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‘Wet Your Whiskers’ wine tasting to benefit FUR of WNC

BY STAFF REPORTS • WAYNESVILLE

and food but also to vote for their photos or their friends’ submissions.”

Photos were be accepted through March 25 in the following categories: Cat-AerJoin FUR supporters from obics, Best Cat-Accessories, 5:30-7: 30pm on Saturday, Sleeping Beauty, Best WhisApril 13 in the Daniel & Belle kers, Friends FURever and I Fangmeyer Theatre at the Fits; I Sits. There will also be Haywood Arts Regional a “Best in Show” awarded.

Theatre on Pigeon Street in First and second place ribWaynesville. bons will be awarded prizes “Last year FUR’s “Wet given to 1st place winners Your Whiskers” fundraiser and “Best In Show.” had about 100 attendees, “FUR will be producing and there were 75 or so a 2020 calendar from the entries in the cat photo conwinning photos from the test”, said Sydney Klocke, “Diva” 2018 1st Place photo winner Jenny Buckner contest,’ continued Klocke. co-coordinator of the event.

There will be a silent auction “After expenses, approxand raffle items. “We are excited about the gifts and imately $9,000 was raised to support the sanctuary, gift certificates that have been donated again this year pay medical bills and purchase food for the cats.” for our auction and raffle,” said Wanda Davis-Browne, “Wet Your Whiskers” is a wine/beer tasting with an FUR Volunteer. “Many of them are different types of art appetizer buffet. The evening will feature a display of donated by our local artisans. I think our guests will be all the photos submitted for the cat photo contest with very pleased.” the opportunity for Reserve your tickets via FUR’s website. Admission attendees to vote for for the wine tasting is $35 per person and includes the winners in each three tastings of wine or beer. Sponsorships are category along with available for $125. Each sponsor will receive two (2) Best of Show. admissions, business card display, event recognition “While enjoying the and gifts yet to be determined. appetizers provided Money raised for FUR this evening will help to fund

by Harmon’s Den the cat sanctuary where homeless, abandoned cats Bistro and sampling and kittens have a safe place to thrive and receive three featured wines medical attention and love until they can be adoptor beer, people will ed. Any cat not adopted has a home forever at FUR’s be voting for their “Cotton” 2018 Best of Show winner sanctuary in Waynesville. FUR operates only by donafavorite feline photo Mike McMullin tions, fundraisers, and volunteers. from six categoFollowing the success of 2018’s event, Feline Urgent Rescue of WNC is hosting the 2nd Annual Wet Your Whiskers Wine Tasting.

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Pediatric Patients’ to showcase at Grovewood Gallery April 6 - 28 Stroke the color with framing at BlackBird Frame & Art this April ‘Gretchen Chadwick shows “Lush Roses” series Cover: Asheville Gallery of Art Showcases Local Artists Angela Alexander’s contemporary pet portraits will be featured at the Twisted Laurel through June

310 Art: It’s never too late to become an artist — to realize your passion

Art Classes Asheville Gallery of Art: “A Visual Contemplation: Land, Sea, and Sky” for April Downtown Asheville: New solo show called “Dreaming Between the Lines” May 1-30 at Woolworth Walk Health: What should I eat? Are carbs bad?

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ART SHOW Pediatric Patients’ to showcase at Grovewood Gallery April 6 - 28

BY STAFF REPORTS • NORTH ASHEVILLE

creative writing lessons. Last year, their teaching team taught more than 8,000 lessons to over 2,700 patients, siblings, and family members in Western North Carolina!

For more information on Arts For Life, or to donate, visit www.artsforlifenc.org/.

On April 6 - 28, Grovewood Gallery in Asheville will host their 3rd annual exhibition of artwork created by pediatric patients and participants in

Arts For Life program at Mission Children’s Hospital. the

This year’s show, All Together Now, will be celebrated with an opening reception on Saturday, April 6 from 2-5pm, which will include complimentary ice cream, craft activities for kids, and live music by the Haw Creek Sweet Hots (performing 3-4pm). Admission is free, and all artwork will be available for sale, with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting Arts For Life. Grovewood Gallery will also donate 10% of all regular gallery sales from the exhibition’s opening day.

All together Now is curated by Annie Rogers, Program Director, and Anna Long, Program Coordinator at Arts For Life. “For our 2019 All Together Now show, we were inspired by the idea of community: where we live, who we meet, places we go, things we share, activities that bring us together,” says Annie Rogers. “At times nostalgic, whimsical, and poignant, the work will invite the viewer to explore and celebrate the commonalities between us all.”

Arts For Life is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting pediatric patients and families through arts education and engagement. By providing educational art programs, they enrich patient’s lives, nurture their minds and spirits, and encourage positive healthcare experiences for children and their families. They currently help children in four chapter communities across NC. Arts For Life’s educational art programs decrease patient stress and anxiety, keep patients

Kinleigh, age 5

active and engaged, and help families cope with the realities of illness during the most challenging times of their lives. They turn hospital rooms into artist studios, where children can focus on building a mosaic tile, writing a poem, or crafting a song—not on the pricks, pokes, and treatments they’re about to receive. They help them remember that they’re not just patients: they’re artists, musicians, and poets, with a world of possibility at their fingertips.

Since 2001, Arts For Life has delivered topnotch art, music, and

About Grovewood Gallery Established in 1992, Grovewood Gallery is nationally recognized for its dedication to fine American art and craft. Located in historic Grovewood Village adjacent to The Omni Grove Park Inn, the gallery is noted for its charming, old-world setting and rich craft heritage. This site once housed the weaving and woodworking operations of Biltmore Industries, an Arts and Crafts enterprise - originally backed by Edith Vanderbilt - that played a significant role in the Appalachian Craft Revival during the early 20th century.

Today, Grovewood Gallery offers two expansive floors of finely crafted furniture, ceramics, jewelry and more, contributed by over 400 artists and craftspeople from across the United States. The gallery also boasts an outdoor sculpture garden and presents rotating exhibitions throughout the year.

Grovewood Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday 10-5:30pm, and Sunday 11 – 5pm. Free parking is available on-site. www.grovewood.com or call (828) 253-7651.

Pediatric Patients’ to Showcase Talent at Grovewood Gallery “Bright Neighborhood” Exhibition Run: April 6-28 Opening Reception: April 6 2-5pm

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Stroke the color with framing at BlackBird Frame & Art this April

BY STAFF REPORTS • NORTH ASHEVILLE

es, new introductions of heavily-textured “oldcolorful ways to compickup-truck-rusty” plement your decorating finishes and “riveting” palette? welded steel frames, Art may have the as well as the shop’s most significant impact hand-painted designs. on your décor, bringing Meet anytime with bold colors to a room, one of BlackBird’s including some you may seven Certified Profesnot be able to introduce sional Framers (more otherwise. than any other shop in BlackBird Frame & the Professional Picture Art offers the region’s Acrylic frames offer vivid colors, patterns, and irregular shapes Framers Association) for largest selection of frame a free look at how their unoptions including colors paralleled selection can magnify the color choices and textures that emphasize palette choices in Are you looking for

the art you choose to display. A frame, along with matting, anchors the painting to its surroundings while providing a neutral space for the art to stand apart from decorative elements like draperies, rugs, and furniture.

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These natural wood finishes and bright paints create a weathered, often nostalgic, feel.

in your art and décor with a well-chosen frame.

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“Claret” oil on canvas, 36x36in

“Sunset” oil on canvas, 40x40in

Gretchen Chadwick shows “Lush Roses” series

BY STAFF REPORTS • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE

Gretchen Chadwick is best known for her quiet, zen-like abstract paintings that evoke trees, marshes, and grassy fields, but there is something new blooming in her studio at Riverview Station.

Since last summer, Chadwick has been working on a series of big, lush roses.

“I started to feel a strong pull back to my roots in realism,” she says. “With the abstract work, I felt like I’d been whispering, shrouding ideas in mystery. I suddenly had the urge to use a strong, clear voice. And I started to crave bold color.”

Chadwick has always followed her deep creative impulses, so she temporarily set aside the neutral palette and cold wax medium that she has typically used for her abstract work, and dipped back into the skill set she acquired as a student of classical realism when she began painting, many years ago.

“I wanted to brush up on my ability to model form using values, so the first rose I painted, I used only a grayscale. Painting that rose brought back the thrill of creating the illusion of three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface.

It’s like making magic.”

Since painting “Steel Rose,” Chadwick has created a half-dozen large canvases of roses, ranging in color from soft blush to deep red. She is currently working on a group of frilly, intricately folded cabbage roses.

The paintings begin with reference photos that Chadwick takes herself, then crops tightly. Once enlarged and set down on canvas, the rose takes on the quality of a mandala, the spiraling form of the petals drawing the viewer’s eye into the center of the flower.

Henri Matisse once said, “There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to

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COVER Asheville Gallery of Art Showcases Local Artists

BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

also take care of and fresh. The gallery offers opportunities for all the responsimonthly featured solo and group shows which bilities and duties allows artists to present new work. Many of the of running the artists participate in workshops or conferences business. with well-known artists or join artist organizations Members serve unique gallery on committees experience to all which handle the who visit. day-to-day jobs of Walk in, and finance, advertisyou are greeted ing, housekeepby one of the 31 ing, and selecting member artists new members. who will answer “Rhapsody II” by Ruth Ilg Admission into any questions you the gallery is through might have about the pieces you see. a rigorous jury process.

When AGA has openings This friendly, hands-on approach to viewing in membership, the gallery calls for 2-D artists to and purchasing art connects visitors to working artists and offers a glimpse into Asheville’s thriving apply and submit paintings for review. AGA's jury “Free Fall,” by Jane Molinelli committee selects members based on refined artistic community. craftsmanship, diversity in styles, and professionAs you stroll through the gallery, you will notice alism. There are no limits to style or paint related to their medium. Some teach, and many a remarkable medium, as long as the body of work travel nationally and internationally looking for diversity of styles meets the gallery's high standards, and new inspiration.” and visions, all the artist has a contribuThey are proud to conmade by local tion to make sistently receive five-star artists. Traditional to AGA. The ratings on Trip Advisor from landscapes hang gallery curvisitors to the gallery. Along side-by-side rently has a with these reviews, you can with expressive waiting list of find additional recommenabstracts, whimjuried artists dations, news of current sical mixed-media from this exhibitions and general paintings, figuraregion. happenings at the gallery on tive works, and Sahar their Facebook page. still lifes. Along “Pisgah Woodlands” by Megan Richard Fakhoury, a with original paintlong-time memAsheville Gallery ings in oil, pastel, IF YOU ber of AGA, of Art watercolor, and acrylic, AGA also features artists’ GO believes the gallery “Golden Afternoon” by Sue Dolamore The gallery is locatbins with unframed originals and a colorful array has been an imported in the heart of downtown at of note cards. ant art destination in downtown Asheville since its 82 Patton Ave., across from Pritchard Park. Hours Founded as a co-operative in 1988, AGA is inception and strives to continue that tradition. are Monday through Saturday, 11- 6 pm, and Asheville’s longest-established downtown gallery.

“We are very proud of our artists. We expect Sunday, 11-4 pm. (828) 251-5796 • The artists represented are co-owners who not them to grow professionally by staying current www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com. only display their work throughout the gallery but Asheville Gallery of Art, at 82 Patton Ave. in downtown Asheville, provides a

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310 ART

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Start painting now. There are many opportunities to learn at 310 ART and a chance to work with

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The district will feature many special It’s never too late to become an artist — to realize your passion events and a free trolley on Saturday, BY FLETA MONAGHAN • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE can be the tools that can launch a Did you know that the famous April 13. painter

Monet did not start painting 40s?

in earnest until he was in his

He did not begin to paint his most famous scenes, (the lily pad paintings) until he was almost 50.

Like most of us, life gets in the way.

A stint in the military, illness, children, family pressures to pursue other career paths combined to delay this great artist in his pursuit of creativity.

All of us hold a secret desire to create. Whether it be in the visual arts, gardening, cooking, sewing or other creative endeavors, often the necessity to raise a family and follow another career path holds us back for a time. Thankfully we can take the example of Monet and many other creative types to give us the courage to step into the unknown and explore our inner visions.

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whole new aspect of your life. There are a few things to keep in mind as you take the plunge.

“Creativity takes Courage,” as Henri Matisse said. Sometimes we fear the judgment of others. All of us hold the seeds of creativity within.

It is part of our make up as human beings and something that does set us apart as a species. But we can feel the fear of what others might think. Everyone who takes a chance and tries will soon find it is not what they imagined!

Keep in mind that in the arts, there is no right or wrong. There are infinite ways one can express their ideas and inner feelings. While learning some necessary tools of the trade help us achieve our goals, what we have inside is our unique vision.

When we try new creative pursuits, we really cannot know where it will lead us. This runs contrary to what

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we learn in school and many careers. While we may have a definite goal in mind when in our first career, and can picture the intended result, in art, we are traveling along an unknown path.

Nothing turns out the way we expect, and this can be an exciting and fulfilling journey if we let go of fear and preconceived notions. Try not to over think; just enjoy the process!

Finding a community of like-minded creatives can support you on your journey. And, observing teachers and mentors who can lead you and advise you will help to point you in the right direction. They can see the uniqueness of

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your ideas and visions and help you to achieve your dreams. It is never too late.

Meet gallery artists and join the community of creatives on a path of learning at 310 ART, Riverview Station in Asheville NC. See the gallery featuring 19 accomplished artists.

And join us at 310 ART school - the oldest independent Fine Art School for adults in the region. 191 Lyman St, 310, Asheville, NC 28801.

M-Sat 11-5 and Sun 12-4. 310art.com and gallery@310art.com for inquiries about the school and gallery.

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Watercolor Wednesday Evenings - 5:30-8:30, all levels, please preregister

Beginner and Up! Open art studios Mondays with instructor to guide you - start and continue year round in our Monday classes, 9:30-12:30pm and 1-4pm. Come the dates that work for you!

See 310art.com for schedule and sign up.

Beginners welcomed!

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Beginning Oils - Apr 6 & 7 Dramatic Light in Watercolor - Apr 27 Oil Stick Painting - May 4 Casts from Nature for Mixed Media and Jewelry - May 11 Drawing on the Right Side of the Shadow - May 18 Watercolor and Wax Wonders - June 1 Eco Printing Intro - June 8 Encaustic Pendants - June 13

Most or all materials are provided in our workshops! 2019 Workshops now online at 310art.com Classes for adults at 310 ART, 191 Lyman Street, #310, Asheville, NC 28801

www.310art.com gallery@310art.com (828)776-2716 Adult classes, beginner and up, most materials provided. Register online or at the studio.

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RAD ART Angela Alexander’s contemporary pet portraits will be featured at the Twisted Laurel through June

BY STAFF REPORTS • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE

Angela Alexander’s contemporary pet portraits have become a prominent part

Asheville’s vibrant art scene; shown throughout many of the city’s hotels, galleries, and restaurants. Her work of

includes all types of animals ranging from dogs to cows.

Alexander’s brown and tan Chihuahua, Sadie, inspired her first paintings. She wanted to capture Sadie’s fun-loving, youthful personality. Of course, now, Alexander paints many other pets, but her goal remains the same–find what makes each pet unique and convey that through her bold and lively paintings.

It is Alexander’s talent for capturing her subject’s personalities, that has made Alexander’s commissioned pet portraits so famous. In these commissions, Alexander paints an original painting based on photographs and interviews with the pet-owners.

“By talking to owners and seeing photographs,

Bandit and JD Portraits

I get a feel for who the dog is. Then the colors I use express their unique energy,” Alexander said.

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Drake’s original photograph Alexander worked with for his portrait.

“I also focus on the eyes. They are what anchor my pieces.”

Alexander recently completed a commission of a Maltese Poodle named Drake.

“The whole experience was an emotional journey, watching the painting come to life,” said Chad Jenkins, Drake’s owner. “Angela captured our fur child’s quirky personality, and her painting makes me smile every time I walk by.”

Learning about where her portraits end up is one of Alexander’s favorite parts of the process.

“I love it when my clients send me pictures of the painting in its new home or of their dog with the final portrait,” Alexander said. “One of my client’s sent me a picture of my painting next to an original George Rodrigue Blue Dog that they owned. That was very exciting for me.”

In recent years, Alexander’s commissioned pet portraits have been in high demand.

She had to close her list for nearly a year, to ensure that she was still able to continue producing other original work in between commissions. However, just last month Alexander began accepting a few new requests for commissions. She said if anyone is interested that they should reach out soon, as her list is filling quickly.

Here is the final painting of Drake. The artwork is both reflective of the animal’s personality and charm.

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Asheville’s Longest Established Fine Art Gallery with 31 Regional Artists

Asheville Gallery of Art 's April Artists

(Detail) “Colors of the Mountains,” 20x24 by Karen Keil Brown

“Winter Barn, Blue Ridge Parkway” by Havens Gayle

“A Visual Contemplation: Land, Sea, and Sky” for April

BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

“A Visual Contemplation: Land, Sea, and Sky,” is a dual presentation of works by Karen Keil Brown and Gayle Havens.

Their complementary styles showcase a breadth of vision and technique in landscape painting.

Karen Keil Brown seeks to discover a delicate balance between earth and sky, realism and abstraction.

“I try to focus the viewer’s vision on a moment of serenity to reveal an elemental and transcendent dance between atmosphere and light.”

The artist says she paints with an intuitive and expressive brushstroke.

Brown continues to experiment with new techniques by taking workshops and classes at the Arts Student League of New York in NYC. She creates her paintings using either acrylic or oil paints on canvas while maintaining the meditative freedom and breadth of her signature mark and style in either medium.

“In the series for the show, I approach my landscape paintings with a brush and palette knife, bringing texture and energy to the canvas.”

She primarily paints in her studio in the River Arts District.

Originally from New Jersey, Brown was raised in Asheville where she and her husband have three grown artistic daughters. Brown has worked as a professional artist for over 30 years and received her BA in Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina, Asheville, where she now serves as a Board Trustee. She is also an avid supporter of Arts for Life. Her paintings are found in numerous private and corporate collections and have been in exhibitions nationwide.

Gayle Havens says, “I paint in a representational and impressionistic manner, striving for simplicity, directness of brushstroke, and to honor the integrity of the subject. Landscapes and seascapes are primary sources for my inspiration. I am also drawn to quiet places where nature meets human artifacts and creates an enduring sense of place.”

To honor the integrity and harmony of a subject, Havens says, she strives to capture its unique atmospheric quality and color; referred to

by Impressionists as the “envelope of light.” Havens uses a limited palette in each painting, often preferring muted, earth-colored pigments rather than more saturated colors to convey this atmosphere. Watercolors are her medium of choice.

“They have utterly captivated my imagination with their transparent, fluid, and spontaneous attributes.”

Havens, a new member of Asheville Gallery, studied studio art and art history as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and the University of New Mexico.

She set aside painting for many years to run a business and raise a family, returning to it in 2006. She is a Signature Member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society and Virginia Watercolor Society, a juried member of the Women Painters

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‘AGA’ continued from page 14 of the Southeast, and a member of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, the Southern Watercolor Society, and American Watercolor Society.

Asheville Gallery of Art Brown’s and Haven’s work, as well as the paintings of the other 29 gallery members, will be on display and for sale through April.

IF YOU GO

(828) 251-5796 • www.ashevillegallery-of-art. com, or on Facebook. The show runs April 1-30 during gallery hours, 11-6 pm Monday-Saturday and 11-4 pm Sunday. The gallery, located at 82 Patton Avenue in Asheville, across from Pritchard Park, will host a reception for the artists on Friday, April 5, 5-8 pm. Everyone is cordially invited to stop by.

‘Chadwick’ continued from page 8 paint a rose because before he can do so, he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.” Chadwick doesn’t find it necessary to reinvent the wheel when it comes to painting roses, however.

“Promises,” wedding gown and acrylic on wood “The pure, simple beauty of a rose is enough. Taking the time to render its perfection to the best of my ability is enough. If I can entice you into engaging with the beautiful form of a rose, even for a little while, that’s enough.”

Chadwick has not given up abstract painting, but her recent abstract work has taken on a new

Show your

dimension. Concurrently with the rose paintings, she has been using cast-off clothing, fabric, found objects and acrylic paint to create pieces with more depth, texture, and flowing form than her previous work. One of her favorite new pieces is made from an old wedding gown that she pulled from a bin at the thrift store, sculpted onto a board, and covered in layers of metallic paint. It is called “Promises.”

Gretchen Chadwick To see her latest work, please visit her in Studio #229, upstairs at Riverview Station, 191 Lyman Street, Asheville. Her hours are Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 11-5pm, or by appointment. (484) 319-1598. • gac462@yahoo.com.• www.fineartbygretchen.com.

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Downtown Asheville

New solo show called “Dreaming Between the Lines” May 1-30 at Woolworth Walk

BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

For May local artist Fian Arroyo will be featured in the F.W. Gallery at Woolworth Walk in a solo show called “Dreaming Between the Lines.”

Fian Arroyo, an accomplished award-winning illustrator, presents new watercolor, ink as well as some digital works focusing on his original mystical creatures. His works feature exquisite depth and unbelievably refined detail-

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paper’s surface. He evokes a whimsical escape into a lush, fun, fantasy and pops surreal environments full of monsters, wanderlust, and confident humans.

Fian has been creating illustrations and character designs for his clients, including many Fortune-500 companies, in the advertising, editorial, toy & game,

Happy Easter! and publishing markets for over 25 years. What

ing as he pulls out fantastical worlds off of the

at first began as something to do until he found out what he wanted to be when he grew up has blossomed into a full-time detour from getting a “real job.” Throughout his career, he has had the pleasure of working with companies such as U.S. News And World Report, ABC Television, KFC, Taco Bell, The Los Angeles Times, SC Johnson, Scholastic and many more.

Among the awards he has won, his work has been recognized by award books such as The Society of Illustrators of New York, The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, Spectrum The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art and Infected

By Art. Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Fian grew up traveling the world as a U.S. Army brat living in countries such as Japan, Panama and a handful of states. He graduated from Texas State University in 1986 with a BFA in Commercial Art then moved to Miami, Florida where he began his freelance illustration career. In 2009 he relocated from Miami Beach to the breathtaking mountains of Asheville, North Carolina where he continued working with his commercial clientele and, more importantly, began creating artwork for himself. This new journey brought him back full circle to where it all started for him…fantasy and pop surreal art. He currently resides in Weaverville, North Carolina where he is being held hostage by his wife, two kids, and a mortgage.

Meet Fian and enjoy the opening reception on First Friday, May 3rd from 5-7 p.m.

Woolworth Walk 25 Haywood Street Asheville, NC 28801 (828) 254-9234 • Woolworthwalk.com Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat. 11-7pm., Sun. 11-5pm.

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Movie Review ‘To Dust’ 31/2 stars

BY MICHELLE KEENAN • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

him with an unwitting, community college science teacher named Albert (Matthew Broderick).

Science, faith, and culture collide, providing an interesting backdrop for what kind of becomes a macabre buddy movie (complete with Short Take: A grieving Hasidic widbuddy movie road trip). As the story ower is haunted by the corpse of unfolds, the epigraph at the start of his recently deceased wife causing the film comes to represent these him to fear for the release of her two characsoul. ters; Shmuel Reel Take: is guided Shawn Snyby the strict der’s directorial doctrine of debut To Dust the Torah is an odd, yet while Albert’s darkly comic, spirituality meditation is probaon death and bly more An unorthodox odd-couple dig deep in To Dust grief. informed Coming to the Fine Arts Theater in April The film opens by a joint and with an epigraph of two quotes: The the sentiment of Jethro Tull than first quote is from the Kohelet, “Then anything else. the dust will return to the Earth as it Like their unlikely friendship, the was and the spirit and the spirit will heart of this film lies in the melding return to unto God who gave it.” The of these words. second is “God is an overwhelming Director, Shawn Snyder co-wrote responsibility,” Jethro Tull. the screenplay with Jason Begue, Géza Röhrig (who you may recall offering a witty and at times painfrom his memorable performance in fully awkward script. Röhrig and 2015’s Son of Saul), plays Shmuel, a Broderick both possess the draHasidic is cantor from upstate New matic chops to carry the humanity York who is haunted by his wife’s ‘Dust’ continued page 29 corpse after her untimely death.

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FOOD

WNCAP’s Dining Out For Life happens April 25

BY STAFF REPORTS • WNC

Dining Out For Life (DOFL) is an annual event benefiting HIV Prevention & Care that takes place in nearly 50 cities across the nation.

This year, Dining Out For Life is on Thursday, April 25. In Asheville, DOFL will once again be underwritten by their longtime Presenting Sponsor, Prestige Subaru. On April 25 participat-

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ing restaurants will donate 20% of their gross sales to the local HIV/AIDS Service Organization.

In WNC, that organization is WNCAP. “Dining Out For Life is WNCAP’s largest fundraiser. But the most important benefit is A group of Dining Out For Life how many people are educated Ambassadors and patrons gather at a about the ongoing crisis of HIV/ Participating Restaurant in Asheville.

— Photo credit: Cathy Deweese AIDS,” said WNCAP Executive Director Antonio del Toro.

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FOOD

Longtime DOFL Ambassadors Barbara Bell (right) and Betty Sharpless (left) engage diners at Avenue M on Merrimon Avenue. Ambassadors help raise resources for WNCAP and spread awareness about HIV/AIDS while entering diners into a raffle for three grand prizes.

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Dining Out For That is indeed Life. a testament to If you would the community like more spirit (and love WNCAP staff members Michael Harney (left) information and Devin Smith (right) thank the staff at Well about beof excellent local Bred Bakery in Biltmore Village for participating cuisine) that disin Dining Out For Life. Last year, participating coming an tinguishes their restaurants raised nearly $150,000 for HIV AmbassaPrevention & Care in our community. dor, please home.

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WHAT SHOULD I EAT? Anna lived next door to Dr. Brandon and his wife. The girls shared recipes and family stories over coffee on Tuesday morning.

“Knock, knock,” Anna called out through the screen door.

“Come on in; it’s open,” Brianna responded from the dining room credenza where she was putting away dishes from the dishwasher. “Coffee cake is on the counter. Help yourself.”

“Hmmm. I can’t eat that now.” Anna quietly scooted into the corner of the breakfast nook.

“I’m on a new diet.” She smiled at Dr. Brandon who entered the kitchen for his breakfast before going to the hospital for rounds.

“What do you mean, you can’t eat the coffee cake?” Brianna sauntered into the room, ready to do battle. “I bought that especially for us this morning. It’s whole grain and low sugar.”

“I’ve been having some digestive problems.

So, I saw the GI specialist over in Nashville. He told me to stop eating all carbohydrates and fruits. And to increase my meat consumption. He said it would help my digestion.”

Dr. Brandon looked up from his breakfast of whole grain cereal and fruit, his brow quizzically wrinkled in concern. Anna saw his look and continued.

Your Health

By Max Hammonds, MD

sis.”

“Real English, Paul, not medical words.”

Brianna shook her head and rolled her eyes.

“Sorry. Anna, your body is made to digest carbohydrates for energy. When you stop eating carbohydrates, your body is forced to break down protein and fat – which causes the by-products – ketones – to build up in your system. Too many can make you listless and tired – and they are hard for your liver and kidneys to get rid of. You will lose weight – which you didn’t need to do. Short term, this diet will get rid of extra fat stores.

But at a fairly high price of wear and tear on — Photo by Peter Lewicki your body.”

“This sounds like one of those paleo-diets,” “I know. It sounds radical. And it’s hard to do. It Brianna observed. seems there are carbohydrates in everything. I’ve “Yes, and very much like the old Atkins diet,” been trying to gain weight, but I’m losing weight.

Paul added. “A lot of short-term gains but at a I don’t feel good. I’m tired all the time. And my steep high price long term. You can’t eat like this bowels aren’t working very well.”

“Rule of life, baby girl.” Brianna sat across from long term.”

“Why not?” Anna asked, worry now lining her her husband. “If it makes you sick, don’t eat it.” face.

She turned to her husband. “What do you think, “You gut has already told you,” Dr. Brandon Paul?” continued.

“They’re not working because there’s “I think you got some bad advice from that no fiber. Meat has no fiber. Fiber is essential for specialist,” Paul said around his mouthful of breakfast food. “I think that diet is inducing keto-

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THE VIEW INTO INFINITY Who we are is the Universe peering into itself from billions of points of view. – Alan Watts Zen teaching emphasizes the most important of all koans: “Who/what am I?” Of course, we have an immediate answer that it is “me,” a human being, a mind, and body with a history and identity; to which the master replies, “Superficially yes, but you must go deeper, go deeper. Who/what is this ‘me’? Meditate on this.”

When you meditate, what is happening? Is not meditation the stepping back of the sense of self from entanglement in sensations, thoughts and emotions into looking at the sensations, thoughts, and emotions that flow through the field of mind? So who/what is looking? It cannot be the sensations, thoughts, and emotions because they are what is being looked at.

Perhaps it works to say the sensations, thoughts, and emotions are the egoic “me,” a personality with unique traits, but at the most fundamental level, who/what is looking?

A very powerful practice can be to close your eyes and try meditating on the view beyond your closed eyelids. You must realize that the closing of the eyelids does not extinguish the faculty of vision; it simply keeps it from being entangled in the immediate environment.

In a sense, we are looking into infinity. This can be very liberating and enlightening. So returning to the koan, who/what is looking into infinity? Is it your mind of thoughts and emotions? It is quite possible that while doing this meditation, thoughts have ceased entirely, so certainly it is not the mind of thought. Typically those initiated into meditation will answer that it is awareness that looks, but what is this awareness?

We have stumbled upon the energy of consciousness, that which we never give any consideration to in our culture. Like fish swimming in water that have no sense of water, it is challenging for us to have a sense of consciousness since consciousness is the constant of our experience. We focus attention on the varying and changing contents of consciousness but not on consciousness itself. Of course, without consciousness we would have no experience of anything, but what happens when we begin to be aware of awareness, of consciousness? Going deeper, we must now ask what is this consciousness?

Ancient Vedic culture, the precursor to Hindu and Buddhist culture, described the origin of existence as a universal consciousness (Brahma) that brought forth the form of the world and all the forms in the world, including human, and these forms are pervaded with consciousness and the consciousness of a human being is a microcosmic extension (Atman) of that macrocosmic consciousness. Modern quantum and field theory physics describes a universe that is a unified field of proto-energy out of which the energy of matter as sub-atomic particles spontaneously emerge and then engage in the great dance of merging and joining and complexifying that eventually leads to a human being with a brain that is the most complex organization of matter in the known universe. Furthermore, experiments and theoretical extrapolation have us stunned by evidence that the behavior of these sub-atomic particles, even the way they manifest varyingly as particle energy or wave energy, demonstrates consciousness

ZEN PHILOSOPHY WITH BILL WALZ and the capacity for inter-particle communication. It seems this ancient cosmology that expresses existence in poetic language may well be finding validation through modern science!

In our human-centered culture and religions, we limit assigning meaningful consciousness to humans while acknowledging limited consciousness in animals, but is this an accurate identification of the realm of consciousness? Consciousness is defined in a google search as “The state of being awake and aware of one’s surroundings,” “The awareness or perception of something by a person,” and “The fact of awareness by the mind of itself and the world. Consciousness emerges from the operations of the brain.” Immediately we are struck by identification of consciousness in these conventional definitions with humans and with the brain. But, does a tree not have consciousness that turns its leaves to the sun, that causes its roots to reach to nourishment and water sources, that has trees even communicating with and nurturing other trees, as recent studies are indicating? Is there not a type of consciousness that beats the heart and moves the lungs and performs a thousand intricate and balanced functions in every animal organism? What of indigenous peoples who believed and lived within a world in which mountains and rivers, even rocks or places on the ground manifested different qualities of consciousness and even spoke to them? Was this just superstition or a more refined ability to sense and resonate with consciousness that pervades all things? Vedic culture believed that rather than consciousness emanating from us, we emanate from consciousness. We are not a body and mind that has consciousness, we are consciousness that has a body and mind.

What if the answer to who/what am I? Is that we are a biological technology evolved over 14 billion years by the Universe to interact creatively with itself, and that these complex brains that have a neural network design tantalizingly similar to the extrapolated patterns of the network structure of dark matter and energy (which make up 96% of the Universe) are microscopic reflections of this macroscopic design that function as receivers and tuners for consciousness energy originating from and as the infinite vastness of the Universe entering into the finite? What if what we are is a portal for consciousness energy between the dimensions of the infinite and the finite? The intuited truth of this postulation is in the summation of ancient Vedic cosmology voiced by Alan Watts in the opening quote of this column, and there is no question that Buddhism has identified the essence of who we are as awareness, the field of consciousness-energy through which flows all the content of mind. All that is left to have a cosmology and ontology that reconnects the human experience to the Universal is the recognition that the energy of consciousness is not personal, but rather universal, and that awareness is the individual channeling of this energy that pervades the Universe.

We currently have no sense of ourselves within an unfolding evolving cosmos, and this leaves us adrift and insecure in the vastness of the universe, and so too on our planet, in our societies, our families, even our skin. Even when people do look at the stars, it is usually within a romantic sense centered on them-

selves. But what if when looking into the starlit sky we could see ourselves? What if we could see in the stars the source of every atom that comprises our bodies and the world around us and to have a sense that our eyes are the eyes of the Universe looking into itself, infinity gazing into the finite as well as the finite gazing into the infinite? Would we not be more likely to see our existence as a responsibility to serve as an instrument of the Universe realizing itself - given the gift of a planet that is paradise - and would this not lead us to behave not as destructive consumers but in ways that honor the sacred task we have of understanding, preserving and creating within a great intimate dance?

Cosmologist Brian Swimmer offers and warns, “We need to put our energy into inventing new cultural forms for initiating ourselves into an ecstatic sense of involvement with the community of beings that is the very universe. If we refuse to devote ourselves to this work, we’ll just have to make the necessary adjustments to deal with the river of misery flowing out of the perverse way of life yoking insatiable greed with drugs known as consumerism. Cosmology, when it is alive and healthy in a culture, evokes in the human a deep zest for life, a zest that is satisfying and revivifying.” We could at last feel at home and with a purpose in the Universe, on this planet, in our societies, our families and in our own skins.

Zen is the simplest yet most challenging of practices – it is to train in experiencing the simultaneity of the day-to-day with the eternal, the finite with the infinite, to know we are always both here in the most immediate way and in the vastness of existence. “Be here now” is not just a catchy phrase - it is the essential koan directing us to experience how we exist as immediately as this place where our feet stand, and our senses perceive AND we are that which can only be perceived with the intuitive sense - that sense which our culture ignores completely – as infinite, the vast Universe that is also the here and now. Breathe and be. We are this flesh and blood AND the dust of stars AND the infinite streaming energy of timeless and boundaryless consciousness. To walk the world in this knowing is Zen. It is to be complete and free of the insecurity of never being enough that has plagued humanity for millennia.

When we know, we are a wave on the vast ocean of infinite consciousness energy, meaning we are also the ocean, it is more than enough. Wherever we are, it is home.

Bill Walz has taught meditation and mindfulness in university and public forums and is a private-practice meditation teacher and guide for individuals in mindfulness, personal growth and consciousness.

Information on classes, talks, personal growth and healing instruction, or phone consultations at (828)258-3241, e-mail at healing@billwalz.com Learn more, see past columns, video and audio programs at www. billwalz.com

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PERFORMING ARTS ‘A Musical Fantasy’ at Blue Ridge Community College, April 7

BY STAFF REPORTS • HENDERSONVILLE

The Music Foundation of WNC – Presents, “A Musical Fantasy” at the Thomas Auditorium at the Blue Ridge Community College – Sunday, April 7, 3pm.

This Benefit Concert is Free and open to the public so join us in support of the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and Feel the Beauty and Passion of this Rich Musical Fantasy for Clarinet, Double Bass & Piano.

This performance, an unprecedented and technically challenging Chamber Trio will amaze all music enthusiasts. “We are doing something that is very seldom done anywhere in the world,” says Joann Freeburg, Music Foundation of Western North Carolina founder. “You won’t have

Chamber Trio

to be a classical music fan to enjoy this concert.

You can appreciate it from a historical, technical and performance perspective. It is a once-in-alifetime opportunity where you can experience this amazing Rich Musical Fantasy for Clarinet, Double Bass and Piano.”

Our featured notable composers are Giovanni Bottesini, Ariel Ramirez, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, André Messager, Francis Poulenc, Sergei Prokofiev, Maurice Jeanjean, and Alexander Scriabin.

The Music FounHarrison Ray will sing three dation of Western songs during intermission. North Carolina is a non-profit organization with a passion to unite the arts community by creating extraordinary educational and performance opportunities for all ages.

Matthew Hanna studied clarinet with Dr. Robert Chesebro at Furman University. During that time,

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Asheville playwright debuts ‘Buncombe Tower’ at Magnetic Theatre, May 10

BY STAFF REPORTS • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE

The mark of all great satirists is that they can examine

their society and entertain their audience at the same time.

Local playwright Peter Lundblad is no exception.

His new play, Buncombe Tower, is wildly funny and strange, while also being an acerbic critique about the

nature of progress and human greed.

Buncombe Tower is set in the fictional Wolfe City, which mirrors our own Asheville.

In this futuristic, occult version of the city, tourists exist on sky bridges, in a separate part of the town, and everyone else is relegated to living in the Cast of ‘Buncombe Tower. Lindsay Lee, Corey Parlamento, Jay pits. Lundblad is infusAllan Ponton, Marlene Thompson’ ing his own experience

of our mountain town through the tribulations of these characters as they navigate all the hope, anger and nostalgia that arises with change.

Buncombe Tower is an occult history of a fictional city much like this one. It follows a mythical path, a possible future, and its prodigal daughter is trying to sort it all out. This world premiere by Asheville playwright Peter Lundblad is a fable about the casualties of gentrification told through poetry, puppetry and fantasy.

The play is directed by Katie Jones (performer, puppeteer, and educator), who has worked with regional theaters in Sarasota, Chicago, and

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PERFORMING ARTS ‘Trio’ continued Matthew was active as a competitor and placed first in the International Clarinet Association 1995 Young Artist Competition. He placed first in the Southeastern Clarinet Workshop Competition and won the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) state and divisional woodwind competitions. He was a finalist in the National MTNA High School Woodwind competition. Matt is a member of the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra.

Keith Freeburg learned to play piano, guitar and string bass as a child. He pursued bass and graduated from the University of Minnesota as a string major with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education. After teaching orchestra for several years, Keith studied piano technology at

McPhail School of the Arts in Minneapolis and began a full-time career in piano tuning, repair and rebuilding. Keith is a member of the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and the Brevard Philharmonic.

Christopher Tavernier made his orchestral debut with the Tar River Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of thirteen in Rocky Mount, NC, performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in the opening concert of the orchestra’s Fall 2013 season. Since then he has won the Hendersonville, Asheville, Augusta, and Charlotte Symphony concerto competitions, and second prize in the National Elizabeth Harper Vaughn Concerto Competition in Kingsport, Tennessee, where

he was the youngest performer in the history of the competition. The previous summer he was one of two pianists who won the Brevard Music Festival Jan and Beattie Wood Concerto Competition, competing in a field that included college undergraduate and graduate students. Christopher has also performed with the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and the Hendersonville Symphony Chamber Orchestra.

The Music Foundation of WNC – Presents, “A Musical Fantasy” at the Thomas Auditorium at the Blue Ridge Community College – Sunday, April 7, 3pm.

WHEN YOU GO

‘Buncombe’ continued Denver, where she directed community-focused programming. Jones specializes in new play development and is an alumnus of Directors Lab New York and Chicago.

She founded Wishbone Theatre Collective in 2009 and continues to perform with them, throughout the country. Jones has a BA from Clemson University and an MFA in from Naropa

University. Locally, she regularly works with Asheville Creative Arts and Asheville Improv Collective, and the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival. She is currently serving as joint Artistic Director of The Magnetic Theatre, along with Andrew Gall.

WHEN YOU GO

Buncombe Tower opens on May 10th and runs through June 2nd at The Magnetic

Theatre, located at 375 Depot Street in the River Arts District.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $18 for General Admission and $10 for students.

For tickets and information, please visit www.themagnetictheatre.org.

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“When we have positive energy we create light and color in our art.”

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THE POET'S VOICE

By Carol Bjorlie — “THE POET BEHIND THE CELLO”

April, National Poetry month with Jimmy Carter and Mary Oliver April is National Poetry Month! Hurray for poets, especially our President Jimmy Carter whose book, Always A Reckoning, was published in 1994. All right, I’ll say it. Who do you think is our current president’s favorite poet? From Jimmy’s book, there is a poem titled, “With Words, We Learn to Hate.” The poem follows.

We take lives in times of peace for crimes we won’t forgive, claiming some have forfeited the right to live.

We justify our nation’s wars each time with words to prove we kill in a moral cause.

We’ve cursed the names of those we fought The “Japs” instead of Japanese, German Nazis or the “Huns,” and “Wops” - when they were enemies.

Later, they became our friends, but habits live in memories.

So now, when others disagree we hate again, and with our might

war by war, name by dirty name, prove we’re right.

An onther poem by President Carter is titled “It Can Fool the Sun”

Some people never say, “Let’s go home,” not have one, except a plastic sheet; when cold they try to find a warm air grate: an empty doorway’s better than the street and two share one refrigerator crate.

A shack that decent folks would ridicule is where some others live and don’t complain.

They look up through the roof, smile and sigh, “It can fool the sun, but not the rain!”

I cannot stop thinking about Mary Oliver. Have you read her book, A Poetry Handbook? I heard her read in St. Paul, Minnesota. She had time for questions, and I had one that she answered. I asked, “Are all poems prayers?” and she leaned over her podium and said, “Absolutely.”

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include her poem from her book, A Thousand Mornings, titled “In Our Woods Sometimes a Rare Music.”

Every spring I hear the thrush singing in the glowing woods he is only passing through.

His voice is deep, then he lifts it until it seems to fall from the sky.

I am thrilled.

I am grateful.

Then, by the end of morning, he’s gone, nothing but silence our of the tree where he rested for a night.

And this I find acceptable.

Not enough is a poor life.

But too much is, well, too much.

Imagine Verdi or Mahler every day, all day.

It would exhaust anyone.

I love Verdi and Mahler. I was a ‘cellist in my other life, in the Charlotte Symphony, and played plenty of Mahler and Verdi. I never tired of either, especially Verdi, but I left the orchestra and moved to Minnesota where I played plenty of music for plenty of people and conductors and loved every minute.

Please send poems. I did not copy one that someone sent me recently, so I apologize. If you submit it again, I will print it in May’s issue.

Thanks for reading. I’ll be listening for words AND Mahler and Verdi.

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BOOKS Mary Laura Philpott presents “I Miss You When I Blink: Essays” on April 8

BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

MARY LAURA PHILPOTT PRESENTS ‘I MISS YOU WHEN I BLINK’ ESSAYS Mary Laura Philpott thought she’d cracked the code. Always make the right choices, and you’ll always be happy. But what happens if taking every correct turn somehow leads you down the wrong road and, worse, to a destination you barely recognize?

I Miss You When I Blink is a brave and candid debut memoir-in-essays, brimming with self-effacing wit and suffused with hard-earned wisdom.

By turns humorous and heart-rending, Philpott writes about meticulously ticking all the boxes on her life’s to-do list (job, spouse, house, babies—check!), only to find herself at loose ends and longing for a new path.

Mary Laura’s young son once said to her, “I miss you when I blink.”

Over the years, the simple sentence became a touchstone—a reminder to slow down, to live in the moment.

But it also served as an apt description of the creeping identity crisis many experience at some point.

Surrounded by everything she had always wanted, Mary Laura still felt anxious. Lost. Stuck in a daily grind of packed calendars, endless carpools, and grueling small talk, she wondered: What’s the worse failure?

Smiling and staying the course, or blowing it all up and running away?

And are those the only options?

Philpott’s stories about reassessing her goals and reinventing her life— with funny and fraught detours along the way—show that losing track of where we’re going and how to get there can happen anytime and many times.

And that’s okay! Her spot-on observations about home, work, family, and creativity are sure to resonate with those moving in or out of a friendship or romance, leaving school and entering the real world, or balancing professional ambitions with personal passions—in short, anyone who’s ever felt the need to hit rewind and redo the way things are, or figure out how to take that challenging next step forward.

Like lingering late-night conversations with a kindred spirit, these incisive and ultimately inspiring essays are sure to appeal to readers of Meghan Daum, Dani Shapiro, Sloane Crosley, David Rakoff, Jessi Klein, and Jenny Lawson—and others who appreciate the appeal of striking out on the Pacific Crest Trail or settling into an Italian villa, yet don’t want to leave quite everything behind.

Mary Laura Philpott’s writing has been featured in print or online by the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, McSweeney’s, Paris Review, and other publications.

She’s the founding editor of Musing, the online magazine of Parnassus

Books, as well as an Emmy-winning co-host of the literary interview show A Word on Words on Nashville Public Radio.

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by Jamie Mason, author of Three Graves Full and Monday’s Lie. Malaprop’s asks that you purchase the books you want to be signed at their events from Malaprop’s. When you do this you are not only supporting the work it takes to run an events program, you are also telling the publishers that they should keep sending authors here. Can’t make it to the store for the event? Call or order the book on their website in advance, and they’ll get it signed for you. Make sure you write your preferences in the comments if you purchase online.

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‘Spanish Serenade’ comes to the White Horse April 14

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AmiciMusic’s April concert program will take listeners on a magical journey to Spain with some terrific four-hand piano works with a Spanish twist.

Elizabeth Borowsky and Daniel Weiser will perform in this exciting choreography of 20 fingers on a single piano. In the late 19th century, numerous French artists such as Manet depicted Spain as an exotic and vividly colorful country filled with gypsies and folk dancers. French composers also used Spanish rhythms and colors to exElizabeth Borowsky

plore a new teacher and educator style, best around the country. exemplified There will be three

by Bizet’s performances of “Carmen.”

“SPANISH SEREThis concert NADE.” On Friday, includes muApril 12 at 7:30pm, sic from Carthey will perform at a men as well special House Conas Ravel’s cert in Hendersonville.

“Rhapsodie Seating is limited and Espagnole” by reservation only. and works by On Saturday, April 13 Chabrier and at 2pm, the concert Daniel Weiser and Elizabeth Borowsky Moszkowski. will be at St. Philip’s Ms. Borowsky currently lives in New HampEpiscopal Church in Brevard and on Sunday, shire and has performed in over 30 countries April 14 at 2pm, they will play at the White around the world including Lithuania, Poland, Horse in Black Mountain. Information on any Cuba, and Germany. She has recently perof the concerts and advance tickets can be formed in Carnegie Hall in NYC and is an active bought online at www.amicimusic.org

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Connect Beyond Festival returns to Asheville April 5-7

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Following a knockout inaugural event, Connect Beyond Festival returns to downtown Asheville, April 5-7, for another weekend of engaging performances, panels, film screenings, and workshops.

Lauded as “Asheville’s version of SXSW” (Ashvegas), Connect Beyond Festival is perfect for anyone looking for a more dynamic festival experience - one that prioritizes exploration and participation just as much as entertainment. The multi-venue event features three-days of cutting-edge music conversations and performances; inspiring speakers; thought-provoking panels; captivating film screenings and insight from documentary filmmakers; plus lasting connections with community members. If you’re looking to broaden your horizons, to engage with others, and want to leave a festival with more than just a hangover, Connect Beyond Festival is just the place to be.

The lineup features an extensive array of programming showcasing how the intersection of music, art, film, and storytelling can inspire positive change. Over three days, guests will enjoy a multitude of events to choose from to create their tailored itineraries.

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Sylva’s local farmer’s market will be open and offering a variety of locally produced goods.

Visitors can explore Sylva’s selection of antique and resale shops, as well as many vendors featuring recycled and upcycled materials.

The Greening Up The Mountains Spring Festival is a celebration of Spring through both traditional and contemporary forms of art, music, food, and beverage which honors our community and the local artisans of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Photo courtesy of the Jackson County Chamber of tain Youth Talent Contest. food vendors, and non-profit Commerce Participants may conorganizations. This year’s festact Heather Gordon at tival will feature food vendors heather_gordan@ncsu.org to register in advance. offering a variety of tasty options and a beverage arts area featuring the local craft beers and wines Music will continue with twelve bands playing on two stages throughout the day. Visitors will of Innovation Brewing, Balsam Falls Brewing experience a range of musical genres.

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kind to promote weight control and good immune function.”

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“Most Americans get too little fiber and too much protein, about six times the protein they need – which increases the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and chronic diseases of all kinds. If you want protein, eat plant protein – like soy, nuts, legumes, and whole grains – like this cereal,” he said waving his spoon in the air.

“They are full of good nutrients – and fiber. Oh, and for goodness sake, eat your fruits. They are one of the best sources of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals.”

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‘Connect’ continued from page 27 Both screenings will include a Q&A with the films’ directors after the showing.

Connect Beyond Festival is proud to host its second annual event with Asheville, North Carolina as its backdrop. The bustling arts, culture, and food scene that make up its cityscape, paired with bountiful outdoor adventure offerings, makes Asheville the ideal destination for a festival weekend. Recently named “America’s Next Great Music City” by Lonely Planet, there’s no arguing the synergy between Connect Beyond and the city it calls home.

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To Dust also benefits from an element of sweetness that acts as a cultural equalizer, drawing the viewer in to Shmuel’s grief.

How many films can you think of that feature Hasidic culture, death rituals, clips of a 1937 Yiddish movie about dybbuks, pseudo-scientific experiments on decomposition [with a dead pig], and a buddy movie road trip? To Dust does this and more, apparently filling a previously unserved niche.

If you are wondering how a film with a premise like this ever got greenlighted, it took an army

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MUSIC EVENTS

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Some of the finest stringed instruments in the Southeast will be on display in Burnsville for the inaugural Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational, Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26.

The event celebrates handbuilt stringed instruments with an emphasis on the artists who craft them and the musicians who play them.

Luthiers specializing in crafting guitars, mandolins, ukuleles, dulcimers, harps, violins, basses and banjos will travel to Burnsville from NC, SC, Tenn, Ga, Va, and W.Va. Throughout the day Saturday and Sunday, luthiers showcase their instruments to the public and lead workshops on songwriting, guitar and ukulele playing, and the luthier craft. Jay Lichty of Lichty Guitars in Tryon serves as host luthier.

“I have some fun projects on my bench to bring and share,” Lichty says. “Multiplying that by the 30 to 40 other luthiers doing their own fun projects — and add the natural beauty of the

area and the cool mountain town of Burnsville — and you have the recipe for an epic weekend.”

On Saturday night, guitar virtuoso Kaki King headlines a concert at Parkway Playhouse.

Rolling Stone named King its first female “guitar god.” Beloved local duo Ron and Minnie Powell open the evening, and Asheville artist Nick Gonnering performs second.

Festivities kick off Friday at 7pm with a free luthier jam at Homeplace Beer Co. The showcase and workshops take place Saturday 9-4:30pm and Sunday 10-3:30pm at Burnsville Town Center. Admission is $10 for one day or $15 for both days. Workshops require an additional fee.

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