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OUR 16TH YEAR OF WEEKLY INDEPENDENT NEWS, ARTS, & EVENTS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 16 NO. 52 JULY 21 - JULY 27, 2010

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22 the profiler Special Bele Chere edition 26 forget the funnel cake A Taste of Asheville at Bele Chere means local goodness

28 Artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-eye view The good, the bad and the sweaty of having a booth at Bele Chere

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38 Channel Vision Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on at URTV 78 a better live band Cowboy Junkies make music in the moment

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letters Don’t apologize for editorial cartoons: They’re editorial I’ve been following with interest the reader’s letter about “The City” cartoon [“Recent ‘The City’ Cartoon Offensive and Bigoted,” July 7 Xpress], the editorial response indicating the cartoon “was published in error” and the numerous readers’ comments that have subsequently accumulated on your website. Your mea culpa was troubling, as it seems that you were bending over backwards to placate (or even side with) an offended reader when, at very most, a simple apology would have sufficed. As one of the online comments so astutely suggested, “Let an editorial cartoon be an editorial. Its creator is the proper locus of all feedback directed at that editorial. An editorial cartoon expresses an opinion but in a form other than that of an opinion letter.”

That said, I understand that it’s standard policy for any publication to accept or reject content — be it an editorial, a cartoon, a feature, or even a reader’s letter — based on its journalistic merits and overall relevance to the specific publication’s mission. And in the case of cartoons, they carry an additional gray-area quality in that some readers view them as editorials while others view them as humor content. (The Xpress might minimize this problem by doing what a lot of alternative newsweeklies do: having a dedicated spot in the paper where all the cartoons appear together each week, rather than letting them “float.”)

But the whole incident made me recall a similar one back in the late ‘80s, when I was an editor at Creative Loafing in Charlotte. The cartoon was Matt Groening’s “Life In Hell,” and it was a strip or series of strips involving the recurring, ambiguously gay characters Akbar and Jeff: A reader wrote

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correction Last week, Xpress reported that the Asheville City Market began accepting Electronic Benefit Transfers last month, when in fact the tokens have been accepted at the market since 2009. According to market sponsor Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, June was a recordbreaking month for EBT use at the market. in expressing outrage over the “non-Christian homosexual agenda” C.L. was “clearly promoting” by publishing the Groening cartoon. (This all may seem vaguely hilarious now, but hey, that’s what the cultural climate in Charlotte was like two decades ago.)

We printed the letter, along with several followups both pro and con, but we never once considered backpedaling and saying we were wrong in the first place for publishing the cartoon; in theory, any content has the potential to piss off someone, so preemptive second-guessing can simply result in an unnaturally heavy editorial hand. If memory serves, we just issued a boilerplate statement along the lines of, “It is never our intention to offend our readership; however, opinions expressed in the paper are those of the individual writers.”

That seemed to be sufficient for us back then, and it would seem to be sufficient for the Xpress now.

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Xpress’ reporting on June City Council meeting was too selective

Oh! Well: Groundwater pollution has many sources

I was disappointed to read the Mountain Xpress’ coverage of the City Council meeting concerning stream-side buffer requirements. [”Asheville City Council Approves a Stormwater Plan and Endorses Public Finance of Elections,” June 9]. I spoke for nearly ten minutes to Council, trying to promote sensible and fair buffer requirements. In pointing out how the enforcement of buffer requirements are not equally applied in Asheville, I gave several examples of large nonprofit projects that do not meet current buffer ordinances or general construction practices. I also spoke about future waterquality projects that would require total realignment of stream beds. The point of my remarks to Council was that stream-side buffers are more of a political issue than one of water quality and this was really a referendum on who rules the roost here and will direct Asheville’s future growth.

The Mountain Xpress claims to promote “thoughtful and diverse community dialogue,” but did not mention any of my comments when writing the article about this Council meeting. I can only guess that this is because I gave, in the Xpress’ opinion, a politically incorrect view in discussing how unfair the entire issue is for small property owners and builders. I am tired of media outlets that promote “news” from a specific political point of view, and I find it difficult to watch or read any of them.

In the future, I would ask the Xpress to report all of the facts and sides of a story and let the public make up its own mind. Most of us are intelligent enough to decide how we stand on an issue if we are given the whole story.

— Pete Hildebrand Chunn’s Cove

I sympathize with the citizens living next to CTS [”Off Target,” July 13 Xpress]. A photo [accompanying the article] shows the insulation businessman sitting on railroad cross-ties next to his well.

Has the well been tested for arsenic and copper and creosote that may have leached from the large railroad cross-ties that he is sitting on next to his well?

Amazing how people will place treated wood structures adjacent to their wells.

Oh, well.

— Clayton Moore Asheville

Editor’s response: We edit City Council reports (and other news) for length and clarity, never because someone gives a politically incorrect view. Some meetings feature dozens of speakers, depending on the issue. There is simply no way to include everyone.

A little scream about ice cream In the recent cover story [”I Scream, You Scream,” July 14, Xpress], I was sorry to see the absence of Craggie Brewing Company’s Antebellum Ice Cream, which is absolutely decadent. Ashley (from the Hop) makes it with Craggie’s Antebellum Ale, which is brewed with molasses and ginger. [The Hop] also makes a vegan version that is incredible.

Pack’s Tavern also serves Antebellum Ice Cream floats that are made with the beer. And proceeds from the ice cream go to help a child in one of the YMCA’s programs.

Yum! — Julie Chapman Swannanoa Food writer Mackensy Lunsford replies: Thank you for the feedback. Yes, indeed, the Antebellum Ice Cream is delicious. We have mentioned the charitable collaboration between the Hop and Craggie Brewing in other food as well as Brews News pieces. However, as you point out, perhaps it bears repeating.

The YMCA is a wonderful community organization — and eating ice cream is a delicious way to support their programs.

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The way of Br’er Rabbit — and clouds I have spent the last week and a half taking pictures of the clouds over central Asheville. Some have looked like angels or elephants, some like the forgotten symbols of some ancient clan ... others look like giant fractals.

While considering … what such odd formations might mean, it occurred to me just how little we know and how scared we all are … by the things that are happening in our world.

It is hard to reconcile the ephemeral grace of a dove-shaped cloud that, if viewed by some shepherd thousands of years ago, would surely have been seen as a sign from some God, full of love.

In the end, the parameters we place on our beliefs simply draw bloody lines between us. All the gods of humanity have been used in ways that detract from the truth of our smallness, our fragility and the absolute necessity for us all to seize the love and the strength we have found in our systems of belief…

Well, we need to discuss where we stand and we need to discuss what is vital (in terms of actual mortality).

And, in the spirit of Mr. Gardner [”Don’t Force Your Apocalypse on Me,” July 7 Xpress], who responded to Frank ”Uncle Remus” Eliot [”On Religion, the Gulf Oil Spill, and Our Hypocrisy,” June 30 Xpress], [we need to] remain steadfast in our commitment to not veer toward fanaticism during fearful times.

I used to read and love the Uncle Remus and Br’er Rabbit stories when I was a kid .… I knew, however, that the pictures were meant to be outlandish, and I thought of Uncle Remus in the same way I thought of Santa: some ridiculous creation made up to teach a lesson. I loved Uncle Remus.

Rigid belief systems can look a lot like a briar patch. In closing: Be like Br’er Rabbit.

We all need to be really understanding of one another and all the ways we may have gone wrong these past few years, and we need to work together to talk honestly about how to bridge the gaps that need bridging.

Thanks so much for providing a forum for respectful dialogue.

I still love Br’er Rabbit and call on him almost daily. Ha! Now, there’s a belief system for you.

— Faith R. Rhyne Asheville

Health care not so caring Twice recently I was shocked … by healthcare “incidents” related to my reproductive health.

Health “care” is a bit of a misnomer — healthlack-of-care would be a better term. I write in the hope that we can all do something to move our sick healthcare system along in a better direction.

I specifically hope that insurance companies will support preventive medicine and also “open up” to more reproductive/birth control options.

[First], I [could] not have a tubal ligation (tubes “tied”) during an ovarian-cyst removal at St. Joseph’s Hospital. My OB/GYN doctor informed me that when St. Joe’s and Mission Hospital merged years ago, the powers-that-be included a clause … that no “sterilization” procedures would be allowed on the St. Joe’s campus. ... My doctor said, “We can reschedule your procedure to the Mission side of the street...”

I was dumbfounded. The next available appointment on the Mission campus was too far down the road for me to reschedule.

My next shocking experience had to do with insurance “coverage,” or lack thereof, for birth control. After an annual exam at MAHEC, my doctor wrote a prescription for a diaphragm. I suspected my insurance would cover the $50, onetime cost. Nope. My insurance … will only cover the cost of “the pill” or an IUD. What?!

You mean to tell me my insurance company will pay the expense of pills that must be taken daily (and have a slew of potential side effects [such as] blood clots and stroke), or that they will pay for an invasive birth control device, but will not pay for a little ol’ diaphragm that will last for approximately eight years and has little to no side effects? I could hardly believe my ears.

The only things I could think to do is share my opinion and frustration with my healthcare providers, hospital staff, insurance representatives (“I’d like to talk to your supervisor please...”) and the folks who read the Mountain Xpress to encourage them all to try and get involved to move our healthcare system forward. I am also opting to make financial contributions to Planned Parenthood — [they work] towards better reproductive health.

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An inside look at the 2010 U.S. population count

by Bill Branyon Hi. I’m Bill Branyon with the U.S. Census Bureau. I’m what they call an enumerator (that means I can count). Got a moment?

Some libertarians, anarchists, Tea Partiers and Republicans believe I’m the vanguard of a bloated and intrusive government. But most folks I’ve counted say I’m a welcome representative of the U.S. Constitution, which commands: “Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several states ... [and] Enumeration shall be made ... every subsequent Term of ten Years.”

This is the 23rd incarnation of the census, first taken in 1790, when America was still licking its wounds from a courageous fight for freedom from a brutal British tyranny. Today, my roughly 400,000 Census Bureau colleagues and I are part of what many see as a new tyranny.

The 2010 census seems especially dramatic, because we’re in the midst of an immigration

Quiet desperation and too-noisy affirmation

One of the big perks of census work is getting a license to snoop around when you’re not home. Theoretically I’m trying to figure out whether anyone is living in your home, but meanwhile, I’m having a great time judging your taste in landscaping and house design and your level of conspicuous consumption.

I am happy to report that, for the most part, Ashevilleans appear to have exquisite taste.

There are those who are severely aethestically challenged, however.

Thanks to all this, I may now know more about your neighbors than you do. But don’t worry, I’ll never spill the specifics: If I did, they’d fine me $250,000 and put me away for five years.

After three attempts to catch you at home, I’ll start asking your neighbors about you.

In some Asheville neighborhoods, residents know a lot about one another. In others, there

On average, there seem to be about two recluses and two hyperextroverted fonts of local info per Asheville neighborhood. crisis. One question on the census form asks if people are of Latino, Spanish or Hispanic origin. But this year could also be said to resemble the 1890 census, when the Irish were fleeing potato blight; or 1880, when Europeans were fleeing conscription for Bismarck’s incessant wars; or 1870, when the Chinese were fleeing poverty in hopes of landing railroad work or...

OK, so it’s just one more census, and yet another sick-and-tired population is yearning to breathe free and find more security — and prosperity. Of course, if we had a national population policy, we could tell immigrants that we just don’t want any more people.

Instead we follow the poem engraved on Lady Liberty’s statue, letting businesses attract as much cheap, desperate labor as they can.

Locally, however, we could follow the suggestion by Asheville City Council member Cecil Bothwell and just ignore federal immigration laws, along with immigration-related census questions. Maybe we should see humanity as one big, happy family: one planet, under birth control...

But this ideal conflicts with a recent Asheville Citizen-Times story bemoaning the fact that Buncombe County “lags” behind the state and nation, since its population increased by only 25,000 in the last 10 years.

appears to be precious little neighborly communication. On average, there seem to be about two recluses and two hyperextroverted fonts of local info per neighborhood.

And perhaps that’s a major, unstated question of the census that we enumerators, viewing as we do a huge socioeconomic range, are uniquely positioned to assess: Just how well is our collective pursuit of happiness going?

How happy is Asheville?

My answer? It totally depends. There are your traditional, married families with kids gallivanting in obviously ecstatic freedom. And your groups of long-term roommates who’ve cohabited in apparently harmonious diversity.

Then there are the extended tragedies, such as elders whose deaths went so unnoticed by neighbors (or even real estate agents) that the house has sat untouched and empty for years.

Or those folks so worried about money or misfortune that they assume any intrusion must just mean more big trouble.

There are two Americas, as sad John Edwards said during his better days. It’s true enough emotionally, but even more so economically, especially here in Asheville. I often interviewed big families crammed into 800 square feet of claustrophobia scrunched up dustily against other tiny houses. Other neighborhoods featured mansions standing

empty on large, magnificently landscaped lots; we designated these “seasonal or vacation housing.” As often as not, the neighbors say they’ve never seen anyone in these humongous places — ever.

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Perhaps the most intrusive question census workers were instructed to ask is whether your unmarried roommate(s) are your “unmarried partner(s).” That is, are you having straight, gay, or whichever-way sex with your roommate(s). In a city as progressive as Asheville, such a question is now clearly irrelevant.

I hear many complaints about how inefficient the census is. Well, having built our whole enormous organization virtually from scratch, we don’t run as smoothly as a giant corporation that’s been around for decades.

But we haven’t exceeded the $13 billion appropriated by Congress for the task. Nor are we eviscerating the Gulf of Mexico in the name of some brutal drive for endlessly increasing profits, nor demanding trillion-dollar bailouts to cover our profligate gambling, nor pressuring Congress to fight oil wars for whatever reasons. In my book, the census is pretty darn good for government work — or any work.

Now, however, the 2010 census is almost over, and I’m ready to return to my more revolutionary life of trying to ensure that everyone has decent, secure housing, and the population is stabilized enough to avoid a Malthusian nightmare.

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Welcome to Bele Chere, our biggest downtown jamboree photos by Jonathan Welch

There’s been a lively discussion recently on the Xpress website. Up for debate: Whether Bele Chere — with its crowded masses, four stages of music and funnelcake glory — is a boon or a burden for downtown Asheville.

Maybe you, like Cranky Hanke, think it’s a bunch of sweaty, shirtless drunks.

Maybe you’re ready for a big block party, getting together with the community, as commenter “dankster” suggests.

Whatever the case, it’s undeniable that Bele Chere puts a whole different mix of folks on the downtown streets. There’s a lot more people, a lot more music, a lot more art — a lot more, well, everything.

It’s hot, loud and arguably a whole lot of fun, if you’re up for it.

We’re way up for seeing Ashevillebased African-inspired rock outfit Toubab Krewe on the street stage, for checking out some of the street food at the Taste of Asheville (and don’t forget the real-deal gyros from the Greek Orthodox Church), for running into folks we haven’t seen in a while and meeting some new peeps, too.

As one commenter put it, “Bele Chere is in the eye of the beholder.” Behold, then, the weekend approacheth!

What to know when you go The rules on the street at Bele Chere

Welcome to Asheville’s biggest street fest three decades running! Whether you want to hear some awesome music, see some cool art, eat some delicious food or entertain the kids, Bele Chere is the place. For one weekend only, downtown streets are closed to cars and packed full of festival action. Here, Mountain Xpress has the low-down you need.

What, when and where is Bele Chere?

It’s a giant street festival with art, music, food, beverages, street performers, a drum circle, children’s entertainment and more, held in Asheville’s central downtown business area.

Bele Chere is always the last full weekend in July.

This year’s dates and hours: Friday, July 23, noon to 10 p.m.; Saturday, July 24, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sunday, July 25, noon to 6 p.m.

What’s the history of Bele Chere?

Bele Chere started in 1979 and celebrates its 32nd festival this weekend. About 300,000 people attend over the three days, according to festival statistics. Bele Chere is said to

mean “beautiful living” in an ancient Scottish dialect.

How do I get there?

Consider biking, walking or taking the $1-eachway shuttle, as the festival is quite crowded.

Two festival shuttles run every 20-30 minutes from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The East route starts from the back of Asheville Mall on Tunnel Road, and runs to Market Street between College Street and South Pack Square (near the Taste of Asheville). The West route starts from the K-Mart Plaza on Patton Avenue, and runs to the Civic Center (across from the Basilica and behind the Haywood Street stage). Cost is $2 roundtrip.

be open (a special-events fee will apply).

Handicapped parking is available on the first level of the Rankin garage.

to house your pet for suggested $5 donation.

Doggy Jail will be located at 70 Court Plaza, between the City and County Buildings.

For help and more info: Information Booths are located at key intersections. Also look for roving staff wearing official Bele Chere T-shirts and carrying signs.

Where’s the beer?

You must have a $2 wristband to carry alcohol on the streets during Bele Chere. Wristbands are available from select downtown merchants or from vendors located adjacent to beverage booths. Be prepared to show your picture ID when buying alcohol, as the wristband itself is not proof of age. Wristband colors change every day. A wristband is not required to drink in downtown pubs, only on the streets.

First Aid tents are located at Pritchard Park, the Children’s Area (inside the Civic Center) and on Lexington near College Street.

Asheville on Bikes will offer a bike corral at the corner of South Lexington and Patton Avenues.

Where can I find an ATM? ATMs are located at the following downtown locations: Asheville Savings Bank, Patton Avenue at Arts Park; Bank of America, 162 College St. and 68 Patton Ave.; BB&T, 1 West Pack Square; First Citizens Bank, 108 Patton Ave.; Premier Credit Union, Haywood Street at the Civic Center; Wachovia, 1 Haywood St.

Where can I park?

All the downtown city parking decks (Civic Center, Rankin Avenue, Wall Street and Pack Place) are open. Several surface lots will also

Can I bring my dog?

No. Pets are strictly prohibited inside of the festival boundaries. Chain Free Asheville offers a Doggy Jail — a cool, clean and friendly place

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When and where can I not drink beer?

Just remember: No alcohol on the streets after 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. No alcohol in the Children’s Area. No alcohol will be sold anywhere in the streets on Sunday.

And remember: No coolers. No bicycles, blades, skates or skateboards.

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by Alli Marshall You might have caught Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at a past Asheville appearance, though, based on looks alone, the Grace Potter and the Nocturnals of yesteryear shares little with the band of now. Vermont-based Potter and her band of rockers rose to semi-prominence (and invite-to-the-Warren-Haynes-ChristmasJam status) following the release of 2007’s This Is Somewhere.

Back then, Potter was a jeans-and-flannel-shirt kind of girl. A brunette, too. Which is worth noting because, with the recording and publicizing of this year’s self-titled studio album, Potter has become notably blonder. “Grace’s new style — slinky — is in full force,” Burlington Free Press’s music blogger recently wrote. “A red mini-dress is one thing, but I haven’t seen gold platform shoes since the Soul Train days.”

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Because, artist development or not, Potter can sing with all the pretty grit of Grace Slick.

(And that’s not an arbitrary comparison; of late the band recorded a cover of Jefferson Airplane’s ominous/psychedelic “White Rabbit” for Tim Burton’s film Alice in Wonderland.) And, gold platforms or not, Potter can rock with the boys. Reportedly, after playing their own set at Bonnaroo in 2009, the Nocturnals one-by-one replaced the members of moe. on stage during moe.’s set, performed five Nocturnals’ songs and then were one-by-one replaced back to moe.

And, this spring, Potter joined Gov’t Mule on stage at The Hangout Music Festival for a rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s “Gold Dust Woman.”

Speaking of Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks was a woman who knew how to rock with the boys — and she could also pull off the girliest of accessories. So, while Potter’s new look takes some getting used to, she’s still got all that golden age of rock cred, and reviews of the new album are favorable. “The self-titled, Mark Batson produced record features more of the country-fried twang, hard rocking blues, and soulful riffs that make Potter click,” says Consequence of Sound.

Pop Dose says, “This isn’t some poppy, Adult Alternative record; it’s a gritty, passionate affair with swagger, soul and plenty of classic rock influences.”

If you ever wondered what it was like to see James Brown perform live, back in his pompadour-wearing, split-executing heyday, Central Florida’s The Legendary JC’s are about as close as you can get.

“It all started with some sharkskin suits and Otis Redding tunes more than nine years ago.

Since that point, the members of the Legendary JC’s have ridden a wave of sweaty grooves and press accolades to a point where they are ready for lift-off,” says the band’s bio. And, while the R&B/soul group tends to share stages with the likes of Cowboy Mouth, Galactic, J.J. Grey and Mofro, Blues Traveler and Col. Bruce Hampton, they have opened for none other than Brown himself (and, while we’re on the subject, B.B. King and Dr. John).

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mances,” says the band’s Facebook page. “Part of the magic of the shows [was] never knowing who [was] going to show up.”

But things have tightened up a bit since then, as the group is regularly requested for corporate events, keeps up a grueling tour schedule, frequents the festival circuit and donates a portion of its time and talent to charities and benefits: Concerts for Hurricane Charlie in Florida, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund and Boys and Girls Clubs in Florida are also a part of the band’s normal schedule.

The Legendary JC’s reveal, “We are not a jam band by any means, but we improvise a lot. So a typical show is really two — the opening set we keep our songs four to five minutes long, but when we get deep into it, we can go for three or four hours.”

Though Nashville-based country duo Bomshel is probably best known for last year’s cancer-bashing hit, “Fight Like A Girl,” the group’s first single dates back to 2006’s “It Was an Absolutely, Finger Lickin’, Grits and Chicken, Country Music Love Song.” Which, for what it’s worth, tells you a lot about Bomshel’s aesthetic.

Pictures tell you a lot, too. Blond and pretty, Bomshel’s guitarist/vocalist Kelley Shepard and fiddler/vocalist Kristy Osmunson are country in a tight-jeans-and-tank-tops way; not so much in a gingham and ten-gallon hats way. But this is a duo who is fine with bucking formula. “Few young women are equally at ease penning a poignant hit about a friend battling cancer or simply knocking

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Mama knows best: Asheville-based Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band.

Ever notice that when you group a whole lot of bands, you start to see themes emerge?

Not just by genre — sure, Bele Chere is rife with reggae and rock and country. But what about bands with “dirt” in the name (Dirtfoot, Dirty Guv’nahs), or animals (The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Viper’s Dream), or optometry (Now You See Them, Inner Visions)? Here are a few more themes that jumped out at us:

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• Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band burst out of a Boone a number of years ago, bouncing off stages and bringing the party vibe with them wherever they went. Most recently the band’s travel itinerary includes Miami (where, with DJ Le Spam, they’re recording their first album since 2007) and, following their Bele Chere stint, a performance at the Southeast Alaska State Fair.

• The Cheeksters’ front man Mark Casson once told Xpress, “My mama always said that I was a little bit cheeky.” Hence the name.

Expect cheeky Brit-pop influences tempered with modern sensibilities, some sultry singing from bassist Shannon Hines Casson, and all sorts of danceable flourishes, from flugelhorn to vintage keys parts.

• Dirtfoot musician Eric Gardner says, “Dirtfoot does not have a tuba, just my thundering upright bass.” Which kinda sounds

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like a tuba in the middle of the edgily-joyfully-raucous cacophony that is Shreveport, La.’s self-described “gypsy punk country grumble boogie.”

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• Black Mountain might be a long way from Louisiana, but Bayou Diesel — with its accordions, washboards and two-steps — would make you think otherwise. The band bills itself as the only working cajun/zydeco/ Louisiana-style dance band in the Asheville/ Western North Carolina area. They say anytime is a good time for Mardi Gras.

• Lil’ Brian & the Travelers is another Zydeco band with locomotion in its name.

Maybe that’s because the feel-good melodies and foot-tapping beats make audiences want to get up and move. This Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based group features accordion player Brian Terry who has a picture of Stanley “Buckwheat Zydeco” Dural, Jr.’s accordion tattooed on his biceps.

• Caravan of Thieves, from Bridgeport, Conn., vies with Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution for most theatrical act at this summer’s Bele Chere. Part Gypsyjazz, part Stomp!, part Vaudeville, part medicine show, the endlessly creative collective brings atmosphere and narrative along with complex music.

back tequila with Kix Brooks, but then again, you can always count on Bomshel to embrace the extremes and — like their name implies — deliver the unexpected.”

Take their song “19 and Crazy,” which begins, “This belly button dangle / will probably be just one of those things / I won’t be showing off too often at 65. / This butterfly tattoo / Might be somethin’ I tell my kids not to do. / Spring break shouldn’t last the rest of your life.” Yeah, it’s funny (and just a little hokey) but it’s also totally relatable.

And Bomshel doesn’t just perform for a country music fan base. For starters, neither of the musicians are Nashville natives.

Osmonson comes from Idaho, and Shepard is from Michigan. It was Shephard who kickstarted her career by sending a demo to (of all places) The Ellen Degeneres Show, where she was noticed by singer/songwriter Brian McKnight. And, while the duo’s first charted single was the aforementioned “Country Music Love Song,” they reached a much broader audience the following year when they landed “The Power of One,” on the soundtrack to the Steve Carrell vehicle Evan Almighty.

In five short years, Asheville’s Toubab Krewe has gone from a local eccentricity to a world-respected entity. The band combines rock and jam sensibilities with African sounds and grooves; they play electric guitar, bass and drums along side the kora (a 21-string lute), the kamelengoni (a 12-string lute) and the soku (a Malian horsehair fiddle). If these instruments sound like strange bedfellows,

it’s really the band’s intricate composition and tasteful delivery that seamlessly melds otherwise unlikely sound combinations.

And the recipe works: Toubab Krewe rarely stays put in Asheville, instead touring tirelessly and playing festivals like Bonnaroo, MerleFest, and (in 2007) the Desert Music Festival in Essakane, Mali.

“It seems like things are happening real fast,” percussionist Luke Quaranta told Xpress five years ago, just before Toubab Krewe played Asheville’s African/Carribean arts and culture festival, Goombay. Along with kit drummer Teal Brown and guitarists Drew Heller and Justin Perkins, Quaranta traveled to Guinea in 1997 while attending Warren Wilson College. While on that trip, the four studied with musical greats like Lamine Soumano, Koungbanan Conde and Madou Dembele, setting the groundwork for what would become Toubab Krewe.

Fast-forward half a decade, with an excellent live album behind them, their song “Hang Tan” featured on Surfing Medecine Volume II, a Jam Cruise appearance and a co-headlining tour with John Brown’s Body (among so much else). Oh, and they’ve had a beer named for them, for good measure: Craggie Brewing Company’s Toubab Brewe, described as “A crisp, malty and slightly hoppy Bavarian lager.” The band takes the stage in a rare Asheville appearance and also wraps up its next studio album, slated to be released soon.

• The Speedbumps are oddly-named, being neither fast nor jarring. Rather, this group from Kent, Ohio, writes poetic, compelling indie-pop songs that recall The Shins and The Fruitbats. Even if you haven’t heard those bands, you’re likely to get this band just the same. They’re that kind of familiaryet-totally-new.

• Plain Jane Automobile is in its second incarnation, sort of. The group formed in Orlando, Fla. in 2001 and then reinvented itself four years later. Founders Duke Crider and Luis Mejia are the basis of the band’s sound: guitar-driven indie-rock with sweeping vocals and lots of reverb.

• The Trainwreks are a favorite among Xpress readers, voted best alt-country band three years running. The self-proclaimed kings of dirty-tonk reside somewhere between oldschool country and the theatrical, boasting some of Asheville’s top musicians.

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• The Hot Seats call themselves “Richmond’s Beloved Absurdist Stringband,” and there was a time, not all that long ago, when that would have made them a novelty. But these days you can wear thrift store suits, pluck a banjo and sing a song about a junker named Jerry. People get that.

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• If the name Tropic Culture evokes visions of beaches, palm trees, hand drums, salsa moves and steamy dance halls, then mission accomplished. The Latin/jazz/rock/reggae/ soul outfit, based in Charlotte, was formed by brothers Alberto and Jorge Espinosa in 2007, and according to their bio, their sound “keeps getting hotter.”

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This week’s column highlights bands playing at Bele Chere. I decided to make all my profiles specific to the festival, too. Enjoy the weekend and all the great free music!

The Suspect: Freekbass

Hailing from Cincinnati, Freekbass plays music that has all the elements of classic funk, but adds a modern edge.

His latest CD, Junkyard Waltz, includes guest appearances by Phish bassist Mike Gordon, keyboard player Bernie Worrell (P-Funk/Talking Heads) and Buckethead. A great show to get your groove on!

Can Be Found: Battery Park Stage, Friday from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

RIYD (Recommended if You Dig): Herbie Hancock, George Clinton and P Funk.

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Survival secret is: your Alice B. Toklas “special” brownies.

Signature dance move is: The Robot, but with feeling.

Way to beat the heat is: white pants and a straw fedora.

Buzzkill is: when you can’t find a restaurant that’s open after 2 a.m.

The Suspect: Southern Culture of the Skids

NPR’s Mountain Stage called SCOTS “Undoubtedly one of the most fun, diverse and deceptively accomplished indie bands.” Since forming in Chapel Hill in 1983, the trio has been entertaining concert and festival goers throughout the country with classics such as “I

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Got Too Much Pork for Just One Fork,” “Camel Walk” and “Eight-Piece Box.” These guys set the standard for southern-fried hillbilly surfer rock.

Can Be Found: Biltmore Avenue Stage, Friday from 8:30-10 p.m.

RIYD: Reverend Horton Heat, Hillbilly Hellcats, The Legendary Shack Shakers.

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Survival secret is: beef jerky and Mountain Dew. Signature dance move is: a kneebuckle/chin jut combination.

Buzzkill is: yankees without a sense of humor.

Way to beat the heat is: a batteryoperated hand-held fan.

The Suspect: Hip Abduction

Hailing from Florida, this group of musicians (anywhere from five to nine members) could be described as world/ afro-beat meets jam band. NPR DJ Arth Mawr says, “The Hip Abduction mixes their unique version of reggae/rock/soul … a little Paul Simon, afro-pop, and Zimbabwe’s Oliver Mtukudzi.”

Can Be Found: Battery Park Stage, Saturday from 2-3:30 p.m.

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Pick up line is: “I know someone who could babysit for you.”

Aha! moment was: realizing that you weren’t at the drum circle anymore.

Achilles heel is: that your moves cause a lot of beer spillage.

Signature drink is: homebrew in your Camelbak.

The Suspect: The Defibulators

Rockabilly/bluegrass from ... Brooklyn.

Yes, it’s for real. Described by the AllMusic Guide as “Carter Family-meetsRamones;” New York magazine says “Bug Jennings and singer Erin Bru slip into harmonies that recall the storied Gram Parsons-Emmylou Harris duets.”

If you like your country music old-fashioned and rowdy and think that it’s been in steady decline since Hank Sr., these guys are for you.

Can Be Found: Haywood Street Stage, Saturday from 6:30-8 p.m.

RIYD: BR-549, The Derailers, Buck Owens.

The Suspect: Kellin Watson

This indie singer-songwriter from Asheville caught the attention of the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan who called her “a rare, uncommon talent,” whose “songs have the ability to take someone gently by the wrist and tell them a story.” She’s shared the stage with Amos Lee, The Duhks and Jessica Simpson. Her style of soul infused indie-folk music continues to evolve, and her fourth album is due out later this year.

Can Be Found: Haywood Street Stage, Saturday from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m.

RIYD: Ingrid Michaelson, Regina Spektor, Joss Stone.

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Pick up line is: “Is it weird that I feel lonely surrounded by all these people?”

Aha! moment was: calculating that you’d have to eat two entire funnel cakes to actually gain one pound.

Achilles heel is: See answer to “Aha! moment.”

Signature drink is: Red wine, or taking “sips” of other people’s signature drinks.

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Pick up line is: “Do you wanna come over and see my chickens?”

Aha! moment was: realizing you don’t actually have to own chickens for that line to work.

Achilles heel is: the $875 you owe the city of Asheville in unpaid tickets makes parking a challenge.

Signature drink is: a mix of bourbon, vodka and peach schnapps that you pretend is moonshine.

The Suspect: The Dirty Guv’nahs

This Rock-meets-Americana outfit has been voted Knoxville, Tenn.’s Best Band for two years in a row by the Metro Pulse Readers’ Poll. The group is coming to Bele Chere on the heels of releasing their second full-length album, Youth is In Our Blood. The Guv’nahs pride themselves on their passionate and uplifting style, largely due to their lead singer, James Trimble, who has drawn comparisons to Mick Jagger and Joe Cocker.

Can Be Found: Coxe Avenue Stage, Saturday from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

RIYD: Delta Spirit, Black Crowes, Drive-By Truckers.

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Pick up line is: “I feel connected to every single person here, but you especially.”

Aha! moment was: realizing how the relaxed standards for “festival cute” could work to your advantage.

Achilles heel is: that the T-shirt that

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The Suspect: Brother Joscephus & the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra

This 12-piece party band that channels New Orleans via NYC plays a joyful and flamboyant style of secular gospel music, complete with beads, horns and cool white outfits. They’ve shared the stage with the Rebirth Brass Band, Trombone Shorty and Dirty Dozen Brass Band, so be ready to move.

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These guys plays surfer guitar rock that began on the West coast in the late ‘50s. The trio started playing together in Santa Rosa, Calif. in the ‘90s, but the band is now based here in Asheville.

They don’t tour often these days, so if you want to do “The Swim” this weekend, this may be your best chance.

Can Be Found: Battery Park Stage, Sunday from 12:45 to 2 p.m.

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Dress code is: flowered shorts and pastel colors to show off your golden tan.

Perfect date: The Uma to your John Travolta.

Food of choice is: meat on a stick and snow cones.

Motto is: “It’s all good unless you step on the back of my flip flops.”

The Suspect: Randall Bramblett

He’s been playing music for more than 35 years, and he’s recorded and performed with an impressive list of musicians, including Bonnie Raitt, the Allman Brothers Band, Steve Winwood, Robbie Roberson and the Grateful Dead. His style ranges from country to rock to a little bit of soul. His latest release, The Meantime, is a ballad-filled meditation on romance.

Can Be Found: Coxe Avenue Stage, Sunday from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m.

RIYD: J.J. Grey and Mofro, Delbert McClinton.

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Dress code is: anything as long as you can color coordinate with your Crocs.

Perfect date is: someone who is easy to spot in a crowd and doesn’t mind standing in line for her own beer.

Food of choice is: nothing too spicy or fried or high in sodium … actually, you’ll probably be packing your own snacks.

Motto is: “Have chair, will travel.”

The Suspect: The Fabulous Thunderbirds

These guys are a whole lot more than their well-known single, “Tuff Enough.”

When they began playing back in the late ‘70s in the Austin scene, they mixed Texas blues with swamp blues. As a rule, the Thunderbirds have been critically well-received, and noticed by fellow musicians (they have opened for both Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones) but because of lackluster album sales, they have been without a recording contract for many of their 30-plus years of playing. Jimmie Vaughan (brother of Stevie Ray) was a one-time FT before leaving the band to pursue his own career. These guys are on the road a lot, and this promises to be a rockin’ show.

Can Be Found: Coxe Avenue Stage, Friday from 8:15-9:45 p.m.

RIYD: Vaughan Brothers, Jeff Healey, J.J. Cale.

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Survival secret is: avoiding port-o-johns by knowing somebody who knows somebody at a bar near every stage.

Signature dance move is: a foot tap for guys, a hands-in-the-air shimmy for women.

Buzzkill is: when someone spills beer on your biker boots.

Way to beat the heat is: freeze it out with ultra-coolness in your black Tshirt and leather pants.

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Food on the fly: There’s a bevy of carry-able foods for sale at the fest. photos by Jonathan welch

by Mackensy Lunsford Ready or not, Bele Chere is nearly upon us.

Whether a fan or a foe of the largest free festival in the southeast, there’s no denying it — the food looks to be a slam dunk this year.

Sure, hot dogs and burgers will make an appearance. And if funnel cakes remind you of getting sick at amusement parks, trust us, you’re not alone. Bele Chere organizers, fortunately, have a remedy for the festival food blues — this year they’ve planned a mighty, locally focused menu of restaurants.

For example, Asheville Italian restaurant, Cucina 24, will set up shop at the festival, as will Indian food favorite, Mela. Hungry for seafood?

The Lobster Trap has you covered with lobster rolls, fish tacos and crab cake sandwiches.

Bouchon’s also getting into the game, having already warmed up with a new street food kiosk located in the alley next to their full-service res-

taurant on Lexington Avenue.

Posana Café, says owner Peter Pollay, will serve their own brand of gourmet gluten-free fare, good news for people that can’t eat the wheat protein, as well as those who just plain like good food.

“We are doing cappuccinos and iced lattes, as well as three different kinds of ice cream sandwiches,” Pollay says. “We’ll have ginger-snap cookies with South Carolina peach ice cream, chocolate cookies with cookies-and-cream ice cream and chocolate-chip cookies with vanilla bean ice cream.”

Ultimate Ice Cream will also have a booth at the festival this year, providing gourmet relief from the July heat. Owner Kevin Barnes says that the flavors he’ll be putting together will include all of the usual suspects — chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. He’ll also have South Carolina peach on line, as well as some local

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Don’t forget the fruit: It’s not all turkey legs, thank heavens. berry ice cream made with fruit from Imladris Farms. In order to satisfy the vegan folks, he says, he’ll be serving at least one flavor of sorbet.

Barnes says he’ll also showcase two surprise “conversation flavors.”

“Maybe the goat cheese ice cream I’ve been doing,” he says. “I can’t seem to keep it in the house.”

Doc Chey’s Asheville will be on hand to satisfy festival-goers with their own brand of pan-Asian healthy fast food. They’ll be serving up sesame chicken or tofu over rice, and hearty dishes of lo mein — the perfect choice to soak up all of that festival beer. Fortunately, a light, cold dish of Doc Chey’s delicious chilled peanut noodle salad will also be served. Want even lighter fare? Veggie spring rolls and edamame are yours for the taking. Wash it all down with a chilled iced chai or cold, slightly sweetened mango black tea.

The French Broad Chocolate Lounge will also set up shop in the Taste of Asheville area.

How could a chocolate maker possibly even think of selling something so delicate and rich as chocolate in the July heat? Dan and Jael Rattigan didn’t get where they are without being savvy.

“Instead of our usual dense chocolate desserts, we’ll be doing some frozen fruit kabobs that we’ll dip in melted chocolate to order,” Jael says. “We’ll also do a layered strawberry-chocolate parfait dessert along with iced coffee.”

And don’t forget to drink local: Anne Fitten Glenn reports that beers from Asheville Brewing, French Broad Brewing, Green Man Brewing and Highland Brewing will all be available at Taste of Asheville. Highland will have additional beer tents as well. X Mackensy Lunsford can be reached at food@ mountainx.com

localtaste Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria barleystaproom.com/ Bouchon (French comfort food) ashevillebouchon.com Cucina 24 (Italian) cucina24restaurant.com Doc Cheys Noodle House (Thai, Chinese, noodles) doccheys.com Fiore’s Ristorante Toscana (Italian) fioresasheville.com Frankie Bones of Asheville (Italian American) fbdining.com French Broad Chocolate Lounge frenchbroadchocolates.com Mela Indian Restaurant melaasheville.com Neo Burrito Inc. (Tex-Cali) neoburrito.com Nick’s (sandwiches, burgers) Posana Café (gluten-free and more) posanacafe.com/ Rosetta’s Kitchen (vegetarian) rosettaskitchen.com/ The Corner Kitchen (American) thecornerkitchen.com/ The Lobster Trap (seafood) thelobstertrap.biz/ Three Brothers Restaurant (Greek) Ultimate Ice Cream Company For more information, visit belecherefestival.com/pages/foodcourts.

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Artist’s-eye view The good, the bad and the sweaty of having a booth at Bele Chere

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Above: Jeff Pittman’s Asheville scenes will be on display at the Arts Park. Below: metalwork from last year’s festival. below photo by Jonathan welch

by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt As the largest free festival in the Southeast, Bele Chere attracts people of all ages and all walks of life — from music lovers to art collectors, people watchers to face painters — and that’s what makes the festival so special. For participating visual artists, Bele Chere’s diverse crowd creates a unique opportunity to exhibit work to a wide and farreaching audience. To get an artist’s-eye view of the festivities, Xpress spoke with two local artists about the good, the bad and the sweaty of having a booth at Bele Chere.

“As a vendor at Bele Chere, I’m able to meet people from all over [the world] and I’ve sold my work to people [living] as far away as Scotland,”

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says mixed-media artist Jessica Stoddart, describing the most exciting aspect of the festival from her perspective. “Last year I met [an art] collector from New York, and shipped my work to them; I was able to talk about the [Grovewood] Gallery [where Stoddart works and where her art is represented locally]; and I [had the chance to] talk about the art [scene] here in Asheville. It’s a win-win [situation] to be a local person doing a local festival, especially one that’s as large as Bele Chere.”

For the past four years at Bele Chere, Stoddart has been stationed in front of the Kress Building, the arts park reserved for jury-selected artisans.

This section of the festival feels like a bright, openair gallery, filled with artistic works in an array of

artwhere?

The Arts Park is located in the Drhumor Building parking lot, across from the Lobster Trap and Stella Blue on Patton Avenue. mediums, including glass, metal, paint, fiber, photography, mixed-media collage and much more.

It’s also a space where festival-goers can break from the live-music scene to breathe and browse.

At the art booths, folks also have a chance to chat with artists about their work and inspirations. “Many people are interested in asking questions like, ‘How did you get a booth here?’ and ‘How did you get started?’” says Stoddart, who finds herself constantly engaged with questions about making a career as a professional artist, and about her creative process in general.

Greatly influenced by her experience studying architectural furniture design at Penland School of Crafts, Stoddart’s work is elegant yet simple. Line sketches of chairs, children’s bicycles, umbrellas and porcelain toilet bowls are set against muted yellow and white or bright-red backgrounds — they look like blueprints culled from an engineer’s drawer and infused with color. In her dress-fromstudy series, vibrant garments hang from wooden mannequins. The figures seem to be casually interacting with each other, as if leaning in to offer a bit of gossip or tuck in a loose tag.

Local oil painter and Bele Chere veteran Jeff Pittman describes his experience: “I sell a lot of

art pertinent to the area, so I do particularly well.

Locals and those from out-of-town seem to appreciate the unique downtown scenes that I capture in my oils.”

“The festival brings out a more diverse group of people then the art-only festivals,” continues Pittman, whose work is on display throughout the year at Woolworth Walk. “Sitting in the booth watching 30,000 people walk by in the course of three days [makes for an] interesting peoplewatching experience. The music brings out certain people, and they all walk arm-and-arm or elbowto-elbow, and everybody gets along well.”

Pittman, also stationed in front of the Kress Building, has been selling cityscapes of Asheville, rendered in brilliant color schemes, at Bele Chere for seven years. In addition to urban-inspired work, Pittman paints sweeping skylines rich with textured clouds, golden sunsets and majestic rolling mountains. His landscapes also feature fields of burnt-yellow flowers, cascading waterfalls and blossoming rhododendrons growing on top of Roan Mountain.

The sheer volume of Bele Chere distinguishes it from other regional festivals, and participating in all three days requires quite a bit of stamina. For both Stoddart and Pittman, Bele Chere is the largest, longest and often hottest showcase for their work. “By Sunday I’m usually pretty wiped out,” confesses Pittman.

“The heat is definitely challenging,” adds Stoddart, “but it’s all worth it to meet new people and get out there.” X Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt can be reached at asezakblatt@ mountainx.com.

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Chere-ing their secrets Local parents divulge festival-survival pointers

Git along little kiddies: How to handle the maddening crowds with the minis? photo by Jonathan welch

By Melanie McGee Bianchi Barring, perhaps, excitment over an Agent 23 Skidoo show, nothing unites edgy WNC parents more unanimously than disdain for the Southeast’s largest street festival. Polled for tips, they respond with jokes. Visit Bele Chere with young kids? You’d have to be crazy … or a tourist.

“Here’s a tip: ‘Don’t go,’” says Sachie Godwin. As co-owner of “fine-food diner” Martha & Sachie’s Good Eats in downtown Hot Springs, she encounters a steady herd of vacationers. Godwin and her partner Martha Beakes are the parents of Cosmo, age 2.

“Wait for LAAFF [the Lexington Avenue Arts & Fun Festival in September] instead,” suggests Godwin. “Better weather, and I would say [it’s] way more enjoyable for cer-

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tain kinds of families.”

Glass artists Lissa and Chris Juedemann, parents of Ari, 4, also prefer one of the area’s less mobbed events. “We don’t typically go to Bele Chere,” says Lissa. “We have the very family-friendly Apple Festival here in Hendersonville in August.”

Another parent of an only child, writer/ publicist Sherri McLendon of Weaverville proved slightly more helpful for the aim of this article. She stresses the importance of hydration and refreshment without resorting to overpriced vendor wares. “Bring your own juice, water and snacks for quick pick-meups,” says mother to Riley, 4. “And pack a big sun hat for all.”

Basically, when it comes to Bele Chere, small families can afford to take it or leave it. However, when your brood numbers three

active little boys, skipping the biggest free outdoor event of the summer doesn’t make much sense. Which is why Doug and Rachel Flaherty of West Asheville choose to go — albeit employing a set of stealth tactics that would do General MacArthur proud.

“Have a plan before you get there,” advises Doug, the campus minister for UNCA. “Pack your largest stroller and fear not the crowded streets. While others struggle to fight through the throngs of festival-goers, that cute-littlebaby-toting stroller becomes an extension of your energy, allowing you to make your own path and set your own pace. Just don’t forget to keep the rest of the family in your wake.”

Rachel, who stays home with Justin, 5, Nathan, 3, and Joseph, 16 mos. (a fourth baby boy is due in November) laughingly agrees.

Smoother navigation also means “[talking] to other adults in your party about who’s watching out for whom ... like, ‘Doug, you’re on Justin, I’ve got Nathan and Joe,’ etc.”

Go early, she urges, “when the crafts aren’t picked over yet, and the volunteers have better attitudes.” Doug adds: “You can find a sitter and come back later to enjoy the festival for yourself.

Echoing many other parents, the Flahertys appreciate the smaller, air-conditioned kids’ space inside the Civic Center that typically features a few rides, a craft table and a climbing wall. The kids’ area itself is free, but certain rides charge admission.

But their best bet involves neither funnel cakes nor face painting. “My boys loved the ongoing drum circle on Lexington Avenue last year,” says Rachel.

In fact, the Lex Ave hotspot has expanded into a smorgasbord of day-long vaudevillian performance art, including dance lessons and demonstrations in juggling, hula hooping and avant-garde movement — although the kidspecific drumming circle, sponsored by Roots of Rhythm, has been relocated to the Civic Center. “[Roots of Rhythm] was very child-friendly, with lots of instruments and kind, welcoming people. Young kids have short attention spans for bands, but this is free, and it was good exposure for them.” X Melanie McGee Bianchi is a proud mom and unapologetic fan of crowded street festivals.

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Keep on rockin’ Where to go after-hours

by Alli Marshall After the free, outdoor music of Bele Chere ends, unless you’ve had too much sun, too many adult beverages or you just really need your beauty rest, you’ll probably be looking to extend the festivities on into the evening.

No worries: Downtown Asheville clubs have plenty of live music lined up to keep you rocking into the wee hours. For a complete listing, go to Clubland in this week’s Xpress.

(P.S.: If you have been partaking of the aforementioned adult beverages and are planning on leaving the walkable confines of downtown, please use a taxi service or consider super-convenient Buzzed Home, which will drive you to your destination in your own vehicle. 242-2219 or getbuzzedhome.com.)

Friday:

• Brushfire Stankgrass (electro-acoustic bluegrass) at Hannah Flanagan’s (27 Biltmore Ave., 252-1922) 9:30 p.m.

“From banjos to moogerfoogers” is the tagline of this original newgrass outfit. Brushfire Stankgrass bases its sound on old-time sensibilities, scholarly theory and pure showmanship, insuring that each performance is thoughtful and spot-on, but never too cerebral to keep folks off the dance floor. Brothers Will and Ben Saylor are the backbone of the group. Bassist Bryan White and drummer Ian Cunningham round out the band. The Bele Chere set will also be the CD launch party for the band’s new album.

• Silver Machine (space rock) at The Hookah Bar (38 N. French Broad Ave., 252-1522), 8 p.m., $5.

Cosmic funk, space rock, psychedelic trance: Silver Machine has a lot of names for its particular brand of jam. “Featuring a theremin (a retro-futuristic electronic instrument from the 1920s), Silver Machine has a spooky, laptopfree, far-out sound a lot like the old Science Fiction and Horror film soundtracks from the past,” the band says. They have been tapped by Disney for possible inclusion on the soundtrack for an upcoming animation film. Influences range from Pink Floyd and Lotus, to Critters Buggin and Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Band members include Anthony Dorion on bass, David Lee on guitars and live looping and Chris Tanfield on theremin, guitars, vocals/vocoder and live looping.

• Wayne Robbins & The Hellsayers (alt-rock) with The Zealots (indie-rock) at the LAB (39 N. Lexington Ave., 252-0212). 9:30 p.m., $5.

This is how Stomp & Stammer describes Wayne Robbins & The Hellsayers: “The earth splits wide open — or is it the Rapture, granting Robbins his wish? In a massive spasm of feedback, white noise and fret board frissons: Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine hop the expressway to your skull. It’s a beautiful violence, that Young & Crazy Horse might per-

versely employ, or the kind of derailment Howe Gelb sometimes delights in when his band Giant Sand is at full boil.” Led by on-again-off-again Asheville musician Wayne Robbins, the slowcore dreamscapes are a treat for audiophiles.

• Cowboy Junkies (brother and sister-led Canadian alt-country, see Xpress interview) at The Orange Peel (101 Biltmore Ave., 225-5851).

8 p.m., $28 advance/$30 doors.

• Velvet Truckstop (Southern rock) at Wild Wing Cafe (161 Biltmore Ave., 253-3066), 9 p.m.

• Yellar Dog (blues rock) at Tallgary’s Pub (4 College St., 232-0809), 8 p.m.

• Anti-Bele Chere showcase (see Xpress story) with Valve, The Merle, The Hillside Bombers, The Krek Tones, We Have A Meth Lab and Glaze. Stella Blue (35 Patton Ave., 236-2424).

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• Wondrous Temple of Boom: Afterburn II with Freddy Todd, Pericles, Ape Kit, GalaxC Girl, Cleofus and more. Club 828 (64 N. Carter St., 252-2001). 9 p.m., $7.

Saturday:

• Drunken Prayer (folk-rock noir) with The Merle (’90s rock) at Broadways (120 N. Lexington Ave., 285-0400), 9 p.m The current project of singer/songwriter/former Asheville musician Morgan Geer, Drunken Prayer is — according to its maker — “unapologetic American music.” Its dark, sometimes poetic folk-rock with a penchant for fighting and whiskey drinking and a refusal to ever see the bright side to anything.

In the very best way. Geer also fronts ‘90s-rock outfit The Merle, which reunites for this show at Broadways, its former haunt.

• ”Unofficial Bele Chere Dance Party”: DJ Equal & DJ Bowie with DJ FlyPaper. Club 828 (64 North Carter St., 252-2001). 9 p.m., $8.

Sometimes the only way to round off a day of dancing is to chase it with ... a night of dancing. DJs Equal and Bowie have that for ya. Equal — formerly of Asheville, now based in New York — has played Bonnaroo and co-founded Taste-NYC. He’s also a drummer.

Bowie, who shares the bill, grew up between Asheville and Amsterdam, logging air miles as well as an appreciation for a wide range of music. Says his bio, “Like a mad scientist skillfully blasting recombined DNA through speaker coils, Bowie van Ling seamlessly splices together a vast landscape of sound and style, ringing in a perpetually fresh approach to music.”

• Kung Fu Dynamite (jam, funk) with From A Seed (rock) at Emerald Lounge (112 N. Lexington Ave., 232-4372), 10 p.m.

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In the clubs: Above, Velvet Truckstop brings Southern Rock to Wild Wing Cafe. Below, The Big Takeover takes over the LAB. With six members, Kung Fu Dynamite packs a stage. That half of them play horns means they don’t just bring a big band, they bring a big sound. The mission of this band: To artfully fuse genres while keeping the crowd on its toes. “With their roots steeped in rock, blues, funk and jazz, the band has taken carefully crafted song structure and combined it with free-form improvisation, mixed time signatures and quirky lyrics, ever striving to keep the dynamics of their music fresh and unpredictable,” says the band.

• Anti-Bele Chere showcase (with Ironside, Dark Ridge, The Ages Within and more) at Stella Blue. Begins at noon.

• DJ Brett Rock (funk, dancehall and hip-hop) with DJ SK at Bobo Gallery (22 N. Lexington Ave., 254-3426), 9 p.m.

• Col. Bruce Hampton & The Quark Alliance (surrealist Americana) at the LAB. 9:30 P.M., $10.

Sunday:

• The Big Takeover (reggae) at the LAB. 9 p.m., $7.

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Bele Chere isn’t for everybody. Luckily, it won’t be the only party happening this weekend.

While throngs of visitors fill the streets of downtown, Stella Blue will host the ninth annual Anti Bele Chere, a showcase of underground music that began at Green Eggs and Jam — now Static Age Records — as a way to promote bands that probably wouldn’t stand a chance of making it onto the official event’s roster. The party is slated to host more than 20 acts, including The Enemy Lovers, Hillside Bombers, The Go Devils and Ironside, all of which are regulars at the club.

“Those bands all support Stella Blue,” says organizer Josh Rosenstein. “They come out to the shows, and they play here throughout the year.

We actually had to turn down a few bands this year because we’ve already got so many.”

But even the Anti Bele Chere will have a strong outof-town element. This year, it also serves as the official reunion for the defunct Decline of Western North Carolina record label, home to a slew of Asheville underground talent in the mid ‘90s, when the city’s now-bustling music scene was in its infancy, and local rock shows were often limited to basements and house parties.

“I came into Asheville in ‘93, and when I got here, there wasn’t really anything going on besides Vincent’s Ear,” recalls Decline of WNC cofounder Bob Rest, who today lives in Atlanta and operates an all-Asheville, underground web-radio site known as Decline Radio (declineradio. com). Rest struck a deal with Club Metropolis (where Club 828 is now) to put on shows underneath the club.

Rest, along with The Mathmatics’ Milton Carter, soon formed Decline of WNC to promote bands like The

Can’t stand the fest? No matter: Stella Blue’s showcase boasts a lineup almost as large as the festival itself.

Mathmatics, Tripod, The Merle and Acme Music Company, releasing three local music compilations and giving birth to a scene that still influences Asheville music. And while most of the performers this weekend — Drunken Prayer, We Have A Meth Lab, Dark Ridge, A Bigger Hammer — are new incarnations of the mid-’90s mainstays, several original lineups will perform intact, including Glaze, Vic Crown and Friday’s headliner, Valve.

It will be the second year for the reunion — Broadways hosted last year’s Decline event — and Rest expects to see plenty of familiar faces.

“There’s going to be a lot of old-school people coming in from out of town. It’s going to be kind of nice, like the ‘90s again for two days,” Rest says. “Last year, people that hadn’t seen each other in ten years were coming out of nowhere,” he remembers. “We had a really great turnout.

All these old-school people came from all over the country just for these little local bands.”

But to many, Rest included, they were more than just “little local bands.” Many who were around for the Decline era speak with wistful nostalgia of a paradise lost.

“The years that I lived in Asheville and the friends that I met and the art and cool things that happened, just in that time that I was there, they changed my life,” says Valve guitarist Jeff Cannon, who will be coming all the way from Florida for the reunion. “It certainly was magi-

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Saturday, July 24 Summer Time Whiskey Band Billy Sugarfix’s Carousel Electrolux A Bigger Hammer Dark Ridge Vic Crown Skull Thunder Go Devils The Ages Within Dissent Ironside Enemy Lovers Mother Soul Crank County Daredevils cal. And I sense that from other people who have moved away or gotten older and have families and stuff. There always seems to be agreement on that.”

Even the venue has significance, especially to Rest. He managed what would become Stella Blue in the late ‘90s, known at the time as 31 Patton.

“In my mind,” he says, “it’s my old bar.

I’ve got a lot of history and emotion around that place. I’m glad we’re doing it there this year.”

“Decline was sort of based around this building,” adds Rosenstein. “They did a lot of shows here when it was 31 Patton, and one of the bands I’m in, Vic Crown, was with Decline, so we used to play here. Bob Rest would book my band at 31 Patton, and now I’m booking his band [We Have A Meth Lab] at the same place.”

So whether you’re feeling sentimental or you want an alternative to the chaos in the streets, Stella Blue welcomes you to the other Bele Chere party. X Dane Smith can be reached at dsmith@ mountainx.com.

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news “Broadband killer” bill is dead

State legislators pull plug on controversial bill at 11th hour

by Michael Muller Legislation that would have temporarily restricted local governments’ ability to get into the Internet and cable TV business died in the wee hours of July 10, shortly before the General Assembly adjourned for the year.

Hailed by proponents as a necessary measure to preserve free-market competition and assailed by critics as an industry-sponsored chokehold on the expansion of rural broadband access, it marked the fourth such attempt in recent years.

First proposed back in May by Sen. David Hoyle, D-Gaston, S1209 was overwhelmingly approved in early June on a 41-7 vote in the Senate. But in the last-minute rough-and-tumble in the House, Hoyle’s language was folded into another bill, then watered down, and ultimately died in committee. The proposal would have temporarily barred cities from building, buying or operating their own retail broadband networks until a task force could make recommendations to the General Assembly.

Hoyle’s bill would have required the Legislature’s Revenue Laws Study Committee to establish a blue-ribbon task force, made up of representatives of cities and private telecommunications providers, to study the various complex legal and funding issues involved and report back to the General Assembly by March 1, 2011.

Five North Carolina towns — Wilson, Salisbury, Morganton, Davidson and Mooresville — already operate their own Internet services, which would have been exempted from the ban. Other exemptions would have covered projects already under development or tied to federal broadband

“I’ve heard that BS, and it’s just not true … period. Anybody that needs [broadband] service can get served in this state.”

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Access for all: As general manager of ERC Broadband, Hunter Goosmann works to expand broadband Internet access in Western state Sen. David Hoyle North Carolina — and fought against Sen. Hoyle’s bill.

stimulus grants, as well as internal high-speed networks serving local entities. Private companies, such as Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable, provide most broadband access in the state.

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Critics of Hoyle’s initiative — including the North Carolina League of Municipalities, various consumer advocacy groups, newspapers, progressive political action committees and broadband technology proponents — were particularly vocal in their opposition. The legislation, they charged, was nothing more than an industry-sponsored attempt to stifle competition — a so-called broadband killer for rural communities that would put North Carolina at a competitive disadvantage with other states.

Due to the relative scarcity of customers, it’s often unprofitable for private companies to go into outlying rural areas to lay and maintain highspeed lines, so these locations often lack access to cable TV and Internet services that’s comparable to what more populated areas enjoy. To address this inequity, some advocates believe local governments should have the option of building their own networks. They equate broadband with other basic infrastructure (such as roads, water, sewers, electric power or bus service) that local governments often provide when these services aren’t otherwise available.

Hoyle, however, dismisses that argument, declaring, “I’ve heard that BS, and it’s just not true … period. Anybody that needs [broadband] service can get served in this state.”

But Hunter Goosmann, general manager of ERC Broadband — a

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local nonprofit that works to improve the technological infrastructure in the western Carolinas — believes Hoyle has been misled. “He claims that competitive service is already available all over North Carolina,” Goosmann told Xpress, adding, “I’d love to give him a tour across our mountains.”

Who pays the bills?

The existing municipal broadband systems in North Carolina are financed using something called “certificates of participation,” which rely on projected revenues from the project they’re funding to pay off the debt.

Widely used in other states, such certificates were themselves the subject of some controversy when they were narrowly approved by a referendum in 2004, in part because they don’t require direct approval by voters, (see “Amendment One,” Feb. 9, 2005, Xpress).

Cities and counties have traditionally borrowed money for capital projects such as roads, schools, jails and parking decks by issuing general obligation bonds backed by the government’s ability to levy taxes. By law, voters must approve such bond issues through a referendum. Hoyle says he wants to make sure that city governments that choose to build and operate their own broadband systems secure them via general obligation bonds — and the accompanying voter approval.

But municipal broadband advocates say subjecting such proposals to local referendums will all but guarantee that they never pass, because voters generally tend to reject anything that might increase their taxes.

Hoyle also fears the state’s cherished AAA credit rating could be at risk if cities continue issuing certificates of participation for these massive projects and end up defaulting on their debt. The towns of Davidson and Mooresville have been operating their jointly owned, $92.5 million cable TV and broadband system at a loss since 2007, and they recently informed residents that they’ll need an additional $6.4 million taxpayer subsidy to keep the operation afloat.

Voters in those cities weren’t asked how they felt about the $80 million certificate of participation that funded the project (along with a $12.5 million bank loan), or about what some say amounts to going head to head with private industry.

Hoyle, a self-described free-market advocate, believes private investors — not taxpayers — should be taking that kind of financial risk, and that if this particular measure had been put up for a vote, residents would have rejected it.

“I want the cities to make the case that they need to be in this business,” he told Xpress. “But I can tell you that the ones who are in it are not doing it very well. Wilson has got a mess on their hands — an unadulterated mess.” A city of about 50,000 people just east of Raleigh, Wilson implemented Greenlight, its $28 million municipal broadband system, last year.

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There are other issues as well. Some worry that letting governments compete with private corporations is not only inherently unfair — because they don’t pay taxes — but unwise, due to their lack of business experience and technical expertise. Buncombe County may be a case in point: Its free Wi-Fi service, which once covered much of downtown, hasn’t worked in over a year.

Another potential problem Hoyle sees is leaving taxpayers on the hook for tens of millions of dollars worth of outdated technology. He points out that new Internet services such as WiMax, which can offer broadband speeds comparable to today’s cable modems over distances of up to 30 miles, could supplant hard-wired systems — particularly as more and more people opt for mobile computing.

“They’re going to own an Internet cable system that may become obsolete,” Hoyle predicts, “and they’re going to expect the taxpayers of this state to bail them out.”

Opponents have accused Hoyle of being nothing more than a shill for the telecommunications industry, but he dismisses the charge. “The lobbyists don’t influence me,” he declares. “I’m in the pocket of the people that provide jobs for this state, and Time Warner Cable employees — 8,500 in this state — and I can’t imagine anyone that would want to compete with that. ... Business and free enterprise built this country and this state, and I’m going to do every damn thing in my power to keep them happy and keep them doing business here. ... These call centers can be in India or anywhere.”

The Time Warner PAC contributed $6,000 to Hoyle’s re-election campaign in 2009, according to his campaign-finance report.

Hoyle, who’s in his seventies, plans to retire this year after nine terms in the state Senate. X Michael Muller can be reached at at 251-1333, ext.

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Depending on who you talk to, URTV is either facing imminent shutdown or adequately funded through next June. In the space of a few weeks, representatives of the public-access channel have given widely conflicting accounts of its financial status.

“We’ll be out of money as of August,” Executive Director Pat Garlinghouse stated early last month (see “Broke,” June 9 Xpress).

Yet mere weeks later, Bob Horn, vice president of the nonprofit’s board, told the Asheville City Council: “We weren’t having funding issues ourselves; we just needed the money owed to us. ... We calculate we can continue on until this time next year.” (See “Asheville City Council,” June 30 Xpress.)

How to account for that discrepancy remains unclear. In early June, Buncombe County rejected a request from the channel for an additional $200,000. And on June 15, independent URTV producers showed up at a Board of Commissioners meeting to ask for more support from the county. But the commissioners pointedly refused to pony up, beyond delivering the PEG funds the station was already entitled to.

(Generated by a charge on cable subscribers’ bills, those funds are earmarked for public, educational and government channels.)

And in late June, County Manager Wanda Greene reports, the county did transfer about $48,000 in PEG moneys to URTV (now an arm of the WNC Community Media Center). That, however, was only a fraction of the amount the nonprofit said it needed to survive.

Except for an interview shortly after the news broke concerning the channel’s dire financial straits, Media Center management and board members have repeatedly declined to comment on the financial woes.

But Greene, who was willing to talk, says county staff has sat down with the channel’s management and board members several times and that “They really took a hard look at what they have and how to run the channel on that.

That’s what a lot of nonprofits and organizations are having to do these days.”

Garlinghouse, however, had previously told Xpress, “From day one we’ve done a bare-bones budget,” and Operations Manager Jonathon Czarny reports that for now, URTV is not planning to cut back on the scope of its programming.

A “financial crisis”

The county also conducted an audit of the station’s operataions. Released July 12, it found “no indication funds have been spent inappropriately,” but went on to say that the station is facing a “financial crisis.”

“At the current spending levels and anticipated declines in major revenue streams,” the audit concluded, “the organization is likely to exhaust its financial resources midway into fiscal year

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talkingheads “URTV is one of the richest assists of this area, with a balance of political, religious, and artistic programming, showcasing the authenticity of our talent rich community. Surely this asset is as worthy as being the Beer Capital of America!”

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“We’ll be out of money as of August.”

— URTV Executive Director Pat Garlinghouse

“We weren’t having funding issues ourselves; we just needed the money owed to us. ... We calculate we can continue on until this time next year.”

— URTV

2011.” (URTV is on a July-to-June fiscal year, meaning the money would run out in January — roughly six months sooner than what Horn reported.)

Tim Flora, the county’s internal auditor, reviewed the channel’s financial statements for the last five years, analyzing its revenue and spending trends as well as its bylaws and operating agreements with the county and the city of Asheville. He also met with URTV management and board members.

Financial issues aside, however, the audit also found that the nonprofit had fallen short of satisfying the state’s open-meetings law (see sidebar, “Mistrust and discontent”).

According to the audit, the Media Center needs to develop an action plan to address the financial situation, “with details addressing how revenues can be increased and/or expenses reduced.”

Included in the audit is a response from URTV board President Jerry Young, who asserts that “Monies allocated for operating URTV originally were not sufficient for traffic, demand, community participation and contract compliance. … It is only through stability and product development that a public access operation can begin to pursue outside funding.”

However, Young goes on to say that “The Media Center ... pursues outside grants, program service fees, commodity sales and donations to supplement funding. Such monies have increased each year and will sustain operations through FY 2011.”

And Garlinghouse, asked by Xpress last month if her organization was seeking private funds to

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ease the money crunch, replied: “Where would you suggest? There aren’t any. ... We need $20,000 a month. Do you even imagine that’s possible? I don’t think so.”

Grass roots to the rescue?

Amid the budget controversy, URTV has seen an outpouring of support from its producers and fans, who’ve shown up in force at recent meetings of the Buncombe County commissioners and Asheville City Council.

Those efforts appear to be helping. Although the commissioners declined to provide additional funding for the station, the county did pay Waynesville-based telecommunications consultant John Howell to meet with URTV board members on July 13, Greene reports.

“His goal was just to help them do some brainstorming about what kind of funding options there might be out there, or if there’s anything they can do on their budget,” she explains. And last week, the county also took a step toward renewing the station’s contract, which expired in January, by recertifying the operation as a qualifying PEG channel.

Supporters have also mounted an online fundraising campaign (http://ashevillemagazine.com/saveurtv/speak-up.htm). The site includes testimonials by several producers, including Virato, who started the campaign and hosts VIRATO LIVE! “URTV is one of the richest assists of this area, with a balance of political, religious, and artistic programming, showcasing the authenticity of our talent rich community,” he writes. “Surely this asset is as worthy as being the Beer Capital of America!”

Interestingly, the site also includes less positive comments by former URTV board members Richard Bernier (who was dismissed by the board after a messy dispute over the station’s management and transparency issues) and Nelda Holder (whose critical commentary on the station appeared in a recent issue of Xpress).

Full stream ahead

Meanwhile, at least for the time being, the Media Center is continuing its efforts to expand the scope and quality of its services, says Czarny, the operations manager.

As an example of the center’s growing niche in the community, he points to this year’s Youth Video Camp (July 19-22), where young people can learn media skills and produce broadcastquality videos.

“There’s a lot of places where kids can go canoeing or hiking or do Outward Bound kind of stuff, but there’s not really anywhere else they can be exposed to production techniques and have access to our type of facilities,” notes Czarny. “It’s part of our design to reach all sorts of populations in our community, whether it’s underprivileged or underserved children or seniors.”

Czarny also maintains that services such as advanced production workshops, webcasting and the new urRadio station are well worth continuing.

“We’ve had to look at meeting the community needs — assess what they are and then meet them,” he reports. “Those are the kind of things the community wants.”

And countering critics who say the station should downscale its operations, Czarny argues that offering a wide range of services helps bring in money to augment the PEG funds.

“The classes and getting more people using the facility and giving more people avenues of expression and forums to do that, that’s how we subsidize that gap,” he explains. “These services aren’t taking money away from us — they’re providing income. … If we cut the things that are making us money, what are we going to have left? We can’t just throw away what we’ve built for 14 years.” X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

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hushhush “Mistrust and discontent” Among other things, Buncombe County’s audit of the public-access channel’s finances and organizational structure” concluded that “Contrary to the May 2009 URTV bylaws and expectations of both the county and city governments, URTV has failed to adequately understand and comply with open-meeting law.”

Released July 12, the report goes on to note, “This is an issue the board and management have grappled with since the organization’s inception and has led to mistrust and discontent among members and constituents alike. Closed sessions are allowable but only for certain circumstances. Budget and finance discussions are not acceptable closedsession topics.”

The audit also points out that “The board is required to keep full and accurate minutes of all official meetings.

A number of minutes reviewed failed to provide adequate information on attendance, board appointments and transacted business.”

To address those shortcomings, the report concludes, “The board and management need to understand and comply with open-meetings laws, [and] a standardized format should be used for meeting minutes.”

But a response by board President Jerry Young that’s included in the audit report paints a different picture, asserting that the state’s open-meetings law “applies only to government bodies with legislative, administrative, public-policy and other governmental functions.”

Nonetheless, Young continues, “The Media Center has successfully negotiated with the city any requirements related to NC OML (open-meetings law) into the WNC Community Media Center management contract.”

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In this global age, climate change, global economic instability, overpopulation, declining biodiversity and resource wars have arguably stemmed from the availability of cheap, nonrenewable fossil fuels. Global oil, gas and coal production are predicted to decline sharply in the next 10 to 20 years, and the effects of climate change are being felt around the world.

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The end of oil: Transition Town participants plan for what society will be like (and what individuals must do) when the well runs dry. photo by Jonathan welch

sis. It’s an attempt to “re-localize” production and commerce, and produce societies that naturally reduce carbon emissions and build community resilience. The Transition model argues that it’s up to citizens in individual communities to step into leadership positions to address the current situation.

With this all in mind, on July 15, Transition Asheville met at local establishment Tressa’s for the weekly Green Drinks gathering — an informal group that meets to discuss sustainability issues in general. Transition members offered attendees a look at how things are going to be — sometime soon, they assert.

“Within our lifetime, we will see the end of cheap oil, and the collapse of our current way of life, which has depended on it,” said Stan Corwin, a Transition Asheville leader.

“We’ll have to create a ‘new normal,’” he said, because right now, “Normal is consuming vast amounts of energy. Normal is living in suburbs.”

“We’re at the point of peak oil production now — the brief plateau before the decline.

The Gulf oil spill is an outcome of our pursuit of deeper and deeper oil,” Corwin continued. “We’re going to have to downscale everything we do. The days of the 3,000-mile Caesar salad are over.”

Corwin’s message found an intrigued audience. “I abandoned my car, and lost 35 pounds in the process,” proclaimed Daryl Rantis, an Asheville architect in private practice.

Another anonymous attendee offered a perhaps unintentionally comic perspective on the changes Transition foresees: “We won’t have to go to work anymore!”

Mike Figura of Transition Asheville said that this town is in a good position to move forward. “We have a lot of local food production, and thus a lot of local resiliency already,” he said.

“If we can create a plan to do what’s necessary — such as creating networks of people who can provide local services that we now find outside — we’ll be better prepared as oil declines in the coming years.”

Corwin said the group will organize into working groups to cover the key areas of local food, local energy, transportation and other critical functions. Transition Asheville has grown to more than 150 Western North Carolinians; it’s part of a network of similar groups in the U.S. and Europe. Boulder, Colo., was the first American city to become a Transition Town. Certification is provided by the umbrella organization, Transition U.S., a nonprofit based in Sebastopol, Calif.

Transition Asheville is awaiting a key moment to launch their working groups — a moment they refer to as “The Great Unleashing” — when awareness has reached a certain level. Corwin explained, “It’s when we can walk up to someone on the street and say ‘peak oil’ — or the end of cheap oil — and they instantly know what we’re talking about.”

— Susan Andrew

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The great Bele Chere and Twitter debates

by Jake Frankel With the approach of Bele Chere, Ashevilleans have once again taken up one of their favorite pastimes: debating the benefits and drawbacks of hosting the biggest free street festival in the Southeast. Last week, Xpress staffer David Forbes provided a forum for readers to vent with his online post “Bele Chere: Boon or Burden?”

In the blog, Forbes writes about Asheville’s love/hate relationship with the fest, saying he’s “heard no small amount of local vitriol directed at the three-day event, for reasons economic, cultural and visceral.” Noting that an informal poll of his Xpress office mates had resulted in a split decision, Forbes then invited readers to weigh in.

The post generated a huge response, with readers expressing views all over the spectrum.

“Bele Chere helps make Asheville distinctive, our own little Mardi Gras,” wrote Betty Cloer Wallace. “Thousands of people come because they like it. Some things might be improved, but let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water. Let’s continue to try to keep it varied, to offer something for everyone.”

Reader “penelope” offered a more critical take.

“I’m so over Bele Chere, and I have been for years. I avoid Asheville at all costs during this weekend, which is my birthday weekend,” she wrote. “I had contacted two downtown businesses about holding a birthday party, but when I realized it was Bele Chere weekend I quickly changed my mind.

“The festival has gotten too big and too expensive to be fun anymore. Once again what was once our town has been surrendered to the tourists!”

Expressing a more Zen-like view of the event was “maggie1.”

“Bele Chere is in the eye of the beholder,” she opined.

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Debating Bele Chere: Love it or hate it, the biggest free street festival in the Southeast is back. photo by Jonathan welch

Twittergate?

Another internal Xpress debate that came into the public’s online eye last week concerned the evolving role of the outlet’s Twitter feed. In a blog post, Publisher Jeff Fobes asked, “Is it OK to Cut Up on the MXNews Twitter Account?”

In the piece, Fobes asked readers what they thought of Xpress reporter Michael Muller’s new Saturday and Wednesday dispatches, an experiment in new media in which “for a few hours the gravitas of news turns zany.”

Readers responded in force, with reactions ranging from extremely supportive to strongly disapproving.

“I think Michael’s tweets add a lot of local color to the feed, and I often find myself LOLing,” commented Josh Benson.

“I feel like the folks @mxnews are my neighbors and fellow members of the community I love. Rather than being some sequestered news monks, they get out and enjoy the community and share it with all of us, and I love that,” added “@sthrnfrydpinko.”

On the more critical side, “megan” wrote that she thinks “It’s HORRIBLE. “I don’t need to see ‘dundundun’ as a Tweet. What a waste of space. ... Make it stop!”

And “Jake the Snake” went so far as to express disgust with eccentric feeds.

“Wait for Michael Muller to start one of his ‘funny’ morning diarrhea twitter storms. … You can literally watch followers drop off until it ends (usually with some drunken non-

sense),” he wrote.

Former Xpress Multimedia Editor (and current Asheville Citizen-Times staffer) Jason Sandford also jumped into the fray, writing highly critical pieces for both his Ashevegas blog and the daily paper’s print edition.

In his Ashevegas post, “As Over-the-Top Tweets Keep Flying, Mountain Xpress Debates What’s Appropriate for its Twitter News Feed,” Sandford wrote, “By mixing banal sexual innuendo and adolescent insults in with its news feed, Xpress is slowly and surely killing its credibility as a news outlet.”

And though he took a slightly less harsh tone in the AC-T column “How Social Should Media be on Twitter?” he implored Xpress to “stick to the news” on its feed, asserting that “Reporters killing time with slicing Twitter retorts might miss the news they’re supposed to be trafficking in.”

Several commenters wrote in to agree with Sandford, but he also attracted his own fair share of critics.

“This smells kinda like a publicity stunt by jealous AC-T reporters who lack the creativity and wit of Mr. Muller, and instead of trying to find a creative solution to their lack of creativity have decided to throw a temper tantrum,” retorted “shadmarsh PhD,” adding, “Aren’t we always celebrating the uniqueness of Asheville? Why try and quash one of its genuine original voices?” X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.

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Wooden you?

A steady stream of curiosity seekers seem to be wondering just exactly what’s going on in the vacant space at the corner of Patton and French Broad Avenues in Asheville, across from the Federal Building. You wouldn’t know it from all the people stopping by, but the new shop isn’t quite open for business yet, and Larry Hyman keeps having to turn away would-be customers.

Hyman, who hails from Boston, has been doing woodworking, remodeling and restoration work since the 1970s. He now lives in Weaverville, which he says happens to be home to the biggest woodturning group in the country, with more than 200 members.

Over the years, Hyman found he particularly enjoyed guiding homeowners through the construction process, teaching them how to do it themselves.

He mostly worked with folks who’d ended up in a jam after starting their own projects (usually after watching a TV program such as This Old House) and then not being able to find a contractor who was willing to advise them as opposed to taking on the whole job themself. Along the way, Hyman began offering a consulting service over the Internet, and his new retail shop — Do It Yourself Woodworking — goes one step further.

Besides serving as a handson teacher and consultant, he’ll make available the kind of custom tools usually found only in professional woodworking shops. Often costing tens of thousands of dollars, such equipment is typically out of reach for the amateur carpenters Hyman is targeting. The closest other shop he’s found that provides access to professional-grade tools is in Norwalk, Conn.

DIY Woodworking will feature about a dozen individual workstations, each outfitted with a complete set of hand tools. The big equipment — things like lathes, planers, drill presses and high-tech table saws — will be in a common area. A special vacuum system will keep dust

Do it yourself but with a little help: Larry Hyman is opening a new woodworking shop on the corner of Patton and French Broad. photo by MICHAEL MULLER

to a minimum; he’s also building a special spray room for painting projects.

He’ll use an intake form to gauge a customer’s skill level, and for beginners, there’ll be special classes on basic woodworking skills and shop safety. Other local businesses, such as Asheville Hardware (now at 10 Buxton Ave. downtown), already offer specialty classes and certifications, but Hyman says he hopes to capitalize on the growing local interest in his craft.

“There are plenty of top-of the-line woodworkers in Western North Carolina who offer great classes, but there’s no place for folks to actually come practice,” Hyman explains. “You can get all set up here — have your own workstation, paid by the hour, the day, the week, whatever time you need.”

Hyman says he hopes to have his new shop open the first week of August.

For more information, call 828-505-3538 (e-mail: larry@diywoodworkingshop.com).

Weil of fortune

Asheville CPA Stephanie Weil has opened a new full-service accounting firm at 40 N. Merrimon Ave. Besides providing traditional accounting services, she’ll offer tax planning, business valuations, financial forecasting and other consulting work.

Weil, who holds a master’s degree in finance from DePaul University, has more than 20 years’ experience in the field. A

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member of the American Institute of CPAs and the National Society of Accountants, she served two terms as president of the Western Chapter of the North Carolina Association of CPAs. To learn more, visit http://www.stephanieweil.com or call 828-545-2021.

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The curtain goes up July 28 for public input on the proposed Asheville performing-arts center.

Architects from William Rawn Associates and Calloway Johnson Moore & West will unveil a model of the proposed structure and explain some design elements. An Asheville Design Center task force will also be exhibiting conceptual information concerning the surrounding area. The target site, a 2.4 acre city-owned parcel just south of Pack’s Tavern, is now a parking lot for city employees.

Current plans envision a mixed-use development a 2,000 seat concert hall, black-box and studio theaters suitable for smaller groups and meetings, a digital media-arts center, and assorted educational spaces. It would also front on the new Pack Square Park, adjacent to City Hall.

Members of the public can view the proposed design and meet with project representatives Wednesday, July 28, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Grove Arcade.

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taurant and, by all indications, they’re going strong. Stephanie’s Roadhouse Bistro held its official grand opening July 17, though the doors have been open since May. Owner Stephanie Coleman says she was tired of having to range far afield to find affordable, quality “country comfort food,” which is what she serves: fried catfish, meat loaf, rib-eye steak. Her signature dish, though, is fried chicken and waffles — you read that right — a yummy combination of savory and sweet.

“Word of mouth has been incredible,” Coleman reports. “We’ve steadily built our business over the last few months, and almost everyone who’s eaten here has cleaned their plate.”

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The People’s Acupuncture of Asheville is offering free community acupuncture treatments Sunday, Aug. 1, from noon to 5 p.m.; music and refreshments will be provided. Also on offer will be chair massages by Chenin Duclos and chiropractic services by R.J. Burle.

The People’s Acupuncture is at 55 Grove St.; for more information, call 828-254-4098, or go to http:// www.peoplesacunctureavl.com. X Send your biz news to Michael Muller at 251-1333, ext. 154, or to business@mountainx.com.

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Outdoors meets Blackberry™ meets mushroom A runner’s high-tech adventure

by Jonathan Poston Nearly every time I go out for a trail run, I think back to interviews with the many local wild-skills experts I’ve met with for past Mountain Xpress assignments. These days, it’s difficult for me to run more than a mile without stooping down to get a whiff of a familiar flower, or nibble on some choice edible. I have to admit that, for the most part, I’m still a little nervous about trying some things without the experienced eyes of an ethnobotanist by my side. This especially holds true for mushrooms.

Soon after, I found myself seated at Muskat’s table, watching as he slowly sifted through my stash, like a jeweler fingering his prized gems.

Athlete’s fungus: A runner never knows what he or she might encounter on the trail — these ‘shrooms (Laetiporus sulphureus) proved to be a culinary delight for author Jonathan Poston. photo by Jonathan Poston

I’ve always been told gruesome stories about how one bite of a poisonous mushroom won’t just kill a human dead, but rake hot coals through mind and intestines for days before the reaper comes. So, over this last July 4th weekend, when I ran by what I thought was “Chicken of the Woods” (Laetiporus sulphureus), I didn’t even touch it. “Might be deadly poisonous” I whispered to myself. That didn’t stop me from pulling out my phone to snap a photo to e-mail to Asheville’s Mushroom Man, Alan Muskat.

I’ve seen Muskat handle lethal mushrooms, like the infamous “Death Angel”, with the finesse of a snake charmer. He’s also one of the most trusted restaurant mushroom suppliers in town, so he’s my go-to guru on discerning the deadly from the delectable.

After my run was over, Muskat replied with the good news that I had come across some Chicken.

For many mushrooms, it’s nearly impossible to make a judgment call like that based on photo alone, but he assured me I had a Chicken.

The next day I e-mailed him to tell him I was going after the prize and hoped to meet up with him later for a positive, in-person I.D. After a 15minute drive from Asheville, I pulled over, tightened my shoe laces, snapped on a giant fanny pack, grabbed my knife and took off running.

When I finally made it half-way up the mountain to the fallen log I saw it growing on before, I relished the bright orange Chicken fans that waved loudly for me to come over and harvest.

Before I had even finished lopping them all

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off the old dead wood, I was already typing my Eureka moment to Muskat on my Blackberry™.

Almost immediately he sent over directions to his house and invited me over. Then I realized the mushrooms weren’t fitting in my pouch. I squished, pressed and finally zipped over the Chicken’s soft edges to squeeze it in. I know I must have looked ridiculous running back to the car with this massively bloated sack bobbing at my waist, but I was more worried about crushing my catch from all the bouncing I put them through on the four-mile trip back to my car.

Once over at Muskat’s place, I sat at his table.

Just like a jeweler with his prized gems, he fingered slowly through my stash. A little too old to be sold to restaurants, but still edible, he explained. I left him with the lion’s share for the proof positive he gave me and took the rest over to a friend’s cookout. The folks who didn’t know what I had brought kept asking how I had cooked the chicken: “with sliced mushrooms,” I said.

To learn more about edible mushrooms growing in the Appalachians, visit Muskat’s workshops calendar at http://www.alanmuskat.com/calendar.htm. One class not to be missed is his August 4th Wild Mushrooms: A Taste of Enchantment with William Dissen of The Marketplace. (See: http://www.alanmuskat.com/ documents/marketplace_dinner.pdf ). X Freelance writer Jonathan Poston calls Asheville home.

outdoorscalendar Calendar for July 21 - 29, 2010 Asheville Track Club The club provides information, education, training, social and sporting events for runners and walkers of any age.

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

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 6pm & SATURDAYS, 8am (through 7/22) - Train for Bele Chere 5K with ATC’s Beginning Runners Program at Carrier Park. All fitness levels and ages from 11+ welcome. Walking and Fit Families kids programs also available. Info: 665-7526.

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

Blue Ridge Parkway Hikes Led by Blue Ridge Parkway rangers.

• FR (7/23), 10am - A moderate 1-mile RT hike along the Art Loeb Trail to the summit of Black Balsam Knob. The hike will begin approx. 0.8 miles off the Parkway on Forest Service Road 816, about 1 mile south of Graveyard Fields, milepost 420. Info: 298-5330, ext. 304.

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.

• WE (7/21), 9am - Around Coffee Pot Mountain. Info: 625-2677.

• SA (7/24), 8am - Silers Bald. Info: jbsbestfan@hotmail. com.

• SU (7/25), 8:30am - Hump Mountain from Yellow Mtn. Gap. Info: 450-6986 —- 12:30pm - DuPont Forest to Buck Forest. Info: 698-7119.

• WE (7/28), 9am - Douglas Falls & Craggy Gardens.

Info: 625-2677.

Guided Hikes at Bat Cave Nature Preserve • WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS, 10am-1:30pm - The Nature Conservancy is leading hikes at Bat Cave Preserve.

Learn about natural history and the rare plants and animals of Hickory Nut Gorge. Walk to the base of the cave. $10. Reservations required. Info: abell@tnc.org.

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. Info: 253-0095 or www.appalachian.org. n Reservations required for SAHC hikes: kristina@appalachian.org or 253-0095, ext. 205.

• TH (7/22), 10am-4pm - Grassy balds management hike on Roan Mountain. Visit the goats of the “Baa-tany Goat Project” and learn about their role in preserving the grassy balds. Five miles RT. Moderately steep. RSVP by July 21.

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

• TH (7/29) - Gem mining trip to Spruce Pine.

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Though it might not be the core focus of every story that we present to you in the Inside/Out pages, we’re looking to highlight sustainable methods of living. You likely won’t see a profile of a gargantuan mansion with manicured lawns fed by eternally running sprinklers, for example.

Instead, we’ve tried to present a new side to home and garden, one that, we hope, you don’t typically see. In the months to come, we’ll look at Lilliputian urban gardens. We’ll check out the concept behind xeriscaping, a gardening method that is intended to eliminate the need for extra irrigation. We’ll even take a peek at a selection of trailer-park gardens in a piece.

This week, we’ll hear from one of our freelance writers, Cinthia Milner, who decided to take a look at what the phrase “sustainable living” really means. As Milner points out, not everyone has the same notion of what it entails.

Which brings us to a question for our readers: What does sustainable living mean to you? In addition, what would you like to read about in these pages? Send your suggestions to mlunsford@mountainx.com, or weigh in online at mountainx.com.

— Mackensy Lunsford, food and features coordinator

by Cinthia Milner What is sustainable living? I have a secret: I actually didn’t know what the phrase meant when I first began this article. No, I haven’t been living in a cave (although I now know that would put me in the sustainable-living category, big time). And, yes, I’ve heard the phrase, but as my friend Lark said, “It’s a catchall phrase.

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• WE (7/21), 10-11am - Buncombe County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers free garden talk on “Roses for WNC.” • TH (7/22), 10am-Noon - Extension Master Gardeners of Buncombe County will host a class on how to enter the Mountain State Fair Flower show at the Pony Express Cafe at the Mountain State Fairground, WNC Ag Center. Free.

Pearson Community Garden Workdays • WEDNESDAYS, 3-9pm - Gather in the Pearson Garden at the end of Pearson Drive in Montford with folks and grow some food. A potluck and produce to take home often follow the work.

Plant Clinics Buncombe County Master Gardeners will be available to look at plant problems and pests and answer gardening questions. Info: 255-5522.

• 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 11am-2pm - The Master Gardeners will be set up at the WNC Farmers Market in the breezeway between the retail buildings and on duty at the Compost Demonstration Site in front of Jesse Israel & Sons Garden Center.

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, 2-6pm - Asheville City Market - South, Biltmore Town Square Blvd. —- 2-6:30pm - Wednesday Coop Market, 76 Biltmore Ave. —- 3-6pm - Victory Tailgate Market, in the parking lot adjacent to ABCCM Veterans Restoration Quarters on Tunnel Road, Asheville —- 2:30-6:30pm - Weaverville Tailgate Market, on the hill overlooking Lake Louise —- 3-7pm - Market on South Main, in the parking lot between Good Stuff and the Marshall Presbyterian Church —- 2-5:30pm - Spruce Pine Farmers Market, on Pollyanna’s Porch on Upper Street.

• WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS, 8am-1pm - Haywood’s Historic Farmers Market, located in Waynesville at the HART Theater and Shelton House parking lot on Pigeon Street —- 8am-Noon - Waynesville Tailgate Market, at the American Legion, just off S. Main Street —- WE, noon5pm & SA, 8am-1pm - Cashiers Tailgate Market, in the parking lot of Cashiers Community Center.

• THURSDAYS, 10am-2pm - Mission Hospital Tailgate Market, at the back entrance to the Mission Hospital Heart Center on Memorial Campus —- 3-6pm - Flat Rock Tailgate Market, located in the parking area behind the Hand in Hand Gallery in Flat Rock —- 4-6:30pm - Tryon

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• SATURDAYS, 8am-1pm - Asheville City Market, in the parking lot of the Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St. —- 9am-Noon - Big Ivy Tailgate Market, in the parking lot of the old Barnardsville fire station on Hwy. 197 —- 9am-Noon - Black Mountain Tailgate Market, 130 Montreat Road —- 8am-Noon - North Asheville Tailgate Market, on the campus of UNCA, commuter lot #C —- 9am-Noon - Riceville Tailgate Market, adjacent to the parking area of the Riceville Community Center —7am-Noon - Henderson County Tailgate Market, 100 N. King St., Hendersonville —- 9am-Noon - Mills River Farm Market, directly off of NC 280 in the Mills River Commons Shopping Center —- 9am-Noon - Jackson County Farmers Market, in the municipal parking lot next to Bridge Park —- 9am-1pm - Madison County Farmers and Artisans Market, across from the football fields on the Mars Hill College campus —- 8am-Noon Bakersville Farmers Market, in the Bakersville Community Medical Clinic parking lot —- 8-11:30am - Columbus Tailgate Market, Courthouse Street in front of the Polk County Courthouse —- 8:30am-12:30pm - Yancey County Farmers Market, Highway 19E at S. Main Street, Burnsville.

• SUNDAYS, 9am-2pm - Greenlife Sunday Market, 70 Merrimon Ave., Asheville —- Noon-4pm - Sundays on the Island, cross the river at the Courthouse on Main St. in downtown Marshall and turn right onto the island.

• MONDAYS, 3-6pm - Hendersonville Community Co-op Tailgate Market, in the parking lot of the Hendersonville Community Co-op.

• TUESDAYS, 3:30-6:30pm - West Asheville Tailgate Market, 718 Haywood Road —- 5-7pm - Green Creek Tailgate Market, on Rte. 9 in Green Creek, Columbus.

• TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS, 8am-2pm - Hendersonville County Curb Market, on Church Street, directly across from the old courthouse in Hendersonville —- TU, 3-6pm & TH & SA, 8am-1pm - Transylvania Tailgate Market, in the parking lot behind the corner of Jordan and Johnson Streets.

• TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS, 7am-Noon - Canton Tailgate Market, in the muncipal parking lot on Park Street.

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It doesn’t mean anything to me because it is so overused.”

As Lark and I talked, however, I discovered that her washing machine is energy-efficient, and it can weigh the clothing in it to properly dispense water — scoring her huge sustainability points in the reduction of water usage.

I also found out that her new floors are bamboo, a highly renewable resource. Again, big points for a sustainable lifestyle. Lark may not be clear about what the phrase means, but she’s making choices and doing her part anyway.

Sustainable living, I’ve found, means making a conscious choice to use natural resources responsibly in all areas of life — think water, fuel and electricity.

So, for the uninitiated or unclear, here are some suggestions for a more sustainable lifestyle:

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If you’re ready to become a homeowner, consider buying a house instead of building one.

This makes use of the resources already available and reduces development.

Choose wisely

When looking for a place to live, take into account your commute to work, activities and stores. Living closer to your essential needs reduces your dependance on fuel. If being in the middle of nowhere is your thing, consider carpooling. All errands and necessary trips should be combined into one trip, reducing the need for “running up and down the road,” as my husband is fond of saying.

Think about it

Think through and do research before you make major changes to your home.

Joyce Keatherly Brown, co-owner of Equinox Environmental Corporation, lives in a 1920s West Asheville home that had little parking. To add parking, her husband laid brick pavers in sand, a permeable surface that reduces run-off — a good solution to the traditional asphalt.

Time for new appliances or a new heating system? Check out energy saving products; many come with tax write-offs.

Retire the lawn monster

One of the biggest culprits of carbon footprinting is the lawn mower. Consider buying a reel mower, which, besides not needing gas, provides the benefit of a great workout. If you’re unable to push a reel lawn mower, try mowing every other week instead of every week.

Running a lawn mower for one hour creates as much pollution as driving your car 100 miles.

Armed with that knowledge, maybe your overgrown yard won’t, well, look so shabby.

Go organic

Forget the pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.

As home-gardeners, we can live with some pests and diseases. My apples don’t have to be perfect in appearance to be good to eat. I’d much rather leave behind a healthy, thriving soil for the next generations of gardeners.

Raindrops keep fallin’

Consider adding a rain barrel to collect rainwater for watering the garden and landscape. Also, try plants that are less thirsty, more drought resistant.

With the Xpress “Inside/Out” column, you’ll learn about lifestyles that will likely give you ideas to help you be more sustainable in your own home, and creative with the lifestyle that works for you. Here’s what you shouldn’t do: Feel guilty about what you’re not doing.

Instead, incorporate what you can into the way you already live, and educate yourself on what more you can do. The majority of us live in conventional housing, but how we live in that conventional house is what counts.

So, how about you? Let us know what you’re doing to live more sustainably — let’s learn from each other. X Send your home/garden news to mlunsford@ mountainx.com

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Preserving the future while holding on to the past Americorps Project Conserve participants head into the field

by Kyle Wolff July 29 marks graduation from AmeriCorps Project Conserve, for 22 environmental enthusiasts who have been serving at 14 different environmental organizations throughout Western North Carolina.

For the past 11 months, members have been involved with a combination of community service projects and peer trainings at their host sites, including Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy, RiverLink, Appalachian Voices, Friends of the Nature Center and others.

AmeriCorps Project Conserve was the first AmeriCorps project in the nation to focus solely on conservation issues. Administered by the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy in Hendersonville, the program’s mission is to help local landowners protect their land and water resources. Project Conserve is supported through grants from the North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service and from the Corporation for National & Community Service.

Project Conserve members share a passion for the preservation of local wilderness and watersheds. Members give back to the community in a variety of ways, through outreach and other projects, such as water-quality monitoring, volunteer coordination and education.

AmeriCorps member Maureen Halsema explains: “Project Conserve members approach

the same issues in different ways in hopes of accomplishing the common goal of conservation.” Halsema serves as associate editor at The Appalachian Voice, an environmental news publication, reporting on environmental issues in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.

Eric Chance also serves with Appalachian Voices, assisting the Upper Watauga Riverkeepers. Through the group’s project, Operation Medicine Cabinet, Chance helped prevent approximately 228,563 pills, 32.2 gallons of liquid medication, 2,300 “sharps” — needles, syringes, and lancets — and two glucose meters from polluting the Watauga River.

Rebecca Childress, AmeriCorps member and RiverLink’s Education Coordinator, spent her service term leading free educational workshops with children throughout the French Broad River Watershed. In the past 10 months, Childress alone taught 2,393 students about the nature of watersheds and watershed conservation.

When not serving at their host sites, AmeriCorps members are giving back to their communities in a variety of ways. On October 24, 2009, Conserve members joined volunteers of the Burton Street community in West Asheville to help weatherize five low-income homes. By reducing the amount of airflow through the homes, Conservers helped prepare these homeowners for the cold winter ahead, ultimately lowering their heating bills.

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Take me to the river: AmeriCorps Project Conserve members Eric Chance, Josephine Butler, Maureen Halsema and Rebecca Childress gathered a truckload of trash along the Watauga River during an AmeriCorps service day in May. photo by Jonathan welch

“It is nice to know that we are making a difference today and in the long run,” says AmeriCorps member Josephine Butler, who serves at the Friends of the Nature Center.

“Not only were we warming up their homes for the winter, we were also bringing down their cost of living.”

Members say they want to help communities preserve the future while holding on to the past.

On Martin Luther King Day, members of different groups joined forces in Polk County to help repair and revitalize the Stoney Knoll Community Center, site of the oldest African American library in the state. Members spent the day cleaning, painting and restoring the historic venue for future use. In May of this year, members traveled north to the Watauga River in Boone for a river cleanup. Members filled three truckloads of recyclables and trash in seven hours.

AmeriCorps Project Conserve members not only share conservation issues and information with members of the community — they also teach and inspire each other. Once a month, members gather to learn about the issues their fellow Project Conserve members are passionate about. Trainings have covered a broad range of topics, including conflict resolution, forest management, trail construction, invasive

plant identification and disaster preparedness.

January’s peer training was an emotional experience for everyone involved. Amid snow and frigid temperatures, Conserve members ventured to the town of Appalachia, Virginia, for a training focused on mountaintop removal. Members trekked to a clearing where they witnessed firsthand the destruction of mountaintop removal: a horizon with missing peaks.

For many of the participants, the experience was tragic and affirmed the need for environmental conservation. Alyssa Lawless, AmeriCorps Communications and Outreach Coordinator serving with Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy explains, “The peer training on mountaintop removal reaffirmed my dedication to protect land and watershed resources after my AmeriCorps service term is complete.”

Completion is near. On July 29, members graduate from their eleven-month service term with AmeriCorps Project Conserve. Members will have served a total of 1,700 hours, working to protect the unique natural resources of the southern Blue Ridge Mountain region. X Kyle E. Wolff serves as AmeriCorps Communication & Outreach Coordinator at RiverLink.

She can be reached at wolff.kylee@gmail.com.

ecocalendar Calendar for July 21 - 29, 2010 Asheville Green Drinks A networking party that is part of the self-organizing global grassroots movement to connect communities with environmental ideas, media and action. Meets weekly, frequently with a speaker/panel, to discuss pressing green issues at BoBo Gallery, 22 Lexington Ave. Info: www.ashevillegreendrinks.com.

• THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Green Drinks.

Blue Ridge Parkway Ranger Programs Free and open to the public.

• TH (7/22), 7-8:30pm - Soaring Through Summer. Learn how birds soar from Rangers at the Parkway Visitor Center, milepost 384, and how to harness breezes by constructing kites and bubble makers out of recycled materials. Registration required: 298-5330, ext. 304.

• FR (7/23), 10-11am - Hear a story about an artist’s journey through mountains, then join Rangers to paint your own mountain masterpiece. Geared for ages 4-8, but children of all ages welcome. At the Parkway Visitor Center, milepost 384. Registration required: 298-5330, ext. 304.

• FR (7/23), 10am - “Snakes of the Blue Ridge” at Linville Falls Visitor Center, milepost 316 —- 2pm - “Talking in Code” at Linville Falls Visitor Center —- 7:30pm - Learn about fire’s positive and negative effects at the Linville Falls Campground Amphitheater —- 7:30pm Learn about feral pigs at the Crabtree Falls Campground Amphitheater, milepost 340.

• SA (7/24), 10am - Learn about the food chain within a mountain stream at the Linville Falls Visitor Center, milepost 316 —- 1pm - “Conversation With a Ranger” at the Orchard at Altapass, milepost 328 —- 7:30pm - “Code Talkers” at the Linville Falls Campground Amphitheater —- 7:30pm - “What’s Eating the Trees?” at the Crabtree Falls Campground Amphitheater, milepost 340.

• SA (7/24), 10-11:30am - Families are invited to join Rangers for a compass game and orienteering activity at the Parkway Visitor Center, milepost 384. Kids of all ages welcome.

• SU (7/25), 10am - “Tree Killers” at the Linville Falls Visitor Center, milepost 316 —- 10am - “Talking in Code” at the Minerals Museum, milepost 331 —- 2pm - “Stream Gems” at the Orchard at Altapass, milepost 328.

Friends of Hickory Nut Gorge Advocates for the natural beauty, biodiversity and wildlife habitat, along with the ecological health and integrity of Hickory Nut Gorge. Info: 685-8798 or www.friendsofhng.org.

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• WE (7/21), 6pm - “Conservation Conversation” and board meeting at the Old Rock Cafe, 431 Main St., Chimney Rock. Adrienne Wallace, Superintendant of Chimney Rock State Park, will provide details on the master planning process of Chimney Rock State Park.

N.C. Arboretum Events The Arboretum hosts a variety of educational programs. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free with parking fee ($8/vehicle). No parking fees on 1st Tuesdays. Info: 665-2492 or www.ncarboretum.org.

• TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS, 1pm - “Walk With a Naturalist” programs. Interpretive guides will lead small groups of participants along woodland trails and through a variety of forest types. $3/$2 kids 8-17.

Pisgah Center for Wildlife Located in Pisgah National Forest, 10 miles from Brevard off of US Hwy. 276 N. Programs are free, but registration is required. Info: 877-4423 or www.ncwildlife.org.

• TH (7/22), 9am-noon - Close-Up Photography. This program, designed for the advanced beginner, focuses on techniques that help make photographers more aware of the fascinating world of tiny plants and animals. Bring a camera. For ages 12 and up.

• WE (7/28), 10am-3pm - Fly Fishing Skills: Casting for Beginners. Topics include casting theory, mechanics and practice techniques. Held at Lake Imaging, DuPont State Forest.

Equipment and materials provided. Bring lunch. $20 (fee is refundable upon attendance). For ages 12 and up.

WNC Nature Center Located at 75 Gashes Creek Rd. Hours: 10am-5pm daily. Admission: $8/$6 Asheville City residents/$4 kids. Info: 298-5600 or www.wildwnc.org.

• Through TU (8/24) - Beauty of Butterflies, a live exhibit featuring several hundred butterflies.

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

Community Events & Workshops 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.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (through 8/14), 2:15pm - Rangers will share the history and techniques of Mrs. Sandburg’s dairy and cheese-making operation in the House Garage.

• MONDAYS & TUESDAYS (through 8/10), 9:45am - “Birding for Beginners.”

Walks begin at the barn garage and a limited numbers of binoculars will be available.

• WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS (through 8/14), 10:15am - The Vagabond School of Drama presents performances of “The World of Carl Sandburg” on Wed. & Fri. and performances of “Rootabaga Stories” on Thurs. & Sat. shared through musical tunes from Sandburg’s collection

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of folk music found in his American Songbag.

• MONDAYS & TUESDAYS, 2:15pm & SATURDAYS, 3:15pm (through 8/14) - Historic walking tours of the grounds will be offered.

Meet in front of the main house for the history walk.

• SUNDAYS (through 8/8), 12:30pm - A rangerled tour of Connemara’s gardens and barn will be offered. Meet in front of the barn garage.

Western Alliance Center for Independent Living Located at 108 New Leicester Hwy., Asheville.

Info: 298-1977 or www. westernalliance.org.

• MO (7/26), 2-4pm - 20th anniversary celebration of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Refreshments and prizes.

RSVP requested.

Social & SharedInterest Groups Asheville Homeless Network Meetings take place at Firestorm Cafe & Books in downtown Asheville. Info: 552-0505.

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

Blue Ridge Toastmasters Club Meets once a week to enhance speaking skills both formal and impromptu. Part of an international proven program that takes you through the steps with fun along the way.

Network with interesting people of all ages and professions. Guests welcome.

Info: www.blueridgetm.org or (808) 937-7206.

• MONDAYS, 12:201:30pm - Meeting.

Financial Therapy Groups • TUESDAYS, 7-8pm - Try out new ways of living and of being, supported by others with similar circumstances, for the collective wisdom of the group to enlighten all, while lightening the burden of each. $8.

Info: www.financialtherapygroups.com.

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Located at 48 Commerce St., Asheville. Info: 2558115 or www.firestormcafe.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Asheville Cop Watch.

Join fellow Asheville residents to promote civilian police oversight and review.

• WE (7/28), 6pm Firestorm-Blitzkrieg Game Night. Bring your favorite game or come play someone else’s.

Opportunity House Events Located at 1411 Asheville Hwy. in Hendersonville.

Info: 698-5517 or 6920575.

• MONDAYS, 9:3011:30am - Easy Bridge Workshops. Each session stands alone and will have handouts and practice sessions for each topic covered. $7/lesson.Info: 693-5361.

• TUESDAYS, 9-11:30am - Easy Bridge lessons.

Don’t have to have a partner to attend. $6/lesson.

Info: 777-2595.

Scrabble Club Come play America’s favorite word game SCRABBLE. Info: 2528154 or www.ashevillescrabble.com.

• SUNDAYS, 1-5pm Meets at Books-A-Million in Asheville. Also meets at Barnes & Noble on Wednesdays at 6:30pm.

We have all the gear; just bring your vocabulary. No dues the first six months.

Transition Asheville Aims to bring the community together, develop practical solutions and improve the quality of life for everyone in light of peak oil, climate change and the ensuing economic tensions. Info: (423) 7375162 or 296-0064.

• TH (7/22), 7pm - Get acquainted with the group at a free event held at the Unitarian Universalist Church at Charlotte and Edwin.

Vivace Young Professionals • 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, 6pm - A subsidiary of the Asheville Lyric Opera designed to provide networking for young professional opera lovers. Info: mpopebeck@gmail.com.

weeklypicks Events are FREE unless otherwise noted.

Get tips and advice about roses that grow well in WNC from knowledgeable rose gardeners

wed Wednesday, July 21, at 10 a.m. at the Cooperative Extension Office, 94 Coxe Ave., Asheville.

Info: 255-5522.

It's time for the annual Folkmoot USA International Festival, a celebration of folk music,

thur culture and dance from around the world. The festival kicks off Thursday, July 22, with events daily through Sunday, Aug. 1. For more info and the full schedule of events: www. folkmootusa.org.

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If you're in Asheville the last full weekend in July, it's nearly unavoidable: Bele Chere, that is. This issue of Xpress — and the accompanying pocket guide — offers all you need to know about Asheville's biggest street festival. The Asheville Art Museum will host a Bele Chere special Art Break Friday, July 23, at noon, featuring Asheville artists in the museum's permanent collection. Info: 253-3227.

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Land of Sky Shrine Club will present a bluegrass festival with barbecue Saturday, July 24, from 1 to 8 p.m. at the Land of Sky Shrine Club, 39 Spring Cove Road, Swannanoa. Local bluegrass bands will compete for prize money, followed by a concert by Balsam Range and Marc Pruett starting after 5:30 p.m. $10. Info: 684-4890.

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Songstress and multi-instrumentalist Laura Boosinger will perform Sunday, July 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. as part of the Songcatchers Music Series at the Cradle of Forestry on Hwy. 276 in Pisgah National Forest near Brevard. $6/$3 ages 4-15. Info: 877-3130.

Western Alliance Center for Independent Living will host a 20th anniversary celebration of

mon the Americans With Disabilities Act Monday, July 26, from 2 to 4 p.m. at their office, 108

New Leicester Hwy., Asheville. Refreshments and prizes will be offered. RSVP requested: 298-1977.

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Stop by Asheville's Haen Gallery, 52 Biltmore Ave., Tuesday, July 27, to view the annual group exhibit Summer Samplings 2010, which will be on display through Aug. 31. Info: 254-8577.

WNC Community Media Center • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Want your own radio or TV show? Attend a free orientation at the WNC Community Media Center.

Info: www.urtv.org/index. php/coursesequipment.

Youth OUTright A weekly discussion group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth ages 14-23.

Each week a new topic and activity will be led by at least two trained facilitators. Straight allies are also welcome. Info: www. youthoutright.org.

• FRIDAYS, 6:30-9pm - Meets at the Jefferson House, adjacent to the Unitarian Universalist Church (corner of Edwin and Charlotte Streets) at 21 Edwin Pl.

Government & Politics Henderson County Republican Women • 4th TUESDAYS, 11:30am-1:30pm

- Meets at The Cedars, Hendersonville. $14.

To RSVP, send a check payable to Eve Gregg, HCRWC, 236 Greenleaf Drive, Flat Rock, N.C. 28731, memo “Cedars.”

Must be received one week prior to meeting.

LibertyOnTheRocks.org A national nonpartisan social group connecting liberty advocates.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - Meets at El Chapala Restaurant off of Merrimon Ave. Women in Black • FRIDAYS, 5-6pm - Stand weekly at the Vance Monument in downtown Asheville in a public expression of grief for the violence involved in war.

Express support for the people of Gaza and for the human-rights activists who have died trying to deliver aid. Info: 242-5610.

Seniors & Retirees Henderson County Senior Softball League

The league is always looking for new players, ages 55 and older. Weather permitting, they play yearround. Info: 698-3448 or www.LJRsoftball.com.

• TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS Daytime games at Jackson Park in Hendersonville (April-Oct.) and Leila Patterson Center in Fletcher (Nov.-March).

Start times may vary with season.

Lakeview Senior Center 401 S. Laurel Circle, Black Mountain. Info: 669-8610.

• FR (7/23) - Lake Lure boat tour. Tickets and transportation is $17, plus money for lunch at a local restaurant. Call to register.

• TU (7/27), 10am - Hike the Warren Wilson College View Loop Trail. Moderate, 1.5 miles.

Waynesville Parks and Recreation Info: 456-2030 or recprograms@townofwaynesville.org.

• TU (7/27), 2-8pm - Trip for seniors age 50 and older to see elk. Bring cameras and binoculars.

$3 members/$5 nonmembers.

Animals Animal Compassion Network WNC’s largest nonprofit, safe-for-life animal welfare organization. Find a new pet at ACN’s store for rescued pets, Pet Harmony, 803 Fairview St., Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm.

Info: 274-DOGS or www. animalcompassionnetwork. org.

• SA (7/24), 11am-3pm - Low-cost rabies, vaccine and microchip clinic at Pet Harmony. Rabies (1 or 3 year) $10, DHLPP or DHPP $15, Bordatella $15, FVRCP/FELV $20, microchip with lifetime registration $18.

• SATURDAYS, 11am3pm - Adoption Days, meet all available pets.

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• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Breed Handling Classes.

Learn how to present your purebred dog in the Show Ring. Meets at the US Army Reserve Center on Louisiana Ave. Open to the public. Details and map on the Web site.

Community Partnership for Pets This nonprofit’s primary goal is to stop the unnecessary killing of hundreds of healthy and adoptable animals at local shelters in Henderson, Buncombe, Transylvania and Polk County. Info: 693-5172 or www.communitypartnershipforpets.org.

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Firestorm Cafe & Books Located at 48 Commerce St., Asheville. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: 255-8115 or www.firestormcafe.com.

• SA (7/24), 1pm Animal Rights Reading Group. The group is dedicated to exploring the ethical theory behind animal rights as written by philosophers, scientists, activists and others.

Full Moon Farm Wolfdog Rescue FMF is a wolfdog rescue organization and sanctuary south of Black Mountain. Info: 664-9818 or www.fullmoonfarm.org.

• SA (7/24), 3pm - Howlin and open house at Full Moon. Go on a tour of the sanctuary. Potluck at 5pm. $5 donation includes main dish and soft drinks.

Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation The Foundation’s mission is to save healthy, adoptable animals in the Haywood County Animal Control facility. Located at 1659 S. Main St., Waynesville. Info: www. sargeandfriends.org or 246-9050.

• SATURDAYS (7/24 & 31), 10am-3pm - Pet Adoption Day at the Rescue Foundation.

WNC Agricultural Center Hosts agricultural events, horse shows and farmrelated competitions.

Located at 1301 Fanning Bridge Road. in Fletcher.

Info: 687-1414.

• FR (7/23) through SU (7/25) - Asheville Invitational Horse Show.

• TU (7/27) through SA (7/31) - Blue Ridge Classic Horse Show.

Technology How to Get Connected to the Grid • TH (7/22), 5:30-9pm - Requirements for small electricity producers to connect to the grid.

The Power & Energy Society presents guest speaker John Gupda of Progress Energy at Asiana Restaurant, 1968 Hendersonville Rd., Asheville. Free presentation. RSVP and dinner purchase required: fredorland@ieee.org.

Western Alliance Center for Independent Living Located at 108 New Leicester Hwy., Asheville.

Info: 298-1977 or www. westernalliance.org.

• MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 8:30am-5pm - Give your computer a second life by donating it to Western Alliance to benefit people with disabilities. Donations are tax deductible.

Volunteering Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Seeks Volunteers Volunteers must attend an orientation prior to scheduling in the Home Store or the Jobsite. Info: lodeen@ ashevillehabitat.org.

• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6pm & 2nd FRIDAYS & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Volunteer orientations are offered at Habitat for Humanity, 30 Meadow Road.

ChainFree Asheville A nonprofit, all-volunteer effort dedicated to improving the welfare of dogs living outdoors on chains and in pens in Asheville and Buncombe County.

Info: www.chainfreeasheville.org or 450-7736.

• Seeking 50 volunteers to help with the Doggie Jail at Bele Chere July 2325 next to City Hall. Shifts are 2-3 hours each day.

Sign up on the Web site.

Community Garden • FRIDAYS, 3-6pm Volunteers are needed to help maintain a garden that supplies food for weekly community meals.

Come join a group of people who love to get down and dirty. Info: (864) 557-2204.

Giving Back to Veterans through Helios Warriors • FRIDAYS & SUNDAYS - Helios Warriors, a non-

profit offering complementary alternative therapies to veterans, is seeking licensed and insured massage, acupuncture and chiropractic practitioners willing to commit a min. of 3 hours of their services a month on Fridays and Sundays. Info: 2990776 or www.helioswarriors.org.

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.

• TH (7/29), 4-6pm Assist with unpacking and pricing merchandise for Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit, fair-trade retail store that sells handcrafted items made by artisans in more than 30 developing countries.

• TH (7/22), 5:30-7:30pm - Meals for Hope. Cook and serve a meal for 1525 women and children who are part of New Choices, an empowerment program for displaced homemakers in need of counseling and assistance.

• SA (7/24), 10am1pm - In the Garden: Help prepare the Emma Community Garden for fertilization, planting and harvest.

• SU (7/25), 2-4pm - Knit-n-Give: Make hats for newborns served by the Health Center’s Community Health Program.

• MO (7/26), 7-8:30pm - Help bake cookies for families staying at the Lewis Rathbun Center.

The center provides free lodging for families from out of town who have a loved one in an area hospital. Supplies provided.

Haywood Street Congregation Clothing Closet • THURSDAYS - Clothing closet open to persons in need at 297 Haywood St., Asheville. Volunteers are needed to help sort through new donations, hang clothes and straighten up. Individuals or groups are welcome to come. Info: 337-4944.

Helpmate Provides services to victims of domestic violence and their families in Buncombe County. Info: 254-2968.

• Seeking volunteers to help with hotline advocacy (bilinguals needed), reception assistance, childcare, building/grounds work and fundraising. People of color encouraged to volunteer. Training required.

Info: 254-2968, ext. 12 or cprice@helpmateonline. org.

Men and Women Wanted Big Brothers Big Sisters is looking for persons ages 18 and up to share outings twice a month with youth from single-parent homes. Activities are free or low-cost. Volunteers also needed to mentor 1 hr./wk. in schools and after-school programs.

Info: 253-1470 or www. bbbswnc.org.

• TU (7/27), Noon - Info session at the United Way building, 50 S. French Broad Ave., Rm. 213.

Operation Toasty Toes Chapter 7 Makes yarn comfort items that are sent to troops deployed overseas. Info: 696-9777 or www.operationtoastytoes.org.

• Seeking a community member who is familiar with the Knifty Knitter technique to teach the Toasty Toes group.

Salvation Army Info: 253-4723.

• Back-To-School Children’s Clothing Drive: Donations are needed. Drop off items at any of the following Salvation Army locations: 1076 Patton Ave. in West Asheville, 2247 Hendersonville Road in Arden or 204 Haywood St. in downtown Asheville.

Wild South Dedicated to stewarding our national forests, protecting wildlife, preserving cultural heritage sites and inspiring and empowering communities to enjoy, protect and restore the outdoors. Info: www.wildsouth.org or general@ wildsouth.org.

• SA (7/24), 5:30-10pm - Wild South will host the “Taste of Asheville” booth at the 2010 Bele Chere Festival. Volunteers are needed to help serve beer.

Proceeds from tips and beer sales will go toWild South’s work, protecting forests for life. To sign up for a shift: tracy@wildsouth.org.

Health Programs Healing Touch Level 1 • August 21-22 (pd.) For those interested in the program many

clinics and hospitals currently use. 18 CEUs, RNs/LMBTs. No previous training necessary.

Hendersonville. Call Judy Ray, (828) 553-8146 or (828) 553-8146.

Helping Women Recover from Addictions and Trauma (pd.) Compassionate therapy, support and understanding. Also offering help for your spouse, partner and loved ones.

Call Denise Kelley, MA, LPC, (828) 231-2107.

Art of Intimacy Learn life-changing communication and relationship skills, drawing from the work of Marshal Rosenberg (Nonviolent Communication), Brad Blanton (Radical Honesty), Susan Campbell (Getting Real), John Bradshaw (Homecoming) and others. $60/4-session class.

Info: 254-5613 or www. theREALcenter.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7:309:30pm - Meeting.

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

Info: 693-5605. : Blood Drive dates and locations are listed below. Appointment and ID required. Through June 30, all donors are entered to win a cruise for two.

• WE (7/21), 9am1:30pm - Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Hwy. Info: 693-5605.

• TH (7/22), 9am-1:30pm - Lelia Patterson Center Conference Room, 111 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher. Info: 654-0004 —- 2:30-7pm - Mac Easler Ford, 601 Duncan Hill Road. Info: 693-4281.

• FR (7/23), 37:30pm - Mills River Fire Department on Schoolhouse Road. Info: 891-7959.

• FR (7/23), 2-6:30pm - First Alliance Church, 1821 Windsor Drive. Info: 348-0392. Also register to be a bone marrow donor.

• TU (7/27), 11am3:30pm - Life Care Center of Hendersonville, 400 Thompson St. Info: 6974348.

• WE (7/28), Noon-9pm Mud Creek Baptist Church 403 Rutledge Dr. Info: 692-1262.

• TH (7/29), 10am2:30pm - Pardee Rehab &

Wellnesss Center, 212-B Thompson St. Info: 6986774.

Living Healthy Sponsored by the Landof-Sky Regional Council.

Free, unless otherwise noted. Caregivers welcome. To register: 251-7438 or rebecca@ landofsky.org.

• WEDNESDAYS (7/14 through 8/18), 2-4:30pm Living Healthy: For people with one or more chronic health conditions. Held at the YWCA of Asheville.

Registration required. $30.

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 (7/21), 2:30-7pm - WMIT Radio, Asheville Chevrolet, 205 Smokey Park Hwy. Info: 665-4444.

• TU (7/27), 2:30-7pm - Beverly Hills Baptist Church, 777 Tunnel Road.

Info: 298-4623.

• WE (7/28), 3-7pm - Arden Seventh Day Adventist Church, 35 Airport Road. Info: 6844525.

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

Support Groups Adult Children Of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families ACOA is an anonymous Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition program of women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes.Info:http:// adultchildren.org.

• FRIDAYS, 7pm - “Inner Child” meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave., Asheville.

Info: 545-9648.

• SUNDAYS, 3pm “Living in the Solution” meets at The Servanthood House, 156 E. Chestnut St., Asheville. Open big book study. Info:5459648.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - “Generations” meets at First Congregational United Church Of Christ,

20 Oak St. at College, Asheville.Info: 474-5120.

Al-Anon Al-Anon is a support group for the family and friends of alcoholics.

More than 33 groups are available in the WNC area.

Info: 800-286-1326 or www.wnc-alanon.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7:309pm - Newcomers meeting 7:30pm, Discussion meeting 8-9pm: West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road, across from Ingles.

Enter through parking lot door. Info: 225-0515.

• WEDNESDAYS, 8pm - Al-Anon in West Asheville: Meeting at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Rd., across from Ingles. Newcomers meeting at 7:30pm. Info: 258-4799.

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

• FRIDAYS, 8pm - The Lambda (GLBT) group of Al-Anon is a 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, 12:301:30pm - Discussion meeting: First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Park in the back of lot between Church and Y. Info: 6868131.

• 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, 7pm Black Mountain Al-Anon: Meeting at First Christian Church (Disciples of

Christ), 201 Blue Ridge Road (corner of Blue Ridge Road and Hwy. 9).

Info: 669-0274.

• 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, 5:30pm - 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Study at Kennilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road.

• TUESDAYS, 7pm Discussion meeting: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Beauty Through Cancer Provides programs and services for breast cancer patients and survivors in the WNC area. Located at 131 McDowell St., Suite 202, Asheville. Info: 2528558 or info@beautythroughcancer.org.

• 4th MONDAYS, 5:156:30pm - Women’s cancer support group for individuals going through any type of cancer treatment or recovery. This uplifting group with cover many diverse subjects. Cancer patients, survivors and caregivers are welcome.

Bipolar and Depression Support Group • WEDNESDAYS, 6:308:30pm - Magnetic Minds meets at Mountain House, 225 E. Chestnut St., Asheville. Peer support, empowerment, recovery and advocacy. Info: 3189179.

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.

Love offering. Info: 2990394.

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.

Eating Disorders Individuals are welcome to come to one or all of the support group. Info: 337-4685 or www.thecenternc.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 78pm - Support group for adults at T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St. Focus is

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National Alliance on Mental Illness - Western Carolina Dedicated to improving the lives of persons with severe mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, OCD, PTSD and anxiety disorders.

Free Connection Recovery Support Groups. Info: 505-7353.

• 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 11am - Group meets at 356 Biltmore Ave., Suite 298.

Overcomers Recovery Support Group • TUESDAYS, 7-8pm - A Christian-based 12step recovery program for women. Provides a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with life-controlling problems such as alcohol, drugs, overeating, pornography, codependency, enabling.

All women are welcome.

Info: rchovey@sos.spcasheville.org.

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: 686-8131.

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

Info: 1-800-580-4761.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - Asheville: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Open mtg. Info: 2778185.

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

Open BBSS mtg. Info: 280-2213.

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 and Love Addicts Anonymous • SATURDAYS, 10-11am - A 12-step, recovery fellowship for those who want to stop living out a pattern of compulsive sexual and romantic behavior.

Meets at Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Park behind church and enter at front door of the annex.

Sexaholics Anonymous SA is a 12-step fellowship of men and women recovering from compulsive patterns of lust, romance, destructive relationships, sexual thoughts or sexual behavior. Call confidential voice mail 681-9250 or e-mail saasheville@gmail. com. Info: www.orgsites. com/nc/saasheville/.

• DAILY - Asheville meetings.

Workaholic Anonymous (WA) Meetings Feeling rushed? Can’t get it all done? WA slogan: “Slow is beautiful and powerful. I move glacially.” Info: 254-6484. Or try conference call meetings: Get times and numbers at www.workaholicsanonymous.org/page. php?page=_meetings.

• TUESDAYS, 5:306:30pm - Asheville WA meeting at First Presbyterian Church, 40 Church St.

Sports Groups & Activities Asheville Kendo Club • FRIDAYS, 6:30-9:30pm - Dedicated to bringing quality Kendo to the Asheville area. Kendo, the Japanese “Way of the Sword,” develops a person’s mind, posture and spirit through the principles of Japanese fencing. Kendo is not selfdefense. Info: ashevillekendo@gmail.com.

Filipino Martial Arts Kuntao: Traditional empty-hand system of self defense. Kali: Filipino

method of stick-and-knife combat. First two lessons are free. Info: 777-8225 or http://kuntao.webs. com.

• SATURDAYS, 1pm & TUESDAYS, 7pm - Classes at Asheville Culture Project, 257 Short Coxe Ave. Online Public Design Meeting for Waynesville Skate Park • MO (7/26), 5:30pm - The final public design meeting for the Waynesville Skate Park at the Waynesville Recreation Center.

The design selected by feedback from the general public from previous meetings will be on display. Info: 456-2030 or recdirector@townofwaynesville.org.

Team in Training Learn more about Team in Training. The group trains people for everything from marathons to cycling events, and covers expenses when participants raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Info: lynn.marks@lls.org.

• TH (7/29), 6:30-8pm Info meeting at the YMCA of Hendersonville, 810 6th Avenue West.

Kids At The Health Adventure Free first Wed. of every month from 3-5pm.

Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. $8.50 adults/$7.50 students & seniors/$6 kids 2-11. Program info or to RSVP: 254-6373, ext. 324. Info: www.thehealthadventure.org.

• THURSDAYS, 10:3011:30am - Preschool Play Date. Interactive fun just for preschoolers led by museum facilitators. Free with admission.

• SATURDAYS, Noon2pm - Experiment with science during Super Science Saturdays.

Featuring hands-on activities led by museum facilitators, the programs are fun for all ages. Free with admission.

• 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 4-5pm - “My Mom Is Having a Baby.” Help your child prepare to be an older brother or sister.

Learn what to expect, how to hold the new baby, and make a special present to hang over the crib. Free with admission.

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• THURSDAYS, 10:30am1pm - Woodsy Owl’s Curiosity Club. Natureoriented program for children ages 4 to 7 and their adults. Reservations requested. Outdoor-oriented activities explore a forest-related theme to engage young children in the natural world.

Events at Historic Johnson Farm Located at 3346 Haywood Rd. in Hendersonville.

There are two nature trails (free), and guided tours are offered. Info: 8916585 or www.historicjohnsonfarm.org.

• THURSDAYS (through 7/29), 10:30-Noon “Grand and Me,” a farm tour featuring games and activities for children and their grandparents/guardians. $5 per family. Pack a picnic.

• SA (7/24), 10am-Noon - “Lego Blast.” Children in grades 1-4 compete with children in grades 5 and up. Bring legos and build on an “Indiana Jones” theme. $5/Free for adults.

Prizes will be awarded.

Make a Splash! Summer Reading Program Sponsored by Buncombe County Public Libraries.

Info: www.buncombecounty.org.

• WE (7/21)- “Wading Through Wetlands,” will be held at 1pm at EnkaCandler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road (for ages 6-12) and at 4pm at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road (for ages 5 and up).

• TH (7/22) - “Wading Through Wetlands,” will be held at 2pm at Black Mountain Library, 105 N. Dougherty St. and at 11am at the Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St. —- 11am - “Liz Buchanan: Make It a Song,” at the West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road. For ages 2-7. Info: 250-4750 —- 2pm - “Liz Buchanan and Gordon McFarland’s Musical Show,” at the North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Info: 250-4752 —- 3pm - “Make Your Own Leaf Birdbath Craft,” at Weaverville Library, 41 N. Main Street. For ages 6 and up. Info: 250-6482 —- 2:30pm - “How Birds Learn to Read

with Birdman Dave,” at South Buncombe/Skyland Library, 260 Overlook Road. Info: 250-6488 —11am - “Story Splash with Mountain Story Magic,” at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road. Info: 250-6480. Age 3 and up.

• FR (7/23), 11am “Mountain Story Magic,” at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road. Info: 250-4750.

• WE (7/28), 11am “Splash into the Ojibwe: Dream-Catching the Wave,” at Black Mountain Library, 105 N. Dougherty St. Info: 250-4756 —“Sammy Cortino’s Magic Workshop,” at the North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Ages 8 and up. Info: 250-4752.

• TH (7/29), 2pm “Zelnick the Magician,” 1 Taylor Road. Info: 250-6484 —- 11am - “Magical Splash with Zelnick the Magician,” at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road.

Info: 250-6480 —- 3pm - “Balloon Fairy Magic,” at Weaverville Library, 41 N. Main Street. Info: 250-6482 —- “Watery Tales with Sharon Clarke,” at South Asheville/Oakley Library, 749 Fairview Road, at 2:30pm and at the Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston Street, at 11am.

Pisgah Center for Wildlife Located in Pisgah National Forest, 10 miles from Brevard off of US Hwy. 276 N. Programs are free, but registration is required. Info: 877-4423 or www.ncwildlife.org.

• FR (7/23), 1-3pm - Nature Nuts: Turtles.

Learn about turtles and why they are important to various ecosystems. This program will include craft making, story time and a turtle hunt. Ages 4-7.

Thomas the Tank Engine Thomas the storybook engine will roll into the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, 226 Everett St., Bryson City. $18.

Info: www.ticketweb. com/thomas or www. gsmr.com.

• FR (7/23) through SU (8/1) - Family-friendly rides on a 15-ton replica of Thomas the Tank Engine. See Web site for schedule.

Waynesville Parks and Recreation Info: 456-2030 or recprograms@townofwaynesville.org.

• Through WE (8/18) - Summer camp for

children in grades 1-6.

Activities include arts and crafts, swimming, library trips and more. $25 per day.

Youth Football Camp • MO (7/26) through FR (7/30), 6-9pm - Erwin Youth League is holding a youth football camp at Erwin High School soccer field for ages 6-13.

No charge to attend, plus each boy will receive a camp T-shirt. Info: 2428510 or 231-9749.

Spirituality 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.

Tuesday Afternoons • Study • Meditation • Great Tree Zen Temple (pd.) Study: 3:30pm • Meditation: 5:30pm. 679 Lower Flat Creek Road, Alexander. Love offering.

More information: 6452085 or www.greattreetemple.org A Mountain Mindfulness Sangha Part of the World Community of Mindful Living, inspired by the teachings of THICH NHAT HANH, the group practices mindfulness as the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment. Practicing with a “sangha” (a community) can bring both joy and support. All are invited. Info & directions: mountainmindfulness@ gmail.com, 684-7359 or 299-9382.

• TH (7/22) - SociallyEngaged Buddhism. Raise collective awareness of local justice and social change issues, as well as offering support in cultivating the mindfulness we need to maintain compassion, strength and solidity in our efforts to affect change.

• TUESDAYS, 8-8:40am - The Heart Sutra. Chant the Prajnamaramita (“Perfect Understanding”) Heart Sutra. This sutra is the essence of Buddhist teaching. The sutra is followed by 30-40 minutes of silent sitting meditation.

• TH (7/29) - Creative night. Sing songs and read some of Thay’s poetry, followed by a

silent meditation and then a discussion.

Asheville Center for Spiritual Awareness Located in the N. Louisiana Office Park, 370 N. Lousiana Ave., Suite D-3. Info: www.csa-asheville.org.

• SUNDAYS & THURSDAYS - Meditation practice in the kriya yoga tradition. Sun. mornings and Thurs. evenings.

Donation basis. Info: ryan. kurczak@gmail.com.

Asheville Center for Transcendental Meditation/Free Introductory Lectures Change your brain— change your life.

Scientists know TM creates brainwave coherence. Only an orderly brain can support higher consciousness. TM is easy to learn—enjoyable to practice. Dissolves deep-rooted stress, reduces anxiety and depression. Verified by 600 scientific studies.

Info: 254-4350 or www.

MeditationAsheville.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7:15pm - Meeting at 165 E. Chestnut St. Learn how to access the field of infinite creativity, intelligence and bliss within you—revitalizing mind and body and creating coherence in collective consciousness.

Asheville Jewish Meditation and Chanting Circle • SU (7/25), 1:153:15pm - The group desires to cultivate an awareness of the Divine Presence through sitting and walking meditation, chanting, and the study of Jewish and other texts. At Congregation Beth Israel, 229 Murdock, Asheville.

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

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

• MONDAYS, 6:307:30pm - Meditation for Inner Peace class.

Donations accepted.

Authentic Integration: Spiritual Sexuality • WE (7/21), 7-8:30pm - “The TOY of Sex: The how, what and why of incorporating toys into your sex play,” an interactive discussion with sex coach DiAnna Ritola at Va Va Voom, 36 Battery Park, Asheville. Info: 254-6329.

Awakening Practices Study the works of Eckhart Tolle and put words into action through

meditation and discussion. Info: Trey@QueDox. com.

• 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Meets at the Enka-Candler Library meeting room.

Bear Clan Medicine Lodge The group practices Native American spirituality. It also studies natural healing modalities. Not affiliated with any tribe or organization. Everyone is welcome. Meets at the library on Mitchell St. in Old Fort. Info: http:// seeks.spirit.tripod.com.

• 2nd & 4th SUNDAYS, 3pm - Meetings. Focus on our connection to All Our Relations and what this means to each of us on our personal path. All are welcome to come and share.

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

• 4th WEDNESDAYS Meeting at the Earth Fare Community Room. Call for details.

Compassionate Communication Practice Group Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication. Group uses a model developed

by Marshall Rosenberg in his book Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Life. Free.

Info: 252-0538 or www. ashevilleccc.com.

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

Hare Krsna Sunday Feast Meets above the French Broad Food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. Info: www. highthinkingsimpleliving. org or 506-2987.

• Select SUNDAYS, 6-8pm - An evening of bhajans, class on the Bhagavad-Gita and a vegetarian feast. Everyone welcome. Refer to the Web site or call for dates.

Hendersonville First Congregational United Church of Christ Located at 1735 Fifth Ave. W. in Hendersonville.

Info: 692-8630 or www. fcchendersonville.org.

• SUNDAYS (7/18 & 25), 9:15am - Adult Fourm: Screening of Constantine’s Sword, a two-part viewing and discussion of the latest film

by Oren Jacoby.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Revenge fantasies would pollute your consciousness. I advise you to repress them. Wallowing in resentment would have an equally deleterious effect. Don’t you dare give that emotion a foothold. On the other hand, fantasies of experiencing pleasure and joy, even if they’re escapist illusions, will tonify and invigorate your awareness. I recommend that you indulge in them at great length, unleashing your imagination to explore a variety of blissful scenarios in tremendous detail and with ingenious flourishes. In fact, as your part-time soul doctor, I can’t think of anything else that would be more beneficial to your physical and mental health.

According to Hawaiian mythology, the soul leaves the body during the night to seek the adventures known as dreams. The place of departure and re-entry is the “soul pit” (lua’uhane), which is located in the tear duct of the eye. During the next few nights, I’d love for you to send your soul flying out though your soul pit for some daring exploits that will revitalize your lust for life. Take your backlog of stored-up tears along with you, and pour them down like rain on the secret garden you’ve been neglecting. The garden will respond to the downpour with a big growth spurt.

I think it would be healthy for you to wander out to a frontier and explore a boundary. You might even want to re-examine a taboo you haven’t questioned in a while and tinker with a formula you thought you’d never change. I suspect that you would also learn a lot from gently pushing against a limit you’ve come to believe is permanent. Having said all that, I’m cautious about advising you to go further. If you get urges to actually transgress the boundary and break the taboo and smash through the limit, please do lots of due diligence. Know exactly what you’re getting into and what the consequences might be.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) If there were such a thing as the Queen of Heaven -- a living Goddess whose presence both calmed and excited you, a numinous female magician who lit up your longing to see life as it really is -- and if this Queen of Heaven came to be with you right now, what would you say? Would you ask her to help you, and if so, how? Would you seek an answer to the most important question in your life? Would you spill every secret and tell every story you’ve ever wanted to share, and trust that she’d be able to see the totality of who you really are?

I advise you to do this imaginative exercise sometime soon. The time has come for you to receive a blessing from the highest expression of feminine power.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) A woman I know was invited to a party where she would get the chance to meet her favorite musician, psychedelic folk artist Devendra Banhart.

On her last look in the mirror before heading out the door, she decided that the small pimple on her chin was unacceptable, and gave it a squeeze.

Wrong move. After it popped, it looked worse.

She panicked. More squeezing ensued, accompanied by moaning and howling. Soon the tiny blemish had evolved into a major conflagration.

Fifteen minutes later, defeated and in tears, she was nibbling chocolate in bed, unable to bring herself to face her hero with her flagrant new wound showing. The moral of the story, as far as you’re concerned: Leave your tiny blemish alone.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

What’s up with your best friends? I mean, what’s really going on for them in the big scheme of things? According to my astrological intuition, at least one of your good buddies is at a turning point in his or her long-range cycle, and could really use the deep reflection and catalytic help that you might provide. Try this exercise: Put aside all your ideas about who your close allies are, and simply try to see the world as if looking out of their eyes.

After you’ve done that, imagine how you could offer yourself to them as a brain-booster and heart-strengthener; brainstorm about how you might blend your life force with theirs so as to empower them to see further than they can by themselves.

In the upcoming science fiction movie The Adjustment Bureau, Matt Damon plays a politician with big ambitions. Everything’s going his way until he falls in love with a dancer.

Then the representatives of a mysterious group intervene in his life, warning him that he’ll never achieve his dreams if he stays with her.

“We are the people who make sure things happen according to plan,” they say. “We monitor the entire world.” I’m happy to inform you, Libra, that this scenario is utterly make-believe.

There is no “Adjustment Bureau,” on earth or in heaven. It is true, however, that if you don’t have a master plan, then your destiny is more likely to be shaped by your conditioning and by other people’s master plans. So get working!

This is an excellent time to either formulate a master plan or refine the one you have.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

In my astrological opinion, you should pay special attention to whatever’s embryonic in your life. You should rouse the smartest part of your capacity for love and direct it with high-beam intensity toward burgeoning possibilities that have recently germinated. There may come a time later in the process when you’ll need to impose discipline and order on your growing things, but that’s not what’s called for now. Be extravagant in your nurturing. Don’t scrimp on generosity and beneficence. Have fun overflowing with profusions of life-giving care.

The U.S. is the planet’s major player in terms of political, economic, and military clout. China is rising fast as a competitor in those three arenas, but lags far behind in a fourth: “soft power,” or cultural influence. The rest of the world finds America’s style, entertainment, art, and ideas far more attractive than China’s. As you enter a phase that will be favorable for enhancing your own leverage and authority, Scorpio, I suggest you put the emphasis on wielding “soft power.” You’ll accomplish more by charming people with your intelligence than by trying to push them or manipulate them.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) When mobs stage political demonstrations in Pakistan’s biggest cities, they make sure that some of their signs are written in English.

That way their protests are more likely to be filmed by news media like CNN and shown to American audiences. Take a cue from that trick as you plan your actions, Capricorn. It won’t be enough merely to say what you want to say and be who you want to be; you should tailor your messages to people who have the power to actually change what needs to be changed.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) I’m putting out a call to the rebel in your heart -- not the cranky, vindictive rebel in your mind, but the joyful, yearning rebel in your heart. I am asking this tender renegade to rise up against narcissistic behavior wherever you find it. Don’t shout it down or try to shame it, though; rather, work around it through outrageous displays of empathy and radical acts of compassion and feisty outbreaks of wild kindness. Your job, according to my analysis of the astrological omens, is to be a one-person wrecking crew devoted to smashing the boring inertia of egotism with your zealous concern for the good of all.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) As the economic recovery lags, many frustrated job-seekers have decided to stop waiting around to be saved; they’re taking matters into their own hands. As a result, entrepreneurship is thriving. I suggest you catch that spirit. In fact, I advocate a mass entrepreneurial uprising among Pisceans in the coming months. Even if you’re already employed, it’ll be prime time for you to create your own perfect gig, carve out your own special niche, or dream up a role that is designed for your unique talents.

“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” Go to Freewillastrology.com and click “Email Rob.” © Copyright 2010 Rob Brezsny

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THE ABILITY TO HEAL & BE HEALED Healing ToucH level 1 August 21th - 22nd Flat Rock, NC

Contact Karen Toledo: karentoledo@hotmail.com 828.215.6565

Judy Lynne Ray, Instructor -MS, CHTP-1

July 22 - 25 & July 29 - Aug. 1 Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8pm ~ Sun. 3pm

For reservations please call 884-2587

www.Brevardlittletheatre.com • 55 Jordan St., Brevard, NC * Anything Goes® is produced by special arrangement with Tams-Whitmark Music Library, Inc., NY, NY

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Located at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 15 Overbrook Place, in East Asheville.

• SUNDAYS, 9:15am - Women-led, justicefocused, family-friendly, and open to all. Worship with Land of the Sky UCC. An open and affirming new church. Child-care available.

Mindfulness Meditation Class Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Info: 258-3241 or www.billwalz.com.

• SA (7/31), 2-5pm - Summer Satsang with Asheville consciousness columnist and teacher and UNCA meditation and personal consciousness teacher Bill Walz. Deep meditation, trans-egoic psychology and personal consciousness evolution.

The afternoon will begin with a Gentle Yoga warmup. At Asheville Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood. $10-$20 suggested donation.

• 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.

Mother Grove Events Info: 230-5069, info@ mothergroveavl.org or www.mothergroveavl.org.

• SUNDAYS, 10am Drum Circle —- 10:30am - Weekly devotional service at the Temple. A simple service to ground and center you for the week.

Spend some quiet time with the Goddess, with song, readings, meditation and prayer. At 70 Woodfin Place, Suite 2.

• MONDAYS - Book discussion group, facilitated

by Antiga, on the book The Creation of Patriarchy

by Gerda Lemer. Info: 285-9927.

Mountain Zen Practice Center Exploring the ‘how’ of moment by moment peace, joy and freedom through the practice of Conscious Compassionate Awareness. Info and orientation times: www. mountainzen.org or 4503621.

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

Psychic Development Class

• 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Learn to use your intuition to help yourself and others. Explore remote viewing, channeling, mediumship, telepathy, precognition and healing in a relaxed and fun-filled atmosphere. All are welcome. Love donations accepted. Info: 828-2558304, ecastro1@charter. net.

Pure Sound Bus Tour 2010 • WE (7/21), 7pm - Pure Sound is a youth choir based at Bethany United Methodist Church in Austin, Texas. The choir will perform at Asbury Memorial Methodist Church, 171 Beaverdam Road, Asheville.

Shambhala Meditation Center of Asheville Every human being has fundamental goodness, warmth and intelligence.

This nature can be cultivated through meditation and in daily life, so that it radiates out to others.

Visitors welcome. Free meditation instruction at 19 Westwood Pl., W. Asheville. Info: www. shambhala.org/center/ asheville or 490-4587.

• THURSDAYS, 6-6:45pm & SUNDAYS, 10am-Noon - Public meditation.

Toning for Peace Experience the health benefits of a form of singing anyone can do.

Generate well-being and peace within. $5-$10.

Info: 667-2967 or www. toningforpeace.org.

• 2nd & 4th SUNDAYS, 1:30-2:45pm - At the Light Center in Black Mountain.

Transmission Meditation Group Join in this meditation group for personal and spiritual growth, as well as the healing and transformation of the planet.

Info: 318-8547.

• SUNDAYS, 2pm Meditation.

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

• SUNDAYS, 10 am (through 9/5) - Services and Children’s Programs.

Unity Cafe Looking for a change from the usual Sunday service?

Spiritual conversation and sharing, music, meditation, coffee and pastry.

Info: 645-0514, 676-6070 or unitycafe.org.

• 1st, 3rd & 5th SUNDAYS, 10am-Noon

- Greenlife Grocery Community Center, 90 Merrimon Ave. Unity Center Events Celebrate joyful, mindful living in a church with heart. Contemporary music by Lytingale and The Unitic Band. Located at 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River.

Info: 684-3798, 891-8700 or www.unitync.net.

• WE (7/21), 7pm - “Awakening Yeshua: Seven Sacred Lights of Yeshua,” a discussion with Dale Allen Hoffman focusing on original Aramaic teachings of Yeshua.

• WE (7/28), 7pm “Awakening Your Innate Generosity: Teachings from the Buddhist Ten Perfections,” with Rev. Deborah-Marie Diamond.

Vacation Bible School at Asbury Methodist Church • MO (7/26) through TH (7/29), 9am-Noon - Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 171 Beaverdam Road, Asheville, will hold a Vacation Bible School.

The program is called “Galactic Blast” and is for children ages 4-10. To register: 253-0765.

Windhorse Zen Community Meditation, Dharma talks, private instruction available Tuesday and Thursday evenings, residential training. Teachers: Lawson Sachter and Sunya Kjolhede. Main center: 580 Panther Branch, Alexander. City center: 12 Von Ruck Court. Call for orientation.

Info: 645-8001 or www. windhorsezen.org.

• SUNDAYS, 9:30-11am - Meditation, chanting and a Dharma talk.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7-9pm Meditation and chanting.

• FRIDAYS, 5:30-7:15pm - Meditation and chanting at the City Center.

Womyn in Ceremony Co-create a sacred circle of women where we will connect, share, dream and experience inner awarenesses and empowerment. Each Circle “stands alone.” Meets 12 miles NW of Asheville.

By donation. Info: www.

RitesofPassageCouncil. com/theresa.

• SUNDAYS, 3:45-6pm - Gathering.

Working With the “Masters of Wisdom” • THURSDAYS, 7pm - Transmission Meditation —- 8pm - Reading and discussion of Alice

Bailey’s A Treatise on Cosmic Fire. Free. Info: EarthTransMed@gmail. com.

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

• Through SU (8/29) - Three solo exhibitions: Sanctuary: Coastal Birds and Their Fragile Habitat, oil paintings by Ralph James; The Poetic Form: Stone and Wood, sculpture by Jane Jaskevich; and The Way I See It: Recent Landscapes and Still Life Paintings, oil paintings by Stuart Roper.

American Folk Art & Framing The gallery at 64 Biltmore Ave. is open daily, representing contemporary self-taught artists and regional pottery. Info: 281-2134 or www.amerifolk.com.

• Through WE (7/28) - Dog Days of Summer, work by Margaret Couch Cogswell, will be on view in the Oui-Oui Gallery.

Art League of Henderson County The ALHC meets and shows exhibits at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Hwy. (25N) in downtown Hendersonville.

For viewing hours: 6920575. Info: 698-7868 or www.artleague.net.

• Through TH (8/5) - Works by watercolorist Cynthia Moser will be on display.

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: 693-8504 or www. acofhc.org.

• Through SA (8/7) Annual Bring Us Your Best exhibit.

Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville.

Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am5pm and Sun., 1-5pm.

Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm.

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

• Through SU (12/5) - Sewell Sillman: Pushing Limits will be on display

in the Appleby Foundation Gallery.

• Through SU (12/5) - Sallie Middleton: A Life in the Forest will be on display.

• Through SU (10/10) - Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia, photographs by Tim Barnwell in Holden Community Gallery.

Bella Vista Art Gallery Located in Biltmore Village, next to the parking lot of Rezaz’s restaurant. Open Mon.-Thurs., 11am-5pm, and Fri. & Sat., 10am-6pm. Info: 768-0246 or www.bellavistaart.com.

• Through SA (7/31) - Feature wall artist: Nicora Gangi, “Large Soft Pastels.” New encaustics

by Kathleen Burke.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts Located in the renovated Old City Hall at 225 West State St. in Black Mountain. Info: 669-0930 or www.blackmountainarts.org.

• Through FR (7/30) - An exhibit by Chrysalis, a group of nine women from throughout the Southeast who work in sculpture, wood, glass and clay.

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, bmcmac@ bellsouth.net or www. blackmountaincollege.org.

• Through SA (10/23) - The exhibition Kenneth Snelson: Sculpture/ Photographer/Inventor will be on display. Snelson was an art student at Black Mountain College in the summers of 1948 and 1949.

Brevard Gallery Walks A variety of Brevard galleries and art spots open their doors. Info: 8842787 or www.artsofbrevard.org.

• 4th FRIDAYS, 5-9pm - Gallery Walk.

Castell Photography A photo-based art gallery located at 2C Wilson Alley, off of Eagle St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 255-1188 or www.castellphotography.com.

• Through SA (7/31) - Innerscapes, work by photo-based artists Gil and Jacquelyn Leebrick.

• Through SA (7/31) - Handcrafted Auguries, a

photo-based mixed-media exhibition by Bridget Conn exploring ideas of feminine ritual and family.

Center For Craft, Creativity and Design Located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Road. in Hendersonville. Info: 8902050 or www.craftscreativitydesign.org.

• Through FR (8/13) - In Sunshine or In Shadow, an exhibition of works by students from UNCA, WCU, Appalachian State University and Haywood Community College. f/32 Photography Group Info: www.f32nc.com.

• Through SU (8/2) - A juried exhibition of prints on canvas by f/32 members will be on display at Deerpark Restaurant, Biltmore Estate.

Grovewood Gallery Located at 111 Grovewood Road, Asheville. Info: 253-7651 or www.grovewood.com.

• Through SU (9/5) - Craft, Architecture and Design, featuring work by six architects who were invited to create interior spaces that demonstrate the impact and originality of incorporating craft in a home.

Haen Gallery Located at 52 Biltmore Ave., downtown Asheville.

Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am6pm, Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., Noon-5pm.

Info: 254-8577 or www. thehaengallery.com.

• Through TU (8/31) Summer Samplings 2010, an annual group exhibition of new works from many Haen artists, such as Lynn Boggess, Wendy Whitson, Kathryn Kolb, Larry Gray and Brian Tull, as well as the work of Emily Wilson and Bill Long.

Haywood County Arts Council The HCAC sponsors a variety of art-related events in Waynesville and Haywood County. Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC’s Gallery 86 (86 North Main St.) in Waynesville. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm.

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

• Through SA (7/31) - An exhibition of artwork by faculty members in the Professional Crafts Department at Haywood Community College.

Odyssey Gallery Exhibits work by Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts instructors and residents.

Located at 236 Clingman Ave. in Asheville’s River Arts District. Info: 2850210 or www.highwaterclays.com.

• Through SU (8/15) - Visiting Summer Workshop Instructors Show, featuring regionally and nationally known visiting artists.

Pack Place Gallery Located at 2 S. Pack Place Square. Info: 2574500 or www.packplace. org.

• Through FR (7/30) - My Carolina, photography exhibit by local photographer Missy Corrales.

Penland School of Crafts A national center for craft education dedicated to helping people live creative lives. Info: www. penland.org or 765-2359.

• TU (7/27) through SU (9/19) - All This Happened, More or Less an exhibition by Anne Lemanski, Shoko Teruyama, Susan Gothel Campbell and Maggie Taylor, will be on display.

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

• Through SU (8/29) - Joyful Interiors, work

by David Bryan of Black Mountain.

Studio 103 Fine Art Gallery Located at 103 West St., Black Mountain. Info: 357-8327 or www.studio103fineartgallery.com.

• Through WE (7/28) - An exhibition by Fred Feldman.

Studio B A framing studio and art gallery at 171 Weaverville Hwy., Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm & Sat. 10am-3pm. Info: 225-5200, (800) 7949053, studiob4422@ bellsouth.net or www.galleryatstudiob.com.

• Through SA (7/24) - New space/new works.

Grand opening in new location. The gallery will be featuring new paintings by equine artist Patricia Ramos Alcayaga. Plus, two new artists: Jim Hefley and Andrea Brewer.

The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Located at 362 Depot St. in the River Arts District.

Info: 252-5050 or www. fineartsleague.org.

• FR (7/30), 5:30-7:30pm - Fine Arts League Student Show at its Gallery in the Grove Arcade. Music, live portrait drawing spectacle and beverages. Support Asheville’s nonprofit art school.

Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard.

Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am4pm. Info: 884-2787 or www.artsofbrevard.org.

• MO (7/5) through FR (7/30) - Invitational Show: Donna Pinter and Grace Cathey. An exhibit of nature paintings, mosaics and sculptures.

• FR (7/23), 5-8pm - Reception for Donna Pinter and Grace Cathey.

Upstairs Artspace Contemporary nonprofit gallery at 49 S. Trade St. in Tryon. Hours: Tues.Sat., 11am-5pm and by appointment. Info: 8592828 or www.upstairsartspace.org.

• FR (7/23), 5-8pm Preview party for the Art Trek Tryon: Foothills Open Studios exhibit.

• FR (7/23) through SA (8/21) - Exhibit of work by artists participating in Art Trek Tryon: Foothills Open Studios on July 24 and 25.

• SA (7/24), 10am-5pm & SU (7/25), Noon-5pm - Art Trek Tryon: Foothills Open Studios, free selfguided tour of 40+ artists’ studios in Saluda, Tryon, Columbus and Landrum, S.C. Map and driving directions available online or by calling Upstairs.

Woolworth Walk The gallery is located at 25 Haywood St., in downtown Asheville. Info: 254-9234.

• Through SA (7/31) - Weathered & Feathered, new work by Zig Zag Soul, will be on display in the Front Gallery.

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More Art Exhibits & Openings Art at Ox & Rabbit 12 S. Lexington Ave., Asheville.

• Through TU (8/10) - Recall, mixed media works by Colette Johnson.

Art at the N.C. Arboretum Works by members of the Asheville Quilt Guild and regional artists are on display daily in The Visitor Education Center.

Info: 665-2492 or www. ncarboretum.org.

• Through SU (8/22) - Balance and Beauty: A Visual Celebration of Rural

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Life, featuring paintings

by Tenn. artist Margaret Scanlan, on display in the Baker Exhibit Center.

• Outdoor Sculpture: Inflorescence, an exhibition of botanical forms created from synthetic-nylon fabric and made by artist Jason S. Brown and Elizabeth Scofield, will be on display in the Baker Center (through Aug.); in The Canopy Walk (June-Oct.); The Education Center (Aug.-Oct.) and in the Quilt Garden (Nov.-Feb).

• Through SU (8/15) Living Color: A Color Study Illustrated With Plants, an exhibit exploring color in nature at the Baker Exhibit Center Greenhouse.

• Through SU (7/25) - Art in Bloom, a new exhibit by painter Marjorie Renfroe in the Education Center’s second-floor gallery.

Asheville Community Theatre All performances are at 35 East Walnut St. Info & reservations: 254-1320 or www.ashevilletheatre.org.

• Through SU (8/29) - Asheville A Double Take, photography by Lynne Harty and Max Cooper, will be on display in the Lobby Gallery.

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

• Through TU (8/3) - Exhibit at the Cradle of Forestry.

Events at Thomas Wolfe Memorial Located at 52 N. Market St. Info: www.wolfememorial.com or 253-8304.

• Through TU (8/10) - Fabricating the Past: Clothing Exhibit. Wolfe family clothing exhibited for the first time. Outfits and accessories from the family will be on display.

Standard admission fees apply.

Henderson County Public Library System Unless otherwise stated, all events take place in Kaplan Auditorium of the main branch library, located at 301 N. Washington St. in Hendersonville. The county system includes branches in Edneyville, Etowah, Fletcher and Green River.

Info: 697-4725 or www. henderson.lib.nc.us.

• Through FR (8/20) - Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation. This traveling exhibit examines how Lincoln’s beliefs about freeing the slaves were transformed by war-time developments.

Classes, Meetings & Arts-Related Events 5 Day Figure Drawing Workshop (pd.) From Monday, July 26-Friday, July 30, 2pm4pm every afternoon. The workshop will be a long pose drawing in charcoal/ pencil designed to increase the understanding and ren-

dering of form, light, and proportion. • Registration/ Information: Christopher Holt, (828) 252-5050 or www.fineartsleague.org Fine Arts League of the Carolinas.

The Painting Experience (pd.) Experience the power of process painting as described in the groundbreaking book Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Expression. August 13-15, Asheville. (888) 639-8569. www.processarts.com Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville.

Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am5pm and Sun., 1-5pm.

Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm.

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

• FR (7/23), Noon-1pm - Art Break: Bele Chere special, Asheville artists in the permanent collection.

Curatorial-led tour.

Asheville Ballet and Asheville Lyric Opera Collaboration Voice lessons for dancers will be offered by members of the ALO, and movement lessons for singers will be offered by members of the Ballet. The public, 10 years to adult, also welcome.

Classes held at Asheville Ballet, 4 Weaverville Hwy., Asheville. Info: 252-4761 or 258-1028.

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• THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Voice lessons.

• TUESDAYS, 7:15pm Dance lessons.

Odyssey Gallery Exhibits work by Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts instructors and residents.

Located at 236 Clingman Ave. in Asheville’s River Arts District. Info: 2850210 or www.highwaterclays.com.

• TUESDAYS, 12:15pm - Lecture series featuring regionally and nationally known guest artists such as Lana Wilson, Silvie Granatelli, Stephen ForbesdeSoule, Hayne Bayless, Cristina Cordova, James Tisdale and Akira Satake.

Free. Schedule: http://tiny. cc/0wvu3.

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.

• THURSDAYS, Noon-3pm - Experimental Art Group.

Experimental learning and sharing water-media techniques and collage.

Suggested donation $4.

• FRIDAYS, 10am-1pm - Open studio for figure drawing. Small fee for model.

• MONDAYS, 10am-1pm - Open studio for portrait painting. Small fee for model.

• TUESDAYS (through 11/16) - Art with Lorelle Bacon. Adults 1-3pm and

youth 3:30-5pm. All levels welcome. $15/class.

Registration required.

The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Located at 362 Depot St. in the River Arts District.

Info: 252-5050 or www. fineartsleague.org.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Open figure drawing sessions. Four 5-minute poses and four 20-minute poses. $5.

Spoken & Written Word 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 (7/23), Noon-1pm - Books and Brown Bag Literary Series: Montreat College history professor Bill Forstchen will read from and sign copies of his book One Second After.

Blue Ridge Books Located at 152 S. Main St., Waynesville. Info: www.brbooks-news.com or 456-6000.

• TH (7/22), 6:30pm Seekers of Spirit book club will meet and discuss The Testament of Gideon Mack

by James Robertson.

• TUESDAYS, 10am Book Babies story time for children 3 years old and younger.

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Legal Issues for Fiction Writers • TH (7/22), Noon - The Flatiron Writers are sponsoring a free seminar on copyright issues for fiction writers at the Law Office of Heather Newton, 12 Lawyers Walk, Asheville.

Registration required. Info: www.heathernewton.net (Events).

Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) n LE = Leicester Library (1561 Alexander Road, 250-6480) n SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 2506486) n Library storyline: 250KIDS. • WE (7/21), 5-7pm Library Knitters meet. SW. • TU (7/27), 6:30-8pm - Library Knitters. LE. • WE (7/28), 6:30pm Library Knitters meet. BM. Events at City Lights City Lights Bookstore is at 3 E. Jackson St. in downtown Sylva. Info: 586-9499 or more@citylightsnc.com.

• SA (7/24), 11am - Children’s storytime

with guest author Josie Williams.

Events at Malaprop’s The bookstore and cafe at 55 Haywood St. hosts visiting authors for talks and book signings. Info: 254-6734 or www.malaprops.com.

• WE (7/21), 7pm Literary Trivia Night.

• FR (7/23), 3pm - Meet Elliott Eli Jackson as he signs copies of his book From God to You: Absolute Truth.

• SU (7/25), 2pm Christine Lavin, one of the top folk musicians in the country, will present her memoir, Cold Pizza for Breakfast: A Mem-wha?, and sing a few songs.

• TU (7/27), 7pm - Fret Knot Radio Hour.

Flood Reading Series at the Posana Cafe • TH (7/29), 8pm - Three local writers will read at the Posana Cafe, 1 Biltmore Ave., Asheville: Tamiko Ambrose Murray, Dale Neal and Lori Horvitz. Free.

Wednesday Afternoon Writer’s Group Weekly group open to writers of all genres who are interested in improving their craft through peer readings and discussion of assigned literature. Free.

• WEDNESDAYS, 2-4pm - Meets upstairs at the Barnes & Noble, Asheville Mall.

Women’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 SU (8/15) - Meet the Authors Writing Contest: E.L. Doctorow and Peter Matthiessen in New York. Submit an unpublished story or chapter of a novel of 4,000 words or less to writersw@gmail. com. $25 entry fee/$20 Workshop members.

Festivals & Gatherings Bluegrass Festival & BBQ • SA (7/24), 1-8pm - Land of Sky Shrine Club will present local bluegrass bands competing for $600 in prize money from 1-5:30pm, followed by a concert by Balsam Range and Marc Pruett. $10. At the Land of Sky Shrine Club in Swannanoa. Bands

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interested in participating: 684-4890 or 667-8326.

Cradle of Forestry Events Experience the natural and cultural history of the Southern Appalachians at the birthplace of scientific forestry. Located on Route 276 in Pisgah National Forest. Info: 8773130 or www.cradleofforestry.org.

• SA (7/24), 10am & 2pm - Train History Day. Historian Jerry Ledford presents programs on WNC’s logging train history. Learn about the 1915 Climax locomotive.

Move railroad cars on an HO scale switching layout. $5 adults/Free for youth under 16.

Festivities at Pritchard Park Public events at Pritchard Park sponsored by the Asheville Downtown Association under the Pritchard Park Cultural Arts Program. Free. For the full schedule: www. ashevilledowntown.org.

• THURSDAYS, Noon2pm - Grab lunch and unwind to music in the park —- 5:30-7:30pm Thursday night is “almost the weekend” and time to perk up a bit with lively music and dance performances after work.

• SATURDAYS, 10am4pm - Saturday Umbrella Market. Handmade/homegrown products, such as art, crafts, jewelry, photography, flowers, tomatoes and herbs. Plus, a variety of entertainers.

• SUNDAYS, Noon-4pm - Funday Sunday with family-friendly entertainment. Live music, such as gospel, followed by a variety of children’s entertainment starting at 2pm.

• TUESDAYS, 5:307:30pm - Hoop Jam. Join Asheville Hoops for some entertainment, exercise and instruction. All ages are welcome. http://ashevillehoops.com.

Folkmoot USA International Festival Folk music, culture and dance from around the world. Tickets: 1-877FolkUSA or www.folkmootusa.org. For more info and the full schedule of events, visit the Web site.

• TH (7/22) through SU (8/1) - Folkmoot USA International Festival.

• FR (7/23), 1pm Parade of Nations. Main Street to the courthouse in Waynesville. Free.

Monster Bash Dance Party of the Dead • TH (7/29), 7-11pm - The event will be held at Eyesore Studios at the Wedge in Asheville’s River Arts District. Preview of the film Wanderlost, a monster costume contest, raffle and dancing to music by local DJs. Film festival fundraiser.

Donations accepted. Info: www.wanderlostfilm.com.

Music Family Music At Forge Valley Event Center (pd.) Saturday Concerts: 7pm-10pm: • July 24, Buddy Davis Band. • August 7, Hazel Creek. • August 14, Blue Mountain Myst. 8818 Boylston Highway, Mills River.

(828) 674-6741. www. forgevalleyeventcenter. com Family Music At Forge Valley Event Center (pd.) Saturday Concerts: 7pm-10pm: • August 7, Hazel Creek. • August 14, Blue Mountain Myst. 8818

Boylston Highway, Mills River. (828) 674-6741. www.forgevalleyeventcenter.com African Drumming With Billy Zanski at Skinny Beats Drum Shop, 4 Eagle St., downtown Asheville.

Drums provided. No experience necessary.

Suggested donation $10 per class. Drop-ins welcome. Info: 768-2826.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Beginners.

• SUNDAYS, 1-2pm - Intermediate —- 2-3pm - Beginner.

An Appalachian Evening At the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center. $15.

Info: www.stecoahvalleycenter.com.

• SA (7/24), 7:309:30pm - Banjo-infused tunes with Dismembered Tennesseans.

Blue Ridge Community College Info: www.blueridge.edu.

• SU (7/25), 5-7pm - Music By The Lake: A concert with Warren, Bodle and Allen. Free.

Bring a chair. In case of rain, the concert will move to the student lounge in the Killian Building.

Cantaria Cantaria is a community chorus for gay and gaysupportive men who enjoy singing a wide variety of choral literature for men’s voices. Info: 254-9264 or www.cantariaasheville. org.

• SUNDAYS, 5-7pm Rehearsals.

Concerts on the Creek Held in the pavilion at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva. Sponsored by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Free. Info: (800) 962-1911 or www. mountainlovers.com.

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• FR (7/23), 7-9pm - The Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet will perform.

Groovin’ on Grovemont Presented by the Friends of the Swannanoa Library and the Swannanoa Community Council, concerts are held in Grovemont Square, adjacent to the library. All proceeds from concessions and book sales benefit the library. Info: 250-6486.

• TU (7/27), 6pm - Ol’ Hoopty will perform rock and soul music.

Haywood Community Band Concerts are presented at the Maggie Valley Pavilion, adjacent to the Maggie ValleyTown Hall, and are free to attend.

Bring a picnic dinner. Info: 452-5553 or 452-7530 or www.haywoodcommunityband.org.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - Rehearsals at Grace Episcopal Church, 394 N. Haywood St., Waynesville.

All interested concert band musicians are welcome to attend.

Land-of-the-Sky Barbershop Chorus For men age 12 and older. Info: www.ashevillebarbershop.com or 768-9303.

• TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Open Rehearsals at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 51 Wilburn Pl. Music on Main Street Live music and dancing at the Visitors Information Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville. Bring a chair. No pets or alcoholic beverages allowed. Free.

Info: 693-9708, 1-800828-4244 or www.historichendersonville.org • FR (7/23), 7-9pm - Phil Urban & The TCB Band (Elvis tribute) will perform.

Plus, a classic car show.

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: 669-2052.

• TH (7/22), 7-9pm - Appalachia Song will perform.

• TH (7/29), 7-9pm - Kellin Watson 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 Pack Square Park on the Bascom Lamar Lunsford stage in downtown Asheville. Stage show and informal jam sessions.

Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Free. Info: 2586101 ext. 345 or www. folkheritage.org.

• SATURDAYS (through 9/4), 7pm - Shindig. No Shindig on either July 24 or Aug. 7.

Song O’ Sky Chorus (Sweet Adelines International) The chorus is always looking for women 18+ who want to learn how to sing barbershop harmony.

Please visit a rehearsal.

Info: 1-866-824-9547 or www.songosky.org.

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

Guests welcome.

Songcatchers Music Series Performances are held at the Cradle of Forestry, Hwy. 276 in Pisgah

National Forest near Brevard. $6 adults/$3 ages 4-15. Info: 8773130.

• SU (7/25), 4-6pm - Concert by Laura Boosinger, songstress of the Southern mountains and multi-instrumentalist, at an outdoor amphitheater (indoors if weather threatens). Wheelchair accessible.

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.

• TH (7/22), 7:30pm Byron Plexico will present a concert for violin with piano accompaniment. A free-will offering will be taken for the artists and for the restoration of the historic church.

Summer Concerts at WCU Held on the University Center lawn. Rain location: University Center Grandroom or Club Illusions. Free. Info: 2273622 or www.wcu.edu.

• TH (7/22), 7pm - Amanda Duncan will sing original songs and play guitar, percussion and mandolin to produce a pop-country, folk and bluegrass sound.

• TH (7/29), 7pm - The Back Pages will perform folk rock, psychedelic, Southern rock and hard rock classics from the 1960s and ‘70s.

Summer Music Fest Hosted by Skyland United Methodist Church, 1984 Hendersonville Road.

Performances will be held in the courtyard just outside the sanctuary.

Light refreshments will be provided. The performers

will lead the music at the 11am worship service.

• SU (7/25), 9:45amNoon - Irish Coffee.

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 (7/23), 7pm - Gigi Dover & The Big Love (Americana) and Bob Sinclair (new standards).

Swannanoa Gathering Summer Staff Concerts Concerts are held at Kittredge Theatre (unless otherwise noted), Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa. $16/$8 for children under 12. Info: 771-3024.

• WE (7/21), 7:30pm - Old-Time Concert II, featuring Erynn Marshall, Mac and Jenny Traynham, Rodney Sutton, Rafe Stefanini, Shay Garriock, Thomas Maupin & Daniel Rothwell, Alice Gerrard, Ellie Grace, Dave Leddel and Susie Goehring.

The Carolina Theatre A cultural event center located at 91 Locust Ave., downtown Spruce Pine.

Info: 766-5525 or www. thecarolinabarndance.org.

• FRIDAYS, 7-10pm - Open Stage & Dance. $3 donation. If you’d like to be up on stage, e-mail guitarted_phool@yahoo. com.

Theater Absolute Theatre Company Located in the Skyland Performing Arts Center, 358 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Info: 693-

0087 or www.absolutetheatre.org.

• Through SU (7/25) - The Betty & Beau Wedding Show. Fastpaced comedy about a madcap 1933 wedding at the old Skyland Hotel, includes music by The Space Heaters. $20.

Thurs.-Sat., 7:30pm and Sun., 3:30pm.

Brevard Little Theatre Located in the American Legion Hall, 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard. Info: www. brevardlittletheatre.com.

Reservations: 884-2587.

• TH (7/22) through SU (8/1) - Cole Porter’s musical comedy Anything Goes. Thurs.-Sat., 8pm and Sun., 3pm.

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

• Through SU (8/15), 8pm - The Producers will be performed. Wed., Thur., Sat. & Sun., 2pm.

Wed.-Sat., 8pm. $40.

• Through SU (7/25) - The courthouse drama 12 Angry Men will be performed at the Henderson County Courthouse. Wed.Sat., 8pm & Wed., Thur., Sat. & Sun., 2pm. $34.

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.

• Through SU (7/25) - The comedy The Nerd will be performed. Fellow ex-GI Rick, whom Willum has never met but who saved his life, shows up

at Willum’s 34th birthday party. Rick, it turns out, is a hopeless nerd. $14 adults/$8 students. 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.

• Through SU (9/5) - The Asheville Shakesperience directed by Scott Keel (opening weekend will feature a special performance by the TOPHAT Children’s Theatre).

Performances at the Parkway Playhouse The historic Parkway Playhouse is located at 202 Green Mountain Dr. (just north of the downtown square) in Burnsville.

Tickets & info: 682-4285 or www.parkwayplayhouse.com.

• FR (7/23) through SA (8/7) - Guys and Dolls, a zany musical comedy, will be performed. Thurs.-Sat., 7:30pm. Sun., July 25, 5pm. $12-$22.

Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre Performances are held at Mars Hill College’s Owen Theatre. Tickets: 6891239. Info: 689-1384 or www.sartplays.org.

• WE (7/21) through SU (8/1) - William Shakespeare’s As You Like It.

Film Movie Night at Wedge Brewery Located at 125B Roberts St., Asheville. Movies are free and start at dusk.

Bring a lawn chair. Info: 505-2792.

• SA (7/24) - The Graduate.

Dance Studio Zahiya (pd.) All classes dropin anytime, $12. • 41 Carolina Lane. • Tuesdays: 6-7pm, Beginner bellydance; 7:108:10pm: Intermediate/ Advanced bellydance.

Wednesdays, 7:158:15pm: Hip Hop for Women. Thursdays, 6:307:30pm: Bollywood and Bhangra • Info: 828-2427595 or www.lisazahiya. com Argentine Tango

Dancers of all levels welcome. Info: www.tangoasheville.com.

• SUNDAYS, 7-9pm - Argentine Tango Practica at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Rd. $5 for members/$6 for nonmembers.

Asheville Culture Project A cultural arts community center offering ongoing classes in Capoeira Angola and Samba percussion.

Other instructors, groups and organizations are invited to share the space.

Info: www.ashevillecultureproject.org.

• WEEKLY - Capoeira Angola, an Afro-Brazilian martial art taught and practiced through a game involving dance, music, acrobatics, theater and the Portuguese language.

Mondays, 7-9pm, beginners class; Wednesdays, 7-9pm, intermediate class; Fridays, 7-9pm, intermediate class; Saturdays, 10am-Noon, beginners class. $12 (free for first timers on 2nd and 4th Sat.). Info: www.capoeiraasheville.org.

Classes at Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre Classes are pay-as-yougo. $10-$15 donation due to teacher after each class.

Classes are held at the New Studio of Dance, 20 Commerce St. in downtown Asheville. Info: www. acdt.org or 254-2621.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm Adult jazz with Brandi Hand —- 7-8pm - Adult hip hop with Brandi Hand.

• MONDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Adult ballet with Karen George.

• TUESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Adult modern with Jenni Cockrell.

Classes at Asheville Dance Revolution Sponsored by The Cultural Development Group. At 63 Brook St. Info: 277-6777, ashevilledancerevolution@ gmail.com or www.ashevilledancerevolution.com.

• FRIDAYS, 6-7pm - Class designed for the male interested in dance. Styles alternate between ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop and musical theatre. All ages welcome. $12 donation.

• FRIDAYS, 6-7pm - Adult Jazz with live percussion.

Come dance to a live percussion section. Jazz class with a strong floor bar and technique basis designed for all levels of adult dancers.

• TUESDAYS, 7-8:15pm - Adult Beginning/

Intermediate Jazz. Class designed to tone, stretch, and teach jazz techniques for the adult body. Good workout with strong technical instruction. $10 recommended donation.

Dance at Diana Wortham Theatre Info: www.dwtheatre.com.

• TH (7/22), 2-3pm - The Ballet Conservatory Summer Intensive presents a dance concert. Variations from Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia and other favorite ballets, jazz, contemporary and modern. $10. Tickets & info: 255-5777.

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: 333-4272 or www. ashevillemorris.us.

• MONDAYS, 5:30pm Women’s Garland practice held at Reid Center for Creative Art. Old Farmer’s Ball Info: www.oldfarmersball. com.

• THURSDAYS, 7:3011pm - Contra dance to live music at Warren Wilson College’s Bryson Gym. No partner necessary. Beginners welcome. $6, includes dance lesson.

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 (7/26), 7-9pm - County Farm and the Southern Mountain Smoke Cloggers.

Swing Asheville Info: www.swingasheville.com, 301-7629 or dance@swingasheville. com.

• TUESDAYS, 6-7pm Beginner lindy-hop swing lessons. $12/person per week for 4-week series or $10 for members. Join at SwingAsheville.com. No partner necessary. Held at 11 Grove St., downtown Asheville. Classes start first Tuesday of every month.

VFW Upstairs. Open to the public. At 5 Points, 860 N. Main St., Hendersonville.

Info: 693-5930.

• SATURDAYS, 6pm - Free dancing lessons —- 7pm - Live band music and dancing. $7. All singles welcome. No partners necessary. Finger food and sweets provided. No alcohol or smoking in dancing area.

Zydeco Dance Asheville’s Zydeco is hosted at the Eleven on Grove, 11 Grove St., Asheville.

No partner required. Info: 778-4878.

• 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 7:45pm - Zydeco dance lesson. $5 —- 8:30-11pm - Zydeco dancing to CDs. $5.

Auditions & Call to Artists Casting Alliance Audition Call (pd.) Female wanted for short narration project (paid). Email castingall@ mail.com for details on project #823.

LAAFF Call to Artists • Asheville’s biggest alllocal, all-independent artsand-entertainment festival LAAFF (Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival) is now accepting applications. The festival will be held on Sept. 5. To apply: www.lexfestasheville.com.

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.

• Through MO (7/26) - Now accepting entries for the 2010 Juried Exhibit at the Tyson Library in Black Mountain. $20 entry fee/$30 for two pieces.

The judge for the show will be Sharon Trammel, who developed the Fine Arts Degree Program at A-B Tech. Info: svfal.info@ gmail.com.

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

• Through MO (7/26) Accepting art for the 33rd annual Arts Auction on Aug. 15.

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Breast Cancer Benefit Concert, a fundraiser for Susan G. Komen for the Cure

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Saturday, July 31 (9 p.m. $10 suggested donation)

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• WEDNESDAYS (through 7/28), 5-8pm - Wine tasting and a raffle at the Wine Studio, 169 Charlotte St. Taste five wines for $5. Raffle tickets are 1 for $5 or 5 for $20. Drawing will be held July 28.

American Cancer Society Relay for Life Helping make cancer research possible. Info: www.relayforlife.org.

• TH (7/22), 1pm - Relay for Life on the Fairway.

Shotgun start at Black Mountain Golf Course. Info: 423-3578 or 676-9752.

Blue Ridge Pride An all-volunteer organization that strives to be inclusive of all LGBTQ populations, families and

friends. Info: blueridgepride@yahoo.com or www. blueridgepride.com.

• Through SA (7/31) - Blue Ridge Pride will hold “Rainbows for Pride.” The fundraiser will sell $1 rainbows in community businesses to be displayed throughout the month.

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

• MO (7/26), 6pm - The Flat Rock Playhouse Supporting Players present the annual show Dark Night Revue. There will be a gourmet picnic, raffle and a silent auction. All proceeds benefit the Playhouse.

Penland School of Crafts A national center for craft education dedicated to helping people live creative lives. Info: www.penland.org or 765-2359.

• TH (7/22), 8pm - Auction of works by students and instructors made during a Penland workshop session. All proceeds will benefit Penland scholarship programs. At the Northlight building. Info: 765-2359 or www.penland.org.

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• Massachusetts state Rep. Mike Moran said he still supports “comprehensive” immigration reform even after his car was rear-ended in May by illegal immigrant Isaias Naranjo, who was charged with DUI and speeding. Naranjo, 27, who was dressed in a Mexican party costume, laughed when informed of the charges, police say, telling them they couldn’t touch him since he’d already made plans to return to Mexico. (State law prohibits Massachusetts from even notifying U.S. immigration officials about Naranjo’s case.)

• Over the years, according to a June Chicago Sun-Times report, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk of Illinois has freely used “swagger and braggadocio in talking about his 21 years of military service” as qualifying him for office.

Challenged by reporters, Kirk explained, “I simply misremembered it wrong.” He admitted that, contrary to his numerous public statements, he wasn’t actually “in” Operation Desert Storm; didn’t actually “command the

Pentagon War Room” when he was assigned there as a Navy reservist; and wasn’t actually once Naval “Intelligence Officer of the Year.”

He’s now vying for the U.S. Senate seat once held by Barack Obama.

• In May, former vice presidents Douglas Ballard and Joseph Foster of the Atlanta-area “faith-based” Integrity Bank were indicted for allegedly selling fraudulent loans in exchange for bribes. Opened in 2000, the bank touted Christian principles, gave new customers Bibles and encouraged prayer at employee gatherings. (It closed in 2008, supposedly due to sour real-estate loans.)

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• (1) British actor Nicholas Williams, 33, was acquitted of domestic assault in June despite having, among other things, pulled his girlfriend’s shirt over her head and held her under a shower during a two-hour rampage. Williams persuaded the judge that the anti-smoking drug Champix made him unable to control himself or even remember the evening’s events.

(2) Laith Sharma, 49, admitted in June to stalking a 14-year-old Windsor, Ontario, girl, but he received a more lenient sentence (house arrest) because doctors said he suffers from the so-called “maple-syrup-urine disease” (the excreted scent is a marker for brain damage that prevents impulse control).

• Compelling explanation: Tony Chrum was apprehended for allegedly buying $160 worth of cocaine from a police informant in Lincoln County, Mo., in May, but his brother —Winfield, Mo., police officer Bud Chrum, 39 — was the mastermind. According to police, Bud had needed to replace 2 grams of cocaine from the police evidence locker because he’d accidentally spilled something on it, and Tony agreed to help.

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In case of emergency, apply aluminum foil deflector beanie to braincase

by Anne Fitten Glenn If I personally were to tip toward a specific personality disorder, it’d be paranoia.

I’m convinced that there’s lots going on out there in the world that’s being kept from me and you because ... who knows why? Recent events such as the Gulf oil spill and Russian spies in our midst only bolster my conviction that there are many hidden conspiracies.

And while I’m not yet making myself an aluminum foil deflector beanie (though I have checked out the online instructions just in case), I’ve decided that some basic emergency preparedness for my family might calm my nerves.

Particularly after I spent an afternoon reading about potential ignitable methane gas bubbles and tsunamis in the Gulf resulting from BP’s greed. Enviro-spouse says there’s no juice in that cup. Our family’s more likely to die on the highway than in a fiery apocalypse precipitated by good old American capitalism. Even so...

In order to stave off the call of the aluminum foil, E-spouse suggested that we take a day to clean out the basement and set up an emergency

preparedness center. Really, he just wants to get crap out of the basement and sees this as a way to motivate me. I think it’s a damn great idea — at least the emergency center part.

Already I have jugs of fresh water squirreled away down there. Remember when the remnants of Hurricanes Frances and Ivan knocked out the City of Asheville’s water supply for three days in 2004? Yup, I was one of those people in line at the Red Cross begging for water with my 3 and 6-year-olds in tow (E-spouse managed to be out of town the entire time — which I’m still struggling not to be bitter about).

So what do we need to prepare for a disaster?

I spent another afternoon on (ironically) the U.S. Government’s website, Ready America: www. ready.gov.

I’ve decided this. We’ll organize two areas in our basement. One will be the “We need to survive at home for several days with no access to outside food, water or electricity” preparedness center. At one end of this area will be the “Load up the Mommy van and get the hell out of Dodge” pile. The second center will include the “Holy hell, the zombies are coming!” necessities.

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According to the government, here’s what we’d need for the basic emergency kit (Center One): three-day supply of non-perishable food, one gallon of water per person per day, a canopener, a battery-powered or hand-crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio, extra batteries, a flashlight, a first aid kit, a whistle, dust masks, plastic sheeting, duct tape, moist towelettes (for personal, um, sanitation), garbage bags, maps, and a cell phone, preferably with a solar charger.

That’s also the stuff we should throw in the back of the Mommy van when we attempt to outrun the poisonous cloud of methane gas as it explodes toward us from the Gulf.

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(Center Two) contains guns and cyanide pills.

I’m joking. I don’t believe in having either of those items in households where there are kids.

Other items that could be important to have in your emergency kit, depending on the people you’re trying to keep alive, include stuff you really can’t live without, such as: eyeglasses, prescription drugs, diapers if you have a baby, and pet food if you want to keep Fido fed.

Also good to have on hand are extra clothes, blankets, cash, copies of important documents, matches, and chlorine bleach or iodine to disinfect people and water.

Finally, here’s stuff not on the gov list that I would need in case of emergency: lots of dark chocolate (which, if kept cool, will last forever — it was a primary food source on long sea journeys in the 19th century — seriously), a few great books (though this list may take another few months for me to come up with), sunglasses and sunscreen (what can I say? I’m blue-eyed and white as the inside of an egg), and several good knives (both for protection and death, if necessary, to a semi-domesticated wild turkey or two living in my hood).

Hopefully, having an emergency preparedness center in our basement will ward off my cravings for that aluminum foil deflector cap for a few more years. Though if it comes to that, I think I’d rather not survive the apocalypse. X Anne Fitten “Edgy Mama” Glenn writes about a number of subjects, including parenting, at www. edgymama.com.

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Not familiar with the Downtown Market?

It’s worth a look. Located at 45 South French

it’samazing The Downtown Market’s Amazing Savings (pictured above) location, open seven days a week, from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m., carries a line of fresh meats and dairy products, including Amish cheeses, bought directly from local farms. The products are sliced and packaged daily at the Olive Tree Cafe, which is located in the Black Mountain Amazing Savings. The discount grocery also stocks fresh local produce, in addition to conventional produce. For more information, visit amazingsavingsmarkets.com.

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Broad Avenue, it houses the discount grocery Amazing Savings, the Hi-fi Coffee Bar with its selection of coffees, teas and paninis, a flea market and local vendors selling everything from shaved ice to handmade soap — and soon, Pho. The announcement of the arrival of Vietnamese food is exciting — imagine tucking into a sinus-searing noodle bowl post-bender, a la Anthony Bourdain.

The new venture, Pho Fusion, is set to open mid-August. The culinary mind behind the restaurant, chef Tru Phan, is new to Asheville, but boasts 30 years of experience in exclusive highend resorts throughout the world, says Pepper Parris, marketing director of the Downtown Market.

A silent partner also involved in the venture has extensive experience in the field of restaurant design and event planning, including major resorts and theme parks around the world.

Aside from his skill in the kitchen, chef Tru Phan can apparently boast dexterity with power tools; in his spare time, this chef is a chain sawwielding ice carver. He plans to show off his skills at the grand opening of the restaurant, and eventually may offer carving lessons at the Downtown Market, according to Parris.

Tru Phan and his partner appear to be blessed with business savvy as well; according to Parris, the duo intends to keep their brand

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Identifying Asheville’s need for more cost-effective, varied and authentic ethnic food, the team plans to open similar venues in the Asheville area in the future.

For now, however, the focus is on serving Vietnamese favorites like traditional Pho, spring and summer rolls, Vietnamese hoagies, vermicelli and Vietnamese-style fried rice. Pho Fusion will also feature traditional French-Vietnamese desserts.

Pho Fusion will be open Wednesday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. If the venture is popular, says Parris, it will be open seven days a week until at least 7 p.m.

The good news doesn’t end there. Remember Ali Baba, the Mediterranean food-by-the-pound restaurant formerly located in the Grove Arcade?

In June of 2005, the Xpress food section featured the eatery, a buffet-style establishment opened by the Ali’s, a family from Alexandria, Egypt.

Many, like myself, were a bit distraught when the buffet-style restaurant closed a few years back — Ali Baba turned out fresh and very affordable made-from-scratch classics like hum-

mus, baba ganouj and chicken kabobs, as well as Egyptian street-food favorites like the fava stew, ful medames.

We can take heart, however, because Ali Baba is coming back, this time to be located in the much more affordable (in terms of rent) Downtown Market. It’s easy to imagine that the extra breathing room will be of some comfort to the culinary family as well; during the Grove Arcade days, Ali Baba was wedged into an impossibly small space — you try serving the masses out of a 250-square-foot room without at least some anxiety.

Ali Baba will be open by fall. Hours will be Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Hungry now? Take heart. The Downtown Market already has food seven days a week; the Hi-fi Cafe, with its quick, light fare, is open daily, from 10 a.m. through 7 p.m., “So there is always good food at the Downtown Market,” says Parris.

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A traditional Spanish tapas bar â&#x20AC;&#x153;with modern touchesâ&#x20AC;? is coming to Asheville. The new restaurant, CĂşrate, will be located at 11 Biltmore Ave. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where the Asheville Area Arts Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Front Gallery used to be, before the organization sold the building. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s set to open sometime in the early fall.

CĂşrate is the brainchild of Heirloom Hospitality, a family group that includes Katie Button.

In the midst of working for a PhD in neuroscience, after graduating from Cornell University with a degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering, Button took up a job at Minibar in D.C., falling in love with food, as well as her future husband, Felix Meana.

Button and Meana both worked at El Bulli, a well-known Michelin three-star restaurant in Spain, as well as the Bazaar by Jose Andres, located in Los Angeles. Button works her magic in the kitchen, while Meana works his in the dining room.

Rounding out the group are Katieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents, Liz and Tom Button. Liz has extensive restaurant and catering experience, while Tom is a former pilot.

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French Broad Food Co-op serves up a fresh new salad bar

The French Broad Food Co-op now features the â&#x20AC;&#x153;only salad bar in town with 100 percent organic produce,â&#x20AC;? according to a sign posted in the market â&#x20AC;&#x201D; although at $7.99 a pound, it may not the cheapest. Xpress recently stopped by to check out the spread to find out if it was worth a visit.

The FBFC salad bar includes a rather nice array â&#x20AC;&#x201D; especially considering its size â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of strictly vegetarian goods. Nearly wedged into a corner, it would be easy to miss. It would be a shame to skip it, though.

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A couple of nearby press-pots hold organic coffee as well, and a small selection of pastries is available.

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In the Market for mushrooms

“Nature’s finest fungi are back,” says William Dissen, chef and owner of The Market Place restaurant on Wall Street in downtown Asheville. Dissen, in collaboration with Alan Muskat, aka the “Mushroom Man,” will host a wild mushroom dinner on Wednesday, August 4, to showcase the amazing fungal assortment indigenous to this area.

In the morning, Muskat will lead a walk through the woods, during which participants will learn to how to identify — and gather — local edible mushrooms. In the evening, the mushroom hunters will have the chance to enjoy a four-course dinner showcasing some of the best fungus that our area has to offer — including the catches of the day. “Alan is such a vivacious guy,” says Dissen. “This should be a really fun event.”

“We want to teach people more about the micro-climate we have in Asheville ... It’s supposed to be a pretty solid year for fungus,” says Dissen. “And Alan’s the man when it comes to mushrooms.”

The courses served at the post-walk dinner will include a lobster mushroom bisque with a grilled lobster mushroom and chevre crouton, as well as a grilled venison sirloin with painted bolete mushrooms. An interesting dessert course will feature a coffee crème brulée spiked with the chaga mushroom.

“Chaga is almost like a truffle — it grows underground,” explains Dissen. “It’s a hard mushroom; you can grind it and make coffee out of it, and it’s known for calming the symptoms of cancer.”

The entire event seems a bargain at $75, including the guided mushroom hunt as well as the dinner. Additional — and optional — wine pairings will cost $25.

A longer workshop is offered the following weekend for those who wish to further explore the subject of mushroom foraging.

For more information, visit marketplacerestaurant.com, or alanmuskat.com. To make reservations, call The Market Place directly at 252-4162, or use the restaurant’s online reservation system.

Sandwiches!

The Jackson Underground Café, located in the Jackson Building at 22 South Pack Square, now delivers to most of the downtown Asheville area during lunch time hours — 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. — on weekdays. The service is entirely free, and the minimum for delivery is only $6. All of the items on the menu, except for the breakfast sandwiches, are available for delivery.

Xpress suggests the “Move Over Reuben,” with corned beef, Vidalia onion relish and Muenster on rye for $6.49.

For more information, visit jacksonundergroundcafe.com, or call 255-8585.

Blackbird flies on Sundays

The Blackbird Café, a modern but comfortable Southern-American restaurant in Black Mountain, is now open for its “Sunday Suppers” series. The restaurant now serves “down-home comfort food,” from the hours of 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., every Sunday night.

The menu is peppered with old-time Southern staples like buttermilk-fried chicken, macaroni and smoked cheese, fresh local farm vegetables, cobbler and more.

The Blackbird Café is located at 10 East Market Street in the Cheshire Village area of Black Mountain. For more information, visit theblackbirdrestaurant.com. X Send your food news to Mackensy Lunsford at food@mountainx.com.

foodcalendar Calendar for July 21 - 29, 2010 Farm To Table Saturday Brunch • Grove Park Inn (pd.) Just $19.99. Join us 11:30am-2:30pm, now through July 31. • Call 1-800-438-5800. www.groveparkinn.com First Annual Hops Festival • Saturday July 31 (pd.) Visit the largest hops farm in NC! • Enjoy lunch and homebrew, all for Free, while supplies last. • 11:30am1:30pm. Echoview Farms Hops Field, 534 Old Mars Hill Hwy, Weaverville, NC. (828) 645-7667. www.echoviewfarm.com Buncombe County Extension Center Events Located at 94 Coxe Ave., Asheville. Info: 255-5522.

• WE (7/28), 9am-3pm - “Canning Beans Safely,” a hands-on class and demonstration using weighted and gauge pressure canners. $5. Registration required.

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

• MO (7/26), 6:30pm - Healthy Meals in Minutes Series: “Quick Summer Menu Ideas.” $8. Register by July 25: huskbiz@yahoo.com or 708-7040.

Wednesday Welcome Table • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - The Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood St. in Asheville, welcomes all persons to come, eat and fellowship together. All meals are made from scratch, healthy and free. Info: 337-4944.

WNC Agricultural Center Hosts agricultural events, horse shows and farm-related competitions. Located at 1301 Fanning Bridge Road. in Fletcher. Info: 687-1414.

• FR (7/23) & SA (7/24) - North Carolina BBQ Society.

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A hill of beans

Beans are golden in WNC

by Maggie Cramer Forget the expression, “doesn’t amount to a hill of beans.” In the Southern Appalachians, beans amount to plenty. They’ve been an area mainstay since the first settlers arrived in the region, and there are dozens of varieties of the crop grown here. In fact, it’s even been asserted that more heirloom beans, or traditional cultivars, originated in Western North Carolina than anywhere else in the country.

One of the heirlooms distinct to the area is the greasy bean, so called because of its smooth, fuzz-free pod. Anne Grier of Gaining

recipe Stellar Bean Side

from Nate Allen of Knife & Fork

Ingredients Ingredients: Local beans of your choice (tender, stringless varieties work best); A few strips of bacon; 1/2 an onion, sliced; 1 clove of garlic, sliced; Pinch of fresh thyme; Salt and pepper to taste

Method

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Fry a small amount of bacon in a pan. As the bacon begins to get crisp, add your beans, onion, garlic, thyme and salt and pepper.

The beans are ready to serve as soon as they’re heated through.

Note: The bacon can be left out for a vegetarian dish that’s still flavorful and easy. Also, if trying to use greasy beans in this preparation, the recipe will need to be adjusted to include a longer cooking time and more cooking liquid.

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Summer’s bounty: Dozens of varieties of beans, including around 30 heirlooms, are cultivated in our region. Eggplant joins July’s Get local crop at area farmers markets this month.

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Ground Farm in Leicester says that she enjoys growing many types of beans, but she has a soft spot in her heart for the greasy. She remembers getting her first greasy beans from a fellow local farmer who’d been growing them for decades. “He just handed over a pound of beans for me to start growing,” she recalls.

That literal “passing on” connected her to the heirloom crop’s rich cultural and culinary history; she’s still growing her greasy beans from that original seed, offering the yield in her CSA and at the farmers market.

Grier describes growing beans as a “labor of love.” She grows all of her varieties organically, which makes the plants vulnerable to the destructive Mexican bean beetle. She works tirelessly to stay ahead of the insects, killing those found on her beans by hand.

In addition to the beetles, chef and grower Nate Allen remarks that growers need to keep ahead of the plantings themselves — beans are prolific, he says, and growers should ensure that all beans get eaten in season, or stored to enjoy later.

bigmarket The Season’s in Swing

July’s a big month at area tailgate farmers markets. Local sweet corn and blackberries are here. Local peppers, eggplants and tomatoes make their market mark in all shapes, sizes and colors.

The five summer stars join staples like cucumbers, new potatoes, lettuce and berries. You’ll also find local chicken, lamb, beef and tempeh ready to be tossed on the barbecue at your next summer shindig.

“It’s hard to contemplate the bleakness of winter in this heat, but it’s coming on sneaky feet, and we must be prepared so we can have delicious green things in our winter stews,” says Allen.

Allen grows and sources local beans for his Spruce Pine restaurant, Knife & Fork, because they’re just that delicious. When it comes to a farm-fresh bean, versus one trucked in for miles, “there’s all the difference in the world,” he declares. “Just snap one out of your garden, pop it in your mouth and compare it to one from the produce aisle — no contest.”

He enjoys fresh beans, tempura-battered, fried and served with a spicy aioli dip. He

also likes to sauté them with shiitake mushrooms, adding salt and pepper, thyme and a splash of lemon juice.

While they lend themselves perfectly to fanciful preparations, fresh beans also taste great prepared in a more straightforward manner.

Grier likes a simple steaming or boiling with any type of herb. She sometimes finishes the beans off with a little butter. Tender, stringless bean varieties only require a quick sauté or steam. More mature beans, like the greasy, require a longer cooking period.

If you have a young one afraid of anything green on their plate, try the purple Royal Burgundy variety, now available at local farmers markets. While their color doesn’t remain as bold when cooked, the changing shade is a magic trick sure to impress any child into at least a taste.

You’ll find beans on Knife & Fork’s menu this month, as well as the menus of other local restaurants, as part of Get Local, a program of Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (www.asapconnections.org) that brings together restaurants around the region to highlight a single seasonal ingredient in their own unique dishes. X Maggie Cramer is the Communications Coordinator at Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project You can contact her by e-mail at maggie@asapconnections.org.

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arts&entertainment A better live band

Cowboy Junkies make music in the moment

by Wendi Loomis After capturing the world’s attention with The Trinity Sessions in 1988, Cowboy Junkies have continued to reinvent the music they love. Their new independently released album, Renmin Park, is the first in a series of four coming over the next 18 months, and includes contributions from a Chinese rock star and album art from a prominent painter/physicist. (The second album will be covers of the late Vic Chesnutt’s songs.)

A visit to their website opens up a treasure trove of not only their released albums, but also many of their recording whims, experiments and side projects. Margo Timmins graciously took some time while watching over her son and his new puppy to reflect on the progression that has brought the band this far.

Xpress: After 25 years in the music business, you are free of recording contracts and obligations. What prompted the move?

Timmins: We’ve been doing albums really for maybe 10 years without a recording contract.

When we left Geffen it was really a moment of make-or-break for us. If we’d continued to play this whole label game we would have imploded.

It’s a little scarier, because with labels, you get these checks every once in a while in your mail.

Now they don’t arrive unless we make them arrive, but the actual playing, your head space and the business side of things, it’s a lot easier because you’re in control.

There’s not as much talk. Now there’s just action, and if there isn’t action you only have yourself to blame. Musical freedom, we’ve always had that. But, of course every time you do something you hand it over to the label and their first question is, “Where’s the single?”

We’re not exactly a single-driven kind of band.

What inspired you to use (painter and physicist) Enrique Martinez Celaya’s paintings as the basis for the [Renmin Park] series, and how do they relate to the four volumes?

It was something that came together from different elements. We were thinking about the next studio album and had a lot of material.

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Friday, July 23 (8 p.m. $28/$30.

Partially seated show. theorangepeel.net)

Right now the band is in a space where we’re writing very easily. Enrique is a friend of ours, a wonderful painter, and has been inspired by our work many times. We did a show for an opening at one of his galleries. He had this series of four paintings of the boy with the leopard in various spots. We decided that would make such a great album cover, and there were four of them.

This first one, Renmin Park, is based on my brother’s experience living in China. The next one, Demons, is going to be cover songs of Vic Chesnutt’s material. ... Enrique calls the four paintings the Nomad series, so that seemed to be appropriate to what we were doing as well.

What was your initial reaction to working on this album when your brother Michael returned from China with the ambient sounds and music?

I had two reactions. Fear would be one — “How am I going to work with this?” The other was, I have complete trust in Mike’s ability and his musical vision to me has always been inspiring.

Mike is a really talented man, and for me it’s an honor to be able to work on whatever project he’s doing.

When he gave me this project, I was a little bit concerned. A lot of the sounds were in keys that were not in my comfort zone. The other thing is the ones that we’re playing to loops, there’s nobody playing a melody. As a singer that was a little bit difficult. The third and biggest problem, which I didn’t anticipate from the beginning, was that Mike’s always written from an experience in his life that’s going on, and I’m only 18 months behind him, and I’ve always pretty much been experiencing those things too. But, with Renmin Park I did not go to China. I have never lived in a foreign country like that, and tried to make my way and be the only white person in town. The biggest challenge was how to get into these songs and make them believable from my voice, not having any background.

The album includes a couple of songs by [influential Chinese rock star and novelist] Zuoxiao Zuzhou, which gives it a very different sound and feel. How have your fans responded to this change?

It’s been good. It’s interesting because it’s not the easiest album on the planet to get into. You have to rework them to do them live because there’s just the five of us up there. It’s always funny to me which ones they respond to more.

“Sir Francis Bacon” is a song that we’re doing live and they seem to really like it. We’ve made the groove a little more swinging than what is on the album. Our audience, they’re intelligent.

I’ve always been thankful to have an audience that actually allows you to try new things.

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No fixing: The new album is a bold step forward, with promises that the live show is “as raw and real as it can possibly be,” says Margo Timmins.

What do you hope fans will take away from a live show that they can’t get from your recordings?

I think we’re a better live band then we are a studio band. What makes Cowboy Junkies is that we are very much in the moment. That’s why Trinity Sessions was such a success. You could not get closer to us through a recording.

It was done with one microphone catching the sounds of the room. There’s no overdubbing.

There’s no fixing. It’s as raw and as real as it possibly could be. When people come to our shows that’s what they see. We have a real sense of where we are at that moment in that room. You’re not getting the album. You’re going to get who we are at that time. That’s why people come to our shows again and again. X Wendi Loomis can be reached at wendi@ jazzandpoetry.com.

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Upcoming Member Events

Singer/songwriter Tift Merrtitt kicked off her career in Raleigh/Chapel Hill with The Carbines before going on to release her solo debut, Bramble Rose, in 2002. She hit the number 60 position on the country charts the following year with the single “Good Hearted Man.” Then, this year, she shifted gears, releasing See You On The Moon with indie-rock producer Tucker Martine at the helm. And that rocker sensibility comes through: It’s more hand-clappy, more piano-pop, and more edgy with funky tracks like “Papercut” and contributions from the likes of My Morning Jacket’s Jim James. Singer/songwriter Amos Lee headlines. Thursday, July 22. 8 p.m., $25 advance/$27 door. theorangepeel.net.

11th Annual Asheville Metro Economy Outlook Presented by Parsec Financial Management A Presentation of the latest significant economic trends for the Asheville area with Parsec Financial Management’s Chief Economist, Dr. James F. Smith, and Tom Tveidt, Research Economist of Syneva.

Free Event - Wednesday, July 28, 5-6:30 p.m.

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Christine Lavin’s 25th anniversary

Former cheerleader-turned-New York Citybased-singer/songwriter Christine Lavin (she of “Sensitive New Age Guys” fame) celebrates a quarter century in the business with not just a concert (though there is that — at Diana Wortham Theatre on Friday, July 30. 8 p.m. $30/$28/$25. dwtheatre. com) but also a memoir. In Lavin’s trademark humor, the book is titled Cold Pizza for Breakfast: A Mem-wha? It recounts her life as a full-time musician and “road stories and adventures across the United States, Canada, and Australia.” She will read and sign copies (and perform a few songs) at Malaprop’s on Sunday, July 25. 2 p.m. malaprops.com.

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Secret B-Sides at Barley’s during Bele Chere

Your mission: Escape the heat and crowds of Asheville’s biggest street festival, extend your live-music-listening intake, grab some pizza (sustenance!) and check out the Secret B-Sides.

Known for soulful grooves (and dinosaur references), this group started slow and under the radar (often playing Warren Wilson’s Sage Cafe, where they originated) but recently outperformed MC Gift of Gab at a Mellow Mushroom concert. The Friday, July 23 show at Barley’s is one of the pizza & taproom’s Bele Chere events (Brushfire Stankgrass plays Saturday). 10 p.m., free. barleystaproom.com.

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by Whitney Shroyer

This Season’s Smiley’s Episode Part 3: Pack Picking Our Story So Far: Exhausted from a late Friday night but unable to sleep, the semi-delirious junker has been wandering around Smiley’s Flea Market early Saturday morning in a state of heightened anxiety, turning small decisions into huge dramas fraught with apparent significance no sane individual would give them.

While the junker is checking out a new Smiley’s shop located indoors at Stall No. 13, his internal cacophony becomes external as various stereos bleat dissonant disparities into a tiny backroom echo chamber, testing either his will or his common sense. But hey, at least he got there first.

The combination of NASCAR radio, old techno, and Tex-Mex (probably more properly conjunto) music in the little shop was seriously threatening to conquer my record picking drive.

Once I got down to the sleeveless 45s that logic dictated were worthless old-Top 40 or beat-up country — good for neither spinning nor flipping — I was actually about ready to deny my compulsive nature and split. But just when I was about to give up and go through the likelies I’d already set aside and leave the rest, here came the cavalry.

There are a surprising number of individuals who walk the market in search of records.

Whether they do it for love or money, or a little bit of both isn’t really my business. “Don’t ask, don’t tell” may be outdated militaristically, but it’s very much in practice at Smiley’s. And not just concerning the ultimate question of “Where do you put the stuff you got?”

For instance, it’s considered a breach of boundaries to ask to see what’s in another digger’s stash. Perhaps this is because gathering junk is a solitary pursuit, and a curious fellow hunter is a threat to the territory and the already acquired prizes. More likely there’s a sense of scarcity of supplies at the flea market, and stopping and talking means you can’t wander and hunt. It can get pretty primal out there.

But the solitary nature of the digging game switches to a pack mentality when there’s a

fresh new dealer to congregate around. The individuals more experienced with the territory then circle around the newcomer, and proceed to pick all the useful flesh off his carcass.

While I was halfheartedly deciding whether to continue my foraging, I heard someone goodnaturedly say “Get away from my records boy!”

I turned to see three regulars walking into the shop, and was suddenly chatting up a storm with people I’d barely exchange three nods and grunts with during a normal Saturday morning.

My own Alpha Junker credentials established by my “first-on-the-scene” presence and the large stack of potential goods I’d set aside, I was able to relax and enjoy the spectacle. Records recommended, trivia exchanged, small piles started. I tried to keep from looking up every time the distinct sound of a “pull” was being made — after all, I’d already seen everything, but instinct demanded I look to see what everyone grabbed, and I noticed other tilting heads doing the same.

I looked over at the store’s tenant, who was watching us with a strange combination of pleasure and concern in his eyes. I know the feeling.

The “Here they come and they’re going to buy stuff,” tempered by the sense that everything you sell, and especially the things you sell the quickest, are the things you should have paid more attention to.

I’ve been on the other side of the counter from this guy more than once, the Eaten as opposed to the Eating. The most intense was the first time my wife and I set up a table in New York at the WFMU record show, one of the three or four biggest shows in the world. There are sharks in those waters — the Northeast is basically where they invented record collecting, and when the hardcore city dealers caught a whiff of the hillbilly record dork from Carolina wandering through the back door with his hand truck full of records they pounced.

I clearly remember one of the dealers asking “Can I take a look at your stuff?” The next thing I knew, I was completely surrounded, dealers throwing lids off of my boxes, plowing through

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my meticulously sorted sections, sending my entire system into chaos. I’d overpacked, so people couldn’t flip through the records. They had (and they were more than willing) to pull stacks out and stuff them back in the wrong boxes.

It was exciting, but it was also scary.

Everywhere I looked, someone was asking me to give them the best price possible on something or shoving money in my hands. And while it was a thrilling buzz to make a few grand off of records in about half an hour, it was possible to feel the top layer of the collection slowly but surely being shaved off by professionals, leaving me not with dregs, but with the most immediately in-demand pieces in the hands and at the tables of other sellers.

I always try to remember that moment whenever I was in a situation like I was in now, and didn’t even bother to dicker with the new shop owner when he gave me his price on the records I’d picked out. Just paid my $10, told my fellow junkers I’d see them next week, and headed home, semi-secure in the fact that I’m not at the bottom of the food chain, but hopefully humble in the fact that I’m nowhere near the top. X

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where to find the clubs • what is playing • listings for venues throughout Western North Carolina Clubland rules •To qualify for a free listing, a venue must be predominately dedicated to the performing arts. Bookstores and cafés with regular open mics and musical events are also allowed.

•To limit confusion, events must be submitted by the venue owner or a representative of that venue.

•Events must be submitted in written form by e-mail (clubland@mountainx.com), fax, snail mail or hand-delivered to the Clubland Editor Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt at 2 Wall St., Room 209, Asheville, NC 28801.

Events submitted to other staff members are not assured of inclusion in Clubland.

•Clubs must hold at least TWO events per week to qualify for listing space. Any venue that is inactive in Clubland for one month will be removed.

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Wed., July 21 Athena’s Club

Open mic BoBo Gallery

Collides Bosco’s Sports Zone

Shag dance Broadway’s

‘80s night, 10pm Chameleon Soul Food

Spoken word, music & poetry night hosted

by Lyric Club 828

Ott (electronic, psychedelic) w/ Agobi Project Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Eleven on Grove

Zydeco dance & lessons Emerald Lounge

90’s dance party Fairview Tavern

Dinner music w/ Steve Whiteside, 7:30pm Open Mic, 9pm

Eliza Bell (indie, folk)

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Open mic

Good Stuff

Wed. Clem Snide with Heligoats 7/21 8:30pm

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Holland’s Grille

Marc Keller (singer-songwriter) Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub

Old-time jam, 6pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Aaron Woody Wood (soul, pop) —- Back stage: Jenny Arch Band (acoustic, folk)

Asheville Jazz Orchestra 8pm The Trainwreks & Shane Pruitt Band 9pm

Cadillac Sky w/ Malcolm Holcombe 9pm

Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues)

Mark Bumgarner (Americana, bluegrass, country)

Tallgary’s College Street Pub

BoBo Gallery

Red Stag Grill

Open mic The Still

Red Hot Sugar Babies (“jazz of the roaring 20’s-30’s”)

Open mic w/ BlindLiver

Bosco’s Sports Zone

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Open mic & jam

‘80s night

Club 828

Town Pump Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

JaQuise (soul) Vincenzo’s Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals) Westville Pub

Soul & jazz jam

Jammin’ w/ Funky Max

Nine Mile

Wild Wing Cafe

Ras Berhane (acoustic, reggae)

J Luke (singer-songwriter)

Olive or Twist

Thu., July 22

Bayou Diesel (roots) PULP

Open mic Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

“Hits & Shits” w/ Jamie Hepler

From a Dig (metal)

Open mic w/ David Bryan

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Pisgah Brewing Company

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Sat. 8/7

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Frankie Bones

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)

Fri. 8/6

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Shag & swing dancing w/ DJ Ron Blankenship

Back Room

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Clem Snide (“art country”) w/ Heligoats

Open mic

The Other Guys open mic night

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Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Mark Guest (jazz guitar) Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Emerald Lounge

Legendary JC’s (soul, funk) Firestorm Cafe and Books

Dylan Gilbert (experimental, indie, pop) Frankie Bones

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)

Athena’s Club

DJ night

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Back Room

Paul Edelman (folk)

Mitch Barrett (singer-songwriter)

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Beacon Pub

Open mic

Gene Peyroux & the Snow Monkeys (“extreme Americana”)

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

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Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Root Bar No. 1

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Live music w/ Sagebrush

Acoustic Swing

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Scandals Nightclub

BoBo Gallery

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

“Exposure” DJ night

Live DJ

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Straightaway Café

Boiler Room

Bluegrass jam, 7pm

Tim Marsh (jazz)

DJ & Drag Show

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Temptations Red Room

Club 828

Back stage: Jerry Castle CD release party (roots, country)

‘80s dance party w/ Spy V

“Wondrous Temple of Boom: Afterburn II”

Thirsty Monk South

Club Hairspray

Lobster Trap

Lyndsay Pruett & friends

Hank Bones

Town Pump

Jazz Salm (folk rock, acoustic) Cabaret show & DJ party

Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill

Josh Eagle & The Harvest City (folk, rock, soul)

Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety)

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Mark Guest (jazz guitar)

Mela

Peggy Ratusz’ Invitational Blues Jam

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Belly dancing

Vanuatu Kava Bar

Mellow Mushroom

Discordian Society (eclectic, progressive, jazz, funk )

Fireside patio storytellers night Open mic

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Eleven on Grove

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Aaron LaFalce (piano)

Salsa & Mambo Dancing, 10pm-2am Dance Lessons, 11pm

Dot Line Projekt (psychedelic, rock)

Watershed

Emerald Lounge

O’Malley’s On Main

Open mic w/ Max Chain

Modo (rock) w/ Doc Aquatic

Jam night

Westville Pub

Fairview Tavern

Olive or Twist

Nikki Talley (indie, rock)

Swing dancing w/ Heather Masterton & The Swing Station Band

Wild Wing Cafe

Orange Peel

Amos Lee (folk, blues, soul) w/ Tift Merritt Pack’s Tavern

Live music w/ Ginny McAfee Pisgah Brewing Company

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Jeff Anders & friends, 6-9pm DJ Moto dance party Zuma Coffee

Thursday night bluegrass jam

Fri., July 23

DJ dance party

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Chad Mackey (rock, pop) w/ Nikki Talley & Sullivan Brady French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Woody Pines (roots) French Broad Chocolate Lounge

DJ night

High Gravity Jazz Trio

Purple Onion Cafe

Back Room

Garage at Biltmore

Gary Segal (Americana)

EC & The Deep Pockets (blues, rock)

Red Stag Grill

Barley’s Taproom

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Utah Green (“lyrical mountain folk from the sea”)

Songs of Water (acoustic, experimental, folk) w/ Timbre

Marc Keller Duo, 6-9pm Buncombe Turnpike (bluegrass, folk), 9pm-1am

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Wild Wing Cafe

Purple Onion Cafe

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Havana Restaurant

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Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere (modern folk) Jack Of The Wood Pub

One Leg Up (gypsy jazz, swing) Jerusalem Garden

Belly dancing w/ live music

Fri. July 23

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Aaron Price 1pm | Piano

TueSdayS

Jake Hollifield Piano | 9pm

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Woody Wood 9pm

Pack’s Tavern

Honey Holler (roots) BoBo Gallery

DJ Brett Rock(it) Club 828

DJ Equal & DJ Bowie Cabaret show & DJ party

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Eleven on Grove

80’s/90’s DJ & Dance Emerald Lounge

King Fu Dynamite w/ From a Seed & Diocious Feed and Seed

Lazybirds (country, jazz, blues)

Aaron LaFalce (acoustic), 2-5pm John Leo Duo (John Lennon Tribute), 6-9pm Vinyl Brothers Band (rock, blues), 9pm-1am

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Poppies Market & Café

Leigh Glass Band (Americana)

Shod My Feet (pop)

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Brian Phillips & the Dangerous Gentlemen (blues)

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Purple Onion Cafe

Garage at Biltmore

Fred Whisken (jazz pianist)

Juan Holladay (soul, indie, folk)

Red Stag Grill

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)

“Iridescence” feat: Real Time Hand Motion, Wattie Green, Earth Tone Sound Systems & Andrew Jaxxson

Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Good Stuff

Rewind Blue (Southern rock) Root Bar No. 1

Humble Thumb (folk, blues)

Gigi Dover & the Big Love (rock, soul, Americana) Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Bele Chere dance party w/ DJ Marley Carroll Red Stag Grill

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter) Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Rewind Blue (Southern rock)

Rock Bottom Sports Bar & Grill

Kemistry (Southern rock) Root Bar No. 1

Lazybirds (country, jazz, blues) Stella Blue

Anti-Bele Chere Party Straightaway Café

Peggy Ratusz (blues, jazz, soul) Switzerland Cafe

One Leg Up (Gypsy jazz) Tallgary’s College Street Pub

Gas House Mouse (blues) w/ Yeller Dog Temptations Red Room

‘80s, ‘90s & Today: Dance party w/ DJ Spy V The Hookah Bar

Bootstraps Burlesque

Thirsty Monk South

Live blues & folk

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Live music w/ singer-songwriters

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

The Free Flow Band (soul, funk) Vincenzo’s Bistro

Live music w/ Marc Keller Westville Pub

Hay Sugar (“rockin’ country bluegrass”) White Horse

Richard Shulman & Marina Raye Wild Wing Cafe

Dave Matthews tribute band

Red Hot Sugar Babies (“jazz of the roaring 20’s-30’s”)

Sun., July 25

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

DJ night

Stella Blue

Anti-Bele Chere Party

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Straightaway Café

Handlebar

Athena’s Club Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Luke Wood (acoustic)

Screech Owl Serenade (swing, old-school country)

The Note Ropers (honky-tonk) w/ The Ragged Orchids & The Caleb Fletcher Band

BoBo Gallery

Tallgary’s College Street Pub

Hannah Flanagan’s

Bosco’s Sports Zone

Yeller Dog (blues, rock) w/ Mudd Cult

East Coast Dirt (rock, progressive)

Shag dance & lessons

Temptations Red Room

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Fairview Tavern

Sky Island (jazz, latin) w/ Wine Dark Side

Letters to Abigail, 8-10 pm ‘80s, ‘90s & Today: Dance party w/ DJ D-Day, 10pm-2am

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Rockabilly Sunday

Iron Horse Station

Feed and Seed

Dave Desmelik (Americana)

The Watkins Family (bluegrass)

The Hookah Bar

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Silver Machine (electronic, psychedelic, rock)

Sons of Ralph (bluegrass)

Bob Zullo (jazz, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm

The Wine Cellar at the Saluda Inn

Jerusalem Garden

Hangar

Chelsea Lynn La Bate (classical folk)

Belly dancing w/ live music

Comedy open mic

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Back stage: Col. Bruce Hampton & The Quark Alliance (rock, jazz)

Irish session, 5pm Tom Waits time, late

New French Bar Courtyard Cafe

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Live music w/ singer-songwriters Town Pump

L Shaped Lot (Americana, folk, rock)

Ritual (metal) w/ Mortal Man

Asheville All Star Blues Showcase w/ Peggy Ratusz

Nine Mile

Vanuatu Kava Bar

Olive or Twist

Ras Berhane (acoustic, reggae)

Ethereal jam feat: members of Discordian Society & Dashvara

42nd Street Jazz Band

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Godspell & Resurrectio (musical)

Bobby Sullivan (piano) White Horse

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Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

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Brushfire Stankgrass (acoustic, bluegrass)

Luella’s Bar-B-Que

Cowboy Junkies (pop, folk)

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Barley’s Taproom

Greg Olson (folk)

Orange Peel

Jerry cAstle • CD Release Party

Jacob Johnson (acoustic, blues)

Live music by local artists

Live jazz w/ Jennifer Scott

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Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Olive or Twist

Acoustic Folk

DJ night

Lobster Trap

DJ’s & courtyard dance party

Jenny Arch BAnd

Athena’s Club

Club Hairspray

New French Bar Courtyard Cafe

Wed. July 21

Sat., July 24

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Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

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Velvet Truck Stop (Americana, rock)

Orange Peel

Pack’s Tavern

Front stage: Aaron Price (piano) —- Back stage: The Big Takeover Band (reggae, ska) Lobster Trap

Live music by local artists Luella’s Bar-B-Que

Jon Corbin (of Firecracker Jazz Band), 11:30am-2pm Orange Peel

Godspell & Resurrectio (musical) Pack’s Tavern

clubdirectory The 170 La Cantinetta 687-8170 Asheville Ale House 505-3550 Asheville Civic Center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 259-5544 Athena’s Club 252-2456 The Back Room 697-6828 Barley’s Tap Room 255-0504 Beacon Pub 686-5943 The Blackbird 669-5556 Blue Mountain Pizza 658-8777 BoBo Gallery 254-3426 Bosco’s Sports Zone 684-1024 Broadway’s 285-0400 Club 828 252-2001 Club Hairspray 258-2027 Craggie Brewing Company 254-0360 Curras Nuevo 253-2111 Desoto Lounge 986-4828 Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 Dock’s Restaurant 883-4447 The Dripolator 398-0209 Ed Boudreaux’s Bayou BBQ 296-0100 Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar 252-2711 Eleven on Grove 505-1612 Emerald Lounge 232- 4372 Fairview Tavern 505-7263

Feed & Seed + Jamas Acoustic 216-3492 Firestorm Cafe 255-8115 Frankie Bones 274-7111 Fred’s Parkside Pub & Grill 281-0920 French Broad Brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 The Garage 505-2663 Good Stuff 649-9711 Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern 232-5800 Grove House Eleven on Grove 505-1612 The Grove Park Inn (Elaine’s Piano Bar/ Great Hall) 252-2711 Guadalupe Cafe 586-9877 The Handlebar (864) 233-6173 The Hangar 684-1213 Hannah Flanagans 252-1922 Havana Restaurant 252-1611 Highland Brewing Company 299-3370 Holland’s Grille 298-8780 The Hookah Bar 252-1522 Infusions 665-2161 Iron Horse Station 622-0022 Laurey’s Catering 252-1500 Lexington Avenue Brewery 252-0212 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 Luella’s Bar-B-Que 505-RIBS

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Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill 253-8805 Magnolia’s Raw Bar 251-5211 Mela 225-8880 Mellow Mushroom 236-9800 Mike’s Tavern 281-3096 Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill 258-1550 New Courtyard Gallery 273-3332 New French Bar Courtyard Cafe 225-6445 Old Fairview Southern Kitchen 277-7117 Olive Or Twist 254-0555 O’Malley’s On Main 246-0898 The Orange Peel 225-5851 Pack’s Tavern 225-6944 Pineapple Jack’s 253-8860 Pisgah Brewing Co. 669-0190 Poppies Cafe 885-5494 Pulp 225-5851 Purple Onion Cafe 749-1179 Rankin Vault 254-4993 Red Stag Grill at the Grand Bohemian Hotel 505-2949 Red Step Artworks 697-1447 Rendezvous 926-0201 Rock Bottom Sports Bar & Grill 622-0001 Rocket Club 505-2494

Rocky Lindsley (acoustic)

Dashvara (progressive, funk)

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Pack’s Tavern

Tallgary’s College Street Pub

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

“Vinyl at the Vault” w/ Chris Ballard

Walt Whitney (acoustic blues), 2-5pm Vincenzo’s Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals) Wild Wing Cafe

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety)

Mon., July 26 BoBo Gallery

Acoustic open mic w/ Aaron LaFalce

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Back Room

Max Chain (singer-songwriter), 6:30pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

BoBo Gallery

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Broadway’s

Bob Zullo (jazz, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Handlebar

Manic Monday feat: The Day Jobs Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Patrick Fitzsimons (folk, blues, roots) Jonathan Ammons Band (rock, Americana) She Keeps Bees (rock) w/ Naked Hearts & This Frontier Needs Heroes Eleven on Grove

TUES. Shrimp ‘n Grits $1 off Rum drinks • BLUES JAM

WED. Cajun Food Night • $1 off Whiskey JAMMIN’ W/ FUNKY MAX

THUR. NIKKI TALLEY DUO 7/22 Dynamic Vocalist

FRI. TRIVIA NIGHT

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Tuesday Night Funk Jam

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Tue., July 27

$4 Margaritas • Wii Bowling on the 11’ Screen

Emerald Lounge Feed and Seed

Marc Keller & Company (variety)

MON. Buy 1 Get 1 Half off, all appetizers

Swing dance & lessons w/ Space Heaters Tango dance (Crystal Room)

D Mack Vocal Jazz Session w/ Sharon LaMotte, 7:30pm

Sugarfoot Serenaders (comedy, swing) w/ Sparkle Rainbow Ponies Contra dance

Root Bar No.1 299-7597 Scandals Nightclub 252-2838 Scully’s 251-8880 Shovelhead Saloon 669-9541 Skyland Performing Arts Center 693-0087 Stella Blue 236-2424 The Still 683-5913 Stockade Brew House 645-1300 Straightaway Cafe 669-8856 Switzerland Cafe 765-5289 Tallgary’s College Street Pub 232-0809 Temptations Red Room 252-0775 Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub 505-2129 TGI Friday’s 277-4080 Town Pump 669-4808 Tressa’s Downtown Jazz & Blues 254-7072 Vanuatu Kava 505-8118 Vincenzo’s Bistro 254-4698 The Watershed 669-0777 Waynesville Water’n Hole 456-4750 Wedge Brewery 505 2792 Westville Pub 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe 253-3066 Xcapades 258-9652

Will Ray’s Mountain Jam Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Jake Hollifield (blues, ragtime) Lobster Trap

Geoff Weeks (soul, jazz piano) Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

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The Mantras (rock, psychedelic) Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

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“Phat Tuesday” w/ Selector Cleofus

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Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Bele Chere hangover show w/ Cookie LaRue Vanuatu Kava Bar

Open mic w/ Roberto Hess (every other Tuesday alternating w/ Firestorm’s open mic) Vincenzo’s Bistro

Marc Keller & Company (variety) Westville Pub

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Blues Jam w/ Mars Fariss White Horse

Irish session, 6:30pm Open mike w/ Parker Brooks, 8:30pm Wild Wing Cafe

Darren Nicholson (bluegrass, Americana)

Wed., July 28 Athena’s Club

The Other Guys open mic night Back Room

Dinner music w/ Steve Whiteside, 7:30pm Open Mic, 9pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Open mic

BoBo Gallery

Skylake (indie, rock) w/ Pilgrim Bosco’s Sports Zone

Shag dance

Broadway’s

‘80s night, 10pm Chameleon Soul Food

Frankie Bones

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter) French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Justin Allen (singer-songwriter) Garage at Biltmore

Steez (funk) Good Stuff

Open mic Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Holland’s Grille

Marc Keller (singer-songwriter) Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub

Old-time jam, 6pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Aaron Woody Wood (soul, pop) —- Back stage: Super dance party DJ night, 10:30pm-2am Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Soul & jazz jam Nine Mile

Ras Berhane (acoustic, reggae) Olive or Twist

Shag & swing dancing w/ DJ Ron Blankenship Orange Peel

Tommy Emmanuel (guitar)

Spoken word, music & poetry night hosted

by Lyric

Pisgah Brewing Company

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

PULP

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Fairview Tavern

Open mic

Blue Dragons (experimental folk, rock) Open mic Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

“Hits & Shits” w/ Jamie Hepler Red Stag Grill

Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues) Tallgary’s College Street Pub

Open mic

karaoke

The Still

monday

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Mack Kell’s / Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues / Wild Wing Cafe

Open mic w/ BlindLiver ‘80s night

Town Pump

Open mic w/ David Bryan Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

The Free Flow Band (soul, funk) Vincenzo’s Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals) Westville Pub

Jammin’ w/ Funky Max Wild Wing Cafe

Star Band

Thu., July 29 Athena’s Club

DJ night

Back Room

Mandolin Orange (indie, folk, roots)

tuesday Getaway’s (Eleven on Grove) Mike’s Side Pocket Tallgary’s College Street Pub

wednesday Asheville Ale House / Beacon Pub / Fred’s Parkside Pub & Grill / The Hangar / Infusions / O’Malleys on Main / Holland’s Grille / Hookah Bar / Rendezvous / Temptations

thursday

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Cancun Mexican Grill / Chasers / Club Hairspray / Fairview Tavern / Shovelhead Saloon / The Still

BoBo Gallery

friday

Beacon Pub

Open mic

Paul Cataldo (Americana, country, roots) Nataraj w/ Sufi Bros Boiler Room

Ordain (alternative) w/ Dear Weirdo Bosco’s Sports Zone

Open mic & jam

Fairview Tavern / Infusions Mack Kell’s / Shovelhead Saloon Stockade Brew House The 170 La Cantinetta

Club 828

saturday

Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Holland’s Grille Infusions / Shovelhead Saloon / The Still

Hip-hop & DJ night

sunday Asheville Ale House / Bosco’s Sports Zone / Cancun Mexican Grill / The Hangar / Getaway’s (Eleven on Grove) / Mack Kell’s / Pack’s Tavern Temptations / Wing Cafe Mark Guest (jazz guitar) Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Emerald Lounge

Tim, Chad & Sherry (Americana, psychedelic) w/ Suttree & Ham1 Firestorm Cafe and Books

Sean Renner (acoustic, electronic, experimental) Frankie Bones

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter) French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Steve Smith (“ethereal folk”) Good Stuff

Rhythm & Strings feat: Don Lewis & Richard Foulk Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Asheville Jazz Orchestra Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm Handlebar

Rebirth Brass Band (Mardi Gras mambo, funk) w/ Craig Sorrells Project Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub

Bluegrass jam, 7pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

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Back stage: Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crossroad (acoustic, Americana) w/ Underhill Rose

Fri., July 30

Lobster Trap

DJ night

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Athenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club

Hank Bones

Iron Horse Station

Jay Brown (â&#x20AC;&#x153;original one man bandâ&#x20AC;?)

Back Room

Mack Kellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub & Grill

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Secret B-Sides (soul, funk)

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety)

Viperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dream (jazz)

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Mela

Jerusalem Garden

Acoustic Swing

Belly dancing

Belly dancing w/ live music

Boiler Room

Mo-Daddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar & Grill

Opus Grey (other, rock) w/ 105 Howitzer

Old Skool vs. Nu Skool (DJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s)

Club Hairspray

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s On Main

Bentley (singer-songwriter)

Jam night

Live music by local artists

Jason Daniello (singer-songwriter)

Swing dancing w/ Heather Masterton & The Swing Station Band

Mo-Daddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar & Grill

Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavern

Live music w/ Ginny McAfee

Mark Guest (jazz guitar)

Ike Stubblefield (jam, experimental) w/ Yonrico Scott & Giant Green Jr.

Diana Wortham Theater

Olive or Twist

Christine Lavin (singer-songwriter, humorist)

Pisgah Brewing Company

Elaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dueling Piano Bar

Vertigo Jazz Project (jazz, groove, funk)

Non-stop rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Purple Onion Cafe

Marjorie Thompson (singer-songwriter)

Eleven on Grove

Red Stag Grill

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Thirsty Monk South

Brushfire Stankgrass (acoustic, bluegrass)

Lyndsay Pruett & friends

Tressaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Garage at Biltmore

Peggy Ratuszâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Invitational Blues Jam

Telic (metal, hardcore) w/ Plagues of Prophecy & From the Ashes

Vincenzoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bistro

Good Stuff

Aaron LaFalce (piano)

Chelsea Lynn LaBate (singer-songwriter, ballads)

Watershed

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Open mic w/ Max Chain

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Westville Pub

Flatland Travelers (rock, blues, funk)

Havana Restaurant

Live music

Wild Wing Cafe

Jeff Anders & friends, 6-9pm DJ Moto dance party

Highland Brewing Company

Zuma Coffee

Hollandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grille

Uncle Mountain (folk, rock)

Thursday night bluegrass jam

96.5 House Band

Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavern

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)

Clearwater Connection

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s dance party w/ Spy V

Hanson (pop, rock) w/ Rooney

Red Stag Grill

Feed and Seed

Temptations Red Room

Orange Peel

Fred Whisken (jazz pianist)

DJ dance party

Gary Segal (Americana)

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Shak Nasti (rock, funk, jazz)

100 Hands w/ Ghost Like Me

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Pisgah Brewing Company

Emerald Lounge

Scandals Nightclub

Live jazz w/ Jennifer Scott

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Crocodile Smile (covers)

Stiletto Dance Retreat kick-off party

Anne Coombs (jazz, swing)

Back stage: Erica Jane & Remember the Bees (blues, glam, folk) Lobster Trap

Craggie Brewing Company

Olive or Twist

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Fa i Rv i e w Tav e R n

Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Spectrum (rock) Stella Blue

Corrosion of Conformity (metal, southern rock) w/ Righteous Fool & Zoroaster Straightaway CafĂŠ

Scott Tyler (folk, rock)

Tallgaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College Street Pub

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pickoftheweek#1 I Am Love JJJJJ

Director: Luca Guadagnino Players: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Pippo Delbono, Marisa Berenson

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Drama Rated R

The Story: A middle-aged woman finds herself when she falls in love with her son’s best friend.

The Lowdown: A daringly honest, yet breathlessly and unabashedly operatic film that will not be to everyone’s taste, but will dazzle and thrill viewers who are open to the experience it offers.

An amazing, bold, sensuous, erotic and utterly operatic film blows into town this week. It’s called I Am Love and was made by a man named Luca Guadagnino, whom I’d never heard of before.

For that matter, until the title cropped up on a booking sheet — quickly followed by the FedEx gentleman delivering a screener — I’d heard nothing about the film either. In fact, the only name associated with it I recognized was that of Tilda Swinton — and I hadn’t realized I’d be getting a Tilda Swinton speaking Italian with — we’re told — a Russian accent (like most of us could tell). So a film I wasn’t waiting for by a filmmaker I was unaware of just shows up and blows me away. I like that. It’s the kind of thing that makes this job worthwhile in a big way.

I Am Love has been likened to the films of Douglas Sirk and Luchino Visconti, and while I certainly understand why, the comparisons fall short for me — not in the least because Visconti never made a film I liked this much and Sirk never made a film I liked at all. The truth is that while I Am Love has more than its share of the operatic soap opera, it’s never condescending in tone, which removes it from the realm of Sirk. Visconti is more to the point, since I Am Love inescapably recalls The Leopard (1963) set in modern times.

I Am Love is several things at once. On the one hand, it’s the story of a woman, Emma Recchi (Swinton), discovering herself after years of being a kind of human collectible in the Recchi household — one of the art treasures her husband, Tancredi (Pippo Delbono), brought back from a trip to Russia. She has lived her adult life in his gorgeous museum-like art deco villa, bearing and bringing up his children, but with no actual personal role — until she finds one for herself in the form of her son Edoardo’s (Flavio Parenti) friend, Antonio (Edoardo Gabbriellini). At the same time, it’s a story about the passing of an era, with the nouveau-riche family’s textile business falling prey to modern times and the dying family patriarch (Gabriele Ferzetti, Once Upon a Time in the West) opting to leave everything in the hands

Mother (Tilda Swinton) and son (Flavio Parenti) in Luca Guadagnino’s boldly sensual I Am Love, one of the year’s most surprising films. of both Tancredi and Edoardo, who have very different ideas of what the business was, is and should be.

I’m not about to attempt to recount the plot beyond the basics mentioned. It seems simple enough, but it’s complicated by the personalities of the characters involved — and some of those personalities are left to the viewer’s interpretation.

Why, for example, is Edoardo happy to not win a race, but to tie with Antonio? Why is Edoardo so anxious to be Antonio’s friend and start a business with him? Why is Edoardo so devastated when he learns of his mother’s affair with his friend? Of which one is he jealous? The film suggests answers, but it doesn’t hand them to you. Does Emma’s daughter, Elisabetta (Alba Rohrwacher) — who opts to come out to her mother about her lesbianism — play a role in Emma’s decision to find her true self — the one buried under years of Recchi tradition? Considering that Elisabetta has already gone against the family by changing her interest from painting to photography, I’d say yes, but the film only suggests.

I Am Love is a rare film in so many ways. It has a lyrical, natural, non-air-brushed sensuality to it that I haven’t seen in film since Ken Russell brought Women in Love to the screen in 1969. In fact, the love scenes appear to deliberately recall moments from that film and from Russell’s Savage Messiah (1972) — to the degree that I’d be hardpressed to believe Guadagnino was unfamiliar with them. I Am Love is refreshingly real and honest — romantic without being romanticized.

Then there’s the choice to use existing music by American composer John Adams (Nixon in China) rather than an original score. Guadagnino often lets the music — especially its breathless ending — drive the film’s action and emotionalism. The

effect is phenomenal, but so is the film itself. See it. Rated R for sexuality and nudity. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14.

pickoftheweek#2 Inception JJJJJ

Director: Christopher Nolan Players: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard Sci-Fi/Thriller Art-House Style Rated PG-13

The Story: A man whose job is to steal information from people’s dreams is charged with the task of instead using those dreams to implant an idea.

The Lowdown: Dazzling, complex and with a surprisingly strong (especially considering the filmmaker) emotional core, Inception not only lives up to the hype, it largely surpasses it.

Inception is brilliant. Even its flaws are brilliant — and without its flaws and a few evidences of self-mocking humor, I’m not sure I’d like it nearly as well as I do. For the first time ever, I walked away from a Christopher Nolan film — and a bigbudget, effects-heavy one, too — with an actual sense of the filmmaker’s humanity. That becomes more curious to me in light of the film’s detractors complaining about its lack of emotion. I wonder if we actually watched the same movie. (But then I wonder the same thing about the supporters of Cyrus.)

Depending on your frame of reference, Inception

Grown Ups (PG-13) 1:15, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Inception (PG-13) 12:15, 12:50, 1:40, 3:20, 3:55, 4:45, 6:25, 7:00, 7:50, 9:30, 10:05 Predators (R) 12:05, 12:30, 2:35, 3:05, 5:00, 5:40, 7:25, 8:20, 9:55, 10:35 (Fri-Sat only) Sesame Place Workshop (G) 11:55 (Sat, Sun, Tue only) The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) 12:40, 1:45, 3:30, 4:25, 6:15, 7:15, 8:55, 9:50 Toy Story 3 in 3D (G) 2:00, 4:35, 7:05, 9:40 Toy Story 3 in 2D (G) 1:25, 4:10, 6:55, 9:35 n Carolina Asheville Cinema 14 (274-9500)

Cyrus (R) 12:00, 2:30, 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 (Sofa Cinema) Despicable Me 2D (PG) 11:35. 1:55, 4:10, 7:20, 9:40 Grown Ups (PG-13) 2:20, 7:25 I Am Love (R) 11:50, 3:15, 7:45, 10:25 Inception (PG-13) 11:25, 3:00, 7:00, 10:05 Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (R) 11:45, 4:55, 10:10 Knight and Day (PG-13) 2:35, 7:50 The Last Airbender 3D (PG-13) 11:35, 2:00, 4:25, 7:05, 9:25 Micmacs (R) 2:15, 7:45 Predators (R) 11:55, 4:45, 9:45 (Sofa Cinema) Salt (PG-13) 12:05, 2:35, 5:00, 7:50, 10:10 Solitary Man (R) 12:10, 2:25, 4:35, 7:55, 10:15 (Sofa Cinema) The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:30, 9:50 Toy Story 3 in 3D (G) 11:30, 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13) 12:15, 3:00, 4:50, 7:15, 10:05

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Despicable Me (PG) 10:35 (no 10:35 show MonTue), 1:15, 4:00, 7:10, 9:35 Inception (PG-13) 12:30, 3:50, 7:15, 10:35 Salt (PG-13) 10:50 (no 10:50 show MonTue), 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) 10:40 (no 10:40 show MonTue), 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13) 10:30 (no 10:30 show MonTue) , 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 10:15 n Co-ed Cinema Brevard (883-2200)

Despicable Me (PG) 1:00 (Fri, Sat, Sun, Tue, Thu), 4:00 (Fri, Sat, Mon, Wed) 7:00 (Sun, Tue, Thu), 9:30 (Mon, Wed) Knight and Day (PG-13) 1:00 (Mon, Wed), 4:00 (Sun, Tue, Thu), 7:00 (Fri, Sat, Mon, Wed), 9:30 (Sun, Tue, Thu) n Epic of Hendersonville (693-1146) n Fine Arts Theatre (232-1536)

Closed Fri July 23-Sun July 25 due to Bele Chere The Fall (R) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 (no 7:00 show Thu July 29) Lucky Days (NR) 7:00 Thu July 29 only Winter’s Bone (R) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20

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Inception (PG-13) 3:30, 7:00 n Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15 (684-1298) n United Artists Beaucatcher (298-1234)

Despicable Me 3D (PG) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Despicable Me 2D (PG) 1:00, 3:15, 5:30 Knight and Day (PG-13) 8:00, 10:30 The Last Airbender 3D (PG) 12:40,4:20, 7:40, 10:00 Ramona and Beezus (G) 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Salt (PG-13) 12:50, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13) 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10

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nowplaying Cyrus JJ

John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Keener, Matt Walsh Mumblecore Rom-Com A middle-aged man finds his burgeoning romance with an attractive woman undermined by her overly attached grown son. It’s the mumblecore mind-set applied to a somewhat different story and with better actors than usual, but the result is still reels and reels of not very interesting talk adrift in crude cinematic style. Rated R

Despicable Me JJJJ

(Voices) Stevel Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Julie Andrews Animated Sci-Fi/Comedy With Heartstring Tugging An aging master criminal tries to regain his criminal cred by stealing the moon with the aid of three orphan girls. Painless, but largely uninspired family fare, with a few fine moments and some good voice casting. Rated PG

Grown Ups J

Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade Comedy Five childhood friends reunite in their hometown after the death of their former basketball coach.

The exact kind of awful you’d expect from a movie starring Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and David Spade. Rated PG-13

Harry Brown JJJJJ

Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Charlie Creed-Miles, David Bradley, Iain Glen, Sean Harris Crime/Drama An elderly man decides to take the law into his own hands when his only friend is killed by gang members. Though it could easily be read as just an exercise in vigilante justice, there’s something much deeper going on in Harry Brown, thanks in no small part to Michael Caine in the title role. Be warned, however, the film is violent and bloody. Rated R

Inception JJJJJ

Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard Sci-Fi/Thriller Art-House Style A man whose job is to steal information from people’s dreams is charged with the task of instead using those dreams to implant an idea. Dazzling, complex and with a surprisingly strong (especially considering the filmmaker) emotional core, Inception not only lives up to the hype, it largely surpasses it. Rated PG-13

I Am Love JJJJJ

Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Pippo Delbono, Marisa Berenson Drama A middle-aged woman finds herself when she falls in love with her son’s best friend. A daringly hon-

est, yet breathlessly and unabashedly operatic film that will not be to everyone’s taste, but will dazzle and thrill viewers who are open to the experience it offers. Rated R

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work JJJJ

Joan Rivers, Melissa Rivers, Larry A. Thompson, Kathy Griffin, Billy Sammeth Documentary A documentary that charts a year of Joan Rivers’ life and career as she turns 75. An unblinking, but not uncaring profile of Joan Rivers that reminds you—if you’ve forgotten—just how funny she can be. Indeed, this documentary has more laughs than most comedies I’ve seen this year. Rated R

Knight and Day JJJ

Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, Viola Davis, Paul Dano, Jordi Mollà Action/Romantic Comedy A woman’s life is turned upside down when she becomes involved with a secret agent on the run from his own people. An occasionally pleasant action/comedy that expects too much from its stars without giving them a whole lot to work with. Rated PG-13

The Last Airbender JJ

Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Toub Fantasy/Adventure In a mystical realm, a young superpowered boy is the only hope of stopping an evil nation’s plot to rule the world. Generally amateurish and consistently dull, the movie is far from good, but—even considering the Shyamalan pedigree— isn’t quite as awful as its reputation. Rated PG

Micmacs JJJJJ

Dany Boon, André Dussollier, Yolande Moreau, Dominque Pinon, Nicolas Marié, Marie-Julie Baup, Julie Ferrier Stylized Comedy A man whose father was killed by a landmine and whose own life has been compromised by a bullet lodged in his brain decides to get back at the munition makers who created both.

The best film of the summer! A delight—but with thoughtfulness—from start to finish. See it twice— the more you see it, the more you will appreciate the craftsmanship, artistry and humor. Rated R

Predators JJJJ

Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Laurence Fishburne, Walton Goggins Sci-Fi/Action A group of soldiers and killers find themselves suddenly transported to a distant planet, where they’re hunted by savage aliens. An above-average popcorn actioner that’s brought down by predictability and a penchant for an old-hat approach to jump-starting a tired franchise. Rated R

The Secret in Their EyeS JJJJJ

Soledad Villamil, Ricardo Darín, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella Mystery Thriller/Romance A retired criminal investigator sifts through his past by way of an unsatisfactorily concluded murder case. Taut mystery, political allegory, an unusual romance, brilliant—sometimes very funny—writing and flawless performances come together in this splendid film. Rated R

Solitary Man JJJJJ

Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, Mary-Louise Parker, Jenna Fischer, Jesse Eisenberg Drama A look into the life of an ego-driven, disgraced businessman as he tries to rebuild his life, making every mistake he can in the process. A wholly absorbing character study with an unlikely—and generally unlikable—protagonist, who becomes fascinating due to skillful writing and a powerful performance. Rated R

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice JJJ

Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer, Toby Kebbell Fantasy/Adventure A college student finds out he is the heir to Merlin the Magician and must train under an ages-old sorcerer in order to fend off a resurrected Morgan le Fay. An entertaining enough summer flick that’s simply too disposable to be memorable. Rated PG

Toy Story 3 JJJJ

(Voices) Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Micheal Keaton Animated Adventure Pixar’s group of rag-tag animated toys returns, and this time they must escape from an oppressive daycare center before their owner runs off to college. Above-average family entertainment—and exactly what you expect from a Toy Story film—but a bit underwhelming after Pixar’s latest output. Rated G

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse JJ

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Bryce Dallas Howard, Billy Burke, Dakota Fanning Tween Horror More teen romance angst while our heroine waffles between eternity with a vampire and paper-training a werewolf. It’s not really any better than the first two movies, but it’s funnier. Rated PG-13

Winter’s Bone JJJJJ

Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl Lee Mystery/Drama A 17-year-old girl must find her bailjumping father or lose her home. Unrelenting in its picture of poverty, but compelling in its storytelling and its ability to find humanity where you don’t expect it, Winter’s Bone is remarkable. Rated R

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may remind you of many things. It immediately reminded me of Marc Forster’s Stay (2005), Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York (2008). At the same time, it differs a great deal from these. Stay is visceral and enigmatic, where Inception tends to be cerebral and hides its enigmas. There’s imagery that’s almost straight out of Eternal Sunshine, but the film that Inception most felt like to me was Synecdoche. It’s also inevitably going to recall Scorsese’s Shutter Island, but I suspect this is more coincidental than not. At the same time, there’s one level of the film where it seems to turn into Peter Hunt’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), but it turns out to be O.H.M.S.S. with Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) at its core.

All that probably sounds confusing and derivative, but Inception is ultimately neither. Complaints that it’s hard to follow — with its levels of dream states — don’t surprise me, but also don’t hold true for me. I don’t recall ever having any great difficulty understanding what was going on. The story’s science — or lack thereof — doesn’t interest me. (I leave that to the nerdier fanboys, who want to come up with definite “answers” to what really happened without realizing that a large part of the experience lies in personal reading.) I’m willing to simply accept Nolan’s premise and go with it.

The premise — reduced to its simplest (ha!) level — involves Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), a man who has taken industrial espionage to a new level by invading a subject’s dreams and accessing the dreamer’s secrets in them. He is also a man with issues and a central problem, the latter involving a desire to go back home to the U.S. and

his children, but that’s thwarted by the fact that there’s a murder charge hanging over him for supposedly killing his wife, Mal (Marion Cotillard).

An opportunity arises to change that when an influential and wealthy industrialist, Saito (Ken Watanabe), promises he can and will settle things if Cobb can go into someone’s dreams and plant a thought rather than extract one. Specifically, he wants to plant the seed in the mind of Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy) to break up his dying father’s (Pete Postlethwaite) business empire.

Conventional wisdom — generally expressed by Cobb’s prosaic-minded assistant, Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) — says this is impossible. Cobb says otherwise.

A large chunk of the movie consists of setting up the concept combined with a fairly traditional variation on the heist film structure of assembling a crack team for the purpose. Nolan here offers us an interesting blend of popular moviemaking and art-house fare. It’s actually one of the best commerce and art balancing acts I’ve seen in some time. One thing that sets Inception apart — and this has troubled some viewers — is that it alters a key point in the heist scenario. Where the audience is normally kept from being able to quite grasp how it will work (the better to dazzle you with), here the participants themselves are being deliberately kept in the dark on several aspects. This results in a deliberate detachment from Cobb that makes him too distant for the viewer to much care about — at least during the first section of the film.

Ultimately, it doesn’t matter.

Nolan has finally crafted a film — a wonderful puzzle of a film — with a strong emotional component. His previous attempts at doing so have always felt forced to me — like he’s going though

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See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

RAMONA AND BEEZUS

Who the heck are Ramona and Beezus? Well, they’re apparently characters from a series of children’s books by Beverly Cleary that started in 1955. That may or may not clear it up for you. If not, the presence of Selena Gomez in the cast (as Beezus) is supposed to draw the Disney Channel tween crowd. The part of 9year-old Ramona went to relative newcomer Joey King, who presumably has no fan base at this point. Low-wattage names — John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Josh Duhamel, Sandra Oh — have been tapped for the adult leads. So far, critics have not been tapped, however, to sample the results. (G)

SALT

Director Philip Noyce often makes good movies and sometimes great ones (The Quiet American). Plus, there always seems to be an audience for Angelina Jolie, especially when she is in action-star mode as she is here playing Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent who has to prove she is not a Russian spy. (Accidental timeliness may work in the film’s favor.) The producers seem interested only in the Jolie connection, since supporting stars like Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor barely rate a glance in the trailers and less than that in the ads. No reviews to speak of yet, though the trades seem moderately pleased. (PG-13)

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Last week at the Asheville Film Society screening of Tarsem Singh’s The Fall someone asked if a movie like this ever got brought back theatrically — and now it has. The Fine Arts Theatre had four days to fill from

Monday, July 26, through Thursday, July 29, and they’ve booked The Fall for four shows a day. Good news for admirers of the film — and for anyone who likes the idea of movies getting at least a partial second life in the theaters. (R)

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the motions because he realizes he needs to, but isn’t really connected to them himself. Here, however, the ending scenes (especially one single line from a passport official) provide an emotional punch unlike any I’ve encountered this year. And I feel like I’ve only scratched the surface with a single viewing. There’s more in Inception than I realize at this point. Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike Cinema 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Cinebarre, Epic of Hendersonville, Flatrock Cinema, Regal Biltmore Grande 15.

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Mumblecore Rom-Com Rated R

The Story: A middle-aged man finds his burgeoning romance with an attractive woman undermined by her overly attached grown son.

The Lowdown: It’s the mumblecore mindset applied to a somewhat different story and with better actors than usual, but the result is still reels and reels of not very interesting talk adrift in crude cinematic style.

I had hoped — based on what some of the reviewers were saying — that the Duplass brothers had branched out beyond their mumblecore aesthetic. Unfortunately, all this really means is that the film boasts some professional actors and that the night scenes are merely under-lit, not virtually unlit. I haven’t spent a more tedious 90 minutes in a theater since the last time I sat through something labeled “mumblecore.”

If you don’t know, mumblecore is a film movement that eschews traditional production values in favor of hand-held camerawork, rudimentary lighting, improvised dialogue and apparently little in the way of acting. The idea is that this is “honest” and that it will reach some kind of “truth,” which sounds like pretentious codswallop to me.

All I’m seeing is amateurishness writ large. The camerawork, with its herky-jerky zooming in and out to no discernible point, doesn’t make it “real” (come on, guys, this method looked like rubbish when Roger Vadim “pioneered” the look in the 1960s). Awkward performances are just that. And bland uninteresting dialogue is something I can go hear any day of the week at the DMV for free, though I can’t imagine why I’d want to.

Apart from being a process through which people with absolutely no sign of actual talent get to make movies, I see no reason for the existence of mumblecore — and that hardly strikes me as a good reason. Others, however, strongly disagree with my assessment of mumblecore as one of the worst things ever to afflict the movies. This is easily demonstrated by the film’s 80 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That’s fine, but it does nothing to alter my feelings on the movement in general or this film in particular.

I give the film some credit, because it does depart from the standard mumblecore story line involving laterally mobile twentysomethings endlessly discussing the terminal ennui of their lives.

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Instead, it works from a more traditional, less navel-gazing-centered plot. Here we find John (John C. Reilly), a 40-ish-year-old guy with all the charisma of a wet sack of farina. He has been divorced from Jamie (Catherine Keener) for seven years, but plummets from self-indulgent slobdom to full-scale depression when she announces she is getting remarried. This changes when Jamie forces John to go to exactly the sort of dreary party I’d expect to be envisioned by mumblecore movie makers. There he mystifyingly attracts Molly (Marisa Tomei) when she catches him taking a leak in the shrubbery. “Nice penis,” Molly remarks, and though we don’t see it for ourselves, it must be a lulu, since there has to be some reason for her interest.

All this might be wonderful except that Molly has a 20-odd-year-old son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill), living with her in what can only be described as a creepily close relationship. Cyrus pretends to be all charm and goodwill towards John, but is actually threatened by his intrusion into his world and is out to rid himself of the interloper. It takes John an improbably long time to figure this out and engage Cyrus in a clandestine battle for Molly’s attention. That’s the central concept of the film.

The cleverest thing about it lies in the fact that Cyrus’ attachment to his mother isn’t really any different from John’s attachment to his ex-wife, but nothing is really made of this. And nothing surprising or edgy or particularly funny results.

The film is mostly a lot of talk — and most of the talk attests to the fact that great dialogue is generally written and not made up by the actors as they go along. In fact, in this case, letting the actors improvise mostly results in making them look as amateurish as the film’s camerawork. But remember, my feelings about the film don’t reflect the critical majority, so you may get more out of Cyrus than I did. Rated R for language and sexual material. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Fine Arts Theatre, moving to the Carolina on Friday.

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Director: Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure) Players: Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer, Toby Kebbell Fantasy/Adventure Rated PG

The Story: A college student finds out he is the heir to Merlin the Magician and must train under an ages-old sorcerer in order to fend off a resurrected Morgan le Fay. The Lowdown: An entertaining enough summer flick that’s simply too disposable to be memorable.

A few months ago, I had a discussion with a friend who argued that Nicolas Cage, particularly in his worst roles, seems to view the whole acting thing as a massive lark not to be taken seriously. I insisted that Cage is just terribly uneven. However, after Cage’s wigged out turns in Werner Herzog’s The Bad Lieutenant (2010), Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass (2010) and now Jon Turteltaub’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, I’m beginning to warm up to the idea that he might be at

best our most subversive actor and at worst our most self-indulgent. You might not enjoy yourself at a Nicolas Cage flick, but that’s not going to stop him from getting his jollies. Who knows what’s going on in Cage’s head? (Where’s the Shadow when you need him?)

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice has all the earmarks of the worst of Cage’s mainstream fare, right down to the animal pelt hairpiece plopped upon his head (I call this one “wet yak”). Nevertheless, Cage seems to be enjoying himself, and by proxy, the film’s kind of fun, too.

A lot of this probably stems from the fact that this is Cage’s project. He originally pitched to Disney the idea of a live-action version of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” segment from Fantasia (1940). While there is a pretty cheesy version of this in Turteltaub’s film, the movie is a different animal than both the Fantasia segment and the two-centuries-old Goethe ballad it was based on. What we’re given is a fully fleshed-out story revolving around Nicolas Cage, who strikes the right balance of palatable and plain old odd as Balthazar Blake, an apprentice of Merlin the Magician’s (James A. Stephens, Sherlock Holmes).

Balthazar has been tasked with a multi-millennial search for Merlin’s rightful heir. It seems there’s going to be one of these chosen-one types running around at some point — and finding him is important because he’s the only person who can finally destroy the evil Morgan le Fay, who currently happens to be trapped inside a magical nesting doll.

The search brings Balthazar to Dave (Jay Baruchel, She’s Out of My League), a modern-day college student — and your usual nebbish movie nerd — who turns out to be the Kwisatz Haderach of our little tale. The rest of the movie consists of Balthazar and Dave attempting to best the ornery Horvath (Alfred Molina), who wants to resurrect Morgana and — dare I say it? — rule the world.

This leads to all kinds of CGI fireworks and lots of wizard-on-wizard action. The film takes a sandbox approach to all of this that — like Horvath being attacked by strands of a beaded curtain — is occasionally clever and often entertaining. The film is surprisingly amusing when it isn’t slumming it in the realms of gaseous bulldog jokes and Baruchel being hit in his more sensitive regions with magical plasma bolts. Any movie that has a leather-pants-wearing and frosted-hair-sporting Criss Angel look-alike (Toby Kebbell, RocknRolla) being mistaken for a member of Depeche Mode can’t be all bad.

But this is only when the film gets things right.

Unfortunately, there’s a lot it doesn’t quite nail, and with five credited writers, the movie is often too scattershot. The romantic subplot surrounding Dave and his boyhood crush (Teresa Palmer, Bedtime Stories) is just dull, while a lot of the movie feels worn-out. There’s nary a surprise to be found, which makes good chunks of the film feel tedious and trite. This isn’t enough to completely wreck the film, but the things it gets right aren’t exactly enough to raise the movie above mediocrity. Rated PG for fantasy action violence, some mild rude humor and brief language. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike Cinema 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Cinebarre, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.

specialscreenings Imitation of Life JJJJJ

Director: John M. Stahl Players: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Louise Beavers, Ned Sparks, Fredi Washington Drama Rated NR John M. Stahl’s Imitation of Life (1934) is unashamedly a soap opera, but it’s not only an excellent example of that too easily dismissed form — it’s a soap opera with an agenda.

It is, in fact, one of the very few films of its era to tackle racism head-on with its story of two women — one white, Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert), one black, Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers) — who found a pancake empire. At its center, however, is the conflict between Delilah and her light-skinned daughter (Fredi Washington) who desires nothing less than to disown her mother and pass for white. Strong stuff in 1934 and still powerful now.

The Asheville Film Society will screen Imitation of Life Tuesday, July 27, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of the Carolina Asheville. Hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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Director: James Whale Players: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers, Una O’Connor, Dudley Digges Classic Horror Rated NR To celebrate James Whale’s 121st birthday (with a nod to the film’s leading lady, Gloria Stuart, who is still with us and turned 100 on July 4), the Thursday Horror Picture Show presents The Invisible Man (1933). According to Whale’s intimates, this — along with the rarely seen Remember Last Night (1935) — was his personal favorite. This pitch black comedy in horror-movie clothing is certainly one of his best films, and one of his most accomplished, making it one of the great classics in any genre.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Invisible Man Thursday, July 22, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of the Carolina Asheville. Hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Johnny Got His Gun JJJJJ

Director: Dalton Trumbo Players: Timothy Bottoms, Jason Robard, Kathy Fields, Donald Sutherland, Diane Varsi Anti-War Drama Rated PG Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun (1971) has been praised and vilified — to excess in both cases. It suffers from Trumbo’s decision to direct the film himself, which resulted in a certain clunkiness. The film needed a true visionary at the helm. At the same time, it’s almost a small masterpiece in its own daring, unrelenting way.

Classic Cinema From Around the World will present Johnny Got His Gun at 8 p.m. Friday, July 23, at Courtyard Gallery at their new location, Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District. Info: 273-3332.

A Night to Remember JJJJJ

Director: Roy Ward Baker Players: Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Michael Goodliffe, Frank Lawton, Tucker McGuire Historical Drama Rated NR Eschewing the romance and melodrama of James Cameron’s Titanic (1997) — and for that matter the similar qualities of the 1953 Titanic — Roy Ward Baker’s A Night to Remember (1958) is the Titanic movie for those captivated by the actual event. While a little on the dry side, it’s easily the most accurate film on the subject.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show A Night to Remember at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 25, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

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Heating & Cooling MAYBERRY HEATING AND COOLING INC • Service • Repairs • Replacements AC/Heat Pumps • Gas/Oil Furnaces • New Construction/Renovations • Indoor Air Quality Products.

(828) 658-9145.

Upholstery UPHOLSTERY AND RESTORATION Quality and friendly custom restoration services for all your upholstery needs. • Auto • Home. Free estimates.

(828) 551-5211.

Business SMALL BUSINESS WEBSITES - Websites created and/or optimized for small and home based business.

Are you ready to be found on the web? www.EcomGreen.com EcomGreen@gmail.com

Caregivers COMPANION • CAREGIVER • LIVE-IN Alzheimer’s experienced. • CarePartners Hospice recommended. • Nonsmoker, with cat, seeks live-in position. • References. • Arnold, (828) 273-2922.

ELDERLY PARENTS? Providing loving homecare, transportation and compassionate companionship by mature, experienced caregiver. Not a medical service. Valerie: (828) 231-1447.

Commercial Listings

Commercial Property

Cleaning DOMESTIC SERVICES A housekeeper to clean for you while you rest! meowlz@yahoo.com or (828) 216-4592 ask for Gina meowlz@yahoo.com NATURE’S MAID ORGANIC HOUSECLEANING Live clean, live green. Nature’s Maid organic housecleaning. Call for free estimate and 10% off your first cleaning. 828-2424464. Jill: 828-242-4464.

Handy Man HIRE A HUSBAND Handyman Services. 30 years professional experience. Quality, reliability. References available. Free estimates. $2 million liability insurance. Stephen Houpis, (828) 280-2254.

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DOWNTOWN 2nd floor of the Leader Building. • Potential for 3 condos; commercial, residential, or both. • Owner financing available. • Reduced! • $395,000. The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663, www.recenter.com HENDERSONVILLE. Urban flex space on historic 7th Ave. Live, work. 9,000 sq. ft. for only $405,000. Bank owned. G/M Property Group 828-281-4024, WEST ASHEVILLE Busy Haywood Road, possible retail, restaurant, service industry, auto repair. Owner financing negotiable. $446,500 or $3050/month.The Real Estate Center, (828) 2554663, www.recenter.com

Commercial/Busi ness Rentals 1988 HENDERSONVILLE ROAD Skyland Office Park. 4 office suite, 1020 sqft, $1400/month. Call Tim: (828) 776-0738 or tim@ homesourcebuilders.com 2 GREAT LOCATIONS • HENDERSONVILLE ROAD • Medical Office space, 1775 sqft • Great office space: 1000 sqft. Perfect for architect, accounting, financial planner.

(828) 691-0586.

217 MERRIMON AVENUE Commercial property available, ample parking, lots of traffic! • 4 units. $500/unit. (828) 255-0032.

Castle Keepers Property Management.

ATTENTION METAPHYSICAL PRACTITIONERS • Rental unit available. Convenient location, HWY 25/70. Minutes to Mars Hill College, Hot Springs, Marshall, Asheville. $350/month. 828-380-9227.

CLASS A OFFICE SPACE • Excellent road frontage, high visibility. Approx. 1700 sq.ft building with private parking.

Formerly Cliffs/Tiger Woods Sales Center. Great for medical, technology, or real estate sales. 828-238-7901.

FAIRVIEW • 4 Studios Available. 175-700 sq.ft.

Highway signage available. $150-$500/month.

Owner/broker: 828-216-3998.

MONTFORD OFFICE SPACE Share office with art therapist/psychotherapist.

Half-time share. $220/month.

L. Khalsa: 777-1962.

TUNNEL ROAD • PRIVATE OFFICE Great location in busy area of Oteen. • Great unit, nice and open and only $300/month! Call (828) 215-2865 for showings WALL ST OFFICE WITH VIEW Nine month sublet, possibly renewable. 100 sq.ft, 2 large windows facing downtown. 7th floor. $215/month plus dep. 828318-5288.

Rentals

Apartments For Rent $750/MONTH OR MORE? READ ME The last six 3BR, 2BA units at Brickton Village are only $134,900 plus get condo dues paid for 1 year! If you pay $750 or more in rent you may be able to buy. • 100% financing is available for qualified buyers. A short phone call can tell if you qualify.

• New, corner units with large balconies, spacious open floorplan, 9’ ceilings, modern kitchen with breakfast island. • Beautiful, pet-friendly community has fenced dog park and walking trails. • Great location minutes to Biltmore Park and Airport Road amenities. • Call Nitch Real Estate: 654-9394 or bricktonvillage.com 1 MONTH FREE! With contract. Live, play and work downtown. Beautiful apartments in the heart of the city! • Studio: $575/month. • 2BR, $695/month. Call 254-2229.

APM 1-2BR, 1BA NORTH • 16 Westall. Close to UNCA, carpet. $525-$665/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1-2BR, 1BA NORTH • 365 Weaverville Highway.

Carport, washer/dryer hookups. $475-$595/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1-2BR/1-2BA ARDEN, GLEN BEALE, D/W, W/D connections, AC. $545$645/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS From $525$1500. • Huge selection! • Pet friendly. (828) 251-9966.

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1BR, 1BA DOWNTOWN • 85 Walnut. Hardwood floors, balcony. $1,250/month. 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

2BR, 1BA • NORTH 510 Beaverdam, $545, W/D Hookups, Pets Okay, 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

1BR, 1BA EAST • 7 Violet Hills. D/W. Pets okay. $485/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

2BR, 1BA DOWNTOWN • 68 N. French Broad. Hardwood floors, mountain views. $915-$870-$915/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

1BR, 1BA HENDERSONVILLE • 1225 Highland. Elevator, hardwood floors. $425$575/month. 828-693-8069. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA HENDERSONVILLE • 2010 Laurel Park. Heat included, coin-op laundry. $495/month. 828-693-8069. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA MONTFORD • 333 Cumberland. Tile floors, high ceilings. $575/month. 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA NORTH • 11 Murdock. Great location, porch. $555/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA NORTH • 37 Sunset. Newly refurbished, mountain views. $590/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA NORTH • 45 Henrietta. Hardwood floors, sunporch. $595/month. 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA SOUTH • 15 Grindstaff. Great location, gas heat. $495/month. 828-2531517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA SOUTH • 30 Allen.

Patio, A/C, heatpump, $565/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1ST FLOOR • KENILWORTH 2BR, 1BA. Clean and sunny.

Woodfloors, central AC, WD, DW. Storage, 2 car garage, patio, fenced yard. $850/month. • Cats considered. (828) 242-1233.

2-3BR, 1.5BA NORTH • 30 Clairmont. Great location, A/C. $635-$655/month. 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

1.5BR, 1.5BA NORTH • 154 Banard. Close to UNCA, D/W. $635/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

2BR, 1.5BA HENDERSONVILLE • 902 Hillcrest. Deck, 2-car garage. $595/month. 828-693-8069. www.leslieandassoc.com

1BA/STUDIO • 85 Merrimon.

Summer Special! All utilities included. $500/month. 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

2BR, 1.5BA NORTH • 272 Edgewood. Close to UNCA, pets okay. $680/month. 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

1BR, 1BA • NORTH 83 Edgemont, $535/month, Hardwood Floors, Laundry Facility, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com

2BR, 1.5BA SOUTH • 2 Oakview. D/W, pets okay. $625/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

1BR, 1BA ARDEN • 10 Mountain. Patio, W/D hookups. $465/month. 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

2BR, 1.5BA SOUTH • 62 Finalee. Central A/C and heat.

Garage. $795/month. 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

2BR, 1BA EAST • 1746 Tunnel Rd. D/W, A/C. $595/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA EAST • 2484 Riceville Rd. Porch, W/D hookups. $625/month. 828263-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA SOUTH • 134 Aurora. D/W, A/C. $640/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA WEST • 355 Sandhill Rd. Fireplace, W/D connections. $735/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 3 GREAT APARTMENTS! 14 C Dogwood Court: 2BR, 1BA, $575/month. • 82 Macon: 1BR, 1BA, $750/month. • 82 Macon: 2BR, 1BA, $850/month. • Call (828) 255-0032. Castle Keepers Property Management.

3BR, 1BA NORTH • 71.5 Washington. D/W, A/C $795/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 2BA ARDEN • 8202 Terra. A/C, walk-in closet. $795/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 2BA NORTH • 265 Charlotte St. Hardwood floors, great location. $1,175/month. 828-2531517. www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 2BA WEST • 6 Evelake.

D/W, patio. $875/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com CENTRAL Large 1BR near UNCA. $535/month. Call 2530758. Carver Realty.

COZY AND CONVENIENT West Asheville. • Affordable 1BR apartment, Herron Avenue, 2 blocks from West End Bakery. • Large yard, newer appliances, maple cabinets. Remodeled bathroom. Non-smoking. $450/month. Call (828) 7132104.

DUPLEX • NORTH WEAVERVILLE Overlooking beautiful Lake Louise. Great neighbors! 2BR, 1BA, fireplace. AC, WD connections. 950 sqft. $600/month, utilities extra. • Pets negotiable. 252-3334.

LIVE ON THE RIVER! • EAST 2BR, 2BA, all appliances, including WD. • Large closets, storage. Covered parking. • Covered porch.

Open deck. Great views! • Quiet and convenient. • Pets considered. $695/month.

(828) 215-4596 or 7792736.

SIGN A LEASE IN JULY Sign a lease in July and take advantage of our Summer Special at Woodridge Apartments! Come by our office at 61 Bingham Road in Asheville for details! • Dishwasher, WD connections, all appliances. • Water, garbage and sewer included in rent. • Pet friendly. • No application fee. • City Bus picks up every hour. • 1, 2, 3 and 4 BR Homes! Section 8 welcomed! • Handicapped accessible units. Equal Housing Opportunity. (828) 250-0159. Professionally managed by Partnership Property Management.

SOUTH • Forestdale. 2BR, 2BA. D/W, storage. $805/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com SOUTH 2BR, 1BA unfurnished apartment, $600/month, water furnished. Lease and security deposit. • Pets considered.

Call Bass & Royster: (828)252-6664.

STUDIO, 1BA - NORTH • 42 Albermarle. Pine floors, high ceilings. $510/month. 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

Condos/ Townhomes For Rent 16 SPEARS AVENUE • NORTH Close to downtown/UNCA. 2BR, 2BA unfurnished townhouse.

Available July 1. $800/month w/lease and security deposit.

• Pets considered. Call Bass & Royster: (828)252-6664.

2BR, 2BA UPPER UNIT CONDO Two blocks to UNCA, quiet & private. Spacious interior, deck, F/P, all appliances, including W/D $950/Mo (828)713-2143

60 NORTH MARKET • LUXURY 2BR, 2BA, 5 rooms.

• Kitchen: granite/stainless/maple. • Fireplace, hardwoods/carpet.

• WD. • 7th floor view, large windows, 2 patios. • 2 Indoor parking. • Fitness/activity. $1850/month. • Must see, very nice! 254-4071 or oldtimr28@yahoo.com BILTMORE COMMONS • WEST ASHEVILLE Spacious corner unit, 2BR, 2BA, great light, designer wall colors, WD, gas fireplace, hardwoods/carpet. • Pool.

Exercise room. Creek view from screened porch. • 1 cat. • $725/month. Deposit.

Lease. References. (828) 400-3580.

CANTERBURY HEIGHTS • WEST ASHEVILLE 48 Beri Drive. Newly renovated 2BR, 1.5BA split level condos, 918 sqft. W/D. Pool, fitness room. $700/month. Mike: (919) 624-1513.

CLOISTERS • EAST ASHEVILLE Available midAugust. 2BR, 2BA. All appliances, WD. Fireplace. • Screened porch. Dining room. Pool, tennis, golf. $795/month, references, year lease. • No pets. (828) 2303739.

DOWNTOWN LUXURY CONDO New loft in historic 52 Biltmore Avenue building.

2BR, 2BA. • Gourmet kitchen, oak floors, exposed brick, fireplace, large windows, WD, concrete, granite, stone, stainless upgrades. • Indoor parking.

Best Downtown location; walk to anything! Reduced! • $1975/month. • 1 year lease required. (828) 301-8033 or (954) 684-1300. phillpen@aol.com

Homes For Rent 15 WATERS ROAD • EAST ASHEVILLE Nice family home, 3BR, 1.5BA, garage, wood floors. • Pets considered. $850/month. Call 255-0032, Castle Keepers.

1ST CALL US! 2, 3 and 4BR homes from $700-2500. • Pet friendly. • Huge selection! (828) 251-9966 Alpha-Real-Estate.com

2BR, 1BA NORTH • 41 Henrietta. Basement, sunroom. $$975/month. 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 1.5BA WEST • 183 Brevard. Private yard, hardwood floors. $920/month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 2BA NORTH • 16 Knoll Ridge. Deck, storage building. $1015/month. 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com ACROSS FROM TROUT STREAM Marshall/Shelton Laurel, 3BR, 1.5BA. On open 1 acre. $500/month. Call Stacey: (828) 206-0785.

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ALL AREAS - HOUSES FOR RENT. Browse thousands of rental listings with photos and maps. Advertise your rental home for FREE! Visit: http://www.RealRentals.com (AAN CAN) AMAZING! I have always used Mountain Xpress as advertising for our rental house. I’m amazed each time by the number of responses and the caliber of people it attracts. Thanks, John S. You too can get great results! Call 251-1333. Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace.

BEST TIME IS NOW! Best time to buy, pay less than rent, 1% rebate from Buyer Agent Commission, see www.BuncombeRealty.com, 301-2021.

BLACK MOUNTAIN • Large chalet-style house on private road. 3BR, 2BA. Hardwood floors, lots of storage, double decks. No smoking. $950/month.

828-298-3933.

BRAND NEW HOME 3BR, 2BA, 1440 sqft, 9’ ceiling, large windows, huge closets, stainless appliances. Stone patio.

• Sorry, no dogs. Exit 21, Woodfin. $1100/month. • Purchase $175,000, with FHA $1060/month.

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CAMELOT 3BR completely updated! New hardwood floors throughout! • Kitchen and baths totally new and fresh! • Great house with large media/recreation room in full basement with large workshop area. • Huge deck overlooking a wooded backyard in the city! $995/month. Call (828) 2152865 for showings.

CANDLER • CUTE 2BR Living room, dining room.

Yard maintenance included. $750/month. Call 828-2530758. Carver Realty CANDLER • 1BR, 1BA. W/D provided, water and yard maintenance provided. No pets. $525/month. 828-2530758. Carver Realty.

CANDLER • 3BR, 1.5BA. Garage, oil heat, A/C. Includes water and yard maintenance. No pets. $750/month. Call 828-2530758. Carver Realty

CENTRAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES AVAILABLE • Rentals • Rental Management • Sales • Listings. • The City Solution!

828.210.2222.

AshevilleCityRealEstate.com DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE • LIVE/WORK Imagine living/working right downtown! • Perfect for: Medical, Attorney, Real estate office/house, w/decks, trees, backyard, quiet, parking. $2200/month. (828) 4060128. www.satva.net

jobs HAW CREEK 3BR, 2BA, 1,400 sq.ft. A/C. 2-car garage. Tile and hardwood floors. Will consider pet with deposit. $1,000/month.

828-779-1243.

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SOUTH 3BR, 2.5BA, fireplace, hardwood floors, garage. $1125/month. Call 2530758. Carver Realty.

Vacation Rentals A BEACH HOUSE AT FOLLY 20 minutes from historic downtown Charleston, SC. • The legendary dog-friendly Rosie’s Ocean View and Kudzu’s Cottage, across the street from the beach!Visit www.kudzurose.com or call (404) 617-1146.

ARTIST • CARPENTER • HANDYMAN Woodworker, 49 SWM, needs affordable garage apartment or other live/work space or really cheap room or space bartered for home repairs or yard space to park my van for sleeping plus kitchen/bath access or a maintenance position for a B&B or other creative situation. Call Shep: 242-3227.

Don’t see what you’re looking for? Please go to www.mountainx.com for additional listings.

BEAUTIFUL LOG CABIN Sleeps 5, handicap accessible. Near Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC. (828) 231-4504 or 2771492. bennie14@bellsouth.net BIKER FRIENDLY VACATION RENTAL Sleep in a tipi! $50/night. Sleeps two. Beds, linens, morning coffee, ice/cooler, gas bbq grill, picnic table included. West Asheville.828-665-9337 www.ncmmt.com

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Employment

General A GRAND OPENING Now hiring sharp money motivated $elf-$tarters.

Several positions available.

Valid NC Driver License required. Call MondaySaturday, 10am-7pm.

(828) 367-2332.

PARENTS NEEDED Do you believe that all youth deserve the opportunity to experience what it feels like to belong, to be happy and to look forward to the future?

If so ...

Together we can make a difference in our community

Please call Nicole at 828-696-2667 x 13

Hendersonville 828-696-2667

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HIRE QUALITY EMPLOYEES “Our employment advertisements with the Mountain Xpress garner far more educated and qualified applicants than any other publication we have used.

The difference is visible in the phone calls, applications and resumes.” Howard Stafford, Owner, Princess Anne Hotel. • Thank you, Howard. Your business can benefit by advertising for your next employee in Mountain Xpress Classifieds.

Call 251-1333.

1st and 2nd shift enthusiastic production assembly team

operators to hire at a dynamic CD, DVD Manufacturer in Weaverville.

10 hour shifts of 4 days on and 4 days off. (6am-4pm, 4pm-2Am). Must pass background check. Se habla Español. Compensation: $8$10/h. eechavarria@getproductiv.co m 828-707-6415

Employment Opportunities • Call (828) 225-6122 or visit: biltmore.com

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North Carolina MENTOR was established in 1993 to provide community-based care for at-risk youth in the state.

Today, North Carolina MENTOR serves hundreds of at-risk youth in Western North Carolina.

• Therapeutic foster care • Respite • Intake Assessments • Therapy • Other Services

ATTENDANT/ASSISTANT • VETERINARY Part-time position responsible for assisting technicians and veterinarian with patients, caring for boarding pets and maintaining 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. • Experience preferred. Hours include rotating weekends. • Send cover letter, resume and 3 professional references to: White Oak Veterinary Hospital, 3336 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher, NC 28732, Attn: Donna Howland, or info@whiteoakvet.net

VILLE Company is seeking

Great Job • Great Town

Are you willing to open your heart and your home to a child or adolescent who needs a fresh start?

NC Mentor is looking for foster parents in Western North Carolina. Be a hero in your community and open your home to a child in need. We provide training, 24 hour support, internal respite as needed and a generous stipend.

MANUFACTURING/WEAVER

NOW HIRING

OPEN YOUR HEART… OPEN YOUR HOME Services include:

A SEASONAL OPPORTUNITY Inspect apples during harvest. August-October. Will train. Henderson County.

Mileage paid. Indoor/outdoor work. Call (828) 253-1691 extension 31. EOE. Leave message.

Become a treatment partner in an innovative and highly successful program for youth with behavioral issues.

Therapeutic Foster Care allows you to work from home, receive tax- free income for the services you provide and offers challenging opportunities for personal growth.

Who is eligible?

Anyone 21 years old and over, married or single, who rents or owns a home, is already licensed or just now ready for the journey, desires full-time placements or wishes to provide respite only and has a GED or college education

Installers/Technicians Great earnings potential.

• Company provided training,vehicle, tools and uniforms.

• Company paid health, vision, dental and life benefits.

• Paid personal time off and holidays.

• Applicants must have a valid drivers license, be a minimum of 21 years old, be able to frequently lift 75 pounds and safely climb a ladder. Background/drug screen and MVR required.

Call (828) 651-0431 jbell@upcommunications.com

PLEASE CALL: 828-631-3973 x 1464

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Administrative/ Office CLIENT SERVICES Part-time position in veterinary hospital. Looking for a service-oriented individual with a cheerful, mature personality and compassion for animals. Ability to greet clients, handle computer tasks and answer multiphone lines simultaneously with a smile is a must! Learn veterinary software to make appointments, generate invoices, check in and out patients and provide daily record keeping. • Hours include rotating Saturdays. • Send cover letter and resume with 3 professional references to: White Oak Veterinary Hospital, Attn: Donna Howland, 3336 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher, NC 28732 or info@whiteoakvet.net

Includes general administrative duties such as faxing, copying and scanning documents, answering phones, and distributing mail.

Candidate will coordinate travel arrangements, confirm conference calls, and meetings. Will ensure all invoices and expense reports are forwarded for payments and bill all claims in a timely manner. Will also follow up and book all requests for healthcare services and Diabetes Education.

Ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 yrs administrative experience, Associate’s preferred. Must

FULL TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Kerr Drug is seeking a Full-Time Administrative Assistant for our Asheville location. The Administrative Assistant is responsible for overseeing all administrative operations of the office and serves as the assistant to the Clinical Coordinator.

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be extremely accurate with strong interpersonal skills.

Must have a good working knowledge of MS Office.

Qualified candidates can apply at http://kerrdrugjobs.iapplicant s.com/

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LANDSCAPE CREW MEMBERS Motivated landscape crew member to join B.B. Barns Landscape Company. The physical work environment is in all types of weather conditions. Physical requirements: bending, grabbing and lifting 50lbs plus. We want employees that strive to go the extra mile for our clients, as well as the company. Applicant must be able to take direction and work well with others. • Monday-Friday, some Saturdays with overtime; hourly pay based on experience and education.

The landscape company is about a 1/4 mile South of our Garden Center on the right. • Pick up an application at 3377 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden, from 9am-5pm. BB Barns Landscape Company PROGRAM COORDINATOR Full-time 40hrs/week, paid hourly, $11-$13/hr commensurate with experience. For full job description and to apply contact msp@landmarklearning.org

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ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT for 20 hours each week.

Must be detail oriented, well organized and love numbers as well as people. Experience with QuickBooks preferred.

Minimum of high school diploma with preference given to individual having two year degree in accounting field. Send resume and desired salary to Finance Manager, 28 Pisgah View Avenue, Asheville NC 28803.

Salon/ Spa LICENSED HAIR STYLISTS 2 stylists with clientele preferred. • Great location: Off Charlotte Street, Asheville. • Plenty parking.

Contact Fredia, 258-9558 or 776-4761. Illusions Day Spa NOW HIRING STYLISTS • High volume Salon now hiring Stylists for both F/T & P/T who are positive, upbeat & ready to make excellent & guaranteed money plus benefits. If that is YOU, call for your confidential interview today.

828-380-2472.

Sales/ Marketing

PREP COOK Full time Monday - Saturday prep cook. Apply in person at Lulu’s 612 West Main Sylva.

Experience a must.

TRUST GENERAL STORE AND CAFE • Now taking

AMERILIFE AND HEALTH WANTS YOU! Join the largest senior financial planning team in the country!

• Training provided • 5-7 quality leads daily • Local market • Monthly bonuses and incentive. 1st year average $40K-80K!!! Call Lindsay Rowe, Lead Recruiting Specialist: (828) 684-1477.

applications for experienced,

SALES PROS • Time to get paid what you are worth AND have a life. Call 1-888-700-4916.

BEVERAGE LEADER? Dining

Restaurant/ Food

visit: www.pisgahinn.com

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.

reliable waitstaff with transportation. Call or come by: 828-622-7455. 14535 N. Carolina Highway 209. Hot Springs, NC 28743.

Hotel/ Hospitality ARE YOU A FOOD AND Room Management and Sous Chef Needed. Housing available. For application 828-235-8228.

FT MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT/DESK CLERKS NEEDED. Ft maintenance assistant position, should be experienced in minor maintenance, painting, carpentry. Desk clerk position available. Apply 120 Patton Ave.

HOUSEKEEPER • PARTTIME Montford B&B. 2025 hours/week, weekends required. Good pay, based on experience. Must be detail-oriented, dependable. Call (828) 255-7673, 11am-4pm, for interview appointment. Lion and the Rose B&B. INNKEEPER ASSISTANT • For upscale inn in Montford.

We are looking for a personable, responsible individual with professional demeanor. Duties include, but are not limited to, light cleaning, light cooking, organizing, telephone, and guest contact. Hospitality experience in necessary.

Must be familiar with Asheville area and attractions. Must be flexible with hours. Please call 828254-3878.

PISGAH INN Now accepting applications for all hotel and food and beverage positions.

Housing available. For application visit: www.pisgahinn.com 828-235-8228.

Retail SERVICE ASSOCIATE • HENDERSONVILLE Thrift Shop seeks part-time Service Associate. Must be able to lift 40 plus lbs, have knowledge of pricing and merchandising home goods and antiques, and strong customer service skills. Retail receiving background preferred. Please email resume to brhsthriftshop@gmail.com

Medical/ Health Care CNAs • BLACK MOUNTAIN • SWANNANOA Stacie’s Personal Care Services seeking CNA’s in the Black Mountain/Swannanoa area.

You can become part of Stacie’s team if you have a clean background, a clean drug screening, and an eagerness to help people in their homes. (828) 649-9014 or apply at www.staciespcs.com

Human Services CASE MANAGER Do you want to make a difference in people’s lives? Plans For Life is seeking a caring Case Manager to serve children and adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities in Henderson and Rutherford Counties. Position requires Bachelors degree in Human Services field and minimum 2 years case management experience with the ID/DD population post college graduation. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to produce detailed, comprehensive documentation required.

Submit resume to by fax at (828) 687-9536 or karen@plansforlife.net CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATOR Great, small nonprofit seeking dynamic Child Abuse Prevention Educator. • Resume to: 50 S. French Broad Avenue, Suite 152 Asheville, NC 28801 or email: caps@childabuseprevention services.org COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATOR The Autism Society of North Carolina is currently hiring for a Community Service Coordinator in their Asheville Office. Applicant must be QP qualified in field of Developmental Disabilities. • Preferred: one year supervisory experience, one year of experience working with individuals on the autism spectrum. • Please forward letter of interest and resume to Joe Yurchak at: jyurchak@ autismsociety-nc.org

CRISIS MANAGER NEEDED! Under the direction of the Residential Director, the Crisis Manager provides planning, direction, and supervision to direct care staff during evening hours of residential operation. The Crisis Manager provides trainings in the Eliada Model, provides coverage on-call responsibilities, and aids in the ongoing professional development and discipline of residential direct care staff. Will also supervise our pool of PRN staff.

Qualifications: Must have a bachelor’s degree, preferably in the Human Service field.

While AP candidates will be considered, two years of experience or QP status is strongly preferred. The position requires a valid NCDL and there are extensive on-call responsibilities. Email resume to eweaver@eliada.org fax: 828-210-0361

Professional/ Management INSURANCE SALES Bankers Life and Casualty Company.

Bankers Life and Casualty FAMILIES TOGETHER, INC. Hiring Qualified Professional to provide Day Treatment Services in our Brevard Classroom. Great schedule, no on-call, team atmosphere, salary, benefits. Email resume to humanresources@ familiestogether.net

FAMILIES TOGETHER Due to continuous growth through WNC, Families Together Inc. is hiring! FTI is a local mental health agency providing child, adult, and family centered services in WNC. FTI provides a positive work environment, flexible hours, room for advancement, health benefits, and an innovative culture. Go to www.familiestogether.net for employment opportunities.

HOMEWARD BOUND OF ASHEVILLE SEEKS F/T SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR Homeward Bound of Asheville seeks F/T Substance Abuse Counselor.Prior experience with homeless population preferred. $28,000/year with benefits. Resume to Heather Spencer, heathers@hbofa.org

LEAD RESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR Eliada Homes is seeking a new Lead staff to work in one of our Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities. Lead counselor must have excellent skills in crisis management and ability to work well with mental health population ages 12-17. Lead counselor acts as a support for other residential staff, and will be responsible for designing and ensuring implementation of certain activities. Position requires a Bachelor’s degree or an AA/High school diploma/GED with strong experience working with the target population. Qualified individuals please send resume to eweaver@eliada.org or fax: 828-210-0361

MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH • AVAILABLE POSITIONS Haywood County Therapist: Child and Family Services. Must have a Master’s degree and be license eligible. Please contact Chris Cruise, chris.cruise@ meridianbhs.org Office Support Staff Parttime position. Recovery Education Center. Must be detail oriented and have strong communication and computer skills. Two years of clerical/office experience preferred. Please contact Lisa Phillips, lisa.phillips@meridianbhs.org Therapist Offender Services (Sex Offender and Domestic Violence Treatment Programs). Must have a Master’s degree and be license eligible. Experience preferred. Please contact Diane Paige, diane.paige@ meridianbhs.org Macon County Clinician/Recovery Coordinator Part-tme position. Recovery Education Center. Must have a Master’s degree and be license eligible. Please contact Candace Rawlinson, candace.rawlinson@ meridianbhs.org Jackson, Swain, Macon County Clinician/Recovery Coordinator Recovery Education Center. Must have Master’s degree and be license eligible. Please contact Julie Durham-Defee, julie.durham-defee@ meridianbhs.org Therapist Child and Family Services. Must have a Master’s degree and be license eligible. Please contact Chris Cruise, chris.cruise@ meridianbhs.org Cherokee, Clay, Graham County RN Assertive Community Treatment Team Must have four years of psychiatric nursing experience. Please contact Patty Bilitzke, patricia.bilitzke@ meridianbhs.org For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org

OVERNIGHT COUNSELORS NEEDED Does working at night appeal to you? Are you experienced in the human service field, or maybe looking to start a new career? Eliada Homes needs night residential counselors (NRCs) to take care of our students. NRCs ensure students’ security, health, and safety and work with treatment team to aid in the students’ successful return to the community. Major responsibilities: performing bed/bathroom checks every 7 to 10 minutes, handling crisis situation, preparing meals, executing daily cleaning, etc. Requirements: an AA/high school diploma/GED with at least one year of experience in the mental health field or equivalent skills is preferred.

Must possess a valid NCDL and be insurable by Eliada’s carriers. Will work some weekends and holidays.

Please note that position requires ability to work in a high pressure, high stress environment. Position is PRN with possibility of full-time.

Please submit resume to eweaver@eliada.org, or fax to 828-210-0361.

PARKWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH • Has an immediate opening for a F/T LCAS in our Asheville office. Knowledge of working with Medicaid and IPRS clients would be helpful.

One evening will be required.

Parkway is an excellent, stable company and has competitive salaries, excellent benefits, medical insurance, PTO, free Supervision and CEUs for Licensure/Certification and much more for full time staff.

Send resume to: slayton@parkwaybh.com SOCIAL SERVICES COORDINATOR / QDDP Job Description: The Social Services Coordinator/QDDP is a professional position responsible for providing social service coordination to the residents of four ICF/MR group homes and QDDP services for a Supervised Living home for adults with Autism. This position requires a minimum of a bachelors degree in Social Work or related field and 2 years experience working with persons with developmental disabilities. This Social Services Coordinator is supervised directly by the Executive Director. The individual in this position will function as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team and as an administrative level staff.

Please mail resumes to WNC Group Homes 28 Pisgah View Ave, Asheville, NC 28803

THE OFFENDER SERVICES PROGRAM Is recruiting for a licensed or license eligible clinician to provide group and individual treatment to sex offenders and domestic violence abusers within the Sexual Abuse Intervention Program and the Domestic Violence Abuser Program.

Experience is preferred. A broad range of mental health and substance abuse issues are addressed in this integrated treatment program. Please send application and resume w/ cover letter addressing how your experience prepares you for this position to Diane Paige, Offender Services Coordinator at diane.paige@ merridianbhs.org For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org

Company is a growing insurance company and needs skilled licensed professionals. Agents are trained in a nationally recognized program and earn an average of $35,000 to $75,000 per year with opportunity to earn bonuses totaling over $30,000 per quarter. Call Brittany at (828) 350-8002 ext 0 or email: brittany.barrett@bankerslife.c omto apply. EOC M/F/H/D. RA 06-019 PERSONAL ASSISTANT NEEDED Mail dispatcher needed to work for us, the job doesn’t entail much. All you have to do is have mail received, record and also send out package or mails to

Caregivers/ Nanny

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Teaching/ Education ATHLETIC COACHES NEEDED Coaches Needed Carolina Day School seeks organized and experienced coaches in the following sports: Middle School Girls Volleyball, Varsity Girls and Boys Tennis, Middle School Boys Soccer, Junior High Field Hockey, All coaching positions are stipend positions only and provide no benefits such as health insurance, etc.

All successful candidates must pass a comprehensive background check as well as a drug test.

Interested candidates should submit a brief cover letter and deatiled coaching resume outlining their qualifications to shenry@cdschool.org or Carolina Day School Athletic Department, 1345 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803.

Carolina Day School is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all federal and state laws which prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, color, and national origin, age (18 or older), sex, religion, disability, marital status, and veteran status. shenry@cdschool.org

MATH TEACHER Eliada Homes is in need of a math teacher and a Title I teacher for our year-round day treatment program. Teachers must be licensed or have ability to become licensed in North Carolina. Title I must have experience with English and math, and Math Teacher must be prepared to teach up through Algebra I. Experience in mental health field/special education is preferred. Please email resume to eweaver@elaida.org or fax: 828-210-0361

Employment Services 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.

literate and must speak

HOME INSTEAD SENIOR CARE CAREGIVERS: “TO US, IT’S PERSONAL!” Hiring quality non-medical staff to encourage, assist and stimulate our clients.

Companion& personal care services. Application by appointment only. www.homeinstead.com/159

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EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH ASSOCIATE The Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute is hiring a full-time Early Childhood Research Associate to work on a research-to-practice project promoting young children’s early literacy learning. Send vitae, letter of interest, and salary history to tjones@puckett.org.

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