Mountain Xpress 06.19.13

OUR 19TH YEAR OF WEEKLY INDEPENDENT NEWS, ARTS & EVENTS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 19 NO. 48 JUNE 19 - JUNE 25, 2013

How this team helped stop MSD’s record sewage spill 8 Plus: Exploring the world of red wolves 11 Also: Appalachian crafts revival at Warren Wilson College 44

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p. 8 Code red Many more millions of gallons of sewage might have flowed into the French Broad River on April 30, but the Metropolitan Sewerage District’s “code red” team that day — staffers Mark Ferris, Mike Ball, Bob Triplett, Grady Brooks — plunged into the pool of raw sewage surrounding the pumps to find the blown closure plate and shut off the culprit valve.

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Wanda Greene wants us to raise taxes on people's property — by 15 percent! — so that our county commissioners can waste more money [“Paying the Cost,” June 5 Xpress]. She did not find ways to save money. Well, I have one suggestion — let's start with her and the commissioners' salaries. If they approve this tax increase, it is time for a new board of commissioners.

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There’s sTill Time Repairing broken streets and sidewalks, our decrepit transit center, updating key maintenance equipment, keeping taxes down — these are all things taking a back seat to funding yet another parking garage in the proposed budget, which allocates $12 million in capital-improvement funds over the next two years to build [it].

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Unfortunately, these farms are neither utilized nor supported to the full extent they could be. Hundreds of thousands of people in the Tar Heel state don’t have access to this food while biotechnology companies like Monsanto viciously attack farmers across the country.

The Senate recently passed the Farm Bill with the new Local Food, Farms and Jobs Act. This piece of legislation supports increased sustainable practices in farming while increasing access to clean, fresh food for low-income families.

I would like to thank Sen. Kay Hagan for signing on and voting for the interests of everyone across the state. However, the battle is not

over. The Farm Bill has moved onto the House and it is critical to let your congressmen and women know the importance of the act.

I urge all Ashevilleans to step up and call congressman McHenry, encouraging him to support the Local Food, Farms and Jobs Act. — Susie Proctor Asheville

nexT Time, TrY Waving Who died and made you motorcycle God? [“Why on Earth Are You Waving at Me,” June 5 Xpress]. I have been riding for 40 years and enjoy acknowledging fellow bikers. The simple gesture is just that — a way to say, "Hey brother (or sister), I like your ride.”

I have never had anyone tell me that they mistook my gesture as a left turn, right turn or stop. And by the way, since you can't seem to remember to turn off your turn signal, perhaps you should break down and buy a bike that does have canceling turn signals. Yes they do have them. Your turn signal on for several miles is much more annoying than my simple wave.

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The 400-pound stainless steel plate shot out of its casing, knocking steve sigman off the scaffolding. After crashing into a concrete wall and denting it, the massive plate landed on top of him as he lay curled up on the bare basement floor.

Raw sewage poured out of the opening at a rate of roughly 300 gallons a minute. Soon, nearby manholes began overflowing into the French Broad River. All hell had broken loose on Riverside Drive.

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The Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County collects and treats the wastewater from some 48,000 residences, 6,000 businesses and 22 industries within its service area.

Each day, about 20 million gallons of sewage flows through some 900 miles of collection lines into the 60-mile complex of interceptors that deliver it to the basement of the pump station where the April 30 accident took place. There, three large pumps raise the sewage 30 feet above the intake level to begin the treatment process.

Nearing the end of its 25-year useful life, the 1,500-pound pump No. 3 was slated for replacement. A contractor, Gilbert Engineering Co. of Statesville, had been hired to do the job, which included repacking the knife gate. In the open position, the sliding, inch-thick plate allows sewage to flow into the pump; when closed, it cuts off the flow.

A dry run conducted by MSD staff clocked 48 minutes from the time all three pumps were turned off until backed up sewage would threaten an overflow. The repacking process would take approximately 25 minutes. The contractor was

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ProBleM SolVerS: MSd managers Peter weed, left, and ken Stines stand beside an inflow pump; the knife gate is above. Photos by Max cooper given those parameters and told to have MSD turn off all three pumps before any work began.

But the signal to kill the pumps was never given.

The contractor's three-man crew — Foreman don sigman and his two sons, Keith and steve — arrived at the three-story pump station around 7:15 a.m., accompanied by MSD inspector Mike schraven. Instead of notifying plant personnel to turn off the pumps, however, they simply went to work on repacking the gate.

The effluent in the line to pump No. 3 was under considerable pressure; when the knife gate flew out, raw sewage rapidly spilled over the 30-by-50-foot basement floor. Keith and MSD staffer Bob Triplett got the plate off Steve’s chest and helped him up the

stairs. At Mission Hospital’s emergency room, they stapled a gash in Steve’s scalp and released him.

Meanwhile, Schraven turned off the pumps. But that didn’t stanch the sewage spewing from the open slot in pump No. 3.

down Shit creek One backbone of MSD's operating strategy is an emergency procedure called “code red.” A code-red alarm quickly pulls together a team that assembles at the building where bypass pumps, various types of piping and other specialized equipment are carefully maintained and stored.

"They know what their assignment is, what hoses and pumps they're supposed to get," explains Ken stines, director of system services maintenance. The code-red crew then scurries to the emergency site, ready to erect a bypass around the blockage, if necessary, until repairs can be made.

"It's made a tremendous difference in our overall volume of spills," Stines reports. "Most

PiPe down A brief history of MSd and its mission Created by state statute in 1962, the Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County is a nonprofit, publicly owned utility. Its initial mission was to collect and treat the wastewater from 16 separate municipalities and sewer districts in the county, thus eliminating much of the direct discharge into local streams and rivers.

The sewage comes from Asheville, Biltmore Forest, Black Mountain, Montreat, Weaverville and Woodfin, as well as 10 smaller districts in Beaverdam, Busbee, Caney Valley, Crescent Hill, Enka-Candler, Fairview, Skyland, Swannanoa, Woodfin and Venable.

A 25-million-gallon-a-day treatment plant was completed in 1968 and upgraded to 40 MGD in the mid-1990s. Between 1962 and 1989, a network of large interceptor lines was installed.

In the 1990 sewer consolidation, the various entities turned over some 720 miles of smaller, local collection pipes to MSD. Many were in poor condition; some dated back to the 1920s.

Since 1991, MSD has reinvested $291 million in the system, rehabilitating more than 176 miles of collector lines.

The number of overflows has shrunk from 289 to 25 per year. — Nelda Holder

knife gAte: this 400-pound knife gate — which closes off sewage flowing into the pump station — blew out of position April 30, leading to a shutdown that caused a major spill. are relatively low, because we either get it over with fairly quickly or we bypass the flow around the problem."

But no one was expecting a code-red summons to the treatment plant itself.

Minutes after receiving a hurried call from General Manager Tom Hartye, Stines was on-site. Sizing up the situation, he immediately contacted the dispatcher on his hand-held radio, saying, "Call a code red to the treatment plant."

In the short time it took his responders to get to the site, the wastewater in the basement reached a depth of 14 feet. At that point, sewage overflowed from the manhole behind MSD's administration building and began entering the French Broad.

Several hours later, the code-red team had pumped out enough effluent that maintenance responders could access the basement pumps.

Triplett and three other volunteers — Mike Ball, Mark Ferris and Grady Brooks — took on a cold, wet challenge, plunging into several feet of raw sewage while still more wastewater shot out of the slot.

They worked in near darkness: Electricity to the basement had been turned off because of the flooding. But somehow they managed to locate the submerged knife gate and the smaller yoke needed to reclose the valve.

It took all four men to hoist the massive, 30-by-40-inch plate. (Coincidentally, Ferris is a world-class power lifter.) Pushing against the relentless flow of water, they pounded the gate into place with wooden wedges. Then they began stuffing the slot with 3/4-inch rope, which kept blowing back out. Eventually, they were able to apply the flange to keep the packing in.

When they finally emerged into the warm daylight air above, the wastewater’s 55-degree temperature had so chilled them that their breath came out as fog.

BAckuP BAckS uP MSD runs a tight ship, which sails on a wide sea of redundancy. The pump that was the source of the April spill was actually a backup to the two main pumps.

"The project that was going on was to replace a pump so that this type of thing wouldn't happen," Hartye explains. "It was a 20- to 25-year-old pump.” All MSD pump stations have at least two pumps. “One,” he continues, “can run the entire flow; the other one's there as a backup. That's part of the design, and it became a requirement”

from the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

"We have one room all organized here with all the emergency pumps for those stations," says Peter Weed, director of wastewater treatment, operation and maintenance. And those backups, he notes, are "quite costly."

Including capital improvements and debt service, MSD devotes two-thirds of its annual budget to upgrading the infrastructure. As a result, “sanitary system overflows” have decreased significantly over the past 13 years, Hartye reports. That aggressive ongoing rehab, he points out, has also contributed greatly in upgrading the French Broad River’s water-quality classification from a class C to a class B. "We're kind of sore about the whole thing," Hartye says of the April 30 accident. "It didn't need to happen. We had a plan in place, and it wasn't followed. This organization spends 24/7, 365 days a year trying to minimize these types of incidents, so we're pretty upset."

While the four volunteers wrestled with the knife gate, additional team members were either working to close other valves in the basement or were upstairs manning the portable pumps. Plant operators were on hand to make sure everything was properly disengaged and then turned back on.

Up the hill, the drivers of two flusher trucks pulled water out of the "grit-and-grease" holding area in an effort to keep more effluent from flowing back down to the pump station.

eMergency reSPonderS: grady Brooks, Mark ferris, Bob triplett and Mike Ball voluntarily plunged into 14 feet of raw sewage filling the basement floor of a dark pump station on April 30.

For the next few days, workers monitored the river, taking water samples all the way down to Hot Springs. Crews had been quickly dispatched to post warning signs at the affected parks.

State water-quality officials had been notified immediately, before any sewage even reached the river. Local health departments were brought into the loop, along with town officials and assorted river users. News crews converged on the treatment plant, feeding the public updates on the dire situation.

The spill lasted six hours and 10 minutes, from 8:35 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., flowing at a rate of almost 1 million gallons per hour. Heavy rains helped dilute the spill: The river’s flow had swelled to more 190 million gallons per hour. By 8 p.m. that day, MSD crews had removed contaminated surface soils, disinfected and mulched around the manholes that had overflowed.

And by Thursday morning — just two days later — water quality in the French Broad tested within the normal range all the way down to Hot Springs.

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BeSt-lAid PlAnS A few weeks later, MSD supervisors assembled in an upstairs meeting room in the administration building, talking candidly about the spill.

Asked what their reactions had been when they arrived at the site, they were momentarily silent. "Two words," someone said, and then they all erupted into laughter. "Oh, shit," translated Stines. "That, and then, 'Get it fixed.'"

The agency has received a notice of violation from the state Division of Water Quality.

After MSD provides a more detailed response, a fine will be levied for the discharge, says Chuck Cranford, the regional office supervisor. Overall, though, he characterizes the MSD’s record as "really exemplary."

"This was just an unfortunate accident," he observes. "It's a shame it happened.”

The clamor surrounding the spill was set against the broader background of state lawmakers’ controversial attempt to unilaterally place Asheville’s water system under MSD’s management (which the city is challenging in court). Asked if staff morale had suffered due to those events, the assembled supervisors grew thoughtful.

froM the toP: “we had a plan in place, and it wasn’t followed,” says MSd general Manager tom hartye.

"It's embarrassing," said Weed. "But I was just blown away with the response of the crew and overall staff at the incident. It was just admirable. Afterward, I really got angry that [the spill] ever happened — and at a terrible time when, yes, we're in the spotlight."

"Just to have this on our record," commented ed Bradford, director of capital improvement. "We've got such a strong record that's recognized by legislators, the regulators, and then to have this happen — it's just disappointing. Regardless of the political things going on with the water."

"The water [issue] is very small," Hartye observed. "The water is de minimis compared to this spill. The water just increased the optics of it, I guess."

"I think people view us as kind of a third party sometimes," said Stines, "like we're trying to make money. It's important that we're nonprofit. Our job is to protect the environment."

The agency, he pointed out, maintains a "critical crossing" book with full plans for handling emergencies at the most crucial points where sewer lines cross water, such as the Carrier Bridge pump station (which typically handles 7 to 8 million gallons of sewage a day but may get up to 18 mgd in heavy rain).

"We've got the plans of how many pumps we'd need, where we'd pump to. It's all laid out ... blueprints, a plan and a guideline. So when it happens, all I've got to do is go grab that book," Stines pointed out.

Despite the best-laid plans, however, human error does occur. And in the end, these staffers could come up with only one way to ensure that there would never be a repeat of the April 30 spill. “The only consideration,” said Stines, “is outhouses.” X Nelda Holder can be reached at nfholder@gmail. com.

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running WiTh Wolves auThor T. delene Beeland explores The World oF red Wolves

BY BrandY carl

so what is the local significance? There was a reintroduction within the Great Smoky Mountain National Park at one point that didn’t work. The wolves just couldn’t handle living in the mountains. This is an issue of statewide natural heritage. It’d be wonderful if we could try to have a reintroduction again elsewhere. There are also red wolves … at the WNC Nature Center. People can always take trips to the red wolf recovery area. They can go on a howling safari to hear the wolves howl if they want to.

Local writer T. delene Beeland throws herself to the wolves. Red wolves, that is. Over the course of a year, she shadowed researchers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Red Wolf Recovery Program, watching as the team fought to keep coyotes from hybridizing the endangered wolf breed and to keep local hunters from shooting them. Her book, The Secret World of Red Wolves: The Fight to Save North America's Other Wolf, details what she saw and learned that year.

Beeland wrote about Mexican gray wolves for her University of Florida thesis about seven years ago. During her research, she ran across multiple papers about red wolves, sparking her interest in learning more about a creature the public knows so little about.

Armed with a degree in interdisciplinary ecology, Beeland set out to answer the question, “What is the red wolf?”

Since completing her book, Beeland has kept in touch with the biologists she worked with.

She currently serves as a board member of the Red Wolf Coalition and still maintains a strong interest in the affairs of red wolves.

Mountain Xpress: Why spend an entire year shadowing the FWs researchers?

What kind of feedback have you gotten so far on the book? So far it’s been positive. I’m very anxious and curious to see how it will be received, not only by general readers and wildlife lovers, but by wildlife conservationists and professionals.

T. delene Beeland: What they do is different at different times of the year, so I wanted to be there … whether they’re trapping, trying to replace radio collars that had dying batteries or documenting dens.

The other north american wolf: Ashevillean T. Delene Beeland spent a year shadowing red-wolf researchers. The result is a book that highlights efforts to save the species. image courtesy of UNC Press

What did you take away from the experience?

It really impressed upon me the lengths that different agencies have to go through when a species is that far into extinction. The red wolf’s case is pretty extreme, and we’re lucky that it breeds so well in captivity. [But] there’s been so many challenges with putting them back in the landscape, then [there’s] the reinvasion of coyotes to the west and the hybridization issues between the coyotes and the red wolves. Second to that, I had no idea when I first started the book how controversial the original issues were, and [how that] has held back recovery in a way, because people don’t understand what they are.

Were you ever scared? No, [but] there was one moment where I was anxious, and that was in chapter three, “The Search for Spring’s Pups.”

It was the first litter of pups we found when I was shadowing Ryan [Nordsven] and Chris [Lucash]. The female flushed and we found the den. She was hanging out about 100 yards away.

When we started handling the pups, I did have a moment of anxiety, like, “What if she comes back?’ [Ryan] was like, “We’ve never in all the years I’ve been doing this have one confront us when we’re handling the puppies.”

What was it like to be close to and interact with an animal that has a reputation as being bloodthirsty? With some of my previous research with Mexican gray wolves, I’d already deconstructed that myth. … It was still very surprising how different their nature was, in terms of their fear of humans and their docile nature upon confinement.

What memory do you have that really sticks out the most? There were so many wonderful experiences when I was doing the fieldwork with the biologists and just having the opportunity to shadow them for so long. We saw wolves that were injured, [which is] a different experience … than seeing warm, wiggly puppies.

Everyone likes puppies, right?

Has anything changed recently in the red wolf community? Last summer the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission proposed a change to its hunting regulations — nighttime, openseason hunting on coyotes, which basically means you’ll be able to hunt coyotes day and night every day of the year. [But] will this doubling of the hunting opportunity result in the doubling of the illegal killing of red wolves?

Another concern is just the safety of the red wolf team. Sometimes they have to go out and do things at night, and if people [are] hunting at night that’s a concern.

There was a lawsuit threatened by the Red Wolf Coalition, the Defenders of Wildlife and the Animal Welfare Institute, which are collectively represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center. [North Carolina officials were] proposing statewide [open season] without any exceptions for the red wolf recovery area. These groups believe that the hunting regulation proposal violates the Endangered Species Act. A second change, since I wrote [about] the spring pups: Each year since, there have been fewer pups, [possibly] because there are more coyotes in the red wolf recovery area.

Will you continue to work with the red wolves? I set up [the Friends of the Red Wolf group] after I finished the book, and we launched that in January. It’s a fundraising group to help fill in the holes with [the nonprofit Red Wolf Coalition’s] budget. … I’m hoping that the friends group can help raise money to buy some items on [the group’s] equipment wish list and eventually, if we can get some help, get some research grants as well. X Brandy Carl is an Xpress news intern and a senior at Western Carolina University. She can be reached at brandy@mountainx.com or 251-1333, ext. 128.

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asheville ciTY council navigaTes lingering uncerTainTY in The annual BudgeT BY david ForBes Those who arrived in Asheville City Council chambers June 11 expecting a resolution, or at least some more clarity, about the city's budget and taxes for the coming year were disappointed. Council members face an onslaught of financial curveballs — a tax-and-fee overhaul from the GOP-dominated legislature that would cut municipal revenues statewide, uncertainty about pending bills that target the city’s bottom line, and a property revaluation that affects property-tax rates.

The night featured a public hearing, giving citizens the chance to weigh in on the $143 million proposed budget city staff had brought forward several weeks ago. It also gave Council members the opportunity to voice their views.

The latest budget proposal takes two big risks: It assumes the city will retain the water system over the course of a court battle and that legislators will pass a state bill allowing Asheville to hand off its parks-andrecreation services to a new Culture and Recreation Authority managed by Buncombe County.

Further, it assumes the city can use the anticipated annual savings from that authority — $2.5 million — as leverage to take out a loan for an $11 million wish list that includes affordable housing development, infrastructure improvements and some funding for a major upgrade of the Asheville Art Museum.

But there’s a kink in this plan.

“It's highly unlikely that [parks] authority, and its savings in our budget, will come true,” Council member Marc Hunt noted. “We need to direct the city manager to prepare a different alternative,” he said.

If Council wants to follow through on its wish list, regardless of what state legislators do, there’s only one solution: raise taxes.

concerns, Fears, Worries, douBTs To bring in the same amount of revenue as last year, the city budget starts with a 1 cent per $100 property tax increase. Faced with similar financial challenges, it’s likely that Buncombe County commissioners will also raise taxes. If Council approves more than the revenue-neutral rate, city taxpayers would be overburdened, said speakers like John Miall, the city's former risk manager and a mayoral candidate this year.

“This budget is anything but neutral,” he said.

“The vast majority of folks probably agree that a tax increase was inevitable, but I have a big issue [when] $2 million is going out the door to the art museum.”

The Asheville Art Museum is anticipating a $20 million expansion and renovation; it’s a high priority in Council’s economic-development plans, and Council’s $2 million allocation would help secure loans and grants for the project.

If a recreation authority does emerge from the North Carolina General Assembly, Miall added, the burden will still fall upon Ashevilleans to help pay

for its upkeep via their county taxes, even if city government saves money overall.

Haw Creek resident saul Chase raised similar concerns, arguing that the proposed budget overemphasizes downtown and funds local organizations instead of needed street and sidewalk improvements elsewhere in the city.

“The capital improvement budget doesn't present a pretty picture,” Chase continued. “Your job as City Council members is not to improve nonprofits' ability to get money.”

aspiring and perspiring

plan B (and c, d and e): Council member Marc Hunt brandishes a copy of the city’s proposed budget during the June 11 meeting.

Yet another budget plan may be in the works as Council believes a recreation authority that could save them millions is unlikely to get state approval. Photo by Max Cooper

projecT x: The mYsTerY is gone On June 11 the uncertain budget met the economic development project no one has been allowed to talk about: Council signed off on $1.5 million in tax rebates for a long-unspecified company (“Project X” in both city and Buncombe documents). The then-unnamed company promised to bring 52 high-paying jobs to the area by 2017.

Before the vote, the Asheville Tribune had reported that the company was GE Aviation subsidiary Unison Corp., which has a facility in east Asheville at the Sweeten Creek Industrial Park. On June 17, the local Economic Development Coalition confirmed that the company will expand and manufacture ceramic matrix composites for jet engines. It will develop facilities across four counties and three municipalities in North Carolina, making it the first company in America to make the high-tech, high-efficiency parts.

For the local deal, the city will pay the rebates over seven years as the company progresses with its Buncombe facility.

Earlier this month, the Buncombe County Commissioners approved a complicated deal providing $15.7 million in land acquisition and construction for the company, along with $2.68 million in cash grants.

Council approved the deal 5-1, with Council member cecil Bothwell voting against it. While it’s standard to keep economic development projects confidential while negotiations are going on, by the time tax incentives make their way to a Council vote, the company’s name is usually public.

“The people deserve to know what the incentives are going for,” he said.

Nonetheless, during the hearing and vote, Bothwell said only that Project X was an aviation company, noting that its sheer size meant it shouldn’t need incentives. For more info, go to mountainx.com/business. — David Forbes

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Then came Council's turn to highlight their individual positions. For several on Council, such as Hunt, the latest budget proposal gives the city a chance to break out of years of putting aside infrastructure needs and other improvements.

“We're at a time we can do some creative things with some vision to help our citizens' quality of life and improve economic development,” he said.

“We've got to find a way to get to that.”

In this case, minus the savings from a recreation authority, being proactive would mean increasing the tax rate to 47 cents per $100 (the current rate is 42 cents).

Council member Jan davis said he was “inclined to agree ... there's a time when you have to step up and say 'we have a responsibility.'”

Council member Gordon smith also said the wish list represented a chance at a viable future for Asheville. “We have a choice before us: we're either going to be an aspirational city that grows toward our goals or we're going to be a stagnant city that starts to decline.”

When asked by Council, staff noted that the last major tax increase (4 cents per $100) came in 1995 and was earmarked for road repairs.

Council member Chris Pelly advised his colleagues to move carefully. He said, “I've got to tell you, I'm still undecided,” he said. “Between what we're talking about here and what the county's bringing forward, we're talking about a significant impact on residents. I'm not convinced yet.”

Mayor Terry Bellamy also expressed some doubts, asserting that the city needs to work more with the state delegation to make the recreation authority happen.

Council member Cecil Bothwell accused state legislators of “essentially holding the city and county hostage” by refusing to act on the recreation authority bill unless Asheville drops its lawsuit over the water-system merger. He asked whether Council members could pass multiple budgets for different state legislation scenarios.

They can't, according to the city's attorneys.

And Council’s budget deadline looms large: They vote on it June 25. Bellamy observed that Council could wait until midnight, June 30, if necessary. X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 137 or dforbes@mountainx.com.

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picking Winners BuncomBe counTY BudgeT calls For increase in nonproFiT spending WesTern norTh carolina medical FoundaTion Requested funding

$450,000

Proposed funding

$350,000

pack place Requested funding

$450,000

Proposed funding

$275,000

asheville arT museum Requested funding

$2.9 million

Proposed funding

$250,000

pisgah legal services Requested funding

$95,000

Proposed funding

$175,000

BuncomBe counTY schools career academY

making the case: Swannanoa Valley Museum executive director Anne Chesky Smith says that proposed county funding will help pay for much needed renovations to the facility.

BY jake Frankel After months of debate, Buncombe County Commissioners are poised to give local nonprofits slightly more money overall than last year, but much less than they want.

The 2013-2014 budget proposal allocates $1.88 million to 28 nonprofits. That's about 9 percent more than in 2012, but far short of granting the agencies the full $7.21 million requested.

Pack Place, an arts-and-science education center in downtown Asheville, asked for $475,000 but will get a little more than half that under the plan, which commissioners will vote on June 25.

The Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation requested what it received last year for providing health care to low-income, uninsured residents. But it's slated for a 22 percent cut in the proposed budget, getting $350,000.

Helpmate, which serves victims of domestic violence, asked for $40,000; the plan calls for giving the group less than half that.

Meanwhile, other groups will benefit from this year's funding increases.

The Asheville Art Museum asked the county for $2.9 million to help fund a $24 million facility

upgrade. The Buncombe budget calls for contributing $250,000 to the project this year, with more to be distributed in the years ahead.

The budget also calls for giving Mountain Housing Opportunities $150,000 for affordable housing projects, including a major new mixed-use development in Swannanoa. That's up 119 percent from what the group received last year.

Last year, the Swannanoa Valley Museum didn’t receive any county funding. This year, commissioners’ proposed budget awards $75,000 to help pay for a construction project.

"We're in dire need of repair and renovation to better serve the community," says Anne Chesky smith, the museum’s executive director.

up For discussion Commissioners made these tentative funding decisions during months of mostly behind-thescenes negotiations. As they prepare to vote on June 25, disagreements remain.

The county's $337 million budget proposal already calls for raising the property-tax rate by roughly 15 percent and dipping into the county's reserve funds to the tune of $7.74 million.

Requested funding

$94,000

Proposed funding

$94,000

Top tier: The five nonprofits tentatively scheduled to receive the most money from Buncombe County in fiscal year 2014, which begins July 1.

In addition to an increase in funding requests, Buncombe County Manager Wanda Greene blames a drop in property values and unfunded federal mandates for the crunch. (See "Paying the Costs," June 5.)

The situation puts political pressure on commissioners trying to fulfill campaign promises to be fiscally disciplined yet also maintain popular programs.

The budget "doesn't look so good," Commissioner Mike Fryar said on June 4, during the most recent public budget talks.

Singling out Pack Place and Mountain Housing Opportunities, he says the county should give less money to nonprofits.

Earlier this year, Commissioner Joe Belcher unsuccessfully pushed for austerity measures that would've limited spending on nonprofits by barring their annual funding requests from exceeding the inflation rate.

But nonprofit leaders say the sputtering economy has also resulted in more demand butless money for their work. Many, such as Bill Murdock, executive director of Eblen Charities, have argued that their services actually save taxpayer money in the longterm.

The organization's Graduation Initiative has helped reduce dropouts since its inception in 2006, he reports. Murdock maintains that the participating students will more than make up for the cost of the program through the increased tax revenues they contribute over the course of their lives, as well as reduced costs for health care, criminal justice and public assistance.

Buncombe County's budget fulfills Eblen's total requested amount of $50,000 for the program this year.

Meanwhile, Commissioner ellen Frost is campaigning on behalf of Pisgah Legal Services, urging her colleagues to give more to a program that helps disadvantaged children escape abuse and neglect. "It's incredible — incredible what they do," she exclaimed to fellow commissioners June 4. "They save us a lot of money in the long run."

In the days since, Greene has amended the county’s budget, tentatively adding $50,000 to Pisgah's allocation, bringing the total to $175,000 — more than twice what it received last year. X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.

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calendar categories community events & workshops / social & shared-interest groups / government & politics / seniors & retirees / animals / technology / business & careers / volunteering / health programs / support groups / helplines / sports groups & activities / kids / spirituality / arts / spoken & written word / festivals & gatherings / music / theater / comedy / film / dance / auditions & call to artists Calendar for June 19 - 27, 2013 unless otherwise stated, events take plaCe in asheville, and phone numbers are in the 828 area Code. day-by-day Calendar is online Want to find out everything that's happening today -- or tomorrow, or any day of the week? Go to mountainx. com/events. weekday abbreviations: SU = Sunday, MO = Monday, TU = Tuesday, WE = Wednesday, TH = Thursday, FR = Friday, SA = Saturday

adoptable dogs on local hikes. Meets at BWAR, 31 Glendale Ave. Free.

Community partnership for pets • 4th SATURDAYS, 10am-1pm - C Lowcost vouchers will be sold at Tractor Supply Company, 115 Four Seasons Mall, Suite A, Hendersonville. Info: 6935172 or cpforpetsinc@aol.com. free spay vouChers • The Humane Alliance offers free spay services for female felines. Pick up a Dudley Fund voucher at Humane Alliance, Pet Harmony, BWAR, Friends

animals

2 Ferals or Asheville Humane Society.

Info and appointment: humanealliance.

brother wolf animal resCue A no-kill organization. Info: bwar.org or 505-3440.

• WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 10am-1pm - Outward Hounds invites the public to take

org or 252-2079. furever friends • SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 10am5pm - Furever Friends Animal Rescue Network and Sanctuary will host feline

calendar deadlines Free and paid listings - Wednesday, 5 p.m.

(7 days prior to publication)

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hike the highlands of roan: The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy will host its June Jamboree, featuring hikes, mountaintop yoga and activities for kids, on Saturday, June 22. Registration required. (pg. 17)

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

In order to qualify for a free listing, an event must cost no more than $40 to attend and be sponsored by and/or benefit a nonprofit. If an event benefits a business, it’s a paid listing.

adoptions at Petco, 825 Brevard Road.

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

Info: 398-4943.

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piedmont ClassiC paso fino horse show

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

Please limit your submission to 40 words or less.

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Fax: (828) 251-1311, Attn: Commercial Calendar mail: Commercial Calendar, Mountain Xpress, P.O. Box 144, Asheville, NC 28802 in person: Classified Dept., Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall St. (the Miles Building), Ste. 214, downtown Asheville.

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

• TH (6/20) through SU (6/23) - The Asheville Alive Piedmont Classic Paso Fino Horse Show will be held at the WNC Ag Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road, Fletcher, featuring vendors, food and more. Free to attend. Info: ashevillealive.com. traditions horse show • SA (6/22), 11am-9pm - An open horse show featuring English, Western, Games and Gaited classes. Proceeds benefit the Asheville Humane Society.

Held at the Etowah Riding Club Showgrounds in Etowah. Free to attend; $5 for classes. Info and directions: 230-5784, 891-2750 or cabritt@ hotmail.com.

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arT JG photo Gallery (pd.) Inside Chocolate Gems 25 Broadway (Next to Strada) Open every day. Info: (828) 302-1988 or john@ jgphoto.com http://www.jgphoto.com Photographs by John Gellman. John lives at the crossroads of eclectic documentary and fine art photography with a dash of rock ‘n roll (Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, George Harrison) thrown in.

A Guided PAintinG event • this saturday (pd.)Wine and Design on Wheels at the Well Bred Bakery, Weaverville. • This Saturday, June 22, 6-8pm. Supplies and instruction provided on-site, leave with a completed canvas! Register: wineanddesignus.com/asheville click calendar.

(828) 255-2442.

'PAint Your Pet' • A Guided paintinG event (pd.)Thursday, June 27, 6:30-9:30pm.

Send us a jpeg headshot of your animal

by June 20, leave with your own pet

portrait by the end of the evening!

Register: wineanddesignus.com/asheville • click calendar. Wine and Design Asheville, 640 Merrimon Avenue. (828) 255-2442. ameriCan folk art and framinG Oui-Oui Gallery is located at 64 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: amerifolk.com or 281-2134.

• Through WE (6/19) - On the Shore, works by self-taught Southern artists.

• Through (WE (6/26) - Farm to Table, painting and pottery on the theme of "growing, preparing and serving the season’s abundant crops." art at asu Exhibits take place at Appalachian State University's Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, unless otherwise noted.

Tues.-Thurs. & Sat., 10am-6pm; Fri., noon-8pm. Donations accepted. Info: tcva.org or 262-7338.

• Through SA (8/3) - Victor Ekpuk: Drawing Memories will be on display

in Gallery B and Mayer Gallery's West Wing.

• Through SA (8/3) - Negotiation of the Secret Society Cloth: An Exploration of Ukara will be on display in Gallery A and Mayer Gallery's West Wing.

• Through SA (8/3) - The BFA senior studio exhibition will be on display in the Community Gallery's East Wing. art at mars hill ColleGe Weizenblatt Gallery: Mon.-Fri., 9am5pm. Info: mhc.edu.

• Through TH (9/5) - Urban Imagery and Personal Fantasy group photography show. artetude Gallery • SA (6/22) - EquusArt by Alyson Markell. On display at 89 Patton Ave. • SA (6/22), 5:30-8pm - Opening reception and anniversary celebration. asheville area arts CounCil Gallery 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am-4pm.

Info: ashevillearts.com or 258-0710.

• Through FR (6/28) - Western Arts Agencies of North Carolina Traveling Postcard exhibition.

• FRIDAYS, 9-11am - Artist business brainstorming sessions will feature oneon-one opportunities for artist entrepreneurs. Free or by donation. Call to confirm dates.

• SU (6/23), 10am-1pm - Asheville Art Church, a "Sunday morning sanctuary for the creative spirit," invites the public to write, paint, draw and craft. $10-$20 donation. asheville art museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Programs are free with admission unless otherwise noted.

Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: ashevilleart.org or 253-3227.

• Through SU (9/29) - PLAY, works from the permanent collection, will be on display in the East Wing.

• MO (6/24), 10-11am - "Laughter yoga" will accompany the Play exhibit. $8/$5 members. Registration requested.

• Through SU (6/23) - Aaron Siskind: Abstract Expressionist Photographer will be on display in the North Wing.

• Through SU (9/1) - A Sense of Balance: The Sculpture of Stoney Lamar.

• FR (6/21), noon - Lunchtime Art Break: Aaron Siskind: Abstract Expressionist Photographer. This tour is designed to engage guests in dialogue with artists, educators, docents and staff. Free with membership or museum admission. asheville bookworks 428 1/2 Haywood Road. Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 1-5pm; Sat., 1-4pm. Info: ashevillebookworks.com or 255-8444.

• Through SA (6/29) - Homegrown Alphabets, a juried letterpress exhibit. asheville Gallery of art 16 College St. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am5pm. Info: ashevillegallery-of-art.com or 251-5796.

• Through SU (6/30) - Artist of the month: John Anderson. Wee Ones - New Whiskey Paintings, miniature watercolor and ink paintings. blaCk mountain Center for the arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain.

Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Info: BlackMountainArts.org or 669-0930.

• Through FR (6/21) - Plein air paintings from the Art in Bloom Cottage Garden Tour. blaCk mountain ColleGe museum + arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College. Tues. & Wed., noon-4pm; Thurs.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: blackmountaincollege.org or 350-8484.

• Through WE (8/21) - Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative Design. blue spiral 1 38 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm, and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: bluespiral1. com or 251-0202.

• Through TU (7/23) - Along the Trail, works by eight regional artists.

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• Through TU (7/23) - Works by Mark Hewitt and Dana Brown.

Castell photoGraphy 2C Wilson Alley. Wed.-Fri., noon-6pm; Sat., noon-7pm, or by appointment.

Info: castellphotography.com or 2551188.

• Through SA (7/27) - Figures and Space, photography by Eric Baden, Elizabeth Fritts, Roger Ricco and Lauren Semivan.

Cradle of forestry events Open daily, 9am-5pm. Route 276, Pisgah National Forest. Admission: $5/ children ages 15 and under free. Some programs require an additional fee.

Info: cradleofforestry.org or 877-3130.

• Through SA (6/29) - Our Spectacular Southern Appalachians nature photography exhibit. dusty roads • Through WE (7/31) - Dusty Roads, photography by Barbara Sammons, will be on display at the Canton Public Library, 11 Pennsylvania Ave. Info: barbarasammons.com or 648-2924.

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

haen Gallery 52 Biltmore Ave. Mon., Wed., Thurs. & Fri., 10am-6pm; Tues. & Sat., 11am6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: thehaengallery.com or 254-8577.

• Through TH (6/30) - Inward Aspects, works by Steven Seinberg, Marci Crawford Harnden and Tim Anderson. handmade in ameriCa Located at 125 S. Lexington Ave. Info: handmadeinamerica.org or 252-0121.

• Through FR (9/13) - Needled: Contemporary Needle Craft.

• Through WE (7/10) - Works by Akira Satake will be on display at BeverlyHanks, 1 Town Square Blvd., Suite 140.

eClipse salon 16 Wall St. Tues.-Fri., 9am-6pm; Sat., 9am-5pm. Info: eclipseasheville.com or 285-0019.

• Through SU (6/30) - Paintings by Matthew Zedler.

haywood County arts CounCil Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC's Gallery 86, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: haywoodarts.org or 452-0593.

• Through SA (6/29) - Appalachia.

firestorm Cafe & books Located at 48 Commerce St. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: firestormcafe.com or 255-8115.

• Through SU (6/30) - Political printmaking by local activists and MFA graduates Chelsea Ragan and Adam Void.

honour stewart Gallery Grove Arcade, 1 Page Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and by appointment. Info: honourstewartgallery.com or 232-4260.

• Through WE (7/10) - Works by Juan Benavides, Geza Brunow, Douglas Stewart and Honour Hiers Stewart.

folk art Center MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Open daily from 9am-6pm. Info: craftguild.org or 298-7928.

• Through SU (6/30) - Works by Norma Bradley (fiber) and Rebecca Kempson (mixed media).

• Through SU (6/23) - Works by graduates of Haywood Community College’s professional crafts department.

izzy's Coffee den 74 N. Lexington Ave. Info: 258-2004.

• Through TH (7/4) - Truth and Tangents, mixed media by Gin S. McGill.

folk art Game boards • Through SU (6/30) - An exhibit of hand-painted folk art game boards (checkers and tic-tac-toe) by Francine Menor will be on display at the West Asheville Library, 924 Haywood Road.

Info: 250-4750. foundry 92 Charlotte St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm. Info: www.digfoundry.com.

• Through WE (7/31) - Dive into the Plastiquarium, works by David Edgar.

Grand bohemian Gallery Located at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Biltmore Village, 11 Boston Way. Mon.-Thur., 10am-7pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am8pm; Sun., 10am-5pm. Info: bohemianhotelasheville.com or 505-2949.

• SA (6/22) through WE (7/31) - Lush Life: Flora and Fauna, paper paintings

by Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson.

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Grovewood Gallery Located at 111 Grovewood Road.

April-Dec. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 11am-5pm. Info: grovewood.com or 253-7651.

• SA (6/22) through SU (9/22) Celebration of Color, group wood sculpture show.

• SA (6/22), 3-5pm - Opening reception.

n.C. arboretum Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily. Info: ncarboretum. org or 665-2492.

• Through SU (9/22) - Twenty-First Century Clay, pottery by Matt Jones. off the map artist leCture • MO (6/24), 7pm - Dawn Roe, founder of the public art project Window: Re/ production | Re/presentation, will discuss her work with lens-based media at the Fine Arts Theatre lounge, 36 Biltmore Ave. Info: dawnroephotography.com or 232-1536. om sanCtuary 87 Richmond Hill Drive. Info: omsanctuary.org.

• TH (6/20), 5:30-8:30pm - An opening reception for Fine Art Mandala of Nature will feature photography by Taylor Johnson. pastel exhibition • Through SU (8/18) - The North Carolina Statewide Pastel Exhibition, On Common Ground: Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea, will be on display at the Hickory Museum of

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Art, 243 Third Ave. N.E., Hickory. Info: appalachianpastelsociety.org.

70 at Lytle Cove Road. Free to attend.

Info: avl.mx/s5.

penland sCholarship auCtion • TH (6/20), 8pm - Penland School of Crafts will host silent and live auctions, to benefit its scholarship programs, at 67 Doras Trail, Penland. Free. Info: penland.org or 765-2359.

the little flea • SATURDAYS, 3-7pm - The Little Flea will feature produce and "handselected fare and wares" behind Grace Baptist Church, 718 Haywood Road.

Free to attend. Info: littleflea.org.

push skate shop & Gallery Located at 25 Patton Ave. Mon.-Thurs., 11am-6pm; Fri. & Sat., 11am-7pm; Sun., noon-6pm. Info: pushtoyproject.com or 225-5509.

• FR (6/21) through TU (8/13) - Throw Me A Bone, a DIY Foundation skate spot fundraising exhibit.

• FR (6/21), 7-10pm - Opening reception with refreshments from Asheville Brewing Company.

audiTions & call To arTisTs anythinG that floats parade • Through TH (8/8) - Registration for RiverLink's Anything That Floats Parade will be accepted through aug. 8. Info: RiverFestAVL.brownpapertickets.com. artful bra ChallenGe • Through SA (6/29) - The Artful Bra Challenge will accept submissions of decorated bras, to benefit Ladies Night Out cancer screenings, through June 29. Info: ashevilleartfulbra.com or 505-8280.

red house studios and Gallery 310 W. State St., Black Mountain.

Thurs.-Sun., 11am-6pm. Info: svfalarts. org or 669-0351.

• Through MO (6/24) - All Creatures Great and Small.

asheville Community theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320.

• TU (6/25) & WE (6/26), 6-8pm Auditions for Annie Get Your Gun. Bring 16 bars of sheet music.

seven sisters Gallery 117 Cherry St., Black Mountain.

Summer hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: sevensistersgallery.com or 669-5107.

• Through SU (8/11) - Ceramics and paintings by Denise Riddle.

Cremation urn exhibition • Through FR (8/2) - Shine on Brightly seeks lidded vessels and containers for its cremation urn exhibition.

Submissions accepted through aug. 2.

Info: info@shineonbrightly.com.

the bender Gallery 12 S. Lexington Ave. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10:30am-5pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: thebendergallery.com or 505-8341.

• Through SA (8/31) - Meditations: What Lies Beneath the Surface.

hard times writinG Contest • Through SU (6/30) - The Writers' Workshop will accept submissions for its Hard Times Writing Contest through June 30. Info: writersw@gmail.com or twwoa.org.

transylvania Community arts CounCil Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard.

Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-4:30pm. Info: artsofbrevard.org or 884-2787.

• Through WE (7/3) - Transylvania Art Guild summer arts showcase. true blue art supply 30 Haywood St. Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: trueblueartsupply.com.

• Through SU (6/30) - Works by Adam Strange. upstairs artspaCe 49 S. Trade St., Tryon. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: upstairsartspace.org or 859-2828.

• SA (6/15) through SA (7/13) - A juried exhibition of three-dimensional art.

• Through SA (7/13) - Works by the Mountain Sculptors group. woolworth walk • Through FR (6/28) - A solo show of works by Ali Douglass will be on display at Woolworth Walk, 25 Haywood St. Info: woolworthwalk.com. zapow!

21 Battery Park, Suite 101. Mon., Wed. & Fri., noon-8pm. Thurs., noon-5:30pm; Sat., 11am-10pm; Sun. 1-6pm. Info: zapow.net or 575-2024.

• Through WE (6/26) - Postcards from Asheville exhibit.

JaCk of hearts • ONGOING - Jack of Hearts Pub and Restaurant seeks works by local artists.

Info: marketing@laughingseed.com or (510) 856-8587.

exotic animals and tropical fruits: The Grand Bohemian Gallery will celebrate collage artist Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson with the debut of LUSH LIFE: Flora and Fauna. On display Saturday, June 22 through Wednesday, July 31. Opening reception: Saturday, June 22 from 6-8 p.m. (pg. 15)

arT/craFT Fairs asheville art in the park • SATURDAYS through (6/29), 10am6pm - Asheville Art in the Park will feature regional artists, local food and more. Held in Pack Square Park. Free.

Info: ashevilleartinthepark.com. blue ridGe mountains arts and Crafts show • FR (6/21) & SA (6/22), 9am-5pm - The second annual Blue Ridge Mountains Arts and Crafts Show will feature more than 50 crafters of handmade

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items. Food available. Held indoors at the Haywood County Fairgrounds, Highway 209 near Lake Junaluska. Free

mountain heritaGe award • Through MO (6/24) - WCU will accept nominations for the Mountain Heritage Award through June 24. Info: philyaw@ wcu.edu. thomas wolfe memorial literary award • Through MO (7/15) - Nominations for the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award will be accepted through July 15. Info: Wolfe Award Committee, c/o WNC Historical Association, 283 Victoria Road.

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parking. Info: bracaorg.com or bracacrafts@gmail.com. paris of the south flea market • SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 8am-3pm - The Paris of the South Flea Market will feature a "gypsy-style" market including handmade clothes, jewelry, art, food trucks and live music. Held at U.S.

a blaCk and white soiree • SA (6/22), 6-9:30-pm - A Black and White Soiree, to benefit asheville art museum, will feature fine dining and a live auction. Held at the museum, 2 N. Pack Square. $125. Info: ashevilleart. org. a niGht of danCe • SA (6/22), 7pm - "A Night of Dance," to benefit reaCh of haywood

County, will feature swing and belly dance, clogging and more. Held at Haywood Arts Regional Theatre, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville. $20. Info: 456-7898. art exhibit and wine tastinG • WE (6/26), 5-7pm - Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St., will host a wine tasting and art opening to benefit open hearts art Center. $5. Info: openheartsartcenter.org. bark for life • SA (6/22), 9am - Bark For Life, to benefit the american Cancer society, will feature a fun walk for dogs and owners. Departs outside the Historic Courthouse, Main Street in Hendersonville. $25 per dog/$20 in advance. Info: avl.mx/u0 or 808-5819. blue ridGe pride white party • SA (6/22), 9pm-2am - The third annual White Party, to benefit blue ridge pride and loving food resources, will be held at O.Henry's, 237 Haywood St., featuring dancing, drink specials and more. $5. Info: blueridgepride.com.

ChiCken and ham dinner • SA (6/22), 4:30-7pm - A chicken and ham dinner, to benefit st. paul’s episcopal Church's ministry programs, will be held at 1659 Saint Paul’s Road, Hendersonville. $8/$4 children.

Info: 685-3644. dorothea benton frank author lunCheon • TH (6/20), 11am-3pm - New York Times best-selling author Dorothea Benton Frank will share her newest novel at this friends of madison County library fundraiser luncheon.

Held at the Country Club of Asheville, 170 Windsor Road. $40. Info and tickets: 649-3741. hike-n-soak • SU (6/23), 9am - Shoji Spa, 96 Avondale Heights Road, will offer a guided hike on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, followed by hot tubs, sauna and a cold plunge. 50 percent of proceeds benefit southern appalachian highland Conservancy. $40. Info and registration: shojiretreats.com or 299-0999.

Joyful noise summer musiC and arts Camp • SU (6/23), 3pm - A concert, to benefit Joyful noise summer music and arts Camp, will feature music by Jamie Laval, Free Planet Radio and others.

Held at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall, 743 Haywood Road. $15/$10 in advance. $10 students/$7 in advance.

Info: isisasheville.com or 575-2737. leaf sChools and streets • WEDNESDAYS, 5-7pm - Wine tasting and jazz music, to benefit leaf schools and streets, will be held at 5 Walnut Wine Bar, 5 Walnut St. $5 suggested donation. Info: theleaf.org or Jocelyn@theLEAF.org. marCh for babies kiCkoff breakfast • FR (6/21), 8-9am - The haywoodJackson march for babies kickoff breakfast will be held at Balsam Mountain Inn, 68 Seven Springs Drive,

Balsam. Free. Info and registration: goo.gl/xU05B or 258-1234. plottfest • SA (6/22) & SU (6/23) - Plottfest, to benefit head start of haywood and Jackson Counties, will showcase plott hounds, the official dog of N.C., with food, crafts, clogging and fishing. Held at Maggie Valley Festival Grounds, 3374 Soco Road, Maggie Valley. Gates open Sat. at 9am and Sun. at noon. $10-$20. Info and schedule: plottfest. org. putt for mutts • FR (6/21), 1pm - The Putt for Mutts golf tournament, to benefit animal Compassion network and asheville humane society, will be held at Broadmoor Golf Links, 101 French Broad Lane, Fletcher. $90. Info: animalcompassionnetwork.org. sunburst trout farms dinner • SA (6/22), 6-10pm - A dinner at Sunburst Trout Farms, to benefit asap, will feature a trout menu and Haywood County beers. Held at 28 Raceway Place, Canton. $75. Info: asapconnections.org/events. the Cantina GivebaCk • Through SU (6/30) - The Cantina Fresh Mex and Tequila Bar, 10 Biltmore Plaza, will donate a portion of proceeds to Children first/Cis. Restaurant prices vary. Info: childrenfirstbc.org or biltmorevillage.com/cantina. waynesville elks lodGe Charity bbQ • SA (6/22), 11am-5pm - Featuring homemade BBQ and sides, live music, a bake sale, kids activities and more. $8 per plate. Proceeds benefit local and regional charities. 510 Dellwood Road, Waynesville. Info and tickets: 456-4355. wine tastinG • We (6/19), 5-7pm - A wine tasting, to benefit pisgah legal services, will be held at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St. $10. Info: pisgahlegal.org or metrowinesasheville.com.

classes, meeTings & evenTs QuiltinG tips and triCks (pd.) Tu [6/21] 7pm, Folk Art Center, Blue Ridge Parkway. Humorous quilt artist Mickey Depre offers time-saving quilting advice at the Asheville Quilt Guild meeting. Info: ashevillequiltguild. org or 828-665-6786. free maC basiCs Classes at Charlotte street Computers (pd.) Mac Basics Classes are now FREE at Charlotte Street Computers, 252 Charlotte Street, 9:30 - 10:30am weekdays. Mondays - Mac OS X Basics Level 1, Wednesdays - iPad Basics Level 1, Thursdays - Mac OS X Level 2, Fridays - iPad Basics Level 2, first Tuesday of each month - iPhoto, second Tuesday each month - Safari, third Tuesday each month - iCloud, fourth Tuesday each

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Will graham opens the 89th annual “singing on the mountain” What: Grandfather Mountain’s 89th annual Singing on the Mountain gospel-music gathering. The keynote speaker is Will Graham, grandson to Billy Graham. Gospel music will be performed by John’s River Quartet, the Chuckwagon Gang, the Cockman Family, Ernie Couch & Revival, Patricia Smith of Abundance Ministries, Michael Combs, and Terry Warren and the Gospel Enforcers. Free — the event’s longtime motto is “Whosoever will may come.”

When: Sunday, June 23, 8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Where: MacRae Meadows at Grandfather Mountain, Linville.

Why: Founded in 1924 by Joe Hartley Sr., Singing on the Mountain has welcomed thousands of pilgrims to Grandfather Mountain each fourth Sunday in June to celebrate life and God and to meet others who share that commitment.

The gathering is the longest-running old-time gospel summit in the Southern Appalachians.

month - iMovie. Register at www.charlottestreetcomputers.com/classes.

at the YWCA, 185 S. French Broad Ave. Info: nancybmoore@abtech.edu.

Bank, at Vance Monument. Free. Info:

musiC lessons with moses atwood

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(pd.) Find your own musical style-- All levels welcome. Songwriting. Voice.

Guitar. Piano. Dobro. Music Theory. $30 an Hour. mosesatwood@gmail.com aClu forum on transGender riGhts • TH (6/20), 7:30pm - ACLU of NC will host a forum on transgender rights at Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood St. Free. Info: cbrook@ acluofnc.org. apple valley model railroad Club Located at the Hendersonville Depot at the corner of 7th Avenue and Maple Street. Info: avmrc.com.

• Through TU (12/31) - Coming of the Railroad, a replica of the Saluda Mountain Grade. Sat., 10am-2pm & Wed., 1-3pm. asheville makerspaCe meetup • TUESDAYS, 6pm - This open group "for people who make stuff" will meet to discuss ideas and plan projects. All disciplines are welcome and all levels of experience are encouraged to join.

Held at Asheville Brewing Company, 77 Coxe Ave. Free. Info: ashevillemakerspace.org. latino steerinG Committee meetinG • WE (6/19), 10am - This group meets to discuss and learn about issues affecting the Latino community in Buncombe County. This month's topic: Therapeutic foster homes. Open to the public. Held

• TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - "Play cribbage and meet new friends" at Maggie Valley Inn, 70 Soco Road, Maggie Valley. Cards and boards available. All levels welcome. Free. Info: kei3ph@ bellsouth.net or 926-3978.

suchi1025@bellsouth.net.

• SU (6/23), 1:30-4pm - The Western North Carolina Carvers will host a meeting at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road. Bring tools and something to carve. Bring a carving to be

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photographed. Info and cost: 665-8273.

• WE (6/19), 4:30-5:30pm - A "Remember Newtown" vigil will be held at Four Seasons Boulevard and Duncan Hill Road, Hendersonville. Bring posters and wear green or black to commemorate Sandy Hook shooting victims. Info: 693-9804.

• WE (6/26), 4:30-5:30pm - A vigil will be held at Greenville and Spartanburg Highways, Hendersonville.

youth outriGht • SU (6/23), 4-6pm - Youth OUTright will present a program for LGBTQ youth at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Meeting will include a spoken word workshop with Colette Heiser. Free. Info: youthoutright.org.

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urban Gypsy trunk show • SA (6/22), noon-7pm & SU (6/23), noon-6pm - The Urban Gypsy Trunk Show will feature vintage and designer clothes. Held at Mountain Lights, 30 N. Lexington Ave. Free to attend. Info: mountainlights.us.

Comedy open miC • FRIDAYS, 8pm - Hosted by Bar of Soap, 333 Merrimon Ave. Info: 2557710 or facebook.com/comedybarofsoap.

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• TH (6/20), 2pm - A memorial gathering for WCU provost Angela Laird Brenton will be held in the university's A.K. Hinds University Center Grandroom. Free. Info: wcu.edu.

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western Carolinians for peaCe and JustiCe in the middle east • SA (6/22), noon-1pm - Western Carolinians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East will protest against Soda Stream, which is made in the West

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Comedy presents weekly stand-up at Elaine's Piano Bar in the Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave. Free. Info: disclaimercomedy.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 9pm - Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge open mic is held at the Dirty South Lounge, 41 N. Lexington Ave. Free. Info: DisclaimerComedy.com.

dance beGinner swinG danCinG lessons (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $12/week per person. • No partner necessary.

Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville.

Details: www.swingasheville.com asheville ballroom danCe Asheville Event Centre, 991 Sweeten Creek Road. Info: ashevilleballroom.net or 274-8320, unless otherwise noted.

• THURSDAYS, 8-8:50pm - Bachata lesson. $10.

• SA (6/22), 8pm - Summer Swing Zone dance party. Info: 450-4063. bavarian folk danCe lessons • TUESDAYS, 7pm - "Learn the polka, landler, shottisch, waltz, schuhplattler, la russe and more." Held at the Edelweiss Events Space, 697-D Haywood Road.

Free. Info: ashevillemusicandart.com/ edelweiss or avl.mx/t9. mountain shaG Club • TUESDAYS - The Mountain Shag Club meets weekly at The Hangar at the Clarion Inn, 550 Airport Road. Free lessons from 6:30-7pm. Shag DJ from 7-10pm. $5. Info: mountainshagclub. com. seCrets: freeinG the hidden story • TH (6/20) through SA (6/22), 7:30pm - Community Choreography Projects presents Secrets: Freeing the Hidden Story at Diana Wortham Theater, 2 S. Pack Square. Procees benefit Four Seasons Hospice. $18. Info: communitychoreography.com. solstiCe CaJun and zydeCo danCe • SU (6/23), 5-9pm - A solstice cajun and zydeco dance will feature The

Bayou Diesel Band and The Jackomo Cajun Band at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road. $12/$10 in advance. Info: whitehorseblackmountain.com or 669-0816. terpsiCorps theatre of danCe • TH (6/27) through SA (6/29), 8pm Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance will present Reborn to celebrate its 10th anniversary. $30/$28 seniors/$25 students.

Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square. Info: dwtheatre.com.

eco riverlink Info: 252-8474, ext. 11, volunteer@ riverlink.org or riverlink.org.

• WE (6/19), noon-4pm & SA (6/22), 9am-1pm - The public is invited to work on RiverLink's new watercraft landing.

Group meets at RiverLink Sculpture and Performance Plaza, 144 Riverside Drive.

• TH (6/20), 11:45am-2pm - A RiverLink bus tour of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers will meet at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 36 Montford Ave. $15/free for members. Info and registration: 252-8474. water pollution and politiCs • TU (6/25), 7-9pm - A presentation on water pollution, politics and wellness will be held at Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. $10 donation. Info: katie@cwfnc.org. wnC Green buildinG CounCil open house • SU (6/23), 1-4pm - The WNC Green Building Council invites the public to tour a new green building by Sam Koerber Construction. Free. Info and directions: info@wncgbc.org.

FesTivals bearwallow beast 5k and festival • SU (6/23), 2pm - "The Southeast's fiercest 5k features an unrelenting climb up asphalt, dirt road and singletrack trails" in Gerton. Course ends on Bearwallow Mountain with a free festival featuring music, food and beer vendors. $30 for race. Info and registration: bearwallowbeast.com. blue ridGe pride white party weekend • FR (6/21) & SA (6/22) - Blue Ridge Pride White Party Weekend will feature an auction, entertainment and refreshments at Renaissance Asheville Top of the Plaza, a DJ party at O.Henry's and the Gay 5K and Rainbow Romp at Carrier Park. Info, schedule and cost: blueridgepride.com. brevard/transylvania County arts and Culture week • FR (6/21) through TH (7/4) - The Brevard/Transylvania county arts and culture week will feature more than 65 art events, including Brevard's Fourth Friday Gallery Walk, music jams, open mic night, a live radio variety show and more. Info: brevardnc.org. downtown after five • 3rd FRIDAYS, 5pm - Downtown After Five will feature a "Moonlight over Downtown" New Orleans theme with music by Big Sam's Funky Nation and Empire Strikes Brass. A moonlight bike ride will follow. Held on N. Lexington Ave. Free. Info: ashevilledowntown.org.

June Jamboree • SA (6/22) - Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy's June Jamboree will feature hikes, mountaintop yoga, bird presentations

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ready, set, shindig What: Run for Shindig on the Green, which benefits the summer concert series held at Pack Square Park.

When: Saturday, June 22, 8:30 a.m.

Where: Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road. $30; $25 through June 20.

Info: avl.mx/ua.

Why: Shindig on the Green is a summer tradition in Asheville. Folks come from across the region to see fiddles sing and dancers whirl, all while enjoying Pack Square Park's fresh air.

The festivities are free on Saturdays, June 29, through Aug. 31, but Shindig has some very real operating costs. Organizers report spending "several thousand dollars" each evening on sound equipment, security and technical needs.

Sprint for the cause at "Run for Shindig on the Green," a 5K race at Carrier Park. Runners will take their mark at 8:30 a.m. and meander through the park's flat, paved trails. Medals and prizes will be handed out to the top men and women runners, although everyone is invited to lace up their sneakers in the name of traditional music, dance and storytelling. Photo courtesy of Shindig on the Green

and stream ecology for kids. Held at Highlands of Roan. Refreshments available after hikes. Free. Registration required. Info and directions: avl.mx/u7.

Juneteenth Celebration • SA (6/22), 11am-3pm - A Juneteenth Celebration will feature food, entertainment, activities for children and adults and prizes at Hillcrest Field, 100 Atkinson St. Free. Info: wwd-f.org.

Film sCreenwritinG Class (pd.) Locally produced screenwriter and filmmaker is offering an intensive screenwriting workshop. Classes will be held off of Tunnel Road in Asheville. The workshop will last for 8 weeks (meeting once a week), and class will start on Monday, June 24th 7-9pm. The cost of the class is 250.00. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Please contact Bob at 843-276-4441 to reserve your spot.

48 hour film fest • FR (6/21), 5:30-7pm - Filmmakers of all levels are invited to participate in the 48 Hour Film Fest. Competition begins at Asheville Brewing Company, 77 Coxe Ave. Films must be submitted

by Sunday at 7:30pm. Info: 48hourfilm. com/asheville.

• TU (6/25) & WE (6/26), 4, 7 & 10pm A premiere screening of 48 Hour Film Fest movies will be held at Asheville Brewing Company, 675 Merrimon Ave. Info: 48hourfilm.com/asheville. a plaCe at the table • WE (6/19), 6:30pm - Land of the Sky UCC will host a screening of A Place at the Table, a documentary about the

child hunger crisis in America. Child care provided; optional talk-back to follow. Held at Kenilworth Presbyterian Church's Fellowship Hall, 123 Kenilworth Road. Info: landoftheskychurch.org. ain’t in it for my health • TH (6/27), 7pm - Ain’t in It for My Health, a film about Levon Helm, will be screened at the Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. $10. Info: levonhelmfilm. com. montreat ConferenCe Center 401 Assembly Drive, Montreat.

Programs are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: montreat.org or 669-2911.

• MO (6/24), 6:30pm - Van Gogh: Brush with Genius, narrated by Steve Martin. my life as a turkey • WE (6/19), 6-8pm - Transition Hendersonville will present My Life as a Turkey, a documentary about a naturalist who to parented 16 wild turkeys.

Screened at Black Bear Cafe, 318 Main St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: transitionhendersonville.com. north by northwest • WE (6/19), 7:30pm - The Asheville Film Society will screen Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest at The Carolina Asheville, 1640 Hendersonville Road. $7/$5. members. Free. Info: ashevillefilm.org.

Food & Beer oskar blues brewery trolley • SATURDAYS, 5pm & SUNDAYS, 3pm - Oskar Blues Brewery will offer a free trolley to and from Brevard for brewery tours. Departs from Aloft Hotel, 51

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Biltmore Ave. Free. Info: oskarblues. com.

governmenT & poliTics henderson County demoCratiC party myhcdp.com or 692-6424.

• WE (6/19), noon- The Henderson County Senior Democrats will meet at 905 Greenville Highway, Hendersonville. Brown bag social time at 11:30am.

kids a-b teCh health sCienCe boot Camp • Through FR (6/21) - A-B Tech will host a Health Science Boot Camp for males ages 14-15. Students will learn how to obtain vital signs, perform basic life support and more. Held on the Asheville campus. Free. Info and registration: dollyphorton@abtech.edu 398-7250.

Cradle of forestry events Open daily, 9am-5pm. Route 276, Pisgah National Forest. Admission: $5/ children ages 15 and under free. Some programs require an additional fee.

Info: cradleofforestry.org or 877-3130.

• THURSDAYS through (8/1), 10:30amnoon & 1:30-3pm - The Woodsy Owl’s Curiosity Club for children ages 4-7 will focus on outdoor-oriented activities that explore a forest-related theme. $4.

Registration required.

• SA (6/22) - Bug Day invites children of all age to learn about insects and other arthropods through games, crafts, bug

hunts and interpretive walks. Held during regular hours.

$30/$19 adults. Info and registration: mountainmarionettes.com or 862-8122.

Info: ednasofasheville.com or reverbnation.com/allijahmotika.

Junior roller derby • WEDNESDAYS, 4:45pm - Mad Divas Junior Roller Derby, for girls 12-17, holds open registration throughout the year and meets weekly for practice at Tarwheels Skateway, 2134 Highway 70, Swannanoa. No skating experience necessary. $37 per month. Info: maddivas.com.

summer sCienCe investiGation Camp • MO (7/1) through WE (7/3), 9am3pm - Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host Smokies Summer Science Investigations for youth entering grades 6-9. Activities include crayfish and salamander research and exotic plants.

Held at Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S. 441. Free; registration required.

Info: 926-6251.

blaCk mountain drum CirCle • SATURDAYS, 4pm - Steven Townsend hosts a traditional West African drumming workshop, followed by an open drum circle, at the Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain. All skill levels welcome. Free.

Info: 669-2052.

lake James state park 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo.

Programs are free unless otherwise noted. Info: 584-7728.

• FR (6/21), 10am - "Something’s Fishy" will focus on fish anatomy and identification. Children ages 5-12 are invited to make Japanese fish prints.

Meets at Paddy’s Creek Area's West Picnic Shelter.

• SA (6/22), 10am - Junior ranger boot camp invites children ages 6-12 to learn about nature and stewardship. Meets at the Paddy’s Creek Area bathhouse breezeway. Registration required. mountain marionettes • TH (6/20), 10:30am-noon - Mountain Marionettes will present a puppet program at Cedar Mountain Community Center, 1065 Greenville Highway, Cedar Mountain. Ages 3-7. Children must be accompanied by an adult. $14 children/adults free. Info and registration: mountainmarionettes.com or 862-8122.

• SA (6/22), 1:30-3:30pm - Mountain Marionettes will present a fairy tale tea party at Cedar Mountain Community Center, 1065 Greenville Highway, Cedar Mountain. Children are encouraged to wear "princess clothes."

vaCation bible sChool: asheville north sda ChurCh • Through FR (6/21), 6-7:30pm Asheville North Seventh-Day Adventist Church will host "Sonsurf VBS" at 364 Broadway St. Ages 4-10. Graduation ceremony on June 22. Free. Info: asheville-sda.com. vaCation bible sChool: newfound baptist ChurCh • MO (6/24) through FR (6/28), 6-9pm - Newfound Baptist Church, 2605 New Leicester Highway, will host classes for all ages. The week begins with a carnival kickoff on Sun., June 23 at 6pm and closes with a "Colossal Family Day" on Sun., June 30. Free. Info and registration: newfoundbaptist.com or 683-3178.

music alliJah motika • TH (6/20), 7pm - Allijah Motika (folk, acoustic rock) will perform at Edna's of Asheville, 870 Merrimon Ave. Free.

brian ashley Jones • SA (6/22), 7:30pm - Brian Ashley Jones (Americana) will perform at a private home. A pot luck dinner begins at 6:15. $20. Info and location: 443-2544.

ConCerts on the Creek • FR (6/21), 7:30-9:30pm - Concerts on the Creek will feature the Vinyl Brothers Big Band at Bridge Park, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva. Free. Info: mountainlovers. com or (800) 962-1911. dJ transputer danCe party • FR (6/21), 7-10pm - A dance party featuring Asheville's DJ Transputer will be held at Pack Square. Music includes house, electro-house, trance and trap.

Free. Info: avl.mx/u1. downtown rhythm and brews • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - The Downtown Rhythm and Brews concert series will be held at Azalea parking lot, Third Avenue and King Street in Hendersonville. Free. Info: facebook. com/RhythmAndBrewsHendersonville. eddie rose and hiGhway forty • SA (6/22), 6pm - Eddie Rose and Highway Forty (bluegrass) and Darin and Brooke Aldridge will perform at the Burke County Fair, 145 Bost Road,

Morganton. Free. Info: burkecountyfair. org.

Highway, Lake Lure. Free. Info: 6740677.

Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage: Highway 225, Flat Rock.

Downtown location: 125 South Main St., Hendersonville. Info: flatrockplayhouse.org or 693-0731.

• WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS until (6/22) - Music on the Rock: A Tribute to the Music of Peter, Paul and Mary. 8pm. $24.

Pickin’ in the PaRk • FRIDAYS, 7-10:30pm - Pickin’ in the Park will feature bluegrass and old-time bands at Canton Recreational Park‚ 77 South Penland St. Free. Info: blueridgemusic.org.

homegRown in the PaRk • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm Homegrown in the Park will feature local singer-songwritiers performing in Pritchard Park. Free. Info: ashevilledowntown.org.

Jimmy hall • SU (6/23), 6pm - Jimmy Hall (Southern rock) will perform at Two Guys Pizza and Ribs, 121 W. Barnwell St., Hendersonville. $35. Info: 2guyspizza. net or jimmyhall.com. montReat conFeRence centeR 401 Assembly Drive, Montreat.

Programs are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: montreat.org or 669-2911.

• FR (6/26), 7-8pm - A clarinet and cello concert, featuring works by Hindemith, Beethoven, Bach, Crumb and Reich. music @ sunset • FR (6/21), 7:30pm - Transylvania County Library's Music at Sunset outdoor concert series will feature This Mountain (folk rock) in the library amphitheater. Rain or shine. Free. Info: avl.mx/td. music on main stReet • FR (6/21), 7-9pm - Music On Main Street presents Dashboard Blue (rock) and a classic car show outside the Visitors Information Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: historichendersonville.org or 693-9708. old Fines cReek dance and music • SATURDAYS, 7-10pm - "Old Fines Creek Dance and Music" will feature music, dance, cake walks and door prizes. Held at The Old Fines Creek School, 192 Fines Creek Road, Clyde. $7/children 12 and under free. Info: visitncsmokies.com or 736-8925.

PaRk Rhythms • TH (6/20), 7:30pm - Park Rhythms will present Kellin Watson (singer-songwriter) at Lake Tomahawk, 401 Laurel Circle Drive, Black Mountain. Free. Info: deanna.stone@townofblackmountain or 669-8610.

TH (6/27), 7:30pm - Park Rhythms will present Mipso (modern bluegrass) at Lake Tomahawk, 401 Laurel Circle Drive, Black Mountain. Free. Info: deanna.stone@townofblackmountain or 669-8610.

Pickin' in lake luRe • SATURDAYS through (8/31), 7pm - Pickin' in Lake Lure will feature performances by local bands followed by an open jam. Held on the Lake Lure Smokehouse deck, 2795 Memorial

shaPe note singing • 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 7pm - Shape note singing in four-part harmony will be held at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Loaner books available; no experience necessary. Info: avlshapenote@gmail.com. stRum into summeR • FR (6/21), 7pm - "Strum into Summer," featuring Ben Wilson (guitar, vocals), will be held at the Classic Wineseller, 20 Church St., Waynesville. $10 food or drink purchase requested.

Info: info@classicwineseller.com.

• SA (6/22), 7pm - An additional concert with Kevin Lorenz (acoustic, classical). summeR solstice gatheRing • SA (6/22), 7:30pm - I, Star (folk-hop, reggae, funk) will perform during a summer solstice celebration at Dobra Tea, 78 N. Lexington Ave. Free. Info: avl.mx/u8. summeR tRacks in tRyon • FR (6/21), 7pm - The Summer Tracks concert series will feature Bayou Diesel (zydeco and cajun) in Rogers Park Amphitheater on W. Howard Street, Tryon. Free; donations encouraged.

Info: nc-mountains.org or (800) 4407848. swannanoa chambeR music Festival • SUNDAYS (6/23) through (7/21), 7:30pm - The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival will feature "world-class" musicians performing a variety of chamber music at HART, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville. $20. Info: swannanoachambermusic.com. tall Paul and the Pets • TH (6/20), 6-8pm - Tall Paul and the Pets (acoustic) will perform at Chimney Rock’s Gathering Place amphitheater, Main Street, Chimney Rock. Free. Info: chimneyrockvillage.com. tgiF: uncle hamish & the hooligans • FR (6/21), 6-10:30pm - Uncle Hamish & the Hooligans (Celtic rock) will perform at Morganton's TGIF concert series. 102 E. Union St. Free. Info: downtownmorganton.com. wcu summeR conceRt seRies • TH (6/27), 7pm - WCU's summer concert series will feature The Honeycutters (country) at the university's Central Plaza. Rain location: University Center. Free. Info: ledavis@ wcu.edu or 227-3622.

• TH (6/20), 7pm - WCU's summer concert series will feature the Big Nasty Jazz Band (old-time jazz) at the university's Central Plaza. Rain location: University Center. Free. Info: ledavis@ wcu.edu or 227-3622. youth choiR conceRt • SA (6/22), 7pm - Joyful Noise Singers of Manassas, Va. will perform "You

Raise Me Up," an evening of music, dance and drama, at Oak Hill United Methodist Church, 277 Oak Hill Road, Candler. Free. Info: oakhillmethodist. org or 667-1782.

OutdOOrs Beautiful lake James marina • boat sliPs available (pd.) Beat the Summer rush and reserve a covered, uncovered or houseboat slip. Great location at Canal Bridge. Security, gas sales, marine store and customer lounge. Call (828) 5840666. www.mountainharbourmarina. com events at Rei Located at 31 Schenck Parkway. Info: rei.com/asheville or 687-0918.

• TU (6/25), 6:30-8pm - A class on stand up paddleboard basics. Free; registration required.

Parenting the conFident child (pd.) Simple practical sensitive strategies to help your child or teen manage anxiety and stress, improve self-esteem, stay calm, poised, in control. Ages 9-18.

Family Workshops. June 29-30 & July 20-21 & 27-28. 828-225-3786 www. formfitnessfunction/family-workshops the kids aRe alRight! (pd.) Nurture and preserve your child's natural posture and balance while rediscovering your own. Ages 0-8. Family Workshops. June 28-29 & July 19-20 & 26-27. 828-225-3786 www.formfitnessfunction/family-workshops asheville community yoga centeR Located at 8 Brookdale Road. Info: ashevillecommunityyoga.com.

• WEDNESDAYS through (7/3), 6-7:30pm - A prenatal yoga series for pregnant women, partners, doulas, midwives and yoga teachers. $40.

Public lectures black mountain college museum + aRts centeR The center is located at 56 Broadway and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College. Tues. & Wed., noon-4pm; Thurs.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: blackmountaincollege.org or 350-8484.

• TH (6/27), 7:30pm - "Modernist Asheville: a Conversation with Jim Samsel and John Rogers" will focus on the impact of modernism on WNC. $10 suggested donation. montReat conFeRence centeR 401 Assembly Drive, Montreat.

Programs are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: montreat.org or 669-2911.

• Through TH (6/20) - “What’s the Score?” music in film seminar. $25. victoRian health touRism • WE (6/26), 2-3pm - "Victorian Health Tourism in Asheville," with April Birchfield, A-B Tech social sciences instructor. Held in the college's

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• THURSDAYS, 7:30-8:30pm "Cultivating Abundance" will focus on the liturgy of Jambhala.

• SATURDAYS, 3-4:30pm - Weekly services will alternate between "Call of Compassion” and "Boundless Protection."

• TUESDAYS, 7:30-8:30pm - An introduction to meditation will feature two sessions of 20-minute meditation and a walking session.

seniors advanCe Care planninG • WE (6/19), 7pm - A program on advanced care planning will be held in UNCA's Reuter Center. Free. Info: olliasheville.com or 251-6140.

Gentle yoGa for every body • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 9am - A slow and gentle style of yoga, particularly well-suited for all fitness levels, will be hosted at Lakeview Senior Center, 401 Laurel Circle Drive, Black Mountain. $8 suggested donation. Info: kirklandyoga@charter.net.

spoken & WriTTen Word look homeward asheville (pd.) An illustrated book of poems and stories, by Peter Olevnik, available at Grateful Steps Publishing and at other local book stores. For information: olevnik@att.net.

senior trip to dupont state forest • WE (6/19), 9am-4pm - A trip for seniors to DuPont State Forest will depart from the Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. $13/$10 members. Bring money for lunch. Info: recprograms@townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030. work-it CirCuit • WEDNESDAYS, 4-5pm CarePartners will offer "Work-It Circuit" fitness classes for seniors at CarePartners East Clinic, 2358 U.S. Highway 70, Swannanoa. $7/free for wellness members. Info and registration: 686-3529.

spiriTualiTY aQuarian Compassionate fellowship (pd.) Metaphysical program inspired by spiritual growth topics of your choice.

Meditation, potluck, St. Germain live channeled piano music. • Second and Fourth Wednesday. 6:30pm. • Donation. (828) 658-3362. open heart meditation (pd.) Experience easy, wonderful practices that opens your life to the beauty within and connects you to your heart.

• Free 7pm, Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 or 367-6954 http://www. heartsanctuary.org astro-CounselinG (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. asheville Compassionate CommuniCation Center (pd.) Free practice group. Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication (nonviolent communication). 252-0538 or www.ashevilleccc. com. • 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 5:00-6:15 mindfulness meditation Class (pd.) Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Info: 258-3241.

book siGninG and readinG • FR (6/21), 5-8pm - Authors from the WNC Mysterians writing group will sign copies of their novels and discuss their process at Mr. K's Used Books in the River Ridge Shopping Center. Free.

Info: wncmysterians.org.

art in the park: See what local artists have behind their tents at Art in the Park, a celebration of fine art and craft, in Pack Square Park on Saturday, June 22 and Saturday, June 29. (pg. 16)

www.billwalz.com. Mondays, 7-8pm – Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living.

At the Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon).

Donation.

ChannelinG your hiGhest self (pd.) Fri-Sun 10am-4pm Communicate with your highest self and ascended beings. Info: UltimateEnergyHealing. com/channeling after death CommuniCation • TH (6/20), 7pm - Dr. Damaris Drewry, Ph.D, will discuss "communication from loved ones on the other side" and share experiences that motivated her to write about its exploration.

Held at the Unitarian Fellowship of Hendersonville, 2021 Kanuga Road.

Free. Info: vibrationalsignature.com or mkkvision@yahoo.com. asheville insiGht meditation • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 10-11:30am - "Practice Mindfulness Meditation (also called Vipassana or Insight Meditation) with a supportive group. Mindfulness Meditation cultivates a happier, more peaceful and focused mind." Held at 29 Ravenscroft Drive, Suite 200. Free. Info: ashevillemeditation.com or 808-4444.

• TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS, 7:30-8am - Sitting meditation. first ConGreGational ChurCh in hendersonville Fifth Avenue West at White Pine Street, Hendersonville. Info: 692-8630 or fcchendersonville.org.

• SU (6/23) & SU (6/30) 9:15am - Adult forum: "Mr. and Mrs. God." liGht Center 2196 N.C. Highway 9 S., Black Mountain. Info: urlight.org or 669-6845.

• WEDNESDAYS, 2:30-3:30pm - Prayer and meditation for United States and world conditions. Free.

• ONGOING, 10am-5pm - Open meditation to music with energy balancing lights. 160-acres of meditation hiking trails. By donation.

• FR (6/21), 1pm - Rev. Heidi will host a concert of healing crystal bowls in celebration of the Summer Solstice.

Free. --- "Solstice transformational concert," featuring Aramaic, Hebrew and Sanskrit vocal intonations, prayers and more. $25.

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

CeltiC Christian holiday serviCe • SA (6/22), 3pm - "Honor the Summer Solstice (Litha) during a service at a private home in Weaverville." Optional vegetarian potluck will be held after the service. Info and location: avalongrove. org or 645-2674.

meditation on the Go • SUNDAYS, 7pm - "Increase patience, love, compassion, wisdom and happiness in daily life by learning to put good intentions into practice." Course includes guided meditation and discussion. Held at Rainbow Mountain Children's School, 574 Haywood Road. $8/$5 students and seniors. Info: meditationinasheville@gmail.com.

Cloud CottaGe 219 Old Toll Circle in Black Mountain.

Info: cloudcottage.org or 669-6000.

meditation proGram • SUNDAYS, 5pm - Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi Meditation Center near

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Fairview offers instruction through one-hour silent meditation, followed by singing bhajans and distribution of blessed fruit. Free. Info and location: 299-3246 or shivabalamahayogi.com. midsummer daydreams • SA (6/22), 3pm - Mother Grove Goddess Temple will host "Midsummer Daydreams: a Celebration of the Sun," featuring a "light-hearted tribute to the longest day of the year." Held at French Broad River Park, 508 Riverview Drive. Bring a dish to share and utensils. $5 donation. Info: mothergroveavl.org or 230-5069. montreat ConferenCe Center 401 Assembly Drive, Montreat.

Programs are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: montreat.org or 669-2911.

• WEDNESDAYS until (7/31) - The arts in worship lab will help spiritual organizations "create Sunday art for worship and develop new visions for your church." $5. mountain zen praCtiCe Center • TUESDAYS, 7pm - "Finding compassion for yourself and others through the practice of Conscious Compassionate Awareness," meditation and group discussion guided by the teachings of Cheri Huber. 1st Tuesday orientation.

Donations appreciated. Info: mountainzen.org. shambhala meditation Center of asheville 19 Westwood Place. Visitors welcome; donations accepted. Info: asheville. shambhala.org.

• THURSDAYS, 6-6:45pm - Meditation followed by Dharma reading and discussion at 7pm. Meditation instruction offered. Open house 1st Thursdays.

• SUNDAY, 10am-noon - A public sitting will feature meditation instruction.

"Experience the world as sacred and recognize basic goodness as your birthright." Come for a portion or the entire time. the ideas of G.i. GurdJieff • 4th TUESDAYS, 6pm - A casual conversation and exchange with members of the Gudjieff Foundation of WNC. Meets at the Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave. Free. Info: gurdjieff-foundation-wnc.org. the law of attitudes • SU (6/23), 11am-12:30pm - “We know that we can shape or future because the future is unformed. You can make it what you want, but first you have to be able to visualize what you want very clearly.” Held at Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Road, lower level. Free. Info: eckankar-nc.org or 254-6775. three Codes to live by • SA (6/22), 10am-1pm - "Three Codes to Live By: Happiness, Growth and Benefiting Others," a workshop with American Buddhist nun Gen Kelsang Nyema at Town and Mountain Training Center, 261 Asheland Ave. Includes guided meditation, teachings and discussion. Refreshments served. $20/$15 students and seniors. Info: meditationinasheville@gmail.com or townandmountaintrainingcenter.com. urban dharma 29 Page Ave. See website for temple and gallery hours. Weekly programs are free with $5-$10 suggested donation.

Info: udharmanc.com or 225-6422.

bunCombe County publiC libraries library abbreviations - All programs are free unless otherwise noted.

Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n bm = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) n pm = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) n ss = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n sw = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) n wv = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) n Library storyline: 250-KIDS. • WE (6/19), 5pm - Swannanoa knitters. sw • TH (6/20), 10am-noon - A kick-off party for Summer Library Fest will feature books, crafts, cave painting, hula hoops and other activities related to "Dig Into Reading." pm --- 2:30pm Book club: The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje. ss • FR (6/21), 3-5:30pm - The Teen Awesome Group will screen the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Ages 11-17. Rated PG-13. wv • TU (6/25), 7pm - Amy "Willow" Allen will present her book Summoning the Mountain. bm • TH (6/27), 6pm - Book club: Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story by Leonie Swann. sw City liGhts bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva.

Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: citylightsnc.com or 5869499.

• TH (6/20), 10:30am - Coffee with the Poet, featuring Brenda Kay Ledford.

• SA (6/22), 3pm - Jim Parham will present her guidebook Backpacking Overnights: North Carolina Mountains and South Carolina Upstate.

• TH (6/27), 7pm - Tom Earnhardt will present his book Crossroads of the Natural World in WCU's Mountain

Heritage Center. Sponsored by City Lights. fountainhead bookstore Located at 408 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: fountainheadbookstore. com or 697-1870.

• SA (6/22), 2-4pm - Iraq war veteran Donald Koger will present his book The Corrupter. interseCtions book Club • TU (6/25), 6:30pm - Intersections Book Club: And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini. Sponsored by the Diana Wortham Theatre; held at The Forum at Pack Place. Free. Info and registration: rae@dwtheatre.com or 257-4530. let’s talk about it series • TH (6/20), 4-6pm - The "Let’s Talk About It" summer series will focus on The Known World by Edward P. Jones.

Held at Haywood County Library, 678 South Haywood St., Waynesville.

Free. Info: stanandlinda@charter.net or 456-5311. malaprop's bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St. Info: malaprops.com or 254-6734. Events are free, unless otherwise noted.

• WE (6/19), 7pm - Jonathan Rintels will present his book Lifemobile.

• TH (6/20), 7pm - Dorothea Benton Frank will present her book The Last Original Wife.

• SA (6/22), 7pm - Jasmine BeachFerrara will present her book of short stories Damn Love.

• MO (6/24), 7pm - Politics of Food book club: Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Foods by Nina Fedoroff. --- 7pm Young adult authors Stephanie Perkins, Nova Ren Suma and Beth Revis will present their books.

• TU (6/25), 7pm - Actress and playwright RoseLynn Katz will perform her one-woman show The Devil Touched My Tongue: The World and Wit of Dorothy Parker.

• TH (6/27), 7pm - Sheila Heti will present her book How Should a Person Be?

sporTs aQua fitness Class • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 12:1012:50pm - WCU will offer an aqua fitness class in the Reid Gymnasium pool. $35. Info: learn.wcu.edu. asheville ultimate Club • MONDAYS through (8/12), 8-10pm - The Asheville Ultimate Club will offer women's and rookie leagues at Memorial Stadium, 30 Buchanan Ave. $10. Info: ashevilleultimate.org. beeCh mountain 10k Climbmax • SA (6/22), 7-9am - The Beech Mountain ClimbMax will feature a 10K race for serious runners and a fun run. $40/$35 in advance. Info and departure location: beechmtnclimbmax.com. bunCombe County pools • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, noon5:45pm; SATURDAYS, 11am-6:45pm; SUNDAYS, 1-6:45pm - Buncombe

County Pools offer daily open swim sessions. $3. Info and locations: avl. mx/tb.

Co-ed softball leaGue • TH (6/20), 7:30pm - An organizational meeting for the Waynesville Parks and Rec co-ed softball league will be held at the Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Info and cost: recathletics@ townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030. hoop Jam • TUESDAYS, 5:30-7:30pm - Hoop Jam invites the public to hula hoop in Pritchard Park. Hoops are available to borrow. Free. Info: ashevilledowntown. org.

TheaTer asheville Community theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (6/30) - Kiss Me, Kate, a story of the "backstage and onstage antics of two feuding romantic couples during a production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew." Fri. & Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $15-$25.

Carl sandburG home Located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 25 on Little River Road. Info: 693-4178 or nps. gov/carl.

• WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS, 10:15am - Apprentice actors from the Flat Rock Playhouse will perform at the park amphitheatre. Wednesdays and Fridays: The World of Carl Sandburg; Thursdays and Saturdays: Rootabaga!, based on Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories. Free.

ChautauQua: ameriCan leGends • Through TH (6/20), 7pm Chautauqua: American Legends will feature costumed monologues highlighting "four defiant Americans," including Susan B. Anthony, Herman Melville, Malcolm X and Davy Crockett. Held in A-B Tech's Ferguson Auditorium. $4 suggested donation.

Info: 250-4700. different strokes performinG arts ColleCtive • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (6/29), 7:30pm - Carla Pridgen's Incongruence features monologues and vignettes derived from interviews with transgender men and women. Held at 35Below, 35 E. Walnut St. $15. Info and tickets: differentstrokesavl.com. flat roCk playhouse Mainstage: Highway 225, Flat Rock.

Downtown location: 125 South Main St., Hendersonville. Info: flatrockplayhouse.org or 693-0731.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (6/30) - Evita, "the story of Eva Peron, perhaps the most notorious public figure in Argentina’s history."

Performed on the Mainstage. Wed.Sat., 8pm; Thurs., Sat. & Sun., 2pm. $40/discounts for seniors, military and students.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (6/27) until (7/14) - The Big Bang, a "frenetic piece of entertainment that

is long on shtick and historical hilarity."

Performed at the downtown location.

Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Thurs. & Sun., 2pm. $35/$33 seniors and military/$25 students. hendersonville little theatre 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville.

Info: 692-1082 or hendersonvillelittletheater.org.

• THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (6/30) - The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde's comedy about Victorian marriage. Thurs.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $20/$10 under 18. montford park players Unless otherwise noted, performances are free and take place outdoors Fri.-Sun. at 7:30pm at Hazel Robinson Amphitheater in Montford. Bring folding chair and umbrella. Donations accepted. Info: montfordparkplayers. org or 254-5146.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (6/22), 7:30pm - The Tempest. "This tale of magic, elemental spirits and creatures, romance and comedy is one of Shakespeare’s most fantastic." southern appalaChian repertory theatre Performances are held at Mars Hill College's Owen Theatre. Info: sartplays. org or 689-1239.

• WE (6/19) through SU (6/30) - A Tennessee Walk. "Bobbie Coleman is a young girl of twelve when tragedies surround her close friend Willa Fay." See website for times.

Thriving children The Success Equation, under the umbrella of Children First/ Communities In Schools, unites the community to reduce the root causes of child poverty.

These calendar listings feature community events and volunteer opportunities to help children thrive in Buncombe County. biG brothers biG sisters of wnC Located at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213, in the United Way building.

The organization matches children from single-parent homes with adult mentors. Info: bbbswnc.org or 253-1470.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks men and women to be a Big to a young person from a single-parent family, age 6-14. Activities are free or low-cost, such as sports, local attractions, etc.

Mentors are also needed for one hour a week in schools and after-school sites in the fall. Info session: June 26 at noon.

Donations not requested. Info and registration: AdrienneA@Childrenfirstbc. org or 259-9717. hands on ashevillebunCombe Registration required. Youth are welcome on many projects with adult supervision. Info: handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1. Visit the website to sign up for a project.

• MO (6/24), 5:30-7:30pm - Help tidy and organize the play rooms of the family visitation center.

• WE (6/26), 9am-noon - Help sort and pack food at MANNA FoodBank for agencies serving hungry people in 17 WNC counties.

• WE (6/26), 5:30-7pm - Volunteers are needed to create book packages for people recently placed in housing by Homeward Bound of Asheville. literaCy CounCil of bunCombe County Located at 31 College Place, Building B, Suite 221. Info: litcouncil.com or 254-3442.

• Volunteers are needed to tutor lowincome children reading below grade level as part of the Augustine Project program. Tutors provide one-on-one instruction to children in Buncombe County. No prior tutoring experience required. Tutors receive training based on Orton-Gillingham and Wilson Reading System, along with ongoing support from professionals. Teachers and school personnel can earn up to six CEUs. Materials provided. Info and orientation: lily@litcouncil.com. motherlove mentor • The YWCA MotherLove program seeks volunteers to provide support and encouragement to teen mothers.

A commitment of eight hours per month required. Info: 254-7206. partners unlimited • Partners Unlimited, a program for at-risk youth ages 10-18, seeks volunteer tutors and website assistance.

Info: partnersunlimited@juno.com or 281-2800.

volunTeering aurora studio and Gallery • ONGOING - Aurora Studio and Gallery seeks energetic, compassionate, community-minded board candi-

dates for "a supportive art studio for those affected by mental illness, homelessness or addiction." Info: lori_aurorastudio@hotmail.com or aurorastudiogallery.com.

artisans in more than 30 developing

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• ONGOING - Ayusa seeks families interested in hosting exchange students ages 15-18. Families must pass a background check, provide room and board and a safe, supportive environment. Info: ayusa.org or 298-8873.

B, Suite 221. Info: litcouncil.com or

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countries. literaCy CounCil of bunCombe County

254-3442.

• Volunteers are needed to tutor adults in basic literacy skills including reading, writing, math and English as a second language. Tutors provide one-on-one or small group instruction in Buncombe

Located at 847 Case St., Hendersonville. Info: carolinamountain. org.

• TU (6/25), 9am-4pm - CMLC will host hands-on workdays to build public trails on conserved lands. Pizza provided.

County. No prior tutoring experience or

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Prospective volunteers should attend

• FR (6/21), 5-9pm - Downtown After 5 seeks volunteers to serve beer and perform a variety of tasks. Info and registration: volunteer@ashevilledowntown.org.

one of these two orientations.

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Volunteers receive two tickets to the

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

• WE (6/19), 6-8:30pm - Cookie night invites the public to make cookies for hospice patients at CarePartners' John Keever Solace Center.

• MO (6/24) - 7-8:30pm - Cookie Night: Help bake cookies for families staying at the Lewis Rathbun Center, which provides free lodging for out-of-town families who have a loved one in an area hospital. Supplies provided.

• TH (6/27), 11am-12:30pm - Shake and Bake: Cook and serve a homemade lunch to the men staying at the ABCCM Veterans Restoration Quarters and Inn. Both men and women are encouraged to participate.

• TH (6/27), 4-6pm - Fair-Trade StockUp: Assist with unpacking and pricing merchandise for Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit, fair-trade retail store that sells handcrafted items made by

foreign language skills required. Tutors will receive 15 hours of training and ongoing support from certified professionals. Orientation: July 17 and 18.

pan harmonia • Pan Harmonia seeks volunteers to assist with chamber music concerts. concert. Info: office@pan-harmonia.org. proJeCt linus • Project Linus, a volunteer group that provides handmade blankets to children in crisis, seeks new members. Info: 645-8800. the rathbun Center • The Rathbun Center, a nonprofit corporation that provides free lodging for patients and their caregivers staying in Asheville for medical treatment, seeks volunteers to support and register guests. Weekend shifts: noon-3pm, 3-6pm & 6-9pm. Info: rathbuncenter. org or 251-0595.

Calendar deadline The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m. wednesday, one week prior to publication.

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

Children first/Cis • Children First/CIS seeks volunteers for its learning centers and after school program for elementary school children living in public and low-income housing.

Mon.-Thurs., 2:30-5:30pm. Volunteer for one hour a week and change the life of a local child. Info: childrenfirstbc. org or 768-2072.

Children first/Cis mind the Gap tour • TH (6/20), 3:30pm - The Children First/CIS Mind the Gap Tour will call attention to issues that hinder the success of children and families in poverty.

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exhibit were able to wash their hands with the engineered soap, which De La Paz offered for sale at $1,000 a bar.

The enTrepreneurial spiriT • Americans with disneybilities: As recently as mid-May, people with disabilities had been earning hefty black-market fees by taking strangers into Disneyland and Disney World using the parks' own liberal "disability" passes.

These passes allow for up to five relatives or guests at a time to accompany the disabled person in skipping the sometimes hours-long lines and having immediate access to the rides.

The pass-holding "guide," according to NBC's "Today" show, could charge as much as $200 through advertising on Craigslist and via wordof-mouth to some travel agents. Following reports in the New York Post and other outlets, Disney was said in late May to be warning disabled permit-holders not to abuse the privilege.

• May Contain Nuts: After setting out to create a protective garment for mixed martial arts fighters, Jeremiah Raber of High Ridge, Mo., realized that his "groin protection device" could also help police, athletes and military contractors. Armored Nutshellz underwear, now selling for $125 each, has multiple layers of Kevlar plus another fabric called Dyneema, which Raber said can "resist" multiple shots from 9 mm and .22-caliber handguns. He said the Army will be testing Nutshellz in August, hoping it can reduce the number of servicemen who come home with devastating groin injuries.

Fine poinTs oF laW • A woman in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood reported to a local news blog in May that she had seen (and her husband briefly conversed with) a man who was operating a "drone" from a sidewalk, guiding the noisy device to a point just outside a third-floor window in a private home. The pilot said he was "doing research" and asserted that he was not violating anyone's privacy because he, himself, was on a public sidewalk while the drone was in public airspace. The couple called for a police officer, but by the time one arrived, the pilot and his drone had departed.

people WiTh issues • sausage Fest: (1) John Allison, 41, who was arrested inside a Hannaford's grocery store in Massena, N.Y., in May, first aroused suspicion as an anticipated shoplifter, but it turns out that all he wanted to do was to remove a pepperoni from the meat case, rub it on his penis and put it back. He was charged with criminal mischief.

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creaTive visionaries asheville’s indusTries For The Blind Brings arT To The mind’s eYe BY caiTlin BYrd She molds the terra cotta-colored clay in her hands, its soft texture obeying every pinch, roll and press from its creator. As lou Mahoney continues to work the cool material, she smiles when everything feels right. Then, her fingers pause.

“I might need a little more clay,” she says.

The 63-year-old is using her intuition to sculpt a Christmas bell despite being born completely blind. After about 15 minutes, the material no longer resembles a thick block of clay. Even though she doesn’t see the bell as a sighted person would, Mahoney hasn’t lost her eye for creativity.

“It's just an inner feeling in my soul that I feel, a sense of peace, and I feel a sense that what I'm doing is mine. Even though I'm getting a little help, it's my design; it's what I want to do creatively,” she says.

Mahoney is one of nine people who are getting creative on Saturday mornings at Industries for the Blind Asheville, located on Sardis Road. In May, the company started offering a series of free twohour art classes taught by local artist Kenn Kotara.

Though he has led art classes before, Kotara found that teaching the visual arts to a group of people who are either visually impaired or blind requires a modified lexicon.

“The term ‘vision’ in visual becomes a moot point because we can see [pieces of art], but when they say they see, it's a different outcome altogether,” he says. “I must be very literal when I'm speaking about the visual arts language because the vocabulary is set up for people who have sight primarily.

So one [thing I can do] is to focus on the tactile.”

During the first two classes, Kotara had his students work with clay. But just as the instructor had to adapt to the needs of his students, he also had to adapt to the needs of his classroom.

Teaching in the cafeteria at the local IFB, Kotara had no kiln to fire the clay. He did, however, have access to a kitchen stove. This led him to Sculpey, a man-made clay that can be baked in a conventional oven.

“We had to really think about what we were going to produce and then how they could do it easily enough to take it home,” says Kotara.

Though he had thought of the clay and a few other logistical issues, his students still managed to surprise him after creating their first ceramic pieces.

“Interestingly enough, they stated they wanted to paint them,” Kotara says.

In fact, Mahoney insisted that she paint her bell blue and silver, her mother's favorite colors. Even though she’s never seen either of those hues, that

getting crafty: Becky Willis and Lou Mahoney get creative during an art class at Industries for the Blind Asheville. The class is free and taught by local artist Kenn Kotara. Photos by Caitlin Byrd

doesn't mean Mahoney can't sense blue in her mind's eye.

“I picture, like, some colors warm,” she explains.

“One of my former bosses who ran a switchboard and was training me, he said he pictured colors by taste like blueberries are blue; and strawberries are red; and apples are green; and bananas are yellow.”

But not all of the students attending the art class were born blind. Having the degenerative eye disease known as retinitis pigmentosa, Joann Baker gradually lost her vision.

“Most people can see a whole circle, but I see a little, tiny 5 degrees right in the center. It's like looking through a drinking straw,” Baker explains.

She gestures to her ceramic piece, which features a detailed flower in the center of the decorative plate.

“If you do something like this,” she says, pointing to the petals, “this was done mainly by feel.”

For Becky Willis, another student, feeling is seeing.

“I like to feel stuff and feel the texture and shape. I do that with pretty much anything so I can tell what is what,” she says. The Burnsville resident was diagnosed with Stargardt disease when she was 6 years old, gradually losing her sight over time — not that this has stopped her.

“A lot of things visually impaired people are limited on. This is just something that I'd like to see what I can do with it,” she says of sculpting.

This, Harry Peck says, is what this class is all about. Peck works at the local IFB as a low vision associate, and it was his idea to start the art class.

Now, Peck shares, IFB hopes to continue the class for months to come, maybe with more local artists volunteering their time.

Peck used to paint with acrylics before his optic nerve began to atrophy, causing his visual acuity to go from 20/20 to 20/200 in his left eye and 20/400 in his right. Now, he says the class has inspired him to “pull out the canvas in the closet that's been there for eight years.” He emphasizes, “Just because someone is blind or doesn't see well doesn't mean they don't have art in their soul.”

For Mahoney, she says the opportunity to create goes beyond making a blue and silver bell.

“It gives me a good feeling to know that when I cook something or when I made that little bell, I just feel a sense of, 'My God! I'm actually doing something.' And even if somebody looks at it [the bell] and says, 'Well, I wouldn't picture something that way,' well, I would — because that's how I picture things. It's my individuality that makes it special.” X Caitlin Byrd can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 140, or cbyrd@mountainx.com.

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heal from emotional wounds (pd.) Learn how to channel your feelings toward personal empowerment. Develop a relationship with yourself that is nurturing, accepting and protective. FREE Orientation. Call (828) 367-8895 to register. adhd 1/2 day mindfulness retreat (pd.) 3 Local instructors teach people diagnosed with ADHD core Mind-Body practices through the use of Yoga / movement, Tai Chi & Mindfulness to regain focus.

Sat. June 29 9am-2pm. $45. Registration required. Visit www.ADHDasheville.com or call 828-301-1904. asheville Community yoGa Center Located at 8 Brookdale Road. Info: ashevillecommunityyoga.com.

• SA (6/22), 10:30am-noon - A workshop for kids ages 7-12 will explore yoga through storytelling, games, meditation and art. $20. autism pride week • SU (6/16) through SA (6/22) - Autism Pride Week will feature "cultural and social events to celebrate autistic people and support a sense of autistic community."

Activities include a presentation by author Andrew Solomon, autism-related films, art exhibits and an open mic night. Info and schedule: autismprideweek.org. health risks of modernized foods • TH (6/20), 6pm - Daniel Stickler, M.D., will present a lecture on the health risks of “modernized” foods at

healthy livinG proGram • SU (6/23), 4pm - "Learn how to improve your immune system and lower the risk of cancer, heart disease and diabetes." Held at 1278 Hendersonville Road, Suite B. Free. Info: traci@drjennasheville.com. healthy livinG proGrams • Through WE (6/19) - Dr. Jenn Cournoyer and others will present healthy living programs and myofascial stretching classes at 1278 Hendersonville Road, Suite B. Free or by donation. Info and schedule: traci@drjennasheville.com or 230-7253. opportunity house blood tests • WEDNESDAYS, 8:30-10am - Opportunity House will offer blood profile laboratory testing at 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. $25. No appointment required.

Info: opportunityhouse.org or 692-0575. red Cross blood drives 100 Edgewood Road. Info: redcrosswnc.org or 258-3888.

Appointment and ID required for blood drives.

• WE (6/19), 11am-3:30pm - Blood drive: Flesher's Fairview Health Care, 3016 Cane Creek Road. Info: 6282800.

• FR (7/19), 11am-3:30pm - Blood drive: Blue Ridge Pharmacy, 948 Tunnel Road. Info: 298-3636.

• TH (6/20), 7am-7pm - Blood drive: Trinity Baptist Church, 216 Shelburne Road. Info: 1-800-REDCROSS. • TH (6/20), 7am-7pm - WLOS Operation Blood Drive: Grace Lutheran Church, Sixth Avenue West and Blythe Street, Hendersonville. Info: RedCrossBlood.org or 6934890.

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• TH (6/27), 2-6:30pm - Blood drive: Francis Asbury United Methodist Church, 725 Asbury Road, Candler.

Info: 667-3950. wellness events with dr. Cory noll Info and registration: 254-3838.

• WE (6/26), 6pm - "Are You Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired?" will focus on gaining energy, reducing pain and improving digestion. Held at 68 Grove St., Conference Room C5. Free. yoGa for every body • MONDAYS & THURSDAYS, 6pm - Burton Street Community Center, 134 Burton St., hosts yoga with an emphasis on the connection between breath and bodies for back care, core strength and opening hips and chests. Free. Info: sialiablue@gmail.com. yoGa for veterans • MONDAYS, 7-8pm - A yoga class for veterans of all levels and their families will be offered at Asheville Yoga Donation Studio, 239 S. Liberty St. Free. Info: youryoga.com or 254-0380. yoGa for veterans • TUESDAYS, 4:30pm - A beginner class for veterans, appropriate for most fitness levels, is held weekly in the Charles George VA Medical Center cafeteria, 1100 Tunnel Road. Bring mat if possible. Free. Info: kirklandyoga@charter.net. zumba • SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Toy Boat Community Arts Space, 101 Fairview Road, hosts weekly Zumba classes combining "Latin rhythms with fun to create a workout that feels more like a party." $6. Info: kathy. bonyun@gmail.com or toyboatcommunityartspace. com.

supporT groups adult Children of alCoholiCs & dysfunCtional families ACOA is an anonymous 12-step, "Twelve Tradition" program for women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. Info: adultchildren.org.

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

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

• SUNDAYS, 2pm - "Inner Child" study group, Canton Branch Library, 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton.

Info: 648-2924.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - "Generations," First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 474-5120. al anon meetinG • FRIDAYS, 8pm - The Lambda (LGBT) group of Al-Anon, a gay-friendly support group for families and friends of alcoholics, holds weekly candlelight meetings at All Souls Cathedral, 9 Swan St. Info: trackerm1001@yahoo.com. 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: wnc-alanon.org or 800-286-1326.

• WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am - "Daytime Serenity," Pardee Education Center at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. --- 7pm - Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. --- 5:45pm - Al-Anon meeting for women, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. • SATURDAYS, 10am - "One Day at a Time," First Baptist Church, Buncombe and 5th Avenues,

Hendersonville. --- 10am - "Grace Fireside," Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. --- 10am "Saturday Serenity," St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St. --- noon - "Courage to Change," Bess Sprinkle Memorial Library, Weaverville. brain inJury support network • 4th TUESDAYS, 6pm - A group for brain injury survivors, their families, caregivers and friends. Bring a snack to share if you wish. Meets at Foster Church, 375 Hendersonville Road. Info: eengelsman@hindsfeetfarm.org.

ChroniC pain support Group • SUNDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - Open to those with chronic pain, friends and family. Held at Unity Church of Asheville, 130 Shelburne Road. Donations accepted. Info: 989-1555.

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

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 11am - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. (use back entrance).

Info: 424-6594 or 398-8937. debtors anonymous • MONDAYS, 7pm - Debtors Anonymous meets at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 101.

Info: debtorsanonymous.org. depression and bipolar support allianCe: maGnetiC minds • WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Magnetic Minds offers self-help through weekly, peer-facilitated support meetings offering acceptance, info and techniques to manage challenges. Meets at 1316-C Parkwood Road, across from the West Asheville BB&T. Free.

Info: MagneticMinds.weebly.com or 367-7660. eatinG disorders adult support Group • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - THE Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St., provides free weekly support groups for adults recovering from an eating disorder. Facilitated by licensed professionals. Drop-ins welcome; no registration required. Info: thecenternc. org or 337-4685. family hope line • TUESDAYS, 2-5pm & THURSDAYS, 8-11pm "Compassionate listening, encouragement and help finding recovery resources for individuals and families experiencing mental health challenges and/or emotional distress." (855) 446-7348. Free. Info: motherbearcan.org. family mental health support • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Mother Bear Family Dens are free recovery education and support meetings open to individuals, families, friends and care providers working with mental health challenges. Held at All Souls Counseling, 35 Arlington St. Info: motherbearcan.org. memory Cafe • 1st MONDAYS, 1-3pm; 1st WEDNESDAYS, 2-4pm; 3rd SATURDAYS, 1-3pm; 3rd THURSDAYS, 2-4pm Memory Cafe is an opportunity for those living with the challenges of dementia to gather and socialize.

Free. Info and locations: shendrix@mountainprojects. org, Asstminister@uuasheville.org, LBrown@FBCA.net or bettyrobbins@morrisbb.net. memoryCareGivers network: weaverville • 4th TUESDAYS, 1pm - Free and open to anyone caring for a person with memory loss. Group meets at Weaverville First Baptist Church, Lower Level

wellnesscontinued Fellowship Hall, 63 N. Main St., Weaverville. Info: 230-4143.

nity and support to survivors of police brutality. Open to all. Free. Info: 274-4576.

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The National Alliance on Mental Illness offers three types of groups to support people living with mental health issues and their families, friends and loved ones. Free. Info: namiwnc.org or 505-7353.

• 1st SATURDAYS, 10am; 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 11am; 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm - Connection group for people with mental health issues. 356 Biltmore Ave., Suite 207.

• 1st SATURDAYS, 10am; 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm Family/Caregiver group for people supporting someone experiencing a mental health issue. 356 Biltmore Ave., Suite 315.

• 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Dual Diagnosis Support Group. For individuals with MH/SA diagnoses. 3 Thurland Ave., off Biltmore Avenue.

• MONDAYS, noon & FRIDAYS, 7pm - A 10-step support group for those suffering from food addition meets at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road, second floor. Info: scmunchkin59@yahoo.com.

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• Nar-Anon provides support to relatives and friends concerned about the addiction or drug problem of a loved one. "We share experience, strength and hope."

• TUESDAYS, 7pm - West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road; enter through back door. Info: robinplemmons@gmail.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - First United Methodist Chuch, 204 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Enter through side parking lot. Info: 891-8050. overeaters anonymous A fellowship of individuals who are recovering from compulsive overeating. A 12-step program.

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

• SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Black Mountain: 424 W. State St. Open relapse and recovery meeting. Info: 686-8131.

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

Info: 697-5437.

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

• TUESDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari. Info: (609) 731-0808. poliCe brutality survivors' Group • THURSDAYS, 11am - This group meets weekly at Firestorm Cafe, 48 Commerce St., offering commu-

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separated and divorCed CatholiC support Group • 4th SATURDAYS, 6:30pm - "As Catholics, we are taught the sacramentality of marriage, but as humans, we experience the pain of failure through divorce. We support people going through the many emotions and behaviors." All are welcome. Held at the Basilica of St. Lawrence's Fireplace Room, 97 Haywood St. Info: catholicanddivorced@gmail.com.

• THURSDAYS, 6pm - This peer support group is dedicated to helping individuals gain independence from all types of addictive behavior (drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, etc.). Meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: smartrecoveryavl@ gmail.com or 407-0460. trans-positive support • 2nd & LAST THURSDAYS - TransHealth Coordinators offers peer support for transgender people with HIV at WNCAP, 554 Fairview Road. 2nd Thursday support group, 1pm; Last Thursday "Lunch and Learn," noon. Info: transhealthcoordinators.org or wncap.org. wnC brain tumor support • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm - WNC Brain Tumor Support meets at MAHEC, 121 Hendersonville Road.

June speaker: Mary Hart from Hart Law Group will speak about estate planning. Info: wncbraintumor.org or 691-2559. more wellness events online

Ingles Markets & MILKCO celebrate

DAIRY MONTH MILKCO located on Deaverview Road in West Asheville is a private label dairy processor operated by Ingles Markets as a wholly opened subsidiary. MILKCO packages Laura Lynn and Harvest Farm milk for Ingles as well as juices, teas, ice cram and bottled water. MILKCO also services other retailers and institutions.

• 80% of Laura Lynn milk is purchased from dairy farmers within a 150 miles radius of Asheville, NC.

• The photographs on Laura Lynn milk are of Ingles employees and family members.

• Milkco supports 280 local dairy farmers in NC, TN, GA, TN and VA who are committed to sustainable practices and to producing wholesome, rBGH free (artificial hormones) milk.

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A garden-lover’s paradise Lush, private gardens will open their arbors to the public for the Asheville-Buncombe County Master Gardeners Tour on Saturday, June 22. The “Follow Your Passion” tour will feature six Asheville gardens, including one school, two bed-and-breakfast inns and three private homes.

The afternoon is more than an array of ferns and flowers. It’s a teaching tour, complete with docents at each location to answer questions and point out the unique features of the gardens. Everything from beekeeping to managing slopes will be explained.

Tim and Mary Fierle will present their “pass along” garden which highlights the greenery that friends and family have shared over the years. The Beaufort House, pictured, which was once the summer home of Charlton Heston, will celebrate the actor’s legacy with gardens that are rich with history. A 250-year-old white oak tree will greet visitors, along with a wisteria pergola and and an herb garden that feeds the inn’s visitors.

Former Buncombe Board of Commissioners chair Gene Rainey’s garden, which features 60 raised beds, has experienced some challenges due to heavy rains and active critters this year. However, Gene’s wife Dorma reports that vegetables from their garden have already been donated to MANNA FoodBank this season. They hope to donate 100 pounds of produce each week.

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The tour starts at Isaac Dickson Elementary School, where maps and directions will be provided. The school is the perfect place to kick off the tour, as the proceeds benefit the Master Gardeners’ school garden grants. A tree pruning presentation will be offered as well as tours of the school’s outdoor pizza oven and chicken coop.

The garden tour will be held on Saturday, June 22 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Shuttles will run from UNCA to the various gardens and details are provided at check-in. Tickets are $20; $15 in advance. Info and tickets: buncombemastergardener.org

Excitement that can’t be contained Kids and container gardens go hand-in-hand. This low-maintenance approach to growing gives children a chance to see results quickly and complete a full garden project before the school year ends.

The Men’s Garden Club of Asheville hosted a container garden contest for children earlier this spring. More than 50 elementary school classes from 20 Buncombe County schools participated. Creativity, originality and hands-

Open the gates: The Asheville-Buncombe County Master Gardeners will host its biannual tour, featuring six gardens — including the Beaufort House’s wisteria arbor — on Saturday, June 22.

on input from the children were just a few of the qualities that were considered.

Isaac Dickson Elementary’s fourth-grade class (pictured on the next page) was one of three firstplace winners in this year’s contest.

The students used container gardens to explore connections between math and nature. Other winners include Claxton Elementary, Hominy Valley Elementary and Ira B. Jones Elementary.

“It gives the boys and girls a chance to be creative,” says Men’s Garden Club’s special projects director Alan Williams. “It makes you smile when you see the kids sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to be heard.”

To learn more about the Men’s Garden Club of Asheville and its nearly 75 years of serving the local garden community, go to mensgardenclubasheville.org.

Farm & Garden Calendar alderman daylily sale (pd.)To Benefit Child Abuse Prevention Services, Inc. June 28 and 29. $2-$10.

Sharon Rd. Fairview. Follow signs on 74A. www.childabusepreventionservices.org bamboo walkinG tour • 2nd & 4th SUNDAYS, 1:30-3pm - Haiku Bamboo Nursery and Farm, 468 Rhodes Mountain Road, Hendersonville, will host a bamboo walking tour featuring 23 different species. $20. Info: www.oshimabambooschool.com or 685-3053. bee City's pollination Celebration • Through SA (6/22) - Bee City USA and Tupelo Honey Cafe present "Pollination Celebration," a series of events promoting ways to help honey bees, native bees and other pollinators. Activities include a field day, garden tour, lectures and more. Info and complete schedule: beecityusa.org/ pollinator-week. botaniCal Gardens at asheville 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd. Registration required for most classes. Info: ashevillebotanicalgardens.org or 252-5190.

• SU (6/23), 9:30-11:30am - A class on designing natural gardens will focus on natural community modeling, reading landscapes, micro-habitats and site selection.

Class will be held outdoors; wear appropriate clothes. $15/$10 members. bunCombe County extension master Gardeners Programs are held at 94 Coxe Ave. unless otherwise noted. Info: 255-5522.

• MONDAYS through THURSDAYS, 9:30am3:30pm; FRIDAYS, 9:30am-12:30pm - The Master Gardener Hotline will accept gardening questions via phone and in-person. Info: 255-5522 or buncombemastergardener.org.

• WE (6/19), 10-11am - A class on "how to really see a garden" will focus on ways to improve the "understanding and enjoyment" of viewing gardens. Free; registration required.

• 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 11am-2pm Compost demonstrations will focus on establishing compost piles and bins for home gardens. Held outside Jesse Israel Garden Center, 570 Brevard Road. A plant clinic is also available. Bring plant samples for evaluation. Free. emG Garden tour • SA (6/22), 9am-4pm - The Buncombe County Master Gardeners will host a "Follow Your Passion" garden tour, featuring six Asheville gardens including three private homes, two B&Bs; and one school garden. Directions and maps available at Isaac Dickson Elementary School, 125 Hill St. Shuttle available from UNCA. $20/$15 in advance. Info: buncombemastergardener. org or 255-5522. firefly GatherinG • TH (6/20) through SU (6/23) - The Firefly Gathering will celebrate "skills for living with

the Earth" through classes on wilderness skills, raising animals, native nutrition and more. Held at Bell's Cove in Barnardsville. Sliding scale.

Info: fireflygathering.org.

GeorGe washinGton Carver edible park • MONDAYS, 5-7pm - The community is invited to help grow and maintain vegetables at the George Washington Carver Edible Park, next to the Stephens Lee Recreation Center parking lot, 30 G.W. Carver Ave. Info: majerla@ hotmail.com. haywood County plant CliniC • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 9am-noon & 1-4pm - Haywood County Master Gardeners will host a plant clinic at 589 Raccoon Road, Suite 118, Waynesville. Questions about lawns, vegetables, flowers and trees will be answered.

Info: 456-3575. hiGhlands bioloGiCal station Botanical garden: 265 N. Sixth St., Highlands.

Nature center: 930 Horse Cove Road, Highlands. Free. Info: highlandsbiological.org or 526-0188.

• MO (6/17) through WE (6/19) - A summer workshop for young gardeners will focus on growing moss and carnivorous plants. Students will focus on biology, ecology and practical gardening methods. $30. Registration required.

• MONDAYS through (8/26), 10:30am - Tours of the botanical garden will depart from the nature center amphitheater. leiCester Garden Club •TU (6/25), 1pm - The monthly meeting of the Leicester Garden Club will focus on flower arrangements. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road. Refreshments will be served.

Info: 683-8711 n.C. arboretum Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily. Info: ncarboretum.org or 6652492.

• TH (6/20), 10am-noon - A class on summer container gardening will feature hands-on demonstrations and information on plant selection and warm weather challenges. $28/$23 members.

• SATURDAYS, 1pm - Interpretive guides will lead small groups through woodland trails and a variety of forest types. Topics include wildflowers, plant identification, natural history and land use. Free with $8 parking fee; donations encouraged. small terrain 278 Haywood Road. Info: smallterrain.com or 216-8102.

• TH (6/27), 6-8pm - A class on backyard chickens will focus on obtaining, feeding, housing and caring for flocks. $25. more GardeninG events online Check out the Gardening Calendar online at www.mountainx.com/events for info on events happening after June 27.

Calendar deadline The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m. wednesday, one week prior to publication.

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

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by Brandy Carl treva Williams, a local single mother with three children, never thought she would be able to own a home. Now she is looking forward to moving into one, thanks to the Mountain Housing Opportunities Self-Help Homeownership program, whose participants grab hammers and nails to help build their own homes. “I’m just glad I was able to have this opportunity to make a better life for my kids,” says Williams.

“As a parent, you always want to do more for your children and I’m

glad I’m able to do so. To me it’s the investment for my family,” she says.

Only five to eight families are chosen at a time to take part in the program, says Katie anne towner, the self-help specialist for MHO who oversees the program. Working as a group, families spend 20 hours per week for up to a year building their homes as well as others in the group. At the end of the yearlong building cycle, the next wave of participants begins.

So far, 20 homes have been built in Buncombe County through the program, which is currently accepting applicants to begin building a new set of homes later this summer.

Applicants must make less than 80 percent of the median in Buncombe County — $44,000 a year for a family of four, Towner explains. A “reasonable” credit history is also required, paired with at least one year of stable income. Participants cannot already own a home, she says.

Typically, there’s no down payment; subsidized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the program relies on participants’ “sweat equity” instead. The alternative makes the homes an affordable option for low-income county

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residents, and also offer a reduced interest rate for participants Towner explains. With the USDA funding the homes, Towner says the homes may not have otherwise been built.

“The fact that the USDA finances 100 percent, that’s helpful,” says Towner. “Closing costs are lumped into the loan. It’s one of the only ways that I know of that people can become homeowners without the [up-front] costs. We work really closely to help people get on track and get into a position where they lower their debt,” she says.

A big benefit for participants, Towner adds, are “the homeowner skills that you get. You learn how to build and how to fix.” Since the homeowners build their homes, they get an idea of how to fix problems that may arise. “Now . . . if anything goes wrong with my home, I’ll kind of know what’s going on,” says Williams.

The local economy also benefits, says Towner. Local subcontractors help build the homes, which in turn supports local jobs.

Families get to pick from a selection of floor plans designed to meet their budget and family size.

Because the USDA is funding the program, the homes can only be built in what are considered to be rural areas but with schools and jobs not very far away. For example, North Buncombe High School is located in Weaverville, where one of the communities is located.

Three years ago, norman Douglas bailey iii signed up after reading about the program in his wife’s work newsletter. The couple currently lives in the Self-Help Homeownership development in Black Mountain. He says, “For anybody that’s not actually wanting a hand out, just a hand up to get your foot in the door for a lifelong investment, it’s a perfect program.”

For more information on the Self-Help Homeownership program, or to apply, visit mtnhousing.org/services/ownership/self_help.php or mtnhousing.org.

Brandy Carl is an Xpress news intern and a senior at Western Carolina University. She can be reached at brandy@mountainx.com or 251-1333, ext. 128.

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New restaurant, new owner at the Grove Park Inn

The resort prepares to open Edison following a sale to Omni Hotels & Resorts Grove Park Inn has a new owner — again.

On June 12, Omni Hotels & Resorts announced it was buying the property, along with four other resorts in other states.

“We want to make this as smooth of a transition as possible, so we’re mostly excited to keep everything status quo,” says Anne Tramer, vice president of corporate communications for Omni, adding that several in-progress renovation and expansion projects will continue. “As of right now, we’re planning to stick with what’s already underway, and then we’ll make some decisions.”

Omni brought the property from KSL Resorts, for which GPI was a recent acquisition. In May 2012, KSL bought the Inn from Sammons Enterprises, which had owned it for about 60 years.

The change in ownership should be smooth for everyone involved, including employees, Tramer says.

“We’re actually not intending to make any associate changes,” she says.

goiNg off: At left, the restaurant’s design incorporates the inventor’s most-famous invention, in the form of exposed-filament lightbulbs.

VisioNary VagaBoNds: Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone Jr., Horatio Seymour, Henry Ford and Fred Seely (from the left) at the Grove Park Inn in 1918.

In turn, Tramer hopes the Inn will benefit from Omni’s stewardship. Omni is far larger than KSL; after this deal, KSL will manage just four properties, while Omni will own about 60. “We have a corporate office and a larger portfolio,” Tramer says. “In that sense, we’re hoping to really support the resort and drive more business and traffic not just to Grove Park Inn, but to Asheville as a community in general.”

Omni is headquartered in Dallas and owns hotels in Charlotte and Atlanta, in addition to dozens of other cities throughout the U.S. Its resort locations include Florida and South Carolina.

As part of the deal with KSL, Omni will acquire resorts in Texas, Virginia and California. The Wall Street Journal valued the five-resort sale at “roughly $900 million,” according to a June 12 article.

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New restauraNt, historic guests Despite the ownership change, the Inn plans to launch a new restaurant, Edison, in July.

The restaurant is named for one of the Inn’s notable guests.

Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, phonograph and video camera, frequented the inn while “glamping.”

“Glamorous camping,” explains Tracey Johnston-Crum, director of marketing and communications at the Grove Park Inn, where Edison often took more luxurious accommodation for a couple of days during his glamping trips.

“Thomas Edison visited the Grove Park Inn with three very good friends, and they tended to make this an annual stop,” Johnston-Crum says.

“In fact, those friends were Henry Ford and [Harvey] Firestone. They called themselves the vagabonds.”

The three traveled in big caravans and, when they weren’t at the Inn, arranged for full dinner services beneath a tent. (To see a video of the to-do, search for “vagabonds” on pbs. com.) Ford built specially outfitted cars that included refrigerators and other upgrades for their expeditions.

As a nod to its iconic guests, the Grove Park Inn will name its new restaurant Edison. The bar-kitchen, as the resort is branding the venture, will have casual elements — think televisions and pub-style seating — and it will also include more refined touches, such as local art from Akira Satake, Nancy Joyce and Gabriel Shaffer, and terrace dining.

The fare focuses on gastro-pub plates — they’re accessible and a little off the wall, but the ingredients promise to be on par with Grove Park’s more upscale offerings at its other eateries.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun, interesting things that are different than what we’re used to but will compliment the numerous North Carolina craft beers on draft,” Johnston-Crum says.

Dishes will include ricotta with sweet peas, chicken cracklin’s with salt and vinegar dust, Carolina scotch eggs, fried whole okra, chicken and waffles with local honey, grilled head-on prawns and veal meatballs with toasted pine nuts, gorgonzola and porcini mushrooms.

Edison is tentatively scheduled to open in July, Johnston-Crum says.

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Emancipation celebration The third annual Asheville Juneteenth festival commemorates the end of slavery

This time of year, some people are thinking about getting out of town for a summer vacation. But the nice weather and long days also make this season a good time for local exploration.

The Hillcrest community hosts the third annual Juneteenth festival on Saturday, June 22. It’s an important day for the neighborhood, which is geographically isolated from the rest of the city. (It borders the French Broad River on one side and I-26 and I-240 at its remaining edges.) “[Juneteenth] is an opportunity for the whole city of Asheville to come to a place where most people probably haven’t been before,” says Nicole Hinebaugh, director of programs at Women’s Wellbeing and Development Foundation, which partners with the Hillcrest Resident Association for the event.

“A lot of the public housing neighborhoods here are pretty isolated.

Hillcrest is one-way-in, one-wayout. It’s not the kind of place that you drive through on your way to somewhere else.”

The festival commemorates the abolition of slavery in America.

It’s celebrated nationwide. “It got started June 19 of 1865, so a few years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed,” Hinebaugh says. “That’s when Texas declared that slaves were free.

Right there in Galveston, Texas, people just started celebrating. That celebration, ever since then, has been known as Juneteenth.”

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sWeet cOuntry: Colleah Habif hopes Mountain Mojo will provide a place for Fairview to meet up over coffee and snacks, such as these gluten-free cinnamon doughnuts with dark chocolate ganache and pecans.

New food and seasonal favorites in Fairview

Despite its proximity to Asheville, Fairview remains obscure to lots of folks, explains Colleah Habif.

When someone asks her about the location of her new business, Mountain Mojo Coffee House, she tells them it’s “out in the county.”

The community to Asheville’s east is a mixture of suburban housing and family farms. This time of year, the area is buzzing as produce ripens and hikers venture out to Chimney Rock.

Habif and her husband, Ross, have worked in the Asheville restaurant industry for 16 years. Most recently, they co-owned the Sugar Beet — also in Fairview — which opened in 2009. A year and a half later, Habif sold her share in the business to

her partner, Ashley Rosenkoetter.

The popular Fairview breakfast spot closed in 2011, and The Local Joint reopened in its place.

The Habifs got their start selling baked goods out of Natural Mystic Coffee on Lexington Avenue in the mid-’90s (where the Emerald Lounge is now). They also launched Over Easy Café on Broadway, which they ran for several years before selling it to current owner Carson Lucci.

This spring, they opened Mountain Mojo in partnership with Colleah’s aunt, Shelley Habif.

They hope to make Fairview’s agricultural strength part of the concept. They’re planting gardens, the kind “the kids can wander through,” as Colleah puts it, that will produce strawberries and mint, among other things, and hosting a weekly market for farmers and craftspeople — The County Market — on Fridays from 2 to 6 p.m.

With Mountain Mojo, Colleah hopes to provide a communal space, with live music and other events. She says the coffee house will be more versatile than a restaurant, “It serves the community in a different way,” she says. “We really wanted to have a meeting place. We wanted to facilitate that for Fairview because there isn’t anything like that on this side of town.” in the neighbOrhOOD

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Accordingly, Colleah’s pulling in food producers from around the area, although the Habifs also bake many of the shop’s offerings. Look for coffee from Dynamite Roasting in Black Mountain, Auntie M’s mini quiches and sandwiches from Troyer’s Country Amish Blatz.

Troyer’s is worth a visit itself: The deli, bakery, grocery and furniture store hybrid is tucked into a charming white farmhouse just a couple of miles from Mountain Mojo.

The Troyers take inspiration from the Amish of Holmes County, Ohio, so you can get shoofly pie and other specialties. They also custom order furniture from the craftspeople of that region.

After you stock up on coffee and sandwiches at Mountain Mojo and Troyer’s, check out the cheese at Looking Glass Creamery.

The cheesemakers’ family farm has a brand new shop for hosting visitors on Thursdays and Saturdays. Sample the goat and cow milk cheeses, and take in the views from the farm. Make a picnic of it — the shop stocks local sausage, crackers, mustard and chocolate to enjoy with the cheese.

Over at Hickory Nut Gap Farm, berry season is starting. Pick organic blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, or purchase a pint from the farm store, which stocks produce as well as grassfed beef, pork sausage and plenty of locally produced dry goods and souvenirs.

Just down the road from Hickory Nut Gap Farm, Flying Cloud Farm sets up a self-serve produce stand (pay by the honor system). The farm grows herbs, berries, flowers and a wide array of vegetables.

Want to get Fairview’s offerings all in one place? Trout Lily Market stocks many of the products mentioned above.

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Remember that time you were going to buy a bottle of Wee Heavier, but couldn’t spare the next morning to 22-ounces of a strong beer? Or that time you really wanted Gateway Kölsch but couldn’t bring glass on the hike? Well, French Broad must have heard of your trouble. Just like Asheville Brewing and Oskar Blues in Brevard, French Broad beer has started canning.

“We’ve tripled our sales in the last four years, and we’re looking at tacking on 20 to 25 percent more volume already,” says owner Andy Dahm.

“While we sell a lot of draft beer in downtown Asheville, when it comes to the rest of our distribution territory ... we do better with the packaged [bottled or canned] beer.”

In addition to the Wee Heavier and Kölsch, French Broad is also rolling out 13 Rebels in the initial launch. As for where to find them, French Broad’s current accounts like Greenlife, Earth Fare, Ingles, and of course, the beer-centric retailers, will carry the cans right away. However, Dahm said their hope is that the cans will eventually bring them to new stores and new territories.

“I would love to see Asheville’s breweries bringing money in from outside the city,” says Dahm. “When you look at our town and its wagebased issues, why try to get tourists up here [for the beer] when we can get that beer to them?” a couple oF BeeR Bills While French Broad’s cans may be making the biggest splash at the grocery store this week, expect other big changes to the way beer is packaged. House Bill 829, sponsored by Rep. Chuck McGrady of Henderson County, just passed the Senate and was signed by Gov. Pat McCrory on June 12.

Dubbed the “Growler Bill,” this change to the law allows restaurants, grocery stores and other

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retailers to fill and sell growlers — 32- or 64-ounce containers of beer.

Up until now, only breweries could fill growlers on premise.

The change is generally seen as good news, since it has the potential to make craft beer more accessible. However, there could be issues

regarding the use and sanitation of draft equipment at retailers that don’t specialize in beer. Dirty draft lines and improper filling procedures can quickly have a negative impact on beer flavor, and brewers will have to weigh that risk versus the reward.

House Bill 610, known as the, “In-Stand Beer Sales Bill,” was signed at the same time. This change permits vendors to sell beer in the stands at professional sporting events where the venue has a capacity of at least 3,000 people.

This is a big shift from the previous law, which only allowed instand sales at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. Locally, the biggest impact is likely to be seen at McCormick Field, which seats about 4,000.

Just breW it Before Beer Week is too far in the rearview mirror, let’s take a minute to celebrate the homebrewers who took part in the Just Brew It festival. As with any event where there are more than 100 beers, it was tough to pick a winner. Really, it was tough to even try them all.

We presented my Beer Scout best in show to Luke Waterson’s Sour Trunks. The beer started its life at Noda Brewing in Charlotte, where Waterson and a bunch of other homebrewers collaboratively brewed a big batch on the professional equipment. Waterson took his share and pitched “the dregs of a few bottles of beers like Cantillon and Rodenbach” into the wort, hoping it would sour, and sour fast. He got lucky. In just two months, the beer transformed dramatically into a crisp, sour summer ale.

It’s safe to say this delicious beer may never be recreated.

However, instead of hoarding it, Waterson drove 2 1/2 hours to share it with old friends, new friends and complete strangers who love beer. In my book, that definitely deserves an award.

A few local breweries also picked their favorites, some of which they’ll brew commercially in the following year: buriaL beer: Wabba Wabba Geh Back (soured saison) brewed by Matt Kane OsKar bLues: Patersbier brewed by Bart Roberts sierra neVaDa: Funky Blackberry Stout brewed by Gabe Hinkley sOuthern appaLachian: Big Red American Amber brewed by Bernie Kessel WicKeD WeeD: Uh, huh, huh! (saison) brewed by Mark Conti

Growler laws around the region by emiLy patricK Seems like the term “growler” isn’t part of the state law lexicon.

When state governments talk about growlers, which allow customers to take beer to-go (in sealed, reusable containers), they reference “sales for off-premises consumption” — kind of a head-scratcher.

Understandably, the obscure terms accompany some legislative confusion. Here’s a breakdown of growler laws in neighboring states.

With the passage of the so-called Growler Bill, North Carolina catches up with South Carolina and Tennessee and becomes more permissive than Georgia. Here’s a look at the neighbors: geOrgia A couple of years ago, growler shops started springing up in Georgia. Grocery stores, including Whole Foods, quickly began installing growler systems. However, the state’s law does not allow for growler sales at breweries, which are only allowed to sell beer on draft (for consumption at the brewery). Recently, a bill that would allow growler sales at breweries appeared in state congress, but it’s been tabled until 2014.

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by Sharon bell “You know, I don’t have any secrets,” Fiora Lizak says when asked about her role in Secrets: Freeing the Hidden Story, Community Choreography Project’s latest production. Then a smile spreads across her face and she bursts out laughing.

CCP artistic director Barrie Barton knows the challenges of getting people to openly admit or discuss, let alone artistically express, topics that are often embarrassing.

But after spending six months exploring creative release while developing the performance, she's sometimes astonished by the cast members' transformations. “I’ve seen people become more free with who they are, because they unburden themselves with what they are holding on to,” Barton says.

She met last fall with the cast of 19 local performers, many of whom have never been onstage before. During a fourweek performance workshop, participants used movement and staging to help gain confidence and comfort. “We started by tapping into childhood secrets, the ones that aren’t so heavy,” Barton says. She references a little girl mistaking a bottle of Ex-Lax for chocolates, a little boy who thought his Winnie the Pooh bear was alive and he was Christopher Robin, and several instances of “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.” After Barton built the group’s comfort level, they slowly made their way into the darker secrets.

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weight to it, but the goal of this show is to explore with the audience that secrets are not just the heavy things, or the things we don’t want to share,” she says. “It’s the silly things too.”

Whether it’s laughter or sadness, she says emotion is often experienced on both sides of the curtain.

The first CCP production was in 2006, and subsequent shows have dealt with emotional and taboo topics — hence the tagline “Real Life. Real Stories. Real People.”

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Secrets is the organization’s fifth show, and is being produced with support from the Asheville Area Arts Council and the outdoor Art in the Park series. This production “really covers the vast human spectrum of what it means to be alive,” Barton says. The script addresses the humanistic need to feel like we’re not alone in withholding information from the outside world, while also offering a therapeutic (and voyeuristic) perspective into strangers' lives. The audi-

ence typically realizes they can closely identify with many of the performers’ stories, Barton says. In fact, the audience is where many of the cast members originate.

Fiora Lizak attended the 2009 performance, Knock! Knock!, and immediately knew she wanted to participate.

Secrets will be her second time collaborating with Barton and CCP, her only prior stage experience being an eighth-grade ballet class. A former Jehovah’s Witness until her mid-30s,

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Lizak has found that performing with the group has given her an outlet for her emotional energy. “At first, the subject of secrets made me a little concerned, but my experience with the last performance, the friendships and the ability to dance out your story is so inspiring. Barrie really gives structure to this stuff that’s coming out of me,” she says.

Secrets combines movement theater and comedy acts with a spoken-word performance by local poet Griffin Payne and short film vignettes featuring local film artist Erika Czerwinski and filmmaker and photographer David Huff. “We’re not reinventing the secrets, these are universal themes that everyone deals with, just portrayed in different ways,” says Maureen Simon, who is participating in the CCP for her third time.

With a master's degree in arts and education, and several years of experience teaching dance in Buncombe County Schools, Barton pulls from her experience to lead the cast in acting, dancing and speaking out.

“I’m really in awe of Barrie’s capacity to choreograph amateurs, yet still allow free expression. I’m excited to release my inner star,” says first-time cast-member Kathy Edwards.

As the cast starts preparing for one of the final rehearsals, it’s clear that they are no longer amateurs. They have collaborated, formed emotional bonds and cultivated an entire performance, based on only their collective experiences and feelings. X Sharon Bell is a freelance writer and the social media manager at Make Me Social.

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Mikal Cronin can’t help doubting himself.

At seemingly every turn on MCII — the San Francisco garage rocker’s bright and buoyant sophomore effort — he’s questioning something he has just declared with certainty. “I want it now!� he cries with brazen intensity on “Shout It Out� before defusing his ardor with the very next line: “But do I need it, though?� Self-doubting by its very title, “Am I Wrong� shows him to be a most trepidatious flirt: “I’m ready to go/ Where we’re headed, I don’t know/ But I like you.�

At 27, Cronin is one of garage rock’s brightest young stars, signed to Durham-based indie heavyweight Merge Records and playing bass with the similarly skyrocketing Ty Segall. But in spite of his genre — stereotyped by its unrepentant swagger and constant guitar grime — his songs are all jangling insecurity, huge, sparkling hooks undercut by blasts of booming fuzz and unrepentant emotions. “It’s just the jarring feeling of a bunch of transition all at once. It’s feeling unsure about what’s going to happen,� Cronin explains. He wrote the songs on his self-titled debut, released in 2011, as he neared graduation at the California Institute of the Arts. He was preparing to step into the real world and give his music a shot.

He’d just ended a long-standing relationship,

and he was preparing to move away from his hometown of Los Angeles. MCII derives its own restless energy from similar concerns but also from his newfound fame. Cronin has trouble reconciling his growing audience with his own insecurities. The result is another collection fueled by wonderfully crushing doubt. “That's part of the reason why I titled the record MCII,� he says. “It’s not like a sequel, but it’s more like the second chapter in what I had started to explore in the first record. My life changed dramatically within a couple months, and it’s still changing dramatically. I’m older.

I’ve had more experiences. I’ve traveled more.

I've gotten through relationships and started new ones and met new people. It’s just kind of a new set of personal challenges and experiences and seeing, noticing a lot of my own personal struggles in my loved ones.�

Mikal Cronin explores these themes of change and uncertainty in varied shades of explosive lo-fi color. His potent and punchy melodies — similar to The Beatles of Revolver and Rubber Soul, but too often reduced to that one comparison — are pushed into overdrive by rough distortion and moments of oddball abandon: the loopy flute solo that closes “Is it Alright,� the industrial throb that lends gut-checking intensity to tangled riffs of “Green and Blue.�

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MCII is a cleaner outing. Pianos tinkle gracefully. Acoustic 12-strings offer tender counterpoints to burly electric riffs. If his debut resembled The Beatles, then this offering drifts toward Wings, hooks and melody taking over as the primary focus, leaving the experimental goodies to provide tasty texture. While different, the results are every bit as thrilling as Cronin’s previous work.

“The Weight” starts MCII with one of its best inclusions. “I’ve been starting over for a long time,” Cronin passionately quips, implying the strains of personal responsibility on a young mind. Fuzz crashes down in the chorus, emphasizing the angst as he offers his perfectly vague complaint: “I’m not ready for the weight again.” Is it the pit in the bottom of his stomach?

The burden of expectation? Impossible to say, but for the listener it’s whatever makes sense.

Cronin’s songs resound with this kind of universal applicability, the staple of essential pop.

“What I’ve always liked about this project is it’s pretty wide open for me,” he offers. “Not like I can do whatever I want, but if I can get people behind me, supporting me, enjoying what I do, I could take them anywhere I want to go. I have ideas of non-standard record projects that I’m thinking about. But first and foremost I just want to continue to write the best songs that I can write. Beyond that, I don’t really know. I want to keep it interesting for myself personally.”

It’s hard to say where Cronin’s interests will take him next. If the restless experiments of his first record are any indication, he could do almost anything. But so long as he pairs powerful and personal feelings with addictive melody, he’s going to stand out. X Jordan Lawrence is a contributing writer at The Independent.

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Or maybe it’s the teased-out, big-haired blonde (Shannon Shaw) who wails into oblivion, hitting high notes in fits of fury and excitement. They crackle the speakers, only to be followed by deep bellows that shake the walls and still the room.

Whatever it is, Shannon and the Clams’ pared-down, three-piece setup manages to hybridize entire decades into a single, frenetic beast. They’re an R&B-tinged, soul-swingin’ Oakland rock ’n’ roll band. Think retro garage-punk combined with deep roots in coastal California vintage surf-rock with a ton of reverb. Their newest album, Dreams in the Rat House, debuted May 21 on Seattle-based label Hardly Art Records.

Lyrics dive through deranged dreams, rousing some sleeping beast as Shaw’s voice

filters through a static-y mic and falls in love, if only for the moment. Guitarist Cody Blanchard’s high-pitched melodies jump up and down behind Shaw’s voice in songs like “Rip Van Winkle” and “Ozma” before diving into frantic and increasingly louder power chords backed by Ian Amberson’s tidal drums.

Shaw’s voice is echoed by a ‘50s-esque chorus in this doo-wop ditty, chanting “awwwwo-awww-o.” Mantras like “Bed Rock” have the band chanting over droning, punked-up drums. Then there’s the album’s capstone: a cover of Del Shannon’s hit “Runaway.” It’s sped up a step and far more haunting and contemplative than the “other” Shannon’s 1961 take. The Clams’ choral “waa-waa-waas,” return to finish the album off.

The band’s cross-country tour to promote Dreams in the Rat House brings them to the Emerald Lounge on Saturday, June 22, where they’ll open for Mikal Cronin. — Kyle Sherard

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Short films are expected to be scripted, shot, edited and submitted in two whirlwind days.

This year, the global challenge will be answered in almost 125 cities, resulting in 4,000 films. It returns to Asheville this weekend with teams meeting on Friday, June 21, to begin the super-grueling, super-fun process.

On Friday, local film crews meet at Asheville Brewing Company where they will be assigned a genre, a character, a prop and a line of dialogue, all of which must be used in their films.

That’s tricky enough, but with no prep time to scout locations, do hair and makeup or work up a good Transylvanian accent, teams have to hit the ground running. Even preproduction counts against that 48 hour time-limit. Films submitted a mere minute late are disqualified.

Locally, the project has resulted in wining films such as Hometown Security by Athos ('05), Sock and Awe by Team Smokey ('06), Cosmo of 1932 by We Make Pictures Move ('07), Serial Love by Blue Ridge Community College ('08), Nostalgia by Pandemonium ('09), Touched by Angels by The Young Adults ('10), “The First Apple” by Team UNCA ('11) and last year's Hickory Dickory Dock by Out of State Bank.

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schedule Friday, june 21: Competition kickoff from 5:30-7 p.m. Teams meet at Asheville Brewing Company’s Coxe Avenue location to receive details for their films. sunday, june 23: All teams must submit films by 7:30 p.m. at Asheville Brewing Company’s Coxe Avenue location.

Wednesday, june 25: Screenings at Asheville Brewing Company’s Merrimon Avenue location at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. ries such as best use of character, best use of prop, best musical score and best special effects.

Teams average about 13 members but, according to the project's website, have been as small as a one-person actor/director/camera operator and as large as 116 people with 30 horses (that was in Albuquerque). In Asheville, teams are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

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by Kyle sherard this grant directly and primarily assists Warren Wilson, the college and the cccd want to use it to the craft community’s benefit. that means including regionally accessible programming, such as the internships and residencies. “asheville is the nexus for the crafts culture in america,” said sherrill. By cccd’s charge, Western north carolina is the nation’s craft capital. and with community-oriented development, these institutions can continue to uphold and elevate that status.

putting money into crafts the Windgate charitable foundation may be based in siloam springs, ark., but the distance hasn’t hindered the organization’s interest in Western north carolina’s arts and crafts economy. that interest benefits area artists, educators and organizations who receive the foundation’s grants — most recently, Warren Wilson college.

Warren Wilson in may joined the ranks of high-profile Windgate recipients when it was awarded a $2.1 million grant to better realize and enhance craft’s impact on its small liberal arts campus. While WWc's art department currently offers painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics and sculpture, there hasn’t been a clear focus on traditional appalachian craft studies. that is, not since the first half of the last century. “for a time, Warren Wilson craft flourished,” graduate morgan davis said in a 2011 article in the alumni magazine Owl & Spade, adding, “textiles and wooden goods [were] sold under the label ‘Warren Wilson crafts.’ students preserved appalachian weaving methods with woven table linens, towels and rugs,” she said, “and they ‘learned to do by doing’ as they created wooden boxes, turned bowls and other pieces.” in the early 1900s, the college boasted 18 looms, a pottery program and a wood shop that turned out furniture, boxes and other muchneeded farming implements. But the programs dwindled in the postwar climate. as more students began turning to the growing public education system for college degrees, fewer were seeking the crafts-based vocational programs offered

by Warren Wilson, where an on-campus job has long been part of the curriculum.

By the late 1960s the looms were inactive and on the way out. Work dwindled to only a few hours a week, done only by the dedicated. fragments of the craft education programs lingered in the work crews. But for decades, practicality prevailed over artistry. then, in 2009, student interest in craft surged, said paula garrett, WWc's vice president of academic affairs and dean of the college. that interest resulted in new and revamped work crews. students, with help from faculty and community members, secured the space for a donated loom. several alumni returned to teach and supervise a new fiber arts crew. ten years earlier, a wood shop had been reinstalled. it was initially (and still is) used for furniture building and maintenance. But in 2009, students interested in crafting musical instruments started using it. and students from the blacksmithing, carpentry and fiber-arts work

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crews began using the shops after hours for their artistic pursuits.

“We’re reviving what was clearly a deep value in the life of the college,” garrett said. and Windgate’s support will allow them to enhance existing craft-oriented programs and strengthen craft’s impact on the art department. the school will be expanding what’s already in place during the grant’s three-year term, rather than building new facilities, garrett said. "the initial focus is giving additional resources to grow our art department,” she said. the art department and the blacksmithing, carpentry and fiber workshops will get upgrades and additional equipment. and, work crews will expand. “the main function for these work crews is to produce craft materials for the college,” said ian robertson, WWc’s dean of work. “they bring an individual, artistic component to the campus ... [the expansion] also offers the opportunity to blend together elements of the fine art department with the work crews.”

Windgate’s gift will extend across departments. “it will mean greater opportunity to bring in more classes,” said eric Baden, chair of WWc’s art department. the grant will also support undergraduate research and the addition of foundation courses. “We can increase and enhance the study of craft in the art department.” he also spoke of the potential for an art history class that would explore the nature and cultural context of craft in our region. the school will hire a sculpture professor, add

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personnel support and offer artist residencies and internships for recent graduates and area crafts artists, along with holding on-campus and multiinstitutional exhibitions. (one exhibition already in the works will bring the famous gee's Bend quilts to asheville in the coming year.) along with the positions created for the residencies and internships, the school will add two full-time staff positions. one will manage the on-campus gallery. the other will coordinate programming and collaborative efforts with the center for craft, creativity and design (cccd), an area crafts-research and support organization that has close ties to Windgate. cccd is among the Wnc organizations regularly supported by Windgate. While it operates as part of the unc school system, its annual state-funded budget is matched by Windgate. cccd will advise Warren Wilson during the next three years, according to executive director stephanie moore. moore told Xpress that the two institutions were working together to build a course of study that will be on par with local and national programs. “[WWc] expressed interest in teaching courses at our space, maybe offering some of their workshops,” said moore. they’ll also oversee the implementation of internships.

“We will be responsive to their needs as they come up,” moore said. "our vision is to be the connective tissue between institutions and crafts research," saidcccd board president michael sherrill. While

the Windgate charitable foundation doesn't have a website. But it does have a p.o. Box. it’s in siloam springs, a small town in the far corner of northwest arkansas. the town is home to just over 15,000 people and to John Brown university, a small, interdenominational christian liberal arts college (no relation to the abolitionist.)

Windgate is one of that university’s biggest financial backers. annual grants and donations routinely peak above the $1 million mark. the foundation also assists organizations that support family life and marriage programming though christian-based ethics and education. they balance local priorities with contributions to early education arts programming in state schools across the nation, including support for north carolina’s “a+ schools” program. then there's craft. and my, does Windgate love craft. it gives millions every year to craftsrelated programs and projects, ranging from individual artists to private and public institutions. and it would seem that Wnc is the annual-heir-apparent to a considerable portion of the millions it injects into the nation’s arts sector. “there are very few foundations as focussed on craft as the Windgate charitable foundation,” said stoney lamar. lamar, a longtime asheville-area craft artist, is a regional Windgate representative and board member for cccd. “craft is an important part of our culture,” he said, “and they get that.” in the past decade alone, Windgate has given tens of millions of dollars in grants, stipends and awards to Wnc artists and institutions, including penland school for crafts, cccd, Blue ridge community college, the asheville art museum and to students, npos and individual craft-oriented projects throughout Wnc. grant givers show a strong preference for program development over capital campaigns and major construction. While most of the grants fall between $2,000 and $100,000, Windgate occasionally gives millions to a single program or project.

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“That decision to remove a new craft facility TwoDayBathandShower.com from the capital priority list has not altered the university’s commitment to craft education,” Katz said in his statement. “UnC Asheville remains committed to craft education, research and practice through a craft focus in our new art history degree, work toward a new concentration in craft as part of the Studio Arts major, and our contin31 PATTON AVENUE - UPSTAIRS ued collaboration with Windgate, the CCCD and crafters and the craft community in WnC.”

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Brent Skidmore, a wood sculptor and art professor at Michigan’s Kendall College of Art and Design, was hired as director. Jon Keenan, a ceramics artist and professor at new Hampshire’s Colby-Sawyer College (where UnCA chancellor Anne Ponder served as president for 10 years) was hired as assistant director.

Skidmore, who remains on the UnCA faculty as assistant professor of art and director of craft studies, did not return telephone calls and email requests for comment on the Craft Campus.

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if the $2.1 million grant that Warren Wilson College recently received for developing its crafts program sounds familiar to people who follow the arts in WnC, that’s because it was extended before. in 2006, UnC Asheville received an anonymous $2 million grant to initiate a craft studies program on an expansive new satellite campus.

That anonymity was thinly veiled, though, as the Windgate Charitable Foundation was wellknown for its interest in crafts development in the area (having given much to CCCD, Handmade in America and the Penland School of Crafts, among others).

But Windgate would eventually retract that award after more than a decade of planning by UnCA stalled out and ultimately collapsed in late 2010. initial plans for UnCA’s Craft Campus were put into swing in the late 1990s by UnCA sculpture professor and CCCD board member Dan Millspaugh. Millspaugh, who retired in 2008, was frustrated by lack of space in owen Hall, home to the school’s art department. “The idea was that we had no space,” Millspaugh told Xpress. “We couldn’t grow, we couldn’t expand.”

The solution? What came to be called the Craft Campus. According to Millspaugh, UnCA would raise funds and build facilities adjacent to the former 153-acre Buncombe County landfill located just north of Woodfin.

The property was to be leased from the county for $1 per year on a 99-year contract. The campus would harness methane from the landfill to generate heat for classrooms and studios and to power kilns and furnaces.

The new campus would become the foundation for the art department’s expansion into traditional crafts studies — glass, metal work and fine woodworking — to complement the long-established ceramics program.

During the early planning stages for the Craft Campus, Millspaugh said, the CCCD’s board suggested that UnCA look to the model of the EnergyXchange, a small crafts studio, gallery and educational space situated on a former 10-acre landfill between Burnsville and Spruce Pine. The EnergyXchange uses landfill methane to power its operations.

All of this was on a small 10-acre site — easy for Millspaugh and the Craft Campus organizers to imagine the possibilities that could be harnessed from a landfill 15 times larger. in 2004, UnCA applied for and received a $100,000 grant from the Detroit-based Kresge Foundation to develop architectural plans and to explore the land’s methane resources.

The $2 million Windgate grant followed in January 2006. The money had to be matched before it could be used. “it was never implied that they would fund all of it,” Millspaugh said.

Rather, it was an incentive to move forward with the planning and fundraising.

The university then conducted a national search to fill two new positions for the Craft Campus: director and assistant director. in 2007, just prior to Millspaugh’s retirement,

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Foster the people Who didn’t get pumped up by “Pumped Up Kicks,” that viral dance song by L.A.-based pop band Foster the People? The trio was formed by Mark Foster, who found little success as a commercial jingle writer but reached No. 1 on the Billboard alternative chart with that single from Foster the People’s 2011 debut, Torches. The band hasn’t been touring in the last year while at work on a sophomore album, but it’s making a special stop in Asheville on the way to the Firefly Festival in Delaware. Though there are no plans for any more shows in the near future, the group will play a few new songs at the U.S. Cellular Center on Friday, June 21. 8 p.m. $45.70 with fees. ticketmaster.com.

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BZdesign fashion show Local designer Barbara Zaretsky holds a BZDesign fashion show as part of the Saturday, June 22 Summer Celebration at Gallery Mugen, located within the Cotton Mill Studios. The runway event features dresses, skirts, sleeveless blouse, scarves and two new garments (a wrap tunic and long-sleeve blouse), all from BZDesign’s summer line. Fashion show at 2:30 p.m. preceded by a 2 p.m. concert by musician and ceramist Akira Satake. The Gallery Mugen celebration runs from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. with events throughout the day. bzdesign.biz

resonant rogues The Resonant Rogues journey through a variety of folk traditions. With their band, Asheville songwriters Keith Smith (guitar, percussion, vocals) and Sparrow Pants (accordion, banjo, vocals) blend Balkan, klezmer and Gypsy music with hot jazz and old-time mountain standards. The adventurous group will take these roots music explorations across the country this summer, on a two-month tour with stops in Colorado, Nevada, California and the Northwest.

The Rogues play a tour-kickoff show at the Odditorium on Wednesday, June 26, at 9 p.m. Spirited jug band Carolina Catskins opens. $5. ashevilleodditorium.com. — Ami Worthen

The Whispering Tree There’s a pretty romantic story behind folk rock duo The Whispering Tree: classically trained vocalist Eleanor Kleiner and French bassist Elie Brangbour met at music school in London and decided to not just take their show on the road, but around the world. Their 2010 debut, Go Call The Captain was influenced by their globe trekking. This year’s follow up EP, The Escape, was released in April. “I think the underlying theme for all of the songs is a desire for boundless freedom,” said Kleiner on the band’s website. Single “No Love” is a driving, rocking, haunting stomp and shiver, both sophisticated and sultry. The Whispering Tree performs at the Black Mountain Ale House on Friday, June 21. 9 p.m., free. blackmountainalehouse.com.

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athena's CluB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm

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harrah's Cherokee Live band karaoke, 8pm-midnight

BlaCk mountain ale house Bluegrass jam, 9pm

isis restaurant and musiC hall Ryan Sheffield & the HighHills (indie pop) w/ Waller & Even the Animals, 8:30pm

Blue mountain pizza Cafe Open Mic, 7pm

JaCk of hearts puB Old-time jam, 7pm

CluB hairspray Dirty game night & dance party, 10pm CluB metropolis "Asheville's Finest" Variety Show, 9pm

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Creekside taphouse Open mic, 8-11pm

o.henry's/tug Kismet: Ladies' Speed Dating and Dance Party, 8pm

dirty south lounge Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

odditorium Kreamy 'Lectric Santa (rock, psychedelic, experimental) w/ Shellshag, Magnets & Robocop 3, 9pm

douBle CroWn Country night w/ Dr. Filth, 9pm

olive or tWist Heather Masterton Jazz Quartet, 8-11pm

emerald lounge Blues jam w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm

one stop deli & Bar Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm

good stuff Jake Hollifield's silent movie boogie, 7pm

oskar Blues BreWery Reduce to Ruin (electro, power pop), 6pm

grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Rebirth Brass Band, 9pm

phoenix lounge Bradford Carson (rock, jam, blues), 8pm

hangar lounge Old-school DJ ('70s-'90s) & open mic, 8pm

pisgah BreWing Company Zansa (world, Afro-beat) w/ Mande Foly, 9pm

isis restaurant and musiC hall Ahleuchatistas (experimental) w/ Shenzhen, 9pm

pulp Slice Of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9pm

JaCk of hearts puB Hot Point Trio (gypsy jazz), 7pm

purple onion Cafe One Leg Up (jazz), 7:30pm

JaCk of the Wood puB Old-time music, 4pm lexington ave BreWery (laB) FrazierBand (rock, Americana, fusion) w/ Jon Stickley Band, 9:30pm loBster trap Rob Parks Trio (string band), 7pm o.henry's/tug Karaoke, 10pm odditorium Family Cat w/ Muscle & Bone, Close Talker & Dimarcos (punk, emo), 9pm olive or tWist Cadillac Rex (oldies, swing, rock), 8-11pm one stop deli & Bar Hydrabadd (electronic) w/ Samuel Paradise, 9pm oskar Blues BreWery The Wilhelm Brothers (folk rock), 6pm phoenix lounge Jazz night, 8pm pulp Mystery Cult (indie), 9pm red stag grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 7-10pm tallgary's Cantina Open mic/jam, 7pm the soCial Karaoke, 9:30pm timo's house Blues jam, 10pm trailhead restaurant and Bar Kevin Scanlon's old-time jam, 6:30pm

psychedelic textures: On Saturday, June 22, Cody Sarabia and comrades invite you to “indulge all of your senses in a surreal environment filled with audio/visual textures.” They’ll be hosting Neutopia, an art installation and potluck with music performances by Minima Moralia, I am just a pupil and Artifax. It all unfolds at Apothecary, where they promise the combination of “synthetic & natural elements to create a harmonious atmosphere.” tressa's doWntoWn Jazz and Blues The Bill Bares Piano Trio (jazz), 8:30pm

Thursday, Jun. 20 185 king street Jonathan Scales Fourchestra (jazz, fusion, rock), 8pm

sCandals nightCluB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am tallgary's Cantina Asheville music showcase, 8pm the soCial Salsa dancing, 9pm toWn pump Tyler Herring (multi-instrumentalist), 9pm trailhead restaurant and Bar Zydeco jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm tressa's doWntoWn Jazz and Blues WestSound Review (R&B, soul, dance), 8:30pm

asheville musiC hall Kylesa (rock, metal) w/ Blood Ceremony, White Hills & Lazer/Wulf, 10pm

Westville puB Resonant Rogues (gypsy swing, Americana), 9:30pm

Barley's taproom Alien Music Club (jazz jam), 9pm

White horse Farewell Party for Daniel Weiser (Classical pianist & founder of AmiciMusic), 7:30pm

BlaCk mountain ale house The Sloantones (rock, funk), 9pm Blue mountain pizza Cafe Rocket Science, 7pm

Wild Wing Cafe Ashli Rose, 9:30pm yaCht CluB Kamakazi karaoke (no control over song choice), 9pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar The Roaring Lions (jazz), 8pm

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altamont BreWing Company HipShot (rock, Americana), 9pm

CluB hairspray Karaoke & dance party, 10pm

altamont theater The Sweetback Sisters (country, swing), 8pm

CluB metropolis DJ Garret (roots reggae, dancehall, dance party), 9pm

185 king street Aaron Burdett Band (Americana), 8pm

Cork & keg Vollie McKenzie (vocal, jazz), 7:30 pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar The Screaming J's (hot jazz), 10pm

apotheCary Midichlorians (noise, punk) w/ Hectorina & Petey, 9pm

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summer vibes: Grandma Presents continues to import the finest sun-soaked garage rock into our mountains, with the latest shipment coming Sunday, June 23 to the Double Crown. The Blank Tapes headline with a 60s psych-surf throwback sound, while Beach Day and Song Preservation Society provide sunny support. altamont brewinG Company Dave Desmelik Trio (Americana, folk), 9:30pm asheville musiC hall Machine Funk (Widespread Panic tribute), 10pm

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isis restaurant and musiC hall Jim Arrendell and the Cheap Suits Dance Party (soul), 9pm

boiler room Jacked Up Joe (rock, metal) w/ Murder Hobby, Pluto No More, 9pm bywater Piper Jones & His Merry Band, 7:30pm Danielle Howle & The Firework Show (folk, rock), 9pm

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Grey eaGle musiC hall & tavern Chris Knight (country, folk), 9pm harrah's Cherokee Event center: Billy Idol (rock, pop), 9pm Casino: Southern Remedy w/ DJ Moto, 8pm-2am

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duGout Saluda Dam River Band (rock), 9pm emerald lounGe Polly Panic (rock) w/ Temperance League & The Zealots, 9pm frenCh broad brewery tastinG room

JaCk of hearts pub Shake It Like a Caveman (blues, rock), 9pm JaCk of the wood pub John Hogan & Maria Moss (folk, Americana), 5pm Brushfire Stankgrass (jam, bluegrass) w/ Strung Like a Horse, 9pm

Resonant Rogues (folk, swing, Balkan), 9pm pisGah brewinG Company Phuncle Sam (jam, rock), 8pm red staG Grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 8-11pm sCandals niGhtClub Zumba, 7pm Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am straiGhtaway Cafe The Flowers (singer-songwriter), 6pm tallGary's Cantina Jarvis Jenkins Band (rock, jam), 9:30pm the soCial Woody Wood (blues, rock), 9:30pm timo's house DJ Jet & guests (hip-hop), 10pm-2am tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Jesse Berry & David Tarpley, 7pm The Nightcrawlers (blues, soul), 10pm

lexinGton ave brewery (lab) Pawtooth (alt-rock) w/ Warm the Bell, 9:30pm

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lobster trap Calico Moon (Americana, country), 7pm

wall street Coffee house Open mic, 9pm

market plaCe Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, jazz), 7-10pm

white horse Asheville Jazz Orchestra, 8pm

millroom Kastle (electronica, dubstep) w/ Thump & Samuel Paradise, 10pm monte vista hotel Linda MItchell (jazz, blues), 6pm

wild winG Cafe A Social Function (classic rock, hits), 9:30pm

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one stop deli & bar Free Dead Fridays feat. members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm

5 walnut wine bar Shake It Like a Caveman (blues, rock), 10pm

oranGe peel Shooter Jennings (Southern rock), 9pm

altamont theater Erick Baker (singer-songwriter), 8pm

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asheville musiC hall The Gift of Gab (hip-hop) w/ Free Radio & Alpha Lee, 9pm

odditorium Rory Kelly's Triple Threat (rock) w/ Zombie Queen & Red Honey, 9pm

athena's Club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

olive or twist 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8-11pm

blaCk mountain ale house Matt Walsh (blues, rock), 9pm blue mountain pizza Cafe Patrick Fitzsimons (blues), 7pm boiler room One of the Fallen (metal) w/ Blood Junkie, Dissent & Amnesis, 9pm bywater Lyric (funk, soul, rock), 9pm

oranGe peel DJ DVBBS, 8pm paCk's tavern A Social Function (classics, jam), 9pm phoenix lounGe Mike Sweet ('60s & '70s covers), noon Brushfire Stankgrass (progressive bluegrass), 9pm purple onion Cafe The Lonetones (Appalachian), 8pm

isis restaurant and musiC hall Joyful Noise Scholarship Benefit w/ Free Planet Radio & Jamie Laval (jazz, world, classical), 3pm Jazz showcase, 6pm JaCk of the wood pub Celtic Irish session, 5pm lobster trap Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm monte vista hotel Jared Gallamore (popular standards), 11am odditorium The Freds (rock), 9pm one stop deli & bar Bluegrass brunch w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am

ClassiC wineseller Kevin Lorenz (jazz, classical), 7pm

sCandals niGhtClub Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

Club hairspray Dance party, 8pm Drag show, 12:15am

straiGhtaway Cafe Sherry Lynn (folk, country), 6pm

sCandals niGhtClub Miss Gay Blue Ridge & Miss Gay East Coast pageants, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

tallGary's Cantina Unnamed Suspects (rock), 9:30pm

straiGhtaway Cafe Ken Kiser (Americana), 6pm

the soCial Karaoke, 9:30pm

the soCial 80s Vinyl Night, 8pm

town pump Bradford Carson (rock), 9pm

wall street Coffee house Kids' open mic, 2pm

tressa's downtown Jazz and blues The Scissormen (blues), 10pm

white horse English country dance, 3pm Bayou Diesel & Jackomo (Cajun, zydeco), 8pm

double Crown Saturday shakedown w/ DJ Lil' Lorrah, 9pm duGout Fine Line, 8pm emerald lounGe Mikal Cronin (indie rock) w/ Shannon & the Clams & Impossible Vacation, 9pm frenCh broad brewery tastinG room Alarm Clock Conspiracy (rock, pop), 6pm Green room Cafe Elise Pratt & Jonathan Pearlman (jazz), 6:30pm harrah's Cherokee Event center: The Crystal Method DJ set, 10pm Lounge: Daniel Lee Band w/ DJ Suave, 8pm-2am hiGhland brewinG Company Asheville Jazz Orchestra, 6pm isis restaurant and musiC hall David Holt & the Lightning Bolts (oldtime), 9pm JaCk of hearts pub Drunken Prayer (alt-country, rock), 9pm JaCk of the wood pub Elijah (folk) w/ The Moon & You, 5pm Goner (alt country), 7:30pm Unspoken Tradition (bluegrass) w/ The Nighttrotters, 9pm lexinGton ave brewery (lab) Sexy (electro-pop) w/ The Lords of Chicken Hill, Coach Van Hook & Doomster, 9:30pm lobster trap Big Nasty (gypsy jazz), 7pm monte vista hotel Blue Moon (jazz, country, rock), 6pm o.henry's/tuG The White Party: Blue Ridge Pride Benefit w/ DJ Abu Disarray, 10pm

westville pub Peace Jones (classic rock, flute), 10pm white horse AmiciMusic: Summer Songs (classical piano, vocal), 7:30pm wild winG Cafe CrossRidge Band (country, pop), 9:30pm

sundaY, jun. 23 5 walnut wine bar The Get Right Band (blues, funk), 7-9pm barley's taproom One Leg Up (jazz), 7:30pm blaCk mountain ale house Jazz brunch w/ Mike Gray Trio, 11:30am blue mountain pizza Cafe Flying Monkies (film music, jazz, rock), 7pm double Crown Soul gospel Sunday w/ DJ Sweet Daddy Swamee, 6pm The Blank Tapes (garage, surf, pop) w/ Beach Day & Song Preservation Society, 9pm duGout Walt Whitney (blues, R&B), 2pm Grove park inn Great hall Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon harrah's Cherokee Dueling pianos, 5pm-9pm

mondaY, jun. 24 185 kinG street Hogtown Squealers (old-time), 8pm 5 walnut wine bar CaroMia Tiller (singer-songwriter), 8pm bywater Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm Grey eaGle musiC hall & tavern Contra dance, 8pm hanGar lounGe Karaoke, 10pm JaCk of hearts pub Singer-songwriters in the round, 6:30pm JaCk of the wood pub Jake & the Burtones (jam, string band), 10pm lobster trap Mark Bumgarner (Southern Americana), 7pm oskar blues brewery Old-time jam, 5-8pm phoenix lounGe CarolinaBound (Americana), 8pm the soCial Open mic, 8pm tiGer mountain thirst parlour Honky-tonk (classic country & rockabilly) w/ DJ Lorruh & Dave, 10pm

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westville pub Trivia night, 9pm

odditorium Open mic comedy w/ Tom Peters, 9pm one stop deli & bar Dahling Instigatah & New Skool Beatnik Poetry Showcase (dub, spoken-word), 8pm

Bluegrass jam, 9pm blue mountain pizza Cafe Open Mic, 7pm Club hairspray Dirty game night & dance party, 10pm

oskar blues brewery Trivia, 6pm

Club remix Open mic variety show, 9pm

phoenix lounGe The Wilhelm Brothers (folk), 8pm

Creekside taphouse Open mic, 8-11pm

tressa's downtown Jazz and blues El Duende (Latin jazz), 9pm

dirty south lounGe Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

westville pub Blues jam, 10pm

double Crown Country night w/ Dr. Filth, 9pm

altamont theater Michael Jefry Stevens (jazz, piano)

white horse Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm

emerald lounGe Blues jam w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm

apotheCary That's A Thing (post-punk, math rock) w/ Bellows & Chris Head, 9pm

wild winG Cafe Lewis Brothers Band (bluegrass), 6pm

blue mountain pizza Cafe Locomotive Pie (blues, folk, roots), 7pm

WednesdaY, jun. 26

TuesdaY, jun. 25 185 kinG street Marbin (jazz), 8pm 5 walnut wine bar The John Henrys (gypsy jazz), 8pm altamont brewinG Company Open mic, 8pm

Club eleven on Grove Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance w/ Swing Asheville DJ, 8:30pm emerald lounGe Open mic w/ Andrew Usher, 8pm Grey eaGle musiC hall & tavern Bill Payne (rock), 8pm isis restaurant and musiC hall Samantha Crain w/ Dulci Ellenberger (singer-songwriter), 7pm Bluegrass sessions, 9pm lobster trap Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7-9pm o.henry's/tuG Movie trivia, 10pm

5 walnut wine bar Mimi Bell (singer-songwriter), 5pm Juan Benevides Trio (flamenco, Latin), 8pm asheville musiC hall Greenhouse Lounge (electronic) w/ Nomadic, 9pm apotheCary The Unawares (punk, alternative), 9pm athena's Club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm barley's taproom Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm blaCk mountain ale house

Grey eaGle musiC hall & tavern Mike Cooley (of Drive by Truckers), 9pm hanGar lounGe Old-school DJ ('70s-'90s) & open mic, 8pm JaCk of the wood pub Old-time music, 4pm lexinGton ave brewery (lab) Kyle Kinane (comedy), 8pm lobster trap Rob Parks Trio (string band), 7pm o.henry's/tuG Karaoke, 10pm odditorium The Resonant Rogues (folk, swing, Balkan), 9pm phoenix lounGe Jazz night, 8pm tallGary's Cantina Open mic/jam, 7pm

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SAtuRdAy cHicken & WAffleS Sunday Brunch

the soCial Karaoke, 9:30pm timo's house Blues jam, 10pm trailhead restaurant and bar Kevin Scanlon's old-time jam, 6:30pm tressa’s downtown Jazz and blues The Brian Felix Organ Trio (jazz), 8:30pm

ThursdaY, jun. 27

pinball, foosball, ping-pong & a kickass jukebox kitchen open until late 504 Haywood Rd. West Asheville • 828-255-1109 “It’s bigger than it looks!”

apotheCary Alligator Indian & Oulipo Tour Kickoff (electronic, indie) w/ Advertise (DJ set) & Live Super Smash Bros, 9pm athena's Club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am blaCk mountain ale house The Great Smokey Mountain Bluegrass Band, 9pm blue mountain pizza Cafe Acoustic Swing, 7pm

185 kinG street Blues jam w/ Pam Taylor, 8pm

ClassiC wineseller Gypsy Bandwagon, 7pm

5 walnut wine bar Hank & Krekel, 8pm

Club eleven on Grove Salsa night, 10pm

asheville musiC hall Tav Falco (psychobilly) w/ Panther Burns & The Krektones, 9:30pm barley's taproom Alien Music Club (jazz jam), 9pm blaCk mountain ale house The Sloantones (rock, funk), 9pm blue mountain pizza Cafe Searra Gisondo (folk, jazz), 7pm bywater Game night, 8pm Club hairspray Karaoke & dance party, 10pm Club metropolis DJ Garret (roots reggae, dancehall, dance party), 9pm frenCh broad brewery tastinG room Matt Walsh (blues), 6pm Grey eaGle musiC hall & tavern Lake Street Dive (jazz, folk, pop), 8pm

Club hairspray Dance party, 8pm Drag show, 12:15am Club tetrus Tropical Bass (DJs Malinalli & Tropix), 10pm-2am duGout Hands Down (classic rock), 9pm emerald lounGe Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands (gypsy folk, cabaret) w/ Miss Mousie & the Rigamarole & Brokedown Hustlers, 9pm frenCh broad brewery tastinG room Pierce Edens & the Dirty Work (rock, folk), 6pm Green room Cafe Buzz Beilharz (Americana), 6:30pm Grey eaGle musiC hall & tavern Las Supper ft. Big Daddy Kane (soul, R&B) w/ The Broadcast, 8pm

harrah's Cherokee Live band karaoke, 8pm-midnight

harrah's Cherokee Event center: Gary Allan (country), 9pm Casino: Ty Bates w/ DJ Paul Gallo, 8pm-2am

JaCk of hearts pub Old-time jam, 7pm

JaCk of hearts pub The Moon & You (folk), 9pm

JaCk of the wood pub No Strings Attached (bluegrass), 7-9pm Bluegrass jam, 9pm

JaCk of the wood pub The End Times Spasm Band (roots, swing), 5pm The Swayback Sisters (Americana, country, soul) w/ Beth McKee, 9pm

lexinGton ave brewery (lab) Luxury Spirit (indie rock) w/ The Beast of Riverdale, 9:30pm lobster trap Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm

sCandals niGhtClub Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

one stop deli & bar Free Dead Fridays feat. members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm oranGe peel Ice Cube (hip-hop) w/ The Soul Rebels, 9pm paCk's tavern Lyric (funk, soul, pop), 9pm phoenix lounGe John Trufant & friends (rock, jam, jazz), 9pm pisGah brewinG Company Moe. (rock, jam), 7:30pm

tallGary's Cantina Asheville music showcase, 8pm

red staG Grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 8-11pm

town pump Oh Jeremiah (singer-songwriter), 9pm

sCandals niGhtClub Masquerade Ball, 10pm Drag show, 1am

trailhead restaurant and bar Zydeco jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm tressa's downtown Jazz and blues WestSound Review (R&B, soul, dance), 8:30pm westville pub Marcellus & Junco Partner (blues), 9:30pm white horse Whitney Moore & the People (Latin, jazz) w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 7:30pm wild winG Cafe Space Capone (funk), 9:30pm yaCht Club Kamakazi karaoke (no control over song choice), 9pm

FridaY, jun. 28 185 kinG street Parker Smith & the Bandwith (Americana, roots), 8pm 5 walnut wine bar

athena's Club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am blaCk mountain ale house The Get Right Duo (acoustic funk/rock), 9pm blue mountain pizza Cafe Mark Bumgarner (Southern Americana), 7pm ClassiC wineseller Michael Jefry Stevens, Rick Dilling & Zack Page (jazz), 7pm Club hairspray Dance party, 8pm Drag show, 12:15am double Crown Saturday shakedown w/ DJ Lil' Lorrah, 9pm duGout Fine Line, 8pm emerald lounGe The Baptist Generals (indie rock) w/ Decent Lovers & Doc Aquatic, 9pm frenCh broad brewery tastinG room Buncombe Turnpike (bluegrass), 6pm Green room Cafe Terry Neal (Americana), 6:30pm Grey eaGle musiC hall & tavern Free Radio, Crazyhorse, Colston & Aud1o (hip-hop), 8pm harrah's Cherokee Saloon 5 w/ DJ Suave, 8pm-2am isis restaurant and musiC hall James Wallace & the Naked Light (chamber pop, folk) w/ River Whyless, 9pm

JaCk of the wood pub The Moon & You (folk), 5pm Bethesda (folk rock) w/ The Restoration & The Marshall Brown Band, 9pm

odditorium Art Opening: Cripps Puppets & Friends, 8pm

purple onion Cafe Beaucoup Blue (Americana, blues, folk), 7:30pm

5 walnut wine bar Hank West & the Smokin' Hots CD release (hot jazz), 10pm

lobster trap King Leo Jazz, 7pm

odditorium Karaoke, 8pm

oranGe peel Jamey Johnson (country) w/ Amanda Watkins, 9pm

185 kinG street Atlas Road Crew (vintage rock), 8pm

JaCk of hearts pub The Archrivals (jazz, rock), 9pm

monte vista hotel Molly Burch (jazz), 6pm

one stop deli & bar Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm

saTurdaY, jun. 29

lexinGton ave brewery (lab) Travers Brothership (jam, rock), 9:30pm

market plaCe Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 6-9pm

olive or twist Heather Masterton Jazz Quartet, 8-11pm

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Jamar Woods (acoustic soul), 10pm

straiGhtaway Cafe The Mug (blues, funk, rock), 6pm tallGary's Cantina Unit 50 (rock), 9:30pm timo's house DJ Jet & guests (hip-hop), 10pm-2am town pump The Wild Rumpus (Americana, "stompgrass"), 9pm tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Section 8, 7pm Al Coffee & Da Grind (blues, soul, R&B), 10pm vanuatu kava bar Ka-Duat (ambient, electronic), 9pm wall street Coffee house Open mic, 9pm white horse Wendy Jones & the MJS Trio (cabaret jazz dinner show), 8pm wild winG Cafe A Social Function (classic rock, hits), 9:30pm

lexinGton ave brewery (lab) Polly Panic (chamber rock), 9:30pm lobster trap Trevor Storia Jazz, 7pm monte vista hotel Blue Moon (country, jazz, rock), 6pm olive or twist 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8-11pm oranGe peel Trial by Fire (Journey tribute), 9pm paCk's tavern DJ Moto (dance, pop), 9pm phoenix lounGe Valorie Miller (singer-songwriter), noon The Zealots (rockabilly, alternative), 9pm purple onion Cafe The Deluge (roots, rock, soul), 8pm sCandals niGhtClub Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am straiGhtaway Cafe R&R Crossing, 6pm tallGary's Cantina Contagious (rock), 9:30pm the soCial Karaoke, 9:30pm town pump Riyen Roots (roots rock), 9pm trailhead restaurant and bar Hurricane Bob (blues, rock), 9pm tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Ruby Mayfield & Friends (blues, rock), 10pm westville pub The Wilhelm Brothers (folk rock), 10pm white horse Pop Ferguson (blues), 8pm wild winG Cafe Homemade Wine, 9:30pm

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The Story: Shakespeare’s comedy of battling lovers, dastardly plots and bungling policemen gets a modern treatment — in everything but language.

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The Lowdown: A mostly delightful film Amy Acker and Jillian Morgese in Joss Whedon's delightfully modern from Joss Whedon that not only capversion of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. tures Shakespeare’s play, but perhaps shines some new light on it. In the teeth of the blockbuster summer, it’s almost a appear to detest each other — even though everyThe Lowdown: Slick and sometimes little miracle. one else knows otherwise — would be perfectly witty takedown of the subject, but I’m Shot in a whirlwind 12 days at his Santa suited to Cary Grant and Irene Dunne in 1937. not sure if the film is any deeper than the Monica home, Joss Whedon’s take on (The film’s black-and-white imagery underscores characters — and celebrities — it depicts.

Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing reflects much of the off-the-cuff freshness and almost none of the inherent drawbacks of that pace. The film is mostly populated with names that mean a lot to fans of Whedon’s TV work, but not much to those of us who aren’t part of the so-called “Whedonverse.” I actually think the lack of recognizable names works in the film’s favor by adding a sense of newness and spontaneity to the enterprise. It manages to feel like the logical outgrowth of Whedon’s house parties, in which he and his friends acted out Shakespeare. That’s exactly what the film is.

Now, I am not claiming that the movie is flawless. It takes awhile to hit its stride — only the leads, Amy Acker’s Beatrice and Alexis Denisof’s Benedick, seem fully at ease in the early scenes. And there are a few, very few, not-so-hot choices along the way. For example, Whedon chose to have Benedick “play” the scene in which he “overhears” a conversation staged for his benefit — yet it comes across more embarassing than funny. And while I know I’m in the minority, I wasn’t entirely taken with Nathan Fillion’s Dogberry, though he has his moments. Overall, though, Whedon’s Shakespeare movie is something of a delight.

Shot in digital black and white, the film has a terrific, sometimes shimmering look. One scene, a candlelit memorial procession, is in fact one of the most striking things I’ve seen this year.

Placing Shakespeare’s romantic comedy in modern dress works in unexpected ways, not the least of which is that the approach reveals the play to be the world’s first screwball comedy. It might, in fact, play even better in a 1930s milieu, but this will do. The whole business of Beatrice and Benedick as two strongheaded characters who

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this.) True, the secondary romance and the plot of ruining the ingenue’s character through a slanderous lie plays less effectively these days, but its impact on Beatrice and Benedick effectively sets off what we now think of as the penultimate gloomy reel in a romantic comedy in which two lovers are separated by some misunderstanding.

The decision to shoot the film at Whedon’s house was obviously a budgetary one, but it works surprisingly well, as the house and grounds provide an apt setting. At one point, it even adds a visual gag by having Benedick bunk in a little girl’s bedroom. It’s just one more thing that went right for a film that seems to have had a kind of charmed life from the onset.

Will it make a fortune? Probably not. Will its stars go on to full movie-star status? While Amy Acker probably ought to be a star, this too seems unlikely. Putting all that aside, this movie is a simple charmer and refreshing change of pace during blockbuster season. Don’t miss the break from all the bombast and noise. Rated PG-13 for some sexuality and brief drug use. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas and Fine Arts Theatre

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The Story: Fact-based story about a group of well-to-do teenagers who stole more than $3 million in clothes, jewelry and drugs from the homes of rich celebrities.

I can’t really claim that Sofia Coppola’s latest film is a disappointment, as I’ve never cared that much for her other work. Still, I was hoping that The Bling Ring might be different. And on the surface it sort of is, since for Coppola, it’s action-packed. But when all is said and done, it’s another of her langurous meditations on the travails and ennui of the rich and privileged.

It would seem to be a natural fit for her — the rich and famous being burgled by the quasi-rich and not famous. But Coppola seems almost baffled by the whole thing. In interviews, she claims that the film reflects her alarm over our celebrity-seeking society and all it entails, but the results suggest nothing more than a kind of detached bemusement. It’s not that it’s a bad movie. Certainly, its "youth runs wild" story is wittier and less obnoxious than Harmony Korine’s feverish Spring Breakers (2012). Mostly, it’s just on the inconsequential side.

The film is based on, excuse me, inspired by real-life events that are apparently well known to people in L.A., readers of tabloids and those addicted to TMZ. (The film credits a Vanity Fair article as its main source.) It’s at least fictionalized enough to warrant name changes, though mostly follows actual events. It all starts when Rebecca (newcomer Katie Chang) befriends the shy, insecure and slightly nerdy Marc (Israel Broussard, Flipped) and the pair embark on a robbery. This soon escalates to draw in her other friends, who are interested in targeting not just random rich people, but those with some degree of celebrity. Female celebrities seem to top the list, presumably so the girls — and to some degree Marc, whose sexuality is left pretty vague, apart from his fondness

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In fairness, Coppola’s film does these tabloid celebrities no favors. Hilton gets hit particularly hard — or rather is dumb enough to allow herself to be hit hard. It’s established that the film had access to Hilton’s home, but not whether all that we see inside is hers. If it is, this woman — with walls and walls of photos and even throw pillows festooned with her image — must be even more of a narcisstic boob than I thought.

But where does that get us? A slowly paced heist movie where the overprivileged rip-off the even more overprivileged? What Coppola ultimately gives us is a kind of Lifestyles of the Rich and Vapid. Maybe that’s her point, but I still don’t get it — apart from another dose of how hard it is to be rich, or worse, famous.

The cast is fine — Emma Watson makes a terrifyingly realistic deluded brat — but only Israel Broussard’s Marc is even slightly sympathetic.

The whole film is mildly amusing, but has Coppola’s trademark take-it-or-leave-it quality all over it. That apparently appeals to a lot of folks more than it does to me. Put it this way: I’m glad I saw it, but I don’t plan on revisiting it. Rated R for teen drug and alcohol use, and for language including some brief sexual references. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas

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The Story: A reworking of the Superman origin story.

The Lowdown: A mixed bag of a movie that holds its own for about 90 minutes before turning into 45 minutes of noisy, repetitive action. It is not, however, without merit.

Believe me, I am as surprised as anyone that I didn’t hate Man of Steel. I have never found the character of Superman interesting. The last Zack Snyder movie I actually liked was his 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead. And as much as I could do without anymore comic book movies in general, I am particularly over the Christopher Nolanized brand of heavy-handed phony seriousness. Man of Steel contains all these things in one mind-numbingly long package, but for the first 90 minutes I found much to admire. For that matter, there are good things to be found in the nonstop, soul-killing action orgy of the climactic 45 minutes, but you have to dig for them. In fact, I’m convinced there’s probably a pretty darn good 105-minute movie wrapped inside this unwieldy 143-minute one — not that we’ll ever see it.

As expected, Snyder seems to be somewhat reined in on this film. The box office disaster Sucker Punch (2011) guaranteed that, but it’s still surprising how much of Snyder’s pop-culture sensibility has remained intact. More surprising: this makes up much of what is best about Man of Steel. The scenes on Krypton are remarkable in that so much of the look seems to be drawn from

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Emma Watson in Sophia Coppola’s latest film, The Bling Ring 1930s sci-fi pulp magazine covers. That may not be original, but it gives the film a distinctive look that is not without appeal. All right, so Snyder overplays some of it, and I freely admit to bursting out laughing at Jor-El’s (Russell Crowe) death scene — that straight, stiff fall to the ground is priceless. I do not suspect that was the intent, but all in all, it beats the pants off the one in 1978’s Superman. (It has become unfashionable to speak ill of that version, but at the time of its release, I recall one wag of a critic saying that the destruction of Krypton looked like a windstorm in a Styrofoam cup factory.)

Overall, the whole first part of the film works. I like the flashback structure, which keeps things moving while delivering the requisite background as to how Superman became Superman. Oh, yes, I had issues with Snyder channeling his inner-Terrence Malick for the Kansas scenes. (And why would a preSuperman Clark don a towel for a cape while playing, not to mention why that would seem to trouble Kevin Costner’s Pa Kent? Maybe he thought it was a sissy affectation.) The less said about the film’s overemphatic Christ imagery the better, though I got a good chuckle over our hero having his big moment of doubt in front of a stained glass window depicting Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. (Again, I suspect amusement was not the intent.) I am even willing to overlook the unfortunate choice of calling the film’s MacGuffin "the codex" — when spoken it sometimes sounds like General Zod (Michael Shannon) is in search of a sanitary napkin.

Then there’s that last 45 minutes. Once Superman and Zod have their Thor-like showdown in Smallville, the movie goes into full Michael Bay mode. It’s nonstop-action overkill.

Worse, it’s boring, stopping only when it’s worn

itself and the audience out. And then everybody’s happy — despite what must amount to thousands of deaths and billions in property damage. It never occurs to anyone that none of this would have happened if Superman hadn’t been here. Maybe the sequel will deal with the realization that Superman is on par with Carl Denham bringing King Kong to town.

The bottom line is that Man of Steel is a partly good and partly dumb, personality-free, propertydamage blockbuster. Henry Cavill makes as good a Superman as the film gives him the chance to be. And I really liked Amy Adams’ Lois Lane. In fact, the cast was fine overall — and considering some of the unwieldy tosh they had to say, that’s remarkable. Your enjoyment may well depend on how attached you are to the Christopher Reeve pictures. Nearly all of the negative reviews the film has garnered are from reviewers who are cheesed that this isn’t the campy fun of those movies. That I found them altogether too campy to be much fun may be why this one doesn’t bother me.

In any case, I sort of liked it. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence, action and destruction, and for some language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Flat Rock Cinema, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher

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This Is the End is what happens when supposedly good ideas for feature-length films are born from bong hits and enacted by a bunch of people squeezing the last ounce of goodwill and pop-culture cache they have left from their salad days five years ago. The entire premise is the worst kind of vanity project, centering around a bunch of comedic actors — Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson and some others — mostly on the downside of their careers, playing absurd versions of themselves, yucking it up and having way more fun making their movie than you’ll ever have watching it.

I’m convinced that if you chopped 80 minutes off this film, you might have a decent short flick. In fact, the movie originates from a 6-year-old, 90-second fake trailer, which explains why the promising and somewhat clever premise quickly stalls out. The film begins with Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel going to a party at the house of a particularly amped-up, pretentious version of James Franco. Filled with various celebrities — from Emma Watson to Rihanna to a lazily ironic cokehead version of Michael Cera — the Apocalypse suddenly breaks out. Most of these celebs are offed in a blur of some of the shoddiest, confusing direction I can remember, leaving Rogen, Baruchel, Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson to hole up and survive the end of the world.

Don’t expect much satirization of celebrity.

Instead, the movie acts more like a cinematic circle jerk toward their own fame. The idea of sitting down and writing a film with good dialogue or jokes is lost on these people. Rather, we’re left to listen to Danny McBride riff on genitals for the billionth time. Obviously,

this means the plot is nearly nonexistent and whole chunks of action serve no purpose — including 15 minutes dedicated to digging through the floor to get water — but this isn’t the film’s goal. Any momentum is used to push us from one vignette to another, as the film marks off its checklist as many gross or supposedly offensive jokes it can. Rape jokes? Check. Rogen urinating into his own mouth? Check. Franco and McBride arguing over semen? Check. How about a big, floppy monster phallus? Sure, they already used that in Your Highness (2011), but nobody saw that, so the gang carts it out again for cheap laughs.

If there’s an easy laugh to be had, This Is the End will sniff it out and cart it around.

The complete lack of effort from these guys, who squander a $32-million budget, is nearly insulting. Lazy, formless and bloated are not what you want your movie to be. Rated R for crude and sexual content throughout, brief graphic nudity, pervasive language, drug use and some violence. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Dressed to Kill Thursday, June 20, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

No MaN of her owN JJJJ CoMeDy DraMa rateD Nr In Brief: Clark Gable plays a gambler hiding out from the law in some upstate New York podunk town where he meets Carole Lombard, a bored, romance-starved librarian. She’s interested but wary. He’s determined — so determined that he agrees to marry her on a bet.

Complications ensue in this pleasant comedy made several years before the two stars would become the Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood of legend. But the chemistry, or at least flashes of it, are already there.

The Asheville Film Society will screen No Man of Her Own Tuesday, June 25, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

le saMouraï JJJJJ Neo-Noir CriMe thriller rateD Nr In Brief: Jean-Pierre Melville’s elegantly stylish, yet icy neo-noir thriller, Le Samouraï, holds up pretty nicely after 46 years, but it probably hasn’t the same impact today that it originally did. Though it helped to set the standard for future neo-noirs, the film is curiously distinctive in many instances — especially in the casting of the striking Alain Delon as its hitman star.

Fascinating but largely expressionless, Delon keeps the movie slightly at arm’s length, which may be the idea.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Le Samouraï Friday, June 21, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com.

whirlpool of fate JJJJ roMaNtiC MeloDraMa rateD Nr In Brief: Jean Renoir’s debut film seems first and foremost intended to show off the charms and beauty of Renoir’s star (and then-wife) Catherine Hessling. It’s less a story than just a series of melodramatic events in which to drop Mrs. Renoir, and as such it’s a pretty patchy affair. However, there’s enough of the fledgling filmmaker to more than maintain interest, including a very strange and atypical nightmare sequence.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Whirlpool of Fate Sunday, June 23, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

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Asheville, MondAy — Grove Park Inn & Spa will change owners yet again following a late-night poker game between hotel-chain executives.

“We are proud to announce that KSL Capital Partners are terrible at bluffing,” said Jenny Trotter, vice-president of late-night property acquisitions at the Omni Hotel & Resort Chain. “Their claims to be ‘in it for the long haul’ did not match up with the boxcar of sweaty strangers they held in the form of an Ace High hand.”

The Asheville resort was famously acquired by KSL Capital just last year when a KSL executive passing through the area made a casual bet with a Grove Park valet regarding which one of two birds resting upon a parked Land Rover would first take flight. Following the bet, the valet was asked to immediately reapply for his own job, and wisely used the owner of the Land Rover as a reference.

“While the name ‘KSL Capital Partners’ clearly indicates long-term historic-hotel ownership and legacy building, there was just something about the look

in their eyes and the too-casual manner in which they tossed the Grove Park chip on the table that gave us confidence,” said Trotter.

Trotter, standing in the recently renovated lobby of Grove Park Inn, pointed out that recent upgrades to the resort had increased both its financial and aesthetic value, making it a huge win for what ultimately turned out to be a pair of sevens.

A spokesperson for KSL insisted the company left the game as a winner.

“The actual chips we were playing with were purchased for pennies on the dollar and, after the game was finished, sold for dollars on the penny,” said Tony Finger, vice-president of speculation at KSL. A local resident who formerly brought his family every year to the Grove Park Inn to see the entries in the gingerbread-house competition overheard the boasts.

After making a U-turn when asked to pay for parking, the departing driver asked, “But how much did you lose?”

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HumAN SERVICES ASHEVILLE ACADEMY fOR GIRLS / SOLSTICE EAST Direct Care Staff and Overnight Staff positions available. Are you interested in making a difference? Come join our team where you can have a positive, lasting impact on youth from across the country. Our programs are steadily growing and we continue to seek qualified FT, PT, and PRN applicants to join our programs. The suitable applicant is outgoing, energetic, and a responsible and positive role model. Our

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Must have Master’s degree and be licensed/license-eligible. For more information, please contact Becky McKnight, rebekah.mcknight@ meridianbhs.org • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs. org/open-positions.html CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATOR Great small nonprofit seeking dynamic community educator. Resume to Bill McGuire, 50 S. French Broad Avenue, Suite 152, Asheville, NC 28801 or caps@childabusepreventionservices.org DIRECT CARE WORKER Brenda Hall. FamilyTree Alternative Family Services 828-272-9759. Need experienced worker to provide care for adult female with autism and IDD JOB COACHES The Irene Wortham Center has immediate openings for job coaches. A Disability Employment Specialist/Job Coach works with individuals with challenges and disabilities that hinder employment to develop their working skills and to assist in securing and maintaining meaningful and competitive employment.

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SuBSTANCE ABuSE COuNSELOR Mountain Area Recovery Center is GROWING and we are seeking additional Licensed Substance Abuse Counselors to meet the needs of our patients. We have positions available in our outpatient OTP clinics located in both Asheville and Clyde, NC. Candidates will provide substance abuse services, including but not limited to, assessments/screenings, intake, client orientation, person centered planning,case management, intervention, client education, and plan and lead structured process and theme centered groups. We offer competitive pay WITH benefits…medical, dental, life, short-term disability, flexible spending account, 401-K, pto, paid holidays, and a flexible work environment in this challenging, yet highly rewarding field. If you are up to the challenge, please e-mail your resume to rhonda.ingle@marc-otp.com or fax to attention: Rhonda Ingle at 828.252.9512. EOE SuBSTANCE ABuSE OVERNIGHT STAFF Overnight female staff for women’s addiction program – Familiar with recovery principles and 12-step programs. Hours are from 5pm-7am daily Mon-Fri. Please send resumes to: Marlisa@nextsteprecovery.com (828) 215-5842.

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freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19) Maybe you've seen that meme circulating on the Internet: "My desire to be well-informed is at odds with my desire to remain sane." If you feel that way now — and I suspect you might soon if you don't already — you have cosmic permission, at least for a while, to emphasize sanity over being well-informed. Lose track of what Kim Jong Un and Kim Kardashian are up to, ignore the statements of every jerk on the planet, and maybe even go AWOL from the flood of data that relentlessly pours toward you. Instead, pay attention to every little thing your body has to tell you. Remember and marvel at your nightly dreams. Go slow. Lay low.

Be soft. Have fun with unspectacular influences that make you feel at home in the world.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) I expect you will be called on to move fluidly between opposing camps or competing interests or different realities. Maybe you'll volunteer to serve as an arbiter between the crabby good guys and the righteous bad guys. Perhaps you'll try to decode one friend's quirky behavior so that another friend can understand it. You might have to interpret my horoscopes for people who think astrology is bunk. You may even have to be a mediator between your own heart and head, or explain the motivations of your past self to your future self. You can't be perfect, of course.

There will be details lost in translation. But if you're as patient as a saint and as tricky as a crow, you'll succeed.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) "I know that I am not a category," said philosopher Buckminster Fuller. "I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process." Philosopher Norman O. Brown had a similar experience. "The human body is not a thing or substance, but a continuous creation," he mused. "It is an energy system which is never a complete structure; never static; is in perpetual inner self-construction and selfdestruction." Now is an excellent time to imagine yourself in these terms, Cancerian. You're not a finished product, and never will be!

Celebrate your fluidity, your changeableness, your instinctual urge to reinvent yourself.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Renowned 20th-century theologian Karl Barth worked on his book Church Dogmatics for 36 years. It was more than 9,000 pages long and contained over six million words. And yet it was incomplete. He had more to say, and wanted to keep going. What's your biggest undone project, Leo? The coming months will be a good time to concentrate on bringing it to a climax. Ideally, you will do so with a flourish, embracing the challenge of creating an artful ending with the same liveliness you had at the beginning of the process. But even if

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GEMINI (MAy 21-JUNE 20) Pablo Casals was one of the greatest cello players who ever lived. Among his early inspirations was the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Casals discovered Bach’s six cello suites when he was 13 years old, and played them every day for the next 13 years. Have you ever done something similar, Gemini? Devoted yourself to a pleasurable discipline on a regular basis for a long time? I invite you to try it.

The coming months will be an excellent time to seek mastery through a diligent attention to the details. you have to culminate your work in a plodding, prosaic way, do it! Your next big project will be revealed within weeks after you've tied up the last loose end.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Susannah Cibber was a popular 18th-century English contralto whose singing was expressive and moving. On one occasion, she performed Handel's *Messiah* with such verve that an influential priest responded by making an extravagant guarantee. He told her that as a result of her glorious singing, any sins she had committed or would commit were forever forgiven. I'd like to see you perpetrate an equivalent amazement, Virgo: a good or beautiful or soulful deed that wins you a flood of enduring slack. The cosmic omens suggest that such an achievement is quite possible.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Johnny Appleseed was a 19th-century folk hero renowned for planting apple trees in vast areas of rural America. During the 70 years this famous Libra was alive, he never got married.

He believed that if he remained unwed during his time on earth, he would be blessed with two spirit-wives in the afterlife. Have you ever done something like that yourself, Libra? Is there an adventure you've denied yourself in the here and now because you think that's the only way you can get some bigger, better adventure at a later date? If so, now would be an excellent time to adjust your attitude.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) "It is kind of fun to do the impossible," said Walt Disney, a pioneer animator whose cartoon innovations were remarkable. Judging from your current astrological omens, I think you Scorpios have every right to adopt his battle cry as your mantra. You've got an appointment with the frontier. You're primed to perform experiments at the edge of your understanding.

Great mysteries will be tempting you to come closer and lost secrets will be teasing you with

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Astronauts on lunar expeditions have orbited the moon and seen its entire surface. But the rest of us have never seen more than 59 percent of it. As the moon revolves around the Earth, it always keeps one side turned away from our view. Isn't that amazing and eerie? The second most important heavenly body, which is such a constant and intimate factor in our lives, is half-hidden. I'd like to propose that there is an analogous phenomenon in your inner world, Sagittarius: a part of you that forever conceals some of its true nature. But I'm pretty sure you will soon be offered an unprecedented chance to explore that mysterious realm.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Anglo-Irish novelist Laurence Sterne married his wife Elizabeth in 1741. Twenty-five years later he fell in love with another woman, Eliza. In composing love letters to his new infatuation, he lifted some of the same romantic passages he had originally written to Elizabeth when he was courting her. Try hard not to do anything remotely resembling that, Capricorn. Give your intimate allies your freshest stuff. Treat them as the unique creatures they are. Resist the temptation to use shticks that worked to create closeness in the past.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) It's important that you not punish yourself or allow yourself to be punished for the sins that other people have committed. It's also crucial that you not think nasty thoughts about yourself or put yourself in the presence of anyone who's prone to thinking nasty thoughts about you. Self-doubt and self-criticism may be healthy for you to entertain about 10 days from now, and at that time you will probably benefit from receiving compassionate critique from others, too. But for the moment, please put the emphasis on self-protection and self-nurturing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) For over three decades, a man in Assam, India has worked to build a forest. When Jadav "Molai" Payeng started planting and tending seeds at the age of 16, the sandbars bordering the Brahmaputra River were barren. Today, almost entirely thanks to him, they're covered with a 1,360-acre forest that harbors deer, birds, tigers, rhinos and elephants. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you could launch a comparable project in the next 12 months, Pisces — a labor of love that will require your persistent creativity and provide you with sanctuary for a long time.

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