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LET BUNCOMBE BE A BEACON AGAINST AMENDMENT ONE In the wake of Amendment One's approval, I am so embarrassed to be a North Carolinian.

It is a shame to all of us that our state felt it appropriate to hold a vote on the rights of a segment of our population. It is even more shameful that we voted to deny people those rights.

During the Civil Rights struggle, states like ours passed Jim Crow laws to counter decisions of national courts to desegregate Americans. Today we put a new stain on our state's history with the passage of Amendment One. It is the job of our courts to protect our individual rights as Americans from the prejudices and attempted infringements by our neighbors. It is not our job as the voting public to decide who will and will not be afforded the full rights of citizenship based on our personal beliefs.

Beyond its intended purpose of marginalizing our LGBT families, Amendment One has the result of creating new hurdles for women trying to escape abusive situations by not recognizing their domestic partnership if they are unmarried. To force a woman to marry a violent partner just to get any form of court-ordered protection for herself and her children is just inhumane.

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BACK TO THE FUTURE IN NORTH CAROLINA Democrats controlled the N.C. Legislature for 140 years. Less than two years after Republicans took control of the North Carolina General Assembly, they skillfully managed to get a constitutional amendment passed, voiding all civil unions as well as guaranteeing [that] gay men and women in North Carolina have no equal protection under the law and remain second-class citizens indefinitely.

The Democratic governor has vetoed over 20 regressive laws passed by this Assembly since 2010, but looking at the other states Republicans took over in 2010, the future GOP agenda here is clear: voter-suppression laws, end of collective bargaining and unions, repealing equal-pay laws, gutting child labor laws, cutting social programs and education budgets and passing draconian restrictions on women’s health — but few jobs bills.

North Carolina has taken a big step backward and sadly joined its neighbors. It starts here but this is only the beginning.

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AN OPPORTUNITY WASTED A meeting was held April 30 at the Westwood Baptist Church in West Asheville, ostensibly to address the issue of voter disenfranchisement and the new Voter ID laws being promulgated by the tea party and Republicans. But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum: The disenfranchised

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Amendment One's passage in North Carolina and its similar enforcement in the vast majority of the United States will be on the books now. Although disappointed, I do not despair because this issue has been decided by the “X,” “Y” and “Millennial” generations. As they assume positions of power the states will rescind these laws like cascading dominos.

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For other Molton cartoons, check out our Web page at www.mountainx.com/cartoons population of Buncombe County, those most likely to be affected by this new version of the poll tax, were for some reason strikingly absent from the audience and the podium. Just as striking was the fact that there were more white people in attendance than African-Americans.

When the Q-and-A began, I raised the issue and, since one of the sponsors was the organization that held the very well-attended MLK breakfast recently, I questioned why no local politicians — with the exception of Brownie Newman, Holly Jones and former mayor Leni Sitnick — thought this issue was of enough importance to attend. Why was my AfricanAmerican mayor — who would be one of those targeted by the new law — not present, or the clergy from the African-American churches, save one?

The most salient observation was simply that there was no upside to attending this grass-roots forum, no major public exposure, no high- profile attendees or speechifying, plaques or platitudes being handed out. The most disappointing aspect was, as one of the speakers pointed out, the African-American church has traditionally been at the forefront of all the major social changes affecting its community, extolling and informing about the issues affecting its members.

One City Council seat in the last election was decided by 35 votes and the 2008 presidential by 14,000 (in North Carolina).

So, this is not a minor issue; a challenge has been issued and a war is being waged against women and minorities of every stripe, so now is not the time for political correctness or political timidity or for the black church in particular to be in the background on this defining issue.

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A PAGAN VOICE FOR AMENDMENT ONE The Mountain Xpress has done a remarkable job lately of representing only one side of the Amendment One issue. I [voted] for it.

There is an ignorant presumption that anyone who supports traditional marriage is a homophobe or a religious zealot. I am neither. Actually, I am a pagan. And, as pagan, I believe that nature’s law is the supreme law.

And homosexuality is obviously unnatural, except in the sense that any illness may be said to be natural.

It is worth pointing out that, like it or not, marriage sits at the crossroads of religion and politics. The gay agenda is, as we have seen in New York and California, determined to force itself on both. In California, Proposition 8 was the will the people. It was struck down by some activist judges who overreached their authority. In New York, gay “marriage” was forced onto the people by a governor who overreached his authority in a fly-bynight deal. The goal of Amendment One is simply to prevent such atrocities from happening here in North Carolina.

We are supposed to believe that Amendment One “harms children.” But similar amendments have passed in every other state in the Southeast. And, curiously, there was never any mass exodus of oppressed gay people fleeing to New York or California to escape persecution.

I encourage anyone who, like me, supports traditional marriage to not be afraid to speak up ... I [voted] for Amendment One, and if you think that means that I hate gay people, then that is exactly the sort of ignorance that seems to characterize so many of the gayagenda supporters.

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BUNCOMBE DISTRICT RACES MOVE NEW FACES TOWARD FALL ELECTION

BY CAITLIN BYRD, DAVID FORBES AND JAKE FRANKEL Voters and candidates explored uncharted territory in the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners May 8 primary, as a change to district elections that was mandated last year by the N.C. General Assembly went into effect.

Under the new system, the county was divided into to three commissioner districts; the top two vote-getters from each party on May 8 earned spots on the November ballot. The top two winners in each district in the fall election — regardless of party affiliation — will earn seats on the board.

The race for the board’s chair position remains countywide, as does the register-of-deeds election.

Overall, the turnout was unusually high for a primary election, with 39 percent of the county’s registered voters weighing in. Here’s a look at some of their choices in key local races, with vote totals for the winning candidates.

Please note: The voting tallies reported in Xpress’ election roundup are awaiting official confirmation from the Board of Elections and are rounded to the nearest percentage point.

Poll positions: Overall, the turnout was high for a primary election, with 39 percent of Buncombe’s registered voters weighing in.

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CHAIR, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Democrat: David Gantt (27,081 votes) Republican: J.B. Howard (10,112) Incumbent Chair David Gantt handily beat challenger Milton Byrd in the Democratic primary, earning a whopping 81 percent of the vote. The more competitive race was on the Republican side, where J.B. Howard defeated Glenda Weinert 55 percent to 45 percent.

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This is a first run for office for Howard, a former highway patrolman and private investigator. But he said he’s ready for the upcoming fight against Gantt, who garnered almost three times as many votes. “It feels to me like I’ve been given the privilege to represent the common man, the working man out here,” Howard said. “I think I’m the candidate who most represents a cross section of this county.”

Gantt took the results as a sign that residents will once again endorse his leadership. “I’m very gratified on the Democrat side of things that people thought we were doing what we needed to do on the commission,” he explained. “I think that’s going be the issue this fall: We’ve got a record that everybody can see.”

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REGISTER OF DEEDS Democrat: Drew Reisinger (18,018) Republican: (No primary: Pat Cothran, the sole GOP candidate, advances to November) Incumbent Register of Deeds Drew Reisinger won the Democratic party’s most rancorous local-primary battle, receiving 54 percent of the vote compared to Marie Hall’s 34 percent and Johnny House’s 11 percent.

Last year, the party’s executive committee appointed Reisinger to complete the four-year term of Otto DeBruhl, who retired after 33 years at the helm. A 27-year-old party activist, Reisinger narrowly defeated DeBruhl’s choice for his successor — creating bitter divisions among the party faithful. Both House and Hall had strong ties to DeBruhl.

Now Reisinger faces his first general election, against Republican Pat Cothran, a Buncombe County native with 25 years of experience in the land-title industry who was unopposed in the primary.

As he celebrated with supporters at Asheville Brewing, Reisinger savored the primary victory. “We had a very positive message about the things we’ve been able to achieve in office,” he said.

“Everything from making things more accessible here for all people in Buncombe County, while saving taxpayer dollars.”

DISTRICT 1 Democrats: Holly Jones (11,617) and Brownie Newman (8,861) Republicans: (No primary: Don Guge, the sole GOP candidate, advances to November) The mood was jubilant at Asheville Brewing, a common election-night gathering spot for local Democrats, as Buncombe Commissioner Holly Jones and former Asheville Vice Mayor Brownie Newman celebrated a resounding win in the county’s District 1 primary. Jones captured 43 percent of the vote, and Newman received 33 percent.

One-time colleagues on Asheville City Council, the two hope to reunite on the Board of Commissioners in the strongly Democratic District 1.

“I feel the results tonight really reflect a forward-looking community that understands the possibilities,” an exultant Jones said in between hugs from supporters. Newman, beer in hand, spoke of his hope for a “strong, progressive group of commissioners.”

Given their comparatively strong base in the district — which encompasses most of Asheville — both said they would focus their efforts on helping out candidates in the other two, morecompetitive districts, leveraging their local political experience.

Republican Don Guge was unopposed in the primary and will also be on the District 1 ballot in November.

DISTRICT 2 Democrats: Carol Peterson (6,504) and Ellen Frost (5,991) Republicans: Mike Fryar (4,075) and Christina Kelley G. Merrill (3,909) At home with her family in Fairview when the primary results came in, incumbent board member Carol Peterson claimed victory, receiving almost 40 percent of the vote. Fellow democrat Ellen Frost, who received 36 percent of the vote, will also advance.

In the general election, Peterson said, she will emphasize her record. “I really think we’re on the right path. It’s important that we make people aware of all the work that the county does,” she said.

Meanwhile, celebrating at Asheville Brewing downtown, Frost cited her campaign’s hard grass-roots work. “People want answers, people want to know where you stand and I think we gave them that.”

Watching the returns roll in with fellow Republicans at Pack’s Tavern, Mike

Fryar smiled. He received about 36 percent of the vote and will advance to the general election along with Christina Kelley G. Merrill.

Four years ago, Fryar lost his first bid for the commission. “Looking forward, it’s going to be a whole different race,” he noted.

Opting to stay home with her family on election night, Merrill received just 166 fewer votes than Fryar.

Looking toward the fall, she said, “I think that voters are really sending a message that they’re looking for a different direction for our county. It gives me a lot of energy for the next few months to go on.”

DISTRICT 3 Democrats: Michelle Pace Wood (4,532) and Terry Van Duyn (4,259)

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Republicans: Joe Belcher (4,324) and David King (2,668) Encompassing a swath of western Buncombe County, District 3 is the most conservative of the new districts and is incumbent-free. Many Republicans see it as their best chance to gain representation on the board, which currently consists of all Democrats.

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Joe Belcher, a regional manager for Clayton Homes, emerged at the head of the GOP pack, garnering 33 percent of the vote. “The people of this county supported conservative leadership and Christian values, and that’s really what brought them to me,” he said on election night as he huddled at home with friends and family.

David King also earned a spot on the November ballot, narrowly edging out third-place finisher Linda Southard by 181 votes. The only Buncombe native in the GOP race, King credited deep local support for the win, but he acknowledged that he’ll have to do better to gain a seat on the board. “I need to get out there and start shaking more hands,” he said.

On the Democratic side, small-business owner Michelle Pace Wood topped the field, with 39 percent of the vote. “I think our campaign was unique and merged the best of traditional politics with the best of the new,” she said.

Meanwhile, retired systems analyst Terry Van Duyn wasn’t far behind, with 37 percent. In an email to supporters, Van Duyn emphasized that “winning the election in November is going to require a strong, grass-roots, people-powered campaign.”

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ELECTION 2012

AMENDMENT ONE

MARRIAGE MEASURE PASSES STATE BY SIZABLE MAJORITY,

BUT BUNCOMBE VOTES AGAINST BY SLIM MARGIN

Locals starkly split: In Buncombe County, the vote on Amendment One was closer than in most of the state, where a wide majority of voters supported it. Here, Connie Plemmons of Trinity Baptist holds a sign supporting the amendment, which was rejected by Asheville voters. Photo by Max Cooper

BY DAVID FORBES The controversial Amendment One, which will declare in the state constitution that “marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized" in North Carolina, won statewide by a wide margin, despite losing in Asheville and some other urban centers.

Sixty-one percent of state voters approved the referendum for the amendment, with 39 percent voting against. Voters in Buncombe, however, went the other way by a small margin, with 51.5 percent voting against the amendment and 48.5 percent for.

N.C. Republican Party Chair Robin Hayes praised the results. “Today citizens across the state of North Carolina voted to define marriage in our constitution,” he said in a press release.

“This is a defining day for traditional values in North Carolina, and I’m proud to have voted for protecting marriage.”

Franklin Graham, CEO of the Charlotte-based Billly Graham Evangelistic Association, which sponsored newspaper ads promoting the amendment, said the vote affirmed traditional, biblical principles. “My state of North Carolina became the 31st state to approve a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman,” he said in a statement issued May 10. “While the move to pass amendments defining marriage is relatively new, the definition of marriage is 8,000 years old and was not defined by man, but by God himself.”

Local critics of the amendment said that despite the outcome, they had succeeded in galvanizing opposition that will live on.

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"We opened a lot of hearts and minds to an issue that had been very taboo in this state and in the South," said Liz MacNeil, the regional coordinator for the Coalition to Protect All NC Families. "We've activated hundreds of organizations, faith communities and college campuses across the state and nationally. There are going to be a lot of people fighting for what the amendment's taken away."

The coalition issued a statement on the results, declaring that "together, we have proven to North Carolina and the entire country that fear tactics, discrimination, and division may compete with love, compassion, and solidarity in the short term, but we know that the time is coming for true equality."

Buncombe wasn’t entirely alone in its opposition. Other urban areas like Charlotte and the Research Triangle opposed the amendment, along with coastal Dare County and Watauga County, home of Appalachian State University.

City of Asheville Attorney Bob Oast told Xpress he was uncertain about the amendment's impact on the city's domestic-partner benefits, a question he's currently researching and hopes to find the answer to shortly.

Local reaction to the results included an impromptu protest on election night, with some 75 people marching through downtown Asheville denouncing the amendment. X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

137, or at dforbes@mountainx.com.

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BY JAKE FRANKEL Statehouse Rep. Patsy Keever decisively beat her main rival in the 10th District Democratic primary — Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy — garnering 58 percent of the vote to Bellamy's 27 percent.

Rutherfordton resident and political newcomer Timothy Murphy received almost 16 percent of the total.

In the district’s Republican primary, four-term incumbent Patrick McHenry earned 73 percent of the vote, swamping challengers Ken Fortenberry and Don Peterson.

Last year, the N.C. General Assembly redrew the district to include most of Asheville, and Keever's margin of victory was even larger on her home turf. Keever received 67 percent of the Buncombe County vote compared to Bellamy's 28 percent.

On election night, May 8, Keever enjoyed the win with supporters at the Grey Eagle, at one point joining them in a circle dance to Kool & the Gang's "Celebration." Noting that she was "pleasantly surprised" by the margin of victory, she discussed the race’s next steps with Xpress.

"I'm very excited, ready to get to work. … We're trying to unify everybody," she said. "The people that are unhappy with the way things are going in Washington, who want a change, who are ready for a change — we're going to be a voice for the people."

McHenry released an email statement saying he was ready for the contest ahead, and that it presented voters with a clear choice.

“I look forward to listening to voters across the 10th District. I will keep fighting for our values," he said, adding that he had congratulated Keever on the phone.

"I am looking forward to a spirited and substantive debate over the next few months," McHenry added. "We have two clearly contrasting visions of America. This election will represent a choice on taxes, repealing Obamacare, and job creation. I'm glad to have the opportunity to debate those issues with Rep. Keever."

ROGERS WINS 11TH DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC SPOT; GOP’S MEADOWS FACES RUNOFF In the redrawn 11th Congressional District, which no longer includes much of Asheville, Hayden Rogers won the Democratic primary with 56 percent of the vote, compared to 30 percent for Cecil

Celebrate good times: Rep. Patsy Keever was joined by a big group of supporters at the Grey Eagle to revel in her decisive primary win over Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy. Photo by Max Cooper

Bothwell and 14 percent for Tom Hill.

Rogers, who previously served as Rep. Heath Shuler's chief of staff, called the win "the first step in our effort to continue moving Western North Carolina forward," in an email release. "While others in this race are trying to pull this country to the right and left, I am committed to moving it forward," he added.

Meanwhile, Republican Mark Meadows had a clear lead over the seven other GOP primary candidates but didn't reach the 40 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff. He received 38 percent of the vote, while second-place finisher Vance Patterson garnered 24 percent.

The two will face off in a July 17 runoff election to determine the party's nominee (assuming the officially certified results don’t change the outcome of the primary vote). X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com. David Forbes contributed reporting to this article.

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Amid changes to Asheville's transit system and growing momentum for building more greenways, organizers of this year's Strive Not to Drive are hoping to shine a bright light on local alternatives to driving alone in our cars.

The annual campaign includes a week of activities designed to boost awareness of transportation issues and get people walking, biking, carpooling and bussing.

And for the first time in several years, it was organized solely by volunteers — without staff support from the city of Asheville.

However, Rachel Reeser, a Strive Not to Drive Committee member and Asheville on Bikes special events coordinator, doesn't see the change as a sign of waning support for the cause. The city recently committed to constructing new greenways, bike lanes and sidewalks in the River Arts District as part of an incentive deal with New Belgium Brewing Company to build a major new production facility on Craven Street, she notes.

Officials from the Fort Collins, Colo., company have repeatedly cited the area's growing multimodal infrastructure as a key factor in its decision to expand in Asheville, creating an estimated 154 direct jobs and $175 million in investments. And having that kind of economic clout behind the push for bike lanes and greenways, says Reeser, is bound to help continue to get the attention of elected officials.

"I'm hoping that it's getting more infiltrated into city hall, by different means, because that's where policies get made," she notes. "We can be knocking on the door, and having 300 people show up on rides, but when it comes down to brass tacks, we need people in the system that support it."

Buncombe County officials also have been showing unprecedented support in recent months as they move toward finalizing a Greenways and Trails Master Plan that's been in the works for several years.

The ultimate goal of the effort, explains Dwayne Stutzman, chairman of the Buncombe County Greenways and Trails Commission, is for "people to be able to utilize a connected system of trails, greenways, sidewalks — all systems working together" throughout the county.

Meanwhile, in conjunction with the Strive Not to Drive campaign, the Asheville transit system (now officially called "Asheville Redefines Transit") is rolling out new routes, schedules and other changes designed to grow rider-

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ship and improve performance, convenience and safety. Effective May 21, the makeover will be complemented by three weeks of fare-free service.

"We want people to focus on learning the routes, not 'How much do I have to pay? Did I bring change? Do I have my card?' We know that it’s going to be a very busy time during implementation," explains Mariate Echeverry, the city’s transportation-planning manager.

The city’s transportation department will absorb the lost revenue, estimated at $32,000, she notes. But in the long run, Echeverry thinks that riders who choose to ride the bus (even if they have other transportation options) because they’re lured by the improvements could more than make up that amount.

"We hope people who don't ride the bus right now will be willing to try it, now that it's free for three weeks," she says.

"We've seen in the past that every time we offer free fare, the ridership increases."

As part of Strive Not to Drive week, city and county leaders will hop aboard one of the system's new hybrid busses and take a private tour of "some of the multimodal improvements the city is committed to," Echeverry reports. "We want to show how transit is supported by sidewalks and bike lanes, and how the three of them integrate." Then, organizers will lead participating officials and members of the public on a bike tour with a similar goal.

"Hopefully we'll find a happy medium to educate people about some of the challenges we still face, and some of the successes we have made, and to be thankful for," Reeser says.

This year's coordinated effort among different transit advocates marks a positive evolution for Strive Not to Drive, adds Reeser, noting that it got its start years ago as an event that focused almost exclusively on biking.

"It's nice to have pedestrians and carpoolers supporting bicyclists. It's nice to have bicyclists supporting transit," she explains. "They all weave together. We have voices and more unity, and we can get more done if we band together." X You can make a pledge to Strive Not to Drive and learn more at strivenottodrive.com. Also, read more about the multimodal fashion show on pg. 45.

Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or frankel@mountainx.com.

A multimodal man: During a week of activities designed to boost awareness of transportation issues, Transit Projects Coordinator Yuri Koslen will help get the word out about changes to Asheville’s bus system. Photo by Jake Frankel

ASHEVILLE STRIVE NOT TO DRIVE ACTIVITIES Friday, May 18, 5–9 p.m. Bike corral at Downtown After 5 (North Lexington Avenue) Monday, May 21, 5:15 p.m. Mayor’s Leadership Community Bike Ride (City Hall) Tuesday, May 22, 6–8 p.m. Multimodal fashion show (The Magnetic Field, 372 Depot St.) Wednesday, May 23, 5–7 p.m. Commuter station featuring networking opportunities and free Strive Not to Drive goodies (The LAB, 39 N. Lexington Ave.) Friday, May 25, 6:30–8:30 a.m. Four breakfast commuter stations offering free breakfast items, coffee, water and other goodies to multimodal transportation users (various locations).

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In the community-garden area behind Oakley United Methodist Church, a new farmers market is taking root.

Pastor Shelly Webb has spearheaded the effort to get it started, saying that a primary goal is offering Oakley families access to affordable, healthy food while supporting local farmers and crafters. Webb also envisions the market as a social hub for the neighborhood, which currently has few gathering spots.

“When I learned that 80 percent of the children of Oakley Elementary School receive some kind of food assistance, I knew that we have an obligation to the welfare of our neighbors,” she said. “I sense that our community seeks to care for one another in real and simple ways.”

With nearly 20 vendors signed up, the Oakley Farmers Market will take place 2-6 p.m. Thursdays starting May 24 behind Oakley United Methodist Church. A grand opening event is planned for Thursday, May 31. Each week, along with a variety of farmers’ products, the market will feature live music, children’s activities and demonstrations.

For details visit oakleyfarmersmarket.com.

The seeds of a good thing: Oakley United Methodist Church Pastor Shelly Webb, right, is starting the new Oakley Farmers Market in partnership with such local growers as Gladheart Farms’ Debbie Weaver, left, with her grandchildren, Hannah and Ben. Photo by Gina Smith

gardeningcalendar BAMBOO WALKING TOURS (pd.) May 20th Sunday 1:30p.m. to 3p.m. Haiku Bamboo Nursery - 468 Rhodes Mtn. Rd. Hendersonville. Call (828) 685-3053 Price $15. More information see www.haikubamboonursery.net Black Mountain Garden Show and Sale • SA (5/19), 9am-4pm - The Black Mountain Garden Show and Sale will be held at Monte Vista Hotel, 308 W. State St., featuring vegetables, native trees, shrubs and garden accessories. Children's activities begin at 1pm. Free. Info: www. blackmountain.org.

Garden Hotline • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 8:30am-4:30pm - A garden hotline will be offered by Buncombe County Extension Master Gardeners. Info: 255-5522.

Gardening in the Mountains • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Gardening in the Mountains lectures will be offered at the Buncombe County Extension Office, 94 Coxe Ave. Free. Info: 255-5522.

Great Natives for the Southeast • SU (5/20), 6pm - Bill Cullina, executive director of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, will present a lecture on "50 (Okay 59, but Who’s Counting) Great Natives for the Southeast" at the Doubletree by Hilton Asheville-Biltmore, 115 Hendersonville Road. $10. Info: ivyolson@ncsu.edu or 697-4891.

Low Till Farming Workshop • SA (5/19), 3:30-8pm - "Maximizing Profitability with Minimum Till and Biological Synergy," with Ron Morse, will be offered by Living Web Farms at Mills River Educational Farm, 176 Kimzey Road. $25; scholarships are available.

Info and registration: www.livingwebfarms.org or 505-1660.

N.C. Arboretum Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily. Programs are free with $8 parking fee. Info: www. ncarboretum.org or 665-2492.

• Through MO (9/3) - Wicked Plants: The Exhibit will "expose plants associated with a myriad of negative health effects."

• SA (5/19) & SU (5/20), 9am-4:30pm - The Asheville Blue Ridge Rose Society Exhibition will debut its new exhibit Roses, Roses, Roses! at The North Carolina Arboretum.

Programs will include presentations on disease resistance, growing roses on slopes, old garden roses and more.

Standard parking fees apply.

Open Air Market • SATURDAYS, 9am-noon - Biltmore Coffee Traders, 518 Hendersonville Road, hosts an open air market featuring eco-friendly and garden-related items including solar oven kits, mushroom logs, pottery and more. Currently accepting new vendors. Info: biltmorecoffee@gmail.com or www. biltmorecoffeetraders.com.

Regional Tailgate Markets Markets are listed by day, time and name of market, followed by address. For more information, including the exact start and end dates of markets, contact the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. Info: www.buyappalachian. org or 236-1282.

• WEDNESDAYS, 8am-noon - Waynesville Tailgate Market, 171 Legion Drive. --- 8am-noon - Haywood Historic Farmer's Market, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville.

--- 2-6pm - Asheville City Market South, Town Square Boulevard, Biltmore Park --- 2:30-6:30pm - Weaverville Tailgate Market, 60 Lakeshore Drive --- 2-5pm - Spruce Pine Farmers Market, 297 Oak Ave. --- 2-6pm - Montford

Farmers Market, 36 Montford Ave. --- 2-6pm - French Broad Food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. • THURSDAYS, 2-6pm - Oakley Farmers Market, 607 Fairview Road. --- 3-6pm - Flat Rock Tailgate Market, 2724 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. --- 3rd THURSDAYS, 2-6pm - Greenlife Tailgate Market, 70 Merrimon Ave. • FRIDAYS, 3-6pm - East Asheville Tailgate Market, 945 Tunnel Road. --- 4-7pm - Leicester Tailgate Market, 338 Leicester Highway.

• SATURDAYS, 7am-noon - Henderson County Tailgate Market, 100 N. King St., Hendersonville.--- 8am-noon - Waynesville Tailgate Market, 171 Legion Drive. --- 8amnoon - Haywood Historic Farmer's Market, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville. --- 8am-noon - Mills River Farmers Market, 5046 Boylston Highway. --- 8am-noon - Bakersville Farmers Market, Bakersville Community Medical Clinic parking lot, opposite the U.S. Post Office. --- 8am-1pm - Asheville City Market, 161 South Charlotte St. --- 8am12:30pm - Transylvania Tailgate Market, 90 E. Main St., Brevard --- 8am-noon - North Asheville Tailgate Market, UNCA commuter lot C. --- 8:30am-12:30pm - Yancey County Farmers Market, S. Main Street at US 19E, Burnsville. --- 9am-noon - Big Ivy Tailgate Market, 1679 Barnardsville Highway, Barnardsville. --- 9am-noon - Black Mountain Tailgate Market, 130 Montreat Road. --- 9am1pm - Madison County Farmers and Artisans Market, Highway 213 at Park Street, Mars Hill. --- 9am-2pm Leicester Tailgate Market, 338 Leicester Highway.

• SUNDAYS, noon-4pm - Marshall's "Sundays on the Island," Blanahasset Island.

• TUESDAYS, 3-6pm - Historic Marion Tailgate Market, West Henderson Street at Logan Street, Marion. --- 3:306:30pm - West Asheville Tailgate Market, 718 Haywood Road.

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calendar categories community events & workshops / social & shared-interest groups / government & politics / seniors & retirees / animals / technology / business & careers / volunteering / health programs / support groups / helplines / sports groups & activities / kids / spirituality / arts / spoken & written word / festivals & gatherings / music / theater / comedy / film / dance / auditions & call to artists CALENDAR FOR MAY 16 24, 2012 Unless otherwise stated, events take place in Asheville, and phone numbers are in the 828 area code.

Day-by-day calendar is online Want to find out everything that's happening today -- or tomorrow, or any day of the week? Go to www.mountainx. com/events.

Weekday Abbreviations: SU = Sunday, MO = Monday, TU = Tuesday, WE = Wednesday, TH = Thursday, FR = Friday, SA = Saturday

Animals Brother Wolf Animal Rescue A no-kill organization. Info: www.bwar.org or 505-3440.

• WEDNESDAYS & SUNDAYS, 10am; SATURDAYS, 9am The Outward Hounds hiking club encourages the public to take adoptable dogs on Asheville-area hikes. Free.

Cat Adoptions • SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 10am-5pm - Furever Friends will host cat and kitten adoptions at Petco, 825 Brevard Road. Info: www.fureverfriendsnc.org.

Kitten Care Seminar • SU (5/20), 1pm - A kitten care seminar will be held at the Humane Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic, 25 Heritage Drive.

Free; donations accepted.

Registration required. Info: 670-0080.

Low Cost Spay/Neuter Vouchers • SA (5/19), 11:45am-3pm - Vouchers for free and lowcost spay/neuter services will be available to Henderson County residents at The Blue Ridge Mall's KMart entrace, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville. Info: cpforpetsinc@aol.com.

Rusty's Legacy • SATURDAYS, 10am-3pm Rusty's Legacy animal rescue

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Due to the abundance of great things to do in our area, we only have the space in print to focus on timely events. Our print calendar now covers an eight-day range. For a complete directory of all Community Calendar groups and upcoming events, please visit www.mountainx.com/events..

CALENDAR INFORMATION In order to qualify for a free listing, an event must cost no more than $40 to attend and be sponsored by and/or benefit a nonprofit.

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If you wish to submit an event for Clubland (our free live music listings), please e-mail clubland@mountainx.com.

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Please limit your submission to 40 words or less.

Questions? Call (828) 251-1333, ext. 365.

Paid Listings Paid listings lead the calendar sections in which they are placed, and are marked (pd.).

To submit a paid listing, send it to our Classified Department by any of the following methods. Be sure to include your phone number, for billing purposes. * E-mail: marketplace@mountainx.com. * Fax: (828) 251-1311, Attn: Commercial Calendar * Mail: Commercial Calendar, Mountain Xpress, P.O. Box 144, Asheville, NC 28802 * In person: Classified Dept., Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall St. (the Miles Building), Ste. 214, downtown Asheville.

Questions? Call our Classified Department at (828) 251-1333, ext. 335.

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Art 7 Ton Letterpress Grand Opening • SA (5/19), 4-8pm - 7 Ton Letterpress will host a grand opening celebration, featuring Ultimate Ice Cream, punch, live printing demonstrations and a raffle, at its West Asheville studios, 178 A Westwood Place. Free. Info: www.7tonletterpress.com.

A-B Tech Student Show • Through SA (5/26) - The A-B Tech juried student art show will be on display at The ARTery, 346 Depot St. Info: www.abtech.edu.

Absolute Uncertainty • Through SU (5/20) Absolute Uncertainty, new paintings by Barbara Fisher, will be on display at Urban Dharma, 29 Page St. Info: www.udharmanc.com.

American Folk Art and Framing Oui-Oui Gallery is located at 64 Biltmore Ave. Mon. - Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., noon-5pm.

Info: www.amerifolk.com or 281-2134.

• Through WE (6/13) - The Lusty Month of May, works by self-taught artists from the Southeast.

AnTHM Gallery 110 1/2 W. State St., Black Mountain. Tues.-Sun., 11am9pm Info: www.anthmgallery. com.

• Through FR (6/29) - New works by Jackson Hammack (mixed-media).

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

• Through FR (5/18) Crumbs, works by Sarah Ray (sculpture) will be on display in the Blowers Gallery. Info: 251-6436.

Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Programs are free with admission unless otherwise noted. Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm.

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

• Through SU (8/26) - The Essential Idea: Robert Motherwell’s Graphic Works (abstract expressionist).

• Through SU (9/9) - Prime Time: New Media Juried Exhibition.

• Through SU (7/8) - Fire on the Mountain: Studio Glass in Western North Carolina.

• Through SU (10/28) Artworks Project Space: Hoss Haley Installation.

• Through SU (9/16) - Ancient Forms, Modern Minds: Contemporary Cherokee Ceramics.

Bella Vista Art Gallery 14 Lodge St. Spring hours: Mon., Wed.-Fri., 10am-4pm; Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: www. bellavistaart.com or 768-0246.

• Through TH (5/31) - Works

by Alfie Fernandes, Terry Hagiwara and Karen Margulis.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts Old City Hall, 225 West State St., Black Mountain. Mon.Wed. and Fri., 10am-5pm; Thurs., 11am-3pm. Info: www.

BlackMountainArts.org or 669-0930.

• Through WE (6/13) - Regional Galleries Collaborative Exhibit, curated

by BMCA executive director Gale Jackson.

Blue Ridge en Plein Air •Through MO (5/28) - Blue Ridge en Plein Air will be on display at Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League's Red House Gallery, 310 W. State St., Black Mountain. Info: www. svfalarts.org.

Buncombe County Schools Student Art Show • Through SU (5/20) - The Buncombe County Schools K-12 Student Art Show will be on display at the Asheville Mall, 3 South Tunnel Road, near Barnes and Noble. Info: 255-5951.

Castell Photography 2C Wilson Alley. Wed.-Fri., noon-6pm; Sat., noon-7pm, or by appointment. Info: www. castellphotography.com or 255-1188.

• Through SA (5/26) - Spring Salon, works by Roger Ricco and Justine Reyes.

Clingman Cafe • Through TH (5/31) - Works

by Julie Covington (pottery) and Nancy Darrell (woodcut

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Learn about efforts to create and grow a local fiber economy during a screening of the

wed documentary Farm to Fashion on Wednesday, May 16 at 6 p.m. Hosted by Transition Hendersonville at Black Bear Cafe, 318 Main St., Hendersonville. Info: transitionhendersonville. com.

REI in Biltmore Park Town Square invites the community to a free bicycle maintenance course

thur on Thursday, May 17 at 7 p.m. The class will focus on adjusting brakes and derailleurs, how to change and fix a chain and how to change brakes. Registration required: avl.mx/fl.

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Blue Ridge Bookfest kicks off on Friday, May 18 with a variety of free workshops, lectures and readings by more than a dozen well-known authors at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock. The festival continues through May 19. Info and complete schedule: blueridgebookfest. org.

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Join RiverLink for an afternoon in the sun and learn how to identify the tress that cover WNC as the organization hosts a leaf identification workshop and nature walk departing from the RiverLink offices, 170 Lyman St., on Saturday, May 19 at 10 a.m. Info: riverlink.org or 252-8474.

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Hear Southern stories from near and far as the Jonesboro Storytelling Guild performs Tales From Tennessee at Fletcher Feed and Seed, 3715 Hendersonville Road, on Sunday, May 20 from 3-5 p.m. Info: 329-8112.

A Mountain BizWorks informational meeting will help businesses make the first step

mon towards accessing the organization's services on Monday, May 21, at noon. Meetings are offered Mondays at noon and Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. at 153 S. Lexington Ave. Info: mountainbizworks.org.

tue

Girls ages 9-14 are invited to learn about food chemistry as part of Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute's SciGirls program on Tuesday, May 22 from 6-8 p.m. Held at 1 PARI Drive, Rosman. Registration required. $10. Info: pari.edu or 862-5554.

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Coop Gallery 25 Carolina Lane. Mon.-Fri., 11am-4pm. Info: www.coopasheville.com.

• Through FR (5/18) - Works

by Warren Wilson students, teachers and alumni on the theme of alternative building.

• Through FR (6/1) - Too Close to Home, photography

by Matt Brown, Phaedra Call, Scott Hubener, Miranda Maynard and Dawn Roe. • FR (5/11), 7-9pm - Opening reception.

Crimson Laurel Gallery 23 Crimson Laurel Way, Bakersville. April-Dec.: Tues.Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun. & Mon., noon-5pm. Info: 688-3599 or www.crimsonlaurelgallery. com.

• Through FR (6/29) Containment III: A Nesting Instinct.

• Through TH (5/31) Ceramic jars by Jana Evans.

Events At Folk Art Center MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Open daily from

9am-6pm. Info: www.craftguild.org or 298-7928.

• Through TU (6/5) - Works

by Sondra Dorn (fiber) and Ann Gleason (clay).

Events at the Turchin Center Appalachian State University's Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is located at 423 West King St., in Boone. Info: 2623017 or www.tcva.org.

• Trough SA (7/28) - STUFF: Where does it come from and where does it go? --Reflections on Costa Rica.

Flood Gallery Phil Mechanic, 109 Roberts St. Tues.-Sat., 10am-4pm.

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

• Through MO (5/28) Reclaimed Art, works by Katie Chen.

HCC Photography Exhibit • Through FR (6/29) Photography by Haywood Community College's continuing education digital photography class will be on display in the Haywood County Public Library's meeting room, 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton.

Info: 648-2924.

Mixed Media Mamas • Through MO (6/4) - Mixed Media Mamas, clay, fiber, paint and collage works celebrating motherhood. Featuring local artists Cynthia Lee, Peggy DeBell, Kathryn Nidy-Cukier and Ginger Huebner. On display at Desert Moon Designs, 372 Depot St., Suite 44, Mon.Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: www. desertmoondesigns-studios. com.

Photography Exhibit: Brook Reynolds • Through SA (5/26) - ENSO, black and white photographs inspired by the enso paintings of Zen circles, will be on display at Ananda Hair Studio, 22 Broadway St. Mon., 10am6pm; Tues.-Sat., 9am-8pm.

Info: www.brookreynoldsphotography.com.

Pink Dog Creative A multi-use arts space located at 342 Depot St. Info: info@ pinkdog-creative.com.

• Through SA (6/30) - Ralph Burns (photography).

Pump Gallery 109 Roberts St. Tues.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Info: www.philmechanicstudios.com.

• Through MO (5/28) - Works

by Olivia de Soria (wearable art).

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

• Through MO (5/28) - Joyce Schlapkohl (oil paintings).

Spring Arts at Sunburst Hollow Studios • SA (5/19), 10am-4pm Pottery, jewelry, stained glass and more will be on display at a private home in Zirconia.

Free. Rain date May 20. Info: www.handinhandgallery.com or david@handinhandgallery. com.

Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-4:30pm. Info: www. artsofbrevard.org or 884-2787.

• Through MO (5/28) - Paper Works, an open show.

Tryon Fine Arts Center Located at 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri.,

SPRING ARTS AT SUNBURST HOLLOW Come out for a full day of art and fun at the home and studios of David and Molly Sharp Voorhees. On Saturday, May 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., join the Voorhees and others for jewelry and pottery classes, open studio tours and more. Featuring nine artisans (everything from watercolor to stained glass to forged steel), shrubs from Laurel Springs Nursery and food from Sunburst Hollow Cafe. 2212 Green River Road, Zirconia. More at handinhandgallery.com/SunburstHollowArtEvent.html.

10am-4pm; Sat., 10am-1pm.

Info: www.tryonarts.org or 859-8322.

• Through FR (5/25) - Explore: The Mind of a Sculptor, featuring Dale Weiler and Stoney Lamar.

Working Girls Studio & Gallery • Through SA (5/26) - Hollow, mixed media and oil paintings

by Shellie Lewis-Dambax and Horse Series, mixed media paintings and monotypes by Phil Garrett, will be on display Thurs.-Sat., 11am-5pm, at 30

Battery Park Ave. Info: www. workinggirlsstudio.com.

Art/Craft Fairs Joara Pottery Festival • SA (5/19), 10am-4pm - The Joara Pottery Festival, featuring regional potters, will be held at The Old Armory, 306 McDowell St., Morganton.

Admittance fee benefits The Exploring Joara Foundation. $4/children under 12 free. Info: www.joarapotteryfestival.org.

Auditions & Call to Artists ATTENTION FILM ACTORS (pd.) Learn what it takes to get into the business and how to get the job. 90-minute Seminar with the only SAG Agent in NC. 35 years experience in Miami and LA. June 10 www.nys3. com (917) 710-2805 Best of WNC Artists 2012 (pd.) A juried exhibition of 2D & 3D works by artists residing

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Appalachian Pastel Society • Through WE (8/1) - The Appalachian Pastel Society will accept applications for its juried national exhibition through Aug. 1. Info: www. appalachianpastelsociety.org.

Arts2People Paid Demonstrations • Through TU (7/31) Arts2People is currently offering artists more than $2,000 to participate in its demonstration group. The Handcrafted Artisan Revitalization Program will accept new members for this and other opportunities through July 31. Info: www.

Arts2People.org/harp.html.

Asheville Chocolate and Arts Festival • Through WE (8/1) - The Asheville Chocolate and Arts Festival will accept submissions from local artists through Aug. 1. Info: www.sacredcelebrationsproductions.com.

Asheville Community Theatre • WE (5/16), 6-8pm Auditions for Asheville Community Theatre's Good Old Fashioned Variety Show will be held at 35 East Walnut St. Seeking singers, dancers, comedians, musicians, magicians and others. Auditions for ages 18 and older. Info: www. ashevilletheatre.org. • Through FR (6/1) - Asheville Community Theatre will accept submissions from clothing designers for its fashion show through June 1.

Eco Arts Award • Through WE (8/15) - Eco Arts Awards will accept submissions for its songwriting, art, literature, video, photography and repurposed material competitions through Aug 15.

Info: www.ecoartsawards. com.

Fine Arts and Crafts Showcase • Through FR (6/1) - TC Arts Council will accept submissions for its Fine Arts and Crafts Showcase through June 1.

Grassroots Arts Grants • Through WE (6/20) - The City of Asheville Cultural Arts Division will accept submissions for its Grassroots Arts Program grants through June 20. For nonprofits whose purpose is to promote diverse cultural arts programming in Buncombe County.

Workshops and webinars about the grants will be offered in May and June at various locations. Info and schedule: druggiero@ashevillenc.gov or 259-5815.

Hard Times Writing Contest • Through SA (6/30) - The Writers' Workshop will accept submissions for its Hard Times writing contest through June 30. Info: www.twwoa.org.

Hendersonville Art on Main

• Through FR (6/1) Hendersonville's Art on Main will accept applications from arts and crafts vendors through June 1. Info: www.acofhc.org or 693-8504.

Oktoberfest • Through WE (8/1) Hickory’s Oktoberfest will accept applications from arts and crafts vendors through Aug. 1. Info: www.hickoryoktoberfest.com.

Open Studio Tour of Henderson County • Through FR (5/18) The Open Studio Tour of Henderson County will accept applications from regional artists through May 18. Info: www.openstudiotourhc.com or 551-3278.

Seussical the Musical • SU (5/20), 2-4:30pm & MO (5/21), 5-7:30pm - Tryon Little Theater invites youth ages 10-18 to audition for Seussical the Musical at 516 S. Trade St. Info: 894-8722.

TEDxAsheville • Through SU (7/15) TEDxAsheville will accept submissions from "thinkers, innovators and entertainers from diverse fields" through July 15. Info: www.tedxasheville.com.

Beer Asheville Beer Master Tournament • Through TH (5/24), 6:30pm - The Asheville Beer Master tournament will feature beer trivia at a variety of locations.

Must be 21 or older. Brewers and owners of beer outlets are not eligible. Info: http://avl. mx/94 or avlbeermasters@ gmail.com.

Asheville Beer Week • TH (5/24) through SU (6/3) - Asheville Beer Week will feature seminars, tastings, dinners and special events throughout the Asheville area. See the special section in this week's Mountain Xpress or visit http:// avl.mx/fk.

Business & Technology Business Skills Meetings • MONDAYS, 6pm - The Entrepreneur Skills Network offers a business skills meeting in Room 246 of the Jackson County Justice and Administration Building, 401 Grindstaff Cove Road, Sylva.

Info: 497-0160, 586-5466 or esn4meetings@gmail.com.

Lessons in Leadership • WE (5/16), 8:30am-noon - Lessons in Leadership will focus on "winning workshops" in UNCA's Kimmel Arena. $20.

Info and registration: www. wncleaders.com.

Mountain BizWorks Workshops 153 S. Lexington Ave. Info: 253-2834 or www.mountainbizworks.org. • MONDAYS, noon & WEDNESDAYS, 4:30pm - An informational meeting about Mountain BizWorks' programs will help businesses make the first step towards accessing the organization's services.

Free. Info and registration: victor@mountainbizworks.org or 253-2834.

Classes, Meetings, Events & Lectures Black Mountain Monster 12/24 Hour Relay Race. (pd.) Montreat College Black Mountain Campus. June 2-3, starts 10am. $40 and up.

25% proceeds go to winners' choice of non-profit. Contact: raceofawesome@gmail.com, www.raceofawesome.org, 814-648-0680 Mac Basics Classes at Charlotte Street Computers (pd.) Mac Basics Computer Classes are being held at Charlotte Street Computers, 252 Charlotte Street. Class time is 12:15 - 12:45pm.

Mondays - Mac OS X, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month - iPhoto, 2nd Tuesday - iWork Essentials, 4th Tuesday iMovie Basics, 5th Tuesday - Garageband, Wednesdays - iPad Basics. Registration is just $9.99 at classes@charlottestreetcomputers.com.

Open Stitch Groups at Purl's Yarn Emporium (pd.) On Wall Street downtown: Wednesdays, 10am12pm; Thursdays, 6-8pm.

Bring a knit or crochet project or find something new to cast on. (828) 253-2750. www. purlsyarnemporium.com AAF Asheville Awards Ceremony • MO (5/21), 11:30am-1pm - AAF Asheville will present an award for outstanding achievement in advertising to Asheville native Charlie Price, founder and leader of Price/ McNabb advertising and PR agency. Held at DoubleTree

by Hilton Asheville-Biltmore, 115 Hendersonville Road. $15 includes lunch. Registration required by May 17. Info: www.aafasheville.org.

Alpha Phi Alumnae • WE (5/16), 5:30pm Asheville area alumnae of Alpha Phi sorority will meet at River Ridge Shopping Center on Fairview Road to carpool to Black Mountain for the group's monthly gathering. Info: wncbuckeyes@aol.com.

Art Classes • Through WE (6/6) - The Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League presents a variety of drawing and painting classes weekly at 310 West State

St. $15 per session. Info, schedule and times: www. svfalarts.org.

Block Printing • TH (5/17) & TH (5/24), 6-8pm - Leaving Our Impressions, a block printing workshop, will be offered by Our VOICE at 44 Merrimon Ave, Suite 1. $10-$20 sliding scale. Info and registration: arts@ourvoicenc.org or 2520562.

Celebrate Brittany • TUESDAYS, 2-4pm - A class on the dance, music and culture of Celtic France will be presented at the Senior Opportunity Center, 36 Grove St. $10. Info and registration: kisley@ashevillenc.gov or 350-2062.

Cherokee Bonfire • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS - A Cherokee bonfire encourages the public to hear traditional stories and roast marshmallows, beginning at dusk. Held at Oconaluftee Islands Park, Highway 441, Cherokee. Free. Info: www. visitcherokeenc.com or (800) 438-1601.

Ethical Society of Asheville • SU (5/20), 2-3:30pm - The Ethical Society of Asheville will present "Ethical Heroes: From Jacob Riis to Eleanor Roosevelt" at the Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Road. Free. Info: ethicalsocietyasheville@gmail. com or 687-7759.

Four Seasons Toastmasters • WEDNESDAYS, 8-9am Four Seasons Toastmasters invites the community to improve their public speaking skills. Held in the Smoky Mountain Theatre of Lake Point Landing retirement community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. $10 per month.

Info: 606-9830.

French Broad Mensa • SA (5/19), 1:30pm - French Broad Mensa, the local chapter of the high IQ society, will host a test at the North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Registration required. $40.

Info: wstanko@charter.net or 253-8781.

Glass Fuser Garage Sale • SA (5/19), 8am-4pm - The Great American Glass Fusers garage sale will feature kilns, glass saws, jewelry tools and more at 34 Ridgeway Drive, Mars Hill. Free to attend. Info: grdgoddess@aol.com or 380-0788.

GM Alumni Club • TH (5/17), 11:30am - The WNC GM Alumni Club's luncheon meeting will feature Ed Williams, river basin planner for the North Carolina State Division of Water Quality. Held at the Hendersonville Country Club, 1860 Hebron Road. $16

for buffet lunch. Info: www. wncgmalumni.com or 8905811.

GroWNC Initiative • TH (5/17) & WE (5/30), 4-7pm - A series of community meetings about GroWNC, an initiative to support growth and economic development in Buncombe and surrounding counties, will be held at various locations. Free. Info and locations: www.gro-wnc.org.

Henderson County Heritage Museum Located in the Historic Courthouse on Main St., Hendersonville. Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm. Free unless otherwise noted. Info: www.hendersoncountymuseum.org or 694-1619.

• Through TU (12/31) - An exhibit of Civil War military weaponry and uniforms.

Lenoir-Rhyne University Info Session • TU (5/22), 5:30-7pm - Lenoir-Rhyne University Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville will host an information session for students interested in applying for the 2012-2013 school year. Info, registration and exact location: http://asheville.lr.edu or 328-7300.

Ox Creek Community History Collection • SATURDAYS through (6/9), 10am-2pm - An exhibition will feature selections from the Ox Creek Community History Collection at the Weaverville Library, 41 North Main St. Free.

Info: ckgrimes@charter.net.

Panama Travelogue • SU (5/20), 3pm - Simon Thompson and Chris Jaquette will present their travelogue of Panama at Wild Birds Unlimited, 1997 Hendersonville Road. Free. Info: www.asheville.wbu or 687-9433.

Ponderer's Cafe Group • TUESDAYS, 6:45pm - This easygoing, guided questioning aims to cultivate discussion and broaden perspectives on a variety of interesting topics.

Free to attend. Info: www. meetup.com/PonderersCafe.

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

• FR (5/18), 11:30am - The N.C. Center for Creative Retirement will host a presentation with Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre's artistic director to introduce its upcoming season.

Held in the Reuter Center. Info: unca.edu/ncccr or 251-6140.

Ride of Silence • WE (5/16), 6:30pm - The Ride of Silence encourages the public to honor Larry Schwartz, who was killed by a bus in 2002, with a silent bicycle ride.

Trip departs from the YMCA

parking lot, 30 Woodfin St. Bring front and rear lights. Free.

Info: claudianix@libertybikes. com or 230-6567.

RV Camping Club • Through FR (11/30) - The Small RV Camping Club currently seeks new members.

Info: lilnau@aol.com or 369-6669.

Society of Dowsers • SA (5/19), 1-4pm - The Appalachian Chapter of the American Society of Dowsers will host a lecture with Kate Pittman titled "Dowsing to Communicate and Understand" at Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. $10/free for members.

Info: www.appalachiandowsers.org.

Ten Thousand Villages • SA (5/19), 10am-6pm - Ten Thousand Villages Asheville will celebrate its anniversary with batik cards and handbags from Lydia Trading, an exporting arm of the Nepal Leprosy Trust. Traditional Nepalese food will be offered. Held at 10 College St. Free. Info: www. asheville.tenthousandvillages. com.

The Zen of Writing Reception • FR (5/18), 7-9pm - The Living Room Series at the Lenoir-Rhyne University Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville presents the "Zen of Writing and Presenting Public Talks," an informal lecture about how to give speeches that "inspire people to action."

Info, registration and exact location: http://www.lr.edu or 575-2000.

Tour of Historic Stillwell Homes • SU (5/20), 1-5pm - A tour of seven homes designed by local architect Erle Stillwell will be presented by the Hendersonville Historic Preservation Commission.

Tickets available at the Historic Courthouse, Fountainhead Books and Hendersonville City Hall. $20. Info: www.hendersonvillehpc.org.

WNC Deaf-Blind Picnic • FR (5/18), 11am-2pm - The Western Regional Interagency Deaf-Blind Service Team will host its annual deaf-blind picnic at Lake Julian, 406 Overlook Extension, Arden.

Free. Info: rowan.lishcerelli@ dhhs.nc.gov or 251-6732.

WNC Knitters and Crocheters • 3rd MONDAYS, 7pm - The Fletcher Branch of the WNC Knitters and Crocheters for Others creates handmade items to be donated to local charities. Free. Info: 654-9788.

WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility • FR (5/18), 12:30-2pm - A meeting of WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility will be held at a private home.

Directions: www.wncpsr.org or 633-0892.

Dance Bharatanatyam Classes • Adult • Children (pd.) Bharatanatyam is the sacred classical dance form of India. Adult and children's classes now forming.

Traditional Kalakshetra Style. • DakshinaNatya Classical Arts.

Riverview Station. • Call Tess: (828) 301-0331. Learn more: www.riverviewstation.com Studio Zahiya (pd.) Monday 7:30-9pm Bellydance • Tuesday 8-9am Booty Camp Fitness •

9-10am Hip Hop Workout • Noon-1pm Groove Dance • 5:15-6pm Intro to Bellyydance • Wednesday 6-7 Intro to Hip Hop, • 7:30-9 Bellydance 2 • Thursday 9-10am Bellydance, • 6-7pm Bollywood, • 8-9pm Hip Hop 2 • Friday 10-11am Bhangra Workout. • $12 for 60 minute classes. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www. studiozahiya.com Traditional Dance of Celtic France (pd.) Tuesdays, May 1stJune 19th 2pm-4pm Senior Opportunity Center, 36 Grove St. Experience the history, legends and dance of Brittany. For all ages. $10 per class or $70

for 8 week session. To register or for more information, email: jlzollars@charter.net or call: 828-505-3253. Celebrate Brittany!

Contra Dance • MONDAYS, 8pm - Contra dancing at the Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave. Beginners welcome. $6. Info: www. danceasheville.com.

Nia: Dance Your Inner Athlete • TUESDAYS through (5/29), 6pm - "Athletic Nia provides opportunities for personal investment within your unique movements." No dance experience needed. Hosted by the YMCA, 30 Woodfin St. Free

for members/$10 per class for nonmembers. Walk-ins welcome. Info: www.ymcawnc. org.

Old Farmer's Ball • THURSDAYS, 8pm - The Old Farmer's Ball will be held at Warren Wilson College's Bryson Gym. Beginner's lesson starts at 7:30pm. $6/$5members/$1 Warren Wilson students. Info: www. oldfarmersball.com.

Southern Lights SDC Held at the Whitmire Activity Building, 301 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville. Info: 6969198.

• SA (5/19), 7pm - Southern Lights Square and Round Dance Club will host a dance for its 30th anniversary.

Advanced dance begins at 6pm.

Spiral Spirt Ecstatic Dance • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm Weekly dances held at Sol's Reprieve, 11 Richland St. "We honor the wave, body exploration and stillness." $7.

Info: azealea@yahoo.com or elementsmove@yahoo.com.

Eco ECO The Environmental and Conservation Organization is

located at 121 Third Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: www.ecownc.org or 692-0385.

• SA (5/19), 10am - A workshop on water rams will focus on hydraulic-based pumps that were used in Henderson County in the last century to pump water out of streams and use it for irrigation and drinking water. $15.

Info, location and registration: 692-0385.

N.C. Arboretum Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily.

Programs are free with $8 parking fee. Info: www.ncarboretum.org or 665-2492.

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• Through MO (7/2) - Ferns of the Smokies will feature exhibits about the flora of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

RiverLink Events Info: www.riverlink.org or 252-8474.

• TH (5/17), 11:45am-2pm - A bus tour of the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers will depart from the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 36 Montford Ave. $15/free for members.

• TU (5/22), 9:30am-3pm - A class on rain garden construction will meet at the RiverLink office.

SAFE Carolinas Meeting • TH (5/17), 6:30pm - Safe Alternatives for Future Energy in the Carolinas aims to stop the proliferation of nuclear power, specifically the William S. Lee nuclear dual-reactor plant under consideration in Gaffney, S.C., just 60 miles from Asheville. Learn more about the organization at this general meeting, held at Wall Street Coffee House, 62 Wall St. Info: www.safecarolinas. org.

Strive not to Drive • MO (5/21) through FR (5/25) - Strive not to Drive Week encourages the public to ride bikes, take buses, walk and carpool to all destinations.

Activities include a community ride, fashion show, commuter stations and more. Info and details: http://strivenottodrive. com.

Festivals Arts and Crafts Flea Market • SA (5/19), 9am-4pm Random Arts, 481 Louisiana Ave., Saluda, will host a flea market featuring arts and crafts supplies, including paint, paper, fabric, stamps and more. Free to attend. www.randomartsnow.com.

Cabin Fever Reliever • SA (5/19), 1pm - An evening of music and camping at The Bootleggers Cabin, 580 Edgerton Road, Mill Spring, will feature Smokey Joe and Celo, The Rugs and The Tater Family Traveling Circus. Music begins at 5pm. $15. Info: http://avl. mx/fj.

Dairy Goat Festival • FR (5/18), 3-10pm & SA (5/19), 9am-6pm - The Dairy Goat Festival and Parade, featuring goat beauty contests, games, prizes and an ugly truck contest, will be held on Main St., Spindale, between Tanner and Oak Streets. Info: www.goatfestival.com.

JCC Shalom School Block Party • SU (5/20), 5:30-9pm - The Asheville Jewish Community Center will host the Shalom School Block Party, featuring

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local food, beer and music for adults. Babysitting available. $15/$40 all-access pass. Info: www.jcc-asheville.org.

Saluda Arts Festival • SA (5/19), 10am-4pm Saluda Arts Festival will feature regional arts and crafts for sale, along with artist demonstrations, performances by One Leg Up, The Danberrys and The Honeycutters. Held throughout downtown Saluda.

Info: www.saluda.com.

Food Season's Restaurant Cooking Class • SA (5/19), 11am - A cooking class will be offered

by Season's Restaurant at Highland Lake Inn, 86 Lily Pad Lane, Flat Rock. Items include bison short rib ossobuco and banana brown butter tart. $30. Info and registration: 696-9094.

Taste of Black Mountain • TH (5/17), 5:30-7pm - A Taste of Black Mountain will feature local food, chocolate, wine, beer and yogurt at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain. $25/$40 VIP includes early entrance and a meet-and-greet with vendors.

Info: www.exploreblackmountain.com or 669-2300.

Government & Politics Women on Board Workshop • TH (5/17), 9am-3pm - The YWCA will present a "Women on Board" workshop, to promote women in public policy, at 185 South French Broad Ave. $30 includes lunch. Info: www.nccwps.org.

Kids Hands On! This children's museum is located at 318 North Main St., Hendersonville. Hours: Tues.Sat., 10am-5pm. Programs require $5 admission fee/free for members, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.handsonwnc.org or 697-8333.

• WE (5/16) - "April Showers bring May Flowers" invites children to draw and paint flowers throughout the day.

• FR (5/18), 11am-noon Parents will learn how to use music to help children learn.

Ages 3 and older.

• SA (5/19), 5:30-7pm - A game night for Hands On! members only.

• WE (5/23), 11am - Book n’ Craft will present activities related to Llama, Llama Red Pajama.

• TH (5/24) - Critter Craft will present mouse finger puppets throughout the day.

Hip Hop Class • MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 3:30-4:30pm - A hip-hop class for children grades K-12 will be offered at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free for members/$20 pass for 15 visits. Registration required.

Info: youthprogramsupervisor@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

Kosher Kitchen • SU (5/20), 11am-12:30pm - A cooking class, focused on the kosher kitchen, will be offered to children ages 3-5. Held at Asheville Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. $25. Info and registration: rochelle@jccasheville.org or 253-0701.

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute Located at 1 PARI Drive, Rosman. Info: 862-5554 or www.pari.edu.

• TU (5/22), 6-8pm - Girls ages 9-14 are invited to learn about food chemistry as part of the SciGirls program. $10.

Robotics Team • TH (5/24), 6:30-8:30pm - FIRST Robot Team invites youth ages 6-18 to learn about robotics leagues at 94 Coxe Ave. Free. Info: www.rocwnc. org.

The Crafty Historian • SA (5/19), 10:30am-noon - The Crafty Historian will present a program on spinning, rope making, string toys and knot tying at Smith McDowell House on A-B Tech's Asheville campus. $3. Registration requested by May 18. Info: education@wnchistory.org or 253-9231.

Wee Naturalists • TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 9:30am - The N.C. Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, hosts activities for children ages 2-5, including nature walks, garden exploration, stories, crafts and visits from classroom animals.

May events include programs on spring, marsupials, rainbows and more. Info: www. ncarboretum.org or 665-2492.

Young Entrepreneurial Scholars Camp • Through FR (6/15) - A-B Tech’s Small Business Center and Entrepreneurial Institute will accept applications for its summer day camp for rising middle school and high school students interested in business ownership through June 15. $25 registration.

Info: cramm@abtech.edu or 254-1921.

Outdoors Lake James Boat Slips (pd.) Covered and uncovered.

Starting at $1600/year. 828

584-0666. www.mountainharbourmarina.com Events at REI Located at 31 Schenck Parkway. Info: 687-0918 or www.rei.com/asheville.

• TH (5/17), 7pm - Bike Maintenance Basics II will focus on adjusting breaks and derailleurs, fixing chains and changing breaks. Free.

Registration required.

• TH (5/24), 7pm "Appalachian Trail: 60 is the New 40 Thru-Hiker Presentation." Free.

Hemphill Bald • TH (5/17), 9am - An 8.4mile hike to Hemphill Bald will meet at locations in Asheville, Maggie Valley and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. $35/$10 members. Info, location and registration: grtsmoky@bellsouth.net, www. smokiestrailsforever.org or 452-0720.

Introduction to Kayaking • THURSDAYS, 7:30-9:30pm - An introductory kayaking class will cover the basics of whitewater kayaking with Nantahala Outdoor Center instructors at The Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave. Ages 10 and up. $40. Info and registration: (800) 232-7238.

Lake James State Park N.C. Highway 126. Programs are free unless otherwise noted. Info: 584-7728.

• SU (5/20), 10am - An easy, one-mile nature hike will depart from the Paddy's Creek Bridge.

Tree ID Workshop and Nature Walk • SA (5/19), 10am - Join RiverLink for a day in the sun at the Wilma Dykeman Riverway. Participants will learn how to identify trees in WNC during a leaf ID workshop and presentation that kicks off the event at the RiverLink offices, 170 Lyman St. Info: www. riverlink.org or 252-8474

Parenting Green Parents Club • FRIDAYS, 9am - This group of eco-minded parents meets at Biltmore Coffee Traders, 518 Hendersonville Road, for hands on workshops, including planting kids' gardens, growing sprouts, making green cleaners and more. Children welcome.

Info: 712-8439 or http://avl. mx/em.

New Baby Asheville • FRIDAYS, 10am-1pm - Get support, meet other moms, share your story, ask questions and connect with community at this free weekly meeting. Info and directions: Lisahicks1018@gmail.com.

Toddler Fun • MONDAYS, 10-11am Toddler Fun will feature music, bubbles, sign language lessons

and more at the YMCA, 30 Woodfin St. $20/free for members. Info: 210-9622.

Performance & Film Actors and Artist's Creativity Workshop (pd.) 1-3 days at NYS3 with 3 different master teachers,James Nave, Martin Rader and Cameron Kincaid.

May 21-23. 6-9:00pm. $39/ day or $99/three days. info@ nys3.com, www.nys3.com (917) 710-2805.

Day of FREE Film and Theatre Classes (pd.) At NYS3 Grand Opening: Acting Technique, Film, Film Production, Improv, Musical Theatre, and more. June 9. info@nys3.com. For more info: www.nys3.com (917) 710-2805.

Song O' Sky Show Chorus (pd.) TUESDAYS, 6:45pm - Rehearsal at First Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC) 20 Oak Street Asheville 28801.(Enter Fellowship Hall-lower level).

Guests welcome. Contact: www.songosky.org Toll Free # 1-866-824-9547.

Asheville Choral Society • FR (5/18), 7:30pm & SA (5/19), 4pm - The Asheville Choral Society will perform "Rytmus: Exploring Rhythm in the Art of Composition" at Central United Methodist Church, 27 Church St. $20/$10 student. Info: www. ashevillechoralsociety.org.

Asheville Community Theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: www.ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320.

• TH (5/17), 8pm - Chrysalis: A Solo Tragicomedy in One Act, featuring Evangeline Crittenden. $12.

Asheville Playback Theatre • FR (5/18), 8pm - Asheville Playback Theatre features improvisational theater based on the audience's personal stories. Held at the Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. $10 or pay-what-you-will. Info: 274-8315.

Asheville Symphony Chorus • SU (5/20), 3:30pm - The Asheville Symphony Chorus will present "Heritage Songs" at Arden Presbyterian Church, 2215 Hendersonville Road. $20/$15 children. Info: www. ashevillesymphonychorus. com.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts Old City Hall, 225 West State St., Black Mountain. Mon.Wed. and Fri., 10am-5pm; Thurs., 11am-3pm. Info: www.

BlackMountainArts.org or 669-0930.

• FR (5/18), 7:30pm Jonathan Byrd (singer/songwriter). $10.

Buick MacKane Band • FR (5/18), 8pm - The Buick MacKane Band (rock) will perform at Main Street Pub and Deli, 84 S. Main St., Marion. Free. Info: www.buickmackane.com.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam • TH (5/17), 5pm - This documentary, which provides a skeptical view of the widelyused database of mental disorders, will be screened at the Canton Branch Library, 11 Pennsylvania Ave. Free. Info: 648-2924 www.haywoodlibrary.org or www.cchr.org.

Farm to Fashion Documentary • WE (5/16), 6pm - Transition Hendersonville will screen the documentary Farm to Fashion at Black Bear Cafe, 318 Main St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: www.transitionhendersonville. com.

Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage: Highway 225, Flat Rock. Downtown location: 125 South Main St., Hendersonville.

Info: www.flatrockplayhouse. org or 693-0731.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/20) - Our Show of Shows, based on the 1950s variety show, will be performed on the Mainstage.

2 & 8 p.m.; no late show on Sun. $35. Info: www.flatrockplayhouse.org.

Groovy Movie Club • FR (5/18), 7pm - The Groovy Movie Club will screen Albert Nobbs at a private home in Dellwood. A mostlyorganic potluck will begin at 6:15pm. Info and directions: johnbuckleyX@gmail.com or 454-5949.

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

• SU (5/20), 3pm - The Hendersonville Community Band will perform in the Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall, Flat Rock. $10/students free.

Hendersonville Little Theatre Located at the Barn on State Street between Kanuga and Willow Roads in Hendersonville. Info: 692-1082 or www.hendersonvillelittletheatre.org.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/20) - Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill. Fri. & Sat., 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $20/$10 under 18.

Hooterville Hoedown Mini-Jam • THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - This open mic is held weekly at the Opportunity House, 1411 Highway 25, Hendersonville.

No jam on last Thursdays of the month. Free. Info: hootervillehoedown@gmail.com or http://avl.mx/dm.

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The Minstrel of Appalachia What: Heritage Comes Home, a benefit for Mars Hill College's Southern Appalachian Archives, which contain the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Collection.

Where: Mars Hill College's Moore Auditorium.

When: Sunday, May 20, 7 p.m. $30 /$100 special seating and reception. Info: madisoncountyarts.com Why: Bascom Lamar Lunsford started his musical life with a simple fiddle that he shared with his brother, Blackwell. Often hailed as the “minstrel of the Appalachians” and the founder of the American folk festival, Lunsford believed that anyone with an instrument, a song or a pair of spoons could be a bona fide musician, regardless of training. He spent his life tracking down unknown players on back roads and front porches while celebrating the rich culture of Appalachia.

Lunsford will be honored at a benefit concert featuring Bryan Sutton, Jerry Douglas, Casey Driessen, Tim O’Brien and Dennis Crouch, a formidable group that will come together for the first time on one stage. Multiple-Grammy winning Bryan Sutton remarks, “Bascom realized early on that it was not just the music, but it was the people too.”

Bascom Lamar Lunsford Scrapbook, Southern Appalachian Archives, Mars Hill College

The faces and songs of Appalachia are immortalized in The Bascom Lamar Lunsford Collection, housed by Mars Hill College: More than 2,300 handwritten folk songs and an oversized scrapbook document Lunsford's life's work and accomplishments.

benefitscalendar CALENDAR FOR MAY 16 - 24, 2012 50,000 Acres: For You, Forever • TH (5/17), 6-8pm - 50,000 Acres For You, Forever, to benefit the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, will feature music by the April Fools Old-Time String Band, local food and more. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway #H. $25/$20 members.

Info: www.appalachian.org or www.highlandbrewing.com.

Art Escape • TH (5/17), 5:30-8pm - Art Escape, to benefit Mission Children’s Hospital, will include a silent auction featuring works by local artists. Complimentary appetizers and a cash bar will be offered. Free to attend. Held at The Courtyard and SpringHill Suites, 1 Buckstone Place. Info: 253-4666.

BBQ Supper and Community JAMboree • SA (5/19), 4:30-8pm - Haywood County Arts Council will host a BBQ supper and community jamboree for Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) at Fines Creek School, 190 Fines Creek Road, Clyde.

Music: $10/$5 children under 12. Dinner: $8/$5 under 12. Info: www.haywoodarts.org or 452-0593.

Blues for Hospice • TH (5/24), 8pm - Blues for Hospice, to benefit Carepartners Hospice and Palliative Care, will feature music by Walter Trout, Eden Brent and Beta Maxx. Held at the

Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave. $25/$22 in advance. Info: www.theorangepeel.net.

Cars and Cornmeal • SA (5/19), 8am-5pm - Cars and Cornmeal car show, to benefit Francis Grist Mill's educational programs, will feature pre-1972 cars, food, crafts and more. Held at 14 Hugh Massie Road, Waynesville. $10 per car/$5 to attend. Info: www.francismill.org or 456-6307.

Joyful Noise • FR (5/18), 7pm - A benefit for Joyful Noise's summer music and arts camp will feature a performance by Free Planet Radio, a silent auction and more. Held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road. $15/$7 students. Info: www.joyfulnoisecenter.org or 669-0816.

Moonshine and Mountains • WE (5/23), 6:30-8pm - Moonshine and Mountains: Keeping It Green, a benefit for Southeast Regional Land Conservancy, will feature music, drinks and food at Highland Brewing, 12 Old Charlotte Highway. $10.

Info: www.troyandsons.com or 575-2000.

Songsmith Gathering • SA (5/19), 7:30pm - The Songsmith Gathering, to benefit SAFE Inc., will feature Sarah Siskind, Moses Atwood, Jill Andrews and Chris Rosser $25-20. Info: www.theportercenter.org or 800-514-3849.

Paul Robeson Through His Words and Music

• SU (5/20), 6pm - Paul Robeson Through His Words and Music, a benefit for Homeward Bound, will feature Derrick McQueen at N.C. Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane. $50. Info: www.hbofa.org or 258-1695.

Ray Menze Estate Auction • SA (5/19), 5:30-10pm - Art, photography and violins will be auctioned from the Ray Menze estate to benefit WCU art students.

Held in WCU's Bardo Performing Arts Center. Free to attend. Info: www.facebook. com/WCUFineArtMuseum.

Spring Fling • SA (5/19), 8am-7pm - First Christian Church of Asheville (Disciples of Christ) will host a spring fling, featuring live music and BBQ, to benefit Habitat for Humanity and ABCCM. Held at 470 Enka Lake Road, Candler. $8 per BBQ plate. Info: 665-9499.

Tour of Homes • SA (5/19), 9:30am-5pm- The spring tour of homes will benefit the TC Arts Council youth programs. Held throughout Transylvania County. Information and map available at the arts council, participating galleries and the Chamber of Commerce. $30.

Info: www.artsofbrevard.org or 884-2787.

• FR (5/18), 5-7pm - Kick-off party.

Transylvania Youth Strings • FR (5/18), 5:30pm - Across the Woods, a benefit for Transylvania Youth Strings (TYS), will feature The Hogtown Squealers,

Carolina Blue, Jamie Laval and and student musicians. Held at Brevard High School, 609 North Country Club Road. $15/$10 students/children under 12 free. Info: www. transylvaniayouthstrings.org or info@transylvaniayouthstrings.org.

Used Book Sale • FR (5/18) & SA (5/19), 9am-4pm - The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, Edwin Place at Charlotte Street, will host a used book sale. Free to attend.

Info: 254-6001.

Walk for Lupus Now • SU (5/20), 3pm - Walk for Lupus Now, a benefit for the Lupus Foundation of America, will depart from Pack Square Park, 1 W. Pack Square. Fundraising goals vary.

Info: www.walkforlupusnow.kintera.org/ asheville.

MORE BENEFITS EVENTS ONLINE Check out the Benefits Calendar online at www.mountainx.com/events for info on events happening after May 24.

CALENDAR DEADLINE The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m. WEDNESDAY, one week prior to publication.

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• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (6/10) - In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), a production about female "hysteria" in the 1800s and Dr. Givings' electric vibrating machine. Prices vary based on date. Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sat.-Sun., 2pm. Info: www,. ncstage.org.

Jam Session • 3rd SATURDAYS, 1-3pm - An old-time jam session will be held at Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S. 441. Info: www.nps.gov/grsm.

Montford Park Players Unless otherwise noted, performances are free and take place outdoors Fri.-Sun. at 7:30pm at Hazel Robinson Amphitheater in Montford. Bring folding chair and umbrella in case of rain. Donations accepted. Info: 254-5146 or www.montfordparkplayers.org.

• THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until SA (5/26), 7:30pm - The Complete

Works of William Shakespeare (abridged).

Movie Club • TH (5/17), 10am - "That Book is Now a Movie" series will screen Water for Elephants, based on the book

by Sarah Gruen, at Etowah Library, 101 Brickyard Road.

Free. Info: 697-4725.

Movie Night • SATURDAYS, 6pm - Hosted

by Wall Street Coffee House and Emporium, 62 Wall St., featuring new releases, cult classics and old favorites. Free.

Movie titles to be announced weekly at www.wallstreetcoffeehouse.webs.com.

Music By The Lake • SU (5/20), 5-7pm Music By The Lake will feature One Leg Up at Blue Ridge Community College. Free. Rain location: Thomas Auditorium. Info: 694-1743.

Nunsense • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (5/17) until (6/10) -

Nunsense, "a madcap musical revue that satirizes convent life." Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Thurs., Sat. and Sun., 2pm. $35.

Seniors, students, military and AAA discounts available. Info: www.flatrockplayhouse.org or 693-0731.

Open Dialogue • SA (5/19), 7pm - This documentary, “a powerful vision of medication-free recovery and a hard-hitting critique of traditional psychiatry,” will be screened at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 48 Commerce St. Free.

Info: www.firestormcafe.com or www.iraresoul.com.

Singers and Ringers • SU (5/20), 3pm - Haywood County Arts Council’s Sunday Concert Series presents "Singers and Ringers" at Haywood County Library, 678 S. Haywood St., Waynesville.

Free. Info: www.haywoodarts. org.

Sleeping Beauty • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (5/18) until (5/27) - New

Studio of Dance and Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre present Sleeping Beauty at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. Fri. & Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 3pm. $17/$15 adults in advance. $12/$10 seniors and children in advance. Info: www.acdt.org or 254-2621.

Southeast Regional Folk Alliance • FR (5/18) & SA (5/19), 7pm - The Southeast Regional Folk Alliance will host contemporary and traditional folk musicians from across the country and Canada at the Montreat Conference Center, 318 Georgia Terrace, as part of the organizations annual music conference. Performers include Annie and Rod Capps, Dave Gunning, Roy Schneider, John Batdorf, Gloria Attoun and more. $10/under 18 free.

Info: www.serfa.org, 561-3015050 or Aidan.Christine@ gmail.com.

Sunday Songwriter's Serenade • SUNDAYS, 2-5pm - Local songwriters meet regularly

Asheville’s Premier Organic Salon “Where Beauty Comes Naturally”

Cuts • Color • Perms • Massage Facial • Full-body waxing

First time Brazilian Wax $35 Organic Color Systems, Onesta, J. Monet Ayurvedic Skincare

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to give one another thematic assignments and perform original folk, blues and pop tunes written as a group. Held at Wall Street Coffee House, 62 Wall St. Donations accepted.

Info: 424-3460.

The Blue Ridge Ringers • SU (5/20), 4pm - The Blue Ridge Ringers will perform at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 22 Fisher Road, Brevard. Donations accepted. Info: 692-4910.

The Devil Touched My Tongue • TH (5/17), 12:30pm - The Devil Touched My Tongue, a portrait of Dorothy Parker, will be performed at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road.

A potluck lunch will preceed the performance. $3. Info: 776-9390.

The Magnetic Field 372 Depot St. Info: www. themagneticfield.com or 2574003.

• THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (5/10) until (6/9), 7:30pm - The world premier of Love Among the Frankensteins: A Monstrous Comedy by Steven Samuels. $13-$16.

The Secret Garden • FR (5/18) through SU (5/20) - Asheville Community Theatre's Youth Production Class will present The Secret Garden. Fri., 7:30pm; Sat. & Sun., 2:30pm. $5. Info: www. ashevilletheatre.org.

The Teatotallers • TH (5/24), 8pm Teatotallers (traditional Irish) will perform at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 South Pack Square. $30/$25 student/$12 child.

Info: www.dwtheatre.com.

West Asheville Community Chorus • SA (5/19), 7pm - The WACC will perform a cappella music from Macedonia, South Africa, Serbia and America during its spring concert at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 1 Dundee St. $5-$10 suggested donation/children free. Info: http://avl.mx/fm or morrisonpark@gmail.com.

Seniors Asheville-Buncombe Senior Games • Through TU (5/22) - The Asheville-Buncombe Senior Games invites adults ages 55 and older to compete at golf, bowling, tennis, cycling, track and field and more. Held at a variety of locations in Buncombe county. Cost varies. Info: www.ashevillenc.gov/ parks or 259-5809.

College for Seniors • N.C. Center for Creative Retirement College for Seniors will accept registration for its summer session, which includes courses on history, landscaping, foreign language, astronomy and more, at http:// ncccr.unca.edu/courses.

Spirituality Asheville Compassionate Communication Center (pd.) INNER EMPATHY WEEKEND INTENSIVE JUNE 15-17 Fri 6-9pm, Sat & Sun 9-5pm Learn to hold empathy and unconditioned presence for yourself no matter what!

Dynamic group format supports connecting deeply to parts of yourself that hold core needs and beliefs. www.innerempathy.com Asheville Meditation Group (pd.) Practice meditation in a supportive group environment.

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

Our "sangha" (a community of cool people) provides added support and joy to one’s spiritual awakening process.

All are invited. • By donation.

• Tuesdays, 7pm-8:30pm: Guided meditation and discussion. • Sundays, 10am11:30am: Seated meditation and dharma talks. • The Women’s Wellness Center, 24 Arlington Street, Asheville.

• Info/directions: (828) 808-

Buy one lunch or dinner, get one 1/2 OFF Sundays child’s plate $1.99 Come and see tortillas hand-made on premise

FRIDAY: Mariachi Band

Authentic Mexican fare from Humberto Rodriquez and family.

18 years of serving excellent food in Asheville.

1056 Patton Ave. • 828-505-7556 24 MAY 16 - MAY 22, 2012 • mountainx.com

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

Celebration of LIGHT (pd.) Co-creative Healing and Musical Events monthly at The Light Center, 2190 NC Highway 9,Black Mountain NC 28711.828-669-6845) with minister Tim Norwood and friends. No cost, love offering. Looking for anyone who has an interest sharing music, singing,meditations, toning, chanting and also speakers. You are the Creators gift to yourself and the world,everyone is welcome regardless of experience. Be part of a community event in the truest sense and feel your heart soar! Presented monthly every 2nd Wednesday evening 7-8:30pm starting May 9th.

Please call Tim Norwood for details and volunteering at 828318-5558 or 828-253-2556.

NAMASTE Healing Meditations Workshop with Bill Torvund (pd.) Saturday, June 2nd, 2:15-6:15pm. Cost: $50.

Jubilee! Community Church, 46 Wall St. Guided by his spiritual master and teacher, Mabamuni Babaji Nagaraija, Bill Torvund has been a spiritual healer, teacher and initiate of several sacred traditions since 1962. In 1980, Bill established one of the largest spiritual healing practices in the United States; Visit www. sanctuaryoftheon.com. Contact Tracey to pre-register at 828215-4716 or t.schmidt@ mindspring.com NOTE: All are welcome to enjoy an evening with Bill at an open-house at Jubilee! on May 29th (7 -9 pm).

Mindfulness Meditation Class (pd.) Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Info: 258-3241. www. billwalz.com. Mondays, 7-8pm – Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation.

Siddhis From Babaji and the Ascended Masters (pd.) We will share Siddhis, mystical gifts, from the Great Ones, at the Light Center in Black Mountain on Sunday May 27th 10am-6pm. For more information see www.

MaryandBarry.com or call 338-0042.

Bentinho Massaro • TUESDAYS, 7-9pm - A satsang meeting with Bentinho Massaro will be held at Town and Mountain Training Center, 261 Asheland Ave. $20 suggested donation; no one turned away. Info: www.ashevillesangha.com.

Center for Spiritual Living Asheville A Science of Mind, Religious Science, New Thought Center.

2 Science of Mind Way. Info: 253-2325 or www.cslasheville.org.

• TU (5/22), 7-9pm Embracing the Global Heart will focus on “Living in the Firth World: Mayan Teachings for 2012," with Zoe Allison Rockingbear. By donation. Info: heartsong2@charter.net.

Chakra Meditations • SATURDAYS, 11am - This weekly gathering at Prichard Park is designed to open chakras. "Awaken your spiritual selves and learn to live happier lives with love." Free. Info: joker_lover6969@yahoo.com.

Cloud Cottage Community of Mindful Living Location: 219 Old Toll Circle in Black Mountain. Info: www. cloudcottage.org or 669-0920.

• TUESDAYS through (5/29), 4pm - Hatha Yoga. By donation.

Community Singing • TH (5/17), 6:30pm - This group singing begins with meditative rounds and chants, followed by traditional songs.

Open to all skill levels. Hosted

by Nourish and Flourish, 347 Depot St., Suite 201. Info: saralyncht@gmail.com.

Dowsing Training and Practice • MONDAYS, 9am-12:30pm Dowsing training and practice will focus on tapping into the superconscious universal mind through pendulums and L Rods. $40. Info and location: UltimateEnergyHealing@ gmail.com.

First Congregational Church in Hendersonville Fifth Ave. West at White Pine St., Hendersonville. Programs by donation, unless otherwise noted. Info: 692-8630 or www.fcchendersonville.org.

• SU (5/20), 9:15am - Dr. Phil Cohen, rabbi of Agudas Israel, will present “Pickin’ and Grinnin’ with Phil and Larry,” a combination of music and musings.

Inner Freedom Presentation • MO (5/21), 6-8pm - The Gurdjieff Foundation of WNC will present "What is Inner Freedom?" at Asheville Movement Center, 4 Richmond Ave. Free.

Registration suggested. Info: gurdjieff-foundation-wnc.org or 232-2220.

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SLEEPING BEAUTY AT THE BEBE THEATRE Sleeping Beauty is a fairy-tale classic: it features a beautiful princess, a handsome prince, a scary ogre queen and a slew of fairies. But this is Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre, which has updated the tale with a certain darkness. Good may win in the end, but expect to be scared during the journey. ACDT and the New Studio of Dance will present their version on May 18, 19, 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. and May 20 and 27 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $15. More at acdt.org.

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May 10-26 Thurs-Sun, 7:30pm Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre Advance tickets online at www.montfordpark players.org For information call 254-5146

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Thursdays are “Pay What We’re Worth Night.” See show, THEN pay!

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - Explore the nondual philosophy and practice of tantric Kashmir Shaivism with Madhyanandi.

By donation. Info and directions: madhyanandi@gmail. com.

Sacred Embodiment Center Located at 41 Carolina Lane in Asheville.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, noon-3pm - "Come-unity Time: Food, Healing and Soul Nourishment" invites the public to bring art supplies, instruments and food donations for a meal and community gathering. $5 meal/$3 soup. Info: www.thesacredembodimentcenter.com or 216-2983.

Trinity Lutheran Church Anniversary Celebration • SU (5/20), 10am - Trinity Lutheran Church, 235 St. John's Road, Suite 50, Fletcher, will celebrate its first anniversary with worship and a luncheon. By donation. Info: www.trinitylutherannc.org.

Ultimate Energy Healing • MONDAYS, 1pm - Learn and practice Ultimate Energy Healing for people, pets and places. Technique combines nine healing modalities into one. $40. Info and directions:

UltimateEnergyHealing@ gmail.com.

Unity Church of Asheville Located at 130 Shelburne Road. Info: www.unityofasheville.com or 252-5010.

• SUNDAYS, 11am - Spiritual celebration service. --- 12:302pm - A Course in Miracles study group.

"Your Spiritual Toolbox" Book Discussion • SU (5/20), 11am-noon - "Need help with solving problems, unwinding attachments, making choices or filling your life with love? Join this illuminating discussion and discover keys to a life of greater love, wisdom, and freedom." Held at Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Road, lower level. Info: www.eckankar-nc. org or 254-6775.

Spoken & Written Word Asheville Storytelling Circle • 3rd MONDAYS, 7pm - The Asheville Storytelling Circle features "listeners as well as tellers dedicated to excellence in oral tradition." Meets at Asheville Terrace Apartments,

200 Tunnel Road. Guests welcome. Free. Info: www. ashevillestorycircle.org or 667-4227.

Blue Ridge Bookfest • FR (5/18) & SA (5/19) - Blue Ridge Bookfest will feature free workshops, lectures, author receptions and more at Blue Ridge Community College. Info and schedule: www.blueridgebookfest.org.

Books and Bites • TH (5/17), 11:30am Books and Bites: Mary Alice Monroe will read from her books, including Beach House Memories, at Lake Lure Inn, 2771 Memorial Highway.

Lunch included. $25. Info and tickets: 625-0456.

Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) n FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) n SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488)

n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) n Library storyline: 250-KIDS. • TH (5/17), 2:30pm - Book club: Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. SS --- 7pm - Book club: Under the Mercy Trees by Heather Newton. FV • FR (5/4) & FR (5/18), 4-5:30pm - Teens will produce a movie trailer for the book The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. WV • TU (5/22), 7pm - "Our Favorite Books" encourages readers to share one of their favorite books. Participants are encouraged to bring knitting or other handiwork projects. BM City Lights Bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. citylightsnc.com or 586-9499.

• WE (5/16), 6:30pm - Marly Youmans will read from her book A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage.

• TH (5/17), 10:30am - Coffee with the Poet will feature Dave Waldrop.

• FR (5/18), 7pm - Wiley Cash will read from his book A Land More Kind Than Home.

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Asheville Music and Art Summer Workshop

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Do you have the courage to be distinctive?

Rainbow Mountain is hiring!

Have you dreamed of working at a school that has: • small class size

• motivated learners • supportive parents and administration

• inspiring co-workers

• an outdoor ed program

• the opportunity to be creative with your curriculum EMAIL YOUR RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO: Renee at rowen@rmcs.org

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PANAMA TRAVELOGUE AT WILD BIRDS UNLIMITED Simon Thompson and Chris Jaquette of Wild Birds Unlimited in south Asheville have visited the rainforests and cloud-forests of Panama several times. Take a virtual trip through the world-famous Pipeline Road in the Panama Canal zone to the amazing Quetzals in the Chiriqui Highlands. Thompson and Jaquette will share their photos and experiences on Sunday, May 20, at 3 p.m. Wild Birds Unlimited is located at 1997 Hendersonville Road. More at asheville.wbu.com.

55 Haywood St. Info: www. malaprops.com or 254-6734.

Events are free, unless otherwise noted.

• WE (5/16), 7pm - Cynthia Drew will read from her book City of Slaughter.

• TH (5/17), 7pm - Tamra Wilson will read from her book Dining With Robert Redford and Other Stories. --- 7pm Stitch-n-Bitch.

• FR (5/18), 7pm - Mark Siegel will present his picture book Moving House.

• SA (5/19), 4pm - Wiley Cash will read from his book In A Land More Kind Than Home as part of the Thomas Wolfe Conference.

• SU (5/20), 3pm - "Writers at Home" will feature contributors to The Great Smokies Review online literary magazine.

• MO (5/21), 7:15pm - Comix Club.

• TU (5/22), 7pm - Ted Olson will read from his book The Hills Remember: the Complete Short Stories of James Still.

• WE (5/23), 7pm - Geraldine Brooks will read from her novel Caleb's Crossing. Tickets required. $10.

• TH (5/24), 7pm - A panel about autism will feature

Ann Palmer, the parent of a 29-year-old son with autism.

Tales from Tennessee • SU (5/20), 3-5pm - "Tales from Tennessee" will feature the Jonesboro Storytelling Guild at Fletcher Feed and Seed, 3715 Hendersonville Road. Free; donations accepted. Info: 329-8112.

The Magnetic Field 372 Depot St. Info: www. themagneticfield.com or 2574003.

• 1st & 3rd MONDAYS, 7:30-10pm - The Synergy Story Slam is an opportunity to share stories, laugh, learn and build a stronger community.

Registration begins at 7pm.

Sports Amateur Pool League (pd.) WHEN YOU PLAY, PLAY POOL! Sign up now for the Summer. ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME. Play 8ball or 9ball or ladies pool. 828-329-8197 www.BlueRidgeAPA.com ONGOING – weekly league play Girls on the Run 5K • SA (5/19), 10am-1pm Girls on the Run 5K, featuring

a Zumba warm-up, shoe drive and rickshaw rides, will depart from Biltmore Park Town Square, 1 Town Square Blvd.

Free for Girls on the Run participants/$16 for running buddies and community runners. Info: www.gotrwnc.org.

• Girls on the Run invites girls grades 3-8 to participate in group runs and fundraising opportunities as part of the SoleMates series. Info: www. gotrwnc.org.

Volunteering CooperRiis, a Healing Farm Community (pd.) Situated in beautiful WNC, is looking for a positive, motivated person to volunteer as a Woodshop Assistant.

Skills should include rudimentary woodworking skills such as; experience with hand-held power tools, stationary power tools (table saw, band saw, miter saw); hand tools; and ability to measure to moderate precision. One year commitment is preferable but would consider shorter term.

Please forward cover letter and resume to: HR@cooper-

riis.org. No phone calls or in-person visits please.

ARTery • Asheville Area Arts Council seeks volunteers to contribute "special skills" to the ARTery's activities. Info: www.ashevillearts.com.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC Located at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213, in the United Way building. The organization matches children from single-parent homes with adult mentors. Info: www.bbbswnc. org or 253-1470.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks people to mentor one hour a week in schools and after-school sites. Volunteers age 18 and older are also needed to share outings in the community twice a month with youth from single-parent homes. Activities are free or low-cost. Info: www.bbbswnc. org or 253-1470. Information session on May 22 at noon in the United Way building, 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213.

Buncombe County Jail • Volunteers are sought for a variety of programs with inmates from Buncombe

County Jail. Must be 21 years or older. Info: 9899459.

Council on Aging • Volunteers are needed to drive seniors to doctor appointments as part of the Call A Ride program.

Volunteers use their own vehicles and mileage reimbursement is available.

Info: www.coabc.org or 277-8288.

Hands On Asheville-Buncombe Youth are welcome on many projects with adult supervision. Info: www. handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1. Visit the website to sign up for a project.

• WE (5/16) - 6-8pm Cookie Night: Help bake cookies for hospice patients at CarePartners' John Keever Solace Center. Supplies provided.

SA (5/19), 10am-noon Teacher's Pet: Volunteers will create supplemental educational materials to help elementary students improve reading skills. Make flashcards, games and more.

Instruction and materials provided.

• SA (5/19), 10am-noon Kids Care invites students ages 7-12 to bake food for families at the Lewis Rathbun Center. Geared towards ages 7-12. --- 10am-noon - In the Garden: Help prepare the Emma Community Garden for planting and harvest.

Much of the harvest will eventually be distributed to the community through the food pantry.

• MO (5/21), 4-6pm - Help tidy and organize the play rooms of the family visitation center.

• TU (5/22), 4-6pm - FairTrade Stock-Up: Assist with unpacking and pricing merchandise for Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit, fairtrade retail store that sells handcrafted items made by artisans in more than 30 developing countries.

• TH (5/24), 6-8pm - Help sort and pack food at MANNA FoodBank.

Hands On! Info: www.handsonwnc.org or 697-8333.

• Hands On! children's museum seeks volunteers for reception assistance, program facilitation and daily operations.

Helios Warriors • Helios Warriors, a holistic therapy program for veterans, seeks volunteer licensed/ insured practitioners for a minimum of three hours per month. Volunteer administrative support also needed.

Tues., Thurs., Fri. or Sun.

Info: www.helioswarriors.org or 299-0776.

Jewish Community Center • The Asheville Jewish Community Center seeks volunteers for party planning, receptionist duties and other projects. Info: rochelle@jccasheville.org or 253-0701.

Literacy Council of Buncombe County Located at 31 College Place, Building B, Suite 221. Info: 254-3442, ext. 205.

• Volunteers are needed to tutor adults in basic literacy skills including reading, writing, math and English as a Second Language. No prior tutoring experience required.

Tutors will receive 15 hours of training as well as ongoing support from certified professionals. Orientation will be held June 6 and 7. Info: literacytutors@litcouncil.com.

Meals-On-Wheels Pet Food Assistance • Asheville Meals-On-Wheels Pet Food Assistance will accept pet food, kitty litter and pet supplies at Fairview Animal Hospital, Route 74A. Home or business pick-up is available. Info: 628-2275.

MotherLove Mentor • The YWCA MotherLove program seeks volunteers to provide support and encouragement to teen mothers. A commitment of eight hours per is month required. Info: 254-7206.

New Opportunities Thrift Store • The Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville, seeks donations for the New Opportunities Thrift Store.

Volunteers also needed during store hours. Info: 692-0575.

WNC Knitters and Crocheters • 3rd MONDAYS, 7pm - The Fletcher Branch of the WNC Knitters and Crocheters for Others makes handmade items to be donated to local charities. Held at Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. Info: 654-9788.

Youth for Understanding USA • Through FR (8/31) - Youth for Understanding USA seeks host families for its exchange programs through Aug. 31.

Info: www.yfuusa.org.

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freewillastrology SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) If we thought of your life as a book, the title of the next chapter could very well be “In Quest of the Primal.” I encourage you to meditate on what that means to you, and then act accordingly. Here are a few possibilities: tapping into the mother lode; connecting to the source; communing with the core; returning to beginnings; seeking out the original; being in tune with the pulse of nature. Does any of that sound like fun? According to my reading of the astrological omens, you have a mandate to be as raw as the law allows -- to be the smartest animal you can be.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) Is there a difference in sound quality between relatively inexpensive modern violins and the multi-million-dollar violins created by master craftsmen in the 1700s? In research done at the Eighth International Violin Competition, most violinists couldn't tell them apart. (Read more here: tinyurl.com/ViolinResearch.) In accordance with the astrological omens, Aries, I urge you to do comparable tests in your own sphere. There's no need to overpay for anything, either with your money, your emotions, your energy, or your time.

Go with what works, not with what costs the most or has highest status.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) A Russian woman named Marija Usova decided to go skydiving even though she was eight months pregnant. "I wanted my baby to have the beautiful feeling of flying through the air and free-falling before it was born," she said. Soon after she jumped out of the plane and opened her parachute, she went into labor. Luckily, her daughter waited until she landed to be born. What does this have to do with you? I don't recommend you do anything even remotely like what Usova did in the next few weeks. But do be alert for healthier, saner approaches to the basic theme, which is to be adventurous and wild and free as you birth a new possibility.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) You spend nearly one-third of your life sleeping.

For one-fifth of that time, you're dreaming. So pretty much every night, you watch and respond to as much as 90 minutes' worth of movies created by and starring you. Much of this footage is obscure and confusing and not exactly Oscar-worthy, which is one reason you may not recall many of the details when you wake up. But according to my astrological analysis, the immediate future could be different. Your dreams should be full of riveting entertainment that reveals important information about the mysteries of your destiny.

Please consider keeping a pen and notebook near your bed, or a small recording device.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) It's Oxymoron Season for you. That means you're likely to encounter more than your usual share of sweet and sour paradoxes. The logic-loving areas of your brain will almost certainly have to seek assistance from your non-rational wisdom. I'll

give you a heads-up on some of the lucid riddles you should be ready to embrace: 1. a humbling triumph; 2. a tender rivalry; 3. a selfish blessing; 4. an opportunity to commune with risky comfort; 5. an invitation to explore a relaxing challenge; 6. a chance to get up-close and personal with a long-distance connection. For best results, Leo, memorize these lines from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and recite them periodically: "Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself. / (I am large, I contain multitudes.)"

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) There's at least a 50 percent chance that the coming days will be over-the-top, out-of-the-blue, and off-the-record. I'm half-expecting florid, luscious, and kaleidoscopic events, possibly even rococo, swashbuckling, and splendiferous adventures.

Are you ready for all this? Of course not. That's the point life will be trying to make: nudging you to learn more about the fine art of spontaneity as you improvise your way through unpredictable lessons that will lead you toward the resources you'll need to succeed.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) Obsessions. Enchantments. Crushes. Manias.

Fetishes. Some astrologers think you Libras are mostly immune from these indelicate but sometimes delightful modes of human expression. They seem to believe that you love harmony and balance too much to fall under the spell of a bewitching passion that rivets your focus. I disagree with that view. It may be true that you're better able than the other signs to be objective about your fixations.

But that doesn't necessarily dilute the intensity you feel when they rise up and captivate your imagination with the force of a thousand love songs. My advice? Have fun and stay amused.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) "The chains that bind us most closely are the ones we have broken," said Scorpio poet Antonio Porchia. In other words, the oppression from which we have freed ourselves may continue to influence us long after we've escaped. The imprint it left on our sensitive psyches might keep distorting our decisions and twisting our emotions. But I'm here to tell you, Scorpio, that you're entering a time when you have an enhanced power to dissolve the lingering taint your broken chains still impose. You finally have the resources and wisdom to complete the liberation process.

In the coming weeks, you will have an excellent chance to develop more skill in the art of high gossip. High gossip has almost nothing in common with the mindless prattle that erodes reputations and fosters cynicism. It's not driven by envy, pettiness, or schadenfreude. When you engage in high gossip, you spread uplifting whispers and inspirational hearsay; you speculate about people's talents and call attention to their successes; you conspire to awaken generosity of spirit and practical idealism. High gossip is a righteous approach to chatting about the human zoo. It might not flow as easily as the cheap and shabby kind -- at least at first -- but it lasts a whole lot longer and creates connections that help keep your mental hygiene sparkling clean.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) Sometimes I have a dream that seems cryptic or meaningless when I first wake up, but a few days later I realize it was a brilliant insight into what I most needed to transform about my life. If you don't recall many of your dreams, that might not be a familiar experience for you. But you've probably had waking-life experiences with a similar arc. I predict you will be given at least one of those in the coming week. It may confound you while you're in the midst of it, but will eventually reveal choice clues that have the power to change your life for the better.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) You may not have heard about the "forbidden colors." And you certainly haven't seen them, even though they exist. They're reddish green and yellowish blue, which the cells of your retina are not built to register. However, scientists have figured out a trick by which these hues can be made visible. A few lucky people have actually caught a glimpse of them. I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, because I suspect you are close to experiencing a metaphorical version of this breakthrough -- seeing something that is supposedly impossible to see. (If you'd like to read more about the forbidden colors, go here: tinyurl.com/ ForbiddenColors.)

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) "There's no such thing as a wrong note," said jazz pianist Art Tatum. "It all depends on how you resolve it." Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis had a similar philosophy. "It's not the note you play that's the wrong note," he said. "It's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong." I think that's an excellent understanding for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks, Pisces. Be wary of coming to premature conclusions about alleged mistakes. Wait to hear the entire song and see the bigger picture.

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wellness FOOD ON THE TABLE NONPROFITS STRUGGLE TO FEED “FOOD INSECURE” CHILDREN

BY MEGAN DOMBROSKI As Asheville’s rates of hunger increase, local agencies are trying to keep pace. Standing in MANNA FoodBank’s warehouse holding a small bag of groceries, Beth Stahl, the nonprofit’s youth program coordinator, reflects on the value of food to the many Buncombe County children facing crippling hunger.

“It’s kind of scary that this little bag of food can make such a difference for a kid,” Stahl says.

So far this school year, MANNA has distributed 90,690 bags, or 259,000 pounds of food, to 3,500 local children through elementary and middle schools as part of MANNA’s Packs for Kids program. Yet, even with all of these provisions, the nonprofit estimates it is only reaching 8 percent of the “food insecure” children in the 16 Western North Carolina counties it serves.

Food insecurity is defined as lacking consistent access to adequate food, according to the Department of Agriculture.

In Buncombe County, more than 10,000 children younger than 18 years old live in foodinsecure households, according to MANNA. A recent study from the Food Research and Action Center placed Asheville as the third-hardest-hit metropolitan area for food hardship in the country for 2011, up from seventh worst in 2010.

“I don’t think MANNA can do everything,” Stahl says. “It’s important that we’re doing something, though. It’s better than not doing anything.”

The students receiving the MANNA packs of food rely on free and reduced breakfast and lunch programs during the week. The bags of food ensure they have food for the weekend.

“We began with a pilot school a few years ago with about 50 kids, and realized that it was such a great manner of direct service to kids that now we’re in 124 schools in our service area,” Stahl says.

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For the children: A group of volunteers fill bags with food as part of MANNA FoodBank’s Packs for Kids program. Photo by Megan Dombroski For young children, the importance of having enough to eat — and the quality of that food — can’t be overstated.

The nutritional quality of a child’s diet affects their overall health, notes Ameena Batada, assistant professor of health and wellness promotion at UNCA. “Developmentally, there can be a lot of repercussions of not having a regular diet, or not having diets that are nutrient dense,” Batada says.

“Certainly bone development, muscle development and brain development are all important areas of development that are related directly to nutrient intake.”

These health problems can be long term and irreversible, says Batada, who holds a doctorate of public health in health communication and a master’s of public health in maternal and child health.

“What we’re seeing now, is that chronic disease has a life-course perspective. So what you eat and how you eat when you’re young in life has an impact on your later ability to process insulin or manage stress, or any of these other areas that are related to chronic disease,” Batada says. “If some-

one who is young doesn’t get sufficient food, they may have developmental and cognitive issues then, but they will also be predisposed to other conditions later in life that they may not have been predisposed to.”

Children living in food-insecure households also may face difficulties performing in school, which Batada says can affect their success as an adult.

“We know that children who have good diets with the right balance of foods are certainly more able to concentrate and focus in school, and ultimately do better,” Batada says. “If they don’t do well in school and they’re not able to secure a good job, they can’t be economically active.”

However, budget cuts at MANNA FoodBank forced Stahl to decrease the average cost per pack this school year from nearly $4 to $1.37 — resulting in less food per child. Working with a registered dietician, she had to carefully plan the new menu to help prevent nutritional deficiencies.

“We always send some amount of protein, always fruit, and always vegetables,” Stahl says.

“We try and send some breakfast items. We never

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FOOD CONNECTIONS • If you need food assistance, visit agencies.mannafoodbank.org for a list of more than 327 agencies that provide food assistance throughout Western North Carolina.

• Visit MANNAfoodbank.org/volunteer for information about volunteering. Members of the food industry who would like to make a donation can call MANNA at (877) 299-3663 to schedule a pickup.

• If your group wants to help pack food for Kids Against Hunger, contact Rachel Leaptrot at 213-1019 or e-mail her at Rachel.leaptrot@msj.org.

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send things like cookies or candy. I don’t even do juice boxes because of the unnecessary calories.”

Other groups in Western North Carolina also try to help feed children living in food-insecure households. Volunteers, including children, can make packages of dried foods for hungry children, both regionally and internationally through the local chapter of the international food-aid organization Kids Against Hunger. The Mission Children’s Hospital chapter is run by a volunteer committee that’s part of Mission Healthcare Foundation, according to the foundation’s website.

“We get groups 10 years old and above,” says Rachel Leaptrot, program coordinator for the local chapter. “We get Boy Scout troops, Girl Scout troops, school groups, church youth groups, senior church groups, and employee groups, like nurses from Mission Hospital. We have a wide variety of people who want to get involved and help out.”

The volunteers use an assembly line to create the bags, which contain rice, dehydrated vegetables, soy protein, and a yellow powder with a vegetarian chicken flavoring and 21 vitamins and minerals. The package cooks in boiling water for 20 minutes, and Leaptrot says it tastes better than it sounds.

“At our packaging sessions, we always let people sample, and they’re surprised at how good it is,” Leaptrot says. “It tastes good, and it’s healthy.”

Each bag costs 25 cents and serves six people.

During a two-hour session, volunteers typically put together enough packages for 5,000 to 8,000 meals, Leaptrot says. Half of the bags go to MANNA for local distribution, and the rest goes to other counties.

Besides the direct-food assistance, Leaptrot says the program has other benefits.

“Primarily, we’re providing meals and trying to address hunger, but we’re also giving kids an opportunity to learn about volunteering,” Leaptrot says. X Megan Dombroski is a freelance writer and recent UNCA graduate with a degree in mass communication.

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Acceptance & Boundaries: The Keys to Loving Someone Difficult (pd.) Do you care deeply for someone who is hard to love? Call M. Wheeler, Counselor, 90- minute session for $50. 828-215-6653.

Are You Trying To Force Yourself To Change? (pd.) Emotional Brain Training (EBT) is a structured program that addresses the Emotional Root Cause of using Food, Alcohol/Drugs, Overspending, Overworking to feel pleasure, numb out, and/or comfort and soothe ourselves. • Create a healthy lifestyle that promotes self compassion, brain health and grounded joy. Call 231-2107 or empowering.solutions@yahoo.com or visit website: www.ebt.org Asheville Center for Transcendental Meditation (TM) (pd.) It's not contemplation, focusing on your breath, watching thoughts or trying to be mindful. It's a completely different process with far-reaching, scientifically validated benefits: During TM you effortlessly transcend thought to experience restful alertness or pure consciousness—the source of thought—reducing stress and revitalizing mind, body and spirit. Free Introductory Class: Thursday, 6:30pm, 165 E. Chestnut • Topics: How meditation techniques differ • What health researchers say • (828) 254-4350. www.

MeditationAsheville.org Healing Through Hypnosis (pd.) New Beginnings Hypnosis, has just opened its doors and welcomes you to explore your subconscious mind. Heal old habits, physical issues, emotional issues or travel to a past life. http://www.hypnotherapyasheville-newbeginnings.com, 828-489-2102.

The REAL Center (pd.) Offers life-changing classes in Relationship & Intimacy skills, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Radical Honesty, and Somatic Awareness. Held in Asheville with Steve Torma, 828-254-5613, www.theREALcenter.org Yoga for Healing, Come Home to Your Body (pd.) Mondays, 4-5 p.m., June 4th - July 9th An essential part of the healing process is reconnecting to our bodies. This yoga class is specifically designed to help you re-establish trust and ease in your body. Taught

by Nancy Pope www.healing2.com. Held at Lighten Up Yoga, 60 Biltmore Avenue. $66 for 6 week series. Call Nancy 828-669-6874 to register.

Arthritis Management Programs • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 2-3pm - A Tai Chi program for those with arthritis will be offered at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free with regular admission. Info: recprograms@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030. • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 3-4pm; SATURDAYS, 10:30-11:30am - A walking program for those with arthritis will be offered at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free with regular admission. Info: recprograms@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030. • TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS, 9am10am - An aquatic program for those with arthritis will be presented by the Arthritis Foundation at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free with regular admission. Info: recprograms@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

Asheville Community Yoga • SA (5/19), 10am-noon - A Chakra workshop will be offered at Asheville Community Yoga, 8 Brookdale Road. $40 suggested donation. --- 2:30-4:30pm "Yoga for Women’s Sexual Health and Well Being." $30 suggested donation. --- 7-9pm - Kirtan with Luna Mela. $20 suggested donation. Info: www.ashevillecommunityyoga.com.

Chronic Disease Management • WEDNESDAYS, noon - Take charge of your health with this six-week workshop for those with chronic

health conditions and their caregivers. Held at Health Adventure in the Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road, Suite 620. $30 for series; scholarships available.

Registration required: 251-7438. • SATURDAYS, 4pm -An additional six-week workshop will be held at Bethel Seventh Day Adventist Church, 238 S. French Broad Ave. Registration required: 2517438.

Disability Awareness Day • SA (5/19), 11am-3pm - Disability Awareness Day will be presented by the Henderson County Mayors’ Advocacy Council For People With Disabilities, featuring blood pressure screenings, body fat percent analysis and a raffle. Held at the Center Court of the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. #5, Hendersonville.

Free. Info: www.pardeehospital.org or 866-790-WELL. Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall, Hendersonville. Free, but registration is required unless otherwise noted. Info and registration: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600. • MO (5/21), 2:30-4:30pm - A discussion about managing back pain with physical therapy.

Family Preparedness Fair • SA (5/19), 10am-2pm - A family preparedness fair will offer demonstrations, displays, exhibits and seminars at 2005 Brevard Road, Hendersonville. Info: eoa1923@gmail.com.

Free Health Consultations • TUESDAYS, 1-6pm - The Faith Community Nurse will be at SOS Anglican Mission, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite C-1, to discuss health concerns, assist with resources, provide free blood pressure screenings, pray with the public or "just spend time together." Coffee and refreshments provided. Info: 768-0199.

Free Yoga Week • SU (5/20) through FR (5/25) - Asheville Donation Yoga Studio, 239 S. Liberty St., will host a free yoga week featuring flow, beginner, restorative, "tween" and yoga for survivors classes. Info: www.youryoga.com.

Living Healthy: Chronic Disease Self Management • TUESDAYS through (6/12), 2pm - Sick and Tired of being sick and tired? Take charge of your health with this six-week workshop for those with chronic health conditions and their caregivers. Held at Ardenwoods Retirement Community, 2400 Appalachian Blvd., Arden. $30 for series; scholarships available. Registration required: 251-7438.

Managing Neck Pain • TH (5/17), 5:15pm - Learn 4-5 exercises to decrease neck pain, increase mobility, improve posture and decrease headaches during this course with Dr. Edward Reilly at Fairview Chiropractic Center, 2 Fairview Hills Drive. Free, but reservations required. Info and RSVP: 628-7800.

The Gift of Anxiety • THURSDAYS through (6/7), 7:30pm - "The Gift of Anxiety," a mini-workshop, will "explore the wisdom of your body in an intimate, closed group format." Held at Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. Free. Info: www.jubileecommunity. org or 252-5335.

The Red Cross 100 Edgewood Road. Info: www.redcrosswnc.org or 258-3888. Appointment and ID required for blood drives. • WE (5/16), 7:30am-4:30pm - Blood drive: Charles George VA Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road. Info: 298-7911. • TH (5/17), 2-6:30pm - Blood drive: Arden Presbyterian Church, 2215 Hendersonville Road. Info: 684-7221. • SU (5/20), 11:45am-4:15pm - Blood drive: Weaverville United Methodist Church, 85 North Main St. Info: 658-9908.

wellnesscontinued • MO (5/21), 10am-2:30pm - Blood drive: Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. Info: 258-3888.

• TU (5/22), 1:30-6pm - Blood drive: Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road. Info: 298-7647.

• TU (5/22), 9:30am-2pm - Blood drive: Mountain Credit Union, 1453 Sand Hill Road, Candler. Info: 667-7245.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga Classes • MONDAYS, 11:45pm & WEDNESDAYS, 9am - Vinyasa flow yoga will be offered at the Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. $15 for 90 min./$12 for 60 min. Info: www.jcc-asheville.org.

Yoga Basics • THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - A basic yoga class will be held at Happy Body, 1378 Hendersonville Road. $12.

Info: www.ashevillehappybody.com or 277-5741.

Yoga for Cancer Survivors • THURSDAYS, 3:45pm - This class incorporates a series of poses that will increase flexibility, bring healing energy to the areas that need it most, calm the nervous system and relax the mind and body.

Presented by Saraswati at the Asheville Yoga Center's Donation Studio, 239 S. Liberty St. Pay what you will.

Info: www.youryoga.com.

Yoga for Women's Health • TUESDAYS, noon - This integrative yoga class incorporates Chinese medicine for overall health, with a focus on balancing hormones for women of all ages.

Presented by Saraswati at the Asheville Yoga Center's Donation Studio, 239 S. Liberty St. Pay what you will.

Info: www.youryoga.com.

Support Groups Adult ADHD Group • 3rd MONDAYS, 7pm - Meet other local adults dealing with ADD/ADHD at this monthly support group.

Registration required. Info, RSVP and location: 6817100 or www.adhdasheville.com.

Adult Children Of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families ACOA is an anonymous 12-step, "Twelve Tradition" program for women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. Info: www.adultchildren.org.

• FRIDAYS, 7pm - "Inner Child" study group, Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: 989-8075.

• SATURDAYS, 9:45am - “There is a Solution,” Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River.

Info: 749-9537.

• SUNDAYS, 3pm - "Living in the Solution," The Servanthood House, 156 E. Chestnut St. Open big book study. Info: 989-8075.

• SUNDAYS, 2pm - "Inner Child" study group, 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton. Info: 648-2924.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - "Generations," First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 474-5120.

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

• WEDNESDAYS, 5:45pm - Al-Anon meeting for women, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. at Gracelyn Road.

• WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am - "Daytime Serenity," Pardee Education Center at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. --- 7pm - Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. --- 8pm "Listen and Learn," St. John's Episcopal Church, 339 S. Main St., Marion.

• THURSDAYS, 6pm - Al-Anon meeting for women, New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3020 Sweeten Creek Road.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - "Parents of Children with Alcoholism," West Asheville Presbyterian Church,

690 Haywood Road. --- 7pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road, Flat Rock. --- 8pm - Fletcher United Methodist Church, 50 Library St., Fletcher.

• FRIDAYS, 12:30pm - "Keeping the Focus," First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Entrance near Charlotte Street. --- 5:30pm - "Family Matters," First United Church, 66 Harrison Ave., Franklin. --- 8pm "Lambda" open/GLBT meeting. Cathedral of All Souls, 9 Swan St.: 670-6277.

• SATURDAYS, 10am - "One Day at a Time," First Baptist Church, Buncombe and 5th Avenues, Hendersonville. --- 10am - "Grace Fireside," Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. --- 10am "Saturday Serenity," St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Charlotte Street at Macon Avenue. --- noon - "Courage to Change," Bess Sprinkle Memorial Library, Weaverville.

• MONDAYS, noon - "Keeping the Focus," First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Entrance near Charlotte Street. --6pm - "Attitude of Gratitude," Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. --- 7pm - First Christian Church, 201 Blue Ridge Road, Black Mountain. A beginner's meeting will proceed general meeting from 6:156:45pm on the 1st Monday of the month. --- 7:30pm - First United Methodist Church, Jackson and Church Streets, Sylva. --- 8pm - "Discovery," Ledger Baptist Church, U.S. 226 near Bakersville. --- 8pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road.

• TUESDAYS, 4pm - Grace Church, 242 Highway 107 N., Cashiers. --- 5:30pm - "Steps to Recovery," Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road.

--- 7pm - "One Day at a Time," First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. --- 8pm - Transylvania men's meeting, Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 E. Main St. Asperger Adults United • An Asperger Adults United meet-up will be held every other Saturday, starting April 28, at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 Merrimon Ave. Free. Info: www. meetup.com/AspergersAdultsunited or 319-1017.

Autism Parent Support Group • 4th THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Meet parents of children with autism, share your experiences and learn from others. RSVP by 3rd Thursday to ensure childcare. Held at St. Gerard House, 718 Oakland St., Hendersonville. Info: www.stgerardhouse.com.

Brainstormers • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Join this survivorled support group for brain injury/concussion sufferers and their allies. Meetings consist of sharing, listening and reflection. Held at Trinity UM Church, 587 Haywood Road. Info: 254-0507 or puffer61@gmail. com.

Caring for Aging Parents Education and Support Group • 3rd MONDAYS, 5-6:30pm - Caring for Aging Parents Education and Support (CAPES) will meet at the St. Joseph's Campus of Mission Hospital, Loretta Hall, 428 Biltmore Ave. Info: 277-8288.

Chronic Pain Support Group • SUNDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - Open to those with chronic pain, friends and family. Held at Unity Church of Asheville, 130 Shelburne Road. Donations accepted.

Info: (770) 846-0651.

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

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 367-0157.

• SATURDAYS, 11am - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 779-2317 or 299-1666.

Eating Disorder Family Support Group • 3rd SATURDAYS, 10-11:30am - A support group for family members of individuals struggling with eating disorders will be held at T.H.E. Center for Disordered

Eating Right for Good Health presented by Meet local vendors and farmers who supply Ingles at our

“Taste of Local” events!

Leah McGrath, RD, LDN Corporate Dietitian, Ingles Markets

Ingles in Flat Rock – Highland Lake Rd Thursday, May 17 – 3:30-6pm

Featuring the following vendors and farmers – a chance for you to sample and say “hi!”

Annie’s Breads of Asheville Supplies about 30 Ingles Stores with baked goods.

New Sprout Organic Farm • Swannanoa Supplies Ingles with produce.

Carolina Bison • Leicester Look for their 1lb packs of ground bison in the FROZEN meat case.

Milkco • West Asheville Source milk from local dairy farms for our Laura Lynn milk.

Wildflour Bakery • Saluda Supplies about five Ingles stores with bread.

Zuma Cookies • Marshall Decadent chocolate cookies in our BAKERY and FROZEN section.

Empire Distributors • Asheville Offers local wines and beers. Will be sampling NC wines.

Next “Taste of Local” Ingles in Waynesville Barber Blvd – Thursday, June 14th - 3:30-6pm

Ingles in Greenville Cherrydale Shopping Ctr Friday, June 15th, 4-6pm

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

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wellnesscontinued Eating, 297 Haywood St. Meetings focus on positive peer support and education. Led by licensed professionals. Info: www.thecenternc.org.

Eating Disorder Support Group • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm - Support group for adults at T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St. Meetings focus on positive peer support, coping skills and recovery tools. Led by licensed professionals.

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

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous • THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: 989-3227.

Grief Share • SUNDAYS, 2pm - A grief recovery support group will meet at Living Hope Community Church, 697 Haywood Road. Info: 450-7575.

Hope After Loss Hope After Loss offers grief education, support groups and individual counseling to those experiencing bereavement. Info: 692-6178.

• Hope After Loss offers individual bereavement counseling. Call for info and appointment.

• Hope After Loss offers grief education and support groups at locations in Buncombe, Henderson and Macon Counties. Call for info, dates and locations.

• TH (5/17), 5:30-6:30pm - A Spring Celebration of Life Memorial Services will honor those who's loved ones died between Sept. 1, 2011 and March 31, 2012.

Held at Comfort Suites in the Biltmore Square Mall, 890 Brevard Road.

• TH (5/24), 5:30-6:30pm - An additional celebration will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 6th Ave. W., Hendersonville.

Marshall Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting • FRIDAYS, 7pm - AA meeting at Marshall Presbyterian Church, 165 South Main St. Info: www. ashevilleaa.org.

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

• WEEKLY - MemoryCaregivers Network support groups are free and open to anyone caring for a person with memory loss. Groups meet at a variety of locations and times. Info: 230-4143 or network@ memorycare.org.

• 4th TUESDAYS, 1-3pm - First Baptist Church of Weaverville, 63 North Main St. MS Caregiver • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - CarePartners, 68 Sweeten Creek Road. Multiple Sclerosis caregivers only (no spouses). Info: 684-2453.

NAMI Family-to-Family • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS through (5/24), 6-8:30pm - A 12-week class for caregivers and family members of those with mental illness. Free.

Registration and location: rohaus@charter.net or 2999596.

NAMI Support Groups The National Alliance on Mental Illness supports recovery for people living with mental illness and their families. All groups meet at 356 Biltmore Ave., #207/315.

Free. Info: www.namiwnc.org or 505-7353.

• 1st SATURDAYS, 10am & 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm CONNECTION support group for those with a diagnosis and family/caregiver support group. Meetings held separately.

• 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 11am - CONNECTION support group for those with a diagnosis.

Overcomers Classes • TUESDAYS - Overcomers support group, for those dealing with addiction and other life-controlling problems, will meet in Mars Hill. Call for location and time: 689-9316.

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Overcomers Recovery Support Group A Christian-based, 12-step recovery program. Provides a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with life-controlling problems. Meetings are held at S.O.S. Anglican Mission, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite C-1.

All are welcome. Info: rchovey@sos.spc-asheville.org or 575-2003.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - A support group for men and women.

Overeaters Anonymous A fellowship of individuals who are recovering from compulsive overeating. A 12-step program.

• THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: O.A. Step Study group, Cox House, 723 N. Grove St. Info: 3291637.

• THURSDAYS, noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: 277-1975.

• SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Black Mountain: 424 W. State St. Open relapse and recovery meeting. Info: 669-0986.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - Asheville: First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 252-4828.

• MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway. Info: 800580-4761.

• TUESDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari. Info: 626-2572.

Single Parenting • SUNDAYS, 4pm - "Single and Parenting" support group features guest experts on a variety of topics.

Held at Living Hope Community Church, 697 Haywood Road. Free. Info: livinghopeasheville@gmail.com or 450-7575.

WNC Adoption Network • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6pm - Are you adopted, a birth parent or birth relative interested in searching? Have you experienced a reunion and aren't sure what to do next? Learn more at these monthly meetings, held at the North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Info: info@wncadoptionnetwork.com or www.

WncAdoptionNetwork.com.

WNC Brain Tumor Support Welcomes family as well as the newly diagnosed and longer-term survivors. Info: www.wncbraintumor.org or 691-2559.

• 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm - WNC Brain Tumor Support Group will meet at MAHEC Biltmore Campus, 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville. Duke Oncologist Dr. Annick Desjardins will speak about innovative treatments at the May meeting.

Women of Courage Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous • SATURDAYS, 10-11am - A 12-step recovery fellowship for women who want to stop living out a pattern of addictive sexual behavior and romantic obsessions.

Meets at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Enter at front door of the annex. Info: http:// slaafws.org or womenofcourageslaa@yahoo.com.

Women Veterans Network Launch • TH (5/17), 11:30am-1pm - WOVEN is a community of female veterans spanning all ages, services, ranks, geographies and experiences. Reserve, Guard and AD women also welcome. Held at Mills River Restaurant, 4467 Boylston Highway, Mills River. Info and RSVP: 242-4423.

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TWENTY HOPPING YEARS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA’S BEER HISTORY

ASHEVILLE BEER WEEK

ON YOUR MARKS, GET READY, DRINK!

BY ANNE FITTEN GLENN

BY ANNE FITTEN GLENN Lots of cities have one. Beer City, USA, however, didn’t. So some folks who love beer (a lot) decided we wanted one. Thus was born Asheville Beer Week.

Over a number of pitchers of local brew, several regional beer-industry people brainstormed about what we wanted the inaugural AVL Beer Week to look like.

First of all, there would be way too many events to fit into a measly seven-day week. Our week must encompass 11 beer-filled days and nights. (Did you know that beer drinkers have the ability to manipulate time? They do.)

Second, we needed a mascot. Since we really don’t care, we chose the crazy Honey Badger, who has nothing to do with beer (but hey, we were drinking).

And we like his attitude.

Third, we needed a mission statement. In a moment of drunken grandiosity, I came up with this: Our mission is to celebrate that nectar known as beer — to taste many different styles and variations of beer; to pair beer with a smorgasbord of delicious foods; to learn about and explore beer in all its delectable complexity; and, most of all, to have fun drinking in the brew-centric mountains of Asheville.

Dieter Kuhn, Heinzelmannchen Brewery’s brewmeister, was born and raised near the Black Forest in Germany. For real. Find out more at yourgnometownbrewery.com.

Then (oh yeah) we needed events — dinners, special tastings, tap takeovers, beer education classes, beer celebrity appearances and more. Organizing all these would prove a bit more challenging than items Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Luckily, some networking, emailing and social media chatter helped populate the Asheville Beer Week calendar. Take a gander at the diversity of exciting events, from a free glass-trading party to a home-brewing fest, to a beer forum with beer sommelier Greg Engert, to a Root Ball beer tourney, to the third Beer City Fest. Restaurants, bars, stores, and, of course, breweries, located all over town (and beyond) are involved.

We killed the cobra. And we ate it. It’s now up to you, beer lover, to decide how effectively we killed it, and to bring the festival to life.

Not that we care, but if you’d like to give the Asheville Beer Week committee any feedback, you can do so by emailing avlbeerweek@gmail.com.

The committee’s gratitude goes out to our sponsors, each other, the local beer industry and all you local beer drinkers. Your taste buds helped make this all happen. Thanks especially to the guy who took on the leadership of the Asheville Beer Week committee — the Honey Badger of beer, Mike Rangel, president of Asheville Brewing Company.

We couldn’t have done it without you. Or without beer. Slainte!

The Asheville Beer Week organizing committee: Julie Atallah, Caroline Forsman, T.J. Gardner, Anne Fitten Glenn, Mary Eliza McRae, Mike Rangel, Adam Reinke, Jimi Rentz, Tim Schaller, Simone Seitz.

Anne Fitten Glenn has been Xpress’ Brews News columnist for almost 3 years. She’s currently writing a justbeer, brew book on the history of Asheville set toitpublish in Fall 2012 (if her liver survives beer week).

Not just for wine!

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1993: Smoky Mountain Brewery opens in Waynesville. It closes one year later.

1994: Oscar Wong and John McDermott start Highland Brewing Company in the basement of Barley’s Taproom in downtown Asheville.

1997: The Blue Rooster, Asheville’s first brewpub, opens next to Barley’s, featuring Highland beers exclusively. It closes a year later.

Laughing Seed Café co-owner Joe Eckert opens Jack of the Wood pub/Green Man Brewery.

Barley’s co-owners Jimi Rentz and Doug Beatty organize inaugural Brewgrass Festival, which will become one of the top beer festivals in the Southeast.

Asheville Brewers Supply, Asheville’s first homebrew supply store, opens.

Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters homebrew club begins meeting regularly.

1998: Two Moons Brew ’N’ View opens in Asheville. The next year, Mike and Leigh Rangel buy the business and change

Sample Over 100 Beers

$16 Beer Festival To Benefit JUST ECONOMICS

May 26th, 2-5pm At the Wedge in the River Arts District

PRE-SALE ONLY www.justeconomicswnc.org For info call: 828-505-7466

the name to Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company.

1999: Catawba Valley Brewing Company is born in the basement of a Glen Alpine antique mall.

MALT starts Blue Ridge Brew Off homebrew competition, which becomes one of the largest such events in the Southeast.

2001: French Broad Brewing Company opens in nearby Biltmore Village with Jonas Rembert, previously the Green Man brewer, at the helm.

2003: Andy and Kelly Cubbin launch Appalachian Craft Brewery in Rosman; it soon moves to Fletcher.

2004: Dieter Kuhn and Sheryl Rudd start up Heinzelmännchen Brewery in Sylva, producing German-style beers.

2005: Jason Caughman and Dave Quinn open Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain, producing the area’s first certified-organic beer.

Green Man Brewery moves from Jack of the Wood to Buxton Avenue in Asheville, opens tasting room that locals affectionately call Dirty Jack’s.

August 2005: North Carolina “Pop the Cap” legislation passes, enabling brewers to create beers with up to 15 percent alcohol by volume.

Nantahala Brewing Company’s Trail Magic Ale features lemongrass, fresh lemon zest and wildflower honey.

Craggie Brewing’s Antebellum Ale updates an 1840s recipe that includes molasses, ginger and spruce tips.

“THE STATE OF SOUTHERN BEER” FROM WEEPING RADISH TO POP THE CAP, N.C. BEER HAS A LONG HISTORY

BY WIN BASSETT It’s no wonder that the secondand third-largest craft breweries in the country, along with another top-30 brewery announcing on the heels of the first two, all plan to build brewing facilities in North Carolina. The state is home to 60 operating breweries and brewpubs, 10 of which are in the Asheville area. And the sourcing of state-grown ingredients — from hops and malts to sweet potatoes and blackberries — is becoming an increasingly important part of North Carolina’s agricultural beer heritage.

What more could you need to celebrate “The State of Southern Beer” and its community of brewers, wholesalers, vendors and enthusiasts at Asheville Beer Week?

Before you raise your glass, consider North Carolina’s recent beer history, which dates back to 1985 when Uli Bennewitz, a German immigrant living in Manteo, persuaded legislators to legalize brewpubs in the state. A year later, he opened Weeping Radish Farm Brewery in Grandy, which remains the oldest operating brewery or brewpub in North Carolina and has evolved into a 24-acre sustainable-food and beer destination that upholds its farm-to-fork principles.

The state’s craft-beer industry, however, didn’t quite take off until 2005, when the Pop the Cap Campaign, led by Sean Lilly Wilson, now of Fullsteam Brewery in Durham, and Julie Johnson of All About Beer Magazine, successfully lobbied to raise the alcohol by volume limit on beers sold within North Carolina from 6 percent to 15 percent.

In the almost seven years since the passage of this significant piece of legislation, the number of breweries in the state has increased from 26 to 60, with North Carolina’s newest production brewery, Brevard Brewing Company, opening its doors in April.

The sheer number of breweries is not what makes North Carolina’s beer industry unlike any other. Its increasing commitment to use local ingredients and environmentally friendly practices, and its focus on creating and serving local communities make the beer in this state truly unique. It means no one works independently. The brewers themselves have formed a network of collaboration in not only brewing beers together but also sharing ingredients, equipment, costs and knowledge.

And North Carolina’s breweries aren’t the only ones contributing to this burgeoning industry. One of the country’s few micro-maltsters, Asheville’s Riverbend Malt House, sources grains such as barley and rye

from across the state to provide area brewers with locally farmed, artisan malts. Heinzelmannchen Brewery in downtown Sylva recently used Riverbend’s malt in its Hoppin’ Downtown Ale, and Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain currently offers its new Riverbend Brown on draft at its taproom.

Similarly, Echoview Farm in Weaverville, along with several other smaller farms in the state, have produced small hop harvests to sell to craft brewers and home brewers. The North Carolina Hops Project, a research initiative of North Carolina State University, is working to determine which varieties of hops grow well in particular parts of the state, exploring issues related to hop nutrition, disease and pest control.

In addition to regionally grown malts, other in-state sources have helped numerous brewers craft beers particularly close to home. Mother Earth Brewing Co. in Kinston brewed a small batch of its “All-NC” beer using Riverbend’s Heritage Malt and Cascade hops from Echoview. Mystery Brewing Co. in Hillsborough recently released its Waggledance, a “farm-to-glass” Belgian-style farmhouse ale, using two-row barley from Farm Boy in Pittsboro and locally harvested lemon balm and honey.

This is an exciting time to be a member of the North Carolina beer community. As we welcome large, nationally distributed craft breweries like Sierra Nevada, New Belgium and Oskar Blues to our state, our communities will only continue to thrive and grow as craft-beer destinations. So pull up a stool beside your neighborhood brewers this week, grab a pint of local beer and celebrate the passion poured into your glass. X Win Bassett is executive director of the North Carolina Brewers Guild, leads Social Media & Beer Education at All About Beer Magazine, and regularly contributes beer-related articles to various online and print publications.

First Asheville brewery: Highland Brewing Company First Highland beer: Celtic Ale (now called Gaelic Ale)

For what is French Broad Brewery’s extra special bitter beer named? 13 Rebels is named for the 13 colonies.

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BEER MANIA BEER NATION Using data from the 2010 U.S. Census, the Brewers Association, a Boulder, Colo.based trade group, reports that Vermont has the highest per-capita number of breweries, with one for every 29,797 people. North Carolina ranks 28th among the states, with one brewery for every 199,010 people.

The association offers these tallies for U.S. breweries that were in operation for all or some of 2011: Total U.S. breweries: 1,989 Brewpubs: 1,063 Microbreweries: 789 Regional craft breweries: 88 Total U.S. craft breweries: 1,938 Large noncraft breweries: 21 Other: 30 Craft breweries sold an estimated 11,468,152 barrels of beer in 2011. A barrel contains 31 gallons, so that means that 2,844,101,696 pints of beer were sold that year.

BREWING IN NORTH CAROLINA According to the ABC Commission of North Carolina, the Tar Heel state boasts 60 breweries.

Seventeen operate in Western North Carolina, and five more — including Sierra Nevada in Mills River and Oskar Blues in Brevard — will open in the near future.

Eleven of N.C.’s breweries are currently located in Asheville, and once New Belgium begins brewing in the River Arts District, that number will grow to 12.

According to data from the 2010 Census, the city’s per capita beer quotient is quite high, with roughly one brewery for every 8,000 people.

WILL WORK FOR BEER: NEW BELGIUM AND SIERRA NEVADA New Belgium will invest an estimated $175 million in Asheville over a seven-year span.

According to projections, the company will create 154 new jobs, with the average annual salary expected to exceed $50,000 plus benefits.

In addition to the jobs created by the company itself, an estimated 260 jobs will be indirectly created. Those additional jobs will generate an estimated $18.3 million in new labor income.

Construction for the new brewery will create an estimated 1,250 jobs, generating an estimated $40 million in new labor income.

2006: Highland Brewing moves to east Asheville warehouse space, expands production.

Local entrepreneurs Mark and Trish Lyons launch the Asheville Brews Cruise, ferrying beer lovers from brewery to brewery.

December 2006: Bruisin’ Ales, Asheville’s sole beer-only retail store, opens.

2007: Catawba Valley Brewing Company moves to Morganton, opens tasting room.

2007-08: Local farmers, including Echoview and Hop’n Blueberry farms, begin experimenting with growing hops.

January 2008: Inaugural Winter Warmer Beer Festival launches in downtown Asheville.

May 2008: Wedge Brewing Company opens in Asheville’s River Arts District. Owner Tim Schaller teams up with former Green Man brewer Carl Melissas, known for his Belgianstyle beers.

February 2009: Asheville Brewers Alliance formed. Mike Rangel of Asheville Brewing is first president.

March 2009: Oyster House Brewing Company opens inside The Lobster Trap restaurant in downtown Asheville.

Spring 2009: Asheville ties with Portland, Ore., for first place in first Beer City, USA poll, put on by Brewers Association President Charlie Papazian.

November 2009: Craggie Brewing Company opens in Asheville.

January 2010: Lexington Avenue Brewery opens gas-

During the first seven years, New Belgium will pay a combined total of $1.6 million in property taxes to Buncombe County and the city of Asheville.

At this point, somewhat less data is available regarding the economic impact Sierra Nevada will bring, but here are some projections: The company plans to invest $107.5 million in Henderson County during the next five years. It expects to create 95 full-time and 80 part-time jobs for its operation in Mills River, and an additional 60 construction and mechanical jobs to get the brewery off the ground.

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Wedge Brewing has three beers named after local heroes: Julian Price Pilsner honors the man who helped build downtown into the thriving place it is now, Payne’s Pale Ale honors artist John Payne, who converted the Wedge building into studios and the brewery and Vadim Bora Russian Imperial Stout toasts the celebrated late local artist.

Who played the opening of Pisgah Brewing’s outdoor stage? Del McCoury Band, as part of the Del Yeah! Festival.

tropub/brewery in downtown Asheville with Ben Pierson brewing.

Asheville Beer Divas begins holding monthly meetings for female brew aficionados.

April 2010: The new Biltmore Brewing Co. contracts with Highland Brewing to produce two beers for Cedric’s Tavern on the Biltmore Estate.

The Grove Park Inn also contracts with Highland to produce GPI’s Great Abbey Ale. May 2010: Dennis Thies buys and expands Green Man Brewery. John Stuart continues as brewmaster.

Nantahala Brewing Company in Bryson City begins selling beer.

June 2010: Asheville wins BeerCity USA title outright; ABA and Brewgrass organizers put on first Beer City Festival in Asheville’s Pack Square Park.

Just Economics puts on first Just Brew It homebrew festival spotlighting the region’s home brewers.

February 2011: The Brewers Alliance and N.C. Brewers Guild entice beer expert Charlie Papazian to speak at an educational event at Highland Brewing.

Spring 2011: Appalachian Craft Brewery moves operations to Hendersonville, opens tasting room, changes name to Southern Appalachian Brewery.

Asheville wins Beer City title again.

Nantahala Brewing opens tasting room.

Highland Brewing employee Trevor Reis wins first Asheville Beer Masters Tournament.

CAN THEY KICK IT?

LOCAL BREWERIES GO FOR THE POP-TOP

September 2011: Riverbend Malt House opens in Asheville, begins malting North Carolinagrown grains for local breweries.

October 2011: The Thirsty Monk opens nanobrewery in south Asheville with Norm Penn brewing.

December 2011: The first local canned beers roll off the line at Asheville Brewing Co. Frog Level Brewing Co. starts up in Waynesville, becoming Haywood County’s first brewery.

January 2012: Sierra Nevada Brewing Company of Chico, Calif., announces that it will open the company’s second brewery in Mills River, about 12 miles south of Asheville.

Production will start in late 2013.

March 2012: HeadWaters Brewing Company opens for business in Waynesville.

April 2012: New Belgium Brewing Company of Fort Collins, Colo., announces it will open the company’s second brewery in Asheville’s River Arts District. Production to start in 2015.

Brevard Brewing Company opens in downtown Brevard.

May-June 2012: The first Asheville Beer Week, an 11-day celebration of craft beer, is held.

John Stuart is the head brewer for Green Man Brewery. If he were a beer, which would he be? “Robust Porter,” said Stuart in a Mountain Xpress Brews News column. “I’m kind of a stocky guy, and I can carry luggage like nobody’s business.”

BY BILL RHODES For Asheville Brewing Company, the canning-versusbottling debate had a simple answer. “We are a company filled with kayakers, climbers and hikers, so we really want to go light on the environment with our business,” says Mike Rangel, president of ABC. “Canning simply extends our core beliefs on that.”

Cans, as local adventurers will tell you, work much better in Western North Carolina — easy to carry and no chance of broken glass. It’s also illegal to bring glass containers into North Carolina state parks, beaches or state-designated rivers; these rules appear to be spreading to other recreational areas.

Nonetheless, modern microbrews have typically been poured into bottles or some variety of keg. Canned beer? That was the mark of Schlitz, PBR or Budweiser.

Home brewers the world over still lament there’s not a decent automated canning option for them.

ABC considered canning for some time before launching its first production run last November, Rangel explains. “As the costs decreased, it became obvious to me, a no-brainer even, [that] we had to go with cans,”

he says. Last fall, ABC started canning its Shiva IPA and has since added Rocket Girl Lager. The company produces about 200 cans per day, and with some tweaks to the system, will soon do about 400, Rangel notes.

While that’s modest compared to the larger companies that can crank out that many cans per second, it’s a big step for local brewers.

In February, Morganton-based Catawba Valley Brewing “joined the craft-can revolution,” local beer blogger Anne Fitten Glenn reported. And most recently, Oskar Blues, which started in 1997 in Lyons, Colo., and was one of the first craft breweries to can its concoctions, announced that it’s opening an East Coast facility in nearby Brevard.

Last year, Oskar Blues produced 15 million cans of beer, which, if flattened and laid out in a line, amounts to about 1,800 miles of aluminum. Or 45 trips between Asheville and Brevard.

Bill Rhodes can be reached at brhodes@mountainx. com or 251-1333, ext. 144.

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Southern Appalachian Brewery had to lobby Hendersonville officials to get city laws changed so it could open a tasting room downtown.

THE ART OF BEER

THERE’S MORE TO THAT LOGO ON YOUR BOTTLE

BY JAKE FRANKEL There’s more to a successful beer’s recipe than barley and hops.

There’s also the art. Logo art, to be precise. And the folks at local breweries put considerable time, energy, thought and humor into designs that help brand their companies and distinguish their products.

Not surprisingly, many incorporate the region’s distinguishing natural beauty into their trademarks.

Craggie Brewing Company’s seal is a stylized panorama of the French Broad River valley and the Asheville skyline. Pisgah Brewing Company makes its mark with an iconic outline of its namesake — Pisgah Mountain and the surrounding ridge. And Green Man Brewing Company’s logo features a swarthy woodsman — the mythological “greenman” — framed by leaves and plumes of hops and barley, evoking the roots of its Englishstyle ales.

Meanwhile, Highland Brewing Company’s insignia heralds the cultural history of the region. The image of a bearded Scotsman, who clutches a pint in one hand and a set of bagpipes in the other, honors the area’s original Scots-Irish settlers, says Grant DeSantos, Highland’s hospitality and tasting room manager.

“The guy in our logo, we call him ‘Scotty’ around the brewery,” he says.

In fact, the image is based on a real person whose name has been forgotten — a fellow who worked briefly for the brewery in its early days and “was very Scottish looking,” says Highland founder Oscar Wong.

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“The image has changed quite a bit,” DeSantos says. “The first [one] we had of him was not the best drawing in the world. He’s evolved into the man he is now.”

Likewise, some of Asheville Brewing Company’s symbolic characters are evolving.

Cory Gates, a manager at the company who’s charged with crafting the image that adorns its cans of Rocket Girl Golden Lager, reports that a redesign will make it “bigger, cleaner, more fun, more decipherable.” Many of the intricacies of the original art didn’t translate well when the image was shrunk down and put on the cans, he says.

But he might be his own worst critic: The existing logo certainly stands out as one of the most unique in town.

“We were trying to come up with something fun and a little bit playful,” he says. The idea was for the Rocket Girl to “lure you into her little world within the can, showing you her little microbrew set up.”

He adds: “All the brewers in town are mostly men. So we wanted to give more power to the woman, put her out there as our own little space-age rocket-girl brewer.”

Under Gates’ direction, the redheaded Rocket Girl was drawn by local cartoonist Larkin Ford, who based her on the amalgamated images of two real-life Asheville Brewing servers who agreed to model for it. The new Rocket Girl will maintain a similar look, he says.

“We want to create a constant, identifiable character,” he explains. “I’m hoping that the

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next round will take the Rocket Girl to a different level.” A contest for the new model will be held on Monday, May 28, at Asheville Music Hall.

Meanwhile, an iconic image in Asheville Brewing’s arsenal adorns its new canning line of Shiva India Pale Ale. Originally painted in 1998 by local muralist Johnny Miller, the seal depicts the Hindu deity balancing beers in two of its four hands.

“We wanted something that signified strength, because it’s kind of a strong beer,” says ABC President Mike Rangel.

He also jokes, “We were trying to anger one of the major religions of the world.”

In fact, this year, he did hear from a Hindu association that expressed some concern about the logo.

“They asked us to use the name with as much respect as we possibly could,” he reports. “They weren’t expecting us to yank [it] and put something else in. They just wanted to touch base with us and make sure Shiva wasn’t sponsoring a wet T-shirt contest.”

As a result of those conversations, however, Rangel says he felt better than ever about using the image.

“We learned that Shiva actually made a concoction that drove all the other gods crazy,” he explains. “In India itself, there [are] liquors called ‘Shiva’ for that reason — because Shiva was a god [who] made a potion that captured people ... It encourages us even more.”

In the event that a Hindu god isn’t available to hand you a beer, an attractive logo can make it easier to pick out a six pack from the cooler.

Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.

Catawba Valley Brewing Company is an operation so self-sufficient, its answering machine says “If we’re not here, we’re delivering beer.”

BREWS NEWS

A TRUE-BLUE BEER TRIFECTA AND MORE

BY ANNE FITTEN GLENN

BEER CITY FOUR!

THE HOUSE THAT BEER BUILT

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY COMING TO BREVARD

With little fanfare, and just as the official Beer Week guide was going to press, we eked out a fourth annual Beer City win. Yes, we tied with Grand Rapids, Mich.

In 2009, we tied big ol’ Portland, Ore., then went on to wear a solo crown in 2010 and 2011. There were murmurs this year that we didn’t need the title, bestowed by beer guru Charlie Papazian in his online poll at examiner.com. Well, we’re happy to share, but we’re keeping the crown, thank you.

Love local beer? Like to use a hammer for good?

The Asheville Brewers Alliance has donated $10,000 and nine days of hammering to help built a local Habitat for Humanity home. Thirsty Monk, Wedge and Highland have already had their brewery work days, but several more are coming up. If you’d like to volunteer to help build with local brewers, you can sign up at the brewery tasting room or online at ashevillehabitat.org.

Here’s the schedule: May 12: French Broad, May 19: Asheville Brewing, June 9: LAB, June 16: Pisgah, June 23: Nantahala Brewing.

It’s a true-blue beer trifecta. Oskar Blues Brewery of Longmont and Lyons, Colo., will open both a production facility and a restaurant in downtown Brevard. This comes on the heels of Sierra Nevada’s plans to build a brewery/restaurant in Mills River, and New Belgium coming into the River Arts District with a brewery and tasting room soon after.

The 21st Amendment Brewery announcement that they, too, will open a facility in Asheville? A joke.

The Deschutes Brewery rumor? Not true either. For the moment, at least, only the first three are definitively opening facilities in Western North Carolina.

So why Brevard for Oskar? It’s true that Dale Katechis, owner/founder of Oskar Blues, loves to mountain bike and that the new facility on Railroad Avenue sits near a bike trail that leads directly into Pisgah National Forest.

“Certainly mountain biking is part of the equation,” says Chad Melis, Oskar Blues’ marketing director.

“But Brevard is also similar to Lyons, where we started. It’s music-rich, it’s mountainous, there are lots of outdoor activities nearby. It reminds us of home.”

Plus, the Longmont production facility was reaching capacity and OB already ships a good bit of beer to the eastern part of the country. Their beers, including Dale’s Pale and Ten Fidy, are currently distributed in 27 states.

OB plans to start production in Brevard by December of 2012 and will produce 40,000 barrels in their first year. Between the brewery and the restaurant, the business hopes to hire 75 to 100 people, most of whom will be locals, he says.

Melis notes that only 12 of the 45 taps in the two Colorado tasting rooms are Oskar Blues beer, and says: “What we’re really trying to do is support craft beer. We have great relationships with Colorado brewers, both large and small. Our goal is to make that happen in North Carolina as well. We want to be part of the social fabric of the community.”

Josh Freeman, Brevard’s planning director, says: “From the city’s standpoint, we’re thrilled. This is a great opportunity for the community.”

Just a few weeks ago, Brevard Brewing Company opened in downtown Brevard, with brewer Kyle Williams at the helm. Williams says Brevard residents have welcomed the new brewery effusively, and he can hardly keep up.

“The city is not only behind its small brewers, but behind local business,” wrote Papazian in a blog post about last year’s poll.

“The BeerCity USA poll is about community pride. Not just beer ...

It’s about Main Street, grassroots, community support.”

“The dream for many of us has been for the greater Asheville area to become the epicenter for craft beer the same way Napa is for the wine industry. It’s clear now that the dream is becoming reality even faster than we had hoped. Brevard Brewing welcomes Oskar Blues and feel that the market is big enough to allow us all to be successful in this beautiful mountain community,” Williams says.

BREWGRASS SELLS OUT, LIGHTNING FAST Eight minutes: That’s how fast 3,000 tickets sold online to the 2012 Brewgrass Festival, which will be held on Sept. 15. This year’s sales went smoothly, and organizers held back approximately 500 tickets to sell locally from Barley’s Pizzeria & Taproom. Those tickets will go on sale on Tuesday, May 22, 5:30 p.m. They will be limited to two per person, $45, cash only.

Don’t fret if you missed out, however. Beer City Festival tickets are still available at Barley’s and local breweries. Those tickets are local only (or, at least, no online sales) and go for $40 cash. Beer City Fest takes place on June 2 at Roger McGuire Green downtown as part of the first Asheville Beer Week. While Beer City Fest typically consists primarily of Southeastern breweries, the “new” WNC breweries have been invited to pour at the fest as wqell.

NEW BELGIUM MEETS WITH COMMUNITY Representatives from New Belgium Brewing held two community meetings last week at The Artery in the River Arts District to answer questions and gather ideas. The business is working on coming up with concept designs for their $175 million brewery and tasting room, which will be located on Craven Street next to the French Broad River.

Jenn Vervier, NB’s director of sustainability and strategic development, and Jim Spencer, NB’s director of engineering, both discussed the business’ plans and answered queries from the audience (about 100 folks showed up on May 7). Residents’ concerns included traffic, job opportunities, maintaining the creative and artistic integrity of the RAD, environmental concerns and odors that may emanate from the building.

Speaking of the latter, Spencer says most of the brewing vapor will be recaptured as part of the energy recovery program, but a slight aroma may escape now and again. I can’t imagine boiling grain could possibly smell worse than what swirled up from the stockyards when they were on the same site.

Also, an update on brewing capacity, which will probably be about 350 to 400,000 barrels the first year (2015), but which ultimately will be around 700,000. The brewery will have a bottling line, and possibly canning as well, as that’s been popular recently. NB’s newest canned beer, Shift, is flying off the shelves. Also, an interesting statistic in the beer tourist equation: the Fort Collins brewery brings in around 100,000 visitors annually. Vervier says it’s the biggest tourist attraction in that town, but it won’t be the biggest in Asheville. The Biltmore currently draws more than 1 million visitors per year.

Send your brews news to Anne Fitten Glenn at brewgasmavl@gmail.com

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77 COXE AVE., 675 MERRIMON AVE. AND 1850 HENDERSONVILLE ROAD ASHEVILLEBREWING.COM Asheville Brewing Company started life as Two Moons Brew ‘N’ View at 675 Merrimon Ave., where the current Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company is located (and still shows second-run and classic movies for $3). Owner Mike Rangel recalls patrons’ affectionate slogan for Two Moons: “The beer is so good, it makes you forget how bad the service is.”

Asheville Brewing has come a long way. In 2005 it doubled brewing capacity and opened a second location at 77 Coxe Ave. Popular ABC beers include Shiva IPA, Ninja Porter and Escape Artist Pale Ale. The Coxe Avenue location, with its large covered patio and varied seating (from rocking chairs to benches) has become a local watering hole. The Merrimon ABC remains a recreational hub for all ages — pizza, beer, movies and video games (not to mention a fun-house mirror). Another branch of the business, the recently opened South Asheville location at 1580 Hendersonville Road, is a different animal from the other two. This one is delivery/pickup only — including beer.

Last year, ABC expanded the scope of local brewing, introducing the first canned Asheville microbrews — Shiva IPA and Rocket Girl. In the very near future, says Rangel, ABC will roll out canned Ninja Porter.

“Our beers are different because our brewer, Doug Riley, is not afraid to try something different and is very disciplined,” says Rangel. “[He’s’] a real artist. You have to have someone like Doug in this business.” — staff

CRAGGIE BREWING COMPANY

197 HILLIARD AVE. CRAGGIEBREWINGCO.COM At Craggie Brewing Company, it’s all about the flavor. “If you are going to brew a beer with five ingredients, then you should be able to taste all five or you are wasting money by adding ingredients that aren’t noticeable,” says the brewery’s co-founder Bill Drew. With help from co-founder Jonathan Cort, the downtown brewery opened for business in 2009.

Currently, the company serves up five different brews, including Yo La Mango IPA and Toubab Brewe, a Bavarian lager named after the locally based band. Aside from the company’s clever labels, the only thing that matters is how it tastes. “We take regular beer styles and add a twist. Nobody wants available breweries in Asheville producing the same beer without major flavor differences. We brew beers using multiple ingredients in such a way that all flavors can be savored in each pint,” Drew explains.

After Drew studied abroad across the pond in England, Scotland and Holland, he says it “opened up my eyes to quality beer.” When he returned, he stumbled upon the craft beer section of supermarkets and specialty stores. It’s a moment he remembers vividly. “I remember picking up a six-pack of Dixie Brewing Company’s Blacked Voodoo Lager. It had a very artistic graphic of a Bayou swamp. And the beer was just as artistically made. Right then and there, I knew I wanted to give craft brewing a try as a profession.” He’s been brewing ever since and is most proud of the Antellebellum Ale — which includes molasses, ginger and spruce in its recipe. But when it comes to picking his favorite brew he proclaims, “My favorite Craggie beer to drink is all of them.” — staff

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FRENCH BROAD BREWERY

GREEN MAN BREWING COMPANY

101 FAIRVIEW ROAD FRENCHBROADBREWERY.COM French Broad beers reflect the interests of each of the three head brewers who’ve run the place. From classic continental ales, through UK-style bitters and porters, to American pales, we’re a work-in-progress that improves with age (just like beer).

Current offerings include the Wee Heavy’er Scotch Ale, 13 Rebels ESB, Gateway Kolsch, Ryehopper Pale, India Pale Ale and Anvil Porter. Rotating seasonals include Koko the Stout, Zepptemberfest and many others. We’re currently buying some playground equipment, and should have a lot of experimental beers later in 2012.

Our tasting room is open from 1-8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, with live music Thursday through Saturday evenings.

It’s a great place to try our beers and “grok the vibe” if you can “dig it.”

Established in 1997, French Broad Brewery built a small brewpub in downtown Asheville before relocating to the Biltmore Village area in 2000. (That brew pub later became Green Man Brewery.)

French Broad has 22 owners, all small investors who love beer and insist on quality. Whatever beer’s left over after they get theirs is sold to the public. — Andy Dahm, French Broad Brewery

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23 BUXTON AVE. GREENMANBREWERY.COM Green Man’s beers were first on tap downtown at its brew pub, Jack of the Wood, which opened in 1997 at 95 Patton Ave. Since then, Green Man Brewing Company has moved, expanded fermentation and (just recently) bottled. The second oldest brewery in Asheville (after Highland Brewing Company) credits its recent success to the high standards and consistency of its head brewer, John Stuart (who has held the position since 2007).

“There’s both an art and a science to brewing beer, but you’ve got to be consistent,” Stuart says.

The brewery’s flagship pint is its hop-heavy IPA. Along with other Green Man ales, the tap room features casks, specialty brews and guest taps. After downing a few legendary ales at the elegant wooden bar, you just might start to believe in the mythical earthy man that gives the company its name. And, with plenty of speciality brews like the company’s full-bodied Black Forest Stout and refreshing Summer Wheat Ale, there’s a good chance that you’ll be enjoying a Green Man for all seasons. — staff

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY

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12 OLD CHARLOTTE HIGHWAY, SUITE H. HIGHLANDBREWING.COM When Oscar Wong founded Highland Brewing Company 18 years ago, his mission was to be “the premier brewery of the Southeast — not the largest or most profitable,” he says. “Our goals are growth and development of staff, resulting in a team of motivated, innovative and productive members of the community. We include fellow workers, customers, suppliers and the region in which we live into our definition of ‘the community.’”

Wong has enjoyed great success with Highland, which is currently the largest local brewer (soon to be displaced by Sierra Nevada, New Belgium and Oskar Blues). Highland runs a “50-barrel Santa Rosa brewhouse,” with an annual capacity of 35,000 barrels, though production peaked at 23,000 barrels in 2011.

Wong’s passion for personal development of staff and community is “enhanced with tasty beer.” Highland’s brews are set apart by their harmonious balance of beer’s “three main elements: malt, hops and alcohol.” The trick is to make those elements work together without one dominating the others.

Highland’s commitment to its community is reflected in its name, a “salute to the Scots Irish who first settled the area around Asheville and the Appalachians.” — staff

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LEXINGTON AVENUE BREWING

39 N. LEXINGTON AVE. LEXAVEBREW.COM “Complex, intense, clean, beautiful, interesting.” These words all mean the same thing to Ben Pierson, brewmaster at Lexington Avenue Brewery: a super-drinkable beer. It’s a goal he sets for all of his brews. “Our beers are not good, they’re great,” he says. “We won’t settle for anything less. Some are mild, some are for the big boys and girls, but if it’s not drinkable, it’s a waste of time and money. If I can’t capture your mind while you’re drinking that beer, you probably won’t want another.”

A relative newcomer to the Asheville brewing scene, LAB is in its third year of operation as a small batch, 15-barrel brewer.

Pierson, who likens starting a brewery to scaling a sheer rock face (“Don’t fall off”) says beer sales have been great. His beers are characterized by his training and commitment to technical precision. “You get down to parts per million with everything.

There are formulas for color, body, bitterness. You do it on paper first, and then it shows up in the glass.” [Editor’s note: Pierson resigned on May 9. The LAB will keep brewing.] — staff

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OYSTER HOUSE BREWING COMPANY

(AT THE LOBSTER TRAP RESTAURANT) 35 PATTON AVE. OYSTERHOUSEBEERS.COM Moonstone Stout doesn’t taste or smell like seafood, but Billy Klingel, head brewer of Oyster House Brewing Company, assures folks that adding some salty mollusks makes the beer — his most popular ale — unique and delicious.

“During the last 20 minutes of the boil, the oysters go into the kettle — the protein you get from the meat of the oyster adds to the body — and you end up with the flavor of a stout that’s a little thicker in the mouth,” he explains. It took Klingel an entire year of home-brewing trial-and-error to get the flavor just right.

The brewery, located inside of downtown restaurant The Lobster Trap, has been serving up pints of its five different ales for the last three years — and not all of them are oyster stouts.

The brewery offers its own Patton Avenue Pale Ale, a Pilsneresque brew, a mild IPA and a brown ale.

Even though it’s a small, half-barrel microbrewery, for Klingel it’s a dream realized. “As a home brewer, you always dream of having your own brewpub, and I like to think our beer can compete in this town.” — staff

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Just past a Swannanoa quarry in a nondescript industrial building is a gem of the local brewing scene, Pisgah Brewing Company. Founded in 2005 and growing steadily ever since, Pisgah is the first and still the only certified organic brewery in the region.

“I like the tightness and diversity of the beer community,” says brewer Ryan Frank. “It keeps things interesting and there’s room for us all to do what we do.”

Its signature Pisgah Pale Ale and Pisgah Porter are staples at bars and restaurants throughout the region. Pisgah Pale Ale is a perfect blend of rich organic malts with whole-leaf chinook and nugget hops, added for a crisp, clean profile.

Since Pisgah opened its outdoor stage in 2010, spending the evenings drinking beer and listening to music has become a tradition for many.

Pisgah Brewing, while maintaining high standards for organic certification, is not afraid of experimenting with ingredients — bacon, blueberries, pepper and chocolate have all been featured ingredients. Pisgah claims to have the hoppiest beer in Buncombe County (Vortex 1). Each year the brewery makes a special beer to celebrate the Lake Eden Arts Festival, right up the road at Camp Rockmont. A current favorite among many is San Francisco Lager, a unique entry in micro brewing. ...

“We make a really good beer on a very small system,” Frank says. “It’s very hands-on here.” — staff

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WEDGE BREWING COMPANY

125B ROBERTS ST. WEDGEBREWING.COM Wedge Brewing opened its doors in 2008, and those doors have since spent most afternoons propped ajar by the lines of beer lovers waiting for a taste of brewer Carl Melissas’ beers.

Both Tim Schaller and Carl Melissas had been kicking around Asheville for a few years — Schaller as a home renovator and Melissas as head brewer for Green Man Brewing — but it took the two of them combining their powers to create beer magic in the form of Wedge Brewing Company.

1836 HENDERSONVILLE ROAD (BREWPUB AT 92 PATTON AVE.) MONKPUB.COM When asked about his passion for brewing, Norm Penn is very straight forward: “Beer is my life,” he says. As head brewer for Thirsty Monk Brewery, Penn brews with an organic vision.

“My background is more from the homebrewing side,” he says.

“You have to learn to learn to deal with a living organism, to keep it happy, and as long as you do, it will make good beer for you. If it’s not happy, there will be issues.”

Penn’s goal is a balance of variety and authenticity. “I focus on trying to nail a specific style,” he says.

Founded in the fall of 2011 as an addition to the popular Thirsty Monk pub, the small-batch brewery already has trouble meeting demand for its beers. Penn says any expansion will have to stay true to his focused, micro-brewing roots.

“Small batches make us more flexible,” he says. “We can really experiment. We don’t have a set lineup, our styles rotate constantly. Never the same thing on tap.” — staff

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Eclectic artist and inventor John Payne and Schaller liked to throw down both beers and ideas at Green Man Brewing, and between beers there and coffee at the River Arts District’s Clingman Café, they came up with the idea of putting a brewery in the basement level of the Wedge building, then owned

by Payne. Naturally, the brewery would also sport the Wedge moniker.

“I liked the laid back scene at Dirty Jack’s. I loved Carl’s beers and I liked the artistic, community environment Payne was creating down in the RAD,” Schaller says.

Schaller says he originally envisioned a tiny tasting room with a few old guys sitting around drinking good beer and telling tales. The tasting room is pretty small, but since opening in 2008, Schaller has upgraded much of the outdoor space to support the multitudes who show up on the Wedge’s doorstep every afternoon for a taste of one of Melissas’ beers. The beers run the gamut from a strong Belgian (Golem) to a hop-forward IPA (Iron Rail) to a crisp Pilsner (Julian Price Pils).

Melissas blames his obsessive-compulsive cleanliness for the popularity and consistency of his brews. “I’m pretty fanatical,” he says. Thank, Ninkasi, the Sumerian Goddess of beer, for that.

— Anne Fitten Glenn

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Osyterhouse Brewing Company’s flagship Moonestone Stout is brewed with five lbs. of oysters per halfbarrel (about 16 gallons of beer).

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Haywood Road #100. Drop into Hops & Vines’ Friday evening tasting with Scott Jennings, Sierra Nevada’s director of research and development.

THURSDAY, MAY 24

5:30 p.m. Hop Lovers Infusion Night. Asheville Brewing Company 77 Coxe Ave. Asheville Brewing Company’s Shiva IPA, infused with five additional hops.

4 p.m. Chatoe Rogue Event.

Thirsty Monk, 92 Patton Ave. First time all four Chatoe Rogues are on draft in the Southeast.

4-8 p.m. Scotty Scavenger Hunt. Highland Brewing Company tasting room, 12 Old Charlotte Highway. Oscar Wong will reveal the first clue to Scotty’s location, beginning the ongoing Beer Week contest. (Scotty is the mascot for Highland Brewing.)

4-7 p.m. Benefit for the family of Ben Harris at Highland Brewing Company Tasting Room. On April 24, Ben passed away due to a keg explosion at Redhook Brewey in New Hampshire. All proceeds from the event will go to the baby fund set up to support his child who is due November.

There will be a silent auction with donations from local breweries.

7 p.m. Bavarian Music Night. Lexington Avenue Brewery (The LAB), 39 N. Lexington Ave. Live Oompah band and German music.

6-9 p.m. Appalachian Trail Fundraiser. Nantahala Brewing Company, 61 Depot St. Bryson City.

Nantahala Brewing hosts a fundraiser for AT Conservancy with live music and a silent auction. $5.

SATURDAY, MAY 26 2 p.m. Just Economics annual “Just Brew-it” Home Brew Competition. Wedge Brewing Co., 125-B Roberts St. Presented by Just Economics at The Wedge. Sample 100-plus different beers from 55-plus brewers. $16.

2 p.m. Hash House Harriers Brew Run. Mountain Sports Festival (Carrier Park) to The Wedge.

The beer/running club’s “open-to-all” brewery run. Free to run.

ASHEVILLE BEERMASTERS FINALS Thursday, May 24, 6:30 p.m. Asheville Brewing Company, 77 Coxe Ave.The first night of Beer Week kicks off with the final competition for the second Asheville Beer Master. Four finalists, who’ve already won a couple beer trivia and local beer tasting rounds, will beg, plead and battle for the title of Asheville Beer Master. Free. Beer not included.

4-8 p.m. Mountain Sports Beer Jam at Mountain Sports Festival.

Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road.

Microbrews and live music at Carrier Park.

6 p.m. West Asheville Can Crawl and Costume Party, to support Hall Fletcher Elementary School.

FRIDAY, MAY 25 3 p.m. Thirsty Monk presents: 21st Amendment Pint Night. Thirsty Monk downtown. Six different 21st Amendment beers on draft plus a cask. Free pint glasses while supplies lasts.

5 p.m. French Broad Cask Night, French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road. French Broad Brewery rolls out some cask beers.

5 p.m. Sierra Nevada Tasting with Scott Jennings. Hops & Vines, 797

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BOOK SIGNING WITH ERIK LARS MYERS Wednesday, May 30. 7:30 p.m. Malaprop’s Bookstore & Café. Free. Book not included. Meet author professional brewer Erik Lars Myers, whose new book “North Carolina Craft Beer and Breweries” is available now. This man probably knows more about North Carolina breweries than almost anyone else.

TUESDAY 5/29 Boulder Beer Pint Night Limited Release

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Includes can specials at Altamont Brewing, Westville Pub and Desoto Lounge.

SUNDAY, MAY 27 1 p.m. Bruisin’ Ales presents: LaZoom Local Beer Run. Special LaZoom comedy tour incorporating Asheville Beer History. Beer from Asheville Brewing and Catawba Valley. $25 at lazoomtours.com.

3-6 p.m. Cornhole Tournament. Thirsty Monk south.

4 p.m. Thirsty Monk presents: Brewery Ommegang. Thirsty Monk downtown. Join Kate Stamps from Brewery Ommegang, featuring Art of Darkness, Zuur and Hennepin on draft.

4 p.m. Beer Week Rootball Championship. The Root Bar, 1410 Tunnel Road. Compete in Rootball and drink microbrews. $10.

8 p.m. Beer Week Trivia Night. Lexington Avenue Brewery. Test your beer knowledge for prizes and fun.

MONDAY, MAY 28 (MEMORIAL DAY) 4 p.m. Thirsty Monk presents: Chimay Pint Night. The Thirsty Monk. A special pint night featuring Chimay Première (bottle) Chimay Grande Réserve (bottle) Chimay Tripel (draft). A representative from Chimay will be on hand to answer your questions.

11 a.m. Southern Tier Day. Mellow Mushroom, 50 Broadway St. All-day specials on Southern Tier Brewing in honor of Asheville Beer Week.

5-8 p.m. Appalachian Vintner Allagash Tap Takeover.

Appalachian Vinter, 745 Biltmore Ave. #121. Les Addis from Allagash Brewing Company will be on hand with samples of some brews.

11:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Tasty Tacos and Tasty Brews. White Duck Taco Shop, 1 Roberts St. White Duck Taco pairs up tacos with Asheville brews.

6 p.m. Flight Night at The Market Place. The Market Place, 20 Wall St. Four hors d’oeuvres paired with four Pisgah beers (6 oz. pours). $16.

4 p.m. Thirsty Monk presents: Dogfish Head Rare Beer and Pint Night. The Thirsty Monk. The Thirsty Monk raids its secret stash of Dogfish kegs, including Immort Ale, Hellhound, Black & Blue, Black & Red, Red & White, Olde School, Faithfull Ale. Free pint glasses while supplies last.

6:30 p.m. Progressive Beer Dinner. Cúrate, 11 Biltmore Ave. Thirsty Monk and Cúrate present a progressive beer dinner.

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4 p.m. Thirsty Monk presents: Gouden Carolus and Straffe Hendrik Pint Night. Thirsty Monk. Experience one of the oldest Breweries in Belgium (1471),

7 p.m. Boulder Beer limited release pint night. Pack’s Tavern.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30 4 p.m. Thirsty Monk presents: Cask of Terrapin’s Easy Rider. Thirsty Monk downtown.

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8 p.m. Rocket Girl Model Search. Asheville Music Hall, 31 Patton Ave. Asheville Brewing selects local beauty to be “Rocket Girl” model for its lager of the same name.

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Moe’s Original Bar B Que, 4 Sweeten Creek Road. Greg Engert, the Washington, D.C.based beer director for The Neighborhood Restaurant Group, teams up with Moe’s Original Bar B Que for a night of beer and food selections. $45, with reservation.

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Saturday, June 2. Roger McGuire Field, noon-6 p.m. This will be the third year this local-centric festival will rock Roger McGuire field in downtown Asheville. The Festival was organized after Asheville’s first win in the online Beer City, USA, poll in 2010. The Asheville Brewers Alliance teamed up with Brewgrass organizers to put on a slightly smaller festival, featuring 32 breweries, live rock music and local food. Tickets for the fest are sold only locally, not online. In addition to many Southeastern breweries, this year’s festival will include Lagunitas Brewing of California and Surly Brewing of Minnesota. Surly’s beers aren’t currently distributed in North Carolina. Tickets are available at local breweries, Bruisin’ Ales and Barley’s. $40, cash only.

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5:50-8:30 p.m. Scotty’s Scavenger Hunt. Highland Brewing Company tasting room.

4 p.m. Thirsty Monk presents: Stone Pint Night featuring Rare Stone Beers. Thirsty Monk downtown. Join Scott Sheridan from Stone Brewing for some rare Stone beers. Free pint glasses while supplies lasts.

6 p.m. LAB Beer Dinner.

Lexington Avenue Brewery.

Delicious pairings from the chef at the LAB. Ticketed.

5 p.m. Beer Week Brew Release Party. Asheville Brewing Company. Ryan Burac from Asheville Brewing creates a tasty beer just for Asheville Beer Week.

6 p.m. Lone Rider Cask Night at Brixx Pizza in Biltmore Park.

Join Brixx Pizza as they present a rare extra special ESB cask from the Lone Rider Brewery from Raleigh, N.C. Paul Breeding from Lone Rider will tap the cask.

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SINK IT AND DRINK IT Thursday, May 31. 5 to 8 p.m. $50 registration for team of four. Want to drink beer and play mini golf at the same time in downtown Asheville? Yes, you do.

Mountain Xpress and Sweet Tee Mini Golf present the Sink It and Drink It puttputt crawl. Get your team of four together, and make your way around nine participating downtown restaurants and bars. Play the hole, record the team’s best score. Awards ceremony at Asheville Brewing Co. on Coxe Avenue from 8 to 9 p.m.

Tavern and AIR present BeerChef! Pack’s Tavern.

Eight Belgian and Belgian-style beers paired with eight AIR chef-inspired gourmet dishes.

Special guests Brian Grossman and Terence Sullivan from Sierra Nevada, and Grady Hull from New Belgium. $85 at beerchef. eventbrite.com.

4-8 p.m. Asheville’s oldest brewery meets America’s oldest brewery. Highland Brewing company (taproom).

Leah Wong Ashburn and Jennifer Yuengling represent the next generation of family-owned breweries.

Includes a beer gear raffle benefitting MANNA FoodBank at 7:30 p.m.

Secret B-Sides play 6-8 p.m.

7 p.m. The Duck Rabbit Brewery Hoppy Bunny release pint night. Pack’s Tavern. Duck Rabbit’s Hoppy Bunny presented by Robert Owen from the brewery.

4 p.m. Bruisin’ Ales presents: Beer Cocktails and Tapas. Zambra, 85 W. Walnut St. Zambra welcomes Dogfish Head, New Holland and Rogue by way of Bruisin’ Ales. Á la carte event.

7:30 p.m. Meet Author Erik Lars Myers. Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café, 55 Haywood St. Author of North Carolina Craft Beer and Breweries.

4 p.m. Bruisin’ Ales and Thirsty Monk presents: Colorado Tap Takeover. Thirsty Monk. Best breweries from Colorado set up shop at the Thirsty Monk. Free pint glasses and swag while supplies last.

THURSDAY, MAY 31 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Barley’s Special Keg Night. Barley’s Taproom and Pizzeria.

4 p.m. Jacobin Blending Seminar. Thirsty Monk. Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge Seminar: A Blending of Lambics.

4-7 p.m. Home Brewer’s Night. Hops & Vines. Meet Erik Lars Myers, author and craft brewer.

5 p.m. Foothills Night. Universal Joint, 784 Haywood Road. Cask and special Foothills beer, plus Asheville beer specials and free pint glass with purchase.

6:30 - 9 p.m. New Brewery on the block? The Wedge.

Asheville’s Newest Brewery announces name, site and projected opening date. Meet the owners and brewers of the newest addition to the Asheville Brewing family.

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6 p.m. $5 Night at Lexington Avenue Brewery. Free live music with $5 food buffet along with beer specials. $5.

6-9 p.m. Mountain Safari and Beers. Asheville Brewing Company. Fundraiser for The Nature Center and Rufus the Red Wolf. $40.

6 p.m. North Carolina premiere of Sierra Nevada/ Russian River BRUX. Thirsty Monk. Russian River and Sierra Nevada Collaboration Release.

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6:30 p.m. Posana Beer Dinner. Posana Café, 1 Biltmore Ave. Posana Cafe creates a menu paired with Asheville breweries. $60.

7 p.m. North Versus South.

Barley’s Taproom and Pizzeria.

Northern beers versus Southern beers competition.

7 p.m. Foothills Brewing pint night. Pack’s Tavern.

FRIDAY, JUNE 1 4:30 p.m. 420 Friday! Bar Hopper Takeover: Benefit for “Save The French Broad.” Asheville Bar Hopper, avlbarhopper.com. Let the Bar Hopper take you to all the fun events happening in town while you raise money for Sweetwater’s “Save The French Broad” Campaign.

5-7 p.m. Bruisin’ Ales presents: Mystery Brewing Growler Launch with Erik Lars Myers. Bruisin’ Ales. In true Mystery fashion, the tasting lineup and available growlers are announced prior to the event, so stay tuned at mysterybrewing. com.

5 p.m. Desoto Lounge presents: Big Boss Brewing Company Tap Takeover, Meet the Brewer, Pint Night and Optional Pinball Jamboree.

Desoto Lounge, 504 Haywood Road.

Big Boss Brewing Company’s head brewer Robert McInerny and brewery representative Sara Godsey visit the West Asheville bar.

5 p.m. Hops & Vines presents: Breckenridge Brewery tasting with Kurt Volker. Hops & Vines. Drop in to Hops & Vines’ free Friday evening tasting and sample the beers of Breckenridge Brewery.

Chat with Kurt Volker, director of operations, about the beers you are sampling and the day to day business.

5 p.m.-10 p.m. Foothills night.

Mellow Mushroom. Cask and all foothills beer on special plus free pint glass with purchase, while supplies last.

6 p.m. New Belgium Tasting.

Barley’s Taproom and Pizzeria.

New Belgium Tasting of Lips of Faith Tart Lychee, and meet the brewer.

6 p.m Third Annual Local Cask Night. The Thirsty Monk.

Asheville’s breweries bring their best beers in casks.

7 p.m. Yuengling pint night.

Pack’s Tavern. Yuengling pint night with Jennifer Yuengling.

7-10 p.m. Thirsty Monk presents: Surly Brewing tasting and Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity fundraiser.

Thirsty Monk. A special tasting from Surly Brewing Company to benefit Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity. Surly is currently only distributed in Minnesota. All the money raised from this tasting will go toward “The House that Beer Built.”

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ASHEVILLE BREWS CRUISE For the entire 11 days, Brews Cruise will offer behind-the-scenes looks at three or four Asheville breweries. Learn about the science and magic of fermentation and, of course, quaff “generous” samples of fresh beer. Offering both walking and mobile cruises. $45. All week. Check ashevillebrewscruise.com for more details.

7:30 p.m. Thirsty Monk presents: Meet Tim Matthews of Oskar Blues Brewery. The Thirsty Monk. Join Tim Matthews, brewer and firkin meister at Oskar Blues Brewery, as he taps a Firkin of Double Dry Hopped G’Knight.

SATURDAY, JUNE 2 Noon-6 p.m. Third Annual Beer City Festival. Roger McGuire Green, downtown Asheville. Third Annual Celebration at Roger McGuire Green. Hosted by Asheville Brewers Alliance. Showcasing the best beers brewed in the Carolinas. Fundraiser for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of WNC and the Asheville Brewers Alliance. $40.

3 p.m. Thirsty Monk presents: The Bruery Mini TapTakeover with Jonas Nemura. The Thirsty Monk. Join the Thirsty Monk as we welcome Jonas Nemura (director of sales) from The Bruery. Jonas is bringing with him some special kegs and bottles for the event.

SUNDAY, JUNE 3 1 p.m. Bruisin’ Ales presents: LaZoom Local Beer Run. Special LaZoom comedy tour incorporating Asheville Beer

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2 p.m. Blind Pig supper club presents Battle Food Truck.

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Blind Pig supper club presents the Battle Food Truck at Pisgah Brewing Company. (A percentage of proceeds goes to MANNA FoodBank.) Sold out.

7 p.m. Admiral Wedge Dinner. The Admiral, 400 Haywood Road. The Admiral and Wedge Brewing join forces.

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ONGOING EVENTS The Lobster Trap Restaurant will be offering a new cask every day of Asheville Beer Week.

Highland Brewing Company will be doing an all beer-week-long “Scotty’s Scavenger Hunt” with people searching all over town for some specialty labeled beers.

For more information, visit mountainx.com/beer. Stay in the loop throughout Beer Week through the following networks: Facebook: facebook.com/AVLBeerWeek/ event; Twitter: @AVLBeerWeek, #AVLBeerWeek; the Asheville Beer Week mobile app (iPhone/ Android); and Untappd Badge.

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CAN'T POSSIBLY BE TRUE Herman Wallace, 70, and Albert Woodfox, 65, have been held in solitary confinement (only one hour a day outside) since 1972 in the Louisiana State Prison at Angola, after being convicted (via flimsy evidence and a convenient prison snitch) of killing a guard. A third convict for the murder, Robert King, who was in solitary for 29 years but then released, explained to BBC News in an April dispatch what it's like to live inside 54 square feet for 23 hours a day, for over 14,000 straight days.

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QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENTS On Feb. 1st, the New Jersey Honor Legion — a civic association with more than 6,000 members in law enforcement — nominated Frank DiMattina as "Citizen of the Month" for offering his catering hall in Woodbridge, N.J., numerous times for gatherings of police and firefighters. The nomination came three weeks after DiMattina (also known as "Frankie D") was convicted of shaking down a rival bidder for a school-lunch cont ract in New York City. Federal prosecutors told the New York Daily News that DiMattina is mobbed up — an associate of the Genovese family's John "Johnny Sausage" Barbato.

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT • In January, Ms. Navey Skinner, 34, was charged with robbing the Chase Bank in Arlington, Wash., after passing a teller a note that read, "Put the money in the bag now or (d) ie." According to investigators, Skinner subsequently told them she had been thinking about robbing a bank and then, while inside the Chase Bank, "accidentally robbed" it.

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• In April, Arizona (recently the home of cuttingedge legislation) almost set itself up for the impossible task of trying to prohibit any "annoy(ing)" or "offen(sive)" or "profane" language on the Internet. The state House passed the bill, which was endorsed 30-0 by the state Senate, ostensibly to make an anti-stalking telephone regulation applicable to "digital" communications. (Just as the bill was about to go to the governor for signature, sponsors suddenly realized the futility of the bill's directives, and on April 4th, withdrew it.)

FINE POINTS OF THE LAW • Finally, a nationally prominent judge has taken on prison "nutriloaf" as a constitutional issue. In March, U.S. Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner reinstated a dismissed lawsuit by a Milwaukee County Jail inmate who claimed that the mystery meat gave him an "anal fissure." Posner wrote that the lower courts needed to rule on whether the food of indeterminate content is "cruel and unusual punishment," since (citing a Wikipedia entry) an anal fissure seems "no fun at all."

• Gay Rights in Limbo: (1) The Missouri House of Representatives, after several times rejecting "sexual orientation" as one of the legally prohibited categories of discrimination, managed to find another category in March (to join "race," "religion" and so forth) that is deserving of special protection: licensed concealed-weapons carriers. (2) The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in April that Joshua Coman, convicted of having sex with a dog, does not have to register as a sex offender. Activists had urged that the sodomy law on which Coman was convicted be declared unconstitutional, since it appears to equate human-animal sex with man-man and womanwoman sex. However, the Court declined, instead noting that Coman had been convicted of a misdemeanor and that only felons are required to register.

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The WNC area is a new craft-beer hot spot.

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New Belgium Brewery's planned move near the river in the next couple of years is a boon to the area, say most RAD-dwellers. Asheville will give New Belgium $3.5 million in tax reimbursements over seven years, as long as the brewery invests $175 million in its property. The city will also put more than half a million dollars into the infrastructure of the RAD to accommodate the resulting spike in industry and tourism.

New Belgium officials recently hosted a town hall-style forum during which its reps attempted to address questions and concerns from locals, many of whom are united in the effort to ensure the area does not lose its character.

CORNERSTONE OF COMMUNITY Local artist John Payne owned the Wedge Building until he passed away in 2008. His friend, Tim Schaller, built the Wedge brewery on the lower floor because he felt at home among the artists working in the iconic building. “This is pretty good,” he says, “to make a living, have a place where they can't throw me out of the bar and be able to walk over to Clingman [Café] and eat.” On particularly nice days, the line of people waiting for pints at the brewery snakes out of the door. “If you do what you believe in, you might be surprised — other people might like it, too,” Schaller says.

Artist Josh Copus, who also bartends at the Wedge, once made an art installation out of bricks stamped with the word "community."

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placed a few near the foundation of the Wedge, incorporating one into the wall of his taproom. He’s invested the River Arts District community, and he thinks New Belgium will be a great asset, but wonders what it means for the future of the neighborhood.

The exterior of the Wedge is part postindustrial train yard, part sculpture-studded beer garden, in view of both artist studios and abandoned buildings. “It’s not slick yet, and hopefully we can keep it that way,” Schaller says. “I don’t want to be saying five years from now, ‘Remember when it was cool here?’ That really is the fear.”

But various projects have begun to gather steam since New Belgium announced plans to break ground by the river. Plans are in the works for new restaurants. Some are rumors, such as the gossip that the so-called ice factory (abandoned and covered in epic graffiti) will be renovated into a workable building. But there's no denying that the values of real estate are rising down here.

The city is slated to reassess property values next year, which has owners wondering what will happen. "If assessments go up to what they could here, somebody's going to have to make up the difference in the taxes," Schaller notes. He acknowledges that it takes money to build a good city, and he praises Asheville for its interest in greenways. But, if everyone has to pay more taxes, and rents have to be raised, could art be priced right out of the arts district?

"The question is: Can we keep this an artist district?" Schaller says.

"Because, if you go to the Chamber, they tell you they send the trolleys down here because one of the things that makes [us] different than Indianapolis is having an arts district. If you lose the arts district, then you're going to lose tourism."

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The Junction restaurant and bar has only been open for a year, but owners Tanya and Charles Triber are counted among the Depot Street pioneers, along with Randy Shull and Hedy Fischer of Pink Dog Creative, Chall Gray of The Magnetic Field and others. "While most people thought we were crazy, we were willing to invest everything we had into a restaurant, which is already fairly insane, on a street where no one came," Charles says. "Eighteen months ago, there was zero foot traffic here at night."

When rumors of New Belgium began circulating, the Tribers knew it would be transformational for the district — and also validate their gamble.

"We looked at each other and said, 'Wow, we were more right than we thought,'" Tanya says. "To see a company of their reputation and their size not only pick Asheville, but this neighborhood, and say it's a great fit with their mission gives me goosebumps."

But Tanya and Charles echo Schaller’s concerns. "I think if there's any dark cloud on the horizon, it's that the property values have already increased down here and usually what that translates into is that taxes go up, and then rent rates increase," Tanya says. "We're a small, familyowned business, and it's not in our best interest for our rates to go up in the first two years of our existence.” She adds that The Junction will be better equipped to handle the tax increase because of the likely increase in business. An independent artist may have a harder time.

The Tribers moved to Asheville from Portland, Ore., a city that handled gentrification while maintaining its identity.

"And we think there's a lot of old soul down here," Charles says. "We think the River Arts District has a chance to develop differently. We think there is a possibility that the artists can maintain the integrity of the area because they've had so much time to invest and marinate."

The artists, diversity of business in the RAD and the inherent beauty of Asheville ("even from the Target parking lot,” Tanya says) is obviously part of what makes the area so attractive to businesses like New Belgium.

"To that degree, they would have really missed out if they'd have chosen Philly," Tanya laughs. "We would have been sad for a few minutes and then someone else would have taken that space. But I'm glad it's them.

This would be a totally different [story] if it were Coors or Budweiser or somebody without the same company philosophy that New Belgium has.

They're a great fit."

"This is an experience that's very unique to watch and be a part of," Charles adds. "The same people that were here in the first days telling us we were crazy are the same folks coming in here now and telling us we're brilliant. We went from insanity to brilliance in one year.”

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Captain of the Wedge: Tim Schaller wants to keep the Wedge Building artist-friendly, he says.

NO BONES ABOUT IT Sabra Kelley and Thomas Montgomery opened the now-famous 12 Bones Smokehouse on Riverside Drive late in 2005, after a long spate of construction on what was then a flood-ruined cinderblock building. At the time, Kelley says, many thought they'd never make it. Now, Kelley and Montgomery are often credited with leading the charge for eateries in the area.

“We were just banking on the folks driving by, going to the dump or going to the highway," she says. “When we first moved down here, there were artists down there, but it was not a destination spot."

Kelly and Montgomery say they originally hoped to feed 125 people a day. Now, it's not unusual to see 700 customers. The record so far is nearly 900, a number the restaurant hit after Barack Obama's visit in 2010.

The couple has had time to process their popularity with the president, but Kelley says the New Belgium announcement is still surprising — especially considering the location of the river. "I know what dealing with floodplain issues means, because we've gone through it," she says. "Bless their hearts for going there. Breweries, in general, do a good job of adaptive reuse, and I think it's a really good fit."

Distinguished neighbors aside, the area still retains its charming (and sometimes not-so-charming) grittiness. “To be honest with you, there are still hookers in our parking lot sometimes, so it's not that fancy," Kelley laughs.

Funkiness, she says, is part of the area's character. Kelley bristles when people suggest that the area needs to be “cleaned up.”

"If you clean it all up, it just looks like everything else," she says.

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What to expect? Beginning at 8 a.m. on the restaurant’s lawn (aka TAP on the Green), shop upward of 30 vendor booths for antiques, collectibles of all types, repurposed furniture, plants, vintage clothing, jewelry and local art and crafts while being serenaded by local music that leans toward the soulful Southern. And, for more fun, there will be live music from Caroline Pond on Saturday and Jake Wolf on Sunday (both play at 10 a.m.).

Gone are the flea-market food trucks, but TAP offers a full breakfast, as well as a bloody mary bar which you may take full advantage of all day Saturday. This being North Carolina, however, remember you can’t have liquor until noon on Sunday.

In the meantime, you may also choose to grab one of the to-go coffees or continental breakfast-style offerings the restaurant will have for sale and meander through the rows of antiques while noshing on a flaky, buttery croissant. Sounds good, no? “I won’t sell croissants if they’re not good — I’m kind of picky about my croissants,” says Jenny Henegan, who owns the restaurant with her husband, Mark. “We’ll also have muffins and little miniquiches that we can sell — little things people can eat while they’re walking around.”

Audrey McMurry, founder of the market, is looking forward to its revival in a new location, she says.

“It’s been great to keep in touch with the vendors from last year who are excited to come back, and there’s a lot of new people coming out of the woodwork. It’s awesome — it was like a big, weird family last year, and it really worked.”

TAP is located at 175 Clingman Ave., across from the Grey Eagle.

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If the plight of the artists doesn't move you, consider the barbecue — and its heretofore very reasonable price. "We've been here for so long that we're kind of grandfathered in, but that could change any second," Kelley says. "You're not going to get cheap pork if the rent goes through the roof.”

DUCK TALES Ben Mixson and wife Laura Reuss considered many locations for their White Duck Taco Shop.

"For whatever reason, nothing really worked," says Mixson.

Then the couple met John Bryant, a local developer who saw a potential for affordable artist studios in the historic Hatchery Building on Roberts Street, and also thought an inexpensive taqueria might be a nice fit. When construction on White Duck began there in 2011, police officers were posted across the street near the recently reopened Hillcrest Pedestrian Bridge, waiting for trouble that didn't come.

It was a bold move for a young couple fresh from Utah. "We took a huge gamble. We didn't know if people would want to come down here at all," Mixson laughs.

But they surely have. Mixson estimates that the restaurant feeds 500 to 600 people a day.

In a few years, New Belgium will set up shop right across the river. How that might affect his restaurant, Mixson can't say.

"It's already bringing a lot of attention down here, and as far visitors and traffic and things like that, it's going to be a big change," Mixson says. "And I know they're in the process of trying to figure out what kind of improvements they want to put in, as far as bike lanes and walking paths. From a pedestrian perspective, that's great."

The RAD has been good to the duo; they recently announced plans to add another eatery to their tiny taco empire.

Soon, it may hard to replicate the success of even relative newcomers like Mixson and Ruess. It's hard to tell when the building boom will end, but the cheap property boom may be almost over.

Mixson estimates that New Belgium may bring 100,000 visitors to the RAD per year.

"That's good for the River Arts District and it's really good for the city," he says. "And I think that the majority of the credit should go to the artists that were here for 20 years before."

FROM CRIMINAL TO BEAUTIFUL To the untrained eye, the potential of the nearly 2-acre 233 Riverside Drive property that Matt Logan purchased last year is hard to see — one small building on the property, for example, is rumored to have been a crack den. "There was, at least, some criminal activity there," says Logan, who also owns 5 Walnut Wine Bar downtown.

Facing the river will be a new bar and restaurant, built out of recycled shipping containers.

Even with the hot midday sun beating down, a breeze blowing from the river cools a large expanse of lawn, where Logan will one day have benches and picnic tables, a greenhouse and raised organic gardens. Space has also been

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When Logan was considering the Riverside space, rumors were already swirling around the nearby Craven Street property where New Belgium is set to build. "I knew that they were trying to get someone there, and it was a dream come true, obviously, to have New Belgium [come] there," he says. "It's an incredible company and I think they're going to do incredible things for the river area."

Whichever way the wind blows, Logan says, change is coming — and it's partially up to the property owners to ensure stable and positive growth. “Who knows what other businesses, good or bad, may come," he says.

"It's important to me to respect all of the River Arts District people who were already here. I want to keep this property pristine, beautiful and Asheville-friendly. To me, the value is in keeping it beautiful.”

SECOND-BUSIEST CAFE IN THE RAD Trip and Pamela Howell bought Clingman Cafe from Damien Cavicchi in 2007. Shortly afterward, Pamela bought Trip a bumper sticker with the Clingman logo. It read “The second-busiest restaurant in the River Arts District.” It was a joke at the time — 12 Bones was already booming and there really wasn’t any other competition to speak of. “Good thing Trip never put it on his car,” Pamela says.

Now, a half dozen restaurants (along with a couple of dozen more galleries and businesses) make up the River Arts District Business Association. The group’s first meeting was

almost exactly a year ago. The association is focused on some of the issues that may arise from New Belgium's arrival, Trip says.

"Ninety-nine-point-nine percent of the people that you talk to around here are really excited," says Trip. "In the whole scheme of things, if you had to define a corporate entity that could come here, a beer player that is environmentally conscious, promotes recycling — you look at their brewery in Colorado and [know] that it could work here. It's a nice fit."

Even so, concern for the area’s vibrant culture among gentrification remains among the RADBA members. Though property prices aren’t likely to remain bottom-dollar, control of some sort is necessary, they say. “We can’t have it skyrocket to where the only people that can afford to be here is Williams and Sonoma. We are having this discussion now," he says, "And we have a little time, as well as history from other areas. I'm not anti-development, but ... the reason that people come here is because it's so unique — you can't duplicate this in any other town. They can get Charlotte in Charlotte," Trip says.

"That should be our slogan," says Pamela.

Most people in the RAD feel that New Belgium ended up on the winning end, she says. “And certainly they did their research of the area; I don't think they'd pick a place they want to change. But I love the defensiveness of this area: Everybody's welcome, just remember why this place is what it is. It’s a nourishing place for artists that's affordable. It's a community. And if you don't have that attitude, it just stands out.” X

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WRITING HOME

N.C. NATIVE WILEY CASH TURNED HOMESICKNESS INTO A LITERARY DEBUT

BY ALLI MARSHALL There’s a passage in in Wiley Cash’s debut novel, A Land More Kind Than Home, where Madison County sheriff Clem Barefield says, “Most people up here claim they’ve got Irish or Scottish or some kind of blood in them, and I think that’s probably true, especially if you listen to all the folks who’ll drive up here from the universities to tell you all about the culture they say’s disappearing.”

Which is funny, especially if you’ve lived in Western North Carolina for a while, or have watched a PBS special on local accents, or have tried to figure out the correct pronunciation of Leicester.

But the passage — and the whole book (equal parts character sketch, Southern fiction and thriller) — is less about cultural irony and more about homesickness.

“I was living in Asheville right before I moved to Louisiana. When I got down there, I was desperately homesick,” says Cash, who grew up in North Carolina but went to graduate school in Lafayette. He discovered that by writing about the familiar landscape, he could “kind of go back there.”

It was Cash’s fiction professor, Ernest Gaines, who suggested that Cash parlay his homesickness into prose. “He said, ‘You can go back if you recreate it. If you can imagine it, it’s just as real as being there,’ and he was right,” says Cash.

Land was begun in 2004, as a short story told from the perspective of Ben Hall, the father of an autistic boy who perishes during a church service. The completed novel has three narrators — elderly midwife Adelaide Lyle, 9-year old Jess Hall (the brother of the dead boy) and Clem, the sheriff. Ben didn’t make the cut because Cash says he had “trouble with the immediacy of losing a child. I couldn’t put words to that.”

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shrouded-in-secrecy tradition of an Appalachian snake-handling church. It’s within the confines of that spiritual community, run by a zealous preacher with a troubled past (he’s badly burned from a meth lab explosion, but tells his parishioners that “the hand of God Almighty has come down and set his body afire to purify him from the sins of the world”) that Stump, the autistic boy, is suffocated while the believers attempt to heal him.

Cash says that the idea was inspired by a news story about an autistic boy in Chicago who was smothered during an AfricanAmerican faith-healing service. Cash wanted to use that in his fiction, but he didn’t feel comfortable setting the tale in Chicago, an unfamiliar place to him. Instead, he called to mind the Appalachian scenery he knew so well. As for the snake-handling church, The Holy Ghost People (a documentary about a Pentecostal community) and Cash’s own Southern Baptist upbringing helped.

“You seek to understand what compels someone to do that, and in seeking to understand, you see the things in yourself that don’t make sense to other people,” he says.

“They’re picking up snakes and drinking poison. But I’m watching reality TV and getting the same charge.”

In truth, Land doesn’t explain (or even attempt to explain) the snake-handling tradition. That provoking detail serves to propel the unfolding drama. But the heart of the book is its characters’ unique voices and back stories, from Adelaide’s foray into Asheville as a young woman looking for work in the tobacco warehouses, to Jess’s adventures hunting salamanders in a mountain creek.

Cash says that his next book, already in the works, is set in Gastonia where he grew up. “I love putting places that I know on the page and thinking long and hard about, ‘What did that restaurant smell like? How hot was that parking lot in summer?’” He says that writers who are unmoored don’t appeal to him; he wants to follow in the tradition of Thomas Wolfe and (more recently) Ron Rash — writers who conjure a distinct sense of place; writers for whom place is as much of a character as the people in their novels.

“When I went to grad school to become a writer, I had no idea what kind of a writer I was,” Cash says. Until he started writing about N.C. — the very place he says he’s still trying to get back to. “I can’t imagine caring about another place as much,” he says. X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@ mountainx.com.

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Following in the tradition of Thomas Wolfe: Cash is looking to conjure a distinct sense of place, which he does in A Land More Kind Than Home.

THE THOMAS WOLFE SOCIETY RETURNS TO ASHEVILLE The Thomas Wolfe Society holds its 34th annual meeting at the Renaissance Hotel on Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19 (the last time the conference was held in Wolfe’s birthplace was in 2007). This year’s theme is, “Thomas Wolfe and Appalachia” and, according to a press release, “presenters will consider how Wolfe’s fiction manifests Appalachian politics, sociology, folkways, philosophies, and aesthetics.” Wiley Cash and Terry Roberts both give readings as part of the conference’s events (which also include featured speaker Mark de Castrique, “whose novel, Blackman’s Coffin, is set in Asheville and draws on the world of Thomas Wolfe” and a readers’ theater production of Wolfe’s one-act play, The Mountains.)

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BY KYLE SHERARD For some, The Essential Idea: Robert Motherwell’s Graphic Works will appear as a collection of talentless blobs and scribbles.

For others, the works are a testament to the heights of American Modernism. And for the printmakers, this exhibition will serve as an ode to the medium’s variety and form.

This show presents a collection of lithographies, collages and etchings spanning the entirety of the artist’s career. It’s the first of its kind for our end of the state, or at least since the artist left Black Mountain College in the early 1950s. The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh owns multiple Motherwell works, mostly paintings. But for Asheville and the rest of Western North Carolina, this exhibition is the largest and most comprehensive showing of his work to date.

Motherwell is best known as a first generation Abstract Expressionist, working alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Lee Krasner, among others. “He became a spokesperson for his generation because he was a writer and a critic,” says Cole Hendrix, the exhibition’s curator. Despite his de facto role, it was printmaking that entranced Motherwell, and he dedicated the latter half of his life to the medium.

Motherwell was nothing short of obsessed by the textures that printmaking, and therefore paper variety, allowed. “He was committed to exploring what printmaking could do that painting couldn’t,” Hendrix explains.

This led to a lifetime of exploring the textures of plates and stones and experimenting with etching processes.

Take for instance the “Soot-Black Stone” series, six mostly black lithographs lining the north wall of the gallery. These works bring out the stone-ness of the stone. There’s jagged and crumbled textures he’s created that

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by Robert Motherwell, who was an artist, writer and critic. would otherwise be smooth stone. Looking at the “Soot-Black Stone” prints you can see gaping scars carved and etched into surface.

They hover in front of thin, vertically oriented gestural lines.

Various titles throughout the show also reflect regions he visited, historical moments and even his favorite authors and books.

There’s a grouping in the name of T.S. Elliot and the “Ulysses Series,” a group of prints that loosely depict scenes from the James Joyce novel. They are small prints entitled “Cyclops,” “Midnight” and “The Streets,” all set against pale, pastel olives, aquas and rose backgrounds.

A few works earn names such as “Paris Suite” and “Africa Suite.” The “Paris Suite” has the look of interior design mock-ups that have isolated orbs of black ink. It seems random at first, but the markings grant the piec-

es an active foreground and give the works added depth. The two prints that make up this small cross-section of the “Africa Suite” consist of fleshy pale pink backgrounds covered by fluid swaths of black. Compared to the former series, these are entirely flattened works, void of space, but beautifully composed.

Motherwell’s prints can stand alone, but it’s to the viewers’ advantage to have the context that a series provides, especially when the works are this abstract. The bulk of the exhibition is grouped not only by date, but by color. Motherwell’s work largely revolves around stark contrasts of black and white, or color in the place of white. And as such, you should view the different series as isolated but also as part of the greater exhibition.

There are a few loners, namely two pinned up against the entryway. They serve as meager fillers for a space that would otherwise be empty.

There’s a delicate balance found in the show’s repetition, one that so uniquely characterizes printmaking. Start by looking at the prints up close, seeing through their layering and the scarred etching surfaces. Then back up, and see the rectangular repetitions that create an entirely new work.

LAST-MINUTE PLANS The most impressive work in the show is the entire show itself: it materialized in less than three months. (Museum shows usually take months, even years, to plan.)

Frank Thomson, AAM’s head curator, was planning an exhibition that focused on maps. The show featured several high-dollar loans, but when a major source of funding didn’t come through, Thomson was forced to push the show back. Doing so maintains the show’s integrity and wholeness in the months to come. And in a last-minute pull to fill the gap, Thomson turned to Hendrix to work on an interim filler show.

Hendrix started piecing together works in mid-December with what she deemed “overly gracious” assistance from the Dedalus Foundation. The museum has been in an ongoing dialogue with the Dedalus Foundation concerning the purchase of a Motherwell painting for their permanent collection. The foundation, aside from offering annual individual and institutional grants,

WHAT IS THE DEDALUS FOUNDATION? Motherwell founded the Dedalus Foundation in 1981 to “foster public understanding of Modern Art and Modernism.” The name comes from the Greek mythological craftsman/artisan, Daedalus.

But Motherwell, a James Joyce fanatic, adopted the spelling of Stephen Dedalus, the protagonist in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Motherwell, much like the Stephen Dedalus, left his studies at Columbia to pursue a life as an artist.

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Because the show was last minute, there was barely a budget for it. “Dedalus loaned us most of the work, entirely free of charge,” Hendrix says. The museum’s exhibition preparator, Dean Butckovitz, drove to New York to get the works, saving on shipping.

The show essentially operated on a budget that hinged on state-by-state gasoline prices.

Once the work was selected and delivered, Hendrix, with assistance from Butckovitz, pieced together the show amidst the chaos of the museum’s expansion project.

The Essential Idea is Hendrix’s second major printmaking exhibition since arriving at the museum in 2007, the first being last year’s WPA exhibition. Her background in 1950s and ‘60s American painting largely sidesteps printmaking. And while most artists from the early- to mid-20th century worked with printmaking for short periods, it so rarely became a lifetime passion, the way it did with Motherwell.

For a curator who readily admits that “prints aren’t my thing,” the exhibition suggests otherwise. X Kyle Sherard can be reached at kyle.sherard@ gmail.com.

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NOTHING SECRET ABOUT SECRET AGENT 23 SKIDOO

BY PAUL CLARK Daniel Judson was trying to wrap up the hallway shots. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo kept calling for more takes — he wanted to nail the stunt on his skateboard.

Judson, an Asheville filmmaker who prizes efficiency on the set, clearly wanted to move on.

Evening was approaching, and the light and exterior possibilities outside Ira B. Jones Elementary School were starting to diminish. Looking at his phone, Judson sighed and restarted Skidoo’s “Gotta Be You,” the subject of the music video shoot. He lowered his camera to the level of the highly polished floor and got into position.

Skidoo, sharp in a snazzy fedora, starting to get his board rhythm back, executed a perfect kick flip. But after a tremulous second fighting for balance, his purple Adidas lost their grip and thudded to the floor “Let’s go,” Skidoo said, shaking his head like a DJ keeping time. So he missed — it doesn’t have to be perfect. He’s gotta be him.

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo was filming the video in support of Make Believers, his new CD that he’ll celebrate May 20 at the Orange Peel. The

He makes believers: Skidoo’s gotta be him, and it’s a message he’s sending along with his danceable beats.

WHO Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

WHAT CD-release party

WHERE The Orange Peel

WHEN May 20 (2:30 p.m. $7, free for 3 and under)

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first release of his new label Underground Playground Records, the CD took him two and a half months to write and followed his usually creative format — the idea first, the music next, the song last. As with his other two CDs, he called in a lot of local musicians to help him, including Kellin Watson, Jonathan Scales, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Secret B-Sides and Mad Tea (formerly Mad Tea Party).

The sound is different this time, though — not just drum machine, hip-hop beats and instrumental loops, but more old-school, golden-age hip-hop, all set on top of funk, swing, salsa and surf rock.

Skidoo has done “kid-hop” for about five years. It started when GFE, a big-kid band he’s also in, was taking a break. He’d had some ideas for kid’s music, and what with his daughter Saki growing up, the timing was perfect — especially because Saki, at 5, was rapping and mixing herself (as MC Fireworks, she has toured all over the United States with her father and has had a No. 1 hit on SiriusXM’s Kid’s Place Live). Kid-hop was a good way for Skidoo to mix music and family (his wife Bootysattva sings), particularly since a lot of buddy beats at the time were bad.

“What Vanilla Ice did to white hip-hop, Barney did for kid’s music,” Skidoo said in a voice as smooth as it is low. “People think of kid’s music as simple and sugary sweet and dumbed down.

My kid grew up listening to Queen, Bob Marley and the Beatles — amazing bands with amazing songs.”

But they don’t speak to a kid’s experience, so Skidoo, called Cactus by his friends and Joel Sullivan by his relatives, decided he’d do the rapping. Since then, he’s played Lollapalooza, the Smithsonian and Austin City Limits.

The Orange Peel show also features juggling by the 40 Fingers & A Missing Tooth, hula hooping by the Asheville Hoops Troupe, mini golf

by Sweet Tee Mini Golf, balloon twisting by the Jolly Balloonsmith and ice cream by Ultimate Ice Cream.

His music is about respect and self-respect and letting kids know that what they may consider their weirdness is probably something to be proud of. Realizing you’re different means you’re figuring out who you are, Skidoo tells them. Hip-hop, which is more spoken than sung, is the perfect delivery system because it too is different, weird and colorful, which is what all of us can be if we let the magic happen, Skidoo says.

“My hip-hop is a super high-energy show with lots of dancing and big, thumping beats,” he said. “The kids love that — it’s on par with their energy level.” X Paul Clark can be reached at paulgclark@charter. net.

SPRING STYLE

BY ALLI MARSHALL Not too long ago someone painted (and I paraphrase) “Cars stink, ride a bike,” on the I-240 overpass at Lexington Avenue. And while most of us can agree that car exhaust is smelly, four wheels often seem like the most convenient way to get from point A to point B. But Strive Not To Drive planners hope to change that, both as a perception and a reality. A week’s worth of events, Monday-Friday, May 21-25, is designed to make alternative forms of transportation more visible, more viable and more fun. “‘Bike to work’ started in the early 1990s as a program of the Bike/Ped Task Force, to celebrate National Bike Month, which has been a program of the League of American Bicyclists organization,” says Claudia Nix of Liberty Bikes. The name was changed to “Strive Not To Drive” in ‘97 to include other modes of transportation — walking, bussing, carpooling and (for some rule-benders) skateboarding.

“Some folks thought it was anti-car but it wasn't,” says Nix. “It was devised to encourage folks to become more fit, improve our air quality and save our planet by trying some other ways of getting around.”

Part of the challenge of getting around carfree is getting from point A to point B without looking like a spandex-clad, sweat-dunked, Richard Simmons groupie. OK, that may be overstating the situation a little bit, but there is a conception that getting to the office by bike requires lycra, butt-padding and helmet-head.

Things that don’t really translate to to business meetings, however Asheville-ified those meetings might be.

And that’s the idea behind the multi-modal fashion show, launched in 2010 with help from cycling enthusiast (and former Xpress food writer) Hanna Raskin. There are plenty of local

WHAT Strive Not to Drive Fashion Show

WHERE The Magnetic Field

WHEN Tuesday, May 22 (7:30 p.m. Free.

Trunk show to follow)

THE MULTI-MODAL FASHION SHOW RETURNS DURING A WEEK OF ALTERNATIVE-TRANSPORTATION EVENTS

STRIVE NOT TO DRIVE (IN STYLE) designers and boutiques who make and stock apparel that translates easily from cycling and strolling to offices, meeting, desks, counters and classrooms. This year, Xpress and Asheville On Bikes have teamed up to produce the multimodal fashion show.

Here’s how it works: As part of SNTD week, the show takes place on Tuesday, May 22 at the Magnetic Field. Stop by early for drinks and dinner (the Magnetic Field has a full menu).

The fashion show starts at 7:30 p.m. with styles from Rhetorical Factory, Sew Moe, BioWheels, HoneyPot, Benign By Design, Push Skateshop, Recycled Cyclist and ProBikes. Jen Lazaun of LaZoom Tours emcees, local celebrity models strut the catwalk to an all-local soundtrack.

Stay from 8-9 p.m. for a trunk show of multimodal wearables by participating boutiques and designers.

Here’s what you’ll see: real clothes for real people (no haute couture or sky-high heels here). Check out upcycled bike gear, messenger bags, skate-friendly wear, “Stashpack” belts with pockets, bicycle-oriented menswear and accessories. (You might see some of the multimodal wear off the runway, too — Bethany Adams of Rhetorical Factory is donating 100 recycled handkerchiefs to be passed out at the commuter stations.) Like what you see on stage?

Shop the trunk show on the Magnetic Field’s patio.

So ride, walk, bus or carpool to the multimodal fashion show on Tuesday and get gussied up for the full week (and thereafter) of alternative transportation. X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@ mountainx.com.

STRIVE NOT TO DRIVE ALL WEEK: Friday, May 18: The Asheville On Bikes bicycle corral returns with the first Downtown After Five of the season. Cycle to the Lexington Avenue street festival and leave you bike (coat check-style) with AOB at the entrance to DTA5. The corral is free (and can be found throughout the summer at a local events); tips help AOB’s mission.

Monday, May 21: Mayor’s leadership community ride, hosted by city and county leaders on Monday, May 21. Meet at 5:15 p.m. at City Hall for an hour-long easy ride. (Prior to the cycle trip, city leaders attend an invite-only bus ride and some join the bike group. The Mayor,

Asheville cyclists travel with flair, obviously.

for whom the bike ride is named, last rode four years ago, according to Reeser.)

Tuesday, May 22: The multimodal fashion show takes place at the Magnetic Field in the River Arts District from 6-8 p.m. Come early for drinks and dining; the runway show kicks off at 7 p.m. with a trunk show at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 23: Commuter station at the LAB from 5-7 p.m. includes free bike parking and SNTD giveaways such as keychains, bags, patch kits, ankle straps, snack bars and stickers.

Friday, May 24: Breakfast commuter stations run from 6:30-8:30 a.m. with coffee and breakfast treats, water refill stations and giveaways. The stations are at the transit center downtown

(geared toward bus commuters); at the I-240 overpass on Lexington Avenue; on Clingman Avenue at roundabout, next to the bicycle fixit stand; on Haywood Road next to Lucky Otter.

Also: Transportation Planning Manager Mariate Echeverry says that the city of Asheville has instituted a fare-free period for bus users from Monday, May 21 through Friday, June 8. The three weeks of free rides, beginning with Strive Not To Drive, coincides with ART, Asheville Redefines Transit, during which new routes will be announced. And, while there is not a skateboarding component this year, there could be in the future, considering the current to push to legalize skateboard riding on downtown streets. — A.M.

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R. Ring

Ten Hollow Asheville’s own Ten Hollow make the kind of rock we music critics are trained to hate. The singing of Dave Dribbon settles into the middle ground between Rod Stewart’s raspy melodrama and Edwin McCain’s form-fitted warble. The arrangements are all strident guitars, shimmery organ and wilting pedal steel. They move with unfettered simplicity and uninhibited energy. It’s a style that’s been ruined by a litany of Ten Hollow’s forebears, which makes the charming accessibility of the band’s new Remember Your Smiles EP a breath of unexpectedly fresh air. “I Know I Was Wrong” embeds a bramble of twisting riffs below its straightforward acoustic veneer. “Long Long Gone” showcases Dribbon’s range as he drops the rasp in a bleary acoustic ballad complete with female harmony. Ten Hollow release the EP at the Lexington Avenue Brewery on Saturday, May 19 alongside Taylor Martins Engine. 10 p.m., $5

R. Ring is a side project that is very much the sum of its parts. Still, the way those pieces are put together may surprise you. The strung-out folk duo consists of Breeders guitarist and back-up singer Kelley Deal and Ampline guitarist Mike Montgomery. In R. Ring, Deal approaches the style of sister and Breeders frontwoman Kim, layering her nasal croon with wildly percussive effects. Though the arrangements are sparse and mostly acoustic, they mimic the intricate spaciousness of Ampline’s fuzzed-out rock, laying out a broad, free-form canvas for Deal to explore. The results relax even as they unnerve, lush acoustics serving as numbing medication before R. Ring’s experimental procedures commence. The duo plays the Lexington Avenue Brewery on Thursday, May 17 alongside Ryan Barrington Cox. 10 p.m., $15

Songsmith Gathering Now in its third year, the annual Songsmith Gathering has a dual mission: to bring together talented singer-songwriters for a night of music, and to benefit SAFE, an agency that works to end domestic violence and sexual abuse. This year’s songsmiths are Americana artist Moses Atwood and world music composer Chris Rosser (both from Asheville) along with the everybodyfields alum Jill Andrews (from Knoxville, Tenn.) and folk-Appalachian singer-songwriter Sarah Siskind (currently based in Virginia). Saturday, May 19 at Brevard College’s Porter Center for Performing Arts. 7:30 p.m., $20-$25. safebrevard.com/Songsmith.html.

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Steep Canyon Rangers As a man who is critical of both his beer and his music, I unabashedly endorse the pairing of Pisgah Brewing Company and Steep Canyon Rangers. This shindig on Pisgah’s outdoor stage celebrates the releases of both Nobody Knows You, the Rangers’ first independent full-length since last year’s collaboration with Steve Martin, and the Steep Canyon Ale, a dry pale brewed in honor of the Brevard-based bluegrass quintet. A crisp and refreshing brew should pair perfectly with the clean cuts on the group’s new LP. The title track finds them in their element, embedding a perky pop melody into a bramble of energetic mandolin and banjo. “Between the Midnight and the Dawn” sees them slowing to a drunken amble, gorgeous fiddle slashes ducking about nimbly amidst percussive picking. Fast or slow, Steep Canyon Rangers and a cold beer are a winning combination. Steep Canyon Rangers play the Pisgah Brewing Company on Saturday, May 19 alongside Red June. $20 to $50, 7:30 p.m. — Jordan Lawrence

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Zach Deputy Self-described “island-infused drum ‘n’ bass gospel ninja soul” artist Zach Deputy recorded his singer-songwriter album, Another Day (expect ballads, mid-tempo songs and R&B), with a full band. But his upcoming tour is all about his one-man show, a feat of live-looping prowess.

According to press, Deputy’s new songs appeal to “to fans of contemporary artists like Jack Johnson and Amos Lee, while retaining a classic sound and feel.” Deputy plays Pisgah Brewing on Thursday, May 17.

9 p.m. $12 in advance or $15 day of the show. pisgahbrewing.com.

Juniper Bends & AHOPE writers workshop The AHOPE writers workshop (geared toward people who are dealing with homelessness or who have recently moved into apartments after being homeless) experiments with different literary styles to help non-writers develop their voices. Group facilitator Annie Fahy says, “Writing and art can save your life.” Members of the AHOPE writers workshop will share their work as part of the Juniper Bends Reading Series, held at Downtown Books & News on Thursday, May 17.

The 7 p.m. event includes refreshments and will offer zines for sale. downtownbooksandnews.com.

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Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm

Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm

LOL Comedy feat: Sweet Baby Kita, 9pm

White Horse

Harrah's Cherokee

Live comedy, 8:30pm

Southeastern Regional Folk Alliance (showcase), 7:30pm

Dirty South Lounge

Barley's Taproom

Black Mountain Ale House

Jack of Hearts Pub

Wild Wing Cafe

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Jack of the Wood Pub

Old-time jam, 6pm

Thu., May 17

Club Hairspray

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Front stage: Shane Perlowin (guitar)

The Big Nasty (gypsy jazz), 8-10pm

Samantha Harlow (country, Americana), 6pm

Club Remix

Lobster Trap

Altamont Brewing Company

Get Down

ARCADE

Good Stuff

Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm Open mic w/ Dave Bryan, 8pm

Bluegrass jam, 7pm

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Retro night ('80s & '90s), 10pm Wicked Wednesdays (techno, drum 'n' bass), 10pm Creatures Cafe

Salsa night (lessons, followed by dance) Ultra Rockin' Music Nerd Challenge (trivia), 9pm Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am Emerald Lounge

Ballyhoo! (rock, pop) w/ Black Taxi, 9pm Enoch (doom metal) w/ Utah

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Cadillac Rex (vintage rock) One Stop Deli & Bar

Pisgah Brewing Company

Silent movie night w/ accompaniment by Jake Hollifield, 7pm

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

Jeff & Justin (acoustic)

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Mike Gray & Jake Hollifield (ragtime, blues), 8:30pm Trivia, 9pm

Most Heinous w/ Spoilage & Blood Summer (punk) Gene Peyroux & One Hundred Monkeys (rock, country, jazz), 7pm

Asheville Music Hall

Brown Bag Songwriting Competition Finals, 7pm Barley's Taproom

Alien Music Club (jazz jam)

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm Handlebar

Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds (soul, rock, funk), 8pm

Black Mountain Ale House

The Get Right Duo, 7:30pm

Dar Williams (folk) w/ Milk Carton Kids, 8pm

TallGary's Cantina

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Harrah's Cherokee

The Bywater

BoBo Gallery

Jack of Hearts Pub

Open mic/jam, 7pm Game night, 8pm

Good Stuff

Juan Benevidas Trio (Latin, flamenco guitar), 8-10pm

Olive or Twist

Brown Bag Songwriting Competition, 6:30pm (sign up at 6pm) Alex Krug Combo (folk, Americana) w/ Andrew Christopher, 10pm

Dirty South Lounge

Get Down

Wed., May 16

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk), 7-9pm

Dirty Bingo, 9pm

The Magnetic Field

Karaoke contest, 8pm-midnight

Flying Monkeys

Derek Poteat (noise, experimental, bass) w/ Xambuca

Old-time jam, 7pm

Jack of the Wood Pub

Bluegrass jam, 6pm

Leela & Ellie Grace (Americana, folk, oldtime), 8pm

Burgerworx

Arcade Idol, 10pm

Horse Feathers (indie folk) w/ Mount Moriah & Matt Bauer, 8:30pm

Vincenzo's Bistro

Club Hairspray

Karaoke, 10pm

Back stage: R. Ring w/ Ryan Barrington Cox

Athena's Club

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Westville Pub

Club Remix

Lobster Trap

ARCADE

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

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Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm

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Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm Olive or Twist

Heather Masterton Quartet (swing) One Stop Deli & Bar

SAtuRdAy cHicken & WAffleS Sunday Brunch

Left Field Experiment feat: Panther God & P.U.D.G.E. (electronic), 10pm Orange Peel

David Nail (country) w/ Buchanan Boys & Logan Brill, 8pm Pisgah Brewing Company

Zach Deputy (island-infused drum 'n' bass, soul) w/ The Movement (rock, reggae, hip-hop), 9pm Purple Onion Cafe

Audrey Auld (Americana, folk, country) Scandals Nightclub

Benefit for Euphoria Eclipse, Stephanie Renee & Glitz O'Hara, 10pm Spurs

Dance night TallGary's Cantina

Asheville music showcase, 8pm The Altamont Theater

Caravan of Thieves (gypsy jazz, swing, folk), 8pm

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Ladies open mic w/ Andrea Lee, 9pm The Dugout

Rockstar Thursdays (karaoke), 9pm The Lower Level

DJ Abu Disarray, 10pm Town Pump

Eric Sommer (acoustic, singer-songwriter) Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz's Invitational Blues Jam Vincenzo's Bistro

The Croon and Cadence Duo feat: Ginny McAfee, 7:30pm Westville Pub

Lyric (soul, pop, funk, rock), 9:30pm

Fri., May 18 Altamont Brewing Company

Two Man Gentleman Band (ragtime, swing, old-time), 9:30pm ARCADE

Dance party w/ DJ Abu Dissaray, 9pm Asheville Music Hall

Washed Out (indie pop, electronic) w/ Airbird, 10pm Athena's Club

Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7:30-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am Black Mountain Ale House

Sundogs, 8pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Acoustic Swing

Boiler Room

Rory Kelly's Triple Threat w/ The Go Devils & Badger Cannon (rock, blues), 9pm Club Hairspray

Drag show, midnight Craggie Brewing Company

Riyen Roots (blues, roots), 7-9pm Creatures Cafe

Broken Yesterday w/ Emily Jackson & Lifewell Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Disclaimer Comedy (standup), 8:15-9:15pm Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9:30pm-1am Emerald Lounge

Dark Dark Dark (chamber pop) w/ Sugarfoot Serenaders, 9pm French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Nikki Talley (country, Americana), 6pm

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Jason Moore (jazz) Good Stuff

Key of V (anti-folk, lo-fi) w/ Clawfoot Slumber, 8pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Punk vs. Hip Hop: Pleasures of the Ultraviolent & The Ones, 9pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm The Business (Motown, funk, soul), 8-11pm Harrah's Cherokee

Kayla & Twisted Trail, 7pm DJ Moto, 10pm Highland Brewing Company

Uncle Hamish & the Hooligans (Celtic rock), 6pm Jack of Hearts Pub

Mark Newton Band (country, Appalachian), 9pm

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Jack of the Wood Pub

The Growlers (psychedelic rock, pop, surf) w/ Jane Jane Pollock, 9pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Back stage: Pierced Arrows w/ Don’t and Kreamy’lectric Santa Lobster Trap

Leo Johnson & the Spaceheaters (hot jazz) Olive or Twist

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Live music, 8pm

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One Stop Deli & Bar

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The Infamous Stringdusters (bluegrass, folk rock) w/ ALO, 8:30pm Aaron LaFalce (acoustic rock, jam) Root Bar No. 1

Violin River (classic rock, covers)

pierced arrows w/ don’t

Scandals Nightclub

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Southern Appalachian Brewery

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Front stage: andrew

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

Garry Segal & Cryptic Choice (blues, rock, Americana), 8pm Spurs

Chatter Box (rock) TallGary's Cantina

Unnamed Suspects (rock), 9:30pm

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The Altamont Theater

Caravan of Thieves (gypsy jazz, swing, folk), 8pm The Bywater

Wayne Graham (rock, country), 9pm The Dugout

Jonnie Blackwell & Six Toed Possum Babies, 9pm The Gateway Club

J.J. Martin & Caleb Hensley (jazz, rock) The Lower Level

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Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, jazz), 7-10pm Town Pump

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Eleven on Grove

Blue Ridge Pride White Party, 10pm

Subtle Body (ambient) w/ Difference Clouds, 2PPM, Hear Hums & Sumsun, 8pm-1am

Emerald Lounge

Dirty South Lounge

The Critters (psychedelic pop, garage) w/ The Treatment, Cowboy Crisis & Smoke Break, 9pm French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Sarah Mac Band (folk, blues), 6pm

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Dizzy Chicken Trio (jazz) Get Down

Caltrop (metal, Southern rock) CD release show w/ Skullthunder & Greevace Good Stuff

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Viper's Dream, 2-5pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm Deep River, 8-11pm Handlebar

Outshyne (outlaw country) w/ The Piedmont Boys & Doug McCormick Harrah's Cherokee

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"Bear Exploder" dance party w/ DJ Kipper Schauer, 9pm Asheville Music Hall

Same As It Ever Was (Talking Heads tribute), 10pm Athena's Club

Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7:30-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am Black Mountain Ale House

Sloantones (newgrass, rock), 8:30pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Chris Williams (acoustic, rock, soul) Club Hairspray

Absolute Seduction Party (red attire encouraged), 8pm Drag show, midnight

Good Stuff

Chris Pickering (singer-songwriter), 2pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Hotel Indigo

Irish session, 3-9pm Lobster Trap

Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm One Stop Deli & Bar

Bluegrass Brunch & Open Jam w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am Orange Peel

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (kid-hop) w/ Mad Tea, Juan Holladay, Asheville Hoops, 40 Fingers & a Missing Tooth & more, 2:30pm

Girl Interrupted, 7pm DJ Razor, 10pm

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Jack of the Wood Pub

Scandals Nightclub

Cutthroat Shamrock (Celtic punk), 9pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Psychobilly Sock Hop Sundays Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

Back stage: Tennessee Hollow EP release party w/ Taylor Martin’s Engine

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Lobster Trap

The Altamont Theater

Big Nasty (New Orleans-style jazz) Olive or Twist

The 42nd Street Jazz Band Orange Peel

Jack White (rock, garage, blues) w/ Alabama Shakes, 9pm Pack's Tavern

DJ Aaron Michaels (dance, pop) Pisgah Brewing Company

Outdoor stage: Steep Canyon Rangers (bluegrass) w/ Red June, 8pm Purple Onion Cafe

Karaoke, 8pm Amber Rubarth, Dave Eggar & Tim Snider (folk), 8pm The Bywater

Hank West & the Smokin' Hots (swing, jazz), 5pm Vincenzo's Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm White Horse

Drum circle, 2pm Wild Wing Cafe

Darren Kohler & friends, 4pm

Brooks Williams (blues, Americana, slide guitar)

Mon., May 21

Scandals Nightclub

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Southern Appalachian Brewery

Jahman Brahman (rock, funk, jam)

On the Take (indie rock) w/ Curtains

Jack of the Wood Pub

Southbound Turnaround (country, rock) w/ Antique Firearms, 9pm

White Horse

Adam Dalton Distillery

Get Down

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Trivia night

SaT., May 19

The Short Bus (film & DJ), 9pm

Ben Hovey (downtempo, trumpet, piano, electronics), 7-10pm

Blue Ridge Pride White Party, 10pm Drag show, midnight

Free Planet Radio w/ members of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, 7pm

Craggie Brewing Company

Warm the Bell (folk rock, psychedelic), 8pm

Westville Pub

Red Hot Sugar Babies ("roaring jazz"), 8pm Spurs

DJ (dance music) TallGary's Cantina

CaroMia Tiller (singer-songwriter), 8-10pm ARCADE

Movie Mondays (cult classics), 10pm Dirty South Lounge

Tears in My Beers (DJ set), 9pm Emerald Lounge

Chatter Box (rock)

For the Birds (singer-songwriters, folk) w/ The Moon and You & Sons of Fathers, 9pm

The Altamont Theater

Get Down

Steve Conn (soul), 8pm The Bywater

Screen Door Porch (Americana), 7pm Galen Kipar Project (folk rock), 9pm The Lower Level

Lupus Awareness Fundraiser, 9pm Town Pump

Serious Clark (pop, soul) Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Carolina Rex (blues, R&B, funk), 10pm Vincenzo's Bistro

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm Westville Pub

Elvet Velvis (rock), 10pm White Horse

Sky Burial w/ Autarch (metal, post-punk) Good Stuff

Chris Pickering (singer-songwriter), 6pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Contra dance, 8pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Handlebar

Megan Jean & the KFB (Americana, folk) w/ The Banditos, 8pm Lobster Trap

Bobby Miller (bluegrass) Orange Peel

Down (metal) w/ Haarp & Black Tusk, 8pm

Spirit series w/ Stacie Coller, 2pm David T. Francis (classical piano), 7:30pm

The Altamont Theater

Remix UNION Southern DNB Summit (rotating DJs), 9pm

Sun., May 20

Bluegrass jam, 8pm

Craggie Brewing Company

The Glampas (glam rock), 6-8pm

Jerome Widenhouse & His Roaring Lions (hot jazz), 7:30-9:30pm

Creatures Cafe

ARCADE

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Club Remix

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Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

Gary Mitchell

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Dr. Filth & Wayd Runk (DJs), 10pm

Poetry night, 8pm The Bywater

Vincenzo's Bistro

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm Westville Pub

Open mic, 7pm

Wild Wing Cafe

Karaoke, 10pm

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Creature’s Cafe 254-3636 Adam Dalton Distillery 367-6401 Desoto Lounge 986-4828 Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 Dirty South Lounge 251-1777 Dobra Tea Room 575-2424 The Dugout 692-9262 Eleven on Grove 505-1612 Emerald Lounge 232- 4372 Firestorm Cafe 255-8115 Fred’s Speakeasy 281-0920 French Broad Brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 French Broad Chocolate Lounge 252-4181 The Garage 505-2663 The Gateway Club 456-6789 Get Down 505-8388 Good Stuff 649-9711 Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern 232-5800 Grove House Eleven on Grove 505-1612 The Grove Park Inn (Elaine’s Piano Bar/ Great Hall) 252-2711 The Handlebar (864) 233-6173

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The John Henry's (jazz, swing), 8-10pm Black Mountain Ale House

Trivia night, 7pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Second Breakfast (rock, pop) Boca

Jason DeCristofaro & Jake Wolf, 6:30-8:30pm Club Hairspray

Trivia night, 10pm

Eleven on Grove

Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance w/ Jay Ray 5, 8:30pm Get Down

Harrah’s Cherokee 497-7777 Highland Brewing Company 299-3370 Holland’s Grille 298-8780 The Hop 254-2224 The Hop West 252-5155 Iron Horse Station 622-0022 Jack of Hearts Pub 645-2700 Jack of the Wood 252-5445 Jus One More 253-8770 Lexington Avenue Brewery 252-0212 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 The Lower Level 505-8333 Luella’s Bar-B-Que 505-RIBS Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill 253-8805 The Magnetic Field 257-4003 Mike’s Side Pocket 281-3096 One Stop Bar Deli & Bar 255-7777 The Orange Peel 225-5851 Pack’s Tavern 225-6944 Pisgah Brewing Co. 669-0190 Pulp 225-5851 Purple Onion Cafe 749-1179 Rankin Vault 254-4993

Tuesday swing dance, 7pm Gene Dillard Bluegrass Jam, 8:30pm Hotel Indigo

White Horse

Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm Wild Wing Cafe

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Wed., May 23

Lobster Trap

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Front stage: Andrew Fletcher (blues, ragtime) Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7-9pm One Stop Deli & Bar

Two for Tuesday w/ Wilhelm McKay & Deja Fuze, 8pm Funk jam, 10pm Orange Peel

P.O.D. (hard rock) w/ RED, Love and Death & Icon for Hire, 8pm The Altamont Theater

Good Stuff

Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8:30pm

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Red Stag Grill at the Grand Bohemian Hotel 505-2949 Rendezvous 926-0201 Root Bar No.1 299-7597 Scandals Nightclub 252-2838 Scully’s 251-8880 Shovelhead Saloon 669-9541 Smokey’s After Dark 253-2155 Southern Appalacian Brewery 684-1235 Spurs 575-2258 Static Age Records 254-3232 StingRays 926-4100 Straightaway Cafe 669-8856 TallGary’s Cantina 232-0809 Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack 575-2260 Thirsty Monk South 505-4564 Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub 505-2129 Tressa’s Downtown Jazz & Blues 254-7072 Vincenzo’s Bistro 254-4698 Westville Pub 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe 253-3066

Ben Hovey (downtempo, trumpet, piano, electronics), 7-10pm

Grandpappy & the Bruthaship (Americana, fusion) Chris Pickering (singer-songwriter), 4pm Joshua Powell & the Great Train Robbery, 6pm

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Juan Benevidas Trio (Latin, flamenco guitar), 8-10pm ARCADE

Arcade Idol, 10pm Athena's Club

Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm Barley's Taproom

Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm Black Mountain Ale House

Sierra on Stage (songwriting competition), 8pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Open mic

Club Hairspray

Retro night ('80s & '90s), 10pm

Chip Taylor & the New Ukrainians (rock, blues, roots), 8pm

Tolliver's Crossing Irish Pub

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Vincenzo's Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm

Wicked Wednesdays (techno, drum 'n' bass), 10pm

Westville Pub

Creatures Cafe

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm Handlebar

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Blues jam, 10pm

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Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Emerald Lounge

Back stage: The Strange Boys (vintage rock, R&B) w/ William Tyler, 10pm Front stage: Dave Desmelik (Americana)

Grammer School (indie pop) w/ Dinner and a Suit, The Lion in Winter & Behold the Brave, 9pm

Lobster Trap

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk), 7-9pm

Matt Walsh (blues, rockabilly), 6pm

Olive or Twist

Get Down

Life Curse w/ Shadow of the Destroyer (metal)

Michael Franti & Spearhead (funk, folk, reggae, fusion) w/ Nic Cowan, 9pm Pisgah Brewing Company

Bobby Miller & the Virginia Daredevils (newgrass), 6pm

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Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm

Gene Peyroux & One Hundred Monkeys (rock, country, jazz), 7pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

TallGary's Cantina

Open mic/jam, 7pm Game night, 8pm

The Weeping Willows (country, old-time, roots), 8pm

Michael Bellar & the AS-IS Ensemble (alt-jazz) w/ The Archrivals, 10pm Orange Peel

Blues for Hospice feat: Walter Trout, Eden Brent & Beta Maxx, 8pm Purple Onion Cafe

Jon Shain (singer-songwriter) Scandals Nightclub

Talent Search w/ Asheley Michaels, 10pm Spurs

Dance night TallGary's Cantina

Asheville music showcase, 8pm The Altamont Theater

Geoff Achison (blues, funk), 8pm The Dugout

Rockstar Thursdays (karaoke), 9pm Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz's Invitational Blues Jam Vincenzo's Bistro

The Croon and Cadence Duo feat: Ginny McAfee, 7:30pm Westville Pub

Dog Tale (funk, folk, rock), 9:30pm

Fri., May 25 Altamont Brewing Company

Dirty Bourbon River Show (zydeco), 9:30pm ARCADE

Dance party w/ DJ Abu Dissaray, 9pm Athena's Club

Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7:30-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am Black Mountain Ale House

Johnson's Crossroad (bluegrass), 7pm

Boiler Room

Harrah's Cherokee

Broadway's

Jack of Hearts Pub

Club Hairspray

Jack of the Wood Pub

Club Remix

Lobster Trap

Craggie Brewing Company

Karaoke contest, 8pm-midnight

Vincenzo's Bistro

Bluegrass jam, 6pm

Bear Creek Apartments

One Stop Deli & Bar

Handlebar

Old-time jam, 7pm

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm

Heather Masterton Quartet (swing)

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues

Heather Luttrell (Americana), 9pm

Olive or Twist

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Disclaimer Comedy (standup), 8:15-9:15pm Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9:30pm-1am

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Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm

Dirty South Tight Grip (reggae, jam) w/ TJ Lazer & the New Detroits, Lionz of Zion & Marrietta's Palm, 9pm French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Brushfire Stankgrass (bluegrass, rock), 6pm French Broad Chocolate Lounge

High Gravity Jazz (jazz) Get Down

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Mountain Feist (bluegrass), 9:30pm ARCADE

"Bear Exploder" dance party w/ DJ Kipper Schauer, 9pm Athena's Club

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Albatross Party (indie rock), 9pm Jack of the Wood Pub

Nikki Talley Duo (country), 5pm The French Broad Playboys (swing, honkytonk), 9pm Lobster Trap

Leo Johnson & the Spaceheaters (hot jazz) Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm Brody & Choch (hip-hop) w/ Crazyhorse & Colston (electronic), 10pm Pack's Tavern

Caleb Johnson (classic rock) Scandals Nightclub

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Neon Party (neon attire encouraged), 8pm Drag show, midnight Club Remix

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Boys in the Well, 6pm Lyric (soul, pop, funk), 8pm Creatures Cafe

Conviction Notice w/ Necessary Truth Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

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John Brown's Body (reggae, dub, hip-hop) w/ Chalwa, 8pm Jack of Hearts Pub

Dubl Handi feat: Hilary Hawke & Karen Dahlstrom (folk, Americana), 9pm Jack of the Wood Pub

Calico Moon (Americana, folk, country) One Stop Deli & Bar

Sullivan Brady (singer-songwriter), 7pm Phuncle Sam (rock, jam), 10pm Orange Peel

American Burlesque & Sideshow Festival, 8pm Pack's Tavern

The Goldstein Family Band w/ Skinny Legs & All (blues, funk, rock) Purple Onion Cafe

The Stereofidelics (rock, indie) Rocky's Hot Chicken Shack

Alec & Jacqui of Carolina Rex (acoustic blues), 7:30pm Scandals Nightclub

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am The Dugout

Dog Tale (rock, folk), 6pm

Gypsy, 9pm

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Vincenzo's Bistro

Paul Jones (classical, jazz)

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm

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Grove Park Inn Great Hall

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21 Jump Street (R) 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 The Cabin in the Woods (R) 1:55, 4:40, 7:00, 9:25 (No 4:40, 7:00, 9:25 on 5/22, no 1:55, 4:40 on 5/25) Chimpanzee (G) 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15. 9:15 Dark Shadows (PG-13) 1:05, 2:15, 3:35, 4:45, 6:05.

7:25. 8:50, 9:55

The Five Year Engagement (R) 11:30, 2:40, 7:35, 10:15 (Sofa Cinema) The Hunger Games (PG-13) 11:20, 3:10, 7:10, 10:05 (Sofa Cinema) The Lucky One (PG-13) 11:55, 2:15, 4:40, 7:40, 9:55 (Sofa Cinema) Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) 11:40, 4:20, 9:25 Pirates! Band of Misfits 2D (PG) 2:20, 7:05 What to Expect When You're Expecting (PG-13) 11:20, 1:40, 4:30, 7:50, 10:20 n CINEBARRE (6657776)

The Dictator (R) Starts Wed. 12:50, 3:05, 5:20, 7:40, 10:05 The Lucky One (PG-13) 1:40, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00

n CO-ED CINEMA BREVARD (883-2200

Mirror Mirror (PG) 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 8:55 The Three Stooges (PG) 12:55, 3:10, 5:25, 7:35, 9:45

Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) 1:00 (Fri, Sun, Tue, Thu), 4:00 (Sat, Mon, Wed)

What to Expect When You're Expecting (PG-13) 1:20, 4:05, 6:55, 9:40

n EPIC OF HENDERSONVILLE (6931146)

n CAROLINA ASHEVILLE CINEMA 14 (274-9500)

n FINE ARTS THEATRE (232-1536)

The Avengers 3D (PG-13) 11:00, 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00. 10:00

Monsieur Lazhar (PG-13) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, Late show Fri-Sat 9:15

The Avengers 2D (PG-13) 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30, 6:05, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30

The Salt of Life (NR) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, Late show 9:00

Battleship (PG-13) 10:50, 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:25

n FLATROCK CINEMA (697-2463)

Being Flynn (R) 2:25, 7:20 (Sofa Cinema) Dark Shadows (PG-13) 10:45, 11:15, 1:20, 1:50, 3:50, 4:25, 7:15, 7:45, 9:50, 10:20 The Dictator (R) Starts Wed. 11:50, 2:05, 4:15, 7:55, 10:10 The Deep Blue Sea (R) 12:05, 4:45, 9:35 (Sofa Cinema)

The Avengers (PG-13) 1:00 (Sat, Mon, Wed), 4:00 (Fri, Sun, Tue, Thu), 7:00

The Five-Year Engagement (R) 4:00, 7:00 n REGAL BILTMORE GRANDE STADIUM 15 (684-1298) n UNITED ARTISTS BEAUCATCHER (2981234)

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pickoftheweek DARK SHADOWS

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DIRECTOR: TIM BURTON PLAYERS: JOHNNY DEPP, MICHELLE PFEIFFER, HELENA BONHAM CARTER, EVA GREEN, JACKIE EARLE HALEY, JOHNNY LEE MILLER, BELLA HEATHCOTE, CHLOË GRACE MORETZ, ALICE COOPER HORROR COMEDY

RATED PG-13

The Story: Tim Burton’s take on the old TV series, which is equal parts tribute, spoof and a rethinking.

The Lowdown: A super stylish, lovingly comedic take on the TV show that also functions as a nostalgic — though not uncritical — look at the early 1970s.

Unless you are some kind of hardcore purist about the old horror soap opera on which this film is based, or are part of the anti-Burton-andDepp contingent, pay no attention to the bad reviews that Dark Shadows has garnered from those quarters. I would also advise you not to pay too much attention to the film’s trailer, which does the movie no favors by promising — or perhaps threatening — something far sillier than the film itself delivers. Of course, it can — and will — be said that I am biased, that I am a Burton fan and even that I wrote a book on Burton. All these things are true — though I question whether writing a book about someone necessarily makes you predisposed in their favor — but it makes me no more biased than the folks attacking the film. We’re simply biased in different ways and for different reasons.

I would argue that there’s not a single negative review I couldn’t have predicted, and the irony is that they’re often from people complaining that Burton is predictable. Is it obviously a Tim Burton picture? Sure it is. That’s what I expect — and, in fact, what I want — from a Burton movie. I don’t go to a Burton film in the hope that it will be like Spielberg — anymore than I ever bought a Beatles album hoping it might sound more like the Stones. I expect a tone, a style and a certain set of interests or obsessions. Does Dark Shadows deliver these?

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The 200-plus-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) meets one of the peculiarities of the early 1970s in Tim Burton's take on the old TV series Dark Shadows.

Yes, it does — with some interesting additions.

Tim Burton fans — and those who simply admire truly personal filmmaking in the mainstream — will be glad to know that Dark Shadows marks a return to form after the disappointment of Alice in Wonderland (2010). Burton — and Depp, for that matter — are back in their groove with this loving spoof of the old Dan Curtis supernatural TV series. As with all good spoofs, this one is obviously made by folks who are nuts about the original. This is something that comes through in just about every scene.

Depp wasn’t just being polite when he told the ailing Jonathan Frid (the original Barnabas, who showed up for a quick cameo) that if it hadn’t been for his iconic portrayal, this movie wouldn’t be happening.

Chances are that just about anyone seeing this film knows the gist of the story: Accidentally released after 196 years from his imprisonment in the grave, vampire Barnabas Collins (Depp) returns to his ancestral estate to become part of the family. That’s more or less in keeping with the TV show, but the film has a somewhat different idea in mind, namely Barnabas dealing with the startling differences between 1776 and 1972. (The first thing he encounters is the illuminated giant McDonald’s “M,” which he reasonably assumes is for Mephistopheles.) In this regard, the film attains its full Burtonesque quality — with Barnabas as the ultimate outsider who finds himself in the midst of a family of a different kind of outsiders.

It also allows the film to be a nostalgic excursion into Burton’s own childhood — with the music, fads and peculiarities of that era. Its closest antecedent is Edward Scissorhands (1990)

— which isn’t dissimilar in plot either — but there the time period is intentionally nebulous.

Here, it’s fixed, and Burton uses the era to good advantage. Some of it is used for comic effect — a secret room filled with Elizabeth Collins Stoddard’s (Michelle Pfeiffer) macrame projects, Barnabas encountering 1970s curios like troll dolls and lava lamps etc. — but the film wisely eschews a tone of outright mockery.

Sure, Barnabas assesses Alice Cooper (hired to play at his “happening”) as the “ugliest woman I’ve ever seen,” but he’s shown as having a taste for the music itself. And so, for that matter, is Burton, who shows a surprising ability — maybe equal to Wes Anderson — to use pop music to good effect. His use of the Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin” is brilliant, while Alice Cooper’s “The Ballad of Dwight Fry” isn’t far behind — nor, for that matter, is (God save us) the Carpenters’ “Top of the World.”

If Burton’s use of music is surprising here, so is the film’s casually sexy nature. Burton has always been one of film’s least sexual directors.

With the exception of Big Fish (2003), sex in Burton films tends to be either brushed aside, or treated in a somewhat embarassingly leering high-school manner. Here, it’s fairly straightforward, though — perhaps tellingly — Barnabas’ great love, Victoria (Australian soap actress Bella Heathcote), is outside the action.

Is the film perfect? No, and I wish it was. It tends to go astray toward the end, once it drops the culture-clash aspect. In fact, if you look at the song list — apart from the Killers’ soundalike cover of the Raspberries’ “Go All the Way” over the ending credits — you’ll notice that the pop songs (along with most the period refer-

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ences) are in the first two-thirds of the film. The last section is almost all plot, and up until the very final scene, the plot is the least interesting aspect of the film. It’s not bad — though there’s a clear sense of the screenplay having written itself into a corner and struggling to get out — but it’s certainly not in the same league as the rest of the movie. Still, I’d recommend it enthusiastically to Burton fans, if more cautiously to others. It’s the first mainstream release of the year that I’ll see a second time. Rated PG-13 for comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language and smoking. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

HIS GIRL FRIDAY JJJJJ

DIRECTOR: HOWARD HAWKS PLAYERS: CARY GRANT, ROSALIND RUSSELL, RALPH BELLAMY, GENE LOCKHART, ERNEST TRUEX, JOHN QUALEN

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COMEDY

RATED NR

The Story: A charmingly unscrupulous newspaper editor will stop at nothing to keep his star reporter — and ex-wife — from quitting and marrying another (and much duller) man.

The Lowdown: It’s the classic newspaper comedy — a fast-paced story with dialogue delivered as if fired by a machine gun. Add two glamorous stars — Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell — and you have one of the great comedies.

The Asheville Film Society kicks off its "Big Screen Budget Classics" series with the comedy His Girl Friday (1940). The series — which is planned to take place once a month — presents classic films on the actual big screen. If you’ve never seen His Girl Friday, this is definitely one of the greats from the "golden age" of movies — and it’s a film that still holds the record for the fastest dialogue in the history of movies. That crackling, witty banter is delivered by people who know exactly how to do it — especially Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, who were better than they are here.

The film is Howard Hawks’ "switcheroo" version of the Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur play The Front Page. Hawks’ inspiration — supposedly born of reading the first draft of the screenplay aloud with his girlfriend — was to change the character of ace reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) from a man to a woman. (It wasn’t much of a stretch, because the relationship between the two leads was always a kind of romance.) That in turn led to making her boss, managing editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant), her exhusband. This greatly upped the stakes of Walter’s desire to keep his best reporter from quitting and getting married. Charles Lederer’s screenplay seamlessly adds a backstory (about 25 minutes of original material) — good enough to match the original play — to set up the central action and establish the couple’s comedically volatile romance. The results are comedy gold.

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startingfriday THE DICTATOR

Sacha Baron Cohen's latest assault on good taste finds him posing as a North African dictator — with an impressively fake beard. This appears to depart from his earlier films in that it doesn't rest on a character he already created elsewhere. Moreover, this effort appears to have something resembling a plot, meaning it's likely to resemble a real movie. Early reviews are pretty darn encouraging. Why is it opening on Wednesday? Who the hell knows? (R) Early review excerpts: • "The Dictator is funny, in addition to being obscene, disgusting, scatological, vulgar, crude and so on." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times) • "Fleet, funny, and smart enough to not overstay its welcome, it's a commentary-coated R-rated comedy with supreme box office potential." (Nick Schager, Boxoffice Magazine

startingwednesday BATTLESHIP

The old board game appears to be getting a dose of Michael Bay-style overproduced mayhem here — and if rumors are correct, the classic utterance, "You sank my battleship," is nowhere to be found. Well, let's face it, this is less an adaptation of the game (what would that even be?) than it is a big-budget effects movie in which stuff blows up neat. The trailer looks cosmically God-awful. (PG-13)

THE SALT OF LIFE

See review in "Cranky Hanke."

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING

Lots of big names — Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Anna Kendrick, Chris Rock, Dennis Quaid — got together to star in this non-adaptation of the self-help series of books this film gets its name from. What we appear to get is one of those multistory patchwork things in the form of Valentine's Day or New Year's Eve. In other words, you've been warned. (PG-13) The film is a refreshing oddity because it’s a blend of plain screwball comedy, sociopolitical commentary and romantic comedy. But in that last capacity, it’s perhaps unique. It’s the only romantic comedy I can think of that doesn’t feature a single kiss. This is probably because the film moves too fast to pause for such things, but it’s also very much in keeping with Hawks’ usual style of romance as more camaraderie than anything else.

The serious side of the film involves a crooked political machine that’s out to hang a poor, crazy schlub named Earl Williams (John Qualen) in order to win an election. The tension comes from Walter conning Hildy into doing "one last job" for the paper by interviewing Williams and proving that he’s insane. That this also affords him the chance of preventing her from marrying drippy insurance salesman Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy at his Ralph Bellamy-est) in the bargain is a plus in his mind. Then again, there’s a clear sense that Walter also just loves being a cynical manipulating wiseguy.

Fast, funny, cynical and — in its own peculiar way — romantic, His Girl Friday is one of the alltime great movies. It’s one of those movies that just gets better as the years roll by, no matter how many times you see it. reviewed by Ken Hanke His Girl Friday plays for one show only at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14. Admission is $5 for AFS members, $7 for general public.

THE SALT OF LIFE JJJJ

DIRECTOR: GIANNI DI GREGORIO (MID-AUGUST LUNCH) PLAYERS: GIANNI DI GREGORIO, VALERIA DE FRANCISCIS, ALFONSO SANTAGATA, ELISABETTA PICCOLOMINI COMEDY DRAMA

RATED NR

The Story: A 60-something retiree with a distant wife goes looking for some outside companionship.

The Lowdown: A genial, shambling little comedy about the pitfalls of aging and the realization that comes when you’re simply not young anymore.

A sweet-natured, bittersweet little movie — and I mean little — about growing old, Gianni Di Gregorio’s The Salt of Life is a kind of sequel to his somewhat sweeter, but equally small-scale Mid-August Lunch (2008), which played here almost exactly two years ago — and which few people actually saw. I say it’s a "kind of sequel," because although Di Gregorio plays essentially the same character, Valeria De Franciscis still plays his mother, and Alfonso Santagata shows up again, the characters and situations have changed considerably. As a result, it not only doesn’t matter if you’ve seen the first film, it might save a degree of confusion if you haven’t.

The film is a simple affair. Forced into early retirement, Gianni, his wife (Elisabetta Piccolimini) and daughter (played by Di

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CRASH JJJJ SEXUAL FETISH HORROR

RATED NC-17

In Brief: David Cronenberg’s supremely disturbing film — based on J.G.

LLC

Ballard’s novel — is about a sub-culture that derives sexual kicks from car wrecks. Occasionally, it topples over into unintended laughs, but even those are slightly nervous. Compelling, but very much not for everyone.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Crash at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 18, at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 2733332, http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com

THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE JJJJ HISTORICAL DRAMA

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In Brief: Beautifully crafted, wittily written and cleverly directed film version of

the play detailing the descent of Britain’s King George III (you know, the one who lost the colonies) into insanity — the things done to treat him and the plots hatched against him. A splendid cast pulls it all off with great aplomb.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Madness of King George at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 20, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? JJJJJ COMEDY

RATED PG-13

In Brief: Taking the concept of the film that never gets made in Preston Sturges’

Sullivan’s Travels, the Coen Brothers then imagined it as a 1930s take on The Odyssey. The results? Possibly their best film — certainly their most congenial one — and already an established classic.

The Asheville Film Society will screen O Brother, Where Art Thou? on Tuesday, May 22, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

THE ORPHANAGE JJJJJ GHOST STORY HORROR

RATED R

In Brief: A couple and their adopted son move into the old orphanage where the wife spent her early childhood, planning to turn it into a school for children with special needs. However, the son disappears at a party — in a manner that suggests his possibly not-so-imaginary friend was involved — and things turn into an ever more feverish effort to find the child, revealing a dark secret about the orphanage.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Orphanage on Thursday, May 17, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Gregorio’s own daughter, Teresa) live on his pension and his wife’s income. Neither of the women pay much attention to him — in fact, he has more interaction with his daughter’s unemployed boyfriend (Michaelangelo Ciminale), who seems to more or less live there, too. His wife does find him useful for errands, though she’s not always happy with his efficiency in these tasks. The real bane of his existence, though, is his 90-odd-year-old mother, who is quickly frittering away the family money and calling him for "emergencies" — like serving lunch to her and her poker buddies or jiggling the TV connection to fix the picture.

But Gianni seems more or less content — until his friend Alfonso (Alfonso Santagata) starts pushing him into looking for some kind

of girlfriend. At that point, the idea of such a woman becomes Gianni’s obsession, which launches the film in the direction of broader comedy by depicting Gianni’s efforts at realizing that dream. Not surprisingly — especially given that most of his targets are much younger than he — this doesn’t go so well. At bottom, the whole affair comes down to the realization that getting old pretty much sucks — something I knew without the movie. But the movie treats it with such a light, sweet touch — and an improbable use of the Pixie’s "Here Comes You Man" that oughtn’t work, but does — that it goes down pleasantly. Not rated, but probably in the PG-13 realm. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Fine Arts Theatre

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REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT LEGAL ASSISTANT • The Van Winkle Law Firm seeks an experienced Legal Assistant for its Asheville Office Real Estate Department.

• This individual will work within a team to prepare documents, maintain attorneys’ files and calendars, and oversee adherence to calendared items, document requests, and otherwise assist attorneys in all aspects of a real estate practice.

• A thorough knowledge of closing procedures including pre-closing, closing, and post closing processes is necessary.

• Five or more years work experience is preferred.

Please send qualifications to hr@vwlawfirm.com RECEPTIONIST • F/T position in small downtown law firm. Greeting public, answering general phone calls, word processing, billing, general clerical duties.

Requirements: Microsoft Word, Internet, 60 wpm typing, organized, detail-oriented.

Submit cover letter and resume to Attn: Receptionist Application, One Rankin Avenue, 3rd Floor, Asheville 28801 or app@dunganlaw.com.

ROCK-STAR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Humane Alliance is a forward-thinking nonprofit that has provided the solution to shelter pet overpopulation since 1994. We operate a highly successful spay/neuter facility in Asheville, NC, and we continue to spread the word of high-volume, high-quality spaying and neutering nationally through our various training programs. Rated one of the top 15 national animalwelfare groups in 2011 by Philanthropedia, Humane Alliance is a leader in the growing field of spay/neuter.

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We are currently looking to fill a part-time position (20-25 hours/week) to provide administrative support for diverse and varied projects and programs in our organization.

We have a small team of administrators who are selfmotivated, highly organized, creative, and very productive – the successful candidate will fit right in. Other words that might describe us (and you): meticulous, analytical, passionate, dedicated, and voracious. Critical skills include: • Robust written and verbal skills • Ability to format/design professional, creative materials • Aptitude for spreadsheets, crunching numbers, and presenting statistics in interesting and relevant ways • Serious multitasking skills • Talent for regularly exceeding expectations • Experience and proficiency with Mac and PC platforms, as well as Pages, Photoshop, and Illustrator Please submit your cover letter, resume, and presentation task to Rob Seal, Training Programs Coordinator, at rob@humanealliance.org.

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Sales/ Marketing ADVANCE CONCERT TICKET SALES • $12 per hour guaranteed plus a weekly bonus program. We are seeking individuals for full and part time in our local Asheville sales office. • Benefit package • Weekly paycheck • Students welcome. Our employees earn $500-$650 per week with bonuses. No experience necessary, we will train the right people. Enthusiasm and a clear speaking voice are required. Call today for a personal interview.

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Pluses: • Have at least twoyears sales experience in print/media/online sales; • Enjoy cold-calling; • Be an avid Xpress reader • Understand Xpress’ community-based journalistic mission We offer: Base-pluscommission, health and dental insurance, IRA options and a progressive, flexible work environment.

Send: Cover letter (that demonstrates your qualifications, passion and why you’d like to work with Xpress) and resume to: salesperson@mountainx.com.

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PROFESSIONAL SALES Fortune 200 company recruiting sales associates in this area. • $30-$50K possible first year. • Renewals • Stock Bonuses • Training. For an interview, call (828) 670-6099 or e-mail resume: CandiceAdms@aol.com SECURE YOUR FUTURE Start a career in Executive Search. • Make a six-figure income • Help people • Work in south Asheville • Salary available • resumes@thurmondco.com

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Medical/ Health Care FAMILIES NEEDED FOR IN-HOME PLACEMENT Loving families needed to open their homes to individuals with developmental disabilities.

Specific needs are handicap accessible homes, also looking for homes in the Marion/Morganton and other areas for children.

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AVAILABLE POSITIONS • MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Haywood County: Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Peer Support Specialist Part-time position. Applicants must demonstrate maturity in their own recovery process and be willing to participate in an extensive training program prior to employment.

For more information, contact Mason Youell, mason.youell@meridianbhs.org Cherokee County: Clinician Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Must have a Master’s degree and be license-eligible. Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey@meridianbhs.org Team Leader Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Must have Master’s degree and be license-eligible.

Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey@meridianbhs.org JJTC Team Clinician Seeking Licensed/Provisionally Licensed Therapist in Cherokee County for an exciting opportunity to serve predominately court referred youth and their families through Intensive InHome and Basic Benefit Therapy. For more information contact Aaron Plantenberg, aaron.plantenberg@meridianbh s.org • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org

BUNCOMBE COUNTY • Seeking foster care homes for adults with developmental disabilities. Must have high school diploma/GED and valid driver’s license. Must pass background, driver’s record check and drug test.

Experience helpful.

Training is provided. Please call 828-299-1720.

CHILDREN FIRST/CIS • Seeks Program Director for Project POWER, an AmeriCorps program in Buncombe Co. • Requires non-profit/education exp., supervisory exp., 4 yr degree/Social Services related field. • Duties: program management, evaluation, training, member recruitment, team building, grant admin., and community collaboration.

More info: www.childrenfirstbc.org.

Email cover letter and resume to jobs@childrenfirstbc.org

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CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK SUPERVISOR, CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER, CASE MANAGER Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center in Black Mountain has positions available for Clinical Social Work Supervisor, Clinical Social Worker, and Case Manager on Acute Care Unit. Please see www.osp.state.nc.us/jobs for application instructions.

CooperRiis Therapeutic Healing Community is looking for someone interested in an Animal Crew Apprenticeship. • This apprenticeship provides the unique opportunity to work and live in a therapeutic farm community in Western North Carolina. • We are looking for experienced, hardworking individuals that are interested in supporting people with emotional health conditions through caring for animals on the farm. • You will be immersed in all aspects of animal husbandry while working side by side with residents. Animals on the farm include alpacas, llamas, sheep, goats, bunnies, ponies, dogs, cats, chickens, and geese.

• Other duties include fence and pasture maintenance. A year-long apprenticeship is preferable however we are open to discussing other arrangements. This could be a great experience for someone interested in the Psychology or Veterinary Field.

Compensation: Room, board and a $250 monthly stipend.

Please send a resume and cover letter to hr@cooperriis.org. No phone calls or in person visits.

FAMILIES TOGETHER INC. Due to continuous growth in WNC, Families Together, Inc is now hiring licensed professionals and Qualified Professionals in Buncombe, McDowell, Madison, Rutherford, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties. • Qualified candidates will include • LPC’s, LCSW’s, LMFT’s, LCAS’s, PLCSW’s, or LPCA’s and Bachelor’s and Master’s Qualified Professionals. • FTI provides a positive work environment, flexible hours, room for advancement, health benefits, and an innovative culture.

• www.familiestogether.net • Candidates should email resumes to humanresources@ familiestogether.net

FAMILIES TOGETHER INC. • Now hiring Qualified Professionals to work in our Day Treatment Programs.

Qualified candidates will have a minimum of 2-4 years experience working with children/youth, with mental health diagnosis. A bachelor’s degree is required. This is a Year-round program. Mon – Fri, school hours schedule.

No “on-call” required. www.familiestogether.net GRANT WRITER NEEDED FOR LOCAL NON-PROFIT Grant writer needed part-time for local non-profit. Next Step Recovery for men and women.

Please only apply if you have at least a year of experience with grant writing proposals. Please send your resumes to: info@nextsteprecovery.com info@nextsteprecovery.com www.nextsteprecovery.com

INTAKE LIAISON • Do you have previous experience working in the behavioral health field? Do you consider yourself to be detailoriented, highly organized, and professional? If this is you and you are in search of a challenging position that will allow you to further hone your professional skills, you may be what we are looking for! • This job requires excellent follow through and there is a high level of accountability.

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• Responsibilities include responding to all inquiries about treatment services as well as review of referrals. This position will also be responsible for managing the Intake Department office. This will include staff schedules, appointments and other tasks as assigned. Must be able to multi-task and communicate professionally. • This is a fastpaced environment with many deadlines. For the right person, it will be an excellent opportunity to grow while at the same time helping to make a difference in the lives of the families we serve at Eliada!

To apply, go to www.eliada.org/employment and fill out an online application.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE NC Mentor is offering free informational meetings to those who are interested in becoming therapeutic foster parents. The meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday 6:30pm-7:30pm (snacks provided) and 4th Friday 12pm-1pm (lunch provided). • If you are interested in making a difference in a child’s life, please call Rachel Wingo at (828) 696-2667 ext 15 or email Rachel at rachel.wingo@thementornetwo rk.com• Become a Therapeutic Foster Family. • Free informational meeting. NC Mentor. 120C Chadwick Square Court, Hendersonville, NC 28739.

OCTOBER ROAD • Is a nationally accredited, community, mental health and substance abuse provider in to the greater Asheville area. As a value driven organization, we strive to follow evidenced based practices and work diligently to recruit and retain the most dedicated and qualified staff to comprise our treatment teams. We are currently inviting professionals to express their career interest in the following positions: • Case Manager – ACTT QP/Voc Specialist • Master’s Level Community Relations Representative • PT Counselor Assistant (openings for male counselors) • Billing Clerk.

Competitive benefits and salary. Send resumes w/ salary req to info@octoberroadinc.com See detailed job descriptions on our website at www.octoberroadinc.com

PARKWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Has an immediate opening for a Community Support Team Leader for our combined Avl/Hvl team.

• Candidates need to be licensed or provisionally licensed, have a clean driving record, safe vehicle and leadership skills. • This service is a primarily delivered in the community to high risk mental health and substance abuse consumers. • Knowledge of WHN and Medicaid paperwork a plus. Parkway is a stable company and has an excellent benefits package and competitive salaries.

Please email resumes to: slayton@parkwaybh.com PARKWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Has an opening for a full time substance abuse counselor in our Hendersonville Office. • Candidates should be fully licensed or LCAS-P, LPCA or LCSWP with substance abuse experience in providing groups, assessments, etc to adult consumers. • DWI experience helpful. Position involves providing assessments, individual and SAIOP/DWI group therapy.

• Position includes working 2 evenings per week.

Parkway is a stable CABHA provider offering excellent benefits, free supervision for provisionals, positive team culture and competitive salary.

Interested candidates should email their resume to: slayton@parkwaybh.com

SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR Mountain Area Recovery Center is seeking a Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor to fill positions in our outpatient opioid treatment facility located in Clyde, North Carolina. Candidates will provide substance abuse services, including but not limited to, assessments/screening, intake, client orientation, person centered planning, case management, intervention, client education, and plan and lead structured process and theme centered groups. We offer competitive pay WITH benefits…medical, dental, life, short-term disability, flexible spending account, 401-K, pto, paid holidays, and a flexible work environment in this challenging, yet highly rewarding field. If you are up to the challenge, please e-mail your resume to rhonda.ingle@marc-otp.com or fax to attention: Rhonda Ingle at 828.252.9512.

Mountain Area Recovery Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

WNC GROUP HOMES FOR AUTISTIC PERSONS • Is now accepting applications for Summer Program. • This program provides structured summer fun and activity for 8 adolescents with autism, living in our group homes. • This is a temporary summer position that lasts for the duration of the summer break from school.

Monday – Friday, 7am-3pm or 8am-3pm. • Applicants must have High School degree plus 2 years experience in related field, or an Associates or College degree. Applicant must also be willing and able to swim, hike and be active in the community. • Comprehensive training is provided. Continued work at end of summer is possible. Visit our website for additional information and application process. www.wncgrouphomes.org Submit applications to 28 Pisgah View Ave Asheville, NC 28803. WNC Group Homes for Autistic Persons is a Drug Free Workplace.

Professional/ Management THE ASHEVILLE OFFICE OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES • Is seeking the following for adult service lines: Fully-licensed LCSW, supervisory experience preferred; RN to serve on an ACTT team (start date 9/1).

These positions are full-time, salaried, with benefits. Also seeking a part-time LCSW to work with adults and a licensed or provisionally licensed therapist to work with children in our school-based program. Please send resumes to csimpson@fpscorp.com.

OFFICE MANAGER Prominent non-profit seeks full duty office manger able to reconcile Quick books, prepare monthly financials, work with auditor, also able to handle active office with preparing and tracking donor letters and receipts, manage overall office operations. Competitive pay, paid vacation and medical benefit. Please send resume and cover letter to: Attn: Classifieds, PO Box 144, Asheville, NC 28802.

Arts/Media LARK CRAFTS / PIXIQ Summer interns with editorial / web skills. Craft or photography knowledge desired. Email resume, cover letter, and 1-page writing sample: hr@sterlingpublishing.com.

Computer/ Technical NON-PROFIT PROGRAM EVALUATOR NEEDED PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES, Asheville, NC, a communitybased, non-profit law firm, seeks a data evaluator with IT skills and experience with Microsoft Access and SQL to help the firm track and report its results in serving lowincome people in western N.C. in non-criminal matters.

• Experience in building reports, forms, and queries, as well as working with multiple data tables is needed.

Experience in coding is not needed. • Strong communication skills needed.

Salary for this part-time job depends on experience.

• Excellent benefits.

Submit resume and cover letter by May 14, 2012, by email to: employment@pisgahlegal.org.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Racial minorities, women, elderly, disabled encouraged to apply. Visit www.pisgahlegal.org/about/job -opportunities for more information.

Teaching/ Education ArtSpace CHARTER SCHOOL • Is now accepting applications for a Middle School Math Teacher and a Middle School Science teacher.

• Applicants MUST have a current North Carolina teaching license in Middle School Math or Middle School Science. • 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.org with a subject heading that indicates the position for which you are applying. Deadline to apply: May 30.

INSTRUCTORS NEEDED • For Curriculum-based Gymnastics Program.

If you have gymnastics, management, or education experience please send resume to tlgashevillenc@thelittlegym.com.

Business Opportunities HELP WANTED • Make money mailing brochures from home.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF GREENVILLE C.A. NO.: 2011-DR-23-5604 NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND ADOPTION PROCEEDING TO: DONALD RAYE FLY, LEGAL FATHER: You are hereby notified pursuant to SC Code Ann. §63-9-730, that adoption proceedings have been initiated under the above-referenced case number involving a child of whom you have been named the legal father, which child was born on December 21, 2011.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED AS FOLLOWS: 1. That within thirty (30) days of receiving notice you shall respond in writing by filing with the Clerk of Court at 301 University Ridge, Greenville, South Carolina, 29601, notice and reasons to contest, intervene, or otherwise respond; 2. That the Court must be informed of your current address and of any changes in address during the adoption proceedings; and 3.That failure to file a response within thirty (30) days of receiving notice constitutes consent to adoption of the child and forfeiture of all rights and obligations that you may have with respect to the child.

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