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“Wildflowers and Elk” 30”x30” acrylic on canvas by Wendy Whitson

Detail of a painting “Into the Mist,” by Wendy Whitson

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Highlight on NorthLight Studios and the RAD Grace Carol Bomer, fine art, Thanksgiving open house on Nov. 23 Bee Sieburg transforms daily lifescapes into art River Arts District holds Studio Stroll Nov. 10-11 Cindy Walton captures stunning landscapes through abstract paintings 310 Art: Changing seasons — Spotlight on Anne Allen Asheville Gallery of Art: “Celebration” at Asheville Gallery of Art this November Downtown Asheville: Asheville Symphony presents an All-American Evening featuring Ellington and Gershwin, Nov. 17 Restaurant: Experience great food and fantastic views at Hemingway’s Cuba Restaurant & Bar Health: What exactly is the heart? Bill Walz: Make your mind clear Fine Art Autumn has arrived at Susan Stanton’s Studio and Photography

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NorthLight Studios building

NorthLight Studios Artists — Bottom row: Wendy Whitson, Sarah Faulkner. Middle row: John Faulkner, Bill George, Bernadette St. Pierre-George. Top row: Cheryl Keefer and Angela Alexander.

NorthLight Studios building, 1976

Highlight on NorthLight Studios and the RAD BY WENDY WHITSON • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE

That same year, John Payne purchased The Wedge learned about an interbuilding on Roberts esting area called the Street. John, now River District where deceased, was a artists worked on their talented sculptor creations, in turn-ofof gigantic metal the-century industrial movable “puppets” buildings, near the French and a pioneer in the Broad River. River Arts District. It was as if someone He sought to create threw magic dust in my affordable space for face. I felt the magic then, artists and was a and 19 years later I still do. friend and mentor. Later, in 2002 I rented His purchase of “In the Mist” mixed media, 20”x20” by Wendy Whitson a studio in Warehouse the building planted a Studios, and at the time seed in my mind, which came to fruition in 2011. there were approximately 25 to 30 artists in four My husband and I were ready to invest in the buildings. Having been away from painting for neighborhood, and turn commercial space into 23 years, I gave myself a year to see if I could, in working studios. We bought a building that dates fact, still paint. It was a difficult year, but I manto 1904, located on Depot Street, which was aged to complete a painting I loved titled “In the originally a tannery curing facility (using salt to Mist.” Soon after moving to Asheville in 1999, I

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cure the hides). The evolution of the building has proceeded in stages. Seven years ago the second floor was renovated, leaving many unique architectural details intact. The first floor was renovated about three years ago and was the former location of Asheville Greenworks. The building is now home to seven artists, myself included: Angela Alexander, Bill George, Bernadette St. Pierre-George, Cheryl Keefer, Sarah Faulkner (all painters) and a metal smith, John Faulkner. Within the building there is landscape, streetscape, impressionist, abstract, still life, figurative paintings, animal art and functional furniture and home accessories. Constance Richards, local author and art curator, refers to NorthLight Studios as “elegant and classic.” It is a collection of working studios, which transforms into a charming gallery several days a week. And there’s room to grow! A large warehouse at the rear of the building near the RR tracks is next in line to be restored into another creative space. In Asheville, we are fortunate to have a history Vol. 22, No. 03 — November 2018

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Bill George explaining his process to our guests.

of art and craft, and today, people come from all over the country to collect art. The River Arts District is something people search for, and they are not disappointed. It is truly an “Adult Treasure Hunt.” Each building is different, with a colorful past, and within its rugged walls artists are creating. Visitors are excited by this unique experience and sense of discovery. The casual introduction in meeting the artist, seeing our process, getting to know us, and many times purchasing “a little piece of us” is a rare event in most cities. Often when they leave our studios, they are inspired to return home and pick up where they left off with their creative urges. Everyone benefits. In the 16 years that I have been a part of the River Arts District, it has grown exponentially. The footprint of the neighborhood has expanded, and the density of artists and business has matched that expansion. There are now over 240 artists in 23 buildings. It is a magnet for artists, and artists are a magnet for people who love art. We have grown every year, and like the adage, there is strength in numbers. Our organization is strong and there is a true sense of community among the artists. The RAD is currently undergoing a 3-year multi-million dollar transformation, called the River Arts District Transportation Improvement Project, or RADTIP. The 3-year project began in 2017 and is a major roadway construction project to rebuild Vol. 22, No. 03 — November 2018

John Faulkner, metal work, candlesticks and accent table.

roads, improve drainage systems for stormwater, create and widen existing sidewalks, greenways, bike lanes, and additional parking. Intersections within the district will be improved for better traffic flow. The 2.2-mile improvement includes a continuous multi-use path along the river. The magic continues. NorthLight Studios 357 Depot St. Asheville, NC 28801 • 828-423-4567 Open Thurs-Sat., 11-4 or by appointment northlightstudiosasheville.com IF YOU GO

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: November 29, 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 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 info follow 362 Depot and Richard Baker on Facebook or call (828) 234-1616.

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IN ARTIST'S WORDS Grace Carol Bomer, fine art, Thanksgiving open house on Nov. 23 BY GRACE CAROL BOMER • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE

‘I n Dying We Live’ 12 x12

‘Seek the Peace of the City’ 12 x 12 oil and wax

‘The Fisherman’ 12 x 12 inches oil and wax

“No eye hath seen or ear heard what God has prepared for those who love him! Heaven and its glories are unfathomable.” — 1 Corinthians 2:9 My paintings combine abstraction and realism because both the visible and the invisible world are real.

I incorporate real Images, poetry, embedded papers, or just wax to paint metaphors that point to the hidden reality. The Incarnation revealed the invisible Creator God. “He became flesh and lived among us, and we beheld His glory.” I am so thankful that God who is called The Word, daily reveals himself in the

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creation and He reveals Himself in the Scriptures which include history, poetry, prophecy, and letters. Jesus is compared to a vine, a shepherd, a fisherman, a lion, and a lamb. This similar language helps us understand the omnipotence and grace of God. Grace Carol Bomer, fine art, Soli Deo Gloria Studio #6 Warehouse Studios 170, Lyman St. Friday, November 23 • (828) 545-2451

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Bee Sieburg transforms daily lifescapes into art

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While many artists say they paint what they see, Bee Sieburg comes prepared. “I always have a camera in my car, so I can stop and take a photo when something interests me. It can be a broken-down house with a sofa on the porch or an estate house in France.” She seemingly has no favorite subjects. From pastoral scenes of antique barns in the WNC area to interior views of a manor house in England, not much escapes her eye or her brush. At the same time, her works show the influences of her many interests. As a long-term professional florist, she captures the innate beauty of blooms and petals in her still lifes, saying she likes an interesting composition with “a variety of color and especially shape and texture.” Her many animal paintings – “cows to turtles and everything in

between” – are rooted in her upbringing around animals in Tarboro and a childhood dream of wanting to be a veterinarian. Most importantly is her desire to capture the essence of her subjects that extends beyond the visual. If it’s an animal, she conveys their personality. If it’s living room furniture, she’s picked the room because it “reveals so much about the person living there.” You can visit with Bee most afternoons in her well-used workspace – lit up as much by her welcoming demeanor as it is by the large windows – on the second floor of the Wedge Studios in the River Arts District. Bee Sieburg www.beesieburg.com Wedge Studios • 129 Roberts St., 2nd Floor IF YOU GO

Artist, Bee Sieburg. Paintings upper right: “Quilt in the Bedroom” and “Roses”

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310 ART

“Orchard Apples,” Pastel 9x12” by Anne Allen

Changing seasons — Spotlight on Anne Allen

BY FLETA MONAGHAN & ANNE ALLEN • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT,

ASHEVILLE

From painting bold red cliffs in the high desert of New Mexico to capturing lyrical trees in Western North Carolina landscape, Anne Allen welcomes change. “Autumn is my time. I am full of energy when leaves turn to scarlet and when apple trees nearly topple with the weight of new fruit. Painting trees and falling leaves signal my transition, my change of seasons.” A pastel artist, Anne is represented by 310 Art Gallery and serves on the board of the Appalachian Pastel Society. She finds beauty and solitude in nature. Recent paintings, Deep Calling, Golden Tapestry and Seasons of Life are rich with metaphor. Deep Calling, a miniature pastel, was accepted in the 2018 Southeastern Pastel Society 10 |RAPID RIVER’S ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE

18th Annual Pastel Exhibition. The exhibition of 93 pastels was hung in the Oglethorpe Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. “I create a quiet space when I paint. My art studio overlooks thoughtfully planted flower gardens, large boulders and a hillside of trees. I paint trees as if they are self-portraits. Trees are my inner sentinels. They defend. They protect.” Change is not new to Anne. She speaks openly that loss, grief, and recovery from recent illness each made room for new and fresh perspectives in her art. “I typically work in one genre – landscape. This summer, after a still life workshop with Cape Cod oil painter, Lillia Frantin, I went Vol. 22, No. 03 — November 2018

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“Seasons Life,” pastel, by Anne Allen

Anne Allen busy at work.

outdoors and raided my gardens to paint hydrangeas and roses in new ways. I poured over a book with Henri Matisse plates of still lifes with flowers, shuttered windows, and colorful textiles. I made a summer visit to the Biltmore Estate taking photographs of endless fresh flower arrangements, Asian vases, and vintage wallpapers. I even sketched the lamps and blue-grey jacquard fabric and rugs my traditional home.” Anne is showing a new passion for still life. She discusses her art monthly with professional studio critiques founder/director Fleta

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“Autumn Tapestry,” pastel, 14x11” by Anne Allen

Monaghan and pastel artist Susana Sinyai. The artist group meets regularly to paint and critique other’s work at 310 Art Gallery. Anne’s newest paintings, The Red Curtain and My Happy Hydrangeas invite her viewer to experience how one artist embraces change, like the changing seasons. Anne Allen Fine Art 310 Art Gallery • 191 Lyman Street, #310 inside The River Arts District, Asheville, NC (828) 776-2716 • www.310art.com anneallenart.com IF YOU GO

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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 Still to come in 2018

Dramatic Light in Watercolor Landscapes - Nov 10 Wax and Light, Encaustic and Paper - Nov 17 All Occasion Cards - Dec 1

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Taking the fear out of Watercolor - Jan 19 Oil and Cold Wax - Jan 25, 26, 27 Glowing Colors with Alcohol Ink - Feb 7 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark - Feb 16 Flower Power, Pastels - Mar 9

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. Vol. 22, No. 03 — November 2018

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FINE ART River Arts District holds Studio Stroll Nov. 10-11 BY STAFF REPORTS • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE

The Artists of Asheville’s River Arts District open their doors for a full weekend at the Fall Studio Stroll, welcoming the public to experience and collect fantastic art in the studios and galleries.

The Fall Stroll will once again feature a Food Drive in support of MANNA FoodBank by collecting non-perishable food items for our area’s needy families. Donations and information on the event will be

located at the City of Asheville’s newly renovated building at 14 Riverside Drive. Attendees will enjoy special demonstrations and activities, free parking, and a free trolley shuttle around the one-mile area of the River Arts District. The artists are hoping to match or surpass the approximately 1000 pounds of non-perishables they collected last year for MANNA Food Bank. Saturday “Sunflowers” by Wendy Whitson, NorthLight Studios in the RAD and Sunday, November 10-11, 10- 5pm. IF YOU GO

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Read more at riverartsdistrict.com.

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“Untitled” by Cindy Walton, oil and cold wax on panel

“Above the tree line,” by Cindy Walton, 12x12” oil and cold wax on panel

Cindy Walton captures stunning landscapes through abstract paintings BY STAFF REPORTS • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE

Cindy Walton’s abstract paintings are a fusion of nature and paint. Through her paintings Walton captures the essence of a landscape. In this present series, she visits the familiar horizon of our landscape, that mysterious place where Land and Sky meet. Oil paint is combined with a wax medium which allows for thick layers of paint and beautiful texture. Lines and forms weave in and out of the

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paintings to create the landscape. Cindy Walton Visit her studio in the River Arts District Thursday through Saturday 11-4 and during the Stroll November 10-11. Wedge Studios, 129 Roberts St., Studio 2A, Asheville, NC 28801 www.cindywalton.com • (828) 776-3034 IF YOU GO

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

Asheville Gallery of Art 's November Artist

“Come Together” by Kari Swanson, 20 x 20

“Celebrate” by Bee Adams, 20 x 24.

“Celebrate” by Sandra B Moore

“Celebration” at Asheville Gallery of Art this November BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

years of success,” Snyder says, “the Asheville Gallery of Art is proud to be a The 31 current members, who are vibrant and sustainco-owners of the gallery, run the business ing contributor to side as well as showing their work. Each our city’s flourishing member clerks the gallery once a month art scene. With 31 and serves on at least two committees member/owner artists covering diverse jobs such as monitoring participating in day“A Celebration-The Best Mountain finances, generating PR, maintaining the View” 24 x 24 by Johnnie Stanfield to-day operations, we physical space, and hosting the monthly are a business model featured-artist events. that inherently fosters both creativity and comPresident Jane Snyder believes the gallery not munity. As Asheville’s longest-established art only provides a venue for local artists to show work but has contributed to Asheville’s reputation gallery, Asheville Gallery of Art will continue to be a colorful participant in the thriving local art and as an art destination. culture movement.” “As a co-op gallery that is now celebrating 30 Since Asheville Gallery of Art opened in 1988, 173 local artists have been part of AGA through the years.

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The pieces for the show, as well as the work of all 31 gallery members, will be on display and for sale through November. Asheville Gallery of Art’s November show, “Celebration” A group show of member artists’ work to mark the gallery’s 30th anniversary. The show runs November 1-30 during gallery hours, 11-6pm Monday - Saturday, and 11-4pm on Sunday. 82 Patton Avenue in downtown Asheville across from Pritchard Park. The gallery will host a reception for the artists on Friday, November 2, 5-8 pm. Everyone is cordially invited to join the fun. Call (828) 251-5796 or visit online at www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com or the gallery’s Facebook page.

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ART EVENT

The 21st Voorhees Family Art Show and Sale runs November 17-18 BY STAFF REPORTS • HENDERSONVILLE

the family home in Morehead City in 1998. Edwin passed away the next year, but the Voorhees Family Art Show continued in Morehead for several years. In later years the show was held The event will again be featured in a family in Asheville in addition to Morehead City. With home in Norwood Park, this year at a cousin’s, Mildred’s move to Asheville, Marien Bradsher’s house. Meet the show followed with it being this extraordinary family of hosted in one of several Voorartists known throughout NC hees family homes in North and the Southeast. A portion Asheville. This year’s show of the proceeds will be donatcelebrates the 21st show ed to MANNA FoodBank and for the Voorhees Family and Kiva, helping others locally and continues the legacy begun by globally. Edwin Voorhees back in 1998. The art legacy began with Three of Edwin and Mildred’s Edwin Voorhees, (1919-1999) “East Fork Farm” by Jane Voorhees six children plus two daughknown for his NC coastal ters-in-law will be showing their watercolor seascapes; and Mildred Voorhees and work at this event: Susan Voorhees, oil and now their children and grandchildren. Mildred, pastel paintings; Jane Voorhees, watercolors, (1924-2007) was best known for her colorful, pastels, prints, cards and calendars; David Voorpatterned watercolors and rich oil still lifes and hees, wood-fired stoneware and porcelain potlandscapes. Reproductions of Edwin and Miltery; David’s wife, Molly Sharp Voorhees, sterling dred’s artwork will be available. silver jewelry, some incorporating natural beach Edwin had long wanted to host a family art stones; and Amy Voorhees, oil paintings. Also exshow as a way of gathering the clan and sharing the varied talents of those working in the arts. So, hibiting are guest artists Chad Alice Hagen, felted art and handmade books and Cheryl Stippich, the first Voorhees Family Art Show was held in This year’s annual event will feature new artwork created by five Voorhees family members along with two guest artists.

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stained glass. The 21st Voorhees Family Art Show and Sale Saturday, November 17, 10-5pm and Sunday, November 18, 10-4 pm at 89 Woodward Avenue in the Norwood Park area of North Asheville. The art show and sale is free and open to the public. For more information and a map visit www.voorheesfamilyart.com IF YOU GO

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

Downtown Asheville

Asheville Symphony presents an All-American Evening featuring Ellington and Gershwin, Nov. 17 BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

The Asheville Symphony presents a jazz-tinged all-American program including Mason Bates, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin on Saturday, November 17 at 8 pm. The concert takes place at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in downtown Asheville, under the baton of Music Director Darko Butorac. “These three composers share in common the spirit of innovation,” said Butorac. “They all re-imagine

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what orchestral music can be through their passions and experiences.” The program opens with Mason Bates’ 2011 work, Mothership. This fun and fast-paced work combine the composer’s career in electronica — as DJ Masonic — with orchestral music. Bates writes Acclaimed jazz pianist Aaron Diehl

of the piece: “This energetic opener imagines the orchestra as a mothership that is ‘docked’ by several visiting soloists, who offer brief but virtuosic riffs on the works thematic material over action-packed electro-acoustic figuration.” Next, acclaimed jazz pianist Aaron Diehl joins the orchestra for Duke Ellington’s New World A’Comin’ and George Gershwin’s Variations on “I Got Rhythm.” Diehl is a staple of the New York jazz scene, consistently playing with what the New York Times describes as “melodic precision, harmonic erudition, and elegant restraint.” Diehl has collaborated with living masters ranging from NEA Jazz Master Benny Golson to 20th-century classical titan Philip Glass, while also establishing himself as one of the preeminent interpreters of the Great American Songbook in his trio and with jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant. Duke Ellington’s Harlem and George Gershwin’s An American in Paris round out the evening’s program, showcasing the ability of

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Downtown Asheville • Dining • Shopping • Galleries • Music two American ashevillesymphony.org • music greats to use Available in person at the the orchestra to Asheville Symphony office paint vivid musical (27 College Place) or the portraits of two U.S. Cellular Center box distinct places. In office at 87 Haywood St. Harlem Ellington invites audiences on a musical tour PROGRAM: of the neighborMason Bates ‘MotherMason Bates, b. 1977, (photo by Kate Warren), Duke (Edward Kennedy) hood infused with Ellington, 1899-1974, and George Gershwin, 1898-1937 ship’ influences ranging Ellington ‘New World lively post-World War II Paris. from swing to rumba, with a tone A-Comin’’ that seems to shift as you stroll from Gershwin Variations on “I Got The Asheville Symphony block to block. Gershwin’s An Amer- YIF Rhythm” OU Ticket: $24 – $69 (prices vary GO ican in Paris is a jazz-based tone Ellington ‘Harlem’ by seating section); reduced poem inspired by his visit to France Gershwin ‘An American in Paris’ youth and student pricing available that depicts the experience of an Info/Tickets: (828)254-7046 • www. American tourist strolling through a

Patricia Cotterill & Darryl Maleike at Woolworth Walk BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Illinois University, he spent many years traveling and photographing the country. In 1998 he landed at Cotterill is an oil Penland School of Crafts in painter living in AshePenland NC. ville and working out of “It is such a different her studio at Riverside “Lord Sly,” by Patricia Cotterill, way of working with my Studios in the River oil paint 24” x 18” hands,” is the reason he Arts District. Cotterill’s gives for switching from work has appeared on the NBC set photography to bookmaking. of Parenthood and HGTV’s Urban Local artists Patricia Cotterill and Darryl Maleike are featured in the F.W. Gallery at Woolworth Walk.

Oasis for the West Asheville house. The color scheme for the whole house was based on one of her cow paintings. Maleike has been living and making books in Asheville since 2003. Vol. 22, No. 03 — November 2018

Meet the artists and enjoy the opening reception on Friday, November 2nd from 5-7 pm. Woolworth Walk • 25 Haywood St. Asheville (828) 254-9234 IF YOU GO

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BOOKS

‘Sold on a Monday’ is a remarkable new work of historical fiction set during the Great Depression BY STAFF REPORTS • TRYON

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When protagonist Ellis Reed—a young reporter relegated to banal assignments at the Philadelphia Examiner— shoots a picture of two children advertised for sale on a farmhouse porch in Laurel Township, Pennsylvania, in 1931, the act catapults both his career and the superbly paced action in Sold on a Monday. The photo comes to the attention of the editor-in-chief after his secretary, Lily Palmer, discovers the picture in the darkroom and surreptitiously assists Ellis. Unfortunately, the photo and negative are destroyed before publication, and Ellis must return to the scene for a second photo. The family, however, is gone. Torn between conscience and desire for his big break, Ellis stages a second photograph with a different pair of young siblings, spurring an unforeseen and devastating chain of events. The moving article soon catches the eye of the city editor at the New York Herald Tribune, who wants a reporter with a “heart.” At first, all seems like a dream for Ellis in his new position. But his dishonesty for the benefit of his success endangers the lives of the children he stages in the

photograph. Haunted with guilt and worry, and at the expense of losing his job, Ellis determines to rescue the kids and elicits Lily’s assistance. The presence and loss of children in both Lily’s and Ellis’ personal lives create a romantic and robust bond between these two vivid characters who struggle to unravel the mystery toward liberating the children. Kristina is the bestselling author of five novels as well as two critically acclaimed novellas. Initially inspired by her grandparents’ WWII courtship letters, her work has garnered more than twenty national literary awards and was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Sold on a Monday is an essential work of literature both for its exceptional storytelling and for its focus on the adversities during the Great Depression deserving of our national attention. Kristina McMorris book signing Lanier Library • Talk and book signing, Nov. 13, noon • (828) 859-9535 • 72 Chestnut St, Tryon, NC

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FOOD, DRINK & FUN IN WNC

Experience great food and fantastic views at Hemingway’s Cuba Restaurant & Bar BY ASHLEY PARKS • DOWNTOWN WAYNESVILLE

I’m not sure if even the chef was working but Labor Day Monday night after the tourists left, worked out for my date and me. We had heard of the Hemingway restaurant and its rooftop dining, and that is what we originally came for. The view did not disappoint, and you can see mountains, and the tops of Asheville buildings while also looking down on the never disappointing view of the grove arcade. There is shaded and open-air non-shaded seating (perfect for the warm spring or autumn afternoons and evenings). But due to the temperature, of that early September night, we choose indoor dining by a window giving us the same views. At 5 pm the restaurant was almost empty except for a scattered few on the patio and two patrons seated at the long bar. The décor here is modern and sleek, not the usual colorfulness I have seen in many other Cuban restaurants. Their decor is more in line with Asheville than, say, Miami. But that’s a good thing. Asheville is after all eclectic.

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The Cuban fusion and views from Hemingway’s outside seating

We started with cocktails which did not disappoint, after sharing our tastes with the waitress she recommended the Cuban Fusion, and this may become my new go-to drink. It’s light, lime, refreshing, and the heat of the house-made jalapeño syrup warms your mouth while the diced cucumbers freshen and col the palate. We next decided to stay a bit traditional and try the empanadas de res. The crust was delicate and fluffy and the meat very seasoned. The side tomatoes were sliced then tossed with a vinaigrette of some sort — they themselves could be an appetizer. The sides were as much fun to decide upon as the main dish, but both of us had to try the Madu-

ro’s (fried sweet plantains) and we did not want to share. For the entree I decided on the Cuban beans and rice due to my pursuit of mastering this dish at home, as well as the vaca frita, while my partner tried the plain rice and the masas de cerdo fritas. The pork was highly recommended, but again my passion for flank steak steered me to go for the beef (I’m still researching skirt steak vs. flank steak, but I digress). This plate did not disappoint. Each meat dish was served in an individual cast iron dish which helped to hold the heat, and each was well blessed with garlic and onions. The pork, especially highlighted the garlic, and the plain rice was mellow and helped to soften the garlic’s edge. The Cuban beans were excellent and could not have been any better, but I think someone hit the salt too hard on the rice. Finally, we ended the meal by sharing a slice of Tres leeches’ cake served with lemon curd. I enjoyed the quiet atmosphere allowing me to gaze at this beautiful restaurant and bar. IF YOU GO

Hemingway’s Cuba Restaurant & Bar 15 Page Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 www.hemingwayscubaasheville.com

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WHAT EXACTLY IS THE HEART? Check your pulse – on your left wrist just below the base of your thumb. If you’re one of the average 98%, feel the steady beat of your arterial pulse. Do you have to think about making your heart beat while you feel your pulse? How does that happen anyway? How do the four chambers of your heart – two small, upper chambers called atria and two larger, lower chambers called ventricles – beat together to collect the blood from the body, send it to the lungs for oxygen, and pump the blood back to the body? The electrical system of the heart automatically stimulates these four chambers to beat rhythmically. This miracle of automaticity begins in the sino-atrial (SA) node, specialized cells in the upper wall of the right atrium. While all muscle cells of the body remain inactive unless stimulated, the cells of the SA node are spontaneous; they don’t have to be stimulated. They regularly fire off an electric charge 70-90 times a minute in healthy adults (faster in children). Stress (sympathetic stimulus – exercise, pain, blood loss, poorly functioning heart muscle) stimulates the SA node to fire faster. Calming events (vagus nerve – eating, sleeping, resting, excellently functioning heart muscle) stimulate it to burn slower. This electrical charge radiates along several divergent, specialized pathways in the walls of the atria, causing the atria to contract almost simultaneously. These radiating pathways converge in the atrioventricular (AV) node where the electrical stimulus is held up

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hypertension, alcoholism, smoking) can upset this mechanism. Inadequate blood supply, vagal stimulus, the metabolic or chemical imbalance can cause the SA node to not fire, requiring the lower nodes to take over – at a much-reduced rate, causing dizziness, fainting, or chest pain. If the atria are irritated by chemical, metabolic, or hormonal factors, the atria can beat too fast – atrial tachycardia (150 +), atrial flutter (150-300), or atrial fibrillation. Because the ventricles cannot beat faster than about 220 beats per minute and maintain blood flow, these arrhythmias cause a flutter in the chest, shortness of breath, dizziness, and fainting, and chest pain. Usually, poor blood supply (sometimes metabolic or chemical factors) can slow or completely stop the AV node from passing on the electrical stimulus (heart block). The same thing can happen in the Bundle of His or the — Photo by Giulia Bertelli bundle branches (bundle branch block), blocking the direct electrical signal from reaching the heart slightly, allowing time for the atrial contractions to force muscle. Then the electrical signal must travel through blood into the ventricles. The AV node is also spontathe heart muscle to reach the area not yet stimulated. neous, but only at 40-70 times a minute. Usually, reduced blood flow (sometimes chemical or The electrical stimulus now follows a large conmetabolic factors) can irritate the tissue of the ventriduction pathway (Bundle of His) until it divides into cles, causing them to become spontaneous and firing two branches, one each to the right and left ventricles. extra beats occasionally (extra-ventricular beats). If this These branches end in Purkinje fibers which connect happens rapidly (ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation), to the heart muscle, causing the ventricles to contract it can be deadly. together. The His bundle and Purkinje fibers can funcYou have two kidneys and two lungs – but only tion spontaneously, but only at 20-40 times a minute. one heart. If it gets out of rhythm or stops altogether, When functioning correctly, the SA node overyou will die – in less than 3 minutes. The electrical rides the other cells, keeping the heart rhythm regular mechanism that governs the heart is a fantastic feat of and pausing at the end of the cycle to reset the engineering. When kept healthy, it works very well. It is system and allow the atria to refill with blood. Metaan excellent idea to take care of your heart. bolic, chemical, hemodynamic, hormonal, or electrical abnormalities (read: coronary artery disease, diabetes,

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MAKE YOUR MIND CLEAR

ZEN PHILOSOPHY WITH BILL WALZ

“Make your mind clear. Then you can see into the depths.” – Dainin Katagiri We live in a world of great confusion. The World in itself, the natural world, however, is not confused. It is we humans who bring confusion into the World. The World is just itself, quite unconfused. The World is squirrels and birds and wolves and fish and plains and forests and mountains and sky and clouds and rain and hurricanes and oceans and planets and galaxies. The World is a perfect balance of all things coming into manifestation, having a period of existence and then passing out of manifestation. As Buddhism emphasizes, one of the primary characteristics of the world is impermanence. It is birth and existence and death and a perfect balance and cycle of conditions that allow for things to exist and flourish and to also be afflicted and pass away. This is not confused. It is all experienced without complaint or resistance in the natural World. We humans, however, complain and resist a lot. We do not live in the Worldas-it-is and we definitely do not like impermanence, particularly as it relates to our life and the lives of those we cherish. We live in virtual realities made up in our conceptual minds where we want things to be the way we want them to be and then stay that way. The World just will not cooperate. This creates a deep unease and unsatisfactoriness, what Buddhism refers to as suffering, like no other creature experiences. The universe has evolved over 14 billion years to create galaxies and planets and oceans and fish and birds and squirrels and wolves and humans. Somewhere about three hundred thousand years ago, the universe evolved a species, Homo sapiens, modern humans, that possessed a brain capable of abstracting its experience out of Nature and creating activity in its field of consciousness called thought, to create the world of concepts separate from the Nature it existed within. The Universe also evolved opposable thumbed hands for this creature and an erect posture and bi-ocular vision so as to engage the physical world and shape the World in the ways that its mind could conceptualize. Somewhere about one hundred thousand years ago, these complex conceptualizing brains began to form complex social networks, and then about five thousand years ago what we call civilizations began emerging in the Middle East, highly structured organizations quite abstracted out of the natural World, followed by civilizations arising all over the world in the next thousand years. Over this insignificant geological period of time (in relationship to the 4.5 billion year age of the planet and 3.8 billion years of life on the planet), and particularly in the last two hundred years, this species, Homo sapiens, has managed to throw its entire planet home into confusion that threatens the continued existence of untold numbers of species and perhaps even humanity itself. If the term “Homo sapiens” means “wise man,” as it does in Latin, perhaps such naming was more than a little inaccurate. A squirrel does not have an abstracting conceptual mind, trying to decide how to categorize its experience outside of its direct experience, thus creating confusion. A squirrel lives in the unconfused World as does a

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bird, a wolf, a fish, and so too, the plains and forests and mountains and sky and clouds and hurricanes. The unconceptualized World is ecosystems and vast peaceful beauty and it is exposure to the elements and the danger of being eaten or starving, but it is not confused. Humans imagine they can make the World easier and safer by altering the World, and on a physical level this has been true – to a certain extent. The conceptual world has in places and times, created good things such as reliable shelter and food, medicine and tools, yet it has also brought about automobile crashes, pollution, wars, famines, plagues, crime, and mental illness. It causes arguments over strange concepts like politics and religion that sometimes turn deadly. From our middle-class American perspective, we think our world is safer than the natural World, yet it is uncertain that this is true. We have brought something into the World that is not natural, and it is confusion, and this confusion seems to create many dangers that are tangible, such as pollution, wars, crime, and mental illness, but also something which is intangible and is what is behind pollution, wars, crime, and mental illness. Our problem is our minds. It is our minds that created a division between Nature and civilization. It is our minds that create something such as an “America” and a “middle-class,” which implies there is “not-America” and there are upper and lower classes. And it is our minds that created the idea of a “me” that is separate in fundamental ways from “you” and from all that I don’t associate directly with this “me,” including class and nationality and the world of Nature. These are concepts we confuse with reality, which we superimpose on reality, and they are not natural. And this brings confusion to the World, and with that confusion, comes insecurity, and insecurity leads to looking for security in material possessions and in power over others and this leads to economic class inequality which leads to poverty as well as wars and crime and pollution and mental illness. Our basic raison d’être, our reason for existence, becomes very confused. Our reason for existence becomes the making more of “me” and “mine” and all the balance that is Nature is lost. We have forgotten that we are Nature, and that the balance and clarity of Nature is - has to be who we are. So much confusion. We have lost clarity. Do we even know what clarity is? Do we know how to bring our lives, individually and collectively back into balance and clarity? Of course we do. We have never not been Nature, and Nature holds the answers. What of us is nature? Everything except this discursive mind – and ultimately the discursive mind is of Nature as well, for there cannot be anything that is not Nature. This discursive mind has convinced itself that Nature is “out there,” and so behaves as if Nature is something other than what we are and what we occur within, and uses rationalization and denial to convince itself that it is all OK when it is not OK, and we are making a mess of this World with all our “me” and “you,” “us” and “them,” “America” and “not-America,” “rich” and “poor,” “Nature” as separate

from “human.” No balance. No connection. No harmony. No wisdom. Homo not-sapiens. As long as we cannot hear past the cacophony of the discursive mind, we keep walking the same path that gives us poverty and war and crime and psychological insecurity and accompanying anxiety, despair and anger, all states of consciousness that are not natural. We cannot see into the depths of reality and the truth that points to, that awakens in us, the wisdom of knowing we are Nature, occurring within the infinite balance and interconnection of the World. Wisdom actually is inherent in humans. Wisdom is knowledge of, a felt-sense connection with the infinite balance and greater connection that is Nature and the World. It is not abstract. It is not to be debated. It is not discursive. It is. Yet we cannot hear, cannot connect to this wisdom because we cannot hear past the cacophony of the discursive mind. Zen Master Katagiri tells us: “Make your mind clear. Then you can see into the depths.” Can you find your way to the dynamic stillness and silence that is the Universe, that is the true World, that is the dynamic stillness and silence of a forest, of the ocean, of Nature? Can you quiet your discursive mind? Can you make your mind as clear as the sky, as clear as the ocean? For that clarity is the mind’s natural state when not covered over with the storm clouds and choppy waves of the discursive mind. Feel and hear your breathing as you hear the breeze rustling through the trees. Ah yes, it is Nature. It is who we are. Shhhh. Be still. Shhhh. Be very quiet and very alert, and you will see. Your reason to be is to be - in harmony– like all of Nature. This is the purpose of the activity wise humans developed called meditation. And then, we can find the balance of Nature and civilization, of you and me, of us and them, and we will realize there is no confusion. There is only We. The Universe has been evolving for 14 billion years for humanity to get unconfused and to use these marvelous brains and hands and eyes to create harmony in a self-aware and self-manifesting World - to remember and celebrate through a great human civilization that We know We are Nature. We will have found our way back to clarity and sanity.

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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FINE ART

Autumn has arrived at Susan Stanton’s Studio and Photography Gallery BY STAFF REPORTS • MILLS RIVER

Mother Nature is always unpredictable. Each year, those “in the know” put their heads together in an attempt to predict whether the fall leaf-peeping season is going to be an explosion of color with painted landscapes of red, gold and orange … or fall short of expectations. Some claim a dry late summer will bring the colors of autumn we excitedly anticipate, while others say not enough rain will result in leaves turning brown and falling off without peaking. One thing is certain — fall definitely is in the air at Susan Stanton’s studio gallery, and her beautiful imagery is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Fall is Stanton’s favorite season to photograph. She says, “Colorful foliage in the upper trees filters incoming light, casting a beautiful glow on the forest beneath. Every space looks great with a pop of crimson, gold or spice from autumn’s pallet. It brings warmth and coziness to the harvest season.” Even if Mother Nature is not cooperating, Stanton says there are still spots of color that demand her attention. Of course, grand landscape imagery is what she hopes for, but beautiful

photographs can always be had, in what she calls small “intimatescapes.” “If the weather is not conducive for big scenes, I zero in on closeups and subtle color changes. It’s just a matter of how you look at it. Autumn in the Appalachians – there’s no place I would rather be.” At Stanton’s gallery, located 6.5 miles from the Asheville Airport on Airport Road/Boylston Hwy in Mills River, autumn is already at peak color. Her 2400 square foot space is home to over a thousand images ranging in size from 8 x 12 to over 7 feet. Whether you are in the market for art or would like to see beautiful fall images, give her a call today to schedule a time to get your “Autumn Fix.” Susan Stanton Photography Studio and Gallery The gallery is a closed-door gallery studio, meaning clients (or just the nature lover) need to set up an appointment time if they would like to visit. It is in an unmarked building so visitors must contact Stanton for directions. Preview Susan Stanton’s images on her website at www. SusanStanton.com. She can be reached via phone or text at (828) 808-1414.

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HOLIDAY MAKERS EVENT

Annual Holiday Makers Sales at Folk Art Center Dec. 1 & 8 BY STAFF REPORTS • ASHEVILLE

fresh start. education, marketing, and conThis allows servation. many Nearly 70 members will be creatives to participating throughout the two try out new sales, with a different group each The first two Saturdays of Detechniques, weekend – so plan on coming to cember, members of the Guild and begin both for best selection. will be selling their fine crafts at their annual While at the Folk Art Center, do the Folk Art Center from 10 am production not miss the Focus Gallery show, Jude Stuecker’s hand-dyed and hand-printed Jude Stuecker’s hand-dyed and to 4 pm. This opportunity allows fiber wearables. process. For hand-printed fiber wearables, “The Golden Fleece” and the Main shoppers to purchase handmade paired with jewelry by Erica the customStankwych Bailey. Gallery exhibition featuring the items for their friends and loved er, the sale means great deals for WNC Chapter of ABANA. Visitors ones with rare deals. Each year creatives of the holiday shopping and a chance to connect with will also want to shop at the main craft shop, Southern Highland Craft Guild liquidate overthe craftspeople. It also provides an exciting, feswhere they will find premier gifts for everyone stocks and annual inventory at the Guild Holiday tive alternative to mall and big box import shopon their list, and a variety of handmade holiday Makers Sale. Members will be on hand in the ping. Choose from a variety of gift items including decorations from Christmas tree ornaments to center’s auditorium selling select work 10-50% ceramic tableware, fine jewelry, hand-woven, and wreaths and table arrangements. off retail, with a separate group exhibiting each dyed wearables, bound journals and etched weekend. This allows a range in goods and decards, blown vases and ornaments, turned The Folk Art Center WHEN signs for the public to shop from the Guild. YOU wooden bowls and more. Buying from artisans Milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in GO A highly desirable market for makers, this sale supports the local economy and promotes the east Asheville, just north of the Hwy 70. provides them the chance to cycle out remainGuild’s mission to cultivate the crafts and makers (828) 298-7928 or visit www.craftguild.org. ing 2018 product to begin the new year with a of the Southern Highlands for shared resources, Returning this year for holiday shopping is the Southern Highland Craft Guild’s annual holiday sales.

You are invited Please Join The Olga Dorenko Studio & Gallery In the Asheville River Arts District

Friday, November 9, 5-8pm

We are celebrating Asheville’s annual Studio Stroll by opening our doors for a studio reception honoring our customers, friends, and family. Food and wine will be served OlgaDorenko.com • olga@olgadorenko.com

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THE POET'S VOICE By Carol Bjorlie — “THE POET BEHIND THE CELLO” November — Poetry in motion There’s a book I often read: How To Read A Poem and Fall in Love With Poetry by Edward Hirsch. It was one I read for my MFA in Minnesota. It begins, “This is a book about reading poetry. It is also a book of readings.” In chapter one Mr. Hirsch quotes Malebranche’s maxim: “Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the soul.” A poem from Walt Whitman “Beginning My Studies”

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Beginning my studies, the first step pleas’d me so much, The mere fact consciousness these forms, the power of motion, The least insect or animal, the senses, eyesight, love, The first step I say awed me and pleas’d me so much, I have hardly gone and hardly wish’d to go any farther, But stop and loiter all the time to sing it in ecstatic songs. Mr. Hirsch writes, “I relish the way Whitman lingers in this one-sentence poem over the first step of studying, the mere fact, the miracle, of consciousness itself, the joy of encountering “these forms,” the empowering sense of expectation and renewal, the whole world blooming at hand, the awakened mental

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state that takes us through our senses from the least insect to the highest power of love. Hirsch writes that poetry is a way of inscribing feeling of awe. Poetry is a voicing, a calling forth, and the lyric poem exists somewhere in that region— the register—between speech and song. He goes on to quote Emily Dickinson’s test of poetry: “If a read a book, and it makes my whole body so cold, no fire can ever warm me I know THAT is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know THAT is poetry.” Is there any other way? And now a poem from Randal Jarrell. “The Next Day”

Moving from Cheer to Joy from Joy to All, I take a box and add it to my wild rice, my Cornish game hens. The slacked or shorted, basketed, identical Food-gathering flocks Our selves I overlook. Wisdom, said William James, I, learning what to overlook, and I am wise If that is wisdom.

Another book I read often is, Teaching With Fire, Poetry that Sustains the Courage to Teach. In it is one of my favorite poems by May Sarton. “Now I Become Myself”

Now I become myself. It’s taken Time, many years and places; I have been dissolved and shaken, Worn other people’s faces, Run madly, as if Time were there, Terribly old, crying a warning, “Hurry, you will be dead before...” (What? Before you reach the morning? Or the end of the poem is clear? Or love safe in the walled city?) Now to stand still, to be here, Feel my own weight and density! The black shadow on the paper Is my hand: the shadow of a word As thought shapes the shaper Falls heavy on the page is heard. All fuses now fall into place From wish to action, word to silence, My work, my love, my time, my face Gathered into one intense Gesture of growing like a plant. As slowly as the ripening fruit Fertile, detached and always spent, Falls but does not exhaust the root, So all the poem is, can give, Grows in me to become the song, Made so and rooted so by love. Now there is a time and Time is young. O, in this single hour I live All of myself and do not move. I then pursued, who madly ran, Stand still, stand still, and stop the sun! And this poem by Langston Hughes is also a favorite of mine! Black lives DO matter. “My People” The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, So the eyes of my people. Beautiful also is the sun. Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people. I better stop before I get political!! We wouldn’t want that! Would we? Going to Texas. Maybe I’ll buy a book of poems. See you around. — Carol

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BOOKS

50th anniversary of Ursula K. Le Guin’s ‘A Wizard of Earthsea,’ also ‘Feuding Fan Dancers’ and ‘Carla Hall’s Soul Food’ BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea with renowned fantasy artist Charles Vess. Vess will present The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition by Ursula K. Le Guin and illustrated by Charles Vess. This collection places all the Earthsea novels together for the first time and includes the never-before-published Earthsea story (“The Daughter of Odren”), and “Firelight,” the last story of Earthsea, published just this year and available only in this collection. The Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature (they have received prestigious accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike. Now for the first time ever, they’re all together in one volume) including the early short stories, Le Guin’s “Earthsea Revisioned” Oxford lecture, and a new Earthsea story, never before printed. With a new introduction by Le Guin herself, this essential edition will also include fifty illustrations by renowned artist Charles Vess, specially commissioned and selected by Le Guin, to bring her refined vision of Earthsea and its people to life in a totally new way. Vess will discuss his experiences collaborating with Le Guin before Vol. 22, No. 03 — November 2018

her death, and his artistic process of bringing life to Le Guin’s fantasy world. Leslie Zemeckis presents Feuding Fan Dancers in conversation with Tessa Fontaine It was the golden age of American entertainment, and Bacon and Rand fought their way through the competitive showgirl scene of New York with grit and perseverance. They played peek-a-boo with their lives, allowing their audiences to see only slivers of themselves. A hint of a breast? A forbidden love affair? They were both towering figures, goddesses, icons — until the world started to change. Little is known about who they were, until now. Feuding Fan Dancers tells the story of two remarkable women during a tumultuous time in entertainment history. Leslie Zemeckis has pieced together their story and, nearly one hundred years later, both women come alive again. Leslie Zemeckis is the author of Goddess of Love Incarnate: The Life of Stripteuse Lili St. Cyr and Behind the Burly Q, the definitive history of burlesque. She wrote, produced, and directed the critically acclaimed documentary based on the book, which has been championed by USA Today and The New Yorker. Her most recent documentary is Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer. She is an actress and

filmmaker. Find more at lesliezemeckis.com. Leslie Zemeckis will be in conversation with Tessa Fontaine, author of The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts. This event will include a live burlesque performance. Carla Hall presents Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration Carla Hall has been eating soul food her whole life and cooking it her entire career. In her highly anticipated new book, she shares over 150 of her favorite recipes--a combination of easy weeknight meals, centered around seasonal vegetables, and rich celebration dishes for special occasions. These recipes have roots in history and heritage but are also Hall’s present-day twists on the classics, along with her original creations.

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Friday, November 9, 6pm Leslie Zemeckis presents Feuding Fan Dancers Wednesday, November 14, 6 pm

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READINGS & BOOK SIGNINGS

Lee Zacharias presents: ‘Across the Great Lake’ with Tommy Hays 11/05 - 6pm E. C. Ambrose presents ‘Elisha Daemon’ 11/08 - 6pm Anne Fitten Glenn presents: ‘WNC Beer: A Mountain Brew History’ 11/12 - 6pm Ben Fountain presents: ‘Beautiful Country Burn Again — Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution’ with Wiley Cash 11/13 - 6pm Michael Tisserand presents: ‘Krazy — George Herriman, a Life in Black and White’ 11/15 - 6pm Barbara Kingsolver ‘Signs Unsheltered’ 11/29 - 1pm Kevin McIlvoy presents: ‘At the Gate of All Wonder’ with Christine Hale author of ‘A Piece of Sky, A Grain of Rice’ 11/30 - 6pm

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Jai-Jagdeesh sings with soul and spirit on November 5 at White Horse in Black Mountain BY STAFF REPORTS • DOWNTOWN BLACK MOUNTAIN

Jai-Jagdeesh’s journey as a singer began nearly 25 years ago in a temple in India.

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

Now, her unique combination of sacred sounds and soulful authenticity connects deeply with audiences as she records, tours, plays festivals, and gives vocal workshops around the world. Her ongoing journey brings her and her band to the White Horse Black Mountain on Monday, November 5, 7:30pm. Spending her formative years in Northern India and traveling as a musical representative for Yogi Bhajan’s foreign education program set the foundation for a deep devotion to the sacred texts of

the Kundalini yoga tradition and the Sikh faith. Between then and now, her innovative spirit has walked many artistic paths: actress, classical Indian dancer, photographer, and writer. With music at the forefront, she is effervescently expressive. Jai-Jagdeesh’s debut album, I Am Thine, a combination of Jai-Jagdeesh sacred mantras and powerful English lyrics, was released in the summer of 2011 to record sales and acclaim. Her second full-length studio album, Of Heaven & Earth, climbed up to #6 on Billboard’s New Age Music chart within the first few weeks of its release. Her two Kundalini mantra meditation CDs, The Expansive Spirit (2012) and Miracles Abound (2015) are designed as practices and are full of deep, transformative resonance. With Down Come The Walls, a groundbreaking new studio album released in May of 2018, Jai-Jagdeesh continues to inspire great courage in fans around the world, opening hearts and uplifting spirits everywhere she goes. The ticketing service Eventbrite at www.eventbrite.com/o/jai-jagdeesh-16483649462 is handling all advance ticket sales for this show. Tickets will also be sold at the door. Monday, November 5, 7:30pm. Jai-Jagdeesh. New Age. $25 advance/$30 door. IF YOU GO

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the best in the business, The Blue Ridge Orchestra this stirring music captures opens it’s 2018-19 seathe spirit of war at sea with son with Eleven Eleven: the full power of the orchesRemembering Armistice, tra. presented at 3pm NoMaurice Ravel’s Concervember 10-11 in Lipinsky to for the Left Hand was Auditorium, UNC Ashecomposed on commisville. Christopher Tavernier sion for Paul Wittgenstein, Designed by Music a German pianist who lost his right Director Milton Crotts in commemarm in a Russian prison camp in the oration of the 100th anniversary of First World War. Ravel, renowned the Armistice, the concerts honlike Bennett as a master orchestraor veterans and their service and tor, included elements of jazz in this feature Hendersonville piano phenwork as he strove to write music for om Christopher Tavernier, who will perform Ravel’s Concerto for the Left one hand that sounds like it is being played by two. Hand with the orchestra. Christopher Tavernier has made a The program begins with excerpts name for himself in musical circles from Victory at Sea, written by Richthroughout WNC and across the ard Rodgers for NBC’s 26-part television series memorializing the Naval southeast. His orchestral debut battles of World War II. Orchestrated at age 13 was the first of many orchestral appearances. Christoby Robert Russell Bennett, one of

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pher, now 18, has garnered prizes, plaudits, and acclaim for his piano performances in concert and in competition. Eleven Eleven returns to the theme of victory with Beethoven’s monumental Fifth Symphony, the famous opening notes of which represent the letter V in Morse code and were used as the musical intro for BBC broadcasts in the Second World War becoming a symbol of prospective Allied victory. Incontrovertibly one of the greatest symphonies ever written, the music builds throughout upon those first four unison notes, surrounding the audience with triumphant energy. IF YOU GO

Tickets: blueridgeorchestra.org, reduced price for veterans. $15 General Admission; $10 Veteran; $5 Student

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PAN HARMONIA’s 19th Season of FREE LECTURE captivating chamber concerts conFriday, November 2, 1:30 tinues with iconic trios by Johannes PM • Midday Music: Music in Brahms, Bohuslav Martinu, and the Middle (of Europe) Camille Saint-Säens. Discover the visual artists Raleigh-based cellist Nathan Leywho inspired the music of Joland joins clarinetist Fred Lemmons, hannes Brahms and Bohuslav pianist Hwa-Jin Kim and flutist Kate Martinů Hwa-Jin Kim, Kate Steinbeck and Fred Steinbeck in profoundly moving, Osher Lifelong Learning Lemmons (Photo credit Micah MacKenzie) joyful and beautiful chamber works: Institute • Free admission; Johannes Brahms’ Clarinet Trio, Op Open to the public 114; Bohuslav Martinů’s effervescent PERFORMANCES Trio for flute, cello, piano; Camille Saint-Säens’ Musik aus Mitteleuropa • Johannes Brahms, jocular Tarantella, Op. 6. Trio, Op 114; Boruslav Martinů, Trio for flute, celJohannes Brahms’ powerful late work is a lo, piano; Camille Saint-Säens’ Tarantella, Op. 6. beautiful example of Romantic lyricism, fully exKate Steinbeck flute • Fred Lemmons clarinet • pressive as well as poignantly introspective. BoNathan Leyland cello • Hwa-Jin Kim piano huslav Martinu’s Trio was written during the war in 1944 when the composer was residing in the US. PAN HARMONIA IF His longing for his Czech homeland is evident in YOU Sunday, November 11, 3 PM • Biltmore GO the quintessentially bright and cheerful sonorities United Methodist Church Asheville. 376 of bells and birds, yet one might also hear a “film Hendersonville Rd., Asheville, NC 28803 noir,” espionage element in this work as well.

www.biltmoreumc.org • Tickets $20 advance; $25 at the door; $5 students 26 and under.

CONTEST NOTE: 2018 Music and Poetry Fusion Competition for NC Women Writers Submissions accepted: Through November 15, 2018 • Postmark deadline: November 15, 2018 In celebration of its 20th season (2019-2020), Pan Harmonia has commissioned composer Dosia McKay to create an innovative work for voice, flute, bassoon and guitar for the chamber music repertoire and the citizens of NC. The multi-part commissioned piece, to be composed and performed by women artists, will set to music words of women writers from across the state on themes of timely significance, specifically focusing on inclusivity and exclusivity regarding cultural, economic, and gender issues. Full information here: panharmonia.org

Young pianist Christopher Tavernier performs many benefit concerts BY STAFF REPORTS • HENDERSONVILLE

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. In addition to a growing solo repertoire, Tavernier has performed concerti by Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Christopher Tavernier Since then he has won the Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Sainttaking time out to greet fans Hendersonville, Asheville, Augusta, at a recent concert. Pictured Saëns, Ravel, and Prokofiev. Also a and Charlotte Symphony concerto here with Nicholas Ray dedicated chamber musician, he plays competitions, and second prize in frequently with the Rutherford Chamber Consort. the National Elizabeth Harper Vaughn Concerto Also, he has performed many benefit concerts in Competition in Kingsport, Tennessee, where he support of the Mission Foundation’s “Ladies Night was the youngest performer in the history of the Christopher Tavernier made his orchestral debut with the Tar River Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 13 in Rocky Mount, NC, performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in the opening concert of the orchestra’s Fall 2013 season.

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Out” — a collaboration of women helping women who provide free mammograms and health screenings for uninsured/underinsured women. Tavernier has been featured on ABC affiliate television station WLOS, CBS affiliate WSPA in Spartanburg (Scene on 7), Carolinas CW62 (Studio 62), and Carolina Live NPR radio, and WCQS in Asheville. In 2015 he was named the first International Perzina Artist in the company’s 147-year history. Tavernier studies in Spartanburg, SC, with Dr. Douglas Weeks and with Dr. John Cobb in Hendersonville, NC. He has published recordings in DVD and CD formats.

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FILM Director Michael Curtiz finally gets the credit he deserves BY CHIP KAUFMANN • DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE

Say the name Michael Curtiz to anyone, but the most ardent movie buff and you’re likely to receive a blank

stare or a puzzled expression.

However, if you mention such titles as The Adventures of Robin Hood, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mildred Pierce, The Sea Wolf, and especially Casablanca, the reaction is likely to be one of love and admiration. Curtiz was born Mikhaly Kertesz in Hungary in 1886. He fought in World War I but had started working as an actor and part-time director beforehand. After the war, he returned to directing full time and made over 50 movies in Europe before coming to America in 1926. By the time of his death in 1962 he had made 94 films, most of them for Warner Brothers where he was the studio’s top director between 1938’46. Of the WB films, many are acknowledged classics from the Golden Age of Hollywood. In addition to the ones mentioned above, there’s Doctor X, Mystery of the Wax Museum (remade as House of Wax with Vincent Price), The Kennel Murder Case and Life with Father. Other noteworthy titles are Angels with Dirty Faces, Four Daughters, The Walking Dead (with Boris Karloff), and the Errol Flynn vehicles Captain Blood, Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex, and The Sea Hawk. Although audiences flocked to his movies, Curtiz rarely got any respect from movie critics. Vol. 22, No. 03 — November 2018

One of the most influential, Andrew Sarris the chief proponent of the auteur theory in which a director has a signature visual style or recurring thematic content, dis-

missed Curtiz as a journeyman director and studio workhorse and not an artist like Orson Welles or John Ford. That view has prevailed until recently when a retrospective in LA and a TCM salute have been the basis of a much-needed reassessment. During his peak Hollywood years, Curtiz averaged three films a year. Not surprisingly he was a driven man who was hard on his actors and his technicians, but the results speak for themselves. Ten Oscar nominations for his performers (two of which James Cagney and Joan Crawford took home the top prize), three nominations for Best Director (he won in 1942 for Casablanca), and numerous technical awards. For Curtiz character and story were everything, and he used every cinematic tool at his disposal to highlight and enhance both. He would and did tackle any genre and would adapt himself to the material he was given rather than the other way around which is why he became known as the “anti-Auteur.” To paraphrase LA and NPR movie critic Kenneth Turan “If you get caught up in or emotionally involved with a movie from the 1930s and 40s, chances are Curtiz made it”. After his long association with Warner Brothers ended in the late 1940s, Curtiz freelanced with

other Hollywood studios most notably Paramount for whom he made White Christmas, and We’re No Angels and 20th Century-Fox where he made his last movies Francis of Assisi and The Comancheros with John Wayne. He died in 1962 at the age of 75 and was buried without fanfare in Hollywood. Virtually all of his 94 American movies are available on home video and in studio authorized editions. Two notable exceptions are The Kennel Murder Case a Philo Vance mystery with William Powell and Life with Father based on the famous play with Powell again. They have fallen into the public domain, and cheap, low-quality versions abound. A 700 plus page biography, Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film by Alan K. Rode has just been published which is an exhaustive look at the man and his movies for those who want to pursue it. However, the best way to appreciate Curtiz is to watch his films. Google him or use IMDB to get a listing and go from there.

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