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PAGE 8 THE PAST IS PRELUDE Beginning this year, various nonprofits will leverage grants to renovate and reconfigure three local buildings — all part of an effort to honor and elucidate the long-neglected history of Asheville’s African-American community.

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Respect King’s legacy and boycott UNCA speaker You are encouraged to boycott UNC Asheville’s Martin Luther King Jr. [Week] speaker, hatemonger Tamika Mallory. She praises Louis Farrakhan, who [compares] Jews [to termites], and he is also certainly no friend of the LGBTQ community.

A leader of the Women’s March, Mallory uses many platforms from which to further her hate speech. What is the goal of our university in supporting her hatemongering MLK speech held in Lipinsky Auditorium, a building named for a Jewish philanthropist? How insulting, repulsive and painful this must be to many in our community.

Should our public universities encourage anti-Semitism and hatred of anybody?

Don’t we have enough of that already, especially now? Isn’t hatred of others the opposite of what MLK Jr. preached?

We deserve better treatment than this travesty presents and more responsible spending of our tax dollars.

I encourage supporters of this event in the past to respect Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy by not attending this event this year at UNCA on Jan. 24. Speak up against class, racial, gender and religious hatred and those who promote it. Join the protesters outside.

— Janet Burhoe-Jones Swannanoa Editor’s note: Mallory did not reply to emails asking her to respond to specific

points raised in the letter. The New York Times noted in a Dec. 23 article that Mallory has called Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan (who has been making anti-Semitic remarks for years) “the GOAT” or “greatest of all time” on social media, while also reporting that Mallory and a fellow Women’s March organizer “categorically condemn anti-Semitism.”

A column Mallory wrote last March, before Farrakhan’s “termite” comment, explained her presence at a Nation of Islam event adding: “I was raised in activism and believe that as historically oppressed people, Blacks, Jews, Muslims and all people must stand together to fight racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. … It is impossible for me to agree with every statement or share every viewpoint of the many people who I have worked with or will work with in the future.”

Sarah Broberg, special assistant to the chancellor for communication and marketing at UNC Asheville, responded that the university has been in talks with members of the campus community, the greater Asheville community and local rabbinical leaders about additional opportunities for public discussion related to Mallory’s appearance. That includes the organization Carolina Jews for Justice, which posted a statement on its website last week (avl.mx/5kp).

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over the course of that week,” Broberg told Xpress.

The university also issued a statement on its website from Chancellor Nancy J. Cable and interim Provost Karin Peterson, which says in part: “The Constitutional and democratic principles of freedom of thought and expression are central to our mission as a university, especially during the day honoring the legacy and enduring values of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As has been our custom, the university’s invitation to an individual speaker at a university event in no way implies endorsement of that speaker’s comments, critiques, views, ideas or actions. Further, the university’s fundamental principles reject bias in all of its forms including anti-Semitism and discrimination. …

“At their best, universities are places where thoughtful discussions and respectful disagreements can take place.

Students, faculty, staff and the community benefit from conversations, lectures and roundtables that strengthen our ability to think critically and to judge independently. …”

See also “Remembering King: Annual Prayer Breakfast to Feature Green of

the Little Rock Nine” in this issue for more info about local events centered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

‘Immocrats’ and abortion rights The immigrant vote is a major threat to U.S. abortion rights and has already destroyed the March for Choice (replacing it with the March for Women’s Lives or Women’s March). There hasn’t been a major, single-issue march for choice in a decade, thanks to the immigrant vote (which also brought us anti-gay California Proposition 8)!

The Immocrats could trade for abortion funding at any level of government — nationwide for Trump’s wall — or locally for local immigration enforcement, zoning, local maternity coverage or practically anything else; but they’ve already let in too many Ortega/Maduro/Arafat antichoice “progressives” to revive choice as a single issue at any level of government.

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Submit student art, writing for 2019 Kids Issues What would you do if you had superpowers for a day? Xpress wants to know!

Mountain Xpress is now accepting art, poems and essays for our 2019 Kids Issues, our annual two-part extravaganza featuring the creative work of Western North Carolina K-12 students, along with listings of local and regional summer camps.

All area school-age kids and teens are welcome to participate, including those who attend public and private schools, and homeschooled and unschooled students.

This year’s theme is “24-hour Superpowers.” (Special thanks to area educators who offered feedback.) Students, here are some ideas to get you started: • Imagine that you suddenly have been given superpowers for 24 hours.

• What kind of powers would you have? What would you do with those powers?

• What needs to change in our local community, country and world — and how could you use those superpowers to make a difference?

• What would our community, country and world be like afterward?

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Essays should be no more than 350 words (though some exceptions can be made).

Short-form poetry is preferred, with poems limited to a maximum of 30 lines.

Art should be digitally photographed or be able to be photographed by Mountain Xpress. Photos of sculptures are also permissible. Artists’ statements are welcome.

Photos should be high-resolution, digital photos, between 200 KB and 6 MB (cellphone setting of “medium” size). Artists’ statements are welcome.

The deadline is Friday, Feb. 8, to be considered for publication in the March 13 and March 20 issues of Xpress.

Here’s a link to upload student work: mountainx.com/2019-kids-issue/ Questions? Email Xpress staffer Tracy Rose at trose@mountainx.com.

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Local nonprofits resurrect Asheville’s African-American history “was turning the Stephens-Lee Recreation Center into a museum.”

Funded by a $100,000 TDA grant, the project has strong community support. Sasha Mitchell (no relation to Catherine), who chairs the city/ county African American Heritage Commission, and Sarah Hart of the Stephens-Lee Alumni Association are among those holding leadership positions in the effort. In addition, many prominent members of Asheville’s African-American community serve on the group’s advisory board, including Waters and UNCA Professor Emeritus Dwight Mullen.

“They are a dream team,” says Catherine Mitchell.

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REUNITED: Efforts are underway to transform the Stephens-Lee Alumni Room into a museum-quality space. Funded by a $100,000 TDA grant, the project is being led by the local nonprofit River Front Development Group. Former Stephens-Lee students, from left, Alberta and Sarah Williams, stand with the nonprofit’s executive director, Catherine Mitchell, and its chief executive officer (and fellow Stephens-Lee graduate) Marcell Proctor. Photo by Joe Pellegrino

BY THOMAS CALDER tcalder@mountainx.com “The cradle of black Asheville has been made invisible,” Sarah Judson wrote in her 2014 essay “I Am a Nasty Branch Kid: Women’s Memories of Place in the Era of Asheville’s Urban Renewal,” published by The North Carolina Historical Review.

In the piece, Judson, an associate professor of history and Africana studies at UNC Asheville, revisits the East End/Valley Street neighborhood, exploring what it was and what it became in the wake of federal, state and local government policies that promoted what was termed urban renewal. As the essay notes, between the late 1950s and mid-1980s countless homes, roads and businesses were wiped off the map, replaced by new highways, administration buildings and municipal garages.

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of the former all-black Stephens-Lee High School — to honor and elucidate this long-neglected history.

Beginning this year, various local nonprofits will leverage grants from the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority to renovate and reconfigure all three structures.

Meanwhile, through its Wayfinding Signs Program, the TDA will also fund interpretive kiosks and signage for the district.

“Anything we can do to spur a renaissance of African-American business culture and appreciation is going to benefit the entire community,” says Veronika Gunter, an independent community organizer and consultant to the Stephens-Lee project. Those benefits, she continues, will particularly help “our African-American residents who have been at best overlooked and at worst discriminated against and discouraged from participation.”

DREAM TEAM Stephens-Lee High School opened in 1923, replacing the former Catholic

Hill School, which was destroyed by a fire in 1917. As Darin Waters, associate professor of history at UNCA, noted in his 2012 dissertation, the school emerged as “the leading black public education center for all of Western North Carolina, a status that it retained until it was closed in 1965.”

A number of nonprofits subsequently occupied the site before the main building was razed in 1975. The Asheville City Board of Education ultimately sold the property (including the surviving gymnasium building) to the Asheville Parks and Recreation Department, which continues to operate it as a recreational center.

Since 2010, Catherine Mitchell, executive director of the nonprofit River Front Development Group, has been actively involved with the East End/Valley Street Neighborhood Association. Much of the dialogue has focused on future development plans for the district.

“One of the consistent themes that emerged … was the lack of AfricanAmerican areas of remembrance,” says Mitchell. The neighborhood association’s top priority, she notes,

The initial phase of the two-stage plan for the district will include transforming the Stephens-Lee Alumni Room (located on the recreation center’s ground floor) into a museum-quality space and creating kiosks and exhibits in the adjacent hallway area. Although alumni have mounted displays in recent years, the grant funds will allow for professional presentation and storage while enabling association members to reclaim and display much of the school’s archival material, which is currently being kept at Appalachian State University and UNCA. The Alumni Room will feature two interactive kiosks “loaded with the history of the community as well as maps showing redlining and preredlining, so you can tap on a space and find out what used to be there,” Gunter explains. “Because a lot of the streets have changed dramatically.”

Phase one will also involve installing historical markers and signage between the East End neighborhood and the River Arts District that will highlight African-American schools, churches and businesses. The signs, says Gunter, will be “very much rooted in the lived experiences of African-Americans in Asheville.”

Originally, both efforts were included in a single grant application. But financing the markers and signs through the Wayfinding Signs Program, a separate arm of the TDA, will both expedite the process and enable the tourism agency to coordinate and pay for long-term maintenance, notes Marla Tambellini.

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Work on both projects is expected to begin in October.

Phase two of the plan, which Gunter says isn’t funded yet, calls for creating a separate, free-standing museum on the Stephens-Lee High School site. The River Front Development Group is developing grant applications to support this more ambitious undertaking.

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Yet another TDA grant ($800,000 to the Eagle Market Streets Development Corp.) will fund upgrades to the historic structure’s auditorium, conference room and gallery space. That work is expected to be completed this July.

According to the application, the YMI will partner with the grant recipient to bring arts and entertainment attractions to the district, including live theater, film screenings, musical and dance instruction and performances, as well as art exhibits.

The YMI will also promote itself to both local and out-of-town companies as a venue for conferences and meetings. Project coordinator Stephanie Swepson-Twitty notes that part of the development corporation’s mission is to support minority-owned businesses through such events. “We will be intentional in having conventions and meetings

Rider Art Bar will accommodate guided and unguided art activities; there will also be an area dedicated to explaining the building’s history.

A small stage along the rear of the space will enable it to serve as an evening performance venue.

Two split mezzanines will be sandwiched into the ground floor’s upper portion, providing areas for respite as well as space for the LEAF International ONEmic Studio.

There, visitors will be able to learn about sound recording and record their own songs. The facility will also be available for rent outside of normal operating hours.

Meanwhile, the basement will feature three additional zones: the CAVE Mini-theater, LEAF International Immersion Room and Global Sound Underground.

A MORE INCLUSIVE TOMORROW

ON THE BLOCK: Completed in 1893 with financial assistance from George Washington Vanderbilt, the Young Men’s Institute offered housing and recreational opportunities for Biltmore Estate’s black workers. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville served by caterers … or other businesses of color,” she explains.

LEAF COMES TO THE DEL CARDO BUILDING Adjacent to the YMI stands the Del Cardo Building. Over the years, it’s been home to offices, shops and even a nightclub.

Once the renovations are completed (perhaps in August), the development corporation will move its headquarters to the top floor of the threestory structure. Another nonprofit, the Raleigh-based Carolina Small Business Development Fund, will also establish an office on that floor.

Both organizations, says SwepsonTwitty, will work to encourage minority- and women-owned businesses in the neighborhood.

LEAF Global Arts Center, a local nonprofit that works to connect cultures through the arts, will lease the Del Cardo’s other floors, including the basement. Armed with its own $705,000 TDA grant, the organization plans to place its offices on the second floor while allocating the remaining space for assorted creative endeavors.

According to LEAF’s grant application, the ground floor will house a snack bar, four educational kiosks and an interactive world map. The Easel

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“East End was a relatively self-sustaining black neighborhood,” writes Judson. “The neighborhood-based economy … was crucial for black survival and upward mobility.”

Swepson-Twitty hopes these planned projects will help trigger a similar trend of upward mobility within Asheville’s minority neighborhoods. Since joining the Eagle Market Streets Development Corp. in 2004, she says, “I’ve been impassioned with the desire to see individuals and people-of-color communities elevated through asset building and wealth creation.”

She believes the latest efforts by all of these entities represent a step in the right direction for Asheville.

“If we’re ever going to get back to an economic system that works in this country, it has to have as its tenet equity and inclusion,” she maintains. “The center of that has to be based on businesses that are solid and have strong participation from all the people — not just the 1 percent. … That’s what drives me to do this work: It’s making sure that all of the people have the ability to participate in the economy.”

Gunter agrees, while also stressing the crucial importance of preserving and honoring the history.

By spotlighting the achievements and contributions made by prior generations of African-American residents, she believes, the city as a whole will be better equipped to shift its focus from how we got to where we are now to how we go about building a more equitable and inclusive tomorrow. X

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Annual prayer breakfast to feature Green of the Little Rock Nine diversity as an opportunity rather than an obstacle to impact change.”

Monday, Jan. 21 UNITY BREAKFAST AT BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Pastor Eric Gash, who started Speak Life Community Church in Hendersonville and serves as the athletic director and assistant principal at Hendersonville High School, will be the keynote speaker at Blue Ridge Community College’s 19th annual Unity Breakfast. The breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m., with a program following at 9:30 a.m., in Blue Ridge Conference Hall, East Campus Drive, Flat Rock.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children ages 5-12 and are available at the Community Foundation of Henderson County at 401 N. Main St., Suite 300, Hendersonville.

HONORING TRAILBLAZERS: Oralene Simmons, standing, founder of the Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Asheville and Buncombe County, visits with attendees of the 2018 prayer breakfast. This year, the keynote speaker will be Ernest G. Green, inset, one of the Little Rock Nine. Photo of prayer breakfast by Cindy Kunst; inset photo, contributed Ernest G. Green was the first member of the Little Rock Nine to graduate from high school, receiving his diploma after a tumultuous year of intimidation from fellow students and members of his community.

Green and eight other AfricanAmerican students integrated Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1957, three years after the Supreme Court’s Brown v Board of Education decision declared school segregation unconstitutional.

“It was like going to war every day,” Green told The Associated Press in 2017. “You had students who tried to use as much verbiage as they could to intimidate us. We had threats and comments that we would be killed.” President Dwight Eisenhower ordered troops from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division to maintain a military presence at the school throughout the school year.

Despite the obstacles, Green and his classmates banded together.

“We decided that this was a year that we would support each other,” Green said.

Six decades after his 1958 graduation from Central High School, Green will be the featured speaker at the 38th annual Dr. Martin Luther King

Jr. Prayer Breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 19, in Asheville. Doors open at 8 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza Resort Expo Center, 1 Resort Drive.

Oralene Simmons, the founder of The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Asheville and Buncombe County, remembers following the news of the integration of Central High School as it happened.

“For me and my generation, it was a changing of the times,” she said.

“Something that we had long hoped and dreamed of.”

During high school, Simmons was a member of the Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality, a group of African American students who were responsible for integrating many of the public facilities in Asheville.

The events in Little Rock, and the hope and inspiration heralded

by King, motivated Simmons’ decision to return home to Mars Hill, where she became the first African American student to attend Mars Hill University.

After graduation, Green attended Michigan State University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in social science and a master’s in sociology.

He eventually served as the assistant secretary of labor for employment and training under President Jimmy Carter. Several years later, President Bill Clinton appointed him chairman of the African Development Foundation.

Tickets for the Asheville breakfast are $35 for patrons, $25 for adults and $15 for ages 12 and younger.

The event is sponsored by the MLK Association and will be one of several events in the region to commemorate the life and message of Martin Luther King Jr.

MARS HILL UNIVERSITY EVENTS Along with many other institutions, Mars Hill University will cancel classes on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. At 9 a.m., students will meet to create a poster to display at Asheville’s peace march and rally before traveling by bus to participate in the march. The university will also host a screening and discussion of the documentary At the River I Stand: King’s Final Days at 11 a.m. and two discussions at 3 p.m. led by professors at the university.

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N EWS ASHEVILLE RALLY AND MARCH The MLK Association of Asheville and Buncombe County will hold a peace march and rally starting at 11:30 a.m. at St. James AME Church at Martin Luther King Drive and Hildebrand Street. A march to CityCounty Plaza will begin at noon.

BREVARD MARCH At 5:30 p.m., marchers will gather at the Bethel “A” Baptist Church

in Brevard in preparation for a 6 p.m. march to the Brevard College Porter Center. A program featuring Davidson River Taiko drummers and the Rise & Shine scholars will begin at 7 p.m. at the Porter Center, 1 Brevard College Drive.

Fellowship Hall, 27 Church St., Asheville, to honor area residents “who have dedicated themselves to the cause of social justice.”

ASHEVILLE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE

WE SHALL OVERCOME: A CELEBRATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

The MLK Association will host a candlelight service at 6 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church’s

Tuesday, Jan. 22

Damien Sneed, a pianist, singer and composer, will perform at

the Diana Wortham Theatre, 18 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, as part of his We Shall Overcome tour.

The performance will celebrate the work of King and other civil rights activists. According to his website, Sneed has worked with performers including Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Carlos Santana. The concert starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40 for adults, $35 for students and $20 for children.

Wednesday, Jan. 23 KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOR MLK DAY CELEBRATION AT WCU Aminata Cairo, a lecturer of inclusive education at the Hague University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, will speak from 7-9 p.m. at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center as part of Western Carolina University’s week of MLK Day events. The event is free and open to the public.

Thursday, Jan. 24 WOMEN’S MARCH CO-PRESIDENT ADDRESSES UNCA Tamika Mallory, the national copresident of the Women’s March, will deliver the keynote address for UNC Asheville’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week.

In a press release, the university called Mallory’s speech the highlight of a week of UNCA-organized community service and educational workshops focused on King’s legacy.

Aside from her work in organizing the Women’s March, Mallory has been a central figure in efforts to stop gun violence in America, which killed her son’s father in 2001. She served as the co-chair of the NYC Crisis Management System, a gun violence prevention program, and worked with President Barack Obama’s administration on gun control policy.

Mallory also has been a recent subject of national controversy, which has boiled over to the local level in advance of her appearance in Asheville. University officials have said they plan to proceed with Mallory’s lecture but are adding opportunities for community members to discuss their concerns. For more information, see the editor’s note on page 5 of this issue.

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Despite ‘physical anxiety,’ Council approves 416-unit South Asheville subdivision

INTO THE WOODS: At 137 acres, the Riverwoods project approved by City Council on Jan. 8 is roughly half the size of downtown Asheville. Graphic courtesy of the city of Asheville Six hands shot skyward as Asheville City Council took its Jan. 8 vote on approving the Riverwoods Subdivision, a 416-unit for-sale development on Ferry Road in South Asheville. After a brief moment, Council member Keith Young joined his colleagues, lifting his own hand to affirm a project that will transform a rural parcel roughly half the size of downtown.

Young cited the project’s lack of affordability as the reason for his hesitation in remarks before the vote.

Although Los Angeles-based developer Ron Hirji agreed to make some of the units affordable to buyers earning 100 percent of the area median income ($43,000 per year for an individual), Young said that effort “doesn’t even take a blip off the radar” for Asheville’s affordable housing crisis.

“When I say I literally have physical anxiety about supporting this project, that is real and true,” Young said. “A part of me really feels like I’m letting folks down by approving this project.”

However, Young acknowledged that the subdivision filled a housing need for residents at higher income levels. Jennifer Lanning of Exit Realty, representing the developer, said that the property’s 188 singlefamily homes could sell for up to $450,000 each. The project’s affordable housing would come from its 36

condominiums, which she said would be listed in the $200,000 range; the remaining units would consist of 188 duplexes and four live-work units at unspecified prices.

Young also noted that the property has long been “in limbo,” echoing earlier remarks by Mayor Esther Manheimer. The mayor explained that the site was once owned by the city but had undergone a complicated series of transactions between area governments, including Buncombe County’s 2015 purchase of the property for $6.8 million as part of an effort to attract Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery that ultimately failed.

“Buncombe County got left holding this property, and now they’ve found someone who will purchase the property and develop it,” Manheimer said. “So this kind of brings this whole situation to a close in my mind, and luckily we’re looking at housing, which is something that we very much need.”

Several residents criticized the deal during public comment, including Casey Campfield, who said the developer’s affordability offer was too low.

“Five percent affordable units, when the definition of affordable seems to be heavily qualified here, leaves 95 percent of these units not available for people who make [over the AMI],” he said. “I think that you can negotiate better than that for the citizens of Asheville.”

Council member Julie Mayfield subsequently suggested that the developer offer 10 percent of the units as affordable, but Lanning said those involved with the project “don’t want to necessarily commit to that until we know what the economy’s going to be doing.” She instead offered a guarantee of 8 percent affordability, which Council accepted.

After the vote, Mayfield noted that the subdivision was the first private for-sale development for which Council had secured any affordability guarantees. She suggested that similar projects could be possible but would benefit from more thoughtful scrutiny.

“We need to figure it out. If we had a little more time, we might have come to a different place,” Mayfield said, although she did not call for a delay in Council’s approval before the vote. “I think none of us rest well, knowing the affordability issues that we have.”

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Van Duyn details priorities for upcoming legislative session After Democrats broke the Republican supermajority in the N.C. House of Representatives and Senate in the 2018 election, state Sen. Terry Van Duyn believes her party colleagues in the General Assembly will have more political clout during the upcoming session.

For one, they can now prevent Republicans from overriding a veto by Gov. Roy Cooper.

“We can’t necessarily drive an agenda, but we can influence an agenda,” she told the members of the Council of Independent Business Owners during a breakfast meeting at UNC Asheville on Jan. 11.

for Medicare and Medicaid approved the General Assembly’s 2015 vote to transition its state Medicaid program to managed care. This decision would move North Carolina from a fee-for-service system, in which services are paid for separately and physicians are incentivized to provide more treatments to patients, to a capitated system, in which providers receive a flat fee for each patient.

“The idea is that if you pay your providers on a capitated basis, they have more incentive to keep people well,” Van Duyn said. “And if they keep people well, they make a little more money because they’re not spending it, and it saves the state money.” That approach also transfers some of the risk associated with the care from the state to providers, she said.

LOOKING FORWARD Education and health care are two of the biggest slices in the state’s budget pie, and Van Duyn is looking for progress on both fronts during the legislature’s upcoming session.

AT THE TABLE: Sen. Terry Van Duyn, D-Buncombe, talks about her hopes and anticipations for the General Assembly’s upcoming legislative session during a Jan. 11 meeting of the Council of Independent Business Owners. Democrats managed to break the Republican supermajority in the state House and Senate during the 2018 election. Photo by David Floyd Van Duyn hopes to see a school bond on the 2020 ballot, which could help address the cost of construction and renovations for K-12 schools in poorer parts of the state. An April 2016 study completed by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction says counties in North Carolina will have nearly $8.1 billion in school capital needs over a five year period.

The recent decision by the state legislature to reduce classroom sizes, Van Duyn suggested, has put even more pressure on schools. “That’s created a shortage of classrooms across the state,” she said, “but it’s a significant problem in our rural counties that don’t have the tax base to construct those buildings.”

She also hopes to see some bond money set aside for community colleges and the state’s university system, which she said has a $2 billion maintenance backlog.

And Van Duyn wants greater focus on problems associated with school testing. “I hear from parents all the time that they’re frustrated about the amount of testing, whether or not that’s paying the dividends that it should, given the time that goes into it,” she said.

2019 could also be a major year for changes in state health care, Van Duyn said. In October, the Centers

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RUNNING FOR LT. GOVERNOR In December, Van Duyn announced her intention to run for lieutenant governor in 2020. She told members of CIBO that she’s running for the position because she believes her vision for North Carolina aligns with Cooper’s.

That includes building a more equitable state economy.

To reach that goal, Van Duyn wants to see North Carolina become one of the 10 most educated states in the country. “I think that’s how we draw business to North Carolina,” she said.

Van Duyn added that building a strong state economy also involves expanding Medicaid because “people can’t work when they’re sick or broken,” a fact she said was readily apparent during her time working as an Affordable Care Act navigator.

“I saw time and time again people come in who were working maybe 20 hours a week because that was all they could handle,” she said. “Their diabetes was out of control, or they didn’t have access to mental health drugs that might have made it possible to work more.”

Van Duyn said she’s looking forward to bringing “a mountain perspective” to the state capital.

“I think that’s sorely lacking,” she said.

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‘Across the French Broad’ The annexation of West Asheville, 1917

ON THE WEST SIDE: In the summer of 1917, Asheville annexed West Asheville, expanding the city’s population by 5,000. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville On June 9, 1917, both Asheville and West Asheville residents cast their votes to determine the future of the two municipalities. “Should the community on the other side of the river become a part of Asheville … it would be accorded the same treatment Asheville receives at the hands of the city commissioners,” wrote The Asheville Citizen. “This would mean a fire station built there and many additional policemen, among other advantages.”

Despite the measure’s implication, voter turnout proved dismal. Only 901 ballots were cast between the two municipalities; the majority favored consolidation.

As a result, Asheville gained 5,000 new residents. Meanwhile, the city’s newest members looked forward to reaping the benefits associated with those living on the eastern bank of the French Broad River.

But by 1919 — a year and a half after annexation — residents of West Asheville were still waiting for the perks of city life.

In a letter to the editor published on Jan. 12, resident Joe B. Seay chastised the city for its neglect of those living west of the French Broad.

“I have known for sometime of several necessary conveniences which we should have had,” Seay wrote, “but as our city commissioners don’t seem to be in any frame of mind to give us any consideration unless we ‘kick’ for it, I think it is time for all the people of West Asheville (also Asheville proper where the people

want to see justice meted out) to rise up and make a kick.”

Seay’s grievances were manifold. He claimed West Asheville’s mail delivery and trash services were less frequent than Asheville city proper. Meanwhile, he noted transportation fees were much higher west of the French Broad. He also bemoaned the lack of proper street lighting in his part of town.

Seay’s primary complaint, however, focused on the city’s decision to close down the West Asheville volunteer fire department, which he deemed a “grave mistake … little short of a crime.” Near the end of his letter, Seay implored fellow residents to act, writing: “It is high time for the people of West Asheville to take up and fight for what they pay for, and are really entitled to.”

Three days later, The Asheville Citizen published the city commissioners’ official response to Seay’s grievances. Topping the list was the issue of the West Asheville volunteer fire department. The commissioners asserted that efforts had been made to keep the station operational. “Asheville has a volunteer fire department and it was hoped that a volunteer company could be built up across the river to meet the local needs,” the commissioners wrote.

“Unfortunately, the same volunteer spirit that has proven so effective in Asheville could not be stimulated in West Asheville.”

The official statement went on to list a detailed account of West Asheville’s finan-

cial shortcomings and mismanagement prior to consolidation, noting that the town was on the brink of bankruptcy before its annexation. Adding insult to injury, the commissioners concluded this portion of its response by declaring: “Judged by the simple standards of receipts and disbursements West Asheville has proven a liability rather than an asset to Asheville.”

In addition, the commissioners noted, previous wartime efforts had limited options for municipalities throughout the country. “Cities during this period had no right to expend and expand for their own selfish aggrandizement,” the statement read. “But now that the war is virtually over, the energies of the city have been released for the advancement of our own civic life. … Great improvements must be made, not for West Asheville particularly, for no section of a municipality should claim a special dispensation, but for the entire city.”

Four days later, on Jan. 19, 1919, the newspaper picked back up on the commissioners’ concluding statement about overall city improvements.

Moving forward, The Asheville Citizen insisted, the city “must provide larger school facilities, pave more streets, lay out and beautify city and suburban parks, establish a comfort station on Pack square, establish a new fire station, build a new library building and find the revenue from year to year to finance these undertakings.” The next decade of Asheville’s history, the paper continued, “is pregnant with possibilities of marvelous development.”

And though the article agreed with the commissioners’ assessment of West Asheville, calling it “more of a burden than a benefit to the city as a whole,” The Asheville Citizen remained optimistic about the area’s future potential, declaring: “West Asheville belongs logically, it is thought, to Asheville and the time is prophesied by keen observers when the district across the French Broad will be an asset. It is even predicted by many that the center of the business of life, bursting through the too narrow confines of the present business district, will seek the wider streets and roomier accommodations of West Asheville. It is axiomatic that the city must have room to grow in, and West Asheville, located near the Southern railway, is pointed out as the only logical place for growth on a large scale.”

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THE MOTHLIGHT 701 Haywood Road, themothlight.com • TU (1/22), 8pm Proceeds from Rock for Roe, a concert commemorating the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade featuring Big Sound Harbor, benefits NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina. $10.

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IT’S A PUZZLER: Mills River Presbyterian Church hosts the 10th annual Puzzlefest the week of Jan. 20-26 in Fellowship Hall. The public is invited to work on the 9,000-piece jigsaw puzzle that was begun at last year’s event. The 76-by-54-inch puzzle depicts an ‘Underwater Paradise’ with hundreds of fish and numerous coral reef features. Puzzlefest runs noon-8 p.m. daily and kicks off with a potluck luncheon at noon Sunday, Jan. 20. There is also a puzzle swap underway with dozens of free puzzles from which to choose.

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RETIREMENT PLANNING WORKSHOP (PD.) Western Carolina University at Biltmore Park. A three evening course. • February 5, 7, 12. • 5:30pm-8:30pm.

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CONSCIOUS PARTY ASHEVILLE FRIENDS OF ASTROLOGY ashevillefriendsofastrology.org, tfigura@verizon.net • FR (1/18), 7-9pm Diotima Mantineia provides an introduction to mundane astrology (astrology of world events). Free. Held at EarthFare - Westgate, 66 Westgate Parkway BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • SA (1/19), 2pm - 20th Anniversary Kick Off Party with pie, a community art project and an obstacle course for kids. Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • 4th TUESDAYS, 6-8pm - "Sit-n-Stitch," informal, self-guided gathering for knitters and crocheters. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TH (1/24), 5-6pm Spanish conversation group for intermediate to advanced speakers.

Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. FRENCH BROAD VIGNERONS • TH (1/24), noon2pm - French Broad Vignerons 2019 Annual meeting. Prospective members welcome.

Free to attend. Held at Pleb Urban Winery, 289 Lyman St. HENDERSONVILLE SISTER CITIES hendersonvillesistercities.org • MO (1/21), 10am2pm - "Hendersonville Student Ambassador," information session for Henderson County students ages 16-26 considering applying for a travel abroad scholarship. Free to attend.

Held at Appalachian Coffee Company, 1628 5th Ave. West, Hendersonville HOMINY VALLEY RECREATION PARK 25 Twin Lakes Drive, Candler, 828-242-8998, hvrpsports.com • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - Hominy Valley board meeting. Free.

JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY • MO (1/21), 6:30pm - Jackson County Republican Party meeting. Free. Held at Dillsboro Masonic Lodge, 223 Wikes Crescent Drive Sylva

FOUR SEASONS: Singersongwriter Anthony Mossburg returns to Grace Blue Ridge, 109 Florence St, Hendersonville, for a community concert Saturday, Jan. 19, at 6:30 p.m. Carrie Hoyle is the featured cellist. Proceeds from the free concert benefit Four Seasons, a non-profit palliative and hospice care organization. Donations to the Four Seasons Foundation ensure that every patient living with a serious illness has access to trusted care regardless of their ability to pay.

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LEICESTER HISTORY GATHERING • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering, general meeting.

Free. Held at Leicester Community Center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • TH (1/17), noon1:30pm - "Budgeting and Debt," class.

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TRANZMISSION PRISON PROJECT tranzmissionprisonproject.yolasite.com • Fourth THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - Monthly meeting to prepare packages of books and zines for mailing to prisons across the US. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road

UNITED WAY OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS • FR (1/18), 10am-noon - NonProfits are invited to apply to the United Way of Transylvania County competitive grant process beginning with the Request for Proposal Meeting in the Carlson Conference Room.

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ECO ASHEVILLE CITIZENS’ CLIMATE LOBBY citizensclimatelobby.org/ chapters/NC_Asheville/ • 3rd MONDAYS, 6:308:30pm - General meeting for non-partisan grassroots organization lobbying for a bipartisan federal solution to climate change that both energy companies and environmental groups can embrace. Free to attend. Held at Paulsen Lodge at Asheville School, 360 Asheville School Road FILM AT MARS HILL mhu.edu • TH (1/24), 7-9pm - Reel Appalachia Series: After Coal, documentary screening and discussion with director Tom Hansell.

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LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828-774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community.

Center • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm Welcome Table, community meal. Free.

YWCA OF ASHEVILLE 185 S French Broad Ave., 828-254-7206, ywcaofasheville.org • TH (1/24), 6-7:30pm "New Year, New You, New Foods," adult

HARD TO RECYCLE: STYROFOAM DAY • SA (1/19) - GreenWorks’ Hard to Recycle: Styrofoam day. $1 per bag, $5 per car. Held at Aaron’s Rent to Own, 1298 Patton Ave. TRANSITION ASHEVILLE 828-296-0064, transitionasheville.org • SA (1/19), 2pm Transition Asheville Tour of a Passive Solar House.

Milt explains ways to incorporate solar without greatly increasing costs.

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FARM & GARDEN 26TH ANNUAL ORGANIC GROWERS SCHOOL SPRING CONFERENCE (PD.) March 8-10, 2019. at Mars Hill University, NC. 150+ practical, affordable, regionally-appropriate workshops on organic growing, homesteading, farming, permaculture.

Trade show, seed exchange, special guests.

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FESTIVALS ASHEVILLE FRINGE ARTS FESTIVAL ashevillefringe.org • SU (1/20) through SU (1/27) - Performance arts festival with over 30 ticketed performances featuring cross genre fringe artists. See website for full schedule. $1316. Held at Downtown Asheville and River Arts District.

MILLS RIVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10 Presbyterian Church Road, Mills River, 828-891-7101 • SU (1/20) through SA (1/26), noon-8pm - The 10th Annual Puzzlefest includes a 9,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Potluck: Sunday, Jan. 20 at noon.

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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS ASHEVILLE CITY COUNCIL 70 Court Plaza • TU (1/22), 5pm - Formal meeting of the Asheville City Council. Free.

ASHEVILLE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA facebook.com/avldsa, dsa.asheville@gmail.com • TH (1/24), 7pm General meeting. Free.

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WINTER WARMER CELEBRATION OF ASHEVILLE GREENWAY PROGRAMS • WE (1/16), 5-7pm Learn about planned Swannanoa Greenway at Winter Warmer Celebration of Asheville Greenway Programs.

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KIDS BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (1/16), 4pm - Intro to Ornithology and DIY Bird Feeders with the NC Arboretum. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • 3rd FRIDAYS until (3/15), 4-6pm - Reading with JR the Therapy Dog for kids up to 12.

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Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • SA (1/19), 2pm - 20th Anniversary Kick Off Party with pie, a community art project and an obstacle course for kids.

Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • 4th TUESDAYS, 1pm - Homeschoolers' book club. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • 4th TUESDAYS, 3pm - Graphic Novel Book Club, discuss the graphic novel of the month and create related artwork.

Ages 8-12. Registration required. Free. Held at

Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • TU (1/22), 4pm - Acting Up with Ovation for Kids, theatre games that inspire creativity and confidence. Ages 7-10.

Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville

ELISHA MITCHELL AUDUBON SOCIETY emasnc.org • SA (1/19), 9am - Bird walk. Free. Held at Charles D. Owen Park, 875 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa

CRAFTY HISTORIAN • WE (1/16), 10:30am12:30pm - Crafty Historian makes Sand Mandalas for ages 7 and up. Reservations required. $5. Held at Smith-McDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Road

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WNC 828-253-1470, bbbswnc.org • TH (1/17), noon Information session for single parents with children ages 6-14 interested in learning more about connecting children with a mentor. Free. Held at Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC, 50 S. French Broad Ave., Ste. #213.

YMI CULTURAL CENTER 39 South Market St., 828-252-4614, ymicc.org • MO (1/21), 7pm Asheville School and BeLoved Asheville will host an MLK, Jr. recitation competition open for area students grades 6 – 12. Cash prizes. Free.

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PUBLIC LECTURES KENILWORTH CELEBRATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 828-273-3747, kenilworthchurch.org • MO (1/21), 5:30-8pm - "Mountains to Move: Black Asheville's Call to Action," ninth annual Kenilworth Celebration of MLK, Jr. with panel discussion and commu-

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UNC ASHEVILLE 828-251-6674, cesap.unca.edu/, cultural@unca.edu • TH (1/24), 7pm Tamika D. Mallory, Women’s March National Co-President, to Keynote at UNC's MLK, Jr. Week.

Free. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville, 300 Library Lane

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TRANSFORMING CARE New report examines health care disparities among transgender populations

BY BROOKE RANDLE brandle@mountainx.com Asheville-based nonprofit Campaign for Southern Equality, along with Western North Carolina Community Health Services, released a study last month detailing the health care experiences of transgender and nonbinary people.

Transgender Health in the South centers on the experiences of a diverse focus group of people from transgender communities across six Southern states, including North Carolina.

Austin Johnson, who works as an assistant professor of sociology at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, served as the principal investigator for the project. Johnson says that the report uncovered considerable barriers that transgender and nonbinary participants face when seeking medical care.

“What we found was that trans folks across all of these identity categories, different socioeconomic backgrounds, different educational backgrounds and gender backgrounds, were experiencing similar things throughout the South, which is difficulty accessing care,” Johnson says.

WORDS MATTER Johnson explains that it isn’t uncommon for transgender people to experience indifference, disrespect and even refusal to provide treatment from health care professionals.

Study participants reported that in some cases, even one demeaning or hostile incident with a health care professional could cause them to hide their gender identity or avoid seeking medical care altogether.

Ivy Gibson-Hill, community health program director at the Campaign for Southern Equality, says that doctors and other health care workers should use patient’s requested names and language when communicating with transgender individuals. Gibson-Hall, who uses gender-neutral pronouns, explains that misgendering patients could potentially open patients up to

CONSIDERATE CARE: Austin Johnson of Kenyon College says a lack of training often leaves health care professionals unable to provide appropriate services to transgender people. Photo courtesy of Johnson harassment or violence outside of the medical setting.

“One of the things that echoes my own experiences is just how important the front office staff is,” Gibson-Hill says. “People are being put in really dangerous situations when front office staff are calling them by the wrong names in front of waiting rooms full of people. It actually puts people in danger. That’s something that we heard from our participants and that’s a big reason why people are scared to go to the doctor.”

DIRTY SOUTH According to a 2016 study by the Williams Institute, an independent research group that focuses on sexual orientation and gender identity, 35 percent of the LGBTQ population in the United States resides in the South, including an estimated half million transgender people.

That’s why Scott Parker, director of development and collaborations

at Asheville-based WNC Community Health Services, says research that focuses on the specific needs of transgender Southerners remains vital.

“What the report really was good at was taking people from the South and asking them these questions, asking them what it is that they needed and getting a truly southern perspective on providing transgender health care in the South,” Parker says.

A 2016 report from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation states that Southerners lead the way in both poverty and chronic illness. Additionally, the National Center on Transgender Equality in 2015 estimated that transgender people are twice as likely to live in poverty as nontrans people.

Parker says these factors overlap for trans individuals living in the South, which pushes access to proper care further out of reach. These issues, along with deep-rooted and prevalent religious attitudes, can leave trans-

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gender people feeling cut off from much-needed health care resources.

“A lot of transgender people live in rural areas where access to care is much more of a problem than for some of the folks in larger cities,” Parker says. “Living in the Deep South and in rural areas where access to high-quality and accepting health care for a trans population can be an obstacle.”

Parker says attitudes have been slowly shifting toward accepting nontraditional gender identities, even in the South.

“I grew up in the South and I grew up being told if a woman is behind you and you’re coming through a door, you always hold the door open for her. I always wondered why you didn’t do it for a man or another person. But that’s kind of evolving,” Parker says. “You open the door for everyone because they’re a human being.”

BEST PRACTICES Not all of the report’s conclusions were gloomy. Gibson-Hill says one

encouraging piece from the project was learning the power of community support to help transgender people to feel more comfortable when advocating for their medical care. Those who had a support system, whether it be friends, family, or pro-trans groups or networks, reported feeling more resilient and empowered about their health care decisions.

“Even if it doesn’t feel like you’re doing health work, if you’re organizing and connecting trans folks with each other, that is affecting folks’ access to health care and the quality of the care that their accessing,” Gibson-Hill says.

Gibson-Hill says a newly expanded and updated referral guide will also follow on the heels of last month’s report. The 2019 edition of Trans in the South: A Guide to Resources and Services will include more than 400 trans-friendly primary care providers, legal advisers, therapists and more for 13 states across the South.

The guide also provides information on insurance coding, hormone replacement therapy and HIV specialists within the region.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS According to the authors of Transgender Health in the South, the collective experiences of nearly 50 transgender and nonbinary people who participated in the study point to a pattern of discrimination and lack of education by health care providers. Many participants expressed a general mistrust of health care professionals, causing some hide their identity or avoid seeking health care altogether.

“As soon as I walked in, they didn’t respect pronouns at all. I took my husband with me because I like him there, and they are more likely to listen. They looked at him the whole time and talked directly to him. They didn’t use my name or pronouns. Then they referred me to psych because I kept insisting they use them [as my pronoun].”

— study participant

“Going to the doctor is completely anxiety-producing and scary … Going in, I know I am going to have to explain things ...

I’d rather not take that chance.”

— study participant

Some participants said health care providers lacked a basic understanding of what it means to be transgender.

Many participants reported feeling humiliated or disrespected by health care professionals who misgendered or called patients by the wrong name during visits.

“It’s invalidating, and it makes me not want to come in. At least for me, I’m like, ‘Oh, they’re going to discriminate against me and use the wrong name and pronouns.’ Like, I just don’t go.”

— study participant

“We had a sister that died of a blood clot in her lungs. She was trans, and because she was trans they didn’t know how to deal with her, how to approach her.

She actually probably could have lived, but she was in the emergency room for so long she ended up dying in the emergency room.”

— study participant “Adults don’t trust young people with their own experiences: You’re young, you’re naïve, you don’t know, it’s just a phase.”

— study participant

The Campaign for Southern Equality also plans to hold an online community discussion on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 6 p.m. to provide an opportunity for researchers to reflect on their findings with advocates and health care providers while answering questions from the community (avl.mx/5kk).

Lead investigator Johnson says he hopes that the new report will help guide health care providers when choosing to treat those with nontraditional gender identities. Detailed examples within the study illustrate concrete ways in which pro-

viders can administer services while respecting transgender patients.

“I think that expecting providers to just know the answers is not the right way to go. We have to help them find the answers to how to treat trans people. When a provider is ready and saying, ‘I want to treat trans people and I want to do so respectfully and to provide the best clinical ability,’ we should be there to help them along with that,” Johnson says. “I see this report as a way to do that. We’re not necessarily just identifying problems, we’re providing a road map for solutions.” X

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that had not completed a thorough inventory of its biological treasures.

The N.C. Natural Heritage Program’s main data on the county came from a 1994 study that also included parts of South Carolina, with other information derived from broad surveys of the Piedmont or Hickory Nut Gorge.

Pam Torlina, Conserving Carolina’s southeast stewardship manager, says the effort was long overdue as a resource for strategic planning of conservation work. “It’s hard to know what you should be protecting if you don’t know exactly what’s out there and where it is,” she points out.

dwalton@mountainx.com Back in the early 20th century, the mountains and hollers of Polk County were infamous for hosting moonshiners and bootleggers, hidden away from the long arm of the government “revenooers.” But for the past seven years, botanist David Campbell has been hunting down a different kind of “most wanted” list: rare plants and animals, for which the area is one of the country’s richest environments.

“The vagaries of climate and geology and time and the dispersal mechanisms of plants and animals too — all of those things, just over vast eons of time, have given Polk County this sweet spot,” Campbell says.

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spread throughout the county, as well as 127 rare or watch-list plant species found at those sites (avl.mx/5ki). He will present those findings at the Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center in Mill Spring on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 10:30 a.m.

ZONE OF PLENTY There’s no single key to Polk County’s biodiversity, Campbell explains. Instead, a mix of many different elevations, ample rainfall, mild temperatures, and baseheavy (less acidic) soils makes the region receptive for species usually found in other parts of the country.

For example, Campbell says, the county contains the southernmost population of thicket creeper in the Eastern United States. The climbing vine is native to the Great Lakes region, hundreds of miles to the north, but the cooler climate and higher pH levels on top of Round Mountain in Saluda provide just the right habitat for seeds dropped by migrating birds.

“Maybe these birds are defecating all over Western North Carolina, but if these seeds are landing in the wrong soil, they won’t grow,” Campbell hypothesizes. “But in Polk County, maybe they can.”

Despite this diversity, at the time Campbell began his work in 2011, Polk was one of only five counties in the state

To help Polk County get up to speed, Torlina and Campbell knew they’d have to enlist the help of area residents. Together, they came up with the idea of “Polk County’s Most Wanted,” a monthly series of articles published in The Tryon Daily Bulletin and Polk County News Journal. Each edition highlights a specific plant or animal, gives details about its habitat and asks readers to submit tips on where it might be found.

The response, Torlina reports, was both swift and uniformly positive. “We all see the kudzu and hate it and realize it’s not supposed to be here,” she says. But the quest for the Most Wanted, she continues, gives readers a welcome opportunity “to look beyond that and appreciate some of the smaller things that maybe the common person might walk right past.”

Hundreds of residents called or emailed Torlina to share stories about rare species — and, crucially, to offer Conserving Carolina access to their land. Campbell says that many species surveys in North Carolina rely on public lands that are easily accessible, thereby missing the diversity on the private lands that make up the vast majority of the state’s total land area.

“If you look at the distribution maps of rare plants and animals in North Carolina, and you were to superimpose them over another map where all the universities are, you’ll notice a pattern: They’re all kind of correlated. It’s a sampling bias,” Campbell explains.

Magical Offerings RUSTLING UP DIVERSITY By getting citizen scientists involved in the survey effort, Campbell could visit private property to locate hard-to-find species such as the small-mouth salamander, which breeds during the spring in temporary pools. Even when readers were wrong about what species they had on their property, he says, a trip was usually worthwhile: “There’s so much diversity that it’s almost like you’re going to get a win anywhere,” he says.

And people who connected with Conserving Carolina through the program, Torlina adds, are more likely to value Polk County’s flora and fauna moving forward. She says the nonprofit has seen increased turnout for its educational outreach programs, volunteer work days and hikes — where attendees keep their eyes wide open.

“I’ve had people mention to me that they save every article from the newspaper in a binder so they can go out and look for these plants when they’re in the field,” Torlina says. “I think it helps people become more

aware of the really cool things that are growing right outside their door.”

Conserving Carolina will use Campbell’s report, Torlina says, to prioritize its land protection and acquisition projects, as well as to inform future grant applications. But she and Campbell both note that the work of mining Polk County’s incredible biodiversity isn’t over, and they plan to write more Most Wanted articles for the foreseeable future.

“No one should infer, even though it’s a great report, that we’ve got it all,” Campbell says. “You’ll never get it all.

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In the restaurant industry, the kitchen has always been a boys club. The stereotype is that of foul-mouthed, fiery men with sleeve tattoos and the kind of attitudes that prevent them from tending bar, waiting tables or any other job that requires general interaction with paying customers.

That image is often even more amplified for butchers, arguably the grittiest profession in the industry.

It takes a special kind of person to hack and saw their way through a whole cow to painstakingly portion it into perfect servings. But beyond guys who just watched too much Gangs of New York and developed a penchant for playing with meat cleavers, a new breed of butcher has been slowly inundating the Asheville restaurant scene: women.

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Actually, two of Asheville’s small local butcheries were co-founded by women. Karen Fowler helped open The Chop Shop, and author Meredith Leigh was the brains and brawn behind the butcher program at Foothills Meats.

“I really got into it as a business opportunity,” says Leigh, who has since gone on to publish The Ethical Meat Handbook: Complete Home Butchery, Charcuterie and Cooking for the Conscious Omnivore, which can only be described as the definitive guide to home butchery. It covers everything from whole-hog butchery to processing a snake. “We were just looking to diversify and develop Foothills,” she says.

Leigh recalls that when, after 12 years of farming vegetables, she decided to pick up a cleaver, finding teachers proved difficult. And a lot of men tried to give her reasons why she couldn’t do the job. “It’s pretty hard to learn, there’s not a lot of formal learning opportunities,” she says. “I consider myself largely self-taught, but I owe a lot of credit to chefs I’ve trained under.”

For the most part, Leigh says, she just “got a lot of dead animals and some beer, sucked it up and figured it out.”

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ON POINT: After helping start the butcher program at Foothills Meats and publishing a book on home butchery, Meredith Leigh now teaches craft butchery classes all over the country.

She is one of a number of Asheville-area women who are finding success in the notoriously male-dominated field. Photo by Mort O’Sullivan These days, having left Foothills, her career revolves around teaching and demonstrating craft butchery all over the country. And even as an educator, she still finds herself in something of a boys club, as she is often the only woman presenting butchering techniques at conferences and classes.

“Sometimes I wonder, for real, if men only come to my classes because they are intrigued that a 5-foot-5 woman is going to cut a whole animal,” she says. “It was intimidating at first, but what I found eventually was that it is really easy to do what I do because it’s really personal. I develop personal

connections with people, so the ones that are seemingly less open to it are sometimes the ones I get through to the most.”

Now, enough women have entered the butcher trade in Asheville that they appear to make up a fairly significant portion of the workforce.

When we asked around, we found that nearly every restaurant, deli and grocery store in Asheville with a butcher on staff has employed a woman in the position at some point.

But the trend is definitely not limited to Asheville, and it’s quickly gaining traction, says Sarah Blacklin. As director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems’ NC Choices program, Blacklin has spent more than 12 years working with hundreds of businesses along North Carolina’s local and niche meat supply chain.

“We have certainly seen a rise in women meat processors, and, in fact, we’ve conducted focused programming to help support that growth starting in 2013,” she says, referring to the annual NC Choices Women Working in the Meat Business conference. She adds that since the coed annual Carolina Meat Conference began in 2011, it has seen a 20 percent increase in female participants — at the 2017 conference, women accounted for just over 50 percent of the attendees.

“Women are also avid entrepreneurs in this sector, starting new businesses, writing books, solving supply chain issues,” Blacklin continues. She points to Leigh as an example, along with Tootie Jones, chair of the West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition and owner of Swift Level Fine Meats in Lewisburg, W.Va., and Samantha Gasson, coowner and educator at Bull City Farm in Roughmount, N.C. PART OF THE CYCLE “I’ve always been really into puzzles, and it’s like doing a big puzzle,” says Bessie Smith, a butcher at The Chop Shop. “A lot of people think meat comes from a Saran-wrapped Styrofoam tray,” she says, noting the frustration of having a customer walk into the shop and look through the butchery window in horror at a hog being broken down. “They say, like, ‘You should warn people that they’re going to see that.’ You’re in a butcher shop! What do you expect? It’s where your meat comes from.”

“Yeah, it’s about knowing where your food comes from,” says Kelly Koon, who has worked at The Chop

Shop, Foothills and Hickory Nut Gap Farm. She sees participation in a closed-loop system as her motivating force in learning the trade. “It’s the whole idea of seeing an animal grow and then it is killed, and as a butcher, you are responsible to take that whole animal and break it down into something to be bought and cooked and put on the table. It’s really a redemptive, life-to-death process.”

Being involved as a crucial part of the circle of life, ensuring that an animal’s life is not taken in vain but nourishes another being, seems to be a vital component of the job for many butchers. “It’s really frustrating because sometimes you sell a piece of meat, and you want [the customer] to know where it came from and how important it is, but a lot of times, they just don’t care about that,” says Koon.

One of the reasons Koon says she joined the staff at Foothills to begin with was owner Casey McKissick’s understanding of the ways women can excel in the industry. She notes that he openly expresses appreciation for the tendency of some women butchers to be more detail-oriented and laments the boys club mentality that can emphasize efficiency over quality. “It’s so hard when you are working with that dynamic because you feel pushed to go faster, and then the quality of your work goes down,” she says.

Smith agrees. “Yeah, these guys can break down steers or make sausage faster than me, but at the same time, mine look prettier, and I get as much meat off of that bone as I can, which is the point of craft butchery.

You want to put out something that you’re actually proud of instead of just getting it done.”

a lot of men who are in this industry, it was a last-resort job.”

These women have been given dozens of reasons why they shouldn’t be able to do what they do for a living.

They’ve been told they aren’t strong enough, that they’ll hurt themselves or even that a woman’s place isn’t around such gore and grit.

To lift a half hog, a butcher must pull the carcass from where it hangs in the cooler, catching a dead weight that can reach more than 100 pounds with a hook through the shoulder of the animal while bracing it against your own. In August, a photo of Koon demonstrating this lift was posted to Foothill’s Instagram account, but comments had to be deleted after a slew of sexist and suggestive slurs ensued.

“It’s like they think we’re going to break our little fragile, glass ladybones,” says Montgomery, hardly veiling her disdain. She butchered in Massachusetts and Maine before winding up handling logistics for Foothills. “I could back-squat your bodyweight. I used to tell guys when they’d start at the butchery that I used to castrate animals for a living, so you’d better leave me alone,” she says with a laugh. X

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ABOVE AND BEYOND And for many women in the industry, that pursuit of excellence may be key: They’re not just in a constant battle to be as good as their peers, but to go above and beyond. “If you are a woman that wants to work in a kitchen being a chef or a butcher, you are seeking out that job, and you are working uphill in the mud and the rain to get there,” says Foothills butcher Megan Montgomery.

“Everyone is going to tell you that you can’t do it; everyone is going to look at you funny, and no matter how high you rise, there will be a pay inequity,” she continues. “But women who are in this industry are fighting to be here, and honestly, for

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SMALL BITES

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Asheville Restaurant Week returns

A WEEK ON THE TOWN: Asheville Restaurant Week runs Monday-Sunday, Jan. 21-27, with special deals offered at over 30 local eateries.

Photo courtesy of Chestnut The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce will kick off its seventh annual Asheville Restaurant Week on Thursday, Jan. 17, with a launch party at the Salvage Station. The event will feature live music by The Northside Gentlemen and plenty of samples from some of the

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week’s participating restaurants, including French Broad Chocolate Lounge, Red Stag Grill, Rhubarb, Hemingway’s Cuba Restaurant & Bar, Isa’s Bistro, Haywood Common, AUX Bar and Cucina 24. In addition to bites, the $15 admission comes with a complimentary beer.

This year’s weeklong event, which officially begins Monday, Jan. 21, seeks “to highlight restaurants during what has typically been a slower season in our area,” says Amy Jackson, director of engagement at the chamber. “We want to make sure locals have the opportunity to

patronize some of our restaurants at a unique price point when there aren’t so many visitors here.”

Over 30 local restaurants have signed on, with specials varying from location to location. Highlights include a two-course $15 lunch and three-course $30 dinner at AUX Bar, a two-course dinner at Chestnut for $28, two entrees for $20 at Early Girl Eatery, a three-course-$30 meal at Haywood Common and a wood-fired pizza and beer flight for $12 at White Labs Kitchen & Tap. Along with trying new venues (or visiting old favorites), Jackson says Asheville Restaurant Week is a great chance for residents to participate in and support Asheville’s local economy.

The Asheville Restaurant Week kickoff party runs 4-5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 17, at Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive. Tickets are $15 and are available at avl.mx/5k2.

Asheville Restaurant Week runs Monday-Sunday, Jan. 21-27. For a complete list of participating restaurants, visit avl.mx/5k3.

Science Pub series The Asheville Museum of Science has partnered with The Collider, an innovation center for climate solutions, for its sixth annual Science Pub series. Elizabeth Porter, UNC Asheville professor of economics, will help launch this year’s inaugural event with her talk The World Food Challenge: Crisis or Opportunity?

Ingles will provide light appetizers; Wicked Weed Brewing will provide beer. Admission is free.

The event runs 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at The Collider, 1 Haywood St. Suite 401. For more information, contact Christa Flores at cflores@ ashevillescience.org.

Vinegar medicines workshop The Wander School’s Abby Artemisia and Becky Beyer of Blood and Spicebush will host a workshop that explores “remedies and recipes for vinegar tonics, sippable shrubs and Appalachian folk medicines,” according to the event’s Facebook page. Participants will forage ingredients for their vinegar-based medicines and will leave with their own handmade herbal vinegar tonic.

Shrubs, Tonics and the Healing Magic of Vinegar runs 11 a.m.-2

p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at The Hawk & Hawthorne, 133 N. Fork Road, Barnardsville. Tickets are $30-$90, sliding scale. To purchase, visit avl.mx/5k4.

Healthy Vegan Party Food class Edible Musings Kitchen in South Asheville welcomes 2019 — and prepares for Super Bowl Sunday — with a new cooking class focused on making vegan party food. Participants will learn to make barbecue cauliflower bites, crabby jackfruit dip and crispy mashed potato balls. Space is limited.

Healthy Vegan Party Food runs 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19. The address, which is in South Asheville, will be disclosed upon registration. Tickets are $25. Payment can be sent via Paypal to lvaught702@gmail.com. For details, visit ediblemusings.com.

History of tea course Dobra Tea West Asheville will offer a class on the history of tea on Sunday, Jan. 20. According to the event’s Facebook page, camellia sinesis, an evergreen shrub native to Southeast Asia, was first discovered 4,500 years ago in China. Since that time, the course description reads, “nations all over the world have developed their own unique tea culture and methods of production.” The class will explore these various practices and cultivations of the ancient plant.

The History of Tea runs 9-11 a.m.

Sunday, Jan. 20, at Dobra Tea West Asheville, 707 Haywood Road. Tickets are $20. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit avl.mx/5k5.

Six-course wine dinner at Chestnut On Tuesday, Jan. 22, Chestnut will host a six-course wine dinner featuring pours from Orin Swift Cellars. Menu highlights include butter-poached king prawns, duck breast pastrami, Hickory Nut Gap Farm beef tongue and cheek pupusa, and dark chocolate torte.

The dinner runs 6-9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Chestnut, 48 Biltmore Ave. Tickets are $125 per person, including tax and gratuity. For more information and tickets, visit avl.mx/5k6.

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BEER SCOUT

by Edwin Arnaudin | earnaudin@mountainx.com

Collective creations With the final days of 2018 came the end of Lexington Avenue Brewery, Asheville’s first such establishment to close since Craggie Brewing exited the industry’s scene in late 2012.

The downtown brewpub opened in January 2010 and pulled in customers around the clock, thanks in part to its high pedestrian traffic location. But after nearly a decade of work and with a new baby at home, LAB owner Mike Healy was ready for a change.

Keeping beer and food on the premises, Healy will be landlord to the CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective — whose members include Oskar Blues Brewery and Cigar City Brewing — and its CANarchy Collaboratory, which has an anticipated opening date of late March.

Aaron Baker, senior marketing manager for Oskar Blues in Brevard, says the brewery’s ownership has been considering a restaurant in Brevard or Asheville since the Colorado-based company established its East Coast operation in December 2012. After years of unsuccessful searching for the perfect location, the LAB opportunity arose, and with the space secured and CANarchy continuing to grow, it made more sense to highlight the collective in Asheville instead of merely offering Oskar Blues products.

“If you’re going to collaborate on a beer, why not take that one step further and start collaborating on best practices and sourcing raw materials and all kinds of things?”

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CANarchy Collaboratory to open in former LAB space

COLLABORATION KING: Wayne Wambles, brewmaster at Cigar City Brewing, is spearheading the beer side of the CANarchy Collaboratory. Wambles has brewed over 150 collaboration beers and is working with three Asheville breweries on new beers for the brewpub’s intended late March opening. Photo courtesy of CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective next step in that. Now we have this great collective with a ton of talent and so many great brewers, and now we’re going to be able to have a front door for all of that and a space to bring all kinds of collaborations to thirsty people.”

Demolition began Jan. 2, and the space’s redesign includes a brandnew bar and an expanded tap system. The restaurant’s menu is being developed with input from across the collective, and the venue will also feature projects from Asheville’s leading chefs, artists and musicians. While LAB had seating for roughly 125 people, Baker says that by rearranging and better organizing the room, the Collaboratory will be able to accommodate close to 225 seats.

“There’s going to be a lot more space and a lot more room to walk around,” he says. “It’s going to be more open and inviting.”

Wayne Wambles, brewmaster at Cigar City, is spearheading the beer side of the new endeavor. He’s already working on collaborations with breweries within CANarchy, each member

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of which is also reaching out to breweries outside the collective and making their own collaboration beers.

The plan is to continue that pattern with the intent of bringing the resulting beers to the Collaboratory — including crossovers with some of its new neighbors.

“For the grand opening, what I was looking for were breweries that have a long history in Asheville and also other ones that I think are doing more modern approaches and breweries that I admire,” Wambles says.

“We’ve got three local breweries that we’re working with, and the beers will be brewed at their breweries in the Asheville area.”

The identities of those institutions will remain shrouded until closer to the opening date. Wambles, who’s brewed over 150 collaboration beers, also looks to build on existing relationships with domestic brewers and those from around the world.

“I’m really looking forward to bringing some of my international friends in — some of them from a very long way away — and making these beers in

Asheville,” he says. “And also allowing them to experience Asheville because probably, in many cases, they never have, and I think it’s one of the best craft beer cities in the Southeast U.S.” Wambles identifies collaboration and innovation as the two primary focuses of the project and feels that they can be applied in multiple ways. One aspect that he’s particularly intrigued by is that new experimental beers at the Collaboratory may eventually make their way to refrigerators around the country.

“I’m hoping that some of the innovation that takes place at the Collaboratory ends up being a packaged core brand one day,” Wambles says. “It’s a perfect environment to be able to trial potentially new successful projects or products that can go to a much higher production level and possibly stretch across the U.S. and maybe go international. It really all depends on how people respond to it.”

In addition to being a testing ground, the Collaboratory will also offer beers from across the CANarchy collective, many of which Baker says likely wouldn’t be available in the Asheville market without the new brewpub. CANarchy is in the process of getting all the paperwork, distribution agreements and licensing lined up so that every brewery within the collective will be legally able to have their beers poured at the Collaboratory — steps that have been delayed by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’s closure during the federal government shutdown.

Despite the setback, Baker and Wambles remain hopeful that they’ll be able to open in the spring and officially join an already thriving beer community. “It’s pretty cool that a little place like Three Weavers [Brewing Co.] in L.A. — they’re pretty small, I think they’re a few thousand barrels — they’re going to be able to have their beer on draft in Asheville. They’re doing some really awesome stuff,” Baker says. “We’re excited about that and Deep Ellum [Brewing Co. in Dallas].

There’s a ton of great beer across the collective that we can bring to a great market like Asheville with supersmart consumers.” X

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PETRI DISH CREATIVITY Asheville Fringe Arts Festival expands to a full week

NO BOUNDARIES: The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival returns Jan. 20-27 with its biggest lineup yet. Clockwise from top left are participating performers The Accidentals, Edwin Salas, Anam Cara Theatre’s Bread Riot and Judy Calabrese. Photos by JenBen Media, Mario Patiño and courtesy of Anam Cara and Calabrese, respectively

BY EDWIN ARNAUDIN earnaudin@mountainx.com The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival has been a city staple since 2003, bringing creative and experimental performance pieces to a variety of local venues. But while curating boundary-pushing works is an annual treat for Jocelyn Reese (who produces the event alongside fellow artistic co-director Jim Julien and managing festival director Katie Jones), she’s also noticed a troubling pattern in recent years while stationed at the festival’s information and ticketing station.

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comes running into Fringe Central and goes, ‘I didn’t know about this! What tickets are left?’” she says. “There’s this panic in their eyes as if they’ve found their long-lost cousin and didn’t know we existed. And we’re always like, ‘We tried to be out there!’”

In an effort to reach such attendees sooner so they can be more involved beyond ticketed weekend shows, Asheville Fringe has grown to a full week for 2019, spanning Sunday, Jan. 20, to Sunday, Jan. 27. The organizers say the expansion is a goal they’ve had for a while, and with a record number of applicants this year, as well as more volunteers and available spaces than ever

before, it made sense for the 17th iteration to take the next step.

Key to making the weeklong schedule feasible was moving the festival’s free activities, dubbed Random Acts of Fringe, from being clustered around ticketed performances to having their own dedicated time slots earlier in the week. Following the free festival kickoff party at The Lazy Diamond, these spotlit events — ranging from a roundtable discussion about experiences at other Fringe Festivals around the world to Professor Whizzpop’s Fantastic Fleas — aim to provide a tempting appetizer for the fee-based shows that begin Thursday, Jan. 24.

“We’ve all been to lots of other Fringes as well, and what we kept hearing is that a lot of shows get audiences based on word-of-mouth,” Jones says. “If the festival starts earlier, then there’s the chance for that buildup to happen by the end.”

The bulk of the Random Acts of Fringe takes place at the LaZoom Room, aka Fringe Central, also the spot from which the iconic purple LaZoom bus that Julien calls “the Fringe mobile venue” will make its rounds. On Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m., Fringe Central will host local movement-based company The Accidentals (an acronym for “Asheville’s Creative Collective of Improvisational Dancers Exploring Noise Time Audience Levels and Space”). Reese refers to the troupe as the week’s “Fringe ambassadors,” and adds, “Their spirit and aesthetic seem to encapsulate what we are all about — much more of the fun and silly vibe.”

Though cagey on revealing specific plans, Sharon Cooper and Raj Bowers-Racine, company members of The Accidentals, share that the group will be presenting “three new bespoke performance pieces in a variety of unexpected spaces.” The collective has become known for bringing its talents to locations not typically affiliated with dance, such as a 2019 Fringe stop at the Realta Salon.

“We use improvisation to develop a structure for each piece. Then we incorporate elements like sound, costumes, props and space,” Cooper and BowersRacine say in a joint statement. “The constraints of these unusual spaces definitely direct the development of our work. We love how performing somewhere like a bar or [hair] salon allows us to make the audience part of the show.”

The Accidentals’ on-the-spot creations align with the festival’s commitment to testing imaginative limits, which often manifest in exciting interdisciplinary work. Along those lines, Reese points to Asheville-based Todd Weakley, whom she calls “a traditional actor who decid-

ed this year to do a movement piece.”

His company, The Cardboard Sea, will present Psyche on Thursday, Jan. 24, and Friday, Jan. 25, at The Mothlight, a performance that Reese says stems from the organizers placing Weakley on the same bill as dancers at past Fringes.

“It’s a nice, safe petri dish for artists to experiment and try different things,” she says.

The support that the organizers offer and other standout perks that Asheville Fringe provides — including lodging for out-of-town artists at Sweet Peas Hostel, no application cost and an unusually low $30 acceptance fee (that’s guaranteed back in the artist’s pocket) — have earned it a reputation as one of the more welcoming Fringes. At the same time, the festival’s commitment to taking risks on notably unusual performances — such as improvisational throat singing inspired by scrolling paintings from Jackson Pollock’s catalog — has proudly merited it being labeled one of the fringier fringes by other U.S. Fringe leaders.

“There are usually a few pieces each year where we don’t know anything about [the artist(s)]. Sometimes they’re local and sometimes they’re not, but we take a chance,’” Julien says. “We consider artist development as a critical part of our mission. We give opportunities to artists to try out stuff, even if they’re not as successful as we’d all hope it would be.” X

WHAT Asheville Fringe Arts Festival WHERE Various venues AshevilleFringe.org WHEN Sunday, Jan. 20, to Sunday, Jan. 27 $13-$16 per show or $65 for an all-access Freak Pass

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COURAGE FOR THE TIMES Formed in 2015 by three members of popular bluegrass band Dehlia Low, Tellico didn’t set out to be political. And while the group’s second and newest album, Woven Waters, isn’t exactly a musical political treatise, its songs are informed by the division and unrest that characterize American life near the end of the 21st century’s second decade. Tellico celebrates the release of Woven Waters with a Friday, Jan. 18, show at The Grey Eagle.

Vocalist, fiddler and guitarist Anya Hinkle emphasizes that Tellico didn’t approach the making of Woven Waters with an overall theme in mind. “We had a pool of songs, some unrecorded material to choose from,” she says.

“The actual selection [is no more than] just a collection of songs. And if they reflect anything at all, it’s just where we are at this point in our lives. It’s not a concept album in the sense of chapters in a book or anything like that.”

Hinkle acknowledges that many artists are making political statements of late. “And I’m sure it’s no accident on our [album] either,” she says. In fact, last November, Hinkle penned an essay for No Depression in which she explained the background of one of Woven Waters’s standout tracks, “Courage for the Morning.”

Recalling a trip to Japan mere days after the 2016 presidential election, Hinkle’s essay characterized the contrasting reportage of the election — Japanese news outlets versus ones at home in the U.S. — as “the difference between a nightmare and a bad dream.” She went on to reference Donald Trump’s Twitter attack on American congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis as well as “the millions of people who faced over-

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Tellico releases its second album, ‘Woven Waters’

FILL THE AIR: On its second album, Asheville-based Americana quartet Tellico combines acoustic instrumentation and mountain storytelling traditions with a subtle political sensibility. Joined by producer-musician John Doyle, Tellico plays the Grey Eagle on Jan. 18. Photo by Sandlin Gaither whelming hardship in the face of an impossible political and social system.”

Remarkably, against that sobering backdrop, Hinkle wrote a song that expresses optimism. “‘Courage for the Morning’ changed its meaning for me so much since I wrote it,” she says. “It’s interesting to notice how songs kind of take on their own meaning.” But the central concept of courage remains key to the song’s message.

“We listen to and enjoy music because it helps us make sense of our own lives,” Hinkle observes. “The meaning of the song, as opposed to being lofty or preachy in any way, is more of a call to action. Because every day there are always things that we can do to bolster ourselves and others.”

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Hinkle recalls listening to a rough mix of the song on her car stereo shortly after the recording sessions were complete.

“I was singing along and wondering, ‘What would it feel like if I heard this on WNCW?’” she says with a laugh. And at that moment, the point of “Courage for the Morning” revealed itself in a specific lyric snippet.

“I was like, ‘If somebody would sing along to themselves, “I will walk, I will sing, I will bring a little courage for the morning,” to someone else, that’s it,’” she says. So even in the face of unsettling news on the TV, radio and internet, finding — and sharing — courage is what’s important, Hinkle believes.

The band — Hinkle plus bassist Greg “Stig” Stiglets, guitarist Aaron Ballance

and Jed Willis on mandolin — worked closely with celebrated Celtic musician, Grammy nominee and Asheville resident John Doyle. “We had the idea to cold-call him and ask him to produce,” Hinkle says. “And he said yes.” In addition to an extensive body of work, including recordings and performances with many of the biggest names in Irish music, Dublin-born Doyle is skilled behind the recording console. Working with engineer David Arnold, Doyle produced Woven Waters quickly.

The album sessions in a Johnson City, Tenn., studio took place over 10 days. “We had studio time — and time with [Doyle] — that could only happen in that concentrated period,” Hinkle explains. “So it wasn’t like we could just record a couple of tracks and then come back two months later and record again.” Acknowledging that the band’s chosen method has good and bad points, Hinkle nonetheless believes “it’s one way great albums can be made.”

Tellico used a back-to-basics approach to recording, tracking live in the studio instead of layering individual performances. That approach is key to the record’s organic, youare-there sonic quality. “Music happens at a certain time in a certain place,” Hinkle says. “And where you are at that moment is captured there forever, strangely.”

The band’s new album weds the Appalachian storytelling tradition with a current-day Americana sensibility, but Hinkle is quick to recognize the limitations of song lyrics. “With a song, you’ve got to leave a lot to the imagination. If you really wanted to really tell a story, you wouldn’t do it in a song,” she admits with a chuckle.

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IN THE [MULTIGENRE] MIX The national literary reading series, Why There Are Words, will add Asheville to its list of host cities on Thursday, Jan. 17. Six poets and prose writers — Christine Hale, Luke Hankins, Mackenzie Kozak, Thoreau Lovell, Mark MacNamara and former North Carolina Poet Laureate Shelby Stephenson — will kick off the first event of what will continue as a quarterly series.

Barbara Roether, a novelist, poet and recent transplant to the Asheville area, will serve as coordinator, host and curator for WTAW-Asheville. “The mission is to create writing community, to introduce writers to writers, communities to writers and writers to communities,” she says. “To bring writers and readers together.”

WTAW prides itself on mixing its lineup with different artists working in a variety of genres and at various points in their career, from the well-established prizewinners to students and up-and-comers. “Putting them together, with all writers getting the same amount of time, allows the audience to focus on the work,” says Roether.

Hankins, a local poet, Orison Press publisher and author of Weak Devotions, is among the inaugural presenters at the literary gathering, slated

THE FINE PRINT: “Most of the reading series in town are well-established and have been running for a long time — which is wonderful,” say poet Luke Hankins, right, who will be a presenter — along with Christine Hale, left, at the inaugural Why There Are Words reading in Asheville. “It’s also nice to have new perspectives and approaches from time to time.” Photos courtesy of the Hankins and Hale for Trade and Lore. “Most of the reading series in town are well-established and have been running for a long time — which is wonderful,” he says. “But it’s also nice to have new perspectives and approaches from time to time. One thing I like in particular is the multigenre mix of WTAW. It will be interesting to see which writers Barbara groups together as the series continues.”

THE SHORT OF IT Plenty of readers entertain an interest in Asheville’s native son and literary frenemy Thomas Wolfe — only to be stopped cold by the author’s 544-page magnum opus. And not only does Look Homeward Angel weigh in at about twice the size of the average novel, it’s also dense and complicated. But a local discussion series offers an easier way into Wolfe’s oeuvre: The Thomas Wolfe Short Story Book Club focuses specifically on short-form fiction.

“Each month, a different local author will lead the club in discussion of a preselected short story written by Thomas Wolfe,” explains a press release. “The good news is that you don’t have to attend all club meetings, or even multiple meetings, to be a member. Just read any of the selected short stories, show up at the corresponding meeting and be prepared for an informative and provocative conversation.”

Why There Are Words literary series launches in Asheville

Meetings will be held at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site 5:30-7 p.m. on specified Thursdays, with refreshments served 5:30-5:45. Events are free to attend, and the readings are from The Complete Short Stories of Thomas Wolfe.

• Jan. 17 — Terry Roberts (author of That Bright Land) leads a discussion of “His Father’s Earth.”

• Feb. 14 — Brandon Johnson (instructor of English at Mars Hill University) talks about “Return” and “Old Catawba.”

• March 14 — Dan Clare (English teacher at A.C. Reynolds High School) and Ana Clare (member of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial advisory board) lead a discussion of “Circus at Dawn.”

• April 11 — Ellen Brown (author of John Apperson’s Lake George) talks about “The Hollyhock Savers.”

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The theme for January’s reading is Where the Music Is. Roether says WTAW readings often have motifs, though not always. When contemplating January’s topic, she settled on a common interest: “It’s such a music town,” she points out. But there was also the idea of a beginning and how language comes from some sense of listening. “What’s the music you’re hearing? What’s the music of this place?”

Roether asks rhetorically. Readers are invited to comment, as part of the event, on how they connect to the theme.

Peg Alford Pursell launched WTAW nine years ago in Sausalito, Calif. She continues to run the flagship reading, now an award-winning series named Best Literary Event in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Pursell, who received her MFA in creative writing from Warren Wilson College, became familiar with Asheville during her time studying in Western North Carolina.

Seven years after the creation of WTAW-Sausalito, the series spread to five more cities: New York, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Austin, Texas, and Portland, Ore. Roether says plans are in place for New Orleans; Asheville is the newest addition. Pursell hopes to expand the WTAW series to more cities, perhaps even to Europe. She also developed a nonprofit, independent literary imprint in 2016 called WTAW Press and has published six titles to date.

Roether met Pursell while living near Sausalito. When Roether’s novel, This Earth You Came Back To, came out in 2015, she was looking for a place to

read her work and got involved with WTAW. “What I loved about the series was it wasn’t about one person or one group,” she says. “It was always a collection of writers with very different points of view.”

Prose writer Hale, another of the inaugural Asheville series readers, has experienced WTAW at its flagship location. “On book tour with my memoir, A Piece of Sky, A Grain of Rice, I read in the Sausalito WTAW series,” she recalls. “I had such fun, and I especially enjoyed the WTAW reading series format: brief readings by a group of three to eight writers. It’s a great way to directly experience diversity, whether as reader or audience member.”

On the topic of diversity, Roether says she hopes to involve LGBTQ writers as well as writers of color and is hopeful that she will connect to those artists to bring as much inclusion to the series as possible. “I also want to incorporate diversity of life experience, age and socio-economic backgrounds,” Roether adds.

Encouraging variety, WTAW welcomes the established and the nonestablished. “It’s not an open mic,” says Roether, “but anyone can submit their work for consideration. We’re not judging a particular kind of work, but we’re looking for work that’s developed to the degree that it’s ready to share. We’re looking for prepared readers.”

The submission process also helps Roether, who serves as the event’s curator, creatively piece together a lineup. “It’ll help in keeping the evening varied,” she says, “so we don’t have an entire evening of one type of thing.”

Asheville-area writers who are interested in participating in the series can contact Roether at wtawasheville@gmail.com X

WHAT Why There Are Words whytherearewords.com WHERE Trade and Lore 37 Wall St. tradeandlore.com WHEN Thursday, Jan. 17, 7 p.m.

By donation

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We Shall Overcome

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Erin Foley and Jason Dudey

Slightly more than 24 hours after numerous community members devote themselves to service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the civil rights movement leader’s legacy is celebrated once more, this time at Diana Wortham Theatre. Led by pianist, singer, composer and bandleader Damien Sneed, We Shall Overcome weaves together traditional and modern gospel music, along with works from classical, jazz, Broadway and spiritual traditions that have galvanized activists for decades. With help from five vocal soloists, the ensemble will perform songs from such artists as Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, Wynton Marsalis, Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder, plus music from The Wiz. Tying the program together are spoken-word excerpts from King’s speeches. The show takes place Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 8 p.m. $40/$35 students/$20 children. dwtheatre.com. Photo by Ayano Hisa

For their Come Out Laughing Comedy Tour, veteran stand-up comics Erin Foley and Jason Dudey seek to bring a diverse show to venues across the country. That variety includes not just a broad representation of performers onstage, but also in the audience as they look to unite U.S. citizens across race, class, gender and sexual orientation. “All of America is separated. We want to bring everybody together. That’s what comedy should be doing,” Foley says in the duo’s introductory video for the collaboration. The tour stops by The Grey Eagle on Saturday, Jan. 19, for a pair of shows, one at 7 p.m. and the other at 9:30 p.m. $16 advance/$19 day of show. thegreyeagle.com.

Photos courtesy of Funny Business Agency

Church Girls

Steep Canyon Rangers

Mariel Beaumont, lead singer and guitarist for Church Girls, is upfront about what concertgoers can expect from the Philadelphia-based rock/punk quartet. “We play a little harder and faster now,” she says. “I scream a little bit more. We’ve also been enjoying the regularity of mosh pits at our shows these days.” Steering that energy are lyrics in which Beaumont admits her fault regarding the dissolution of the band’s original lineup and others where she navigates the tricky situations that arise from loved ones struggling with substance abuse. Such revelations are presented on Church Girls’ new EP, Cycles, slated for release a week after the band’s Friday, Jan. 18, gig at The Odditorium. A trio of Asheville acts — alt-rock quintet The Spiral, ambient/experimental group Shutterings and rock three-piece Tan Universe — will serve as openers, starting at 9 p.m. $6. ashevilleodditorium.com. Photo by Joseph Wright

For nine years, the Steep Canyon Rangers took to The Orange Peel stage for an annual January homecoming show. The events became so popular that the group expanded them to two-night affairs, looping in the likes of Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas and the Rangers’ sometime bandmate Steve Martin, and stretched again in 2017 with Del McCoury playing two of the three consecutive shows. The following year, the celebration shifted to U.S. Cellular Center and allowed the Grammy-winning bluegrass band a chance to feature a stellar fellow North Carolina group as the opening act. Last year, the honor went to Asheville’s River Whyless. On Saturday, Jan. 19, at 8 p.m., Durham-based M.C. Taylor’s Hiss Golden Messenger will warm up the crowd with soulful, Southern indie-rock and ensemblewide instrumental expertise. $30-40. uscellularcenterasheville.com. Photo by Sandlin Gaither

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A & E CALENDAR ART ASHEVILLE FRINGE ARTS FESTIVAL ashevillefringe.org • SU (1/20) through SU (1/27) - Performance arts festival with over 30 ticketed performances featuring cross genre fringe artists.

See website for full schedule. $13-16. Held at Downtown Asheville and the River Arts District.

HAYWOOD COUNTY LIBRARY-CANTON 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton, 828-648-2924, haywoodlibrary.org • Through (3/31) Russell Wyatt photography. Free.

• Through (3/31) Ashley Calhoun paintings. Free.

HAYWOOD STREET CONGREGATION 297 Haywood St., 828-246-4250 • FR (1/18), 8:30-10am - Talks by Haywood Street Fresco artists with refreshments and viewing of initial sketches. Free.

TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-8322, tryonarts.org • 2nd and 4th TUESDAYS, 10:30am Lectures and discussion in winter and spring.

2nd Tuesday features a lecture on music by Dr. Elizabeth Child.

4th Tuesday discuss great works of art.

Registration required.

Free.

WAYNESVILLE BRANCH OF HAYWOOD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 678 S. Haywood St., Waynesville, 828-452-5169 • Through (3/31) - Patty Johnson Coulter drawings. Free.

• Through (3/31) Jason Woodard paintings. Free.

• Through (3/31) - Linda Blount paintings. Free.

• Through (3/31) - Molly Harrington-Weaver paintings. Free.

• THURSDAYS, 1:302:30pm - Beginner contemporary line dancing. $5.

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS LAZOOM TOURS 2019 SEASON AUDITIONS (PD.) LaZoom Tours will hold general auditions for our 2019 season. We are looking for actors and comedians to lead our City, Haunted, and Kids’ tours. Audition Time & Location Auditions will be held by appointment at the LaZoom Room (76 Biltmore Ave) on Monday & Tuesday, February 18th & 19th (10am - 2pm; 6pm 10pm). Auditions will consist of reading from a script. Performers will be asked to write some of their own comedic material into the script prior to the audition.

Audition Sign-Up To request an audition, please email ben@ lazoomtours.com with your preferred day and section of time. We will reply with an exact audition time, the audition sides, and some instructions. Please include a headshot/ photo and resume with your audition request. Rehearsals & Performances Rehearsals will begin in March. New guides will begin leading tours as soon as April.

Tours run seven days a week during the busy season. New guides will perform 4-6 shows per week during our busy weeks.The Guide is with the audience the entire tour and performs 60-90 minutes of scripted and improvised material, both informational and funny. Guides work with the Production Manager to create their own colorful characters, and are expected to write some of their own material that enhances their character. About Us LaZoom Tours is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the casting of its productions. Performers of all races, ethnicities, and gender identities are welcome and encouraged to audition. For more information,

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JANUARY JAZZ: Firecracker Jazz Band takes the stage at Fangmeyer Theater in Waynesville on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. The band of six Asheville musicians pays homage to the pioneers of early 20th-century jazz, including Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke. The ticket price includes an evening of jazz, hors d’oeuvres, dessert and a glass of wine. Tickets are available at the Haywood County Arts Council at 86 N. Main St., Waynesville, and must be purchased in advance as tickets will not be available at the door. Tickets are $37 per person and $20 per young professional under 40. For more information, visit HaywoodArts.org. Photo courtesy of Firecracker Jazz Band (p. 36)

please visit our website www.lazoomtours.com ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS 828-254-1776, ashevillegreenworks.org • Through FR (1/25) Asheville GreenWorks seeks all artists and designers for Trashion Show, Saturday, April 27. Free.

Held at DoubleTree by Hilton, 115 Hendersonville Road ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY CHORUS ashevillesymphonychorus. com • TU (1/22) & TU (1/29), 3pm - Auditions by appointment. Registration: mlancastercond@gmail. com. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 828-884-2787, tcarts.org • WE (1/23) through FR (1/25) and SA (2/3) - Production Assistants needed for the feature film, The Good Things Devils Do. No pay but screen credit given.

DANCE COUNTRY DANCE W/ TWO-STEP DANCE LESSON (PD.) Friday, January 18, 7pm-10:30pm. Asheville Ballroom, 291 Sweeten Creek Road. • Dance les-

son 7 to 8pm. • Dance 8 to 10:30. $12. 828-333-0715, www.DanceForLife.net LEAN "CLUB STYLE" EAST COAST SWING (PD.) 2 hour Dance Class January 19, 12-2pm, The Grey Eagle,185 Clingman Avenue, Asheville. • No partner needed. Early Bird: $15 by January 17, $20 door. 828-333 0715 • Register online: www.DanceForLife.net

attire. Caller: Stan Russell.

Advanced dance at 6pm.

Early rounds at 7pm.

Squares and rounds at 7:30pm. Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

STEPHENS LEE RECREATION CENTER 30 George Washington Carver Ave. • THURSDAYS, noon-1pm Improver contemporary line dancing. $5.

AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS DRUM SHOP (PD.) Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm.

Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/ class. (828) 768-2826. skinnybeatsdrums.com ASHEVILLE DRUM CIRCLE • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm - Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 828-254-7046, ashevillesymphony.org • SA (1/19), 8pm "Masterworks 4," concert featuring

the symphony, cellist Daniel Kaler and the Asheville Symphony Chorus playing works by Offenbach, Saint-Saëns, Poulenc and Berlioz. $24 and up. Held at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St. BROYHILL CHAPEL 338 Cascade St, Mars Hill, 828-689-1128, avl. mx/5kn • TH (1/17), 6pm Vinnie Agrusa piano recital by Mars Hill University alumnus.

Free to attend.

• TH (1/24), 7:30pm Faculty recital by Alan and Misty Theisen with guest artist, pianist Jennifer Reason. Free to attend.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (1/23), 3pm - Ukulele jam, all levels. Free. Held at Weaverville Public

DANCELAB ASHEVILLE 20 Commerce St. • MONDAYS until (1/28), 7-8:30pm - Body Offerings with Isabel Bowser and Isabel Castellvi, a movement and voice series. $5.

HARVEST HOUSE 205 Kenilworth Road, 828-350-2051 • WEDNESDAYS, noon1pm - Intermediate/ advanced contemporary line dancing. $5.

OLD FARMER'S BALL oldfarmersball.com • THURSDAYS, 8-11pm Old Farmers Ball, contra dance. $7/$6 members/$1 Warren Wilson Community.

Held in Bryson Gym at Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB 828-697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (1/19), 6pm 'Hawaiian Luau Dance.'

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keynote speaker. $15/$5 children ages 5-12.

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 18 Biltmore Ave., 828257-4530, dwtheatre.com • TU (12/22), 8pm - We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., featuring Damien Sneed, a showcase of African-American music with spoken word. $20-$60.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (1/16), 3pm - Fiction book club discusses the works of Charles Frazier.

Free. Held at Black Mountain Library, 105 N Dougherty St., Black Mountain • WE (1/16), 3pm - EnkaCandler History Book Club: Destiny of the Republic by Candace Millard. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler

HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 86 N Main St., Waynesville, 828-4520593, haywoodarts.org/ • TH (1/24), 7pm - 'January Jazz' by Firecracker Jazz Band and hors d'oeuvres. Advance tickets only, $37/$20 young profesional.

POE HOUSE 105 First Ave., Hendersonville, 855-763-2739 • SA (1/19), 7-10pm 'Poe Show: Party Like Nevermore,' Edgar Allen’s birthday bash with The Gathering Dark. Free to attend.

TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-8322, tryonarts.org • TU (1/22), 7pm - Stage Door Series presents Lori Corda and Peter Kutt with songs from classical to musical theatre with piano solos by Bach and Chopin. $5.

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD EXPLORE THE LANDSCAPES OF STORY & TELLING (PD.) Join Connie Regan-Blake for 6 weekly story-work sessions, Wednesday mornings starting January 23. Class held at Lenoir-Rhyne University, Downtown AVL. Advanced registration required. 828.258.1113 www.Storywindow.com BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 180 W Campus Drive, Flat Rock, 828-412-5488, phoenixrisinghealing.com • MO (1/21), 8:30pm - 19th Annual MLK, Jr. Unity Breakfast, 'Speak Up, Speak Out,' featuring Pastor Eric Gash as

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CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 828-586-9499, citylightsnc.com • FR (1/18), 6:30pm - Former CBS programming executive, Jim McKairnes presents his book, All in the Decade: 70 Things about 70s TV That Turned Ten Years Into a Revolution, in conversation with Jeff Ginn.

Free to attend.

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 18 Biltmore Ave., 828257-4530, dwtheatre.com • TU (12/22), 8pm - We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of MLK, Jr., featuring Damien Sneed, a showcase of AfricanAmerican music with spoken word. $20-$60.

ETHICAL HUMANIST SOCIETY OF ASHEVILLE 828-687-7759, aeu.org • SU (1/20), 2-3:30pm - Chris Highland will present his book, A Freethinker’s Gospel.

Free to attend. Held at Asheville Friends Meetinghouse, 227 Edgewood Road HISTORIC JOHNSON FARM 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville, 828-891-6585, historicjohnsonfarm.org • WE (1/16), noon History Bites lecture series: 'School Days' by Terry Ruscin. $5.

LENOIR RHYNE CENTER FOR GRADUATE STUDIES 36 Montford Ave., 828-778-1874 • TH (1/24), 6:30pm "Sisters in Words: Fiction,

Nonfiction, and the Creative Process," presentation and readings by authors Elizabeth Kostova and Victoria Johnson.

Free.

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (1/16), 6pm - Webb Hubbell presents his book, The Eighteenth Green, in conversation with Mark de Castrique.

Free to attend.

• TH (1/17), 6pm Astrologist Joe Landwehr shows how the evolutionary psychology of numbers corresponds with the charts of individuals and world events. Free to attend.

• TH (1/17), 7pm Notorious History Book Club: High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic by Glenn Frankel. Free to attend.

• FR (1/16), 6pm - MK England presents his book, The Disasters, in conversation with Beth Revis. Free to attend.

• SU (1/20), 3pm Writers at Home Series: Reading series featuring work from UNCA’s Great Smokies Writing Program and The Great Smokies Review. Free to attend.

• TU (1/22), 6pm Tommy Tomlinson presents his book, The Elephant in the Room.

Free to attend.

• WE (1/23), 6pm - Greg Howard presents his book, The Whispers, in conversation with Allan Wolf. Free to attend.

• TH (1/24), 6pm Nathan Alling Long presents his book: The Origin of Doubt: Fifty Fictions.

Free to attend.

NORTH CAROLINA WRITERS' NETWORK ncwriters.org • Through WE (1/30) Submissions accepted for the 2019 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize. See website for full guidelines.

• Until FR (2/15) - The 2019 Doris Betts Fiction Prize is taking short story submissions. Submission and Guidelines: avl. mx/5k7 Free.

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POE HOUSE 105 First Ave., Hendersonville, 855-763-2739 • SA (1/19), 7-10pm ‘Poe Show: Party Like Nevermore,’ Edgar Allen’s birthday bash with The Gathering Dark.

Free to attend.

SALUDA HISTORIC DEPOT 32 W. Main St., Saluda, facebook.com/ savesaludadepot/ • 3rd FRIDAYS, 7pm - Saluda Train Tales, storytelling to help educate the community of the importance of Saluda’s railroad history and the Saluda Grade. Free.

WEAVERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 41 N. Main St., Weaverville, 828-250-6482 • SA (1/19), noon-3pm - Wilma Styles presents her book, Joy on the Mountain: Guarded Secrets Revealed. Free.

THEATER 35BELOW 35 E. Walnut St., 828-254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (1/27) - Nunsense-A-Men. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $25.

KEEP CALM AND SAY CHEESE: Polaroids and Other Instant Photos, an exhibition

by Jay Kranyik at Mars Hill University’s Weizenblatt Gallery, features 125 images, showcasing the characteristics, strengths and limitations of the once-popular but now seldom seen medium. Polaroid cameras and film were once popular around the world. Some photographers continue to use this older technology, attracted by the intimacy of the small format, the saturated color of the prints and the fact that each photo is unique. Kranyik has been working with Polaroids and Instax (a similar format made by Fuji) for more than 35 years. The exhibit runs Wednesday, Jan. 16, through Friday, Feb. 8, with a reception for the artist on Wednesday, Jan. 23. For more information, contact gallery director Skip Rohde at 828- 273-6476 or williamskip_rohde@mhu.edu. Photo courtesy of Jay Kranyik ART GALLERY EXHIBITIONS

HART THEATRE 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville, 828-456-6322, harttheatre.org • FR (1/18) through SU (1/20) - Winter Studio season opens with Dead Man’s Cell Phone, comedy. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm.

Sun.: 2pm. $13.

ART AT WCU 828-227-2787, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • Through FR (4/26) - I Want You! How World War I Transformed Western North Carolina, exhibit featuring wartime images and artifacts. Held at Mountain Heritage Center, Nantahala National Forest, Cullowhee

NC STAGE COMPANY 15 Stage Lane, 828-239-0263 • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS (1/23) until (2/17), 7:30pm - Jeeves at Sea, satire.

Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm & Sun.: 2pm, with Saturday matinees on Feb. 9 & 16, 2pm. $20-$46; $10/ students.

ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 1 Page Ave., 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • FR (1/18) through FR (2/22) - Carve: Process of Reduction, curated by Nina Kawar, is seven artists working in clay, wood, glass, printmaking and paper.

THE MAGNETIC THEATRE 375 Depot St., 828-239-9250 • SA (1/19), 7:30pm - Art Sturtevant: 'Tales from the Sturteverse.' $10.

ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 828-251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through TH (1/31) - A Colorful Beginning, exhi-

bition by 20+ member artists.

Michael Sherrill’s career.

RSVP. Free to attend.

ELIADA 828-254-5356, eliada.org, info@eliada.org • Through SU (3/31) Contemporary Fossils: Bringing Permanence to the Beauty of Nature sculptures by John Wayne Jackson. A portion of the proceeds benefit Eliada.

Held at Capella on 9 @ The AC Hotel, 10 Broadway Ave.

HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 86 N Main St., Waynesville, 828-452-0593, haywoodarts.org/ • Through SA (2/23) Juried exhibit of 28 local artists working in a variety of mediums: oil, acrylic, clay, watercolor, forged steel, coldwax, collage, wood, glass, fiber, jewelry, egg tempera, photography and mixed media.

ELIZABETH HOLDEN GALLERY 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa • FR (1/18) through FR (2/22) - 10th Annual Drawing Discourse Juried International Exhibition features 59 works of contemporary drawing. Reception: Friday, Jan. 18, 6-8pm.

THE WCU BARDO ARTS CENTER 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee, 828-227-2479, wcu.edu/bardo-arts-center/ • Through FR (5/1) School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial Exhibition.

Reception: Thursday, Jan. 17, 5-7pm.

GALLERY AT FLAT ROCK 702-A Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 828-698-7000 • SA (1/19), 1pm Reception and short film illuminating the path of

TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY 188 Coxe Ave, Asheville, TraceyMorganGallery.com • Through SA (2/16) 'Table Arrangements,' exhibition of photographs

by James Henkel.

TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 828-884-2787, tcarts.org • Through TH (1/31) Faces of Freedom, exhibiting and performing artists.

Reception: Friday, Jan. 18, 4:30-6:30pm.

WEIZENBLATT ART GALLERY AT MHU 79 Cascade St, Mars Hill • WE (1/16) through FR (2/8) - Polaroids and Other Instant Photos retrospective exhibition

by Jay Kranyik of 125 Polaroid and Instax images.

Reception: Wednesday, Jan, 23, 6-8pm.

WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, FINE ART MUSEUM 199 Centennial Drive Cullowhee, wcu.edu/ bardo-arts-center/ fine-art-museum/ • Through (5/3) - Defining America, exhibition in a variety of media.

Contact the galleries for hours and admission fees

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SEND YOU FLYING: Asheville is one of the first stops on the East Coast for Baltimore, Md.-based prog-rock quartet Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. Expect high-energy funk: The group’s sound is built on bass, drums, guitars and improv. “It’s really important that our live show puts out as much energy as possible and promotes lightheartedness and positivity,” says guitarist and vocalist Jeremy Schon. Local collective The Fritz opens the concert at The Orange Peel on Friday, Feb. 1, at 9 p.m. $20 advance/$25 day of show. theorangepeel.net. Photo by Miz Changes Photography

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk Music), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Chili & Slaw Sessions w/Tom Kirschbaum & Friends, 6:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic hosted by Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM CARMEL'S KITCHEN AND BAR Jazz Night w/ Adi the Monk, 5:30PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM FLEETWOOD'S Early Branch, Sleepy Poetry & The Styrofoam Turtles, 8:00PM FUNKATORIUM Saylor Bros, 6:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays, 6:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Nick Gonnering w/ Nicholas Raymond, 7:00PM Caitlin Canty w/ Oshima Brothers, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 5:00PM

NANTAHALA BREWING - ASHEVILLE OUTPOST Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE King Tuff: The Infinite Smiles Tour w/ Stonefield, 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & the Space Cooties, 7:30PM

NOBLE KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30pm sign up), 8:00PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Berlyn Jazz Trio (jazz, funk, soul), 9:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Caspa w/ Ludge & Vibe Emissions (dubstep), 9:00PM

ODDITORIUM Feverest, Mr. Mange, Thee Sidewalk Surfers, Crooked Ghost (rock), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Latin Dance Party feat. DJ & Dance Instructor, Oscar Jimenez, 9:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT 80 Unlacey w/ Shutterings, 9:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE The Pimps of Pompe (Gypsy jazz, hip hop), 10:00PM TOWN PUMP Open Mic w/ David, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & Soul Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Open Mic Night, 8:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime, 8:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo, 8:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Vicious Queen and Her Boys, 7:30PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE The French Browns and Spalding McIntosh, 9:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 6:30PM

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17

BARLEY'S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA Alien Music Club, 8:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP Offended Open Comedy Mic, 9:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Ionize, 7:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Hit Like A Girl, Cora Hill, Sleepy Poetry & Jupiter Styles, 8:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic, 6:30PM FUNKATORIUM The Hot Club of Asheville, 6:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Thursday Night Blues w/ The Patrick Dodd Trio, 6:00PM

AMBROSE WEST Willy Porter (acoustic guitar, indie, folk), 8:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Joe Crookston, 7:00PM

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COMING SOON WED 1/16 7:00PM–NICK GONNERING W/ NICHOLAS RAYMOND 8:30PM–CAITLIN CANTY PRESENTED BY AMERICANA MUSIC ASSOCIATION W/ SPECIAL GUEST OSHIMA BROTHERS

THU 1/17 7:00PM–JOE CROOKSTON

FRI 1/18 7:00PM–A NEWBERRY NEW YEAR W/ JOE NEWBERRY 9PM–SOUTHERN PINE EP RELEASE W/ JACK VICTOR & ELLEN SIBERIAN TIGER

SUN 1/20 6:00PM–SARAH SISKIND AND BETH WOOD 10:00PM–THE 4TH ANNUAL WINTER CLASSIC W/ DJ AUDIO & LYRIC

TUE 1/22 7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS W/ DARREN NICHOLSON BAND

WED 1/23

7:00PM–MORGAN WADE W/ ASHLEY HEATH

THU 1/24 7:00PM–ANNA GRACE BEATTY & HEATHER TAYLOR 8:30PM–ITALIAN NIGHT W/ MIKE GUGGINO & BARRETT SMITH

FRI 1/25

7:00PM–THE BUMPER JACKSONS 9:00PM–ZACK DUPONT

SAT 1/26

7:00PM–CHATHAM RABBITS ALBUM RELEASE

SUN 1/27

6:00PM–BLUE YONDER FEAT. GUEST TONY CREASMAN 7:30PM–GREENVILLE JAZZ COLLECTIVE BIG BAND

TUE 1/29

7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS W/ POWDER KEG

WED 1/30 7:00PM–GRAYSON FOSTER W/ ZACH CANNELLA 8:30PM–AMY MCCARLEY (FULL BAND)

THU 1/31 7:00PM–FREDDY & FRANCINE 8:30PM–THE DONJUANS

FRI 2/1

LAZOOM ROOM Asheville-BiscuitHead Poetry Slam Vol. III, 8:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT The Moth: True Stories Told Live (Theme: intentions), 7:30PM

LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Vinyl Night, 8:00PM

TOWN PUMP Dirty Dawg, 9:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Cuttlefish Collective: Beat Workshop & Show, 9:00PM OWL BAKERY Thursday Night Jazz, 7:30PM ODDITORIUM Party Foul Weekly Drag, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM Lemon City Trio, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Melodic AF (rock, jazz, soul, country, blues), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: West Side Funk Jam (funk), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL The Devil Makes Three w/ Lost Dog Street Band, 8:00PM

TUE 2/5 WED 2/6 7:00PM–LAUREN ANDERSON & MEG WILLIAMS

ISISASHEVILLE.COM DINNER MENU TIL 9:30PM LATE NIGHT MENU TIL 12AM

TUES-SUN 5PM-until 743 HAYWOOD RD 828-575-2737

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UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY NC Songsmiths Songwriter Showcase: Women in Music, 8:00PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT Sarah Tucker, 8:00PM WEAVER HOUSE Suede, 7:00PM

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Lazybirds (Americana roots), 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST An Evening of Improv Comedy with Reasonably Priced Babies, 8:00PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Nick Gonnering, 7:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Goopsteppa w/ Vinja (electronic), 9:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Mike Rhodes' Fellowship, 7:00PM

BEN'S TUNE UP Throwback dance Party w/ DJ Kilby, 10:00PM

PURPLE ONION CAFE Bob Sinclair and the Big Deals, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION Trivia, 7:00PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Girl, I'll House Ya Happy Dance Party DJ Onereic & Bongwater, 9:00PM

7:30PM–TUES. BLUEGRASS SESSIONS W/ MASON VIA & HOT TRAIL MIX

TWIN LEAF BREWERY Craft Karaoke, 9:30PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Chris Wilhelm & Friends, 7:30PM

7:00PM–COURTNEY HARTMAN 9PM–”LOVE ME TINDER” SEDUCTION SIDESHOW (NIGHT 2)

SUN 2/3

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (blues, rock'n Roll), 9:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN Steve Moseley Duo, 8:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Billy Litz, 7:00PM

6PM–AMICI MUSIC: “GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN”

JAN. 16 - 22, 2019

THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Burger Kings (rock n' roll), 9:00PM

7:00PM–GRAHAM WHORLEY 9PM–”LOVE ME TINDER” SEDUCTION SIDESHOW (NIGHT 1)

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JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Fundraiser for Women’s March on Asheville feat.

Miriam Allen, Cuddle in the Cosmos & Kia Rice with DJ Besbleve, 7:00 PM Women’s March on Asheville Dance Party Fundraiser, 9:30 PM THE GREY EAGLE TAARKA w/ The Resonant Rogues, 9:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Anthony Mossburg, 6:00PM CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL Capella on 9 w/ Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE The Zealots, 7:00PM CORK & KEG Brody Hunt & The Handfuls, 8:30PM FLEETWOOD'S Punk / Indie Karaoke, 9:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Elysium Park Band, 7:00PM Sortatight (funk, jam), 10:00PM

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OPEN MIC NIGHT

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BULL DURHAM MOVIE NIGHT WITH THE WEDGE BREWERY FOUNDATION

WED

JIVE MOTHER MARY

W/ STONEFIELD

FOUNDATION PERFORMING ARTS & CONFERENCE CENTER Goin' Across the Mountain Live w/ Rhonda Vincent, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM The Shelby Rae Moore Band, 8:00PM GASTRO PUB AT HOPEY Open Mic Night w/ Heather Taylor, 7:00PM GINGER'S REVENGE Noah Proudfoot & Friends (funk & soul), 6:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reed Turchi, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 A Newberry New Year With Joe Newberry, 7:00PM Southern Pine EP Release w/ Jack Victor and Ellen Siberian Tiger, 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Left Lane Cruiser, 9:00PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Singer-Songwriter Night, 8:00PM NEW BELGIUM BREWERY Hope Griffin, 5:30PM NOBLE KAVA Comedy Night: Bad Stand Up Live, 9:00PM ODDITORIUM Church Girls, The Spiral, Shutterings, Tan Universe (rock, indie), 9:00PM

WEEKLY EVENTS

THIS WEEK AT AVL MUSIC HALL

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays feat. members of Phuncle Sam acoustic, 5:30PM Jacks River Band, 10:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Laura Blackley & the Wildflowers (blues & soul), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Jesse Barry & the Jam (blues, funk, soul), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Appetite for Destruction: Guns N Roses Tribute, 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Berlyn Trio (funky jazz), 6:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The Ben Falcon Trio (evergreens), 7:30PM Strange Signals (funk), 10:00PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT DJ Abu Disarray, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Sheila Kay Adams and Bobby McMillon, 7:30PM

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19

17 TAARKA FRI 18 TELLICO

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5 WALNUT WINE BAR Shabudikah (soul, funk), 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST 1970's Disco Dance Party, 9:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Capricorns & January Birthday People Celebrate with Hard Rocket, 8:00PM

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FUNNY BUSINESS PRESENTS

ERIN FOLEY & JASON DUDEY

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TWO SHOWS: 7PM & 9:30PM

THE MUSIC OF GRATEFUL DEAD FOR KIDS – 12:00PM

THU

24

W/ GLASS MAGNET

THAT 1 GUY

W/ DR AQUEOUS AND THE FANTASTIK APPARATUS

Asheville’s longest running live music venue • 185 Clingman Ave TICKETS AVAILABLE AT HARVEST RECORDS & THEGREYEAGLE.COM

PACK'S TAVERN DJ RexxStep, 9:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Juan Holladay, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION The Good Bad Kids, 8:30PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Jangling Sparrows, 8:00PM

THU 1/17

SLY GROG LOUNGE Winter Raverland: The Last Word Benders w/ CosmicCatz and More!, 9:00PM

Charlie Traveler Presents:

Willy Porter DOORS: 7PM / SHOW: 8PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Flashback Friday at the Block: Westsound, 7:30PM

FRI

1/18

Reasonably Priced Babies DOORS: 7PM / SHOW: 8PM

THE GREY EAGLE Tellico Album Release Show w/ John Doyle, 8:00PM

SAT

THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ Sets, 9:00PM

1/19

THE MOTHLIGHT The Black Cloud 2nd Anniversary Party w/ Funeral Chic, All Hell, VIA & Mordaga, 9:00PM

70’s Disco Dance Party DOORS: 8PM / SHOW: 9PM

828-332-3090

TOWN PUMP Bean Tree Remedy, 9:00PM

312 HAYWOOD RD, WEST ASHEVILLE

www.ambrosewest.com

THIS WEEK AT THE ONE STOP:

THU 1/17 FRI 1/18 SAT 1/19

DO CA$ NA H T

IO N$ Lemon City Trio - [FUNK] Jacks River Band - [FUNK/JAM/ROCK] RKIII w/ Side Hustle - [LIVETRONICA/FUNK]

UPCOMING SHOWS - ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL:

ENVISIONED ARTS ATL PRESENTS:

CASPA,

ENVISIONED ARTS ATL PRESENTS:

LUDGE, VIBE EMISSIONS

GOOPSTEPPA, VINJA

THURSDAY – 1/17 S HOW : 9:30 pm (D OORS : 8 pm) T ICKETS : $20.00

FRIDAY – 1/18 S HOW : 9:30 pm (D OORS : 9 pm) T ICKETS : $15.00

TUESDAY:

Turntable Tuesday - 10pm

LOSE YOURSELF TO DANCE PARTY w/ DJ Marley Carroll SATURDAY – 1/19 S HOW/D OORS : 10 pm $5 S UGGESTED D ONATION

WEDNESDAY:

THURSDAY:

FRIDAY:

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Mitch’s Totally Rad Trivia - 6:30pm

F ree Dead F riday - 5pm

9:30pm

1/25 & 1/26 Two Nights w/ Desert Dwellers 2/1 Psymbionic + Thelem & Frequent 2/2 AMH & Our House Present: Ramin & Friends 2/7 Billy Gilmore (of The Grass is Dead) & Friends 2/8 Charlie Travelers Presents: Satsang w/ Noah Proudfoot & the Botanicals 2/9 Envisioned Arts ATL presents: TRUTH, Khiva, Undergrowth Showcase

TICKETS & FULL CALENDAR AVAILABLE AT ASHEVILLEMUSICHALL.COM

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Local Flashback Friday’s Vintage Dance Night!

1/18: Westsound 1/25: Jesse Barry 7:30 -10:30pm • $5 39 S. Market St, Asheville, NC 28801 254-9277 • theblockoffbiltmore.com

520 Haywood Rd.

WEST ASHEVILLE Wed. 1/16

9pm- Latin Dance Night w/ DJ Oscar

Thu. 1/17

9:15pm- West Side Funk Jam $3 Selected Pints

Fri. 1/18

9pm- Jesse Barry & the Jam $5

Sat. 1/19

9pm- Moonlight Street Folk & Rooster

Sun. 1/20

Suggested $5

5pm- Legalize Equality Screening 7pm- Women Rock AVL $5 Entry

Mon. 1/21

8:30pm- Jazz Jam

Tue. 1/22

Service Industry Night! $1 off every drink

Fri. 1/25

9pm- Goldie & the Screamers $5

Sat. 1/26

9pm- Pink Mercury $5

Mon. 1/28

8:30pm- Jazz Jam

Tue. 1/29

Service Industry Night! $1 off every drink

Live music several nights a week at both locations!

Find event schedule at oneworldbrewing.com

Hours of Operation Mon-Wed 3pm-12am Thu-Sat 12pm-1am Sun 12pm-10pm

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STEADY AS SHE GOES: Following the Women’s March, One World Brewing will showcase Asheville’s talented female musicians at its West Asheville location. All proceeds will benefit the local ERC-NC Alliance. “We want to share the talents of these amazing women in our community and highlight how integral they are to making Asheville such a unique and magical place to live,” says One World owner Lisa Schutz.

Eleanor Underhill, pictured, is on the bill, along with Ashley Heath, April Bennett, Debrissa McKinney, CaroMia Tiller, Hope Griffin and others. Women Rock AVL kicks off Sunday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. $5. oneworldbrewing.com. Photo by Tom Farr

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Lose Yourself to Dance Party w/ DJ Marley Carroll, 10:00PM BANKS AVE SES: Satisfaction Every Saturday, 9:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Redleg Husky, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Back South, 6:00PM CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL Siamese Sound Club, 9:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Carver & Carmody, 7:00PM CHESTNUT Jazz Brunch w/ The Low Keys (original jazz music), 12:00PM CORK & KEG Zydeco Ya Ya, 8:30PM FLEETWOOD'S Salome a play by Wilde adapted by Lee, 8:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Random Animals (funk, jam), 10:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Freewheelin' Mama's (Americana), 9:00PM

GRACE BLUE RIDGE CHURCH Anthony Mossburg, 6:30PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Moonlight Street Folk w/ Rooster (indie, folk, acoustic), 8:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Maggie Valley Band, 9:00PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Live Synth Music, 8:00PM MG ROAD Late Night Dance Parties w/ DJ Lil Meow Meow, 10:00PM NOBLE KAVA Tomato Calculator (experimental music), 9:00PM ODDITORIUM Punx For Pits Benefit w/ Cloud City Caskets, Just Die!, Gak, Seven and a Half Giraffe, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL RKIII w/ Side Hustle, 10:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Gregory Alan Isakov w/ Danny Black from Good Old War, 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Brother Oliver (psychic folk rock), 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN The Groove Shakers, 9:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Free Flow Band, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Dirty Grass Players, 8:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Sally & George, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION Phuncle Sam, 6:00PM Almost Doors, 9:30PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Modern Strangers, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE CommUNITY Salsa & Latin Saturday Dance Night w/ DJ Edi Fuentes (lesson, 9:00PM), 9:30PM THE GREY EAGLE Come Out Laughing Comedy Tour Feat. Erin Foley & Jason Dudey, 7:00PM THE MAGNETIC THEATRE Art Sturtevant: Tales from the Sturteverse, 7:30PM THE MOTHLIGHT Free the Optimus w/ Colston & OC from NC + B2, 9:00PM THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Asheville Symphony: SaintSaëns Cello Concerto, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP BlackKingCoal, 9:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Lenny Pettinelli, 7:30PM What The Funk (modern funk), 10:00PM US CELLULAR CENTER Steep Canyon Rangers, 8:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Dolly Parton Birthday Celebration with CyndiLou & The Want To!, 8:00PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT Circus Mutt, 8:00PM WEAVER HOUSE Noah Proudfoot, 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Yes The Raven, 8:00PM

SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Queen Bee & The Honeylovers (swing jazz), 7:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Women Rock AVL: Benefit for ERA - NC: w/ some of AVL's Best Female Artists, 5:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Trivia Night, 5:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Tim McWilliams, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Pisgah Sunday Jam, 6:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Sly Grog Open Mic, 6:30AM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Official Women’s March Afterparty (music, March merchandise & more), 1:00 PM Sunday UNCA Jazz Jam, Female Led 4:00 PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ Sets, 9:00PM WHISTLE HOP BREWING CO. MandoCyn (solo mandolin), 4:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Matt Sellars, 7:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Richard Shulman Jazz Trio, 7:30PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Savannah Hatfield, 6:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Krish Mohan's Empathy On Sale (comedy), 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Bluegrass Brunch w/ Gary Macfiddle, 11:00AM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Chalwa, 1:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Sarah Siskind & Beth Wood, 6:00PM Team AMG Presents: The 4th Annual Winter Classic, 10:00PM

Downtown on the Park Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 15 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night WE

H AV E FO O O N O U R T BA L L 15 SCREENS!

THU. 1/17 Steve Moseley Duo (acoustic rock)

FRI. 1/18 DJ RexxStep

(dance hits, pop)

SAT. 1/19 The Groove Shakers (rock, dance, party tunes)

THE GREY EAGLE The Music of Grateful Dead for Kids, 12:30PM Arc Iris w/ Tall Tall Trees, 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Pot Luck & Musician's Jam, 3:30PM

BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Daniel Sage, 3:00PM

TAVERN

20 S. Spruce St. • 225.6944 packStavern.com

MONDAY, JANUARY 21 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Sound Club (R&B, soul, jazz), 8:00PM BUXTON HALL BBQ Punk Wok at Buxton Hall, 6:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Nerdy Talk Trivia, 6:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Trivia, 7:30PM Open Mic, 9:30PM LAZY DIAMOND Smart Hearts, Dark Thoughts, Tony & The Haircuts (punk), 10:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish/Celtic Jam, 3:00PM

ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque Hosted by Deb Au Are (18+), 9:00PM

JARGON Sunday Blunch Live Music: Mark Guest & Mary Pearson (jazz), 11:00AM

ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Open Mic Night, 7:30PM

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THE GREY EAGLE

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY It Takes All kinds, 7:00PM

Leo Johnson (Gypsy jazz), 9:00PM

The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM

BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Asheville Poetry Series w/ Dr. Mildred Barya’s Annual MLK Day Reading & Poetry Open Mic, 7:30 PM House of Dogs feat. Cecil Bothwell & Phillip Bowditch, 9:30 PM

THE MOTHLIGHT

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR

Jon Mueller, 9:00PM

Evening of Classical Guitar, 7:30PM

Open Mic Night, 6:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Beatle Bash, 7:00PM

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 5 WALNUT WINE BAR

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM

BEN'S TUNE UP Leading Ladies of Asheville, 7:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Trivia, 6:30PM FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UCC OF ASHEVILLE Auditions for the Asheville Symphony Chorus, 3:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions hosted by The Darren Nicholson Band, 7:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Synth Club & Synth Jam, 7:00PM NOBLE KAVA Open Jam, 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Free Open Mic Comedy, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesday, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Pizza Karaoke Night, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Team Trivia, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing Asheville Tuesday Dance feat. the House Hoppers, 9:00 PM Late Night Blues Dance, 11:00 PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Leo Johnson (Gypsy jazz), 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Rock for Roe Benefit Show w/ Big Sound Harbor, 8:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Funk Jam (funk, jazz), 9:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Roberts Twin Leaf Trivia, 8:00PM Team Trivia Night, 8:00PM

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk music), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Chili Slaw Sessions w/ Tom Kirschbaum & Friends, 6:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic hosted

by Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM CARMEL'S KITCHEN AND BAR Jazz Night w/ Adi the Monk, 5:30PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM FUNKATORIUM Saylor Bros, 6:30PM

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HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays, 6:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Morgan Wade w/ Ashley Heath, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 5:00PM NANTAHALA BREWING ASHEVILLE OUTPOST Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM NOBLE KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30pm sign up), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Jude Corbin, Caelan Burris, Tyler Cummings (Emo), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Latin Dance Night w/ DJ Oscar, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 6:30PM THE GREY EAGLE Jive Mother Mary w/ Glass Magnet, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Berlyn Jazz Trio (jazz, funk, soul), 9:00PM THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Mr Jimmy, 7:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Savannah Smith & Southern Soul w/ J.W. Teller, 9:00PM TOWN PUMP Open Mic w/ David, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & Soul Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Open Mic Night, 8:00PM

MOVIES

REVIEWS & LISTINGS

BY SCOTT DOUGLAS & FRANCIS X. FRIEL

HHHHH = H PICK OF THE WEEK H

MAX RATING Xpress reviews virtually all upcoming movies, with two or three of the most noteworthy appearing in print.

You can find our online reviews at mountainx.com/movies/reviews. This week, they include: IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (PICK OF THE WEEK) HHHHS BEN IS BACK

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HHS ON THE BASIS OF SEX HHH REPLICAS H ROMA HHHS STAN AND OLLIE HHHH THE UPSIDE HHS A DOG’S WAY HOME

Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk stands among the most poignant and powerful films of the last decade.

If Beale Street Could Talk HHHHS DIRECTOR: Barry Jenkins PLAYERS: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Aunjanue Ellis, Dave Franco DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: A young black father-tobe is a accused of a crime he didn’t commit, casting a pall over generations of his family.

THE LOWDOWN: A must-see film that does laudable justice to its source material even as it seems to be overshadowed by its writer/director’s prior success.

Everybody knows about the splash Barry Jenkins made with Moonlight in 2016, and not only because of the “Envelopegate” snafu at that year’s Oscars. What most people don’t know is that Moonlight was never intended to be Jenkins’ second feature — that

honor was meant to go to If Beale Street Could Talk, the writer/director’s adaptation of author James Baldwin’s iconic 1974 novel of the same title. Would that the order were reversed, as Beale Street is a superior film to Moonlight in many regards, even as the prestige of its predecessor threatens to overwhelm the quiet charms of this heart-wrenching statement on systemic, racially motivated injustice. Beale Street is everything that its pedigree would suggest, and it stands just as evenly alongside the most poignant and powerful films of the last decade as the last year.

Baldwin’s narrative itself is deeply moving and suitably depressing given its subject matter, but despite the odds, it proves far from hopeless. Baldwin’s story of Fonny (Stephan James) — a young black man in 1970s Harlem who is wrongfully accused of rape — focuses on the irreparable generational damage his persecution inflicts on his young fam-

ily. It was certainly never meant to be uplifting. And yet, Jenkins’ adaptation aptly finds the subtle tones not only of remonstrance but also redemption at the core of Baldwin’s plot. The relevance of the film’s message will not be lost on modern audiences, even if that message may well fall on hearts hardened by our contemporary cultural climate.

Were it to exist in a vacuum, Beale Street would certainly have found an enthusiastic following on its own merits. But falling on the heels of a year that included such racially charged films as Sorry To Bother You, Blindspotting and BlacKkKlansman — not to mention the heightened tensions plaguing society off-screen — Beale Street faces a real threat of confronting an exhausted audience inured to the message it so gracefully conveys. The lack of major accolades garnered by the film at early awards season competitions such as the Golden Globes and the

Critics’ Choice Awards may be taken as evidence in support of this theory. If such is, in fact, the case, it would be a genuine shame, because If Beale Street Could Talk is not only an important film but also a very good one.

And Beale Street hasn’t gone home entirely empty-handed, with Regina King taking home well-deserved top honors as Best Supporting Actress from multiple outlets. While King’s performance as the mother of Fonny’s pregnant paramour Tish (outstanding newcomer Kiki Layne) is truly laudable, the rest of this phenomenal ensemble would be unduly marginalized by singling out King. James and Layne carry the film with admirable aplomb, and Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Anjanue Ellis, Sheila Hunt, and the immaculately monikered Ebony Obsidian all deserve similar recognition. It’s self-evident that, for everyone on both sides of the camera, Beale Street was a true labor of love.

Make no mistake, Beale Street is a beautiful, heartbreaking movie.

Though it my prove heavy-handed at times, I have no doubt that such was the intent. Jenkins’ direction is every bit as on point as it was in the case of Moonlight, but there’s something deeper going on with his intimate camera here. It should be impossible to

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deny the power of this film, even as its indictment of our societal mores makes it somewhat difficult to palate.

The revolution may well not be televised, but in the hands of Jenkins et. al., it’s been cinematized in a way that we would all be fools to ignore. Now Playing at Fine Arts Theater.

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

Stan and Ollie HHHH DIRECTOR: Jon S. Baird PLAYERS: Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Nina Arianda, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Rufus Jones COMEDY DRAMA RATED PG THE STORY: An aging Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy face the decline of their cultural influence as they embrace the irreplaceability of their friendship.

THE LOWDOWN: A film that captures the appeal of its subject even as it elucidates the sorrows of their waning years, making a poignant statement of irreplaceable virtues put inevitably out to pasture.

As a film critic, I know all too well the looming specter of obsolescence.

The inevitable confrontation with a cold, uncaring reality that grows large like an unwelcome stranger approaching from the not-so-distant horizon, the creeping sense of powerlessness that looms like a shadow over your best efforts as your skill sets become increasingly irrelevant and a dismissive world moves on to its next shiny new distraction. I guess what I’m saying is that Stan and Ollie, director Jon S. Baird’s tragicomic take on the twilight years of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, hit far too close to home for my comfort.

My maudlin musings aside, there’s a lot to love about Stan and Ollie. For Laurel and Hardy fans — and realistically, who wouldn’t be a Laurel and Hardy fan? — stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly masterfully capture the carefree joy that made their real-world counterparts the most successful comedy stars of their age. It’s a testament to the consummate skill and professionalism of these performers that they disappear so fully into their roles. The alacrity with which they embrace the task is truly laudable.

Stan and Ollie is worth seeing on the basis of Coogan and Reilly’s performances alone — a commendation that loyal readers will recognize I seldom bestow.

But the script, courtesy of screenwriter Jeff Pope (Philomena), cuts far deeper than the superficial appeal of Coogan and Reilly’s affable chemistry. It’s a memento mori by way of vaudeville, a story of a friendship that supersedes circumstance and circumspection. Baird depicts Stan and Ollie as a bickering old married couple, their respective vices dragging them down as they march inexorably toward graves both metaphorical and literal. But despite its heavy overtones, the narrative is full of life and conveys a sense of unconventional conviviality that

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underscores the goodhearted allure of its subjects. Stan and Ollie are us, and we’re good in spite of our flaws.

Baird’s direction, though often workmanlike, nevertheless finds the emotional mark beneath its spitshined veneer. Both writer and director clearly harbor an affinity for their subject and display an equally evident understanding of its enduring appeal. Baird and Pope get Laurel and Hardy, full stop. Though the historical veracity of their portrayal of Stan and Ollie’s off-screen relationship as entailing gags to match their on-screen antics may well be questionable, it’s an appealing approach — and one that honors the spirit, if not the letter, of the events in question. Cast and crew are making a broader point here, and they do so succinctly and successfully.

If Stan and Ollie proves overly polished, it does so from a position of genuine affection, not affectation. This is the big-screen coda that Laurel and Hardy truly deserve for all of the hours of seemingly frivolous joy they’ve left us all. The fact that the film tactfully avoids glossing over the profound personal toll this exacted on its protagonists is representative of the deeply ingrained respect displayed by everyone involved. This is an imperfect film about imperfect people who surpassed both limitation and expectation to do a great service to their audience — namely, to help them forget their troubles without denying the existence of said. If we live in a world where we can’t have more Laurel and Hardy, then Stan and Ollie will do. Opens Friday at Grail Moviehouse.

Rated PG for some language, and for smoking.

REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

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Glass Sequel to M. Night Shyamalan’s cult classics Unbreakable and Split, starring Samuel L. Jackson, James McAvoy and Bruce Willis. According to the studio: “Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn (Willis) pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast (McAvoy) in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price (Jackson) emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.” Early reviews negative. (PG-13)

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Wings of Desire HHHHS IN CASSIUS WE TRUST: Tessa Thompson and Lakeith Stanfield star in Boots Riley’s acclaimed satire Sorry to Bother You. The UNCA chapter of the International Socialist Organization hosts a screening of the film on Jan. 23 in Rhoades-Robinson Hall, Room 103. Photo courtesy of Annapurna Pictures • The West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road, continues its Book-toMovie series on Friday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m., with a screening of Sophie’s Choice. Free. avl.mx/4xl • On Friday, Jan. 18, at 3:30 p.m., at the Columbus Public Library, 1289 W. Mills St., Columbus, youths in grades 6-12 are invited to a viewing of Dumplin’. The event includes a Dolly Parton party with fried pickle chips from the Dolly’s Dixie Fixin’s cookbook. Free. polklibrary.org • Elevate Life and Art, 46 Haywood St., hosts a screening of The Greatest Showman on Friday, Jan. 18, 6:30 p.m.

Light snacks will be available. Free to attend. elevatelifeandart.com • The Cat Fly Film Fest, AVLFilm. com and The Asheville Studio, 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 75, co-host their monthly Asheville Filmmaker Mixer on Monday, Jan. 21, 6-8 p.m. The holiday party was shifted to January due to inclement weather in December. The gathering belatedly seeks to celebrate the end of the year and provide an opportunity for filmmakers and media artists in the Asheville area to network and meet one another. Complimentary drinks will be provided. Post-event mingling will continue next door at Highland Brewing Co. Free to attend. avl.mx/5k9 • The Midweek Matinees series continues at the Saluda Community Library,

44 W. Main St., Saluda, on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at noon with A Simple Favor, and on Wednesday, Jan. 30, with First Man. The films will also be shown in the ongoing Film Fridays series at the Columbus Public Library, during which complimentary popcorn will be provided. A Simple Favor will be shown on Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. and First Man on Feb. 1 at 1 p.m. Free. polklibrary.org • To commemorate the WWI centennial, Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St., presents a screening of The American in Paris on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 1 p.m. The documentary chronicles the American Hospital and the important role it played in Paris and France during World War I. Free. avl.mx/5fu • The Congregational Church United Church of Christ, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon, continues its quarterly Media That Matters series on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 6 p.m., with a screening of Roma.

Attendees are invited to bring their favorite movie viewing snacks. Free, but please register online. ucctryon.org • On Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 6 p.m., the UNC Asheville chapter of the International Socialist Organization hosts a screening of Sorry to Bother You in Rhoades-Robinson Hall, Room 103, 1 University Heights. Complimentary snacks will be provided. Free. unca.edu X

DIRECTOR: Wim Wenders PLAYERS: Brun Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk FANTASY DRAMA Rated PG-13 Only in the world of a Wim Wenders film would an angel express the desire to go home and read a Philip Marlowe mystery as one of the reasons he’d like to be human. But because that desire is expressed in a Wim Wenders film, it seems completely reasonable. And if that makes sense to you, then you either already know something of Wenders and his films, or you’re likely to be a good candidate for them. Wenders’ movies don’t exactly zip along, and they tend to be pretty heavy in the symbolism and allegory department — qualities some viewers may find off-putting. They are also frequently not that concerned with telling a story, which is the case with Wings of Desire, a film more about mood, place and theme than narrative. Depending on your tastes, you’ll find the film either a beautiful, moving experience or a slow and pretentious one.

One thing you won’t find is that it’s much like anything else, except perhaps another Wenders movie. But Wenders is sufficiently important in modern film, though, that it’s worth finding out for yourself — or possibly even giving the movie a second or third chance. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke, published on July 20, 2005. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Wings of Desire on Friday, Jan. 18, at the new Flood Gallery location in Black Mountain, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain.

Ziegfeld Girl HHHS DIRECTOR: Robert Z. Leonard PLAYERS: Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, James Stewart, Tony MArtin, Jackie Cooper MUSICAL Rated NR Do you like musicals? Do you like Hollywood? Do you like Hollywood musicals? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then director Robert Z. Leonard’s Ziegfeld Girl (1941) may well be for you — all others need not apply. Its star-studded cast, featuring the likes of Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr and Lana Turner, makes Ziegfeld Girl an alluring prospect for fans of the era, of which I count myself a member, though its narrative is overwrought and its running time unduly long. None of the film’s flaws are egregious, but its inadequacies are evident just the same. Still, it’s a fun though frivolous film that fails to live up to Leonard’s previous picture on the topic, 1936’s The Great Ziegfeld, starring William Powell in the title role. Is it worth seeing? Well, do you know who Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. was? If your answer to that question is in the affirmative, then the answer to the prior question is the same.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Ziegfeld Girl on Sunday, Jan. 20, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1917, leaders of the Christian sect Jehovah’s Witnesses prophesied that all earthly governments would soon disappear and Christianity would perish. In 1924, they predicted that the ancient Hebrew prophet Moses would be resurrected and speak to people everywhere over the radio. In 1938, they advised their followers not to get married or have children, because the end of civilization was nigh. In 1974, they said there was only a “short time remaining before the wicked world’s end.” I bring these failed predictions to your attention, Aries, so as to get you in the mood for my prediction, which is: All prophecies that have been made about your life up until now are as wrong as the Jehovah Witnesses’ visions. In 2019, your life will be bracingly free of old ideas about who you are and who you’re supposed to be. You will have unprecedented opportunities to prove that your future is wide open.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Movie critic Roger Ebert defined the term “idiot plot” as “any film plot containing problems that would be solved instantly if all of the characters were not idiots.” I bring this to your attention because I suspect there has been a storyline affecting you that in some ways fits that description. Fortunately, any temptation you might have had to go along with the delusions of other people will soon fade. I expect that as a result, you will catalyze a surge of creative problem-solving. The idiot plot will transform into a much smarter plot.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1865, Prussia’s political leader, Otto von Bismarck, got angry when an adversary, Rudolf Virchow, suggested cuts to the proposed military budget. Bismarck challenged Virchow to a duel. Virchow didn’t want to fight, so he came up with a clever plan.

As the challenged party, he was authorized to choose the weapons to be used in the duel. He decided upon two sausages. His sausage would be cooked; Bismarck’s sausage would be crammed with parasitic roundworms.

It was a brilliant stratagem. The proposition spooked Bismarck, who backed down from the duel. Keep this story in mind if you’re challenged to an argument, dispute or conflict in the coming days. It’s best to figure out a tricky or amusing way to avoid it altogether.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): An imaginative 27-year-old man with the pseudonym Thewildandcrazyoli decided he was getting too old to keep his imaginary friend in his life. So he took out an ad on Ebay, offering to sell that long-time invisible ally, whose name was John Malipieman. Soon his old buddy was dispatched to the highest bidder for $3,000. Please don’t attempt anything like that in the coming weeks, Cancerian.

You need more friends, not fewer — both of the imaginary and non-imaginary variety. Now is a ripe time to expand your network of compatriots.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What North America community is farthest north? It’s an Alaskan city that used to be called Barrow, named after a British admiral.

But in 2016, local residents voted to reinstate the name that the indigenous Iñupiat people had once used for the place: Utqiaġvik. In accordance with astrological omens, I propose that in the coming weeks, you take inspiration from their decision, Libra. Return to your roots. Pay homage to your sources. Restore and revive the spirit of your original influences.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Alaskan town of Talkeetna has a population of 900, so it doesn’t require a complicated political structure to manage its needs.

Still, it made a bold statement by electing a cat as its mayor for 15 years. Stubbs, a part-manx, won his first campaign as a write-in candidate, and his policies were so benign — no new taxes, no repressive laws — that he kept getting re-elected. What might be the equivalent of having a cat as your supreme leader for a while, Scorpio? From an astrological perspective, now would be a favorable time to implement that arrangement. This phase of your cycle calls for relaxed fun and amused mellowness and laissez-faire jauntiness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Trees need to be buffeted by the wind. It makes them strong. As they respond to the pressure of breezes and gusts, they generate a hardier kind of wood called reaction wood.

Without the assistance of the wind’s stress, trees’ internal structure would be weak and they might topple over as they grew larger. I’m pleased to report that you’re due to receive the benefits of a phenomenon that’s metaphorically equivalent to a brisk wind. Exult in this brisk but low-stress opportunity to toughen yourself up!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Writing at The Pudding, pop culture commentator Colin Morris reveals the conclusions he drew after analyzing 15,000 pop songs.

First, the lyrics of today’s tunes have significantly more repetitiveness than the lyrics of songs in the 1960s.

Second, the most popular songs, both then and now, have more repetitive lyrics than the average song. Why? Morris speculates that repetitive songs are catchier.

But in accordance with current astrological omens, I encourage you Capricorns to be as unrepetitive as possible in the songs you sing, the messages you communicate, the moves you make and the ideas you articulate. In the coming weeks, put a premium on originality, unpredictability, complexity and novelty.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In December 1981, novice Leo filmmaker James Cameron got sick, fell asleep, and had a disturbing dream. He saw a truncated robot armed with kitchen knives crawling away from an explosion. This nightmare ultimately turned out to be a godsend for Cameron. It inspired him to write the script for the 1984 film The Terminator, a successful creation that launched him on the road to fame and fortune. I’m expecting a comparable development in your near future, Leo. An initially weird or difficult event will actually be a stroke of luck.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In May 1927, Aquarian aviator Charles Lindbergh made a pioneering flight in his one-engine plane from New York to Paris. He became instantly famous. Years later, Lindbergh testified that partway through his epic journey he was visited by a host of odd, vaporous beings who suddenly appeared in his small cabin. They spoke with him, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of navigation and airplane technology. Lindbergh’s spirits were buoyed.

His concentration, which had been flagging, revived.

He was grateful for their unexpected support. I foresee a comparable kind of assistance becoming available to you sometime soon, Aquarius. Don’t waste any time being skeptical about it; just welcome it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Psychologists define the Spotlight Effect as our tendency to imagine that other people are acutely attuned to every little nuance of our behavior and appearance. The truth is that they’re not, of course. Most everyone is primarily occupied with the welter of thoughts buzzing around inside his or her own head. The good news, Virgo, is that you are well set up to capitalize on this phenomenon in the coming weeks. I’m betting you will achieve a dramatic new liberation: You’ll be freer than ever before from the power of people’s opinions to inhibit your behavior or make you self-conscious.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): More than four centuries ago, a Piscean samurai named Honda Tadakatsu became a leading general in the Japanese army. In the course of his military career, he fought in more than 100 battles. Yet he never endured a major wound and was never beaten by another samurai. I propose we make him your inspirational role model for the coming weeks. As you navigate your way through interesting challenges, I believe that like him, you’ll lead a charmed life. No wounds. No traumas.

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44 Flinched or blinked 46 Not as assertive 48 Two-channel 50 Root words 52 Bad-tempered and unfriendly 53 Leave no trace of 54 Entered (in) 55 Radiant smile 56 Professor Higgins, to Eliza 57 “Strangers on a Train” film genre 58 2015 World Series team 61 Bro hello

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