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ART EVENT Penland Gallery Exhibition Presents Narrative Work

By Staff Reports The new exhibition at the Penland Gallery has stories to tell. Titled “Personal | Universal: Narrative Work in Craft,” the show includes pieces by 11 artists working in a variety of media who have created images or objects that hint at a story of some kind.

In a sense, this exhibition is posing a question: how much does it take to make a story?

These pieces are primarily visual, they don’t have sequences like a comic book, and most of them do not contain text. They are filled with references and possibilities

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that suggest something that may have happened or may be about to happen; they may nudge the viewer toward memory or experience of their own. Gallery director Kathryn Gremley says, “In this work, the artist provides the narrative genesis, and the viewer completes the story.”

The exhibition includes work in ceramic, glass, painting, collage, printmaking, metal, cast plaster, mixed-media, and found objects.

Among these pieces is a work by sculptor David Chatt, titled “1982,” which is an iconic boom

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David Chatt, 1982, found object covered in sewn glass beads

box cloaked in white beads that have been painstakingly stitched together to form a tight skin on the object. Corey Pemberton, who is currently a core fellowship student at Penland School, is represented

by two wall pieces—each of them depicting a young woman sitting in a room—that combine painting with photographic images and collaged materials such as wood veneer and wallpaper. Shawn ‘Penland’ continued next pg

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ART EVENT ‘Penland’ continued from pg. 3 HibmaCronan has created a large wreath made entirely of used, leather work gloves that carry the patina of thousands of hours of labor. Each piece pulls the viewer into a different little world.

Running concurrently with this exhibition is a smaller show of ceramic work by Jenny Mendes.

This show will include sculpture focused on animal and human forms and highly-decorated functional pieces. The Visitors Center Gallery has an ongoing display of objects that illuminate the history of Penland School, and the Lucy Morgan Gallery presents a selection of work by dozens of Penland-affiliated artists. On display outside the Penland Gallery are large sculptures in stone and steel by Daniel T. Beck, Hoss Haley, and Carl Peverall, plus a structure designed by artist Meredith Brickell that invites visitors to stop for a few minutes and observe the clouds.

The Penland Gallery and Visitors Center is located at Penland School of Crafts on Conley Ridge Road, just off Penland Road in Mitchell County (near the town of Spruce Pine). It is the first building on the right as you enter the PenSave up to

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Asheville Percussion Festival is “Celebrating Women in Rhythm” June 25- July 1 Artists Breakfasts Draw Crowds Cover Story: Second Saturdays in the River Arts District offers art and more New work at Soli Deo Gloria Studio, Grace C Bomer Fine Art

Music: Too Many Zooz playing the Grey Eagle on Thursday, June 14 310 Art: Nature: Making an Impression

Art Classes Asheville Gallery of Art: “Color Our World” works by Reda Kay for June at Asheville Gallery of Art

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FESTIVAL Asheville Percussion Festival is “Celebrating Women in Rhythm” June 25- July 1

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The Asheville Percussion Festival, now going into its seventh year, has become a favorite annual gathering for drummers, dancers, and world-music enthusiasts throughout the Southeast and beyond.

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Every year, the festival, which is hosted by the non-profit organization, Asheville Rhythm, brings a select lineup of world-class musicians together for a unique residency program. The objective is for the featured artists to collaborate on one another’s original compositions then bring those arrangements to life as ensemble pieces in a genuinely dynamic once-in-a-lifetime performance at Diana Wortham Theatre, Friday, June 29, 8pm.

Typically, many of the audience members at the concert are musicians or aspiring musicians themselves who have come to Asheville, not just to see the show, but also to meet and study with the artists featured in it. Simultaneous to the week long Artist Residency, there is an Intensive Program, in which participants sign up for five full days of workshops by the visiting artists and with some of Asheville’s esteemed world drum and dance instructors, who also get to collaborate with the headlining artists. The Intensive Program includes two tracks to accommodate a range of skill levels and expose students to a vast array of styles and techniques on different world percussion instruments.

a positive impact on their communities and the world at large.” Other artists presenting at the festival include world-renowned Doumbek player, Raquy Danziger from Turkey; virtuoso on Persian frame drum, Naghmeh Farahmand; djembe and conga superstar, Monette Marino; accomplished composer, percussionist, vocalist, and initiate of batá, Lisette Santiago; experimental percussionist and current Head of Kasiva Mutua the Percussion Department at University of Washington School Throughout the week there are of Music, Bonnie Whiting. also various ticketed events that the All of these fantastic performers general public can attend, includand educators will be joined by a ing several concerts, a full day of talented array of local professionals, free workshops on Saturday, and including iconic busker and radio a Sound Meditation on Sunday. host, Abby the Spoon Lady; versaAsheville Rhythm strives to make tile world-percussionist and djembeits events a creative catalyst for fola, Jessie Lehmann; accomplished connecting people of diverse ages cellist, composer, and songwriter, and demographics in a joyful and Isabel Castellvi; and Asheville expansive spirit of community.

Rhythm’s Artistic Director, River This year, the theme of the festival Guerguerian. Special guests for is “Celebrating Women in Rhythm” festival concerts include multi-instruand the featured artists who are mentalist, Chris Rosser, and Grambeing flown in from as far away as my Award winner, Eliot Wadopian; Kenya and Turkey are women who as well as a poet, fiction writer, and have risen to excellence in their spoken-word artist, Alli Marshall; respective fields of specialty. Among traditional Bharat Natyam dancer, them are Kasiva Mutua, who tours Aparna Keshaviah; and gong masinternationally with the Nile Project ter and certified sound practitioner, and was recently recognized by Megan Sprague.

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Artists Breakfasts Draw Crowds Artists, collectors and patrons are gathering in Asheville’s River Arts District for monthly socials.

Artists’ Breakfasts are held on the last Thursday of each month.

Up next: June 28, 10-1pm at 362 Depot.

Organizer Richard Baker of Richard Baker Studios says he is pleased with the turnouts for the first two events.

“It’s good to see the artists networking.

And it’s also nice to meet Asheville’s art patrons.”

Many of the 10 artists of 362 Depot are on hand to talk to those who attend for the

By Staff Reports camaraderie and food and to see new works.

“People are coming in,” Baker says, “meeting the artists and purchasing artwork.”

Coffee is provided and guests are welcome to bring food to share.

Recent events have drawn attendees from Asheville and points beyond including Saluda, Hendersonville, Waynesville and Weaverville.

For more information, follow 362 Depot and Richard Baker on Facebook or call (828) 234-1616.

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MUSIC Too Many Zooz playing the Grey Eagle on Thursday, June 14

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Performing her hit, “Daddy Lessons,” Beyonce enlisted Dixie Chicks, and innovative trio Too Many Zooz (the latter having had originally recorded the song on the star’s Lemonade album).

Straight out of NYC, Too Many Zooz brought the sound of the street to Beyoncé’s glittering musical revue, the gritty trio an original group expressing a unique polyglot style.

Beyoncé and Dixie Chicks sashayed the song’s verses to a rollicking country vibe, but as the performance neared midpoint, Too Many Zooz’s tall, burly baritone saxophonist with the luminous white pompadour took the stage like a bar-walking gladiator. Leo P. danced, shimmied and shook, matching Beyoncé move for move, while blowing dark saxophone notes that brought urban funk to “Daddy Lessons” two-beat country jig.

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Many New Yorkers found Too Many Zooz at the Union Square subway station, where the trio began busking in 2014. After one of TMZ’s videos went viral on Reddit, creating almost a million fans, sales of the band’s digital downloads and CD sales skyrocketed.

If TMZ’s music wasn’t Too Many Zooz already electrifying, Leo P.’s electrifying moves, which Leo P., trumpeter Matt Doe, and spin like a Zoot-suit wearing drummer King of Sludge held the swinger, add visual thrills to the Bridgestone Arena stage for mere band’s musical mastery. A classiminutes, but the same talent that cally trained musician, Leo began moved Beyoncé to have the group dancing as both expression and record both “Daddy Lessons” and rebellion. What Beyoncé loved is “Formation” on Lemonade has now available to all. seen the trio sell thousands of CDs “Horn players, especially bariand downloads, and inspired viral tone saxophone players, look so videos liked by hundreds of thoulame on stage,” Leo notes. “I just sands of Too Many Zooz’s fans, watched an NBA half-time show, worldwide. and this band’s horn players were Too Many Zooz’s manic music, killing my eyes. I wondered ‘why dubbed “BrassHouse” by drummer does the horn have to be such a King of Sludge, is a powerful rocket lame instrument visually?’ I began that combines styles more far-flung dancing in the subway, and people than any international space station. loved it. I realized that I had been “We pride ourselves that nearly brainwashed, all my teachers telling every person of every color, creed me not to move. I’d been told that and background and upbringing was improper technique, but that can find something in our mubecame my key to success.” sic to relate to,” Matt Doe says.

Too Many Zooz’s songs are mar“Someone from Cuba can say ‘I vels of simplicity born of musical hear Cuban music in the cowbells.’ complexity. Leo, Doe, and King of Someone into death metal will enjoy Sludge condense multiple — what it next to a grandmother who hears might be considered clashing it as old swing music. Others hear styles — into an exciting brew.

Klezmer. Whatever people want to King of Sludge pounds his staccahear in our music they can seem‘Zooz’ continued on pg. 29

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310 ART

Bridget Benton

Nature: Making an Impression

By Bridget Benton

I used to love printmaking when I was in college in Colorado – the big presses exerting 1500 pounds per inch of pressure, the smell of the inks, and the ability to reproduce multiple copies of a single handcreated image.

I loved cutting the images up and recombining them. I carved wood blocks, I made etchings, I did monotypes - but the cost of the press and the highly technical nature of printmaking meant that I didn’t do it much in those first few years after college.

But the idea of reproducing an image stuck with me, as it did to create an indirect image by inking a surface or capturing a texture. I played with photocopies, collage, and what I called “junk printing” – pulling a print from inked up bits of foam, string, or other found objects.

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Something else stuck with me from college and my time in Colorado. I had a love of hiking and the natural world! I tried using photographs and found natural objects in my work, but it never quite clicked. The closest I came was color – even now, the colors in my work are strongly influenced by the turquoise skies, rusty red rock formations, citrus green lichens, and bold yelloworange aspen leaves of Colorado and the Southwestern United States.

In 2010, I was invited to teach encaustic to members of the Nature Printing Society, then having their annual workshop on the Oregon Coast. Encaustic is my primary medium – a combination of molten beeswax, resin, and pigments that are used as painting and collage medium. I experimented a bit with ‘310 Art’ continued next pg.

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(L-r) “Alder” Encaustic Nature Print 6x6, “Ginko” Encaustic Nature print 6x6, both by Bridget Benton

‘Art’ continued pressing leaves into the surface of the warm wax to get an impression – a technique I adapted from existing methods of creating texture in the encaustic surface.

For the past seven years, I’ve gone back to that annual workshop – sometimes to teach, but always to learn. My work now includes a variety of different nature printing techniques. Nature printing as we know it first emerged in the middle ages as a way of recording and identifying medicinal plants. The plants were inked or

painted and then pressed onto paper, leaving behind an image. This perfectly proportioned imprint could then be colored or annotated to provide additional information.

Now, I’m not only pressing the plants into encaustic, but also using their natural tannins to create designs on paper and silk ( called Eco Printing) and printing them with watercolors and inks on a variety of papers. I’ve even experimented with printing on raku-fired pottery and precious metal clay.

‘310 Art’ continued on pg. 29

310 ART AT RIVERVIEW STATION

Marvelous Mondays with Lorelle and Nadine 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!

Workshops: Coming Soon

Mystical Mixed Media Mash-Up - June 9, 10 Bind your Beeswax - June 16, 17 Eco Printing NEW - June 21 Encaustic Comprehensive - June 30, July 1 Beginning Oils - July 14, 15 Block Printing - July 21 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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COVER STORY

(L-r) “Two Avocados” “Davidson River” both by Corey McNabb at the Hatchery Studios

Second Saturdays in the River Arts District offers art and more

By Staff Reports

On the Second Saturday of each month until

the end of the year, the

River Arts District will be holding gallery walks

with live demonstrations, live music, wine tastings/ spreads of food, and more.

Saturday, June 9, 10- 8pm Special Second Saturday events: Trackside Studios 375 Depot St • 10-7pm Opening and artist reception “Shadows and Light” featuring Stephen Fulghum’s black and white photography and Michael Allen Campbell’s white on white textural acrylic paintings.

Meander the mile-long district while the artists keep their doors open 362 Depot Studios late.

362 Depot Street There are more than 200 11am - 6pm artists in the 23 buildings Tanya Franklin Cutting Glass at the Philip Artists demos - lamp art, chair throughout the district.

DeAngelo Studio in the Wedge Building art, wood art, and more throughMost of them will be on out the day with sips and light hand to describe or show hors-d’oeuvres. you their techniques as well as share with you what inspires them.

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COVER STORY Stephen St. Claire will be demonstrating various stages of technique (called “Dialuminism”) in the creation of “back-lit” oil paintings.

Studio A - Pink Dog Creative 344 Depot St. • 3-8pm Join Andrea Kulish as we celebrate Studio A’s five year anniversary! ​Giveaways and refreshments including locally “A Part of the Whole” by Olga Dorenko at the Warehouse Studios made beverages and treats with a pink-colNorthLight Studios ored theme.

357 Depot Street • 11 - 4pm Warehouse ● Demos all day Studios including artists, 170 Lyman St • Cheryl Keefer and 1-3pm Sarah Faulkner.

Watercolor and Please drop by for Yupo paper a good dose of demos as well inspiration. as ​painting with ● Erin, from The oil and cold wax Original Mountain on a gold-leaved Fairy Hair in Black panel.

Mountain, will be in the studio from 2 PM until 4 PM. ● NorthLight Studios Theme “Le Ballon Rouge (The Red Balloon)”...

Bill George will be painting a red hot air balloon in oils.

Philip DeAngelo Studio 115 Roberts Street • 3 - 6pm Join Tanya Franklin for this “Beauty” by Sandra Bottinelli at the The Wedge Studios demonstration showing how to cut stained glass using scoring and braking techniques. The discussion will include how to St.Claire Art - Pink Dog Creative 344 Depot St. • 10-5pm

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

Asheville Gallery of Art 's June Artist

“Happy Daze” by Reda Kay

“Lighting the Way” by Reda Kay

“Surviving Beautifully” by Reda Kay

“Color Our World” works by Reda Kay for June at Asheville Gallery of Art

By Staff Reports

Reda Kay’s expression is her abstracted, mysterious landscapes. Having traveled to all seven continents, Kay says she has had a variety of colors, images, and perspectives to choose from for her paintings.

Her art materials are acrylic and mixed media on canvas which allows her to incorporate rich textures in her work.

“I believe painting abstractly can be riskier and more challenging. Non-objective images leave it to the viewer to discover the content, which invites them to be more involved.”

Kay says she enjoys experimenting with materials, which keeps her excited about going into her studio.

“I begin using a minimum of three colors from my palette, but my process is not planned. There isn’t a lot of conscious thought to what I want to express even though I may have some vague

unconscious idea about it.”

She considers herself an “accidental artist.”

Although her mother was an artist, as is Kay’s son, she didn’t grow up studying art. Her interest began when she moved to Asheville in 1993 and took a watercolor class “for fun.” She soon chose to study painting, attending workshops and setting up a studio in the home that she shares with her partner, Ellen.

The artist was juried into Asheville Gallery of Art in 2000.

“I consider it a privilege to have my artwork seen, to have it matter, to know that what I feel, and what I paint is meaningful to those who collect my work.”

Asheville Gallery of Art and Miya Gallery in Weaverville exhibit her work, which can also be found in private collections in the USA and Internationally.

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IF YOU GO

Kay’s work, as well as the paintings of the other 30 gallery members, will be on display and for sale through June. For further information about this show, you can contact Asheville Gallery of Art at (828) 251-5796, visit the gallery website at www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com, or go to the gallery Facebook page.

Asheville Gallery of Art’s June show, “Color Our World,” will feature the work of Reda Kay whose use of vividly bold color and symbolism captures the essence of time and place. The show runs June 1-30 during gallery hours, 11-6pm Monday through Saturday and 1-4pm Sunday. The gallery, located at 82 Patton Avenue in Asheville, across from Pritchard Park, will host a reception for the artist on Friday, June 1, 5-8pm. Everyone is cordially invited to stop by the gallery.

FINE ART

(L-R) Grace Bomer, “Seek the Eternal in the Present Seek it” by Grace Bomer 12 x 12 inches. A Workshop held in April 2018

New work at Soli Deo Gloria Studio, Grace C Bomer Fine Art

work. Words that are rich in metaphorical language. Words create images in our minds. And metaphorical words compare one thing to another or make analogies that we can understand.

The Triune God himself became the man, Jesus, an image, so we could know him. “The Word became flesh and lived among us,” John 1.

Grace Bomer teaches the techniques of using cold wax medium and encourages students to

explore story, their story but also the eternal story.

Creating mystery and meaning using metaphor and imagination that suggest rather than illustrate. We are made to “see in pictures,” and we are gifted with imaginations.

“Imagine” literally means to make an image.

Grace Bomer pushes her students towards abstraction but helps them to “imagine” the invisible.

In the following piece the gold was

By Staff Reports

“Five Loaves and Two Fish” by Grace Bomer 48 x 36 oil and wax on panel attached to the panel first and then painted with oil and wax.

The “The Scriptures inspire Grace Bomer’s

Grace Bomer teaches Oil and Wax WORKSHOPS in her studio located at #6 Warehouse Studios – 170 Lyman Street. Her next class – June 6-7. Contact her for information on future workshop – www.gracecarolbomer.com IF YOU GO

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More of what Makes Asheville Special: Dining • Shopping • Galleries • Music • Fun

Downtown Asheville

Pearl of your dreams — The traditional birthstone of June Of the many treasures bestowed upon us by the

world’s oceans, seas, and

waterways, none are more visually appealing than the magnificent pearl, with its softly radiant luster.

Golden South Sea Pearl and Diamond Earrings

LO CO CA LO L R

The subtle glow of a pearl is so defining a characteristic of this beautiful gemstone that it has an eponymous technical name, pearlescence. This uniquely beautiful quality inspired ancient

admirers to regard pearls as having mystical powers. Roman women placed them under their pillows to sweeten their dreams, while Asian cultures prized them for their ability to heal and promote well being.

The ancients also associated pearls with romance and devotion.

Believed by the Greeks to inspire marital harmony, pearls are the traditional birthstone of June, named for Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage. Early Hindus shared the story of the god Krishna presenting

FINE JEWELRY & DESIGN STUDIO

828-254-5088 63 Haywood St. Downtown Asheville www.jewelsthatdance.com

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By Staff Reports

Natural Fancy Color Tahitian Pearl, Tourmaline and Diamond Pendant a pearl to his daughter as a unique wedding day gift.

Asheville goldsmith and jewelry designer Susan Marie Phipps, owner of downtown Asheville gallery Susan Marie Designs, also delights in the singular beauty of pearls, using them in many of her handmade jewelry creations. “The soft luster of pearls and the pure, simple geometry of their spherical or drop shapes add an eleNatural Fancy Color Tahitian Pearl and gant touch to many of Sapphire Pendant my designs,” explains Phipps. “Fortunately they’re available in a wide range of natural colors, so I love using them to complement and to harmonize with other colored gemstones.

South Sea pearls may be white with rose

Downtown Asheville • Dining • Shopping • Galleries • Music

AmiciMusic presents “Tremendous Trios” featuring

By Staff Reports music for violin/viola AmiciMusic starts its summer season of

Loew on clarinet, and Daniel Weiser on piano. This accomplished trio of musicians top quality intimate chamber music with has performed around the world in over two concert weekends in June. twenty countries. They will perform works From June 8-10, AmiciMusic presents

by Mozart, Bruch, Milhaud, Schickele (aka “Tremendous Trios” featuring music PDQ Bach), and a wonderful “Klezmer for violin/viola, clarinet, and piano with Wedding” Trio by Canadian composer Srul performers from Boston, Baltimore, and Irving Glick. They will play three programs: Asheville.

Friday, June 8, 7:30pm at a fantastic home From June 29-July 1, AmiciMuOmar Chen Guey in Hendersonville; Saturday, June 9, 7pm at sic presents “MINAS,” a PhiladelIsis Restaurant in West Asheville; and Sunday, phia-based husband and wife guitar and piano duo June 10, 2pm at White Horse Black Mountain. that performs great Brazilian songs and original latAlso, Daniel Weiser performs a unique solo concert, in-inspired music. Artistic Director Daniel Weiser will “Ragtime Romp,” on the social history and intoxialso perform a bonus solo piano program, “Ragtime cating music of the Ragtime era at a private condo Romp” at a condo in downtown Asheville on June 9. in downtown Asheville on Saturday, June 9 at 2pm.

First up is “Tremendous Trios” with Omar Chen Seating is limited and by reservation only.

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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

— Michelangelo overtones, light silvery gray or various golden shades. Tahitian pearls range from basic light to dark gray, to rarer natural fancy colors such as green/rose peacock, reddish purple aubergine, golden green pistachio, blues and even copper.”

From ancient to contemporary, truly the pearl is a gift for the ages.

Susan Marie Designs 19 Biltmore Avenue, Suite 102 Asheville, NC 28801 828.277.1272 designsbysmp@gmail.com Monday–Saturday 10 – 5:30pm Sunday 11 – 4pm IF YOU GO

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― Virginia Woolf, ‘A Room of

One’s Own’

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Drinks & Dining Guide Birchwood Hall goes above and beyond in their goal of providing exceptional food (L-r) Apple cider brined Hickory Nut Gap pork chop, served with an Anson Mills field pea ragout, sautéed kale and finished with a Cheerwine red eye gravy.. Shrimp and grits with tomato jam and fire roasted red pepper cream sauce. Chef Nicolas Peek

Birchwood Hall’s farm-to-table dishes use WNC history and ingredients

By Staff Reports

Birchwood Hall Southern Kitchen opened its doors to the public in

May, offering a fresh and playful twist to Southern-inspired cuisine.

Chef Nicolas Peek and his team craft farm-to-table dishes inspired

by WNC history and ingredients.

To name a few of the top picks: diners rave over the shrimp and grits, chicken and biscuits, pimento cheese, and fried green tomatoes.

Do not be fooled, though, by the traditional names. The shrimp and grits offer a mouth-full of flavor down

to the last swipe of tomato jam and fire roasted red pepper cream sauce.

Peek ensures a unique, quality experience by bringing a deep love of history and southern food techniques to the menu. Birchwood Hall goes above and beyond in their goal of providing exceptional food by house curing their bacon and working closely with Anson Mills (Columbia, SC) and Hickory Nut Gap (Fairview, NC.) Peek has 15 years of experience studying food

under well-known local chefs such as Jean Claude Mille and Peter Affitato. In addition to nationally recognized names like Scott Conant and Eric Levine, all have instilled in Peek a love of combining local history and ingredients with top-notch technique.

Birchwood Hall’s spacious dining room is open to all business, family, and romantic night-out requirements. Offering simple but delightfully surprising twists on southern cuisine, this restaurant’s menu and

friendly staff are sure to draw out a smile.

If you take a stroll through Waynesville’s quaint Main Street or need a detour back to your Southern roots, be sure to make Birchwood Hall Southern Kitchen your first stop.

Birchwood Hall Southern Kitchen 111 N Main St, Waynesville, NC 28786 • (828) 246-6111 birchwoodhall.com

WHEN YOU GO

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FINE ART

(L-r) “Home Wild Home” by Melissa Moss 8” x 8” mixed media on wood panel with resin. “Raindrop Vase” by Mike Hamlin, Ceramic. “Wild Silver” by Moss. “Genie Vase” by Hamlin.

“Mike Hamlin + Melissa Moss” FW Gallery at Woolworth Walk During June local artists, Mike Hamlin and Melissa Moss will be featured in the FW Gallery.

Mike creates vessels by hand building or throwing on the potter’s wheel. The containers are made with a high iron-bearing clay. Multiple colored crater or matt glazes are applied. The pieces are fired in an electric kiln to 2163 Fahrenheit with a combination of slow and rapid cooling. Many finished pieces are fired multiple

times to obtain an appealing movement of the glaze surface. Mike combines his passion for gardening with his love for ceramics and designs forms that will complement the various types of flowers and plants that he grows and propagates.

The garden is one source of inspiration when designing vessels, and other sources include Scandinavian Mid-Century design, Ikebana arrangements, and 12-15th century Persian and East Asian ceramic forms. Mike Hamlin wants the work he creates to be soothing to the soul

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By Staff Reports

and contribute peace and serenity to an interior environment.

Melissa Moss, from Asheville, NC, has a background in color psychology and is well versed in the meanings of colors and their subtle shades and tones. Working with acrylic, pen, and ink, and resin, Melissa combines colors in an arresting way, creating a tinted world that is very much her invention. Melissa’s paintings of delicate trees and otherworldly flowers may ‘Vessels’ continued on pg. 28

THE WONDROUS SPACE THE WONDROUS SPACE – By Bill Walz “The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.” ― Abraham Heschel “Wonder” is an exciting word. It has two meanings that are nearly, but not quite, opposites. First, it is a state of questioning — to wonder if… about something. In this usage, there is a state of not-knowing; it implies a lack of desired information. Then, in its second usage, the word can be used to represent a kind of knowing — not a knowing as in information, but a knowing as in the positive experience of mystery. In this usage, it is an intuitive connection with the deepest essence of an experience, without any need to dissect what is being experienced into information. There is a question implied here, but it is a question not looking for an answer. The question is a positive experience of a query into the deepest secrets of Life, with the questioner satisfied to live in the question. This is a mystical wonder.

The Jewish mystic theologian Abraham Heschel is calling us to this mystical wonder as the essence of the spiritual experience, and as the source, the beginning place, of real peace, happiness, and profound wellbeing. He is saying wonder is essential to a meaningful life, noting mystical wonder as the sweetest of all experiences, and he seems to be saying this without sweetness, life is merely our routines, and routines, even exciting or stimulating routines, cannot approach the peace, the bliss, the fullness of wonder. Religions are belief systems, and we can believe many things. It might be said we can believe anything if it’s adequately sold, but wonder is the source of all that is transcendent and cannot be sold or preached, only touched, received, and known, like grace.

What is clear is that to activate this state of mystical wonder so essential to human fulfillment, we need to bring it out of the intellectual and into the dimension of pure and direct experience. So, it seems it is essential to ask – “What is this wonder and how do we find it?” Just as the word has two meanings, it could be understood that these meanings represent two very different dimensions of existence and experience.

The more conventional use of the word represents the utilitarian world of duality, of the reasoning mind of ego, struggling with understanding and mastery. It is our everyday world of going about our business, where our understanding reaches its limit, and we wonder how to proceed, or when we encounter something new, and we wonder what it is and how it works. We experience wondering as our mind reaches in inquiry about that thing out there that is separate from us. The duality of the experience is evident. Even in this dimension of duality, the more we engage this capacity for intellectual wondering, the richer, more complex, deep and fulfilling our life becomes, so this dimension of wondering is not to be dismissed; it is essential to cultivate. It is what a good education does and what a lousy education drills out of us.

However, how do we access mystical wonder? We must begin by understanding that it seems to be an

ZEN PHILOSOPHY WITH BILL WALZ

alternative space to the realm of duality and practicality that we usually occupy, and from this space of duality, the world of non-duality seems like an unreachable dream. This is, of course, not true, for the world of duality exists within the world of non-duality. Our vision is merely too narrowly focused into our experience of separateness, and so this separateness seems to be the only reality. Perhaps we can find our way if we remember that when we were small children, we often visited this fantastic space, a place of magic where all care disappeared, and love in its purest form was the air that we breathed, even if it was only for a caterpillar crawling across a leaf. This is not the wondering of the intellectual mind; it is the experience of having all sense of separateness dissolving into the space of play or exploration or reverie. This is an activity of the soul where we become this spacious place of wonder and all that appears within it. It is a tangible experience that we can recall, and it is the sweetest of childhood memories.

Also, then - the most dispiriting of childhood memories is being pulled out of the amazing space and back into the business of being socialized, sometimes chastised into being a properly striving, obedient and practical person. In the language of the Harry Potter stories, it was the difference between being in the world of magic and the world of muggles. The loss of childlike innocence is in the gradual forgetting of the point of entry into the wondrous space, as we become increasingly lost in the struggle to become somebody. Paradise is lost. But is it?

As adults, we sometimes stumble into the paradise of wondrous space in those moments of sublime beauty with Nature, with art, in an intimate relationship, anywhere, anytime where the sense of separate selffalls away into the unity of the moment held in wonder, sometimes described as the rapture. These are times when if we apply intellectual wondering to the mystical wonder, we might make a significant discovery. If we were to ask ourselves “what is happening here and why?” we might notice how there is an expansion of the sense of the space of “me” from inside this separate body, and inside this mind striving to be somebody, into the magic of all sense of self-dissolving into the space of the moment. The place of wonder is expansive as if this little “me” inside this body expands to include the totality of experience. Time stops and the moment is all there is. The senses are wide open, wholly receptive and subtle in their perceptions, picking up detail and nuance of the moment; and another sense, one we seldom consider in our culture, the sense of intuition, of a silent knowing of something secret and beautiful hidden in the experience, whispers in its silent language to us. Ah! We do know our way back to the Garden!

Light and shadow dance with each other as the wind softly plays with the branches of the trees and we are the dance. The birds in the tree sing, and we are the birds singing. A cloud passes overhead, and we are the cloud. Music sweetly sounds, and we are the sweet sound. The person sharing the moment with us speaks of their deep truth in word and look, and our deep truth is known and speaks and looks, or we play, and we are

the playing. The wind whispers and we are the whisper.

The river flows, and we are the river flowing. The bird, the cloud, the music, the people, the wind, the river, and all that is – is who we are in the wondrous space.

We might as well call it God’s space, for it, is the space where All-that-is exists without a here or there, past or future, only infinitely here and infinitely now.

True mystics live in this wondrous space, for, as Jesus instructed us to “be like the little children,” the spiritual realm is the wondrous space. It is also the realm of well-being and joy, of play and pure exploration. It is the space of worship without end, the home of the Sacred. The best art has this sense of wonder to it – the ineffable question suggested in the poetry, the painting, the dance, the music. We become lost, and that is the secret. You must lose yourself to find this place. Let go of holding onto this desperate self, seeking meaning and significance. The moment IS the meaning and significance. Plunge in like a fool. Let go completely.

Dissolve into that old sweet place of wonder.

Zen is steeped in this world of wonder. It is what is being pointed toward when Zen speaks of “emptiness” of self, of “original nature,” and classical Zen poetry reflects this emptiness of all guile and sophistication. In Zen art we are pointed toward uncorrupted moments in life, simple, yet deep and resonant with meaning.

Temple bells die out.

The fragrant blossoms remain.

A perfect evening! - Basho (17th Cent.)

You must, as you did when you were a small child, leave behind the world of self-concern to wander aimlessly into THIS. The entryway is in the song of a bird, the clouds floating by, the flow of the river, the eyes of a loved one, the fragrant blossoms in the evening as the resonance of bells waft into eternity. You must be ready to love everyone and everything. You must be ready to be like a child in the wondrous space, to let go of your tether to practicality and self-absorption and to float away. You will know when you are there. The mystics’ skill is in staying in this expansive place, knowing their true self as the totality of the moment in unity – even while continuing with everyday life. It is found in living in quiet wonder, amazement and ecstasy in the midst of what seems ordinary, even dull, to those not sharing in the wondrous space that they once knew as a child but have long since forgotten how to enter.

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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HEALTH

— Photo by Cathy Pham

Five ways to live longer One of the frustrations of health educators is finding a method that grabs the attention of those they are trying to reach. Despite $3.2 trillion spent on health care in 2016, US citizens have a shorter life expectancy than almost all other high-income countries. This is not surprising. Fewer than 5% of the adult population is following the recommended US dietary guidelines. Only 50% of adults are getting a colonoscopy exam which can prevent 90% of colon cancers.

Two-thirds of US citizens are obese or overweight, although obesity is a significant contributor to four of the top five adult diseases.

Emphasizing startling statistics is sometimes useful in educating people about their health. In February 2018, a group of public health professionals from the US,

China, and Sweden published a review of such statistics in the Journal “Circulation.” Using data from two massive studies of professional males and females in the United States, these researchers defined five lifestyle habits that promote long life and low risk for cancer death, cardiovascular disease death, and all causes of death.

The low-risk factors are: – never smoke, – a body mass index (BMI = weight in pounds divided by the height in inches squared times 704) between 18.5 and 25, – moderate to vigorous physical activity (at least 150 minutes of exercise a week that raises the heart rate to 70% of maximum for age),

By Max Hammonds, MD

– moderate alcohol intake (3 drinks a day for men, 2 drinks a day for women), – a high-quality diet (adhering to 40% of the US recommended dietary guidelines).

For those who did not follow any of these factors, their noncompliance caused 60% of their risk for death from all causes, 52% of their risk from death from cancer, and 72% of their risk from death from cardiovascular disease.

Said another way, the women who incorporated all five low-risk factors in their lifestyle had a life expectancy of 93 years compared to a life expectancy of 79 years for those who did not. The men who incorporated all five factors had a life expectancy of almost 88 years

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compared to a life expectancy of 75.5 years for those who did not.

These five low-risk factors require lifestyle choices that are not difficult to achieve. But they do require effort and choices that are contrary to the lifestyle lived by the majority of US citizens. Besides, these five factors not only add years to the life but add life to the years. They promote excellent health and wellbeing through the golden years of those who follow these factors.

However, many people who do not make these choices in their early adult years and continue not to do so are fighting chronic illnesses and declining health through to their untimely demise.

It is your life. Make the choices and changes – even in later years – that will restore life and health.

FINE ART

The “Falling Series” shows at Grovewood Gallery this June

By Staff Reports

Falling, a solo exhibition of contemporary paintings by Michael Francis Reagan opens at Grovewood Gallery in Asheville on Saturday, June 9, with an artist’s reception from 2-5pm (free and open to the public).

This show will feature acrylic paintings on canvas from Reagan’s popular Falling Series, inspired by a haunting memory of a childhood encounter with a mourning dove that had fallen from the sky. This exhibition will remain on view through Sunday, July 15, 2018.

When Reagan was a boy of 5 or 6, exploring the woods behind his home, he saw a mourning dove fall suddenly from the sky and crash into the ground.

Upon close observation, he could see its heart pounding and examine the pale rose color of its breast and the gray and cream colors of its wings. As Falling Gannet 56 x 48 acrylic on canvas by Michael Francis Reagan he stood still and watched and waited, the light faded and the woods went sionly sense the presence of earth or sea somelent. The bird did not move. Finally, he reached where far below.” down to pick it up, and the dove exploded in Reagan received a degree in art and Ameria thunder of wings and vanished into the night can literature and an MFA in painting from the sky.

University of Arkansas. He served in the U.S. “That memory, the moment that bird left me Navy during the Vietnam War and later joined standing alone in those dark woods, has stayed the Peace Corps where he met his wife, Chriswith me all my life - more than stayed with me tine, a fellow Peace Corps volunteer.

- it has haunted me and has many times over Aside from his paintings, Reagan has estabthe years entered my dreams,” says Reagan. lished himself as one of American’s leading “I think of these paintings as markers of memmapmakers. He draws inspiration from his exory and mourning for each bird, split-second tensive collection of old maps, sea charts, and moments of time, stopped forever on canvas atlases, which he has spent countless hours as these wondrous beings fall one by one to poring over. For the past 40 years, he has createarth and sea. Most show a trinity of bird, sky, ed over 3,000 original maps and illustrations for and earth or sea, but in some, the bird is falling magazines and books. As a freelance illustrator, through a vast emptiness of sky, and you can he has been employed by major publications

such as National Geographic, The New Yorker, Smithsonian magazine, Travel and Leisure, and The New York Times.

Reagan’s bird paintings and environmental maps continue to be commissioned by Audubon, The Nature Conservancy, The National Parks of America, and other conservation organizations.

For more information on Michael Francis Reagan, visit mreaganart.net.

ABOUT GROVEWOOD GALLERY Established in 1992, Grovewood Gallery is a nationally recognized gallery dedicated to fine American art and craft. Located in historical 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 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 working artist studios and presents rotating exhibitions throughout the year. Free parking is available on-site.

Grovewood Gallery Saturday, June 9, with an artist’s reception from 2-5pm. This exhibition will remain on view through Sunday, July 15, 2018. • Hours are Monday - Saturday from 10 – 5:30pm, and Sunday from 11 – 5pm. • For more information visit grovewood.com or call (828) 253-7651.

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THE POET'S VOICE

By Carol Bjorlie — “The Poet behind the cello”

Where are you when I need you?

I was supposed to get mail/poems from you for this month’s issue. Oh, Heck!!

I missed you. I count on you. Does anyone read this column? Are you shy? Don’t be. None of us are Mary Oliver or Wendell Berry — or Carl Sandburg for that matter.

Please send poems. You can manage a haiku, or a Sestina. I love Sestinas.

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Who am I? I went back to school in my 50s in St. Paul, MN to get a masters degree in Creative Writing. I have two books of poems published, and a trilogy for young adults. I have won a few awards.

I began to write when my father died on my 16th birthday. I wrote in green ink. I was on a roll. I wrote daily. Now? Help me. I’m not writing. Tell me why. I depend on you.

I have been a musician/cellist, member of the Charlotte Symphony, teacher. I taught music History at the University of WI in River Falls, and ‘cello. I still teach ‘cello and play in the Brevard Philharmonic.

Now you know me. You can trust me. Send me your words. I love words. I enjoy reading my Roget’s Thesaurus.

Since you didn’t send me your poems, here’s one by Wendell Berry.

I treasure this book. My friend in MN, Robert Bly, used to take his books off the shelf and kiss them. I

haven’t gone that far — yet.

Here’s wisdom from Wendell.

I love this poem. I enjoy the outdoors also. I’d rather be outside than inside any time!

THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things which do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world and am free.

Now to me, that is as good as it gets. I AM in despair. Why wouldn’t I be? I worry about the peace of wild things being destroyed. I worry about compassion in our country.

OUR country. I hope you’ve read Wendell’s Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front. Now that guy is singing in my church.

Now a word from Robert Bly, (the guy who kisses books).

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COME WITH ME Come with me into those things that have felt this despair for so long Those removed Chevrolet wheels that howl with terrible loneliness, Lying on their backs in the cindery dirt, like men drunk, and naked, Staggering off down a hill at night to drown at last in the pond.

Those shredded inner tubes abandoned on the shoulder of thruways, Black and collapsed bodies that tried and burst, And were left behind: And the curly steel shavings, scattered about on garage benches, Sometimes still warm, gritty when we hold them, Who have given up, and blame everything on the government, And those roads in South Dakota the fell around in the darkness. . . .

Now we’re talking about despair.

I can’t imagine being left on the side of the road, even if I was a tire.

NOW I want YOUR poems. I have a wedding to go to in California, so send them early to Rapid River’s Arts and Culture Magazine: mail@rapidrivermagazine. com. I’ll be back soon. THEN we drive to Minnesota for another wedding in early August.

I’m counting on YOUR words.

—Carol

BOOKS

“Atticus Finch: The Biography” book signing at Malaprop’s June 28 The publication of Go Set a Watchman in 2015 forever changed how we think about

Finch.

Atticus

Once seen as a paragon of decency, Finch was reduced to a small-town racist.

How are we to understand this transformation?

In Atticus Finch, historian Joseph Crespino draws on exclusive sources to reveal how Harper Lee’s father provided the central inspiration for each of her books. A lawyer and newspaperman, A. C. Lee was a principled opponent of mob rule, yet he was also a racial paternalist.

Harper Lee created the Atticus of Watchman out of the ambivalence she felt toward white southerners like him. But when a militant segre-

gationist movement arose that mocked his values, she revised the character in To Kill a Mockingbird to defend her father and to remind the South of its best traditions. A story of family and literature amid the upheavals of the 20th century, Atticus Finch is essential to understanding Harper Lee, her novels, and her times.

Joseph Crespino is the Jimmy Carter Professor of history at Emory University. He is the author of In Search of Another Country, winner of the 2008 Lillian Smith Book Award from the Southern Regional Council, and Strom Thurmond’s America. He lives in Decatur, Georgia.

NOTE: Malaprop’s asks you to 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 them or order the book on their website in advance, and they’ll get it signed for you. Also, make sure you write your preferences in the comments if you purchase online.

Historian Joseph Crespino presents his latest book: Atticus Finch: The Biography Thursday, June 28, 6pm Malaprop’s • 55 Haywood St. Downtown Asheville IF YOU GO

Audiobook — “Room to Dream,” by David Lynch & Kristine McKenna

By Staff Reports

Read by: David Lynch & Kristine McKenna on sale 6/19 An unprecedented look into the personal and creative life of the visionary auteur David Lynch, through his own words and those of his closest colleagues, friends, and family — adapted by David Lynch from the print book especially for this audio program.

In this unique hybrid of biography and memoir, David Lynch opens

up for the first time about a life lived in pursuit of his singular vision, and the many heartaches and struggles he’s faced to bring his different projects to fruition.

Lynch’s lyrical, intimate, and unfiltered personal reflections riff off biographical sections written by close collaborator Kristine McKenna and based on more than one hundred new interviews with surprisingly candid ex-wives, family members, actors, agents, musicians, and col-

leagues in various fields who all have their takes on what happened.

Room to Dream is a landmark book that offers a onetime all-access pass into the life and mind of one of our most enigmatic and utterly original living artists.

JUNE 2018 PARTIAL LISTING

We host numerous Readings & Book clubs, as well as Salons!

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READINGS & BOOK SIGNINGS WILEY CASH presents THE LAST BALLAD • 06/03 - 5pm STEVE MITCHELL presents CLOUD DIARY • 06/04 - 6:pm CALEB JOHNSON presents TREEBORNE in Conversation with Denise Kiernan • 06/07 - 6pm SARAH NICOLE LEMON presents VALLEY GIRLS and WILL WALTON presents I FELT A FUNERAL, IN MY BRAIN • 06/12 - 6pm SILAS HOUSE presents SOUTHERNMOST • 06/14 - 6pm YA Author MIRIAM McNAMARA launches THE UNBINDING OF MARY READE • 06/19 - 3pm JEN CK Jacobs presents ROAD TRIPS: A Guide to Travel, Adventure, and Choosing Your Own Path • 06/21 - 6:pm JOHN COPENHAVER presents DODGING AND BURNING: A Mystery • 06/25 - 6pm LEONA BEASLEY presents SOMETHING BETTER THAN HOME• 06/27 - 6pm

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41st Annual Sourwood Festival August 11 & 12

By Staff Reports

“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”

— Pablo Picasso

Vendors: Nearly 200 vendors – All kinds of food and non-alcoholic drinks, Arts, Crafts & More. Vendor list & locations available on web one week before the festival.

Free Shuttle Service from Ingles Parking Lot Free Entertainment – Location & Schedule of Performances available on the website.

41st Annual Sourwood Festival - Pet & Family Friendly - Alcohol-Free. August 11 & 12.

Saturday - 9am- 8pm & Sunday – 9am-5pm

Things to know!

Idol Contest: August 10th, Friday 7pm. FREE! Public welcome. Contestants needed. Idol is a contest for non-professional individual singers. No entry fee / no age limit / trophies & cash prizes: 1st Place - $200, 2nd Place - $100, 3rd Place - $50. Children’s Category – (12 and under) $50. Applications are on the website. Contest under Tent in the parking lot at the corner of S. Dougherty St. & Sutton Ave. Festival Date & Times: August 11th, Saturday - 9am- 8 pm & August 12th, Sunday – 9am-5pm.

FREE Children’s Fun Park: Games, face painting, and changing station.

Carnival Rides: Tubs, Dixie Twister, Swings, Fun & Bounce Houses (may vary).

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The streets are closed for Festival: (Friday, 8/10 5pm to Sunday 8/12 6pm.) Sutton Ave. from Broadway to State Street and Black Mountain Ave to Terry Estate Drive. Vance Ave to Black Mountain Ave. and S. Dougherty to Sutton, so get a map of where to park at the website While in Black Mountain, visit the shops and enjoy the rocking chairs in “The Little Town that Rocks.” Voted Trip Advisor’s “Prettiest Small Town in America to Vacation” Complete Festival Info available at SourwoodFestival.com. Presented by the Black Mountain Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce (800) 669-2301 IF YOU GO

MORE ART

‘RAD’ continued from pg. 13 achieve precise cuts for convex and concave curves while these cuts are demonstrated. Many other glass-cutting how-tos will be demonstrated along with the opportunity for a question & answer session.

310 ART at Riverview Station 181 Lyman St, #310 10 - 6pm ● 310 ART Presents “Visual Melodies,” a fine art exhibition featuring paintings, sculptures and mixed media artworks inspired by music. All artists are moved by sight, sound, touch, and emotion. Join us to explore our melodic inspirations in visual form. The show opens May 1st and runs through June 30th, 2018. Reception on May 12th, 10-6, see the new art, listen to what inspires us, meet the artists, see demos, enjoy refreshments. ● Watercolor work by Nadine Charlsen will be ongoing throughout the day. This month she is adding to her train paintings.

Wedge Studios 111-129 Roberts St • 11am-5pm Guest artist Skip Rohde will be featured in studio 2A at Wedge studios.

Skip is an award-winning figure painter. His work will be on display, and he will be on site to demo and talk about “event painting.” ​Light refreshments will be served Wedge/SPLURGE 37 Paynes Way • 4 -7pm Visit our fresh spring lighting while enjoying some refreshing beverages Hatchery Studios/Corey C. McNabb Fine Art 1 Roberts Street • 11am-4pm Offering 20% off of all original palette-knife paintings, as well as 20% off of our entire line of upcycled jewelry.

Go

“Untitled” by Jane Schmidt at Riverview

Catherine Heaton Studios - ​Riverview Station #213 191 Lyman Street #213 • 10-4pm Catherine Heaton will be demoing soul sidewalk paintings, drawings, collage

Businesses

There will be a free trolley circling the district from 10-6pm. For more information, please contact: Andrea Kulish radartistmarketing@gmail.com • (828) 423-6459 IF YOU GO

Find Art and you will Find Yourself

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Riverside Studios 174 W. Haywood St 10 - 6 pm View work by our seven artists and watch Brit J. Oie demonstrate her mixed media technique.

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‘Vessels’ continued from pg. 20 depict adorable creatures in peril or pretty pink flowers surrounding a forlorn tree. Tiny details are not always evident at first glance. Often fantastical, this is the subterranean landscape that lies beneath a child’s fairy tale or a Saturday morning cartoon. Her newest “seedlings” collection is inspired by the tenacity of nature and how, even in the worst of conditions, a tree or tiny flower will sprout up.

Feeling sad and frustrated about the news in this country and around the world, Melissa started working

on these to give her an escape.

They are hopeful and tenacious “seedlings” in search of a better world.

Meet Mike and Melissa at the opening reception Friday, June 1st from 5-7pm.

Woolworth Walk 25 Haywood St, NC 28801 (828) 254-9234 Gallery Hours: Mon- Thurs. 11-6, Fri. 11-7, Sat. 10-7, and Sun. 11-5

IF YOU GO

Raven & Crone has unique crystal balls and other decorative items.

— Photo by Mathilda Khoo

Local business suggests summertime things to do

By Staff Reports

Summertime and the livin’ is easy.

That’s what the song says, and in this area, no words are truer.

With so much to do outside, you may not need suggestions of things to do during this sunny season. At Asheville’s Raven & Crone, there are many items to help enhance your outdoor activities. There are candles galore for summer parties and events, as well as magical rituals.

Their tea blends are very refreshing when iced. Try some Dream, Heartfelt Gratitude, our Midsummer Tea or their Chase Away the Blues tea (for those days you are stuck at work).

Celebrate Midsummer with all its magic. The store sells bells, chimes, sun chimes, all sorts of incense, and candles to set the mood. Midsummer is a time for magic, so visit the store for all your divination needs: tarot cards, pendulums, crystal balls, 28 Vol. 21, No. 10 — RAPID RIVER’S ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — June 2018

and runes. They are a conversation starter, in addition to being great fun around a campfire.

“Summer is one of our favorite seasons,” says owner Lisa Anderson. On rainy days, the store is a great place to have tea, browse our books, and stock up on magical supplies.” “We also love all the visitors and travelers who stop by the store,” adds manager Lisa Wagoner.

“So many of them are excited to discover us if there isn’t an ‘old age’ or metaphysical store where they live.

We look forward to seeing everyone, and celebrating the season.”

Asheville Raven and Crone North Carolina’s “Old Age” metaphysical store 555 Merrimon Ave, Asheville (828) 424-7868 ashevilleravenandcrone.com

IF YOU GO

CONTINUED ‘Zooz’ continued from pg. 17 to eighth-note rhythms on a unique bass drum/cowbell/jam block/cymbal setup, forming TMZ’s granular rhythmic bed. Matt Doe’s trumpet is an another constant, providing melody and harmony, while Leo’s saxophone follows an unusual role before blasting into solo revelry. A question as to why Matt never solos results in unexpected insight.

“Not to sound existential,” Matt offers, “but I don’t like using standardized terms when describing our music. We’re all doing things that are out of the ordinary for our instruments and our roles. Leo plays saxophone, but in all reality he’s almost playing the role of a bass player, providing the bass sound you would hear in electronic music. I provide the top line, the synth sound you would hear in a dance track. When Leo solos, it’s like a breakdown when the bass is the featured element of the band. Leo is a huge part of our sound and presence. I don’t solo per se, but I am playing nearly the entire show. It doesn’t make sense for me to play more.”

TMZ’s seeds were formed when Indiana native Parks (a schooled drummer whose teachers included many African masters), and Pittsburgh-born Leo P. played in an earlier subway busking band, Drumadics. Fellow Manhattan School of Music classmate and Boston native Doe played in various ensembles with Leo, the threesome eventually busking together by chance—their chemistry forming an instant bond.

“Our music is a democracy,” Doe says. “From the start, we were all

‘310 Art’ continued from pg. 11 bouncing off each other, listening to each other and not overthinking.”

TMZ has collaborated with Galatic, Kreayshawn, Kaskade, Beats Antique, Jerry “Wonda” Duplessis, and, of course, Beyoncé, whose CMA’s performance provided TMZ with great inspiration.

“Knowing that Beyoncé enjoys our music on her own time?” ponders King of Sludge. “That’s a great thing.”

What’s next for TMZ? Their upcoming EP will feature a rawer sound, returning the trio to their original roots, and most likely, their original 14th Street subway station.

“When we began, it was basic, just trumpet, saxophone and drums,” Leo says. “No production on our first EP then we added production and guests and vocalists on Subway Gawdz. This next EP is back to our roots.”

“We try to use the studio in the same way we use the subway,” King of Sludge says. “The subway has limits, but the studio doesn’t. We use what we can to be creative in the studio. There are no limits on what we do.”

Does TMZ recommend the subway path to stardom?

“The subway, then videos and Beyoncé helped propel our popularity,” Matt says.

IF YOU GO

The Grey Eagle Too Many Zooz Thursday, June 14 • doors: 8pm / show: 9pm.

185 Clingman Ave Extention, Asheville • (828) 232-5800 • thegreyeagle.com

belonging, memory, and a sense of home. Whether the nature prints I do stand alone or are incorporated into a larger, more complex painting, these natural elements ground the work. The plant impressions are a kind of memory, and their inclusion adds a sense of place. And Western North Carolina offers a wealth of materials!

See work and take a class from Bridget Benton at 310 ART in the River Arts District. Nature Printing, Eco Printing, Encaustic. 191 Lyman St, #310, Asheville. 310art.com, MonSat 11-5, and Sun 12-4 IF YOU GO

“Sword Fern” Watercolor Monoprint 12x16

by Bridget Benton

Much of my work has to do with ‘Amici’ continued from pg. 17 On the weekend of June 29, AmiciMusic will sponsor an exceptional performance by a Philadelphia-based Brazilian music duo, MINAS. This husband and wife guitar and piano team have been performing together for over 25 years. Minas takes Brazilian and American roots to create a sound that is fresh and innovative, from ballads tinged with melancholic traits of Blues and Choros to upbeat Sambas elaborated with instrumental jazz improvisation, scat singing, and whimsical whistling. With recordings of original music and a collection of over 100 songs, Orlando and Patricia’s compositions have been compared to classics by Cole Porter and Anto-

nio Carlos Jobim. Capturing the essence of great songwriting with memorable melodies, inventive harmonies, and poetic lyrics, the music of MINAS is engaging and timeless. MINAS will perform on Friday, June 29 at 7:30pm at White Horse Black Mountain; on Saturday, June 30 at 7:30pm at a fantastic private home in Hendersonville; and on Sunday, July 1 at 5:30pm at Isis Restaurant in W. Asheville.

Please visit www.amicimusic. org and click on the link to Asheville concerts at the top of the page to get more info and to buy tickets for any of these concerts.

IF YOU GO

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FESTIVAL Waynesville Public Art Dog Show at HART June 3

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The HART Theatre will play host to the first Waynesville Public Art Dog Show on Sunday, June 3, 5-7pm.

The dog show is a fundraising event to support the Waynesville Public Arts Commission, and most specifically the Plott Hound sculpture and park in Hazelwood.

The dog show will have four categories of competition, Best Large Dog, Best Small Dog, Best Costume and best Plott Hound. There is a $25 entry fee per dog, per category to be paid at the event registration. There will also be door prizes and a silent auction. Harmons’ Den Bistro will also be open serving up Hot Dogs, sandwiches and beverages. The event is open to the public.

The Plott Hound is the State Dog of North Carolina and the sculpture recognizing that honor was created by Asheville artist Todd Frahm and dedicated last November.

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