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p. 12 Greenways: The path ahead No matter what you think about greenways, it’s hard not to notice the bikers, walkers, strollers, joggers, dogs and roller skaters enjoying them in Asheville. Decades of effort have led to miles of city trails, and now Buncombe County is set to release a master plan that proposes expanding the concept. Xpress examines those plans and talks to both advocates and skeptics, including some Buncombe County commissioner candidates.

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letters Rusty is dead Right Rusty Sivils' June 13 Opinion article "Dead Wrong" was an exceptionally well-written plea from the heart. I would add that the national death toll of killed shelter animals is not the 4 million to 5 million as quoted, but more like 9.6 million, according to americanhumane.org. And yes, to kill all these tender life forms is abhorrent, shocking and deeply violent, however passive it appears to be.

Many otherwise intelligent and well-educated people I have known think they are doing a great deal of good by "rescuing" or adopting a dog only to crate it for 8 to 10 hours every day, or leave a highly intelligent dog crated in the house over a weekend. While their intentions are good, this is not rescue — it is still imprisonment for the caged animal that desperately wants to become part of your family And what of the unbelievably violent and loathsome practice of subjecting all types of animals to torture, maiming and days or years of agony as their delightfully furry bodies and intelligent minds become merely medical "experiments" in labs throughout the world?

How can we as a people qualify subjecting animals to incredible acts of violence in lab experiments yet think it is just fine because it's all in the name of "science"?

You are dead right, Mr. Silvis: We need to lovingly commit to adopting and genuinely caring for all the animals that we are currently killing. Additionally, as a civilized country we need to have a national dialogue about how to stop all this needless death and violence.

Wouldn't a national spay/neuter program do

that? Obviously people cannot make a commitment to fixing their animals, which then leads to the killing of many millions, year after year after year.

In the past 15 years my husband, Al, and I have rescued and deeply loved 10 animals. They have brought an immeasurable amount of happiness, love and laughter to our otherwise dull lives.

— Tricia Lindsay Asheville

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asheville Ruined tRansit This is in response to Neela McDades' June 6 letter, "ART Connects People With Resources," which congratulates the new bus system for connecting the poor to food pantries. This is a good thing because, since ART started on May 21, more people have lost or been forced to quit their jobs due to lousy service.

The buses start running later in the morning and stop running earlier in the evening than before. Many drivers are now forced to drive like maniacs in order to try to get their passengers to their connections, which are almost impossible to make now. I live on Majestic Avenue and observe that the C bus constantly drives way over the speed limit in that residential area. The drivers that did qualify for early retirement did so rather than deal with this mess. The one thing all riders have been requesting for years was for Sunday service and that never happened. The majority of the daily

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bus riders are the working poor, many of whom work in the service industry, are required to work on Sundays and can't afford cars.

If you use the bus system to get food from the food pantries, according to the rules, you are limited to what you can carry on your lap, ensuring we keep Asheville's poor slim and trim. Thank you City Council, for the new ART. — Monique Turoff Asheville

PRotect the Basilica We definitely do not need apartments or condos opposite the St. Lawrence Basilica. Tell City Council to find another location to make more money. Leave the basilica area alone.

— Thelma Cousins Asheville

the PaRk is the thing I am writing to express my concern regarding the vacant lot across from the Basilica of St. Lawrence. For the life of me I can't understand why the city doesn’t sell the lot to the church.

The last thing we need is another hotel/motel in the downtown district. It is so crowded now that I hardly go downtown anymore and this would be one more reason to stay away. The lot would make a great place for a park and it would connect the church and the Grove Arcade area.

It would be a great place for people to stop and relax for a few minutes as they enjoy our town. It seems that money is the deciding factor in everything that is done nowadays. Please let the people decide the fate of the lot. “Let us, the

people, decide.”

— Carolyn R. Williams Candler

no moRe hotels (at least foR a While) I thought I would throw my voice out there and join the small chorus of people who care about the quality of downtown and not just property value and misplaced tourist fanaticism. Please, Asheville City Council, do not allow another hotel to be put up, especially not right next to the beloved basilica, and the dishonored former Civic Center [now the U.S. Cellular Center].

Make this vacant and decrepit lot a public green space like the greenway on Broadway or, heck, give it to a environmentally minded nonprofit like the Bountiful Cities Project so that they may make it into something wonderful that would actually reflect the spirit of Asheville.

And of course you could always just let me and my friends come in and make it a beautiful spot as well.

— Matthew Frederick Bates Asheville

What you Resist PeRsists It seems North Carolina has shot itself in the foot with the recent vote for Amendment One. Now we have the dubious distinction of being home to the Andy Bigot show. So much for less government from our conservative friends.

They may use the poorly written mandate to

For other Molton cartoons, check out our Web page at www.mountainx.com/cartoons cut benefits for all those that do not fit into the narrow definition of marriage, such as single parents, widows, widowers, civil unions, etc.

Certainly, the “vote for marriage” signs promoting the amendment were misrepresentations.

With a 50 percent divorce rate in the U.S., it seems marriage has its own inherent problems!

And shame on churches that jumped on their religious high horse. I thought they preached love in those buildings?

Of course, this is for naught anyway, as Amendment One is a complete violation of the First Amendment in the federal Bill of Rights.

And no doubt, it will be challenged as such.

Strange, while unemployment persists, people continue to lose their homes, the climate falls apart, species go extinct and starvation persists, some are so obsessed with what we do with our private parts.

On another note: The anti-Obama climate and money have been so strong, it may give him a boost for the next election. After all, they say what you resist persists. Besides, love always conquers hate. Have a great day.

— Rudranath Beharrysingh Weaverville

BRadBuRy Was all too Right Ray Bradbury has died. If you don't know the name, Bradbury belongs in the pantheon of great science fiction writers for his anti-censorship novel Fahrenheit 451 alone.

In a time when right-wing lawmakers in my home state of Tennessee have tried (and failed, at least so far) to ban the use of the word "homosexual" in public school classrooms and right-wing lawmakers in North Carolina have successfully banned the use of climate science models showing a sea-level increase of up to 39

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inches between now and 2100, Bradbury's warnings against government thought control seem pretty damn prescient.

And so I mourn, not only for Bradbury, but also for what the wealthy and powerful are doing to our formerly democratic and freethinking society. Think I'm being melodramatic?

Sit back and watch while Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers under the guise of "American Crossroads" spent upwards of a billion dollars smearing first-term President Obama as the sole cause of the current budget deficit.

— Jeff Callahan Flat Rock

the tRagedy of the commons Go to the Botanical Gardens of Asheville on any given day and, if the day is sunny and warm, you're bound to see families with small children playing in the creek. I took my kids there recently. After an initial inspection of the riverbed, it was discovered that there were a few pieces of broken glass a wary parent would remove before letting their children play therein.

My efforts to clean up, though incomplete, were rewarded by a couple of pounds of glass shards and cans that were no longer any danger to tender little feet. The apparent age of much of this glass and metal led me to assume that such a cleanup has not been performed on the creek in the botanical gardens for quite some time.

Considering how beloved are the gardens, it is difficult to believe how dangerous it is to play in the creek there. It is the tragedy of the commons, written in the sand of the creek bed.

For those who are unaware of this concept, the tragedy of the commons is an idea first

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Please send your letters to: Editor, Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall Street Asheville, NC 28801 or by email to letters@mountainx.com. aired in print by ecologist Garrett Hardin in a 1968 article in Science, in which the author describes the dilemma that occurs when a shared resource upon which individuals act independently is ultimately depleted or degraded. This eventuates simply because no one takes responsibility for the cumulative damage being done to the resource, as each of the individuals represents only a small part of the total usage of the resource.

This only partly [applies] to the creek bed.

The staff at the gardens does a wonderful job tending to the verdant and varied flora and the many structures and paths of the sanctuary. That the creek bed falls outside of their mandate is itself an open invitation to any of the many caring Asheville residents who frequent the gardens to take an active role in promoting the health and cleanliness of the ecosystem there. ...

— Josiah Ramsay Johnston Asheville

PRotect the enviRonment, gRoW the economy During this election year, the economy seems to be at the forefront of everyone's mind. One of the looming questions is what can be done to create jobs. Some members of the General Assembly claim that if we are to have jobs we must sacrifice the health of our environment by cutting environmental protections and dismantling the organizations that safeguard our health, such as the Environmental Management Commission.

Advocates of such strategies, however, are missing the full picture.

The N.C. Chamber of Commerce reports that last year, Western North Carolina attracted $2.4 billion in tourist spending. Slashing environmental safeguards would jeopardize the more than 26,000 jobs generated by tourism. These jobs — and our local economy — rely on the state's natural beauty and the health of our mountains, rivers, forests and communities to draw in visitors from out of state. According to the N.C. Chamber of Commerce, without the jobs created by tourism, North Carolina’s unemployment level could be as high as 15 percent.

Those who think that prosperity can only come by trading away our health and environment have got it wrong. Instead of choosing between protecting our environment and growing our economy, we should choose to protect our environment to grow our economy.

— Stephen Van Gordon Swannanoa

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You’re not just buying a Mac.

XPRess’ mackensy lunsfoRd Wins 1st Place in annual altWeekly aWaRds Who knew that writing about how everything is better with butter — even termite larvae — would earn Mountain Xpress food writer Mackensy Lunsford acclaim?

Lunsford earned first place in the 2012 Altweekly Awards for Food Writing (circulation under 50,000) for this trio of articles: “Mud Fish and Menudo,” a look at regional Latino food, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” a profile of rising chef Katie Button, and “Everything’s Better with Butter,” about, well, eating bugs.

Lunsford earned her first Altweekly Award in 2006, taking second place for food writing. Congratulations, Mackensy!

Photo by Max Cooper For more about the awards, visit the Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s website, altweeklies. com. For more food writing by Lunsford, go to mountainx.com/food.

You’re also making a direct contribution to your local economy and community.

Charlotte Street Computers has a proven dedication to building our community and is continually investing in organizations and programs with Western North Carolina in mind. From science education, to the Arts, to local outreach, Charlotte Street Computers is building community in Asheville.

Charlotte Street Computers’ latest initiative is to design and install a new playground in Montford’s Klondyke Housing Community. This exciting project evolved from owner & CEO Jennifer Mayer’s desire to enrich the lives of Klondyke’s youngest residents, with whom she shares a special bond.

With the help of the Asheville Design Center, a nonprofit agency dedicated to building livable communities through planning and design, we are nearing completion of the design and planning stage of this project.

Proposed design for new However, the bulk of funding remains to be playground, courtesy of ADC. raised. This is where the fun comes in.

On June 21st from 6pm to 9pm the Asheville Affiliates will host Kickin’ it Old School, an 80’s dance party sponsored by Charlotte Street Computers to benefit the Klondyke playground. Dust off your highest hightops, brightest neons, and wooliest legwarmers and come party with purpose. Tickets include beer, wine, and food and are available online at ashevilleaffiliates.com along with additional information on the event.

You may also visit charlottestreetcomputers.com for more on the Klondyke playgroud project or to make a secure online donation.

Charlotte Street Computers believes everyone deserves a secure, healthy, and fun environment where friends and family can gather and create memories. With your support, Charlotte Street Computers and ADC can make this dream a reality for The current state of the over 200 Klondyke children who Klondyke’s playground. currently have no safe place to play.

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In my first article in this series (May 9 Xpress), I described Seely’s Castle and some of its fascinating history and myths. Here’s how I came to be the faux king of the castle.

My partner, Jack doloboff, and I owned a junkyard on Riverside Drive, dealing in all sorts of surplus salvage, scrap metal and commercial trash hauling.

We bought things nobody else wanted, including Christmas trees, salvage from railroad wrecks, even surplus ladies’ handbags from the Orient, and with some success figured out a way to sell them at a profit.

We had a sign that had belonged to my grandfather, S. Sternberg; it said, "WE BUY ANYTHING AND SELL EVERYTHING." Maybe that’s what led some creative real estate agent to call me one day in 1964 asking if I wanted to buy a castle.

At first I thought this was some con artist; we got our share of those. After he told me where it was, I remembered that when I was a boy, my family would drive up to the Mountain Meadows Inn on Town Mountain Road, from where we could see this huge stone building.

I guess I knew that Asheville-Biltmore College was up there, though I never had occasion to visit. I had no intention of buying the place, but I figured it’d be interesting to see it.

And no, I did not fall in love with this behemoth at first sight, even though it was a unique and beautiful place.

After the inspection, the broker pestered me with phone calls to make an offer. I finally offered him $50,000, based on the fact that it sat on seven acres of land with a prime view, and the salvage value of the building materials, the many antique doors, windows, chandeliers and the scrap metal (it even had a copper roof) would certainly bring that much. Junk dealers always try to base their purchases on the worst they could do if they have to bail out.

He laughed at me, saying he had an offer nearly three times that much, and I suggested that he take it. A year later, I got a call one afternoon from the same guy wanting to know if I would still pay $50,000 for the castle. I guess his high-dollar offer had fallen through; I said I’d want to see the property again.

Sadly, it had deteriorated considerably due to lack of maintenance, water damage and vandalism. Some former students had been holding some pretty interesting parties up there.

I said that in its present condition, the property was now worth only $40,000. I told him my offer was good until sundown the following day and, after that, not to contact me again.

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“can you still see the sun? Well, you and youR PaRtneR Just Bought a castle.”

Apparently the owners, who were nearing completion of the Tiara Apartments on the north end of the tract, were anxious to sell, because I received a call the next afternoon. "Can you still see the sun?" the agent inquired. I answered, "Yes." He said, "Well, you and your partner just bought a castle."

I’m not sure my partner, who was much more conservative than I am, was ecstatic about this deal, but he soldiered on with me.

When I announced to my family that this would be our new home, my children were thrilled. My wife was much more skeptical until I showed her the nearly 1,000-square-foot room next to the master bedroom that she could use as her closet. (She collected everything.)

My father, an old-school scrap-metal dealer, just rolled his eyes until I showed him the many pounds of valuable metal (including the leaded windows, which were worth a fortune).

Our first task was stabilizing the property.

We had to get the grounds into some kind of shape and get the ivy off the building.

The biggest structural problem was the flat roof, which caused continual leaks. And because there was no moisture barrier, wind-driven rain would find its way past the stone walls during heavy weather.

It wasn't uncommon to find pots scattered about to catch leaks. This seriously damaged

some of the walls and the beautiful sculpturedplaster ceiling in the library.

The second major problem was security.

Upon hearing of my purchase, a friend of mine, a police officer who worked with attack dogs, called me and said they were looking for a home for a German shepherd that hadn’t responded properly to training. He offered it to me as a watchdog.

This was fortuitous, because it would be a month before we could move in, and we needed to protect the castle in the meantime.

We installed Wolf, a huge animal weighing close to 100 pounds, in the castle at night.

The first morning after Wolf's arrival, we found a broken window in the bedroom wing and a trail of blood down the hall to the front door. After that the vandalism stopped. Just his bark in that big, empty cavern sounded like a lion roaring and served as a huge deterrent.

As you can imagine, moving from a house that wasn't much bigger than the Great Room in this monstrosity involved many challenges.

Not the least of them was furnishing and refurbishing the place, which I’ll get into in the next installment. X Asheville native Jerry Sternberg is a longtime observer of the local scene. He can be reached at gospeljerry@aol.com.

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the Path ahead county gReenWays Plan faces maJoR huRdles PRoPosed gReenWays eXisting gReenWays otheR PRoPosed tRails

By Jake fRankel After years of planning and public meetings, Buncombe County is poised to release a comprehensive proposal for an extensive greenway system linking towns, parks, schools and other key sites.

Bolstered by recent successes in the city of Asheville, and by growing support for transportation alternatives, advocates are eager for the plan to be released (it’s due out next month).

Black Mountain, Woodfin and Weaverville are also developing greenways.

But with the economy still reeling, even supporters concede that major funding and organizational hurdles lie ahead. Meanwhile, many opponents are adamant that limited tax revenues should fund other priorities.

Both sides cast their arguments in terms of economic development. And with the debate unfolding in the midst of a heated election year, it’s unclear how much support the greenways plan will ultimately find on the new, expanded

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connecting Buncombe: Plans call for linking many county towns, parks, neighborhoods and schools with about 83 miles of greenways along priority areas such as the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers. Map courtesy of Equinox Environmental Consultation and Design Buncombe County Board of Commissioners come December.

WoRking togetheR The Buncombe County Greenways and Trails Master Plan has been in the works since 2008, when the county hired Park and Greenways Planner lucy Crown and established the Greenways and Trails Commission.

Since then, Crown and other officials have spent countless hours poring over data and maps, and meeting with residents and other stakeholders, to determine the optimum routes.

The plan highlights seven priority areas, with about 83 miles of suggested pathways all told (see map). Many link existing parks, greenways, residential areas and schools; several follow waterways such as the Swannanoa and French Broad rivers.

The ultimate goal, explains dwayne stutzman, the commission’s chair, is for "people to be able to utilize a connected system of trails, greenways, sidewalks — all systems working together."

A good greenway system would give county residents much more than just recreational opportunities, notes Stutzman, who spent 20 years as the state’s regional trails specialist.

"It's not some fancy, rich people’s toy-type situation. … This is a public service," he maintains. "We want this to be alternative transportation. We want people who choose not to drive a

“We need to get JoBs and affoRdaBle housing BefoRe Walking thRough the gRass in a utoPian lifestyle.”

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car to be able to utilize it. We want people who can't afford a car to be able to utilize it. We want to connect to transit stops so people can do multimodal transportation."

looking to the city In recent months, the process of developing the master plan has been bolstered by a preemptive marketing push to rally public support.

Commissioned and funded by the county’s Parks, Greenways and Recreation Services Department, the $7,000 effort has included online and in-person efforts to tout economic, health, safety and environmental benefits, reports public-relations consultant susanne Hackett of Pollinate Collaborations. The goal is to "establish pride and ownership in the process," she says, and to "create opportunities for engagement with business and organizational partners to illustrate support for countywide greenways."

Greenway advocates are also hoping to build on growing momentum for transportation alternatives in Asheville.

After voters narrowly rejected an $18.2 million bond referendum to fund park-and-greenway improvements in 1998, development languished for a decade, notes Asheville City Council member Marc Hunt, former chair of the city’s Greenway Commission. Over the last several years, though, the city has accelerated implementation of the plan, he reports, with new greenways near Reed Creek in north Asheville and Hominy Creek in West Asheville.

The Beaucatcher Mountain, Town Branch and Clingman Forest greenways are also nearing completion. During that time, there's also been a huge increase in city bike lanes and a major overhaul of the transit system, says Hunt.

He credits increased cooperation among activists, as well as federal stimulus funding and growing political will.

"The advocacy for multimodal transportation has really expanded to encompass, at this point, sidewalks, bike lanes, transit and greenways,” Hunt says. “And now, those are viewed together." About five months ago, Asheville moved administration of its greenways program from Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts to the Transportation Department.

Meanwhile, city planners continue to work on overlaying the transit, pedestrian and bike plans with the greenways plan to see "how best to network these things so people can get around," says Hunt.

While acknowledging the funding challenges — witness Council members’ recent debate over whether to raise taxes or scale back on capital improvements to fund employee raises — Hunt asserts: "Having a vital urban environment really requires providing ways people can get around without relying on the automobile."

all in the plan: The Buncombe County Greenways and Trails Master Plan has been in the works since 2008, when the county hired Park and Greenways Planner Lucy Crown (pictured here) and established the Greenways and Trails Commission.

Photo by Max Cooper Council members have also hinted that they're considering putting a bond referendum on the November ballot to fund capital improvements, which could include greenways.

ment. "To make it impossible to access our site in any way other than a car would have been contrary to our core values and beliefs."

Invited by the advocacy group Asheville on Bikes, she recently made the trip to town from Colorado to participate in the Mayor's Leadership Community Ride (part of Strive Not to Drive Week). Biking, says Vervier, is part of the brewery’s "DNA,” noting that the company was "conceived on a bike trip through Belgium.”

"We believe that the bike is one of humanity’s most elegant inventions — promoting health, pollution-free transportation, the ability to slow down and interact with your neighbors ... and of course, biking is fun!" she adds.

In summer, 30 to 40 percent of New Belgium's Colorado employees commute by bike, she reports. And while details of the Asheville greenway are still being discussed, Vervier leaves no doubt the company wants to help kick-start local bicycle and greenway development.

The idea, she says, is to "create a healthful environment for work and play" and "build connectivity in West Asheville and the River Arts District."

She adds: "Safe access and infrastructure are key, and we’ve already begun talking to local nonprofits and folks from the city of Asheville and Buncombe County on how New Belgium can help develop that infrastructure."

That's music to the ears of many greenway supporters, who view the company's wholehearted endorsement of their goals as exactly the kind of economic clout needed to make local greenways a reality.

“The relatively few dollars our community puts into this kind of infrastructure seems to be paying off from an economic-development standpoint," Hunt maintains. City and county officials, he predicts, will now be more willing to fund greenways — and to try to recruit employers who value environmental stewardship.

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But several current candidates for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners aren't convinced that putting county resources into greenways is a good idea — or the best way to attract jobs.

In a recent Xpress candidate questionnaire, stances on the issue fell largely along partisan lines, with Republicans urging fiscal restraint and Democrats saying they'd be more likely to dedicate taxpayer dollars toward implementing the master plan.

District 2 Republican candidate Mike Fryar, while praising New Belgium's decision to build in Asheville, thinks cutting regulations could do a lot more to create jobs. "It's wasted tax money," he asserts, saying he's "totally against" raising taxes to build greenways.

Several other Republican candidates share those sentiments.

Asked if funding greenways is a priority, J.B. Howard, who’s running for board chair, declares: "No. We need to get jobs and affordable housing before walking through the grass in a utopian lifestyle."

District 3 candidate david King says he's "an essentials person" who doesn't consider greenways a core service. Funding law enforcement, schools and social services should take precedence, he believes.

"Right now, we're in a recession, and we've got to deal with the recession," King maintains, adding that he's not yet convinced greenways are an economic engine. "I would not be willing to raise taxes for greenways, and I would not be willing to take away from core services."

Fryar, however, goes further, arguing that in some cases, greenway development can hurt the economy — and questioning the logic of even drafting a master plan.

Noting that he used to net about $72,000 a year from work at the former Asheville Speedway (now Carrier Park), the retired racecar engine builder says the facility was an important economic hub — bringing in tourists, sponsors, beer sales and other money — before it was converted to a park and greenway in 1999.

"They took a money-making thing away and called it a greenway. They run jobs off as much as they create them," he declares. And he dismisses the idea of a great number of citizens using them to commute long distances as unrealistic. "Walking from Candler to town is over with," he maintains.

In the 2011-12 fiscal year, the county chipped in $50,000 for the master plan process; another $65,000 came from grants. All told, local companies Kostelec Planning and Equinox Environmental were paid $115,000 to draft the plan. Those expenses, Fryar asserts, are pointless, "because we're not going to have the money to do it."

uPhill climB Due to be completed in July, the master plan will include only "ballpark figures" for the total implementation cost, says Crown. More studies, site plans and engineering estimates will be needed to get a better handle on the costs, she explains.

But a 2010 feasibility study for one of the proposed corridors suggests that the price could be high. Building an 18-mile greenway along the Swannanoa River/U.S. 70 corridor from the John B. Lewis Soccer Complex on Azalea Road in Asheville to Ridgecrest, east of Black Mountain, would cost an estimated $10.3 million.

It's hard to say where that kind of money might come from. The proposed county budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 already relies on $8.3 million in reserve funds; it includes no money for greenways.

Crown hopes that will change once the plan is completed and approved by the commissioners.

"The idea is to come up with the priority areas first, so they then have something to fund," she notes.

In the Xpress questionnaire, incumbent Democrats david Gantt, Holly Jones and Carol Peterson said they think funding greenways should be a high priority. The other Democratic candidates — Brownie Newman, ellen Frost, Michelle Pace Wood and Terry van duyn — agreed. But how much money they might be willing to commit remains unclear.

Meanwhile, the county has created a nonprofit to solicit donations from private businesses, residents and organizations. Ultimate Ice Cream in Asheville, says Crown, recently raised $300 for the cause from sales of its "The Trail" flavor.

And Dynamite Roasting Co. in Black Mountain plans to donate 100 percent of proceeds from its "Greenways, Please" coffee during the month of June. Still, she concedes, "Although there's been a growing interest, we don't have a whole lot of financial support at this time."

Supporters also hope that increased use of existing greenways will highlight the need for more. But while community rides organized by Asheville On Bikes have drawn big crowds in recent years, hard data to back up the claims is hard to come by.

The city doesn't track greenway usage, reports Superintendent of Business Services Frank McGowan, adding that doing so "would be exceedingly difficult." Asheville's Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force conducted a couple of point-in-time counts in 2009 and 2010, but that data wasn't intended "to somehow give a picture of citywide and bicycling volumes," cautions Transportation Planner Barb Mee. She's recruiting volunteers for another count planned for this summer.

Still, Crown and others maintain that, longterm, the prospects for more Buncombe County greenways look promising.

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The idea for a nonprofit funded by a special tax on downtown property was part of the Downtown Master Plan that Council adopted, in principle, in 2009. The Downtown Management Subcommittee, charged with helping implement parts of the master plan, set up an interim board for the BID that produced the proposal.

Proponents, many of them key players in downtown’s power structure, say the BID is a way to deal with things like keeping streets clean and the district prosperous. Opponents — a diverse group ranging from conservative developers to radical activists — say the BID

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would impose an unnecessary tax burden, give power to an unelected board and stifle downtown's unique culture.

Both sides turned out en masse, filling the Council chamber and two overflow rooms.

Proponents packed the front rows of the audience seating; on the street below, opponents banged drums and played music as the discussion began.

Business improvement districts “work to sustain what makes the city special,” interim BID board Chair susan Griffin told Council. “It translates into increased revenue, not just for downtown merchants, but for city and county coffers as well.”

Peter Alberice laid out the specifics of the BID, saying the tax increase that would fund it — 7 cents per $100 of property value — amounts to no more than the cost of a truffle or a cup of coffee per day.

On a $1 million downtown building, the additional tax bite would be $700 per month. That’s a 16.6 percent increase over the city's current rate (42 cents per $100).

The BID's 13-member board would include three major property owners (those holding more than $3 million worth), two large property owners ($1.5 million to $3 million), two small owners (less than $1.5 million), two retail/ restaurant owners, two residents, one office

owner and one at-large member. Board members would appoint their own successors.

Alberice defended the much-criticized structure, saying, “We've done the best we can to ensure there's as wide a range of people represented on this board as possible.”

Another source of controversy is the teams of downtown “ambassadors” who would assist visitors and deter “undesirable” behavior. “We do not want to form a police force,” asserted Alberice, stressing that these workers would not be armed.

sPiRited deBate The sometimes dramatic debate touched on fundamental issues concerning who holds the power downtown and who contributes to its well-being.

Joe Minicozzi, an urban planner who helped write the proposal, accused many opponents of being “free riders” who hadn't put in the volunteer hours supporters had. Throwing down gallon bags of cigarette butts in front of the lectern to make a point about the level of trash downtown, Minicozzi claimed opponents were relying on “hyperbole and histrionics.”

Local restaurant owner dwight Butner, who serves on the Downtown Commission, invoked Martin Luther King Jr. in endorsing the BID, saying it was part of a liberal struggle for

wouldn’t mind paying for an effective BID, he has concerns about the current structure. “We have to be aware that what we're doing is giving authority to a taxing entity,” Davis pointed out.

Griffin said any delay past September would be problematic, because “We have a lot of people that are billing at $200 an hour,” and because current interim board members might leave.

Council approved the delay on a 6-0 vote; Vice Mayor esther Manheimer was absent on a family vacation.

The delay will mean that the earliest the BID could take effect would be July 2013, because the tax to support it must be approved before the start of the fiscal year.

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not the time: BID opponent Chris Peterson said the proposal will hurt independent business and put too much power in the hands of an unelected board Peterson. “We elected Council: You run the city.

Don't let someone come in and run it that hasn't been voted in.”

“There are fundamental flaws in how this has been structured, the timing and the governance,” said Wes Reinhardt, representing the FIRC Group. “There's going to be unintended consequences like higher rents. Taxes have to come from somewhere.” FIRC is a major downtown property owner.

After more than two hours of public debate, Council members seemed largely supportive of the idea of a BID but had enough questions that they felt a delay was needed. “Everything about our community will benefit with a stronger downtown,” asserted Council member Marc Hunt. “Enthusiastic as I am, I believe that more work is required.”

Hunt proposed postponing a vote until Sept.

25, allowing for more work on the structure of the BID contract, the nonprofit’s leadership and finances, and how much oversight the city

would have.

Council member Gordon smith wanted more diversity on the BID's board, reminding advocates that whatever their issues with opponents, they should keep in mind that dealing with critics would be part of the organization’s job.

Council member Cecil Bothwell criticized a WCU study touting the economic growth an Asheville BID would provide, saying, “There are so many qualifications, it renders it meaningless.” He also broached the idea of holding a referendum on the BID. “I don't think we have a good record of non-elected boards handling taxpayer money,” Bothwell observed, citing past problems with the Pack Square Park Conservancy, the Grove Arcade Public Market Foundation and the Tourism Development Authority. “Don't the voters deserve a say as well as the property owners?”

Council member Jan davis, himself a downtown-business owner, said that while he

Council also approved the city’s 2012-13 budget on a 5-1 vote, breaking a weeks-long deadlock over staff salaries.

On May 22, police and firefighters had shown up in force to demand a 4 percent raise rather than the proposed 1 percent. Amid stark disagreements that night, a tax increase to fund the raise failed by a single vote. A special June 5 work session also failed to resolve the issue, with Council split over whether to offer a 2 or 3 percent raise and staff emphasizing that things like infrastructure and operations are also in desperate need of funds.

This time, however, Council members settled on a 2 percent raise that could turn into 3 percent in late fall if sales-tax revenues continue to improve.

“This year, for the first time, we're hopefully beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” noted Smith. “Our commitment to staff salaries is a major piece, but we all know it can't be the only priority.”

Bothwell, who still wanted a 3 percent staff raise, cast the lone dissenting vote.

In other action, Council unanimously approved: • A $3.5 million tax-and-infrastructure incentives package for New Belgium Brewing, which is slated to begin construction in the River Arts District in 2014.

• More than $500,000 over five years for 176 units of affordable and work-force housing on Glenn Bridge Road in south Asheville. X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

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progress. “There is no rational reason not to adopt this proposal that increases the economic and cultural well-being of our downtown,” he declared.

But libertie valance, one of Firestorm Cafe’s worker-owners, framed the issue as “a disagreement over to whom downtown belongs,” saying proponents “see urban centers as spaces almost exclusively concerned with the generation of private profits.”

“If this is fair and democratic, who are the stakeholders being excluded?” Valance wondered. “If city planners had asked me who I thought the stakeholders in downtown were — and they never did — I would have said businesses and residents, but I would also have said workers, renters, retirees, immigrants, students, the unhoused and everyone else who contributes to and benefits from Asheville's unique culture. Sadly, these are people that, while constituting the majority interest in downtown, have been excluded from the BID's planning and proposed governance.”

Imke durre, who owns downtown residential property, maintained that many more people oppose the BID than were present at the meeting. In an ad hoc group’s survey of property owners, all but seven of the more than 100 respondents rejected the idea, she said.

“This group of people would not self-impose the BID,” said Durre, urging, “Delay this decision and take into account additional pieces of information. The majority of time has been taken by those involved in the process, but consider the opinions of those who were not part of the process.”

People from rural areas feel uncomfortable coming downtown, argued north Asheville resident Monica Toych, noting that she and her husband had been approached by panhandlers while walking to the meeting. “It's amazing to see the change in Boone with a BID. I don't see why Asheville would oppose this.”

But downtown waiter Martin Ramsey said the BID would divide Asheville, creating “a city within a city.” He called the idea “as wrongheaded as it is anti-democratic.”

A number of hoteliers and other business owners also opposed the BID and called for its delay.

“It's going to be the businesses that get clobbered: You pass this tax and you'll see chains coming here, because they're the only ones that can afford this,” predicted local developer Chris

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Welcome to the jungle: Known as “the jungle,” the MRI room at Mision Children’s Radiology was designed and painted with young patients in mind.

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By caitlin ByRd Nearly five years in the making, Mission Children's Radiology opened its doors June 11 and began seeing patients.

"In the past, children in Western North Carolina had to go to adult departments, trauma centers [or] adult outpatient centers and be seen by adultoriented physicians and technologists, which isn't optimal,” says Bret sleight of Mission Children's Radiology and Asheville Radiology Associates.

“This will be a good resource not just for Asheville locally, but for all of WNC." Currently, nine pediatric physicians work at the new imaging center. However, in mid-August, the team will add one more — pediatric radiologist Marianne Ballisty.

"One of the key issues … involved in all of this, along with pediatric tech, is that at every level the care is for the parents, pediatricians and family practitioners who care for children. They will have the trust built into the product,” Sleight explains.

“We're going to do the right thing every time with every child, with every exam, and doctors will get back the information they need," he says.

Most importantly, Sleight maintains, the new imaging center will provide high-quality, childfocused care at child-specific radiation levels.

"In the past we were focused on the body part that needed to be scanned: You got plugged in and

just got that body part scanned. Whether you were an adult or a child, big or small, it was the same.

Now we're focused on the ALARA which stands for 'as low as reasonably achievable,'" he continues.

For example, a CT scan is the biggest source of radiation. "It's a miraculous test and saves many lives and prolongs many lives, but we still want to use the lowest, safest dose possible," says Sleight.

This is particularly important for children with chronic disease or illness, who typically get multiple MRIs or CT scans every three months. "We use the minimum dose with the minimum energy necessary to answer the clinical question. So not only do we drop the dose, using software to limit it and still get wonderful images, we’re also focused on prescribing the exam for the individual patient," says Sleight.

With these young patients in mind, artists Ian Brownlee and Julia Burr painted the new center’s interior with nature-themed art. With toucans painted on the wall of the MRI room and a lantern painted on the side of the MRI machine itself, Sleight notes, "It's a very child-friendly environment."

Mission Children's Radiology is located at the Reuter Outpatient Center (11 Vanderbilt Park Drive). X Caitlin Byrd can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 140, or at cbyrd@mountainx.com.

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Buncombe County extension Programs • WE (6/20), 10am - A presentation on container gardening will be offered by Extension Master Gardener Laurie Bell at 94 Coxe Ave. Free. Info: 255-5522. --- 1:30pm - Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Buncombe County will present a program on growing tomatoes at 94 Coxe Ave. The presentation will focus on staking, cages and pruning. Free.

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• SA (6/23), 9:05am - Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Buncombe County will present a program on growing tomatoes at the MANNA Demonstration Garden, 627 Swannanoa River Road. Presentation will focus on staking, cages and pruning. Seating and shade are not available at this outdoor program, held rain or shine. Free. Info: 2555522. --- 11am-2pm - A plant clinic will be held at the WNC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Road, hosted by Buncombe County Extension master gardeners. Bring plant samples large enough for identification. Info: 255-5522.

Haywood County master gardener tour • SA (6/23), 9am-4pm - Haywood County Master Gardener volunteers will host a tour of six private gardens. Ticket holders will receive a map at Mountain Research Station, 256 Raccoon Road, Waynesville. $10. Raffle tickets for a metal garden sculpture will be available for $5. Info: www. mgtour2012@charter.net or 456-3575. ikenobo ikebana Society The Blue Ridge Chapter of Ikenobo Ikebana Society (Japanese Flower Arranging) meets monthly at St. John's in the Wilderness Parish House, Rt. #225 South and Rutledge Road, in Flat Rock. Info: 696-4103.

• TH (6/21), 10am - A monthly meeting will include a demonstration of Shoka Shimputai.

Leicester garden Club • SA (6/23), 1-3pm - The Leicester Garden Club will meet at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road. Meeting will feature a lecture and refreshments. Free. Info: LGCmember@ yahoo.com or 683-7159.

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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. Three dashes indicate the next listing. 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.

--- 8am-noon - 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. --- 8am-12:30pm - Transylvania Tailgate Market, behind Comporium on the corner of Johnson and Jordan Streets, 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.

--- 9am-1pm - Madison County Farmers and Artisans Market, Highway 213 at Park Street, Mars Hill. --- 9am-2pm - Leicester Tailgate Market, 338 Leicester Highway. --10am-2pm - Murphy Farmers Market, downtown Murphy.

Info: 837-3400.

• 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.

Soil Fertility Workshop • SA (6/23), 3-8pm - Soil Fertility Systems Part II, with Dr. Mark Schonbeck, Jon Nilsson and Pat Battle, will cover soil tests, waste analysis reports and cover crops. Held at Mills River Educational Farm, 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River. $25; scholarships available. Info and registration: www.

LivingWebFarms.org or 505-1660.

Weaverville garden tour • SA (6/23), 10am-1pm - The Weaverville Garden Tour will feature six private gardens in downtown Weaverville neighborhoods. Tickets available outside Weaverville Town Hall, 30 South Main St. Proceeds benefit the Weaverville Tree Board. $10. Info: 645-5251.

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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 June 20 28, 2012 unless otherwise stated, events take place in Asheville, and phone numbers are in the 828 area code.

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

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

Cats W.i.n. Class

• SA (6/23), 11am - What is normal cat behavior? Discover appropriate outlets for normal feline behaviors and help prevent behavior problems. Held at Patton Avenue Pet Company, 1388 Patton Ave. Humans only.

Free. Info: 505-8299.

Dog Adoptions • SATURDAYS, 11am-4pm - Transylvania Animal Alliance Group (T.A.A.G.) will host dog adoptions at Petsmart, 3 McKenna Road, Arden.

Info: www.facebook.com/ TAAGwags or 388-2532.

Living with Bears • TH (6/21), 2pm - "Living with Bears" will focus on the history, biology and population dynamics of black bears in N.C. Held at Etowah Library, 101 Brickyard Road. Free. Info: 891-6577.

Rusty's Legacy • SATURDAYS, 10am-3pm Rusty's Legacy animal rescue will host pet adoptions at Black Mountain Tractor Supply

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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..

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Free Listings To submit a free listing: * Online submission form (best): http://www.mountainx.com/ events/submission * E-mail (second best): calendar@mountainx.com * Fax (next best): (828) 251-1311, Attn: Free Calendar * Mail: Free Calendar, Mountain Xpress, P.O. Box 144, Asheville, NC 28802 * In person: Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall St. (the Miles Building), second floor, downtown Asheville.

Please limit your submission to 40 words or less.

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

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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.

Company, 125 Old Highway 70. Info: rustyslegacync@aol. com or http://avl.mx/9p.

Spay/neuter Vouchers • The Buncombe County Animal Coalition offers spay/ neuter vouchers to at-risk pets, including pregnant or nursing cats, dog breeds such as pit bulls and hounds, animals over the age of five and pet owners who reside in public housing. $35 dogs /$20 cats. Info: 2506430 or 252-2079.

Wildlife Presentation • TU (6/26), 7pm - A presentation on regional wildlife will be offered by educators from the WNC Nature Center and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Q&A will follow.

Held in UNCA's Reuter Center.

Free. Info: http://ncccr.unca.edu or 251-6140.

Paso Fino Horse Show • TH (6/21), 8am-8pm - The Piedmont Classic Paso Fino horse show will be presented

by Asheville ALIVE 2012 at the WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road, Fletcher.

Free. Info: www.ashevillealive. com.

Yappy Hour • TH (6/21), 5:30-7:30pm The Asheville Humane Society will host a Yappy Hour for dogs and their owners at 14 Forever Friend Lane. $10. www.ashevillehumane.org.

Art 16 Patton Located at 16 Patton Ave. Gallery hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., 1-6pm.

Info: www.16patton.com or 236-2889.

• Through SU (7/1) Connections, works by Laurie Adams, and North Carolina Pastoral, works by Charles Philip Brooks.

310 ARt gallery Riverview Station, 191 Lyman St., #310. Fri.-Sun., 9:30am3:30pm or by appointment.

Info: www.310art.com or 776-2716.

• Through FR (8/31), Thinking Big, an exhibition of large paintings.

Allure: the Secret Life of Flowers • TH (6/21) through WE (8/15) - Allure: The Secret Life of Flowers, an exhibition of new work printed on metal by Julie McMillan of Silver Birch Studio Photography. Hosted by West One Salon, 372 Depot St. A

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portion of sales benefits The Hope Chest for Women. Info: www.silverbirchstudio.com or www.westonesalon.com.

• TH (6/21), 7-9pm - Opening reception.

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 TH (6/21) - 15 potters will "explore the nature of the pitcher."

• Through TH (7/12) - Hot Damn!.

An enchanted Animal Affaire • Through MO (7/9) - An Enchanted Animal Affaire, a community-wide exhibition of fiberglass ducks decorated by local artists, will be on display throughout Weaverville. Info: www.visitweaverville.com.

Appalachian Pastel Society • Through TU (7/31) - The Appalachian Pastel Society presents an exhibition at Studio B Custom Framing and Fine Arts, 171 Weaverville Highway.

Tues.-Fri., 10am-5:30pm; Sat., 10am-3pm. Info: www.appalachianpastelsociety.org.

Art events at WCu Held at the Fine Art Museum, Fine & Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Thurs., 10am-7pm. Free, but donations welcome. Info: www.fineartmuseum.wcu.edu or 227-3591.

• Through FR (8/3) RE+constructed, nontraditional quilts by Heidi Field-Alvarez, Jeana Eve Klein, Carolyn Nelson and Jen Swearington.

• Through FR (9/7) - Drawing on the New Deal, works by draftsman John Helike.

• Through FR (8/3) - Flora and Fauna: WNC Art Educators Juried Exhibit and Lasting Impressions: Print Portfolio of Contemporary Native American Artists from the Fine Art Museum Collection.

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.

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

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Buncombe County Extension Master Gardeners will host a free presentation on container

wed gardening on Wednesday, June 20 at 10am. A program on growing tomatoes will follow at 1:30 p.m. 94 Coxe Ave. Info: 255-5522.

Be the first to see Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre's production of Harvey, the

thur Pulitzer Prize-winning story of a man and his invisible six-foot-tall rabbit. Opening night is Thursday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Mars Hill College's Owen Theatre. The show runs Thursdays through Sundays until July 1. $25/$22 seniors/$18 students. Info: sartplays.org or 689-1239.

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Waynesville's Mountain Street Dance will feature live music, demonstrations and instruction by local clogging teams on Friday, June 22 from 6:30-9 p.m. Held in front of the Haywood County Courthouse, 215 N. Main St., Waynesville. Info: downtownwaynesville.com.

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Find out if there are treasures hiding in your attic as The Council on Aging for Henderson County presents an antique appraisal fair on Saturday, June 23 from 10 a.m-1 p.m. at 97 Etowah Shopping Center off Highway 64. $5 per item or $10 for three. Info: coahc.org/events.

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Double bassist Aaron Brown and pianist Kimberly Cann will perform works by Bach, Astor Piazzolla, Gabriel Faure and others on Sunday, June 24 at 5 p.m. Held at St. Matthias Church, 1 Dundee St. By donation. Info: 285-0033.

The Transylvania Community Arts Council will host an open mic night for writers on Monday,

mon June 25 from 7-9 p.m. Held at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Free. Info and registration: 8842787.

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A presentation on regional wildlife will be offered by educators from the WNC Nature Center and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission on Tuesday, June 26 at 7 p.m. Held in UNCA's Reuter Center. Free. Info: ncccr.unca.edu or 251-6140.

• Through SU (9/30) - Fiore/ Drawing, a survey of drawings

by Joseph A. Fiore dating from the early '50s at Black Mountain College through his late years in New York and Maine.

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

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 SA (6/30) - Abstract landscapes by Alfie Fernandes, paintings by Tracy Lynn Pristas and landscapes by Sara Linda Poly.

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 FR (6/22), 10am5pm - Plein Air paintings from Art in Bloom Cottage Garden Tour. Free.

• FR (6/22) through FR (7/27) Aqueous, a collaborative exhibit exploring movement and transition with artists from Asheville BookWorks.

• FR (6/22), 6-8pm - Opening reception.

Black mountain College museum + Arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College. Gallery hours: Tues. & Wed., noon-4pm; Thurs.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: bmcmac@ bellsouth.net or www. blackmountaincollege.org or 350-8484.

• Through SA (9/8) - Bridging: A Retrospective From Two to Three Dimensions, works by David Weinrib.

Brevard 4th Friday • FRIDAYS, 5-9pm - Brevard 4th Friday Gallery Walk will feature extended gallery and business hours throughout the town of Brevard. Info: www.artsofbrevard.org or 884-2787.

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

• Through SA (6/30) Vignettes, works by Dan Estabrook, Sharon Hart and Stacey Page.

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 FR (6/29) - Juice: Ceramics by Noah Riedel, works from a produce designer's perspective.

DeSoto Lounge • Through SU (7/1) - A Newspaper, works by Jaye Bartell, Nathanael Roney and J. Seger, will be on display during business hours at DeSoto Lounge, 504 Haywood Road.

Info: www.desotolounge.com or 255-1109. events At Folk Art Center MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Open daily from 9am6pm. Info: www.craftguild.org or 298-7928.

• Through TU (7/24) - Works

by Becky and Steve Lloyd (clay) and Ken Thomas (metal). events at the turchin Center Appalachian State University's Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is located at 423 West King St., Boone. Info: 262-3017 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 SA (6/30) - The Living Mask: 30 Portraits (of someone you might know), new works by Rimas Zailskas.

Flow gallery 14 South Main St., Marshall.

Wed.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Info: http://avl.mx/aw.

• Through SA (7/14) Fabrications, quilts and fabric art by six artists.

Haywood County Arts Council Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC's Gallery 86 in Waynesville.

Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.

Info: www.haywoodarts.org or 452-0593.

• Through SA (6/30) Celebrating Appalachia, an exhibit of traditional and contemporary craft styles.

HCC Photography exhibit • Through FR (6/29) Photography by Haywood Community College's continuing

education digital photography class will be on display in the Canton Library's meeting room, 11 Pennsylvania Ave. Info: 648-2924.

monte Vista Hotel • Through SA (6/30) - Works

by Jackson Hammack (mixed media) will be on display at Monte Vista Hotel, 308 W. State St., Black Mountain. Info: www. anthmgallery.com or 669-8870. newZart gallery 133 S. Main St., Studio 207, Marshall. By appointment.

Info: www.newzart.com or 649-9358.

• Through TU (7/31) - Linear and Geometric Abstractions, works by Matthew Zedler.

Penland Auction • TH (6/21), 8pm - An auction of student and instructor work made at a Penland workshop session will be held in the Northlight Building, Penland School of Crafts. Proceeds benefit Penland’s scholarship programs. Free to attend.

Directions, info and map: www. penland.org Penland School of Crafts Located at 67 Dora's Trail, Penland. Gallery hours: Tues.Sat., 10am–5pm and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.penland. org or 765-2359.

• Through SU (7/8) - Studio Practice, "12 artists, their work,

their working environment and their sources of inspiration."

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).

Proving. grounds.

• Through SU (8/5) - Proving.

Grounds., a collaboration between photographer Micah Mackenzie, Ship To Shore's R. Brooke Priddy and Royal Peasantry's Danielle Miller, will be on display at Pisgah Brewing Company, 150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain, during bar hours. Info: www.pisgahbrewing.com or 669-0190.

Push Skate Shop & gallery Located at 25 Patton Ave. Gallery hours: Mon.-Thurs., 11am-6pm; Fri. & Sat., 11am7pm; Sun., noon-6pm. Info: www.pushtoyproject.com or 225-5509.

• Through TU (7/17) - Stalefish 4, an all skateboarder group show.

Red House Studios and gallery 310 W. State St., Black Mountain. Fri.-Sun., 11am6pm. Info: www.svfalarts.org or 669-0351.

• Through TU (6/26) - All Water Media, works by Ron Maffett.

Robin Original

• Through SU (6/24) - Works

by Robin Ford (Robin Original) will be on display at West End Bakery, 757 Haywood Road.

Info: www.robinoriginal.com.

Sally Sweetland • Through MO (6/25) - In Sweetland, works by Sally Sweetland, will be on display at Black Mountain Ale House,117-C Cherry St. Sponsored by AnTHM Gallery.

Info: www.blackmountainalehouse.com or 669-9090.

Satellite gallery 55 Broadway St. Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm; Sun., 11am-5pm.

Info: www.thesatellitegallery. com or 305-2225.

• Through MO (7/30) Phantom Antlers, works by Gabriel Shaffer and Joti Marra Ramsey.

Sculpture for the garden • Through MO (12/31) Sculpture for the Garden, a national outdoor sculpture invitational, will be on display at Grovewood Gallery, 111 Grovewood Road. Info: www. grovewood.com.

Seven Sisters gallery 117 Cherry St., Black Mountain.

Summer hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., noon5pm. Info: www.sevensistersgallery.com or 669-5107.

• Through SU (8/12) - Kate Thayer (pastels).

Spectacular Southern Appalachians • Through TU (7/31) - The Carolinas’ Nature Photographers Association will host Spectacular Southern Appalachians at the Cradle of Forestry, Highway 276 near Brevard. Regular admission prices apply. Info: www.cradleofforestry.com or 877-3130.

Studio B A framing studio and art gallery at 171 Weaverville Highway, Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm & Sat. 10am3pm. Info: www.galleryatstudiob.com or 225-5200.

• Through TU (7/31) - The Appalachian Pastel Society will present Home Sweet Home, works by Carol Branton Morrow. the Artery Community arts facility at 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am4pm. Info: www.ashevillearts. com.

• Through SA (6/30) - Life Support, works by Susannah Zucker (ceramics).

• TH (6/28), 3pm - Artist talk.

• TH (6/21), 6-9pm - Drink and Draw invites the public to bring supplies to draw a sculpture by Susannah Zucker. Held at the ARTery, 346 Depot St. Alcohol will be available; free to attend.

Info and registration: www. ashevillearts.com or hillary@ ashevillearts.com.

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the Bender gallery 12 S. Lexington Ave. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-5pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www. thebendergallery.com or 5058341.

• Through FR (8/31) Divergent Visions: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of American Studio Glass. 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.

• FR (6/22) through FR (6/29) Transylvania Art Guild Summer Arts Showcase.

• FR (6/22), 5-9pm - Opening reception.

WCu's mountain Heritage Center • Through FR (8/17) Collecting for the Community, an exhibit of Mountain Heritage Center's artifacts and donations, will be on display in WCU's Mountain Heritage Center.

Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am5pm; Thurs., 8am-7pm. Free.

Info: www.wcu.edu/2389.asp.

• Through FR (9/14) - Stitches in Time: Historic Quilts of WNC. Wood engraving exhibition • Through SA (6/30) - The Wood Engravers’ Network exhibition will be on display at Asheville Bookworks, 428 1/2 Haywood Road. Info: www. ashevillebookworks.com or 255-8444.

Working girls Studio 30 Battery Park (upstairs).

Thurs.-Sat., 11am-5pm and by appointment. www.workinggirlsstudio.com or 243-0200.

• Through FR (8/3) - Works by Dot Griffith, Karen Deans and Eli Corbin.

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Antique Appraisals • SA (6/23), 10am-1pm Antique appraisals to determine the value of antiques, jewelry, vintage collectibles, dolls, quilt pattern identification and more.

Light snacks will be provided. $5 per item or 3 items for $10. Info: www.coahc.org or 692-4203.

Asheville Art in the Park • SATURDAYS through (6/30), 10am-6pm - Asheville Art in the Park will feature local artists selling glass, ceramics, wood, jewelry and more in Pack Square Park. Free to attend. Info: www.

AshevilleArtinthePark.com.

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.

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

• SA (6/23) & SU (6/24) - The museum's Fine Art Print Fair will showcase dealers from across the country with selections for novice and seasoned print collectors. Free with membership or admission. Sat., 11am-5pm; Sun., noon-5pm.

• SU (6/22), 7:30pm - Opening reception. $45/$35 members.

Tickets required: 253-3227.

Paris of the South Flea market • SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 8am-3pm - Paris of the South flea market features antiques, local food and music at 175 Clingman Ave. Free to attend.

Info: www.parisofthesouth.net.

Auditions & Call to Artists Best of WnC Artists 2012 (pd.) A juried exhibition of 2D &3D works by artists residing in Western North Carolina.

Sponsored by WHO KNOWS ART in conjunction with Fine Art By The River/Riverside Studios. Exhibit dates: Sept 1-29. Submission deadline & fee: July 1. $25. Info: www. bestwncartists.com.

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.

Arts Council of Henderson County Located at 401 N. Main St. (entrance on Fourth Street), above Flight Restaurant in downtown Hendersonville. Info: 693-8504 or www.acofhc.org.

• Through TH (8/16) Submissions for grassroots arts program sub-grants will be accepted through August 16.

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 Living treasures • Through WE (8/15) Asheville Living Treasures will accept nominations of people age 70 and older with a history of service to the community.

Applications will be accepted through August 15. Info: www. ashevillelivingtreasures.com

or ashevillelivingtreasures@ gmail.com.

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. 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 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 SA (6/30) Hendersonville's Art on Main will accept applications from artists interested in demonstrating their craft through June 30. Info: www.acofhc.org or 693-8504. mountain Heritage Award • Through MO (6/25) - WCU will accept nominations for the Mountain Heritage Award through June 25. Info: philyaw@wcu.edu.

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

RiverFest / Anything that Floats Parade • Through FR (7/27) Applications for vending space at RiverFest and the Anything That Floats Parade will be accepted through July 27. Info: crowhurst2@gmail.com or 400-4541. talent 4 Change meeting • MO (6/25), 6pm - Project Change the World will hold a Power Board/Inspirational Gathering at Riverside Studios, 174 W. Haywood St., to build a Board Committee of artists and others who wish to volunteer to benefit local communities. Info: jeffreydecristofaro@yahoo. com. teDxAsheville • Through SU (7/15) TEDxAsheville will accept submissions from "thinkers, innovators and entertainers from diverse fields" through July 15.

Info: www.tedxasheville.com.

Business & Technology 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.

Small Business Conversation • FR (6/22), 4:30 - A meeting for those interested in starting or running a small business will be held at Malaprop's, 55 Haywood St. Free. Info: www. malaprops.com.

Classes, Meetings & Events Learn to Knit at Purl's Yarn emporium (pd.) On Wall Street downtown: Beginning Knit :1st and 2nd Wednesdays, 6-8pm; Intermediate Knit: 3rd and 4th Wednesdays. • $40/4 hours of instruction. 828-253-2750. www.purlsyarnemporium.com 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.

Pleasure as Spiritual Path, (pd.) 6/23/12. Join Rebecca Chaplin MA, LS in experiencing a Path Of Pleasure 4 week series 4-6pm at VaVaVoom.

Ashevilletantra.com or 828.475.2887 Arts and Culture Week • FR (6/22) through WE (7/4) - Arts and Culture Week will feature 65 art events in downtown Brevard and Transylvania County, including street dances, music jams, an open mic night, gallery walk and more. Info and schedule: www.artsofbrevard. org or 884-2787.

Celebrate Summer Party • TH (6/21), 6:30-8:30pm - Kick off the first full day of summer with a party at The Compleat Naturalist, 2 Brook St. in Biltmore Village. The celebration will include free drinks and refreshments and a chance to win prizes. Info: 274-5430 or www.compleatnaturalist.com.

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.

Chess tournament and Festival • TH (6/21), 10am - A chess tournament and festival will be held at Blue Ridge Books, 152 South Main St., Waynesville. $10 USCF players and adults 18 or older/$5 unrated players and youth under 18. Free for spectators.

Info: chesscat772@yahoo. com or 648-5739. game night • THURSDAYS, 6:30-9pm - "Join an exuberant crowd of friends as we play a new game every week, featuring Bean Werks coffee, espresso and local art." Hosted by Wall Street Coffee House, 62 Wall St. www.wallstreetcoffeehouse.webs.com.

Historic Hendersonville tour • SATURDAYS through (10/27), 9am - A trolley tour of historic Hendersonville will depart from Hampton Inn,155 Sugarloaf Road, Hendersonville. $25/$20 children ages 6-12/children 5 and under free. Info: www. thetrolleycompany.com or 606-8606.

Lifetree Cafe • TUESDAYS, 7pm - "Lifetree Cafe is a place where people gather for conversation about life and faith in a casual setting." Groups discuss a different topic every week.

All are welcome. Hosted at Rejavanation Cafe, 901 Smoky Park Highway. Info: www.lifetreecafe.com.

Lincoln exhibit • SA (6/23), noon-4pm - The Haywood County Library will host an opening reception for a traveling Lincoln exhibit to be displayed at the library, 678 S. Haywood St., Waynesville. The event will include an official unveiling and historical reenactions.

Free. Info: www.haywoodlibrary.org.

Asheville Fm mixtape Swap • 4th SATURDAYS, noon - A mixtape swap and monthly meeting will be hosted

by Asheville Free Media at DeSoto Lounge, 504 Haywood Road. Bring a CD to share and take one home.

Info: www.ashevillefm.org.

Pan Harmonia tea • TH (6/21), 5:30-6:30pm Pan Harmonia will host a tea reception in a private studio.

Free. Info, location and registration: info@panharmonia. org or 505-7259.

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.

Prayer Flag Class • SA (6/23), 1-3:30pm "Hope, Sew, Heal," a class on making creative prayer flags, will be held at Our VOICE, 44 Merrimon Ave., Suite 1. Open to women only. $15-$20 sliding scale. Info: arts@ourvoicenc.org or 252-0562.

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

Info: lilnau@aol.com or 369-6669. the Artery Community arts facility at 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am4pm. Info: www.ashevillearts. com.

• TH (6/21), 4-6pm - The Asheville Area Arts Council will host a forum on supporting the creative sector.

Roundtable topic: Help the AAAC design Artist Business Management curriculum.

Free.

Comedy Slice of Life Comedy • TH (6/21), 9pm - Stand-up comedy and booked open mic will include free snacks, drink specials and a raffle for charity. Held at Pulp, below the Orange Peel, 103 Hilliard Ave. $5. Info and booking: sliceoflifecomedy@gmail. com. the Altamont Located at 18 Church St. Info: www.myaltamont.com or 274-8070.

• SA (6/23), 8:30pm - The Pink Collar Comedy Tour, NYC-based female comedians. $12.

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.) • Drop in Classes: Monday 7:30-9pm Bellydance • 9am Hip Hop Workout • 5:15-5.45pm Intro to Bellydance. • Wednesday 6-7 Intro to Hip Hop, • 7:309 Bellydance 2 • Thursday 9-10am Bellydance Workout

newsoftheweird even mass muRdeReRs need fRiends Norway is home to perhaps the most inmatefriendly prison in the world, but the correctional system has an imminent crisis, as Anders Behring Breivik (the confessed killer of 77 people last year) nears formal conviction and sentencing. Officials fear the sociopathic Breivik will try to kill inmates to add to his toll, yet Norwegian law forbids solitary confinement as cruel. Consequently, according to a May report by Norway's Verdens Gang newspaper, the officials have begun a search to select, hire and train appropriate "friends" to hang out with Breivik behind bars, to win his trust and prevent further mayhem. Among Breivik's favorite recreational distractions: chess and hockey.

cultuRal diveRsity • Collections of comically poor translations are legion, but the Beijing municipal government, in sympathy with English-speaking restaurantgoers, published a helpful guidebook recently of what the restaurateurs were trying, though inartfully, to say. In an April interview with the authors, NBC News learned the contents of "Hand Shredded A$$ Meat" (donkey meat) and other baffling English descriptions (all taken from actual menus): "Cowboy Leg," "RedBurned Lion Head," "Blow-up Flatfish With No Result," and "Tofu Made by Woman With Freckles."

• Competitive facial-hair-growers are revered in some countries, notably Pakistan and India.

Pakistani Amir Muhammad Afridi, 42, whose handlebar lip hair extends in an arc almost to the top of his head, told reporters he had to move from his rural home to the more secular Peshawar because of threats that his pride and joy was un-Islamic. And Guinness Book recordholder Ram Singh Chauhan, 54, of India, told BBC News that he keeps his 14-foot-long moustache conditioned by cleaning and combing it for an hour each day (treated with coconutbased hair oil) and lamented that he must wind it around his neck to keep it from interfering with his daily activities.

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• In the spirit of empowering dissidents around the world, activists in Ukraine and South Africa recently erected statues lampooning leaders. In Kiev and the western city of Lvov, Ukraine, activists unveiled 5-foot-high statues of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin urinating. (Police in both cities took them down quickly, however.) And South African artist Brett Murray museum-exhibited a red, black and yellow acrylic painting of President Jacob Zuma ("Hail to the Thief II") with his genitals exposed, an allusion to Zuma's having beaten a rape charge in 2006. (The Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, which first resisted pressure, agreed in May to remove the painting.)

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In Pirmasens, Germany, in May, a 61-year-old woman was fined the equivalent of almost $1,000 for assault. Frustrated by telemarketers' constantly cold-calling her, she took it out on one by blowing a whistle into the telephone, allegedly causing permanent damage to the telemarketer's hearing.

latest Religious messages • Google Trends notes that five of the top seven countries in the world whose residents search "sex" are Muslim. In Iran, especially, a "virtual cottage industry" has developed of clerics turning into amateur sexologists, according to the May/ June Foreign Policy — often with mockable results.

"If a person has intercourse with a cow, a sheep or a camel," it is not proper to consume the animal's milk, one cleric declared. Leaders, from former President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr (who believed women's hair emits sexual rays) to the current Ayatollah Khamenei (who approves of Islamic

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"temporary marriages" to justify quick assignations) promote internal friskiness while denouncing outsiders (especially Americans) for attempting to corrupt the country's morals.

• Two veteran Church of England vicars made the news in May for their unique approaches. The Rev. Andy Kelso left the church after 25 years to start an Elvis Presley Gospel Tribute act as "Elvis Prayersley." Said Kelso, "I felt God say to me very strongly, 'Take Elvis to the church.'" And the Rev. Nick Davies of Cheltenham, England, promises to continue breathing fire during his sermons to mark Pentecost, in which the Holy Spirit descends on Jesus' disciples, appearing as "tongues of flame.”

• Hard Month for Gays and lesbians: Internet video excerpts of church services, all posted during May, recorded Christian pastors prescribing harsh futures for homosexuals. Pastor Sean Harris (Fayetteville, N.C.) recommended roughing up a limp-wristed son if the boy acts effeminately (but said later he was joking). Pastor Ron Baity (Winston-Salem, N.C.) wants gays and lesbians "prosecuted" (though it wasn’t clear what particular statute was violated). Pastor Charles Worley (Maiden, N.C.) wants gays and lesbians rounded up and isolated behind an electrified fence so they won't breed.

chutzPah! • Ms. Stormy Moody was arrested and charged with aggravated burglary in Henderson County, Tenn., in May after her next-door neighbor returned from a trip and discovered many items were missing from the home. Moody apparently felt secure enough to wear some of the clothing as she chatted sympathetically with her neighbor about the missing items.

RecuRRing themes In Stockholm, N.Y., in May, a 24-year-old man became the most recent to have a friend shoot him just because the man wanted to know what it felt like to get shot. The friend, Shawn Mossow, 25, relented, finally, and fired a .22-caliber rifle shot into the man's leg, but the man is expected to make a full recovery.

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edgymama summeRtime foR teens: get to WoRk, kids, if you can find a JoB parenting from the edge by anne fitten glenn

In the past decade, the number of working teens has decreased by more than 40 percent. It’s damned difficult to find a job, even a part-time one, if you’re young and inexperienced and a hormonal mess.

OK, hormones typically aren’t part of the equation, although I must say, emotional maturity is both underrated and difficult to judge when hiring. And I’ve known a few teenagers whose maturity superseded that of many of their elders. Ahem.

Anyway, as the national (OK, international) recession continues, there are fewer and fewer job openings in the “traditional” summer retail and service type jobs that teens once snagged.

Mostly because adults who’ve lost better jobs now are settling for minimum-wage positions just to survive. Also, there have been significant government funding cuts to youth programs that once helped teens find employment, according to the National Consumers League.

Speaking of snagging, the website Snagajob. com currently lists 28 primarily part-time jobs

in the Asheville area that will consider hiring teens — most, of course, are at fast-food joints.

It also seems that the Brevard Road Toys R Us is hiring. Ugh. I rarely visit fast-food restaurants, in fact only if desperate and on a road trip, but I’ve definitely seen fewer and fewer teens working around town. Yes, there are a few at the Ingles grocery store I frequent, but not many. Most of the service industry workers who help me out or handle my cash on a regular basis are adults.

I worry that teens are losing the chance to gain valuable experience in the real world by not having low-paid scut-work summer jobs.

I spent my teen summers working retail, lifeguarding and running a switchboard (yes, that ages me, but it was one with buttons, not one of those 1920s telephone operator-line connectors that everyone imagines when I say that).

All of those jobs were mind-numbingly dull, but I learned how to handle cash, how to be polite and helpful to random strangers, and how to explain to bored moms that while I would

pull their drowning kid(s) out of the pool if necessary, I was not a babysitter in a bathing suit. In truth, lifeguarding is mostly about cleaning and maintenance. And yelling at people to get out of the pool every time there’s a distant rumble of thunder. Which, in the South in the summer, is every 10 minutes.

Of course, there’s always baby sitting, which is how my 13-year-old currently is supplementing her allowance (although she can’t stay out too late unless parents mind paying her to sleep on their couch). My 10-year-old, on the other hand, is too young even to babysit. (He can do basic yard work and house chores, but the cash for that comes from my rather meager pockets.)

While teen job opportunities may seem dismal, there’s stuff such as lawn mowing, car washing, and other jobs that teens can beg for from door to door. In the past decade, however, only once has a kid come to my door asking if I need any help with yard work.

Which brings me to another concern — is the economy so dire that teens aren’t even trying to

find part-time or occasional employment? When I was growing up, there were kids knocking on the door almost every day in the summer asking if they could mow or wash or even help with basic home maintenance work, such as painting.

There was significant hustling and competition going on in my little suburban ‘hood among the lawn mowing teens back in the day. Not to mention the trash talking that went down between lemonade stands on opposite sides of the street.

Thus, I wonder if there’s also been a cultural change, partially due to the increase in so-called helicopter parenting. My parents expected me to find summer work, not because I necessarily needed the cash, but because I needed the experiences. Getting a regular paycheck made me feel more like an adult, and thus, act more like one.

In this era where kids are living with their parents for years longer than they used to, mostly for economic reasons, and where parents often are more protective of their kids, that seems like a good thing. X

• 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 mOtiOn Dance + theatre • TH (6/21), 7:30pm - MOTION Dance + Theatre, a contemporary ballet company which pairs dancers with emerging choreographers, will perform at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave. $21. Info: www.motiondt. com or www.tryonarts.org.

• SA (6/23), 7:30pm - An additional performance will be held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 South Pack Square. $22. Info: www.dwtheatre.com. mountain Street Dance • FR (6/22), 6:30-9pm - The Mountain Street Dance will feature live music, demonstrations and instruction by local clogging teams. Held in front of the Haywood County Courthouse, 215 N. Main St., Waynesville.

Free. Info: www.downtownwaynesville.com.

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

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

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

a-kind, Asheville-themed board game by Groovy Tables. Held at Creatures Cafe, 81 Patton Ave. Info: www.creaturescafe.com.

Occupy Caravan • SU (6/24), 5pm - The Occupy Caravan will come to Asheville to "share our visions for true democracy and celebrate community together."

Meets at Pritchard Park for a rally, followed by a walk to the Baha'í Center, 5 Ravenscroft Drive, at 6pm. Playback Theatre begins at 7:30pm. www.occupycaravan.webs.com. today’s Politics • TH (6/21), 11:30am-1:30pm - “Today’s Politics: Left and Right or Right and Wrong?

The Philosophic Origins of Liberalism and Conservatism.”

Held in UNCA's Reuter Center.

Free. Info: http://ncccr.unca.edu/ special-programs or 251-6140.

Warren Wilson students. Info: www.oldfarmersball.com.

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. tango Dance • WEDNESDAYS, 8-11pm Catwalk Milonga will be held at Homewood Event and Conference Center, 19 Zilicoa St., with host and DJ Lisa Jacobs. $7. BYOB. Info: www. catwalktango.com.

Eco Climate Organizing Workshop • SA (6/23) & SU (6/24), 9am-5pm - A climate organizing workshop, hosted by 350. org, will focus on growing a stronger climate movement and building the organizing skills of local leaders. Held at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Free.

Registration required by June 19. Info: jenny@350.org or (678) 492-8100 n.C. Arboretum Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily.

Film 48 Hour Film Festival • TU (6/26) & WE (6/27), 4pm, 7pm & 10pm - The winning selections from the 48 Hour Film Project will be screened at Asheville Brewing Company, 675 Merrimon Ave. Cost TBA. Info: www.48hourfilm.com. gasland • WE (6/20), 6pm - Transition Hendersonville will screen Gasland at Black Bear Café, 318 Main St. Free. Info: www. transitionhendersonville.com. 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.

Sunday Songwriter's Serenade • SUNDAYS, 2-5pm - Local songwriters meet regularly to give one another thematic

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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.

Where the Yellowstone goes • TH (6/28), 7pm - A screening of Where the Yellowstone Goes will be presented by Hunter Banks Co. at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway #H. $10. Info: www. wheretheyellowstonegoes.com or http://flyshop.hunterbanks. com.

Festivals Firefly gathering • TH (6/21) through SU (6/24) - Firefly Gathering will feature workshops and classes on wild foods, archery, sheltermaking, wilderness medicine, animal tracking, storytelling and more. Held at Camp Pinnacle, 4080 Little River Road, Hendersonville. Sliding scale starts at $35. Info: www. fireflygathering.org. gO! Downtown Asheville • TH (6/28), 8-9:30pm - This celebration of local businesses will include food, drinks, live music and giveaways, along with a custom painted, one-of-

Food & Beer Art of the Feast - Collaborative Cuisine event (pd.) June 30th, 3:00pm8:00pm at Highland Lake Cove, 215 Rhett Dr. Flat Rock, NC. $47 Limited Seats. Contact: kerry@highlandlake.com or 828-693-5070 www.highlandlakecove.com Cooking with Clyde • FR (6/22), 7pm - Sue Cassidy will present her cookbook Cooking with Clyde at City Lights Bookstore, 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva. Free. Info: www.citylightsnc.com or 586-9499.

Vegan microbiotic Dinner • SU (6/24), 4pm - A vegan microbiotic potluck and pool party will be held at River Knoll Community Pool, 103 Willow Lake Drive. Bring a dish to share, utensils and an index card with ingredients.

Dinner begins at 6pm. $3/ children under 14 free. Info: mereisman@yahoo.com or 505-4545.

Wine Studio of Asheville

169 Charlotte St. Info: www. winestudioasheville.com or 255-5955.

• SATURDAYS through (6/30) - Free weekly wine tasting, featuring staff selections.

• TU (6/19), 7-8pm; SU (6/24), 5-6pm; TH (6/28), 7-8pm - A women-only wine tasting group will focus on summer wines from the Loire Valley. $15.

Registration required.

Government & Politics Culture of Resistance Roadshow • FR (6/22), 5pm - Deep Green Resistance, an environmental and social justice group, will present the Culture of Resistance Roadshow, a workshop and presentation about "the shortsightedness of many mainstream efforts to truly address the fundamental contradictions of our modern struggles." Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 48 Commerce St. Free. Info: www.deepgreenresistance.org. mindful Occupation • TH (6/28), 6:30pm - A Mindful Occupation meeting will be held at Wall Street Coffee House, 62 Wall St. Free. Info: www.mindfuloccupation.org.

Kids BRP Family night • TH (6/21), 7-8:30pm - Blue Ridge Parkway rangers will lead a program for families on the survival strategies of Parkway animals. Games will follow the presentation. Held at the Visitor Center, MP 384. Free. Info and registration: 298-5330.

BRP Family Outdoor Adventure Day • SA (6/23), 9am-3pm - The Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center, MP 384, will host

a family outdoor adventure day featuring a hike for kids, games with rangers, music by Appalachian Fire and campfire cooking. Free to attend; food

by The Hop and Gypsy Queen Cuisine available for purchase.

Info: 298-5330.

Chick-fil-A 5K Race and Family Fun Day • SA (6/23), 9am-1pm - The Chick-fil-A 5K race and family fun day will feature inflatables, games, a bike rodeo and a "Stranger Danger" program for kids. Held at Biltmore Baptist Church, 35 Clayton Road, Arden. Proceeds benefit local orphans. Free to attend; $25/$20 in advance for 5K. Info: www.facebook.com/cfasa.

City Lights Bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. citylightsnc.com or 586-9499.

• SU (6/24), 2pm - Sarah Frances Hardy will host story time, featuring her book Puzzled

by Pink.

Cradle of Forestry events Route 276, Pisgah National Forest. Admission: $5/children ages 15 and under free. Some programs require an additional fee. Info: www.cradleofforestry. org or 877-3130.

• THURSDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Woodsy Owl's Curiosity Club, for children ages 4-7, presents a different forest-related activity to engage children in the natural world. Reservations requested. $4/$2.50 adults.

Dog Contest for Kids • SA (6/23), 10am - The Waynesville Kiwanis and the Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department will host a dog contest for kids at Vance Street Park, 550 Vance St., Waynesville. Categories include smallest and largest dog, best trick, best dressed and cutest dog. Afternoon will include inflatables, food and tube rides in Richland Creek. Registration required by June 20. Free. Info: youthprogramsupervisor@ townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030. 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.

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.

• Through WE (6/20), 10:30am-12:30pm - Dino Dig! Camp invites children to dig for fossils, assemble a dinosaur and learn about paleontology. Ages 7-10. Registration requested. $25/$16 members.

• TH (6/21), 10:30am12:30pm - Moving and Grooving Camp invites children to "move and groove" to stay healthy. Ages 3-6 (must be potty trained). $15/$9 members. Registration requested.

• FR (6/22), 10:30am12:30pm - A fairy-making camp encourages children ages 8-12 to make a fairy using wire and beads. $15/$9 members.

Registration suggested.

• TU (6/26), 10:30am12:30pm - The Best of Crazy Chemistry, for ages 4-7, will feature three science experiments. $15/$9 members.

Registration suggested.

• WE (6/27), 10:30am12:30pm - A nano science camp, for ages 7-12, will feature DNA necklaces, "mysterious gels" and gummy worms. $15/$9 members. Registration suggested.

• TH (6/28), 10:30am12:30pm - Paper Magic Camp, for children ages 7-12, will feature marble paper and paper bead-making. $15/$9 members. Registration suggested.

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.

• TH (6/21), 6:30-8pm - "The Art of Breastfeeding."

• TH (6/28), 6:30-8pm - Infant care class.

Spellbound Children's Bookshop 21 Battery Park Ave. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.spellboundchildrensbookshop.com or 232-2228.

• SATURDAYS through (7/28), 10:30-11am - The Moozic

Lady will present a Tap-n-Shake music program for preschoolers. the Hop Ice cream, concerts and community events. Programs are free and located at 640 Merrimon Ave., Suite 103, unless otherwise noted. www. thehopicecreamcafe.com or 254-2224.

• TU (6/26), 6:30-7:30pm Professor WhizzPop! Magic Show.

W. Asheville Church of god VBS • MO (6/25) through FR (6/29), 6-8:30pm - West Asheville Church of God, 60 State St., will host a vacation bible school featuring music, teamwork activities, food and "science gizmos." For ages 3-11. Info: 252-8529.

Music Song O' Sky Show Chorus (pd.) TUESDAYS, 6:45pm - Rehearsal at Covenant Community UMC 11 Rocket Dr. Asheville, NC 28803. Guests welcome. Contact: www.songosky.org Toll Free # 1-866824-9547.

Aaron Brown and Kimberly Cann • SU (6/24), 5pm - Aaron Brown (double bass) and Kimberly Cann (piano/organ) will perform works by Bach, Astor Piazzolla, Gabriel Faure and others at St. Matthias Church, 1 Dundee St. By donation. Info: 285-0033.

Brevard music Center Festival Held in the Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane, Brevard. Info: www.brevardmusic.org or 862-2105.

• FR (6/22), 7:30pm - Opening night for the Brevard Music Center Festival will feature

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4. A pre-concert talk for ticket holders will be held in Thomas Hall at 6:30pm. $30/$15. Info: www.brevardmusic.org.

• SU (6/24), 3pm - A performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 will feature the Brevard Music Center Orchestra. A pre-concert talk for ticket-holders will be held at Thomas Hall at 2pm. $30/$15 lawn seats.

• MO (6/25) & FR (6/27), 7:30pm - A chamber music concert will feature the Vega String Quartet in Brevard College's Porter Center. $20/$15 student/$10 child.

Concerts on the Creek • FR (6/22), 7:30-9:30pm Mountain Faith (bluegrass, gospel) will perform as part of the Concerts on the Creek series at the Bridge Park Pavilion in downtown Sylva. Free. Info: www.mountainlovers.com or (800) 962-1911.

Duende mountain Duo • TH (6/28), 7pm - Duende Mountain Duo (live instrumentation with computer-based production) will perform on the lawn of WCU's A.K. Hinds University Center as part of the summer concert series. Free.

Info: www.wcu.edu/26918.asp. eCO Anniversary Concert • SA (6/23), 7:30pm - The Environmental and Conservation Organization will host a 25th anniversary concert, featuring Balsam Range, Laura Boosinger and The Atomic Sisterhood, in BRCC's Blue Ridge Conference Hall. Old-time food available at 6:30pm. $20$25. Info: www.eco-wnc.org or 692-0385.

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Take your time (this is not whitewater!) and enjoy nature’s peace and beauty as you paddle in the great outdoors.

CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE! CANOEiNg & KAYAKiNg EASTATOE TUbE ADVENTURE Choose from 3, 4 & 7 hour self-guided canoeing and kayaking trips on the French Broad River.

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• TH (6/28), 8pm - Another RoadSide Attraction (cabaret). inner music • SA (6/23), 8pm - "Ashevillebased ambient artist Matthew Barlow arranges texture, tone and processed samples to form sonic landscapes" with Flint Blade. Held at The Sacred Embodiment Center, 41 Carolina Lane. $5. Info: www. thesacredembodimentcenter. com.

Land of the Sky Symphonic Band • SU (6/24), 3pm - The Land of the Sky Symphonic Band will perform at St. Matthias Church, 1 Dundee St. Donations accepted. Info: 285-0033. music on main Street Live music and dancing at the Visitors Information Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville.

Bring a chair. No pets or alcoholic beverages allowed. Free.

Info: 693-9708, 1-800-8284244 or www.historichendersonville.org • FR (6/22), 7-9pm Dashboard Blue (classic pop and rock) and classic car cruise-in.

Parkway Playhouse 202 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville. Info: www.parkwayplayhouse.com or 682-4285.

• FR (6/22), 7:30pm - A Night of Dolly, featuring the songs of Dolly Parton, will be performed by regional artists. $12/$10 children under 18.

Sherri Lynn and the mountain Friends Band • TH (6/21), 7:30pm & SA (6/23), 2pm - Sherri Lynn and the Mountain Friends Band will perform at Crowne Plaza, 1

Resort Drive, as part of a car show. Info: 350-9738.

Swannanoa Chamber music Festival • SUNDAYS through (7/22), 7:30pm - The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival will feature The Swannanoa Chamber Players, The Jasper Quartet and The Enso String Quartet at the Performing Arts Center, 250 Pigeon Street, Waynesville. $20/students free.

Info and schedule: www.swannanoachambermusic.com. terry Wetton • SU (6/24), 7:30pm - Flat Rock Cinema will present Terry Wetton (singer-songwriter) at 2700-D Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. Proceeds benefit the cinema's digital conversion project. $10. Info: www.flattockcinema. com. the Back Pages • TH (6/21), 7pm - The Back Pages (Southern rock) will perform on the lawn of WCU's A.K. Hinds University Center as part of the summer concert series. Free. Info: www.wcu. edu/26918.asp the Hop Ice cream, concerts and community events. Programs are free and located at 640 Merrimon Ave., Suite 103, unless otherwise noted. www. thehopicecreamcafe.com or 254-2224.

• TH (6/28), 6:30-7:30pm Sugarfoot Serenaders (banjo, ukulele, accordion, horns).

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

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Andrews Bald Hike • TH (6/21), 8:30am - A 7.2-mile moderate hike to Andrews Bald will be hosted by Friends of the Smokies. Departs from Asheville at 8:30am and Waynesville at 9am. Bring food, water and hiking gear. $35/$10 members. Info and departure location: www.smokiestrailsforever.org or 452-0720.

Asheville Sailing Club Info: www.ashevillesailing.org.

• 2nd SATURDAYS & 4th SUNDAYS - The public is invited to attend bi-monthly regattas, held at Lake Julian County Park in Skyland. Sailors of all levels are welcome to join the club.

Bird Watching tour • THURSDAYS, 8am - A bird watching tour, presented by the Henderson County Bird Club, meets at Highland Lake Inn, 86 Lily Pad Lane, Flat Rock. $25/$15 Inn guest. Info and registration: 693-6812.

BRP Hike of the Week • FR (6/22), 10am - An easyto-moderate 2-mile hike along the Mountains-to-Sea trail will depart from the Craven Gap parking area, MP 377.4 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Bring water, a snack and be prepared for inclement weather. Free.

Info: 298-5330.

Cradle of Forestry events Route 276, Pisgah National Forest. Admission: $5/children ages 15 and under free. Some programs require an additional fee. Info: www.cradleofforestry. org or 877-3130.

• SA (6/23), 9am-5pm - The public is invited to learn about insects and arthropods at Bug Day. Ongoing activities include games, crafts, bug hunts and pond explorations.

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• WE (6/20), 7pm - A presentation on the new French Broad River Paddle Trail will include photos, maps and camping options. Free, but registration required.

• TH (6/21), 7pm - A class on kayaking basics will cover safety, apparel and trip preparation.

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• TU (6/26), 6-8pm - A class on bike maintenance will focus on how to fine tune your derailleur and shifting. Please do not bring bikes. $40/$20 members.

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• WE (6/27), 6-8pm - A class on map and compass navigation basics will feature handson time outside. Maps and compasses will be provided, but feel free to bring your own.

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Flat top manor tours • SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 9am, 10am, 11am, 2pm & 3pm - Tours of Flat Top Manor, the former home of Moses and Bertha Cone, will be led by Blue Ridge Parkway rangers. Departs from Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, MP 294 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Free. Registration required: 295-3782. guided tour of Chestnut Orchard • WEDNESDAYS, 11am Guided tours of the Chestnut orchard will be offered every Wednesday throughout the summer. $15 includes lunch.

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Highlands Conservancy will host a day of free, guided hikes in the Highlands of Roan. The June Jamboree will feature a birding hike, yoga class, kids' play day in the creek and ridgeline hikes to see flowering plants. Light refreshments and fellowship will be held at Roan Mountain State Park before and after the hikes. Info and exact locations: www.appalachian.org or 253-0095.

WnC nature Center Located at 75 Gashes Creek Road. Hours: 10am-5pm daily.

Admission: $8/$6 Asheville City residents/$4 kids. Info: 2985600 or www.wildwnc.org.

• SA (6/23), 2-3pm - A behindthe-scenes tour of the WNC Nature Center will include the Appalachian Station, predators and red wolf, along with "special animal encounters and interactions." $25/$15 children under 16 (must be accompanied by an adult).

Theater ensemble Stage • Through MO (6/25) Ensemble Stage presents Moon Over the Brewery, the story of a "single mother and her extraordinarily intelligent thirteen-year-old daughter, Amanda, navigating the dangerous territory of mom's budding romance." Held at Blowing Rock School Auditorium, 160 Sunset Drive. Dates and times vary. $17/$15 students, seniors and military/$10 children under 16. Info: www.ensemblestage. com or 414-1844.

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 (6/24) - The Spitfire Grill, the story of a woman released from prison looking for a fresh start, will be performed on the Mainstage.

Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Wed., Thurs., Sat. and Sun., 2pm. $40/$38 AAA/$22 students.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/8) - RED, the story of a modern artist struggling with ambition and vulnerability. Winner of 2010 Tony Award for best play.

Performed at the downtown location. Wed.-Sat., 8pm. Wed.Sun., 2pm. $35/$33 Senior and AAA/$22 student.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (6/28) until (7/15)The Fox on the Fairway, "a laugh-out-loud comedy about love and golf." Performed on the Mainstage. $35 with discounts for seniors, AAA members, military personnel, students and groups. Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Wed.Sun., 2pm. 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: 2545146 or www.montfordparkplayers.org.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (6/23), 7:30pm - The Montford Park Players open their 40th summer season with Much Ado About Nothing, a classic comedy about two pairs of lovers, at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 100 Gay St. n.C. Stage Company Asheville's professional resident theater company, performing at 15 Stage Lane in downtown Asheville (entrance off of Walnut Street, across from Zambra's).

Info and tickets: 239-0263 or www.ncstage.org.

• TU (6/26), 7pm - Hal Ackerman will read from the play Stein, Stung. Co-hosted by Malaprop's.

Sandburg Summer Stage Performances • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS until (8/18), 10:15-10:45am - The Carl Sandburg Home and The Vagabond School of the Drama will perform selections from Carl Sandburg's works live on stage. Wed. & Fri. will be Mr. Sandburg's Lincoln; Thurs. & Sat. will be Rootabaga!. Held in the Carl Sandburg Home amphitheater, three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 6934178 or www.nps.gov/carl.

Southern Appalachian Repertory theatre Performances are held at Mars Hill College's Owen Theatre.

Info: www.sartplays.org or 689-1239.

• THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/1) - Harvey, "a comedy of errors and Pulitzer Prize-winning story about Elwood P. Dowd and his invisible companion Harvey, a six-foot-tall rabbit." Times vary based on date. $25/$22 seniors/$18 students.

Spring Awakening • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/1) 7:30pm - Spring Awakening, an "unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with power and passion." Presented by Bioflyer Productions. Proceeds benefit Planned Parenthood. Held at the Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. $15-$18.

Info and tickets: www.bioflyer. wordpress.com. the Autumn Players • FR (6/22) & SA (6/23), 2:30pm - The Price, a drama by Arthur Miller, will be performed at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. An additional performance will be held in UNCA's Reuter Center on Sun.,

June 24. $5. Info: www.ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320. the magnetic Field 372 Depot St. Info: www. themagneticfield.com or 2574003.

• THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (6/23) - Forty Fingers and a Missing Tooth (juggling troupe). Thurs.-Sat., 7:30pm; Fri. & Sat., 10pm. $15/$12.

• THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (6/28) until (7/21), 7:30pm - Brief Encounters: New Magnetic Voices, six new original short plays from playwrights, actors and directors who are new to The Magnetic Field stage. $15/$12. $8 previews June 28 and 29.

Seniors 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.

• TU (6/26), 1-3pm - Health insurance guidance for retirees.

Free. trip to the Bush Beans museum • MO (6/25), 8:30am-5pm - A trip for seniors to the Bush Beans Museum in Dandridge, Tenn., will depart from the Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Museum will feature beans, flowers, barbeque, vintage trucks, history and Civil War exhibits. $25/$20 members. Info and registration: recprograms@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

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, 7pm8:30pm: Guided meditation and discussion. • Sundays, 10am-11:30am: Seated meditation and dharma talks. • The

Women’s Wellness Center, 24 Arlington Street, Asheville.

• Info/directions: (828) 8084444. • 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. indian Classical Dance (pd.) Is both prayer and an invocation of the highest divinity. Learn the dance the Natya Shastra called "the highest form of yoga" Bharatanatyam. Call Tess: 301-0331. 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.

Avalon grove Nontraditional Celtic Christian worship services to honor the ancient Celtic holidays.

Participants are welcome to bring vegetarian food to share after the service. Info: 645-2674 or www.avalongrove.org.

• SA (6/23), 3pm - This Celtic Christian service will honor the Summer Solstice (Litha). Held at a private home in Weaverville.

Details: 645-2674 or www. avalongrove.org.

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.

• TH (6/21), 7-9pm Embracing the Global Heart will focus on “shapeshifting consciousness" with Lisa Rowe. By donation. Info and registration: www.cslasheville. org or 231-7638.

Confidence to Change • SUNDAYS, 7pm - "Buddha's teachings on the mind give us confidence to change and meditation gives us practical methods to bring change."

Meeting includes discussion and guided meditation. Held at Montford Books and More, 31 Montford Ave. $8/$5 students

and seniors. Info: www. meditationinasheville.org, 668-2241 or meditationinasheville@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 Avenue West at White Pine Street, Hendersonville.

Programs by donation, unless otherwise noted. Info: 6928630 or www.fcchendersonville.org.

• SU (6/24), 9:15am - Mark Fagerlin will present "Natural Church Development, a way of understanding church health and growth that views the church as a living organism."

Goddess Female Spirituality Workshop • SU (7/1), 1-6pm - An introductory workshop on goddess female spirituality will focus on "women's spiritual lineage of power that began in archeological records of prehistory and was brought into contemporary times."

Held at Women's Wellness and Education Center, 24 Arlington St. Registration required by June 21. $40.

Info: lgarrettxx@gmail.com or anya237@yahoo.com.

Light Center 2190 N.C. Highway 9 S., Black Mountain. Info: www. urlight.org or 669-6845.

• DAILY, 10am-5pm - Light room, trails and labyrinth open daily. Free.

• WEDNESDAYS, 10:30amnoon - Gentle yoga with Karen Barnes. $10. --- 2:303:30pm - Prayer for United States and world conditions.

• THURSDAYS, 2-3:30pm - Infinite Way tape study group. Free.

• SUNDAYS, 3-4pm - Prayer for world peace. Free.

Morning Sitting Meditation • THURSDAYS, 7am - A mostly silent, simply guided meditation based in the yogic tradition. All meditators are welcome, whatever style of silent meditation preferred.

Hosted by One Center Yoga, 120 Coxe Ave., Suite 3A. By donation. Info: www.onecenteryoga.com.

Power Healing Group • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Learn and practice simple techniques to heal yourself physically, emotionally and other ways through the "Power of Soul." Meetings held at Unity Church of Asheville, 130 Shelburne Road. By donation.

Info: 258-9584.

Sacred Embodiment Center Located at 41 Carolina Lane in Asheville. www.thesacredembodimentcenter.com or 216-2983.

• WEDNESDAYS, 8:30pm - Sacred Heart Song Circle, collective and improvisational singing in a circle. No experience necessary. Participants are welcome to bring instruments. "Prepare to be uplifted and share your beauty." By donation. Info: www.thesacredembodimentcenter.com.

• MONDAYS, 7-8:30pm Sound Healing Circle. "Come and receive if you are feeling lowly and in need of support or come and share healing light if your bliss cup runneth over." Bring bowls, bells, rattles, etc. Vocal toning, crystal bowls, sacred instruments, vibrational healing and more. Held at 41 Carolina Lane. By donation. Info: (310) 745-9150.

• SUNDAYS, 6-8pm Asheville Intenders Circle will be preceded by a potluck.

"We support each other in manifesting the highest good together and invite you to join us."

Spiritual Laws of Life Workshop • SU (6/24), 11am-12:30pm - Spiritual Laws of Life workshop. "Everything in life is about change. Yet it is mostly your ability to change your consciousness to the needs of the moment that counts above all." By donation. Held at the Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Road, lower level.

Info: www.eckankar-nc.org or 254-6775.

Summer Solstice Fun • SA (6/23), 3pm - Summer Solstice Fun will be held at French Broad River Park, Amboy Road at Riverview Drive. Bring a dish to share, utensils and a non-perishable food item for the food pantry.

A ritual, hosted by Mother Grove, will follow. By donation. Info: www.facebook. com/pages/The-MotherGrove-Goddess-Temple.

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.

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cANcER (JUNE 21-JUly 22) “Dear Rob: In one of your recent horoscopes, you implied that I should consider the possibility of asking for more than I’ve ever asked for before. You didn’t actually use those words, but I’m pretty sure that’s what you meant. Anyway, I want to thank you! It helped me start working up the courage to burst out of my protective and imprisoning little shell. Today I gave myself permission to learn the unknowable, figure out the inscrutable, and dream the inconceivable. - Crazy Crab.” Dear Crazy: You’re leading the way for your fellow Cancerians. The process you just described is exactly what I advise them to try in the coming weeks.

ARIES (MARch 21-ApRIl 19) Swans, geese, and ducks molt all their flight feathers at once, which means they may be unable to fly for several weeks afterwards. We humans don't do anything like that in a literal way, but we have a psychological analog: times when we shed outworn self-images. I suspect you're coming up on such a transition, Aries. While you're going through it, you may want to lie low. Anything resembling flight — launching new ventures, making big decisions, embarking on great adventures — should probably be postponed until the metamorphosis is complete and your feathers grow back.

TAURUS (ApRIl 20-MAy 20) In 2011 car traffic began flowing across Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, a newly completed span that joins the city of Qingdao with the Huangdao District in China. This prodigious feat of engineering is 26.4 miles long. I nominate it to serve as your prime metaphor in the coming weeks. Picture it whenever you need a boost as you work to connect previously unlinked elements in your life. It may help inspire you to master the gritty details that'll lead to your own monumental accomplishment.

GEMINI (MAy 21-JUNE 20) An apple starts growing on its tree in the spring.

By early summer, it may be full size and as red as it will ever be. To the naked eye, it appears ready to eat. But it's not. If you pluck it and bite into it, the taste probably won't appeal to you. If you pluck it and hope it will be more delicious in a few weeks, you'll be disappointed. So here's the moral of the story, Gemini: For an apple to achieve its potential, it has to stay on the tree until nature has finished ripening it. Keep that lesson in mind as you deal with the urge to harvest something before it has reached its prime.

lEO (JUly 23-AUG. 22) Picture yourself moving toward a building you haven't seen before. Trust the initial image that leaps into your imagination. What type of path are you on? Concrete or dirt or brick or wood? Is it a long, winding way or short and direct? Once you arrive at the front door, locate the key. Is it under a mat or in your pocket or somewhere else? What does the key look like? Next, open the door and

go inside to explore. Where have you arrived? See everything in detail. This is a test that has no right or wrong answers, Leo — similar to what your life is actually bringing you right now. The building you've envisioned represents the next phase of your destiny. The path symbolizes how you get here. The key is the capacity or knowledge you will need.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEpT. 22) My first poetry teacher suggested that it was my job as a poet to learn the names of things in the natural world. She said I should be able to identify at least 25 species of trees, 25 flowers, 25 herbs, 25 birds, and eight clouds. I have unfortunately fallen short in living up to that very modest goal, and I've always felt guilty about it. But it's never too late to begin, right? In the coming weeks, I vow to correct for my dereliction of duty. I urge you to follow my lead, Virgo. Is there any soul work that you have been neglecting? Is there any part of your life's mission that you have skipped over? Now would be an excellent time to catch up.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEc. 21) What is your most hateable and lovable obsession, Sagittarius? The compulsion that sometimes sabotages you and sometimes inspires you? The longing that can either fool you or make you smarter?

Whatever it is, I suspect it's beginning a transformation. Is there anything you can do to ensure that the changes it undergoes will lead you away from the hateable consequences and closer to the lovable stuff? I think there's a lot you can do. For starters: Do a ritual — yes, an actual ceremony — in which you affirm your intention that your obsession will forever after serve your highest good and brightest integrity.

cApRIcORN (DEc. 22-JAN. 19) As someone who thrives on simple organic food and doesn't enjoy shopping, I would not normally have lunch at a hot dog stand in a suburban mall.

But that's what I did today. Nor do I customarily read books by writers whose philosophy repels me, and yet recently I have found myself skimming through Ayn Rand's The Virtue of Selfishness.

I've been enjoying these acts of rebellion. They're not directed at the targets that I usually revolt against, but rather at my own habits and comforts.

I suggest you enjoy similar insurrections in the coming week, Capricorn. Rise up and overthrow your attachment to boring familiarity.

lIBRA (SEpT. 23-OcT. 22)

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)

Here's my nomination for one of the Ten Biggest Problems in the World: our refusal to control the pictures and thoughts that pop into our minds.

For example, I can personally testify that when a fearful image worms its way into the space behind my eyes, I sometimes let it stimulate a surge of negative emotions rather than just banish it or question whether it's true. I'm calling this is to your attention, Libra, because in the weeks ahead you'll have more power than usual to modulate your stream of consciousness. Have you ever seen the bumper sticker that says, "Don't believe everything you think"? Make that your mantra.

The ancient Chinese book of divination known as the I Ching speaks of "catching things before they exit the gate of change." That's what happens when a martial artist anticipates an assailant's movement before it happens, or when a healer corrects an imbalance in someone's body before it becomes a full-blown symptom or illness. I see this as an important principle for you right now, Aquarius.

It's a favorable time to catch potential disturbances prior to the time they exit the gate of change. If you're alert for pre-beginnings, you should be able to neutralize or transform brewing problems so they never become problems.

ScORpIO (OcT. 23-NOV. 21)

pIScES (FEB. 19-MARch 20)

In the hands of a skilled practitioner, astrology can help you determine the most favorable days to start a new project or heat up your romantic possibilities or get a tattoo of a ninja mermaid.

Success is of course still quite feasible at other times, but you might find most grace and ease if you align yourself with the cosmic flow. Let's consider, for example, the issue of you taking a vacation. According to my understanding, if you do it between now and July 23, the experiences you have will free your ass, and — hallelujah! — your mind will then gratefully follow. If you schedule

Neurophysiologists say that singing really loudly can flush away metabolic waste from your cerebrum. I say that singing really loudly can help purge your soul of any tendency it might have to ignore its deepest promptings. I bring these ideas to your attention, Pisces, because I believe the current astrological omens are suggesting that you do some really loud singing. Washing the dirt and debris out of your brain will do wonders for your mental hygiene. And your soul could use a boost as it ramps up its wild power to pursue its most important dreams.

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cowabunga klondyke What: Kickin' It Old School, a benefit for the Klondyke Apartments playground project, hosted by Asheville Affiliates.

Where: On Broadway, 49 Broadway St. When: Thursday, June 21, 6-9 p.m. $30; $25 in advance.

Info: affiliatesofasheville.com.

Why: What would Zack Morris do? He would put on his neon high-tops and bring his Saved By The Bell buds to a '80s and '90s dance party. Why would he travel all the way from Bayside High? Because Asheville Affiliates knows how to throw a party.

The next incarnation of Asheville Affiliates' "parties with a purpose" will benefit the Asheville Design Center's efforts to build a playground at the Klondyke Apartments. After all, kids need a place to kick up their high-tops too. More than 200 children under the age of 12 live in the apartment complex, which is managed by the Asheville Housing Authority, and yet there's no place reserved for kids to play. The Asheville Design Center is partnering with Green Opportunities to teach six residents how to build, install and landscape a playground just for the apartment buildings. The team will use the “nothing about us without us” mindset by offering on-site workshops and activities to engage the entire Klondyke community.

The party will feature music by DJ Marley Carroll, kegs from Catawba Brewing and a table full of local food. So break out your fanny packs, neon leggings and anything else that screams '90s for a night of music, drinks and some totally rad dancing.

benefitscalendar Calendar for June 20 - 28, 2012 AAuW used Book Sale • SA (6/23) through TH (6/28), 10am-7pm - Proceeds from the 43rd annual American Association of University Women's annual used book sale (featuring 18,000+ books) will support educational scholarships for local women and girls . Held at the Boshamer Gym on the campus

of Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive.

1-7pm on Sun. Info: http://aauwbrevardnc.org.

Asheville Fm • WE (6/20) & WE (6/27), 5-8pm - A wine tasting to benefit Asheville FM and its efforts to promote community-driven radio will be held at the Wine Studio of Asheville, 169 Charlotte St. $5. www.ashevillefm.org or 255-5955.

Celtic Concert • SU (6/24), 2-4pm - A Celtic concert and basket raffle, to benefit Transylvania Animal Alliance Group (T.A.A.G.), will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 6th Ave. W., Hendersonville. Free; donations encouraged.

Info: www.facebook.com/TAAGwags. moms and Dads and Dogs • SA (6/23), Noon-3pm - This fundraiser, to help care for shelter pets , will feature food, music, a car show, special guest "pet communicator" Rain Hummingbird and chance to win weekend use of a new BMW. There will also be adoptable pets from local shelters present.

Held at BMW of Asheville-Fletcher, across from the airport. $5 and bag of dog food. Info: 681-9902.

Putt for mutts • FR (6/22), 11am-4pm - Putt for Mutts, a benefit for Animal Compassion Network , will be held at Broadmoor Golf Links, 101 French

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Broad Lane, Fletcher. $85. Info: www.animalcompassionnetwork.org. united Way of Henderson County 10K and 5K • SA (6/23), 4pm - The Morris Broadband 10K and 5K, to benefit the United Way of Henderson County , will be depart from North Henderson High School, 35 Fruitland Road, Hendersonville. Children's fast dash begins at 6pm. $35/$30 in advance. Info: www.liveunitedhc.org or 692-1636.

Wild For Life • TH (6/21), 5-8pm - A birds of prey exhibit, to benefit Wild For Life , will be held at The Hop, 640 Merrimon Ave., Suite 103. 50 percent of sales benefit wild animals that have been injured or orphaned. Animal demonstration begins at 6:30pm. Free. Info: www.thehopicecreamcafe.com or 254-2224.

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WEDNESDAY , one week prior to publication.

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

• SA (6/23), 10am-4pm Yoga Of Love For Women.

"Rekindling aliveness, vitality and joy in your body, heart and spirit" through the "unique qualities of female." Held at 33 Summer St. $40. Info: info@ tantricretreat.com or 989-0505.

Spoken & Written Word Battery Park Writing group (pd.) Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.

Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar. This group meets to write together and then share in a supportive atmosphere. Free! Contact Lisa at 691-5472 or tokyotaos@live. com for more info.

27 Views of Asheville • TH (6/28), 6:30pm- 27 Views of Asheville: A Mountain Town in Prose and Poetry will be presented by local authors. Held at Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Battery Park Ave. Presented by Downtown Asheville Residential Neighbors. Info: www.batteryparkbookexchange.com or 252-0020/ Asheville Community theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: www.ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320.

• TH (6/28), 7:30pm - "Listen to This: Stories in Performance" will feature stories about drowning. Hosted by Tom Chalmers. $10.

Attention WnC mystery Writers • TH (6/21), 6pm - The WNC Mysterians Critique Group will meet at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 Merrimon Ave #A. For serious mystery/ suspense/thriller writers. Info: www.wncmysterians.org or 712-5570.

Better than College Book Launch • WE (6/20), 7-9pm - Blake Boles will read from his book Better Than College, an exploration of creating successful lives without a four-year degree.

Held at French Broad Chocolate Lounge, 10 S. Lexington Ave. $15 per signed book. Info: www.better-than-college.com.

Black mountain College museum + Arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College. Gallery hours: Tues. & Wed., noon-4pm; Thurs.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: bmcmac@ bellsouth.net or www. blackmountaincollege.org or 350-8484.

• TH (6/28), 7:30pm - Poets Katherine Soniat and Tracey Schmidt, along with dancer Claire Elizabeth Barratt, will collaborate on an interdisciplinary evening of poetry and movement.

Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library

event is marked by the following location abbreviations: ■ BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) ■ EA = East Asheville Library (902 Tunnel Road, 250-4738) ■ FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) ■ LE = Leicester Library (1561 Alexander Road, 2506480) ■ NA = North Asheville Library (1030 Merrimon Avenue, 250-4752) ■ PM = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) ■ SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) ■ WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) ■ Library storyline: 250-KIDS. • WE (6/20), 11am - "Mountain Story Magic." All ages. EA --- 3pm - "The Night Sky with the SkyLab Planetarium."

Ages 5 and older. Free ticket required. NA • TH (6/21), 10:30am - "Lakota Tradition: Dreamcatchers and Stories." Supplies provided, but feel free to bring beads and feathers. Ages 5 and older. BM --- 10:30am - "Tap and Shake with the Moozic Lady." Ages 3 and older. PM --- 11am T-shirt painting. Bring a dark shirt to decorate. All ages.

LE --- 2:30 & 4pm - Hobey Ford's Golden Rod Puppets.

All ages. Free tickets required.

WV --- 2:30pm - "Dare to Dream" with Steven Somers.

All ages. SS --- 6:30pm - Mary Jane Messer will read from her book Moonshiner's Daughter.

SS --- 7:30pm - Book club: Forgotten Country by Catherine Chung. FV • FR (6/22), 4-5:30pm - Teens will produce a movie trailer for the book The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. WV • TU (6/26), 2pm - Family Movie Night will feature a film appropriate for all ages. Title TBA. FV --- 7pm - "Our Favorite Books" encourages readers to share one of their favorite books. Participants are invited to bring knitting or other handiwork projects. BM • WE (6/27), 10:30am - Sam Bartlett's "Stuntology." Ages 6 and older. BM --- 11am Explore the night sky with the Star Lab Planetarium. All ages.

EA --- 3pm - Sam Bartlett's "Stuntology." Ages 6 and older.

Free ticket required. NA • TH (6/28), 11am - Sam Bartlett's "Stuntology." Ages 6 and older. LE --- 2pm - Ronald McDonald visits the library.

FV --- 2:30pm - Red Herring Puppets: The Big Dipper.

All ages. SS --- 3pm - Sam Bartlett's "Stuntology." Ages 5 and older. Free ticket required.

WV

Chautauqua 2012: they Came to America • Through TH (6/21) 7pm - "Chautauqua 2012: They Came to America" features a costumed scholar performing a first-person monologue based on letters, diaries, journals and published writings. Held in A-B Tech's Ferguson Auditorium. $12 for entire series/$4 per performance. Info: library@ buncombecounty.org or 2504700.

• WE (6/20), 7pm - Denmark Vessey.

• TH (6/21), 7pm - Winston Churchill.

City Lights Bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. citylightsnc.com or 586-9499.

• TH (6/21), 10:30am - Coffee with the Poet will feature John Quinnett.

Fountainhead Bookstore Located at 408 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. fountainheadbookstore.com or 697-1870.

• TH (6/28), noon - Pam Stone will read from her book I Love Me A Turkey Butt Samwich. malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St. Info: www. malaprops.com or 254-6734.

Events are free, unless otherwise noted.

• FR (6/22), 7pm Pitchapalooza invites 20 writers, selected at random, to pitch their books to the co-founders of The Book, a company dedicated to helping authors get their works published. Call for judging guidelines and to sign up.

• SA (6/23), 7pm - Philip Gerard will read from his book of narrative essays The Patron Saint of Dreams, and Michael Hopping will read from his short story collection MacTiernan's Bottle.

• TU (6/26), 7pm - Jeaniene Frost will read from the first book in her new series Once Burned.

• WE (6/27), 7pm - Jay Erskin Leutze will read from his book Stand Up That Mountain: The Battle to Save One Small Community in the Wilderness Along the Appalachian Trail.

• TH (6/28), 7pm - Mallory McDuff of the environmental education program at Warren Wilson College, Rev. Shelly Webb of Oakley United Methodist Church and Rev. Joe Hoffman of the First Congregational United Church of Christ will present a program on religion and the environment.

McDuff will sign her book Sacred Acts: How Churches Are Working to Protect Earth's Climate.

Open mic night for Writers

• MO (6/25), 7-9pm - The Transylvania Community Arts Council will host an open mic night for writers. Each participant will be allotted five minutes.

Held at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Info and registration: 884-2787.

Sports Aqua Fitness Class • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS through (8/2), 12:10-12:55pm - WCU will offer an aqua fitness class in the pool of Reid Gym. Registration is ongoing. $35.

Info: http://learn.wcu.edu or 227-7397.

Asheville Hoops • TUESDAYS, 5:30-7:30 pm - Asheville Hoops encourages beginners and experienced hula hoopers to meet at Pritchard Park for informal hooping. Free.

Info: www.ashevillehoops.com.

Full momentum Wrestling • 4th SATURDAYS, 7:30pm - Full Momentum Wrestling, featuring Luscious LeAnn, The Alliance, Brett Hawkins, Cyanide, The Brotherhood and more. Held at the Fairview Community Center, 1357 Charlotte Highway, Fairview. $6/ children 10 and under free. Info: www.fullmomentumwrestling. org.

Live united 10K & 5K • SA (6/23), 6pm - The 10K, 5K and Kids Fun Fast Dash (400 meters) will be held at North Henderson High School in Hendersonville. Info and registration: www.liveunitedhc. org or www.active.com.

Sunday tennis Fun Bunch • SUNDAYS, 1:30-3:30pm - A social tennis gathering, sponsored by the Henderson County Parks and Recreation Dept., will meet at the Jackson Park tennis courts. 801 Glover St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: 699-8180. ultimate Frisbee League • MONDAYS, 6pm - The Asheville Ultimate Club hosts leagues for rookies, women and men. Games are held Monday nights at Memorial Stadium with a co-ed league to meet Wednesdays. Info and registration: www.ashevilleultimate.org.

Volunteering Academic Year in America • Through WE (8/1) - Host families are needed to house exchange students aged 15-18.

Students will arrive in August and remain in the country for one school year. Info: info@ internationalfamily.info or www. aifsfoundation.org.

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 singleparent 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 afterschool 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 June 27 at noon at 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: 989-9459.

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; mileage reimbursement is available. Info: www.coabc.org or 277-8288.

Habitat for Humanity • FR (6/22), 9:30-10:30am - Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity will host an information session for anyone looking to perform house construction, home repair and deconstruction as part of the construction services volunteer team. Held in the Carney Place neighborhood.

Info and location: www.ashevillehabitat.org or 210-9377.

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 (6/20) - 6-8pm - Cookie Night: Help bake cookies for hospice patients at CarePartners' John Keever Solace Center. Supplies provided.

• SU (6/24), 2-3pm - Knit-nGive encourages knitters of all skill levels to make hats for the WNCCHS Pediatric Program and Homeward Bound of Asheville.

• MO (6/25), 4-6pm - Help tidy and organize the play rooms of the family visitation center.

• TH (6/28), 4-6pm - FairTrade Stock-Up: Assist with unpacking and pricing merchandise for Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit, fair-trade retail store that sells handcrafted items made by artisans in more than 30 developing countries.

Hands On! This children's museum is located at 318 North Main St., Hendersonville. Info: www. handsonwnc.org or 697-8333.

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

Low-Cost Rabies Clinic • SA (6/23), 9am-2pm Volunteers are needed to make tags, process microchips and perform other duties at a low-cost rabies clinic, hosted by the Animal Coalition of Buncombe County. Held at Woodfin Community Center, 11 Community St. Info and registration: volunteer@ashevillehumane.org or 768-5456. 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, 867 Charlotte Hwy #A. 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. n.C. Stage Company Asheville's professional resident theater company, 15 Stage Lane. Info: www.ncstage.org or 239-0263.

• Through SA (6/30) - N.C. Stage Company seeks volunteers to usher, poster, assist in the office and more. Sign up in person.

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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.

Smith mcDowell House museum • TU (6/26), 10am - The Smith McDowell House Museum will host a summer training session for volunteer docents.

Lunch provided. Additional orientation sessions will be held on June 29 and June 30.

Registration required. Info: wnchavolunteers@gmail.com or 253-9231.

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

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I’m honored to emcee the upcoming fetish party at Metropolis on Bele Chere weekend

Looks like I’m returning as emcee for Asheville’s next huge fetish party entitled Knuckle Under II: No Sleep Till Squirtsville at Club Metropolis on Tom Scheve, “The Bele Chere weekend.

Hardest Working I’d like to thank the Human Toilet in organizers for growShow Business” ing the kink scene in Asheville. There have been many wild fetish nights in Asheville lately, and I’m proud to emcee this next one.

Duncan, who ran the Fist-a-Thon at Knuckle Under I: Happy Grunting, has been a huge help. Not only is he responsible for an entire thon of fisting in one single night (I heard he couldn’t open his hand for a week), but none of this would be possible without the microphone he graciously lets us use. (Although, sound-wise, it gives the impression the speaker is underwater.)

Speaking of, whoever “misplaced” the mic stand at the last Knuckle Under event needs to hose it down and return it. Even more surprising than the fact you would “borrow” it (trying to be “sex positive,” people, but at seven feet in length fully extended, c’mon) is the fact that the mic stand was one of those horrible tripod mic stands with a boom. Give me a round-base mic stand any day, but as emcee I’ll work with what I got.

I’d like to think that my quick-witted comeback for the heckler at the Las Vegas World Series of Gangbangs regional satellite (Raleigh, NC) solidified my emcee gig.

Of course, if the heckler had just quietly waited a few moments, I was going to do what so

he rudely/kindly suggested anyhow.

Humility aside, some of my introductions for the “dunking booth” were top notch (introductions are more than just a one-two-three thing). However, several of the self-described gender-bent, pansexual, polyamorous playsluts hit the dunking-booth bulls-eye and my emcee’s rubber surgical apron is still air-drying to this day.

To be clear: tickets are $15, not four BJ’s, not two nipple clamps, just $15 (though we do accept in trade service-slaves who have been bound, gagged, packed up like human suitcases and carried by their handles into the venue by their masters; however, trade extends only to the master, the suitcased slave must still purchase a ticket for entry).

While we’re taking care of announcements, if you need to plug your butt, please find one of many conveniently located buttplug dispensaries. Please don’t plug just any ol’ thing you find into your butt; we have special plugs for that (e.g., butt-plugs).

Between intros, I’ll be enjoying a (comped) cold beverage at the Dirty Leather Pig Bar. Will I hog some “D” myself? Not on the clock! I’ll be the consummate professional around the oinking men-piggies who crawl on all fours wearing snouts and who offer up to complete strangers their hungry, hungry bottoms that have curly piggy tails taped to them (too cute).

At the last event, I muffed the credits of the featured queer-poly-pagan-switchtastic-transgender-leather-boy. The bootblackers swore it made no difference whatsoever, but s/he didn’t turn a room at the Red Roof Inn into a bangatorium only for some emcee a week later to call it the Quality Inn. Sorry again everybody, hope I didn’t ruin the night.

To the Asheville Citizen-Times editors, For the 300th time in 15 years, I have written, now, to decry the most objectionable feature in your or any other newspaper, and I have little doubt that I shall again be profoundly disappointed that my attempts to persuade you will fall on deaf ears. When will this proud city’s flagship media outlet stop purveying the utter filth and rubbish that is the Mary Worth comic strip?

The idea of a know-it-all in her early 140s dispensing lifestyle advice as she lives in an

openly sinful and highly sexualized relationship with Dr. Jeff Corey (Doctor surely being an honorary title for this two-bit gigolo) is both preposterous and distasteful. Why can’t this fossilized, whoring busybody just mind her own business?

She’s always ready with an old chestnut that just solves anything and everything from drug abuse to teen pregnancy, from acne to a fashion faux-pas; it’s infuriating. There she sits at the center of her spider’s web, passively controlling every aspect of her unsus-

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“A bisexual, polyamorous switch, with a penchant for foot fetishism, incest role play and piss play, Boymeat is rumored to be quite the sadist!” I could have died from embarrassment as soon as those words came out of my mouth at Knuckle Under I: Happy Grunting. The name is always the last thing an emcee says (“...Rumored to be quite the sadist, Boymeat!”). Live and learn.

But introducing the next presenter (“Her primary interests lie in spiritual connection through sacred sexuality, seeking the truth, and rape fantasies, please welcome so-andso”) is just one thing an emcee must do. Emcees also must “read” the crowd. Are they covered in bodily fluids? Are they suspended from the ceiling by fishing string and nipples that won’t quit? Are they uptight and conservative? It makes a difference.

The emcee must also get the crowd making noise. This can be done easily (though cheaply) by saying, “Make some noise if you treat your mouth like a sewer!” or asking something like, “Who prefers the sweet life-affirming sting of the single-tail? Okay, now who prefers the violet wand?” You can ask them a fun question that demands a verbal response, like, “If you could pick any two adjacent holes that could be ripped into one giant hole, which two would they be?”

Again, I am honored to have been chosen to emcee Knuckle Under II: No Sleep Till Squirtsville. I hope I can live up to my nickname, The Hardest Working Human Toilet in Show Business, and thank you, as always, for supporting live kink.

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Respectfully yours, Arnold Worth, no relation

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Maczka, currently senior program officer at The Community Foundation of WNC, has 26 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. She has been development and annual campaign director for Pisgah Legal Services, executive director of the Affordable Housing Coalition of Asheville and Buncombe County and WNC branch director of the Self-Help Credit Union.

— YWCA press release

local va announces national RecRuitment effoRt foR mental health PRofessionals The Department of Veterans Affairs has developed a national hiring initiative to improve recruitment and hiring, marketing, education and training programs and retention efforts for mental health professionals.

The Mental Health Hiring Initiative — a multifaceted, sustained campaign that includes targeted recruitment of mental health providers willing to take positions throughout the country, including in rural and highly rural markets — will serve all VA Medical Centers and community clinics.

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Nationally, the VA has a workforce of 20,590 mental health staff, including nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers.

Currently, 165 mental health clinicians and support staff work locally, assisting Western North Carolina veterans at the Asheville VA. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki noted, “As the tide of war recedes, we have the opportunity and the responsibility to anticipate the needs of returning veterans.”

The team at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville is already actively treating veterans through individualized care, readjustment counseling and immediate crisis services. Its staff provides several programs and initiatives in the Asheville area and WNC.

In-patient programs, individual and group outpatient therapy programs, and substanceabuse programs are available at the Asheville Medical and two community based outpatient clinics in Franklin and Rutherfordton. — the U.S. Veterans Administration report

asheville's memoRycaRe Receives $10,000 gRant to helP senioRs The Home Instead Senior Care Foundation has awarded local agency MemoryCare a $10,000 grant that helps fund services such as diagnostics, disease management planning, caregiver training, counseling and support for family members. In 19 WNC counties, the nonprofit serves individual and families who are affected by Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.

Since Medicare and other insurance providers do not cover all of the services MemoryCare provides, “This grant will help us serve more families and we deeply appreciate the support from the Home Instead Senior Care Foundation and their commitment to serving older adults in Western North Carolina,” says Executive Director Dr. Virginia Templeton.

MemoryCare has been serving those with memory impairment since 2000.— MemoryCare press release

local RestauRants PaRtneR With PaRk Ridge health to Raise money, aWaReness foR moBile medical unit Three restaurants in Hendersonville and south Asheville are partnering with Park Ridge Health to raise awareness and funding for Wellness on Wheels, a mobile medical unit that offers free and at-cost health screenings throughout Henderson and Buncombe counties. Through a program called W. O. W. Wednesdays, each restaurant will donate a percentage of daily sales to Wellness on Wheels. On a specific Wednesday, the W. O. W. mobile unit will be at each restaurant location from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., providing free blood pressure, body mass index and blood glucose screenings by trained medical professionals, as well as personal educational sessions to explain results.

Here’s W.O.W.’s July schedule: • July 11: Frankie Bones at 2 Gerber Road, Asheville (Open for lunch and dinner) • July 18: Tupelo Honey Café at 1829 Hendersonville Road • July 25: Chick-fil-A at 52 Highland Square Drive, Hendersonville Last year, W.O.W. provided early detection health screenings to 5,400 local residents at no cost, providing health services of nearly $900,000. — ParkRidge Health newsletter X Send your health-and-wellness news and tips to Caitlin Byrd at mxhealth@mountainx.com or news@mountainx.com, or call 251-1333, ext. 140.

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Wellness 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 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 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 Center Located at 8 Brookdale Road. Info: ashevillecommunityyoga.com.

• SA (6/23), 2:30-4:30pm - Hipster Yoga, a dynamic yoga class focused on the lower body. All levels welcome. $20 suggested donation. 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.

• MONDAYS & THURSDAYS, 8:30-9:30am; WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 2-3pm; SATURDAYS, 10-11am - Blood pressure screening. Appointment not required.

• TH (6/21), 12:30-1:30pm - "What Happened to the Food Pyramid?"

• THURSDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - Pardee yoga, focusing on stretching, holding postures and meditation. $8.

Registration not required.

• MONDAYS, 10:30-11:30am & FRIDAYS, 10-11am - Strength training and low-impact aerobics. $6.

Registration not required.

• MONDAYS, 5:30-7pm & FRIDAYS, 5:45-7pm Dynamic advanced yoga. $10. Registration not required.

• FR (6/22), 1-3pm - Balance and fall risk screening.

• SATURDAYS, 8:30-9:30am - Gentle beginner yoga. $8.

Registration not required.

• SA (6/23), 9-11am & WE (6/27), 8-10am - Cholesterol screening. Fasting required. $20.

• MO (6/25), 1-3pm - "The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease" for families and friends of those with dementia.

• TUESDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - TOPS: Take Off Pounds Sensibly weight-loss support group. Registration not required.

• WE (6/27), 1:30-3pm - A shoulder pain seminar will discuss causes and treatments.

Happy Body Yoga Studio 1378 Hendersonville Road. Info: www.ashevillehappybody.com or 277-5741.

• MONDAYS, 5:30pm - Core Barre, a challenging ballet barre class combined with Pilates. $12.

• WEDNESDAYS, 8:30am & FRIDAYS, 7:30pm - Orbit class, "Pilates on Wheels." $23.

• THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Basic yoga. $12.

• SU (6/24), 2-4pm - Restorative yoga workshop to relieve anxiety and stress. All levels welcome. $25.

High intensity Laser therapy Demonstration • TH (6/21), 5:15-6pm - A demonstration of High Intensity Laser Therapy will be held at Fairview Chiropractic Center, 2 Fairview Hills Drive. Free. Info and registration: 628-7800. mindfulness Practices for ADHD • WE (6/27), 7pm - A presentation on mindfulness practices for individuals with ADHD will feature Coach Rudy Rodriguez from the ADHD Center for Success. Held at

Yes, you can reverse Type 2 Diabetes Please join us to explore: • Essential roles of nutrients in whole foods • How nutritional supplements help normalize blood sugar • Tasting whole foods and beverages • Benefits of exercise and more -Elizabeth Pavka, PhD, RD, LD/N, Wholistic Nutritionist -Classes on 8 Mondays 7-9pm beginning 7/9/12 -$200 - Class size limited to 10 people -Registration and payment due on or before 7/2/12 For registration & info: 828-252-1406 or drpavka@elizabethpavka.com

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Malaprop's, 55 Haywood St. Free. Info: Info: www.malaprops.com or 254-6734.

Spinal Decompression • TH (6/28), 5:15-6pm - A lecture and demonstration of spinal decompression will be held at Fairview Chiropractic Center, 2 Fairview Hills Drive. Free, but registration required. Info: 628-7800. the Red Cross 100 Edgewood Road. Info: www.redcrosswnc.org or 258-3888. Appointment and ID required for blood drives.

• WE (6/20), 7am-11:30am - Blood drive: City of Asheville at the Public Works Building, 161 South Charlotte St. Info: 259-5932.

• TH (6/21), 7am-6pm - Blood drive: Trinity Baptist Church, 216 Shelburne Road. Info: 258-3888. --- 7 am - 6 pm - Blood drive: Grace Lutheran Church. 1245 6th Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: 693-5605.

• SA (6/23), 8:30am-1pm - Blood drive: Broad River Fire Department, 44 Broad River VFD Road, Black Mountain.

Info: 669-0488.

• MO (6/25), 2-5:45pm - Blood drive: Living Savior Lutheran Church, 301 Overlook Road. Info: 650-0404.

• TU (6/26), 1-5:30pm - Blood drive: Care Partners, 68 Sweeten Creek Road. Info: 277-4744.

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

• 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 800-286-1326.

• 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.

• 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/LGBT meeting. Cathedral of All Souls, 9 Swan St. Info: 6706277.

• MONDAYS, noon - "Keeping the Focus," First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Entrance near Charlotte Street. --- 6pm - "Attitude of Gratitude," Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. --- 7pm - First Christian Church, 201 Blue Ridge Road, Black Mountain. --- 7:30pm - First United Methodist Church, Jackson and Church Streets, Sylva.

--- 8pm - "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, BrevardDavidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 E. Main St. Alzheimer's Support group • Last TUESDAYS, 6pm - This monthly Alzheimer's support group for caregivers is held at Madison Manor, 345 Manor Road, Mars Hill. Info and directions: changeiwishtosee@yahoo.com or 689-5200.

Asperger Adults united • An Asperger Adults United meet-up will be held every other Saturday, starting May 26. Free. Info and location: www.meetup.com/AspergersAdultsunited or 319-1017.

Brainstormers • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Join this survivor-led 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.

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.

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

COnneCtiOnS group • Learn to strengthen relationships, enrich your life, improve self-awareness and build internal resilience during this 12-week course led by licensed professional

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wellnesscontinued counselors. Based on the work of Brene Brown, Ph.D. Accepting new members through July 2. Info and registration: www.manifestcounseling.com or 258-5204. 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. 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.

• WEDNESDAYS, noon-1:30pm & 5:30-7pm - Vet Center Out Station, a support group for veterans.

Registration required before attending first meeting. Info: 271-2711.

• WE (6/20), noon-1pm - Sjogren’s syndrome support group. Registration not required. --- 1-3pm - Myasthenia Gravis support group. Registration not required.

• MONDAYS, 2-3pm - "It Works," a 12-step program for individuals struggling to overcome food addiction.

Registration not required. Info: 489-7259.

• TU (6/26), 3-4:30pm - A caregiver support group will meet at Pardee Pavillion Adult Day Health, 114 College Drive, Flat Rock. Registration not required. Info: 6977070.

• WE (6/27), 3:30-5pm - Celiac support group.

• TH (6/28), 5:30-7:30pm - Breast Friends Forever breast cancer support group meets at the Elizabeth Reilly Breast Center. Registration requested. Info: 6987334.

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

Hope After Loss Hope After Loss offers grief education, support groups and individual counseling to those experiencing bereavement in Buncombe, Henderson and Macon Counties.

Call for info, dates and locations. Info: 692-6178.

• TH (6/21), 5:30-6:30pm - Spring Celebration of Life Memorial Services will honor those who's loved ones died between Sept. 1, 2011 and March 31, 2012. Held at First Presbyterian Church, 471 Main St., Highlands.

Free. 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 230-4143.

• 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 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.

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, noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: 2771975.

• 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.

Recovery from Food Addiction • MONDAYS, noon - Are you a food addict? Are you struggling with food addiction. Looking for caring/supportive people fighting the same battle? Weekly support groups are held at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: scmunchkin59@yahoo. com.

Sexaholics Anonymous • DAILY - A 12-step fellowship of men and women recovering from compulsive patterns of lust, romance, destructive relationships, sexual thoughts or sexual behavior. Daily Asheville meetings. Call confidential voicemail 681-9250 or e-mail saasheville@gmail.com.

Info: www.orgsites.com/nc/saasheville.

SmARt Recovery • THURSDAYS, 6pm - This peer support group is dedicated to helping individuals gain independence from all types of addictive behavior (drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, etc.). Meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: www.smartrecovery.org.

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.

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All over town, local and seasonal fruits and botanicals are showing up in cocktails as often as they are mixed into smoothies. Bartenders are barrel-aging their booze, bottle-carbonating beverages and using deep-freezers, molds and filtered water in an attempt to make the perfect ice cube.

The cocktail revolution is upon us (despite what Fox News says — the media outlet recently advised visitors to Asheville to steer clear of our cocktails in favor of beer. See more on page 44).

We’re not exactly sure where it started, but it’s mounting.

Storm Rhum Bar has introduced remarkable rums to Asheville. Limones has done the same with tequila, revolutionizing its margarita menu with ingredients from chapuline salt to chipotles. Cucina 24 and Table are both barrelaging negroni, while Cúrate is raising the bar for gin and tonics.

Over the next few years, we predict that the beverage scene will begin to catch up to that of our dining scene, which has burgeoned recently. Though the craft-cocktail movement still has a way to go, here is a peek at what some local restaurants are doing to take bar menus to the next level.

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BoTTLeD BuZZ The New York Times calls it “summer in a bottle,” a “rare example of improving on an already perfect cocktail.”

The author is poetically smitten over a bottle-carbonated Americano soda, a refreshing, low-alcohol tipple made of water, Campari, sweet vermouth and orange.

Cynthia Turner, the bar manager at The Magnetic Field, has ventured into the bottle-carbonated trend herself. The bar now offers its own version of the effervescent Americano, served in a frosty glass vessel.

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in a sMaLL gLass piTcher coMBine: 4 1/2 oz Campari, 6 oz sweet vermouth, 13 1/2 oz water One orange zested with a vegetable peeler, then peeled (pith removed, reserve zest) Mix ingredients together and chill, covered overnight. Remove orange zest and carbonate according to manufacturer’s directions. Serve the drink in the bottle.

Bottled adult beverages are taking off as a way to add a little innovation and sodabar nostalgia to cocktail hour. It provides ease for both sides of the bar — drinks are served as quickly as you can pry off the top.

“For some bars that have a certain drink that they sell a lot, this is a good way to prebatch it,” says Turner. “It’s ready to go, you can chill it, the water assimilation is already done in the bottle and capped.”

They’re also fun, fizzy and essentially spillfree — if kept reasonably upright.

Turner says that she’s looking into developing other house-bottled cocktails for the Magnetic Field. Ideas include a Fernet Branca (a botanical liquor that’s wildly popular in Argentina) mixed with a homemade cola, maybe some bottle-carbonated gin and tonics. “I keep trying to slowly progress the bar program forward,” she says.

For now, the Americano is a hot seller, says Turner, as long as people can get past the carmine-colored Campari. “Not everyone is a fan,” says Turner. “But the Americano is delicious — you just have to understand Campari and like it.” Campari, an Italian apèritif, is bitter and botanical, flavored with citrus fruits and quickly becoming the revival mixer of the moment. The writers of the Bitten Word blog, inspired by the June 2012 issue of Bon Appetit, have anointed Campari and gin as their cocktail of the summer.

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fenneL & foraging Jessie Ratliff, Table's bartender since October 2011 (that’s him on page 36), invokes Jeffrey Morgenthaler's name quite a bit when he describes his own methods behind the bar.

Morgenthaler is considered a pioneer of mixology — or perhaps, more accurately, a revivalist. He's created a hub of cocktail creativity at Clyde Common in Portland, Ore., a city from which beverage trends seem to radiate. He's credited with the resurrection of the barrel-aged cocktail in the United States and the popularization of the bottle-carbonated cocktail, too.

finnochio At Table, Ratliff mixes this drink with house-carbonated lemonade. Here, he’s adapted the recipe for home bartenders who might not have a house carbonator.

In 9-oz glass, combine: 1 1/2 oz gin (Ratliff suggests Plymouth) 2 oz fennel-frond tea (about 3 fennel stalks with fronds, or 3 cups roughly chopped. Add 4 cups boiling water and let stand until cool, about 30 minutes. Strain and press through fine-mesh strainer) .75 oz simple syrup (2 parts sugar, 1 part water) .75 oz lemon juice (use a hand press)

As Ratliff uses his own in-house carbonation system (he prefers the Twist and Sparkle, á la Morgenthaler), he talks about how the Portland bartender "evangelized" the bottle-carbonated cocktail. "He got the idea from Aviary (in Chicago), they got the idea from Italy," he says. "Italy’s been doing it since the ‘60s, with their bottled Americanos."

Formerly a bartender at the renowned Blackberry Farm in Tennessee, Ratliff brings the sort of craft sensibility to Table that insists on the perfect ice cube. Ratliff's ice is deep-frozen into perfect, solid blocks. "It stays colder, and there's less dilution that way," he says. In the Finnochio, a concoction made with Old Tom gin, fennel-frond tea and house-carbonated lemonade (recipe at right), a tall, rectangular cube sits upright, nearly the height of the glass. The shape of that particular cube, he says, is good for carbonated beverages. "It allows for the bubbles to freely flow, whereas if you have a lot of ice in there, you're blocking that carbonation. And it looks really cool."

Ratliff has culinary experience, too, spending time working in the kitchen of Town House, a now-shuttered destination restaurant in Chilhowie, Va. "I learned tons and tons about flavors, and I'm trying to bring that same thing to the drink program here," he says.

Take, for instance, his barrel-aged

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Mix ingredients, top with soda water and garnish with a touch of Campari and a fennel frond.

Too cooL The ice at Table doesn’t look that way just to be fancy — it serves a purpose, too.

Mountain Manhattan, a rich and sumptuous drink of Troy & Sons Moonshine, aged for several months with Dolin white vermouth in bourbon barrels, finished with black-walnut and angostura bitters and a brandied cherry. The barrel-aging adds complexity and a "twist on a classic," says Ratliff.

The craft culture evident in Ratliff’s bar menu and his focus on seasonal produce meshes well with the mission statement of Table's owner, Jacob Sessoms, whose devout attention to local foods is evident on the restaurant's menu. "I'm intensely focused on the seasons," says Ratliff. "I work closely with Jacob, talking about what's on the menu and learning more about what's happening around here. I really like foraging and getting superunique ingredients like sumac, sassafras, honeysuckle syrups — anything that is indigenous to — or indicative of — the mountains. I want a drink that's about the culture here.”

Ratliff says his intention is to bring a big-city beverage program to Asheville's burgeoning craft-cocktail scene, where barrel-aging, for example, is just catching on. "It's new here, but it's nothing new elsewhere," he says. "It's about raising that standard around town."

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Mangoes & MargariTas The Junction opened down the street from the Magnetic Field in 2011, creating a corridor of excellent craft cocktails on Depot Street, where there was little more to drink before but beer.

The restaurant and bar has simultaneously developed the menu in both the kitchen (courtesy of Camp Boswell) and the bar (most recently courtesy of new bar manager Jason Crosby) into something of quality that draws visitors from Asheville and beyond into the RAD. Crosby joined the team just this spring, taking over for original bar manager Sharon Wallace.

Crosby says that he intends to elevate the bar program even further than his predecessor, whose reputation as a great bartender is wellknown. “My goal is, in [a given] amount of time, to be the the best,” Crosby says.

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Though Crosby is a fan of the classics, he developed a taste for drinks with a tropical edge to them while working at a Brazilian steak house. Don’t think Malibu Rum-spiked concoctions with umbrellas, but rather grilled fruit, quality rums, agave and spices. “I’m a huge fan of drinks from warm climates,” Crosby says. “Margaritas are huge for me — they’re either great or bad, and there’s very little in between.”

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To that end, Crosby has added two distinct margaritas to the Junction’s drink menu — the Homegrown with local rosemary and Hellfire bitters and the Déjá Vu with fresh watermelon and local lemon balm. He’s added a number of ingredients to the menu — distinctive bitters, shrubs and liqueurs — with the intention of striking balance with his drinks

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“One thing that I try to achieve is that a drink is supposed to hit on three senses,” says Crosby. “It should have great aromatics, it should be visually stunning as well, and I try to offer complexity with the drinks.”

Crosby has provided a recipe for the Backwoodsman, the visually attractive, aromatic and flavorful drink that he made for the owners of the Junction, Charles and Tanya Triber, when he was interviewing for the bartending position. “I guess they liked it,” he laughs.

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TupeLo TippLe According to Tupelo Honey Café South’s new bar menu, one of the basic and noble tenets among Southerners is the understanding that a great (not just good) cocktail is necessary after the workday.

So, the popular new-Southern restaurant has stepped up its bar game to include a number of forward-thinking craft cocktails that shy away from the overly sweet, fruit-based drinks of the past while remaining fresh and fun.

“The flavor profiles [before] weren’t terrible by any means, but we knew there was room to grow it,” says Alan Wolf, director of store operations. “Beer City, USA is not by chance. The regional beer scene is fantastic and will continue to grow. Now, we’re seeing the spirit side grow as well.” In response to the growing prevalence of regional craft distillers, the restaurant has built its new bar program on the foundation of the spirits of the South.

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At Tupelo, you’ll find plenty of Troy & Sons moonshine, the locally handcrafted spirit that seems to be making waves in the South (and the rest of the country). You’ll also find Cardinal gin, an excellent spirit coming out of Mount Holly, N.C. Firefly sweet-tea vodka from Charleston, S.C., also makes an appearance, as does an excellent selection of small-batch bourbons and Tennessee and rye whiskey, some available in tasting flights.

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oDe To MuDDy ponD ingreDienTs: Maker’s Mark bourbon, Tennessee’s Muddy Pond sorghum, Fresh basil, Blenheim ginger ale No. 8, Sorghum simple syrup (recipe below) siMpLe syrup: Stir together 1 pint of sorghum syrup and 2 cups of water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally until syrup is dissolved. Remove from heat, let stand 30 minutes, store in squeeze bottle and refrigerate.

MeThoD for cockTaiL: In 9-oz glass, muddle ½ oz sorghum simple syrup with three basil leaves. Add 1¼ oz Maker’s Mark and ice. Top with Blenheim ginger ale or ginger beer and garnish with a basil sprig.

Tupelo also makes a number of house infusions, including lemongrass moonshine, limoncello and ginger rum. A jalapeño- and bacon-infused moonshine turns up in a Dirty South martini, liberally splashed with olive juice and finished with pimento-cheesestuffed olives. Yes, please. (That fat-washed ‘shine can also be found in a bloody mary, too.) A section of “hard” soft drinks is particularly whimsical, with a Cheerwine-and-Maker’s Mark concoction and a Nehi-and-rum drink.

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“I think we were interested in featuring soft drinks that were uniquely Southern,” says Elizabeth Sims, Tupelo’s director of marketing, cookbook author and resident tastemaker. That means featuring an especially Southern take on a whiskey-ginger using South Carolina’s Blenheim ginger soda mixed with Jim Beam — bourbonPage 1 and-Blenheim, apparently, is a Southern thing. I’ve somehow missed that in my lifelong status as a Southern dweller (my home state of Maryland is below the Mason-Dixon line, people), but I’m glad I finally found it. That Blenheim ginger ale is good.

So too is the Ode to Muddy Pond, a drink that avoids taking on some of the sunnier names that Sims and Wolf developed. Take, for instance, the Porch Swing, a drink made with Firefly sweet-tea vodka, peach puree, scratch-made ginger syrup and fresh-brewed tea.

The Muddy Pond uses a syrup made from Tennessee’s Muddy Pond sorghum, muddled basil and Blenheim ginger ale. We’ve provided the recipe in case you’d like to try it for yourself. Want someone else to mix it for you? Visit the south Asheville location of Tupelo Honey and belly up to its bar, the Pickled Okra (1829 Hendersonville Road). A limited version of the menu is also available at the downtown location.

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sorghuM gooD The Ode to Muddy Pond at Tupelo Honey Café south features Muddy Pond sorghum syrup from Tennessee.

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Sizzling Fun At

Stonebowl

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From the hot blistering rice stonebowl dishes to the boiling soup and grilled spicy chicken, we bring

fun and excitement to your table. Oh, and don’t worry health freaks and vegetarians, we are on your side!

Kimchi Stonebowl Rawr: The new Tiger Mountain Thirst Parlour. Photo by Max Cooper

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A new bar, owned and operated by Jamie Hepler and Sean Bickford, opened at 103 Broadway on June 13. As if Tiger Mountain Thirst Parlour isn’t enough of a mouthful, the bar’s outgoing message also adds “Mirror-ball Sanctuary” to the moniker. The bar serves a small but solid selection of liquor, with an expanded drink menu coming soon, featuring “traditional old-school” cocktails, Hepler says. Beer and wine are also available.

On Fridays, Tiger Mountain hosts a “’60s soul garage” dance night. And what of the supposed mirror balls? That’s actually for real. “I’ve got this mirror-ball obsession,” Hepler says. “We’re not actively doing anything with it yet, but we will.”

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foX neWs on asheville’s food scene Judson Berger of Fox News visited Asheville recently, praising our food scene (sort of — he said it’s "budding") and calling Chai Pani a major highlight of the trip ("a niche restaurant that specializes in Indian street food — in Western North Carolina, so go figure," he says). Go figure, indeed.

According to Fox, Asheville has great breweries (several, even, says Berger!), frog jam in spades (that’s a jam made of figs, raspberries, oranges and ginger, for the uninitiated — we can’t say we’d heard of it), but no good cocktails, apparently (we hope that you’ve enjoyed this week’s food feature).

We're also quirky and have a drum circle, by-the-by. Oh, and do yourself a favor: Don't skip the River Arts District. Even though the "row of run-downlooking studios seems unimpressive," it's totally fine. Once the artists throw open their doors doors to visitors, "the street becomes a gallery."

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The RAD, says Berger, is "home to Wedge Brewing Company.” It’s also where Berger and company had two of their best meals — at 12 Bones Smokehouse and White Duck Taco Shop. Unsurprisingly, Berger makes no mention of the President's partiality to 12 Bones, but he does say that it’s “only a matter of time before White Duck gets the Guy Fieri ‘triple-D’ treatment." All right then.

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Meet WNC’s

Family Farm Heroes All advertisers are Appalachian Grown Certified through Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. The Appalachian Grown logo identifies products from family farms in the Southern Appalachians.

Nearly one-quarter of North Carolina’s farms lie in Western North Carolina. They’re smaller than most in the state, but, some might argue, that’s what makes them special. We get to meet our farmers, know who they are, see what inspires them. We get to buy their goods at our thriving tailgate markets, shake their hands and say hello. In these long summer days, they’re working to bring you the fruits of their labors. In partnership with the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, we’ve gathered a sampling of these local farm heroes, so you’ll know where they’re coming from — the farm next door.

A passion for healthy food and medicine

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very day at Appalachian Seeds Farm & Nursery, a 15-year-old business, we pursue our passion of growing abundant, healthy food and medicine. It brings us so much joy and satisfaction to share with our diverse community the seeds, plants, produce and medicine that we grow with love.

Appalachian Seeds Farm & Nursery P.O. Box 6811 Asheville, NC 28816 (828) 400-7014 www.AppalachianSeeds.com

Our spring/summer plant starts can be found in numerous retail health-food stores and garden centers in the Asheville area. Our produce is in area restaurants

and natural food co-ops. And our seeds are available through our website at www.appalachianseeds.com. The herbal medicines we grow will be available in locally made extracts and through area distributors!

It is an honor and a pleasure to provide such an eclectic and diverse community with rare, unusual and heirloom vegetables and herbs. Thank you for supporting our small family farm!

New Sprout Organic Farms offer sustainable alternative

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ichael Porterfield began farming in 2007 as an activity he could share with his children. Within a year, his hobby turned into a passion, and he began farming commercially. In 2011, New Sprout Organic Farms was born to further his vision to become a top-quality grower and supplier of certified organic produce in the Southeast.

New Sprout maintains certified organic farms in the Asheville city limits as well as in the nearby town of Black Mountain, producing

more than two dozen delicious, fresh varieties of seasonal produce. New Sprout has a strong belief that local and regional producers offer a sustainable alternative to growing operations that currently ship produce all the way from the West Coast and Mexico.

New Sprout Organic Farms

190 Eastside Drive New Sprout’s organic vegetables are Black Mountain, NC available at Ingles, Whole Foods, Earth Fare, (828) 357-5501 Amazing Savings and other fine retailers. www.NewSproutFarms.com Look for the bright orange tag!

Gardening with community spirit

T Oakley Farmers Market Oakley United Methodist Church (828) 407-0188 www.oakleyfarmersmarket.com

he new kid on the block among Ashevillearea tailgate markets, the Oakley Farmers Market was organized by a group of residents who were concerned about food security in the diverse east Asheville neighborhood and hoped to create a social hub for the community.

The market takes place each Thursday, 2-6 p.m.

The market’s member vendors include Gladheart Farms, Looking Glass Creamery, Fiddlesticks Farm, Whisperholler Farms, Angel Ridge Farm, Fletcher Village Bakery, Natalie’s Naturals, Tupelo Honey Cafe, Which Came First Farm,

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Vandele Farms, Asheville Fresh Herbs and Sakshi Gantenbein. Also, each week the market draws a variety of day vendors, including The Chocolate Lab, The High Fiber Company, Jordan Blackley Farms and Bath Salts and Beyond.

In addition to locally produced vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs and dairy products, shoppers will find handmade food and craft items, such as pottery, rag rugs, handspun yarn, baked goods, roasted nuts, jams and salsas, blown glass and handmade soap. The market also features live music, children’s activities and demonstrations.

Growing Culinary and Medicinal Herbs and Native Plants

A Big Pine Native Gardens Marshall, NC (828) 649-2259 www.facebook.com

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botanist by trade, Dianne Tolman began growing culinary herbs and selling to local restaurants more than 25 years ago. Once a tobacco farm in Madison County, Big Pine Native Gardens organically grows 20 culinary herbs distributed fresh to local restaurants through Mountain Food Products.

The family business includes a native plant nursery, specializing in propagating native plants and more than 50 medicinal and Chinese herbs.

Dianne and husband Steve, along with daughter

Nez, sell container plants at the WNC Herb Festival and the North Asheville tailgate market.

Big Pine is an Appalachian Grown Certified Farm, a member of Goodness Grows in North Carolina and the NC State Specialty Crops Program, and a founding member of the Appalachian Botanical Alliance, which grows Chinese medicinal herbs.

Ask for fresh Big Pine herbs at Mountain Food Products. Contact us through email for the availability and ordering of native plants and medicinal and Chinese herbs.

Step back in time at Slick Rock Country Emporium

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artists, crafters and other creators has been a long journey, but Clay and Becky have established their farm and emporium in the Bat Cave area as home and livelihood.

Farm-fresh eggs from their heritage-breed flock, pasture-raised meats from local farms and other natural food products are available at the Emporium. Becoming merchants of products from more than 100 local

Clay and Becky are helping to revive the handmade and traditional cottage industry that sustained this region in times past. Whether you are seeking a unique handcrafted gift that reflects the beauty of Western North Carolina or local food products, you will find it at Slick Rock Country Emporium!

riginally from Texas, Clay Young and Becky Coleman found an old homestead and former orchard for sale near Bat Cave and transformed the property into a permaculture farm and country store called Slick Rock Country Emporium.

Slick Rock Country Emporium 4611 Chimney Rock Road/US-64E Hendersonville, NC 28792 (828) 685-8798 clay@slickrockcountryemporium.com www.SlickRockCountryEmporium.com

Leicester Farmers Market Celebrating 10 years of serving

healthy local vegetarian fare in downtown Asheville, Rosetta’s is committed to our vision of sustainable, socially just, and vibrant communities in Western North Carolina. We purchase fresh produce directly from local organic farmers and offer a local special every day; supporting the local food economy while providing a delicious wholefoods experience at an affordable price.

Among our ingredients, we consistently use the following locally produced items: Organic Kale, Hominy Valley Organic Farm • Organic Cornmeal, Peaceful valley Farm • Mead, from Fox Hill Meadery • Honey, Haw Creek Honey • Eggs, Farside Farms • Homemade Breads made with Carolina Ground flour • Jam, Imladris Farm

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Edible landscaping plants for the Southern Appalachians

C Useful Plants Nursery 111 Another Way Black Mountain, NC 28711 (828) 669-6517 www.UsefulPlants.org

huck Marsh founded Useful Plants Nursery in his front yard in 2001, and Debbie Lienhart joined the nursery as co-owner and manager in 2010. The nursery now produces more than 200 varieties of edible and medicinal perennial plants on an acre of land in Earthaven Ecovillage, southeast of Black Mountain.

The nursery specializes in useful and highly nutritional plants, including fruit and nut trees, shrubs, grapes, brambles and berries.

Marsh and Lienhart select varieties for

superior fruit quality and disease resistance in the Southern Appalachian and Piedmont bioregions. They sell plants at regional plant festivals and at the nursery by appointment, and they deliver plants within the region.

Marsh, an experienced permaculture designer and longtime promoter of “Liberation through abundance,” also consults with landowners on edible landscape design. He especially enjoys introducing people new to the region to the many wonderful plants that grow well here. Services range from a short walkabout to a full site design.

Great meat — no funny business

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oothills Pasture Raised Meats is a familyowned, pasture-based farm located in the beautiful Crooked Creek Valley, just south of Old Fort, N.C. Since 2005, Foothills has offered the very best in locally grown foods to wholesale and retail markets.

Our beef, pork, chicken and specialty cured meats are grown entirely on open pastures and shady woodlands, where our animals spend leisurely days roaming, loafing, rooting and wallowing. We never use added hormones or routine antibiotics. Our beef and pork are

finished on local grains, including certified organic barley from Pisgah Brewing Company and an heirloom white corn grown in our valley.

Our friends at Yellowroot Farm also provide pigs for Foothills’ cured meats program, which includes traditional sopressata, Milano salami, pepperoni and more.

Find our delicious products at the Black Mountain Tailgate Market as well as fine establishments such as Louise’s Kitchen, The Merry Wine Market, The Chop Shop Butchery and more.

Foothills Pasture Raised Meats 788 Mt. Hebron Road Old Fort, NC 28762 (828) 216-2966 www.AshevilleLocalMeats.com

Weaverville Tailgate Market spotlights foods and crafts

T Weaverville Tailgate Market 60 Lakeshore Drive (behind the community center) Weaverville, NC 28787 www.WeavervilleTailgate.org

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his February, Dry Ridge Farm welcomed its first batch of meat chickens and first hogs to their new home. Now, those chickens are available for purchase, and we’ve added laying hens, more meat birds and a flock of sheep to our pastures!

At Dry Ridge Farm, we’re focused on the environmental and social aspects of our work. We raise our animals on pasture where they can exhibit their natural behaviors. We use rotational grazing methods that improve

he Weaverville Tailgate Market is a weekly celebration of local foods and crafts. Held on Wednesdays from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m., the market is a place for neighbors and friends to shop for fresh produce, meats, seafood, cheeses, canned goods, baked goods, soap, crafts and more. Come visit our wonderful market located behind the community center above Lake Louise.

The following vendors can be found at the Weaverville Tailgate Market:

pasture health, and we never give our animals hormones, steroids or feed antibiotics.

We also recognize our responsibility toward our community, so we’re allocating 10 percent of our profits toward funding meat donations to community members who lack access to adequate nutrition. At Dry Ridge Farm, we pride ourselves on producing high-quality meat products and providing excellent customer service, while benefiting our environment and our communities.

Please visit our website to see where our products are available!

Dry Ridge Farm 181 Willow Drive Mars Hill, NC 28754 (828) 689-8700 www.DryRidgeFarm.org

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• Angel Ridge Farm • Appleberry Cove Farm • Ardfield Farm • Auntie M’s Pies • Bee Tree Farm • Cape Fear Seafood • Dillingham Family Farm • Fork Mountain Farm • Susan Goldenray • Ivy Creek Family Farm • The Herban Baker • High Country Nursery

• High Fiber Co. • Highgate Farm • Long Valley Farm • Lyda Farm • Mackey Farm • Natural Handcrafted Soaps • Notorious Coffee Roasting Co. • PlanIt Organic Cafe • Smoke Signals bakery • Sunset Valley Farm • Wilds Branch Nursery

Fairview farm shares its bounty — plus the farm experience

Hickory Nut Gap Farm 57 Sugar Hollow Road Fairview, NC 28730 (828) 628-1027 www.HickoryNutGapFarm.com

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Many families visit the farm during that time, spending an entire day connecting with where their food comes from and sharing in the family-farm experience.

They also offer organic “U-pick” berries, pumpkins, apples, mushrooms and a corn maze seasonally from July through October.

Jamie and Amy include agriculture education in their daily efforts as well, through a yearlong internship training program and farm tours for students of all ages. They have been operating the farm since graduating from college in 2000, and now have three young boys who will carry on the legacy of food, family and community.

amie and Amy Ager operate Hickory Nut Gap Farm, a fourth-generation family business, in Fairview. They are committed to providing 100-percent grassfed beef and pasture-raised pork and poultry to the community. You can find Hickory Nut Gap Meats at their farm store, at three local farmers markets and more than 30 area restaurants and groceries.

Farmers and Artisans Market blends produce, music and crafts

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he Madison County Farmers and Artisans Market offers a friendly, relaxed atmosphere with live music, fresh local produce, meats, cheeses, preserves, pickles and other canned goods, plus baked goods, candy, plants, fresh honey and fresh-roasted coffee beans. Our crafters include fiber artisans and those offering jewelry, personal-care products (soaps, tinctures, etc.), doggy and kitty treats and more.

Launched in 1999, the market is located in Mars Hill on the campus of Mars Hill College and is open Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

The market begins the first weekend in April and runs through October, followed soon after by an indoor holiday market.

The following are participating vendors:

• Angel Ridge Farm • Appleberry Cove Farm • Ardfield Farm • Bee Tree Farm • Celia’s Crafts • Corners Knob Farm • Fork Mountain Farm • Good Measure Bakery • Heart and Home • Heather Mikus • Highgate Farm • I Heart Veg Bakery • Leaning Willow Farm

• Loaf Child Bakery • Long Valley Farm • Maria de Souza’s Natural Soaps • Mackey Farms • New Direction Farm • Notorious Coffee Roasting Co. • Open Ground Farm • R Mountain Farm • Sunset Valley Farm • Sweet Betty Bees • Three Graces Dairy • Wild Branch Nursery

Madison County Farmers and Artisans Market Mars Hills College www.MarsHillMarket.org

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e’re passionate about high-quality dairy! We are North Carolina’s first and ONLY Grade A goat dairy. Our 28-acre farmstead is just 11 miles over the ridge from Black Mountain. Our creamery is a small — yet sophisticated — milk-processing plant regulated by the Food and Drug Administration and the N.C. Department of Agriculture to assure high-quality goat-milk products.

Round Mountain Creamery

2203 Old Fort Road Black Mountain, NC 28711 Vat pasteurization and bottling in glass bottles (828) 669-0718 www.RoundMountainCreamery.com preserves the freshness and good taste of our Grade A whole goat milk. Our soft goat

cheese is mild and creamy, with 12 flavorful, fresh-frozen soft goat cheeses produced yearround. Simply thaw and enjoy! Pre-ordered, non-frozen cheeses are available locally.

Round Mountain Creamery milk and cheeses are sold in many Western North Carolina retail foods markets and are favorites of our local restaurants. Lady Caroline says, “The proof is in the tasting!” A dairy tour ($5 per person) is available by appointment. Call us today and visit our website.

A plethora of local goods in east Asheville

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isit us on Friday afternoons from 3-6 p.m. at Groce UMC (at the intersection of Tunnel Road and Beverly near the East Asheville Library).

• Farm-fresh vegetables, fruits, berries, eggs, mushrooms and herbs!

• Local meats: pork, rabbit, chicken, beef and goat!

• Breads and baked goods, sweets, pies and quiches, gluten-free goods, jams and jellies!

• Plant starts, cut flowers, chocolates, salsa, hummus, pesto, honey, candles, soaps, pottery, jewelry and crafts!

• Appalachian Creek Garden Center • Anjelic Scentsations • Auntie M’s Pies • Bee Tree Farm • Cats Paw Pottery • Dolci di Maria Gluten Free Desserts • Down to Earth Farm • Dry Ridge Farm • Oteen Farms • The Farm at Hidden River • Grand Memories • Gladheart Farm • Heavenly Bodies Skin • Nourishment • Highgate Farm

• Home is Where the Heart is Bakery • I Heart Veg • Johns Berry Patch • Jones Cove Co-op • It’s Good to Be Home Farm • Kuster Farms • Morning Starr Creations • Old World Chocolates • PirateGirl Bakery • Red Wing Farm • Tufa Things • Tony & Tito’s Specialty Food • Warren Wilson College Farm

East Asheville Tailgate Market Groce United Methodist Church 954 Tunnel Road Asheville, NC 28803 (828) 719-5520

Get your goat goods on Dairy Goat Day

Dairy Goat Day Sunday, June 24 1-6 p.m.

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his event, hosted by Spinning Spider Creamery, supports the Piedmont Dairy Goat Association, an area nonprofit dedicated to bringing together and educating dairy goat owners.

Taste some goat-milk ice cream or fudge.

Learn how to feed, house and otherwise care for goats (even how to trim their feet).

Goat Cheese will be available to sample and purchase from a variety of cheese makers.

An activity sampler: Tour Spinning Spider Creamery’s milking parlor and cheese kitchen. Milk a goat. Romp with the baby goats in the kidding barn. See the different breeds of dairy goats. Learn how to make goat cheese from PDGA members. Buy some goat-milk soap. Check out the arts and crafts.

Proceeds raised on Dairy Goat Day will help the PDGA host the American Dairy Goat Association’s annual meeting and conference October 2013 in Asheville at the Crowne Plaza.

4717 East Fork Rd Marshall, NC 28753 www.SpinnningSpiderCreamery.com

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A 100-kilometer bike ride supports greenways and local farms

he Cycle-to-Farm Metric Century will be held on Saturday morning, June 23, to benefit greenways and promote food from local farms.

This is a challenging 100-kilometer (62 miles) ride that starts and ends in Black Mountain and winds it way to Fairview, Crooked Creek, Old Fort and back. At rest stops along the way, six local farms will offer tasty food samples — “Farm Stops”! The participating farms are Looking Glass Creamery, Harvest Table Farm, Foothills Pasture Raised Meats, Highlander Farm, Peaceful Valley Farm and New Sprout Organic Farms.

The end of the ride features the Fabulous After Party with locally sourced hamburgers, chicken, sausages, coleslaw and other delicious sides, along with great live music and local beer. There is no additional cost for riders for the dinner and music.

Family, spouses, friends and our neighbors are welcome!

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Cycle-to-Farm™ Metric Century

You can learn more at www.Facebook.com/ Black Mountain CycleToFarm. There will be a strict cutoff at 300 Recreation Park participants for the 2012 ride. The max may be Black Mountain, NC 28711 reached before the morning of the ride, so please www.CycleToFarm.org check the website before coming out to Black Mountain. The ride starts at 8 a.m. on Sat. June 23.

Asparagus farm offers seasonal gourmet vegetables

Cane Creek Asparagus & Co. CaneCreekCSA@gmail.com www.CaneCreekCSA.com

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CSA veggie boxes contain nearly 90 varieties and get delivered six days a week to various pickup locations.

The only way to enjoy the bounty of Cane Creek Asparagus & Co. is through farmshares. The Ploegers do not sell vegetables to wholesalers or restaurants, or at farmers markets or roadside stands. All efforts go toward their CSA farmshares! Throughout the harvest season, their

Members of the Buncombe County Farmland Preservation Program, the Ploegers have 12 years of CSA farming experience. Shares are available for 2012. Support their family farm and enjoy seasonal gourmet vegetables.

ane Creek Asparagus & Co., located in Fairview, produced white asparagus in 1993 to establish the farm’s reputation for seasonal gourmet vegetables. Robert Ploeger tends the gardens, while Glenda Ploeger handles the greenhouse, marketing, members and quality assurance.

This small farm uses organic inputs but is not “certified organic”— nor is it “transitioning to organic,” because the Ploegers have never applied any chemicals to transition away from!

There is no cuisine without gardens and farmers. The words “local” & “organic”,

seen only in grassroots grocery stores, and markets, 20 years ago, are now common at our local tailgates and farmer’s markets, thanks to the demand we’ve created. This transition to locally grown foods has helped to provide support to local farmers, enhance our regional economy, and rekindle our love affair with great food.

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Since my early days exploring the gardens & barns of my grand parents farm, I have realized the necessity of locally grown food. The fields and farm animals of Appalachia have educated me, as a chef and a locavore, to truly appreciate the meaning of “sustainability”. These basic needs represent the honor of what we strive for in our daily cooking here at The Market Place.

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canton couPle offeRs “something good to eat and good foR the soul” By maggie cRameR “We either love what we are doing or we are nuts,” says Zeb Jolley. Zeb and his wife, June, own and operate Jolley Farms, an Appalachian Grown-Certified farm in Canton. June farms on nights and weekends after her full-time job as greenhouse manager at the North Carolina Arboretum, a position she’s held for the past 16 years. During peak season, he works on the farm seven days a week for more than 16 hours a day.

And, among other crops, they grow 20 varieties of high-maintenance microgreens, delivering to numerous Asheville-area restaurants weekly.

challenging cRoPs Why take on such a challenge? “We just celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary,” Zeb says. “Almost all of those years have been spent growing something and working in greenhouses. Combined, that’s close to 62 years of greenhouse experience.” In other words, persnickety microgreens are no match for them.

Zeb and June began by growing delicate seedlings for bedding plants in greenhouses, before moving into all-vegetable production in 2008. That came after several years of taking a break from farm life, working other full-time jobs. “With the great work that Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project is doing to promote local farm products, I saw an opportunity to keep using my skill of growing,” says Zeb. “I went back to the farm.”

Like the seedlings they started with, microgreens require a great deal of attention. “Keeping tens of thousands of tiny little microgreen seedlings healthy enough to eat is a challenge, to say the least,” says Zeb. “But, they’re a perfect fit for our expertise and are a good crop for us.”

The couple decided when they made the shift to growing vegetables that they didn’t want to sell at tailgate markets or have an on-farm stand.

Rather, they wanted to provide area restaurants and diners with the freshest produce possible. “We knew we needed upscale restaurants to market our microgreens to, because of the expense in growing them, so we knew we had to grow other specialty items, as well as some basics, to round out our offering,” Zeb says.

Today, they also grow a wide variety of baby vegetables in high tunnel-type greenhouses, including baby beets, fennel, carrots and squash, as well as edible flowers, sorrel, chard, kales, lettuces and pea shoots. Out in their field, they grow fingerling potatoes, heirloom tomatoes and winter squash. And they grow them all as sustainably as possible using integrated pest management practices. IMP is an environmen-

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Photo by Ian MacLellan tally sensitive approach aimed at creating the least possible hazard to people, property and the environment.

a faRming family The natural approach resonates with the Jolleys. They want to protect their land, where June grew up helping her mother tend to their vegetable garden, chickens, pigs and milk cows.

Zeb also grew up farming. In fact, he was born into it.

“According to geological records, there were Jolley families farming Virginia in 1635,” he says. “In 1786, there are records of Jolleys owning and farming land in Durham County and my great, great, great, great grandfather owned and farmed land on the Broad River near Boiling Springs.”

More recently, Zeb’s grandfather farmed more than 300 acres in Chesnee, S.C., as B.B. Jolley Peach Farms. Zeb’s father helped managed the peach farm and Zeb spent his childhood summers there helping out with his cousins, the 14 other grandchildren.

“I think farming, or growing plants of some kind, is in my and June’s blood,” he says. That means that even though Zeb admits a day off would be nice, he and June have no plans to stop growing again.

“We hope to finesse our microgreen production even more, and would like to upgrade the production system for them,” he says, adding that he’s already begun talking with some of his restaurant clients about collecting their waste cooking oil to heat a real greenhouse. “Mainly, we plan to keep growing something good to eat and good for the soul and offering it to those who appreciate the same.”

good eats You can find Jolley Farms’ products in dishes at many area Appalachian Grown-partner restaurants now, including Cúrate, Restaurant Solace, Table, Grove Park Inn’s Sunset Terrace and Blue Ridge Dining Room, Red Stag Grill, Sunburst Market on Montgomery and more.

Just what’s on the menu? “Our baby squash blossoms are coming in, along with fennel and beets, and we’re also customizing some of our microgreens into signature blends, such as Wasabi Mix and Jolley Farms Mix,” says Zeb, adding, “It won’t be long until cherry tomatoes are ripe.”

To learn more about Jolley Farms, visit jolleyfarms.com. To learn more about ASAP’s Appalachian Grown program, visit asapconnections.org. Find more AG farms and restaurant partners with ASAP’s Local Food Guide, online at appalachiangrown.org.

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BRotheRs { }in aRms asheville’s antiQue fiReaRms on siBling sQuaBBles, suits and develoPing a uniQue sound By alli maRshall

Antique Firearms is an amalgamation of tastes, influences and proclivities toward experimentation, but there are also certain consistencies that serve as a foundation to the sound. There’s a moody, atmospheric quality — kind of Mazzy Star and kind of Sparklehorse — and a velvety lushness that underscores each song on the band’s self-titled full-length, whether the tempo is a waltz (“Something’s Wrong”) or a languid rocker (“Crooked Grin”).

And then there’s lead singer Bradan Dotson’s voice; a rangy rasp that, he tells Xpress, initially developed as a response to the vocalists he likes. These days, that delivery (“the voice,” as the band members call it, as if it’s an entity unto itself) comes without effort. Dotson owns it now — a breathless, sometimes quivering intonation that’s as much the melody as the accent to Antique Firearms’ instantly recognizable (if genre-inspecific) soundscapes.

“One of the things I said from the very beginning was that I don’t want to get locked into a sound,” says lead guitarist Parker Dotson. He numbers Beck, My Morning Jacket and bands that “are constantly transforming” among this group’s inspirations, allowing for a wide palette from which to draw.

Also informing the sound is the close relationship of the band’s members — three brothers and two brothers-from-anothermother. Parker (the youngest Dotson) and Bradan conceived of the band while Parker was finishing out a semester abroad and Bradan was visiting him in the Netherlands. Bradan split with his Raleigh-based project, Whiskey Kills the Butterflies, and moved to Asheville (the Dotson clan grew up in Fuquay-Varina, N.C.) where he and Parker began writing Antique Firearms’ first EP, Empty Frames. They recorded that album in a single day, in a hiphop studio with producers Prophet and W2 (Will Worthington).

Soon, brother Galen joined the band on keys, followed by Bradan’s best friend since high school, Chandler Brewer, who relocated from Charleston and learned to play bass to be part of Antique Firearms. Brewer, say the Dotsons, might as well be a brother, and the band’s newest member, drummer Dave Breske, has already earned honorary Dotson sib status — all of which amounts to great musical chemistry. (A testament: A mere eight months since their Asheville debut, Antique Firearms plays the Orange Peel as part of a local showcase this weekend.) It also leads to a lot of arguing.

“If we give each other shit, we’ve been doing it our whole lives,” says Bradan. “For us, there’s always a push and pull.” He credits Antique Firearms’ sound to that dynamic, along with the absolute comfort that the group has with each other.

“A song doesn’t see daylight until we all feel good about it,” says Bradan. Which means something along the lines of consensus (they may not all agree on slow-and-melodic versus upbeat-and-dance-y, but they aim for a balance of contemplative and booty-shaking numbers that still make sense with the band’s overall aesthetic.)

“We have two songs we aren’t going to play anymore because we decided they don’t fit with where we’re going,” says Parker.

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Where they’re headed, sound-wise, will soon be revealed: A sophomore full-length is currently in the works and due out this summer. The brothers Dotson agree that their combined writing process is organic and open to a variety of genres including blues-rock, reggae and even electronic — the forthcoming album will involve some electronic beats. Remember, they were originally recorded by hip-hop producers and both Parker and Bradan have side projects with W2, a potential future Antique Firearms member. (Parker is in electronic/hip-hop collaboration East Coast Trade Company, which opens for Brewer’s quirk-rock side-project, Shorty Can’t Eat Books, at the Altamont Brewery on July 7; Bradan is in hip-hop/rock outfit The Space Program.)

But don’t expect hip-hop attire at an Antique Firearms show: The quintet parlays its slightly spooky musical aesthetic to the

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stage, adding lamps (”if it was up to me, we’d have chandeliers,” says Bradan) to their set for an intimate, living room feel, and sharply cut suits. Early in the band’s incarnation, preparing for a show at MoDaddy’s, “I was like, I’m going to wear a suit,” says Brewer.

“We were like, let’s all wear suits,” says Parker.

And they couldn’t backtrack from that point, says Bradan. The suits, along with stylized posters, band photos and an in-process video (all created in-house) lend a deliberate aura to all things Antique Firearms, marking the band’s arrival on the local music scene. X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@mountainx.com.

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Winning at Pinning

local WeB staR kelBy caRR Re-enteRs the PRint WoRld With tWo Books aBout PinteRest

By Jon elliston Asheville-based blogger Kelby Carr has mastered — and helped shape — the art of leveraging social media. On Twitter, where her handle is @ typeamom, she’s got more than 30,000 followers, making her the area’s most-popular tweeter.

Her online projects fostered her thriving Type-A Parenting Conference, a content-rich blogfest that was held here before relocating to Charlotte, where it convenes again on June 22.

Two weeks ago, Carr’s first book debuted at BookExpo America in New York City, a high-stakes setting: The book festival is the nation’s largest, showcasing more than 600 authors and some 1,300 vendors. Besides Carr, other featured writers and multimedia celebs included Kirstie Alley, Stephen Colbert, Barbara Kingsolver, Molly Ringwald and Neil Young, to name a few.

Carr’s publisher, John Wiley & Sons, rented a sizable base camp of show space, but it wasn’t quite enough to contain her fan base. As her book-signing kicked off, a long row of readers snaked around neighboring booths. They’d come to have her sign Pinterest for Dummies, her primer on the “mesmerizing and beautiful social network driven by visual content,” as she puts it. Wiley will publish her second book, Pinterest Marketing for Dummies, in July.

As Carr was signing away, a man sidled up to her table. It was Steve Smith, Wiley’s CEO. His eyes widened as Carr performed the company’s first ever e-book signing, using a stylus and an iPad. Smith cupped a hand over his mouth, and mock whispered, “So, what is Pinterest?” It was a telling little moment at the festival, where many publishers and readers were pondering the evolution of content and how it’s accessed.

Xpress caught up with Carr at the festival and here in the aftermath. Below are excerpts from our chats with her.

written word and books is not going anywhere.

I actually read almost exclusively in e-book format, but I know many who still prefer print.

I couldn't care less which version of my books people buy, honestly, as long as they buy the books and like them.

very Pinteresting: Local blogger Kelby Carr is teaching folks the ways of the burgeoning social media site.

Xpress: Given the extent of your other commitments — the fam, the online work, Type-A — how did you ever find the time to crank out a book?

Carr: That was a huge challenge, but a couple of things helped. I did an overnight at a local hotel to have a solid stretch to focus only on writing and got a great deal done. My husband was a huge help, watching the kids when my deadlines were close so I could really crank it out.

I am not going to lie, though. Between writing books and planning my conference, I feel like I did a year's worth of work already in 2012.

Book festivals like this one have witnessed no shortage of anxiety about the digital age. There was the fear that e-books would gut the “real books” industry, but that seems to be passing.

What’s it like for you to first make a career online and then shift to a print work?

Actually, my background is 15 years in print; I was a newspaper reporter and editor before going all online about six years ago. I feel the same about books as I repeatedly said to my bosses in newspapers: “The content is the product, not the medium.” The need for information, entertainment and all the things that go into the

At a Bookexpo panel on how best to use Pinterest to sell books and build communities around them, the speakers emphasized that it’s still a relatively new and growing platform, and one went so far as to say that we don’t really know what it’s going to be by the time it peaks. did you feel like you were writing about a moving target?

The new-ish — it was founded in 2010 but really not well known until recently — and evolving nature of Pinterest did make it challenging.

Fortunately, the core of the site and what works well and doesn't hasn't changed a bit since I joined. I don't think people should become lazy about learning its nuances and diving in just because it is new, however. Twitter and Facebook were once new, and the savvy users grew with the site instead of waiting for it to peak to see what happens.

Got any advice for book writers in the online era?

The online era, I believe, makes it easier to market and promote a book. In the past, authors and publishers had to rely on paid, traditional advertising. Now, authors can be social media presences on their own, and they can use blogs and social networks to build a readership. I also wouldn't get hung up on the print-versus-ebook debate. If people are reading your book, that is a great thing. X Asheville-based writer Jon Elliston can be reached at jonelliston@gmail.com.

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48 Hour Film Project cHallenges local Filmmakers

liFe imitates art in comPetition For best Film maDe in one weekenD

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There’s drama in the 48-Hour Film Project.

It’s not just within the short films themselves, completed by the teams who write, shoot, score and edit them in just two days. Plenty of real-life drama also unfolds as teams rush to make a film from scratch — each having to incorporate the same character, same line of dialogue and same prop, along with a surprise genre, all doled out at the start of the weekend.

Anne Slatton, veteran participant of 48HFP and leader of Team UNCA, describes the “crazy drama” these constraints create. For example, if a film is submitted even 15 minutes late, the team is disqualified. “A couple of years ago we had a girl who’d broken her ankle the week before the competition,” Slatton says. “We’re pulling up with two minutes to spare and she tumbles out of the still-moving van, on her crutches, to run the film in.”

Such exuberance explains how Slatton led her team to victory last year, scooping up a Best Film Award in Asheville that entered her team’s film

Pressure’s on: Turn in your film even 15 minutes late, and your entire weekend’s worth of work is disqualified. Photo by Erica Mueller / courtesy John Herman and the team of last year’s “Yardbird.”

“The First Apple” into the culminating event of the 48HFP Tour: Filmapalooza. Since 2001, winning teams from more than 96 countries have gathered to compete for awards ranging from Best Director to Best Use of Prop to the crowning achievement of Best Film. And 10 of the best films from the tour will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner in 2013.

Slatton’s winning moment last year is also screen-worthy. “I was getting up to leave, thinking I would beat the traffic out [of the venue where the winners were being announced].

I was actually grabbing my purse when they announced it. It was a total shock,” she says.

Though unexpected, Team UNCA earned its laurels through four summers of tough competition.

A professor of film at UNCA since 2005, Slatton relishes the opportunity to gather students and alums each year to put their academic

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work into practice. 48HFP has proved an ideal arena for her students to hash out the technical skills that will serve them in later years, and to produce a complete project.

“It’s a huge adrenaline rush,” she explains, and recounts several light bulb moments that had only switched on for her team in the intense charge generated by two days of nonstop, realtime practice.

But the project is more than just a catalyst for film students. The inclusive dynamic keeps her coming back every year. “Teams can be everyone from a grandmother and her grandson to professional production companies,” she says.

Bruce Sales, who’s produced the event for the past two years, shares Slatton’s enthusiasm for the variety of teams the project attracts. “There’s a lot of people who want to make a film,” he says. “And this gives them the chance to go out and dig in.”

whAT 48 Hour Film Project

where Asheville Brewing Company (Competition: Coxe Avenue Screening: Merrimon Avenue)

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Competition: Friday, June 22 through Sunday, June 24 (Kickoff 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 22. Dropoff 7:30 p.m. Sunda, June 24. 48hourfilm.com/asheville) Screenings: Tuesday, June 26, Wednesday June 27 (4 p.m, 7 p.m., 10 p.m. Price TBD. ashevillebrewing.com) There’s a “methodical” team leader, who for the rest of year is a part-time sheriff in Canton. There’s a young man who completed his film alone last year — and won the award for Best Cinematography as a first-time competitor. Both Slatton and Sales agree that the Project provides a unique opportunity for diverse talents to mingle in a community of filmmakers that is far-flung the rest of the year.

Sales knows firsthand about challenging time limits. Last year he took over the role of producer only a week before the Friday night kickoff. A sponsor since 2007, Sales attributes his success as producer to the trial-by-fire quality he’s seen inspire competitors. His advice for new and returning participants echoes his own experiences: “It’s more fun if you don’t know. Just wing it.”

There’s a lot of this sheer fun to be had.

One year, having picked out a “Holiday Story” genre, Slatton’s team capitalized on a record wave of cicadas swarming Asheville to create a B-movie horror film that used the local plague to depict a Halloween gone awry. Slatton knows her students won’t soon forget slathering themselves with bloody stage makeup and battling the hordes of insects with gusto. She’s convinced of the value offered by the artistic heights brought out in a challenging situation. “It’s a great way to prove you can do it,” she says.

Sales expresses his pleasure and astonishment at the ever-increasing quality of the work — from screenwriting to scoring to editing — produced by local filmmakers during the weekend’s frenzy, saying, “It just keeps getting better and better.” Public screenings of the completed films run at the Asheville Brewing Company the week following the competition.

He considers opportunity itself to be the greatest boon the project offers to aspiring filmmakers. “Everyone wants to do great work,” Sales says. The 48-Hour Film Project gives Asheville’s amateur and professional filmmakers a whirlwind chance to do just that. X

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We Went to BonnaRoo so you didn’t have to And so it begins ... the 11th annual Bonnaroo music festival. Xpress went to bake in the sun and navigate the endless crowds. But it wasn’t all misery and exhaustion. Aside from the dozens of stellar shows, stand-up comedians, cinema tent, dance parties and general reckless azbandon that are inherent to the festival, this year was one of the coolest (temperature wise) Bonnaroos on record.

Organizers added new shaded areas, planted thick bermuda grass and gave the entire experience a comfort-minded overhaul. But with more than 90,000 in attendance, the four-day camping extravaganza was destined to remain crowded and dirty.

dane smith’s tales of suRvival & BRilliance

After a few hours of setup, we caught Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at The Other Tent. The absurdly named indie, electronic-pop outfit writes effortless, irresistible vocal harmonies and some of the catchiest hooks around. The set was casual and bouncy, with plenty of affectionate banter from the band (affection that was reciprocated). Midway through, singer/multi-instrumentalist Joshua Epstein expressed empathy for everyone who had to use portable toilets all weekend and claimed he would leave a bottle of Don Périgon in one as a peace offering. It was a surprisingly packed show, with fans spilling out of the tent and into the road.

I've been a huge fan of these guys for a while, but it seemed like I was in the minority. Apparently not.

fRiday: 9 a.m. in the cRoWded staRBucks As has been the case in years past, the Internet at Bonnaroo, even in the press tent, is patchy at best.

Luckily, I brought a bicycle to slip in and out of the festival quickly. It's not the most convenient approach, but the air conditioning is a welcome change from the humidity, and the cold iced coffee is just what I needed.

Yesterday's lineup was insane, no matter what you're into. For me, the morning began with a stripped-down Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. set at the

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) was one of the best and, shockingly, least-crowded shows all day.

It was bizarre to walk straight under the tent and have room to stretch out in the shade, but I certainly wasn't complaining. Clark appeared under a bright spotlight and shredded her way through "Marrow," complete with a howling solo that rivaled anything I would hear for the rest of the day. St. Vincent's lush atmospheres and classically influenced arrangements have a dark edge, but the sheer power of her voice kept the experience uplifting and invigorating. Clark is a rock star in the truest since of the word, from her technical skills to her stage presence, and it was easy to think she could have pulled off the show with no backing band at all.

After a few minutes of The Deep Dark Woods, I headed over to Pujol, another Nashville band, currently signed to Saddle Creek Records. Being from that area, I admit to some bias, but these guys completely destroyed their set (in the best possible way). It was easily the most rambunctious show Friday, with crowd surfing women and the only most pit I've seen thus far. The trio falls somewhere between indie rock, lo-fi garage and punk, with the kind of anthemic hooks that dare you not to sing along. After a song about "hanging out in the Hastings parking lot in Tullahoma," a shout out that clearly struck a chord with the hometown crowd, the band called out a few friends in the audience and acknowledged the Tennessee flag waving overhead. Small, intimate shows like this are what make Bonnaroo worthwhile.

Next, we headed across the grounds for Yelawolf.

Seated in the grass, we surrendered to exhaustion and zoned out as thousands of campers filtered past. The Alabama native's set was one of the most energetic and lively sets we saw Thursday (an evening that featured three hip-hop shows back to back), but after a hectic day that began at 5:30 a.m., there was no second wind coming.

Out of water, energy and will, we headed back to camp for some much-needed rest. If I've learned anything in my years at Bonnaroo, it's not to overdo it on Thursday.

The show was one of Friday's highlights, and I would be remiss not to mention that Rose's band was absolutely spectacular.

the most epic of american music experiences: Our Asheville correspondents after four days in the sun, three nights in a tent, dozens of shows and uncomfortably close encounters with tens of thousands of red-faced music fans. intimate Sonic Stage. With minimal samples and a straightforward guitar/vocals approach, the Detroit-based electro-pop duo's saccharine-sweet harmonies and infectious rhythms were more prevalent than ever. tUnE-yArDs played next, and we arrived late to find an enormous crowd that proved impenetrable. This was the first of what would be a series of hopelessly packed shows. From a few hundred yards away, it was almost impossible to hear Merrill Garbus' rhythmic loops, ukelele melodies and avant-garde vocal lines. In 45 minutes, I never

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caught a glimpse of the experimental songwriter, and I left feeling a bit let down.

After a frantic ride to Starbucks to post yesterday's update, I huffed it back to the grounds and arrived just in time for Caitlin Rose. The Nashville-based songwriter began the set with a series of new tunes that featured jaw-dropping displays of pedal steel prowess. Rose's style is somewhere between indie pop and classic country, steeped in a healthy dose of rock and roll. It's hard to pin down, but it feels completely natural, and it's refreshing to hear music that transcends sub genres and niche scenes.

Naturally, we had to check out Radiohead on the main stage, but from what seemed like a mile away, it felt more like listening to a record on a giant stereo, and we ended up spending most of the show chatting with neighbors and zoning out to the floating lanterns that periodically rose from the crowd and disappeared into the night sky.

satuRday: mogWai, danzig, d’angelo By the third day of Bonnaroo, structural improvements have made all the difference. Shade is easy to find, bathroom lines are entirely reasonable and dust is minimal. Cool temperatures have done a lot to ease the experience, but organizers' efforts will make even the most scorching festivals to come all the more comfortable.

Back on the grounds, I gathered some supplies and headed into Centeroo. I expected Saturday to be a light afternoon. The schedule included plenty of fodder, but few of them were shows I couldn't afford to miss. Or so I thought.

After half an hour of island-flavored electro-math rock at Battles, we planted in the shade for some old-timey numbers by the Punch Brothers. The set included a cover of Beck's "Sexx Laws," and the quartet was tight and relaxing. But having come from a heavy rock show, the acoustic setup wasn't especially engaging, so we gave Childish Gambino a quick walk-by and it was off to the main stage.

After a few inattentive minutes at Santigold we departed for one of the most intense shows of the afternoon. Mogwai was overwhelmingly loud, and the instrumental wall of sound was almost painfully melodic. Epic doesn't begin to do their achingly-tragic ambience justice, and I had nearly been lost to the spacey soundscapes when I was dragged away for the last half of Danzig Legacy.

The juxtaposition of Mogwai and Danzig proved one of my favorite moments of the entire festival. Where the former was inviting, beautiful and dreamy, the latter was aggressive, screeching and in your face. The contrast could not have been sharper. Enormous horned skulls covered the stage, red lights illuminated the shouting crowd and the band's jet black hair dangled over their shredded black shirts. Every song had a solo and an anthem, as every metal song should. We've all seen fists pumping in unison, but I've never seen so many fists pumping for so long. Danzig has definitely still got it.

Local flavor: Asheville’s own Gypsy Queen Cuisine served it up in Bonnaroo’s food truck village. At right, basking in the sun during Feist.

Admittedly, I have a special place for the small Nashville bands that are a staple of every Bonnaroo: I grew up in the area, and most of my old friends still live in the city. That said, James Wallace and the Naked Light was undoubtedly one of the best performances I saw all weekend.

His enormous band appeared in matching costumes (khaki shirts with neon insignia, tucked into plain blue slacks) and proceeded to walk a tightrope of orchestral folk, anthemic pop and haunting, gospel-inspired traditionals. I left with the unshakable thought that Nashville bands sure have it together.

Sunday: Brian WiLSon didn’t Sing Sunday morning was cloudy, cool and wet.

Rain persisted for hours, keeping the grounds relatively quiet as weather-worn campers capitalized on any excuse to stay in bed. But the schedule was unusually tight for a closing day, so we packed up the non-essentials (always a good way to start the final day) and made our way toward the music.

Heading for the food truck village, we stumbled onto a cover of Joanna Newsom's "Book of Right On" by Sarah Jarosz, a perfect start to the grey afternoon.

When we arrived for lunch, I was pleasantly surprised to see the Gypsy Queen food truck prominently located among a few dozen other vendors from across the country. But for variety's sake, we had a burger at an unfamiliar truck and headed out.

The Beach Boys were one of my most anticipated shows this year. Brian Wilson live? When I first saw the schedule, I could hardly believe it. Unfortunately, the reality of seeing the Beach Boys live doesn't live up to the idea of seeing the Beach Boys live.

write home about), it was off to Kurt Vile. The Philadelphia-based songwriter's eclectic, churning psychedelia had the entire crowd in a hazy dream that even the screeching solos couldn't break. Perhaps sensing that the audience was rife with diehard fans, Vile's set spanned nearly the entirety of his four LPs, to the delight of the dedicated crowd. After a long, spacey jam that ended "Freak Train," Vile returned to the stage. "I guess we've got time for one more. I thought that was it. That's why we played so long."

Sore and exhausted to the point of collapse, we spent the rest of Sunday popping in and out of the final performances. Maybe it was a personal lack of enthusiasm or maybe it was the weather, but after a few songs by Bon Iver (whose haunting a cappella soared through the grounds) and The Shins (whose set was surprisingly heavy on old songs), we were more than done.

First, and most importantly, Brian Wilson didn't speak a word in the 45 minutes I was there.

He didn't even sing lead on his own songs.

Essentially, the band's chief arranger and notoriously reclusive singer sat behind his piano, hidden to the side stage, acting as a figurehead. It was weird. And it was disappointing. Second, it didn't take long to realize that there's something uncomfortable about watching men in their 60s and 70s sing about high school dances, cheerleaders and first loves. It's not their fault, and it has nothing to do with the quality of the performance. But it's hard to get past.

It feels like weeks since we arrived at Bonnaroo.

After four days in the sun, three nights in a tent, dozens of shows and uncomfortably close encounters with tens of thousands of red-faced music fans, it’s good to be home. But the relief comes with more than a little hesitation. Despite the discomfort, festivals can be an oasis, if you’re into that sort of thing, and Bonnaroo is the most epic of American music experiences.

After a few songs by the recently reunited Ben Folds Five (a set that was solid, but nothing to

Check out an exclusive performance video with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. from Bonnaroo at avl.mx/gp.

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Phantom antlers at satellite Gabriel Shaffer’s been exhibiting his folkinspired paintings for years, and this month he invites a new artist onto the scene. Joti Marra Ramsey shows her stylized narratives of women and animals painted in bright hues that pop off the panels. With her, Shaffer exhibits a brand-new collection of work that he describes as “Jim Henson meets Apocalypse Now.” Shaffer has been busy with large-scale projects, including a street-art themed mural for the Asheville Art Museum and installations for various restaurants across the state. He says the projects introduced him to new ways of working with materials, which culminate in these theatrical paintings that include World War II imagery and fantastical characters. “It’s my darkest show, but not in the respect that it’s menacing or mean,” says Shaffer. “I went pretty deep in my head with this one.” Shaffer invited Marra Ramsey to exhibit with him because he had seen her work around town and felt she was “right on the verge of actualizing something.”

While both artists maintain singular visions, Shaffer says they’ve been bouncing ideas off each other since the show’s inception. “I like a good challenge, and with Gabriel’s guidance and enthusiasm, I dove in,” says Marra Ramsey. Phantom Antlers is on display at Satellite Gallery until July 30. — Ursula Gullow

Rimas zailskas at flood The Living Mask is a collection of portrait photographs by Rimas Zailskas. The publisher of Bold Life, Verve and Carolina Home & Garden magazines puts on his artist hat to present 30 archival ink-jet photographs made with a digital pinhole camera. The analog pinhole camera has roots dating back to the time of Socrates, and this process meshes nicely with Zailskas’ self-declared interest in history, anthropology, rituals and art. Some of his exposures can take up to 30 seconds, creating ghostly figure blurs that complement the often-mysterious feel of the masks. He pairs each photograph with a quote from the models about either their mask or the role of masks in general.

Up at Flood Gallery until June 30. floodgallery.org, rimaszailskas. com. — Bridget Conn

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Wood Engraver’s Network at BookWorks Asheville Bookworks, the West Asheville printmaker’s co-op, is showing the final weeks of the first annual Wood Engraving Exhibition. This traveling show was organized by the internationally established Wood Engraver’s Network and curated by Tim Peterson, a Minneapolis printmaker and the director of Franklin Art Works, a visual and performing arts center.

The show features 60 prints and three books by 33 artists. Aside from reaching all corners of the United States, there are artists entered from Canada, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom. To say that a handful of these prints are insanely detailed doesn’t quite do enough justice. “Olmstead Tree” by Richard Wagner has the fine-line work of a dollar bill. And from a short distance, a few even read like photographs. Others take on looser, expressive qualities of 1930s German woodcutters. Wood engraving is among the most meticulous forms of printmaking, and art for that matter, so most of the works are on the smaller side. That just means you’ll want to get that much closer to each work. Up through June 30. ashevillebookworks.com. — Kyle Sherard

Nathanael Roney at DeSoto Jeff Crawford at PULP Jeff Crawford, a transplant to Asheville by way of Los Angeles, curates what looks to be an eclectic and intriguing exhibit of portraits culled from his personal art collection. A longtime art director and graphic designer, Crawford’s known locally for creating the iconic “Cesspool of Sin” T-shirts (in the wake of the late state Sen. Forrester’s dubbing of our little town). “I’ve been collecting this kind of art for over 30 years,” writes Crawford. “Pieces in the show range from ‘30s oil paintings to lobby cards, to black-and-white stills. Portraits try to capture a moment in time, and often have to be labored over to catch that ‘moment.’ These people are gone now, their names unknown.”

The opening reception for I Don’t Dare Show My Face is at PULP Gallery, below the Orange Peel, on Friday, June 22, 5 to 7 p.m. On display through August. — Ursula Gullow

It would seem that while Roy Lichtenstein was amplifying comic strips, Xpress’ Nathanael Roney was busy writing the headlines for a larger-than-life newspaper. Roney is currently showing work at West Asheville’s DeSoto Lounge. A dozen roughly 4-foot-tall pieces create a black-and-white homage and call to arms for print media. Headlines and titles like “A Case for Print Media” and “The Life” are followed by columns of poetic verse, reporting and quotable suggestions like “Render Your Art and Not Your Garment.” There’s only one small piece, and it’s been mounted below an AC unit near the entrance. In place of feature photographs are bold, flowing black lines that amass themselves into torsos, faces and abstracted figures. The works are single sheets of paper that Roney has printed material on and adhered to wooden panels. They come off like paintings — but wouldn’t it be oxymoronic to paint works that promote print media? Show up through July 27. — Kyle Sherard [Show also includes a printed newspaper, produced by Roney, Xpress’ Jaye Bartell and J Seger]

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Sean Pace and Nava Lubelski in Boone Selected by a panel of artists and art professionals, 18 North Carolina artists were awarded fellowship awards for the 2010-2011 N.C. Arts Council grant cycle, and work by 16 of them is currently on display at The Turchin Center for Visual Arts in Boone. The exhibit presents some of the state’s finest painters, sculptors, craft and video artists, and the expansive center allots each artist a respectable amount of room to display a full range. The breadth and quality of this show is worth the drive to Boone. Asheville artists Nava Lubelski and Sean “Jinx” Pace are among the honorees. Lubelski exhibits a sampling of her stained and stitched paintings and sculptures that examine notions of decay and repair. Kinetic sculptures fabricated by Pace — including his now infamous “Chicken Shooter” — are displayed in various locations throughout of the gallery. Other notables include Elizabeth Brim, who is known for her feminine images created out of iron, and a technique she pioneered called “iron inflation.”

Another, Anne Lemanski, stitches together sculptures of animals using paper, wood and pantyhose as her “skins.” On display until July 28. Special artist reception Friday July 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. turchincenter.org. — Ursula Gullow

David Wenrib at BMC + AC Think of Black Mountain College, and it’s likely that John Cage, Merce Cunningham and postmodern 1950s evenings come to mind. But beyond these were dozens of artists that existed before, with and after the former group, including the BMC+AC’s current exhibition artist, David Weinrib. Weinrib arrived in Black Mountain in the summer of 1952 as a potterin-residence and guest faculty member, staying two years. But with the exception of a panel offering a brief timeline, the show doesn’t provide much linkage to the college. A few ceramic pieces line the left entrance, but quickly transition into a group of more colorful works that flood the viewers’ retinas. A black mass surrounded by pinkish-red panels fills the back wall, while a green wave comes at you from the right. The artist draped these multicolored floral-patterned paper cutouts, now sealed behind plastic, over his body for series of photographs that hang across the wall. Up through Sept. 8. blackmountaincollege.org. — Kyle Sherard

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lost in the trees In the fall of 2010, NPR’s Bob Boilen called Chapel Hill’s Lost in the Trees his “favorite new band of 2010.” Asheville had already discovered the group more than a year earlier, during a summer ‘09 show at BoBo Gallery in which the sprawling band (maybe six members at the time) spilled first into the crowd and then into the street, bringing the audience along, Pied Piper-like, for a moonlit dance party. When the band’s self-released album, All Alone in an Empty House, was rereleased on ANTI and then became a super-big-deal, we weren’t surprised. The only shocker here is that it’s taken nearly three years to get the group, led by singer-songwriter Ari Picker, back to Asheville. Touring in support of this year’s A Church That Fits Our Needs, Lost in the Trees plays the Grey Eagle on Wednesday, June 27. Daytona opens the 9 p.m. show. $10. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by by Annalee Harkins.

street eaters East Bay, Calif.-based power-punk duo Street Eaters (Megan March and John No) say “There is no one else in the band, and there won’t be in the future.” But two is plenty — she plays the drums, he plays the bass, they both write and sing. Actually, they kind of shout-sing while whipping their instruments into a sonic froth as evidenced by their full-length, Rusty Eyes and Hydrocarbons. (Their approach, they say, “is to wring the absolute maximum sound out of a minimalist setup.”) The group is spending its summer touring cross-country in support of a new EP, set to be released this October by German avant-punk label Cut The Cord That...Records.

Street Eaters make their way to Static Age Records on Wednesday, June 27.

Bobby Joe Ebola and Wade Boggs also perform. 8 p.m. staticagerecords.com.

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where to find the clubs • what is playing • listings for venues throughout Western North Carolina CLuBLAnD RuLeS •To qualify for a free listing, a venue must be predominately dedicated to the performing arts. Bookstores and cafés with regular open mics and musical events are also allowed.

•To limit confusion, events must be submitted by the venue owner or a representative of that venue.

•Events must be submitted in written form by e-mail (clubland@mountainx.com), fax, snail mail or hand-delivered to the Clubland Editor Dane Smith at 2 Wall St., Room 209, Asheville, NC 28801. Events submitted to other staff members are not assured of inclusion in Clubland.

•Clubs must hold at least TWO events per week to qualify for listing space. Any venue that is inactive in Clubland for one month will be removed.

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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

The Lower Level

Dirty South Lounge

Barley's Taproom

Harrah's Cherokee

Vanuatu Kava Bar

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Black Mountain Ale House

Jack of Hearts Pub

Vincenzo's Bistro

Open mic

Old-time jam, 6pm

Club Hairspray

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Retro night ('80s & '90s), 10pm

Front stage: Shane Perlowin (guitar), 6pm

Club Remix

Lobster Trap

Wicked Wednesdays (techno, drum 'n' bass), 10pm Craggie Brewing Company

Uncle Slims' Jug Band Jamboree, 6-9pm Dirty South Lounge

Ultra Rockin' Music Nerd Challenge (trivia), 9pm Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Jazzville, 8pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Good Stuff

Arcade Idol, 10pm Athena's Club

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk), 7-9pm Olive or Twist

Cadillac Rex (vintage rock) One Stop Deli & Bar

Music trivia, 7pm Duende Mountain Duo (live electronics) w/ Inverted Sea (funk, jazz, hip-hop) & Swift Technique, 10pm Orange Peel

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Tony Furtado (bluegrass, roots, pop) w/ Moses Atwood, 8pm

Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm White Horse

Dave Russell (singer-songwriter), 7:30pm Wild Wing Cafe

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Serious Clark (pop, folk), 6pm Get Down

Autarch (metal) w/ Enoch & Forks of Ivory Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Jeff & Justin (acoustic)

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm

Thu., June 21

Jack of Hearts Pub

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Old-time jam, 7pm

The Big Nasty (gypsy jazz), 8-10pm

Jack of the Wood Pub

Altamont Brewing Company

Lobster Trap

Star & Micey (folk) w/ Carolina Story, 9pm ARCADE

Trivia, 9pm

Bluegrass jam, 6pm

Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm Olive or Twist

Heather Masterton Quartet (swing)

Pisgah Brewing Company

Black Mountain Ale House

The Get Right Duo, 7:30pm

Ryan Barrington Cox (indie, pop) w/ Josh Carpenter & David Earl, 10pm

TallGary's Cantina

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Pisgah Brewing Company

The Altamont Theater

Boiler Room

Purple Onion Cafe

Talent Search w/ Trinity Norrell, 10pm

Bruce Piephoff (folk, singer-songwriter)

Club Hairspray

Spurs

Karaoke, 10pm

Dance night

Creatures Cafe

Straightaway Cafe

CaroMia Tiller CD release party (singersongwriter) w/ The Moon & You, 8pm The Bywater

Ready, Set, Draw (game night), 8pm

Alien Music Club (jazz jam)

Locomotive Pie (blues, folk, roots)

Soleil LeBlanc (singer-songwriter) w/ Melissa Hyman & Ryan Hessenius

The Corner

Karaoke, 10pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Westville Pub

Barley's Taproom

Open mic/jam, 7pm

Silent movie w/ accompaniment by Jake Hollifield, 7pm

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

Yeasayer (rock, psychedelic pop) w/ Delicate Steve, 9pm Chompin' at the Bit String Band, 6pm

Karaoke

Open mic

Dirty Bingo, 9pm

One Stop Deli & Bar

Phuncle Sam (jam), 9pm

Grace Adele (Americana) TallGary's Cantina

LATE SHOW

Ryan Barrington Cox, 10pm Joshua Carpenter, $5 & David Earl 21+

Jack of the Wood Pub

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Get Down

ARCADE

Cedric Watson & the Bijou Creole (Cajun, zydeco) w/ Jackomo, 7pm

Sierra on Stage (songwriting competition), 8pm

Wed., June 20 Juan Benevidas Trio (Latin, flamenco guitar), 8-10pm

Live comedy, 8:30pm

Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm

Soiree Fantastique (magic show), 8pm

Friday, June 22nd

EARLY SHOW

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LATE SHOW

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10pm $5 with The Leigh Glass Band 21+ Saturday, June 23rd

Phuncle Sam BEST LOCAL GRATEFUL DEAD! Sunday, June 24th

10pm $5 21+

Bluegrass Brunch 11am

hosted by The Pond Brothers Open Jam! Bring your instruments!

Tuesday, June 26th

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Lil' Malcolm & the House Rockers (zydeco), 8pm The Bywater

Pleasure Chest (soul, rock) w/ The Krecktones (surf rock), 8pm The Dugout

Rockstar Thursdays (karaoke), 9pm The Lower Level

Grammer School (rock, indie, pop), 9pm The Market Place

Ben Hovey (downtempo, trumpet, piano, electronics), 7-10pm Town Pump

Matt Woods (rock, Americana) 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

Jordan Foltz (folk), 9:30pm Wild Wing Cafe

THURS. JUNE 21 - PINT NIGHT FRI. JUNE 22 - JEFF SIPE QUARTET (Jazz Fusion) SAT. JUNE 23 - JEFF SANTIAGO Y LOS GATOS NEGROS (Rock / Pop) THURS. JUNE 28 - PINT NIGHT IN THE MEADOW (4-8pm • no cover)

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Sloan Tones (newgrass, rock), 5pm DJ Moto, 9pm

Fri., June 22 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

Summer Solstice Party feat: Hope Griffin & The Blue Rags, 7pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Flying Monkeys

Boiler Room

Dead Light Pulse w/ Rothwang & Polly Panic (alt-rock, punk), 9pm Club Hairspray

Drag show, midnight Craggie Brewing Company

Grits and Soul w/ Elk Tracks, 7-9pm Creatures Cafe

Seventh Vessel w/ Wilhelm McKay, The Change & Deeper Than the Ocean 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

Travers Brothers Band (rock) w/ Men on Earth and Daniel Ellsworth & the Great Lakes, 9pm French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Dave Desmelik (Americana, folk), 6pm

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

High Gravity Jazz, 8pm Get Down

Ryan Sheffield (rock, indie, pop) w/ The Ginbootist Good Stuff

David Earl & the Plowshares (rock, Americana, soul) Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Joe Purdy (singer-songwriter, folk) w/ The Giving Tree Band, 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, 7-10pm DJ Dizzy, 10pm-2am Highland Brewing Company

Jeff Sipe Quartet, 6pm

Jack of Hearts Pub

Lyric (soul, pop, funk), 9pm Jack of the Wood Pub

Underhill Rose (country, Americana) w/ Cicada Rhythm, 9pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Meredith Watson, 6pm Back stage: B-Free mixtape release party feat: Free Radio & John Farmer, 10pm Lobster Trap

Leo Johnson & the Space Heaters (jazz, swing) The Lower Level

La Rosa Negra (Latin/salsa lessons & dance), 9pm Olive or Twist

Live music, 8pm

One Stop Deli & Bar

Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm Oleander Tea Company (rock) w/ The Leigh Glass Band, 10pm Orange Peel

Antique Firearms (indie, rock) w/ Red Honey & Hermit Kings, 9pm Pack's Tavern

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Tues 6/26 : Speedy Ortiz (Northampton, MA), Flies Around It, Free Lunch, Psychic Blood, Machiavillains

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Pisgah Brewing Company

The Archivals (fusion, jazz, rock), 9pm Root Bar No. 1

The Head (power pop) Scandals Nightclub

Front stage: George McDonald Back stage: Worldline (rock, pop) w/ Sunshine and the Bad Things & Jeff Markham, 10pm Lobster Trap

Big Nasty (New Orleans-style jazz)

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

The Lower Level

Southern Appalachian Brewery

The 42nd Street Jazz Band

Alarm Clock Conspiracy (rock, experimental, pop), 8pm Straightaway Cafe

Chuck Brodsky (folk, Americana) TallGary's Cantina

Rafe Hollister (Americana, rock) The Altamont Theater

Jen Foster (singer-songwriter) EP release party, 8pm The Bywater

Plectoria (rock), 9pm The Corner

Dance Party w/ DJ Position The Dugout

Jonnie Blackwell & Six Toed Possum Babies, 9pm The Market Place

Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, jazz), 7-10pm Town Pump

Bret Mosley (roots), 9pm Vincenzo's Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm Westville Pub

Trivia night

White Horse

Joe Newberry & Mike Compton (bluegrass), 8pm Wild Wing Cafe

Skunk Ruckus (“hillbilly stomp”), 9pm Olive or Twist

One Stop Deli & Bar

Phuncle Sam (classic rock, jam), 10pm Orange Peel

The Weeknd (R&B)

Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm One Stop Deli & Bar

Bluegrass Brunch & Open Jam w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am Rendezvous Restaurant & Tiki Bar

Mile High

Scandals Nightclub

Drag show w/ Miss Gay Diamond America, 12:30am Straightaway Cafe

Wilhelm McKay (folk, roots) The Altamont Theater

SONiA (singer-songwriter, world) The Bywater

Aaron LaFalce Band (rock, jam)

Miriam Allen & the Passionistas (Latin, folk), 5pm

Purple Onion Cafe

The Corner

Pack's Tavern

Lauren St. James & the Dead Westerns (country, Americana, rock) Rendezvous Restaurant & Tiki Bar

Tiki Bar stage: D.B. Hackett Ruby's BBQ

Matt Anderson (acoustic), 6-10pm Scandals Nightclub

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

Southern Appalachian Brewery

Johnny Blackwell Duo (Americana, rock), 8pm Straightaway Cafe

Hobos & Lace (acoustic) TallGary's Cantina

Mojomatic (blues)

The Altamont Theater

Pink Collar Comedy Tour, 8:30pm The Bywater

Whiskey Grins (folk, country), 9pm

Trent Tomlinson (country), 10pm

The Corner

SaT., June 23

The Dugout

Dance Party w/ DJ Position

Tea Dance w/ Drag Show Vincenzo's Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm White Horse

Drum circle, 2pm Wild Wing Cafe

Darren Kohler & friends, 4pm

Mon., June 25 5 Walnut Wine Bar

CaroMia Tiller (singer-songwriter), 8-10pm ARCADE

Movie Mondays (cult classics), 10pm Get Down

The DiMarcos w/ F**ktard, Old Flings & Tape and Wire Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Contra dance, 8pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Jack of Hearts Pub

Gypsy, 9pm

Jay Brown & Dave Turner (singer-songwriters), 6:30pm

"Bear Exploder" dance party w/ DJ Kipper Schauer, 9pm

Vincenzo's Bistro

Jack of the Wood Pub

Athena's Club

Westville Pub

The Kernal (classic country) w/ Andrew Combs & Mechanical River, 10pm

White Horse

Bobby Miller (country)

ARCADE

Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7:30-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am Black Mountain Ale House

Wasted Wine, 8:30pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Ashley Heath (singer-songwriter) Boiler Room

Awaken w/ Saint Famine Society, xHONORx, Signals in the Sky & Towards Alaska (metal, post-punk), 9pm Club Hairspray

Drag show, midnight Craggie Brewing Company

Steven Brett, 6pm Taylor Rogers w/ Dylan Shrader, 8pm Creatures Cafe

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm The Rose Familiar (progressive rock), 10pm

Lobster Trap

White Horse Spirit Series feat: Charles Pannell (acupuncturist & certified herbalist), 2pm Benefit for Graceful Grieving feat: Current Invention, Melissa and No Requests & more, 7pm

The Bywater

Wild Wing Cafe

Open mic, 7pm

Contagious (rock), 9:30pm

Sun., June 24 5 Walnut Wine Bar

Jerome Widenhouse & His Roaring Lions (jazz), 7-9pm ARCADE

Dr. Filth & Wayd Runk (DJs), 10pm

Bluegrass jam, 8pm Vincenzo's Bistro

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm Westville Pub Wild Wing Cafe

Karaoke, 10pm

Tue., June 26 5 Walnut Wine Bar

The John Henry's (jazz, swing), 8-10pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Patrick Fitzsimons (blues)

Brandon Kelley Music w/ Arms of Mercy & Three Days Redemption

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Boiler Room

Dance party, 10pm Benefit for Reina Michaels Parque, 12:30am

Club Hairspray

Emerald Lounge

Get Down

Club Metropolis

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Good Stuff

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am Paper Route (indie rock) w/ Cannon Blue & Halfnoise, 9pm The Bent Strings (folk rock, jazz), 6pm Dizzy Chicken (jazz), 8pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Viper's Dream, 2-5pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm Underhill Rose (Americana, country), 8-11pm

Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz)

Just Die! (metal, hardcore) w/ Discourse, Oddczar & The Radio Reds The Moon & You (folk), 2pm Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Hannah Flanagan's

Shook Family Band (blues, bluegrass), 5pm Harrah's Cherokee

Boca

Jason DeCristofaro & Jake Wolf, 6:30-8:30pm Trivia night, 10pm Trivia night, 10pm

Eleven on Grove

Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance w/ Big Nasty Jazz Band, 8:30pm Emerald Lounge

Leverage Models (indie rock) w/ In One Wind, Hannah Miller & Nikki Talley, 9pm Get Down

Speedy Ortiz (rock) w/ Flies Around It, Free Lunch, Psychic Blood & Machiavillains

Hannah Flanagan's

Cecil Thompkins (bluegrass), 9pm

Event center: Sheryl Crow, 7:30pm Casino: Leigh Glass & the Hazards, 6-10pm; DJ Moto, 10pm-2am

Harrah's Cherokee

Hotel Indigo

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Ben Hovey (downtempo, trumpet, piano, electronics), 7-10pm

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm

Highland Brewing Company

Jack of the Wood Pub

Handlebar

96.5 House Band, 7-10pm DJ Razor, 10pm-2am Jeff Santos y Los Gatos Negros, 6pm Jack of Hearts Pub

Amy Hart (country, blues), 9pm Jack of the Wood Pub

Enter the Summer Dance Party w/ Harvest Records

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Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Irish session, 3-9pm Young Dubliners w/ Damion Suomi & the Minor Prophets (Celtic rock), 9pm

Good Stuff

Old-time jam, 6pm

Tuesday swing dance, 7pm Gene Dillard Bluegrass Jam, 8:30pm Hotel Indigo

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Aaron Price (piano)

Ben Hovey (downtempo, trumpet, piano, electronics), 7-10pm

Lobster Trap

Jack of the Wood Pub

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craggie Brewing company 254-0360 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

Groove Stain (rock, reggae) w/ Orange Grove, 9pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Jake Hollifield, 6pm Lobster Trap

Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7-9pm The Lower Level

Karaoke w/ Gary, 10pm One Stop Deli & Bar

Two for Tuesday feat: Will Revo & Young Couples, 8pm Funk jam, 10pm TallGary's Cantina

Tuesday Night Techno The Bywater

Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8:30pm The Dugout

Trivia, 8pm

Vincenzo's Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm Westville Pub

Blues jam, 10pm White Horse

Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm

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the handlebar (864) 233-6173 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

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Juan Benevidas Trio (Latin, flamenco guitar), 8-10pm Altamont Brewing Company

Chuck Beattie, Mark Appleford, Stevie Lee Combs & Riyen Roots (singer-songwriters) ARCADE

Arcade Idol, 10pm Athena's Club

Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm Black Mountain Ale House

Open mic w/ Dave Bryan, 8pm Club Hairspray

Retro night ('80s & '90s), 10pm Club Remix

Wicked Wednesdays (techno, drum 'n' bass), 10pm Dirty South Lounge

Ultra Rockin' Music Nerd Challenge (trivia), 9pm Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am Emerald Lounge

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

Karaoke Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Lost in the Trees (folk, roots) w/ Daytona, 9pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm Jack of the Wood Pub

Old-time jam, 6pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Ryan Barrington Cox (indie, pop, rock), 6pm Back stage: Pick Your Switch (rock), 10pm Lobster Trap

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk), 7-9pm Olive or Twist

Cadillac Rex (vintage rock) One Stop Deli & Bar

Music trivia, 7pm The Black Cadillacs (rock, soul), 10pm TallGary's Cantina

Open mic/jam, 7pm The Bywater

Ready, Set, Draw (game night), 8pm

In One Wind (indie rock, pop) w/ Hannah Miller & Nikki Talley, 9pm

The Corner

Video trivia, 8pm

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Soiree Fantastique (magic show), 8pm

Wed., June 27

Get Down

Wild Wing Cafe

Asheville Sax (jazz), 8pm

Karaoke, 10pm The Lower Level

Vanuatu Kava Bar

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Open mic

Jack of the Wood Pub

ARCADE

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Back stage: The Brand New Life (world, Afrobeat), w/ Asheville Waits Band, 10pm

Athena's Club

Westville Pub

Wild Wing Cafe

Lobster Trap

Black Mountain Ale House

Olive or Twist

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

One Stop Deli & Bar

Boiler Room

Bluegrass jam, 6pm

Vincenzo's Bistro

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm

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Heather Masterton Quartet (swing)

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Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar

ROWDY OLD-TIME STRING BAND JUN

Jeff & Justin (acoustic)

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Trivia, 9pm Black Mountain Ale House

Tanner Taylor's Drag King Review, 10pm

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Creatures Cafe

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Big Daddy Bluegrass Band

Boiler Room

Craggie Brewing Company

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Pisgah Brewing Company

Locomotive Pie (blues, folk, roots)

Dead-Centric Jam Band

COMING UP

ZOSO (Led Zeppelin tribute), 9pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

PHUNCLE SAM Fusion/Jazz/Rock

Orange Peel

The Get Right Duo, 7:30pm

Club Hairspray

ARCHRIVALS

Sam Robinson Band (blues, funk, jam) w/ Artimus Pyle, 5pm Ultraviolet Hippopotamus (rock, funk, jam) w/ Dank Sinatra, 10pm

The Big Nasty (gypsy jazz), 8-10pm

Karaoke, 10pm

Woolsey Heights Band, 6:30-9pm

Purple Onion Cafe

Dana Cooper (country, folk rock)

The Dugout

Dangermuffin (Americana, roots, rock) CD release show w/ Now You See Them Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm Old-time jam, 7pm

Ben Hovey (downtempo, trumpet, piano, electronics), 7-10pm

Vincenzo's Bistro

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Jack of Hearts Pub

The Market Place

Keith Stroud (roots, rockabilly)

Vapo-Rats (punk)

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

The Lower Level

Town Pump

Get Down

Club Hairspray

Drag show, midnight Craggie Brewing Company

Riyen Roots (blues, roots, soul) Creatures Cafe

Barefoot Summer

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Eleven on Grove

Garry Segal & the ToDyeFor Band (roots, blues, Americana), 9pm

Shane Scheib (rock, blues), 6pm

Gutterhound w/ Twist of Fate & Vic Crown (hard rock), 9pm

TallGary's Cantina

Firestorm Cafe and Books

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Second Breakfast (rock, pop)

Disclaimer Comedy (standup), 8:15-9:15pm Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9:30pm-1am

Rockstar Thursdays (karaoke), 9pm

RoadSide Attraction (gypsy jazz, vaudeville), 8pm

Classfive, 8pm

South Forty (rock, honky-tonk)

Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7:30-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Straightaway Cafe

Asheville music showcase, 8pm

Jessica Smucker w/ Marshall Railroad

Dance party w/ DJ Abu Dissaray, 9pm

Reunion fundraiser w/ DJ Jam Emerald Lounge

The Kansas Bible Company (rock, funk, Americana) w/ Cabinet (bluegrass, Americana) & Eric Dodd and His Band, 9pm Firestorm Cafe and Books

Jimmy Morris (singer-songwriter), 8pm French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Lyndsay Wojcik (folk, soul), 6pm

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Jason Moore (jazz), 8pm

The Croon and Cadence Duo feat: Ginny McAfee, 7:30pm

Get Down

Westville Pub

Wilhelm McKay (folk, roots), 8pm

Boss Hawg (bluegrass), 9:30pm Wild Wing Cafe

Sloan Tones (newgrass, rock), 9pm

Fri., June 29

Pig Mountain (stoner metal) w/ Motives Good Stuff

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Pierce Edens & the Dirty Work CD release (roots, alt-country), 9pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

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Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm The Business (Motown, funk, soul), 8-11pm

Wild Wing Cafe

Jack of the Wood Pub

SaT., June 30

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Harrah's Cherokee

ARCADE

"Bear Exploder" dance party w/ DJ Kipper Schauer, 9pm

Front stage: Shane Perlowin (guitar), 6pm Back stage: Kovacs & the Polar Bear (indie rock) w/ Pilgrim & Oil Derek, 10pm

Highland Brewing Company

Athena's Club

Lobster Trap

Hoss Howard, 7-10pm DJ Aaron, 10pm-2am

The Screamin' J's (blues, boogie-woogie), 6pm

MacKenzie Lee Wilson (country), 9:30pm

Jack of Hearts Pub

Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7:30-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Jack of the Wood Pub

Sarah Tucker & Elijah McWilliams (folk, pop)

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

My Last Endeavor w/ Through the Fallen, Search for Skylight & Unicron (rock, metal), 9pm

WestSound (R&B), 9pm

Whetherman (singer-songwriter, folk), 7pm Delta Moon (roots, Americana), 9pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe Boiler Room

Back stage: The Zealots (rock, pop) w/ Southbound Turnaround, 10pm

Club Hairspray

Lobster Trap

Craggie Brewing Company

Calico Moon (Americana, country) The Lower Level

La Rosa Negra (Latin/salsa lessons & dance), 9pm Olive or Twist

Live music, 8pm

Drag show, midnight The Glampas

Creatures Cafe

Searchlights 'till Sunrise w/ Vital Cadence & Josh Gilbert Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar

Ten Hollow (blues, rock) w/ The Memphis Dawls (folk) & THe Harmed Brothers, 8pm

Trevor Rocks (jazz) Olive or Twist

The 42nd Street Jazz Band One Stop Deli & Bar

Asian Teacher Factory (indie rock) w/ Deja Fuze (funk, jam, fusion), 10pm Pack's Tavern

Nitrograss (newgrass) Pisgah Brewing Company

Jeff Sipe Group (jazz, funk), 9pm Purple Onion Cafe

Honeycutters (Americana, country, folk) Rendezvous Restaurant & Tiki Bar

Rendezvous stage: Retropolis Tiki Bar stage: D.B. Hackett

Orange Peel

Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

Pack's Tavern

Dub Kartel (reggae, dub) w/ Josh Blake's Jukebox, 9pm

Pisgah Brewing Company

The Stray Birds (folk, Americana), 6pm

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Straightaway Cafe

Get Down

TallGary's Cantina

Crossfade (rock) w/ Weaving the Fate & Candlelight Red, 8pm Scott Raines & Laura Michaels (rock, country) Shane Pruitt Band (Southern rock), 9pm Root Bar No. 1

Carolina Bound (country, folk) Scandals Nightclub

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

Straightaway Cafe

Screech Owl Serenade (country, Western swing)

Emerald Lounge

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Jazz Mountain, 8pm

Drunk in a Dumpster (metal) w/ Cavegirls, Spew, Downtown Boys & Pure Scum Good Stuff

"Lucky James" (J.P. Delanoye), 8pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

TallGary's Cantina

Jill Andrews (Americana, folk) w/ Erick Baker, 9pm

The Corner

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Unit 50 (rock)

Dance Party w/ DJ Position The Dugout

Jonnie Blackwell & Six Toed Possum Babies, 9pm Town Pump

Reggae Infinity (original reggae jam) Vincenzo's Bistro

Garry Segal (roots, blues, Americana) Unnamed Suspects (rock), 9:30pm The Corner

Dance Party w/ DJ Position The Dugout

Blackjack, 9pm

White Horse

White Horse

Jack of Hearts Pub

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Harrah's Cherokee

Highland Brewing Company

w/ The giving Tree Band 9pm

The Market Place

Westville Pub

Westville Pub

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Scandals Nightclub

Hannah Flanagan's

Taylor Moore Band, 7-10pm DJ Moto, 10pm-2am

Donna Marie Todd (storyteller) w/ Will Straughn, 7:30pm

Matt Anderson (acoustic), 6-10pm

Town Pump

Steve Whiddon (piano covers), 5:30pm Trivia night

Ruby's BBQ

Nikki Talley (Americana, country), 2-5pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm The Broadcast (soul, rock), 8-11pm Julia Ann Band (bluegrass), 9pm

w/ moses atwood 8pm

Root Bar No. 1

Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz)

TonY furTaDo

WED 6/20

South French Broads (eclectic duo) Vincenzo's Bistro

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety), 7:30pm David Newbould Band (Americana, rock), 10pm Marcia Clark & Daniel Weiser (classical), 7:30pm Wild Wing Cafe

Back Pages (rock), 9:30pm

Chuck Beattie Band (blues), 9pm

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(Pg-13) 11:15, 2:05, 4:45, 7:50, 10:15 (sofa cinema) Peace, love, & Misunderstanding (r) 11:10, 1:35, 3:55, 7:55, 10:25 Prometheus 3d (r) 1:40, 7:30 Prometheus 2d (r) 10:55, 4:25, 10:20 rock of ages (Pg-13) 11:00, 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:20 seeking a Friend for the end of the world (r) 12:30, 2:55, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 snow white and the Huntsman (Pg-13) 10:45, 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 (sofa cinema) that's My Boy (r) 11:25, 2:00, 4:35, 7:45, 10:25 n cineBarre (665-7776)

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Director: Morten tylDuM Players: askel Hennie, nikolaj coster-WalDau, synnøve MacoDy lunD, eivinD sanDer, julie r. ølgaarD tHriller

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The Story: A corporate headhunter who moonlights as an art thief steals a Rubens from the wrong man.

The Lowdown: A slickly made thriller that’s often surprisingly grim, but still impressively clever.

Don’t make the mistake that I did and go into Morten Tyldum’s Headhunters believing it’s going to be the fun thrill ride the film’s trailer suggests. The movie is actually a near-watertight thriller, but it’s also an often grim film (it is, after all, imported from Norway), with occasional forays into very dark humor. Obviously, the movie is ripe for comparison with Stieg Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy, but the difference is that this film — even with its glowering outlook — isn’t as emotionally heavy, and its aim is more toward being pure entertainment.

Headhunters’ entertainment-oriented direction — and the fact that the film has a real heart at its center, particularly in the final reel — keeps it from being the downer it so easily could have become. The plot is a fairly simple setup, with Askel Hennie playing Roger, a corporate headhunter with expensive tastes. Much of this stems from insecurities he carries around, including his need to please his much more centered and attractive wife Diana (Synnøve Macody Lund).

Swimming in debt, Roger moonlights as an art thief, usually ripping off the people he’s recruiting. This dual life is going along fine until he decides to steal a rare Rubens from Clas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, TV’s Game of Thrones), a former mercenary who specialized in hunting people down — and who won’t simply let Roger waltz off with his prize.

However, the plot soon becomes much, much more complicated as the film turns into a Gordian knot of deceits and tribulations. Roger — on the lam and with no one to trust — must figure his way out of a situation that becomes more and more impossible at every twist, as Clas soon turns Roger’s life into a living hell.

One reason this works is that, in the beginning, Roger simply isn’t likable. He’s an adulterer with a cold-hearted outlook toward others, who carries himself in a smug, selfish and deceitful manner. But this is important, as it turns out that the only way he can redeem himself — not only in the eyes of the audience, but of Diana, too — is to hit rock bottom from these various problems he’s created for himself.

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Askel Hennie stars in Morten Tyldum's explosive and complex thriller Headhunters.

Headhunters is really a tale of reclamation and redemption, and it runs like clockwork. Perhaps the most astonishing aspect of the film is that it’s almost all pay-off, and the ending shrewdly and skillfully wraps everything up. It’s not always the most plausible film, and it’s not a movie that can be called fun in the purest sense of the word, but it is a welcome piece of sophisticated, suspenseful filmmaking. Rated R for bloody violence including some grisly images, strong sexual content and nudity. reviewed by Justin Souther Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14

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Director: Bruce BeresforD (Mao’s Last Dancer) Players: jane fonDa, catHerine keener, elizaBetH olsen, jeffrey Dean Morgan, cHace craWforD, kyle MaclacHlan coMedy-draMa

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The Story: An uptight lawyer being divorced by her husband goes to visit her aging hippie mother in Woodstock.

The Lowdown: A frequently charming, but largely predictable comedy with some romance. The cast is a big help in making it all seem more worthwhile than it probably is.

Yep, Bruce Beresford’s Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding is about as surprising in its plot as a trip to McDonald’s, but that doesn’t keep it from being pretty satisfying on the cinematic comfort-food level. Nor does it do anything to

take away from the very congenial performances of its cast. (And what a treat to see that Elizabeth Olsen can play something other than headcases!)

But the biggest thing that no amount of precictability can do is take away from the film’s atmosphere. Remember the best summer day of your childhood? Beresford has put something very like it onscreen here. For that alone, I’m indebted to the film. All it lacked for me was a June bug on a thread and lightning bugs in the air.

Here’s the pitch: Upon learning that husband Mark (Kyle MacLachlan) wants a divorce, tight-assed lawyer Diane (Catherine Keener) packs up the kids for a trip to see her estranged mother, Grace (Jane Fonda), in Woodstock, N.Y. Mother and daughter haven’t spoken in 20 years. In fact, Diane once had Grace arrested for selling pot at her wedding reception. What ensues is culture shock for the kids, Zoe (Elizabeth Olsen) and Jake (Nat Wolf), and a tussle of wills between Diane and Grace.

There’s also a hunky furniture maker, Jude (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), on hand, and a couple of suitable romantic interests — Cole (Chace Crawford) and Tara (Marissa O’Donnell) — for the kids. If you can’t figure out how this will play out, I can only assume you haven’t been to the movies much since, say, 1912.

This is a case where the familiarity of it all is more than compensated for by both the performances and the good-hearted manner in which it’s all presented. It is, after all, possible to turn the ordinary into something very pleasant when handled with care and a degree of obvious love.

That’s the case here. The film doesn’t come up with anything extraordinary or depart from its basic formula, but there isn’t the least indication that it ever had any such agenda.

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The hook here, of course, is seeing Jane Fonda as exactly what the world thinks she is: an aging hippie. Nevermind, as Fonda has herself pointed out, that she never was a hippie and was in France during Woodstock, it’s still the perception of her. It’s this perception that the film plays with — and generally in a successful manner — and occasionally allows it to undercut itself. Every so often, Fonda says something not quite in character (certainly not in era) as if to slyly wink at the audience that this is make believe.

What makes it work — more than the basic idea of Fonda as a hippie — is the easy rapport Fonda manages to achieve with the rest of the cast — even those who are at odds with her. It’s nice to think that if Jane Fonda was an old hippie living on a small farm and growing marijuana in her basement, this is how she’d be. Hey, sometimes the legend is a lot more fun than the reality. Whatever the case, this is probably the first real break the movies have given her since she came out of retirement. Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding may rest on her shoulders, but with this cast she’s not doing all the lifting, and it helps.

Should you see it? Oh, that depends. It’s not a brilliant commentary on the Woodstock generation. More than anything, it romanticizes the whole idea, but that’s the kind of movie it is. I enjoyed it, and I hadn’t expected to. I found it sweet-tempered and pleasant with an appealing atmosphere. Sometimes that’s enough to put a movie over. Rated R for drug content and some sexual references. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14

ROCK OF AGES Director: ADAm ShAnkmAn (Bedtime StorieS) PlAyerS: JuliAnne hough, Diego BonetA, Alec BAlDwin, ruSSell BrAnD, tom cruiSe, mAlin AkermAn RATED PG-13

The Story: Film version of the "jukebox musical" play that’s comprised of 1980s songs.

The Lowdown: An almost hypnotic trainwreck of a movie with occasional flashes of cleverness. Neither those flashes, nor the two-headed-cow oddity value overcomes the excessive length or the painful blandness of the leads.

Combining the worst of Michael Schultz’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and Menahem Golan’s The Apple (1980) with the kind of music that caused me to stop listening to radio altogether, Adam Shankman’s Rock of Ages emerges as one of the damnedest things ever to grace a theater screen. Stranger still, for all its flaws (and worse), it’s a movie with flashes of creative outbursts that make it seem like it could have been better than it is.

This only serves to make Rock of Ages just that much more dispiriting. Flashes of creativity and jaw-dropping strangeness simply can’t overcome the mentally defective "story," the painfully excessive running time (the thing

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER

OK, it has a catchy title. Since its source book has been around for a while, however, the novelty of the idea is pretty much gone. Timur Bekmambetov is an interesting, albeit spotty, filmmaker. Tim Burton's name looks like it has been included more to sell the film than anything else. The trailers are at best so-so. And there've been no reviews yet. That said, there are some interesting names in the cast, like Dominic Cooper and Rufus Sewell. It's actually kind of hard not to be at least a little intrigued.

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BRAVE

Honestly, the trailers for Pixar's Brave are a little underwhelming, and it's interesting that the film has garnered more early negative reviews (though from no one of note) than the studio usually sees. The studio tells us, "Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson). Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin (Kevin McKidd), surly Lord Macintosh (Craig Ferguson) and cantankerous Lord Dingwall (Robbie Coltrane). Merida's actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric old Witch (Julie Walters) for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it's too late." Make of that what you will. (PG) Early review samples: • "In addition to being fast, funny, and unpretentious, Brave is a happy antidote to all the recent films in which women triumph by besting men at their own macho games."

(David Edelstein, New York Magazine) • "Adding a female director to its creative boys' club, the studio has fashioned a resonant tribute to mother-daughter relationships that packs a level of poignancy on par with such beloved male-bonding classics as Finding Nemo." (Peter DeBruge, Variety)

PEACE, LOVE, & MISUNDERSTANDING See review in "Cranky Hanke."

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SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

Steve Carrell and Keira Knightley star in this obviously quirky comedy about two people who form a bond while waiting for the impending end of the world due to an asteroid heading our way. The trailer looks pretty appealing, and the cast is equally appealing. The potential downside is that writer-director Lorene Scafaria wrote the less than wonderful Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. The other suspect point is that it's been kept from critics. (R)

just keeps going "on and on and on and on" — like the song says), the frequently awful choreography — or the twin black holes of charisma known as Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta, who, unfortunately, are the theoretical stars of the piece. How bad are they? Bad enough that you may find yourself longing for Peter Frampton and Sandy Farina (who?) in Sgt. Pepper. That’s bad.

It was undoubtedly true that the movie’s soundtrack was going to be an issue for me since I am in no way nostalgic for the 1980s or its pop music. That said, I’m hardly a fan of the music in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) or O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), but I’m fine with it in context and love both films. So it wasn’t a given that an overdose of Journey was going to sink Rock of Ages for me. I can’t say it helped, but it didn’t cook the goose. Other things cooked it, but only after stuffing it, trussing it and basting the damn thing.

Musicals don’t necessarily need much in the way of plot to work. (A Hard Day’s Night can be summed up in a sentence: The Beatles go to London for a TV special.) Rock of Ages has more plots than it knows what to do with — and I mean that literally. The movie has absolutely no idea what do with its dumb-as-a-splintered-drumstick younglove plot, its save-the-club-from-bankruptcy plot, its Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise) redemption plot, or its evil-politician’s-wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones, looking like a wax effigy) triesto-shut-down-the-club plot. That last plot should have been junked altogether. It goes nowhere and adds nothing other than extra running time and the most embarassingly choreographed number in the picture.

Really, nearly everything about the movie is wrong. The opening number with our drippy heroine, Sherrie Christian (Hough), singing "Sister Christian" with a busload (literally) of backing singers provokes the

wrong kind of laughter — and the movie never quite recovers. Then again, there’s probably no way to do anything with any of the scenes involving the romantic leads.

I’d say they’re terminally boring, but that doesn’t do them justice. These kids are way beyond boring. Exposure to them might in fact cause narcolepsy in the more susceptible.

You’ve been warned.

The supporting players fare better — once you get past the wigs. Alec Baldwin and Russell Brand come across with at least a measure of appeal, especially Brand. Tom Cruise — of course, playing the most aggressively heterosexual rocker imaginable — has some caricature appeal as Stacee Jaxx, and his pet baboon, Hey Man (Micky), helps. (Since the addition of simian value was apparently Cruise’s idea, he gets high marks on that score, too.) Most of the film’s nicer touches — like Jaxx solving a crossword puzzle in the middle of a number without breaking his stride — tend to involve Cruise, but so do some of the more cringe-worthy scenes, so it may be a wash.

Really, though there is something almost mesmerizing in Rock of Ages’ amassed awfulness and amateur feel. I can’t imagine actually recommending the movie — except on the basis of "you have to see it to believe it." On that basis, I’m glad I saw it, but honestly, all it actually did is make me pop Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe (2007) into the DVD player. It’s time better spent. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, suggestive dancing, some heavy drinking and language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7

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Director: Sean anDerS (Sex Drive) PlayerS: aDam SanDler, anDy Samberg, leighton meeSter, Vanilla ice, tony orlanDo Raunchy coMedy

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The Story: A deadbeat dad, who knocked up his high school teacher as a teenager, tries to reconnect with his now-grown, estranged son in an attempt to avoid going to prison.

The Lowdown: The usual parade of Adam Sandler juvenilia and grotesqueness, but with a vague undercurrent of heart revolving around the idea of family. Not a good comedy, but slightly better than what we’ve come to expect from Sandler.

After giving Battleship a favorable review, I’m sure to hear from quite a few people for not giving this latest Adam Sandler vehicle the dreaded dismissive half-star and calling it a night. Strangely enough, That’s My Boy has all of the trimmings of a half-star film. It is, after all, a by-the-book Sandler film — with the usual trappings and window dressing, like his stock crew of misfit comedian buddies, and the strange vein that runs through so many of our star’s movies

that involve turning the flabby Sandler into a supposedly irresistible sexual dynamo.

The humor is the same as always, filled with goofy voices, random celebrity cameos, various and sundry bodily fluids and a cadre of actors cast for their aberrant looks as a means to cheap laughs.

But in spite of everything wrong with That’s My Boy — and there’s plenty — there’s something about it that subtly works.

Director Sean Anders (Sex Drive) and screenwriter David Caspe (TV’s Happy Endings) have created a movie that — while catering to the worst of Sandler — isn’t mean-spirited.

While we have these physically or behaviorally odd characters — like an overweight stripper (Luenell, Think Like a Man) who works at a combination gentleman’s club/ omelette joint, or the elderly grandmother (Peggy Stewart) who’s sexually defiled by both Sandler and Vanilla Ice — they’re nevertheless treated with an amount of respect.

(Without giving too much away, it’s interesting that the two most physically attractive actors in the film are involved in the most obscene sexual kinks.)

Even beyond that, there’s an almost astute look at family dynamics — a really, truly dysfunctional family, but family nonetheless.

The film involves Sandler as Donny, a generally uncouth lout who gained fame in the ‘80s for knocking up his high school teacher.

Now, with the prospect of heading to prison for tax evasion, Donny butts into the life of his long-estranged son (Andy Samberg), who has turned his life around after a traumatic childhood of being raised by a teenage idiot father. There’s a surprisingly natural progression to their relationship — which is also handled believably — that gives the film slightly more weight than Sandler’s usual fare. (Of course, noting that this is better than, say, Jack and Jill (2011) is saying very, very little.)

Still, the movie’s just plain bad in most areas, despite getting quite a few things right. Thanks to cinematographer Brandon Trost, who directed The FP (2011) and has shot films in the past for Neveldine/Taylor, this is easily the best looking of Sandler’s pure comedies. And a fairly big role by a surprisingly self-aware Vanilla Ice shows that he’s improved his acting since Cool as Ice (1991). But even with these small victories, That’s My Boy remains a pretty ugly proposition that includes both the worst of Sandler and — despite a Replacements song on the soundtrack — the most threadbare and obvious aspects of ’80s nostalgia all goosed with a tasteless, box-office-killing R-rating.

If you’re reading this, this is not a movie you should see — unless you’re some masochistic Sandler completest. However, it remains an interesting film within Sandler’s filmography, if for no other reason that its finer points will be lost on the average Sandler fan. Rated R for bloody violence including some grisly images, strong sexual content and nudity. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7

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Saturday, June 23rd; 10am to 2pm Proceeds Benefit Western North Carolina Alliance Take advantage of three great events in one day!

Residents of Western North Carolina enjoy a storewide 10% Discount – partake in our unique Spring Cleaning, Scratch n’ Dent Sale or browse and sell old gear at our annual Gear Swap event!

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nowplaying The Avengers JJJJ

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Bernie JJJJJ

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RobeRt Downey JR., MaRk Ruffalo, ChRis heMswoRth, ChRis evans, sCaRlett Johansson, saMuel l.

JaCkson, JeReMy RenneR, toM hiDDleston, ClaRk GReGG, stellan skaRsGåRD Comic Book Action When the Earth is threatened by a seemingly unstoppable enemy, Nick Fury calls The Avengers together to save the day. It’s big splashy entertainment that delivers on its promise more than it doesn’t. Rated PG-13

JaCk blaCk, shiRley MaClaine, Matthew MCConauGhey, bRaDy ColeMan, RiChaRD RoChibaux, bRanDon sMith Fact-based Dark Comedy Drama True-life crime story about the murder of a much-hated old woman, her killer and the very odd fall-out from the crime in a small Texas town. Darkly funny, oddly touching, disturbing and surprisingly deep film that benefits from a very unusual approach. A must-see. Rated PG-13

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JuDi DenCh, bill niGhy, MaGGie sMith, toM wilkinson, Dev Patel, Celia iMRie, RonalD PiCkuP, PeneloPe wilton Comedy Drama A group of old-age pensioners go to India and the affordable hotel of the title, only to find it’s not exactly as described in the brochure. Warm, funny, touching, completely winning film that does right by a cast that in turn does right by it. Rated PG-13

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Johnny DePP, MiChelle PfeiffeR, helena bonhaM CaRteR, eva GReen, JaCkie eaRle haley, Johnny lee MilleR, bella heathCote, Chloë GRaCe MoRetz, aliCe CooPeR Horror Comedy Tim Burton’s take on the old TV series, which is equal parts tribute, spoof and a rethinking. A super stylish, lovingly comedic take on the TV show that also functions as a nostalgic—though not uncritical—look at the early 1970s. Rated PG-13

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aRan bell, Gaya boMMeR yeMini, MiChaela DePRinCe, Jules JaRvis foGaRty, Miko foGaRty, RebeCCa housekneCht, Joan sebastian zaMoRa Competition Documentary A look into the lives of seven young ballet dancers as they prepare for and undertake an important competition. Surprisingly compelling and entertaining documentary that benefits from characters you care about and a structure that gives it a strong dramatic arc. Rated NR

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askel hennie, nikolaJ CosteR-walDau, synnøve MaCoDy lunD, eivinD sanDeR, Julie R. ølGaaRD Thriller A corporate headhunter who moonlights as an art thief steals a Rubens from the wrong man. A slickly made thriller that’s often surprisingly grim, but still impressively clever. Rated R

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JennifeR lawRenCe, Josh hutCheRson, liaM heMswoRth, wooDy haRRelson, elizabeth banks, wes bentley Dystopian Sci-Fi Action In an oppressive future society, lottery-selected 12-to18 year olds are pitted against each other in a fight to the death known as the Hunger Games. Reasonably exciting and entertaining film that will likely mean more to fans of the books than to the casual moviegoer. Rated PG-13

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huGh DanCy, MaGGie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan PRyCe, feliCity Jones, RuPeRt eveRett, ashley Jensen, sheRiDan sMith Fact-Based Comedy Romance The somewhat factual story about the invention of the personal vibrator in Victorian England. An utterly delightful, charming and funny film that manages to tackle a tricky subject without a false note, thanks to stylish direction and a terrific cast. A must-see film. Rated R

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(voiCes) ben stilleR, ChRis RoCk, DaviD sChwiMMeR, JaDa Pinkett sMith, saCha baRon Cohen Animated Adventure The escaped zoo animals of the first two Madagascar movies head to Europe, where they must go on the lam with a circus troupe in order to outrun a devious animal control officer. A superfluous rehash of its predecessors that only exists to cash in on the popularity of those films. Rated PG

will sMith, Josh bRolin, toMMy lee Jones, JeMaine CleMent, eMMa thoMPson Sci-Fi Adventure Comedy Agent J travels through time to stop his partner, Agent K, from being murdered by a ruthless alien criminal. A harmless—if superfluous—sequel that works solely on how much you’ve liked its predecessors. Rated PG-13

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Jane fonDa, CatheRine keeneR, elizabeth olsen, JeffRey Dean MoRGan, ChaCe CRawfoRD, kyle MaClaChlan Comedy-Drama An uptight lawyer being divorced by her husband goes to visit her aging hippie mother in Woodstock. A frequently charming, but largely predictable comedy with some romance. The cast is a big help in making it all seem more worthwhile than it probably is. Rated R

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nooMi RaPaCe, MiChael fassbenDeR, ChaRlize theRon, iDRis elba, Guy PeaRCe, loGan MaRshall-GReene Sci-Fi Horror A corporation sends a small group of specialists into space to track down what may be the origin of life on Earth. Never as deep, and certainly not as daring, as it seems to wish it was, Prometheus is still compelling as entertainment—and boasts some incredible effects and design. Rated R

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Julianne houGh, DieGo boneta, aleC balDwin, Russell bRanD, toM CRuise, Malin akeRMan Rock Musical Film version of the “jukebox musical” play that’s comprised of 1980s songs. An almost hypnotic trainwreck of a movie with occasional flashes of cleverness.

Neither those flashes, nor the two-headed-cow oddity value overcomes the excessive length or the painful blandness of the leads. Rated PG-13

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kRisten stewaRt, ChaRlize theRon, ChRis heMswoRth, saM Claflin, saM sPRuell, ian MCshane, bob hoskins Revisionist Fairy Tale Another — much darker — retelling of the Snow White story.

Visually striking with some brilliant bits, but hampered by an ill-cast lead and a padded running time. Rated PG-13

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ChRistoPheR DenhaM, niCole viCius, bRit MaRlinG, Davenia MCfaDDen, RiChaRD whaRton Quasi-sci-fi Indie A pair of aspiring documentarians infiltrate a cult led by a woman who claims to be from the future. Very indie, very low-tech yarn that’s sporadically successful and constantly watchable, but finally not completely persuasive. Rated R

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aDaM sanDleR, anDy saMbeRG, leiGhton MeesteR, vanilla iCe, tony oRlanDo Raunchy Comedy A deadbeat dad, who knocked up his high school teacher as a teenager, tries to reconnect with his now-grown, estranged son in an attempt to avoid going to prison. The usual parade of Adam Sandler juvenilia and grotesqueness, but with a vague undercurrent of heart revolving around the idea of family. Not a good comedy, but slightly better than what we’ve come to expect from Sandler. Rated R

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The GanG’s all here JJJJJ Musical coMedy raTed nr In Brief: Busby Berkeley meets Technicolor in this almost surreal musical comedy. It’s perhaps most famous for Carmen Miranda’s “The Lady in the Tutti Fruiti Hat” number, with its pop art imagery and giant phallic bananas. But there are other pleasures — some just as peculiar — within its fast-paced, often silly confines. Ever hear Benny Goodman sing? You will.

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The Asheville Film Society will screen The Gang's All Here on Tuesday, June 26, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

huGo JJJJJ FanTasy coMedy draMa raTed PG In Brief: Martin Scorsese’s masterful and beautiful film about a young boy living within the walls of a Paris train station turns out to be a great deal more than a fantasy for children (though it is that, too). It’s also a movie about the movies, their history and their sheer magic.

June 1-23 Fri-Sun, 7:30pm Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre Admission free Donations welcome Information at www.montfordpark players.org or call 254-5146

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Hugo at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 24, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

The Mad MonsTer / The Black raven JJJJ horror/MysTery raTed nr In Brief: What more does one need to know about The Mad Monster other than the fact that it has a werewolf in bib overalls? Or that the werewolf in question was created “scientifically” for the purpose of fighting the Nazis? This is exactly the sort of thing to expect from the series of “poverty row” horror pictures that British actor George Zucco made for PRC Pictures in the 1940s. This is the first and the most ambitious, which says much. The less elaborate The Black Raven is its almost-as-screwy companion feature.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Mad Monster and The Black Raven on Thursday, June 21, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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draMa raTed nr In Brief: Explosively controversial in its homeland because of its depiction of a love affair between a Bangladeshi woman and a Pakistani soldier, this Bangladeshi import isn’t likely to have the same impact here, and plays more like a star-crossed love story with an agenda about “loving the other.” Whatever its take, it’s one gorgeous film.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Meherjaan at 8 p.m. on Friday, June 22, at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com

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BUNGALOW • WEST ASHEVILLE • 3BR, 1BA. Hardwood floors. Basement and storage garage. Large fenced double lot. Off-street parking.

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Hardwoods. • Large backyard, gas grill, screened deck front porch. WD. Covered parking. $950/month. 713-0130.

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Short-Term Rentals 15 MINUTES TO ASHEVILLE Guest house, vacation/short term rental in beautiful country setting. • Complete with everything including cable and internet. • $130/day, $650/week, $1500/month.

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Employment

ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR • Four Circles Recovery Center, a substance abuse recovery program for young adults, is seeking highly motivated individuals with a passion for service-oriented work, dedication for professional/personal growth, and an interest in a nontraditional work environment. Competitive pay, health benefits, professional substance abuse and clinical training, starting pay $36K annually. • Experience in Experiential Therapy, Ropes Course Management, Fly Fishing, and trail service work required. Outdoor programs/leadership, Mental Health, Medical Certifications, Substance Abuse Recovery, and Wilderness Therapy a plus! If you are interested in applying for a position please contact Todd Ransdell by sending resume to guidejobs @fourcirclesrecovery.com CHILE PEPPER FARM SEEKING FARM MANAGER Seeking individual to manage day to day operations for unique chile pepper farm in Candler, NC. Must be hard working, reliable, possess excellent communication skills and have the ability to manage employees. $12.00 hr., average 25-30 hours per week, position to start immediately.

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General $$$HELP WANTED$$$ Extra Income! Assembling CD cases from Home! No Experience Necessary! Call our Live Operators Now! 1-800-405-7619 EXT 2450 easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN) 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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LIFEGUARD NEEDED • Eliada Homes is seeking a summer lifeguard to assist in the responsibility of the pool and its use for all persons on campus.

• Responsibilities include observing clients in pool area and maintaining a clean and safe pool. Must hold current certifications in lifeguarding, CPR and First Aid. • Prefer a minimum of one year experience as a lifeguard. This position does require up to date physical and TB test. All interested and qualified applicants, please fill out an online application at www.eliada.org/employment.

THE BLACK WALNUT BED AND BREAKFAST • Is seeking a full time Inn keeping assistant. The applicant must have a professional demeanor and must be familiar with the attractions and dining in the Asheville area. • Experience with reservation systems and telephone skills in sales are preferred. Applicant must able to prepare light fare in the afternoon, check guests in and perform concierge, providing info, maps and general information to the guests. • Applicants who are reliable and organized and able to provide appropriate references and necessary skills may send a resume to info@blackwalnut.com or call 828-254-3878 after 10:00 AM to request an interview. No drop bys please .

Skilled Labor/ Trades BUILDING MAINTENANCE GROUNDS WORKER NEEDED Full-time position requires someone with experience in general building maintenance and grounds care. Call Gary Hill at 828.210.9155 or email with resume to ghill@carolinaday.org. Position includes generous benefits package.

TEMPORARY LANDSCAPE TECHNICIAN • Eliada Homes is seeking a full time temporary Landscape Technician to assist in maintaining our grounds. • Responsibilities include mowing of lawns, collecting limbs and trash on a daily basis and other jobs as assigned by Landscaping Coordinator. • Must be able to pass a drug screen and background check.

All interested and qualified applicants, apply online at www.eliada.org/employment.

Administrative/ Office ADMINISTRATIVE/EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT • Fast paced commercial real estate office seeks FT administrative/executive assistant. Please send cover letter, resume, and references to holli@spakerealestate.com.

A-B TECH GRANT WRITER • F/T. SUMMARY: The Grant Writer will prepare proposals and grant applications, and perform responsible professional and administrative work in researching, identifying, developing and responding to public and private grant opportunities to support the strategic plan of the College. • MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 1.

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, English or other applicable degree with relevance to grant writing. 2. Minimum of three years of work experience in proposal development and grant writing and receipt of funding from federal, state, local government, private business, corporations and private foundations or documented record of exceptional grant acceptance.

3. Proficient with Microsoft Office applications with demonstrated experience in using Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. • PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS . Master’s degree 2. Community College Grant Writing Experience 3.

North Carolina Higher Education experience 4. Grant Professional Certification(GPC) 5. Certified Grant Developer (CGD) 6. Certified Grant Writing Expert (CGWE). • SALARY RANGE: $48,000 - $54,000.

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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 preclosing, closing, and post closing processes is necessary.

• Five or more years work experience is preferred.

Please send qualifications to hr@vwlawfirm.com

RECEPTIONIST NEEDED AT COMMUNITY CARE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Community Care of Western North Carolina is looking for a part-time Receptionist (20-25 hours per week). This position is located at the main office in Asheville and will be responsible for answering phones and redirecting calls appropriately, greeting and directing visitors, notifying employees of visitor arrival, and sorting and distributing mail.

This individual may also provide clerical support to other departments and may assist with the planning and preparation of meetings/events.

High school diploma or equivalent required. Excellent customer service and communication skills (both verbal and written) required.

Knowledge of Microsoft Office and previous office experience preferred. Bilingual in Spanish a plus. Submit resume to hr@ccwnc.org or fax to 828-259-3875. EOE

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.

828-236-2530.

Restaurant/ Food VANUATU KAVA BAR • North Carolina’s premier herbal bar and kava importer, is looking for a part time shiftmanager/barkeep for our location at 15 Eagle Street.

Prior experience with/knowledge of kava (and herbs generally) preferred, but not required. All employees earn a living wage! Please apply/leave resume in person Thursday 21st or Tuesday 26th, 11am-4pm.

Drivers/Delivery AREAWIDE TRANSPORTATION AND TAXI SERVICE, INC. • Seeking drivers. Mature person for F/T. Serious inquiries only.

Call today. 828-713-4710.

Medical/ Health Care

CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT Perform administrative and patient care support duties in an outpatient, psychiatric recovery center in Jackson County. Primary responsibility for the center’s Patient Assistance Program (PAP). Full-time position with benefits. Graduate of an accredited Certified Medical Assistant program and CMA certification with AAMA or AMT required. Must have two years of related experience, preferably in an outpatient medical office setting. Must also have excellent customer service skills and be a team player. The ability to function and multi-task in a fast-paced environment is essential. Please contact Joe Ferrara, joe.ferrara@meridianbhs.org • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org CLINICAL ASSISTANT AND RECEPTIONIST • Needed at local holistic medical office.

Background in healthcare and medical terminology is preferable. 30 hours/week with room to grow. Please send a cover letter and resume to info@familytofamily.org.

IN HOME AIDES AND CNAS FOR HOMECARE/HOSPITAL/ FACILITIES We are hiring for IHA’s in Asheville and Hendersonville. Need summer cargiver for female teen in the Hendersonville area. Many hospital and facility shifts for CNAs. Complete your application in person at 900 Hendersonville Road, Suite 203 in the Forest Center North complex. Contact Darlene in Human Resources at 277-1580 with any questions.

PART TIME DENTAL ASSISTANT NEEDED • Must have recent experience and be x-ray certified. Team players welcome! Fax resume to 828277-6820 or email kdjackson2@att.net SCHOOL NURSE Stone Mountain School is a therapeutic boarding school for boys ages 11-17 with ADHD and learning differences. We are currently seeking a nurse to oversee the health of our students. RN preferred.

Experience in a residential setting preferred.

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Human Services

AVAILABLE POSITIONS • MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 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 In-Home and Basic Benefit Therapy. For more information contact Aaron Plantenberg, aaron.plantenberg @meridianbhs.org Haywood County: Clinician Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Must have a Master’s degree and be license-eligible.

Please contact Mason Youell, mason.youell@meridianbhs.org Nurse Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Must have a license. Please contact Mason Youell, mason.youell@meridianbhs.org Jackson County: Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Graduate of an accredited Certified Medical Assistant program and CMA certification with AAMA or AMT required.

Two years of related experience required, preferably in an outpatient medical office setting. For more information, please contact Joe Ferrara, joe.ferrara@meridianbhs.org Transylvania County: Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) Must have mental health degree and two years experience. For more information, contact Kim Franklin, kim.franklin@meridianbhs.org.

Clinician Must have a Master’s degree and be license-eligible.

For more information, please contact Kim Franklin, kim.franklin@meridianbhs.org Peer Support Specialist 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 Kim Franklin, kim.franklin@meridianbhs.org • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org

FAMILIES TOGETHER (FT) • Is dedicated to providing quality services to our exceptional children, families and adults. FT is a CABHA, and nationally accredited with CARF International. • Families Together is recruiting a Social Worker to provide assessment and case management with elderly and disabled adults in the Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults (CAP-DA). • Qualified candidates will include Bachelors Degree in Social Work or a related Human Services field; must have 1 year social work experience , preferably with geriatric or medical social work experience; experience preferred in the areas of case management, assessment and referral. • Solid computer skills for paperwork-intensive position; ability to work independently from home office, and meet a billable standard. • Full time salaried position in Buncombe and Madison Counties; own transportation required.

Candidates should email resumes to www.nc-mentor.com

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

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CAREGIVER NEEDED North Asheville/Weaverville area caregiver needed for evening shifts Sat-Tues, 10hrs/wk, 69pm. CNA’s preferred, drivers license, criminal background check required. 424-7203

BUSINESS BLOTTER This week, the Business Blotter debuts in its new location and new format. Going forward, we’ll feature recent business happenings in installments throughout the month. Is your business news missing?

Email biz@mountainx.com and we’ll include it in the next Blotter.

Openings Asheville Shades and Market Basket, 36 Battery Park Ave. 251-7992 Fast Lane Electric Bikes, 362 Depot St. Suite 202, 545-7345 Hacienda Jalisco Mexican Grill & Bar, 1636 Hendersonville Road 274-6616 Mr. Frog’s Soul and Creole Kitchen, 42 S. Market St. Pasta Fasta, 807 Patton Ave. 505-8288

Renovations and relocations Bath Junkie, moved to Suite # 141 in the Grove Arcade, 1 Page Ave. 254-8600 Harmony Motors (new ownership), 621 Brevard Road 692-5469 harmonymotors.us Hot Stuff Tattoo, moved to 416 Haywood Road. 251-6040

Closings Books and Breadboard, 30 All Souls Crescent Mirch Masala, 3080 Sweeten Creek Road Mountain Biz Works Hendersonville field office

HOUSING SPECIALIST Homeward Bound of Asheville is looking for a Housing Specialist in a supportive housing program. Applicant should have knowledge of affordable rental properties in Asheville and the surrounding area, the ability to develop relationships with new landlords, good communication skills, understanding of Fair Housing Regulations in North Carolina and work well with staff and clients. Please send a complete resume to cyninbuncombe@yahoo.

Deadline: Saturday, June 23.

INTENSIVE IN-HOME THERAPIST (TEAM LEADER) IN HAYWOOD COUNTY • To work with youth and families.

Masters degree and NC full/provisional licensure required as LPC, LCSW, LPA, LMFT. Supervision provided.

Competitive salary and benefits package. Apply at aspireapplicants@yahoo.com UNIVERSAL MH/DD/SAS is seeking Licensed/Provisionally Licensed therapist as a full time Intensive In Home Team Leader in Forest City. Various pay options. Please email Patra at plowe@umhs.net

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MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST Masters degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or related field, from accredited university. Prefer experience working with child/adolescents. vdreher@recoverouryouth.org RESCARE HOMECARE ResCare HomeCare is currently seeking Licensed Clinicians and Certified Peer Support Specialists in the Asheville and Marion offices. Please email inquiries/resumes to jlatner@rescare.com.

UNIVERSAL MH/DD/SAS is seeking Licensed/Provisionally Licensed therapist as a full time Intensive In Home Team Leader in Morganton. Various pay options. Please email Patra at plowe@umhs.net WNC GROUP HOMES FOR AUTISTIC PERSONS • Is hiring for Residential Counselor positions. Full Time 2nd and 3rd shift and Part Time. Each qualified applicant must have High School Diploma and 2 years experience, or College degree. Apply in person at 28 Pisgah View Ave Asheville.

Please view our website for additional information. www.wncgrouphomes.org

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SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR Mountain Area Recovery Center is seeking Licensed Substance Abuse Counselors 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, DWI assessments and groups, 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.

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.

THERAPISTS AND CASE MANAGERS NEEDED IN HAYWOOD, JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES Therapists and Qualified Professionals needed to provide services to children and adolescents in the school, home and community.

Services include Outpatient Therapy, Day Treatment and Intensive In-Home. Competitive salary, flexible hours, and excellent benefit package.

Therapists MUST possess a NC Therapy or Provisional License.

QP’s MUST possess a Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of post degree experience with children/adolescents with Mental Health diagnoses (may require more experience depending on degree). To apply: Email resume to: telliot@jcpsmail.org or fax resume to 828-586-6601 www.jacksoncountyps.org

THE ASHEVILLE OFFICE OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES • Is seeking the following: • RN to serve on an ACT Team (start date 9/1); • QMHP to serve children/adolescents and families on an Intensive In Home Team; 8 QMHP to work in a Day Treatment classroom at Asheville Middle School; • Licensed or provisionally licensed therapist to work with children in our school-based program (clinical supervision

A-B TECH INSTRUCTOR, CHEMISTRY OF HazMat • Adjunct. SUMMARY: Teach Chemistry of Hazardous Materials in the Fire Protection Technology degree program. • MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 1.

A.A.S. degree in a fire science related area. • PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS: 1. Bachelor’s degree in a fire science related area. 2. Certified Fire Service Instructor Level II through the NC Office of State Fire Marshal.

• SALARY RANGE: $29.75 per contact hour. Please visit https://abtcc.peopleadmin.com/ for more detail and application instructions.

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Professional/ Management community-based non-profit law firm providing free civil legal assistance across six counties to low-income people around Asheville, N.C., seeks (1) a full-time attorney to concentrate in handling domestic violence prevention cases FOR OUR SPINDALE OFFICE; (2) a part-time legal assistant/social worker to help people who are homeless and disabled apply for disability benefits IN HENDERSON COUNTY; (3) a full-time legal assistant to screen new clients and back up the receptionist IN ASHEVILLE OFFICE; and, (4) a part-time legal assistant to screen and provide safety planning to domestic violence victims IN ASHEVILLE OFFICE. visit www.pisgahlegal.org/about/job-

A-B TECH INSTRUCTOR, DETECTION AND INVESTIGATION • Adjunct.

SUMMARY: Teach Detection and Investigation in the Fire Protection Technology degree program. • MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 1. A.A.S. degree in a fire science related area. • PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS: 1.

Certified Fire Service Instructor Level II through the NC Office of State Fire Marshal. • SALARY RANGE: $29.75 per contact hour. Please visit https://abtcc.peopleadmin.com/ for additional detail and application instructions.

ArtSpace Charter School After School Counselor, Part Time, 15-18 hrs/week, $10 hour.

Qualified applicants must be creative, energetic, dependable and experienced with children, grades K-8. Duties include planning and leading group games/crafts and homework assistance. Applicants must be available 3 - 6 pm, M-F and/or Wednesdays 12-6pm.

Interviews in July, position begins in August. Email resume to: tami.magidson@artspacecharte r.org with the subject heading “After School Counselor” no later than July 05.

opportunities Poverty law and/or social work experience and Spanish language skill would be an asset for any of the positions. Send resume and cover letter describing relevant training and work experience, AND SPECIFYING WHICH POSITION IS SOUGHT by June 29, 2012, to: Salary depends on experience; excellent benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer, racial minorities, women, elderly, disabled encouraged to apply.

HELP WANTED • Make money mailing brochures from home.

Free supplies. Helping homeworkers since 2001. Genuine opportunity. No experience required. Start immediately. www.theworkhub.net (AAN CAN)

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MINDFULNESS PRACTICES FOR ADHD Workshop for adults and mature teens with ADD/ADHD. Wednesday, 6/27, 7–8:30pm at Malaprop’s Bookstore www.adhdasheville.com

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THE ASHEVILLE OFFICE OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES • Has a unique and exciting opportunity for a full time, salaried Program Director/LCSW. Position includes operational oversight, program development, and a small adult caseload.

Operational experience preferred. Please send resumes to csimpson@fpscorp.com

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ArtSpace Charter School is seeking a part-time (29 hours per week) Student Information Coordinator to manage student records and the enrollment process. Position requires excellent people and computer skills. College education and experience with NCWise and Access database systems is preferred, but not required .

Candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to multi-task in a fastpaced environment. Send resume and cover letter to: resumes@artspacecharter.org with the subject heading “Student Information” no later than July 05.

Bodywork ASHEVILLE MASSAGE FOR WOMEN • Jess Toan, LMBT 7445, MA in Women’s Health.

Deep Tissue, Hot Stones, Prenatal, Swedish, Reiki, and Oncology Massage. $50 for first massage. http://ashevillemassageforwom en.vpweb.com, 828-552-6609, jesstoan14@gmail.com.

Experienced, professional, and attentive. Call today!

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#1 AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY CONSCIOUS MASSAGE AND YOGA CENTER • 1224 Hendersonville Road. Asheville. $33/hour. • 20 Wonderful Therapists to choose from.

Therapeutic Massage: • Deep Tissue • Swedish • Sports • Trigger Point. • Also offering: • Acupressure • Energy Work • Reflexology. • Save money, call now! 505-7088. www.thecosmicgroove.com STRESSED? PAIN? TIRED? Four Massage Therapists, four Reiki Masters, and an acupuncturist provide healing for body, mind, and spirit.

Couple’s treatments available.

Reiki trainings monthly. West Asheville Massage & Healing Arts, 828-423-3978, westashevillemassage.com

Spiritual ILLUMINATING YOUR PATH Call Master Psychic Intuitive, Nina Anin. • 15 years in Asheville. • Individuals • Groups • Parties.

(828) 253-7472. ninaanin@weebly.com

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ASHEVILLE’S WHITEWATER RECORDING Full service studio services since 1987. • Mastering • Mixing and Recording. • CD/DVD duplication at the best prices.

(828) 684-8284 • whitewaterrecording.com BLACK MOUNTAIN MUSIC PIANO AND COMPOSITION LESSONS AVAILABLE JAZZ/BLUES/POPULAR MUSIC - SLIDING SCALE Jazz Pianist - Composer - Accompanist - 40 years experience - MA in Jazz Composition - 75 cds released - former Rhodes College (TN) faculty member. Recently relocated to WNC. Accepting private students (adults and young adults only). Transposed Lead sheets available for singers. Contact: mjsjazz@mac.com.

LEARN TO PLAY THE GUITAR! Lessons in a variety of styles, tailored to your personal goals.

Any age or skill level accepted.

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1986 NISSAN 300 ZX TURBO 5 speed manual transmission, T-tops, new tires, burgundy, JVC stereo w/CD player. Body, paint, interior in good condition.

AC and heater work well.

212,000 miles. $3000 828-625-2434 now@i-am-now.com www.i-am-now.com FIBERGLASS CAMPER TOP • Fits extended cab Tacoma, etc.

Email rpacelserv@gmail.com for photos. $400, OBO. 828-301-5313

Automotive Services WE’LL FIX IT AUTOMOTIVE • Honda and Acura repair. Half price repair and service. ASE and factory certified. Located in the Weaverville area. Please call 828-275-6063 for appointment.

Pet Xchange For Sale

Lost Pets A LOST OR FOUND PET? Free service. If you have lost or found a pet in WNC, post your listing here: www.lostpetswnc.org

Pets for Adoption

Wanted CASH FOR CARS: Any Car/Truck. Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid. We Come To You! Call For Instant Offer: 1-888-420-3808 www.cash4car.com

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ADOPT AVERITT! Averitt is a Border Collie mix puppy who is searching for a loving home.

For more information on the adoption process, visit Brother Wolf Animal Rescue at www.bwar.org or call 505-3440.

ADOPT TRIXIE Trixie is a one year old sweet cat who is searching for a loving home.

For more information on the adoption process, visit Brother Wolf Animal Rescue at www.bwar.org or call 505-3440.

Pet Services ASHEVILLE PET SITTERS Dependable, loving care while you’re away. Reasonable rates.

Call Sandy (828) 215-7232.

Yard Sales ARDEN YARD SALE Multifamily Yard Sale Furniture, Household Items, Books, Curiosities A bit of everything - Something for everyone!

Chipping Green Drive, St. Andrew’s Neighborhood, Brookwood Community.

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