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Our broken health-care system The current health-care system is broken and unsustainable. It leaves millions of our fellow Americans uninsured and underinsured. Over half of all bankruptcies in America are tied to medical bills. By one estimate, 22,000 Americans died in 2006 because of lack of health insurance. From our children to our seniors, no one should be denied from seeing a doctor, getting proper treatment and living a healthy life.

There was a time when if your house burned down or if you had health problems, your fellow Americans — your friends, family and neighbors — would help you get back on your feet, because it was the right thing to do. That spirit has been lost.

You’ve seen them at gas stations and convenience stores — the little cups that ask for your change because a child needs surgery.

In our country, we shouldn’t have to put out a cup to save a child’s life. The way we treat our fellow Americans is a measure of our morals and beliefs — and today we fight for a change because we have failed miserably with our health care.

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Don’t build, baby, build In the struggle to maintain and preserve the natural and built environments in Asheville, critics of development are often

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Unfortunately, many of our elected officials, as well as their appointed boards of “experts,” seem to feel that all building and development is good, that it always broadens the tax base and increases employment.

It does not. In fact, what is likely to happen if thoughtless development continues apace is that Asheville will soon reach a tipping point as urban congestion and suburban sprawl combine to forever end the good old days. We desperately need to elect city and county leaders who will be more balanced in their approach to development and who will ensure that the various boards that examine proposals and projects represent more than the views of those whose mantra is “Build, Baby, Build.”

— Michael Carlebach Asheville

Backing Bothwell If you want to have a chance to stop developers from paving that last, sumptuous green space in your neighborhood, vote for Cecil Bothwell for Asheville City Council.

If you want to really try to save ridge lines, Asheville’s quality of life and our basic resources of clean air and water — vote Bothwell. If you deeply need to try to kill the root causes of poverty rather than launch high-profile campaigns that actually do little — vote Bothwell. If you fervently long that your job have a chance of becoming more humane and secure — vote Bothwell.

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Medicine for the people This is in response to the letter by Ariel Harris of Candler [Letters, July 1].

Thank you for your letter stating the fact that so many people living in the U.S. do not have access to affordable complementary health care. And thank you for pointing out that the current health-care system has a long way to go in incorporating complementary health care. Like so many traditional healers in Asheville, I agree with you wholeheartedly. We would all like to see our patients and communities thrive without relying on corporations like big insurance or big pharmaceutical companies for costly, high-tech interventions.

In 2004, Lisa Rohleder inadvertently kicked off the community acupuncture movement in Portland, Ore., when she opened her clinic, now operating today as Working Class Acupuncture. She has insightfully pointed out that acupuncture developed in Asia as a “peasant medicine,” a medicine for the people to access for a multitude of ailments.

Since then, practitioners around the country have been establishing sustainable, affordable community acupuncture clinics. We see this a logical part of healing a broken healthcare system.

Community acupuncture clinics offer treatments in group settings and charge an affordable sliding scale, usually $15-$40, or an affordable flat rate per treatment. This setting encourages families and friends to come in and get treatments together. Lower prices allow for more frequent visits, thereby achieving better results from the treatments.

The accessibility to affordable care allows patients to have acupuncture to maintain health, as opposed to when symptoms can no longer be ignored.

Currently, there are community acupuncture clinics in north and West Asheville, Black Mountain and, soon, south Asheville.

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— Elizabeth “Aruna,” Sam and Aimee, the People’s Acupuncture of Asheville

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by Rich Owings By the time you read this, I may be out of business, thanks to the North Carolina General Assembly. In an attempt to fill a giant revenue hole, our legislators turned to what they thought was easy money: taxing Internet sales.

Unfortunately, they don’t really understand how Web commerce works. But I’m getting ahead of myself; read on and you may soon know more than your elected representatives apparently do ...

Actually, this isn’t a new tax. You’re supposed to note online purchases on your state income-tax form and pay the sales tax then. But few people do; hence the incentive for the Legislature to go after those potential tax revenues. And while it’s not technically a new tax, the reality is that it would mean more money going out of your pocket and into government coffers.

As you might expect, e-commerce giants such as Amazon have a different take on this. They don’t want to have to track sales-tax rates in 50 states and hundreds of municipalities; nor do they

easy money, I’ve been at it for four years, and there are times when I work 80 hours a week. But hey, I like what I do.

Here’s the rub: Amazon doesn’t have to charge sales tax in states where the company doesn’t have a physical presence. But the state Legislature wants to define an “affiliate” relationship as a physical presence equivalent to a storefront or warehouse. And because I link to Amazon, that means me. Creative, huh? The law calls this situation “nexus” — basically, a tie that binds.

Anticipating the change, Amazon cut off all its affiliates in North Carolina on June 26; other e-tailers soon followed. In other words, no more nexus — and now they don’t have to collect N.C. sales tax, period. Oh, wait: That means Web site owners like me no longer get paid. And did I mention that I do this full time, depend on the revenue, have a family and don’t want to become homeless?

I’ve come across all sorts of people who’ll be affected — like the mom who must stay home to care for her mentally handicapped son. Or the woman who uses the extra income to pay

Meanwhile, if the changes in North Carolina law are approved ... the only way I’ll be able to keep my company going is by moving out of state.

Rich Owings is a professional blogger who hopes to continue living and working in Asheville.

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want to subject themselves to audits by so many different jurisdictions.

In between these two camps are what are called “affiliates.” That’s folks like me who have Web sites that link to Amazon and other e-tailers. My site (http://gpstracklog.com) reviews GPS units, covers industry news and offers tips about using these devices. When someone visits an online merchant via a link from my site and makes a purchase, I collect a small percentage of the sales price. It’s hardly a get-rich-quick scheme, but I’ve built it up into a full-time gig. Lest you think it’s

of Congress. The Supreme Court cleared the way for that in Quill v. North Dakota (1992). North Carolina, in fact, is a full member of the salestax project, but they’ve apparently gotten tired of waiting for Congress to act. And my guess is that Congress doesn’t really want to pass an Internet-tax law. Talk about unpopular! Can you blame them?

Meanwhile, if the changes in North Carolina law are approved as part of the Appropriations Act of 2009 (Senate Bill 202, now in conference committee), the only way I’ll be able to keep my company going is by moving out of state, which I don’t want to do. It wouldn’t be so bad if I thought this was something our duly elected representatives had carefully considered, but it’s become increasingly clear that many of them don’t really understand it.

They keep asking me to explain what I do for a living. One state legislator from Buncombe County kept referring to me as an Amazon employee. And the governor seems to think that Amazon’s recent move to sever affiliate relations prevents the company from doing business here.

(Hint: Try buying something from Amazon Bev; it still works). Oh, and did I mention the $46 million tax break North Carolina is giving Apple — while driving homegrown businesses out of state?

Ironically, with e-tailers cutting off the owners of N.C.-based Web sites, the state not only won’t be able to collect sales tax from those vendors, it will also lose the income-tax revenues that the owners of the affiliate Web sites have been paying. Given all of that, you’d think the General Assembly would already have pulled the proposed legislation. Unfortunately, “legislative logic” appears to be an oxymoron. X

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Welcome to Bill Forstchen’s nightmare world. “My hope is that you’ll read my nightmare — and let’s make sure it never happens,” he told Xpress during a recent interview at a diner in Black Mountain, where he’s lived for 15 years.

In his new novel, One Second After (Forge Books, 2009), Forstchen paints a distinctly local picture of post-electric life. A Montreat College history professor who’s penned 40-some books, he imagines the end of the world as we know it, telling a tale of what he thinks it would be like in Western North Carolina.

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posits what a year in the life of the town of Black Mountain would be like in the aftermath of what’s known as a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse. The EMP attack, readers learn late in the book, was staged by adversaries of the United States who fired three nuclear missiles high above America. When they exploded, the resulting radiation was transformed while passing though the atmosphere into an intense electromagnetic energy field that rippled down to the ground, overloading almost all the electronic circuitry in the continental U.S. In the aftermath of the strike, there’s an aching silence, as Black Mountain residents wait in vain to learn exactly what has happened and how they’re supposed to deal with it. Chaos quickly reigns: Stores are looted, nursing home residents languish and die without food and water, supplies of critical medicines run low. Then comes word that bands of starving refugees from cities like Charlotte are migrating to the mountains, trudging up the highway in hopes of finding safety and sustenance that simply aren’t there.

Diseases and deaths start to mount, but the town’s political and lawenforcement leaders eventually cobble together some semblance of order, instituting a kind of local martial law and a strict food-rationing plan while training a militia of Montreat College students to defend

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Black Mountain from incursions by armed bands from elsewhere. They set up barricades at the main gateways into town, refusing entry to all refugees except those with some skill that would be useful in rebuilding critical infrastructure.

A year after the EMP attack, the light at the end of the tunnel begins to flicker on, as the national government is reconstituted and repairs to the electrical grids are at last within reach. But a staggering percentage of the population has perished, and it’s clear that it will take decades for the country to regain the prominence and quality of life it had long enjoyed — if indeed it ever can.

Readers of One Second After might well come away thinking Forstchen’s goal is to scare the hell out of people, and they’d be right about that.

“Please don’t ever think I’m daring to compare myself to George Orwell, but when my brother was in high school and I was 11 years old, he was reading 1984. I grabbed the book and read it, and it scared the hell out of me, just like it scared the hell out of generations of people,” he says.

“There are quite a few cautionary books that helped in some small way to prevent something” bad from happening, Forstchen adds, and

itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his hope that One Second After (to which Warner Brothers bought the film rights before the book was even released) will serve as a wakeup call on EMP, which he considers a danger necessitating immediate national prevention programs. (â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were so damn vulnerable, so damn vulnerable, and no one did the right things to prepare, or prevent it,â&#x20AC;? an Army general laments near the end of the book.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe the threat of America being hit by an EMP weapon is the single greatest danger to the survival of America,â&#x20AC;? Forstchen states on a Web site promoting the novel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I have ever written a single book which I pray is a service to my country and, on a personal level, my daughter and those whom I love, this is the one.â&#x20AC;?

Feeling the pulse

One Second After was born about five years ago, when Forstchen was paying one of his frequent visits with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, with whom heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s co-written several popular works of historical fiction. (Gingrich â&#x20AC;&#x153;is, without doubt, the most brilliant man I have ever met, a joy to work with and a damn good friend,â&#x20AC;? Forstchen writes on his Web site.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Newt introduced me to Congressman Roscoe Bartlett [of Maryland], who is one of my great heros,â&#x20AC;? the author recalls. Bartlett, a leading Congressional voice of alarm about EMP, sponsored 2004 legislation creating the bipartisan Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack. He told Gingrich and Forstchen about the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sobering conclusions, which included: â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Several potential adversaries have or can acquire the capability to attack the United States with a high-altitude nuclear weapon-generated electromagnetic pulse.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;A determined adversary can achieve an EMP attack capability without having a high level of sophistication.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;EMP is one of a small number of threats that can hold our society at risk of catastrophic consequences. â&#x20AC;Ś It has the capability to produce significant damage to critical infrastructures and thus to the very fabric of U.S. society.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;The current vulnerability of our critical infrastructures can both invite and reward attack if not corrected.â&#x20AC;?

(On a brighter note, the commission also found that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Correction is feasible and well within the Nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s means and resources to accomplish.â&#x20AC;? Measures such as hardening key nodes in the national electrical grid and emergency-communications gear would mitigate the effects of an EMP attack, the report said.)

Forstchen was stunned, he says, and immediately set out to pen a novel depicting the consequences of a successful EMP attack.

Published just this spring, the book is already amping up national attention concerning the EMP threat. Last month, Forstchen made the rounds in D.C., appearing on various television programs (including a yet-to-air segment on C-SPANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BookTV) and speaking to several think tanks and members of Congress. Then he spent several days advising military leaders from the U.S. Strategic Command.

Along the way, Gingrich has been touting One Second After as proof of what he maintains is a dire need to halt Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and North Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear programs. The book, Gingrich told the American Israel Public Affairs Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual policy conference in May, is â&#x20AC;&#x153;based on fact, it is accurate, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horrifyingâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; adding that the novelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scenario is â&#x20AC;&#x153;why I have said publicly that I favor taking out Iranian and North Korean missiles on their sites.â&#x20AC;?

Some critics scoffed at the assertion, deeming it alarmist scaremongering. Michael Crowley, a senior editor at The New Republic, retorted that the notion of an EMP attack is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a scientifically valid â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if not strategically realistic â&#x20AC;&#x201D; theory. â&#x20AC;Ś The attention-grabbing narrative of the pulse threat offers â&#x20AC;Ś a fresh argument for some familiar hobbyhorses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; namely a multibillion-dollar national missile-defense system and even pre-emptive military strikes against charter members of the Axis of Evil.â&#x20AC;?

Conservative hawks, Crowley charged, are using Forstchenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;pulpfiction fantasyâ&#x20AC;? to scare up dubiously dedicated defense dollars.

But Forstchen, who also favors pre-emptive strikes to prevent Iran and North Korea from developing nukes, believes the threat is all too real. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best source for a lot of the information is the EMP Commission reports from 2004 and 2008,â&#x20AC;? both of which are readily available online, he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you think this is sci-fi, read them.â&#x20AC;?

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Trying to imagine what would happen after an EMP attack proved tricky at first, says Forstchen, because he got off on the wrong foot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought, the natural format for this is a kind of Tom Clancy approach,â&#x20AC;? he reveals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got characters in New York and Tehran and all that stuff. And it just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work. It was crap.â&#x20AC;?

But while sitting on the stage during a Montreat College graduation ceremony, sweltering in his black robe, Forstchen explains, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was looking out at the audience, and suddenly it just floored me: I mean, the whole book formed in my head right at that instant. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking at kids Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taught for four years, and you really get close to them at a small school like Montreat. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking at neighbors and friends, people like that, and I thought, write about us.â&#x20AC;?

The result is a narrative replete with local references; readers will recognize road names, characters (some of whom even keep their real names in the novel) and local institutions (such as the Asheville Mall, which is looted and burned by rioters).

How have Forstchenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neighbors reacted to his novelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hometown setting? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A couple have said Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve really triggered nightmares,â&#x20AC;? he confesses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which was, after all, a key part of his intent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They said it made the story connect.â&#x20AC;? X Jon Elliston can be reached or at jelliston@mountainx.com.

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by Brian Postelle District Court Judge Gary Cash paints a frustrating picture. Of the thousands of criminal filings that came through the 28th District Court during the past year, many were the kinds of misdemeanors associated with homelessness. Think public intoxication, public urination, prostitution and aggressive panhandling.

All in all, he notes, this is familiar ground for Asheville.

“As our downtown becomes more popular,” says Cash, “we’ve seen an increase in this kind of activity, particularly the aggressive panhandling.” What’s more, the same people keep turning up in his courtroom over and over again. And with the District Court’s total caseload topping 60,000 in 2008 and increasing year by year, the amount of time and attention that can be devoted

what are known as “quality-of-life crimes” — including the kinds of offenses cited above, along with such intractable issues as graffiti.

“It is a recognition that a community can be harmed by quality-of-life crimes ... that normal courts have trouble wrapping their arms around,” explains Julius Lang, the nonprofit’s director of technical assistance.

Restorative justice In nuisance courts, sentencing often emphasizes community service in the form of restorative efforts such as trash cleanup or repainting vandalized walls. Rather than serving jail time, which hasn’t proved to be an effective deterrent, offenders are required to rectify their offenses.

There’s also a broader social-service component. Judges, for example, can require offend-

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to the people who commit these relatively minor crimes — and to the underlying social issues — is shrinking steadily.

“Unless we can slow down the process enough to address those issues,” Cash told Xpress, “the likelihood of those people coming back through is high.”

One potential solution is creating a “nuisance court” for Asheville — and if all goes according to plan, Assistant to the City Manager Lauren Bradley says she’ll present a pilot program for City Council’s approval by the end of this month.

Nationwide, there are about 35 community courts (as they’re more commonly known), according to the New York City-based Center for Court Innovation. (A list is available at www.courtinnovation.org.) They focus on

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ers to participate in programs designed to address substance abuse. Often, these courts will have an expert on hand who’s tied into the community’s social-service network. In other words, recidivists begin getting personal attention.

“It’s looked at as a therapeutic court,” says Cash.

In Asheville’s case, the social-service component could also connect with existing efforts to address homelessness. Three years ago, the city adopted the housing-first model, which places chronically homeless people in housing, with no prerequisites such as employment or treatment for substance abuse.

“Other communities have made this work,” stresses Amy Sawyer, the city’s Homeless Initiative coordinator. “We know that [the nuisance court] works; we just need the funding.”

Early estimates peg the cost of running the court one day per month at about $25,000 annually, plus another $10,000 to cover police overtime and other resources. But Bradley says City Council apparently wants to broaden the program’s scope, which could increase the cost.

Money might be forthcoming from the U.S. Office of Justice, which sometimes helps fund alternative court models.

At this point, however, many key points are still up in the air. A large group of stakeholders, including legal and social-work professionals, have been putting their heads together to try to determine the shape of the court (even the name is still up for discussion, notes Bradley).

“We’re really hoping to implement something this fall,” she reports. “We want to try it this year.”

Taking it to the streets: A new city “nuisance” court may try to tackle chronic issues such as prostitution, panhandling and public urination.

Staged photo by Jonathan Welch

Closing the revolving door In May, City Council members unanimously approved $35,000 for research and potential implementation of a pilot program after Asheville police Chief Bill Hogan came to them telling a tale much like Cash’s.

Under the current system, perpetrators are arrested, brought before a magistrate, often can’t pay their bail — and thus spend the night in jail.

The next day, they appear before a District Court judge, and if they have a history of failing to appear at trial or still can’t post bail, they spend a few more days in jail. But when the case goes to trial, the maximum penalty turns out to be time served, which puts them back on the street. “And truthfully,” says Cash, “a few days later and they might be right back [in court].”

“There’s just so many cases,” notes Hogan.

“The motivation to clear the docket is obviously there. But when you arrest a prostitute 44 times, handcuff them and send them to jail and nothing happens, to me there should be some sort of red flag.”

Asheville has struggled to get a handle on these kinds of crimes. In 2003, City Council tried to ban solicitation downtown, but the prevalence of street performers complicated enforcement efforts. And in a controversial move last fall, the city removed benches outside Pack Library where groups of homeless people were said to be engaging in assorted criminal activities.

Now, however, a large and growing number of local folks are wondering whether a nuisance court just might be the silver bullet the city has been looking for. X Brian Postelle can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

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Triplettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s installation, which began June 29, is the latest artistic touch gracing downtown Ashevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new $20 million Pack Square Park. Other major artworks to come include a stainless steel pergola over the stage where the tiles will be displayed, and a giant brass ring that will encircle granite boulders already in place on Pack Square. Asheville sculptor Hoss Haley is fabricating both those pieces.

With the help of masons Ted Harper and James Owen, Triplett is continuing the meticulous process of installing the tiles, which she expects will take about three weeks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The inspiration for the tiles comes from the arch pattern at the top of City Hall,â&#x20AC;? she explains, pointing to the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feathered architectural accent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I took the feather pattern and made it more organicâ&#x20AC;? after being inspired by a poplar leaf.

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Candidates file at the Buncombe County Board of Elections, and the filing period runs through noon on Friday, July 17. Here are some other key dates: • Friday, Sept. 11: Deadline to register to vote in primary election • Tuesday, Oct. 6: Primary election • Friday, Oct. 9: Deadline to register to vote in general election • Tuesday, Nov. 3: General election Asheville City Council will feature the highest-profile contests. Mayor Terry Bellamy is seeking re-election to a second four-year term. Three Council seats are also up for grabs. Incumbents Carl Mumpower and Kelly Miller have declared their intention to run again, while Robin Cape has said she won’t seek re-election. So far, no one has mounted a serious campaign to challenge Bellamy for the mayor’s job (but see “A Candidate of a Different Stripe,” July 1 Xpress).

Mumpower, who last year made an unsuccessful run for Rep. Heath Shuler’s congressional seat, hasn’t yet held any campaign events for City Council. Miller was appointed in December to fill the Council seat left vacant

by Holly Jones’ election to the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Miller, an Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce executive, recently held a party to kick off his election bid.

Meanwhile, several other candidates have been actively campaigning. Writer and former Mountain Xpress editor and reporter Cecil Bothwell, who ran unsuccessfully for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners last year, has been on the campaign trail, as has Gordon Smith, a counselor with the Looking Glass Center for Counseling and Psychiatry who’s making his first bid for public office.

Other political newcomers include Jen Bowen, a photographer; Esther Manheimer, an attorney with the Van Winkle Law Firm; and J. Neal Jackson, a businessman who runs a convenience store on Eagle Street.

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Local unemployment rises Asheville and environs saw increased unemployment in May, state figures show.

The unemployment rate ticked up in both the Asheville metropolitan statistical area and Buncombe County.

Figures released by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina show unemployment rising from 9 percent to 9.2 percent in the Asheville metro area — a state designation that includes Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Madison counties — with 18,996 people out of work. Buncombe County fared slightly better, with 8.8 percent of the work force unemployed (up from 8.6 percent in April). That translates into 10,611 Buncombe residents jobless.

The numbers do show a 5.1 percent increase in employment in the “leisure and hospitality” sector — an important industry locally, especially in summer — and small increases in the transport and government sectors, but manufacturing and professional jobs continued to decline (by 0.5 percent and 0.7 percent respectively). So far this year, the area has lost about 8,100 jobs, the Employment Security Commission estimates, with manufacturing, construction and the professions taking the biggest hits.

But that still leaves the area better off

than North Carolina as a whole, which the ESC says had 11.1 percent unemployment in May. The Asheville area saw its highest unemployment back in March: 9.6 percent for the metro area and 9 percent in Buncombe.

“There’s usually a small increase [in unemployment] around this time of the year as college students get out into the labor market,” notes ESC spokesperson Larry Parker.

“But on top of that, you’re still having some lingering layoffs, and those are driving it up, though things are better than they were earlier this year.”

Since 1990, when the commission began using its current measuring system, Asheville had never seen unemployment rates like this. Previously, the area’s highest recorded unemployment rate had been 7.8 percent in January 1992.

“Overall, most counties haven’t seen rates like these since 1983,” says Parker.

The Asheville area is not alone in facing economic upheaval. Statewide, 82 counties saw increased unemployment, and neighboring McDowell County had one of the highest rates in the state (16.5 percent).

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Bearing the brunt: Asheville City Council has raised fees for a range of city services, from water and recycling to parks. For example, the cost of visiting the WNC Nature has gone up $1, from $5 to $6 for a city resident.

Fee, fie, oh no Whether you’re an Asheville developer, a homeowner or a corpse that’s ready to be buried in Riverside Cemetery, the cost of living (and dying) in Asheville is going up.

The new fiscal year began July 1. After initially facing a projected $5 million budget shortfall, Asheville City Council ultimately approved a spending plan that holds the line on property taxes while maintaining core services. How did they do it? In general, the strategy was to cut some city positions, postpone spending on capital projects, freeze city workers’ salaries, slash overtime spending and raise fees.

The latter point is where the taxpaying public will probably feel the new budget’s impact the most. And though most increases are small, they do add up. Here’s a quick rundown on some key changes: • The residential recycling charge has jumped from $1.32 to $2.95 per month. The charge for a trash container picked up by one of the city’s trucks equipped with an automated arm is now $3.80 per container per month (up from $3.50).

• All water customers will see their bills increase. The residential charge has risen from $3.45 to $3.59 per 100 cubic feet of water used. Meanwhile, the fee to establish or transfer an account has gone from $25 to $55.

• The cost of a 30-day play pass for city residents at the Municipal Golf Course has jumped from $400 to $500.

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• If you want to be buried at Riverside Cemetery, an adult grave space for a city resident now costs $1,300 (up from $1,100).

The interment fee for an adult has gone from $1,100 to $1,200 (on weekdays before 4:30 p.m.).

• City park users will pay more for everything from playing tennis at Aston Park to renting a swimming pool. At the WNC Nature Center, the cost of attending the annual Wolf Howl has doubled, from $5 to $10.

• Asheville Civic Center fees have also increased. It now costs more to rent both the arena and Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, two popular venues in town, and the associated costs for staff have also gone up. The services of door guards, ticket takers and ushers that formerly cost users $9 an hour will now cost $11.

• Tap and connection fees are also increasing.

On a positive note, water-conservation kits (which previously cost either $3.75 or $4.50) are now free.

• Developers’ wallets are getting hit as well.

Changing street names, which used to be free, will now cost $100 for those affecting up to five addresses, and more as the number of addresses increases. And a grading permit that used to cost $540 is now a cool $620.

To view the entire list of fee changes, go to www.mountainx.com/xpressfiles.

— Jason Sandford

Feed thy neighbor Over the past 27 years, MANNA FoodBank has established itself as the go-to group for food drives in Western North Carolina.

Now, the nonprofit aims to change the way we look at food drives. To that end, MANNA is asking neighborhoods to get in on the action.

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The key to that, he says, is enlisting outside groups such as churches and schools as collection sites, and turning donation into an event. Businesses can compete to see how much food they collect, and so can neighborhoods. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten good feedback,â&#x20AC;? Stack reports, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and we are encouraging them to make this fun.â&#x20AC;?

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So far, almost 40 distinct entities have signed up, says Food Drive and Volunteer Coordinator Autumn McCarver. They range

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Stack, meanwhile, is hoping this groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s donations will top what each of the other three drives brought in, since the amount of food coming in from traditional donors such as grocery stores is waning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to make giving a habit,â&#x20AC;? he

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Writing a guidebook takes more than just a walk in the park

by Danny Bernstein When I first met Milestone Press Publisher Mary Ellen Hammond, she asked me why I wanted to write a hiking guide to the Carolina mountains. Was I hoping to make some money?

The answer had better be “no,” because virtually no one makes a living this way.

Johnny Molloy, who’s penned more than 30 outdoor guidebooks, says he still makes less than $30,000 a year.

But I wanted to write a guidebook because you can’t really understand a place until you have to explain it to others.

So I bought a new GPS device, tested it and got ready. Equipped with a camera, the GPS clipped to my pack, a compass around my neck, and a digital recorder and notepad in my pocket, I went hiking.

Equipped with a camera, the GPS clipped to my pack, a compass around my neck, and a digital recorder and notepad in my pocket, I went hiking.

On the trail Compared with tracking a gazillion details, the actual hiking is the easy part. I take copious notes — and, trying to focus on the reader’s hike, not mine — I don’t mention the weather, my hiking pals or what I’m snacking on.

I stop at visitor centers to learn about local conditions, view the exhibits and talk to rangers.

I write up the hikes as I do them. If I mention a side trail to a waterfall or cabin, I include that

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Well charted: GPS tracking matched actual hiking routes with existing maps. courtesy Danny Bernstein

distance. All my hikes are on maintained trails: With thousands of miles of official trails here, there’s no need to trespass on private land or go bushwhacking.

Jim Parham, the author of Milestone’s inaugural series (Off the Beaten Track), saw a need for books on cycling in Western North Carolina.

While working for the Nantahala Outdoor Center, he noted, “Folks in the store were spending a lot of time giving out advice to the many mountain bikers who were showing up in the late ’80s and early ’90s. People said there needed to be a mountain-bike guidebook for the area, and I wrote one.” For Jim, the best thing about writing

guidebooks is having an excuse to explore new places and see things he’s never seen before. “The most annoying thing about writing guidebooks is having to ride in bad weather just to get things done,” he says.

Luckily, I’m not as bothered by rain or cold, since my feet are firmly on the ground, and you can hike comfortably all year here.

Writing At home, I download everything into my computer, holding my breath when I transfer my GPS track. Is it good? Have I marked the highlights I’m writing about, such as trail junctions, cabins

or waterfalls? The boring part is listening to myself repeatedly while transcribing my notes.

Every route requires an angle. What makes this trail worth hiking? Historical home sites?

Outstanding autumn flowers? A waterfall? In our mountains, flat terrain is enough to make a hike special (the Pink Beds and Laurel River, for instance). Each trail description needs to provide more than “turn left/turn right” directions, and I must avoid over-the-top superlatives (go easy on “magnificent” and “outstanding”). I try to explain what I see, and though I ask questions of everyone, I try to get the definitive answers from rangers, books and official Web sites.

After I hand my editor the text, photos and maps, she sends them back with dozens of questions I have to resolve. “I wasn’t clear here,” “Joepye weed has a dash on page 248 but not on page 300,” and “What’s the exact name of this gap?”

out post cards and printed bookmarks to a huge mailing list. I wrote a personal letter announcing my book and offering to give a slide show, which I sent to more than 150 stores.

By my second book, stores were inviting me.

At several events, only four readers showed up (they got a private tutorial about hiking in the WNC mountains). At others, I had standingroom-only crowds.

Often someone will flip through my book and ask, “Did you do all these hikes?” How else does one write a guidebook? They also want me to suggest easy hikes. And inevitably, I hear this question: “What’s your next book going to be about?”

“What do you think it should be?” I reply.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Hikes Led by Blue Ridge Parkway rangers.

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Carolina Mountain Club CMC fosters the enjoyment of the mountains of WNC and adjoining regions and encourages the conservation of our natural resources, through an extensive schedule of hikes and a program of trail building and maintenance. $20 per year, family memberships $30 per year. Newcomers must call the leader before the hike. Info: www.carolinamtnclub. org. n Hikes: • WE (7/8), 8:30am - Little Paint Creek. Hike 8.5, Drive 78, 1800 ft. ascent. Info: 684-8656 or clworley@bellsouth.net.

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Mountain Wildlife Days • TH (7/16) through SA (7/18) - Activities for both children and adults, including field trips, hikes, nature walks, live animals and more. At the Sapphire Valley Resort Community Center. To sign up: 743-7663.

Pisgah Center for Wildlife Located in Pisgah National Forest, ten-miles from Brevard off of US Hwy. 276 N. Info: 877-4423 or www.ncwildlife. org.

• WE (7/15), 7-8pm - The Outreach Educator for the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education will discuss “activities you can do with your kids in the outdoors this summer.”

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Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy The mission of the SAHC is to protect the world’s oldest mountains for the benefit of present and future generations.

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• FR & SA (7/10 & 11) - Join the Southern Appalachian Cooperative Weed Management Area and help manage invasive exotic plants on the grassy bald habitat at Roan Highlands. All tools and equipment will be provided.

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• SA (7/11), 10am - Guided hike: SAHC celebrates the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75th Anniversary with a hike through the permanently protected Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. Bring hiking shoes, rain gear, lunch, water and camera.

Swannanoa Valley Museum Located at 223 W. State St., Black Mountain. Info: 6699566 or www.swannanoavalleymuseum.org.

• WE (7/15) - Day Camp for Grown-Ups. Farm tour.

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Pick your day, pick your town, and there’s probably a tailgate market nearby. In the Asheville area, in fact, you could spend the better part of your week bouncing from market to market.

But the bounty doesn’t end with fresh, local veggies. I recently snagged a beautiful loaf of bread and some sticky buns made by Steve Bardwell. The latter recipe, he confessed, came from Broadwing Farm, whose owners now concentrate on cabin rentals. “One of the conditions of my being in this market was that I take over and make these sticky buns using Mary Dixon’s recipe,” said Bardwell.

I never got to sample those buns, though: I hauled them home, set a pot of coffee going, went outside for a moment … and returned to find naught but the wrappers on the kitchen floor — and my dog Molly looking rather guilty.

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• All are made of 100% recycled plastic. • All sales benefit plantings in Asheville and Buncombe County. For more information, call 254-1776 or stop on by 357 Depot Street or visit: www.qualityforward.org Growing Your Best Hostas! (pd.) Presented by Bob Solberg at 11am during the Hosta Open House, Saturday, July 11, 9am-6pm. Plant experts from Specialty Ornamentals, and Green Hill Farm will answers questions and have plants for sale. • Class is free, but pre-registration is required. Call 456-4621 for more information. Hosted by Rux Gardens, Waynesville.

Rain Barrels for Sale (pd.) The Black Mountain Beautification Committee is sponsoring a sale of 80 gallon rain barrels made of 80% recycled plastic. Price per barrel is $117.44 (including sales tax). Only 200 will be sold at this price, so place your order soon. 828-713-2622 for more information.

Asheville Mushroom Club Learn about all aspects of mushrooms (collecting, identifying, growing or cooking). Info: 298-9988 or www. ashevillemushroomclub.com.

• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Monthly meeting at the WNC Nature Center. Membership is $18/year, and includes informative meetings and scheduled forays.

Ikenobo Ikebana Society The Blue Ridge Chapter of Ikenobo Ikebana Society (Japanese Flower Arranging) is a nonprofit organization that meets monthly at St. John’s in the Wilderness Parish House (Rt.#225 South & Rutledge Rd.) in Flat Rock.

Yearly membership is available. Info: 696-0967.

• 3rd THURSDAYS, 10am-Noon - Meeting.

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

Unless otherwise noted, all events are free with parking fee ($6/vehicle). No parking fees on Tuesdays. Info: 6652492 or www.ncarboretum.org.

• WE (7/8), 1pm - “Collections Walk: Sustainable Landscapes,” with Alison Arnold, the Arboretum’s Director of Horticulture. Wear sturdy footwear. Meet at the Baker Exhibit Center Lobby.

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

• TH (7/9), 1:30pm - “What’s New in the Garden?” A walk with an Arboretum horticulturist. Meet at the Baker Exhibit Center Lobby.

• SA (7/11), 9am-5pm & SU (7/12), 10am-5pm - 3rd Annual Bamboo Festival. Explore bamboo arts and crafts, bamboo instruments and presentations. At the Education Center Plant Clinics Buncombe County Master Gardeners will be available to look at plant problems and pests and answer gardening questions. Area residents are encouraged to bring in plant samples for evaluation. Info: 255-5522.

• 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 11am-2pm - The Master Gardener Plant Clinics will be set up at the WNC Farmers Market in the breezeway between the retail buildings. Stop by and visit.

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

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

• WEDNESDAYS - 4:30-6:30pm - Open June-Sept.: Tryon Tailgate Market, across the railroad tracks from the Tryon Theatre. Info: 894-8823; 1-4pm - Open June-Oct.: Valle Crucis Farmers Market behind the Mast General store.

Info: 963-6511; 3-6pm - Victory Tailgate Market, 1329 Tunnel Rd., E. Asheville, past the Blue Ridge Parkway entrance. Info: 775-5593; 2:30-6:30pm - Open April-Oct.: Weaverville Tailgate Market at Lake Louise. Info: 4500708; 3:30-6:30pm - Open April-Oct.: West Asheville Tailgate Market behind the West End Bakery and Haywood Road Market. Info: 281-9099; 2:30-5:30pm Open May-Oct.: Spruce Pine Farmers Tailgate Market on Pollyanna’s Porch, next to Wildflowers, on Upper Street in downtown Spruce Pine. Info: 467-2171; 2-6:30pm - Open April-Dec.: Wednesday Afternoon Downtown Tailgate Market next to the French Broad Food Co-op in downtown Asheville. Info: 683-1607.

• WEDNESDAYS - 9am-Noon & FRIDAYS - 2-6pm - Open May-Oct.: Burke County Farmers Market. Info: 439-4460. • WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS - 8am-1pm - Open May-Oct.: Haywood’s Historic Farmers Market at the HART Theater and Shelton House parking lot on Pigeon St. Info: 627-3469; 8am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Waynesville Tailgate Market. Info: 648-6323; 8am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Watauga County Farmers Market on Hwy. 105 Ext. in Boone. Info: 355-4918; WE, 1-6pm & SA, 7am-1pm - Open May-Oct.: Cashiers Tailgate Market. Info: 230-4785.

• THURSDAYS - 3-6pm - Open May-Nov.: Flat Rock Tailgate Market. Info: 698-8775.

• FRIDAYS - 10am-2pm - Open June-Nov.: Cherokee Farmers Tailgate Market on Acquoni Road. in downtown Cherokee. Info: 554-6931; 4:30-6:30pm - Open July-Oct.: Saluda Tailgate Market in the city parking lot on the west end of town. Info: 749-9365.

• SATURDAYS - 8am-Noon - Open June-Sept.: Andrews Farmers Market at First Street in Andrews. Info: 3212006; 8am-1pm - Open April through Dec.: Asheville City Market in the Public Works parking lot on S. Charlotte St. Info: 348-0340; 8am-Noon - Open April-Dec.: North Asheville Tailgate Market on the campus of UNCA. Info: 683-1607; 7am-Noon - Open April-Nov.: Henderson County Tailgate Market at 100 N. King St. (between First and Second Avenues). Info: 693-7265; 10am-2pm - Open April-Oct.: Cedar Valley Farmers Market in downtown Murphy. Info: 361-7505; 8-11:30am - Open April-Nov.: Polk Tailgate Market in front of the Polk County Courthouse. Info: 894-2281; 8am-Noon - Open June-Oct.: Franklin Tailgate Market in Macon County at West Palmer St. Info: 349-2046; 8am-Noon - Open April-early fall: Lenoir Bluegrass Farmers Market at the Hog Waller stage. Info: 292-4664; 8am-2pm - Open yearround: French Broad Food Co-op Arts & Farm Market at 90 Biltmore Ave. in downtown Asheville. Art demos and live music. Info: 236-9367; 9am-Noon - Rutherfordton Farmers Market on Main St. in downtown Rutherfordton; 8am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Mountain Valley Farmers Market on the downtown square in Hayesville. Info: 389-3022; 8:30am-1pm - Open May-Oct.: Graham County Farmers Market in the United Community Bank parking lot in Robbinsville. Info: 479-8788; 8am-Noon Bakersville Farmers Market in the Bakersville Community Medical Clinic parking lot in Bakersville; 8:30am-12:30pm - Open April-Oct.: Yancey County Farmers Market on S. Main St. at Hwy 19E. Info: 682-0601; 9am-1pm - Open April-Nov.: Madison County Farmers & Artisans Market in the parking lot near Pittman Cafeteria up Dormitory Dr. at Mars Hill College. Info: 680-9890; 9am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Black Mountain Tailgate Market at 130 Montreat Road in Black Mountain. Info: 582-5039; 9amNoon - Open May-Oct.: Jackson County Farmers Market on Railroad Ave. at Bridge Park. Info: 507-1146; 9amNoon - Open May-Sept.: Riceville Community Tailgate Market in the parking lot of the Riceville Community Center. Info: 298-6549; 9am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Big Ivy Market at Marvin and Brenda Dillingham’s on Spice Cove Dr. Info: 626-2624; 8am-Noon - Open June-Sept.:

Swain County Tailgate Market in downtown Bryson City.

Info: 488-3848.

• SUNDAYS, 1-5pm - Open May-Oct.: Greenlife Tailgate Market at 70 Merrimon Ave. Info: 254-5440; Noon-4pm Open April-Nov.: Sundays on the Island, cross the river at the courthouse on Main St. in Marshall; 9am-5pm - Open June-Oct.: Topton Farmers Market at the crossroads in Topton. Info: 321-9030.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 8am-Noon - Open JuneSept.: Canton Tailgate Market at the town hall in the municipal parking lot on Park St. Info: 235-2760.

• TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 7am-Noon - Open May-Oct.: Rutherford County Farmers Market on Fairgrounds Road, off Business 74 Hwy. Info: 287-6080.

• TUESDAYS, Noon-5pm & SATURDAYS, 8am-1pm - Open May-Oct.: Morganton Farmers Market behind Geppetto’s Pizza on Beach St. in Morganton. Info: 4385252; 3-6pm - Open June-Sept.: Marion Tailgate Market in the municipal parking lot. Info: 652-2215.

• TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS, 8am-2pm - Hendersonville Curb Market at Church St., directly across from the old courthouse. Info: 692-8012 or curbmarket@bellsouth.com; 7am-1pm - Open April-Dec.: Transylvania County Tailgate Market in the parking lot behind South Broad Park, next to the library in Brevard.

Info: 884-9483.

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Community Events & Workshops • Social & Shared-Interest Groups • Government & Politics • Seniors & Retirees • Animals • Technology • Business & Careers • Volunteering • Health Programs & Support Groups Calendar C a t e g o r i e s : Helplines • Sports Groups & Activities • Kids • Spirituality • Arts • Spoken & Written Word • Food • Festivals & Gatherings • Music • Theater • Comedy • Film • Dance • Auditions & Call to Artists Calendar for July 8 - 16, 2009 Unless otherwise stated, events take place in Asheville, and phone numbers are in the 828 area code.

Day-by-day calendar is online Want to find out everything that’s happening today — or tomorrow, or any day of the week? Go to www.mountainx.com/events. You’ll also find events happening after July 16.

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

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

updated schedule: www. ashevilleabc.com.

• SU (7/12), 6-8pm - “Green Transit: walking, biking, mass transit & greenways.” Held at Rosetta’s Kitchen.

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

• WE (7/15), 10-11am - DeCluttering: a quick lesson in organizational techniques, with Raye Ruffy, owner of At Your Service. Free. Register

by July 10.

• TU (7/14), 9-10am - Master gardener, Peggy Calenda, will present a workshop that focuses on how to plant and care for the perennials in your garden. Free.

Register by July 10.

N.C. Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing Located at 12 Barbetta Dr., just past Biltmore Square

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

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

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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.

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• WE (7/15) “Communication Access: What does the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 offer for people with hearing loss?” Joan Chesick will be the guest speaker. RSVP by July 8.

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute Info: 862-5554 or www. pari.edu.

• FR (7/10), 7pm Workshop: “Evening Light & Night Sky Photography,” featuring a site tour, presentation and observing session. Works by local photographers Jack Christfield and Rob Travis will be featured.

Register by 3pm on July 10. $20/$15/$10.

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

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

Come see what the club is about. Meets at Zona Lofts, 162 Coxe Ave., in downtown Asheville. Info: 225-8680 or www.toastmasters.org/websiteApps/.

• Alternate THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - Meeting.

Arise & Shine Toastmasters Ready to overcome your fear of public speaking and to enhance your communication and leadership skills? This group provides a friendly environment in which to do so. Guests have no obligation to join. Info: 776-5076.

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

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

• SATURDAYS, 6pm Gathering.

Asheville Homeless Network Meetings take place at Firestorm Cafe & Books in

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downtown Asheville. Info: 552-0505.

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

Asheville Local Exchange Trading System A community network that allows members to exchange services without the use of cash. Info: www. ashevillelets.org.

• TU (7/14), 6:30pm Interested in joining Asheville LETS? This orientation meeting will prepare new participants.

Asheville Newcomers Club Women new to the area, or those recently retired, are invited to meet new friends and explore new interests through activity groups.

Meetings are held at Living Savior Lutheran Church, 301 Overlook Road. Info: 277-0542.

• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 9:30am - Social —- 10am - Program.

Friends of Asheville Transit Club Discuss transit-related issues over pints of beer.

Info: 279-8349.

• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 7:309pm - The club meets on the lower level of The Thirsty Monk, 92 Patton Ave. in Asheville. Find the group by looking for the toy buses and maps on the table.

Hendersonville Business & Professional Women Dedicated to empowering women personally, professionally and politically.

Activities include National Business Women’s Week, Equal Pay Day and National Women’s History Month.

Info: www.bpwhendersonville.org.

• TH (7/16), 5:30-8pm - Andrew Tate, from the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development, will be the guest speaker. Held at The Chariot, on the corner of 7th Avenue and Church Street in Hendersonville. $12.

Scrabble Club Come play America’s favorite word game SCRABBLE. We have all the gear, just bring your vocabulary. Info: 252-8154.

• SUNDAYS, 1-5pm - Meets at Books-A-Million in Asheville. We have all the gear. No dues the first

weeklypicks Events are FREE unless otherwise noted.

Enjoy a concert of traditional folk and country music performed by Tom Fisch Wednesday, July 8, at

wed 7 p.m. at Henderson County Public Library’s Kaplan Auditorium. Info: 697-4725.

Join park rangers for Family Night Thursday, July 9, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Learn how to identify exotic,

thur alien species that threaten the Blue Ridge Parkway. Meet at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center, milepost 384. Registration required. Info: 298-5330, ext. 304.

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The public is invited to an opening reception for the new exhibition Cherokee Carvers: Tradition Renewed Friday, July 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Asheville Art Museum, located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Info: 253-3227.

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Storytelling, family activities, music, food, frolicking and more will all be a part of Hendersonville’s Do Tell Storyfest Saturday, July 11, from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. The festival will be held along Main Street and at the courthouse. Info: 388-0247 or www.dotellfestival.org.

Asheville Lyric Opera will present a program of opera arias and scenes by Erin Moorman and sun The Lewis Antonio Gonzalez Sunday, July 12, at 3 p.m. at St. Matthias Church, 1 Dundee St., Asheville. A free-will offering will be taken. Info: 236-0670 or www.ashevillelyric.org.

On Monday, July 13, stroll among the large-scale, contemporary outdoor sculptures of Grovewood

mon Gallery’s Sculpture for the Garden exhibit, featuring work by nationally recognized artists from around the country. The gallery is located at 111 Grovewood Road, Asheville. The exhibit will be on display through December. Info: 253-7651 or www.grovewood.com.

tue Mountain music will be performed by members of The Barrel House Mamas at Friends of the Swannanoa Library’s Groovin’ on Grovemont summer concert series Tuesday, July 14, at 6 p.m.

Info: 250-6486.

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Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War • 2nd SATURDAYS (every two months), 10am - Meeting at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Malvern Hills. Info: 670-7125.

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

Info: 254-7546.

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

Government & Politics City of Asheville Public Meetings Info: www.ashevillenc.gov.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 3pm - The Sustainable Advisory Committee on Energy & Environment meets in Room A201 in the Public Works Building at 161 S. Charlotte St. Info: 271-6141.

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

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

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

Free Hugs for Health Care Reform • FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - Join local Obama supporters and give free hugs for health care reform. Pick up signs at Mountain Java in north Asheville at 5pm.

Organizing For America Listening Tour • TH (7/9), 7-8:30pm - The tour, hosted by Gregory Jackson, will stop at Mountain Java, 870 Merrimon Ave., Asheville.

OFA is touring throughout the state to re-engage and mobilize the grassroots movement in support of Obama.

WNC for Change Health Care Campaign Office • MONDAYS through SATURDAYS, 2-8pm - Visit the campaign office inside Mountain Java coffeeshop in north Asheville. Learn how you can fight for health care reform.

Seniors & Retirees Henderson County Senior Softball League The league is always looking for new players, age 50 and older. Weather permitting, they play year-round.

Info: 698-3448 or www.

LJRsoftball.com.

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

Animals Mayfel’s Dog Days of Summer (pd.) Every Thursday through August patrons are invited to come eat and drink with their furry friends in our front patio or back courtyard, 22 College Street, downtown Asheville, 252-8840.

Complimentary dog treats

provided! This week 10% of proceeds will go to Howlin’ 4 Spirit Animal Rescue.

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

• SATURDAYS, 11am-Noon - Please call for weekly meeting location.

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

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

• SA (7/11), 3pm - HowlIn at the Full Moon. Tours and a potluck supper. $5, includes Perry’s Barbecue and soft drinks.

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

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

animals on our website: www.taagwags.org WNC Agricultural Center Hosts agricultural events, horse shows and farm-related competitions. Located at 1301 Fanning Bridge Rd. in Fletcher. Info: 687-1414.

• TH (7/9) through SA (7/11) - Land O’ Sky Shrine Club Horse Show.

• SU (7/12) - WNC Horse Show Circuit.

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

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

• 2nd Tuesdays, 6-8:30pm - Meet at ImageSmith Communications, 19 Walden Dr., Arden. The meetings feature food, networking and a technical presentation. See website for directions and presentation details.

Business & Careers Build Your Business Without Breaking The Bank (pd.) This coming Tuesday, July 14, 5pm-8pm. Grove Arcade Conference Room, downstairs. Hear local store marketing veteran Randy Robinson guide you through the secrets of “common sense marketing”. • $65.

Registration/Information: (828) 423-9101 or www.

MyBusinessWithoutLimits. com American Advertising Federation Asheville Info: 258-0316 or programs@aafasheville.org.

• TH (7/23) - Connect at the Asheville Tourists game. $6/$ seniors. E-mail to RSVP by July 15.

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

• WE (7/8), 8:30-9:30am - Member orientation in the boardroom.

• FR (7/16), 5:30-7:30pm - Chamber Thirsty Thursday Softball Game. Chamber Members will take on the Chamber Staff & Volunteers in a friendly softball game at McCormick Field. If you’re interested in playing in the softball game, call 2586115. Free to attend.

Asheville Metro Economy Outlook • WE (7/15), 5:30-6:30pm - The 10th annual Asheville Metro Economy Outlook, a presentation of the latest significant economic

trends, will be offered by the research department of the Economic Development Coalition at Diana Wortham Theatre. Networking at 5pm.

Info: 210-2729.

Mountain BizWorks Workshops Mountain BizWorks is located at 153 S. Lexington Ave. • TH (7/16), 11:45am1pm - Free lunch seminar on branding. Learn how to expand your advertising effectiveness without spending more money. To register: adriana@mountainbizworks.org or 692-5826.

Volunteering

Humanity Home Store and at the building site in Enka Hills. Volunteers are needed who can make an ongoing commitment to a shift in the Home Store. Info: 251-5702 or brusso@ashevillehabitat. org.

• 2nd FRIDAYS, 10am - Volunteer orientation at 30 Meadow Road.

Hands On AshevilleBuncombe Choose the volunteer opportunity that works for you. Youth are welcome to volunteer on many projects with adult supervision. Info: www.handsonasheville.org

or call 2-1-1. Visit the Web site to sign up for a project.

• Through FR (7/24) - United Way’s Highlands Circle and Hands On will hold a school supply drive to benefit local elementary and middle school students served by Children First and Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC. Info: www.handsonasheville.org.

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

Activities are free or lowcost, such as sports, local

attractions etc. Volunteers also needed to mentor during the 2009-10 school year. Info: 253-1470 or www.bbbswnc.org.

• TH (7/9), Noon - Info session at the United Way building, 50 S. French Broad Ave., Rm. 213.

Health Programs & Support Groups 1 Night Seminar • Biofeedback • Reduce Stress (pd.) This Tuesday, July 14, 7pm at Focus Centers of Asheville. A one night seminar for individuals struggling with stress and stress-

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• THURSDAYS, 9am-5pm - Volunteer days and potluck lunch. Volunteers needed in: gardening, permaculture, stonework, carpentry, marketing, administration, fundraising, business development.

Beaucatcher Brew Bringing the community to the stage. This musical folk-life play is presented

by Homeward Bound of Asheville. Info: 768-2456 or becky@hbofa.org.

• TUESDAYS, 10am - Volunteer meeting at Haywood Street Campus, Central Methodist Church, past the Rescue Mission.

Seeking story-gatherers, transcribers, office assistants, grant writers and more.

Catholic Social Services n Volunteers are needed throughout the week. Info: 255-0146.

• WEDNESDAYS, 1-4pm - Direct Assistance Day. Help sort clothing, shelve food, pack bags of food and more. Call for details.

Graffiti Removal Action Teams Join Asheville GreenWorks in combating graffiti vandalism in our community. Group setup based on desired location and cleanup availability, supplies provided by Asheville GreenWorks.

Removing quickly and keeping covered is the best way to reduce graffiti. Info: 254-1776.

• THURSDAYS - Graffiti removal.

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

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

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - Discussion meeting for parents of children with addictions: West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road, across from Ingles. Info: 242-6197.

• FRIDAYS, 8pm - The Lambda (GLBT) group of Al-Anon is a gay-friendly support group for families and friends of alcoholics, and holds their weekly candlelight meeting at All Souls Cathedral, 3 Angle St. Info: 670-6277 (until 9pm).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bone Health Seminars • TH (7/9), 7-9pm - Learn the importance of “Balanced Bone Health,” the benefits to the body, and how this is possible besides or in addition to diet, exercise.

Research by Dr. Naidu will be shared. At 216 W. Sondley Dr., Asheville. Free.

RSVP: 298-2718.

C.L.O.S.E.R.R. Community Liaison Organization for Support, Education, Reform and Referral. The group offers support, networking, education, entertainment and fellowship for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Straight and their Allies.

• TUESDAYS, 7-9pm - Meets in the social room at All Souls Episcopal in Asheville.

Cancer Support Group for Caregivers • MONDAYS, 11am-Noon Meetings at Jubilee, 46 Wall St., Asheville. Emotional support for family members of people experiencing cancer. Facilitated by Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Info: 299-0394.

Cancer Support Group for Women • MONDAYS, 1:30-3pm - Meetings at Biltmore United Methodist Church.

Emotional support for women experiencing cancer. Facilitated by Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Info: 299-0394.

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

• TU (7/14), 9am-6pm - Doster Chiropractic, 179 Charlotte St., will examine and treat people free of charge. Donations will be accepted with all proceeds benefiting Mission Children’s Hospital. Info: 236-2200.

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

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 8pm - Group meets.

Eating Disorders Individuals are welcome to come to one or all of the support group meetings.

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

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

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

• FR (7/10), 2-3:30pm - “Minimally Invasive Partial Knee Replacement,” with Amal Das, orthopaedic surgeon. Das will discuss the physiology of the knee and the steps for partially replacing a knee joint.

Food Addicts Anonymous A fellowship of men and women who are willing to recover from the disease

of food addiction. Sharing experiences and hope with others allows participants to recover from the disease one day at a time. All are welcome. Info: 242-3717.

• MONDAYS, Noon-1pm & FRIDAYS, 7-8pm - Meetings at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road, Asheville.

Grief Support Group Meets at First United Methodist Church, 204 Sixth Ave. West, Hendersonville.

Info: 693-4275.

• 2nd & 4th TUESDAYS, 2pm - Meeting.

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

• WE (7/15), 6:45pm “Long Term Care Planning: A Continuation of Your Wellness Plan.” Learn how to evaluate options and make a plan before an emergency.

• TH (7/16), 6:30pm “Balancing Your Life Budget: Boldly Planning for Joy, Fun and Fulfillment,” with Cristen Nester, Life and Spiritual Coaching Consultant.

Henderson County Red Cross Red Cross holds classes in CPR and First Aid for infants, children and adults; Standard First Aid in Spanish; Babysitter Training; Pet First Aid. Located at 203 Second Ave. East, Hendersonville. Info: 6935605. : Blood Drive dates and locations are listed below. Appointment and ID required.

• FR (7/10), 3-7pm - Mills River Fire Department on Schoolhouse Road. Info: 231-1372.

• MO (7/13), 2-6:30pm - Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Dr., Hendersonville. Info: 6921262.

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

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

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 32 Rosscraggon Road. All are

welcome. Info: rchovey@ sos.spc-asheville.org.

• TUESDAYS, 7-8pm - Meeting.

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

• THURSDAYS, Noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Rd. (S. 25 at Yorkshire). Info: 298-1899.

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

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

Open mtg. Info: 1-800-5804761.

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

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

Open BBSS mtg. Info: 2802213.

Red Cross Events & Classes Red Cross holds classes in CPR/First Aid for infants, children, and adults; Babysitter Training; Pet First Aid; Bloodborne Pathogens; Swimming & Water Safety; and Lifeguarding. All classes held at chapter headquarters, 100 Edgewood Rd. To register, call 258-3888, ext.

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

• WE (7/8), 3-7:30pm - First Baptist Church, 130 Montreat Rd. Info: 6696461 —- 9am-11am - Adult CPR Review. $35.

• MO (7/13), 9am-1:30pm - A-B Technical College, 340 Victoria Road. Held in the Rhodendron Bldg., Room 304. Info: 254-1921, ext. 377.

• WE (7/15), 9am-1:30pm - South College, 29 Turtle Creek Dr. Info: 277-5521.

• TH (7/16), 2-6pm - Swannanoa Valley Fire Department, 510 Bee Tree Road. Info: 686-3335, ext.

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S-Anon For those affected by someone else’s sexual

behavior. Info: 545-4287 or 606-6803.

• WEEKLY - Three meetings are available per week.

S-Anon Meetings S-Anon is a 12-step recovery program for partners, family and friends of sexaholics. We share our experience, strength and hope to help solve our common problems. Meetings held weekly in Asheville, Fletcher and Waynesville.

Call confidential voice mail for information: 258-5117.

• WEEKLY - Meetings.

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

• SUNDAYS, 7pm Meeting.

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

Behaviors addressed are: compulsive sexual behavior, extreme dependency on a person, chronic preoccupation with romance, intrigue or fantasy. Meetings are held in downtown Asheville.

Open to all sexual orientations. Info: AshevilleSLAA@ gmail.com.

• SATURDAYS, 10am - First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Support Group for Blood Cancer Patients & Caregivers Mission Hopitals Cancer Center and the WNC Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society sponsor the monthly meetings, which features an open communication about the illness, the sharing of experiences, and personal suggestions on how to cope with blood cancer diagnosis and treatment. Info and registration: 213-4656.

• 2nd MONDAYS, 4-6pm - Meeting.

Talks and Lectures at A-B Tech Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. Info: 254-1921.

• TH (7/16), 7-9pm - Susan Jeske, former Ms. America, will discuss, “The ugly side of the beauty industry and how to avoid it and are your cosmetic and personal care products safe?” Held at Simpson Hall. Reservations required: 778-0254 or ronandruth@ bellsouth.net.

The Black Mountain Health Initiative Info: 669-2052.

• WE (7/15), 9am-1pm - The Black Mountain Health Initiative and Mission Hospitals Caravan will provide health screenings for cholesterol, diabetes and blood pressure in the parking lot of the Lakeview Senior Center in Black Mountain. Free.

Therapeutic Healing Circle for Women Inner-searching, selfreflection, self-expression, strengthening, enlivening, supportive, community, creativity, soulfulness. Info: 786-0477.

• WEDNESDAYS (7/22 through 8/19), 6-8:30pm While the sun burns brightly, bring a burning issue to explore. By donation. Call for details.

Transitions: Job Loss Resource & Support Group • WEDNESDAYS, 3pm - Meets at the First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, located at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Church Street in downtown Hendersonville. Info: www.hvlfumc.org/transitions or 693-4275.

WNC Brain Tumor Support Adult support group for newly diagnosed brain tumor patients, brain tumor survivors, their families and caregivers. Info: 691-2559 or www.wncbraintumor.org.

• 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Group meets at the West Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 690 Haywood Rd.

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Sports Groups & Activities American Singles Golf Association Asheville Chapter Join the group for fellowship and fairways. Visitors are welcome at monthly meetings. Info: 298-9790 or www.singlesgolf.com/ chapter.php?chapter_number=3403.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - Meeting at Lone Star Steakhouse, Airport exit.

Asheville Open Tennis Championship All matches will be played at the Aston Park Tennis Center, 336 Hilliard Ave. Cash prizes will be awarded.

Info: 251-4074 or lloftis@ ashevillenc.gov.

• TU (7/7) through SU (7/19) - Open Tennis Championships, highlighted by both the Junior and Adult Tournaments.

Blue Ridge Rollergirls Asheville’s all-female, flattrack roller derby league.

Info: www.blueridgerollergirls.com.

• SA (7/11), 7-9pm - Watch the Blue Ridge Rollergirls take on the Low Country Rollergirls from Charleston, S.C. at the Asheville Civic Center.

Doors: 6pm. $12/Free for kids 12 and under. Afterparty at Broadway’s.

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

Info: 680-9626 or www. wncdiscgolf.com.

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

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

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

• TU (7/14), 5-6pm - Support for people with oral, head & neck cancer.

Support for cancer patients and their caregivers.

Registration not required.

Monday Night Women’s Road Ride • MONDAYS, 6-8pm Sponsored by ABRC. Meet at Youngblood Bicycles, 233 Merrimon Ave. Be ready to ride at 6pm Approx.

27 miles at 12-15mph; no one left behind. Info: 2544578.

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

Games cost $1 per session.

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

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

Sports And Exercise at YWCA Located at 185 S. French Broad Ave. Info: www. ywcaofasheville.org.

• MO (7/13) - Red Cross swim lessons begin.

Classes are offered for babies, pre-schoolers,

youth, teens and adults. To sign up: 254-7206, ext. 110 or drop by the YWCA. Thursday Night Track Races • THURSDAYS, 5-9pm - Meets at Carrier Park on Amboy Road. Register at 5pm; races begin at 6pm.

Various races, fixed gear bikes, no brakes. Weather permitting. Info: 254-4578.

Waynesville Recreation Center Located at 550 Vance St. in Waynesville. Info: 456-2030 or recathletics@townofwaynesville.org.

• MONDAYS through FRIDAYS (through 8/7) - Beginner to intermediate

level group swimming lessons. Call to register.

Wednesday Night Mountain Bike Ride • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-9pm - Meets at Rice Pinnacle parking lot at Bent Creek.

Distance/route will vary; no one left behind. Info: 251-4686.

Kids Hands On History Camp, July 27 - 31 (pd.) Week-long camp runs 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. daily. $120 fee. Fun programs and crafts. Games and play, too. For 2nd - 5th graders.

253-9131. Smith McDowell House Summer Savings • Only $69 Per Week (pd.) The Martial Arts & Sports Summer Camp.

Ages 6 - 15 split classes.

June 15 through August 14.

Call 251-5425 or visit www. centerformartialartsusa.net Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: $6/$5 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: 253-3227 or www.ashevilleart.org.

• SU (7/12), 1-4pm - Family Art pARTy. Come celebrate the Asheville Art Museum’s 60th Anniversary! We’ll have a variety of hands-on activities for all ages led by artists and live music

by Hello From Tiny Town.

Refreshments and supplies provided. Free.

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

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• MONDAYS through FRIDAYS (through Aug.), 10:30am - Story time.

• Through SU (9/6) Arthur’s World, the national touring exhibition based on the PBS children’s television series and popular Marc Brown books, will be on display.

Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center Milepost 384.

• TH (7/9), 7-8:30pm - Family Night. Join rangers to learn about and hunt down exotic, alien species that threaten the Blue Ridge Parkway. Free, but registration is required. Info: 298-5330, ext. 304 or 3503822, ext. 209.

Events For Kids At Historic Johnson Farm Located at 3346 Haywood Rd. in Hendersonville. There are two nature trails (free), and guided tours are offered ($5/$3). Info: 891-6585 or www.historicjohnsonfarm. org.

• MONDAYS, 11am - “Grand and Me” is an opportunity for parents, guardians and/or grandparents to bond with children while receiving a hands-on history lesson. Plus, meet the animals at the barn. $5 adults.

Junior Police Academy The Asheville Police Department is conducting a Junior Police Academy.

Open to youths ages 15-17.

Free. Info: 259-5834.

• MO (7/13) through FR (7/17), 9am-5pm - Junior Police Academy. Youths will learn more about the officers who serve this community and about things that they can do to help officers provide better service.

Kids Corner Market A series of free activities for kids at the Asheville City Market. Organized by Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project to get children excited about fresh food and physical activity.

Info: 236-1282 or brook@ asapconnections.org.

• SA (7/11), 10am12:30pm - Flower Press Crafts and Herbal Tea Tasting with Warren Wilson College.

KidShine Performing Arts Camp • MO (7/13) through FR (7/17), 9am-3pm - Camp for rising 3rd-8th graders.

Performance Fri. at 7pm.

At New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville. Free.

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Spirituality 3 day Zen Retreat On Bodhisattva Way (pd.) Study the Bodhisattva Way at Great Tree Zen Temple, July 16-19, led by Nancy Spence. Includes video, guided meditations, discussions and Soto Zen services. Register through www.greattreetemple.org.

Questions? (828) 645-2085 or info@greattreetemple.org • Great Tree is 15 minutes from downtown Asheville.

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

Founders of New Thought Classes (pd.) Tuesdays, 7-9pm, June 2-August 4. At Center for Spiritual Living, 2 Science of Mind Way. More information, call: (828) 2532325 or (828) 253-7472.

A Course in Miracles Classes For anyone sincerely interested in joining a loving group for ACIM study and practice. The group meets at Groce United Methodist Church in East Asheville.

Info: 712-5472.

• MONDAYS, 6:30pm Study group meets.

All One Asheville “Friends of Non-Duality.”

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

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

• SUNDAYS, 7pm Discover true fulfillment.

Silent sitting and video satsang with Western spiritual teacher Gangaji. New location at Serventhood House, 156 East Chestnut St., near Greenlife.

Asheville Advaita Tired of the seeking game?

Come join our discussion on non-duality. Info: www. ashevilleadvaita.com.

• TH (7/16), 8-9:30pm - Meeting.

Asheville Chaos Magick Clique A discussion group focusing on chaos magick and related themes. Info: ashevillechaosmagickclique@ gmail.com or 777-9368.

• 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - Meeting. Call for location.

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

unless otherwise noted.

Info: 505-2300 or www. meditateasheville.org.

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

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

Donations accepted.

Asheville Satsang With Gangaji Info: 216-7051 or nckristinenelson@yahoo.com.

• SUNDAYS, 7pm Discover true fulfillment.

Silent sitting and video satsang with Western spiritual teacher Gangaji. New location at Serventhood House, 156 East Chestnut St., near Greenlife.

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

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

• FRIDAYS, 7:30pm Services.

Bruno Groening Circle of Friends Help and healing the spiritual way through the teachings of Bruno Groening.

Participants are asked to attend an introduction before coming to the regular community hour. Info: 3930630.

• TU (7/14), 7-8:30pm - Healing the spiritual way.

At North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Please attend an Introduction first.

Love offering.

Buddhist Meditation and Discussion Meets in the space above the French Broad Food Coop. New series: “Freedom From Worldly Concerns.”

This series of classes will give instructions on how these concerns function and how to find happiness from more reliable sources.

Suggested donation: $8.

Info: 779-5502 or www. meditation-in-northcarolina. org.

• WE (7/8), 7:15pm - “Our Desire for Praise and Fear of Criticism.”

• WE (7/15), 7:15pm - “Chanted Buddhist Prayer with Guided Meditation Heart Jewel.”

Celebrate Recovery Christ-centered, biblically based recovery ministry.

Weekly fellowship and support meetings deal with real-life issues, including divorce, co-dependency, anger, control, chemical dependency, sexual addictions, hurtful relationships,

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eating disorders, depression, and other addictive, compulsive or dysfunctional behaviors. Info: 687-1111.

• THURSDAYS, 6pm-10pm - Evenings at Biltmore Baptist Church, 35 Clayton Road, Arden.

Christian Enlightenment • TH (7/9), 7-9pm - Dr. Albert LaChance and Dale Allen Hoffman will give an introductory talk on “Christian Enlightenment” at Jubilee! Community Center, 46 Wall St. $10. Info: www. christian-enlightenment. com.

Christian Enlightenment Public Talk • TH (7/9), 7-9pm - Dr. Albert J. LaChance and Dale Allen Hoffman share a view of Jesus as an Eastern spiritual teacher whose guidance, in its original near-Eastern Semitic essence, illuminates a clear path to enlightenment. At Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. $10.

Info: www.christian-enlightenment.com.

Compassionate Communication Practice Group Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication. Group uses a model developed by Marshall Rosenberg in his book Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Life. Info: 252-0538 or www.ashevilleccc.com.

• 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, 5-6:15pm - Free practice group for newcomers and experienced practitioners.

Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness Located at 1905 Greenville Highway in Flat Rock.

• SA (7/11), 4pm - The choir Celestial Praise in concert: “Worshipping Around God’s Throne.” Love offering. Info: 693-9783.

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

• SUNDAYS (through 9/6), 10am - Summer worship service with Rev. Joe Hoffman and Rev. Shannon Spencer. Childcare is provided. FCUCC is an open and affirming congregation; all are welcome.

Gathering of Healers • SA (7/11), 8:30am-6pm - Healers Gathering at the Brahma Ridge Event Center.

Events include a full day of lectures and a vegetarian lunch. $20. Info: 665-4404.

Great Tree Zen Temple

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

• SU (7/11), 10:30amNoon - Family practice featuring meditation, teaching and play. Children welcome.

Journey Expansion Team (JET) • THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - An inspiration of James Ray featured on Oprah/The Secret. Join a group of likeminded people who want to share with others The Law Of Vibration and other Universal Laws. Meetings held in Fletcher/Asheville.

Info: 329-7145 or kimberlycroteau@yahoo.com.

Mindfulness Meditation Class Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence.

Info: 258-3241 or www. billwalz.com.

• MONDAYS, 7-8pm Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon Ave.).

Donation.

Mountain Zen Practice Center Ending suffering through the practice of Conscious Compassionate Awareness.

Located at 156 E. Chestnut St. Info: 253-4621 or www.mountainzen.org.

Orientation required for newcomers.

• TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm Meditation and discussion.

Mystic Gatherings Share in the community of those who are governed both by logic and observing signs around them: gut, spirit, intuition or whatever That is. Bring your stories and experiences. Gatherings are dynamic and diverse and range from topics such as changes in our society to defining moments in life and much more. Info: 206-2009.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Meeting.

Shamanic Egyptian Astrology Talk • TU (7/14), 7:30-9pm - Shamanic Egyptian Astrology is a re-languaging of the ancient art of astrology utilizing the Egyptian pantheon. Presented by Ruby Falconer. At Isis Cove Retreat Center near Sylva. $15. Info: 631-2305 or venusrising@shamanicbreathwork.org.

Sojourner Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) A congregation in formation.

The goal is provide a caring,

non-threatening environment for the exploration of Christian spirituality. Info: www.sojournerchurch.org.

• SUNDAYS, 9:30am - Worship —- 10:30am - Fellowship. Lower floor of Morningside Baptist Church, 14 Mineral Springs Road, Asheville.

Transmission Meditation Group Join in this group meditation for your own personal spiritual growth, as well as the healing and transformation of the planet. Info: 318-8547.

• TUESDAYS, 6:30pm Meditation for personal and spiritual growth.

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

• SU (7/12), 10am - Bill Walz, who teaches meditation and personal consciousness at UNCA, will discuss “Wholeheartedness of Presence” —- 1:30pm - Walz will lead a discussion and invite the audience to experience the implications of wholeheartedness.

Unity Center Events Celebrate joyful, mindful living in a church with heart.

Contemporary music by Lytingale and The Unitic Band. Located at 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Rd. Info: 684-3798, 891-8700 or www.unitync.net.

• WE (7/8), 7pm - “Rhythm Circle: Drum for Healing, Health & Wellness,” with Debbie Schults. $10 love offering.

• WE (7/15), 7pm - Film screening of Jesus in India, with Edward T. Martin. Love offering.

Waynesville Creative Thought Center Located at 741 S. Haywood St., Waynesville. Info: 4569697, waynesvilleCTC@ aol.com or www.mountainshops.com/ctc.

• MO (7/13), 4:30pm - The Spiritual Film Series presents a screening of Into Me See. Love offering.

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

• Through SU (7/12) - The group exhibit Contemporary Representation will be on display.

American Folk Art & Framing

The gallery at 64 Biltmore Ave. is open daily, representing contemporary selftaught artists and regional pottery. Info: 281-2134 or www.amerifolk.com.

• Through FR (7/31) - The theme for this month’s exhibit in the Oui Oui Gallery is “I Walk Alone,” featuring works by Amanda Riddle, Ruth Robinson, Ruth Robinson and others.

Art at UNCA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted.

Info: 251-6559. Blowers Gallery info: 251-6546.

Highsmith University Union info: 232-5000.

• WE (7/1) through TH (8/6) - Reflective Iridescences on Canvas, mixed media by Norbert W. Irvine will be on display in the Highsmith University Union Gallery.

• MO (7/13), Noon-1pm - An opening reception and artist talk for the exhibit Norbert W. Irvine: Reflective Iridescences on Canvas will be held.

• TU (6/30) through FR (8/28) - Inmate Art, drawings and collages by student-inmates at Avery Mitchell Correctional Facility, will be on display in Blowers Gallery.

Art League of Henderson County The ALHC host exhibits at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Hwy. (25N) in downtown Hendersonville. Info: 6920575 or www.artleague.net.

• Through TH (7/9) Passionate About Pastels, landscape paintings by Robin Swaby Miltner.

• Through TH (7/9) - Art League members will display works in all mediums focused around the theme “People.”

Arts Council of Henderson County D. Samuel Neill Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., 1-5pm and Sat., 1-4pm. Located at 538 N. Main St., 2nd Floor, Hendersonville. Info: 6938504 or www.acofhc.org.

• FR (7/3) through FR (7/31) - Postcards, a collaborative traveling exhibit of postcard-sized original paintings by artists from WNC framed in black shadow boxes.

Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: $6/$5 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: 253-3227 or www.ashevilleart.org.

• FR (7/3) through FR (1/1) - Looking Back: Celebrating 60 Years of Collecting at the Asheville Art Museum will explore the Museum’s collection of American art of the 20th and 21st centuries with an interest in the art of the Southeast and WNC. • Through SU (8/23) - Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft & Traditional Art. • Through SU (9/13) Response and Memory: The Art of Beverly Buchanan.

• FR (7/10), 5-7pm - Opening reception for Cherokee Carvers: Tradition Renewed.

• FR (7/10) through SU (12/6) - Cherokee Carvers: Tradition Renewed examines different aspects of late 20th and early 21st century Cherokee carving.

Asheville Gallery of Art A co-op gallery representing 28 regional artists located at 16 College St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm and Sun.: 1-4pm. Info: 2515796 or www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com.

• WE (7/1) through FR (7/31) - Potpourri, a collection of watercolor and pastel paintings by Al Junek.

Beaverdam Gallery Located on Beaverdam Road, where it splits into Lynn Cove and Webb Cove Roads. Info: www.beaverdamgallery.com.

• SA (7/11), 10am-6pm - Opening reception for an exhibit featuring handmade tables, furniture pieces, paintings and photography by five emerging artists.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts Located in the renovated Old City Hall at 225 West State St. in Black Mountain.

Gallery Hours: Mon.-Wed. & Fri., 10am-5pm (closed Sat. during winter months).

Info: 669-0930 or www.

BlackMountainArts.org.

• FR (7/3) through FR (7/31) - Lay of the Land: Interpretations of the Landscape in Oil and Pastel, an exhibit by Susan Sinyai, will be on display in the Upper Gallery.

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway, and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College through permanent collections, educational activities and public programs. Info: 350-8484 or bmcmac@bellsouth.net.

• FR (7/10), 6-8pm - Opening reception for Astronomy Drawings by Dorothea Rockburne. $3 nonmembers.

freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19):

Miracle of miracles: A pointless pain in the butt will soon stop bugging you. Meanwhile, an annoying itch in your heart is subsiding, and may even disappear. As a result of these happy developments, you will be able to concentrate on a much more interesting and provocative torment that has been waiting impatiently for your loving attention. Actually, it’s an ancient torment dressed up in a new package. But as before, it’s a torment you’ve never had the right name for. That’s about to change, however. You’re finally ready to find the right name for it, and when you do, you’ll be halfway toward a permanent cure.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

When he was growing up, the father of basketball superstar Pat Riley forced him to play basketball with kids who were stronger and tougher than he was. He said it forged his son into a winner. I can see the principle at work, but it doesn’t come naturally to me. In my efforts to provide you with the parenting you missed as a kid, I’ve always preferred a gentler, more nurturing approach. Nevertheless, the time has come to override my personal desires for the sake of your character-building needs. I recommend that you force yourself to play with grown-up kids who’re stronger and tougher than you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

I wouldn’t get too agitated about the supposed “writing on the wall” if I were you. The handwriting is not God’s, for God’s sake. It’s not even that of a wise elder or young genius. So don’t attribute too much authority to it, please. It’s just the opinion of someone who doesn’t know any more about the ultimate truth than you do. So I suggest you cover it up with black spray paint and then carefully inscribe your own version of the writing on the wall. Reality is especially malleable right now, so the most forcefully expressed prophecy will probably come true.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

I believe that when you chatter carelessly about a big change that’s in the works, you’re in danger of draining it of some of its potency. So I don’t want to trumpet or gossip about the gift that’s on its way to you. I’ll just mention that it’s coming, and urge you to prepare a clean, well-lit place for it to land. Here’s a hint: It could, among other things, help you convert one of your vulnerabilities into a strength or inspire you to start transforming an area of ignorance into a future source of brilliance.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

At the farmer’s market, an escape artist performed in the middle of the street. As a crowd gawked, he had two big strong men tie him up tight in a straitjacket and 50 feet of chain. For the next 20 minutes he shimmied and contorted and bent over backwards. His face grew red and sweaty. There were no Houdinilike magic tricks. There were no puffs of smoke or magic boxes or mirrors or distracting assistants. He rarely spoke as the ordeal progressed, but in the end, after the last of the chains slipped off and he wrestled his way out of the straitjacket, he said simply, “Now I invite all of you to go home and use what I just did as a metaphor for your life.” It was a supremely sexy performance, and I realized maybe it would help you with your current situation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

Your concentration for dicey assignments, like conquering fear and adversity, is sharp. And I bet you’ll summon a lot of stamina and resourcefulness if you’re pressed to solve a crucial riddle during a turning point in your own personal hero’s journey. On the other hand, humdrum details have the potential to flummox you, especially if they involve tasks you’re not even that interested in or committed to. The moral of the story: Banish absent-mindedness by keeping yourself focused on only the most riveting challenges.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

The sky will not start falling. But something resembling heavenly tokens may cascade down with such frequency that you’ll be wise to keep looking up a lot. You never know when another piece of the blessed puzzle will come raining down. And it would be a shame to suffer the embarrassment of having your favorable fortune knock you over. Who’d have ever guessed that a shower of good news would be such a tricky trial?

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

How well are you capitalizing on this year’s unique opportunities, Scorpio? Since we’re midway through 2009, let’s take an inventory. I hope that by now you have at least begun building the power spot or energy source that will serve as your foundation for the coming years. So much the better if it’s more than halfway finished and will be ready for full use by the end of summer or early fall. Remember my promises: Life has been and will continue to be conspiring to get you settled in your ideal home base, supercharge your relationships with your closest allies, and connect you with the resources that will fuel your long-term quest.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

In the Middle Ages, people became adults when they turned seven years old. These days, the threshold is much later. I’m happy about that. In my view, the longer you can hold on to your playful irreverence and innocent lust for life, the better. Still, there is value in taking on the kinds of responsibilities that help you express yourself with grace and power. So I don’t mean to rush you, but it might be time to take a step towards being on the verge of tiptoeing to the brink of preparing to accept more adulthood into your heart. You could make the process less harrowing by hanging out with those rare wise guys and wise girrrls who’ve survived the transition to greater maturity and a higher degree of professionalism with their youthful flair more or less intact.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

I don’t care what you feel this week, as long as you don’t feel nothing. Get inflamed with hunger or justice or sadness or beauty or love, but don’t submit to apathy. Don’t let yourself be shunted into numbness. You can’t afford to be cut off from the source of your secret self, even if it means having to feel like hell for a while. And the odd thing is that if you’re willing to go through hell, you won’t have to go through hell. So to hell with your poker face and neutrality and dispassionate stance. Be a wild thing, not a mild thing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem that describes events near the end of the Trojan War. Most modern critics regard it as a foundation stone of Western literature. In my opinion, though, it’s mostly just a gruesome tale of macho haters who are inflamed with pride, treat women like property, and can’t stop killing each other. I share the perspective of poet Diane di Prima, who once had a dream in which the Iliad was cast as gangsta rap. Now please adopt the style of our critique for use in your own life, Aquarius. What supposedly noble or important situation is actually pretty trivial or clichéd? It’s time for you to tell the truth about the hype.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

“May you live in interesting times.” That old toast is actually a droll curse meant to be heaped upon an enemy. “Interesting” implies rapid change, rampant uncertainty, and constant adjustment. What’s preferable is to live during a boring era when stability reigns. Or so the argument goes. But I reject that line of thought. I celebrate the fact that we’re embroiled in interesting times. I proclaim our struggles to navigate the sharp turns and uphill climbs to be a jubilee of the first degree. What fantastic luck it is to be on the planet when everything mutates! May we be up to the task of bringing heaven down to earth. May we be worthy of the trust the universe is placing in us. Now get out there, Pisces, and enjoy the hell out of the epic and entertaining drama we’re stewarding. This is your time to be a leader and a luminary.

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• FR (7/10) through SA (11/07) - Astronomy Drawings by Dorothea Rockburne.

Blue Spiral 1 The gallery at 38 Biltmore Ave. is open Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Info: 251-0202 or www.bluespiral1.com.

• TH (7/2) through SU (9/20) - Will Henry Stevens (1881-1949) + Tom Turner: Stevens’ neverbefore exhibited abstracts paired with Turner’s porcelain. Alice R. Ballard: nature-inspired ceramics.

Alex Bernstein, Julyan Davis, Charles Goolsby: glass sculpture and paintings.

Crimson Laurel Gallery Info: 688-3599 or www. crimsonlaurelgallery.com.

• SA (7/4) through SA (8/29) - Anthropogenic, new work by Matt Jacobs and Eric Knoche.

Flood Gallery Located at 109 Roberts St. on the corner of Clingman Ave. in the River Arts District. Info: www.floodgallery.org.

• FR (7/3) through FR (7/31) - An exhibit by Lorraine Plaxico will be on display at the Pump Gallery.

• FR (7/10), 7-10pm Opening reception for Mike Calway-Fagen show.

• FR (7/10) through TU (8/4) - went to leave, sculptures, installations, videos and photographs by Mike Calway-Fagen. In his work are apparitions of ideas of protest, urgency and hope.

Grovewood Gallery Located at 111 Grovewood Road, Asheville. Info: 2537651 or www.grovewood. com.

• Through TH (12/31) - The second annual Sculpture for the Garden exhibit, featuring large-scale, contemporary outdoor sculptures by nationally recognized artists from around the country, will be on display.

Hand In Hand Gallery Located at 2720 Greenville Hwy. (U.S. 25 South) in Flat Rock. Info: 697-7719 or www.handinhandgallery. com.

• FR (7/10), 5-7pm - Opening reception for Summertime Memories: W.N.C. Treasures.

• FR (7/10) through SU (10/4) - Summertime Memories: W.N.C. Treasures.

Madison County Arts Council Exhibits Located at 90 S. Main St. in Marshall. Info: 649-1301.

• FR (7/10), 6-9pm Opening reception for Gigar Boxes to Synthesizers.

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• FR (7/10) through FR (8/7) - Gigar Boxes to Synthesizers, an exhibit of WNC instrument makers. A wide variety of acoustic and electric instruments will be on display.

Pack Place Gallery Located at 2 S. Pack Place Square. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 15pm. Info: 257-4530.

• WE (6/24) through TH (7/16) - 3x3x3D Open Invitational Exhibit and Silent Auction. Opening bid starts at $20. Bidding will close at 7:30pm on July 16.

Satellite Gallery Located at 55 Broadway, downtown Asheville.

• SA (7/11), 11am-9pm - The 5th annual Behind the Apron Artists of the Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company, will be held. This one-day art exhibit features the works of 15 local artists.

DJ Anwar Brown will spin music and light refreshments will be provided.

Studio B A framing studio and art gallery at 1020 Merrimon Ave., Suite 104. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm & Sat. 10am-3pm. Info: 225-5200, (800) 794-9053, studiob4422@bellsouth.net or www.galleryatstudiob. com.

• Through SA (8/22) Capturing the Equine Spirit, paintings by Patricia Ramos Alcayaga.

Toe River Arts Council The TRAC Center Gallery is at 269 Oak Ave. in Spruce Pine. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. The Burnsville TRAC Gallery is at 102 W. Main St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Spruce Pine info: 765-0520. Burnsville info: 682-7215. General info: www.toeriverarts.org.

• SA (6/20) through SA (7/18) - Together: Hand in Hand, paintings and clay by Dorothy and Clyde Collins will be on display at the TRAC Center Gallery.

• FR (7/3) through SA (8/15) - Function and Funk: the Pottery of Courtney Martin at the Burnsville TRAC Gallery.

• FR (7/10), 5-8pm Reception for Function and Funk at the Burnsville TRAC Gallery.

Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 South Caldwell St. in Brevard.

Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4 pm. Info: 884-2787 or www.artsofbrevard.org.

• Through FR (7/10) Men of the Mountains, an exhibit of artwork by local mountain men in painting,

photography, woodwork, sculpture, clay and more.

Upstairs Artspace Contemporary nonprofit gallery at 49 S. Trade St. in Tryon. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-5pm and by appointment. Info: 859-2828 or www.upstairsartspace.org.

• Through SA (7/18) - Three exhibits will be on display: Sketch: Type, Intimate Curiosities: SABA National Book Arts Show and Wings of Change.

WCU Exhibits Unless otherwise noted, exhibits are held at the Fine Art Museum, Fine & Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. Hours: Tues.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat., 1-4pm. Suggested donation: $5 family/$3 person. Info: 227-3591 or www.wcu.edu/fapac/galleries.

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

• Through SA (7/25) - Work by recent graduates of Haywood Community College’s professional craft program will be on exhibit.

Furniture, ceramics, jewelry and textiles.

YMI Cultural Center Located at 39 South Market St., the community-based organization seeks to enhance the cultural and economic lives of people in WNC, particularly minority and low-income residents, through its focus on programs in Cultural Arts, Economic Development and Community Education.

Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Info: 252-4614 or www.ymicc.org.

• TH (7/2) through SU (9/20) - Working Process, sculptures by Robert Winkler.

More Art Exhibits & Openings Art at Ananda Hair Studio The salon, located at 22 Broadway, hosts rotating art exhibits. Info: 232-1017.

• Through SU (7/12) - Original works of art by local artist sky will be on display.

Art at Harvest Records Located at 415-B Haywood Road, Asheville. Info: 2582999.

• Through FR (7/31) - Recent paintings and illustrations by Nathan Northup will be on display.

Art at the N.C. Arboretum

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Works by members of the Asheville Quilt Guild and regional artists are on display daily in The Visitor Education Center. Info: 6652492 or www.ncarboretum. org.

• Through SU (8/2) - Rustic Birdhouses by artist Walt Cottingham will be on display at the Education Center.

• Through SU (11/1) - H. Douglas Pratt and John C. Sill’s BIRDS: The Science of Illustration. The exhibit celebrates the art and science of birds.

Carolina Nature Photographers Association www.cnpa-asheville.org.

• WE (7/1) through FR (7/31) - Nature’s Harmonies exhibit at the Cradle of Forestry. Emphasis on wildlife, landscapes, flowers.

Center For Craft, Creativity and Design The inter-institutional Regional Center of the University of North Carolina is located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Rd. in Hendersonville. Info: 8902050 or www.craftscreativitydesign.org.

• Through FR (8/14) - Are Chairs Just for Sitting, featuring the work of 24 accomplished furniture makers in WNC. Events at First Congregational United Church of Christ Located at 20 Oak St., Asheville.

• FR (7/3) through TU (7/28) - Clerical Stoles by Gary Mitchell will be on display.

French Broad Fridays Folks in Marshall roll out the red carpet for an arts walk. Visit the galleries and studios along the French Broad River in the Marshall Arts District. Plus, food, live music and dancing. Info: http://madfbf.blogspot.com.

• FR (7/10), 5-9pm - Bikea-licious.

N.C. Arboretum Events The Arboretum hosts a variety of educational programs. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free with parking fee ($6/ vehicle). No parking fees on Tuesdays. Info: 665-2492 or www.ncarboretum.org.

• TH (6/18) through SU (8/2) - Rustic Birdhouses, an exhibit by Walt Cottingham will be on display in the Arboretum’s Education Center.

Push Skate Shop & Gallery Located at 25 Patton Ave. between Stella Blue and the Kress Building. Info: 225-5509 or www.pushtoyproject.com.

• FR (6/12) through TU (7/28) - Mister Squeakers, new works by local artist Brandon Oliver.

The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Located at 362 Depot St. in the River Arts District. Info: 252-5050 or www.fineartsleague.org.

• TH (7/9), 6-8pm - Meet the artists behind the current Student/Faculty Exhibit.

Work ranging in media from charcoal to pastel to oil. Appalachian landscapes, portraits, celebrations of the human figure and more.

Classes, Meetings & Arts-Related Events Attention Artists and Photographers! (pd.) Need your work Captured, Reproduced, or Printed? Digital Resolutions Group specializes in highquality large format digital photography, outstanding fine art reproduction and printing. (828) 670-5257 or visit www.ashevilledigital. com Appalachian Pastel Society Info: 687-1414.

• SA (7/11), 10am-1pm - Kevin Beck, a nationally recognized pastel artist, will present his “less is more” approach to pastel painting at the Youth Building, WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Rd., Fletcher.

Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: $6/$5 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: 253-3227 or www.ashevilleart.org.

• FR (7/10), Noon-1pm - Join a member of the curatorial staff on a tour of the exhibit Looking Back: Celebrating 60 Years of Collecting at the Asheville Art Museum.

Carl Sandburg Home Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 693-4178 or www.nps. gov/carl.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 3pm - Park rangers offer historic walking tours, featuring poetry written by Sandburg and Lincoln.

• SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 2:45pm - Park rangers share the history and techniques of Mrs. Sandburg’s dairy and cheese making operations.

Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Classes are held at the studio, 999 W. Old Rt. 70, Black Mountain. Info: svfal. info@gmail.com or www. svfal.org.

• MONDAYS, Noon-3pm - Open studio for portrait painting. Small fee for model.

• WEDNESDAYS, 9amNoon - Mixed Media Class with Lorelle Bacon. $20/ session.

• MONDAYS, Noon-3pm Portrait painting open-studio session with model. Various poses. No instruction. All local portrait artists are invited to participate in any medium. $5-$10 model fee.

• TUESDAYS, 9:30-3:30 Pastels/Oil Class with Karen Chambers. $25/session.

Art/Craft Fairs 2nd Saturday Artist Market Artists, craftspeople and designers showing their work under the tents on Domino Lane in EastWest Asheville, and in Christopher’s Garden on Waynesville Avenue. Treats from Izzy’s Coffee Den and a Community Booth hosting local organizations. Info: www.2ndSaturday.blogspot. com.

• 2nd SATURDAYS, 1-4pm - Market.

Art Fest • FR (7/10), 4-9pm - An evening of art, music and food at the Mountain Brew Cafe, 3480 Sweeten Creek Road. Chair massage available.

Asheville People’s Market Held June through October in the parking lot across from Rosetta’s Kitchen at 93 N. Lexington Ave. Info: rosettastarshine@gmail. com.

• SUNDAYS, 11am-4pm - Search for art, crafts and homemade items made by Asheville artists at this fleamarket style market.

Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands Potters, blacksmiths, furniture makers, weavers, carvers, woodturners, glassblowers, jewelers, basket makers and more set up shop at the Asheville Civic Center, 87 Haywood St. Plus, live mountain music, craft demos, children’s activities and educational displays. $7/Free for children under 12. Info: 2987928 or www.craftguild.org.

• TH (7/16) through SA (7/18), 10am-6pm & SU (7/19), 10am-5pm - 62nd Annual Summer Craft Fair.

The Big Crafty • SU (7/12), Noon-6pm - Hosted by the Asheville

Art Museum in Pack Place.

This juried independent craft fair features 100 artists and crafters. Raffle tickets: www.ashevilleart.org. Info: www.thebigcrafty.com.

Spoken & Written Word Squire Summer Writing Residency (pd.) This year’s residency will be held July 24-26 at Warren Wilson College.

Workshops in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction; panel discussion on publishing and bookselling; and readings by faculty and registrants. • Open only to the first 50 registrants. Info: www.ncwriters.org or (336) 293-8844. • Registration deadline is Thursday, July 9.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts Located in the renovated Old City Hall at 225 West State St. in Black Mountain.

Gallery Hours: Mon.-Wed. & Fri., 10am-5pm (closed Sat. during winter months).

Info: 669-0930 or www.

BlackMountainArts.org.

• SA (7/11), 7:30pm - Folklorists Sheila Kay Adams and Jeff Warner will present a portrait of North Carolina communities as they developed through the 19th century. The program includes music, songs and stories. $15. Registration required.

Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBRVIATIONS - Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) n EA = East Asheville Library (902 Tunnel Road, 250-4738) n EC = Enka-Candler Library (1404 Sandhill Road, 250-4758) n FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) n LE = Leicester Library (1561 Alexander Road, 250-6480) n LL = Law Library (Buncombe County Courthouse, 10th Floor, 250-4734) n NA = North Asheville Library (1030 Merrimon Avenue, 250-4752) n PM = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) n SA = South Asheville/ Oakley Library (749 Fairview Road, 250-4754) n SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488)

n SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 2506486) n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) n WA = West Asheville Library (942 Haywood Road, 250-4750) • TH (7/9), 6:30pm - Knitty Gritty Knit Night. Knitters of all skill levels are welcome.

• TU (7/14), 1pm - Book Club: The Rabbit Factory, by Larry Brown. LE —- 2-4pm - “Job Searching Strategies for Tough Times,” with Ellen Westbrook of Mountain Area JobLink. SS. • WE (7/15), 3-5pm - Knit and Crochet Night. All skill levels are welcome. SS. • TH (7/16), 2:30pm Book Club: The Reader by Bernard Schlink. SS. • TH (7/16) through SA (7/18), 10am-5pm - Big Hall Booksale. Proceeds from the sale benefit Buncombe County Public Libraries. PM. • SA (7/18), 10am-3pm - Bargain Book Sale: hardbacks and paperbacks available for .25 cents. FV. Events at Battery Park Book Exchange Located at 1 Battle Square.

Info: 252-0020.

• TH (7/16), 6:30-8pm - Local author David Pereda will read from and sign copies of his mysterythriller Reading Between the Wines.

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

• TH (7/9), 7pm - Chemist Herve This will discuss his book Building a Meal: From Molecular Gastronomy to Culinary Constructivism.

• FR (7/10), 7pm - Lucy Spelman will discuss her book The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients.

• SA (7/11), 7pm - Gin Phillips will discuss his book The Well and the Mine.

• MO (7/13), 7pm - StitchN-Bitch, hosted by Stacey Budge-Kamison.

• TU (7/14), 7pm - Book Club: The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta. Hosted by Mary Park Ford.

• WE (7/15), 7pm - Literary Trivia Night.

• TH (7/16), 5:30pm Women on Words, a poetry circle for women.

For Accomplished Asheville Writers

Seeking other serious writers for critique group.

Mostly fiction and nonfiction. Info: 658-8217.

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

Haywood County Public Library Info: 452-5169, ext. 2511 or www.haywoodlibrary.org.

• THURSDAYS, 2-3pm - Teen Writing Workshop at the Waynesville branch.

Free, but registration required.

Henderson County Public Library System Unless otherwise stated, all events take place in the Kaplan Auditorium of the Main Branch Library, located at 301 N. Washington St. in Hendersonville. The county system includes branches at Edneyville, Etowah, Fletcher and Green River. Info: 697-4725 or www.henderson.lib.nc.us.

• WE (7/8), 7pm Traditional folk and country singer, Tom Fisch will perform.

• TH (7/16), 4pm - Ned Condini will read from and discuss his book The Cauldron.

MFA Program Events at Warren Wilson College The public is welcome to attend the lectures and readings in fiction and poetry offered during the Master of Fine Arts Program for Writers’ winter residency.

All events are held in the Fellowship Hall behind the WWC Chapel, unless otherwise noted. Free. Info: 771-3715.

• WE (7/8), 9am - Maud Casey will give a lecture titled “Some Aspects of Time” —- 8:15pm - Graduating students Lisa Hadley, Regan Huff, Tommy Kim, Annie Kim & Billy Lombardo will read from selected works.

• TH (7/9), 9am - Stephen Dobyns will give a lecture on “Poetic Closure,” focusing on methods of contextual closure in poetry —- 8:15pm - Graduating students Josh Billings, Mary Jo Thompson, Lenore Myka, Cathleen Williams, Seth Pollins & Nicole Trigg will read.

• FR (7/10), 9am - Judy Doenges will give a lecture on “The First-Person Plural in Fiction” —- 8:15pm - Graduating students Tua Chaudhuri, Christine Fadden, Chloe Martinez, Rachel Howard, Matthew Olzmann & Patricia Sanders will read.

• SA (7/11), 9:45am - Heather McHugh will give a lecture titled “Part and Parcel: The Stuff of

Language via Stevens & Stein” —- 11am - Steven Schwartz will discuss “Mythic Character in Fiction” —- 4:30pm - Graduating students Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr., Mathew Specktor, Ginger Murchison, Gabrielle Viethen & Michael Puican will read. The graduation ceremony will follow.

Mountain Writers Alive • TU (7/14), 6pm - Mountain Writers Alive meets.

Osondu Booksellers All events are held at Osondu, 184 North Main St., Waynesville, unless otherwise noted. Info: 4568062 or www.osondubooksellers.com.

• MO (7/13), 7pm Women’s book club. New members welcome.

• TH (7/16), 4pm - Meet Cecil Bothwell. The bookstore will host the N.C. Coalition for a Moratorium, and all are welcome to join the discussion —- 6pm Teen writers from Haywood County Library will read from their selected works.

Transylvania Heritage Museum Located at 40 West Jordan St., Brevard. Info: 884-2347 or www.transylvaniaheritage.org.

• SA (7/11), 1-2pm - Dorothy Vaniman will discuss “Patriot Waightstill Avery and how the Revolutionary War affected the settlement of WNC.” Women’s Book Club Wanted: Passionate readers.

This feminist, intellectual group reads fiction, science, sociology, classics and world literature. All female lifelong readers interested in fellowship, support, intellectual stimulation, food and conversation, e-mail ashevillebook@yahoo.com or visit http://groups.yahoo. com/group/awbc/.

• 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Book Club meeting.

Writers’ Workshop Events WW offers a variety of classes and events for beginning and experienced writers. Info: 254-8111 or www.twwoa.org.

• Through SA (8/15) - Deadline for the “Hard Times Writing Contest.” $20 entry fee.

• Through SU (8/30) - Deadline for the “Short Fiction” contest. $20 entry fee.

Food Events at Earth Fare South Located at 1856 Hendersonville Rd. Info: 210-0100.

• TU (7/14), 6:30pm “Canning Class: In a Pickle.”

Learn the basics of making quick pickles. Held in the Community Room. $20. Call to register.

Festivals & Gatherings Appalachian Summer Festival A month-long celebration of the arts featuring a variety of performances by internationally acclaimed artists.

For a complete schedule of events and ticket prices: 262-4046 or www.appsummer.org.

• SA (6/27) through SA (7/25) - Music, dance and theater performances; visual arts exhibitions and events; workshops for children and adults; and educational lectures and seminars.

Do Tell Storyfest • SA (7/11), 11am-9:30pm - Storytelling, food, frolicking and more at the Hendersonville Courthouse.

Plus, children’s events, a concert at 7pm, stories, poems and music, along with an afternoon Storytour on Main Street, Hendersonville. Free. Info: 388-0247 or www.dotellfestival.org.

Outdoor Fun & Music Day At the Spring Mountain Community Center in Fairview. Donations will be accepted to help a U.S. athlete raise money for an upcoming World Championships Competition. Info: 6281364.

• SA (7/11), 2-6pm - Slip and slide water fun for the kids, kayak video presentation, ice cream, desserts, raffle, music by Gil Houck and The Flying Rock Band.

Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Music African Drum and History Class Learn djembe from Adama Dembele, a 33rd generation djembe player from the Ivory Coast, West Africa.

Info: (520) 243-3123.

• TUESDAYS, 6:30-7:30pm - Drum class at Terpsicorps dance studio, 129 Roberts St., River Arts District.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Drum class at Koinonia Studio, 178 Westwood Place, W. Asheville.

Asheville Lyric Opera All performances take place at Diana Wortham Theater.

Tickets: 257-4530. Info: 236-0670 or www.ashevillelyric.org.

• SU (7/12), 3pm - The Asheville Lyric Opera will present a program of opera arias and scenes by Erin Moorman and Lewis Antonio Gonzalez. Held at at St. Matthias Church, 1 Dundee St. Free-will offering.

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

• TH (7/9), 8:30pm - A Taste of Reggae with Garro.

Bluegrass Slow Jam in Asheville • MONDAYS, 6:30-7pm - Learn two songs a night at the Blue Ridge Music Bluegrass Slow Jam. For people learning bluegrass banjo, mandolin and guitar.

Not held when a Federal holiday falls on a Monday.

Concerts on the Quad at UNCA Bring picnics and blankets or lawn chairs to these free concerts. (In case of rain, held in Lipinsky Auditorium.

Call 232-5000 after 5:15pm to find out location information.) Info: 251-6227 or www.unca.edu/summerquad/.

• MO (7/13), 7pm - Live jazz with The Capital Messengers.

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

• TH (7/9), 7:30pm - The Northwest Boychoir will perform a concert. $10.

Proceeds benefit the Basilica and music programs of Trinity Episcopal Church. Info: 779-9371.

Groovin’ on Grovemont The Friends of the Swannanoa Library present a summer concert series in Grovemont Square, adjacent to the library. Free. All proceeds from the baked goods & pizza sale will benefit the Library and the Swannanoa Emergency Assistance Program. Info: 250-6486.

• TU (7/14), 6pm Mountain music will be performed by members of The Barrel House Mamas.

Jubilee! Summer Orchestra: The Young Old Masters • FR (7/10), 7:30-9pm - JSO will be presenting a concert of music by classical composers Mozart, Mendelssohn and SaintSaens, in their earliest major works. A silent film accompanies music of Mozart’s first opera. A family-friendly concert. $5 suggested donation.

Land of the Sky Men’s Harmony Chorus

Male singers invited to weekly meetings at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 51 Wilburn Place, W. Asheville. Info: 298-9248 or www.ashevillebarbershop. com.

• TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Regular meeting at Emmanuel Lutheran Church.

See website for details.

Music at Brevard College Events take place in the Porter Center for Performing Arts on the campus of Brevard College. Tickets & info: 884-8330.

• TH (7/9), 7:30pm - The 257th Army Band will perform in the Porter Center Amphitheatre. Free.

Music at Ceviches • FR (7/10), 6-9pm - Dave Rudolph and Gary Allan will perform at Ceviches Restaurant on Main Street in Waynesville.

Music on Main Street Live music and dancing at the Visitors Information Center, 201 S. Main St. in Hendersonville. Bring a chair. No pets or alcoholic beverages allowed. Free.

Info: 693-9708, 1-800828-4244 or www.historichendersonville.org • FR (7/10), 7-9pm - The U.S. Army band Capital

Sound will perform patriotic tunes.

Park Rhythms Concert Series Black Mountain Recreation and Parks presents this free series at Lake Tomahawk Park in Black Mountain.

Food is available on site.

Bring chair/blanket. Show will move into the Lakeview Center in the event of inclement weather. Info: 669-8610.

• TH (7/9), 7-9pm - AppalachiaSong will perform.

• TH (7/16), 7-9pm - Sons of Ralph will perform.

Shindig on the Green A celebration of traditional and old-time string bands, bluegrass, ballad singers, big circle mountain dancers and cloggers. At Martin Luther King Jr. Park in downtown Asheville.

Stage show and informal jam sessions. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Free. Info: 258-6101 ext. 345 or www. folkheritage.org.

• SATURDAYS (7/4 through 9/5), 7pm - Shindig. No event July 25.

Songcatchers Music Series Performances are held at the Cradle of Forestry, 1001 Pisgah Highway, Pisgah Forest. Info: 877-3130.

• SU (7/12), 4pm - Donna Ray Norton and Melanie Rice will perform. $6/$3 for kids 15 and under.

St. Matthias Musical Performances These classical music concerts take place at St. Matthias Episcopal Church in Asheville, 1 Dundee St. (off South Charlotte). Info: 252-0643.

• SU (7/16), 3pm - Concert with classical guitarist Peter Fletcher. Donations are encouraged.

Summer Tracks in Tryon A concert series held at the Rogers Park amphitheater on W. Howard St. Food and drinks will be available. Free admission, but donations at the gate are encouraged.

Info: (800) 440-7848, 8942324 or www.firstpeaknc. com.

• FR (7/10), 7pm - Blue and rock music with Jackson Crossing.

Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival Tuesday concerts at Warren Wilson College’s Kittredge Theatre (771-3060) and Sunday concerts at the Waynesville Performing Arts Center (452-0593). $20/ concert. Info: www.warrenwilson.edu/~chamber.

• Through TU (7/21) - Concerts are held on

Sundays and Tuesdays at 7:30pm and 8pm respectively.

Toe River Arts Council Musical Events Info: 682-7215 or www. toeriverarts.org.

• FR (7/10), 8pm - Java Jam: Big Creek Music (Plasticine Porters). $12 adults/$6 students. Coffee, homemade desserts and dancing. Proceeds help to support the Toe River Arts Council.

Town of Fletcher Concert in the Park Series These free concerts are held at the Fletcher Community Park. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Info: 687-0751.

• SA (7/11), 6-8pm Concert.

Theater Asheville Community Theatre Located at 35 East Walnut St. Tickets & info: 254-1320 or www.ashevilletheatre.org.

• FR (7/3) through SU (7/19) - ‘Til Beth Do Us Part, a comedy about a long-married couple and their attempts to keep a newly hired “Southern-fried Mary Poppins from hell” from sabotaging their relationship.

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A nonprofit arts organization bringing quality puppet theater to WNC. Admission info: 628-9576 or www. ashevillepuppetry.org.

• SU (7/12), 2pm International performance Company Los Titiriteros de Binefar will perform El Hombre Ciguena (The Stork Man) at Diana Wortham Theatre. $7. Info & tickets: 257-4530 or www.dwtheatre.com.

Carl Sandburg Home Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 693-4178 or www.nps. gov/carl.

• WE (6/17) through SA (8/15), 10:15-10:45am - The Carl Sandburg Home and The Vagabond School of Drama present Sandburg’s Lincoln and Rootabaga!.

Held rain or shine at the Carl Sandburg Home amphitheater. Free.

Dark Horse Theater • TH (7/9) through SA (7/18), 8pm - The Last Supper directed by Emily McClain at BeBe Theater, 20 Commerce St. $10 cash only. Recommended for mature audiences. Info: 279-4449.

Events in Cherokee Info: 438-1601 or www. cherokee-nc.com.

• Through SA (8/29), 7:30pm - Unto These Hills, a drama that tells of the Cherokee Indians from Desoto to today. Held in the renovated Mountainside Theatre. Performances are held Monday through Saturday. A preshow begins at 7pm. $18/$8 children.

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

• WE (7/1) through SA (7/18) - Perfect Wedding, a comedy about Bill’s anything-but-perfect wedding day. Entertaining for anyone ages 16 and up. $30/$28 seniors/$20 students.

Hendersonville Little Theatre Located at the Barn on State St., between Kanuga and Willow Roads in Hendersonville. $14/$8 or $18/$10 for musicals. Info: 692-1082 or www.hendersonvillelittletheatre.org.

• FR (7/10) through SU (7/26) - On Golden Pond.

Join Norman and Ethel Thayer for the 48th summer in their cottage on Golden Pond. Fri. & Sat., 8pm & Sun, 2pm.

Montford Park Players Unless otherwise noted, performances are free and take place outdoors Fri.Sun. at 7:30 p.m. at Hazel Robinson Amphitheater in Montford. Bring folding chair and umbrella in case of rain.

Donations accepted. Info: 254-5146 or www.montfordparkplayers.org.

• FR (7/10) through SA (7/25) - Cymbeline.

Physical Improvisation Workshop • MONDAYS, (7/6 through 8/10), 7-8:30pm - Get in touch with your imagination through theatre games and physical improvisation. Sponsored

by Jericho Productions.

Held at Brightwater Yoga, Hendersonville. $15 per class. Info: 713-4244 or jerichoproductions@yahoo. com.

Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre Performances are held at Mars Hill College’s Owen Theatre. Tickets: 689-1239.

Info: 689-1384 or www. sartplays.org.

• WE (7/1) through SU (7/12) - Death of a Salesman, a play about a 60-year-old traveling salesman who is forced to come to terms with his mistakes, and his failed attempt at the American dream. $10-$28.

See Web site for details.

• WE (7/15) through SU (7/26) - Brighton Beach Memoirs, a coming-of-age comedy set in Brooklyn in the 1930’s. $10-$28. See Web site for details.

Tryon Fine Arts Center The gallery is at 34 Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Open Mon.Fri., 9am-Noon & 1:30-4pm; Sat., 9am-1pm. Info: www. tryontfac.org • TH (7/9) through SU (7/12) - Les Miserables, the hit musical, will be performed by students. Info: 859-3006.

Comedy Gag Order Improv Comedy Comedy theater based on audience suggestions at Brightwater Yoga Studio, 506 1/2 N. Main St., downtown Hendersonville. Free. Info: www.gagorder.org.

• 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 9pm - Improv. BYOB.

Film Asheville Filmmakers Group Meeting • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6:308:30pm - Filmmakers and all types of video and media creators are welcome to join the monthly meetings at the Fine Arts Theater to discuss

aspects of the moviemaking process.

Events at 35below This black box theater is located underneath Asheville Community Theatre at 35 Walnut St. Info: 254-1320.

• TH (7/9), 8pm - Bad movies and good beer presents a screening of Wild Women of Wongo. $5.

• FR (7/10), 8pm - Bad movies and good beer presents Robot Monster —- 10pm - Plan Nine From Outer Space. $5.

• SA (7/11), 8pm - Bad movies and good beer presents Plan Nine From Outer Space —- 10pm - Robot Monster. $5.

• TH (7/16), 8pm - Bad movies and good beer presnets Plan Nine From Outer Space. $5.

Kayak, Surf, Travel Film World Premiere • TH (7/9), 9:30pm - The premiere of Interference will be held in Asheville. The film chronicles the adventures of a group of surf kayakers as they seek waves in Spain, Portugal, Morocco, the U.S. and Ecuador. $4, proceeds go to U.S. Surf Kayak Team Members. Info: http://interferencesurf.com. RSVP: www.facebook.com/event. php?eid=107217000961.

Outdoor Movie Night Grab a lawn chair or blanket and attend a movie free of charge. Sponsored by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Weather permitting. Info: 586-2155.

• FR (7/10), 9pm - Field of Dreams will be screened at Monteith Park in Dillsboro.

Dance Classes at Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre No registration necessary; just drop in. All dancers are welcome. The studio is located at 20 Commerce St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 254-2621.

• THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Modern dance class with ACDT and White Dog ProjectX International. Taught

by Diana Cabrera. $10 suggested donation.

• TUESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Adult Ballet.

Morris Dancing Learn English traditional Morris dances and become a member of one of three local teams as a dancer or musician. Music instruction provided to experienced musicians. Free. Info: 9942094 or www.ashevillemorris.us.

• MONDAYS, 5:30pm - Women’s Garland practice held at Reid Center for Creative Art.

Skyland Twirlers Western square dancing at the Senior Opportunity Center (not just for seniors), 36 Grove St., near the Federal Building in downtown Asheville. Info: 6506405.

• FR (7/10), 7-9:30pm - Ice Cream Social. Square dance with a Plus workshop at 7pm. Rounds, Mainstream and Plus tips start at 7:30pm. There will be ice cream with lots of toppings.

Non-club members pay $5.

Studio Zahiya Classes Classes are held at Studio Zahiya, 41 Carolina Lane. $12 drop-in. $40 for four classes, with other discounts available. Info: 242-7595 or LisaZahiya@gmail.com.

• TUESDAYS, 6-7pm Beginner belly dance. Dropin anytime —- 7:10-8:10pm - Belly dance drills and skills.

Drop-in anytime.

Summer Street Dances in Hendersonville Mountain music and dancing on the street in front of the Visitors Information Center, 201 S. Main St., downtown Hendersonville. Bring a chair, but please leave pets at home. No alcoholic beverages allowed. Free.

Info: 693-9708 or www.historichendersonville.org.

• MO (7/13), 7-9pm - Buncombe Turnpike and the Cole Mountain Cloggers.

Caller: Walt Puckett.

Auditions & Call to Artists 2nd Saturday Artist Market Artists, craftspeople and designers showing their work under the tents on Domino Lane in East-West Asheville, and in Christopher’s Garden on Waynesville Avenue.

Treats from Izzy’s Coffee Den and a Community Booth hosting local organizations. Info: www.2ndSaturday.blogspot. com.

• 2nd SATURDAYS, 1-4pm - Join the market. Artists, craftspeople and performers are invited to apply for booth/exhibit space. 10x10 space $30 (must have tent) or 6’ table space $20 (must have table). Applications available at www.2ndSaturday. blogspot.com.

LAAFF Needs Performers This year’s LAAFF will take place on Sept. 6. Info: LAAFFasheville@gmail.com, www.myspace/lexfestasheville or www.arts2people. org.

• Through WE (7/15) - Calling all artists, crafters and healers. Now accepting applications through July 15.

newsoftheweird Lead story

A 48-year-old immigrant from Malta regularly hangs out on the floor in various New York City bars, so he can indulge his particular passion: being stepped on. “Georgio T.” told The New York Times in June that he’s delighted in being stepped on since he was a kid. While one playmate “wanted to be the doctor, [another] wanted to be the carpenter ... I would want to be the carpet.”

Nowadays, he carries a custom-made rug he can affix to his back (and a sign: “Step on Carpet”) and may lie face-down for several hours if the bar is busy. He’s also a regular at “high-foot-traffic” fetish parties, where dozens of stompers (especially women in stilettos) can satisfy their own urges while gratifying Georgio.

Compelling explanations

• Steven Gilmore Jr., 21, was arrested in Gainesville, Fla., after shooting a clerk with a BB gun in an aborted convenience-store robbery. Police said Gilmore confessed to the crime, explaining that as an aspiring rap singer, he needed to commit a violent crime to gain “street cred.”

• Marcella Rivera said her soldier/husband, William Rivera, had planned to try to reconcile with her and their five children when he got back from Iraq, but then her mother saw a TV program on returning soldiers that showed William being married to another woman. Marcella pressed a bigamy charge in Independence, Mo., but prosecutors dropped it in May after William convinced them that “post-traumatic stress disorder” suffered in Iraq had made him forget he was married.

Ironies

• The Evils of Renewable Energy: (1) Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick calls the Evergreen Solar Panel manufacturing plant in the town of Devens “the leading edge of our cleanenergy economy,” but neighbors continue to complain vociferously about the dizzying, 24-hour-aday noise. According to a June Boston Herald story, farmers say their horses are developing ulcers and other animals are behaving strangely. (2) Four hundred goats have mysteriously died since the installation of eight noisy, 24-hour-a-day wind turbines in Taiwan’s Penghu region, according to a Council of Agriculture official cited in a May

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• Sexual Confusion: (1) Researchers from the University of British Columbia nursing school reported in December that lesbian and bisexual high-school girls are seven times more likely to get pregnant than other girls. A leading hypothesis is that those girls may try to disguise their sexual identity by uninhibited heterosexual behavior.

(2) Addressing a conference in Hobart, Australia, in May, professor Julie Quinlivan, dean of the University of Notre Dame Australia’s medical school, said that for disadvantaged teenage girls, becoming pregnant is a good thing, teaching a sense of responsibility that might not otherwise develop. Such teen mothers, she said, are more likely to stop smoking, stay in school and find jobs.

• Life- and health-insurance companies routinely penalize smokers with higher premiums (or by refusing to insure them), yet these insurers own at least $4.4 billion in tobacco company stock, The New England Journal of Medicine reported recently.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 400,000 Americans die prematurely each year due in part to smoking (burdening life-insurance companies but perhaps sparing health insurers from having to pay out over longer lifetimes).

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In June, lawyer Alfred Rava announced a $500,000 settlement of his lawsuit against the Oakland A’s baseball team for “discriminating” illegally against men by giving away floppy hats to the first 7,500 women through the turnstiles in a 2004 Mother’s Day breast-cancer-awareness promotion. Rava may get about half (“attorney’s fees”), and any man who swears he was among the first 7,500 fans through the gates that day and wanted a hat will get $50 cash plus other premiums.

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The Sacred Institution of Marriage

(1) When Ian Platt, 51, married Lisa, 42, in Leeds, England, in May, he wore the traditional morning suit in a ceremony heavily attended by his family. After they left, Ian slipped away, donned a wedding dress and reappeared to take vows before friends in his preferred identity, Susan. (2) Asia News International reported in May that a man and woman (both 23) from Yichang in China’s Hubei province intend to get married in 2011 and plan to switch genders before then (the woman says she’s always looked like a boy, and the man says his “calm demeanor” is more like a woman’s).

The weirdo-American community

(1) Daniel Doster Jr., 42, was arrested in Yorktown, Ind., in March for masturbating while standing beside his mailbox; he told police he did it to show his neighbors “who was boss.”. (2) Dean Mark, 53, was arrested for trespassing at Whittell High School in Zephyr Cove, Nev., in June. Three students had reported encountering Mark near the school, nude and tied to a large rock, and asked if he wanted to be untied. According to the police report, Mark declined but then appeared on the school grounds a few minutes later, fully clothed.

Least-competent criminals

Not Ready for Prime Time: (1) In April, police in Fayetteville, N.C., were seeking a pregnant woman who walked into a Carter Bank & Trust branch with a handgun and demanded cash. As a clerk was taking out money, her cell phone rang, and the conversation became so intense that she walked out of the bank empty-handed, still talking. (2) Alfonso Rizzuto, on the run from forgery charges in Scranton, Pa., was arrested in nearby Kingston when he wandered into a post office and an employee noticed that Rizzuto bore a great resemblance to the photo in a “wanted” poster on the wall.

Recurring themes

Medical Marvel: Paul Gibbs, 26, hopes to soon have his left ear (which he lost in a barroom fight) reattached. In the meantime, it was sewn onto Gibbs’ abdomen so it can absorb nutrients while awaiting surgery.

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by Anne Fitten Glenn

Lost child found The day I lost my child in the Atlanta airport was the worst day of my parenting life thus far.

For 15 hellish minutes, my world collapsed.

He was 4 years old, and we were returning from a family vacation in New Hampshire. Our flight from Atlanta to Asheville was delayed.

After sitting for an hour at one gate, airline officials moved us to another gate about 500 yards away. There we sat for another hour or so.

The concourse was packed with people, speeding up and down the walkway like lemmings nearing a cliffside. In an attempt to relieve our kids’ bored irritability, Enviro-spouse herded them across the concourse to examine a row of vending machines. A few minutes later, I glanced up from my book. I saw E-spouse. I saw the girl. I didn’t see the boy.

I abandoned our luggage and hustled nearer, head swiveling, looking for that familiar blonde head. Then I yelled to E-spouse, “Where is he?” I heard my voice catch. E-spouse started. “He was just right here,” he said.

My heart pounded as adrenaline surged through my system. But I knew I couldn’t afford to panic. Panic can’t organize search parties.

Panic can’t deal with emergencies.

I grabbed our girl and sat her down with the luggage, explaining to her and a woman sitting nearby that the boy was missing. I told the girl not to move from that spot and asked the

woman to watch her. The girl started to cry, but I didn’t have time to comfort her, other than to say, “We’ll find him.”

E-spouse had already jogged one way down the concourse and back. He met me in middle of the stream of hassled travelers. “You go that way and I’ll go the other,” one of us said. I ran, dodging people. I looked in the bathroom. I asked a passing stranger to check the men’s room for me. I asked an airport worker to look in a cleaning-supply closet. I described the boy to about 20 people, then turned back to our gate.

I told the gate attendant the situation. He was less than helpful, saying something like, “If you haven’t found him in half an hour, I’ll make an announcement.”

Luckily, another passenger overheard me — a dad, traveling alone. Quickly, he roped in some other passengers. He told me they’d help look for my son. I described my child again, now struggling to hold myself together. E-spouse returned empty-handed, looking lost himself.

I ran the other way. I felt like I was suffocating. Worst-case scenarios spun through my head. I remembered reading that in abduction situations, the first three hours are crucial. I tried to comfort myself with the knowledge that abductions are rare, particularly in a place with such heightened security.

I headed back to the gate, ready to rip the microphone away from the evil gate attendant and make my own announcement. Just then, I saw E-spouse coming from the other direction with our boy in his arms.

At that moment, a piece of my heart exploded. I felt it. It healed but left a trauma scar.

Funnily enough, the boy wasn’t upset. He hadn’t realized he was lost. He’d just wandered down to the gate where we’d first been stationed that day, looking for me. He’s always been a bit of a wanderer, a dreamer, a fairy child.

I practically ripped the kid out of my husband’s embrace and carried him back to console his sister. E-spouse rounded up the searchers, giving them the relieving news. The atmosphere at the gate had gone from frustrated boredom to concerned anxiety to par-tay. Suddenly, we strangers were all friends. People were patting the boy on the head. One woman hugged us both. I stuck my tongue out at the gate attendant. Though I considered giving him the finger.

Then, the stories started pouring out. One family had lost their 3-year-old at Disney World for two hours. One woman lost a kid in the grocery store for 30 minutes. One family drove off and left their 8-year-old in a gas station bathroom. They were six miles away before they realized they were missing someone.

The stories were comforting, though holding my boy was most comforting. I struggled not to smother him.

What astounds me still is that an unaccompanied toddler wandered the airport for at least 15 minutes and no one noticed him. No one walking along behind him thought, “That’s weird.

That little boy seems to be alone.”

In the aftermath, I taught my kids that if you’re lost, find someone who looks kind, preferably a parent. Ask them if they have a cell phone, and if they can call your mom. My kids now have memorized my number, but for a while, I’d write it on the boy’s arm with an indelible marker any time we were going somewhere with lost kid potential. Like the airport.

Or Bele Chere. Or the state fair.

We’ll occasionally review important information that kids should know: phone numbers, street address, mom and dad’s real names.

We’ve talked about stranger danger and stranger help. I don’t want to frighten them. Much. I just want to make them more aware, which they naturally are, now that they’re a bit older.

I was in the Atlanta airport again last weekend, although without my kids. Even so, that scar on my heart will ache as I walk along the concourse. And I’ll keep an eye out for lost-looking toddlers. X

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

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Blue Ridge Pride The newly formed all-volunteer organization plans to hold a pride festival Oct. 10 at Martin Luther King Park. Info: www.blueridgepride.com.

• SA (7/11), 7:30pm - Support Pride and enjoy a night at the theater by attending A Beautiful View at NC Stage Company. $30, includes a show ticket, a

act Bitch and Animal and now performs with Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion.

The play, Blue Ridge Pride’s Amy Huntsman explains, is “a haphazard love story” involving two women. The ticket price also includes a post-show reception with the performers.

The performance, notes Huntsman, is part of a broader fundraising effort that also includes the notorious “Get Flocked” campaign, in which flocks of lawn flamingos suddenly appear in someone’s yard at the donor’s request.

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Meanwhile, more fundraising and awareness events are on the way. “We’re really trying to get the word out,” says Huntsman. Stay tuned.

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• TU (7/21), 7pm - Wine and Tapas Bar. Learn to match fine wines with cheeses and chocolates from around the world. Held on Church St., Waynesville. $30. Register by July 14.

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Bent Creek Institute: Plants to People If you’re hunting for cancer-fighting substances, there’s no need to journey to the Amazon in search of some rare plant dangling in the upper reaches of the jungle canopy. The Bent Creek Institute here in Asheville and its partners at Wake Forest University have discovered a dozen plant species that are “cytotoxic to breast and/or prostate cancer cells in culture,” the BCI Bulletin reported last fall. In collaboration with Western Carolina University chemistry professor Jack Summers, the institute is also preparing its first patent application for a naturally occurring anti-oxidant, superoxide dismutase, that appears to help fight cancer, infectious diseases and inflammation.

Meanwhile, a clinical trial comparing the benefits of combining anti-oxidants and radiation therapy is about to get under way at Mission Hospital, in cooperation with Wake Forest’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, says Jeff Schmitt, Bent Creek’s research director.

On top of that, Southern Appalachian forests may contain their own version of the cancer-fighting compound Taxol , found in the Pacific yew tree. Scientists are investigating the medicinal properties of the spruce fir, including an endophyte that grows within the highelevation species’ upper reaches, says Joe-Ann McCoy, who directs the ever-expanding BCI Germplasm Repository. (Endophytes are plants or fungi that live inside other plants.)

All these developments are part of the plantsto-people pipeline the institute is charged with developing, Executive Director Cheryl McMurry explains. “We’ve had people here for eons using and making medicinal, plant-based remedies, but other than Gaia Herbs, there’s never been a productive industry built around it,” she continues. The Brevard-based Gaia employs about 100 people and sells its products across the country. Nationwide, the industry

Eco Calendar for July 8 - 16, 2009 Just Remnants: Piecing A Sustainable Society in the Southern Mountains (pd.) July 16-19, 2009, Arthur Morgan School, Celo.

A conference working in the tradition of Isaiah’s “just remnant”, justice to the human community and crucially, the bioregion. Embracing these trying times, join us in creating a remnant “quilt” of just, sustainable, hopeful practices to preserve Katuah. The conference features presentations, roundtable with reps from a broad range of bioregional organizations, experiential exercises, and field trips, including old growth forest remnant. Keynote

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generated an estimated $85 billion in sales in the U.S. in 2006, according to the Natural Products Association.

Utah currently claims the lion’s share of that business: It’s home to the natural-supplement giant Nature’s Gate, McMurry notes. “Yet nothing grows there: They import all their products.

Why not create an industry right here?”

That’s no idle suggestion, as Bent Creek has been proving since opening its doors nearly three years ago with a $120,000 grant from the University of North Carolina. She and Schmitt have leveraged that startup money to generate $2 million worth of funding and partnerships.

In the current economic climate, some of that state money is at risk, McMurry concedes, but she still maintains, “I want to see Western North Carolina take its place beside the eastern part of the state for science.”

The biotechnology industry’s many aspects — research, new crops for farmers, manufacturers, distributors and more — present a huge market opportunity that’s too valuable to let slip away, Schmitt asserts.

McMurry says this twist on the green-jobs industry starts with the plants.

All the developments noted above began with the idea that many species either native to Western North Carolina or able to grow here show much promise as medicinals. To better study plants such as beth root (a kind of trillium), black cohosh, ginseng and self-heal , the institute maintains a seed bank. Among the more than 500 plants are 22 black cohosh (Actaea racemosa L.) varieties, all nine echinacea species, and a collection of Chinese medicinals.

The germplasm project is a crucial starting point. Scientists need specimens collected under rigorous guidelines; rare or endangered species need to be conserved; and viable cultivars can be developed from collected plants that can

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• FR (7/10), 6pm - Socializing —- 6:30pm - “Water Conservation: Why Wait?” with Jason Recter.

Asheville GreenWorks Our area’s Keep America Beautiful affiliate, working to clean and green the community through environmental volunteer projects. Info: 254-1776 or info@ashevillegreenworks.org.

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Healer in the woods: Like many other plants native to the Southern Appalachians, beth root (aka trillium) may offer keys to future medicines. photo by Margaret Williams

be grown in WNC, McCoy explains. “We’re concentrating on medicinal plants but also on endangered habitats,” she notes. The Southern Appalachians have the highest percentage of spruce fir populations in North America, but they’re at the limits of their range and vulnerable to changing conditions. Should climate change spur rising temperatures, for instance, “It has nowhere to go,” says McCoy. She also points out that companies like Gaia would rather buy domestic plants than import them: Echinacea from China is often contaminated by heavy metals, and studies show that the plant’s effectiveness varies greatly depending on where and how it’s grown, McCoy reveals. (The institute, incidentally, partnered with Clemson University and Gaia to develop

• SA (7/11), 7:30-9:30pm - Winged Creatures of the Night Twilight Tour. $6/$3 for kids 15 and under.

ECO Events The Environmental and Conservation Organization is dedicated to preserving the natural heritage of Henderson County and the mountain region as an effective voice of the environment. ECO advocates for green infrastructure, protects water quality, educates about energy conservation/renewable energy, and promotes recycling. Located at 121 Third Ave. West, Hendersonville. Info: 692-0385 or www.eco-wnc.org.

• SA (7/11), 8am - Guided bird walk at Jackson Park, Hendersonville.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 4:30pm - Recycling Committee meeting.

Mountain WILD The mission of Mountain WILD is to preserve and increase wildlife and the wildlife habitat of the WNC mountains through stewardship, education, conservation and restoration of natural resources. Meetings are held at the WNC Nature Center classroom and are free and open to all ages. Info: 338-0035 or info@mountainwild.org.

the technology for analyzing heavy-metal concentrations in plants.)

Meanwhile, scientists have recently learned that endophytes appear to share many of the qualities of their hosts, notes McCoy. Saint John’s wort produces an anti-viral agent that could fight HIV and influenza; the accompanying endophyte might share those properties and thus be quite useful in developing medicines, she explains.

With endophytes as with the Bent Creek Institute, it seems, a little collaboration can go a long way. X Send your environmental news to mvwilliams@ mountainx.com or call 251-1333 ext. 152.

• SA (7/11), 8:30-10am - Wild Bird Garden Cleanup.

Meet at the WNC Nature Center to work in the songbird and hummingbird gardens. Weed and trim plants and talk about creating wildlife-friendly habitats and habitat certification.

WNC Nature Center Located at 75 Gashes Creek Rd. Hours: 10am-5pm daily (closed on Wednesdays from Dec. 17-Feb. 25).

Admission: $7/$5/$3. For more information about programs and activities: 298-5600 or www.wildwnc.org.

• SA (6/27) through MO (9/7) - The “Beauty of Butterflies” exhibit with feature native species of butterflies and moths and the plants they need for survival. $8/$7 seniors/$4 children.

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by Hanna Rachel Raskin Lonesome Valley, a planned community plopped into a Cashiers valley with a singularly gorgeous view, hadn’t banked on opening a restaurant. Initial blueprints called for a newly built barn on the former trout farm to house ping-pong tables and a small basketball court.

“It was supposed to be a sports barn for rainy days,” food-and-beverage manager Sallie Peterkin recalls.

But as the building became ever sleeker and the 800-acre development’s first residents became hungrier, the rec room model was scrapped in favor of an upscale eatery. In much the same way that 19th century saloons sprung up around oil wells and silver mines, Canyon Kitchen — a temporary, weekendsonly, open-air restaurant — hastily opened for business on Memorial Day. “We didn’t want to go over the top,” Peterkin says. “It’s just a tiny little restaurant.”

Tiny in size, sure. The restaurant’s purposefully rustic dining room houses just a dozen or so tables, all oriented so guests can gape at the picayune vegetable garden out back and the ridiculously picturesque cliff towering above it. But Canyon Kitchen’s opening is significant to foodies throughout the South because it marks chef John Fleer’s return to cooking.

Fleer, who permanently hoisted the profile of Appalachian foothills farm-to-table cuisine during his decade-long tenure at Walland, Tenn.’s Inn at Blackberry Farm, has spent the last few years picking up various consulting projects.

Sunburst Trout Company’s Sally Eason, whose family is behind the Lonesome Valley development, recruited Fleer for the job. She’d gotten to know him in the early 1990s, when the Inn at Blackberry Farm was seeking a new trout vendor.

“This was an opportunity to get back in the kitchen for a limited time window,” Fleer says.

A two-time nominee for the prestigious James Beard award, Fleer has been featured in Bon Appetit, Gourmet and on the Food Network. That makes Fleer perhaps the most nationally renowned chef now working in Western North Carolina. And while the region already has plenty of homegrown talent, his arrival signals the seriousness high-stature chefs are attributing to Asheville area eaters, a development that bodes well for the future of the local food scene.

But it’s silly to waste time thinking about what might be when Canyon Kitchen keeps such an insistent focus on right now. Fleer has long emphasized place — “For me, being

John Fleer, Canyon Kitchen’s new chef. a chef is about expressing a place. If nothing else, cuisine has to have heart, and the Southeast is where my heart is,” he told a James Beard Foundation writer back in 2006 — and season. At Canyon Kitchen, which is scheduled to wilt like last week’s lettuce come Labor Day, seasonality doesn’t just mean asparagus in spring and tomatoes in the summer. The restaurant’s entire menu is rewritten every day according to what partner farmers (and the backyard garden) have to offer.

“One of the challenges is putting 48 menus together over the course of the summer,” Fleer says. “Last Friday, I had written the menu the week before and 50 percent of it changed based on farms and our garden.”

For what it’s worth, here’s how the menu read one recent Friday: Starters, served family-style, included crisp Carolina shrimp pancakes, pounded flat and prepared with a bow toward Asian cooking traditions. The table was also graced with a bowl of barely-adorned roasted cauliflower, fat florets seasoned with salty capers and warm garlic. Sunburst trout showed up in a refreshing couscous salad of chickpeas and cucumbers.

But the most memorable dish was the one that was the most classically Fleer: A savory salad of kale, grown in retrofitted trout tubs; spinach; richly flavorful hard-boiled eggs from Jackson County hens and soft hunks of potato, all bathed in a warm bacon dressing.

Appetizers are plated individually on Saturday nights, but the casual ambiance that prevails on Fridays seems to suit the place.

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With its aura of freshly assembled sophistication, Canyon Kitchen often feels more like a wedding reception than a restaurant. Guests are urged to linger by an outdoor stand-up bar when they first arrive, a configuration that allows prospective property buyers to admire an oversized map of the development, but also gives diners an opportunity to tromp through the yard the way partygoers invariably do.

Starters are followed by the entrée — there are no choices on Canyon Kitchen’s menu — which, the night I dined, was a lovely osso bucco, featuring a swarthy heritage pork. It was paired with a tangy onion jam and grits so redolent of corn that eaters might reasonably check their teeth for stray kernels.

Dessert was equally winning: A rice pudding that served mostly as a foundation for a handful of spiced blueberries.

The only thing missing from the menu is a price, so I was stunned when the bill arrived.

For all three courses, Canyon Kitchen is charging a measly $35 a person. That’s a deal no matter who’s cooking.

Of course, Lonesome Valley has every

incentive to keep the price low. Just like family fun days and golf outings, the restaurant is a tool to sell the development’s 150 vacant lots. “We have had some people wanting to look at property,” confirms Peterkin, who reports “we’ve got reservations coming our of our ears.”

Lonesome Valley may very well be the first planned community using a superstar chef to lure prospective buyers to its property. For the sake of western North Carolina eaters, let’s hope it’s not the last. X Xpress food writer Hanna Rachel Raskin can be contacted at food@mountainx.com.

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Sceffer’s new wines: Asheville’ Eric Scheffer, owner of Savoy, has launched a new wine line with help from the North Coast’s Windor Vineyards. “Why not poke fun at myself?” he says of the “New York Jew” cabernet.

ERIC SCHEFFER’S NEW WINE LINE: Beverage makers are suddenly clamoring to produce the chosen drink of the chosen people, with Shmaltz Brewing Company, makers of Jewbelation ale, hosting a party at Thirsty Monk last week. The latest culinary entrepreneur to join the fray is Asheville’s own Eric Scheffer, who’s just unveiled a red wine called “New York Jew.” “I can’t keep cases of it in the restaurant,” says Scheffer, owner of Savoy.

“I have people in Detroit and Chicago asking how they can get the wine. I have people driving up from Florida.”

New York Jew — along with the more prosaically named e.scheffer Cabernet Sauvignon, e.scheffer Petite Syrah and e.scheffer Chardonnay — is now available at Savoy, Greenlife and the Doubletree Hotel. All four wines are the product of a collaboration between Scheffer and the North Coast’s Windsor Vineyards.

“I designed the wines to be general public wines,” Scheffer says. “I wanted them to be a broad sample.”

New York Jew, of course, targets a slightly more select demographic.

“I love self-deprecating humor, so I thought, why not poke fun at myself?”

Scheffer says of the wine.

To learn more about all four wines in Scheffer’s portfolio, call 253-1077.

HICKORY TAVERN GRILL & RAW BAR: A third Charlotte import has announced plans to move into Biltmore Park Town Square, already home to 131 Main and Brixx Pizza. Hickory Tavern Grill & Raw Bar, which boasts

10 locations, including six in Charlotte, will arrive in Asheville later this year.

The restaurant’s menu features a mix of traditional steakhouse cuisine and low-country fare, with an emphasis on shrimp and crab. For more information, visit www.thehickorytavern.com.

CITY MARKET SOUTH: Biltmore Park Town Square last week also welcomed a chain of a very different sort: Asheville City Market, the weekly tailgate market organized by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Program, has added a second location across the street from P.F. Chang’s. City Market Manager Mike McCreary is quoted in a release as saying all parties involved “feel that it is a fantastic location, a wonderful opportunity and this additional market location will be a huge success.”

The market will convene every Wednesday, 7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. through Oct. 28, with a single Saturday morning market scheduled for July 25. To find out more, visit www.asapconnections.org.

PICKLING AT EARTH FARE: The recession has made pickling the latest craze — home gardeners need to do something with all their extra veggies — and the subject of an upcoming evening workshop at Earth Fare’s Hendersonville Road location. The Tuesday, July 14, class will cover ingredients, equipment, water-bath canning and pickling fundamentals. All students will be sent home with a jar of homemade pickles.

Registration is $20. To sign up, call 2100100.

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Santé is nestled in Asheville’s Grove Arcade, just near the winged lions that stand guard over the Battery Park Avenue entrance. It’s early evening, with the sun still in the sky, and wine drinkers are scattered around the patio.

If you don’t know much about wine, but are looking to learn, a good place to start here might be with a flight of Santé’s signature wines ($13.50). These change regularly, and on this occasion, they’re a Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir along with a Russian River Valley Chardonnay.

All were quite delicious, in very different ways. The Cabernet Sauvignon was dry and lingering with an excellent aftertaste, the Pinot Noir extremely rich and the Chardonnay crisp beyond belief.

“This was a mid-life crisis business,” owner Carla Baden revealed as she brought over a cheese board ($13, best split among at least two). “We [she and the other two co-owners] all sold our houses and moved from California. We saw a niche here.”

That was three years ago. What kind of niche were they looking for?

“Well, downtown Asheville seemed like the perfect place for an affordable wine bar — we usually don’t have any bottle that tops $55 and our glasses start at $4.50,” she said, also noting that Santé doesn’t focus on

any particular country or region in its selection. “We wanted some light food, nibbles, too, but food that compliments the taste of the wine; you go to most restaurants and they look at things the other way around — wine to compliment the food.”

The cheese board was particularly delicious (nuts and fruit were added for good measure). Santé has the good sense to serve a true bleu cheese among its offerings. The deep, pungent flavor is an acquired taste — people seem to love or shy away from a good bleu — but for those of us who crave the stuff, this is a rare delight. Spears of light, slightly sweet Jarlsburg make a perfect contrast.

There’s a reason why wine and cheese are historically associated with each other, and experimenting with the different flavor combinations proved a pleasure.

Santé bustles more at night, and boast a large patio (something Baden is quite proud of), central bar and various nooks and crannies scattered around the space.

The place’s name is one of the thousand “cheers” toasts — French, in this case — to be found around the world, and it does seem reflected in the genial attitude of both patrons and servers.

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arts&entertainment Crafty and they’re just our type The Big Crafty festival gets even bigger

by Alli Marshall Even though craft is integral to both the heritage and economy of WNC, it wasn’t too long ago that “craft sale” smacked a little too much of church basement bazaars, spray-painted pine cones and crocheted tissue box covers.

“I think maybe Justin was a little wary of the idea at first,” says Brandy Bourne of her partner, painter Justin Rabuck. “He wasn’t sure what to expect from a craft fair. Would it be stuffed ducks made from kits and the like?” But Rabuck encouraged Bourne who (at the time) “couldn’t believe Asheville didn’t have its own indie craft festival” to start one. A call to Grey Eagle, a brainstorming session with artists Lance Wille and Suzie Millions, an overwhelming response to an online call for crafters, and The Big Crafty (name thanks to Millions) was born.

All of that was just last year. “For some reason, people keep thinking we’ve been around longer than we have, but this summer’s event will be our one year anniversary,” Bourne reveals.

It might seem like The Big Crafty (which has already outgrown the Grey Eagle and is held this weekend, for the second time, at Pack Place) has been around forever because it’s such a good fit. “It turns out that Asheville has a sizable community of indie craft entrepreneurs who are selling online via Etsy.com and their own sites and traveling to fairs around the country,” Bourne notes. While the Big Crafty’s seller base is primarily local, the event draws applicants nationally and internationally. Says Bourne: “It’s an indication of the energy around this kind of event lately, and of course the draw of Asheville itself.”

It seems fitting that Bourne’s event draws interest from outside the U.S., since her inspiration for the Big Crafty comes, in part, from time she spent in Taiwan. “Everyone went to the night market — to have dinner or just a snack, to watch a play, to hear music and to shop for anything from clothing to spark plugs,” Bourne remembers of her 1999-2001 visits to Keelung’s MiaoKou (Temple Mouth) market.

“People bought local because doing so was fun,” she says. “That’s what I wanted to emulate.”

At the “debutante ball for Asheville craftisans”: More than 3,000 people came to the last Big Crafty, held at Pack Place.

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In turn, other entrepreneurs have emulated Bourne and Rabuck’s idea. This past year has also seen the advent of 2nd Saturday Artists Market on West Asheville’s Domino Lane, Howard Street Handmade located beside Short Street Cakes and Lexington Bazaar and The People’s Market, both in downtown Asheville. “We don’t think of it as competition,” Bourne explains. The Big Crafty shares the Asheville Street Markets collective umbrella with these other bodegas. Vendor fees are kept low to encourage participation (Bourne finds herself both upping the size of the festival and adding to the waiting list with each new Big Crafty), and instead of fighting the other markets for business, Bourne believes “each market has its own aesthetic and audience, so I think we all work well together.”

Which is not to say the so-far semi-annual Big Crafty isn’t something special: Bourne calls it “the debutante ball of Asheville craftisans.” Last December’s Crafty, which moved into Pack Place

with the help of a sponsorship from the Asheville Art Museum, was something akin to the social event of the year, featuring a who’s who of area shoppers, makers, movers and shakers. (And why not? The event is not only well-stocked with fine art, wearables, knick knacks and collectibles, but also offers food and drink — yep, beer— and live music.) With so much going on, the festival is too broad to be niche-y, too multifaceted for just one generation or set of tastes (just don’t go looking for stuffed ducks). Expect an even bigger Big Crafty this summer as the festivities spill outside into Pack Square.

“There will be more to see and do, as well as the music, food, drink and demonstrations that people have enjoyed before,” Bourne explains.

“We’ll also be helping the Asheville Art Museum celebrate their 60th anniversary, so they will be sponsoring family activities and highlighting their history in the community.”

And, of course, there will be crafters. The list tops out at more than 100 vendors, the result of a jurying process that Bourne notes is “very competitive,” the hardest part “figuring out who best fits our event.” Among new and exciting work, the event organizer counts glass art from DB Glassworks, screen printing from Squid Fire, repurposed vintage books by Silly Pretty Things and toys by Helicopter Studio. Then again, “our Big Crafty veterans have new work every time,” Bourne says. “It never seems like the same show twice.” X Alli Marshall can be amarshall@mountainx.com.

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by Jake Frankel Cary Fridley was steeped in music as a child, studied music in graduate school, worked as a music teacher and played professionally in bands for more than a decade. But when it came to writing her first album of original songs, she did things the old-fashioned way: She sang to herself in the shower.

As Fridley describes it, many of the tunes on her new album, Fare You Well, came to her almost effortlessly, as if she was simply transcribing songs she’d heard played on Madison County porches many times before. “The way the first song came to me I was just singing a song in the shower, kind of singing a tune, and I was like, ‘What is that song? I know that song, that’s a great song.’ And then I would sing it to other people and be like ‘What is that song?’ And nobody would know what it was,” she says. “Then I was like, ‘No one’s written that song yet. I think I’ll write it down.’ Then I wrote some words to it and it sounds like an old country song. So I just tried to be open to it and tried to write down ideas. ... sing melodies and see what comes out.”

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banjo at the age of 13, sitting in on bluegrass jams around her hometown of Covington, Va. “My dad ran a pharmacy, and these old men would come in to the pharmacy. They’d always sing songs and be crazy. They really helped me learn how to play,” she says.

Fridley went on to learn how to sing in school chorus, but her main focus became the flute, which she studied at both the undergrad and graduate levels. But a career in flute wasn’t meant to be. “My flute teacher told me I was never going to make it as a flutist, and that I should hang it up. I was crushed. ... I shut the door on the flute and just started playing the banjo and guitar and just started singing country songs,” she says. “It ended up being the right thing I think. ... When the flute world stopped, the other world opened up.”

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guitar in the Freight Hoppers, touring the country for six years with what became the most popular old-time string band of the ‘90s. “It was like being in grad school for guitar chords,” Fridley says of those years. Fridley settled in Asheville and expanded her repertoire to include bass, now her preferred instrument. “We had six different bass players, and I always had to train the bass player.

I just kind of got really into the bass because it’s really cool. I like that it’s really groovy and minimal. I don’t think I’m going to change again,” she says.

Many bands followed, including the bluesy Lowdown Travelers and the current touring group she fronts, Down South. It was on tour several years ago with the Lowdown Travelers when she first met Seth Kauffman — the mastermind behind rising tropical-pop band Floating Action — who Fridley tapped to produce Fare You Well.

“I thought, here’s my good friend who’s a genius and we’re supporting each other’s music, and it just seemed like a natural thing to do,” Fridley says. “Everything of his I listen to, I think it just sounds so special and so different. ... It just really stands out. I know he’s really smart and really creative. And I know he listens to the same old records that I do. So I just feel like he’s a kindred spirit.”

Kauffman’s use of vintage equipment and his signature low-fi recording approach gives Fridley’s old-school country ballads (“Fare You Well,” “Follow the Spark”) and bluesy romps (“Baby I Can See,” “Been Untrue”) the feel of coming from a bygone era of reverb and twangheavy AM radio. The final product channels Fridley’s heros like Memphis Minnie, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss and the Carter Family, but the voice that emerges throughout the six

tracks is authentically her own. Fridley credits her naturally retro sound to her years of immersion in the music of Southern Appalachia, paired with a deep love of history. “I think I love the imaginary world of the past, the fantasy world of what the past might have been,” she says. “I think I like it because of the no electricity and it was very natural, living outdoors — the songs are all about that.

I just think it’s a really beautiful era.”

Adding to the down-home feel of the album is pedal steel from the masterful Matt Smith ,and soulful fiddle and vocal harmonies from Stephen Trismen. Their ensemble honors the songs by harnessing the power of minimalism. “I think it takes a lot of patience and a lot of presence of mind to be able to hold the beat back to the right degree that makes it sound really funky and makes you want to get down,” Fridley says.

Fridley is excited to bring the new songs to life as she tours the Southeast this summer with Down South, which includes Trisman and Smith (Kauffman plans to join the group on guitar for the Fare You Well CD-release show). As for what lies ahead, Fridley says that while country and blues influences remain at the heart of her ongoing singing-in-the-shower songwriting sessions, she’s open to anything, and cites a particular fondness for reggae bass lines. “I would say the [reggae] groove is not too far away from the blues groove. ... We’re probably going to lean towards the bluesy stuff in the future,” she says. “I want to be influenced by the red thread as they call it, that has existed for hundreds of years, but I don’t want to live in the past. I want to still be pushing it forward.” X

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From party boys to tempered domestics

Winston-Salem natives and former dB’s Holsapple and Stamey get back to it

by Bill Kopp “For two guys who aren’t siblings, we really mesh very well. I’m really big on two-part harmonies,” says Peter Holsapple, talking about the new record he’s made with longtime musical collaborator Chris Stamey. Best known as the acclaimed songwriters of the dB’s, the two have returned some 18 years later with a new album, hERE and nOW. How does that approach to harmony work in today’s musical landscape? Holsapple half jokes that it may make him “an enemy of today’s hot Nashville country sound, with the automatic third part layered in electronically, or by well-paid session singers. But I’d infinitely rather hear a duet.

Two-part harmony leaves something to the imagination.”

Holsapple and Stamey grew up in WinstonSalem, and might be best known for moving to New York City and forming the jangly dB’s in the late ‘70s. As members of that group, the two offered a clever, accessible modern take on power pop. Friends since their teen years, each stayed busy before, during and after the dBs era: In the late ‘70s Stamey played with Alex Chilton, then formed Sneakers with Holsapple and Mitch Easter. After the dB’s went on seeming permanent hiatus, Stamey released a couple of solo albums, then concentrated on producing at his Chapel Hill studio.

After the dB’s, Holsapple developed a career as an in-demand utility man: He played and toured with REM and Hootie and the Blowfish. He also joined New Orleans-based Continental Drifters with then-future (now-former) wife Susan Cowsill.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Holsapple moved to Durham.

Amidst all of these projects, Holsapple and Stamey found time to record and release 1990’s Mavericks. The acoustic-based (yet electric and sometimes rocking) album has become something of an underground classic — popular on college radio, difficult to find after the demise of the RNA label and finally reissued last year.

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Chiming guitars, clever wordplay and close harmonies: The acclaimed songwriters from the power-pop dB’s come back to their native North Carolina. photo by daniel coston

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But why such a long wait? “Eighteen years is a long time; there’s a whole generation of listeners that has come and gone since then,” Holsapple says. “But,” he laughs, “we wait for the cycles to come around again.”

Stamey adds, “we began it right before Katrina.

When Peter had to relocate from New Orleans, that really put things on hold for a bit.”

Holsapple is well-known for his clever turns of lyrical phrase. “I would be lying if I said it wasn’t intentional. I enjoy wordplay; I have that terrible gift of being able to see anagrams where other people see a block of letters. And If I can make someone laugh once in awhile, I will.” The song “Early in the Morning” includes this line: “Read to me the obituaries / but if we’re not in there then we’ll see ...” Holsapple explains: “I read the obituaries while I’m making coffee. Because I’ll certainly make a smaller pot if I’m in there.”

“I love words,” Holsapple says. “The New York Times crossword puzzle helps keep my brain sharp. And considering all the things I’ve done to my brain over the years, any sharpening that I can

manage is a help.”

Holsapple allows that “’Early in the Morning’ is pretty autobiographical. I used to be the party boy who’d stay out all night long. But I’ve really grown to appreciate my more tempered domesticity.”

Right on cue, Holsapple excuses himself briefly to take a call from his daughter.

Holsapple and Stamey have long been making accessible music, and that’s been translating in a variety of venues. “I did kids’ shows for a long time in New Orleans,” Holsapple says. And he learned something from those gigs. “You can have as highfalutin’ lyrics as you want to have, but I don’t know too many kids that wanna sing along with Leonard Cohen. Believe me: I love Leonard Cohen, but he’s not the guy I’d book for my kid’s birthday party.”

The new album rescues Family’s 1972 song “My Friend the Sun” from undeserved obscurity. But Holsapple insists it’s not all that obscure after all: “Apparently if you go on YouTube, you’ll find that it’s a very popular drunken British singalong.”

Though they’d love to see hERE and nOW shift millions of units, they’re realistic. Stamey points out that “We both grew up starting to make music in the late ‘60s. And the whole idea of ‘winning the lottery’ with music wasn’t really part of it. It was an honorable tradition. Nowadays there’s an idea that if you get just the right MySpace position, and do a video, you can make a ton of money. But the reality of it is: Most musicians and most writers don’t become wildly successful. The reason to do it is that you’re drawn to it, because you love it.” X Bill Kopp is an Asheville-based music journalist whose features and reviews can be found at www. musoscribe.com.

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by Rebecca Sulock Walking from midtown (the nickname I’ve tried and failed to give the land between Merrimon and Broadway) to downtown has gotten a lot different over the years. Used to be, you’d walk past punk/art houses and under the blandy I-240 overpass into what was really just prime hobo territory. Now you’ve got the Pioneer Building and this bright, sparkly mural gracing the concrete of those freeway pillars.

That mural is growing larger and bolder even as I type. Three deft painters are working to finish the Lexington side — watch for them up on the scaffolding, bikes parked beneath.

And now the Asheville Mural Project has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the small, family Chaddick Foundation. Organizers hope to raise another $5,000 to match that grant and finish both Merrimon Avenue sides.

“It’s incredible, so awesome, we’re so grateful,” says Molly Must, AMP’s director, of the grant money. AMP is a giant community project that couldn’t exist without the talent and labor of many artists, and the money from dozens of sponsors. It took years to navigate the red-tape involved in painting a mural on N.C. DOT property, but now even the DOT is singing praise for the project.

“Asheville is a beautiful place, and this effort helps us celebrate that beauty, writes operations engineer Ken Wilson, who says he hopes the mural inspires graffiti artists (once frequenters of the same area) to use their talent and energy in creative, constructive ways. A few updates: • If you’ve walked or driven past the project during a summer storm, you may have seen the water pouring off the overpass. A break in the roadway meant water was dousing the mural. AMP has found someone to build flashing and caulk the whole thing to where that should be solved.

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AMPlight shines: Harper Leich, Steve Lister and Kurt Thaesler paint on the Lexington Avenue mural. Work is finishing there, and the design for the Merrimon sides has begun.

Photo by Jonathan Welch

be created with a new, less-expensive and more collaborative technique that may actually be more durable, too. It involves painting squares of parachute cloth and gluing (OK, it’s really strong glue) to the side of the piers.

• The Merrimon murals have more decidedly Asheville themes. One side will be devoted to our local agricultural community, and will focus on the farm-to-market movement and local farmers markets. The other will showcase the chess players in Pritchard Park, including Charles O’Kelley, who plays the outdoors boards every day the sun shines (he shows up playing chess in the movie Searching for Bobby Fisher).

• Soon enough, Harper Leich, Kurt Thaesler and Steve Lister will have finished the Lexington side, and the dialogue between the two murals will begin. Check out the drum circle theme that builds between them.

• Along with the city of Asheville and the

Chaddick Foundation, sponsors include the Asheville Downtown Association, Greenlife Grocery, Downtown Asheville Residents Association, Julie Vann, EcoBuilders, Ted Warner, the Lexington Avenue Bizarre Bazaar, Public Interest Projects/The Orange Peel, Rosetta’s Kitchen, Ken Sehested, Jason Rector, Whitt Rylee, On a Roll Screen Printing, Bionic Man Painting, Izzy’s, Henco Graphics, Shanda Christian, Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company, Malaprop’s, Asheville Arts Council, Sherwin Williams, Stephen Jones and Joan Goodman.

Sponsors could also include you. If you’d like to get involved, donate money or equipment (AMP is currently setting up an office in Riverview Station and needs a computer, scanner and digital projector), check out www.ashevillemuralproject.org or e-mail Must at molly@ arts2people.org. X

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Upcoming Member Events

Thursday, July 16 • 5:30-7 pm Chamber Staff & Volunteers vs. Chamber Members Thirsty Thursday Softball Game Free to attend for chamber members $1 beers and reduced concessions Hosted by: Asheville Tourists McCormick Field, Asheville, NC

Interested in playing? Contact James Carter at 258-6115

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by Alli Marshall Three new CDs by three very different bands (country-rock, Southern Gothic, jam-rock) prove (as if there was every any question) that the Asheville music scene remains as eclectic as ever.

• Joshua Singleton’s self-titled CD Recorded at Asheville’s Landslide Studio as well as studios in Jackson and Franklin, Tenn., singer/songwriter Joshua Singleton’s self-titled disc has a surprising amount of Nashville in its sound. Not Grand Ole Opry Nashville, mind you, but the new, edgy, country-rock Nashville.

Singleton seamlessly pairs electric guitar with Dobro and shimmery cymbals with lap steel, but from lead track, “Take Me To the Water,” there’s not a hint of twang to be found. Singleton’s sound is invested in the rock end of country rock, his swagger fully intact. In “Another Sunday Morning” he sings, “She’ll pour me a drink and I’ll sing her a song and we’ll string each other along, like some Cinderella fairy tale gone wrong.” There’s an allusion to Bon Jovi in his bighaired heyday, but with more compelling lyrics.

And Singleton has the good sense to balance his bad-boy rockers with bad-boy ballads: “Smoking Cigarettes,” an updated nod to Bryan Adams, and “Falling Down,” an aching-yet-swinging slow dance that Keith Urban would be lucky to cover.

• The Dying Days of Summer by Jeff Zentner This, the second solo album by local singer/ songwriter Jeff Zentner (also the front man for Tennessee-based Creech Holler), hits its stride at the second line of the opening track. There, backup vocalist Josie Little adds her angelic voice to Zenter’s own wispy-hushed singing. The 14-song disc is country — but only in the barest sense. Minor keys, 3/4 time signatures, haunting fiddle strains and the malevolent plucking of a banjo here and there underscore Zentner’s Emo-poetic lyrics. “I’ve always loved summer’s dying days / I’ve always been that kind,” he sings on the title track. Guest artists include Zentner’s wife, Sara, on piano; Matt Bauer (who has also performed with Jolie Holland) on banjo; and katiejane garside, who lends vocals to the eerie, Kate Bush-reminiscent “Where We Fall We’ll Lie.” The overall effect — a somnolent, Southern Gothic soundscape — casts sweetly tattered imagery against a velvet-dark backdrop of exquisitely minimalist instrumentation.

• Genus Thylacinus by MarsupiaL The eight-song collection, released this year by perennial Asheville rock band MarsupiaL veers wildly from the bouncy, pedal steel-infused, Grateful Dead-esque “In Between” to the thrashing guitars, crashing percussion and general hardcore mayhem of “Sucker Punch.” T h e easy answer to the schizophrenic feel of Genus Thylacinus is that the band’s four members take

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Carolina Mountain Ribfest Apologies for the cliché, but it has to be said: This isn’t your grandad’s Ribfest. Yes, it boasts rib vendors from around the country, with all the fave side dishes. But whoever booked the festival knew what they were doing, nabbing acts from the acoustic blues of Riyen Roots to the rising Americana stars Leigh Glass Band to the catchy bluegrass of Dehlia Low. And, amazingly, the wildly popular Donna the Buffalo (shown above, photo by Jon Weiner) headlines Saturday night. Friday, July 10 through Sunday, July 12. $6. WNC Ag Center. www.wcpshows.com/ribfest.html

Soulgrass Rebellion This brand-spankin’ new band from local talent Oso Rey and Silas Durocher sold out Mo Daddy’s at its debut show, and now brings that boogie and passion to the Rocket Club.

Blending roots reggae, bluegrass and soul, the boys get the crowd to get down. Friday, July 10. The Rocket Club. $5. www.myspace. com/soulgrassrebellion.

Nikki Talley Local songwriter and positive gal Nikki Talley has a new Gibson guitar that she describes as an “old soul” because of its energetic response to blues ballads and old-timey songs. She’ll be with a band that includes her husband Jason Sharp, Laurel Willoughby on upright bass and Richard Foulk on drums. Friday, July 10. $5. Jack of the Wood. www.nikkitalley.com.

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The Last Supper What if you kill someone whose death makes the world a better place? Muse on that at Dark Horse Theatre’s production of The Last Supper, a dark comedy.

The show deals its dark humor across political correctness, morality, social responsibility and extremism. Recommended for mature audiences only. Shows Thursday nights through Sunday nights, July 9 to 11 and July 16 to 18. $10, cash only. BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St.

Behind the Apron It’s hard to miss the giant alien mural on the front of the Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company’s Merrimon Avenue location. The Pizza Co. has always been a hangout/place of employment for a variety of offbeat and talented artists. Catch them at the 5th annual Behind the Apron art show. Saturday, July 11. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Satellite Gallery, 55 Broadway. DJ Anwar Brown will be spinning all day, light refreshments from the Pizza Co.

Jar-e and the Cheeksters This is a double-bill someone should’ve put together sooner: The hummable Brit-pop of the Cheeksters and the relentlessly clever world music of Jar-e. The latter band will be back in the studio this fall, and promises to play some new tunes from the forthcoming album. Saturday, July 11. $7. www.thegreyeagle.com.

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For the last time — it’s a scottish shirt, not a blouse.

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Briefs Popcorn Sutton documentary recieves Emmy nod in “Most infested beard” category

Cowardice, disinterest accurately recreated during Skirmish of Warm Springs re-enactment

Hot SpringS, Modern-day Monday — A local brigade of Civil War re-enactors capped a recent recruiting drive with a faithful, heavily coerced reenactment of a minor Civil War conflict that took place on Oct. 16, 1863, in what is now New Tennessee law Hot Springs in Madison County.

“If I had known we’d be recreating the freakallows guns in bars ing Skirmish of Warm Springs, I don’t know Biker bars foresee that I’d have joined up, but they were persissmooth transition tant,” said John Thomas, a first-time re-enactor who was approached recently in a parking lot Canton man uses by re-enactors with the 26th Regiment North ax in robbery Carolina Troops. “I was hoping to see some action, like Gettysburg or something.”

Later injured chopping Commissioned rewood with shotgun enacting officers of the 26th feel that Thomas U.S. nuns facing was correctly placed, Vatican scrutiny given his temperment ‘Back of the line,’ American and lack of experience. men tell Vatican officials “Boy, you don’t want Gettysburg, you ain’t got it in you,” barked Capt. Ruben Raper, an IT specialist by day who said he strived to Fashion Forward: perfectly recreate both the mood and ambience 2009 Highland Games of the Skirmish of Warm Springs. “You just get behind that tree, don’t fall asleep and take an honest shot at any re-enacting Yankee bastards that come through that field.”

Thomas, unwittingly remaining true to history, arrived late to the day’s battle, and only after he and other recent recruits were lightly beaten from their cots by commissioned officers.

Leaving no historical stone unturned, enlisted re-enactors reportedly griped and complained the entire 600-meter march to the battle site.

Mimicing their forefathers’ opinions on turning the skirmish into a full-blown battle, the re-enactors decided not to advance against the similarly disinterested enemy re-enactors, also drawn from a pool of marksmen found in parking lots and local watering holes.

“My kid’s got soccer practice at 4, and this skirmish is already a step past a dust-up, which The mini-kilt, designed is all I really have the time or interst for,” said

by Pierpont McCollough, Thomas. $1,200.00 Historians believe the name of the battle is itself inaccurate.

The Asheville Disclaimer “Whoever christened it a skirmish was exagis parody/entertainment. gerating — more like the ‘Misunderstanding of editor@ashevilledisclaimer.com.

Warm Springs,’” said Capt. Raper as he unsucContributing this week: Michele Scheve, Joe Shelton, Tom Scheve cessfully scoured the battlefield for casualties.

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E-mails written by married S.C. Governor Mark Sanford to his Argentine mistress have been published, and the governor’s wife, Jenny Sanford, would like to set the story straight on some of the lovesick claims Gov. Sanford made to his foreign lover.

Claim: “... woke at 4:30, I guess since my body knew it was the last day, and I went out and ran the excavator with lights until the sun came up ...” wrote Mark Sanford to his mistress.

Truth: “Mark wrote that e-mail from a Myrtle Beach Waffle House,” says Jenny Sanford, “where he was eating breakfast after I finally succeeded in waking him around 9 o’clock.”

Claim: “I ... was just going to find the movie ‘The Holiday’ as we had spoken of it last Thursday. Its music was pleasant and made me think of you — its mood and the notion of a holiday (wrapped up in our case over two days) certainly fit as well...”

Wife says: “The music in ‘The Holiday’ does not evoke the mood or notion of a holiday, but rather a man struggling to compose a cinematic score when the task at hand requires skills unavailable to the composer.”

Claim: “... I could digress and say that ... I love your tan lines or that I love the curves of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of night’s light — but hey, that would be going into the sexual details we spoke of at the steakhouse at dinner — and unlike you I would never do that!...”

Not so fast: “Mark goes into sexual details all the time,” says Jenny Sanford, “like when he tells me he detests curvy hips and prefers a more subtle and refined silhouette such as the one I inherited from my mother.”

Claim: “... in I Corinthians 13 it simply says that, ‘Love is patient and kind, love is not jealous or boastful, it is not arrogant or rude, Love does not insist on its own way, it is not irritable or resentful ...’”

Wife says: “Wrong.”

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Mixed Bag Open Jam hosted by Michael Tao

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Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

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Grove Park Inn Great Hall

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Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Asheville Vibe feat: ranola Funk Express, Vertigo Jazz Project, Chalwa, Brett Rock, Selector Cleofus & more

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Benjy Davis Project (college rock) w/ Picture Me Free

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Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

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Jack Of The Wood Pub

Decades Restaurant & Bar

Bluegrass Jam, 9:30pm Lobster Trap

Shaggin’ w/ Darin Kohler and & the Asheville Kats

Hank Bones

Dock’s Restaurant

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Randy Galloway (Southern rock) & open mic jam

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Earthtone dance party The Whappers & Big Sky Project (folk) Bosco’s Sports Zone

Live music Broadway’s

The Bachlorettes & Senryu Chaser’s Nitelife

DJ Diva & The Lee Whitaker Band

Freaky Friday w/ Brandi & Shorty

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Eleven on Grove

Salsa & Mambo Dancing, 10pm-2am Dance Lessons, 10:30pm Emerald Lounge

Jeff Sipe Quartet feat. Ike Stubblefield w/ Paleblue Feed and Seed

Sherri Lynn & friends Firestorm Cafe and Books

Purple Onion Cafe

Fred Whisken (jazz pianist) Chuck Beattie Band Red Room at Temptations

Southern Silk Duo w/ DJ Dday Rocket Club

Soulgrass Rebellion (reggae, bluegrass) w/ Pierce Edens Shovelhead Saloon

Carolina Revenge (Southern rock) The Encouraging Cup

Ben Hallman (singer/songwriter) Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Joshua Singleton (soul, rock) Town Pump

TATER (Southern rock) Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

The Catfish Hodge Band (blues) Vincenzo’s Bistro

Bobby Sullivan (piano) Waynesville Water’n Hole

Empty Slate

The South French Broads (experimental, fusion) CD release party

Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe

Five Fifty Three

White Horse

Kim Reinhard (bluegrass)

Michael Collins w/ Jeff Starnes (jazz duo)

Phuncle Sam (jam band)

Fred’s Speakeasy

Wild Wing Cafe

Pinche Gringo

Mister Fernando

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Sat., July 11

Woody Wood (rock, soul) Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey (acoustic, folk) w/ Jeffrey Dean Foster Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Back Room

Jazz the Ripper (jazz, funk) Blu Lounge

Music w/ Lady DJ Christian M.

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

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Blue Ridge Dining Room & Wine Bar

Locomotive Pie (originals & blues)

Retro Vertigo (80s party band) w/ Green Vegas

Chris Rhodes (r&b, blues, pop), 5:30-10pm

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Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center

The Sharkadelics (classic rock, metal) Hannah Flanagan’s

The Southern Lights (Americana) Hookah Joe’s

Asheville Vibe feat: ranola Funk Express, Vertigo Jazz Project, Chalwa, Brett Rock, Selector Cleofus & more

Michael Reno Harrell (Appalachian stories & song) Boiler Room

Summertime Whiskey Band & Solito (funk rock) Bosco’s Sports Zone

Live music Chaser’s Nitelife

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

DJ Diva & The Lee Whitaker Band

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Decades Restaurant & Bar

Iron Horse Station

Rotating guest bands

Utah Green (singer/songwriter)

Dock’s Restaurant

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Nikki Talley (singer/songwriter)

Randy Galloway (Southern rock) & open mic jam

Jerusalem Garden

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Belly dancing w/ live music Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Lefty Williams (blues, funk) New French Bar Courtyard Cafe

No Shoulders, Moenda & Jeff the Brotherhood O’Malley’s On Main

Live music w/ Bobby G. Orange Peel

Local Showcase feat: The Trainwreks, Town Mountain & Woody Wood and HollyWood Red

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Eleven on Grove

Swing Dance 7pm Emerald Lounge

The Asheville Horns Feed and Seed

Southern Crescent & Windy Gap Trio Firestorm Cafe and Books

Devon McClive & Jena Lindbo (folk, melodic)

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Asheville Civic Center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 251-5505 The Back Room (OSO) 697-6828 Barley’s Tap Room (SH) 255-0504 Beacon Pub 686-5943 Blue Mountain Pizza (OSO) 658-8777 Blue Lounge 650-5198 Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center 693-0087 BoBo Gallery (OSO) 254-3426 Bosco’s Sports Zone 684-2646 Broadway’s (SA) 285-0400 Chaser’s (SA) 684-3780 Club 828 252-2001 Club Hairspray (SA) 258-2027 College St. Pub (SA) 232-0809 Courtyard Gallery 273-3332 Decades Restaurant & Bar 254-0555

Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 Dock’s Restaurant 883-4447 Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar 252-2711 Eleven on Grove 505-1612 Emerald Lounge (OSO) 232- 4372 The Encouraging Cup 329-8210 Feed & Seed + Jamas Acoustic 216-3492 Firestorm Cafe (OSO) 255-8115 Five Fifty Three 631-3810 Frankie Bones 274-7111 Fred’s Speakeasy (SA) 281-0920 French Broad Brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 The Garage 505-2663 Gottrocks 235-5519 Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern (OSO) 232-5800 Grove House Eleven on Grove 505-1612

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The Grove Park Inn 252-2711 Guadalupe Cafe 586-9877 The Handlebar (864)233-6173 The Hangar (SA) 684-1213 Havana Restaurant 252-1611 Hookah Joe’s 252-1522 Infusions 665-2161 Iron Horse Station 622-0022 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill 253-8805 Magnolia’s Raw Bar (ISS) 251-5211 Mela 225-8880 Mike’s Tavern 281-3096 Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill (SH) 258-1550 New French Bar Courtyard Cafe 225-6445 O’Malley’s On Main 246--0898

The Orange Peel (OSO) 225-5851 Picnics 258-2858 Panther’s Paw 696-0810 Pisgah Brewing Co. 669-2491 Purple Onion Cafe 749-1179 Rankin Vault 254-4993 Razcal’s 277-7117 Rocket Club 505-2494 Root Bar No.1 299-7597 Ruby’s BBQ Shack (ISS) 299-3511 Sadie’s Seafood 505-3364 Scandals Nightclub 252-2838 Shovelhead Saloon (SA) 669-9541 Soul Infusion Tea House & Bistro (OSO) 586-1717 Steak & Wine 505-3362 Stella Blue 236-2424 The Still 683-5913

Stir Fry Cafe 505-4934 The Red Room at Temptations (SA) 252-0775 Temptations Martini Bar (SA) 252-0775 Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub 505-2129 Town Pump (SA) 669-4808 Tressa’s Downtown Jazz & Blues (SA) 254-7072 Vaso de Vino Wine Bar & Market 687-3838 Vincenzo’s Bistro 254-4698 The Watershed 669-0777 Waynesville Water’n Hole 456-4750 Westville Pub (OSO) 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe (SA) 253-3066 Xcapades 258-9652 Zambra 232-1060

FRIDAY • JULY 10

Nikki Talley

“Carolina Star” Roots Rocker

SATURDAY • JULY 11

Matt Hill

Blazin’ Blues Guitarist

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THURSDAY • JULY 16

Rose’s Pawn Shop

OSO: outdoor/patio smoking only • SH: smoking hours, call clubs for specfics • ISS: indoor smoking section • SA: smoking allowed Wild Wing Cafe

Silver Hand w/ The Gin Fitz

Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers w/ Chuck Meade

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Razcal’s

Sun., July 12

Fred’s Speakeasy

Bob Burnette (folky singer-songwriter) Garage at Biltmore

Bitches and Bass w/ Damon Downs & 10th Letter

Twist of Fate Red Room at Temptations

Southern Silk Duo w/ DJ Spy-V Rocket Club

The Cheeksters (British pop) & Jar-E (soul)

Habibigy (blues, soul, jazz) w/ Tennessee Hollow

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Scandals Nightclub

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Handlebar

Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ (garage rock) w/ American Gun Hangar

Live music Hannah Flanagan’s

Speedsquare (rock, experimental) Havana Restaurant

Ahora Si (salsa, jazz, tropical) Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub

Matt Hill (blues guitar) Jerusalem Garden

Belly dancing w/ live music Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

The Tips

DJ Dance Party & Cabaret Show Stella Blue

Wooden Toothe (indie, punk) Stir Fry Cafe

Live music w/ DJ Moto Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Walt Whitney (singer/songwriter) Town Pump

Dave Desmelik & the HillBilly Cadavers (Americana, folk) Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

The Nightcrawlers (blues, rock) Vincenzo’s Bistro

Tom Coppola (early) Mark Keller (late) Waynesville Water’n Hole

Orange Peel

White Horse

Bob Hinkle (stories & songs)

Pompadour Rockabilly Blues Hound

BoBo Gallery

Julianan Finch, Sydney Wayser, Erika Jane & Remember the Bees (fem-pop, indie, Americana)

SATURDAY • JULY 18

Menage Asheville’s Sweet Sultry Songbirds

Bosco’s Sports Zone

Shag music w/ DJ Grove Park Inn Great Hall

The Two Guitars of Yasmin & Lou, 10am12:30pm Bob Zullo (guitar), 630-10:30pm Hannah Flanagan’s

Sophisticated Chimps (indie rock) Hookah Joe’s

Belly dance w/ live music Jack Of The Wood Pub

Irish session, 5pm Tom Waits time, late Lobster Trap

Chris Rhodes Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

New French Bar Courtyard Cafe

Brittany Reilly & Almost Acoustic Band (country, bluegrass)

Matt Walsh

John Cook

Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe Westville Pub

FRIDAY • JULY 17

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Local Boys

Electric Cycles

New French Bar Courtyard Cafe

Much is Given

Shake It Like a Caveman (rock, blues, punk) w/ Highplanes Drifters

Dave Wendelin (singer/songwriter)

Los Angeles Alt–Country / Bluegrass

Trainwreck Riders (twang rock) Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

“Vinyl at the Vault” w/ DJ Chris Rocket Club

Sunday jazz jam

EvEry Monday

Wacky Wing Night - 25¢ Wings & $2 Draft

WEdnEsday

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Scandals Nightclub

DJ Dance Party & Cabaret Show Town Pump

Pickin’ at the Pump, open acoustic jam Vincenzo’s Bistro

Johnny Blackwell (variety, covers)

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Contra dance Bob Zullo (guitar), 630-10:30pm Guadalupe Cafe

Chad Hallyburton (jazz guitar), 7-9pm Hangar

Open mic night

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Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

John Cook

Chuck Lichtenberger presents “An Evening of Jazz” with special guests

Eleven on Grove

Swing & Tango lessons and dance

Tony Ballew (guitar and vocals), 5:30 pm || The Oxymorons (improv comedy), 8 pm Rocket Club Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Live music w/ D Mack

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Wild Wing Cafe

Ian Moore’s Mountain Music Miscellany Hookah Joe’s

Live music w/ Selector Cleofus Williams Open mic w/ Yorky Lobster Trap

Funk record spin night w/ DJ Rob

Open mic w/ Scott Stewart 7:30pm Apres OM, 11pm

New French Bar Courtyard Cafe

Tomato Tuesday comedy open mic O’Malley’s On Main

Music w/ Caleb Burress & Waylon

Back Room

Orange Peel

Damian LeMaster (singer/songwriter)

Hank III & Assjack w/ Lucky Tubb

Beacon Pub

Razcal’s

K ARAO K E I N THE C L U BS MONDAY Mack Kell’s Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Live music w/ Robert Greer

White Horse

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Marc Keller & Company (variety)

Watershed

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Jeoffrey Weeks (piano)

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Marc Keller & Company (variety)

Westville Pub

Iron Horse Station

Asheville Jazz Orchestra (swing, jazz)

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Ashevegas All-Stars presents Tuesday Night Funk Jam

Guadalupe Cafe

Razcal’s

Tue., July 14

Open mic w/ Pierce Edens

Emerald Lounge

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Asheville Brewing Company 77 Coxe Ave. Downtown Asheville

Temptations Martini Bar

Open mic w/ Earl Clarence, Dick Frost & more

Morningbell (rock)

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Westville Pub

Motown classics w/ The Mixx

Blu Lounge

BoBo Gallery

Mon., July 13

M-F 11-3pm • Now open Sundays!

Pizza, salad, baked potatoes and more!

Open mic

Blues Jam w/ Mars Fariss Irish session

TUESDAY Decades Getaway’s (Eleven on Grove) Headlights • Mike’s Side Pocket

Bluegrass & clogging + Late Night NTN Trivia

Wed., July 15 Back Room

Open mic Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Open mic

W EDNESDAY Beacon Pub • Fred’s Speakeasy The Hangar • Blu Lounge Norton’s Grill • Temptations Martini Bar O’Malleys on Main • Infusions T H URSDAY

Boiler Room

Pleasure Saucer “the Vortex Cabaret” Bosco’s Sports Zone

Shag music w/ DJ

Chasers • Club Hairspray Razcals • Shovelhead Saloon

Broadway’s

FRIDAY

‘80s Night

Infusions • Mack Kell’s Norton’s Grill

Decades Restaurant & Bar

Acoustic Soul Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

SATURDAY

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Club Hairspray • Infusions Norton’s Grill • The Still Shovelhead Saloon SUNDAY College St. Pub Getaway’s (Eleven on Grove) The Hangar • Mack Kell’s Wing Cafe

July 8th

The Screaming Jays

Eleven on Grove

No Cover • $3 Well Bourbon Drinks

Zydeco Dance (lesson at 7:45pm, dance at 8:30pm)

July 9th

Emerald Lounge

Reggae Resurrection

The Corduroy Road

Firestorm Cafe and Books

(from Athens) • $3 Well Rum Drinks

Celtic & eclectic jam

July 10th

Frankie Bones

Chris Rhodes (singer/songwriter)

Lefty Williams Blues & Funk

Garage at Biltmore

$3 Well Gin Drinks

Reeves Gabrels and his Imaginary Friends (feat: David Bowies guitar player)

July 11th

The Tips • $3 Well Seagrams 7 Drinks

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Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Hookah Joe’s

Open Mic w/ Sven Hooson Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub

Old Time Jam, 6pm Pisgah Brewing Company

Jay Brown and Rupert O. Razcal’s

Bluegrass jam night (band 8-10pm, open jam 10pm)

Rocket Club

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Eleven on Grove

Galictifunk (disco, funk, house & DJs)

Rose’s Pawn Shop (country, bluegrass)

Scandals Nightclub

Lobster Trap

Salsa & Mambo Dancing, 10pm-2am Dance Lessons, 10:30pm

Latin dance

Hank Bones

Emerald Lounge

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Mela

Red Wellies (Celtic)

Belly dancing

Downtown After 5 afterparty w/Kung Fu Dynamite

Town Pump

New French Bar Courtyard Cafe

Feed and Seed

The Fustics (Americana, indie) Vincenzo’s Bistro

Noise in Print w/ Squirrelhouse and Hatori Hanzo

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Marc Keller (variety)

Pisgah Brewing Company

Lucas Paine (indie, folk)

Watershed

The Blue Dragons

Five Fifty Three

Open mic at the Shed w/ Parker Brooks

Purple Onion Cafe

Michael Collins w/ Jeff Starnes (jazz duo)

Waynesville Water’n Hole

Trees Leave (Americana, folk)

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Funk jam featuring local artists

Razcal’s

Pierce Edens (folk rock, rock)

Wild Wing Cafe

Mark Keller (singer/songwriter)

Garage at Biltmore

Caribbean Cowboys

Rocket Club

Here II Here

The Lonely H (classic rock) w/ Caleb Cludle

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Soul Infusion Tea House and Bistro

Singer-songwriter showcase

Pat McGee (melodic rock) w/ The Brilliant Inventions

Stella Blue

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Thu., July 16 Club 828

Throwback Thursday w/ 80’s & 90’s music Back Room

Silver Dagger (roots, bluegrass) Beacon Pub

Buffalo (alt-rock) Blu Lounge

Johnny Blackwell (folk-rock, bluegrass) Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Mark Appleford Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center

Pick~N~Jam BoBo Gallery

Spider & Octopus & Renee Arozqueta Boiler Room

Self Titled, Teenage Wasteland and Iam Somnus (rock) Bosco’s Sports Zone

Zoogma Town Pump

Paco Shipp Duo Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz’ Invitational Blues Jam Vincenzo’s Bistro

Live music w/ Aaron Laflace (singer/songwriter) Waynesville Water’n Hole

DJ Lady C & Tonell (West Coast house & East Coast breaks) Westville Pub

The Fustics (Americana, rock) Zuma Coffee

Thursday night bluegrass jam

Fri., July 17

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The Sharkadelics (classic rock, metal) Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub

Matt Walsh (blues) Jerusalem Garden

Belly dancing w/ live music Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Border Bash New French Bar Courtyard Cafe

Open jam w/ Mirage

Back Room

Courtyard Gallery

Donna Hughes (bluegrass)

Slow Claw, Mystery Cult & Leopard Island

Open mic w/ Jarrett Leone

Blu Lounge

Purple Onion Cafe

Decades Restaurant & Bar

Dance mix w/ local DJ’s

Fred Whisken (jazz pianist)

Ballroom Dancing with Roger Buckner

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Razcal’s

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Acoustic Swing

Groove Collector

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Blue Ridge Dining Room & Wine Bar

Red Room at Temptations

Chris Rhodes (r&b, blues, pop), 5:30-10pm

Southern Silk Duo w/ DJ Dday

Emerald Lounge

BoBo Gallery

Rocket Club

Hillside Bombers, Supercollider & The Hitmen

Mad Tea Party (rockabilly, surf)

Hollowpoint w/ Mind Shape Fist

Five Fifty Three

Boiler Room

Shovelhead Saloon

Steve Wolrab & guests (jazz, guitar)

Carolina Revenge (Southern rock)

Frankie Bones

Fight for Pacifist, Man-Eating Machines and Bear Attack (hard rock)

The Encouraging Cup

Chris Rhodes (singer/songwriter)

Bosco’s Sports Zone

Live music w/ Outcry

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Live music

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

John Hicks (old time country)

Broadway’s

Live music w/ singer-songwriters

Garage at Biltmore

Cobra Horse & Batwing Vampire

Town Pump

The Omega Cell w/ Valentine Wolf, Veterans of Future Wars, Three Brian Robot & DJ Askident

Chaser’s Nitelife

DJ Diva & The Lee Whitaker Band

Wink Keziah & Delux Motel (Americana, country)

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Club Xcapades

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

The Campaign 1984 (rock) w/ Velvet Truckstop

Live music

Royal Groove

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Decades Restaurant & Bar

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Shaggin’ w/ Darin Kohler and & the Asheville Kats

Bobby Sullivan (piano) Waynesville Water’n Hole

Handlebar

Dock’s Restaurant

Kontagus

Hill Country Revue (side project of North Mississippi Allstars’ Cody Dickinson) w/ Sons of Bill

Randy Galloway (Southern rock) & open mic jam

Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

White Horse

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

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Peggy Ratusz (blues, jazz, soul)

Deep River (Americana, country)

Lance Mills (singer/songwriter)

Garage at Biltmore

Red Room at Temptations

Southern Silk Duo w/ DJ Spy-V

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The Artist of Color w/ Roland, C.R.I.M.E. & Zapo-tech

Blu Lounge

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Benefit for the Mediation Center

Music w/ Lady DJ Christian M. Mark Bumgarner

The Tractenburg Family Slideshow Players (quirky indie folk) w/ E. Wyman & Lady Blanche

Blue Ridge Dining Room & Wine Bar

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

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Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Chris Rhodes (r&b, blues, pop), 5:30-10pm BoBo Gallery

Lost in The Trees, Timothy O’Donnell (classic folk, acoustic) Boiler Room

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Handlebar

Jimmie’s Chicken Shack (funk, punk) w/ State of Man

The Hallows, Albatross Party, Not This Cowboy, Bear and Fairground Avenue (rock, metal)

Hangar

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Gas House Mouse

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Havana Restaurant

DJ Diva & The Lee Whitaker Band

Ahora Si (salsa, jazz, tropical)

Decades Restaurant & Bar

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Rotating guest bands

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Dock’s Restaurant

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Randy Galloway (Southern rock) & open mic jam

Jerusalem Garden

Menage (indie, rock) Belly dancing w/ live music

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Eleven on Grove

O’Malley’s On Main

International Dance Party w/DJ Carlos

Music w/ Bobby G.

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Rocket Club Scandals Nightclub

DJ Dance Party & Cabaret Show Stella Blue

Dark Party (aka Eliot Lipp & Leo 123) w/ Ana Sia and Freepeoples Frequency Stir Fry Cafe

Live music w/ DJ Moto Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Live music w/ singer-songwriters Town Pump

The Mug Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

The Levi Douglas Blues Band Vincenzo’s Bistro

Tom Coppola (early) Mark Keller (late) Waynesville Water’n Hole

DJ Lady C & DJ Tonell Westville Pub

Scott Stewart’s Analog Revival White Horse

Laura Blackley, Nicky Talley and Lindsay Wojcik (singer/songwriters) Wild Wing Cafe

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Hannah Montana: The Movie (G) 1:00, 4:00 Land of the Lost (PG-13) 7:00, 10:00

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Director: Woody Allen Players: Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr., Henry Cavill, Chistopher Evan Welch

Comedy

Rated PG-13

The Story: An aging curmudgeon finds his comfortable misery turned upside down when he takes in a young Southern beauty queen who has run away from her repressive parents.

The Lowdown: Prime Woody Allen — even vintage Woody Allen — with nonstop laughs and more than a little something on its mind.

If you’re even marginally a Woody Allen fan, forget the naysayers and beat a path to Whatever Works without a moment’s hesitation. His new film is pure joy — even if the joy is tempered with some pretty heavy subject matter, handled in the manner that only Allen can. Call Whatever Works “vintage Woody,” if you like, because that’s never been truer. The original screenplay was written in 1977 for Zero Mostel. When Mostel inconsiderately died before the film could be made, Allen set the script aside, resurrecting it and dusting off the topical references when a writers’ strike loomed.

The passing 32 years have been kind to Allen’s screenplay. It’s as funny — maybe funnier — as it would have been then, and, if anything, it feels more daring and relevant now. Ironically, much of what makes the film seem daring is the result of the passage of time. Elements of the film that are guaranteed to frighten the horses in 2009 — the March/December romance, a ménage à trois, a homosexual awakening, the generally irreligious tone — would have been less shocking in 1977. The fact that Allen presents them in a matter-of-fact, almost offhanded manner reflects that earlier era, making them just that much more provocative today.

The film centers on Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David), a one-time Nobel Prize candidate (he didn’t win) and former college professor, who is married to a wealthy woman. His gloomy outlook on the meaninglessness and horror of existence (culminating in a botched suicide bid) destroys his career and his marriage, and drives him to living in a squalid apartment on the fringe of Chinatown, eking out a living of sorts by teaching chess to children. This mostly results in him browbeating the youngsters and their parents (“Your son

Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood in Woody Allen’s Whatever Works — vintage Allen that definitely does work. is an imbecile”). Boris is happy enough in his misery — it suits his worldview — until he finds himself beset upon by an underage Southern beauty queen named Melody St. Ann Celestine (a marvelous Evan Rachel Wood), who buys into his abusive, self-proclaimed genius and falls in love with him.

Before long, she’s married to the aging curmudgeon.

The oddly matched couple is actually happy enough — until Melody’s repressed, fundamentalist mother, Marietta (Patricia Clarkson), arrives on the scene and is properly horrified. However, New York City works its liberating or corrupting (your call) magic on Marietta, who ends up finding her true artistic calling — even if she’s still appalled by her son-in-law and wants nothing more than to derail the marriage. Plot-wise, this is the tip of the iceberg, since Allen has packed the 92-minute film with characters and details and events — including the arrival of Melody’s errant father (Ed Begley Jr.), who wants to rebuild the family. Saying more would spoil the fun.

Is what happens realistic? Probably not, but it’s all realistic in the world in which the film takes place. Whatever Works is such a carefully constructed piece of storytelling that it works with a kind of clockwork precision in a realm of its own. It has to work the way it does in order to make Boris the hero and the butt of the joke. The precision with which everything just falls into place has the appearance of being as utterly random and meaningless as he thinks the world is, while simultane-

ously making it impossible for anyone who isn’t Boris not to get a whiff of “everything happens for a reason.” It also works out the way it does because Allen wants it to — and knows that’s what we want, too. If Annie Hall (from the same era as this script) put forth the idea of art making right that which couldn’t be made right in life, Whatever Works is that idea put into practice.

Whatever Works may be Allen’s richest film since Crimes and Misdemeanors from 20 years ago. It’s not the glossiest or the slickest, mind you. It has a deliberately take-it-or-leave-it visual style that’s almost crude by comparison with, say, Scoop (2006). It also has a mild downside on occasion. There are moments when Larry David delivers a line and you realize that, no matter how good he is, Zero Mostel would have gotten more out of it. But in overall impact, it’s hard to beat. That, at least, is what it looks like to me, based on one viewing, which is hardly the acid test. But it’s enough of a test for me to say that it’s a pretty great movie — and it’s a movie that works with an audience. Catching the film at a 7 p.m. show on Friday, I was delighted to find the relatively small crowd responding with more laughter than I’ve heard in a theater in some time. Go see it for yourself. This is a witty, warm, wonderful movie that actually is the “feel good” movie Boris assures us it isn’t at the beginning. Rated PG-13 for sexual situations, including dialogue, brief nude images and thematic material.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Fine Arts Theatre.

Bruno (R) 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 Ghostbusters (PG) Tuesday 10:00 a.m. only Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (3-D) (PG) 12:40, 1:35, 2:50, 3:45, 5:00, 5:55, 7:10, 8:10, 9:30 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2-D) (PG) 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 My Sister’s Keeper (PG13) 1:45, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (PG) 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (R) 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PG-13) 12:30, 1:30, 3:45, 4:45, 7:00, 8:00, 10:15 Up 3-D (PG) 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:40, 9:55

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Away We Go (R) 11:40, 2:15, 4:45, 7:50, 10:30 The Brothers Bloom (PG-13) 1:30, 7:05 Bruno (R) 12:00, 2:40, 5:05, 8:00, 10:40 Cheri (R) 11:10, 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 Easy Virtue (PG-13) 11:10, 4:10, 9:50 The Hangover (R) 11:15, 1:45, 4:25, 7:35, 10:00 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (3-D) (PG) 11:30, 1:50, 4:15, 7:10, 9:30 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2-D) (PG) 11:55, 2:20, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 I Love You, Beth Cooper (PG-13) 11:05. 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 The Proposal (PG-13) 11:20, 1:55, 4:35, 7:25, 9:55 Public Enemies (R) 11:15, 2:35, 7:15, 10:20 Tranformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PG-13)

11:00, 11:35, 2:30, 3:00, 7:00, 8:30, 10:15 Up (2-D) (PG) 11:50, 2:25, 5:00, 7:55, 10:10

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Bruno (R) 12:30, 3:05, 6:15, 8:40, 10:50 Harry Potter and the HalfBlood Prince (PG) Midnight (12:01) Tuesday July Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2-D) (PG) 12:05, 2:50, 5:45, 8:40, 10:55 The Proposal (PG-13) 12:15, 3:00, 5:55, 8:45, 11:20 Public Enemies (R) 11:45, 2:45, 6:00, 9:20 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PG-13) 11:15, 2:35, 6:10, 9:30 n Co-ed Cinema Brevard (883-2200)

Transformers: Rise of the Fallen (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 n Epic of Hendersonville (693-1146)

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Moon (R) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, Late show Fri-Sat only 9:15 Whatever Works (PG-13) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, Late show Fri-Sat 9:30

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The Proposal (PG-13) 1:00 (Sat-Sun), 4:00, 7:00 n Four Seasons of Hendersonville (693-8989) n Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15 (684-1298) n United Artists Beaucatcher (298-1234)

Away We Go (R) 2:00, 4:40, 7:40, 10:10 The Hangover (R) 1:50, 5:00, 7:50, 10:15 I Love You, Beth Cooper (PG-13) 1:20, 4:10, 7:30, 9:55 The Proposal (PG-13) 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 Public Enemies (R) 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00 Star Trek (PG-13) 1:10, 7:10 Year One (PG-13) 4:50, 10:10

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John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges, Catherine O’Hara Indie Comedy A couple with a child on the way decides to travel across the U.S. and Canada looking for the perfect place to start their family. An often charming, occasionally touching and astute film that’s never afraid to simply be pleasant or sweet-tempered. Rated R

Sam Rockwell, Dominique McElligott, Kevin Spacey (voice), Kaya Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, John Turturro, James Scodelario Gandolfini Science Fiction/Drama Strange things start happening Crime/Thriller A criminal mastermind holds a subway during the last days of a three-year contractee’s stint on a car of passengers hostage in order to extort money from lunar mining base. Thoughtful, sober, wholly compelling New York City. A by-the-numbers action thriller that offers science fiction of the kind not generally seen in modern film, more plodding and clichés than thrills. Rated R with a standout performance from Sam Rockwell. Rated R

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Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Robbie Coltrane, Maximilian Schell Dark Comedy/Romance/Drama Two con men take on a wealthy eccentric woman for their “one last swindle.”

Brilliantly quirky comedy and surprisingly deep characters and themes blend together in one of the year’s most nearly perfect entertainments. Rated PG-13

Abigail Breslin, Cameron Diaz, Sofia Vassileva, Jason Patric, Evan Ellingson, Thomas Dekker, Alec Baldwin Disease-of-the-Week Drama A girl who has been genetically designed to be the ideal donor for her ailing sister sues her parents for the right to make her own decisions about her body. A provocative idea is swallowed whole in a sea of soapy melodrama and contrived writing. Rated PG-13

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Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones, Frances Tomelty, Anita Pallenberg Romance/Comedy/Drama A courtesan “of a certain age” and a young man more than 20 years her junior fall in love during the last days of the belle epoque. A sumptuous, assured and emotionally astute variation on the romantic comedy, with tragic developments and a keen sense of loss and the passing of time. Rated R

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Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Kimberley Nixon, Kris Marshall Comedy/Drama A young man throws his proper British family into turmoil when he arrives home with an American racecar driver as his wife. Witty, stylish, funny and perfectly acted, Easy Virtue is one of the most delightful films you’re likely to find this year. Rated PG-13

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Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham Comedy After a night of bachelor partying in Las Vegas, a group of friends must track down their missing friend, the bachelor, the day before his wedding. A R-rated raunch fest that’s never as funny or offensive as it thinks it is, but also never as obnoxious as it could be, due to the strength of its cast. Rated R

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(Voices) Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, Dennis Leary, John Leguizamo, Simon Pegg Animated Comedy/Adventure The various prehistoric creatures of the Ice Age franchise return, this time only to stumble upon a world inhabited by dinosaurs. The worst kind of sequel, one with zero originality and zero effort, making this whole mess nothing more than one really expensive Saturday-morning cartoon. Rated PG

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(Voices) Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo Animated Fantasy/Adventure Faced with being sent to a retirement home, the 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen — a Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Robin former balloon vendor at a zoo — ties an unbelievable numWilliams, Bill Hader ber of balloons to his house and floats away in search of an High-Concept Comedy More fantasy high jinks with obscure part of South America that he and his wife always historical figures coming to life in a museum — only on planned to see. An altogether remarkable — and remarka larger scale. An annoying comedy that constantly mis- ably moving — film that’s on the very short list of best of takes frenzy and caricature for humor — and one that will 2009. Rated PG undoubtedly make a fortune in the bargain. Rated PG

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Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Malin Akerman Romantic Comedy In order to stay in the U.S., an unpleasant, powerful book editor blackmails her assistant into marrying her. Flat, dragged-out predictable romantic comedy, saved to some extent by the two stars — once the film gives them a fighting chance. Rated PG-13

Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr., Henry Cavill, Chistopher Evan Welch Comedy An aging curmudgeon finds his comfortable misery turned upside down when he takes in a young Southern beauty queen who has run away from her repressive parents. Prime Woody Allen — even vintage Woody Allen — with nonstop laughs and more than a little something on its mind. Rated PG-13

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Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Stephen Graham, Stephen Dorf Fact-Based Gangster Drama The story of “folk hero” bank robber John Dillinger and G-Man Melvin Purvis’ pursuit of the notorious criminal. The machine guns blaze, guys ride around on the running boards of cars, plus everything else you’d expect, but the film is just not as compelling as it ought to be in the end. Rated R

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Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Karl Urban Science Fiction The origins of the Star Trek series are reinvented in this reboot of the franchise. A big, entertaining, occasionally exciting summer movie containing everything that implies — including flaws — and one iconic performer giving it a depth outside itself. Rated PG-13

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Jack Black, Michael Cera, David Cross, Vinnie Jones, Juno Temple, June Diane Raphael Post-modern Prehistoric Comedy Two cavemen venture from their small village out into the world of the Old Testament. Messy and dull at its best, obnoxious and cheesy at its worst, the movie loses whatever hopes it had of hilarity by purely trading on the worst aspects of its two leads’ screen personas. Rated PG-13

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Sacha Baron Cohen is back to frighten the horses — and a few straight boys — with Brüno, a raunchy comedy that works on the same basic premise as his previous film Borat. Once again we’re confronted with an outrageous character flaunting his outrageousness Candid Camera-style in the faces of unsuspecting targets. The difference is that this is not simply some “backwards foreigner,” but an over-the-top gay Austrian.

Early reviews suggest that the response to this effort may be a little less enthusiastic due to the subject matter. (R) Early review samples: • “If the latest Sacha Baron Cohen provocation, Brüno, seems less sadistic than Borat, it’s because wagging one’s gay butt in the face of potentially violent homophobes is not just aggressive, it’s borderline suicidal.”

(David Denby, New York Magazine) • “Brüno is like Milk, but with a talking penis.” (Nick Schager, Slant Magazine)

I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER

Chris Columbus has been away from the director’s chair since 2005’s Rent, which may well be why he’s been away from the director’s chair. He’s back now in his original milieu: the teen comedy. Now, before you sneer and jeer at the two-time Harry Potter helmer, it’s as well to remember that his 1987 debut picture, Adventures in Babysitting, was actually pretty good.

Whether this tale of a nerdy class valedictorian (Paul Rust, Semi-Pro) — who blurts out his love for the hottest girl in school, Beth Cooper (Hayden Pantierre, TV’s Heroes), in his graduation speech, only to find her intending to show him the “best night of his life” — will be in that league is another matter. One thing’s for sure — the studio hasn’t let any critics look at it yet. (PG-13)

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Director: Stephen Frears Players: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones, Frances Tomelty, Anita Pallenberg

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The Story: A courtesan “of a certain age” and a young man more than 20 years her junior fall in love during the last days of the belle epoque.

The Lowdown: A sumptuous, assured and emotionally astute variation on the romantic comedy, with tragic developments and a keen sense of loss and the passing of time.

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by Christopher Hampton (Carrington) based on two Colette novels, Chéri and The Last of Chéri — is intended to be the film that puts Michelle Pfeiffer back in the star column. I’m really doubtful that it will do much to revive Pfeiffer’s career. The material — a pre-WWI romance about the end of the belle epoque — is for specialized tastes, as is the story of a woman “of a certain age” and a very young man. It played well to a group of critics last week, but most of us are in that “certain age” category, and more apt to be in sympathy with a film like this and understand a relationship like that. How it will play to a broader audience remains to be seen, but that has no bearing on the actual quality of the film, which is quite remarkable.

The story in itself is fairly simple. Aging courtesan Charlotte Peloux (Kathy Bates) has a son, Chéri (Rupert Friend, The Libertine), who is the walking — or more appropriately, lounging — embodiment of ennui. In an effort to make something out of him, she gives him over to her colleague, the not-quite-as-

aging Lea de Lonval (Michelle Pfeiffer). It’s an unspecific arrangement — one that Lea doesn’t especially want, though she quickly finds herself fascinated by her nearly lethargic charge (“I can’t criticize his character, because he doesn’t seem to have one”). Naturally, she does the one thing that courtesans “can’t” do: She falls in love with Chéri.

The relationship lasts six years, at which point Charlotte arranges a desirable marriage for him to Edmée (Felicity Jones, Brideshead Revisited), the daughter of another courtesan.

Chéri seems largely ambivalent about the arrangement (as he does to just about everything), while Lea puts on a brave face, having always known that such a day would come.

But neither is happy — nor is Edmée. What follows — including a hard lesson learned too late — makes up the bulk of the film. How one responds to what happens will depend almost entirely on understanding that Chéri is a romantic satire about the passing of an era — both a woman’s and the belle epoque itself — that is swathed in a deeply sad regret.

The film is not exactly a romantic comedy with a tragic ending (though that might partially describe it), nor is it tear-jerking soap.

The final sense is of something beautiful that has been lost, but the pervasive sadness stems less from the loss itself than from the idea that the loss is grounded in the combination of an interrupted timeline that can’t be recaptured, and realizing the beauty of it all too late. It’s a loss that goes beyond tears — a loss that is bigger than the characters it directly affects, a loss that is finally summed up in one heartwrenchingly matter-of-fact sentence at the very end of the film.

To this end, Frears and cinematographer Darius Khondji (My Blueberry Nights) have crafted an almost suffocatingly gorgeous film.

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or camera move, and the recurring image of Lea walking into the frame and another of Chéri lounging against a conservatory door gain in effortless beauty upon repetition. The design, the look, the feel of the film is fully as important as anything that happens — and sometimes more so, since a number of the film’s dramatic high points are merely told to us through Frears’ (uncredited) narration.

It’s a bold approach — one that has alienated quite a few critics — but it’s one that’s perfectly in keeping with a story that’s as fragile as petals dropping from a flower. Rated R for some sexual content and brief drug use.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14.

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Directors: Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern (Ö So Goes the Nation) Players: Michael Bennett, Bob Avian, Jay Binder, Baayork Lee, Marvin Hamlisch

Documentary Rated PG-13 The Story: A documentary tracing the creation of the Broadway musical A Chorus Line, juxtaposed against modern-day auditions for a revival of the show.

The Lowdown: An occasionally engaging film that’s too often unfocused; it’s likely to achieve must-see status only for fans of the show.

For anyone who’s a fan of A Chorus Line, or musical theater in general, go ahead and bump this review up a half star — maybe even a whole star — and have fun. For everyone else (admittedly, myself included), well, Every Little Step is probably not your film, which is something even the filmmakers seem to be aware of.

Being that this is a documentary of the longrunning Broadway show, directors Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern (... So Goes the Nation) assume you have a cursory grasp of A Chorus Line. The film is less about A Chorus Line or reiterating its plot or importance, and more about its creation and what makes it so important to its fans and the people who are involved with it.

The film follows the creation of A Chorus Line through tape-recorded conversations from 1974 between choreographer and dancer Michael Bennett and his fellow dancers.

Bennett’s idea was to cull a show from the stories of these struggling performers, to pay tribute to them, and to give their oftenneglected tales a chance to be heard. A Chorus Line debuted in 1975, with Bennett as director.

Because Bennett passed away in 1987, most of this is shown here through old photographs and talking-head interviews — an aspect of the film that errs a bit too much on the Ken Burns-style of documentary.

Playing with the fact that A Chorus Line is a show about auditioning for a Broadway show, Del Deo and Stern have set their film against the backdrop of modern-day performers trying out for a revival of A Chorus Line — an arduous, time-consuming process: The idea is to get a look at the dreams and aspirations

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that drive these unknown performers. For the most part, this makes up the biggest chunk of the film’s emotional center. The problem is we’re never given the chance to really get to know any of these hopefuls. Sure, a handful of players are followed around or interviewed, but there are so many stories and individuals to keep up with that the film simply becomes unfocused. And as a result, there’s no one to truly root for, a significant downside for a film that hinges on the audience feeling a connection to these underdog performers.

Those not familiar with A Chorus Line might end up scratching their heads wondering what the big deal is. But for people with a love for the stage, for those who have gone on auditions, dreamt of being stars or are simply just in love with A Chorus Line, then this movie is for you. And if it is for you, catch it quickly — because by Friday it will be history.

Rated PG-13 for some strong language, including sexual references.

— reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Fine Arts Theatre.

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Animated Comedy/Adventure Rated PG The Story: The various prehistoric creatures of the Ice Age franchise return, this time only to stumble upon a world inhabited by dinosaurs.

The Lowdown: The worst kind of sequel, one with zero originality and zero effort, making this whole mess nothing more than one really expensive Saturday-morning cartoon.

When franchises start winding down and a film series starts to run out of fresh ideas, the makers often turn to gimmicks. This can be seen in cheesy horror flicks, where every franchise seems destined to end up in outer space (Jason X (2001), Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997)

etc.). However, since the latest entrant in the animated Ice Age series, Dawn of the Dinosaurs, centers around prehistoric mammals, it’d be too much trouble to shoot them into the deepest, darkest recesses of space (though the smart money is on aliens or unfrozen mammoths in the future Ice Age 4: A Space Odyssey). So instead, the whopping five writers behind this movie have taken a page from Art Bell and decided on an Ed Wood-level of suspension of disbelief by creating a land of dinosaurs tucked away inside the Earth.

Now, some of you might be asking yourself, “Weren’t dinosaurs extinct by the Ice Age?” Yes, they were, but don’t fret, since science has never gotten in the way of clever scripting. Seeing as how this is an animated kiddie flick, already populated by all types of talking animals, scientific facts aren’t really something to be scrutinized. It’s not the lack of scientific accuracy that’s most troubling here, but rather the complete lack of fresh or inventive ideas, which are idly replaced with some long-extinct reptiles in an attempt at revitalizing an already failing franchise.

Don’t expect much deviation from the first two Ice Age movies. All the characters — and voice actors — are back for the third film.

There’s Manny the mammoth (Ray Romano) and his now pregnant wife Ellie (Queen Latifah), Diego the saber tooth tiger (Dennis Leary) and Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo).

And of course, there’s Scrat, the half-squirrel, half-rat that shows up throughout the film looking for acorns and getting into comedic high jinks. The only deviation — aside from some middling 3-D effects — are the dinosaurs.

The bulk of the plot follows Manny, Ellie, Diego and a couple of Bart-esque, painfully oh-so-cool troublemaking possums (Sean William Scott and Josh Peck, Drillbit Taylor) as they are continually imperiled by roaming dinos while they search for Sid, who has been whisked away to the underground dinosaur world by a T-Rex. The flimsy plot isn’t helped by the even weaker characterizations. Dawn of the Dinosaurs is one of those movies where each character is defined by a single quality that’s hammered into the ground constantly

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Director: Percy Adlon Players: Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann

Comedy Rated PG It’s not been that long since I reviewed Percy Adlon’s 1987 film Bagdad Cafe, so I’ll mostly just direct your attention to the existence of that review in our archives: www. mountainx.com/movies/review/bagdad_cafe. However, I will add that I’m always delighted to see that this film is getting attention, since it is a reminder of how fresh independent film was once upon a time — before it started trying too hard to copy itself in attempt after attempt to duplicate some previous success, becoming just as generic as the most mainstream offerings.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Bagdad Cafe will be shown as part of the Wedge Brewing Company’s Outdoor Cinema series on Saturday, July 11, at 9 p.m. at 125-B Roberts St. in Asheville’s River Arts District.

throughout the film (Manny has become an overbearing, overprotective expectant parent; Diego feels like he’s losing his edge etc.).

As writing, it’s lazy — while the dialogue, jokes (consisting mostly of Romano wisecracking and demonstrating yet again why his film career never took off) and requisite pop-culture references are no better. The only bright spot — aside from being an admittedly handsome-looking film — is Simon Pegg as a crazed survivalist weasel, but he’s nowhere near good enough to save the movie. Instead, you simply realize it’s a shame he’s being wasted in this to begin with. Rated PG for some mild rude humor and peril.

— reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike Cinema 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Cinebarre, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15.

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Director: Duncan Jones Players: Sam Rockwell, Dominique McElligott, Kevin Spacey (voice), Kaya Scodelario

Science Fiction/Drama Rated R The Story: Strange things start happening during the last days of a three-year contractee’s stint on a lunar mining base.

The Lowdown: Thoughtful, sober, wholly compelling science fiction of the kind not generally seen in modern film, with a standout performance from Sam Rockwell.

Duncan Jones (who was christened Zowie Bowie at birth by his father, David) makes his theatrical feature debut as director — and story writer — of Moon. This film is one of those rare animals: the intelligent science-fiction film. (It’s startling to realize that Moon and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen both loosely fall into the same genre.) Oh, such movies aren’t nonexistent. Danny Boyle made one called Sunshine back in 2007, and that year also gave us Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men. They are, nonetheless, not common — and for every Sunshine that comes along, there’s usually something like Steven Soderbergh’s remake of Solaris (2002) to balance the equation and make you realize that there are good reasons why such films are uncommon. And, frankly, from what I knew of the plot of Moon, I was afraid we had another Solaris on our hands. Blessedly, that’s not the case.

Jones has made a thoughtful and very human sci-fi film that manages to eschew the mania for conspicuous consumption, massive explosions and endless property damage — and it does so without succumbing to the kind of boredom that often marks the low-budget, seriously intended science-fiction movie. I’m not saying that Moon is actionpacked, and if you go to it expecting anything like Transformers, you’re not going to be in the least happy. If that’s what you’re after, hold out for Roland Emmerich’s 2012 this fall.

Moon — set in some unspecific time in the future — is about Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell), a man living on the far side of the moon. Sam is coming to the end of a three-year contract

as supervisor of a largely automated mining operation for Helium-3, which has become Earth’s primary energy source. His only companion is a computer called Gerty (voiced by Kevin Spacey). His only diversion, apart from working on a model village, are bewhiskered sitcoms like Bewitched and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The link allowing direct communication with Earth is down (a seemingly perpetual situation), leaving Sam with no other option than to communicate with his family via recorded messages. Sam, in fact, is rapidly disintegrating, and is only kept going by the knowledge that he’ll soon be heading home.

In the final days of that wait, however, he has an accident, and awakes to find himself in the moon-station infirmary, unable to remember exactly what happened — something Gerty fills in the blanks on. While waiting and recuperating, Sam finds indications that there’s someone out on the perimeter of the station — someone alive. Though ordered to keep him inside, Gerty is bamboozled into letting Sam go out. While outside, Sam finds an injured man in a wrecked lunar conveyance.

Bringing the man back to the station, Sam is surprised to find that the fellow appears to be himself. Certainly he looks just like him, but is he real or merely an hallucination? That sets up the central drama of the film — and it’s a drama about which Jones’ film makes it impossible to say any more without saying too much.

What can be said, however, is that Moon raises all the right and most interesting questions about what it means to be human in the manner of some of the best science fiction, and it does so with no little subtlety and thoughtfulness, in a manner that recalls sci-fi films of an earlier era. There’s something of a more human 2001 (1968) here and a bit of Silent Running (1972), but comparisons don’t quite do Moon justice, because it’s its own film — and in no small part due to the amazingly nuanced performance of Sam Rockwell.

Always an interesting actor, Rockwell’s presence has enlivened many an indie. But here Rockwell comes into his own with a portrayal whose greatness doesn’t become fully apparent until the film is over. And to understand that, you’ll have to see Moon, which you should anyway. Rated R for language.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Fine Arts Theatre.

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Director: Robert Siodmak Players: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene

Film Noir Crime/Drama Rated NR Robert Siodmak’s The Killers (1946) — or more properly, Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers — wasn’t the first time the German director had made a film noir, since it was preceded by Phantom Lady (1944), Christmas Holiday (1944), The Suspect (1944), The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) and The Spiral Staircase (1945). Even his 1943 Son of Dracula might be termed a “noir” horror picture.

But somehow — maybe it’s the clout of the Hemingway name — The Killers seems to be the one for which Siodmak is remembered. That’s a little ironic, since, apart from the opening sequence, there’s not much of Hemingway’s short story clinging to Siodmak’s film, seeing as how the beginning pretty much is the short story. The rest is the screenplay offering backstory. What does cling to the movie, however, is the shadowy sense of both hopeless dread and resignation that marks the genre. That Siodmak should have proved to be a master of noir is hardly surprising, since his roots were

in German Expressionist film — a form not unlike noir in many respects.

The Killers is a complex work that begins with the gangland murder — for reasons that are unclear at the time — of a character known as the Swede (Burt Lancaster in his film debut). The remainder of the film follows the investigation into his death by insurance investigator Jim Reardon (Edmond O’Brien) and police lieutenant Sam Lubinsky (Sam Levene). Each piece of their investigation involves a flashback that finally pieces together the story of what led to the Swede’s murder. Complex as its structure is, the film does manage to be coherent.

But it’s really a triumph of atmosphere and style over content when all is said and done.

It’s less the story that compels the viewer than the feel of it all — and the grim sense of how everything leads to the inevitable ending we saw at the beginning of the film.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Killers at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 12, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. (From Asheville, take I-26 to U.S. 64 West, turn right at the third light onto Thompson Street. Follow to the Lake Point Landing entrance and park in the lot on the left.)

Public Enemies

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Director: Michael Mann (Miami Vice) Players: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Stephen Graham, Stephen Dorf

Fact-Based Gangster Drama Rated R The Story: The story of “folk hero” bank robber John Dillinger and G-Man Melvin Purvis’ pursuit of the notorious criminal.

The Lowdown: The machine guns blaze, guys ride around on the running boards of cars, plus everything else you’d expect, but the film is just not as compelling as it ought to be in the end.

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Michael Mann’s Public Enemies is a strangely distant, quasi-demythification of the tale of John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) and Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) that keeps threatening to turn into a truly fine movie without ever quite pulling it off. It’s an odd mix of obsessive historical accuracy and a lack thereof (the funereal arrangement of “Bye Bye Blackbird” that Diana Krall sings in the film is so not 1933). It’s a movie that wants to debunk the legend and have it, too. In short, it’s a film that finally comes across like it can’t make up its mind what it wants to be — even after wandering around for 140 minutes trying to figure it out.

Part of the problem may stem from the fact that the Dillinger story is simply so well known. In fact, I suspect that the less you know about old “Public Enemy Number One,” the more you’re apt to enjoy Mann’s film. The more you know, the more it starts to feel like Mann is working from a checklist of points that have to be covered — something that increases the likelihood that somewhere around the two-hour mark you’ll start wishing that Dillinger would go see Manhattan Melodrama (1934) already. At the same time, the less historically savvy are apt to not even get some of Mann’s legend corrections — like the fact that the notorious “lady in red” was actually the “lady in the white blouse and

orange skirt,” a phrase that lacks the sexier punch of the newspaper-ese of “lady in red.”

Even so, the story of Dillinger — and his crossover with other mythologized gangsters of the early 1930s, such as Pretty Boy Floyd (Channing Tatum, Fighting), Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi, Cold Mountain) and Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham, Snatch) — is sufficiently intriguing to keep the film interesting. Also, delving into the “good guy” side, by placing nearly as much attention on Melvin Purvis and the rise of the FBI, sets the film apart from most gangster yarns, since the forces of law and order tend to get short shrift in such tales. That addition may not be entirely in the film’s favor dramatically, since, let’s face it, we’re here for the blazing tommy guns and the iconic gangsters — not the cops, who tend to be less interesting.

Thematically, however, the Purvis material is where Mann scores his best points. His depiction of the largely futile PR efforts of the FBI to turn their agents — notably Purvis — into good-guy versions of the icons the gangsters so effortlessly became is the movie’s most notable and relevant addition to the genre. That, unfortunately, doesn’t mean the movie has the wit to actually explore the concept, but that’s partly because the film just has too much in it, resulting in too much being sketched-in. You’re in trouble when

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Director: Alain Resnais Players: Giorgio Albertazzi, Delphine Seyrig, Sacha Pitoëff, Françoise Bertin

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I’ve spent years avoiding Alain Resnais’ Last Year at Marienbad (1961) — passively avoiding it, but avoiding it all the same. It simply didn’t sound like something I was likely to care for, but when the folks at World Cinema decided to run it, I could avoid this art-house warhorse no longer. My initial response is that, whatever else it is, Last Year at Marienbad is unique and undeniably influential. There are traces of it (often strictly visually) in everything from Fellini’s 8 1/2 (1963) to Ken Russell’s Isadora (1966) to the weird fantasies of David Lynch and David Cronenberg. It’s been parodied — the scenes depicting Whispering Glades Cemetery in Tony Richardson’s The Loved One (1965) are both a parody and a reading of Marienbad — and mocked and copied and generally insinuated into the fabric of modern film. But what is it on its own?

The debate about what Marienbad means has been going on for nearly 50 years.

According to Resnais, it either means nothing at all, or it means whatever the viewer sees in it. Profound? Perhaps. Illuminating? Not very. But I’m neither sure its mysteries can be solved, nor that a solution would be desirable. Its appeal, I think, lies in its absolute mysteriousness. (One might profitably investigate Henrik Ibsen’s play Rosmersholm for a clue to the film’s possible meaning, since the play — or a version of it — is being performed in the film.) The film is not hard to follow — a man and a woman keep having the same encounter over and over in a vast, baroque hotel. He insists they met “last year at Marienbad” and that this year she agreed to run away with him. She says this never happened. A third man — who may be her husband — watches, but not with any great interest, being more absorbed in a game (that came to be called the Marienbad game) at which he always wins (somewhat like Death with chess in The Seventh Seal). At first, the repetitive nature of the film is fascinating. Then it’s infuriating. Then it becomes mesmerizing — feeling like a kind of horror-picture nightmare from which you can’t wake up.

Beautiful to look at and slightly absurd in its art-house pretensions, it’s somehow less a film than an experience, but then, isn’t that cinema?

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Last Year at Marienbad, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, July 10, at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut St. in downtown Asheville.

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by Ken Hanke Normally, I operate under the belief that 9 a.m. simply doesn’t exist. There are exceptions to this rule, like doctor appointments and all-night writing-a-thons, when the work load gets a little beyond my weekend capacity. And then there’s judging the films from Asheville’s 48 Hour Film Project — or at least that was the case this year, which found me driving around Biltmore Village by 8:45 a.m. and deciding that whatever the cost (or the embarrassment of handing my 11-year-old clunker over to someone), the valet parking at the Asheville Grand Bohemian Hotel was worth it, especially since I was due to meet my fellow judges, Tommy Calloway (from 98.1 The River) and Marcianne Miller (movie critic for Bold Life), at 9 a.m.

By 9 a.m. my mood was mellowed by finding a sufficient supply of coffee in the conference room the hotel had provided, and the three of us — along with Asheville festival producer MK Harrison — settled in to watch the 22 of the 30 entries that had made it in on time.

For those not familiar with the festival’s judging process, there are some very specific guidelines participants must follow. Judges have to be sure that the film makes use of a common line of dialogue (this year it was, “I wish I had an answer for you”), prop (glue) and character (Lefty or LeAnn Lober, ballplayer) — and that the films adhere to whatever genre the teams have drawn. Not only do these elements have to be included in the film, but the films are judged in part on how well or cleverly they’re used. Other factors that come into play are your more traditional categories, like writing, directing, acting, cinematography etc. your seriously intended portrayal of Baby Face Nelson is less persuasive and rounded than the comedic picture of the same character in the Coens’ O Brother, Where Art Thou?

(2000).

A bigger — perhaps the biggest — drawback to Public Enemies lies in its inability to make the viewer really care very much about any of the characters. Neither Dillinger nor Purvis are presented as particularly likable.

Dillinger has a slight edge in that he gets a few clever lines and is played by the inherently likable and compelling Johnny Depp, but there’s still not much there. There’s even less to Purvis, and the film’s single attempt to humanize him comes too late in the proceedings to alter that. This is the problem with trying to view these larger-than-life characters dispassionately: You end up with a dispassionate movie.

Mann’s apparent inability to decide just how much of the myth’s baggage he wants to slough off is ultimately counterproductive to a striking degree. There’s simply no way to

This was my third year as a judge, and as usual I was pleasantly surprised by the overall quality of the entries, but then I’m impressed that anyone can create anything that’s even watchable in 48 hours — and most of these were much more than merely watchable. I was also more than a little surprised by the clever variations on what “ballplayer” meant, since my own mind tends to default to “baseball player” when I hear that term. Fortunately, not everyone’s does, or we might have been faced with too much of the same thing.

The big winner this year was Team Pandemonium’s Nostalgia. They snagged Best Film, Best Director (Michael Santoro), Best Actress (Alexandra La Belle), Best Use of Prop, and won an Audience Award in the bargain. Team leader Santoro, a 20-year-old motion picture and pelevision production major from Western Carolina University, and his crew drew the Suspense/Thriller genre. From this they created a genuinely stylish — and downright creepy, albeit slyly humorous — horror thriller set in an oldstyle diner. It truly was, without question, the most completely accomplished of the entries.

That’s not to say that there were no other films of merit. There certainly were.

Other strong contenders were Gromance from LYLAS, The Left-Handed Way from The FBI, The Silver Slugger from The Young Adults and Wicket Intention from Team Just in It for Gift Certificates. The cleverness and creativity was all around very good — even remarkable. Even the lesser entries had their moments and, as always, I was surprised by how quickly the time passed while watching the films. For a complete list of this year’s winners, visit www.mountainx.com/movies. avoid wanting to guess at Dillinger’s reaction to the events depicted in the film Manhattan Melodrama, which he saw just prior to meeting his fate in 1934. Did he see himself in the gangster story? Did he see his own fate, or at least a romanticized version of it? Did he buy into that romanticized image? Mann can’t resist guessing, which pushes us back into myth, but he also bizarrely and deliberately omits the most famous and resonant line from Manhattan Melodrama in what he shows of the film: “If I can’t live the way I want, at least let me die when I want.” It’s as if Mann is trying to soft-pedal the myth, but can’t bring himself to quite let it go, which actually sums up the whole approach to Public Enemies. Rated R for gangster violence and some language.

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• New kitchen, refinished

MULTIFAMILY ZONING.

garage/carport. Built to suit

Linda@SheelahClarkson.com

VERY COOL BUNGALOW

WEST ASHEVILLE •

Asheville, NC. 1979 sqft,

featuring vaulted ceilings, residence. Magnificent

AshevilleCityRealEstate.com

COMPACT COTTAGE COMPANY • Small “green”built buildings usable for an enormous variety of practical applications, such as: Sleep, Work, Mother-in-law storage, Poker, Karaoke, Be in the doghouse in. From $15K30K. compactcottages.com, 828-254-5450.

Lot 26 Shaker Court, 3BR, 3BA. Large covered

with a park-like setting.

HISTORIC S&W CONDOS:

THE GROVE AT HAW CREEK

downtown, restored 40,000 sqft one-of-a-kind residences and common areas. 2-story glass ceiling club room w/kitchen, fitness, on-site parking, rooftop deck. From $336,000. The Real Estate Center (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com

First time buyers receive up to $8000 tax credit when buying a home in 2009. • With rates at 40 year lows, there’s never been a better time to buy! All move-in ready 3BR, 2BA with many upgrades, $139,900.

Mountain views, pet friendly, owner-occupied. Call Brickton Village today! Nitch Real Estate. (828) 654-9394 or bricktonvillage.com

Lakeview Park Spectacular - $825,000 The real deal! Classic 1920’s Georgian melts w/ charm of the Ole South.

Large gracious light filled rooms. 4BR 31/2BA, plus separate 1BR,1BA Apt. Welcoming foyer w/ sweeping staircase, upstairs hall parlor.Formal dining, living room w/ F/P a solarium & a sun room.SubZero & Thermador kitchen. 5 sets of double French doors.

Established private grounds, rockwork & stairs to secret gardens await you.

Large verandas adjoin bedrooms. Lake & mountain views.

Steps to lake & 5 min to downtown. MLS# 443510

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Arden-$269,900 New Arts & Crafts 3BR,1 1/2BA Magnificent w/ open & bright layout.

No expence spared, hi-end all the way. Exotic hd/wd fls, F/P, ss & granite kitchen, baths too.Cathedral & 10 ft celings. Rooms adjoin covered porch. Recessed lighting even outside! Dual zoned heat, security syst, 2 car garage. Excellent school dist. Home sits on peaceful lane. Offered at $56,000 below recent appraisal.

What A Deal !! Call Riva MLS# 439758

THINK OUTSIDE THEBOX

Down Market?? Really??

Lakeview Park $450,000 1930’s Bungalow with jaw-dropping views.

FORBES, FORTUNE & MONEY MAGAZINE SAY, THE TIME TO BUY IS NOW, I AGREE!

RIVA GORDON REALTY • 14 UPLAND ROAD • ASHEVILLE, NC • 828-252-5897 • 828-215-8373 • Riva@RivaGordonRealty.com mountainx.com

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Land For Sale $155,000 • FAIRVIEW • PRISTINE PASTURE Land with mountain and pasture views. Located next to half million dollar+ homes in Fairview. • Easy build with options for small subdivision or private estate. This really is beautiful land, and worth the drive. MLS#434160.

Contact Jennifer Ritchie Eller, Trillium Properties of Asheville, for more information: (828) 215-4537.

• jenn@trilliumproperties.net • TrilliumProperties.net

Home Services

Construction BASEMENT • ROOM ENHANCEMENT Create new space! • Finish carpentry • Bookcases • Cabinets • Moldings. Professional • (see Angie’s List). Call Multi

Heating & Cooling

Resources: (828) 442-3331. www.markalsko.com

79,*0:065 EARTHWORKS

Fine Grading and Site Preparation Complete Landscape Design/Installation • E x c av at i o n • Roads • Wate r Ha r v e s t i n g / Management • Ston e w or k • Outdoor Rooms • Wate r Fe atu r e s • Renewable Energ y

P r e c i s i o n @ e a rt h a v e n . o r g

Brandon Greenstein • Paul Caron (828) 664-9127 | 301-7934 Co-Creating Your Natural Landscape

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EMMONS CARPENTRY SERVICES 36 years experience. Renovations • Repairs • Decks • Window and Door Installations • Garages • Additions and more • Interior/Exterior Painting.

• Quality workmanship.

Excellent local references.

Fully insured. • In Hendersonville. Free estimate: (828) 5517976. Member BBB. emmonscarpentry services.com

JULY 8 - JULY 14, 2009 •

MAYBERRY HEATING AND COOLING INC • Service • Repairs • Replacements AC/Heat Pumps • Gas/Oil Furnaces • New Construction/Renovations • Indoor Air Quality Products.

(828) 658-9145.

Kitchen & Bath ELK MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATES We specialize in • re-fitting Bathrooms and Kitchens and finishing Basements • adding Garages, Porches and • Sunrooms. • Professional education and experience.

Call (828) 242-1950 or (for all our information): elkmountainassociates.com

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Painting 1 DAY ROOM TRANSFORMATION Custom painting, decorative finishes, wallpaper installation/removal. • 15 years experience. • Meticulous • Timely • Reasonable. Heather, (828) 215-4365. Custom Home Interior Accents.

RELIABLE REPAIRS! Quality work! All types maintenance/repair, indoor/outdoor.

Excellent water leak detection/correction! 38 years experience!

Responsible! Honest!

Harmonious! References! Call Brad, you’ll be Glad!

(828) 273-5271.

Cleaning

General Services GET RESULTS! “When we started advertising, we quickly determined that our best response was from our inexpensive ad in the Mountain Xpress Classifieds!

Thanks for 10 years, Asheville.” Dale Mayberry, Mayberry Heating and Cooling, Inc. You too, can benefit from advertising in Mountain Xpress. Call today!

(828) 251-1333.

Handy Man HIRE A HUSBAND Handyman Services. 25 years professional experience, quality, reliability. References available. Free estimates.

Insured. Stephen Houpis, (828) 280-2254.

Health Insurance is a valuable defense against costly medical expenses.

Looking for affordable Health Insurance? For a Free no obligation Quote visit NC-Smart-Insurance.com or call Bruce at 828-775-2828.

Commercial Listings

DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE: For sale. Renovated 1,227 sqft office building.

Commercial Property

$259,900. Call G/M Property Group, 828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com

Home

HOUSEKEEPER/PERSONAL ASSISTANT has an opening to work for you. Call (828) 216-4592 YOUR NATURAL CLEANING SOLUTION A superior clean at no cost to your health.

Earth, kid, and pet friendly.

(828) 582-0335

Business

Carpentry • Minor Electrical • Small Jobs • Repairs. • Call Greg: 230-1132 or 258-1107.

Services

Computer COMPUTER SERVICE AT YOUR DOORSTEP We Come To You! • PC and Mac • Slow computer? We’ll speed it up.

• Repairs • Upgrades • Networking • Tutoring. Senior Citizen/Nonprofit Discounts.

Call Christopher’s Computers, 828-670-9800. Member Better Business Bureau of WNC. christopherscomputers.com

ACCENT PAINTING • We specialize in the residential market.

Interior/exterior painting, deck finishing, concrete coatings, pressure washing. No VOC paint at no extra charge. Ask about our 30% discount.

828-318-1447. accent@rodbailey.net www.rodbailey.net

Caregivers HOME HEALTH AIDE/ CAREGIVER with Alzheimer’s experience and hospice reference letter, nonsmoker, seeks live-in position. Call Arnold, (828) 273-2922.

ELDERLY CAREGIVER Mature Woman looking for work helping elderly person with needs at home.

Responsible and honest.

Please call Linda at 828-628-0666.

CENTRALLY LOCATED PROFESSIONAL OFFICE – 26 NORTH LIBERTY STREET Corner lot with off-street parking. 1918-built converted residence featuring 3,089 sqft + basement storage.

Configured with private offices, conference room and reception area. Separate entrance to upper floor provides opportunity for apartment or second office. $649,000. Call Russ Towers, Lewis Real Estate 828-274-2479. lewisrealestatenc.com COMMERCIAL FOR SALE • Heart of downtown, 1436 sqft offices in point of historic Flat Iron Building, $319,000.

• Downtown, Patton Avenue Leader Building, 2nd floor, owner financing, $799,000.

• North Asheville, 3000+ sqft auto repair shop in great condition on corner location, $295,000.

• Black Mountain, office building on West Street w/owner financing, $395,000 • The Real Estate Center: (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com

DOWNTOWN/CHARLOTTE ST • OFFICE ZONING $485,000. This 2 story has 3400+ sqft, large meeting rooms, kitchen, lounge, 8 offices, updated electric and HVAC, large deck, off-street parking. Many original architectural features remain.

Owner/broker. MLS#426900.

Call (828) 255-7530. appalachianrealty.com NICE SUBURBAN OFFICES South of Airport, Hwy 280.

4,400 sqft. freestanding building. Possible home office. Cheap, $92/sqft. $395K. NAIBH Comm.

258-6379

Business Rentals

6 OFFICES • THE HEALING CENTER Seeking alternative healing providers to create a dynamic blend of practitioners in a single building. • $375$600/month, utilities included. • Near downtown, highly visible location. • Onsite parking, handicapped accessible, large shared kitchen/breakroom. Contact Doug Brock: (828) 777-6746.

ATTRACTIVE, 2,000 SQFT, DOWNTOWN OFFICE 55 Grove Street. 4 offices, break room, large reception area. $1,995/month. Practical and beautiful. (828) 253-9451 ARTIST STUDIO Near Biltmore Village.

Live/work possible. $675/month.

(828) 216-6066 AVAILABLE • DOWNTOWN OFFICE SPACE Historic Miles Building. Carpet, AC, almostnew paint, window views, great building tenants, utilities included. • You choose: Either 280 sqft single room for $370/month • or 430 sqft double room for $575/month. Six-month lease. • E-mail inquiries with references to rental@mountainx.com COLD STORAGE 7500 cubic feet plus 800 sqft work space. Downtown Asheville, private entrance, one free parking space. $850/month.

(828) 280-1284.

COMMERCIAL RENTALS • Spacious McCormick Place office just reduced, $2500/month, one month free.

• Downtown Carolina Lane, open, airy 1296 sqft, just reduced, $1500/month.

• West location, high traffic, 5000+ sqft, owner will build to suit, $10/sqft NNN. • South location, nice new residential conversion in bungalow, 1386 sqft, $12.38/sqft.

The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com COMMERCIAL SPACE Available Downtown Asheville. 1,060 sqft at $475/month; water included.

Contact (828) 253-1342.

Brownstone Realty DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE: For lease. Retail and office suites, 222 to 2,964 sqft.

Very prominent locations.

Call G/M Property Group, 828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com

DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE Office space in historic building at 50 College Street.

Available June 1. 3300 sqft heated, upfitted for office @ $14/sqft. Elevator. City parking garage adjacent.

Original oak woodwork, marble entrance stair, windows in all work spaces.

Call 254-4778, ext. 35.

DOWNTOWN SMALL OFFICE • Historic Wilson Building. 13 1/2 Eagle Street. High ceilings, hardwood floors, great light, great community of small businesses. Starting at $275/month, utilities included. Jesse Plaster 828-230-1726.

FANTASTIC SPACE • Across from and within sight of the new Bohemian Hotel in the heart of Biltmore Village.

Approximately 1,800 sq.ft. $3,900/month. Excellent traffic and lots of parking.

Call 828-467-3240.

GREAT COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE Available Main Street Weaverville.

1,030 sqft at $750/month.

Contact (828) 253-1342.

Brownstone Realty OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE Downtown Asheville, Sawyer Motor Building, 150 Hilliard Avenue. Approximately 800 sqft. $1,000/month. Laura, 258-0363 or 779-8458.

RETAIL, GALLERY, OR OFFICE SPACE Fronting Haywood Road. 850 sqft.

High ceilings, natural light. $950/month base. Call (828) 545-4514.

RIVER DISTRICT 6,000 sqft shell - artists; flexible uses.

Owner will upfit for Class A office. Call G/M Property Group, 828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com

SHARED CO-WORKING SPACE. • Stop working alone! Have meetings somewhere other than the local coffee shop.

Locomotivity is a collaborative, creative, fun and professional shared work space for freelancers and small/micro business owners. Desks, wifi, parking, printer, coffee, conference room and comfortable furniture. Steps to Greenlife, the new Dripolator, and S. Lexington. Located at 224 Broadway. Pay daily or monthly. No commitment.

Costs as low as $10/day. info@locomotivity.com or http://www.locomotivity.com

Rentals

Apartments For Rent $325/MONTH CANTON; $450/MONTH CANDLER Nice, renovated 1BR apartments; minutes from downtown Asheville. No smoking; no pets. Call (828) 337-5447.

$500/MONTH, 1BR, 1BA APARTMENT in Candler, 16 miles from downtown; rural setting, large yard, near Parkway. Call Shannon at 828-215-1923.

1BR, 1BA, DOWNTOWN, Asheville Hotel, above Malaprops, wood floors, $1,175/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com

1 FREE MONTH! (w/contract) • Walk to everything downtown, live, work and play! • Studio: $545/month. • 1BR: $650/month.

Water/heat included. Call 254-2029. APM.

1BR, 1BA, EAST, 28 HILLENDALE, coin-op laundry, $515/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com

1-2BR, 1-1.5BA, SOUTH, Skyland Heights,* 2nd month free*, $555-$655/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 1-2BR, 1-2BA, ARDEN, Glen Beale, *2nd month free*, $585-$685/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 1-2BR, 1BA, NORTH, 346 MONTFORD, coin-op laundry, fireplace, $590 $685/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 1-3BR, 1-2BA, NORTH, MANOR INN, porch/patio, a/c, hardwood floors, $695 $1,125/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 1-3BR, 1BA, EAST, 7 Violet Hills, wood floors, $485$595/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR • MONTFORDHardwood floors, spacious living and dining room + private front porch in 1920’s building. $650/month includes water and laundry.

No dogs. 1 cat ok with fee.

Year lease, security, credit check required. For appointment: Elizabeth Graham: 828-253-6800.

1BR, 1BA • KENILWORTH • GORGEOUS! Newly remodeled. • New: stackable WD, carpet, kitchen, bath.

Private yard. Offstreet parking. • Small pet considered w/deposit. $595/month includes water, sewer/trash. Security, 12 month lease.

(828) 337-7599.

1BR, 1BA, NORTH, 365 Weaverville, w/d hookups, $485/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 1ST CALL US! Studio, 1 and 2BR apartments from $425$800. Pet friendly.

(828) 251-9966.

Alpha-Real-Estate.com 2 BLOCKS TO MISSION HOSPITAL Nice 1BR, 1BA with hardwood floors throughout. Off-street parking. Heat and water furnished. Washer and dryer available. Small storage area included. $645/month with $645 security. Contact Tom, 828-230-7296.

2 NORTH ASHEVILLE APARTMENTS Beaverdam area. Available August 1. • Pet friendly. • 1BR, 1BA upper unit, deck, AC, WD, electric heat. $695/month includes water. • 2BR, 2BA, pet friendly. 2 level unit, AC, WD, deck, electric heat. $895/month includes water.

Security deposit, credit check. Call (828) 279-3926 or MasInvestmentsllc.com 2-3BR, 1.5-2BA, ARDEN, 8207 Terra, AC, W/D hookups, $595-$750/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 22 WINDOWS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE Broadway Street. Bright, airy, 1100 sqft hardwood floors, open layout. Appliances, including washer/dryer. $800/month.

(828) 280-1284.

2BR, 1.5BA, HENDERSONVILLE, 902 Hillcrest, **2nd. month free*, $575/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com

2BR, 1BA • MOUNTAIN VIEWS Candler. Open floor plan, fireplace, AC, dishwasher, microwave, WD, screened porch, 2 decks, basement and garage. $1050/month. Application, lease, deposit.

(828) 254-0823. dkropf@msn.com Kropf Real Estate Management.

2BR, 1BA WEAVERVILLE • Oak Garden Apartments. 850 sq. ft. A/C, new paint.

Unfurnished. Nonsmokers. $585/month. 775-9434.

2BR, 1BA, EAST, 453 KENILWORTH, a/c, w/d hookups, dishwasher, $610/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA, EAST, 7-9 LINDSEY, a/c, w/d hookups, $610/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA, EAST, 119 Liberty, a/c, w/d hookups, $650/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA, SOUTH, 1020 Hendersonville, a/c, storage, carport, $705/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 2.5BA, EAST, 742 BEE TREE, a/c, w/d hookups, deck, $675/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 2.5BA, WEST, 445 Sand Hill, a/c, fireplace, deck, $950/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com

2BR, 2BA, CENTRAL, 484 Windswept, w/d hookups, fireplace, view, $850/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 2BA, HENDERSONVILLE, 2010 LAUREL PARK, coin-op laundry, $525/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 2BA, NORTH, 81 LAKESHORE, a/c, coin-op laundry, deck, $705/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 1BA, NORTH, 71 WASHINGTON, a/c, w/d hookups, hardwood floors, $815/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 2BA duplex near Haw Creek. New, modern duplex community next to Bell School, Tunnel Road, East Asheville. Rooms on one level; 1/3 acre lot. Cats or 1 small dog okay. $875/month; vacant. Park-like setting, flower beds, huge trees.

299-7502 ACCEPTING SECTION 8 NOW! Mobiles like new.

In quiet, very nice park. • 3BR, 2BA, $625/month. • 2BR, 2BA, $615/month.

(828) 252-4334.

ACTON WOODS APARTMENTS • Beautiful 2BR, 2BA, loft, $850/month.

• 2BR, 2BA, $750. Include gas log fireplace, water, storage. 828-253-0758.

Carver Realty

BABBLING BROOK below your patio adds peaceful, country feel to this 2BR, 2BA in desirable Haw Creek. 179 Old Haw Creek Road- under 10 minutes to downtown.

Spacious rooms, large master BR, very large great room and kitchen. Plus 1-car garage with auto opener. $965/month. Year’s lease, credit check, security required. No dogs! For appointment: Elizabeth Graham: 828-253-6800.

BEAUTIFUL 1BR studio apartment in the heart of West Asheville— minutes from downtown, Westville Pub, and dog park. $600/month. Looking for green, environmentally conscious tenant. Available July 15. Please call 954-6323169 for more information.

BLACK MOUNTAIN 2BR, 1.5BA apartment. Heat pump with central air, washer/dryer connections. Nice! $595/month.

Call (828) 252-4334.

BLACK MOUNTAIN 2BR, 1BA apartment. Heat pump with central air, washer/dryer connections. Also includes water. Only $595/month. Call (828) 252-4334.

BLACK MOUNTAIN Nicely renovated (new: bath, kitchen), 1BR, sunroom, dining room. 10’ ceilings, abundance of natural light.

Hardwood floors. Short walk to downtown. • $625/month includes heat, water, WiFi. Smoke free. 280-5449.

CENTRAL • NORTH ASHEVILLE Available August 1. Pet friendly. 1BR, 1BA. Walking distance to downtown. Hardwood floors, stainless appliances, deck, electric heat. $725/month includes water. Security deposit required, credit check. Call (828) 279-3926 or MasInvestmentsll.com CLOSE TO GREENLIFE And downtown. 1BR spacious apartment. Wood floors, large windows, front porch. $600/month includes water, shared laundry. Sorry, no dogs. Call 683-5233.

1 MONTH FREE RENT* Escape to the woods today!

South Asheville. Apartment living in a park-like setting. * Call (828) 274-4477. freewebs.com/woodsedge Woods Edge Apartments DUPLEX • KENILWORTH 2BR, 1BA, second floor.

Sunny and clean, central AC, woodfloors, huge deck, offstreet parking. Laundry, storage in basement. • Pets considered. $750/month. • Also: First floor, 2BR, 1BA w/garage, fenced yard. Same amenities as upstairs apartment. $850/month.

242-1233.

ELEGANT 1 OR 2BR IN MONTFORD QUEEN ANNE Large rooms, formal living and dining room. Fireplace, hardwood floors, balcony, lots of charm! A very special place. $775/month for 1BR, $795/month for 2BR. Absolutely no dogs; cat ok with fee. Year lease, security deposit, credit check and references required. For appointment: Elizabeth Graham: 828-253-6800.

G ROVE A RCADE APAR TMENTS

In the heart of downtown Asheville

Where everything is just around the corner…

FREE RENT! Sign lease in July, get the month FREE!

Creekside Crossing Apartments • Brand New Elder Site 450 West Street, Spindale, NC • 55+ or 45+ (if disabled or physically challenged) • Certified Energy Star units allows for 5% discount on electricity

Come by and meet Kathy, our new manager, and learn about other specials!

(828) 288-3738 Mon. - Fri. 9am - 4pm Equal Housing Opportunity! Disability accessible units.

Professionally managed by Partnership Property Management, an equal opportunity employer and provider.

• Convenient - To shops, music, restaurants – everything!

• Reserved parking • Services - from dog walking to plant watering • Secure - 24 Hour security • Stylish - Live, work and play from one of Asheville’s historic classics

One Month FREE!*

2 Bedroom, 2 Baths

You’re Invited To See For Yourself !

Call Amber Ammons: (828) 252-7799 ext. 305 *Rent Special through July 2009 – Call for details! mountainx.com

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GET QUALITY RESULTS! I received calls from a lot of high quality renters, as opposed to other publications I’ve tried. I will continue to advertise with Mountain Xpress. Patricia H. You too, can find the ideal renter, just call us! (828) 251-1333.

Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace.

HENDERSONVILLE 1BR studio apartment. Walking distance to Main Street.

Includes water. Only $385/month.

828-252-4334 HENDERSONVILLE 1BR, 1BA apartment with new berber carpet. Small deck with sliding glass door.

Walking distance to Main Street. Includes water.

Only $425/month.

828-252-4334 LARGE 1BR • MERRIMON AVENUE, $525/month. No pets. Call (828) 253-0758.

Carver Realty MARSHALL Updated 2BR within walking distance to downtown. Hardwood floors, all appliances, washer, dryer.

Eat-in kitchen. Porch. Great shape. $675/month. No pets.

828-658-1000.

MONTFORD STUDIO • Small, bright, basement apt.

Walk to town. $575/month.

W/D, DW, utilities included.

Quiet non-smoker, indoor cat possible. 828-254-6642.

NEAR A-B TECH 1BR for individual. No smoking/pets. $450/month. Deposit. 1 year lease. Off street parking.

References. Background check. 252-7179, 8am-6pm.

NORTH ASHEVILLE APARTMENT 2BR, 1BA, heat pump with central air, dishwasher, washer/dryer connections. In nice location. $625/month.

Call (828) 252-4334.

NORTH ASHEVILLE TOWNHOMES Off Merrimon. Walking distance to town. • 1BR: $495/month. • 2BR, 1BA: $525/month. • 3BR, 1BA: $625/month. Includes water. 828-252-4334 NORTH FOREST APARTMENTS 2BR, 2BA. Beautiful complex, built 2002. Safe and secure. Close to I-26/UNCA, North Asheville. $650/month.

778-6809. www.delkandson.com

SOUTH ASHEVILLE • 2BR, 1BA. Large kitchen with all appliances. Water and trash included. Credit check. o Pets. $665/month.

828-230-1980.

Mobile Homes For Rent 2BR, 1BA SINGLEWIDE in quiet park. 5 minutes from Biltmore Square Mall. $495/month includes water, garbage pickup and lawn care. Security deposit required. Call David, 828-777-0385.

ACCEPT SECTION 8 West Asheville. 2BR, 2BA. Like new. Includes water. Heat pump, central air, W/D connections. In nice park. $615/month.

828-252-4334.

ACCEPTING SECTION 8 NOW! Mobiles like new.

In quiet, very nice park. • 3BR, 2BA, $625/month. • 2BR, 2BA, $615/month.

(828) 252-4334.

GAY FRIENDLY LANDLORD Has • 3BR, 2BA mobile. • And 1BR, 1BA mobile, $475/month. WD, yard and views. Near Asheville.

(828) 226-9998.

Mobile Home Lots WEST ASHEVILLE MOBILE HOME LOT for rent in quiet, newer park. $250/month. Call (828) 252-4334.

Condos/ Townhomes For Rent $1800/MONTH Lease/purchase in Lexington Station downtown development. 3BR, 2BA penthouse high-end unit.

Also available for $545,000.

The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com

NORTH:

• 5/3.5, large Cape Cod, bsmt, $1900.

• 2/1 Carport, electric heat, $675.

• Mobile Homes $500 - $650.

• 2/1 home, large porch, $750.

• 3/2 doublewide, private lot, large deck, $850 WEAVERVILLE: • 2/2, 1750 sqft, sunroom, gas logs, pool & clubhouse.

• 3/2 doublewide, private lot near N. Buncombe rec center, $850.

SOUTH: • 3/2 quiet neighborhood, large yard, $1,225.

CANDLER: • 3/2 in country, hardwood floors, water, $750.

ASHEVILLE: • 2/2 hd flrs, private lot, close to town, $950.

• 4/2.5 home, large fenced yard, some hd, $1,400.

• 2/2 home, quiet neighborhood, Leicester, $900.

• 3/2 hardwood flrs, gas heat, quiet area, $850.

• Mobile Homes $500 - $650.

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2BR, 2BA CONDO 2 blocks to UNCA but quiet and private. Spacious interior, deck, F/P, W/D and all appliances. $950/month.

828-712-1688. hyannis@mjoindustries.com A BIG THANX! “Thanx Xpress! The recent rental ad attracted a steady stream of quality applicants, thanks to your quality publication.”

Mark K. • You too can find quality renters by placing an affordable ad in the pages of Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace: 251-1333.

ACCEPT SECTION 8 West Asheville. 3BR, 2BA, heat pump, central air, W/D connections. Excellent condition. $625/month.

(828) 252-4334.

We’ve Got Your Home!

Asheville Property Management

WEST:

2BR • 2BA • LEXINGTON STATION CONDO $1400/month. Secure parking, woodfloors, private balcony. Great downtown location near the Orange Peel and Vigne! The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com

Call for details: (828) 254-2229 www.ashevillepropertymanagement.net

JULY 8 - JULY 14, 2009 •

ASHEVILLE DOWNTOWN LOFT Award-winning contemporary loft with great light and finished with all high-end appointments.

Texas stack gas fireplace, high ceilings with exposed beams, marble bath, bidet, custom cabinets. A great space to make your home. $1500/month 828-242-5456 or mrsmawest@yahoo.com CLINGMAN LOFTS Own for $650/month. Includes taxes, dues and insurance.

Heating/cooling cost guaranteed at $16/month.

Mike Vance, 254-4030, ext.

117.

DOWNTOWN LUXURY CONDO • 52 Biltmore Ave. 2BR, 2BA, SE corner.

10 large windows, 12” ceilings. Exposed brick, top quality throughout. 3 years old. $1,900/month.

Bright Star Realty.

828-301-8033.

DOWNTOWN LUXURY CONDOS Brand new loft in historic 52 Biltmore Avenue Building. 1BR, 1.5BA with 250 sqft 2nd floor mezzanine. Gourmet kitchen, oak floors, exposed brick, modular lighting, large windows, W/D, concrete, granite, stone, stainless upgrades. Indoor parking.

Best Downtown location; walk to anything. $1,400/month. Year lease.

828-301-8033 or 954-684-1300. Oxford Ventures

ASHEVILLE AREA RENTALS $550-$1950/month. • 1East. • 3-West. • 3-North. • 3-South. • Century 21 Mountain Lifestyles: (828) 684-2640, ext 17. For more details: www.KristieFrizsell.com PRISTINE 3BR, 1BA • 2700 sq.ft. townhome in Swannanoa, 10 minutes from downtown Asheville.

Beautiful views, decks on 2 levels, hardwood floors, custom wood blinds. W/D, all appliances. $1495/month.

Beverly: 203-913-9642.

NORTH ASHEVILLE TOWNHOMES Off Merrimon. Walking distance to town. • 1BR: $495/month. • 2BR, 1BA: $525/month. • 3BR, 1BA: $625/month. Includes water. 828-252-4334 WEST ASHEVILLE Canterbury Heights, 46 and 48 Beri Drive. Newly renovated, 2BR, 1.5BA, 3level condos, 918 sqft. Pool, fitness center. $725/month.

Mike 919-624-1513 DOWNTOWN LUXURY CONDO • 2BR, 2BA. Two blocks from Pack Square, corner SW facing. 12’ ceiling.

Eleven huge windows, exposed brick, oak floors, and gourmet kitchen. Indoor parking. $2,200/month furnished, $1950/month unfurnished. Year lease.

Bright Star Realty, 828-301-8033. Adeed Dawisha 513 529 2332 dawisha@muohio.edu

Homes For Rent 1 LEVEL LIVING • FAIRVIEW 2BR, 1BA, laundry room, sunporch, all appliances, central AC/heat pump.

Carport. • Great backyard! $800/month. Deposit/lease. • No pets. • By appointment: (828) 777-2854.

15 MINUTES TO ASHEVILLE North Buncombe. Sunny 3BR, 2BA, wrap around deck, small workshop, basement.

Yard. Quiet country setting.

Single car garage. $950/month. 423-5160.

1920’S BUNGALOW • W. Asheville. 2BR, 1BA, hardwood floors, D/W, W/D. New appliances/tiled BA. Fenced yard. Dog considered. $825/month + deposit. 828-254-9488.

1ST CALL US! 2, 3 and 4BR homes from $600-2000. • Pet friendly. (828) 251-9966 Alpha-Real-Estate.com 2BR, 1BA • CHUNNS COVE DUPLEX $750/month. Call (828) 253-0758. Carver Realty 2BR, 1BA • OAKLEY AREA Fenced yard, storage shed.

Off-street parking. Close to Biltmore Village and other shopping. Some pets ok. $750/month. Deposit, references. (828) 273-9228.

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2BR, 1BA + BONUS ROOM AND BATH ON LOWER LEVEL in walkable West Asheville neighborhood.

Completely renovated bungalow. Fully equipped kitchen with quartz countertop and maple cabinetry. Refinished oak wood flooring. Washer and dryer included. Lots of extra storage - lower level workshop/tool room. Energy efficient - new heating and cooling system, new windows. No smokers. Pets considered. $1,100/month.

Call 828-230-7775.

2BR, 1BA in convenient West Asheville location, 2 blocks to Haywood Road shopping district. Hardwood floors, gas heat, 9’ ceilings, W/D provided. Large, tree-shaded yard. Off-street parking.

Water included in rent. $875/month + security deposit. Available now.

828-216-1331.

3-4BR, 1.5BA DOWNTOWN Bungalow: walk to hospital, less than 3 miles to UNCA, private master suite, stainless appliances. Covered porch, off-street parking.

Dogs ok. Available now. $1150/month.

(904) 718-1942 3BR, 1.5BA • MONTFORD Available July 1. Beautifullyrenovated and clean. Central heating/air. No smoking. No pets. $1,100/month. Call (803) 699-8733.

3BR, 2.5BA, NORTH, 5 Foxwood, a/c, garage, view, $1,095/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 2BA, WEST, 7 Spring, a/c, w/d hookups, deck, $895/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 4BR, 2BA, EAST, 179 CHUNNS COVE, a/c, w/d hookups, large yard, $1,065/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com ACCEPTING SECTION 8 NOW! Mobiles like new.

In quiet, very nice park. • 3BR, 2BA, $625/month. • 2BR, 2BA, $615/month.

(828) 252-4334.

ATTRACTIVE 3BR, 1BA • Near UNCA. Back deck, W/D hookup. $900/month.

828-253-5513.

LOG CABIN • WOLF LAUREL AREA $800/month. 1.5BR on 2 acres. Sanctuary with view from deck. Cable, fireplace, gas and kerosene heat. • 3 mile hike to AT. • Green notes: built with logs from acreage, kerosene converted for biodiesel option, energy star appliances, low VOC paint, salvage wood used in renovation. • Pet friendly! • Available now.

(828) 545-2999.

NEW CUSTOM 3BR, 2BA 1,600 sq.ft. East Asheville rental. EnergyStar. Adjacent to Warren Wilson College forest trails. $1,250/month. rhizopod@bellsouth.net

AWARD WINNING HOME Lease or lease purchase.

Walk to downtown/Montford Historic District. Restored 4BR, 3BA Victorian: Hardwood floors, private patio/porch, full basement and open third floor loft space. Available September 1. • 6 month lease, $2200/month, (Includes lawn service). Owner/Broker. Call (828) 254-6270 or email: ashevillerentals @gmail.com

BEAUTIFUL DUPLEX • NEAR DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE/UNCA 2BR, 1,000 sqft, upper/lower units available. Hardwood/ tile floors. Porch, deck with views. Pets considered. $900-$1,000/month.

Includes electric, water, trash pickup/recycling, yard maintenance. 828-989-5523 BUNGALOW • NORTH ASHEVILLE Highly desirable location. 2BR, 1BA. Living, dining, WD, hardwood floors, porch. Fenced yard, large deck. Off street parking. • Walk to Beaver Lake and Jones Elementary. • Pets considered. • Available August 1. $1000/month, includes lawn service. Call Jeff: (239) 281-3685.

BUNGALOW • WEAVERVILLE Walk to downtown. 2BR, 1BA. WD. Hardwoods, large kitchen, covered front porch. • Fenced backyard, pets ok. $800/month. 713-2631.

CANDLER, 2BR, 1BA, $550/month. Call (828) 253-0758. Carver Realty

AFFORDABLE LIVING in gorgeous mountain setting.

Bat Cave, 35 minutes to Asheville. Small, art deco, 1BR house on secluded, wooded acreage. Water included; low utilities; wood stove heat. $685/month.

828-696-6393.

FURNISHED • WEST ASHEVILLE/LEICESTER Available August 1. • Amazing views! 4BR, 4BA. 15 minutes to downtown Asheville. Home features: 3100 sqft, 3BR suites, hot tub, AC. $2500/month (includes water and landscaping). Security deposit, credit check. Call (828) 279-3926 or MasInvestmentsllc.com

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NORTH ASHEVILLE TOWNHOMESOff Merrimon. Walking distance to town. • 1BR: $495/month. • 2BR, 1BA: $525/month. • 3BR, 1BA: $625/month. Includes water. 828-252-4334 OFF THE HOOK! We got a great response from our ad for our Rental house in the Mountain Xpress! The phone rang off the hook!

Thanks, Ander, owner, Design Painting. Get your Apartment or House rented quickly and affordably. Call (828) 251-1333.

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PRIVATE AND BEAUTIFUL • Green built home on 27 acres. Magical setting. Easy access (25 minutes) to Asheville. 4BR, 2BA, furnished. $2200/month.

Utilities included. Reduced rent for dog sitting. Available 10/1/09. 828-335-8866.

REEMS CREEK, MUNDY COVE 3BR, 2BA, $900/month. Call (828) 253-0758. Carver Realty SOUTH, DEANWOOD 3BR, 2BA, $1,225/month. Call (828) 253-0758. Carver Realty SOUTH, OAK FOREST, 3BR, 2BA rancher, gas, AC, $1,200/month. Call (828) 253-0758. Carver Realty

WEST ASHEVILLE • 3BR, 2.5BA Hardwoods, tile, carpet, granite. Stainless steel and ENERGY STAR appliances. W/D hookups.

Front porch and private, wooded back deck. 2-car garage. Great for family. 5 minutes from downtown Asheville. $1,650/month. Call Lisa: 828-808-2651.

WOODLAND HILLS • North Asheville • 2 BR, 3BA plus bonus office room. Mature landscaping on private 1.5 acres with fenced area.

Double garage, W/D • $1300/month + deposit lease and references • (828) 232-5547 • (828) 712-5548.

WEST ASHEVILLE • Walk to Haywood Rd. , 2BA, 1BA, new appliances and windows. Great garden. No pets. $750/month + 1 year lease. $750 deposit.

Bri 301-7892.

Vacation Rentals BEAUTIFUL LOG CABIN Sleeps 5, handicap accessible. Near Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC. (828) 231-4504 or 277-1492. bennie14@bellsouth.net

Roommates 1BR, 1BA Furnished, private bathroom, shared kitchen and laundry,in 3 bedroom North Asheville house.

Female preferred, nonsmoking. Must like cats!

2$400/month. 254-7650.

20 Year Old Female Student looking for laid back house. I have one beautiful dog. 458 6385.

Available AUGUST 20th Excellent location in 28801 with view of the Asheville skyline. $425 + half utilities gets you: your own room on the other side of the apartment, cable/wireless, furnished house, awesome pug to follow you around when I'm not home, very spacious apartment (well, it's the upstairs of a duplex!), back yard & deck. We can talk about deposits! BARK! friendly. W/D!!!!!

865-414-9135 Beautiful Home With rose gardens in South/East Asheville. Clean/healthy lifestyle. No alcohol-drugssmoking, no exceptions.

2BR/1BA. $400/month+deposit. Lauren 828-333-2717. Females only.

Clean Roommate Wanted Friendly, employed roommates to share 2BR/1BA. Large fenced yard for dogs, fully furnished.

Oakley. $600/month +1/2 utilities. Avail. Aug. 1.

352-214-5353.

Country living, Barnardsville, 30 minutes from Asheville. 1BR, W/D. Pets possible. 4-wheel drive needed. $350/month, utilities included. Nonsmoker. Jeff, 626-3009 or 231-0372.

Eco-friendly in W. Asheville Community-minded 30 yr old roommates. Hardwoods, quiet, clean. 1 cat and may consider 1 cat. $400/month includes utilities. culturalcreativevision @gmail.com Female from Northern MI looking for room to rent beginning of August. Audrie: audrielauren@gmail.com 231-675-3190.

Female to Share Family Home Student or Professional. Come live in our guest room in large, open Haw Creek home. Wifi and cable. $400/month.

299-7136 House Share Spacious, comfortable home in Kenilworth. Nice furnished room, wi-fi, etc. $400/month + utilities. 828-251-2118. writersw@gmail.com.

Houseshare Great house with owner. Lots of space and light on very private lot.

Nice views, deck. $400+.

828-280-9559.

Huge Room in Basement in West Asheville home. Room for a workshop, unlimited storage. $325/month.

828-258-2104.

Kenilworth • Seeking clean, responsible, employed, roommate who likes dogs. $400/month + utilities.

827-777-3321 evenings .

Kenilworth Large BR, 1.5 bath, big kitchen, living room, yard. W/D, no drugs. Deposit and references required. $400/month + utilities.

828-777-3321.

Large Private Room with bath. $450/month. Quiet location close to Asheville and Brevard. No smokers.

828-778-9937.

Large Sunny Bedroom $370/month includes electric/water. Great find, 2BR apartment. No pets, smokers, drugs. Near UNCA/GPI. 989-4373. Movein July 15.

Light and Bright 1800 sq.ft., W/D, Internet, cable, phone, watchdog, 2BR guest-wing, 12 min. from downtown. $595/month. dryman77@hotmail.com Looking for Female Roommate Huge BR, nice walk in closet, 2 dressers.

Fletcher. Country setting. $400/month includes everything. Ashley, 828-215-1491.

Lovely Home West Asheville Share with 2 women. Looking for quiet meditative female. $450/month. W/D Wifi, utilities. Storage space, organic gardens. 258-9386 Kathryn.

Majestic Mountain Views from 2200 sq.ft home high above Skyland. $300/month+ 3rd utilities. No smokers, no drugs, no pets. References, deposit. 828-231-1928.

MONTFORD 2BR Musician Organizer seeking mature female roommate. Duplex, W/D spacious, walk downtown, UNCA. 828-713-8268 $475/mont + $75 utilities.

Montford 2BR, spacious, beautiful! Seeking female roommate. Walk downtown, UNCA. $425/month + $75 utilities. W/D. 828-713-8268.

New Apartment 2BR/2BA, looking for responsible, friendly, quiet, clean roomate in 20s. I am 24, female with fulltime job. $410/month.

508-397-6474.

Nice Condo • Seeking responsible,trustworthy female to share 2BR, 2BA condo. W/D. E.Asheville.

Nonsmoker, no pets, $375month + utilities/cable, deposit/references. Available 9/1/09, Erin (828) 296-9408.

Professional Seeking Roommate 3BR/2BA W. Asheville home. Private downstairs BR, private garage entrance and usage.

Fenced backyard, storage space. Near Amboy Park and downtown. $650/month, Includes all utilities: $300 deposit. carolinanc79@yahoo.com Relaxed, Responsible 30ish professional female has room for rent in 100 y/o home close to downtown. H/W, W/D, fenced yard. Pets possible. No drugs. Short term OK. Deposit/references. $500-550/month includes wireless/utilities. alm28801@gmail.com

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(AAN CAN) Responsible Quiet Female To share 3BR house. Must be dog friendly. Furnished BR, private area downstairs. $550/month includes utilities, internet, Direct Tv. 828-216-1722.

Responsible, Quiet Roommate Share 3BR home. No pets but dog friendly a must. Furnished BR, private area downstairs. $550/month includes utilities, wireless internet and Direct TV. 828-216-1722.

Room for Rent in 2BR apartment, East Asheville. $350 a month plus 1/2 of electricity. 828-582-0908.

Tanya.

Roommate Wanted 3BR house. Walk to Haywood Rd, W/D, fenced yard, $370/month. Must be easy going, clean and like animals. 828-216-6019.

Roommate Wanted Air, cable, internet, W/D. Responsible male. $375/month. 1st and last, half utilities, references. Dog ok. Nice area.

828-713-2087.

Roommate Apartment. $500/month utilities included. 2 miles up Town Mountain Rd. Complex has a swimming pool. I am neatfreak looking for a fun living experience. jeffmende@gmail.com Roommate Thirtyish couple seeks roommate of similar age. Wonderful house, great neighborhood. Walk to downtown, fenced yard, great view. Dogs considered. $400/month. 828-768-1546.

Roommate Young female looking for fun roommate.

Need place beginning of August, at least 6 months. audrielauren@gmail.com Share Home in country setting, mountain views on 4 acres just outside Asheville.

Quiet, private BR, BA. Cable, W/D, utilities included. $440/month. 828-779-7958.

Share lovely 2BR, 2BA condo, Racquet Club, South Asheville. Includes large health club, pool, tennis.

Washer/dryer. Call (828) 505-3338.

UNCA Perfect student housing. Off street parking, walk to UNCA. Sunroom w/hot tub. Garage for scooter or motorcycle. $700/month utilities included 335-3624.

West Asheville House Share BR, BA. Hardwood floors, great light, unlimited storage. $425/month-utilities.

828-258-2104.

West Asheville home share for mature, responsible person. $650/month includes utilities. Sorry, no pets. Call 727-564-2703.

Woodland Trails Condo 12A Krista Circle near Biltmore Lake. 2BR, 2BA. $830/month includes some utilities.

Negotiable Lease.

828-242-0669.

YEAR ROUND SHARE MY AIR CONDITIONED HOUSE + your own apartment, private entrance. West Asheville, 5 minutes to downtown. Loving care required for mature dog September-March. $550/month includes utilities.

No children. No other pets.

No smoking. No drugs.

Organic garden. Healthy golden girl w/good boundaries welcome.

Available now.

828-236-1704

Employment

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(AAN CAN) 1 DAYTIME POSITION Available for a reliable, and environmentally conscious person to join our cleaning team. An energetic nonsmoker with great PR skills a must. Reliable transportation and cell phone required. Pay based on experience and efficiency, average $10/hour.

Please call (828) 215-3830.

A STYLIST • No harmful chemicals; just a sound, organic, and pleasant, professional environment.

Full-time. Must be experienced, skilled, selfmotivated. • Commission based on clientele. The Water Lily Wellness Salon, 7 Beaverdam Road. 505-3288. thewaterlily@mac.com AMAZING RESPONSE! “I recently ran a job ad in the Mountain Xpress and I was amazed at the overwhelming response I got from it. I was going to run it for 4 weeks but I had to cancel it after 2 because I had already received • too many • qualified applicants. I will definitely use the Mountain Xpress Classifieds in the future whenever I am looking to find good people to hire.”

Stuart Gignilliat. • Be amazed and find the right employees, call 2511333, Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace.

employment ANIMAL CARE Part-time Attendant/Assistant.

Veterinary Hospital looking to fill a position responsible for assisting technicians and veterinarian with patients, care for boarding pets and maintain the utmost cleanliness of the hospital.

Must be dependable, honest, mature, eager to learn, hard working and have a positive attitude and compassion for animals. Hours include rotating weekends. Send cover letter, resume and 3 references to: info@whiteoakvet.net or the following address: White Oak Veterinary Hospital, Attn: Donna Howland, 3336 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher, NC 28732 CAB DRIVERS Needed at Blue Bird; call JT 258-8331.

Drivers needed at Yellow Cab; call Buster at 253-3311.

FULL-TIME MONOGRAMMING SUPERVISOR Sewing experience helpful; computer experience mandatory. Great pay with benefits. Will train right person. Email: stb@justduckyoriginals.com

GIVENS ESTATES Employment application for future positions. Jobline: 828-771-2230. HR Office: 1st Floor, Asbury Commons Building, 2360 Sweeten Creek Road, South Asheville. www.givensestates.us MOTIVATED LOT MAINTENANCE PERSON needed for fast-paced car lot. Part time, MondaySaturday. Must possess a valid NC driver license and be over the age of 19. Apply in person at 1098 Patton Avenue, Tuesday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

PRODUCTION WORKERS NEEDED Recruiting “production workers” for first shift, four 10 hour days, Monday-Thursday. $9/hour.

Training provided for those that qualify. Apply online snelling.com/asheville/ application TOUR GUIDE If you are a “people person” with a passion for Asheville and have a Commercial Drivers License (CDL), you could be a great Gray Line Trolley tour guide! Training provided.

Part-time; possible full-time.

Contact Elaine at (828) 251-8687 or elaine @graylineasheville.com

Skilled Labor/ Trades GUTTER INSTALLER • Immediate employment for established company. Must be experienced. Drivers License Required. Excellent pay and benefits.

828-654-0036.

MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT Part-Time Asheville Healthcare Center has an immediate opening for the position of part-time Maintenance Assistant for its 106-bed, long-term care and rehabilitation facility. • The ideal candidate should be detail oriented and have experience across multiple areas including plumbing, electrical, etc. • Qualified applicants should submit resume and salary requirements to: Tim Sparks, HR Manager, Asheville Healthcare Center, 1984 US Hwy 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778. (828) 298-2037 (fax). tsparks@mfa.net

Administrative/ Office ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Part-time in Arden office. $8/hour. • Knowledge/proficiency with Word and Excel. • Light payroll (Gathering timesheets, transferring data from time clock) • Answer phones • Order placing (office supplies, warehouse, etc.) • Apply by phone Jeff Coleman, (863) 356-5756 or email jcoleman @upcommunications.com NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT AGENCY Seeking part-time administrative assistant. $9$10/hr. Must have a great personality, be detailedoriented and self-motivated.

Applicant should be fluent with Photoshop, Adobe PDF and all Microsoft applications. Knowledge of Wordpress and web apps a plus. Resumes should be submitted via e-mail to fbagencyjobs@gmail.com.

Restaurant/Food

POINT OF SALE/SCANNING

“150 CALLS! At some point, I was hoping they’d stop! The best vehicle for finding quality employees, and advertising your business.”

Russell, The Skyclub. Your business can benefit with low cost, efficient advertising. Call 251-1333.

Mountain Xpress Marketplace Classifieds.

COORDINATOR • Oversees

12 BONES HIRING - RIVER LOCATION ONLY: 2 positions - We need an experienced lead prep cook (good knife skills required) and also a fast, friendly food runner, day hours. Apply in person, 25p.m., 5 Riverside Drive.

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BED AND BREAKFAST COOK for upscale property serving gourmet cuisine. Responsible, sober, prompt, wellorganized individual with good personal hygiene accustomed to preparing timed entrees and visually attractive plates.

Baking skills desired.

Weekends, holidays required. Usually 5 mornings per week (occupancy related); approximately 15-20.

828-253-0102.

Human Services

item pricing, and merchandise additions and deletions for retail operations. Ensures accuracy

and of automated pricing systems. Email hr@frenchbroadfood.coop for complete job description/pay/benefits. NO PHONE CALLS.

Hotel/ Hospitality 10-25 HOURS/WEEK • HOUSEKEEPER A large B&B

CALLING ALL PROFESSIONAL GINGERBREAD HOUSE ARTISTS: Looking for candidates that are skilled in the art of Gingerbread House making. Time sensitive project so only responsible individuals with a good work ethic should call for details.

253-0102.

in Montford is looking for a

MOUNTAIN X JAMS! As a growing business that relies on the face put forward by our employees, Mountain Xpress Classifieds is where we turn to find them. The volume of high-quality applicants replying to our ads can be hard to choose from, and it is always worth our investment. Thanks Mountain X! Rebecca and Charlie, owners, Tomato Jam Cafe.

preferred, but will train the

mature, clean, energetic person to join our cleaning staff. Weekend hours are a requirement. Experience

right person. Verifiable references required. Income based on experience and displayed ability. Confidential inquiries call 251-0789.

Haywood, Jackson County Psychiatrist Assertive Community Treatment Team.

Please contact Joe Ferrara, (828) 507-1787. Haywood County Therapist/Team Leader Child and Family Services. Master’s Degree and supervisory experience.

Please contact Lisa Phillips at (828) 631-3973, ext.

1411. Jackson, Macon, Swain County Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) Child and Family Services: Must have a Bachelors degree in a human services field and two years post-graduation experience, or a Masters degree. Please contact Lisa Phillips at (828) 631-3973, ext. 1411.

Therapist: Child and Family Services: (Macon and Jackson). Masters degree required. Please contact Lisa Phillips at (828) 631-3973, ext. 1411. Assistant Coordinator: Juvenile Justice Treatment Continuum (JJTC): Jackson County.

Bachelors degree required.

Strong organizational, computer and communications skills required. Please contact Patti Long, Project Coordinator, at (828) 508-2256. Cherokee, Clay, Graham County Therapist/Team Leader: Child and Family Services.

Masters degree and license eligible. Please contact Lisa Phillips at (828) 631-3673, ext. 1411. • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org

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ENERGETIC LIFE WORKS COACH To meet with participants at least twice a month to help identify personal strengths, assets, goals and career interests.

Discuss progress, setbacks and ways to remove obstacles to success. Also coordinate services through a network of community organizations that provide participants with the resources they need to solve the problems they face. • Requirements: • 4 year degree in Social Work or related field and at least 2 years of experience required.

• Ability to provide case management which includes family assessment, intervention, planning, employment development and considerable public contact. • Assist low-income families through a strengthsbased approach to case management to become selfsufficient. • Ability to understand family needs and help develop resources. • Strong oral and written communication skills. • Budget and paper management accuracy required. • Must be a teamplayer and experience with team-based case management skills. · Fluent in English and Spanish preferred. • Possess a valid NC driver’s license. • Able to pass drug and background checks. • North Carolina Family Support Credential preferred. Salary Range: $28,076-$33,825, DOQ. Send resume along with cover letter, work references and phone numbers to: Human Resources Manager, 25 Gaston Street, Asheville, NC 28801. Selected applicants will be contacted for an interview. Open until filled. EOE and DFWP.

FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF RUTHERFORD CO. • Is seeking a Clinical Director. Applicants must have a Master’s Degree in counseling, social work or related field, NC licensure, clinical experience with adult and child MH population, a minimum of 5 yrs. supervisory experience.

Email resume: sholloway@fpscorp.com PARKWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. Has openings for the following: • QP/CSAC in our Hendersonville Office.

This F/T position requires CSAC Certification, minimum Bachelor’s Degree, minimum 2 years experience working with adults and knowledge of working with IPRS Clients would be helpful. Some evenings required. • Requires good driving record.

Position has full benefits, medical insurance, PTO and more. Send resume to: slayton@parkwaybh.com PART-TIME DAY SUPPORTS To work with developmentally disabled people. Please apply in person: 147 Coxe Avenue, Asheville, NC. Liberty Corner Enterprises.

Become a Wilderness Field Instructor Year Round • Summer and Internship Positions Available

• Located Near Asheville, NC • Experience Clinical and Adventure Based Activities • Gain Personal and Professional Development • Learn and Teach Primitive Living Skills • Live in Rustic Cabins and Primitive Campsites • Make a Difference in the Lives of Children • 8 Day on 6 Day off Shifts For Employment Information: Contact: Taylor Woods Office: (828) 668-7590 • Cell: (828) 808-4290 or Email: wwoods@suwscarolinas.com www.suwscarolinas.com • www.suwsseasons.com www.phoenixoutdoor.com

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SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM MANAGER Recruiting a skilled and energetic Self-Sufficiency Program Manager to supervise direct service staff and ensure quality teambased case management with low-income families. • Minimum of a 4 year Degree in Human Services and four years of related program delivery team-based supervision, and case management, preferably including supervisory and administrative experience. • Requirements: Responsible for supervision of administrative support staff • Coordinate team activities, ensuring effective resource utilization • Quality assurance of standards and services • Provide technical case management supervision of services • Develop staff training and preparing reports • Grant management to include Budget Development, grant writing, monitoring; administration and reporting • Requires extensive knowledge of the program performance standards and services • Potential grant sources and expert case management judgment • Must exercise creativity, initiative, and sound judgment in program management • Leadership, teamwork and collaboration skills are also required • Ability to exercise sound judgment • Considerable keyboarding and computer skills sufficient to ensure data entered in automated database is correct and reports accurately reflect the work of staff. • Fluent in English and Spanish preferred, Must be a team player and experience with team-base case management skills • Possess a valid NC driver’s license • Able to pass drug and background checks. Salary range: $38,000-$42,000, DOQ. • Send resume along with cover letter, work references and phone numbers to: Human Resources Manager, 25 Gaston Street, Asheville, NC 28801. Selected applicants will be contacted for an interview. Open until filled.

EOE and DFWP. WILDERNESS THERAPY PROGRAM • Field Staff: Following training, facilitate safety and implement treatment plan designed by group therapist for teens struggling with emotional and behavioral issues. Staff work week on/week off in the woods of North Georgia.

• Qualifications: 21 plus, CPR and First Aid certified, experience with backpacking and adolescents, willingness to commit 8 months, WFR recommended. • Benefits: High compensation that increases with staff level, quality mentoring and training in wilderness therapy from a well respected program, full health and dental coverage. • Training: July 30-August 6. • Contact: Andy Dunn or Tyson Farmer, Second Nature Blue Ridge.

(706) 212-2037. www.snwp.com

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Caregivers/ Nanny CNA POSITIONS Needed immediately for 8-12 hours shifts, weekends/evenings.

Various shifts available in Asheville, Madison County, Leicester, Arden areas. Paid holidays, competitive salary.

Clean background and drug screen required. Join the team at Stacie’s Personal Care Services!

828-649-9014 or 866-550-9290. Fill out application on line: www.staciespcs.com HAYWOOD COUNTY CNAs needed to fill a variety of schedules. Must be able to pass a thorough background check and drug screening.

Join the team at Stacie’s Personal Care Services!

828-452-6992, 866-550-9290, 828-649-9014 www.staciespcs.com

Professional/ Management TEMPORARY FUNDRAISING POSITIONS Loaned Executives Needed.

United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County is seeking energetic and talented individuals to join a highly focused and successful community needs provider team for the 2009 Annual Campaign. The positions begin August 17, 2009 and end November 6, 2009. Selected individuals will have an opportunity to help UWABC achieve a vital goal that greatly benefits our entire community through assisting companies and organizations with developing and implementing strategies to maximize workplacegiving campaigns.

Excellent leadership development and networking opportunity.

Bilingual is a plus. A stipend is provided.

To Apply: Submit your cover letter and resume to info@unitedwayabc.org or fax to Attention: LE Search Committee (828) 255-8004 no later than July 24. Describe your experience in the following areas: • Fundraising or sales and public speaking • Interpersonal, teamwork and time management • Basic computer skills in Word, Excel and Outlook • Project management experience Notes: Temporary employees do not receive UWABC benefits such as medical, dental, vacation and sick leave. Must have reliable transportation, have a valid driver license and proof of automobile insurance. EOE.

Career Training

VOICE ACTORS NEEDED for theatrical-style audiobook being recorded in Asheville.

Require good reading/speaking and acting ability. Contact davidtalon@bellsouth.net for details.

EARN YOUR MASTER’S DEGREE in Integrated Teaching Through the Arts in Asheville. Close to home and only one weekend a month.

No GRE or MAT required.

Lesley University is America’s top teacher of teachers.

Contact Jacinta White at 888-608-8463 or at jwhite14@lesley.edu

Computer/ Technical WEB DESIGNER/WEB DEVELOPER Established local firm seeks creative web designer/developer/webmast er for multiple established websites. PHP, ASP, Flash, Dreamweaver, Adobe Creative Suite experience required. Applicant will manage multiple websites, including design and content.

Applicant will also manage web and email marketing campaigns, with an emphasis on increasing traffic and generating revenue. Good marketing skills are required. Applicant should be familiar with social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter and be able to successfully utilize these and other tools to increase traffic and generate revenue. Applicant should be open to developing new skills and should be able to work independently. Position is full time with excellent benefits.

Send resume to jobinquiries78@gmail.com

Teaching/ Education EXPERIENCED TEACHER Hiring part-time to create and implement interdisciplinary curriculum for grades 1-3 in a homeschool style leaning co-op.

Contact Kathleen at Dylanmaggie@tds.net STONE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL Positions available: Field Instructors, Full and Parttime and NC Certified Middle School Teacher for year-round schedule. We are looking for confident, flexible, and enthusiastic leaders to be part of a great team. • Field Instructors work 3-4 day shifts both on campus and on adventure trips. Clean driving record and drug screen mandatory. One year commitment vital. Benefits possible at 3 months including 401k, paid time off, certifications, and job training. Pay is commensurate with industry standards. Stone Mountain School operates under a Special Use permit issued by the U.S. Forest Service in the pristine wilderness of the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests. • Fax resume to Academic Director or Program Director at (828) 669-2521. stonemountainschool.com

Employment Services HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA! Fast, affordable & accredited.

Free brochure. Call now! 1800-532-6546 Ext. 97 www.continentalacademy.co m (AAN CAN) POST OFFICE NOW HIRING! Avg. Pay $21/hour or $54K annually Including Federal Benefits and OT. Paid Training, Vacations. PT/FT. 1-866-945-0295. (AAN CAN) UNDERCOVER SHOPPERS Get paid to shop. Retail and dining establishments need undercover clients to judge quality and customer service.

Earn up to $100/day. Please call 1-800-720-0576.

Business Opportunities BEST HOME-BASED BUSINESS EVER! It’s fun; it’s simple; it’s lucrative. To hear 3-minute message, call 1-866-257-3105, code 1.

BIZ OP • Want to purchase minerals and other oil/gas interest. Send details to: PO Box 13557, Denver, CO 80201 GREEN WELLNESS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY Expanding grass roots effort seeking dedicated people to work from home. Parttime/full-time. Minimal investment required.

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Announcements ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS in 111 alternative newspapers like this one.

Over 6 million circulation every week for $1200. No adult ads. Call Rick at 202-289-8484. (AAN CAN) ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS in 111 alternative newspapers like this one.

Over 6 million circulation every week for $1200. No adult ads. Call Mountain Xpress Classifieds at (828) 251-1333. (AAN CAN)

Hendersonville Playgroup.

Meeting new members July 9th, 11 a.m. Hendersonville Chick-Fil-K on Hwy. 64. meetup.com/hendersonvillepl aygroup, suzannepilkington @gmail.com Host Foreign Exchange Student Forte International Exchange Association. Nonprofit. Families needed to host high school students from around the world.

Jackie Lee 828-808-9864 www.forteexchange.org Lizzie McD • Happy Birthday! I love you. Call your Dad. PHYSICIAN JOINS COMMUNITY FAMILY PRACTICE Community Family Practice, PA is proud to announce the affiliation of a new partner, Lauren Livingston, M.D. Dr. Livingston will begin seeing patients on August 3, 2003.

Dr. Livingston completed undergraduate studies at Davidson College and attended Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her training at the MAHEC Family Practice Residency Program in Asheville.

Dr. Livingston is accepting patients of all ages and appointments can be made by calling CFP at 254-2444.

Community Family Practice is located at 260 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina.

Seeking Children’s Illustrator with captivating tones of tenderness, whimsy and dynamic facial expressions. ncfireflies@bellsouth.net

Auditions MOVIE EXTRAS NEEDED! All looks and ages wanted. No experience necessary.

Feature films, television, commercials, and prints. $150 - $300/day. Call Now! 1-800-340-8404 x 2001 (AAN CAN)

ROLFING INTEGRATIVE THERAPY • Feel better Look better. Advanced Certified Rolfer offering new techniques combined with Visceral and Cranial Therapies. 828-545 8505. www.allenfrost.com

Bodywork **ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE MASSAGE! ** Perfect pressure! Caring, intuitive, professional therapist.

Tranquil sanctuary just 3 blocks from Greenlife & downtown! Ask about $35/hour introductory offer.

Visa/MC. Brett Rodgers LMBT #7557, www.vitalitymassage.net (828) 255-4785.

#1 AFFORDABLE MASSAGE CENTER Best rates in town! $29/hour.

Therapeutic Massage: • Deep Tissue • Swedish • Sports • Trigger Point. Also offering: • Acupressure • Energy Work • Reflexology • Classes. Call now for your appointment: (828) 4501049. • 1224 Hendersonville Road. • 10 Biltmore Plaza, 505-7088. Asheville. thecosmicgroove.com $35 MASSAGE- On the rare occasion that your life is stressful, I’m offering a massage with the introductory price of $35.

Please call 828-275-5497.

Patty O’Sullivan, LMT# 7113.

BEST MASSAGE IN ASHEVILLE Deep tissue, sports massage, Swedish, esalen. Available in/out. Jim Haggerty, LMBT# 7659. Call (828) 545-9700. www.jhmassage.com

Classes & Workshops LEARN VIETNAMESE/ASIAN COOKING • Tired of the same old food? Learn to prepare healthy and nutritious food. seasiancookingeasy.com

Mind, Body, Spirit

Health & Fitness

Let’s wake up the world.™

Earn your Master’s Degree in Integrated Teaching Through the Arts in Asheville, close to home and only one weekend a month. No GRE or MAT required. Lesley University is America’s top teacher of teachers. Contact Jacinta White at 888-608-8463 or at jwhite14@lesley.edu

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AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE Sliding scale $20-$40/treatment. South Asheville near Earth Fare. 5 Allen Avenue, Suite B. (828) 687-8747. www.livingpoints.net

HAND DELIVERING GOOD WORK TO HOMEBODIES & BUSYBODIES IN ASHEVILLE I utilize aspects of several modalities and approaches to better facilitate relaxation, moving through energetic blocks, releasing pain and healing. Travis Jackson, LMBT #4393. 828-772-0719, eyes-of-the-worldmassage@hotmail.com MASSAGE/MLD Therapeutic massage, $45/hour. Manual lymph drainage, $65/hour.

Lymphedema treatment, $45-$65/hour. 15+ years experience. 828-299-4105.

NC License #146. www.uhealth.net SHOJI SPA & LODGE • 7 DAYS A WEEK Looking for the best therapist in town—or a cheap massage? Soak in your outdoor hot tub; experience the invigorating cold plunge; then get the massage of your life! 26 massage therapists.

299-0999. www.shojiretreats.com

TELL STAY RELAXED. Massage therapy at your home/office.

1/2 or 1-hour appointments.

Call Sarah Whiteside, LMBT#4741, (828) 279-1050. sarahsgolf@charter.net

Counseling Services BODY-MIND PSYCHOTHERAPY Grief and Loss, Trauma, Men’s Issues, Co-dependency, Personal Growth and Excellence.

Joseph Howard, MSW, LCSW. Reasonable rates/Sliding scale. 828-651-8646. josehowardmsw@yahoo.com

Spiritual 2009? NEED MORE MONEY? • ASK NINA Psychic Nina, the Auracle of Asheville: (828) 253-7472 or email asknina@excite.com

Natural Alternatives HOLISTIC IRIDOLOGY® Fascinating detailed Iris Analysis, Bio-Chemistry Analysis, Cardiovascular Screening, and Meridian Kinesiology for ‘Total Health Assessment’ with effective Natural and Holistic Therapies, Bio-Detoxification programs, Advanced Energy Healing. Call Jane Smolnik, ND, Iridologist at (828) 777-JANE (5263) for appointment or visit www.UltimateHealing.com

Musicians’ Xchange

Musical Services AFFORDABLE RECORDING IN ASHEVILLE Special: 8 hours for $140! Awardwinning, radio-quality production. Pro tools, laidback environment. Image consulting, design and photography also at rock bottom prices.

828-413-1145.

ALL STRINGS • ALL AGES • ALL STYLES Neal Crowley, Stringed Instrument Teacher: Classical and Traditional music • Patient • Fun! • Group lessons available. • Jam with other students. • Reasonable rates. • Music for events and private parties. (828) 242-5115. crowleymusic@yahoo.com AMR STUDIO Audio mastering, mixing and recording. Musical, literary and instructional services.

Tunable performance room, on-site video available.

(828) 335-9316. www.amrmediastudio.com 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

THEM YOU SAW IT IN THE MOUNTAIN XPRESS CREATE YOUR CD, NOW with an experienced producer/arranger and talented multiinstrumentalist, Erik Kohl.

Creative, flexible, and affordable. 828-242-5032.

MAKE MUSIC! Guitar- PianoDrums- Bass- SingingBanjo- Mandolin lessons created for you/your child’s interest. Experienced, enthusiastic instructor, Erik…

828-242-5032.

Start Your Lessons Now. Beginner’s lessons for banjo, piano, guitar, songwriting, and vocals available from a musician back from tour.

Contact: moonbanjo@gmail.com

Equipment For Sale African Djembe Great drum from Guinea West Africa.

New skin and rope. $300.

777-5115.

Complete 5 Piece Drum Kit. Includes hardware, stands, throne, dvd instructional video w/book. $375.

828-778-2498.

Crate GT 1200 H • 120 Watt head, 4 X 10 Slant cabinet.

This is in mint condition. It needs a place to play. $300.

277-5602.

Gibson Les Paul Guitar 2006 standard, gold top, 50’s neck -very comfortable, close to mint, OHSC included, loud acoustically, beautiful, $1175, 273-1256, Terrence.

Ibanez AW 100 AE Guitar Mint condition w/portable 10w amp. Professionally tuned, barely played. $395, obo. 337-4625.

Drummer and Bass Player Needed Local Blues/Rock oriented band looking for musicians to enjoy making music. Rob 667-8585 or Marc 712-4684.

Electrik Manx Local garage rock band seeks drummer with lots of stamina and chops. Must want to travel.

828-216-0021 Multimedia Collaborators • Free Improvisation, electric cello, visionary art/movies, (http://www.artwanted.com/S araphael) seeks inspired collaborators for projects. saramuse@verizon.net Rock singer/guitarist/songwriter seeks bass players,drummers,and others, or bands for back-up band, for local gigs and recording. 704-502-2964, rodmartian@me.com Serious Professional Guitarist seeks serious original project. Hard rock/metal/progmetal. Dave, 458-1127.

Tonya @ The Smokers Recruiting new artists.

Mellow 70’s. Feel good, mature music experience.

5th Dimension, Walter Egan.

828-551-6280.

Working Band Needs Musicians Bluestopia Highway is looking for a creative lead guitar player, keyboard or sax. Blues, R&B, R&R. 828-231-2901.

Pet Xchange

New 5pc Tama Swingstar Light blue set w/ new Paiste hi-hat, crash cymbals, all parts. $600 or trade for guitar. meetvirginia89@aol.com to view.

Lost Pets

Washburn B-16 Banjo: I am selling my baby. She is about 6 years old. Normal wear on the head and some rusting on the brackets. Hard shell case included. $800, obo. dbanjo@gmail.com

BLACK LAB MIX Green collar. Missing from Blue Ridge Parkway trails near 74-A. Sunday 6/14/09 please, please call 828-712-4173 or 242-9534 mtferg@gmail.com

Musicians’ Bulletin

BOY • Black and white longhaired cat from Charlotte St/Cherokee area. His name is Boy, but he also responds to Bella. He’s neutered and had a blue collar w/ tags.

Amy, 760-504-1159.

Bass Guitar and Drums Needed Local musician, bass player and rummer for upcomming booked gigs, 2 rehersals a week at least.

319-7832 Jay. Bass Player Needed for rock cover band. Fun is main goal with outlook for occasional gigs. Russ 828-648-5315.

Bass Player Needed Have guitar, vox, drums, & rehearsal space. Hard Rock Covers. Goal is regular weekly rehearsal, occasional gigs. ehyall86@charter.net or 828-508-0573.

A LOST OR FOUND PET? Free service. If you have lost or found a pet in WNC, post your listing here: www.lostpetswnc.org

GOLDENDOODLE Bela 40 pounds, reddish curly hair, just spade. Missing since 6/7. Fairview RD./ 74 area.

Microchipped. Reward.

828-713-1725 or 828-713-9448.

LEO Handsome Siamese mix male cat, is missing from Riverside Cemetery/Rosewood Avenue in Montford. Please call 828-254-7458.

LIGHT BROWN CHIHUAHUA • Shiloh area, off Wyatt St. 828-310-1551.

LOST CAT 3 legged, black and tan tiger stripe, male. W. Asheville. 828-253-8193.

ADOPT BIG BEAR I have lovely, long hair and I was born in February 2003. I’m a big hunk of love, energetic and outgoing. I get along well with other dogs. I’m really looking forward to a special home. Can’t you see us enjoying a good hike together? To adopt Bear or see other available cats and dogs, call 258-4820 or visit animalcompassionnetwork.org

MALE LAB on 6/15/09 in North Asheville. Wearing a red collar. 828-333-1400 or 1-415-640-2654 .

Found Pets FOUND PUPPY ON SPIVEY MT. RD. Blonde puppy, 10:30 a.m., 6/13. Call to describe: 989-8361.

MALE BLACK LAB Tuesday 09 June at the New French Bar Courtyard. Please call with description if you left your dog. 828-651-8898.

POMERANIAN MIX • Off Lower Grassy Branch Rd (East). Brown/orange/white, around 4 years old. mizztrixi@hotmail.com YELLOW LAB MIX Sweet young male yellow lab mix found in West Asheville.

About 40 lbs, 1 year old.

828-301-9417.

Pets for Adoption

ADOPT CALLIE is a shy little girl who was part of a feral colony. Such a brave one, she was unable to even come out from behind her litter box- but within one week she is lying in a bed and can hardly contain her excitement when someone pets her! She is a curious and courageous cat, and I think she is trying to make up for the lack of love she has had. To adopt Callie or see other available cats and dogs, call 258-4820 or visit animalcompassionnetwork.org

ADORABLE ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPPY . Ready to meet a lovely family. She is vet checked, up to date on shots and worming, potty trained, with all health papers. For info and pics.

302-541-2014.

ADORABLE ENGLISH BULLDOG • She is 10 weeks old, weighS 7lbs, will be 4045 lbs at full grown. dareljohnson71@yahoo.com BROTHER WOLF CANINE RESCUE Save a dog’s life!

Adopt from Brother Wolf Canine Rescue. 458-7778. www.bwcr.org

A LOYAL COMPANION Murray, a Shepherd mix, might be the one for you. Call Brother Wolf Canine Rescue at 808-9435 for more information or visit www.bwcr.org

BUTTERS IS WAITING Meet Butters, a poodle mix. Butters is available for adoption through Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. Call 458-7778 for more information or see all our adoptable friends at www.bwar.org FIND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE! Cats, dogs, & other small animals available for adoption at Asheville Humane Society • 72 Lee’s Creek Road • Asheville, NC • (828) 253-6807 www.ashevillehumane.org FOSTER HOMES NEEDED FOR DANES Experience the love of these gentle giants.

Email gdf_volunteer@me.com for more info. Visit us 6/21 at Pet Supplies Plus.

LOST YOUR PET? FOUND A PET? Call Asheville Humane Society, (828) 253-6807, to fill out a missing or found pet report. Visit 72 Lee’s Creek Road, Asheville. www.ashevillehumane.org

FEMALE HOUND White w/brown spots, 45lbs, female, last seen off Reems Creek Rd in Weaverville.

CASH REWARD. ANY info, 828-244-3686 or 255-1188.

FRIENDLY MALE TABBY Shiloh Neighborhood. Grey with black stripes, tan lower belly. Talkative, friendly.

Wearing white leather collar.

Name: Mr. Mann.

828.505.6822 or 828.275.4079.

Pet Services

FREE KITTENS • Two female, 8 weeks old. One gray tabby and one dark.

Long haired. 680-9608 Mars Hill.

FREE KITTENS to a GOOD HOME only! All different ages, colors, and genders.

Please call 828-649-9313, anytime!

Kittens to Good Home Spayed/neutered. Application required. No fee.

Friends2Ferals at TNRCatCatcher@yahoo.com or 803.553.7919. Located S. Asheville.

KITTENS Healthy, happy and vaccinated. Available in pairs or more only. They need litter mates to play with which is essential for healthy development. You must commit to having them spayed or neutered. Rusty, 828-683-6859.

Vehicles For Sale

ASHEVILLE PET SITTERS Dependable, loving care while you’re away.

Reasonable rates. Call Sandy Ochsenreiter, (828) 258-0942 or 215-7232.

Autos

Dog Girl at Large Walking, training, behavior modification for dogs. All positive reinforcement.

Sitting services for all creatures. Heather 404.788.2085 or doggrrly@yahoo.com

1980 Mercedes-Benz 240D 45 mpg. Manual transmission. Biodiesel ready. Runs great! $3,500.

(828)779-0533,

1967 BUICK SKYLARK GS 300ci, 2brl, auto, tilt, ps, pb, no air, 94K original miles, California car. Excellent condition. $16,500, obo.

828-691-7858.

1990 ISUZU TROOPER Great condition inside and out but needs engine. Make offer.

828-251-2118.

1995 MERCEDES 300D White, diesel, auto with 189K - PWR everything, sunroof, custom stereo w/AUX input.

No oil leaks. Excellent fuel economy. $5000. Sean 828221-1163.

LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE! End cruel and dangerous constant chaining of dogs in NC! Lobby your state reps to reintroduce legislation addressing dog chaining. For information, contacts and downloads, visit www.crittersong.org Professional Pet Sitter • Call 545-0679 or go to www.MissJanesPetSitting.co m. Professional, full-time. In your home. Overnights, dog walks, cat sitting. Bonded and insured.

1996 NISSAN MAXIMA GXE Loaded, great running condition, clean, service records, automatic. Needs some body work. 150K miles. $3500 Call 333-2754.

1997 DODGE RAM 4x4 1500 SLT5. 2L V8engine.

140Kmiles. Automatic. New: tires, brakes. Powerful work truck, excellent working condition. Long bed, liner. $2300, obo. 712-1511.

1999 HONDA ACCORD EX 175K miles with power windows, sunroof. White with tan interior. Excellent condition. $5000.

828-280-8986.

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Delilah Female/Spayed Domestic Shorthair/Mix 2 years 1 month old Animal ID# 7949163

MALAMUTE/OLD ENGLISH PUPPLIES Free. Very cute.

Need loving/approved homes. Call 828-891-9694 or 704-224-8723. Must see these little firecrackers.

Lula Mae Female/Spayed Dachshund, Standard Smooth Haired/Pug 1 year 8 months old Animal ID# 7564454

Pets For Sale Milk Goats for Sale • Milk goat babies for sale. Nubian and Nubian/Alpine crosses.

Wethers for $60, doelings for $85, dry yearlings for $125 and a doe in milk for $150.

To approved homes only.

645-5445.

Dillinger Male/Neutered Domestic Medium Hair/ Mix 3 years old Animal ID# 7942448

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828-335-9316 • www.amrmediastudio.com

Buncombe County Friends For Animals, Inc.

72 Lee’s Creek Rd, Asheville, NC 253-6807 • AshevilleHumane.org

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General Merchandise

STEEL BUILDINGS • RECESSION DISCOUNT • 18x21: Reg $6,229 • Now $4,152. • 36x51: Reg $15,471 • Now $10,314. • 105x105: Reg $ 81,223 • Now $54,148. + Code Adj. Erection available. Phone: (828) 449-8411. www.scg-grp.com Source#14K

5th Wheel Camper Aljo 26ft, needs a little TLC. Generally good shape, all appliances work, AC/heat. Big bathroom and kitchen. $3500, obo. guditusp@gmail.com

Tools & Machinery Scroll Saw. RBI Hawk with table. 20” throat, lighted magnifying lens. Owners manual and pattern books. $150. 828-683-0059.

Clothing Boys/Girls/Womens Clothing $20 for Boys Sz 12/14. $20 for Girls Sz 10/12. $20 for Womens Sz 12/14. kattydiid@hotmail.com Park Ranger Hat Smokey Bear Hat. Stetson 3X. Beaver felt, new in box, size 7 1/8, leather hatband, issued by Park Service. $100. Before noon 828-667-1407 .

Vintage Horsebit Men’s Gucci Shoes EU size 45 1/2.

Black & Black Ostrich, excellent condition, $325, obo. 243-8980.

1999 SUBARU LEGACY OUTBACK • $150-$500 off if bought it in next few days.

150K miles, treated well, with plenty of life left in it.

AWD. $3400. 207-266-5684.

2 Car speakers: JL audio.

6”x9”. $100, paid $195.

423-9500.

2001 Dodge Durango R/T • Nice, 4 wheel, 3rd row, leather, tow package, CD, cassette. fully loaded $5000, obo. 828-606-9009.

2001CHEVY BLAZER 4X4 $3500, obo, good condition,111400 miles, red exterior, black interior, 4 doors, Automatic, A/C, AM/FM, CD, Onstar, much more. 828-545-6308.

2004 VW JETTA TDI Silver.

One owner. 79K miles.

Manual. $10,000.

828-301-0840. Average 4548 mpg/tank.

2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA 80K. Fantastic condition. Regular cab w/long bed. Auto. V6 and camper top. $6500.

828-337-9362.

2006 Dodge Magnum SXT 4 door, 6 cylinder,air, black cloth interior, A/C, tented windows ,pwr windows, CD, low miles, satellite, 828-216-7902.

2003 MINI-COOPER S Blue w/white roof. Great condition.

2 new tires. 154K miles. $8500. (828) 689-9589.

2003 Saturn Vue, 56K. Manual. All powered, sunroof, remote. $5600.

828-231-9887.

2007 Saturn Ion-3 Quad Coupe, 52K, Manual, all powered, remote, sunroof, spoiler, 2.4L engine. $6900.

828-231-9887.

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42001 Honda Civic With navigation. 7K, automatic, single owner. Love this car but family is expanding.

Great deal at $13,500. Laura, 828-713-9013.

Trucks/Vans /SUVs 1991 MAZDA BODY/1985 ISUZU ENGINE 170K, biodiesel equipped, 30/35mpg. Great truck. $3500, obo. Bruce.

828-669-6517.

1993 TOYOTA PICK-UP Camper top, 2 wheel drive, 169K miles, 5 speed, gas saver. $2,700, obo.

828-713-9356 .

93 Toyota 4x4 Pickup Parts Interior door panels, gray, with armrest $30.00 each.

Bedliner $20 .Before noon 828-667-1407.

Motorcycles/ Scooters 06 Kymco People Scooter Burgundy. Drives like new.

5400 miles. Lock and helmets included Call 713-3868. Paid $2500 sell $1500 obo.

1984 BMW R65 Black, low miles, $3,500, obo.

(828) 215-7249.

YOUR business!

2008 Coolsports 50cc: No license required. Great condition. Floor brake, push start. Silver/yellow. 3 storage bins. 1200 miles. $795 includes large full face helmet. 551-7479.

(828) 251-1333

Kawasaki Vulcan 2001 needs new home. $2200 for quick sale. Good working condition. 13K. stefaniniparade @hotmail.com

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Kawasaki Vulcan 2001 Needs new home. $2200 for quick sale. good working condition. 13K. stefaniniparade @hotmail.com Motorcycle Trailer Holds 3 bikes. All steel open design, with spare. $300 firm.

828-545-7044.

Automotive Services WE’LL FIX IT AUTOMOTIVE • Honda and Acura repair.

Half price repair and service.

ASE and factory certified.

Located in the Weaverville area. Please call 828-275-6063 for appointment.

For Sale

Appliances AFFORDABLE APPLIANCES • Stoves • Refrigerators/Freezers • Washers • Dryers • Repairs • Pickup/Delivery • Se Habla Espanol • Preguntale Por Bonnie: (828) 258-7355.

Uncle Joe’s Used Appliances

Vintage Horsebit Men’s Gucci Shoes Jumbo 10-11, tan & black, excellent condition. $325, obo.

243-8980.

Furniture

Computers

LARGE SLEEPER COUCH Good condition. Colored flowers on blue, doesn’t match new rug, must sell.

Excellent mattress. $250. • Solid dark blue removable cover, free. Call (828) 254-9154.

GET A NEW COMPUTER • Brand name laptops and desktops. Bad or no credit no problem. Smallest weekly payments available. Call now! 800-816-2232.

MATTRESSES Pillow-top: queen $250, king $350 • Extra firm: queen $175, king $275 • Full: $150 • Twin: $99. New, in plastic.

828-277-2500.

GET A NEW COMPUTER. Brand Name laptops & desktops. Bad or no credit no problem. Smallest weekly payments available. It is yours now! Call 800-803-8819 (AAN CAN)

Oak Entertainment Center, 3 section. Approx. 7’wide by 7’ tall by 2.5’ deep. $600.

Consider trade for futon or sleeper sofa. 828-777-2007.

Electronics 12 Channel Peavy Stereo Mixer very dependable $300. 828-273-2251.

Antiques & Collectibles

EV Delta Max PA (2) 15x1 cabinets $600.00.

828-273-2251.

Antique Phone table. Legs need tightening a bit but otherwise in good shape. $30. alm28801@gmail.com Located in Asheville.

Marshall JMC2000 New duel super lead with 4x12 cabinet. $800.00. 273-2251.

Sporting Goods

Jewelry

3 Go-Karts $200 each. All run great. kattydiid@hotmail.com

Jewelry Supplies 560blocks of poly-clay and supplies $800. Enough beads to start a small shop $2500. $2995 for it all 828-333-8766.

ProForm XP 550 Treadmill. $250. 0-10 MPH speed, 0-10 degree incline, 6 preprogramed workouts. In perfect working condition.

Contact 337-5036.

Oak Pub Table, Matching Chairs Approx. 42” high by 42” diameter. $400. Consider trade for 1950’s style dinette.

828-777-2007.

Tempurpedic King Mattress. Very comfortable. $75. Mark 481-0547.

Lawn & Garden Roosters 5 golden commet and 4 rhode island red roosters for sale. 12 weeks old. $3 each. 828-333-2098.

Yurts Affordable prices, add an extra room, meditation space, can be heated for winter, see laurelnest.com

Firewood Make Offer Red and white maple, oak for firewood or sculpture. Kenilworth.

828-251-2118.

CRAFTERS CANOPY TENT 10x10. EZ Upshelter. Folds to 48 inches. 3 sidewalls. $80.

Plus dolly $20. 505-0186. sewstar7@yahoo.com PROTECT YOUR FAMILY Get a free GE alarm system with no installation fee and no equipment costs. Most homeowners will receive an insurance discount as well.

Mention this ad and get 2 free keychain remotes.

Promotional code A02087.

Call 888-951-5158. (AAN CAN).

Time Life Music 10 CD Sets Great condition. globalmarketing3561 @yahoo.com

Sales

Yard Sales 5 Lee Ave. July 11-12. Baby, women’s clothing, house wares, gear. Not junk!

97 Fox Chase West Off New Stock Road. • This Saturday, July 11, 8am-12 Noon.

Furniture, clothing and miscellaneous items.

Ongoing Moving Sale Everything must go. Mostly furniture. Kitchen supplies.

Working dryer.

828-582-1073.

YARD SALE Sat 6/20 8am 1pm, 30 Rosewood Ave., off Pearson. Household items, books, baby, clothes, books, jewelry, furniture.

Adult A MAN’S DESIRE Let us relax and de-stress you! • Hot Summer Specials, call for details. Monday-Saturday, 9am-9pm. Incall/outcall.

(Lic#08-00020912). • (828) 989-7353.

A PERSONAL TOUCH Asheville. Stessed? Bored? • Ask about our Hot Summer Specials! Incall/outcall: 713-9901.

A WOMAN’S TOUCH Ask us about our “Summer Special”.

• “We’re all about you!”. Call 275-6291.

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