceramic Artist: Suzanne Kane.

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: 754-2486 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: 254-7162 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) 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.

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., 10am-6pm, Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., Noon5pm. Info: 254-8577 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.

• THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Knit night.

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.

Pack Place Gallery Located at 2 Pack Place Square. Info: 257-4530.

• Through FR (5/29) - The 2009 A-B Tech Student Art Exhibition will be on display.

Info: 254-1921, ext. 814.

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.

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 works in painting, photography, clay, sculpture and more.

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.

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 (8/1) - A photography exhibit by Julie Breckenridge, Maureen Moxley and Sarah Haynes will be on display in the media center of Hunter Library.

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 100-year-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: 6652492 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.

Blue Ridge Watermedia Society Info: 627-9666.

• Through TU (5/26) - The Blue Ridge Watermedia Society Flowers exhibit will be on display at Deer Park Restaurant on the Biltmore Estate grounds.

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. • TH (5/14), 6pm Woodworker Wayne Raab will give a Gallery Talk. A reception for Are Chairs Just for Sitting will follow.

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: 254-7162 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. 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. The opening will also feature a fashion show of revitalized garments by Mona!, River Takada-Capel and Karen Swing.

• 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.

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New French Bar Located at 12 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Info: 225-6445.

• 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) through TU (6/9) - Doomsday Safari, paintings by Sarah Cavalieri.

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 Anarchy Death Sticks Knitting group. Info: arupinski@gmail.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Eat some cookies and get some help.

Appalachian Pastel Society • SA (5/9), 10am-Noon - Paul DeMarrais, nationally recognized pastel artist, will give a demonstration on “Exciting Color and Color Harmony: A Mixed Media Technique for Pastel” at the WNC Agricultural Center, Youth Building. Free. Info: www.pauldemarrais.com.

Arida Arts Symposium At Blue Ridge Community College. Reservations are encouraged. Info: 694-1735 or www.blueridge.edu, click on “Arts & Culture.”

• FR (5/8) - A Celebration of Glass featuring Chaffe McIlhenny and Bonnie Hamilton —-10-11:30am - Master Class. By reservation only —- 5:30-6:45pm - Meet the artists at Thomas Auditorium Gallery —- 78:30pm - “Thirty Years in Glass,” at Thomas Auditorium.

Arts Council of Henderson County Located at 538 N. Main St. in Hendersonville. Info: 6938504 or www.acofhc.org.

• TH (5/14), 5:30-7pm - The Board of Directors of The Arts Council of Henderson County invites arts and cultural nonprofit organizations and businesses to attend a meeting and reception to discuss the fall marketing festival “The Arts Council Presents...”

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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.

• FR (5/8), Noon-1pm - Art Break: Docents will lead a conversational tour of Eva Zeisel: The Shape of Life.

• SA (5/9), 1pm - Artist Talk with Beverly Buchanan held in conjunction with the exhibit Response and Memory: The Art of Beverly Buchanan.

Asheville Knitting Guild Meets at the Senior Opportunity Center, 36 Grove St. (off Patton Ave., opposite the Federal Building). All ages, genders and skill levels welcome.

Show and tell, followed by Q&A, or short skill-building program. Info: 254-2750.

• 2nd MONDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Meeting.

At The Health Adventure Info: 254-6373 or www. thehealthadventure.org.

• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 4-5pm - Origami Folding Frenzy: Learn new folds, share favorites and meet fellow origami enthusiasts. All levels welcome. * Bears on the Streets of Cherokee • TH (5/7), 10am-3pm - Come and see the “Bears Project” in Cherokee.

Eastern Band artists have created life-like painted fiberglass bears, which have been strategically placed around downtown Cherokee.

Info: www.cherokee-nc.com or (800) 438-1601.

Blue Ridge Polymer Clay Guild The BRPCG meets at Avery Creek Community Center. All skills welcome. Info & directions: www.brpcg.com.

• 2nd SATURDAYS, Noon4pm - Meeting.

Blue Ridge Watermedia Society Info: 627-9666.

• TU (5/12), 6:45pm Monthly meeting at the First Baptist Church, 100 S. Main St., Waynesville. Jo Ridge Kelley will talk about her 40-year painting journey and the joy and challenges of working in both watercolor and oil.

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: 298-7928 or www.craftguild.org.

• DAILY, 10am-4pm - Craft demonstrations in the front lobby, March-Dec. Knit Night

Knitters and crocheters of all skill levels are invited to join others at Purl’s Yarn Emporium, 10 Wall St. Bring your current project. Free.

Info: 253-2750.

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 week-long residencies at all grade levels from K-12. Artists receive a stipend. For an application or more info: www.waanc.org or 682-7215.

• Through FR (5/22) - Application deadline has been extended.

Quilting Bee Open to anyone who wants to enjoy a few unstructured hours of quilting and socializing on a regular basis, working on individual projects and making quilts to benefit the community.

Quilters of all skill levels are welcome. Meets at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Rd., in the community room. Info: bordough@charter.net, alicehelms@charter.net, 277-9223 or 650-9708.

• 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS - Quilting bee.

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 open-studio session with model. Various poses. No instruction. All local portrait artists are invited to participate. $5-$10 model fee.

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• MONDAYS, Noon-3pm Portrait painting open-studio 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.

Uptown Gallery Located at 30 East Main St. in downtown Franklin. Info: 349-4607.

• 2nd SUNDAYS, 2pm - Free art lectures followed

by Q&A. Waynesville Parks & Rec Classes At the Old Armory Rec Center. Info: 456-9207.

• THURSDAYS, 9am-2pm - Quilting Class. Free.

WNC Blacksmiths Meetings are held at the Kayne’s shop in Candler.

Info: 665-1988.

• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Meeting with demonstration. Please bring safety glasses.

Art/Craft Fairs Greenlife Grocery Arts Market Located at 70 Merrimon Ave. Info: 254-5440.

• SATURDAYS, 1-6pm Meet artists from all across WNC. Saturday Art Fair At Pack Square. Info: ron. ogle@gmail.com.

• SATURDAYS through (5/30), Noon - Meeting at the Grove Corner Market, upstairs. Come and learn how to participating in the fair.

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, Noon-5pm - 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.

Attention Mystery Writers

Check out WNC Mysterians Critique Group. For serious writers. Info: 712-5570 or wncmysterians.org.

• TH (5/14), 6pm - Meeting at the West Asheville Library on Haywood Road in the meeting room.

Blue Ridge Book & Author Show The showcase celebrates authorship, creative writing and the joy of reading. Held in the Technical Education and Development Center on the Blue Ridge Community College campus, Flat Rock.

Free and open to the public.

Info: 698-1550, www. blueridgebookfest.org or patnbob@gmail.com.

• SA (5/9), 9am-5:30pm - Inaugural Blue Ridge Book & Author Show. Robert Morgan, the author of Boone, will be the honorary chairmen and Sharyn McCrumb, author of American Ballads, will be the keynote speaker. A total of 15 authors will present their work in a variety of genres and 35 authors will be on hand to discuss, exhibit and sign copies of their work.

See Web site for details.

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)

• WEDNESDAYS, 10am - School Age Story Time for 5- to 7-year-old children.

PM. • WE (5/6), 12:30pm - Book Discussion: Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. WV. • TH (5/7), 6:30pm - Book Club: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

EA —- 6pm - “Dream Interpretation” with Robert Gongloff. SW —- 7pm - Book discussion group: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

by William Shakespeare.

BM —- 7pm - “Jack Tales and Old Time Music.” Come hear stories and enjoy oldtime music with Hannah Seng. SA. • FR (5/8), 7pm - The Sustainability Film Series presents Flow, a documentary that examines the harsh realities behind the mounting water crisis. BM. • SA (5/9), 8:30am-2pm - Library Book Sale. All proceeds will benefit the library. EA. • MO (5/11) through FR (5/15) - Llama, Llama Red Pajama, a performance based on the popular children’s book by Anna Dewdney, will be performed

by Dollywood’s Penguin Players at various libraries. Check with your local library.

• MO (5/11), 7pm - “Job Searching Strategies for Tough Times,” with Ellen Westbrook, Coordinator of Mountain Area JobLink. BM. • TU (5/12), 7pm Screening of the film A Man Called Pearl, followed by a short discussion. WV —2pm - Book Club: Animal Farm by George Orwell.

PM —- 1pm - Book Club: Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama. NA. • WE (5/13), 6-8pm Knitting Group. SS. • TH (5/14), 1pm - Book Club: The Country of Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett.

FV —- 6:30pm - Knitting group meets. EA —- 6pm - “Container Gardening, learn all about gardening in pots.” SW. 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.

• 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.

• FR (5/8), 6pm - Outdoor writer Danny Bernstein will read and sign copies of her books. Light refreshments will be served.

Events at Malaprop’s The bookstore and cafe at 55 Haywood St. hosts visiting authors for talks and book signings. Info: 2546734 or www.malaprops. com.

• WE (5/6), 7pm - Book Art Discussion with Gwen Deihn, Dan Essig, Andy Farkas and Annie Fain Liden.

• TH (5/7), 7pm - Rachel Keener will present her debut novel, The Killing Tree.

• 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.

• FR (5/8), 7pm - Jessica Handler will read from and sign copies of her memoir Invisible Sisters.

• SA (5/9), 7pm - Michael Malone will discuss his book The Four Corners of the Sky. • SU (5/10), 3pm - Ann B. Ross will present the latest book in her Miss Julia series, Miss Julia Delivers the Goods.

• TU (5/12), 12:30pm - Spanish Conversation Practice Hour with a native speaker. High intermediate through advanced level speakers are welcome —- 5:30pm - Jim Timmie from Simon & Schuster Publishers will be on hand to recommend books for local book clubs —- Book Club: Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hosted

by Mary Park Ford.

• WE (5/13), 7pm - Literary Trivia Night. Prizes will be awarded.

• TH (5/14), 12:30-1:30pm - French Conversation Hour with a native speaker.

High intermediate through advanced level speakers are welcome. Info: 255-9104 — - “Yoga with Cindy Dollar.”

Come learn simple yoga and meditation techniques.

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

• TH (5/7), 7:30pm - Poetics Poetry Slam hosted by Douglas “Poetics Vanguard” Rodgers. Sign up at 7:30pm; show at 8pm.

For Accomplished Asheville Writers Seeking other serious writers for critique group.

Mostly fiction and nonfiction. Info: 658-8217.

• Alternate THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Group meets.

French Conversation

Intermediate and advanced.

All welcome. Free.

• 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.

• 2nd MONDAYS, 2pm - Writer’s Workshop. Bring eight copies of a work (poem, article, chapter, story) for critique. No fees.

Osondu Booksellers All events are held at Osondu, 184 North Main St., Waynesville, unless otherwise noted. Info: 456-8062 or www.osondubooksellers. com.

• SA (5/9), 7pm - Lorraine Conard, one of Waynesvilles musical stars, will perform.

• MO (5/11), 7pm - Book Club: No Room for Doubt by Angela Dove. New members are always welcome.

• TU (5/12), 6pm Mountain Writers Alive.

Readings at Mast General Store Located in downtown Waynesville. Info: 452-2101.

• SU (5/10), Noon-2pm - Meet National Geographic explorer and photographer Helen Thayer, who will be signing copies of her books.

Thayer is the first woman to walk solo to the magnetic north pole. She and her husband have lived among wolves and walked across the Gobi Desert.

Readings at the Cathedral of All Souls Located at 9 Swan St. in Biltmore Village. Info: 2742681 or www.allsoulscathedral.org.

• SA (5/9), 7pm - Award winning author Mc McIlvoy will discuss the challenges of writing fiction about the journey of faith. A reception and book-signing will follow. Free.

• SA (5/9), 7pm - “The Fiction Writer Encounters God (and god).” With Leo Tolstoy’s Master and Man as his touchstone, fiction writer Kevin McIlvoy will discuss the challenges in writing fiction about the journeys of faith. He will also read from his own novel Hyssop. Free.

• WE (5/13), 7pm - Barbara Brown Taylor will read from her new book An Altar in the World. A reception and book signing will follow. Free.

Spanish Conversation Group The level is intermediate/ advanced, but all are welcome. Info: LBlockhead@ yahoo.com or 683-8433.

• THURSDAYS, 12:30pm - Meets for lunch, friendship

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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.

• THURSDAYS, 12:301:30pm - French Conversation Practice.

• THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Beginner Spanish smallgroup class.

• MONDAYS, 6:30-8pm High Intermediate/Advanced Spanish Conversation Class (with instruction).

• TUESDAYS, 12:301:30pm & THURSDAYS, 78pm - Spanish Conversation Practice.

The Writers’ Guild of WNC Visitors and new members are invited to the meetings to talk about writing and publishing. Info: 285-2346.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 1:30pm - Meeting at the Weaverville Public Library on Main St. in Weaverville.

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.

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.

Food American Culinary Federation This group meets to network and share education about all aspects of the foodservice industry. Info: 6845991, 279-8172 or www. acfchefs.org/chapter/nc021. html.

• 2nd MONDAYS - Group meets.

Festivals & Gatherings 6th Annual Montford Music and Arts Festival (pd.) Saturday, May 16, 11am-7pm on Montford Avenue between Cullowhee and Waneta Streets in Asheville. Music, fun, food, juried craft vendors.

Fabulous local music and dance including: Snake Oil

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Medicine Show, Pure Fiyah Reggae Band, Ira Bernstein and John Hermann, Westsound, Vollie McKenzie and the Lead-Foot Vipers, Kon Tiki, Good Old Boyz and the Tater Diggers. Also Hoop dancing, the Mountain Lion Dragon Dance Troupe and a Maypole celebration by the Asheville Morris Men and Ashgrove Garland. Free to the public with parking available at the Greek Orthodox Church, 227 Cumberland Avenue.

Daniel Boone Day • SA (5/9), 11am-5pm - Daniel Boone Day at Whippoorwill Village in Ferguson, Hwy 268.

Heritage demonstrations, crafts, food, music, clogging, hay rides. All buildings open for self-guided tours.

Free. Info: 754-2486.

Family Fest Info: 489-2961.

• SA (5/9), 10am-6pm - Family Fest will be held in the Blue Ridge Mall. There will be games, activities, demonstrations and a meetand-greet with Elmo from Sesame Street.

Greek Orthodox Church’s Luncheon & Bake Sale At the Hellenic Center of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 227 Cumberland Ave. Info: 253-3754.

• SU (5/10), 11am-2pm - Annual American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association Mother’s Day Luncheon and Bake Sale.

Greek dishes and pastries.

Plus, the Greek folk dance troupe will perform. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Eliada Home and UNCA for Hellenic Studies.

Takeout will be available: 254-7424.

May Faire at St. Mary’s • SA (5/9), 9am-5pm - Annual May Faire at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St. Local arts and crafts, fish fry, bake sale, attic sale, book sale and entertainment. Animal Compassion Network will be on hand. Free. Proceeds will benefit the church’s medical clinic and school in the Dominican Republic.

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), 9am9pm & SU (5/10), 9am-5pm

- Pow Wow. Bring a lawn chair. Friday is Kids Day. Spring Festival • SA (5/9), 8am-4pm - Spring festival at the Woodfin Community Center in Woodfin. Activities will include a silent auction, bake sale, gospel singing, children’s activities and local crafts. Plus, breakfast and lunch items will be available.

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, 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 —- 3-4pm - 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.

Brasstown Civic Center Located on Settawig Road in Brasstown. Info: 837-3797 or 837-1043.

• SA (5/9), 7pm - The Barker Brothers Band will perform. $4.

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

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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 Community Band Info: 696-2118 or www. hcbmusic.com.

• Th (5/14), 7:30pm - “HCB at the Pops” will be performed at the Lelia Patterson Center in Fletcher.

The first half of the concert will feature a Boston Pops style presentation. After intermission, the Community Jazz/Big Band will perform.

Call for ticket info.

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: 298-9248 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. LEAF in Schools & Streets Many of the international and acclaimed artists who perform at LEAF also reach out to the local community while they are in the area through workshops, residencies and enrichment programs. Info: 686-8742 or outreach@ theleaf.org.

• MO (5/11), 10:3011:30am - The Lee Boys will perform at the Orange

Peel. $5 adults/$3 kids.

Reservations are required.

LIFT Culture House 516 Tsali Blvd., Cherokee, across from Tribal Fairgrounds. Info: 497-0707.

• FRIDAYS, 5pm - Cherokee Thunder Drum Circle meets in the Back Room. Free and open to all.

Madison County Arts Council Events MCAC is located at 90 S. Main St. in Marshall. Info: 649-1301 or www.madisoncountyarts.com.

• FR (5/8), 6pm - Hot Spring’s dynamic duo, artists Matty Dodge and Chris Hanlin, will bring a duo show to the Arts Center’s Mezzanine Gallery. In conjunction with Marshall’s Mad Friday, with music by Pierce Edens Jesse James and the Junkman’s Daughter.

• SA (5/9), 8pm - Balladeer Betty Smith in concert. $10.

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 (5/9), 8am-1pm - Tyler Herring (singer/ songwriter and multi-instrumentalist).

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.

Musical Events at Jubilee!

Located at 46 Wall St. • SU (5/10), 4pm - Julie Rust will perform “Believe.”

Julie’s original, uplifting songs and piano playing have inspired audiences across the U.S. $10 at the door. Info: 645-3781 or www.julierust.com.

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.

• 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 7pm - Let’s Pick (old-time and bluegrass) at Woodfin Community Center in Woodfin. Info: 683-1244 or 258-0914.

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: 1-866-8249547 or www.songosky.org.

• MONDAYS, 6:45pm Rehearsal at Reed Memorial Baptist Church on Fairview Rd. (enter parking lot on Cedar St.).

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 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.

Asheville Playback Theatre Improvisational theater based on audience members’ true stories. $10/$5 students & seniors per performance. No one turned away for lack of funds. Info: www.ashevilleplayback.org.

• FR (5/8), 8pm - An improvisational performance will be held at the BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. Asheville Puppetry Alliance A nonprofit arts organization bringing quality puppet

theater to WNC. Admission info: 628-9576 or www. ashevillepuppetry.org.

• SA (5/9), 10am-4pm - “A Very Puppet Birthday.”

Puppet performances, a tour of the set of Uncle Rhubarb (TV show), games, puppet-making and more —- 7-10pm - Grand Puppet Gala. Short films, food, an auction, tour of the studios and more. Celebrate 10 years of puppetry and help raise funds to expand the alliance’s programs and services. At the Blue Ridge Motion Pictures Studios in E. Asheville.

Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center Located at 538 N. Main St. in Hendersonville. Info: www.BRPAC.org.

• TH (5/14) through SU (5/17) - Absolute Theatre Company’s Baloney Theatre will be performed. A slapstick comedy for the whole family.

Flat Rock Playhouse The State Theater of North Carolina is on Hwy. 225, 3 miles south of Hendersonville. Info: 6930731 or www.flatrockplayhouse.org.

• 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. * 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: 2531431.

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 champagne reception for Deathtrap. Call for details.

• 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

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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.

• SU (5/10), 3pm and MO & TU (5/11 & 12), 7pm - The Heidi Chronicles, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein.

Heidi Holland is a successful art historian trying to find her bearings in a rapidly changing world. Free.

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.

Titan Theatre Company All performances are held at the McDowell High School Auditorium, Marion. Info and reservations: 652-2440.

• FR (5/8) through SU (5/10) - StoryCorps; Listening Is An Act Of Love, a performance based on the original transcripts of stories collected by StoryCorps.

Free, but reservations are encouraged. Fri.,-Sat., 7:30pm & Sun., 2:30pm.

Info about the StoryCorps mobile: 210-4800 or www. wcqs.org.

Warren Wilson Theater Performances are held in the Kittredge Theater on the Warren Wilson College campus. Box office: 771-3041 or www.warren-wilson. edu/~theatre.

• FR (5/8), 8pm; SA (5/9), 2pm & 8pm; and (5/10), 2pm - Baby With the Bathwater, a satirical and at times disturbing comedy about a boy named Daisy and his unusual upbringing.

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.

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group spotlight

Brevard-Hendersonville Parkinson’s Support Group Parkinson’s disease — a central nervous system disorder — currently affects more than 1.5 million people in the U.S. Sixty thousand Americans are diagnosed every year. There is no cure.

The major symptoms include tremors, rigidity, an inability to balance and slowness of motion. Medication can mask the symptoms but can’t control the progression of the disease. As a result, Parkinson’s affects every part of the body and mind.

The disease impacts not only the person with Parkinson’s, but also the diagnosed person’s caretaker, forever changing the lives of both individuals.

“You are not alone” is the message the Brevard-Hendersonville Parkinson’s Support Group wants to convey. The group supports Parkinson’s patients in Transylvania and Henderson Counties and meets the second Tuesday of each month, except for in June and August, at the Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church on Main Street in Brevard. Copublicist for the group Dave Eden says, “There is something very therapeutic about sharing your hopes and realities with others.”

Info: 862-8820 or 691-0903.

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

• SA (5/9), 5:30pm - Screening of the documentary Made in L.A., which follows the journey of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from trendy clothing retailer Forever 21.

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 are overwhelmed.

The Activist Movie Club (Waynesville) Discussion follows screenings of documentaries and feature films at a private home near Lake Junaluska. Free refreshments. Large screen TV. For directions and to RSVP: JohnBuckleyx@gmail.com or 454-5949.

• FR (5/8), 6pm - Potluck —- 7pm - Screening of A Sense of Wonder, a documentary presenting Rachel Carson and her most famous work, Silent Spring, published in 1962.

Dance 1/2 Off Your First Session! • Original Ida Rolf Method (pd.) Structural Integration.

Will Massey graduated from The Guild for Structural Integration. • 828-3980508, www.findyourline. com Located in Asheville.

NC License #8534 findyourlinesi@gmail.com Belly Dance! • Raqs Sharqi

By Mahsati (pd.) • Essentials Belly Dance Level I: Wednesdays, 7:30pm-8:30pm. • Combining Elements Belly Dance Level II: Wednesdays, 8:30pm-9:30pm. • $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

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Carolina Lane, downtown.

Call for details: (828) 7132864.

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.

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. 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 —- 7-8pm - 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 incor-

porated 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 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 —- 7:30-10pm - Rhumba, Foxtrot, Waltz, Cha-Cha etc. Complimentary food. $5/$3 club members.

Fundraising Concert for Dance Scholarship • WE (5/6), 7pm - The concert will include selections from Moving Women’s repertoire. At Asheville High School Art Theatre, 419 McDowell St. $5-$15 donation. Proceeds will fund a new dance scholarship to be offered by Moving Women Dance Company and the Asheville City Schools Foundation.

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 StephensLee Rec Center. Please wear shoes and bring a valid ID. * Ice Cream & Lindy Hop At The Hop, 640 Merrimon Ave. Info: www.swingasheville.com. Free and open to the public.

• SUNDAYS, 2pm - Swing dancing & ice cream.

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. 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: 6506405.

• 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 7pm - Workshop —- 7:30-9pm - Dance. Mainstream and called. Plus, tips alongs with rounds. Fee for non-members is $5.

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. Dropin anytime —- 7:10-8:10pm - 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.

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, 810pm, 2Step Junction US 64 E, Pisgah Forest Contact: 891-6443 Morganton Brown Mt. Lite-Steppers 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: 6972078.

• 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 Call for the Big Crafty • Through MO (6/1) This juried, indie craft fair sponsored by the Asheville Art Museum and featuring music, food and prizes, will be held on July 12 at Pack Place. Early application is recommended. Info: www. thebigcrafty.com.

OxyMorons Improv Comedy Troupe This group showcases the talents of local comedic actors through interactive comedy games. Info: www. oxymoronsnc.com.

• SA (5/9), 1-4pm Auditions will be held at the West Asheville library meeting room, 942 Haywood Road. Free.

Short Film Casting Call • The short film American Remains will begin shooting in Asheville in early June.

Info: americanremains@ gmail.com or www.americanremains-movie.tk.

Women in Art A group of women artists.

Members can exhibit alongside other art professionals, share experiences, material resources and more. Info: www.womeninart.org.

• SU (5/31) - Applications are being accepted from women artists working in any medium (though work must be small enough to exhibit in a traditional gallery setting). Details and application are available online.

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newsoftheweird Lead story In April, a New York City gallery featured a video of Australian performance artist Stelarc’s surgery, in which an ear is implanted into his left forearm. At the moment, it’s just a prosthesis, but stem cells will be added along with an Internet-accessed, Bluetooth-capable microphone. “Post-evolutionary strategies” are required, Stelarc told The New York Times, because the current state of the body is obsolete. Other exhibits at the “Corpus Extremus (LIFE+)” show included a genetically modified goat that produces super-strong spider’s silk. In an earlier project, Stelarc wired half his muscles to computers in Paris, Helsinki and Amsterdam, to understand a semicontrollable “split-body experience.” Stelarc’s selfappraisal: “[I’m] never in [my] comfort zone.”

Things people believe Baltimore prosecutors were stuck in their case against cult leader “Queen Antoinette,” 40, whom they’d charged in the starvation death of a young boy who was being punished for failing to say “amen” at mealtime.

The boy’s mother, cult member Ria Ramkissoon, 22, refused to testify against other defendants, believing that Queen Antoinette would eventually resurrect her son.

Finally, in March, the judge announced a breakthrough: Ramkissoon would cooperate, but prosecutors would promise in writing to drop all charges against her if the boy eventually came back to life.

Can’t possibly be true • “You use the toilet every day. Imagine if you could start pouring a little gasoline into the toilet bowl and get 50 cents a gallon (as a tax credit from IRS) every time you flushed.” According to a hedge-fund analyst quoted by The Nation in an April story, that’s how Congress’ 2005 legislation to encourage “alternative” fuels has been exploited by the paper industry. Until now, company representatives have been proud that the industry supplied most of its own fuel (as a byproduct of making paper), but after discovering the tax credit, they reworked their factories to run on a mixture of that byproduct and ordinary diesel, thus creating an “alternative” fuel that, for example, was worth $71.6 million to International Paper Co. in March. The credit isn’t scheduled to expire until December.

• Italian researchers revealed in March that at least one method of increasing penis size actually works (though only a highly motivated man would take advantage of it).

As reported in the British Journal of Urology, a team from the University of Turin had volunteers attach weights ranging from 1.3 to 2.6 pounds for six hours a day for six months, and their flaccid lengths increased by an average

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• Retired rogue New York City police detectives Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito, convicted in 2006 of assisting the Mafia for many years (including with assassinations), were sentenced to life in prison plus 80 to 100 years. But because the men had retired from the force before being charged with crimes, they’re entitled to their lifetime pensions ($5,313 a month and $3,896 a month, respectively).

• Army Sgt. Erik Roberts, 25, was injured by a roadside bomb in Baghdad in 2006, and his leg required 12 surgeries before supposedly healing, but last year a life-threatening infection was discovered. Roberts had a 13th surgery that was covered by his private health insurance, but a costly antibiotics regimen was subject to a $3,000 co-pay, which Roberts asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to take care of. The agency repeatedly refused, saying Roberts had gone outside the “system” to save his warravaged leg. Only when a CNN reporter called the matter to the attention of Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio in March did the agency relent.

Unclear on the concept • The Web site InformationAgePrayer.com offers people too busy to speak to God themselves a daily service of invocations (using voice-synthesizing software) for Catholics, Protestants, Jews or Muslims. Starting each day “reciting” the Lord’s Prayer (or the Islamic Fajr) costs $3.95 a month. Hail Marys are 70 cents a day for 10. A “Complete Rosary Package” is $49.95 a month. Each prayer is individually voiced, according to a March report on LiveScience.com, with the subscriber’s name on the screen, and for Muslim prayers, the computer’s speakers point toward Mecca.

• A 2008 report on crime at U.S. colleges listed the University of California at Davis as having the fifth-worst rate in the country (Davis’ rate of sexual assaults was higher than those of all the other schools in the system combined). Yet in February, according to Sacramento’s KTXL-TV, the school’s Student Judicial Affairs organization boasted about the record, claiming that it demonstrates the “openness” of the campus, in that students feel comfortable enough to report sex crimes.

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People who should have left well enough alone • In April, sex offender Barry Whaley was under suspicion for failing to register his new address. While being questioned at a police station in Fairbanks, Alaska, he asked an officer to retrieve a laptop computer from his car so it wouldn’t get stolen, and when the officer brought it in, Whaley mentioned an “amazing” flight-simulator program he’d been using, which the officer asked to see.

But as Whaley powered up the computer, a video of child pornography appeared, and Whaley was arrested.

• In April, police in Copley Township, Ohio, were called to a restaurant where Erik Salmons, 39, was allegedly intoxicated and annoying customers. Officers declined to arrest him but did insist that he call someone for a ride home, and Salmons complied. Back home, however, Salmons decided that he was insulted at being deemed intoxicated. Driving himself to the police station, he demanded a Breathalyzer test (which, of course, he failed) and was arrested.

Recurring themes People Different From Us: (1) Howard Sheppard, 30, of Deltona, Fla., was sent to Florida Hospital DeLand in January after finding some bullets on the ground and testing what would happen if he struck one with a metal punch. (He got shot in the arm.) (2) Eric Fortune, 19, was sent to the Ashtabula County (Ohio) Medical Center in March after nagging his brother into shooting him in the leg. According to a police report, Fortune had told the brother that he’d always wondered what it was like to get shot. (It was so painful, he cried.)

A News of the Weird classic (March 2000) In 1999, recidivist unlicensed surgeon John Ronald Brown, 75, was convicted in San Diego of causing the death of an 80-year-old man who’d agreed to have Brown amputate a healthy leg, thus bringing “apotemnophilia” (aka “body identity integrity disorder”) to many people’s attention. The disorder involves deriving a sexual or sexual-like gratification from the removal of a “normal” limb regarded as ugly or superfluous. Very few licensed doctors will perform the surgery, and Brown’s license had been revoked 20 years earlier after botched transsexual

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by Anne Fitten Glenn

Chicken education “What day of the week do chickens hate?”

“Fry-day!”

The lowly chicken has been big news around town lately.

For one, the Asheville City Chickens movement pushed through changes to the city’s animal-control ordinance governing urban chickens last week at Asheville City Council. Now those of us with houses so close together you can use two paper cups and a string to chat can keep chickens, too. Thanks to the ACC, the minimum distance between a coop and your neighbor’s home has been reduced — though I still don’t have room for poultry.

Plus, I don’t much care for live chickens — it’s those beady little eyes and dinosaur-like claws — though I don’t mind eating them and their eggs (the raccoons who live in the house behind mine wouldn’t mind eating them either). So, no chickens in Edgy land.

Luckily, my kids’ school, Isaac Dickson Elementary, keeps chickens, and the mostly city-raised students there know much more about poultry care and chicken life cycles than I do. In fact, these kids learn tons from the lowly chicken. I call it chicken education.

The other day, I watched Patti Evans’ class of kindergartners and first-graders loving on the month-old chicks they incubated and hatched.

The students thrill at telling the birth stories of the critters — these kids are like mini-parents.

One explains that baby chicks break open their shells using an egg tooth that then falls off. See? Small dinosaurs in your back yard, ACCers.

The Dickson kids also care for the adult chickens and collect their eggs. They kindly gave me half a dozen, which were delicious fried with chopped chives and a smattering of goat cheese.

These city chickens are free-range all the way. Often, they wander onto Hillside Drive, prompting elementary-school kids to ask the perennial question, “Why does the chicken cross the road?” The answer: “Because the school doesn’t yet have a garden fence.”

Here’s what else I learned: Most of the chickens like to be held, except for Winter, who’s always in a bad mood. They call the chickens “the girls” because there aren’t any boys (two of the girls are named Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton, thanks to a study of last fall’s election). Thus, the eggs can’t become chicks

because they’re not fertilized (early sex ed).

One of the young chicks might grow up to be a rooster, but you can’t tell until he starts crowing and misbehaving (sometimes the male gender is surprisingly consistent across species). The eggs are great for putting in pancakes.

“Knock-knock?”

“Who’s there?”

“Chicken?”

“Chicken who?”

“Chicken barfs all over your head.”

Kindergarten humor rawks. More likely than barf is the case of Lulu the chicken dropping an egg (splat) in the school hall as Kate Fisher, chicken guru and garden teacher, was carrying her to the art room. Why was Kate taking a chicken to the art room? To have Lulu’s portrait painted, of course.

The chickens have become such an important part of the school’s culture and learning community that most of the student body recently painted portraits (and a number of abstracts) of the school chickens. The resultant works of art were sold at the school’s Spring Market.

The money raised will pay for a chicken (and possibly a goat). This chicken will come from

Heifer International and be given to a family in a Third World country. Heifer International’s a nonprofit organization whose goal is to help end world hunger and poverty through self-reliance and sustainability.

As one student told me, when you have a chicken, you have eggs. Then you have baby chicks, and you can give a chick to your neighbors so they have eggs. It goes on and on until one chicken can feed a whole town.

Dickson has kept chickens for about three years, and now that the school can keep some of the chicks they hatch, they’re expanding the coopery. Pam Jaillet’s third-grade class designed and are building a third coop for the girls with their garden guru.

Kate says, “Measurement’s part of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for third grade. So measure and and build we did. Got them from rudimentary pie-chart fractional math to linear fractional math, which was pretty cool.”

Math, art, charity, wood-working, biology, sustainability, chemistry, comedy and care-taking — all are part of chicken education. X

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

Parenting Calendar for May 6 - 14, 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.) Increase confidence, learn hands-on tools, enjoy the best day of your life! 828-231-9227. Classes monthly: Wednesdays, 6p.m. $175. Next begins June 17.

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 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.

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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. 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.

• Three SATURDAYS, 9am-Noon - Class. (Also in Madison County; call for details.)

Events at Asheville Catholic School Located at 12 Culvern St. • FR (5/8), 7pm - Olson Huff, pediatrician and author, will give a presentation on discovering the uniqueness of preschool children and will sign copies of his book Nursery Rhymes & Children’s Times.

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: 213-8098 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: 7134307.

• 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.

La Leche League Meetings

• 2nd MONDAYS, 10am - Monday Mornings: Meeting at First Congregational Church, Oak St. Pregnant moms, babies and toddlers welcome. Info: 628-4438 or 505-1379.

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.

YWCA Programs for Parents The YWCA is at 185 S. French Broad Ave. Info: 254-7206 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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Fishing (and more fun stuff) for the French Broad The Asheville-based nonprofit RiverLink has a serious mission: preserving and enhancing the French Broad River and environs. But that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean the group doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to have some serious fun.

Consider the French Broad River Fins & Gills Classic on Saturday, May 9.

The fundraiser, co-sponsored by Clear Channel Radio-Asheville and the Asheville Benefits Calendar for May 6 - 14, 2009 The Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tommy Rock Opera Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the album release. This production is presented by Bioflyer Productions and the Asheville Arts Center, and is a benefit for Eblen-Kimmel Charities. $10-$25. Tickets & info: 257-4530 or www. dwtheatre.com. â&#x20AC;˘ TH (5/14) through SA (5/16), 8pm & SU (5/17), 2pm - Performances at Diana Wortham Theatre. *â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Asheville Prom â&#x20AC;˘ SA (5/9), 8pm-Midnight - The 2009 Asheville Prom: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Funkadelic Masquerade.â&#x20AC;? Wear Mardi Gras-style attire.

Yo Mamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Fat Booty Band and The Merry Spinster Something will provide the music. A benefit for Project Access. At the Orange Peel. $25. Info: www.ashevilleprom. com.

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;˘ FR (5/8), 8am - Golf Tournament. Shotgun start. Fee includes golf, cart, lunch, gifts and prizes at Black Mountain Golf Club. Fundraiser for Celebration Singers of Asheville. *â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Center for Participatory Change CPC helps people recognize their own power, work together, and transform their communities. â&#x20AC;˘ SU (5/9), Noon-4pm - An arts-and-crafts sale featuring work by local artists and benefiting grassroots groups working for racial and economic justice will be held at Firestorm Cafe, 48 Commerce St. All proceeds will go to the Center for Participatory Change. Info: 255-8115.

Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Fundraiser Located at 362 Depot St. in the River Arts District. Info: 2525050, info@fineartsleague.org or www.fineartsleague.org. â&#x20AC;˘ TH (5/7), 6-9pm - FALCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Outdoor Center, starts at 8 a.m. with a fishing tournament at Bent Creek Park that will run till 2 p.m. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be prizes for the top three finishers in highest total weight and largest single fish caught.

But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all: The event will also feature activities at the Outdoor Center, including a kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; casting competition, fishing classes, kayak and raft rides. A $2 lunch

*â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Food Not Bombs Benefit Show

â&#x20AC;˘ FR (5/8), 7pm - Benefit with bands, literature and other entertainment at Firestorm Cafe & Books. Food Not Bombs is a loose-knit group of independent collectives, serving free vegan and vegetarian food to others. Info: 255-8115. *â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Fundraiser for the N.C. Turkey Festival All proceeds benefit the Turkey Festival at 101 North Main St., in Raeford on Sept. 19. Info: www.ncturkeyfestival.org or nctf@embargmail.com. â&#x20AC;˘ SA (5/9), , 7-11pm - The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spring Flingâ&#x20AC;? will be held at Raeford Civic Center on College Dr. There will be music, hors dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres, fellowship and more. $5. *â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Fundraiser House Party â&#x20AC;˘ TH (5/7), 6:30pm - Learn how to support the 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.

Haywood County Arts Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FUNd Party Series Pick up a FUNd Party book at 86 N. Main St. in Waynesville or call 452-0593 for details on events and reservations. â&#x20AC;˘ TH (5/28), 10:30am - Spring Lunch, Learn, and Shop: â&#x20AC;&#x153;How-toâ&#x20AC;? demonstrations, a small shopping boutique and lunch. $25. Register by May 12. *â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Hope Gala â&#x20AC;˘ TH (5/7) - Celebrate the achievements of Buncombe County minorities, while supporting a Minority Medical Mentoring Program, which provides internships and scholarships for high school seniors of color who plan to enter the medical profession. Presented by Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement. Tickets & info: www.abipa. org or 251-8364.

MemoryCare A nonprofit serving families affected by Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease and other types of dementia. Info: www.memorycare.org.

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will also be available, with all proceeds going to RiverLink.

To register for the tournament ($10 adults, $5 kids ages 12 and under), visit www.riverlink. org. To rent a boat, call the Outdoor Center at 232-1970. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jon Elliston

â&#x20AC;˘ TH (5/14), 5-8pm - Appetizers by Carolina Mountain Bakery, Earth Fare, Frankie Bones and Stir Fry Cafe. At WineStyles, 10 Crispin Court, #102, Asheville. $10, additional wine for $5 per glass. Proceeds benefit MemoryCare.

Info: 277-9463.

Relay for Life of Henderson County Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Relay for Life of Henderson County. Events take place in Hendersonville. Info: www.relayforlife.org/hendersoncountync. â&#x20AC;˘ 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. â&#x20AC;˘ SA (5/9), 7-9:30pm - Trivia Night at 2 Guys Pizza on 6th Ave. in Hendersonville. $5 per team.

RiverLink Benefit All proceeds benefit RiverLink. Info: 252-8474 or www. riverlink.org. â&#x20AC;˘ SA (5/9), 8am-2pm - French Broad River Fins & Gills Fishing Tournament at Bent Creek Park. Prizes will be awarded â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- 11am-3pm - Fun activities for kids of all ages at Asheville Outdoor Center. Lunch for $2. Entry fee: $10 adults/$5 kids before May 7 or $15/$10. *â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Smoked Chicken Dinner & Bake Sale At the Asheville Mennonite Church, 49 Bull Mountain Road. $6 & $7.50. Info: 298-4487. â&#x20AC;˘ SA (5/9), 11am-6pm - Dinner & sale.

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environmental news by Margaret Williams

Contaminated well near CTS site overflows Two grade-school boys playing in Becky Robinson’s yard on April 24 discovered that an old well on the property was leaking. It hadn’t been used since 1999, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed that it was contaminated by trichloroethylene, one of many chemicals used at the former CTS electroplating plant on Mills Gap Road (see “Fail-Safe?” July 11, 2007, Xpress).

Earlier that day, an EPA subcontractor working on the well had removed the inactive pump, says Robinson. The contractor replaced the pump and left, she recalls. But by late Friday afternoon, it was leaking.

“There was a shiny, oily looking film in the water that has seeped out several feet around the well,” Robinson details in a videotaped interview with a member of the CTS citizens monitoring council.

Despite the EPA’s fed’s 24-hour hot line, initial efforts to contact federal and state officials got no response, so the Robinsons called the Skyland Fire Department. The next day, firefighters removed the pump and gave it a temporary silicone seal that stopped the leak.

EPA On-Scene Coordinator David Dorian did try to contact the Robinsons and their neighbors that Saturday, says EPA spokesperson Dawn Harris. The first call her office has on record was from Asheville Citizen-Times reporter Nanci Bompey, Harris points out. In any case, the EPA did send the subcontractor back out to repair the seal on Sunday, April 26, and work was completed by Tuesday, she reports.

The subcontractor was taking water samples as part of the EPA’s reassessment of contamination from the CTS site, Harris explains. “To sample at multiple depths, you have to pull the pump, [but] one of the seals ruptured [and] didn’t hold under the pressure.”

As long ago as 1987, soil and water samples taken at the 57-acre site — and at nearby springs and wells — revealed a slew of contaminants, including TCE, vinyl chloride, petroleum hydrocarbons, xylene and others, as reported in a 2008 EPA document, “Subsurface Soil and Groundwater Sampling Report, Revision 1.” According to the report summary, “TCE was detected in all of the soil samples collected during the [1987] investigation.” Although many of these are suspected carcinogens, and vinyl chloride is a highly toxic carcinogen, no cleanup was undertaken. Additional sampling in 1991 continued to reveal contamination: “Several organic and inorganic substances including cadmium, magnesium, manganese, vanadium, beryllium, barium, nickel, zinc, 1,2-dichloroethene,

exposure. An EPA test last fall showed TCE at 1,100 ppb. Soil samples were taken at the well that Sunday and Monday, to determine whether the leak had caused additional contamination, but it will be several weeks before the results are in, says Harris.

Meanwhile, the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources is negotiating the terms of a voluntary remediation by the Elkhart, Ind.-based CTS, though many residents take issue with its “voluntary” aspect and the resulting $3 million cap on cleanup costs under state law (see “CTS Neighbors Reject Cleanup Proposal” and “An Issue of Trust,” April 29 Xpress).

Under a separate 2004 agreement with CTS, the EPA is overseeing an interim remediation project that involves injecting ozone into the ground below one contaminated stream. Ozone destroys TCE, the most common ground-water contaminant in the U.S., Dorian reports. Over the next six months, the system’s effectiveness will be evaluated, says Dorian. “If it is [effective], we’ll keep it in place until there’s a long-term [cleanup] solution in place.” Meanwhile, a soil-vapor extraction project, he adds, has removed almost 6,000 pounds of TCE since 2006.

But CTS may have dumped as much as 52,000 pounds of the solvent each year. To date, no evidence of buried barrels has been found, and there’s no conclusive explanation for why TCE levels at some locations seem to be on the rise. X

A troubled well: Contaminated water seeps from Becky Robinson’s former well near the CTS site. photo by tate mcqueen

and vinyl chloride were detected at elevated levels in soil, sediment and surface water samples collected from the property,” the report notes.

The Robinsons’ spring-fed well wasn’t tested until 1999. The TCE was 280 parts per billion (5 ppb is the limit for drinking water). As a result, the well was capped, and their home was hooked up to the public water supply.

But Robinson says she continues to worry: Children play in the big yard near the old well. Pets could drink the water that seeps out. Her family and neighbors used that well for about 10 years before the TCE was discovered, and the Robinsons have had various health issues that may be connected to TCE

Eco Calendar for May 6 - 14, 2009 Gaia Community Potluck (pd.) Find out about West Asheville’s newest intentional green community and see what it’s like to live here. Vegetarian potluck open to anyone interested. June date TBA. RSVP to 828-337-8190.

Common Sense at the Nuclear Crossroads A grassroots group based in Asheville that focuses on the transport of radioactive materials and nuclear industries in the Southeast. Info: www. nuclearcrossroads.org.

• 2nd MONDAYS, 6pm - The group meets at the Unitarian Universalist Church, One Edwin Pl. Check website to confirm meeting details.

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.

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• TH (5/7) - Urban Walk with Walk Wise, Drive Smart. Enjoy an urban walk in Hendersonville. Details: www.walk-wise.org.

• SA (5/9), 9am - Guided bird walk at Jackson Park, Hendersonville.

• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 4:30pm - Water Quality Committee meeting.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 4pm - Energy Committee meeting —- 4:30pm Recycling Committee meeting.

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: 2541776.

• 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

The 2008 EPA report and others can be found at www.epaosc.net/ MillsGap. To view the interview with Becky Robinson, go to http:// web.me.com/cleanwnc/Site/ROBINSON_WELL_RUPTURES_ TCE.html.

Send your environmental news to mvwilliams@mountainx.com, or call 251-1333, ext. 152.

Sounding off The state is taking public comment on the proposed agreement with CTS through Friday, May 15. The agreement is available for review at Pack Library (67 Haywood St. in downtown 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.

Education Room, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain. Sponsored by Black Mountain Library and Rainbow Recycling. Free. Info: 669-8722.

• FR (5/8), 7pm - “Flow.”

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

• 1st THURSDAYS, 7pm - Meeting for Buncombe County members and the public at the WNC Alliance office, 29 N. Market St., Ste. 610, Asheville.

Info: 258-8737.

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The Asheville DisclAimer lies AbouT mosT Things, buT Tells The TruTh when we sAy we loves your mom!

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Tips for preventing bear encounters

Cherokee fires contained Fire officials remind public not to drive, smoke-signal at same time

Specter switches parties Cuts ties with Free Transformians;

Throws support to Egyptian Space Brigades

Skyland, NC Local chickens look forward to beheadings in chicken-friendly city environment

Gun Crazy

Fearing stricter gun laws, WNC residents have been stocking up on guns and ammunition.

What will people use all the extra guns for?

* Dig out old Clue board game from hall closet and replace missing game piece. * Use butt of pistol to hammer bullets into the wall to hang family pictures. * Shoot at extra gallons of milk they have stockpiled from last snowflurry report.

* Every time they see Obama’s face on new digital TV, they can run outside and shoot at their old analog TV. * Put extra guns in trunk of Oldsmobile, walk back into Wal-Mart and purchase some more.

Are you an 18-to-20-year-old who has been living in environmental waste your entire life? Don’t hide what NATURE didn’t give you! You are the IT Generation of Buncombe County! We want YOU as our poster children to show the world that you are OK with yourself (legallly)! It’s time the world knows how cool it is to grow up the by-product of electroplating!

Apply in person today at the old CTS site off Mills Gap Road!

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God Busted

Asheville, MondAy — Following last year’s Christmas Jam, Asheville resident Clifton Ingram was arrested for possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms. His legal defense? God provided hallucinogenic mushrooms for the enjoyment of mankind. A warrant was swiftly issued and executed for the alleged drug dealer, God, who was taken into custody at his one-bedroom Montford residence without incident.

“I can’t believe that little bastard rolled over on me,” God, in his trademark powerful baritone voice, later told reporters during a break at his bond hearing. “Here, I’ve been providing good times for the whole of mankind for tens of thousands of years, frog plagues and natural disasters notwithstanding, and now I’m off to the joint for some penny-ante bullshit!”

After police saw that all of the arable drug-producing land of the planet Earth

was sitting in plain sight at the residence, a quick pat-down revealed that God had the entire known cosmos on his person.

He was therefore additionally charged with possession with intent to distribute 2.85 trillion cubic acres of mushrooms, as well as possession of a concealed weapon (an ice pick).

“I need that pick for self-protection, man,” God said, according to the police report. “The Montford area isn’t safe after sunset, which technically I could control, but I’m more hands-off on that type of thing.”

After denying God bail on the grounds of his being a flight risk, he was remanded to custody. Additionally, his mug shot was removed from Buncombe County’s mostwanted site and channel following reports that any viewers of the picture were turned to pillars of salt.

* Purchase bear-proof garbage can.

Lure bear into can. Cover tightly with bear-proof lid. * Do not feed birds in your yard.

The sight of starving birds will send a message to the bears. * If you think you hear a bear, grab the nearest high-powered bow, go to the nearest camouflaged tree stand and fire at the nearest not-orange thing. * If attacked by a black bear, fight back aggressively using your last will and testament as a soft club. * Bears who have previously been fed by humans may associate the word “bear” with food. Don’t say, “Go away, bear, yum-yum, bear.” Instead, address the bear informally, using “Sweet beans” or “Honey steak.” * Stop. Remain Calm. Assess the situation. “I’m standing still and a bear is charging me.” Much better. * Climb the closest sapling. If none are nearby, dive into the closest den-like opening in the ground. Try to blend in with litter of cubs. * Protect your bees. To your last dying breath, protect your bees. * To create respect for boundaries, rub molasses along electric fence.

Make sure you’re on the other side of fence when bear licks the molasses. * Hike in small groups and make presence known by singing and clapping.

Maintain a hiking ratio of one tambourine for every two acoustic guitars.

The Asheville Disclaimer (copyright 2009) is parody/entertainment editor@ashevilledisclaimer.com.

Contributing this week: Michele Scheve, Joe Shelton, Tom Scheve

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All the food news that fits a tweet: June Thomas puts Twitter to work for Nine Mile. photo by Jonathan Welch

by Hanna Rachel Raskin Hard as it is to believe, online social networking is still relatively new. But the seeds of the current Twitter craze that’s gripped all manner of restaurants, from latter-day chuckwagons to tony whitetableclothed eateries, were sown decades ago.

In 1984, Jonathan Waxman, the chef generally credited as the culinary pioneer who bravely lugged Californian cuisine east, opened the uber-trendy Jams in New York City. While the restaurant is fondly recalled for its roast chicken, perhaps its most significant innovation was its design, which featured a wide-open kitchen.

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“back of the house”) further and further into their dining rooms. Today’s diners, fed a steady diet of food-themed reality shows and celeb chef tell-alls, have grown suspicious of the concealed kitchen: They want to watch cooks jiggle sauté pans and listen to them curse. The aura of calm composure on which great restaurants once prided themselves is long gone.

If the open kitchen upset restaurants’ traditional appearance of effortlessness, Twitter has shattered it. Restaurants — including many here in Asheville — now use the microblogging program (which enables users to send up-to-140-character digital “tweets” to computers and cell phones) to trumpet menu changes, share musings about customer traffic and pose open-ended questions.

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out and put it all together,â&#x20AC;? says June Thomas, who handles the Twittering duties for Nine Mile. On any given day, Thomas might tweet out the daily specials, bemoan the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems getting its new menu printed and wonder aloud if the real Gordon Ramsay was behind the @RamseyGordo account. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not perfect, and I think people can relate to that. It adds a little bit of humanity to the company,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Nine Mile is widely acknowledged by local foodies as a master of the Twitter form. Thomas, who initiated the account back in March 2008 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went to Aaron [Thomasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; husband, who co-owns the restaurant and serves as executive chef] and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This might be kind of nerdy, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to workâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is an indefatigable tweeter. She routinely runs exhaustive searches for terms like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Asheville,â&#x20AC;? which might lead to tourists wondering where to eat, which might lead to more customers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chiming into someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conversation can lead to someone walking in the door,â&#x20AC;? says Thomas, who recently steered a gluten-free visitor to Rosettaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kitchen and Laughing Seed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They wrote back to say thanks for the help, and then they came in to eat.â&#x20AC;?

Thomasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; innate understanding of technology and the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to transparency have made for a highly personable, funny and useful feed. But other local restaurants are also playing the Twitter game, finding smart new ways to reward customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; loyalty and cultivate new fans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friday Twitter Treat!â&#x20AC;? Rosettaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kitchen posted last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today only, free homemade lemonade, peppermint tea, or coffee with your meal. Tell cashier you are our twitter friend!â&#x20AC;?

Jim Barton, who maintains Rosettaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Twitter account in exchange for free meals, is an active Twitter user who enjoys the networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salon atmosphere. But heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s found itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harder for commercial enterprises to engage in the free-ranging conversations that typify Twitter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While the business account will share your personality, just as your restaurant will, it is inevitably more about broadcasting specials,â&#x20AC;? Barton e-mails.

Not that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anything wrong with that: Thomas reports that many Nine Mile diners have told her

they were lured to the restaurant by the promise of, say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;#todaysspecial : Grilled Mahi w/ apple fennel salad, squash, rasta peppers & zucchini tossed w/ linguine in a white wine basil butter sauceâ&#x20AC;?

Kevin Schwartz, assistant director of food and beverage at The Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa, says restaurant owners usually figure out how to post specials and highlight menu changes long before they learn how to retweet (an essential element of Twitter-etiquette) and reply to other tweeters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Restaurants arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t using it to its best potential yet, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re learning how to inform our guests about events and specials,â&#x20AC;? says Schwartz, who handles the Twitter account for the Asheville Independent Restaurant Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slowly building.â&#x20AC;?

AIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tweets arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite as candid as Nine Mileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a typical tweet from last week read, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Had a great lunch today at Burgermeisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been, take the time to do so â&#x20AC;&#x201D; delicious!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but Schwartz says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excited about the mediumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possibilities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel old when I do this, but this is where we have to go,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the most progressive way for us to inform people.â&#x20AC;?

According to Schwartz, many AIR member restaurant owners are still Twitter holdouts, citing age or â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more persuasively â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a lack of time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to spend a mint, we have to spend time, and when does a restaurateur have time?â&#x20AC;? Schwartz asks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real trick.â&#x20AC;?

The Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau is helping save some time for busy restaurant owners with the energetic Twitter feed it administers in conjunction with its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Foodtopiaâ&#x20AC;? campaign, dedicated to cementing Ashevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation as an epicenter of farm-to-table eating. Foodtopia tweets out local food news at least three times a day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Twitter enhances the local food scene because it connects the local food scene,â&#x20AC;? says onlinerelations manager Sherida Buchanan, who twitters as @Foodtopia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes information and puts it all in one place so the Asheville food scene can become even stronger.â&#x20AC;? X Xpress food writer Hanna Rachel Raskin can be contacted at food@mountainx.com.

Tasty tweeters Strangely, Asheville still seems short on tweeting farmers, since the by-the-minute format seems especially well suited to farming life (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Um, maybe theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re too busy,â&#x20AC;? one highly rational Twitter user hypothesized.) But many local restaurants have established accounts, including the following: Asheville Independent Restaurant Association: airasheville Asheville Wine Consulting: ashevillewine Bouchon: bouchonasheville Bruisinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ales: bruisinales Corner Kitchen: cornerkitchen French Broad Chocolate Lounge: chocolatelounge Izzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee: izzyscoffee The Market Place: markrosenstein Nine Mile: ninemile Rosettaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kitchen: rosettaskitchen Savoy: savoyrestaurant The Xpress food section can also be found on Twitter, with food editor Hanna Raskin tweeting local food news and restaurant previews through her account. But to make this effort work, she needs your help: To join the Xpressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; growing community of citizen critics and food news hounds, head to www.twitter.com and follow hannaraskin.

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TUPELO HONEY TO RE-OPEN: After being closed for more than a week, Tupelo Honey Cafe plans to be back open and serving its Southern favorites on Wednesday, May 6. On April 24, a 6-inch sewer line clogged and backed up into the basement of Tupelo Honey on College Street in downtown Asheville, where thousands of gallons of water seeped in. The restaurant’s owner, management and employees have worked to clean and sanitize, and say they’re looking forward to getting back to business. Grease caused the clog in the sewer line, according to a spokesman for the Metropolitan Sewerage District, which oversees the lines.

SADIE’S SEAFOOD PUB: “We really feel like we’re offering a completely different product,” S & W’s events director Leslie Rogers says of the restaurant’s decision to

open a seafood eatery just yards away from the Lobster Trap, a Hall of Famer in the Xpress’ annual “Best Seafood” poll.

“We’re not offering the fine-dining experience,” Rogers explains. “We’re offering affordable seafood in a family-friendly atmosphere.”

Rogers hesitated to characterize Sadie’s offerings as Calabash-style, but described the menu as featuring fried and broiled fish served with coleslaw and hush puppies.

Other items include a low-country boil, priced at $12.95 a person, and a selection of steamed shellfish.

Sadie’s replaces the Corner House Café, which experimented with breakfast service and live music before shuttering.

Sadie’s, at 54 Patton Ave., serves lunch and dinner and is closed on Mondays. To learn more, call 505-3364.

GREEN TEA SUSHI: Hop-ing to provide diners with air as fresh as its sushi, Green Tea in West Asheville has added outdoor seating. To celebrate the patio’s official grand opening, the restaurant is offering discounted beer and sake on Sundays and Mondays. Call 252-8300 for more.

RESTAURANT CLOSINGS: Area restaurants have proved remarkably resilient as the current recession rolls on, but the economy likely played a role in the recent demise of two restaurants: Rita’s Cantina — the massive Tex-Mex eatery that opened last year in the Biltmore Village space previously occupied by Trevi’s — and Eleanor’s Sports Tavern and Grill in Hendersonville have both closed.

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arts&entertainment Nesting instinct

Eco-folk pop trio Bowerbirds grow their music career and their garden

by Alli Marshall If the tag says organic, free-range, non-GMO, it’s got to be good, right? But what if that claim comes on a CD — say, Hymns for a Dark Horse by the Raleigh-based folk-pop trio Bowerbirds? After all, the nature-imbued, avian-centric song collection was crafted at the off-the-grid piece of land where the Bowerbirds’ founding members Beth Tacular (accordionist, percussionist) and Phil Moore (guitarist, songwriter) live.

Without running water or electricity.

In an Airstream while building their cabin.

“The most recent album was written on GarageBand,” Moore says of Hymns. From the couple’s solar panel, he was able to derive enough juice to “power a laptop, but everything else had to be acoustic.”

So, unplugged by necessity, Bowerbirds’ sound is hauntingly minimalist — but also emotionally lush, evocative (thanks to sophisticated lyrics, spot-on percussion and the exotic strains of accordion) of narrow, cobbled streets, bonfires, gypsy caravans, rustling wings, rich soil and graceful plumes of smoke.

The group’s single, “In Our Talons” — Hymns’ most energetic, booming track — makes the statement, “It takes a lot of nerve to destroy this wondrous earth,” but Bowerbirds seem unwilling to be the soundtrack to any sort of eco-movement. In fact, Moore sees the band’s growing profile and mounting tour schedule as antithetical to the life he and Tacular are in the process of building.

“Part of the dream of living out in the country is to start a garden and to homestead. There’s no time for that. There’s no time to maintain a garden or have Guinea hens or chickens,” he says. “The two worlds are butting heads with each other right now.”

As they gear up for another couple weeks in the Netherlands, the U.K., Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland (this just on the heels of last autumn’s Europe jag), Moore and Tacular find themselves taking care of business in Raleigh’s con-

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Bowerbirds (with La Strada and Saint Solitude)

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Homegrown hymns: Bowerbirds’ low-key life makes for high-quality folk pop. photo by derek l. anderson

crete jungle, rather than working on their 30-foot by 17-foot cabin.

And there are other discrepancies: “It’s really hard to come back from tour, staying in places where there’s running water and then coming back to roughing it,” Moore admits. Many musicians think being on the road is the hard part — for Moore it’s the cushy life that’s at odds with his back-to-theland ideal. Then again, many musicians strive for that leather-pantsed, packed stadium, diesel tour

bus paragon of excess. Most rockers would be hardpressed to leave the clutches of green rooms and groupies for the clucking of chickens.

“It’s hard to look at playing music as a career,” Moore says. “I don’t imagine it going on forever. It is what it is at the moment.”

But, at the moment, it’s good. Since Moore and Tacular first embarked on Bowerbirds (Tacular, who recently told Salad Days Music, “I was always into music, but never thought I could sing well

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enough to be in a band,” learned accordion specifically for Bowerbirds’ first show), they’ve added a regular drummer (Matt Damron), a roster of guest players and a growing fan base.

Those listeners attending shows in, say, Basel and Brussels? Even if they aren’t fluent in English (and Moore’s lyrics are poetically dense: “We stow our words in the cellar so we never lose hope, and keep this wood fire stoked while the bitter winds blow”), they still relate. “It shows you can pick up on an idea of a song without really knowing the full content,” Moore muses.

It’s possible that the wholesome goodness, the organic, free-range, non-GMO-ness of Bowerbirds transcends language. Or that, on both sides of the ocean, listeners grasp the rare — and likely fleeting — amalgamation of artful writing, sincere musicianship and unadulterated instrumentation. (A new album is already recorded and due out in July.

Moore describes it as “more personal. It’s still vocally and lyrically driven but it feels less like it was just recorded and played in your living room.”)

Still: “When we play Berlin or something and there are people who like our band — we just wonder, how did you people figure out how to like our band? It’s super-surprising.” X A&E reporter Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@ mountainx.com.

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The important thing is the spirit Japanese psychedelic collective Ghost graces the States with a tour

by Dave Cole

“Come over to see us, to be completely yourself. We love you,” says Masaki Batoh of Ghost (with help from the Babel Fish translator). photo by hiroyuki ishii

Then the band took off: Michio Kurihara, one of the premier guitarists of Japan’s underground psychedelic movement, joined the group; Chicago-based indie label Drag City began distributing Ghost’s albums in the States; and indie pop duo Damon & Naomi championed Ghost’s recordings and toured with Batoh and company, culminating in the 2000 release of Damon & Naomi with Ghost.

Through all the journeys and acclaim, Batoh insists he is still an acupuncturist first and foremost. The music comes when he feels it serves a purpose, whether it’s a cause to which he’s dedicated, such as his fervent support for Tibetan independence, or as in the case of 2007’s In Stormy Nights something more personal. “My barbaric chee moved me,” he says as our Internet-translated interview began to fall apart, “When my wilderness grown in depth of me.”

That’s the remarkable thing about music, though, and the music of Ghost in particular. Some things can be written about but can never really be translated. Beyond a certain literal point, try as they might, words can never truly say what they want to. “I’m afraid to mention to warn materialism syndrome of people especially when they listen to music. Come over to see us, to be completely yourself. We love you.”

Fortunately, music never has that hindrance. X Dave Cole can be reached at Richard.david.cole@gmail.com.

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When Masaki Batoh gave his psychedelic music collective the name “Ghost,” he couldn’t have come up with a more appropriate moniker if he’d taken the 25 years of the group’s existance to consider the matter. Few bands manage to walk in so many worlds and carry along so many musical sensibilities. The traditional and the experimental don’t so much collide as occupy the same space, exploring the balance and tension between the elegant and the primal. “We just play the music we want to listen to,” Batoh tells Xpress, with help of the Babel Fish translation program. “There is no alchemy.”

Batoh grew up in Kyoto, Japan, loving Western rock music from a young age (Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground) and also inspired by a contemporary crop of experimental and psychedelic Japanese bands. These days, he admits that he finds most contemporary music not particularly inspiring, “But who: [the music of] Jeni Melia Ghost, with Magik Markers moves me.” (Melia is an accomplished soprano what: who is often accompanied Legendary Japanese psych band by lute. She’s a member of where: The English Ayre, a small The Grey Eagle group of musicians dedicated to preserving early when: music.)

Tuesday, May 12 (9 p.m. $10/$12, In 1984 Batoh formed tickets available at Orbit DVD, Ghost. “We were bored Static Age, Grey Eagle, Harvest with ‘70s and early ‘80s Records) music,” he says. Early performances were the product of a large and varying lineup of collaborators playing completely improvised music. “It was free-form, complete chaos without any skill or thought,” Batoh says. The group lived as nomads and chose offbeat performance locations — Buddist temples, ruins, metro stations, caves.

Though Ghost did eventually make it to the studio, developing a more structured sound, Batoh says that his approach to making the music is still the same. “The important thing is the spirit, not the instruments or the arrangement,” he says.

The first two albums, Ghost and Second Time Around, used instruments both exotic and conventional from every corner of the globe: Acoustic guitars, saxophones, tin whistles, oboes, flutes, banjos, lutes, finger cymbals, gongs, bells, woodblocks. Ghost came to life in the form of acid-folk jams, the primitive pounding of tribal drums and serenely prayerful chants.

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Golden Blade III goes to Hollywood Local filmmakers TJ Wiedow and Jason Greenalch released low-budget kung fu spoof movie Golden Blade III nearly two years ago. The sound of whizzing swords has been relatively quiet since then, but Wiedowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been working behind-the-scenes to promote the movie, and having some luck.

The team went to the Charleston Film Festival last month and sold out the theatre, Wiedow reports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People loved it,â&#x20AC;? he said. The Charleston experience was something of a homecoming, as five people involved in the production grew up there. Wiedow said they had a blast.

Better than that, after tirelessly submitting Golden Blade III to dozens of film festivals (at a personal cost of more than $1,700), Wiedowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got some hits: Award nominations at B-Movie Fest in Syracuse, the Golden Ace award at Las Vegas International Film Festival.

But the big news is Blade is going to the City of Angels, after being selected for the Action on Film International Film Festival in late July. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love Golden Blade, these guys kick ass,â&#x20AC;? says Del Weston, the festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s founder. Westonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedicated to helping independent filmmakers get deals, distribution, publicity and more, says his bio. Weston called Wiedow to tell him the film had been chosen and to encourage Wiedow to beef up his Web site and publicity campaign. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve planted a seed here, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finally sprouted and flowering fast,â&#x20AC;? Wiedow says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took a long time. Like a banana tree. It takes forever to get big and then finally youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a banana.â&#x20AC;?

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Also, the film is in the running for the viewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;schoice-style Independent Features Film Festival â&#x20AC;&#x201D; cast your vote online and make sure GB3 makes it in: www.independentfeatures.com.

Other notable stuff: Local artist Dustin Spagnola will be painting live every Thursday in May at Pisgah Brewingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taproom and gallery in Black Mountain. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be joined by local street artists and live musicians, in what promises to be another cool thing to watch while you sample the ever-expanding lineup of awesome local beer. Spagnola moves to New York City soon, so catch him while you can.

Yet another funtime in downtown Marshall: An art opening Friday, May 9, featuring work from Matty Dodge and Chris Hanlin (painting, silkscreen, sculpture, drawing), and acoustic tunes from Madison County boy Pierce Edens, and Jesse James and the Junkmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daughter.

Info at www.madisoncountyarts.com.

On the bands-with-horns-is-good-bands front, funk/jazz outfit The Discordian Society play at Westville Pub on Friday, May 9. Featuring proficient jams that hop all over the musical spectrum, these guys have two sax players and zest.

Info at www.myspace.com/discordiansociety.

The eclectic roots ensemble The Asylum Street Spankers whoop it up this week at the Grey Eagle (Wednesday, May 13), bringing their good-time blend of string-band-meets-vaudeville-meets-hilarity. Info at www.thegreyeagle. com. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rebecca Sulock

junker’sblues

the life and times of a digger

Junk is the ideal product: Xpress’ brand-new column on the second-hand world When I was growing up, while other kids decided to be doctors, firemen or sports stars, I chose a different career path. At three years old, I’d tell any grownup who would listen that I was going to be a paleontologist. I was going to spend my life digging up dinosaur bones. I guess I was just born to dig, because now I’m a junker.

A junker? Yes. Thrift-store troller. Yard-sale roller. Flea-market hopper. E-bay sharecropper. I purchase second-hand goods and resell them for mortage money. This is not an easy career. There’s no business model. The junker is dependent on the winds of whim. Chance.

Timing. And perseverance. I spend much of my week digging through stuff other people no longer want. I’ve crawled into crawlspaces, battled giant spider webs in basements, twisted my body into back-killing, cirque-du-salacious shapes, smelled the foul leavings of household pets and washed the dust of ages from my frayed fingers, all in pursuit of lost treasure. I’ve warred against other junkers for a tasty looking box, bin or shopping cart, and watched people cry as I took away some part of their past for profit. I am a junker, and shame is not an option.

But don’t take from my self-deprecation that I’m unhappy doing it.

I am never happier than when I’m digging, searching for the score. My mind focuses. I go into a kind of trance. It’s free-market meditation.

And also know that I am not purely mercenary. My house is filled with junk — second-hand furniture, books, records, sock monkeys, clothes. I like to make a buck, but I’d just as soon cop for myself. Junking may be one of my income streams, but only because it was in my bloodstream first.

I see secondhand shopping as a different way of being in the modern world — one where I don’t have to run my debit card through a

Thrift-store troller. Yard-sale roller. Flea-market hopper. I am a junker. photo by jon elliston

grey plastic machine in some giant overlit church of commerce while chatting on my cell phone. It’s one-on-one, a dollar for a doohickey. If you and I can come to terms, we can make a sale! In a world of $700 billion bailouts and impossible-to-follow finance, this method of doing business has worth beyond its value. As our culture rushes endlessly forward towards economic meltdown, buying yard sale at least combats spiritual poverty.

Junker’s Blues will be a diary of junking — its ins and outs, its whys and wherefores. We’ll go where the goods are — thrift shops, flea

markets, antique malls, second-hand shops and yard sales. We’ll go online, read newspaper ads and sift through the stuff left on the side of the road. Sometimes we’ll just pop in quickly, but we’ll also peak into the back room to check out the inner workings. We’ll score and we’ll strike out, we’ll win and we’ll lose, spend, speculate and occasionally splurge.

We’ll also talk to other diggers to see what they’re finding out there.

Junk culture is amazingly diverse, and it would be a shame to focus exclusively on my own repetitive adventures and limited interests at the expense of the much larger world of junkistry.

One thing about this column: I’m just the writer, not the “expert.”

Just because I’ve been doing this for years doesn’t mean I do it well.

In theory, Asheville can support a column like this because part of our city’s essence is in its secondhand shops and how its citizens use them to make their first-person lives. If you have good digging stories, tips for finding fun stuff or a major recent score, go www.mountainx.com and share your thoughts and discoveries. With active participation we can make the life of the thrift culture enthusiast more fun and diverse. Not that I’m expecting you to give your best trade secrets away — I know I won’t be.

With the country’s finances in the dumps there’s no better place to find out what’s going on in the world than in the places where people dump their stuff. As a fellow digger friend of mine says, “As the economy gets worse, the digging gets better.”

Here’s hoping.

— Whitney Shroyer

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Graffiti artist Ishmael painted a gorilla directly onto the wall at Satellite Gallery.

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Bill Thompson, owner of Satellite Gallery, deserves praise for regularly promoting solo art exhibitions in his gallery space on Broadway.

Displaying one artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work at a time can be financially risky; typically in Asheville itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only the noncommercial or nonprofit venues that do so.

Still, a collector or client who walks into a solo show receives an immediate message that the exhibiting artist is important enough to be given full attention and respect. One is challenged to think about the art itself, rather than consider how it appears next to other works of art. The solo shows that Thompson curates boast not only the integrity of his artists â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they enhance the artistic climate of Asheville in the long run.

Satellite is currently showing the work of graffiti artist Ishmael. Paying homage to the anti-civilization theorist Daniel Quinn, Ishmaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name is taken from the ape in Quinnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books. In spite of the politically-charged alias, much of the work in Tramp Life is surprisingly decorative. Painting on wood panels, the artist combines graphic elements and illustrative details, leaving much of the wood grain exposed. A nice touch is his use of clear varnish that appears and disappears depending on the viewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s angle. There is humor to be found in â&#x20AC;&#x153;2012â&#x20AC;? which is signed and dated with the year 2012 (the year the Mayan calendar ends).

Other smaller works incorporate Ishmaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature ape, and Charlie Chaplin iconography.

A huge gorilla with red eyes looms, painted directly onto the gallery wall, and the simulation of cracked glass has been painted onto the front window. It appears that the artist enjoys working large and is more comfortable in that capacity given his background in graffiti art.

In other gallery news, the much-anticipated group show On the Verge is finally on display at the Asheville Area Arts Council on Biltmore Ave.

(and will be up through May 29). The show, copresented by WNC Magazine, required that artists be in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;emergingâ&#x20AC;? state of their careers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; never having had a â&#x20AC;&#x153;major solo showâ&#x20AC;? anywhere.

Of 150 people who entered the juried show, only 10 were selected, and the end result makes for an impressive exhibition of noteworthy local artists. To be fair, the term â&#x20AC;&#x153;major solo showâ&#x20AC;? is a bit ambiguous, and it seems likely a fair amount of artists didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enter the competition, thinking they did not qualify.

Semantics aside, the selections were made with much thought and intention. While the expressive styles and media of the exhibit run the gamut, the artists are each accomplished and committed to their vision.

The narrative paintings on paper of Ian Brownlee are quietly ominous in spite of their innocent allure. Cities and people in Gabriel Shafferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paintings actively engage with ancestral and paranormal symbols. Marie Knight exhibits her graphic and richly-detailed two-dimensional multimedia artwork inspired by microbiological elements. Representing the more contemplative end of the visual spectrum are color â&#x20AC;&#x153;landscapesâ&#x20AC;?

by Genie Maples and quilts by Libby and Jim Mijanovich. The monochromatic glass vessels of Ben Johnson are a soothing alternative to the typical shiny multicolored work one imagines when thinking about glass art. Sculptural pieces

by Sylvie Rosenthal and E. Ryan Simmons add a dimension of humor and pun to the show, while the figurative renderings on cloth of Megan Van Deusen marry traditional and contemporary approaches. Ultimately On the Verge succeeds in capturing a distinct regional sentiment with its contemporary, organic and folk aesthetic imbued in visual storytelling and craft. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ursula Gullow

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who: LEAF: Lake Eden Arts Festival what: Celebration of regional and world folk arts, including music,

dancing, crafts and more. where: Camp Rockmont, Black Mountain when: Thursday, May 7, to Sunday, May 10 (Spring ticket sales closed. www.theleaf.com) why: Amid the lovely Black Mountain setting, LEAFgoers gather to dance, sing and play. This spring’s lineup includes The Meter Men (3 of the 4 original Meters), Antibalas, Martin Sexton, The Lee Boys, The Travelin McCourys and many, many more. Always a magical experience, LEAF is one of WNC’s most treasured times.

who: Asheville Puppetry Alliance

what: A Very Puppet

Birthday daytime event and Grand Puppet Gala evening benefit where: Blue Ridge Motion Pictures Studio, East Asheville when: Puppet Birthday is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ($8 adults, $5 children and seniors); Gala is 7 to 10 p.m. (Suggested $25 donation, $15 students. Info at www.ashevillepuppetry.org)

why: Come celebrate 10 years of puppetry with the Asheville Puppetry Alliance! The birthday celebration features some very special guests: Sesame Street’s Telly Monster, and Heather Henson (daughter of Jim Henson). The party starts during the day and features Telly and Marty Robinson, who will talk about life on Sesame Street, the Columbia Marionettes performing Rumplestiltskin and a Muppet Movie singalong.

The party continues into the evening with spirits and food, films from Henson, an auction, performances and more.

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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Ashevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s avant-garde: Mind vs. Target scores a direct hit A crowd of about 40 have come out to BoBo Gallery on this windy April evening. It is the usual eclectic scene one expects at this art gallery of a meeting place at the top of Lexington Ave. Some sip wine, others swill beer, while I snag a pint of water and duck into the center room where guitarist Shane Perlowin separates his guitar from the mass of instrumentation and sets up his amp in preparation for two sets of wild music.

One could call the music of Perlowinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mind vs. Target â&#x20AC;&#x153;jazz,â&#x20AC;? but perhaps that may be too general a term to describe this unit.

It is jazz, of the avant-garde variety. Think Ornette Coleman, think Charles Mingus, the originators of a few of the standards this group regularly performs. But also think Marc Ribot, and definitely think John Zorn. (Zorn has recently taken an interest in Perlowinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other major project, Ahleuchatistas, so much so that he reissued one of their early albums on his Tzadik label.) But now that you have thought about all those great players/composers, forget about them. Mind vs. Target is its own animal.

Being part of Perlowinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gamut of projects, Mind vs. Target naturally bears some similarity to Ahleuchatistas. Both are top-notch trios that perform purely instrumental music that can be classified as â&#x20AC;&#x153;radical,â&#x20AC;? as in supertight music from way left field. And while both projects perform highly-complicated arrangements, and both employ spaces in the music where the musicians are temporarily freed from the form of the piece to bring forth some chaos of improvised sound,

Ahleuchatistas lean more towards the thrash region of the musical spectrum, while Mind vs. Target favors the jazz region. Mind vs.

Target may be somewhat more accessible.

The band rapidly sets up and are off with a cascade of chords baptizing the audience in the spirit of the music to come. The opening chords wash over and over and over the audience before the band breaks into a secondary melodic form and the hooting crowd realizes why theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve braved the blustery night. As those in the know press in toward the stage, a bachelorette party from S.C. pays its tab and exits behind the leader of the pack, rhinestone tiara and all. (Just because Mind vs. Target is more accessible than the musical ranting and raving of Ahleuchatistas, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean they are accessible in any mainstream sense.)

The musical figure established, Joe Burkette changes up the usual arrangement of this number and takes the lead with a lightening solo on his dusky upright bass.

His notes, thick and furious, fill the room, plucked like ripe fruit, pleasing the ears of the gathered. Bass solo complete, we arrive at the stalwart riff that will govern the rest of the song. As Burkette locks in with drummer Michael Libramentoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intricate and steady battery, Perlowin takes flight. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a good night.

Mind vs. Target plays Zambra on Fridays, May 9 and 15, at 8 p.m. Ahleuchatistas plays on Friday, May 15, at BoBo, with Orange Tulip Conspiracy (featuring members of Secret Chiefs 3). â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Connor Jones

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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

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

French Broad Brewery Tasting

Open mic

The Screaming Jays

John Cook

Room

BoBo Gallery

Nashwa

Blue Ridge Performing Arts

Johnson’s Crossroad (acoustic, country)

Center

Garage at Biltmore

“Relay for Life Idol Contest”

Phuncle Sam & Empty Slate

BoBo Gallery

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Eliza Rosbach (folk, indie)

Live music w/ Shpongle

Broadway’s

Orange Peel

‘80s Night

The Presidents of the United States of America (rock) w/ Dusty Rhodes

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

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

Rocket Club

Eleven on Grove

Scandals Nightclub

Zydeco dance lesson w/ DJ Jim Bacovin Emerald Lounge

Galictifunk (disco, funk, house & DJs) Latin dance Town Pump

Reggae Resurrection

Live music w/ Jo Henley

Firestorm Cafe and Books

LVNMUZIQ, The Zealots, George Terry, Aaron Price & Wayne Robbins (acoustic, folk-rock) Jeff Zentner w/ Leigh Glass & The Steves (indie, rock)

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Frankie Bones

The Free Flow Band (funk, soul)

Open mic & music w/ West & Brian

Chris Rhodes (singer/songwriter)

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Marc Keller (variety)

Courtyard Gallery

The Overtakers (reggae)

Wild Wing Cafe

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Caribbean Cowboys

Wed., May 6

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Thu., May 7

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

Back Room

Emerald Lounge

Back Room

Hookah Joe’s

Open mic Becky and Jaime’s Water’n

Charles Wood and the Lonesome Road Band (bluegrass, soul)

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Beacon Pub

Club at Heritage Square

Reservations are taken nightly www.chasersnitelife.com

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Open mic w/ Jarrett Leone

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

The Malah (jam band, electronica) Five Fifty Three

Steve Wolrab & guests (jazz, guitar)

Bluegrass Jam, 9:30pm Lobster Trap

Hank Bones Mela

Belly dancing Nashwa

The Sharkadelics (classic rock)

Blu Lounge

Frankie Bones

Orange Peel

Open mic

Old Time Jam, 6pm

Johnny Blackwell (folk-rock, bluegrass)

Chris Rhodes (singer/songwriter)

Blue October (rock)

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5 Andrew Way • Arden, NC 828-684-3780

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Live music w/ Bawn in the Mash

It’s now

Located on Airport Road behind the Arby's

Gunslinger & Junglo

Jack Of The Wood Pub

clubs in one!

Great Drink Specials DJ Diva • Lee Whitaker Band

Hookah Joe’s

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Supreme Loungin’

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Kathy Mattea (country) w/ Benton Blount

Hole

club xcapades

)) &RIDAYS ))

It’s All About The Ladies DJ Diva • Lee Whitaker Band

Handlebar

Boiler Room

Celtic & eclectic jam

Live music w/ Shpongle

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

)) 4HURSDAYS ))

Karaoke w/ Sound Extreme $4.00 Jager Bombs

Wed. 5/6 Fri. 5/8

The Overtakers 9pm Chatham County Line w/

Greg Humphreys 9pm saT. 5/9

Tues.

5/12 Wed. 5/13

Benji Hughes w/ Wayne Robbins & The Hellsayers 9pm Ghost w/ Magik Markers 9pm

Asylum Street Spankers w/ Casey Driessen 8pm

Live Music, DJ’s & Dancing in the

West Wing

Thur.

5/14

Bellville Outfit CD

Release w/ Shane Pruitt 8pm

Exotic fun and then some on the

Wild Side!

Mon. - Sat. 7pm - 2am • 21 to Enter

828-258-9652 99 New Leicester Hwy.

(3miles west of Downtown -off Patton Ave.)

232-5800 www.thegreyeagle.com 185 Clingman Ave.

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Listen to Bad Ash &

Pisgah Brewing Company

Kevin Scanlon (acoustic, folk) Purple Onion Cafe

Bruce Piephoff (singer/songwriter, blues)

every Sunday on

Rocket Club

Hangar

La Strada (indie, pop) w/ Bowerbirds & Saint Solitude

The Sharkadelics (classic rock, metal)

Soul Infusion Tea House and Bistro

DJ Mayhem, DJ Bowie & The Stereo Crickets

Singer-songwriter showcase

Temptations Martini Bar

Jake Gardner (singer/songwriter)

7:30 OPEN MIC hosted by Scott Stewart

- Tues. -

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Chaser’s Nitelife

Fri., May 8

Nashwa

Blues Jam Featuring the

Westville All Stars hosted by Mars

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Pisgah Brewing Company

Live music w/ The Lazybirds

Club at Heritage Square

Requests dance night & DJ College St. Pub

Blue Jay Way (blues, folk, rock) Decades Restaurant & Bar

Fred Whisken (jazz pianist)

Southern Silk Duo (jazz, blues) w/ DJ Fortune 500, 10pm-2am

Blue Ridge Dining Room & Wine Bar

Razcal’s

Dock’s Restaurant

Caribbean Cowboys (island rock) Red Room at Temptations

Randy Galloway (Southern rock) & open mic jam

Aaron Price, Wayne Robbins & George Terry

DJ Spivey

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Boiler Room

Rocket Club

John Douglas Company (alternative, rock) Stella Blue

Crank County Daredevils (country)

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

90’s dance party w/ DJ Par D Fred’s Speakeasy

Club at Heritage Square

Stir Fry Cafe

Hip-hop dance & DJ

Live music w/ Common Saints

Club Xcapades

The Still

Room

Locomotive Pie (originals & blues)

Bob Burnette (folk, singer/songwriter)

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Garage at Biltmore

Carolina Sky

Peace Jones (funk, rock) w/ Now You See Them & The Baker Family Band

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 Dock’s Restaurant

Randy Galloway (Southern rock) & open mic jam

Town Pump

Wink Keziah (Americana, country) & Delux Motel Vaso de Vino Wine Bar & Market

Amy Burritt (acoustic, folk-rock)

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

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Eleanor’s Sports Tavern & Grill

Watershed

Johnny “Butane” Blackwell & The Smokin’ Section

Five Fifty Three

Michael Collins w/ Jeff Starnes (jazz duo)

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Live music w/ Heyoka, DJ Bowie & Medisin

DJ Diva & The Lee Whitaker Band

Peggy Twisters

Incognito Mosquito (fusion, funk) w/ The Mantras

sMoke-Free Pub • Pool & darTs 777 Haywood Road • 225-wPUB (9782)

Jim Seem & Melissa Hyman (acoustic, pop)

Boiler Room

Purple Onion Cafe

Emerald Lounge

Trivia Night with Prizes 9pm

Belly dancing w/ live music

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

- Fri. -

Brother Ghost (acoustic, pop) & The Night Owl

Thursday night bluegrass jam

DJ Diva & The Lee Whitaker Band

- Mon. -

Kellin Watson (folk, Americana)

BoBo Gallery

Electric Dam, Princess Thunderstorm & American Cheeseburger

Chaser’s Nitelife

outlaw country

Kinobe & Soul Beat Africa (Ugandan roots music)

Machiavillains (alternative rock)

Convalescence w/ As Sick as Us & Machines Of Sin and Sorrow (metal)

the gooD olD Boyz

Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center

Infusions Lounge

Broadway’s

BoBo Gallery

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Bar

Mike’s Tavern

Chris Rhodes (r&b, blues, pop), 5:30-10pm

hoBo-Junk rock

Blue Ridge Dining Room & Wine

A Social Funk-tion (party covers)

Dance mix w/ local DJ’s

the Brothels

Mark Bumgarner

No Honor Lost w/ Vivs & Project Loungecore (punk)

Blu Lounge

Thursday, May 14 Free!

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Magnolia’s Raw Bar

Jon Durham (Americana)

experimental Funk

Music w/ Lady DJ Christian M.

Watershed

Back Room

DiscorDian society

Blu Lounge

Jerusalem Garden

Zuma Coffee

saTurday, May 9 $5

MarsupiaL (rock, other) w/ Jolt Wagon

Live music w/ Aaron Laflace (singer/songwriter)

Vinegar Creek Constituency (bluegrass, roots)

Bluegrass/roots music

Beacon Pub

Chris Rhodes (r&b, blues, pop), 5:30-10pm

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Westville Pub

Vinegar creek constituency

The Space Heaters (jazz)

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Open mic at the Shed w/ Parker Brooks

Thursday, May 7 Free!

Back Room

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Steve Summey’s acoustic jam

Vincenzo’s Bistro

pool tournament

Hookah Joe’s

Firecracker Jazz Band (jazz) Peggy Ratusz’ Invitational Blues Jam

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Handlebar

Iris Dement (country, singer/songwriter) w/ Peter Cooper & Eric Brace

Town Pump

eVery sunday & Wednesday

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Razcal’s

Mark Keller (singer/songwriter)

entertainment writers

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Fred’s Speakeasy

Solito (Italian pop) w/ Ivan The Terrible French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Leigh Glass Band (Americana, blues, rock) Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Chatham County Line (country) w/ Greg Humphreys

Bobby Sullivan (piano) The Flying Whales (rock, county) feat: Artimus Pyle, Woody Wood, David Bryan, Sam Earnhardt & Tommy Cooper

Bill Maltba (punk, garage) w/ Unitard French Broad Brewery Tasting

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Benji Hughes (rock, ballads) w/ Wayne Robbins & the Hellsayers Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Handlebar

Mother’s Day party w/ Calvin Richardson (soul) Hangar

Live music

Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe

Havana Restaurant

Ryan Furstenberg (country)

Ahora Si (salsa, jazz, tropical)

White Horse

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Laura Boosinger & Josh Goforth (old-time mountain music)

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Wild Wing Cafe

Gary Pfaff (Southern rock, country) w/ The Heartwells

Sat., May 9

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm James Intveld (country) Jerusalem Garden

Belly dancing w/ live music Magnolia’s Raw Bar

A Social Funk-tion (party covers)

clubdirectory Complete clubland directory: www.mountainx.com/clubland. Questions or errors? E-mail (clubland@mountainx.com).

Asheville Civic Center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 251-5505 The Back Room (OSO) 697-6828 Barley’s Tap Room (SH) 255-0504 Beacon Pub 686-5943 Blue Mountain Pizza (OSO) 658-8777 Blue Lounge 650-5198 Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center 693-0087 BoBo Gallery (OSO) 254-3426 Broadway’s (SA) 285-0400 Caffiend 24 hr coffee 505-2098 Calypso II (SA) 277-6490 Chaser’s (SA) 684-3780 Club Hairspray (SA) 258-2027 College St. Pub (SA) 232-0809 Courtyard Gallery 273-3332 Cypress Cellar (ISS) 698-1005 Decades Restaurant & Bar 254-0555

Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 Dock’s Restaurant 883-4447 The Dripolator 225-0021 ED Boudreaux’s Bayou BBQ (SH) 296-0100 Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar 252-2711 Emerald Lounge (OSO) 232- 4372 The Encouraging Cup 329-8210 Feed & Seed + Jamas Acoustic 216-3492 Firestorm Cafe (OSO) 255-8115 Five Fifty Three 631-3810 Frankie Bones 274-7111 Fred’s Speakeasy (SA) 281-0920 French Broad Brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 The Garage 505-2663 Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern (OSO) 232-5800

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Grove House Eleven on Grove 505-1612 The Grove Park Inn 252-2711 Guadalupe Cafe 586-9877 The Handlebar (864)233-6173 The Hangar (SA) 684-1213 Havana Restaurant 252-1611 Headlights 400-0382 Hookah Joe’s 252-1522 Infusions 665-2161 Iron Horse Station 622-0022 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill 253-8805 Magnolia’s Raw Bar (ISS) 251-5211 Mela 225-8880 Mike’s Tavern 281-3096 Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill (SH) 258-1550 The Monte (SA) 669-2119

Nashwa 252-2001 New French Bar Courtyard Cafe 225-6445 The Orange Peel (OSO) 225-5851 Picnics 258-2858 PJ’s Coffee & Wine Bar 274-3444 Panther’s paw 696-0810 Pisgah Brewing Co. 669-2491 Purple Onion Cafe 749-1179 Rankin Vault 254-4993 Razcal’s 277-7117 Rocket Club 505-2494 Root Bar No.1 299-7597 Ruby’s BBQ Shack 299-3511 Scandals Nightclub 252-2838 Shovelhead Saloon (SA) 669-9541 Soul Infusion Tea House & Bistro (OSO) 586-1717 Steak & Wine 505-3362

Stella Blue 236-2424 The Still 683-5913 Stir Fry Cafe 505-4934 The Red Room at Temptations (SA) 252-0775 Temptations Martini Bar (SA) 252-0775 Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub 505-2129 Town Pump (SA) 669-4808 Tressa’s Downtown Jazz & Blues (SA) 254-7072 Vaso de Vino Wine Bar & Market 687-3838 Vincenzo’s Bistro 254-4698 The Watershed 669-0777 Westville Pub (OSO) 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe (SA) 253-3066 Xcapades 258-9652 Zambra 232-1060

FRIDAY • MAY 8

Kellin Watson You Must Taste this Soul-Filled Songstress

SATURDAY • MAY 9

James Intveld

Honky Tonkin’ Hollywood Style

S M OKE O R NOT TO S M OKE

OSO: outdoor/patio smoking only • SH: smoking hours, call clubs for specfics • ISS: indoor smoking section • SA: smoking allowed Mike’s Tavern

The Ringing Cedars (indie, experimental) Nashwa

DJ Drea Orange Peel

White Horse

Gary Conrad (comedian & “master hypnotist”) Wild Wing Cafe

Sun Domingo (rock, alternative)

The Funkadelic Masquerade/ Asheville Prom feat: Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band (funk)

Sun., May 10

Purple Onion Cafe

Skylark (jazz)

Jennings & Keller (Americana, folk) Purple Onion Cafe

The Smokey Joe Show (bluegrass, country) Razcal’s

Buster (Texas blues, rock) Red Room at Temptations

DJ Position

Rocket Club

Speedsquare (rock, progressive) w/ Dancers vs. Politicians Scandals Nightclub

DJ Dance Party & Cabaret Show Stir Fry Cafe

Barley’s Taproom Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Luke Wood

BoBo Gallery

Skeleton Breath & The Honeycutters (Americana, country) Grove Park Inn Great Hall

The Two Guitars of Yasmin & Lou, 10am12:30pm Bob Zullo (guitar), 630-10:30pm Hookah Joe’s

Belly dancing feat: Kristie & Alysha Jack Of The Wood Pub

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Contra dance

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bob Zullo (guitar), 630-10:30pm Guadalupe Cafe

Chad Hallyburton (jazz guitar), 7-9pm Hangar

Open mic night Mike’s Tavern

DJ Night

Orange Peel

LEAF in Schools & Streets presents The Lee Boys (blues, hip-hop, rock)

Live music w/ D Mack Vincenzo’s Bistro

Marc Keller & Company (variety)

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Tue., May 12

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Royal Groove

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Live music w/ Marc Keller (variety) Watershed

Live music w/ Mug Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe

Dave Wendelin (acoustic, folk) Westville Pub

Discordian Society (experimental, funk)

Rocket Club

Sunday jazz jam Scandals Nightclub

DJ Dance Party & Cabaret Show Town Pump

Pickin’ at the Pump, open acoustic jam Vincenzo’s Bistro

Young, Masterful, Award-Winning Bluegrass

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Open mic w/ Scott Stewart 7:30pm Apres OM, 11pm

“Vinyl at the Vault” w/ DJ Chris & friends

Midnight Ramblers

DJ Position

Lobster Trap

Live music w/ What It Is

SATURDAY • MAY 16

Temptations Martini Bar

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub Town Pump

Gypsy Folk Punk

Asheville Jazz Orchestra (swing, jazz)

Irish session, 5pm Tom Waits time, late Chris Rhodes

Sirius B

Rocket Club

DJ Moto

Woody Wood (rock, soul)

FRIDAY • MAY 15

Westville Pub

Back Room

Tyler Herrring (multi-instrumentalist)

EvEry Monday & WEdnEsday

Wacky Wing Night - 25¢ Wings & $2 Draft

Thursday

Payin’ the Rent

Sound Extreme Karaoke 9pm $4 Kamakazees | $2.75 Import Bottles

Beacon Pub

FrIday

Barley’s Taproom

Open mic

Blu Lounge

Johnny Blackwell (variety, covers)

Open mic w/ Earl Clarence, Dick Frost & more

Mon., May 11

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Locomotive Pie (originals & blues)

Steve Summey Acoustic Jam $5 Long Island Teas | $3.50 23oz Domestic Draught

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Sound Extreme Karaoke 9pm $5 Redbull Bombs | $3 Local Highland Beer

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Eleanor’s Sports Tavern & Grill

New French Bar Courtyard Cafe

Open mic

Comedy open mic

Eleven on Grove

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Wed., May 13

Emerald Lounge

Orange Peel

Reggae Resurrection Firestorm Cafe and Books

Flyleaf (alt-rock) w/ Family Force 5 & Papertongues

Celtic & eclectic jam

Rocket Club

Frankie Bones

Galictifunk (disco, funk, house & DJs)

Chris Rhodes (singer/songwriter)

Scandals Nightclub

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Latin dance Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and

Open mic

Asylum Street Spankers (Americana) w/ Casey Driessen

BoBo Gallery

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Hump day dance party

Back Room

Swing & Tango social dances

Rock records w/ Danny & Adam

Open mic

Emerald Lounge

Razcal’s

Becky and Jaime’s Water’n

Ashevegas All-Stars presents Tuesday Night Funk Jam

Motown classics w/ The Mixx

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Open mic w/ Pierce Edens

Ghost (acoustic guitar, ethnic instruments) w/ Magik Markers Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Guadalupe Cafe

Ian Moore’s Mountain Music Miscellany

Hole

Temptations Martini Bar

Open mic

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Chuck Lichtenberger presents “An Evening of Jazz” with special guests

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pickoftheweek Shall We Kiss?

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Director: Emmanuel Mouret Players: Virginie Ledoyen, Emmanuel Mouret, Jule Gayet, Michaël Cohen, Frédérique Bel, Stefano Accorsi

Romantic Comedy

Rated NR

The Story: A chance encounter leads to a mild romance that doesn’t conclude as it might when the woman explains why she can’t accept an innocent goodnight kiss.

The Lowdown: A light and charming romantic comedy that shows how such movies are still possible — with the right folks at the helm.

It would be easy — even tempting — to overpraise Emmanuel Mouret’s Shall We Kiss? simply because it hit town the same week as what Hollywood is currently peddling as a romantic comedy, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

Mouret’s film is both more romantic and funnier than Ghosts (but then so is Pulp Fiction (1994)).

As a result, this Gallic confection feels like not only a small masterpiece, but like an object lesson for everything that’s wrong with the American romantic comedy. Still, this doesn’t make Shall We Kiss? a masterpiece, except by contrast. Looked at on its own, it’s simply a very good little film, which is reason enough to see it.

I’m completely unfamiliar with Mouret’s work, but based on this one movie, I’d say he does deserve the comparisons he has received to Woody Allen and Eric Rohmer (though I’d peg Julie Delpy’s 2 Days in Paris (2007) as even closer to Allen). The approach and structure is very like Allen — especially the bulk of the tale being a story told by one of the characters (think Broadway Danny Rose (1984) or Melinda and Melinda (2004)). The tone is not dissimilar either, though the characterizations are different. Allen’s characters are invariably grounded in some kind of significant profession — usually creative — that affords them a reality outside of any romance at hand.

With Mouret, the romance is all that matters. He gives us six important characters: a research chemist, a math teacher, a pharmacist, a woman who sells fabrics, an airline stewardess and a deliveryman. Of the six, the only one we know anything about, as concerns his interests, is the pharmacist, who’s keen on Schubert, but that’s more plot device than characterization. Mouret’s own interest isn’t the characters themselves, but their interactions in the name of love. That’s a notable difference.

The setup involves Gabriel (Michaël Cohen) giving a woman, Emilie (Julie Gayet), a lift in his van. They end up spending the evening together — one that by rights ought to end with

Virginie Ledoyen, Emmanuel Mouret and Frédérique Bel in Mouret’s charming romantic comedy Shall We Kiss?. a kiss, even though both of them are involved with other people. But an “innocent kiss?”

That’s the crux of the matter — whether or not there is any such thing. Emilie expounds on this through a story about two people — Judith (Virginie Ledoyen) and Nicolas (Emmanuel Mouret) — and the consequences of what happened when they gave in to their own desires.

It turns out that though Judith and Nicolas have been best friends for ages, they’ve never been lovers, and Judith is married to Claudio (Stefano Accorsi). This changes, however, when Nicolas, feeling the need for physical affection, talks her into providing it, since they’re such close friends and it will “mean nothing.”

Predictably, it means a lot more than nothing, though the pair spends a lot of time denying it — and repeating the experience to prove to themselves that they’re not in love. And when they can deny it no longer, they realize they can do nothing about it without hurting both Claudio and the girl, Caline (Frédérique Bel), with whom Nicolas has taken up. The solution to their problems is one that could only exist within the confines of French farce, but since this is a French farce, it works just fine.

Light and breezy, Shall We Kiss? isn’t perfect. First of all, Mouret isn’t quite as personable as he obviously thinks he is. As a result, it’s easy to get more wrapped up in the framing story than in the flashback, which unbalances the film. Moreover, despite a certain visual elegance, Mouret is on shaky footing with his all-classical music track — mostly Tchaikovsky, but with some Mozart and Schubert thrown in.

It’s occasionally effective — especially toward

the end — but more often it’s distractingly inapt, as if someone just hit some random tracks on a recording. Still, charm and wit outweigh the missteps by a significant margin, and the film wins out in the end. Not rated, but contains adult themes and some nudity.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Fine Arts Theatre.

Battle for Terra

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Director: Aristomenis Tsirbas Voices: Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Brian Cox, Justin Long, Chris Evans, David Cross

Animated Sci-Fi Adventure

Rated PG

The Story: A peaceful group of aliens are attacked on their home planet by an army of Earthlings looking for a new place to settle.

The Lowdown: An occasionally handsomelooking 3-D animated adventure with political insight on its mind, but it’s simply too generic to be worthwhile.

If movies were a Little League baseball team, Aristomenis Tsirbas’ Battle for Terra would get a trophy just for trying hard. But no matter how striking the visuals occasionally are, no matter how much the film attempts to transcend its own kiddie-flick origins with its somewhat downbeat ending and pertinent political message, and no matter how much the movie’s heart is in the right place, Terra is just too generic to warrant any kind of fuss.

A lot of this stems from the movie’s Sci-Fi for Dummies feel. Science fiction is a genre that’s

always prided itself on its own subversion — at least when bothering to transcend George Lucas-styled space-opera histrionics — and Terra is no different. The film’s crux — which revolves around the remainder of humanity invading a peaceful alien world in a last-gasp attempt at survival — is not only relevant, but is a nice change of pace for a kids movie, seeing as how it goes beyond that age-old kiddie combination of bathroom jokes and cutesiness.

But while the film’s points are welcome, director and story writer Tsirbas and screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos (Pooh’s Heffalump Movie) never bring forth any ideas that feel fresh or original — and to top everything off, they add a dollop of Star Wars to the proceedings. The lack of original ideas becomes especially obvious when sci-fi’s long-standing history of political and environmental advocating is accounted for.

The story itself is simple. A peaceful race of doe-eyed, floating, spermatozoa-shaped aliens called Terrians are invaded by a hostile group of Earthlings. It seems that the last survivors of Earth, after colonizing Venus and Mars and promptly destroying all three planets in a fit of war, have traveled to the planet of Terra in an attempt at resettling. When one especially crafty Terrian named Mala (Evan Rachel Wood) sees her father kidnapped in battle, she enlists the help of an Earthman (Luke Wilson) and his comic-relief robot (David Cross) who have crash-landed on her planet.

From there, it’s basic sci-fi action, with the requisite edge-of-your-seat spaceship dogfights and high-flying adventure, all of which is too run-of-the-mill to be memorable. Because of this, the film’s political proselytizing and 3-D animation become the film’s points of interest, but each is too muddled and shoddy to be as individually effective as they should be.

The movie’s message of the dangers of environmental negligence and military aggression are fine and dandy, except the movie cheats a bit to meet its aim. Sure, pointing out Earth’s xenophobic and jingoistic tendencies has the potential to be heady stuff as far as PGrated animated films go, but glossing over the Terrians utilization of a sort of neutered fascism as a means of maintaining their peaceful society is unfortunate and off-putting.

The animation is just as mixed. The space battles, scenery and machinery are all top-notch and Tsirbas’ use of depth of field is especially impressive considering this is an animated film. But no matter how impressive the visuals are, it’s all undermined by some truly boring character models, all animated in a fashion that’ll make you pine for the glory days of Gumby. Add to this the film’s after-the-fact 3-D and the visuals become downright boring (the movie was never intended to be in 3-D — that is, until after production finished — which became obvious about halfway through the movie when I forgot I was even watching a 3-D movie). Put it all together and you have a pretty underwhelming cartoon that’s as harmless as it is superfluous. Rated PG for sequences of sci-fi action violence and some thematic violence.

— reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10 (3-D) and Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15 (2-D).

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The Great Buck Howard (PG) 4:00, 7:00 Sunshine Cleaning (R) 1:00 (Sat, Wed)

n Four Seasons of Hendersonville (693-8989) n Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15 (684-1298) n United Artists Beaucatcher (298-1234)

17 Again (PG-13) 11:05 (Sat-Sun only), 1:30, 7:10 Earth (G) 10:30 (Sat-Sun only), 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00 Next Day Air (R) 10:20 (Sat-Sun only), 12:40, 3:10, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Star Trek (PG-13) 10:15 (Sat-Sun only), 10:45 (SatSun only), 1:10, 1:40, 4:05, 4:35, 7:00, 7:30, 9:55, 10:25 State of Play (PG-13) 4:10, 9:45 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PG-13) 10:40 (Sat-Sun only), 11:10 (SatSun only), 1:15, 1:45, 3:45, 4:15, 7:20, 7:50, 9:50, 10:20

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Romantic Comedy A shallow womanizer gets the Christmas Carol treatment. A farfrom-pleasant attempt at romantic comedy that is neither romantic nor comedic. Rated PG-13

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- Hannah Montana: The old self and decides to head back to high Movie 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 Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lucas to appease his tween fans, but leaves little in Till, Vanessa Williams the way of enjoyment for anyone else. Rated Musical Comedy Drama Pop-star PG-13 Hannah Montana/Miley Stewart is taken back home for a two-week stint to keep her Battle for Terra from “going Hollywood.” Overly cheerful pap about the values of rural life wrapped around a pop-star fantasy aimed at young, (Voices:) Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Brian Cox, impressionable girls. Rated G Justin Long, Chris Evans, David Cross Animated Sci-Fi Adventure A peaceful Knowing group of aliens are attacked on their home planet by an army of Earthlings looking for a new place to settle. An occasionally hand- Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, D.G. some-looking 3-D animated adventure with Maloney, Lara Robinson, Nadia Townsend political insight on its mind, but it’s simply Horror/Sci-Fi/Crypto-Religious Fantasy too generic to be worthwhile. Rated PG A series of random numbers from 1959 turn out to catalog all the disasters of the ensuEarth ing 50 years, and may just hold the key to the future. A beautifully made apocalyptic thriller that’s undone by a screenplay that James Earl Jones (voice) becomes increasingly ridiculous. Rated PGNature Documentary A nature documen13 tary that doubles as a vague environmentalism tract, told through the struggles of famiMonsters vs. Aliens lies of animals. A greatest-hits compilation of a nature doc that will be more educational and entertaining to the younger set. Though (Voices of) Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh occasionally grand and elegant, it’s ultimately Laurie, Rainn Wilson pretty superfluous to anyone who has ever Animated Sci-Fi Comedy A group of taken a middle-school science class. Rated G retro monsters from an earlier era are called upon to save the Earth from an alien invaFast & Furious sion. A consistently — if mildly — amusing, creative animated take on ‘50s sci-fi that Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, John Ortiz, works well enough without being particularly distinctive. Rated PG Michelle Rodriguez

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Mindless Gearhead Action Fugitive Dominic Toretto teams up with FBI agent Brian O’Conner to stop a Mexican drugsmuggling 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

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

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kiss. A light and charming romantic comedy that shows how such movies are still possible — with the right folks at the helm.

Rated NR

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 oldschool 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!

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Ayako Fujitani, Ryo Kase, Denis Lavant, JeanFrançois Balmer Portmanteau Drama/Comedy Three Obsessed filmmakers tackle three stories set in Tokyo.

An absolutely wonderful compendium film Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles, Ali Larter, Jerry that rarely makes even the slightest false O’Connell, Christine Lahti, Bruce McGill step. This is must-see filmmaking. Rated Subpar Thriller A psychotic temp NR decides she and an office executive are having an affair, which comes as news to him X-Men Origins: Wolverine and causes no end of trouble. Tedium vies with accidental humor in this incredibly tepid thriller. Tedium wins by a landslide. Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will i Am, Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch Rated PG-13 Sci-Fi Comic-Book Action The story of how — more or less — Wolverine came to Shall We Kiss? be, with a glimpse of the beginnings of the X-Men. Hampered by a script that’s conVirginie Ledoyen, Emmanuel Mouret, Jule Gayet, strained by predestination, X-Men Origins: Michaël Cohen, Frédérique Bel, Stefano Accorsi Wolverine is nonetheless entertaining nonRomantic Comedy A chance encounter sense that’s nice to look at. Rated PG-13 leads to a mild romance that doesn’t conclude as it might when the woman explains why she can’t accept an innocent goodnight

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Based solely on the trailers, video director Benny Boom’s Next Day Air looks for all the world like an African-American Guy Ritchie movie. It appears to have a Ritchie-esque style and sense of humor, and even the plot — about two bumbling crooks who mistakenly end up with a package of cocaine — has a Ritchie vibe.

Of course, this isn’t a bad thing, assuming you like Guy Ritchie’s movies. And it boasts some good in-front-of-the-camera talent like Donald Faison, Mike Epps and Mos Def. Then again, it hasn’t been screened for critics, and opening it opposite Star Trek suggests that distributor Summit Entertainment has already written it off. (R)

SIN NOMBRE

Those looking for less mainstream fare — or just wishing to avoid the opening weekend of Star Trek — should take note of this debut feature from writer-director Cary Fukunaga, which has a solid 88 percent rating of positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Instead of characters boldly going where no man has gone before, the film focuses on parallel stories of characters trying to go where a lot of people have before: from Mexico to the United States.

The principal characters are a young man (Edgar Flores) fleeing from a vengeful gang and a teenage Honduran girl (Paulina Gaitan) attempting to realize her dream of a life in America. Word is that it’s powerful and often pretty brutal. (R) Early review samples: • “The caressing, honeyed light in Sin Nombre beautifies and softens every ugly moment in this equivocating (inspirational yet hardboiled) story about geographic and moral border crossings. Written and directed by the young American Cary Joji Fukunaga making his feature debut, the film comes with a veri-

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

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Director: Mark Waters (Mean Girls) Players: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Breckin Meyer, Michael Douglas, Emma Stone

Romantic Comedy

Rated PG-13

The Story: A shallow womanizer gets the Christmas Carol treatment.

The Lowdown: A far-from-pleasant attempt at romantic comedy that is neither romantic nor comedic.

The question that arises from Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is whether or not Mark Waters can actually make a good movie that doesn’t star Lindsay Lohan. OK, so his Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) wasn’t bad, but it’s so out of keeping with the bulk of his work that it seems more like a footnote. The misguided and misbegotten Just Like Heaven (2005) — the rom-com version of the Terry Schiavo story (yeah, that joke may be in bad taste, but so was the movie) — was a sorry followup to Mean Girls (2004) and Freaky Friday (2003).

Now we have a film that’s a sorry follow-up to Just Like Heaven. Even granting that it’s an uphill battle when your star is the unctuous Matthew

Tune In to table certificate of authenticity: it was shot in Mexico and is performed in Spanish by Latin American actors.” (Manohla Dargis, New York Times) • “A remarkable film, showing the incredible hardships people will endure in order to reach El Norte. Yes, the issue of illegal immigration is a difficult one. When we encounter an undocumented alien, we should not be too quick with our easy assumptions. That person may have put his life on the line for weeks or months to come here, searching for what we so easily describe as the American dream.” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)

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STAR TREK

Here’s this week’s next big thing replacing last week’s next big thing (Wolverine) before next week’s next big thing (Angels and Demons). As it stands now, Star Trek, directed J.J. Abrams’ (Mission: Impossible III), boasts nothing but glowing reviews. It’s worth noting, however, that the only heavy hitters in its current batch of reviews are from the trades: Hollywood Reporter and Variety. It hardly matters. This film about the early days of the crew of the Starship Enterprise is clearly poised to storm the box office this weekend. (PG-13) Early review samples: • “Paced at warp speed with spectacular action sequences rendered brilliantly and with a cast so expert that all the familiar characters are instantly identifiable, the film gives Paramount Pictures a new lease of life on its franchise.”

(Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter) • “Stir in a well-chosen cast of relative unknowns, a strong new villain, vastly updated special effects and a dynamic style that makes Star Trek: The Motion Picture look 60 years old rather than just 30, and you’ve planted the seed for a whole new generation of Trekkies.”

(Todd McCarthy, Variety)

McConaughey, this is still one lousy, unpleasant movie.

You may have guessed by the title that this is a modernized knockoff of Mr. Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol — a work with which the characters of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past must be totally unfamiliar. The idea is that Connor Mead (McConaughey) is a sleazeball, womanizing photographer who is meant to learn the error of his ways on the eve of the wedding of his brain-dead brother, Paul (Breckin Meyer, Garfield), to the shrill and unlikable Sandra (Lacey Chabert, Black Christmas). Assuming that we’re familiar with the original story line, there’s not much chance we don’t know where all this is going. Throw in the one girl he ever truly loved, Jenny Perotti (Jennifer Garner), and there’s no chance of surprise at all.

The parties responsible for the film seem unaware of the fact that it’s pretty easy to make Matthew McConaughey look sleazy and shallow — and they apparently think the rest of us are, too. The result? They gild the lily with so much sleaze that you feel incredibly dirty. By the time they’ve finished presenting us with the callous and loathsome Connor Mead, they’d have a better chance trying to make Mussolini sympathetic.

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The problem is that while Dickens’ Ebeneezer Scrooge was a mean old man, he was a memorable mean old man, with a penchant — thanks to the author — for saying cleverly heartless things, like suggesting the poor should go ahead and die “and decrease the surplus population.” Having Mead break up with three women in a conference call (while he’s in the process of bedding yet another woman), or having him knock back enough Scotch to kill a mule while weighing in on the nonexistence of love, and following this with him groping the breast of the mother (Anne Archer) of the bride makes him neither memorable nor clever. It merely makes him repellent.

Were this even surmountable, the factors that drove Mead to this level of scuminess amount to little more than Jenny dancing with some other guy at a school dance, prompting Mead to take life lessons from his sleazebag Uncle Wayne (Michael Douglas, who must have taken this role because Catherine ZetaJones was sick of him hanging around the house). To say that this backstory is lacking in persuasion is to understate the case.

From the witlessness of it all there is mild solace in the performance of Emma Stone as the actual Ghost of Girlfriends Past, a few nice visuals and an amusing bit that pays tribute to Dickens’ original when the “changed” Mead opens a window and asks a kid if it’s Christmas morning. The rest is tired slapstick, an air of cheesiness, some bad ‘80s pop songs and spurious emotion — at the service of an unlikable screenplay with a downright nasty tone. Rated PG-13 for sexual content throughout, some language and a drug reference.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike Cinema 10, Carolina Cinemas Hollywood 14, Cinebarre, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15.

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Director: Gavin Hood (Rendition) Players: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will i Am, Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch

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The Story: The story of how — more or less — Wolverine came to be, with a glimpse of the beginnings of the X-Men. The Lowdown: Hampered by a script that’s constrained by predestination, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is nonetheless entertaining nonsense that’s nice to look at.

It would appear — according to both fans of the comic book and film critics — that I’m supposed to have hated this movie. I’m not surprised by the hate business when it comes to fans of the comic book, since their agenda is often driven by something other than the movie itself, and is grounded in how much the movie departs from its source. Never having read an X-Men comic in my life, I’ve no clue how true to the source X-Men Origins: Wolverine is, and as a mere moviegoer, it’s not high on my list of concerns. That’s probably true of the majority of moviegoers in a case like this, because blockbusters are not made by comic-book fans coming out, but by a broader public. That said, I do not believe that the numerous bad reviews

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are coming from X-Men specialists. The image of Roger Ebert with scads of comic books in protective plastic bags is not easily conjured.

Nevertheless, I don’t hate X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It’s not a great movie (though it’s certainly better made than the third X-Men outing), and I doubt I’ll ever feel compelled to see it again, but I enjoyed it well enough while it was on-screen. Is it profound? No. That, I suspect, is why I enjoyed it. It doesn’t pretend to be weighty, which means — as far as I’m concerned — that it isn’t pompous like Watchmen (2009) or The Dark Knight (2008). To me, that’s a plus. I find it interesting and more than a little disheartening that the idea of quality in a comic-book movie has become synonymous with “depressing.”

The charge that the story isn’t realistic strikes me as peculiar to say the least. Uh, guys, we’re talking about a main character who, for all intents and purposes, is indestructible and who sprouts blades out of his hands that would warm the heart of a cook in a Japanese steak house. Where is the gritty realism in that?

If the film wants me to believe that he and his half-brother, Victor, stop aging at the time of the Civil War, and that that happens to coincide with the current ages of stars Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber, I’m cool with that. It seems an easy enough leap to make, considering the basic premise of the entire enterprise.

The film is an origins story, which is probably its biggest problem. Personally, I’m not that entranced by Wolverine (and I don’t think the hairdo or the “Elvis plays Vegas” sideburns are a good look for Jackman), so I don’t much care about his origins. He’s just not that interesting of a character. Worse, though, is the fact that his origins are so hemmed in by where and how he has to end up that there’s not much room for expansiveness. Most of what we learn is either inessential — like the fighting in the Civil War, WWI and WWII etc. (the filmmakers missed the Spanish-American War) — or trivial

— like when he took to wearing the leather jacket. The important things — like where all this is leading — are a given.

That leaves us with an action movie that rests mostly on how well the set pieces are accomplished and how well it’s acted. The set pieces — apart from the occasional redundant clashes between Wolverine and Victor — are surprisingly good, and the action is blessedly coherent (within the realm of comic-book panels anyway). The set pieces are also often on the ridiculous side, but since they’re consciously so, that’s not necessarily a downside. (Hint: I’d wager that the preposterous manner in which the old nuclear reactor meets its fate is supposed to be amusing.) I find it interesting that a lot of criticism centers on the lack of realism of the effects, when it’s not the effects that look unrealistic so much as it’s the deliberately unreal lighting of the scenes. This makes the film look for all the world like a beautiful studio fabrication from another era. If you can’t go with that, then the movie won’t work for you.

Director Gavin Hood approaches the material with sufficient gravity that it doesn’t feel condescending. Still, he never takes it to the level of humorless faux noir, nor does he mistake it for anything very deep. Thankfully, Jackman seems in tune with the approach; he’s respectful of the character, but remembers the pulp-level fun, apparently realizing that the deeper thematic implications of the overall concept came to fruition a couple movies back.

Yes, the movie is more style than substance, but it’s still several notches above X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), which had little of either. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and some partial nudity.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carolina Cinemas Hollywood 14, Cinebarre, Co-Ed Cinema Brevard, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7.

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Horror Sci-Fi SatireRated NR Forever etched in cinematic memory as the movie where James Woods grows a vagina in his stomach into which a gun can disappear and a videotape be inserted, Videodrome (1983) is actually a horror film of unusual substance and vision — the first film from David Cronenberg that announced his true importance as a filmmaker. Not that his earlier films had been negligible (after all, Scanners (1981) gave the world the exploding head), but this was something more — and his last work that straddled the line between exploitation and mainstream (even if his mainstream works aren’t all that mainstream). Videodrome was

more outrageous, more bizarre and infinitely more disturbing.

The film is a strangely prophetic satire on our then-burgeoning addiction to technology. It takes place in a world where television has truly become a plug-in drug — there’s even the Cathode Ray Mission where the homeless can get a dose of TV to help patch them back into the world. Our hero (of sorts) is the sleazy manager of a cable TV station, who is out for the next big thrill in television. But he gets more than he bargained for when he “chances upon” Videodrome: a torture porn show that captures his interest.

Unfortunately, it does more than that — as reality and fantasy, flesh and technology blur together, leading to one of the most chilling climaxes in all of film.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Videodrome, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m.

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Private, wooded yard. Bonus lot. $208,000. 1 mile to shops. (828) 279-0758. http://tours.prorealtypix.co m/4213/slideshow?a=1

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Tile and hardwood. Recently remodeled kitchen with hardwood cabinets and marble countertops. Near historic Albemarle neighborhood. $239K. 828-713-4352.

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MARS HILL 2BR, 2BA, vinyl/shingle, 1997 Oakwood. Exterior in very good condition. Interior needs a lot of work. $7,750.

828-273-9545.

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$2000 • CLOSING COSTS $192,000 • FIRST FLOOR CONDO With basement. 2BR, 2BA renovated condo guaranteed to impress. • Home Warranty and $2000 in Closing Costs. • Call Bonnie, Trillium Properties of Asheville: (828) 301-8267. www.2ACedarwood.com

PAID By seller. Desirable 2BR, 2BA first floor corner unit in The Grove at Appeldoorn. MLS#438629. • $131,000. • Call Jeanette, Trillium Properties of Asheville. (828) 273-6068. www.TheCityPros.com

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$8,000 CASH FROM THE GOVERNMENT! For first-time buyers. 3BR, 2BA condo has all upgrades: Hardwoods, ceramic tile floors, stainless steel appliances, contemporary paint scheme, 9’ ceilings w/crown molding, custom fans and fixtures.

Huge master BR/BA, walk-in shower w/glass enclosure. $146,500. Jason, Keller Williams, 828-337-3901.

BEVERLY CONDO • BILTMORE AREA Near hospital. 2BR, 1BA end unit.

Private entrance. All appliances, washer, dryer. $117,000. Call (828) 258-9383.

SELLER PAYS $5000 In closing costs! Healthy Built Urban condos near River Arts District.

Hardwoods, Corian/Silestone countertops, each unit is unique! From $180,000. The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com

First time buyers receive up to $8000 tax credit when buying a home in 2009. • With rates at 40 year lows, there’s never been a better time to buy! All move-in ready 3BR, 2BA with many upgrades, $139,900.

Mountain views, pet friendly, owner-occupied. Call Brickton Village today! Nitch Real Estate. (828) 654-9394 or bricktonvillage.com

$535,000 • DOWNTOWN • AMAZING VIEWS 2BR, 2BA top floor condo in the Piedmont Building. Many windows, concrete island with geode inlay. Hardwoods, gas fireplace, elevator.

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Brandon Greenstein • Paul Caron (828) 664-9127 | 301-7934

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GAIA, A SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE in West Asheville, Healthybuilt GOLD 1,0051,476 sqft, $214,000$289,000 including solar panels, in-floor heating, nontoxic materials, organic community garden, greenway to park and Rhododendron Creek. 828-337-8190 ecoconceptsrealty.com

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Lawn & Garden

BASEMENT • ROOM ENHANCEMENT Create new space! • Finish carpentry • Bookcases • Cabinets • Moldings. Professional • (see Angie’s List). Call Multi Resources: (828) 442-3331. www.markalsko.com EMMONS CARPENTRY SERVICES 36 years experience. Renovations • Repairs • Decks • Window and Door Installations • Garages • Additions and more • Interior/Exterior Painting.

• Quality workmanship.

Excellent local references.

Fully insured. • In Hendersonville. Free estimate: (828) 5517976. Member BBB.

Heating & Cooling

WESTCOURT CONDOMINIUMS on Sulphur Springs, an urban green community. Mixed use LEED building. 27 units from $119,000 to $259,000.

Potential for $30,000 in deferred financing for qualifying incomes. Now accepting reservations, 828-337-8190 ecoconceptsrealty.com

137 ACRES • BEAUTIFUL Mountain farm and forestland, 45 minutes North. $2.25M. Photo tour. Robert Towe. (828) 253-7055.

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UNDER TAX VALUE 47-acre cove with attached subdivision lot. Near Barnardsville; 20 minutes from Asheville. Views, springs, privacy. $255,000. www.martinthies.com

Lake View Park $459,000 Clasisic 1920’s bungalow w/jaw dropping views in ideal location Restored w/ original details 3Br,11/2Ba Super kitchen,hardwood fls F/P, sunroom, veranda off mstr Br, easy 3rd Bth expan Huge screened porch w/ unobstructed lake view & accces, 5 min to DT AVL!

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Home Services

Land For Sale

Fine Grading and Site Preparation Complete Landscape Design/Installation • E x c av at i o n • Roads • Wate r Ha r v e s t i n g / Management • S to n e w o r k • Outdoor Rooms • Wate r Fe atu r e s • Renewable Energ y

$155,000 • FONTANA LAKE VACATION Convenient, sweet 0.12 acre on Lake Fontana.

2000 Park Model with deck and small outbuilding. • Well and septic grandfathered. • Dock included.

Call (828) 506-7091.

Construction

ARBORESSENCE TREE CARE Preserving trees for generations to come, utilizing the latest industry research, techniques and strategies to provide the highest quality tree care available.

888.WNC.TREE. ArborEssenceTreeCare.com GREEN MAN lawn service.

No noise, no fumes, all tools powered by human calories alone. Real men use reel mowers! Small to mediumsize yards preferred. We can turn your vegetable garden, too. (828) 279-0462

MAYBERRY HEATING AND COOLING INC AC/Heat Pumps • Gas and Oil Furnaces • Service • Repairs • Replacements. • Efficiency Improvements.

• Pre-Season Cooling Specials!

(828) 658-9145.

Plumbing I CAN FIX IT! • 30 years experience • Quality work at a reasonable price • Call me for all your plumbing and home repair needs! • 828-216-2081 • Randy The Plumber

New Arts & Crafts In Arden $269,900. 3B 2BA Craftsmanship plus!

Stunning Contemporary Beaverdam-$589,000

Cedar Sided Contemporary on 1.3 Private acres Weaverville- $289,500

3B 3 Ba Architecturally interesting. Granite & SS Kitchen, tile baths, plenty of glass! 3 decks, minutes to downtown.

3B2Ba, Hardwood floors. Updated kitchen & tile baths. Open & bright. Huge stone F/P. Large screened porch! Mins to dwtwn Weaverville, 15 mins to Asheville.

Bright & open..Hardwood floors,catherdral celings, F/P, granite & SS Kitchen, tile granite baths.

Zoned heat, security sys. & 2 car garage. Level private yard. $51,000 below value in short sale.

Down Market?? Really??

• INTEREST RATES & PRICES ARE AT RECORD LOWS. • THE CHOICES & OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST NOW, WON’T LAST FOREVER! • FORBES, FORTUNE & MONEY MAGAZINE SAY, THE TIME TO BUY IS NOW, I AGREE!

You won’t believe what lies behind this door?? Check out next week’s ad to find out or call Riva to schedule a viewing!!

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Kitchen & Bath ELK MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATES We specialize in • re-fitting Bathrooms and Kitchens and finishing Basements • adding Garages, Porches and • Sunrooms. • Professional education and experience.

Call (828) 242-1950 or (for all our information): elkmountainassociates.com

Painting 1 DAY ROOM TRANSFORMATION Custom painting, decorative finishes, wallpaper installation/removal. • 15 years experience. • Meticulous • Timely • Reasonable. Heather, (828) 215-4365. Custom Home Interior Accents.

PRESTON HOME SERVICES Historic Restoration, Painting and Carpentry. Craftsmanship Guaranteed.

References and insured.

Anthony Preston: (828) 367-1418.

Cleaning HOUSEKEEPER/PERSONAL ASSISTANT has an opening to work for you. Call (828) 216-4592 YOUR NATURAL CLEANING SOLUTION A superior clean at no cost to your health.

Earth, kid, and pet friendly.

(828) 582-0335

General Services AUTHENTIC ITALIAN LIME PLASTERING • STUCCO • Venetian • Smooth Finishing • “Green” • Residential • Businesses • Churches. • Crown molding. • 30 years Asheville area.

(828) 301-2323 or 258-2443.

HEMLOCK TREES Evaluation and treatment for woolly adelgid by licensed and certified horticulturist.

Economical and effective.

Call (828) 298-3753

Handy Man BRAD THE AUSTRALIAN’S Home Repair service. 38 years experience! Quality work! Reliable, honest! All types maintenance/repair, indoor/outdoor. Excellent water leak detection/correction! Repairs that last! • References. Call (828) 273-5271.

HIRE A HUSBAND Handyman Services. 25 years professional experience, quality, reliability. References available. Free estimates.

Insured. Stephen Houpis, (828) 280-2254.

Carpentry • Minor Electrical • Small Jobs • Repairs. • Call Greg: 230-1132 or 258-1107.

Services

Education/ Tutoring MATH AND SCIENCE TUTOR K-12 and college students; coursework, exam preparation. French lessons all levels (native). East Asheville. Call 298-4310.

Computer COMPUTER SERVICE AT YOUR DOORSTEP We Come To You! • PC and Mac • Slow computer? We’ll speed it up.

• Repairs • Upgrades • Networking • Tutoring. Senior Citizen/Nonprofit Discounts.

Call Christopher’s Computers, 828-670-9800. Member Better Business Bureau of WNC. christopherscomputers.com

COMPUTER REPAIR - FREE DIAGNOSTIC! Let TechBits solve your computer problems! Bring it in for our FREE diagnostic service! Pick up and delivery too!

828-669-2020. www.gettechbits.com

Business You Have Questions, We Have Answers. Contact us for information on Life, Health, HSA or Disability Plans. Call: 828-775-2828.

Email: bdavis@nc-smartinsurance.com or go to www.nc-smartinsurance.com

Financial OWE 10K OR MORE to the IRS? Need Tax Relief? Call Effectur now for a Free Consultation. We can help!

800-989-0518 (AAN CAN)

Home FAULKNER’S UPHOLSTERY • Custom Built furniture and reupholstering. I custom build furniture similar to high end pieces. I also reuphoslter. Commercial and residential. Email pics for estimate: dccjf1336@bellsouth.net or call 704-477-1541.

PROTECT YOUR FAMILY Get a free GE alarm system with no installation fee and no equipment cost. Most homeowners will receive an insurance discount as well.

Mention this ad and get 2 free keychain remotes!

Promotional code: A02087 Call 888-951-5158

Caregivers HOME HEALTH AIDE/ CAREGIVER with Alzheimer’s experience and hospice reference letter, nonsmoker, seeks live-in position. Call Arnold, (828) 273-2922.

Commercial Listings

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.

• River District, 3000+ sqft auto repair shop in great condition on corner location, $295,000.

• Carolina Lane mixed-use 1296 sqft, $369,900.

The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663, www.recenter.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) 255-8851. 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

Business Rentals 1-5 ROOM OFFICES, DOWNTOWN, 70 Woodfin, utilities included, $140 $800/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com

Businesses For Sale

1-ROOM OFFICE, SOUTH, 1796 Hendersonville, utilities included, $330/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com

ATTENTION ENTREPRENEURS! Premier Restaurants for sale in Asheville and surrounding area. Jeff Eatherly Broker, National Restaurant Associates. (828) 225-4801. www.restaurantstore.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, 828-253-1517, 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, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 73 MERRIMON, “The Belvedere”, 2800+ sqft, kitchen, w/d hookups, a/c, large porch, parking, $3000/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com

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 Manhattan-style brick office with kitchen area, bath, and parking. $600/month. Bernie (828) 230-0755.

DOWNTOWN NORTH • BROADWAY Gorgeous office/retail! 850 sqft, 12’ ceilngs, heartpine floors. • Off street parking. $995/month, plus deposit, includes internet. Thomas Wolfe: 252-5253.

INCREDIBLE SPACE FOR LEASE • In the heart of Biltmore Village in sight of the new Grand Behemian Hotel. $3800 per month, full of natural light, high ceilings, private bath. Just in time for the retail season. Leave a message at: 828-467-3240

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.

215-9823.

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.

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

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

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

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.

• 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. 828258-0623. www.bearcreek-apts.com

TOWN AND COUNTRY SQUARE 600-1,200 sqft commercial/retail space; high traffic area; easy interstate access. Lease and deposit required. 828-645-7166 or 423-4072.

*1-2BR, 1BA, NORTH,* 365 Weaverville, w/d hookups, $505-$595/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com

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 sqft. • 828-712-8290.

*1BR, 1BA, DOWNTOWN,* Asheville Hotel, above Malaprops, wood floors, $670 - $1,175/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com *1BR, 1BA, NORTH,* 272 Edgewood, near UNCA, $520/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com *1BR, 1BA, NORTH,* 42 Albemarle, decorative fireplace, $585/month, 828693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com

*2BR, 1.5BA, HENDERSONVILLE,* 805 Wilken, w/d hookups, $595/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com *2BR, 1BA, EAST,* 119 Liberty, a/c, w/d hookups, $650/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com *2BR, 1BA, SOUTH,* 1020 Hendersonville, a/c, storage, carport, $750/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com *2BR, 2.5BA, WEST,* 445 Sand Hill, a/c, fireplace, deck, $995/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com *2BR, 2BA, CENTRAL,* 484 Windswept, w/d hookups, fireplace, view, $890/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com *2BR, 2BA, SOUTH,* 19 Ravenscroft, a/c, fireplace, $715/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com *3BR, 1BA, EAST,* 7 Violet Hills, wood floors, $690/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com *3BR, 2BA, WEST,* 6 Evelake, a/c, w/d hookups, $850/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com $350/MONTH CANTON; $495/MONTH CANDLER Nice, renovated 1BR apartments; minutes from downtown Asheville. No smoking; no pets.

Call (828) 337-5447.

G ROVE A RCADE APAR TMENTS

In the heart of downtown Asheville

Where everything is just around the corner…

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.

COMMERCIAL RENTALS • Full service point office in the Flat Iron Building: $1250/month.

• Brevard Road, office on corner location w/hardwoods, great light, residential conversion $1450/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.

Brownstone Realty

• 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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1 FREE MONTH! (w/contract) • Walk to everything downtown, live, work and play. • 2 Studios: $575/month. • Three 2BRs: $675/month (reduced!).

Call 254-2029. APM. 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, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 1BA/STUDIO, NORTH, 85 Merrimon, A/C, utilities included, furnished, $550/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR • NORTH ASHEVILLE Off Charlotte Street. 1100 sqft, entire upstairs of large house, separate entrance. • Quiet street, cool neighbors!

Walk to town. Great city and mountain views. Hardwoods, WD, off street parking. • Very unique and special place! $800/month.

(828) 273-6082.

1BR, 1BA APARTMENT Off Charlotte Street. $610/month, security deposit. Includes all utilities.

No pets!

Call (828) 423-4072.

1BR, 1BA EAST Quiet duplex on 1 acre. Mature setting with views. No smoking. • Pet considered. $565/month.

Deposit. Lease. 230-2511.

1BR, 1BA, HENDERSONVILLE, 827 4th, hardwood floors, $450/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA, Immaculate and charming, Large rooms, Great central location. Many extras, must see! $525/month, low deposit.

828-285-8490.

1ST CALL US! Studio, 1 and 2BR apartments from $425$800. Pet friendly. (828) 2519966. Alpha-RealEstate.com 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 WEAVERVILLE • Great kitchen and laundry room. 900 sqft. 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 65 LOOKOUT ROAD Adjacent to UNCA. Nice 2BR, 1BA, living room, large eat-in kitchen, washer/dryer hookups. Off-street parking.

Available immediately. No pets. $645/month. Contact Tom, (828) 230-7296.

BLACK MOUNTAIN 2BR, 1BA apartment. Heat pump with central air, washer/dryer connections. Also includes water. Only $595/month. Call (828) 252-4334.

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

BUSINESS TRIPS • RELOCATING? Short-term rental. Charming 1BR cottage: Completely furnished, includes linen, cable, high-speed wireless internet. Sleeps 2.

(828) 251-2327. norwoodco@charter.net

NORTH FOREST APARTMENTS 2BR, 2BA. Beautiful complex, built 2002. Safe and secure. Close to I-26/UNCA, North Asheville. $650/month.

778-6809. www.delkandson.com

CANDLER APARTMENT • $500/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.

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.

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.

ACCEPTING SECTION 8 NOW! Mobiles like new.

In quiet, very nice park. • 3BR, 2BA, $625/month. • 2BR, 2BA, $615/month.

(828) 252-4334.

DOWNTOWN MARSHALL Renovated, historic building.

900 sqft, 1BR, 2BA loft apartment. Brick walls, teak floors, energy efficient. $675/month. Contact Pete at mosaicmgt@bellsouth.net or (404) 307-1372. Pictures at: www.busywiggles.com

ACTON WOODS APARTMENTS Beautiful 2BR, 2BA w/gas log fireplace. $825/month includes water and storage unit.

828-253-0758. Carver Realty

EAST • 2BR, 1BA Off Tunnel Road. Air conditioned, washer and dryer hookups. No pets! $600/month, security deposit. Call (828) 423-4072.

ACCEPT SECTION 8 West Asheville. 2BR, 2BA. Like new. Includes water. Heat pump, central air, W/D connections. In nice park. $615/month.

828-252-4334.

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.

ACCEPT SECTION 8 West Asheville. 3BR, 2BA, heat pump, central air, W/D connections. Excellent condition. $625/month.

(828) 252-4334.

HENDERSONVILLE 1BR studio apartment. Walking distance to Main Street.

Includes water. Only $385/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.

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

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, 828-505-5593.

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.

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.

ARC AGENCY, INC. Glenn Bridge 1BR, 1BA, $450/month. Move-in Specials.

East Chestnut Efficiency, $450/month.

Montford 1BR, 1BA, $650/month.

East 2BR, 1BA, $575/month.

North/Farrwood 2BR, 1BA, $795/month.

(828) 350-9400. arcagencyasheville.com AVAILABLE JUNE 1 1BR apartment in Haw Creek near Tunnel Road. Private drive.

Lease, security deposit, references required. Utilities separate. No pets please. $475/month. Call (828) 350-1400.

BLACK MOUNTAIN 2BR, 1.5BA apartment. Heat pump with central air, washer/dryer connections. Nice! $595/month. Call (828) 252-4334.

Rent Starting at $699...

7 minutes from Downtown So close to everything... so far from ordinary.

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) 255-4663. 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 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.

828-545-7445.

3 REMAINING • SEASONS AT BILTMORE LAKE 2BR, 2BA, 9’ ceilings, balcony, WD. • Pet friendly. $850/month. • Free water! Call Kay Johnson, Broker/Property Management, Keller Williams: (828) 215-8577. kjohnson1@kw.com 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!

828-545-7445.

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 sqft, Upper unit. Cathedral ceiling, 2BR, 2BA,gas fireplace, new carpet, appliances, WD. Eatin kitchen, large BRs, screened porch, attic storage. Clubhouse,pool, tennis. No dogs. $900/month, includes HOA. jacksonrcn@aol.com

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DOWNTOWN LUXURY CONDOS Brand new lofts in historic 52 Biltmore Avenue Building. 2BR, 2BA, $1,900/month. 1BR, 1.5BA with 250 sqft, 2nd floor mezzanine, $1,500/month.

Each unit has gourmet kitchen, oak floors, exposed brick, modular lighting, large windows, W/D, concrete, granite, stone, stainless upgrades. Indoor parking.

Best Downtown location.

828-301-8033 or 954-684-1300. Oxford Ventures LARGE 2BR, 2BA at Northbrook Place. New Stock Road Exit. Just minutes from Weaverville and 10 minutes to downtown Asheville.

Approximately 1,114 sqft.

Lots of natural light. Ceiling fans, walk-in closets, washer/dryer. Great views of surrounding rolling hills. Petfriendly. $825/month. Call 828-423-9588 for information.

NEW CONDO DOWNTOWN • Asheville. 2BR 2.5BA. See www.anashevillehome.com 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

Homes For Rent *2BR, 1.5BA, CENTRAL,* 156 St. Dunstan, a/c, hardwood floors, w/d hookups, $1,125/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com *3BR, 2.5BA, NORTH,* 5 Foxwood, a/c, garage, view, $1,095/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com

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.

• 3/2, WD hkup, deck, quiet, $915.

• 3/2, hardwood flrs, gas heat, quiet area, $850.

• Mobile Homes $500 - $650.

Pet friendly

1/2 OFF FIRST MONTH! Brand new, charming upstairs duplex. North Asheville, 25 Clarendon Avenue. 1061 sqft, 2BR, 2BA. Energy efficient. Nice views. $800/month. Deposit and application fee.

828-216-4276 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, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 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

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

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CLINGMAN LOFTS Own for $650/month. Includes taxes, dues and insurance.

Heating/cooling cost guaranteed at $16/month.

Mike Vance, 254-4030, ext.

117.

Call for details: (828) 254-2229 www.ashevillepropertymanagement.net

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 ACCEPTING SECTION 8 NOW! Mobiles like new.

In quiet, very nice park. • 3BR, 2BA, $625/month. • 2BR, 2BA, $615/month.

(828) 252-4334.

ALL AREAS - HOUSES FOR RENT. Browse thousands of rental listings with photos and maps. Advertise your rental home for free! Visit: www.RealRentals.com (AAN CAN)

ARC AGENCY, INC Biltmore Lake 4BR, 3BA, $2,300/month.

Haw Creek 4BR, 2BA, $1,600/month.

Haw Creek 3BR, 2BA, $995/month.

Fletcher 3BR, 2BA, $1,200/month.

West 2BR, 1BA, $695/month.

Weaverville 1BR, 1BR, $825/month.

West 3BR, 2BR, $995/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) 225-6986, oowhop@hotmail.com COUNTRY HOME • FAIRVIEW 10-15 minutes to Asheville. 2BR, 2BA, Jacuzzi tub, porch. Tile, stone, wood floors. $780/month.

(828) 778-0726.

EAST • 2BR, 1BA Off Tunnel Road. Washer/dryer hookups, A/C system. No pets! $730/month, security deposit. Call (828) 423-4072.

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.

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.

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. $790/month. Call Cindy: (828) 777-7678. cindy7graham@yahoo.com

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

www.tonsofrentals.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.

Vacation Rentals

LOG HOME 3BR, 2BA surrounded by woods in country setting. Hardwood floors and cathedral ceilings with front and back porches.

Only minutes from Weaverville and Asheville. $985/month w/deposit. No smoking/pets considered.

828-649-1170.

NANTAHALA VACATION â&#x20AC;˘ Pet friendly house near Nantahala Gorge. Less than 1 mile from Tsali Recreation Area! homeaway.com/vacationrental/p232508

BEAUTIFUL LOG CABIN Sleeps 5, handicap accessible. Near Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC. (828) 231-4504 or 277-1492. bennie14@bellsouth.net HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE Escape to downtown Asheville! Walk to restaurants, bars, shops, museums. $175/night. See www.vrbo.com/230487.

Short-Term Rentals

MARS HILL Renovated 2BR, 1BA on private acre, Full basement, carport, fireplace, hardwoods. $785/month, one year lease. Gary: 689-2066.

NORTH ASHEVILLE TOWNHOMESOff Merrimon. Walking distance to town. â&#x20AC;˘ 1BR: $495/month. â&#x20AC;˘ 2BR, 1BA: $525/month. â&#x20AC;˘ 3BR, 1BA: $625/month. Includes water. 828-252-4334 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) 251-1333.

Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace.

SOUTH â&#x20AC;˘ BALLANTREE 3BR, 2.5BA, gas heat, $1,450/month. Call 828-253-0758. 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.

WALK TO DOWNTOWN 2BR, 1BA â&#x20AC;˘ 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 â&#x20AC;˘ 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 649-0013.

WEST ASHEVILLE 3BR, 1.5BA, great kitchen, fireplace, hardwood floors.

Back yard with screened patio. Carport. Walk to park and pool. No smoking. $885/month. 347-204-1354.

WEST ASHEVILLE 3BR, 2BA, heat pump, $850/month. Call 828-253-0758. Carver Realty

ASHEVILLERENTALS.COM Executive style short term rental apartments. Downtown Asheville location. â&#x20AC;˘ Available Now: (828) 254-6270. ashevillerentals @gmail.com

Wanted to Rent Mature Man â&#x20AC;˘ 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 20 min from downtown Fully furnished 3/2 w/full basement and carport Washer/dryer, fruits, gardens, chickens, and pasture $500 + 1/2 util Cooper 434 284 3056 $395 + DEPOSIT â&#x20AC;˘ 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 â&#x20AC;˘ Looking for responsible female roommate interested in healing arts to share house.

No smokers. 236-2366 .

1BR â&#x20AC;˘ Beaver Lake Perfect for single or couple in beautiful furnished 3BR, 2BA house to share with professional, responsible female with sweet cat. 11 wooded acres, hot tub, 2 miles from downtown.

Available June 15. Dog OK. $300 deposit. Call (828) 252-7758.

2 Miles from Downtown $425 â&#x20AC;˘ Off Riverside Drive/Broadway. Well kept clean fully remodeled and furnished home. Relaxed quiet atmosphere. Includes water and internet.

786-389-8423.

ALL AREAS RENTMATES.COM. Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit: www.Rentmates.com (AAN CAN) 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.

I need a room! Quiet, good humored, spiritual person seeks room in home with similar people. Robert: 230-1241.

June1-Sept 1 â&#x20AC;˘ $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

employment WANTED FEMALE ROOMMATE Candler Exit. $350/month. Must love animals. No smoking.

(828) 633-1291 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.

House Share in Saluda. $350 month includes internet, water, local phone & trash. Electric to be split. 3 bedroom home shared w/ female and dog. No other pets please. Call for info 828-749-8019.

Large, bright MBR/private bath avail. now! Mature veggie preferred. Small dog possible. W/D, high-speed net, OSP. $585+ 828.242.7071 Mature, fun female to share home near Biltmore Village. $450 plus 1/2 utilities. Big backyard, private deck, game room and art studio. Pet considered. 279-1272 New Home, bedrooms, bathrooms, 4 Miles To Downtown, Busline, W&D, Wifi,Cable,Storage,Beautiful!

Email Laurencox9@Aol.Com Or Call 301-752-4607 Available ASAP!

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.

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.

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West Asheville- Great neighborhood, close to 240 and Haywood Rd, w/d, storage, wireless internet, large yard, basement, garden, patio. Call Ryan607-227-4436

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.

Saluda, NC, house share. $350/month, includes internet, water, local phone, trash. Electric shared. 3BR home shared w/female and dog. No other pets please.

Call for info (828) 749-8019.

Seeking Female Mature, conscious to share Barnardsville home. Lovely country setting, quiet/peaceful. Must love cats. $400/month. Deposit.

Sam, 828-775-2327 or 626-3567.

Employment

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$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) 1 DAYTIME POSITION Available for a reliable, and environmentally conscious person to join our cleaning team. An energetic nonsmoker with great PR skills a must. Reliable transportation and cell phone required. Pay based on experience and efficiency, average $10/hour.

Please call (828) 215-3830.

A STYLIST With clientele.

Full-time. Must be experienced, skilled, selfmotivated and desire to work in a sound, organic environment. Bring resume to The Water Lily Wellness Salon, 7 Beaverdam Road.

505-3288. thewaterlily@mac.com 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 (www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/) 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! â&#x20AC;&#x153;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 â&#x20AC;˘ too many â&#x20AC;˘ qualified applicants. I will definitely use the Mountain Xpress Classifieds in the future whenever I am looking to find good people to hire.â&#x20AC;?

Stuart Gignilliat. â&#x20AC;˘ Be amazed and find the right employees, call 2511333, Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace.

ARTISTS! â&#x20AC;˘ 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 2 53-3311.

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 HIRE QUALITY EMPLOYEES â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our employment advertisements with the Mountain Xpress garner far more educated and qualified applicants than any other publication we have used.

The difference is visible in the phone calls, applications and resumes.â&#x20AC;? Howard Stafford, Owner, Princess Anne Hotel. â&#x20AC;˘ Thank you, Howard. Your business can benefit by advertising for your next employee in Mountain Xpress Classifieds.

Call 251-1333.

WHITEWATER RAFTING COMPANY Raft guide training and employment on the French Broad and Nolichucky Rivers. Also seeking experienced guides, store staff, bus drivers.

1-866-USA-Raft. mtnadventureguides.com WOMEN Earn $18k-$30k for 6 egg donations with the largest, most experienced Agency in US. Call: 800-444-7119 or to apply online visit: www.theworldeggbank.com (AAN CAN)

Employment Opportunities â&#x20AC;˘ Call (828) 225-6122 or visit: biltmore.com

Skilled Labor/ Trades 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, 828-299-3664 (fax).

Deadline: May 8. EOE

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN â&#x20AC;˘ Needed for busy, privately owned shop. ASE and State Inspection Certification preferred. Call 828-683-4835 or fax resume to 828-683-4834.

ELECTRICIANS ALL LEVELS Top salary. â&#x20AC;˘ Many locations available. Call today!

(828) 252-2200.

RESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR ASSISTANT - FULL TIME POSITION This role provides supervision, mentoring, logistical support and oversight of the evening\weekend functions for adult males residing in a substance abuse residential treatment program located in Madison County. Prefer male staff-shift coverage needed for evenings, nights and weekends.

Prior MH\SA residential work experience preferred and good driving record required.

Education: Bachelor degree in Human Services Field.

BeneďŹ ts- We offer a highly competitive compensation and beneďŹ ts package, including continuing education and a Substance Abuse credentialing track.

Resumes and cover letter may be faxed, mailed, or e-mailed to: Brandy Robertson - Human Resources Department OCTOBER ROAD INC 119 Tunnel Road, Suite D â&#x20AC;˘ Asheville, NC 28805 Fax- 828-350-1300 brobertson@octoberroadinc.com WWW.OCTOBERROADINC.COM

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LANDSCAPE TECHNICIAN Asheville, NC- B.B. Barns Retail Garden Center has set the pace in Western NC for 17 years for high end, unusual plant material and outstanding customer service. B.B. Barns Landscape Company is now offering that same outstanding customer service through design, building and installation of residential landscapes. The landscape company is currently seeking a full-time, year-round Landscape Technician with two years minimum experience in planting, hardscape, equipment operation, irrigation and lighting. A strong work ethic, desire to learn, the ability to reflect and maintain a positive attitude under stressful situations is a must.

Valid NC driver license required. Hourly pay scale is based on experience.

Applications are available at the B.B. Barns Landscape office at 3653 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden, NC. Call for directions: 828-551-7336.

Administrative/ Office 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 ADVERTISE • GET RESULTS! Our company received a great response from the ad that we ran for Office Support Staff. We will always use Mountain Xpress for our advertising needs. Thank you, A. Thompson, Women’s Recovery Center. Your company can affordably find the perfect employee. Call 251-1333, Mountain Xpress Employment Classifieds.

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.

828-645-8585.

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.

INDEPENDENT SALES REPRESENTATIVE Position available ASAP for established Home Improvement Company.

Please email your resume’ and references to: wncsvcs@gmail.com

Restaurant/ Food BED AND BREAKFAST COOKfor upscale property serving gourmet cuisine.

Responsible, sober, prompt, well-organized individual with good personal hygiene accustomed to preparing timed entrees and visually attractive plates. Baking skills desired. Weekends, holidays required. Usually 5 mornings per week (occupancy related); approximately 15-20.

828-253-0102.

HOST/ESS Now hiring. Apply in person: 2 Hendersonville Road, Biltmore Station, Asheville. 252-7885. Ichiban Japanese Steak House RESTAURANT MANAGER • Experienced, reliable, mature. Apply in person with resume during business hours, Mela Indian Restaurant, 70 North Lexington Ave., Asheville.

RETAIL AND BAKERY HELP WANTED Part-time.

Experience a plus.

(828) 273-9636, Woodfin.

World’s Best Carrot Cake

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.

Medical/ Health Care 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.

DIETARY AIDE Full-time Experience in Food service in a skilled nursing facility preferred. We offer: • Competitive wage scale • Excellent benefits • Paid time off • Holiday pay • 401(k) with company match.

Asheville Healthcare Center.

Call or email resume to: Tim Sparks, 298-2214. tsparks@mfa.net MADISON MANOR HIRING NURSES! Apply at: 345 Manor Road, Mars Hill, NC. Or call (828) 689-5200. EOE.

Human Services

BILINGUAL QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS Families Together Inc. seeking bilingual Qualified Professionals to work with at risk youth and their families in the home/community setting. Qualified candidates must have a four year degree and 2-4 years of experience working in the Mental health system. Flexible schedule, team culture, benefits. Email resume to sstevenson @familiestogether.net 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: 777-3755.

PART-TIME JOB for fun, athletic, compassionate guy to work in home and community with a very bright, 10-year-old boy with aspergers. Child loves soccer, outdoors, computers, D&D, etc. Training provided. $10-$14/hour, DOE. Email resume to: cemay1@charter.net

Help Others

Psychiatrist Adult Services Please contact Joe Ferrara, (828) 507-1787.

Haywood County 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 licenseeligible; 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 licenseeligible and have supervisory experience. Please contact Kim Franklin, (828) 226-8339. • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org

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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 QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS Families Together Inc. seeking Qualified Professionals to work in our Day Treatment facility. This is a school based setting, no on call responsibilities, team culture, and benefits. Prefer experience working with urban youth. Email resume to sstevenson @familiestogether.net

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.

Computer/ Technical 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.

CHRISTIAN PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER • Needed full time.

Experience helpful. Call 828-252-9713 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 828-398-4503.

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 EXPERIENCED TILE MAN 20 years experience looking for full-time employment with company. Have own tools. Bruce, 298-6506.

Employment Services

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/ asheville/application HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA! Fast, affordable & accredited.

Free brochure. Call now! 1800-532-6546 Ext. 97 www.continentalacademy.co m (AAN CAN) POST OFFICE NOW HIRING NATIONALLY Average pay $21/hr 60K/yr avg, incl Fed Ben/OT, Paid Training/Vac, UTEC help opt./not affiliated with the US Postal Service.

1-888-334-5038 (AAN CAN) POST OFFICE NOW HIRING! Average pay $21/hour or $54K annually including Federal Benefits and OT. Paid Training, Vacations. PT/FT 1-866-945-0347 (AAN CAN) POST OFFICE NOW HIRING! Avg. Pay $21/hour or $54K annually Including Federal Benefits and OT. Paid Training, Vacations. PT/FT. 1-866-945-0295 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.

Business Opportunities

Classes & Workshops

BEST HOME-BASED BUSINESS EVER! It’s fun; it’s simple; it’s lucrative. To hear 3-minute message, call 1-866-257-3105, code 1.

LEARN TO MAKE JEWELRY, do Lapidary, do Enameling, and more! Jewelry Gallery opening May 15! Silver repairs, 30 Years+ experience. Friday through Sunday, 11a.m. until 5p.m.

Earthspeak Arts, 375 Depot Street, Asheville. wechurlik@earthlink.net 828-678-9038, www.earthspeakarts.com

BRIDGE THE GAP! Create continuous cash flow to your door. Simple, proven system for financial freedom, from home, part time.

503-389-7682, 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

Announcements ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS in 111 alternative newspapers like this one.

Over 6 million circulation every week for $1200. No adult ads. Call Mountain Xpress Classifieds at (828) 251-1333. (AAN CAN)

Mind, Body, Spirit

Health & Fitness 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.

1-888-661-4957. 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 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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MOTHER’S DAY • MAY 10 Surprise Mom with a gift basket! • Local delivery and FedEx available. • Stop in 1850C Hendersonville Road or 274-1669. www.carolinaskies.net PREGNANT CONSIDERING ADOPTION? • Talk with caring agency specializing in matching birthmothers with families nationwide • Living expenses paid. Call 24/7 • Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions • 1-866-413-6293. (AAN CAN) WOMEN, Earn $18k-$30k for 6 egg donations with the largest, most experienced Agency in US. Call: 800-444-7119 or to apply online visit: www.theworldeggbank.com (AAN CAN)

Auditions AMERICAN REMAINS (Short Film) shooting in Asheville early June. GO TO: www.americanremainsmovie.tk Email for questions/inquiries: AmericanRemains @gmail.com 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)

Bodywork

#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 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

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.

299-0999. www.shojiretreat.com

Equipment For Sale

STAY RELAXED. Massage therapy at your home/office.

1/2 or 1-hour appointments.

Call Sarah Whiteside, LMBT#4741, (828) 279-1050. sarahsgolf@charter.net

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.

TOTALLY AWESOME THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE • Powerful pain relief. Excellent problem solving, stress management and relaxation.

Intuitive, knowledgeable, versatile. 23 years experience. LMBT2082.

779-4924.

Spiritual 2009? BUSINESS DECISIONS? • ASK NINA Psychic Nina, the Auracle of Asheville: (828) 253-7472 or email asknina@excite.com ANCIENT VOICE WISDOM COUNSELING. Clear, direct, loving Spiritual guidance through Tarot. Over 20 years experience. Come home to your Self. 808-828-0817

Musicians’ Xchange

Musical Services 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.

1953 Hammond C-2 Organ • Foot pedal, bench, original instruction manuals, and matching tone cabinet. $1500, obo. Murdock 828-458-8697.

Let’s Make a Deal • Beautiful electric acoustic Esteban. Sings like a bird.

Not available at any local retail store. $300, obo.

828-686-5631. M-F, 8am7pm.

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.

Shells in great condition; skins have some wear; includes hardware; double bass, high hat, 2 crash, 1 ride. Call Brett 225-588-0970 or brettmos@msn.com Solid wood cedar top and rosewood back/sides- nice purpling, nice neck, a players guitar-SKB Flight cs and 7 sets strings Paid $950 Sell for $450 242-5324

Musicians’ Bulletin AUDITIONS Music, comedy, film. aMUSEscene.com looking for original music, dance, comedians, film/story tellers. Ready to move from “what IF” to “what IS”? martini4all.com 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.

Busy working rock band seeking exp/drummer. We play 70% originals & 30% covers. Contact via e-mail dstuart1@hotmail.com

A LOST OR FOUND PET? Free service. If you have lost or found a pet in WNC, post your listing here: www.lostpetswnc.org

MALE CHOW • Found near exit 66 off Hwy 40 on 3/27/09. Male intact red Chow. Collar attached, no tags, no microchip.

828-545-1275.

Dead Light Pulse seeks drummer. Check out www.myspace.com/deadlight pulse . Call 450-0640

CALICO CAT • Missing calico (orange, black, white) since 4/10 from Southridge Townhomes off Airport Rd. Deeply missed. $1,000 cash reward. 506-2334.

MALE COCKER SPANIEL • Young. Found at gas station on Smoky Park Hwy. and Sand Hill. Call 545-7632 to describe.

Drummer needed for busy rock band. We play 70% originals 30% covers. Heavy rock/Alt country,contact via e-mail dstuart1@hotmail.com Easy-going hard working musician seeking to join established group.Call Jared 828-665-9270(after 6pm) Email: trulyjared@gmail.com Experienced drummer looking for musicians of integrity, prefer jazz, 828-877-2413 Local jam band Phuncle Sam is looking for a female singer. Please call 545-0503 Looking for guitarist, cellist, & ‘world’ percussionist.

Knowledge of Verdi A432 a plus. Spiritual, big stuff. Send your philosophy: weatherflute@yahoo.com Looking to pay for private beginner adult fiddle lessons.

Flexible situation. If interested, please call 865-300-7011 Need tasty lead Guitar player ASAP. Must be versatile, creative, committed Blues Artist. Call Mel 828 989 9871

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!

298-9217. 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 SHIH-TZU/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 Lost female Shih-Tzu. She is cream/ white in color.

PLEASE CALL 828-5051984, 828-458-2382,or 828-458-4027 if you find her. We love her and just want her home.

Found Pets

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Lost Pets

CAT Dark gray, no collar, short/medium hair. Found in Leicester area, off Bear Creek Road. Call 683-3746.

5 y/o fawn colored Mali, looks like a shepherd lost in Leicester area 4/21. Needs meds. Call with any sightings. 828.713.2894

GERMAN SHORTHAIR • Brown speckled buddy found in Annondale area, 04.29.09.

No tags. Male. He is ready to come home! 828-776-3168.

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MEDIA SERVICES

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.

Charlotte St/ Von Ruck Terrace area. Call with description. 768-6622 No Collar, found on Blue Ridge Parkway near Hendersonville.

Call 252-8610.

ADOPT GRETTA is a 3-yearold Shepherd mix who was recently rescued with other Hendersonville dogs and cats who were living in poor conditions. Gretta loves people, but is a little grumpy with other dogs. We are hoping the foster can help re-socialize with her own dogs. Gretta is a sweet girl who loves attention and affection. Please open your heart to these wonderful animals who were truly given a second chance at life! To adopt Gretta, or see other available cats and dogs, call 258-4820 or visit animalcompassionnetwork.org

Pets for Adoption

ADOPT BELLE Annabelle is about 3 1/2 years old and thought to be mix of Terrier and Border Collie. Whatever the mix, it works! Annabelle has an incredibly long list of positive qualities: She is sweet, loving, loyal and obedient. She walks well on a leash and loves to walk and hike. However, she is just as happy to curl up at you feet. She loves car rides and behaves beautifully. She is house and crate trained.

Annabelle is not comfortable with children. She is good with other dogs, but would probably prefer to be your only canine companion. This pretty girl will make a wonderful companion for the right person! To adopt Belle 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.

BROTHER WOLF CANINE RESCUE Save a dog’s life!

Adopt from Brother Wolf Canine Rescue. 458-7778. 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

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Audio and Video Recording of Musical, Instructional and Literary Sources Performance & Public Speaking Enhancement Tools

Betty Female/Spayed Domestic Shorthair/Mix 2 years, 2 months old Animal ID# 7183801

828-335-9316 • amrmediastudio@gmail.com

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 828-691-9503.

Bud Male/Neutered Beagle/Mix 3 years, 1 month old Animal ID# 7336850

Bass player needed for working band. bluesy Americana/rock, lots of original material. call Mark at (828)-280-0634

Mischief Female Domestic Shorthair/Mix 1 year, 1 month old Animal ID# 7298129

7i^[l_bb[ >kcWd[ IeY_[jo 72 Lee’s Creek Rd, Asheville, NC 253-6807 • AshevilleHumane.org

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LARGE SLEEPER COUCH Good condition. Colored flowers on blue, doesn’t match new rug, must sell.

Excellent mattress. $275. • Solid dark blue removable cover: $18. Call (828) 254-9154.

General Merchandise DIRECTTV Satellite TV Special Offer • Save $21/month for one year. Free HD-DVR, plus 3 Free months of HBO/Starz/Showtime! Call Expert Satellite.

1-888-246-2215 (credit card required). (AAN CAN) DIRECTTV Satellite TV Special Offer • Save $21/month for one year. Free HD-DVR, plus 3 Free months of HBO/Starz/Showtime! Call Expert Satellite.

1-888-246-1956 (credit card required). (AAN CAN) Massage Table by International. Light-weight, adjustable legs, face cradle, carrying bag. $255 firm. Call 828-215-6744.

PROTECT YOUR FAMILY Get a free GE alarm system with no installation fee and no equipment costs. Most homeowners will receive an insurance discount as well.

Mention this ad and get 2 free keychain remotes.

Promotional code A02087.

Call 888-951-5158. (AAN CAN).

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Pets For Sale 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

Kittens avail No Fee adoption. Spay/neuter, rabies vac. Ready late May but pick yours now. Friends2Ferals in A’ville 803-553-7919 or TNRCatCatcher@yahoo.com.

TWO YEAR OLD FEMALE BRINDLE PUG CKC. Needs work on housebreaking. A little timid. $450.

828-678-9617 or cemclm@yahoo.com

Mid-size, athletic, loving, healthy, spayed female dog needs new home. Welltrained in invisible fence.

Loves kids, adults, and most other dogs. 828 231 9497

ASHEVILLE PET SITTERS Dependable, loving care while you’re away.

Reasonable rates. Call Sandy Ochsenreiter, (828) 258-0942 or 215-7232.

Pet Services

1988 HONDA CIVIC DX 5 SPEED • $500, obo. Repairs needed. E-mail for pics and more info. jonnyvibrato@yahoo.com 828-450-4878.

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.

Silver with black top, gray leather interior, HT model, 56,000 miles, automatic, fully loaded, always garaged, excellent condition.

828-329-2724 Hendersonville Volvo S/90 Top of the Line priced $1500 under Kelly blue book at $3500 for quick sale great condition, charcoal leather, silver exterior Call Dan 828-337-3002

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

Automotive

Autos Bruce Davis

(828) 775-2828 bdavis@nc-smart-insurance.com

1966 Ford Dump Truck.

Dump bed in working condition. Engine needs work but runs. $600 BOB Call anytime 828-258-3008.

1978 BMW $600 BOB. Must Sell! Call anytime 828-258-3008.

1980 CHEVY CAPRICE CLASSIC • Only 47K miles!

305 V8, 4-door, sky blue, runs and looks great, clean title, garaged 28 years, $2800.

Daniel 828-778-7270.

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White w/ Tan Leather, 5 Speed, 54000 Mi. original owner, great condition, pampered seasonally driven car, garage kept, extras, $9000, Fairview area 407-256-8895

Trucks/Vans/ SUVs

REMODELED PULL BEHIND TRAILER Save rent money.

1970s trailer. email for pictures jonnyvibrato@yahoo.com.

828-450-4878. $1200, obo.

Automotive Services WE’LL FIX IT AUTOMOTIVE • Honda and Acura repair.

Half price repair and service.

ASE and factory certified.

Located in the Weaverville area. Please call 828-275-6063 for appointment.

For Sale

Appliances Domsjo double bowl porcelain sink. Didn’t end up needing it. Perfect condition. $325. (828) 808-5450.

Full-size sofa and matching chair. Orange in color with yellow/olive print. $250.00 Picture available by request. barj1958@yahoo.com

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

Kelvinator - white in color freezer on top - still in use cools great! $95.00 barj1958@yahoo.com

Toyota bedliner 72 “ long with tailgate cover and cutouts for tiedowns. $15.00 barj1958@yahoo.com

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