Mountain Xpress 03.21.18 by Mountain Xpress

OUR 24TH YEAR OF WEEKLY INDEPENDENT NEWS, ARTS & EVENTS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 24 NO. 35 MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

C O NT E NT S

PAGE 7 BREAKING THROUGH While some summer camps have added new offerings to appeal to the digital generation, many say the old favorites still make the best summer fun. COVER PHOTO Photo courtesy of Camp Chosatonga COVER DESIGN Scott Southwick

news tips & story ideas to NEWS@MOUNTAINX.COM letters/commentary to LETTERS@MOUNTAINX.COM

a&e events and ideas to AE@MOUNTAINX.COM events can be submitted to CALENDAR@MOUNTAINX.COM

NEWS FARM & GARDEN

KIDS WELLNESS

49 FAT PHOBIA Local advocates for size acceptance work to abolish body shaming

52 WILD GREEN YONDER WNCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s industrial hemp growers reflect on experimental first season

FOOD

12 KIDS ISSUE, PART 2 Local K-12 students offer up more engaging art, essays and poetry; plus area summer camp listings

57 A GENEROUS HELPING Activism is the main course for some WNC cafes and breweries

A&E

9 BUNCOMBE BEAT Residents blast City Council, propose solutions after police beating video

61 WEIRDED OUT Is Asheville losing its fringe and incubator art spaces?

or try our easy online calendar at MOUNTAINX.COM/EVENTS food news and ideas to FOOD@MOUNTAINX.COM wellness-related events/news to MXHEALTH@MOUNTAINX.COM business-related events/news to BUSINESS@MOUNTAINX.COM venues with upcoming shows CLUBLAND@MOUNTAINX.COM get info on advertising at ADVERTISE@MOUNTAINX.COM place a web ad at WEBADS@MOUNTAINX.COM

3 LETTERS 3 CARTOON: MOLTON 5 CARTOON: BRENT BROWN 6 COMMENTARY 11 ASHEVILLE ARCHIVES 12 KIDS ISSUE, PART 2 44 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 46 CONSCIOUS PARTY 49 WELLNESS 52 FARM & GARDEN 55 FOOD 60 SMALL BITES 61 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 64 SMART BETS 69 CLUBLAND 75 MOVIES 76 SCREEN SCENE 77 CLASSIFIEDS 78 FREEWILL ASTROLOGY 79 NY TIMES CROSSWORD

Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Mountain Xpress is available free throughout Western North Carolina. Limit one copy per person. Additional copies may be purchased for $1 payable at the Xpress office in advance. No person may, without prior written permission of Xpress, take more than one copy of each issue. To subscribe to Mountain Xpress, send check or money order to: Subscription Department, PO Box 144, Asheville NC 28802. First class delivery. One year (52 issues) $130 / Six months (26 issues) $70. We accept Mastercard & Visa.

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

(828) 251-1333 fax (828) 251-1311

sustainability news to GREEN@MOUNTAINX.COM

FEATURES

C ONTAC T US

MOUNTAINX.COM

question about the website? WEBMASTER@MOUNTAINX.COM find a copy of xpress JTALLMAN@MOUNTAINX.COM

WWW.MOUNTAINX.COM FACEBOOK.COM/MOUNTAINX follow us @MXNEWS, @MXARTS, @MXEAT, @MXHEALTH, @MXCALENDAR, @MXENV, @MXCLUBLAND we use these hashtags #AVLNEWS, #AVLENT, #AVLEAT, #AVLOUT, #AVLBEER, #AVLGOV, #AVLHEALTH, #AVLWX

OPINION

Send your letters to the editor to letters@mountainx.com. STA F F PUBLISHER: Jeff Fobes ASSISTANT TO THE PUBLISHER: Susan Hutchinson MANAGING EDITOR: Virginia Daffron A&E EDITOR/WRITER: Alli Marshall FOOD EDITOR/WRITER: Gina Smith OPINION EDITOR: Tracy Rose WELLNESS EDITOR/WRITER: Susan Foster STAFF REPORTERS/WRITERS: Able Allen, Edwin Arnaudin, Thomas Calder, Virginia Daffron, David Floyd, Max Hunt CALENDAR EDITOR:

CARTOO N BY RAN D Y M O LT O N

Abigail Griffin CLUBLAND EDITORS:

Misrepresentations of anti-gun activists Having read the letter to the editor [“Curb Gun Violence Via the Voting Booth”] and position of Asheville City Council in the March 7 issue of the Mountain Xpress [“Bridge Over Troubled Water: Asheville Hears from McGrady”], I am once again confronted with the ignorance and misrepresentations of the anti-gun activists. In the letter writer’s case, he uses the standard inflammatory language, equating opposition within the legislature to his misguided opinion as “collusion with murder” with the usual tired insinuation of being bought off by the NRA, all for following the Constitution as they are required by their oath of office. The funding and promoting of the victims of the most recent tragedy as political props in the one-sided, scripted “discussion” by left-wing individuals and anti-gun activist groups, with the collaboration of the media, is of course unmentioned. He also has little understanding of the so-called “assault weapons” bill, as well as what an “assault weapon” actually is. An “assault weapon” is a medium-range, fully automatic weapon capable of sustained rapid fire with a single trigger pull. These weapons were banned for importation, manufacture and sale new to the public in 1986, yet those manufactured and sold before that date are still legal to

own and transfer, even today, upon paying the $200 tax and qualifying for the class III federal license. An AR-15 (as in Armalite, the original manufacturer) is a replica in appearance, but not function, being no difference in function than your granddad’s self-loading hunting rifle. To use the term “combat assault weapon” is like calling a Prius a Ferrari, just because they have somewhat similar appearance. His take on the “Brady Bill” is a misrepresentation as well. Nothing in the bill prohibited the ownership or transfer of this class of weapon, as misidentified, and with features described by the legislation for maximum public relations value in fooling people who can’t recognize the deception of the anti-gun left. [The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, passed the year after the Brady Law] only prohibited the manufacture of weapons with similar features as described in the bill, something the firearm manufacturers got around immediately by making changes to the appearance of the weapons to comply with the “feel good” legislation without much substance. All standardcapacity (now called “high-capacity”) magazines for the weapon owned or manufactured previously were similarly exempt. The media did their job in deceiving the public into believing these firearms and components were all now “banned.” City Council’s resolution, worthless as it is, repeats the same ignorance

Abigail Griffin, Max Hunt MOVIE REVIEWERS: Scott Douglas, Francis X. Friel, Justin Souther CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Peter Gregutt, Rob Mikulak REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS: Jonathan Ammons, Leslie Boyd, Liz Carey, Jacqui Castle, Cathy Cleary, Kim Dinan, Scott Douglas, Jonathan Esslinger, Tony Kiss, Bill Kopp, Cindy Kunst, Jeff Messer, Joe Pellegrino, Shawndra Russell, Monroe Spivey, Lauren Stepp, Daniel Walton ADVERTISING, ART & DESIGN MANAGER: Susan Hutchinson GRAPHIC DESIGNERS: Norn Cutson, Scott Southwick, Olivia Urban MARKETING ASSOCIATES: Christina Bailey, Sara Brecht, Bryant Cooper, Karl Knight, Tim Navaille, Brian Palmieri, Heather Taylor INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES & WEB: Bowman Kelley, DJ Taylor BOOKKEEPER: Amie Fowler-Tanner ADMINISTRATION, BILLING, HR: Able Allen, Lauren Andrews DISTRIBUTION MANAGER: Jeff Tallman ASST. DISTRIBUTION MANAGER: Denise Montgomery DISTRIBUTION: Gary Alston, Russell Badger, Frank D’Andrea, Jemima Cook Fliss, Adrian Hipps, Autumn Hipps, Clyde Hipps, Jennifer Hipps, Joan Jordan, Desiree Mitchell, Laura Stinson, Thomas Young

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

OPI N I ON

Send your letters to the editor to letters@mountainx.com.

expressed by the letter writer in that they think they can ban “possession” of these semiauto rifles with “scary” appearance, in clear violation of the constitutional ban on ex post facto law. ... Perhaps the city should retain competent counsel before making further foolish resolutions. Something the Council can do to make schools safer is look into the other thing common to school shootings: SSRI class anti-depressants like Prozac. The majority, if not all of the shooters were on these drugs that the manufacturers had to put a black box warning on, warning of suicidal and homicidal ideation associated with their use. ... The media have absolutely nothing to say about this connection, beside using the general, nonspecific term “mental health” and focusing on the guns. Perhaps because of the huge expenditures the pharmaceutical industry has for advertising in these same media companies. For further examples of violent acts by SSRI users, see ssristories.com. — Jim Reeves Weaverville Editor’s note: A longer version of this letter will appear at mountainx.com.

What to do if we care about the city’s future American English is such an impoverished language that any use of a passive construction is an obvious tell. Thanks to the Nixon administration, everyone now gets that “mistakes were made” means “I messed up, but I’m too scared to accept responsibility.” Passivity has spread far beyond attempts to evade the consequences of our actions. It turns up in what the misreading of Adam Smith’s throwaway invisible-hand comment has wrought. That gave us a religious cult whose adherents proudly evangelize their submission to infallible, omnipotent market forces. Except that markets are social, not natural, constructs. They operate according to rules that we either choose or allow to be imposed on us. And they change over time — in The Merchant

of Venice, Shakespeare shows us a world where capital is only available to those who accept real personal risks. Nowadays? Not so much. This submissiveness empowers bad actors — Wall Street leading up to the crisis of 2006-07; a grifter looking to live off our tax money in exchange for some vacuous spiel about educating kids; Purdue Pharma, with tens of thousands of deaths and millions of ruined lives on their conscience; Amazon, laying waste to South Tunnel Road and its jobs without even noticing. Centuries of history teach us that there have always been bad actors: that however efficient or responsive the markets we were taught about in Econ 101 might be, there will always be people working to subvert them because, as anyone who stayed awake during class knows, a free and open market is one in which no one makes a lasting profit. Over the last 30 years, the share of our economy claimed by corporate profits has tripled. So there can be no doubt — we do not live in an economy characterized by free and open markets, and the discipline they supposedly provide is absent. Instead, our mixture of oligopolies and monopolies empowers grifters looking only for their next free lunch. Yet any economy beyond subsistence agriculture is built on skills that have to be learned over the long term. Those skills can be found in three ways: We could import finished products containing the fruits of other people’s skills. We could welcome immigrants who bring their skills with them. Or we could work on strengthening our public libraries, schools and out-of-school programs as investments in our kids’ — and our own — futures. It seems like much of the country, the state and our neighbors are passively choosing “none of the above” and drifting toward a future of Pythonesque mud-farming. They’re perfectly entitled to do so. But if we care about our city’s future, we need to ignore them and plow ahead on our own. After all, when we succeed, the leeches will be back. — Geoff Kemmish Asheville

Buying, Selling or Investing in Real Estate?

(828) 210-1697

www.TheMattAndMollyTeam.com 4

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

C A RT O O N B Y B R E NT B R O W N

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

OPINION

Tending the teenage fire BY JORDAN FOLTZ I remember it was right around eighth grade when I stopped being cool enough for my friends: never started listening to gangster rap, couldn’t do a kick flip, didn’t party and was way too scared to raise my symbolic middle finger high enough for anyone in authority to see. In high school, the cool kids partied ever harder: driving faster, volume louder, finding stronger alcohol — pushing the limits into the unknown in whatever limited way their imaginations allowed. The point was to rebel — against the parents, against the rules, against the “nursery” that had sheltered them safely until then. I needed that rebellion, too, but I didn’t dare look for it in the same “burning down the house” fashion. Luckily, I found it by taking solos in the woods. First for one night, then two, then a month, then in the rain, the snow. What were we all looking for? Though it manifested differently, I now see that we were all looking for the same thing: to get as close to danger as possible and to come out unscathed, but, hopefully, changed. We had to obliterate any semblance of the former children we were in hopes that we’d somehow magically be reborn as adults. Some of us imagined that such a rebirth was waiting on the other side of the next alcohol-induced blackout or would greet us if we emerged alive from flipping the parents’ car or returned from a winter’s night alone nearly freezing on a mountain. We were seeking initiation into the world of adults, and too few of us had anyone there who understood the process. The epidemic of male teenage violence that’s on all our minds today is tangled up in trends of boys falling behind in school and career ambitions, and in escalating rates of suicide and diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorders. Institutional calls for more control, protection and oversight are the very things these boys are wired to rebel against during their teenage years — and are arguably just what they must resist in order to discover their own identities and capabilities. In their rebellion and in their anger, adolescent boys are seeking a sense

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

JORDAN FOLTZ of agency. They are demanding to be seen, to be a force to be reckoned with. They’re asking for responsibility. For millennia, in societies around the world, elders and adults have known how to spot the signs of a teenager ready for initiation. But today in America, even though boys haven’t stopped reaching the age when their inner fire wells up, we are failing to meet them where they’re at with a rite of passage. Fast-forward 20 years: I’m now the program director of Journeymen Asheville — a local nonprofit offering mentoring and rites-of-passage opportunities for teenage boys. Last spring, I was sitting on an old couch with a tattered floral-print cover in a run-down trailer in rural Buncombe County, waiting for one of Journeymen’s prospective initiates — “Sean” — to come out of his room so I could speak with him about our spring Rites of Passage Adventure Weekend. My job was to recruit him for the experience, and he was not going to be an easy sell. “He’s playing video games,” his grandmother informed me. “He hardly ever comes out, and when he does, it’s in a fit of rage,” she said, calling him once again. Now 13, Sean had recently moved in with his grandmother after spending the last six years transitioning among more than a dozen foster fami-

MOUNTAINX.COM

Rites of passage can help boys enter world of adults

lies since being separated from his abusive mother. Eventually, Sean emerged, avoiding eye contact and taking a seat by Grandma. “Can I go back to my room?” he interjected as soon as I spoke to him. In the dialogue I had with him, Sean listed no men he admired, no one he looked up to, and he had nothing to say about his aspirations. The only thing that evoked his interest was the video game back in his room, set to pause, about which he went on and on. The plot involved a hero on an urgent but obstacle-laden journey home — to scatter his deceased mother’s ashes. One of the core purposes of boys’ initiation has always been to transport them from their sheltered and nurturing maternal home to the exposed and demanding world of men. As Sean described his video game, I couldn’t help but to wonder if his obsession with it was an unconscious attempt to start a new chapter in his own life. Three weeks later, I was surprised when Sean actually showed up at the Rites of Passage Adventure Weekend. But as the other boys began to joke around, getting to know each other, he separated himself, finding an old stick and shuffling around, beating random tree trunks. The pattern continued all day. And the next morning — while the rest of the initiates hung together, bantered and participated in the day’s unfolding adventure — Sean remained on the periphery, seemingly oblivious to what was taking place, periodically asking to go home. Occasionally, I would catch him watching the rest of us out of the corner of his eye, secretly paying attention and gauging whether anyone was paying attention to him or caring about him. The second evening approached with the initiates holding bundles they’d assembled earlier, containing mosses, sticks, leaves and the like — symbolizing aspects of themselves and their lives that they were ready to leave behind. Sean was standing with his back to the group, kicking up chunks of sod and holding a single featureless twig. As the evening’s ritual drumming commenced, one by one, the boys began offering their bundles to the fire. Sean made no move to join in.

I approached him. “It took courage to come here, you know,” I said. “You had no idea what you were going to experience, but you came. Not a lot of people would do that. I really admire you for it.” He didn’t look up, but he had heard. “How are you feeling?” I asked. “I’m angry!” he growled, looking me right in the eye. A raw and honest rage was palpable in the moment — showing itself for the first time like a flame emerging from under a damp cloth. He suddenly seemed more present. “OK,” I said. “How do you feel about taking that anger and giving it to the fire over there?” The idea resonated. I’ll never forget Sean’s silhouette as he knelt down and threw his stick into the flames, and when I saw the smile on his face as he turned from the fire to approach the other initiates. Something had lifted. He began laughing with the other boys. He even picked up a tambourine and began swaying alongside the drummers. This might seem like a small step, but I don’t think it was. I saw Sean — like so many other boys during the rites-of-passage weekend — move from resignation and hiding to self-expression and participation. Boys need men in their lives who understand them, praise them — who challenge them to pursue their full capability and who assure them that their inner fire is OK. But too often, the male elders are absent or hostile. The boys feel it. If men aren’t truly present as teenage boys transition to adulthood, boys will find a way to initiate themselves. While there are many ways a young man can transition successfully to adulthood, rites of passage can help them embark on their “hero’s journey,” honor their inner flame and learn to tend it responsibly. Local nonprofit Journeymen Asheville’s next Rites of Passage Adventure Weekend is scheduled for April 27-29. Enrollment is open for boys 12-17, with scholarships available. To learn more, contact journeymenasheville@gmail.com or visit journeymenasheville.org/ropaw.

NEWS

BREAKING THROUGH

Summer camps help kids come into their own

BY LIZ CAREY

from swimming to archery, as well as service projects and team-building exercises. The day winds down with the flag lowering, dinner, camp gatherings, devotionals and, finally, lights out at 10:15 p.m. In addition to the group activities, campers also choose from a list of pursuits to explore on their own, ranging from photography to performing arts to nature walks to arts and crafts. Campers are grouped by age and housed in cabins where the counselors and volunteers also sleep. Meals (including vegetarian options) are served family style, and kids can eat as much as they want.

lizcarey@charter.net Summer camp isn’t just a way to pass the long summer days — it’s a chance for kids to find themselves, camp directors say. Each year, more than 14 million children and adults attend camps in the United States, the American Camp Association reports. With everything from day programs to overnight stays to adventure-based offerings, there’s a camp out there for everyone. And they all provide a safe space, away from the expectations of family and friends, where attendees can home in on what they’re good at and explore their passions. “I tell people that I want to pull the gift out of your child that you may not recognize at home,” says Anne Trufant, co-owner of Camp Kahdalea (for girls) and Camp Chosatonga (for boys) near Brevard. “Camp is a place that, if you have the right kind of staff telling these kids positive messages and giving them powerful affirmations and supporting them, then you are birthing a whole new level of more than just confidence: a whole new set of beliefs in themselves.” Trufant knows well the truth of her words, because it’s something she experienced herself. “I was a good student, a good kid,” she explains. “But at camp, people saw things in me that I didn’t see before — things like leadership. It was through their support that I was able to bring out those gifts and develop them. It changed who I was.” RUSTIC ROOTS The summer camp tradition traces back to the Civil War era. In his role as headmaster of The Gunnery school in Connecticut, Frederick William Gunn, known as the father of recreational camping, began taking his students on extended nature treks in the early 1860s. By the late 1870s, Americans had begun establishing more camps where boys could toughen up by learning to “rough it.” Soon, girls were also attending camps aimed at fighting the scourge of “indoor-ness” and putting kids in touch with Mother Nature. At the turn of the last century, there were about 100 camps in the U.S. But the trend caught on quickly, and by

LEAVE YOUR PHONE AT HOME

SUMMER FUN, DIGITAL STYLE: Asheville School’s App Camp turns kids — who are already skilled users of technology — into application developers empowered to create new tech tools. Asheville School alumnus and current Georgia Tech computer science major Jack Hamilton, standing, assists a camper. Photo courtesy of Asheville School 1918, there were more than 1,000, author Livia Gershon wrote in the online journal JSTOR Daily. Many of them were wilderness outposts where one could fish, swim, ride and play outdoor games. Today, according to the American Camp Association, there are more than 14,000 day and resident camps across the U.S. At Camp Kahdalea and Camp Chosatonga, Anne and her husband, David Trufant, strive to maintain a traditional approach. “I hope we haven’t evolved too much away from that,” he says. “A lot of camps are like resorts now, but ours is more simple, more rustic.” With its own lake, archery range, dining hall and chapel, Camp Bob, an arm of the Kanuga Conference, Retreat and Camp Center in Hendersonville, shares that philosophy. The day begins at 7:15 a.m., with the 7:45 flag raising followed by breakfast, a morning assembly, cabin cleaning time and activities all cabin members do together. After lunch and a rest period, there are more activities — everything

More traditional camps tend to emphasize interaction with nature while limiting access to technology. A 2017 American Camp Association survey found that more than 90 percent of the organization’s accredited camps don’t allow access to cellphones, and more than 80 percent don’t allow internet access. “We do make them leave their phones, but most of them find that they can’t get a signal out here anyway,”

CONTINUES ON PAGE 8

Book a Private Event

Let us host your next event or special occasion!

Whether you choose to dine at our exclusive Chef’s Table, enjoy the private sanctuary of our Benedetto Room, or celebrate in the dining room amongst vibrant artwork, it will be an event to remember. "What we're trying to do is make sure that people understand our love and our passion for this food." -Laura Smith

Make reservations at reserve.com Historic Biltmore Village 828.277.1510 rezaz.com MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

N EWS David Trufant explains. “Really, we don’t see the kids having much difficulty with it. Occasionally,” he notes, “kids get up and say life without their phones is much better.” But parents who are used to having 24/7 access to their children, he continues, don’t always agree. “It seems to me that parents have a much more difficult time with it than the kids do. The kids have a lot of activities, so they really don’t have time to think about their phones. But we’ll have some parents every year who call frequently to find out about their child and make sure they’re doing OK. I think the separation is good for the parents and the kids.” Accordingly, many camps now post frequently to social media so parents can see their children, and at Kahdalea and Chosatonga, campers are required to send one letter home each week. Counselors also write to all the parents, letting them know how their children are doing. De-emphasizing technology, says Anne Truffant, can open the door to other valuable experiences. She remembers one girl who came to camp extremely anxious. Trufant later learned that the girl was being bullied

FAST FRIENDS: In addition to outdoor activities and arts and crafts, traditional summer camps also provide a chance to forge friendships that may endure over a lifetime. Photo courtesy of Camp Kahdalea by schoolmates, who were sending her harassing text messages. “This is a place where these kids can be unplugged, where they can breathe,” says Trufant. “This is a place where they can connect with other kids on a personal level, and where they’re surrounded with role models that they can play with and get muddy with and talk to and look up to.” DIVERSE CHOICES These days, however, there are also many nontraditional options. Overnight camps focus on everything from science to nature explorations to art to life skills to college prep. And day camps may offer programs in filmmaking, rock music, painting, fiber arts, science, Spanishlanguage skills and even boffing (a fully padded and safety-tested martial art). At Asheville School, an app-development camp helps kids learn about computer science. In weeklong day camps, as well as a new overnight camp, students learn how to build apps using Swift (Apple’s new programming language), work in Xcode and explore iOS SDK. Launched in 2014, the day camp gives attendees valuable career skills while teaching them things like logic, critical thinking and problem-solving, notes director of communications Bob Williams, who teaches the programs

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

along with director of technology Charles Long. “These kids have a lot of digital skills, but they don’t understand the computer science behind it,” says Williams. “So while they may be tech-savvy, they are more consumers of technology than computer scientists. We teach them to be more analytical in their thinking and use the STEM [science, technology, engineering and math] skills that they learn in school — skills that are going to be so important in the coming age of [artificial intelligence].” The program is growing by leaps and bounds, Williams reports. In its first year, the camp drew 11 students; last year, there were more than 40. This year’s programs are attracting people from as far away as Germany and the Bahamas. But just because campers are learning about apps doesn’t mean they have unfettered access to their electronic devices, stresses Williams. “They’re getting plenty of screen time, but they won’t be on their screens checking social media,” he explains. “They’re going to be on the screen learning about the apps they use and how they are created. They’re going to be looking at those apps in a new way.” LIFE SKILLS Teaching kids how to use technology and build things with it, rather than maintaining a “technology-free zone,” is one of the hottest trends this year, according to the USA Camp Association. And while traditionalists may bristle at the idea of letting technology in, others point out that learning about it is just as important as learning how to fish or kayak. “Teaching kids valuable life skills doesn’t just have to include how to start a fire or harvest rainwater,” the association’s blog notes. “Teaching kids about engineering and tech is a vital skill they will need in the future.” And whether summer camp runs just for the day or spans several weeks, the experience can be life-changing. “Camps are such an awesome place, with so many different activities,” Anne Trufant maintains. “While there are plenty of things to do during the summer, it’s at camp that a child can learn and experience and grow, and where they’re competing with themselves to see how much better they can get.” X

$25 OFF

B U N C O M B E B E AT

ANY JUNK PICKUP

Residents blast City Council, propose solutions after police beating video

This offer excludes our minimum charge.

we remove anything. . . from anywhere YES EVEN YOUR TRASH!

WHAT WE PICK UP IS 85% OFRECYCLED OR REUSED

828.707.2407

junkrecyclers1@gmail.com

ALL EYES ON COUNCIL: Longtime local activist Dee Williams addresses Asheville City Council during its meeting on March 13. Photo by David Floyd The night’s snowfall hadn’t yet begun, but Asheville City Council faced a blizzard of criticism from local residents at its March 13 meeting. Comments from members of the public dominated the Council’s first regular meeting since body camera footage surfaced showing former Asheville Police Officer Chris Hickman (who is white) beating Johnnie Jermaine Rush, a black Asheville resident. Speakers called for reducing police funding, providing reparations to Rush and prompting the resignation or firing of multiple city officials, including Police Chief Tammy Hooper, Mayor Esther Manheimer and City Manager Gary Jackson. Robert Zachary said he hadn’t been in Council chambers since around 2011. “One reason I don’t come is black folk don’t come nowhere that they don’t feel nobody is going to listen to them,” he said. “… I’m not really convinced that you are listening today, because I’ve been in this city for 15 years, and this kind of stuff has been going on for this long. … I wonder if I should really say anything or if I should just shut my mouth and moan for 10 minutes.” Before public comment began, representatives from the Racial Justice Coalition, a joint initiative of 14 Asheville organizations, delivered a list of recommendations to City Council that the coalition believes would improve police accountability. These include establishing an unbiased policing hotline that city officials would respond to within 48 hours; investigating every use-offorce incident as a criminal case

first and an administrative case second; improving representation on the city’s Civil Service Board, which has the power to reinstate fired officers; and involving people of color in police training so that officers understand their experiences. “There is a need to humanize each other, and typically, as we’ve seen in the case with Mr. Rush, people of color are dehumanized and devalued by officers,” said Racial Justice Coaltion cochair Gerry Leonard.

Racial disparity, said recent City Council candidate Dee Williams, is especially stark in Asheville. “Blacks in Asheville — economically, socially, medically — fare worse than any blacks in the state of North Carolina, and our children are also dead last,” Williams said. “This is not a good place for people of color who look like me, both black and brown, to live. … This is a tale of two cities.” Ian Mance, a staff attorney for the Southern Coalition for Social Justice who leads the organization’s Open Data Policing initiative, teamed up with Williams last year to deliver a presentation to City Council on traffic stops. He appeared at the March 13 meeting to give Council members an update on that data. “At the time, I told you that African-American drivers in Asheville were about 50 percent more likely to be searched, 100 percent more likely to be stopped than their white counterparts,” Mance said.

CONTINUES ON PAGE 10

Retired Fire Hydrant Find at Booth 32 on Love Street

26 Glendale Ave 828.505.1108 Mon-Fri 10a - 6p Sat 10a - 7p Sun 10a - 5p facebook.com/TheRegenerationStation

Happy Hour every day 4 to 6pm Full Bar serving craft cocktails & featuring local distilleries!

SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Shortly after body cam video surfaced showing a white APD officer beating a black city resident, unofficial signs popped up around downtown warning pedestrians that jaywalkers are “subject to abuse by the Asheville Police Department.” City workers have removed 22 signs as of March 19. Photo courtesy of Anne Centers

Manic Monday ALL OYSTERS $1.50 Wine Down Wednesday 1/2 PRICE BOTTLES Flight Friday $9 (Reg. $15) LIVE MUSIC Friday: Comfortable Covers with Jason Whitaker Saturday: Adi the Monk on guitar 2 HENDERSONVILLE RD • BILTMORE STATION • 828.676.2700 MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

NEWS BRIEFS

N EWS policies supporting de-escalation and a stringent use-of-force policy. “You’ve prejudged officers,” Loveland said. “You have prejudged officers as a whole, and we are not a whole with Hickman. We do not condone or approve or support his actions.” Rondell Lance, the president of the Fraternal Order of Police and a candidate for county sheriff, said the video is not representative of the people at the Asheville Police Department. “The job that these men and women are willing to step up and do, put their lives on the line for the community,” Lance said. “That doesn’t mean they make the right decision every time. Sometimes they don’t, and they should be held accountable. ... But when you got good men and women doing a good job, you need to recognize that and you need to let them know that you support them.” Council member Keith Young, who addressed attendees before the beginning of public comment, wants more African-American officers in the police force and would like to see a program that promotes minority recruitment with substantial pay. “You want to see change? Come on, join up. Like Uncle Sam says, ‘I want you,’” Young said. “If you don’t see the change you want on the police force, what if we could pay $40,000?” Council member Sheneika Smith also chimed in, saying that the city will have to work with law enforcement to bring about transformative policing. “But right now in this space … I will not run to the bedside of my officers because we will not switch the focus from Mr. Johnnie Rush or the communities that are most affected by this traumatic event,” she said. The next regular City Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 10, at 5 p.m. in Council chambers on the second floor of City Hall at 70 Court Plaza, Asheville.

Since then, Mance continued, the gap between how white and black drivers are treated during stops has grown larger. Last year, 11 percent of black motorists stopped by the police were searched, he said. “That is the highest search rate of black motorists anywhere in the state of North Carolina of any city the size of Asheville or larger,” he said. In 2017, he said, the Asheville Police Department posted its most racially disparate stop and search data in the 15 years the department has reported the information. “Black drivers made up 46 percent of all people searched last year by Asheville police officers despite again being found with contraband less frequently than white drivers,” he said. Black drivers also made up about a quarter of traffic stops despite representing about 12 percent of the population. Mance encouraged City Council members to prohibit low-level discretionary stops by police and to consider implementing a written consent search policy used by Durham and Fayetteville. Sharon Smith, an activist with Black Lives Matter, called for an economic boycott of Asheville. “We have a city that preys on black people in order to benefit itself economically, socially and politically,” Smith said. “… We know what the story is. The trick is what are you going to do about? We’re not tolerating it anymore. Just don’t come to Asheville. We don’t want you here until we get what we want.” City Council also heard from members of the law enforcement community. Diana Loveland, who said she has worked as an officer with the Asheville Police Department for more than 18 years, defended Hooper, calling her the most productive chief she’s seen in her tenure. Loveland told Council that Asheville police have welcomed recent reforms, including

CECILIA JOHNSON Attorney at Law

DIVORCE IS SCARY but your lawyer’s bill shouldn’t be. •

My $125/hour rate is ALMOST HALF other attorneys’ rates in Asheville.

•

I have 21 years’ experience.

Divorce • Child Custody • Child Support Property Division • Separation Agreements

•

I handle all my cases personally, rather than handing the work to a paralegal.

$125 PER HOUR

•

Skype appointments days, nights and weekends; so no need to travel to my office.

ceciliacjohnson.com ceciliacjohnson@bellsouth.net

— David Floyd X

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

by Max Hunt | mhunt@mountainx.com BLUE HORIZONS PROJECT LAUNCH, CELEBRATION SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 22 The Blue Horizons Clean Energy Project will officially launch Thursday, March 22, 4-6 p.m., with a community celebration reception at the Edington Center at 133 Livingston St., Asheville. Produced by the Energy Innovation Task Force, the joint collaboration involving Asheville, Buncombe County, Duke Energy and local nonprofits and businesses, is geared toward improving residents’ access to clean energy programs and resources through an online portal. The celebration reception features free food and drinks; representatives from programs accessible through Blue Horizons will be on hand to provide information on how residents can save money and improve energy efficiency. The event is open to the public. More info & RSVP: avl.mx/4sf ASHEVILLE TO UNVEIL DRAFT TRANSIT MASTER PLAN The city of Asheville will unveil its draft Transit Master Plan on Monday, March 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,

at a meeting at the Public Works Building, 161 Charlotte St. The public is invited to attend and provide feedback. In the works since October, the Transit Master Plan is the guiding document for the city’s Asheville Redefines Transit system. The plan will provide recommendations for improving bus route service and outline longer-term goals for system expansion and improvement. The March 26 meeting will feature a PowerPoint presentation and overview of the draft Transit Master Plan, including proposed changes to ART service routes. Attendees will have a chance to review the plan following the presentation, discuss it with other residents via discussion tables and offer feedback. City staff and contractors will review the feedback and incorporate it into its final 10-year Transit Master Plan. The same presentation will be given to the Transit Committee on March 27 and the Multimodal Transportation Commission on March 28. The public is welcome to attend all meetings. Moreinfo:ashevillenc.gov/ transitmasterplan, 828232-4522 or EMathes@ Ashevillenc.gov

REGIONAL COUNCIL HOSTS STATE OF OUR AIR BRIEFING The Land of Sky Regional Council will host its annual State of Our Air briefing and press conference Monday, March 26, 2-4:30 p.m., at its offices at 339 New Leicester Highway, Asheville. The briefing will feature updates on state and federal air quality issues and trends, local air quality updates for Buncombe County, as well as presentations from Duke Energy representatives outlining its WNC Modernization Program, the director of the N.C. Division of Air Quality and a representative of the WNC Regional Air Quality Agency. In addition, representatives from Land of Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition and Transportation Demand Management will speak on efforts to reduce emissions from motor vehicles in the region. More info & meeting agenda: avl.mx/4sg or 828-734-7434 X

KIDS ISSUE 2018 We are excited to share Part II of Xpress’ 2018 Kids Issue, our annual showcase of art, prose and poetry from our area’s K-12 students. This year, students ran with the theme of “Let’s fix it!” Kids and teens offered up thoughtful, colorful — and sometimes humorous — looks at various problems they see in our society and what we could do to solve them. This week, topics range from the MeToo movement and LGBTQ rights to the homeless, screen time, protecting animals and taking care of our environment. With 300 entries from 27 schools and an after-school program, our main regret is that we don’t have the space to include even more of the many worthy submissions we received. In addition to all the engaging student work, please be sure to check out our summer camp listings as well, starting on Page 15. We were touched and inspired by the creative work of these young artists, essayists and poets — and we think you will be, too. — Xpress staff X

Giving a helping hand One day, I was sitting in my living room looking out of the window, and I saw a stick sitting in the middle of the road. Instead of getting up and moving it out of the way, I ignored it and expected someone else to do it. Five days later, it was still there, so my dad finally went to pick it up. I’m sure it caused drivers some trouble, and all I had to do was pick it up, but I didn’t. The point is that we can’t always expect other people to solve problems for us. We must take matters into our own hands and help the community ourselves. It seems that people are able to recognize many problems around the commu-

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

INTERFLOW: Asheville School 12th-grader Toma Nikotina contributed this peaceful work, writing in his artist’s statement: “This piece is an attempt to bring awareness to the power of the natural world.” nity, but instead of actually fixing them, they expect other people to take care of it. All you have to do is go out and help the community. It’s not hard. If everyone expects someone else to help, then nothing will ever get done. Instead of just talking about problems, people could take matters into their own hands and volunteer for a local charity or donate money to a soup kitchen. Just get out of your living room and pitch in. You could set an example for others, and before you know it, your whole neighborhood would be helping. So just help out anyway you can. That is what I am getting across here. Do the right thing and pitch in. Are you worried about being bored? Just bring a friend, and you will find out that it is a great time to interact with your peers

while helping the community at the same time. There are people out there who need your help. When you are sitting in the living room and have nothing to do, get out and help others around you. Don’t simply expect that other people will take care of it. You have to go out and help the community yourself. Give two hours of your time to volunteer by preparing someone hungry a meal. While you are sitting in your living room, know that someone in your community could be starving, so think about that next time you are bored. It’s really not that hard to just go out and help the community. — Walker Compton Sixth grade The Learning Community School

Start picking up trash on the playground I believe that there is a lot of trash outside at the playground, and it needs to be fixed. There are lots and lots of trashlike wrappers and plastic that get blown into trees or absorbed into the soil. If the trash gets into the soil, our grass, flowers, bushes and trees could die. This is like a chain or domino effect. If the plants die, the animals that eat the plants could die. Carbon dioxide wouldn’t turn into oxygen for us and the animals to breathe. That could kill us. We need to fix this problem, and I already have a plan how, but I can’t do alone. I need help, and with all your help, we can make a difference. First, I want to start out with the playground at my school, but, with your help, we can do the whole town, and even the whole state can be trash-free.

NO LITTERING: Evergreen Community Charter School kindergartner Izabella Carland drew this vibrant work with an environmental message.

Here is my plan. If you are reading this, start with yourself. Throw stuff in the trash can or even recycle. … After you are 110 percent sure you have stopped throwing trash on the ground, start picking trash up when you see it. At the park, on the street, at your playground and everywhere. If you pick up one piece of trash a day for a month, that would be 30 or 31 pieces of trash a month, and if we all do that, multiply that by 20 or even more. Next, start with a bigger step. Start making a specific time for you and the people you live with to go out and pick up trash one day a week or even more. That would make a big difference if you really did it with purpose. Next, this is the biggest step. Get a group of friends and family to pick up trash around the neighborhood or even your town. If we all take part and do this, we could stop trashing this beautiful and wonderful world that was given to us. We can do it. Let’s fix this!!! — Mable James Fifth grade Charles T. Koontz Intermediate

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

BEARLY THERE: Evergreen Community Charter School sixth-grader Olivia Wortley painted this intriguing ursine portrait.

What about Me Too? Every 98 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. Recently, celebrities and even our own president have been accused of sexual assault. Although we’re not celebrities, my friends and I have experienced sexual harassment as well. We’re tired of it, and we demand change. One example of this change is the #MeToo movement, founded by Tarana Burke. Although the #MeToo movement has been successful giving survivors a platform, 95 percent of abusers go unpun-

ual assault on campuses, as opposed to Donald Trump, who has … been accused of sexual [misconduct]. Former Miss North Carolina Samantha Holvey said [Trump looked at us as if] “we were just sexual objects, we were not people.” “I have realized that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop,” said Emma Watson [in a speech at the United Nations headquarters]. The #MeToo movement has done some work, but much more work needs

ished. Passing the “Ending Forced Arbitration” bill would give public voice to survivors and ensure more fair and just settlements are made. The bill’s cosponsor, Rep. Cheri Bustos said, “For all the women who want to go to their job and do it well, we are to here to say, no more.” Being unheard needs to stop, and this bill could do just that. Another campaign, “It’s On Us,” launched by Barack Obama, was a supportive step to ending sexual harassment: “It is on all of us to reject the quiet tolerance of sexual assault and to refuse to accept what’s unacceptable.” He launched this in hopes to end sex-

Dreamers

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE EARTH: Rainbow Community School fourth-grader Safiya Martin, pictured, created this colorful work of art.

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

to be done. With the 35 million American citizens that have been sexually harassed, we must pass legislation, elect officials who stand for all people’s rights, and invite men in this fight. Feminism is not about women’s rights alone; it’s about human rights. To impact our society in a more favorable way, we must elect more women and men who support us. Supportive men must stand up, too. Women and girls like me need them. Feminism is not man-hating. — Tobin Fields Eighth grade Francine Delany New School For Children

together Here we are We are the dreamers Proud to be here in America We dreamers are teenage kids who have to go to school every day We can become free here in America But we have to finish school and do good But if we get in trouble or our grades go down We can be sent back to Mexico But we want to be here We have so much more freedom here than we do in Mexico But we are the dreamers we dream things can happen Even if things don’t work out we still have hope and encouragement To do great in life But we dreamers are A team and we Work together To make Things happen — Gabby Flores Sixth grade Asheville Catholic School

KID S C AM P L IS TIN GS

Enjoy all that is alive The trees, the squirrels, the beauty of the world is something that is pampering us. Alas, all we do, is just tamper with it. We get employment to destroy it. We’re constantly toying with it. So let’s stop that and go outside and enjoy all that is alive. — Ixa Sigler Seventh grade Home-schooled

Let’s fix it! My thought was to make comfy benches for homeless people and leave a little snack for them. Why? Why I want to do this is so homeless people have somewhere to sleep and rest. I do care. Let’s fix it. Poem: Life is like a water bottle. If you flip it, it leaks. It’s like you flip your lid. — Lillian Krempasky Second grade Isaac Dickson Elementary School

The first hints of spring in the air mean summer isn’t far away. With adults and kids alike yearning to get outside, perusing Xpress’ listings of summer activities provides a tantalizing peek at our area’s many options. Campers may play in the pool, do battle with foam armaments, ride horses, hunt for crayfish in a creek, sing around a campfire, shoot arrows, paddle kayaks and canoes — the choices are nearly endless. These days, summer isn’t only about the great outdoors. It’s also a time to sharpen up and get ahead with learning that goes beyond the classroom. Local camps offer enrichment activities that include working in a STEAM lab, coding apps, engineering with Legos and taking a new approach to chemistry — in the kitchen. With 135 listings of camps representing more organizations than ever before, your family is sure to find the perfect fit for warm-weather fun throughout the spring and summer. Oh, to be a kid again...

ADVENTURE CENTER OF ASHEVILLE — ADVENTURE CAMP

mpr

Ages 8-15 Co-Ed The ACA Adventure Camp is a summer day camp from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. Weekly programs include climbing, biking, swimming, rafting, teambuilding, outdoor education with Chimney Rock Park and their animals, environmental education with Asheville GreenWorks and more. Cost: $350/week. Please use code “EARLYBIRD” for $25 off before April 15. Multiple week discount, $50 off. Asheville • 828-230-4415 • avl.mx/4qm • office@ adventurecenterofasheville.com June 18-Aug. 24

ADVENTURE CENTER OF ASHEVILLE — KOLO FLOW ADVANCED BIKE SUMMER CAMP

MEGA RING: Odyssey Community School third-grader Jordan Novak illustrated his essay below about an invention aimed at helping people get around quickly.

Mega ring My invention is a “Mega Ring”! If you need to get somewhere really quick, then I’ve got the thing for you! The mega ring can make you fly for only $50,000. Buy one, get one free, only at Jeffy’s! This is how it works! The [invisible] solar panel sends power to the crystal, and the crystal makes you fly with levitation. (No refunds.) — Jordan Novak Third grade Odyssey Community School

Ages 13-17 Co-Ed Designed for riders with core biking skills who have an interest in developing their skills further while exploring a variety of offroad biking disciplines. Campers will be challenged to progress beyond their current skill level while sampling other recreational and competitive riding styles and genres. Campers will take a break for lunch and to cool off in an outdoor swimming pool. Age exceptions will be considered based on ability to demonstrate skills. Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Register online (with a service fee) or by phone. Cost: $325/ week ($450/week with bike rental).

and a challenge for the advanced student. Sunday-Friday. Cost: $750. Mars Hill • 800-951-7442 • avl. mx/4rb • aiclsummercamp@ gmail.com July 1-6

Please use code “EARLYBIRD” for $25 off before April 15. Asheville • 828-230-4415 • avl.mx/4qr • office@ adventurecenterofasheville.com June 11-Aug. 24

ADVENTURE CENTER OF ASHEVILLE — KOLO FLOW BIKE SUMMER CAMP

Ages 8-15 Co-Ed At the Kolo Flow Bike Summer Camp, campers will ride daily on purpose-built mountain bike trails and skill elements designed for all levels of riders to experience flow on a bicycle. Kolo Bike Park is a great way for young riders to build confidence and skill in a controlled environment. Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., with options for late pickup when needed. Register online (with a service fee) or by phone. Cost: $250/ week, or $375 with bike rental. Please use code “EARLYBIRD” for $25 off before April 15. Asheville • 828-230-4415 • avl.mx/4qs • office@ adventurecenterofasheville.com June 11-Aug. 24

APPALACHIAN INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE LEARNING — WEEK T MINUS 1, BLASTOFF TO ADVENTURE

qvt

Rising Grades 6-8 Co-Ed Located at Mars Hill University, an academic camp where young learners experience hands-on science labs, intensive art classes and Socratic discussions. Innovative teachers make the same course an introduction for the novice

APPALACHIAN INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE LEARNING — WEEK ZERO

qvt

Rising Grades 9-12 Co-Ed Located at Mars Hill University, an academic camp where teens experience hands-on science labs, intensive art classes and Socratic discussions. Innovative teachers make the same course an introduction for the novice and a challenge for the advanced student. Sunday-Saturday. Cost: $810. Mars Hill • 800-951-7442 • avl. mx/4rb • aiclsummercamp@ gmail.com July 8-14

ARTEMIS ARCHERY — ADVENTURE DAY CAMP

pmr

Ages 8-12 Co-Ed Artemis Archery teams up with radKIDS for a unique experience to help your child thrive in society and in the woods. “RadKIDS” is the nation’s leading empowerment training and realistic self-defense course, teaching children skills to recognize, avoid, resist and if necessary escape violence or harm in their lives. Combined with professional archery and wilderness skills in a fun, electronic-free, nature immersion so you don’t have to worry or protect your child 24/7. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Activities: archery, fire-building, map and compass, self defense, s’mores, anti-bullying, plant ID hikes, abduction evasion, shelter

LEGEND

Athletic Camp

Nature Camp

Day Camp

Faith Camp

Academic / Science Camp

Overnight Camp

Art Camp

✈ Travel Camp MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

Saving bears The bears in North Carolina have begun to go against their instinct and endanger both themselves and humans. Many of the bears’ homes in Western North Carolina have been taken away as developments have begun to be built in the mountains. Bears have also begun to familiarize themselves with humans. This can be dangerous, as if they become too accustomed to them, they can approach and become aggressive. Bears need to be protected. Here’s why and how we can help. Developments in the mountains have become extremely popular. However, as much as you like living in the mountains, so do the bears. Because of the construction, they are forced out of their homes and pushed into the city. They must now find refuge in the small wooded areas near cities. Because of this, they must try to find food in trash and wander near cities and streets. I myself have witnessed bears visit my home and dig through the trash in hope for a

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

BEARS AT SUNSET: Evergreen Community Charter School fourth-grader Sara Liv Gregory drew this picture, which, she describes in her artist’s statement, “shows what happens when bears lose their habitat.”

MOUNTAINX.COM

meal. As these bears are getting so close, they have the risk of being hit by a car, even put down or shot. Because the bears have such a great want for human food, they will go to extreme lengths to get it. Some are even known to rip off car doors and trunks as they smell food. Also, if a bear ever associates food coming straight from a human’s hand, they will get aggressive. They will start to approach humans in hope to find more food, often knocking down trash cans or following trails of food. Although this problem may seem way out of our hands, there’s still hope. Bears need to be protected in little ways, whether that is tying your trash can down with a bungee cord or even just hiding it away till the morning that it is picked up. You can also make sure to carry your trash with you or dispose of it in the correct place when hiking or outdoors. Anyone can do these things, and this helps to keep both us and bears safe. — Gracey Abernethy Seventh grade Asheville Catholic School

building and more. Cost: $325, sibling discount available. Asheville • 828-318-9518 • avl. mx/4qt • brightarrowflying@ gmail.com June 25-29; July 2-6; July 9-13

ARTSPACE CHARTER SCHOOL — ARTCAMP

Rising Grades 1-9 Co-Ed Join us on an art adventure! Campers will be able to choose from a variety of art activities provided by some of the amazingly talented members from our community of artists. Fiber arts, painting, movement and more. Two arts a day keeps the boredom away! Daily sessions 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Extended hours available 8:30-9 a.m. and 4-5:30 p.m. Cost: starting at $195/week. Swannanoa • 828-298-2787 • avl.mx/4op • julie.williams@ artspacecharter.org June 18- 22; June 25-29

ARTSPACE CHARTER SCHOOL — ROBOTICS CAMP

qvr

Rising Grades 5-9 Co-Ed Using Lego Mindstorm NXT and EV3 platforms, this camp will explore the design and programming of robots to solve a variety of challenges, as well as explore the principles of simple machines to gain a better understanding of design and mechanical principles. Daily sessions 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Extended hours available 8:30-9 a.m. and 4-5:30 p.m. Cost: starting at $195. Swannanoa • 828-298-2787 • avl.mx/4op • julie.williams@ artspacecharter.org July 23-27

ARTSPACE CHARTER SCHOOL — YOUNG FILMMAKERS CAMP

Rising Grades 5-9 Co-Ed Using multiple cameras, special effects, editing techniques and more, campers will explore the possibilities in front of and behind the camera. They will also edit video and produce original music! Daily sessions 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Extended hours

available 8:30-9 a.m. and 4-5:30 p.m. Cost: starting at $195. Swannanoa • 828-298-2787 • avl.mx/4op • julie.williams@ artspacecharter.org July 16-20

ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM — SUMMER ART CAMP

Rising Grades K-12 Co-Ed Sessions are age-appropriate and include drawing, painting, sculpture, puppetry, maskmaking and more. Morning: 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Afternoon: 1:30–5 p.m. Cost: $100/museum members, $110/non-members — for half-day sessions. Or, $175/museum members, $195/ nonmembers — for all-day (morning and afternoon) sessions. Asheville • 828-253-3227 • avl. mx/4qj • smcrorie@ashevilleart.org June 18–Aug. 10

ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION — FUNDAMENTALS SUMMER CAMPS

Ages 4-14 Co-Ed ABYSA FUNdamentals Soccer Camps is offering eight separate weeks this summer at three locations: JBL (East Asheville), AAC (Hendersonville) and Steen’s field (Mars Hill). The FUNdamentals teaching method is designed to enrich children’s passion for soccer while teaching them the proper techniques for future success. FUNdamentals staff is made up of former and current professional and college players and coaches. Campers are placed in proper age groups to ensure all players benefit from developmentally appropriate activities, teaching, and competition. Early dropoff and lunch is available. Call or email for more information; register online. Cost: $130/week for half-day, ages 4-6 (9 a.m.noon); $225/week for full-day, ages 7-14 (9 a.m.-4 p.m.) Includes participation award and T-shirt. Asheville • 828-299-7277 • avl. mx/4qu • shane@abysa.org June 11-29; July 9--Aug. 10

ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY MOVEMENT — MOVERS AND SHAKERS SUMMER CAMP

vpmr

Rising Grade K-Age 13 Co-Ed Movers and Shakers Summer Camp teaches kids to be independent, conscientious community members in a fun, safe environment. We try to nurture individual passions by devoting each week to themes that foster community spirit and

sustainable living. Campers play group games, learn and practice conflict mediation, have circle time with music and a choice of movement opportunities. Movement opportunities include: gymnastics, dance, group games, gardening, archery, water play, team sports, trampoline and more. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m-3 p.m. or 6 p.m. Cost: $200/short-day week or $250/full-day week. Early registration discounts available. Asheville • 828-254-6060 • avl.mx/4s1 • office@ ashevillecommunitymovement.com June 11-Aug. 24

ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE — TANGLEWOOD SUMMER CAMP

Ages 5-17 Co-Ed Tanglewood Youth Theatre has long been a successful and inspirational part of children’s creative education in Western North Carolina. Our theater camp has been extremely popular and is well-suited for any child interested in exploring the exciting world of theater. Our faculty represents some of the finest talent in the area, and we are thrilled to have them at Tanglewood. We are also proud to have been voted the “Best Visual or Performing Arts Camp,” in Mountain Xpress’ reader poll. Space is limited. Cost: $300/ half-day week for ages 5-7; full-day for ages 7-17, $400; advanced camp, for ages 12-17, $500. Asheville • 828-254-1320 • avl.mx/4nf • chanda@ ashevilletheatre.org June 18-29; July 9-20

WHO: RISING GRADES 6 - 8 WHERE: MARS HILL UNIVERSITY WHEN: JULY 1 - JULY 6

A summer enrichment camp where you can laugh, learn, and make life-long friends!

ASHEVILLE CREATIVE ARTS — THEATRE CAMP

Ages 8-11 Co-Ed At ACA’s Theatre Camp students will learn acting, creative drama, writing and puppetry adapting a folktale to present on the final day. With daily master lessons by local artists in music, improvisation or movement. Camp will be held at Hanger Hall and runs 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; early drop-off/late pickup available. Cost: $275. Scholarship info available by request. Asheville • 914-830-3000 • avl.mx/4ng • abby@ ashevillecreativearts.org June 25-29

ASHEVILLE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER — CAMP RUACH

upvr

Grades K-8 Co-Ed All kindergarten through eighthgraders are welcome at Camp Ruach! Each weekly session is filled with friendship, creativity and

WEEK T MINUS 1: BLASTOFF TO ADVENTURE! Since 1982, our motto has been “Learning is fun!” Last year, we launched this program just for Middle School aged campers, designed to focus on what students that age love: classes full of imagination, hands-on projects, self-expression, and the skills they need for their continuing academic lives. This program offers a variety of classes, giving campers the opportunity to explore new interests or expand their knowledge in areas they enjoy. This is a week of learning adventures that will take campers to new worlds!

WEBSITE: APPALACHIANINSTITUTE.ORG EMAIL: AICLSUMMERCAMP@GMAIL.COM PHONE: 1-800-951-7442 MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

Pollution Introduction: I chose pollution because it’s a really big deal for every living thing. I was shocked by all I learned about pollution. I think you should know what pollution does to everything on this planet. How pollution affects everything. Pollution contaminates the air. When the air is contaminated, people and animals breathe air, and that damages the lungs. Pollution contaminates the water, humans, plants and animals. Everything the polluted air touches is contaminated. Plants need water and air as we do, and since the water and air is polluted, the plants die. Which means the herbivore animals don’t get the right nutrients; neither does the animal get enough nutrients. And that means no food for us omnivores and for carnivores. Flint, Mich.: Flint, Mich., is an example of pollution and poverty. About two years ago, Flint, Mich., needed to save money. They switched their water supply to their local river. Flint River was and is known for its contaminated water.

Soon after they switched the water, people said it “smells and tastes funny.” It was a big deal because the water came out a nasty brown color. Many people thought it was sewage, but it was iron and lead. People who couldn’t afford bottled water got extremely sick. Landfills: [The following information is from the RE3.org website:] “The trash we throw into the landfill each year in North Carolina is equivalent to the weight of 7,866,666 cars! With the amount of trash North Carolinians throw away, we fill enough Dumpsters to line the N.C. coastline more than nine times every year. The amount of trash North Carolinians throw away in 3.5 hours would fill Dumpsters that reach as high as Mt. Mitchell. That’s 6,684 feet!” I would like to help by picking up litter and donating the clothes and shoes that don’t fit to help homeless kids. That’s what I’m going to do to help the environment. How would you help? — Amira Robinson Fifth grade Oakley Elementary School

Harmony Through Horses

Transformative Counseling Come find out what horses can teach us about parenting!

Andrea Burgess, LCSW, LCA S-A harmonythroughhorses.com 828.337.8468

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

DON’T JUDGE: Owen Middle School eighth-grader Alex Phelps created this meaningful work of art.

All mothers deserve the right to a safe birth Women in rural Western North Carolina are suffering from the effects of a trend seen throughout the United States. Labor and delivery services in rural hospitals are being closed, which could create unsafe circumstances for women. Mothers, doctors, midwives, nurses and others in the community have been working to find a solution.

Four hospitals in WNC have closed their labor and delivery services in the past three years. The hospitals are Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, Angel Medical Center in Franklin Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard and Cannon Memorial in Linville. Possibly these closures occurred because it was too expensive to have labor and delivery services. According to the Asheville CitizenTimes, executives at these hospitals feel they made the right decision because hospitals need money, and obstetrics never brings in money. What many do not understand is

how these hospital executives are making a choice to put financial needs above the safety of women and babies. Many mountain roads in WNC are windy and steep, making them dangerous in bad weather. After these closures, it now can take women up to an hour to reach the closest birthing facility. This needs to be solved by people in WNC. These closures have created a situation for women where accessing maternity care is difficult. When this problem is solved, women in Yancey, Mitchell, Avery, Macon and McDowell counties can safely have a baby. Possible solutions to this problem are reopening hospital’s birthing units, opening additional freestanding birth centers and ensuring access to safe home birth. A possible way to have hospitals reopen their birthing units would be to make hospitals be training facilities for medical personnel, creating possible financial benefits for the hospital. Freestanding birth centers are another option. They offer services at a significantly lower price for women at low risk. Another option for low-risk women is home birth. However,

crafts, outdoor play and learning, music, dance and so much more! 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $225/week for Camp Ruach; $350/week for Camp Tikvah (for children with autism). Asheville • 828-253-0701 • avl. mx/4nh • seth@jcc-asheville.org June 18-Aug.17

ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE (AMOS) — HALFDAY SCIENCE CAMP

qr BE KIND TO ANIMALS: Rainbow Community School third-grader Story Norfleet urges care for creatures in this colorful work. regulations in North Carolina make it difficult for midwives to offer home births. Changing these regulations at the state level would open up another way to get safe care. For mothers and babies to get safe care, WNC needs to work together. — Nora Oakes Eighth grade Evergreen Community Charter School

Rising Grades K-2 Co-Ed AMOS is now offering halfday science camps for rising grades K-2. The camp will be located at the museum and runs Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-noon. With four weeklong sessions and two great themes (Young Inventors & STEM Camp), there is sure to be something

for everyone. Visit website for more information. Cost: $150 Asheville • 828-254-7162 • avl. mx/4ni • edu@ashevillescience.org June 18-July 20

There is sure to be something for everyone! Visit website for more information. Cost: $300 Asheville • 828-254-7162 • avl. mx/4ni • edu@ashevillescience.org June 18-July 20

ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE (AMOS) & UNC ASHEVILLE — SCIENCE CAMP

ASHEVILLE MUSIC SCHOOL — SUMMER CAMP

Rising Grades 2-7 Co-Ed AMOS & UNC Asheville are hosting eight summer camp sessions over four weeks on UNC Asheville’s campus. There are four great themes to choose from and a host of partnerships, including with UNC Asheville professors! Camp themes include: Engineering Exploration, Space Investigators, Earth Ambassadors and Makers Unite. Offerings for rising grades 2-4 and rising grades 5-7, every Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Ages 4-18 Co-Ed AMS has multiple weeklong music camps for many styles. Students will learn and perform in a teamoriented, fun and supportive ensemble environment. We offer seven different weeklong camps: rock camp, Harry Potter-themed strings camp, classical chamber music camp, jazz camp and more. Camps run Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.4 p.m., except Music Explorations

LEGEND

Athletic Camp

Nature Camp

Day Camp

Faith Camp

Academic / Science Camp

Overnight Camp

MOUNTAINX.COM

Art Camp

✈ Travel Camp

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

The homework debate

FARAH: Asheville School 12th-grader Tori Kim painted this memorable work, noting in an artist’s statement: “This is a painting of a 6-year-old Syrian refugee, which I did through the Memory Project. The original painting will be delivered to Farah in an attempt to bring a smile to her face.”

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

The debate on homework has gone back and forth: between having homework and the importance of it, and not having homework. And why it may not be good for kids. I think all along, they were asking the wrong questions. Instead of asking whether we should have homework or no homework, they should be asking what’s the balance between homework and free time. I think teachers should find an acceptable amount of homework so the kids are obtaining knowledge, so it’s not going in one ear and out the other, and they have other time for hobbies and family. With hours of homework, kids get irritated and upset, which causes conflicts between the parents and children. When kids are stuck with hours of homework, they get tired and burned out easily. This can also cause conflicts in the family about whether they got their homework done or not and where they’re going to do it. When kids get home, they should be able to relax and unwind instead of having to do more work. That leads to kids getting upset and angry, which leads to conflicts! … Another reason why too much homework is bad: This is a very important time in the kid’s life. It’s when they need family the most. At this adolescent age, kids are learning how they’re going to show up in the world and who they are. Kids need their parents for this; parents and siblings are who teach you who you are. Even if it’s inadvertent, they show you what it’s like to be in the “real world.” When kids have hours of homework, they don’t have this time with their parents and family, and that is not good. … Yet another reason why too much homework is bad: Kids can get very stressed out during homework times, so they do it just to get it done instead of keeping what they learned. When kids or teenagers have a lot of homework, a lot of the time, they don’t obtain the knowledge; they just do it to get it done, which can lead to those kids getting bad grades. If kids are not obtaining the knowledge, than what is the point of homework? That’s why I think having a balance is the way to go. That’s why I think the 10-minute per grade rule can help, which means [an additional] 10 minutes of homework per [each higher] grade. — Sammy Barnes Eighth grade Francine Delany New School for Children

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR: Mountain Sun Community School sixth-grader Brady Odell drew this portrait, writing: “I wanted to do something meaningful, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. seemed like the perfect man to draw. He embodies all things that are worth fighting for.”

Reducing trash Dear Asheville, I’m learning about the water cycle and our environment. As I’m getting further into it, I’m realizing how much pollution there is in our North Carolina environment! As our population is increasing, so is our trash! The French Broad has more trash than our school makes in a year, and that is only one river! I’ve seen even more things when it floods. So if you live close to the river, bring your things farther up the banks. I’m working with the rest of the third grade and all of the fifth to reduce all the trash we make. We recycle, reuse and compost. We hope you will, too! Thank you for reading! Sincerely, — Ella Hoffert Third grade Asheville Catholic School

Now Enrolling For The 2018-2019 School Year (ages 4-8, 9 a.m.-noon). Cost: $185$335/week, discounts available. Asheville • 828-252-6244 • avl.mx/4nj • gabrielle@ ashevillemusicschool.org June 18-Aug.10

week for siblings. City of Asheville residents receive a $10 discount. Asheville • 828-232-4529 • avl.mx/4og • trprogram@ ashevillenc.gov June 18-Aug. 17

ASHEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION — SUMMER TEEN PROGRAM

ASHEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION — THERAPEUTIC RECREATION YOUTH CAMP

Rising Grades 6-9 Co-Ed Looking for a cool and enriching alternative to regular teen summer camps? This program offers creative activities, diverse projects, field trips and more. Camps will be at Burton, Shiloh and Stephens-Lee recreation centers. For more information, contact your local recreation center. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $50/week for first child, $40/ week for siblings. City of Asheville residents receive a $10 discount. Asheville • 828-350-2058 • avl. mx/3s9 • tcrudup@ashevillenc.gov June 11-Aug. 17

ASHEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION — SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM

Rising Grades 1-5 Co-Ed A supervised recreation program for youth. Activities include games, crafts, cultural arts and field trips. Camps will be at Burton Street, Montford, Shiloh, Stephens-Lee recreation centers and Weaver Park Shelter. For more information, contact your local recreation center. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $50/week for first child, $40/ week for siblings. City of Asheville residents receive a $10 discount. Asheville • 828-259-5800 • avl. mx/3s9 • tcrudup@ashevillenc.gov June 11- Aug. 17

ASHEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION — THERAPEUTIC RECREATION TEEN CAMP

vpr

Ages 13-18 Co-Ed Asheville Parks & Recreation Therapeutic Recreation and FIRST present this camp. It is for teens with mild to moderate cognitive or developmental delays who meet eligibility requirements. Daily activities include group games, arts and crafts, nature exploration, special events and field trips. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $50/week for the first child, $40/

vpr

Ages 6-12 Co-Ed This Asheville Parks & Recreation Therapeutic Recreation summer camp is for youths with mild to moderate cognitive or developmental delays who meet eligibility requirements. Daily activities include group games, arts and crafts, nature exploration, special events and field trips. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $50/week for the first child, $40/ week for siblings. City of Asheville residents receive a $10 discount. Asheville • 828-232-4529 • avl.mx/4og • trprogram@ ashevillenc.gov June 18-Aug. 17

ASHEVILLE SCHOOL — APP DEVELOPMENT SUMMER CAMP

qr t

Ages 13-18 Co-Ed A unique app camp experience for students interested in learning how to make apps using Apple’s Swift programming language. Teens will learn to make apps like Instagram and games like Super Mario Run, and will be introduced to the power of incorporating Apple’s new Augmented Reality features into app design. Beginners welcome. Basic understanding of computer programming is encouraged, but not required. Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (lunch provided for day students). Cost: $550/week for day enrollment, $1850/week for overnight (includes all meals and field trips for overnight students). Asheville • 828-254-6345 ext. 4042 • avl.mx/4ov • appdevcamp@ ashevilleschool.org July 8-13; July 15-20

ASHEVILLE SCHOOL OF FILM — YOUTH SUMMER FILMMAKING EXPERIENCE

Ages 13-19 Co-Ed The Asheville School of Film will host three different rotations of its two-week summer film camp for teenagers. Students will gain experience in filmmaking and be introduced to career opportunities available in the film industry. The first week of class will involve primarily instruction, while the second week of class will involve directing, shooting and editing a 5- to 7-minute script. Class is

held 1:30-5:30 p.m. Cost: $495/ camper for two-week session, includes access to all equipment, a copy of the group film and the screening at a local theater. Asheville • 844-AVL-FILM • avl. mx/4nk • ashevilleschooloffilm@ gmail.com June 18-29; July 1627; August 6-17

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Ages 3-9 Co-Ed Each week offers campers a different theme such as “Superheroes” for the 3- to 5-year olds or “Broadway Bound” for the 6- to 9-year olds. Campers will work through the week to create an informal performance to be shared with family and friends on Friday. Complimentary camp photos that capture the week of learning and fun will also be provided. All four themed, half-day camps put an emphasis on creative movement, dance and music. Snack-time activities are also offered. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost: $125/week. Black Mountain • 828-6690930 • avl.mx/4rv • admin@ BlackMountainArts.org June 25-29; July 9-13; July 23-Aug. 3

BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE — GAME CREATOR SUMMER WORKSHOP

Rising Grades 9-12 Co-Ed Students will learn a generalized workflow in game creation and receive an introduction to 3-D modeling programs, 2-D image manipulation programs, and game engines. During the camp, students will use premade art and programming assets to build a main character, develop the level and finally, play the game. By the end of the camp, the student will be able to take a fully playable game home with them. Workshop participants should bring a USB thumb drive and headphones to all sessions. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: Free. Flat Rock • 828-694-1771 • avl.mx/4p6 • dp_roeder@ blueridge.edu June 11-14; July 9-12

BREVARD ACADEMY

A CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ACADEMY

A Free Quality Education

Serving Children From Kindergarten - 8 th Grade Call 828-885-BOOK Find out more information at brevard.teamcfa.school

A summer of adventure... A lifetime of values.

BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE — SCREENX

Grades 8-12 Co-Ed See your ideas or yourself on the big screen! Campers choose between the acting and film crew tracks and work together to make short movies. Over the course of the week, guest filmmakers

Boys Overnight & Co-ed Day Camp Sessions Learn more: rockmont.com MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

SECURITY: Bell Elementary School fourth-grader Randall Barnwell illustrates his ideas for improving safety, explaining in his artist’s statement: “This is about putting security cameras in every home to help solve crime. It will also help us keep an eye on my autistic little brother so he will stay safe.”

A solution to senior hunger Meals on Wheels is a great solution to senior hunger. The organization was started during World War II, when women would bring cooked meals to people whose homes had been bombed. Senior hunger, which

County. The Meals on Wheels based in Buncombe County feeds over 500 elderly people a day. Our Meals on Wheels couldn’t be what it is without the amazing volunteers and people who work there. Our local Meals on Wheels’ volunteers and employees are so dedicated to helping others that they go so far as to work on a day when Meals on Wheels isn’t open. I volunteered with them on Thanksgiving. Meals on Wheels was closed, but the volunteers worked with Deerfield [retirement community] to make over 200 meals for elders who had no family or friends to spend the day with. Meals on Wheels is an organization that is well worth donating your time to. It is a great way to make new friends

with older people who may be lonely and would love to see a friendly face. This experience moved me because I got to witness how this impacted the lives of elders in our community. — Sam Calloway Eighth grade Key School at Carolina Day School

Friend ball I want to invent a communication ring that makes friends! And it’s called a friend ball. It does not hold any batteries. It is really cool! — Savannah Shuford Third grade Odyssey Community School

was first acknowledged in America after the Great Depression, became a social concern under the administration of FDR. Everyone was going through hard times, but the poverty and food insecurity hit the elderly community harder than most. Meals on Wheels is set up all over the world, and I volunteered with this organization in Buncombe

HOW TO TALK TO EACH OTHER: Isaac Dickson Elementary School second-grader JaSyiah Burgin, pictured, created this artwork and poem on being kind.

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

and actors mentor students on everything from film/theater history to technology 101 to set etiquette. Students will have access to exclusive film screenings and Q&A sessions with film professionals. At the end of the week, join us for a world premiere of these student films! Camp runs from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. with flexible drop-off/pickup times before and after camp. Register online. Cost: Free, lunch and snacks provided. Flat Rock • 828-694-1855 • avl. mx/4p6 • ce_taylor@blueridge.edu June 12-15

motorized building challenges each day, along with crafts, games and plenty of time for creative building so kids are always having fun and learning. Themes include Star Wars, Minecraft, Pokemon, robotics and moviemaking. Register for the morning camp, or the afternoon camp — or register for both and bring a lunch. Cost: $135/half-day week. Asheville • 828-606-4827 • avl. mx/4nl • wland@bricks4kidz.com June 18-Aug. 10

BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE — SHARK TANK

BUDO MOUNTAIN MARTIAL ARTS — NATURE ADVENTURES SUMMER CAMP

Rising Grades 9-12 Co-Ed Students will explore what it takes to start a successful business in a fast-paced and fun atmosphere. Students will learn idea formation, decision making, business modeling, marketing, planning and presentation skills. Participants will receive a T-shirt and awards based on competitions. 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost: Free. Flat Rock • 828-694-1779 • avl.mx/4p6 • m_gaylord@ blueridge.edu June 11-14

BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE — YOUNG ENGINEERS EXPERIENCE 1

Rising Grades 7-9 Co-Ed Students will be introduced to the exciting world of engineering! The YEE1 camp is full of hands-on lab experiments in electronics and AutoCAD as well as team design projects and competitions in robotics, bridge building and even a ping-pong launch. Participants will receive a T-shirt and take home cool projects. Cost: Free. Flat Rock • 828-694-1756 • avl. mx/4p6 • shandab@blueridge.edu June 11-14; June 25-28

BRICKS 4 KIDZ — LEGO ENGINEERING STEM CAMPS

vqr

Ages 5 and up Co-Ed Bricks 4 Kidz offers half-day enrichment camps that feature exciting, popular themes and models, motorized Lego project kits and lessons unique to Bricks 4 Kidz. Campers complete

qpvr

Rising Grades K-5 Co-Ed Nature Adventures is Asheville’s twist on a traditional summer camp. Kids learn about wellness, movement, wilderness skills, science, art and more through games, adventure and special topic workshops with top teachers from our community. MondayFriday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Before- and after-care available. Cost: $229/ week. Offering early bird, sibling and multiweek discounts. Asheville • 828-280-0624 • avl. mx/4ra • info@budomountain.com July 23- Aug.10

CAMP CEDAR CLIFF

upmt

Rising Grades 2-10 Co-Ed Making new friends, camping out, successfully navigating our high-ropes course or rappelling down our cliff, these wellmonitored environments of risk are designed to encourage kids to push through self-imposed limitations and accomplish things that will strengthen their confidence and ignite a sense of adventure in them. Come experience “a summer adventure that will last an eternity.” Three-night sessions with optional day camp for rising grades 2-4. Weeklong sessions for rising grades 4-10. Challenging, two-week sessions available to rising grades 7-10. Cost: $380/ three-night session or $500 with

additional day camp. $740/week, or $1,420/two-week session. Asheville • 828-450-3331 • avl.mx/ prtq • camp@campcedarcliff.org June 9-July 27

CAMP CEDAR CLIFF — DAY CAMP

upmr

Rising Grades K-5 Co-Ed Day Camp gives younger children a taste of camping. Your child can develop skills on the archery and BB ranges, swim, play large group games, and try all kinds of real camp activities. Come experience “a summer adventure that will last an eternity.” Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $280/week, lunch and snack included. Asheville • 828-450-3331 • avl.mx/ prtq • camp@campcedarcliff.org· June 11-July 27

CAMP HENRY

upmvt

Grades K-12 Co-Ed With sessions for all ages, from kindergartners to grandparents, Camp Henry strives to provide an affordable and memorable experience, a home away from home, a place where they come to play, sing, dance and explore, but most importantly, a place they come to learn about the unconditional love of God. Campers participate in creative and engaging programs designed by clergy and staff, based on scripture, liturgy, environmental education and conservation. They also enjoy camp activities such as sports, games, boating, fishing, climbing, hiking, arts and crafts, singing, storytelling and more. Adult and family options offered. Cost varies and scholarships are available. Canton • 828-475-9264 • avl.mx/4nm • camphenry@ diocesewnc.org June 15-Aug. 1

CAMP HENRY — OUTDOOR SCHOOL

upt

Grades 6-12 Co-Ed CHOS offers a unique blend of a wilderness travel experience with the spiritual guidance of a priest to youth. A fun and challenging program, campers spend a week learning and using wilderness traveling and camping skills. Each CHOS trip includes a day of climbing on Camp Henry’s alpine tower challenge course, a

LEGEND

Athletic Camp

Nature Camp

Day Camp

Faith Camp

Academic / Science Camp

Overnight Camp

Art Camp

✈ Travel Camp MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

SUWS of the Carolinas is a therapeutic wilderness program in Old Fort, NC. It is an integrated strengths based program that addresses the biological, psychological and social needs of adolescents with mental health, substance abuse and behavioral challenges.

3rd Annual Southeast Conference on Autism Grove Park Inn Monday, Tuesday April 2nd & 3rd • 8am-3pm

Keynote Speaker, Nancy Tarshis MA, MS, CCC-SLP Nancy Tarshis is a speech-language pathologist whose prolific career includes extensive experience working with children and their parents. Nancy’s clinical work includes Altogether Social, a Social Thinking practice she co-founded with Debbie Meringolo, that serves clients age 14 months through 22 years. Altogether Social provides individual and group sessions, consultations to public and private schools, and trainings for parents and professionals. Information/Registration: https://theautismsymposium.com Registration begins: 2:30 pm, April 2nd

Join us for a two-day conference. Breakfast and Lunch included. 10 CEU’s can be awarded for full participation. $400 for Professionals $300 for Teachers, Parents, & Students

For more info contact Kelly Dunbar Director of Business Development: kelly.dunbar@suwscarolinas.com

HELP THE EARTH: Fourth-grader Elsabet Smith created this work at the Roots & Wings School of Art and Design, writing: “Please help stop pollution by putting recycling in the recycling bin. The beach has been covered with trash, and there are even signs that have been put up on the beach saying ‘Don’t swim.’ That’s because the water can be dangerous from all of the trash and recycling.”

Water conservation Water. If you don’t know what that is, you’re most likely dead. Our survival depends on this H2O. But it’s slowly getting wasted. Even by brushing your teeth, you could be wasting water. … We have very little fresh water, water we can use. We use it for our dishes, our drinking water, our laundry, our showers and, of course, drinking. We use it so much, with a population nearing 7.4 billion. And many more to come. With so much people using so much water, we could one day run out. Now I’m not saying to go and donate a lot of money to a water conservation fund, but I am saying that it’s time to chip in on saving our planet. Conserving water won’t only save the Earth, but will also save you a bit of money on your water bill. How can I help? The way you could help is to save water. The average American family uses 400 gallons of water a day. … A lot of it is wasted. So how do you save this water? There are many ways.

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

• Turn off the water when brushing your teeth. Do you really need that water running while scrubbing? • Shower bucket. While you are waiting for the hot water, put a bucket under to catch the cold water. Then you can water your plants with it. Or bathe Fido. • Don’t start the dishwasher half empty. You can wait; then you are saving money and water. • Water outdoor plants in the early morning. Then you use less water, because you lose less water to evaporation. • When hand-washing dishes, fill up the sink and continue. Do you need that faucet running the whole time? Now that you have read this, I hope that you will conserve water in your home. And research more ways to save your Earth, whether water conservation or power conservation. Please help. It’s a serious problem. Thank you for your time. — Madison Marie Archer Sixth grade Charles T. Koontz Intermediate School

day of rock climbing and a day of whitewater rafting. Cost: $625/ week. Scholarships and adult/ family options are available. Canton • 828-475-9264 • avl.mx/4nm • camphenry@ diocesewnc.org June 17-28

9:00 a.m.-noon, afternoon session 1:30-4:30 p.m. Cost: TBA Asheville • 828-2429067 • avl.mx/4qn • corrieteaches@gmail.com July 2-13; July 30-Aug. 3

CAMP HOBBIT HILL — GIRLS SUMMER CAMP

umpvr

mrt

Ages 7-17 Girls Our girls’ equestrian sleepaway camp offers a wide variety of camp activities to complement the riding program. After the morning riding period, the rest of the day will be filled with things to do! See website for details. Cost: Varies depending on length of session, day or overnight program. Alexander • 828-808-7929 • avl.mx/4oq • happycamper@ camphobbithill.com June 10-Aug. 18

CAMP HOBBIT HILL — SPRING BREAK CAMP

pvmr

Ages 6-14 Co-Ed Your kids will never be bored at Camp Hobbit Hill! With a variety of activities such as arts and crafts, learning about horses and games and gardening, we will keep your kids busy exploring, playing, and learning. Drop-off: 8:30 a.m. Pickup: 4:30 p.m. Cost: $195/week; $25/week extra for late pickup. Horse riding lessons $75/week extra (bring your owns boots and helmet). Asheville • 828-808-7929 • avl. mx/4oq • happycamper@ camphobbithill.com April 2-6

CAMP I BE ME! — THE ART AND SCIENCE OF BEING YOURSELF

vqr

Ages 5-7 Co-Ed Each camp includes whole-child wellness including social and emotional learning, mindful movement, lots of outside and inside play, a STEAM maker lab and various creative expression opportunities through passion and play. Themes include: Buggin’ Around, engaging with the tiny world of insects; Where the Wild Things Art, a high energy exploration of animals and art mediums; and STEAM EmPowered, a look at how things work to build innovation, collaboration and problem-solving abilities. For questions and enrollment support please email Corrie Price. Morning session

CAMP KANUGA — DAY CAMPS

Ages 5-14 Co-Ed Camp Kanuga seeks to build relationships, within Christian community, for transformation and growth. Day camps at community churches feature activities designed for campers ages 5-11 and conducted on-site. Adventure day camps, with pick up and drop off at a church (TBA), offer a number of exciting activities including rafting, zip lining, kayaking and stand up paddle boarding for ages 12-14. See website for details and registration. Monday- Friday Cost: $225/ages 5-11, $285/ages 12-14. Hendersonville • 828-233-2744 • avl.mx/4q9 • psuggs@kanuga.org July 2-Aug. 3

CAMP KANUGA — OVERNIGHT CAMP AND EXPEDITIONS

u m p ✈t

Ages 7-15 Co-Ed Camp Kanuga seeks to build relationships, within Christian community, for transformation and growth. Campers will enjoy over 30 activities, from swimming and target sports, to hiking and camping. We have five different 4-, 9- and 13-day sessions; Adventure programs are featured and can be added to camp sessions or taken separately in six expeditions for campers ages 12-15; and five expeditions for ages 14-18, which include two Alaska expeditions. See website for details and registration. Cost varies by session. Hendersonville • 828-233-2744 • avl.mx/4rf • psuggs@kanuga.org June-July

CAMP MUDDY SNEAKERS — LEADERSHIP CAMP

Ages 12-13 Co-Ed Leadership camp is designed to help campers develop an awareness for their capabilities and how they can make a difference in our community. Our staff are dedicated to coaching campers through a nature based-course that will use different leadership styles to develop skills in communication, conflict resolution, critical thinking and peer mentoring. As they explore the mountains with a leader’s view, their deep nature connection will help cultivate a sense of empowerment, responsibility and compassion.

Leadership camp is a weeklong, full-day camp offered to rising seventh- and eighth-graders — small group meets at base camp in Asheville. Cost: $450 Asheville • 828-862-5560 • avl. mx/4no • lee@muddysneakers.org June 25-29

CAMP MUDDY SNEAKERS — NATURE EXPLORER CAMP

pvr

Ages 6-8 Co-Ed Dive in and get your sneakers muddy discovering and exploring the trails of WNC! Nature Explorer Camp sessions offer full-day, place-based expeditions for rising first- through third-graders. Our outdoor-loving naturalist staff engage small groups of campers with awesome outdoor games and crafts as they delve into nearby ecosystems. Camper days are filled with nature adventures in weekly sessions: Tremendous Trees; Birds Galore; Aquatic Critters; Wacky Weather; Buggin’ Out; Fur, Feathers and Scales; Mushroom Madness, and How Many Habitats. Base camps in Asheville, Brevard, Hendersonville and Rutherfordton. Cost: $299/week. Brevard • 828-862-5560 • avl. mx/4no • lee@muddysneakers.org June 11-Aug. 3

CAMP MUDDY SNEAKERS — TRAIL BLAZERS CAMP

Ages 9-12 Co-Ed Our highly trained naturalists are focused on getting kids outdoors to inspire curiosity, a connection with nature, staying active and cultivating a sense of stewardship. After parent drop-off, they head into the forest for hands-on experiential learning. Our campers gain a deep understanding of the natural world and have the opportunity to explore the peaks, creeks and wild woodlands that make WNC so magical. Trail Blazers camp sessions offer full-day field expeditions for small groups of rising fourth- through seventhgraders. Base camps in Asheville, Brevard, Hendersonville and Rutherfordton. Cost: $299/week. Brevard • 828-862-5560 • avl. mx/4no • lee@muddysneakers.org June 11-Aug. 3

Mr. K’s Used Books, MUsic and More

ASHEVILLE’S LARGEST USED BOOKSTORE

NEW & USED: Books • CDs • Vinyl Records Video Games • Books on CD • DVDs BUY • SELL • TRADE

Check with us for your Summer Reading Books Large Selection of New and Used Children and Young Adult Books at Great Prices!

CAMP ROCKMONT

upvmt

Ages 6-16 Boys Camp Rockmont’s focus is male development in an intentional Christian community. Activities include camping, hiking, kayaking, blacksmithing, homesteading, canoeing, crafts, guitar, Bible study and more! Campers live in a cabin of 8-12 boys their age and participate in large-group activities

Open Mon. - Sat. 9am-9pm • Sun. 12-6pm 800 Fairview Rd. • Asheville, NC River Ridge Shopping Center • Beside A.C. Moore • Hwy 240 exit #8

299-1145 • www.mrksusedbooks.com MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

STOP CUTTING TREES: Azalea Mountain School third-grader Oak Hudson used crayons to draw this picture about protecting trees.

Kids can help fight hunger We have a multitude of problems in our world. All of these things cause turmoil in our world. I have decided to target hunger in this article because we have more than enough food to go around in just the U.S., yet 795 million people are hungry. I chose to do the topic of hunger because of an influential speaker who came out … and discussed the topic of hunger. He was from Africa. His speech was very inspiring. He told the story of his childhood. As a child, he didn’t have parents because they died of hunger. He and his brothers could barely find enough food to survive. All but one ended up dying of hunger. He barely had enough food, while we have more than enough food, most of it wasted. Hunger affects so many people. Here are the statistics: First, 98 percent of the world’s undernourished people live in developing countries. Hunger faces Asia (519.6 million people are hungry), SubSaharan Africa (223 million people hunger), Latin America and the Caribbean (42.5 million people hunger). Second, half of deaths of children under the age of 5 are caused by malnutrition. This is an unnecessary loss of 3 million children a year. Third, one in 10 people on the Earth live on under $1.90 a day. Half of the extreme poor live in Sub-Saharan Africa. There are so many malnourished people in our world who have hardly enough food, live in poor conditions and have practically undrinkable water.

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

What can we do? We as kids I think can do many things, and some can do more than others, but we can all do something. First, there are some things we can all do to help. Everyone can work on wasting less food. We can all save our food. Wasting food pushes up food prices globally! And the No. 1 cause of hunger is poverty. So, by not wasting our food, we are helping others. It may be a small action, but everything counts. Second, we can help by volunteering and donating. Last year, my class volunteered at Kairos West and helped with their garden. And this year, my class goes to MANNA FoodBank to volunteer. When your school or community does any sort of food drive, you can donate. Also at a certain time called Lent (the 40 days before Easter), there are cardboard boxes (called rice bowls) given by Catholic Charities. You fill the box with however much money you can give over the 40 days. At the end of the 40 days, the rice bowls are collected, and that money goes to help people in other countries with hunger. These are all great ways I think kids can help our community and world. Hunger is a major issue that faces our world today. And we’ve made progress since 2000. I believe that everyone giving their best contribution to fight hunger will help. It may only be something small, but everything makes a difference. We can help our world and community through lowering our food waste, donating and volunteering. I hope one day there will be a time where no one is hungry, and everyone has a meal on their table. — Ella Goodrum Sixth grade Asheville Catholic School

with their age group. Established in 1956, Camp Rockmont offers a big dose of nature-based challenge, inspiration and rejuvenation. Sessions range from six days to 27 days. Cost: $1,490-5,725. Black Mountain • 828-686-3885 • avl.mx/4or • info@rockmont.com June 10-Aug. 10

CAMP ROCKMONT — CO-ED DAY CAMP

upmr

Ages 6-10 Co-Ed The Rockmont Day Camp incorporates many aspects of our overall mission of growth, discovering new skills, exploring the natural world and building a community that values each child. Daily activities include waterfront play, outdoor adventure, group games and creative learning. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $400/week, meals and snacks provided. Black Mountain • 828-686-3885 • avl.mx/4or • info@rockmont.com June 25-Aug.10

CAMPS KAHDALEA AND CHOSATONGA

upmvt

Ages 8-17 Girls, Boys Camps Kahdelea, for girls, and Chostonga, for boys, create space for each camper to grow his or her spiritual, physical, mental and social self in beautiful wilderness settings. Activities include backpacking, tennis, horseback riding, swimming, canoeing, high-ropes challenge course, nature study, mountain biking, drama, arts and crafts, archery, team sports and more. Emphasis on Christian character building, good attitudes, self confidence and resourcefulness. Junior camps for younger kids during parts of sessions. Junior counselor positions available for rising juniors, seniors and college freshmen. Cost: $4,990/June session, $5,990/July session $8,970/both. Early bird and family discounts available. Brevard • 828-884-6834 • avl. mx/4q0 • office@kahdalea.com June 3-Aug. 1

CAROLINA DAY — CAMP BELL

pvqmr

Grades Pre-K-12 Co-Ed Camp Bell at Carolina Day School invites children from the Western North Carolina region to learn

and grow while having fun on campus and on trail. Give your budding scientist, artist, athlete or conservationist a great experience experience this summer. Treat your younger child’s imagination to superhero or fairy play, field games and more. Extended hours are available for working parents. See website for registration and details. Cost: $215-$475/week, depending on the session. Asheville • 828-274-0757 • avl.mx/4s5 • camp. bell@carolinaday.org June 11-Aug.3

CHRIST SCHOOL — REVOLUTION LACROSSE CAMP

mrt

Ages 9-17 Boys All skill levels of campers will have the opportunity to learn from some of the best coaches in the country in a positive learning environment on the beautiful, 500-acre campus of Christ School. We are celebrating 13 years of success. Cost: $395 day camp (8:30 a.m.- 8 p.m.), or $465 for overnight camp. Arden • 828-684-6232 ext. 10 • avl.mx/4np • laxcamp@ christschool.org June 25-29

CLIMBMAX CLIMBING — ADVANCED ROCK AND LEAD CLINIC

m pr t

other days. Intended for advanced climbers, all genders. Cost: $465. Asheville • 828-252-9996 • avl. mx/4nq • stuart@climbmaxnc.com July 30-Aug. 3

CLIMBMAX CLIMBING — SMAC TWEEN CAMP

mpr

Ages 11-16 Co-Ed A super fun and educational climbing and multisport program for preteens and tweens held at the new Smoky Mountain Adventure Center in the RAD. The kids will enjoy plenty of indoor rock climbing on our fabulous climbing walls, and each day there will be breaks and lunch at the park across the street. We will mix climbing with riding bikes and floating or paddling down the French Broad River. The last day of this program will be spent outdoors on the real rock, climbing at one of WNC’s best destination climbing spots. All genders. Cost: $405, rental equipment is provided and included. Asheville • 828-252-9996 • avl.mx/4nq • matthew. baetzhold@gmail.com June 25-29

CLIMBMAX CLIMBING — TWEEN MULTISPORT PROGRAM

m pr t

Ages 14-18 Co-Ed The most advanced climbing program Climbmax offers. Program meets 9 a.m., Monday at Climbmax Climbing Center in downtown Asheville. The second day will be spent at the new Smoky Mountain Adventure Center in the RAD, where the kids will practice indoor climbing. On the final three days we will travel to a destination climbing area where we will set up camp to prepare for two nights of overnight camping and plenty of outdoor climbing. All meals, transportation and associated climbing equipment are provided for the overnight portions of this camp; snacks are provided on

Ages 12-16 Co-Ed A super fun and educational climbing program for teens and tweens. Program meets for the first day at Climbmax Climbing Center in downtown Asheville to review terms, techniques and climbing. Afternoons are broken up with urban activities. The second day, camp meets at the new Smoky Mountain Adventure Center and is introduced to other outdoor adventures with either a canoe trip or a bike ride along the French Broad River (participants’ choice). The rest of the camp will focus on outdoor climbing and includes an overnight camping trip. All meals, transportation and associated climbing equipment are provided for the overnight portions of this

LEGEND

Athletic Camp

Nature Camp

Day Camp

Faith Camp

Academic / Science Camp

Overnight Camp

Art Camp

✈ Travel Camp MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

LGBTQ rights

SAVE THE ANIMALS: Evergreen Community Charter School third-grader Jasper Childs drew this woodland scene warning about the dangers that littering poses to wildlife.

Save the animals I think that litter is a big problem, because if an animal ate a rusty can, it can get cut, infected, sick or die. To help, we could get a group, and two days a week, go out in the woods and river and pick up trash so animals don’t die from it. This is important because some animals are going extinct because people are littering. Animals are cool, but we are killing them, and if they’re gone, the Earth will never be the same so save them!! There is a challenge that people will just keep littering. To stop this, we could convince more people that saving the animals is so so so so so so so so so much better than littering. — Jasper Childs Third grade Evergreen Community Charter School

Imagine being a member of the LGBTQ community, even as an ally, and you are fighting to take away a law that allows discrimination. You finally get that law taken away, but it gets replaced by a law that, in your opinion, doesn’t do enough. This law doesn’t protect you or anyone from the community that you care about. This is House Bill 142. HB 142 may have helped some, but it doesn’t do enough. HB 142 doesn’t protect people from the LGBTQ community from discrimination. People are being judged for who they are and how they identify. Even though HB 142 helped, it doesn’t add protections for LGBTQ community members. At this point, it would be better to repeal the bill and make a new one that includes policies against discrimination and gives anyone in the LGBTQ community more rights and protection. Asheville strives to be a safe place for everyone no matter their race, gender, ethnicity or the way they identify. According to the Campaign for Southern Equality, HB2 was one of the most antiLGBTQ laws in the nation. So many people have been fighting for an end to the “bathroom bill,” and to have it falsely advertised in HB 142 was like dangling equality in front, just out of reach. Imagine this: You’re in a race, and you’re almost at the finish line but you fall. This is like what many have to go through to win the battle about LGBTQ rights and equality. Those people get back up each time no matter how hard they fall. They are confident, brave and outstanding, but they need our help to win this war. Will you help or will you be standing in the shadows as this goes on? — Emily Watkins Eighth grade Evergreen Community Charter School

Eliada Homes is preparing for Summer Camp! Now through March 31st, you can get a 50% discount on your enrollment fee for camp! Call Breanne Treadway today at (828) 210-0224 to sign your camper up! Summer Camp is open Monday-Friday from 7:00am-5:30pm. Swimming, hiking trails, gymnasium, ball field, playground, indoor play space, and weekly field trips! We also need amazing staff to create memorable camp experiences. We are accepting applications on our website at... www.eliada.org/learn-about-us/current-openings! 28

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

DON’T RUN OVER ANIMALS! Azalea Mountain School third-grader Cami Todd used crayons to make the point that people should be careful of animals while driving.

VIRTUAL REALITY WATCH: Odyssey Community School third-grader Hailey Farmer illustrates her essay below that proposes a solution to a perplexing problem.

Virtual reality watch I am going to make a virtual reality watch. Where you type in your number, and then you call someone, and you can see them and you can touch them. This solves the problem of missing people. — Hailey Farmer Third grade Odyssey Community School

PROTECT THE POLLINATORS: Rainbow Community School kindergartner Margeaux Le painted this happy butterfly.

camp; snacks are provided on other days. All genders. Cost: $405. Asheville • 828-252-9996 • avl.mx/4nq • matthew. baetzhold@gmail.com Aug. 6-10

and get to know our more-thanhuman neighbors. Cost: $575. Marshall • 502-396-6408 • avl.mx/4nr • lena@ earthpatheducation.com June 11-15

$35 registration fee, $130/five days, 10 percent sibling discount. Asheville • 828-318-8894 • avl.mx/4ot • info@ elevatelifeandart.com April 2-6

CLIMBMAX CLIMBING — YOUTH CAMP

EARTH PATH EDUCATION — GROWING GODDESS/ MOON MYSTICS CAMP

ELEVATE — SUMMER CAMP

mpvr

Ages 6-13 Co-Ed A super fun climbing program for children that meets each day at Climbmax Climbing Center in downtown Asheville. Offering plenty of climbing, exercises and games intermixed with either making pottery, stringing beads, tumbling or splashing in the fountain. The final two days of this camp are spent outdoors on the real rock. Snacks and transportation (to the rock site) are provided. Open to all ability levels. All genders. Cost: $385. Asheville • 828-252-9996 • avl.mx/4nq • matthew. baetzhold@gmail.com June 18-22; July 9-13

EAGLE’S NEST CAMP AND HANTE ADVENTURES

pmt

Ages 6-18 Co-Ed Eagle’s Nest Camp encourages boys and girls to live and grow simply, rooted by intentional experiences and connection to community. We emphasize developing the whole child in a compassionate, encouraging environment filled with activities that promote self-expression, personal growth, skill building and fun. 1-, 2- and 3-week sessions available. Cost: $1,695-$4,055. Pisgah Forest • 828-877-4349 • avl.mx/4os • info@enf.org June 9-Aug.12

EARTH PATH EDUCATION — EARTH WALKERS CAMP

pvt

Ages 10-14 Co-Ed In this Earth Walkers Camp, we will be crafting our own pair of leather moccasins over the course of the week. Throughout the week we will also hone our tracking skills, practicing moving through the forest silently so that we can blend into the ecology

Ages 11-18 Girls A nature-based, rites-of-passage camp honoring the sacred time when a girl is becoming a woman. Through supportive sisterhood, fun, ritual and nature connection each young woman’s inner gifts and natural authenticity emerge. Cost: $575. Marshall • 502-396-6408 • avl.mx/4nr • lena@ earthpatheducation.com July 9-13; July 16-20

EARTH PATH EDUCATION — NATURE SISTERS CAMP

Ages 8-11 Girls Join us as we play and connect with new friends and Mother Earth through nature-awareness games, ancestral crafts, teamwork, community service and primitive skills. Located on the Sacred Mountain Sanctuary. Cost $575. Candler • 502-396-6408 • avl.mx/4nr • lena@ earthpatheducation.com June 25-29

EARTH PATH EDUCATION — WILD WOODSMAN CAMP

Ages 10-13 Boys Come learn the skills and ways of a wild woodsman. From proper tool use to fire by friction and wild foraging, this camp touches on important skills for anyone who loves the forest. Cost: $575. Marshall • 502-396-6408 • avl.mx/4nr • lena@ earthpatheducation.com June 25-29

ELEVATE — SPRING BREAK CAMP

mpur

Ages 5-11 Co-Ed Caring and attentive staff keep a structured daily schedule while engaging campers physically and mentally and give them an opportunity to make friends and have fun! 8 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Cost:

mvur

New

Birthday Party Layout!

Ages 5-11 Co-Ed A variety of summertime fun keeping kids physically and mentally engaged through weekly field trips, sports, swimming, team-building games and more! Centrally located in downtown Asheville. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Cost: $55 registration fee ($25 before March 31) and $130/five days, with daily rates,10 percent sibling discount. Activity fees: $40/ week or $140/whole summer. Asheville • 828-318-8894 • avl.mx/4ot • info@ elevatelifeandart.com June 18-Aug. 10

EMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL — SUMMER ROCKS

umvr

Grades Pre-K-12 Co-Ed We offer a variety of day camps, so your child will have two camps per week to choose from. In our drama camp production, rising second- through eighthgraders can participate in “Alice in Wonderland Jr.” Auditions will be held May 29-30, 6-8 p.m., in our gymnasium. There are also a variety of activities for our preschoolers which include water day, field day, music, drama and special theme days. We have many options to choose from. Camp for a half-day is 9 a.m.–noon or 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m for the full day. Cost varies, see website for details. Asheville • 828-281-8182 • avl. mx/4ou • cmarino@elcsmail.org June 11-Aug. 10

EMPYREAN ARTS — SUMMER CIRCUS CAMP

Ages 7-12 Co-Ed During circus camp, students will have the opportunity to learn and practice a variety of aerial arts apparatuses, including silks, sling, lyra and trapeze. On the last day of camp students will have the opportunity to show off their new talents to friends and family. No aerial experience MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

Preventing climate change In our community, climate change is a big issue. It is bad because it is not only heating up naturally cold environments, but it is melting ice, which is making sea levels rise. One way to prevent climate change is by reducing emissions from our planet. That can be solved many ways, one being by having at least one day each month where driving is illegal all over the world. We could also cut down on the red meat we eat, like cows or pigs, because their poop actually creates emissions that go up into our atmosphere. What is climate change? Well, climate change is basically our climate changing. It hurts because when the emissions go into our skies, they make it hotter, and it can even make more extreme natural disasters. What are all of the effects of climate change? The changes are sea level rise, more precipitation and changes in wildlife behavior. If we don’t treat climate change, one day it will be too hot to go outside, and eventually we will all die.

I talked with climate expert Dr. Jeff Privette [who is also my dad] about the topic and he said, “I think it presents major risk for society. On an individual level, there will be winners and losers. But at a societal level, there will be great costs because most of our infrastructure and cultural practices were optimized for a given climate, and that climate is changing. For instance, we’ve built huge cities right next to an ocean that is rising, and with sea level rise, the seas are intruding into city spaces.” In conclusion, it is going to get hot, and if we don’t do anything now, we will never get another chance. — Arthur Privette Sixth grade Asheville Catholic School

French Broad River Kerosene spills stink Please save the French Broad River Let’s make rivers clean. — Gibby Curwen Fourth grade The Learning Community School

Thanks for voting us one of the best outdoor dining, people-watching, kid-friendly pizza joints in Asheville!

50 Broadway • 236-9800 mellowmushroom.com/asheville

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

ASHEVILLE LITTER: Haw Creek Elementary School fourth-grader Ellie Dittrich contributed this artwork, adding in an artist’s statement: “I think that people shouldn’t throw things on the street or litter. It can affect other things like nature or animals. Sometimes it can choke animals, and pollution can hurt plants.”

River, friend, ally The river, my friend, my ally, who I am. The river, he loves everyone who loves him. He is a friend to all. The river has crabby crawdads, kind kingfishers, fruity frogs, mad moss and awesome algae. All the animals appreciate him. The river, Like a bowl holding our lives, and love, more and more love. The river, Silly, serious, sad, happy and angry is who he is. The river, Running, splashing, swimming, dripping, Rippling, swirling, flowing and whirling. The river is my heart. The river,

SELF-PORTRAIT: Evergreen Community Charter School eighth-grader Luke Hart offers a thoughtful message with his painting.

Warm and cold, Loud and soft, Happy and sad. The river is part of all of us, in our hearts. The river is our friend. The river, if we help keep him clean, we will get a little splash. The river, it would be hard without him. The river is a part of Nature. The river is my friend, my ally and who I am. — Cadence Hoffman Third grade Rainbow Community School

Why? Why did the world decide to be against squirrels? Why do we feed them bird seed And chase the squirrels Away? What made them so special anyway? We push them away. Chasing Chasing Chasing They scrounge for food. Just like we do Just like the birds do Could It be Because they don’t have flashy feathers that please the eye? Don’t judge a book by its cover. What would the world be like if we, the most intelligent beings on the planet, did that? oh. Wait. — Susannah Owen Sixth grade Asheville Catholic School

needed. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $220/week. Asheville • 828-782-3321 • avl. mx/4r2 • info@empyreanarts.org June 25-29; July 30-Aug. 3

FIERCE FLIX

Ages 8-16 Girls Fierce Flix is a summer film camp open to gender minorities and girls. Over the course of a week, campers will work in groups to write, direct, shoot and edit music videos for the bands at Girls Rock Asheville, which will premiere at a public screening at the end of the camp. Campers will attend video shoots, filmmaking instruction and a mini-screening/Q&A with a female filmmaker. Workshops include screenwriting and storyboarding, optics and lights, gear 101, her-story of filmmaking, gender in media, and more! 9 a.m.-4 p.m. with flexible dropoff/pickup. Lunch and snacks provided. Register online. Cost: $150, sponsorships available. Asheville • avl.mx/4qf • fierceflixcamp@gmail.com June 25-29

FIRED UP! CREATIVE LOUNGE — ART ADVENTURES CAMP

Ages 5-12 Co-Ed Join us for an amazing week of crafting and fun at our Art Adventures Camp. Campers will have the opportunity to explore new areas of art in a fun and creative way. Projects will include pottery wheel (Asheville only), clay hand building, glass fusing, canvas painting, mosaics and much more!

10 percent discount if registered by May 15, (discount applies to full week only. Not valid with other discounts or offers). Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon. In Asheville and Hendersonville. Cost: $130/5day week, $35/individual day. Asheville • 828-253-8181 • avl.mx/4q3 • linda@ fireduplounge.com June 11-Aug. 3

FIREFLY GATHERING

pvt

salve making. Day camp 9 a.m.-3 p.m., with optional overnight campout on Thursday. Cost: $310, sibling discount available. Asheville • 828-3389787 • avl.mx/4pz • forestfloorwp@gmail.com June 25-29

FOREST FLOOR WILDERNESS PROGRAMS — RUN WILD! DAY CAMP

All Ages Co-Ed The eleventh annual Firefly Gathering, located on the Farm at Green Heron Pond, is a wholefamily camp featuring activities for living with the Earth for children of all ages. Overnight camping with over 250 classes in animal tracking, archery, plant and tree identification, bird language, traditional crafts, herbal medicine and more. Guided programs are available for children and youth according to age. Register online. Cost: $10-$250/two-day pass $15-$400/four-day pass, sliding scale depending on age group and ability to pay. Leicester • 828-777-8777 • avl. mx/4q5 • info@fireflygathering.org June 21- 24

FOREST FLOOR WILDERNESS PROGRAMS — HEARTH-FIRE CAMP

Ages 9-13 Co-Ed Shelter, water, fire, food. These are the Fundamental Four of wilderness survival. This class will be part theory, with lots of hands-on practice and testing, culminating in an overnight campout where we will put our skills to the test through real-life applications. Day camp 9 a.m.-3 p.m., with optional overnight

p vr t

Ages 10-14 Co-Ed Campers will engage directly with fire, using it as a tool to create beautiful crafts and cook tasty food. Additional skills and activities may include: primitive pottery, flint knapping and herbal

Ages 6-12 Co-Ed This camp is filled with more fun, adventure and learning about the natural world than you thought was possible in a week. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $260/ week, sibling discount available. Asheville • 828-3389787 • avl.mx/4pz • forestfloorwp@gmail.com July 9-13; July 23-27

FOREST FLOOR WILDERNESS PROGRAMS — SURVIVAL SKILLS CAMP

pr t

LEGEND

Athletic Camp

Nature Camp

Day Camp

Faith Camp

Academic / Science Camp

Overnight Camp

MOUNTAINX.COM

Art Camp

✈ Travel Camp

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

a root cause. More shame leads to more seeking to self-medicate.” How can we help incarcerated mothers and their children? There are many programs available, but more are needed. One success is Ministry of Hope, the community-funded chaplaincy program at SCCW that helps hire chaplains to guide incarcerated women. The chaplains at Ministry of Hope offer programs like Read Me a Story, where the mother of a child records herself reading a story, and the book and a CD of the recording are given to her child. A mother in this program wrote, “Your books opened the doors of communication between us. He was angry and thought I didn’t care or love him, but through a simple book, CD, and time, he realized that mama loves him.” Another program they offer is the Mother and Child/Teen Retreat, where children get to spend about 24 hours together in the relaxed setting of local

camp with planned activities. Chaplain Dalton explains, “I think it helps reassure the kids that their moms really are OK. Sometimes it is an opportunity for the mom to show her kids that she’s learning how to be a better person. Great conversations happen, and bonds that may have been damaged by separation and/or misunderstandings from lack of clear communication are often mended.” On these retreats, the children also get to bond with one another as peers. There are so many children just trying to weave through life with the pressure of their mothers in prisons. I believe that if we start more and more programs, then these mothers and children won’t have to struggle with the hard difficulties that this situation brings. — Maggie Stephenson Eighth grade Evergreen Community Charter School

KID S C AM P LI ST I N GS HELPING UNWANTED ANIMALS: ArtSpace Charter School second-grader Giuliana Sparacino envisioned how unwanted pets could have a happy ending.

Children of incarcerated mothers There are 213,700 incarcerated women in the USA. Sixty percent of these women have a child under age 18. When a mother is incarcerated and separated from her children, it can result in feelings of depression, anxiety, shame and stress for both mother and child. What is it like for these children to deal with separation and the social and academic impact it causes? According to recent studies, as low as 1-2 percent of children with incar-

cerated mothers graduate college. Antoinette, who is now an adult, said, “When my mother was sentenced, I felt that I was sentenced. She was sentenced to prison. I was sentenced, as a child, to be without my mother.” Children of incarcerated mothers often have a hard time dealing with the emotional burden of their situation, but their mothers deal with similar issues. Due to the separation, evidence shows that mothers also struggle with feelings of guilt and shame. The Rev. Carol Dalton, who is a chaplain at Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women, states, “Most female inmates are addicted to some substance, and shame is very often

campout on Thursday. Cost: $310, sibling discount available. Asheville • 828-3389787 • avl.mx/4pz • forestfloorwp@gmail.com July 30-Aug. 3

Season’s CFL website or visit avl. mx/4q2 to register. Cost: Free. Asheville • 828-692-6178 • avl.mx/4q1 • bstockton@ fourseasonscfl.org Aug. 11-12

FOREST FLOOR WILDERNESS PROGRAMS — TRAILBLAZERS BACKPACKING EXPEDITION

FRANKLIN SCHOOL OF INNOVATION — ART CAMP

Ages 10-13 Co-Ed Join us for a multiday overnight nomadic backpacking journey. The days will include nature awareness games, wild forging and naturalist skills while hiking from camp to camp. Campers will learn to hang tarps, tie knots, build and tend fires and cook over an open fire. For returning Forest Floor campers. Cost: $500. Asheville • 828-3389787 • avl.mx/4pz • forestfloorwp@gmail.com June 12-15

FOUR SEASONS — CAMP HEART SONGS

pmt

Ages 6-12 Co-Ed Camp Heart Songs is a two-day overnight camp for kids grieving the loss of a loved one. Camp Heart Songs allows children and teens to express their grief in a fun and safe environment. Some of the activities offered at camp include: swimming, rock-wall climbing, arts and crafts, therapeutic small groups, pet therapy and games. For more information go to Four 32

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

Rising Grades 5-7 Co-Ed Art camp! We will explore all sorts of creative fun in this weeklong art camp. Get ready to get messy, use your creative brain and have some fun! Please wear clothes that can get messy, bring water, sunscreen, snack and lunch. We will be both indoors and outdoors. Taught by Mrs. Strazzer, FSI’s middle school art teacher. Some sample projects are marbling with shaving cream, papier-mâché and much more! Daily 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $150. Asheville • 828-318-8140 • avl. mx/4q4 • info@thefsi.us July 23-27

FRANKLIN SCHOOL OF INNOVATION — BEYOND THE BELL CAMP

pmvr

Rising Grades 5-8 Co-Ed The Franklin School of Innovation’s Beyond the Bell (BtB) program offers two full-week summer camps. In staying true to the BtB philosophy, we offer a safe and fun environment for students to play with friends, make new friends, pursue their interests and enjoy new experiences and activities. The camp will be a mix of indoor and outdoor arts,

(CONTINUED)

crafts, games and events. Each day, (weather permitting), we will have a bit of water fun time. Daily 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., drop-off as early as 8 a.m., pickup by 5 p.m. Cost: $200, financial aid and payment plans available. Asheville • 828-318-8140 • avl. mx/4q4 • info@thefsi.us July 9-13; Aug. 6-10

FRANKLIN SCHOOL OF INNOVATION — THEATER IMPROV CAMP

Rising Grades 5-7 Co-Ed Come enjoy a week of improv games and scene writing, while gaining new storytelling skills, acting tips and confidence — with lots of team building and fun! Theatre Camp will end with a showcase where the campers perform their scenes for family and friends. Daily 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $150. Asheville • 828-318-8140 • avl. mx/4q4 • info@thefsi.us August 6-10

FRANNY’S FARM — SUMMER CAMP

pvr

Ages 7-13 Co-Ed We provide hands-on fun and learning with our furry and feathered friends on the farm. Campers will learn about gardening as well as caring for the animals while participating in farm projects, eco-scavenger hunts, arts and crafts, health and fitness, building activities and leadership-skill building — all while making memories and forging

A C C

A L L - S T A R

C L A S S I C

CROSSFIRE VS

ACC ALL-STARS

Saturday, April 21, 2018 Tip Off UNC Asheville - Kimmel Arena 4:00 PM

Aaron Rholman Carolina

Kane Ma Carolina

Lennard Freeman NC State

Joel Berry II Carolina

Theo Pinson Carolina

Allerik Freeman NC State

Grayson Allen Duke Randy Shepherd UNC Asheville/Crossfire

John Cannon UNC Asheville/Crossfire

Jonathan Whitson Brevard/Crossfire

Jamie Johnson Gardner-Webb/Crossfire

Seniors from UNC, Duke, NC State and Wake Forest *All ACC players have been invited to participate in the game barring an injury, NBA camp or the receiving of awards.*

Doors open at 2:30, Ticketed Seating!

TICKETS LOCATIONS Kimmel Arena Box Office: UNCA Leicester Flooring: Asheville Leicester Flooring: Hendersonville Arsenal: Asheville Mall Showtime Sports & Trophies: Hwy 74 All Star Trophy & Sports: Smoky Park Hwy

June 18-22

July 23-26

6 - 12 years, 1:00 - 4:30 (Mon. - Fri.) - Separate groups Please note that on Thursday camp runs 2:00 to 5:30 Hendersonville First Baptist, Hendersonville, NC

9 - 17 years, 8:30 - 5:30 (Sun. - Thurs.) - Separate groups Mars Hill University, (20 min from Asheville)

BOYS’ & GIRLS’ CAMP (HALF DAY) - $100

BASKETBALL CAMPS FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL

828-255-9111

www.crossfireministry.com

828.258.7900 828.254.8937 828.233.0500 828.298.3303 828.298.4808 828.665.7070

TICKETS: $10

FIRST 100 RECEIVE A FREE T-SHIRT • 3 POINT AND SLAM DUNK CONTEST • AUTOGRAPH SESSION AT 2:30 PM

The 28th Annual

Abdul-Malik Abu NC State

BOYS’ & GIRLS’ (FULL DAY CAMP) - $250

July 22-26

June 25-29

BOYS’ & GIRLS’ CAMP (HALF DAY) - $100 6 - 17 years, 1:00 - 4:30 (Mon. - Fri.) - Separate groups Asheville Christian Academy, Asheville, NC

BOYS’ & GIRLS’ (OVERNIGHT CAMP) - $375

9 - 17 years (Sun. - Thurs.) - Separate groups Parent Program on Thu @ 3:00 PM Mars Hill University, (20 min from Asheville)

karenjohnson17@charter.net MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

friendships. Spring break and four summer sessions available. 8:30 a.m. drop-off and 4:30 p.m. pickup. Twenty minutes from downtown Asheville. Cost: $300/child, sibling discount available. Junior camp counselor program offered. Leicester • 208-596-8875 • avl. mx/4q6 • frannysfarmcamp@ gmail.com April 2-6; June 25-29; July 9-13; July 23-27; Aug. 6-10

GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA — CAMP PISGAH

p m vr t

Ages 6-17 Girls Wherever your outdoor interests lie, we’ve got a summer camp experience suited just for you – and whether or not you’re a Girl Scout now, all girls are invited to sign up. This summer, your girl could have the opportunity to explore and learn valuable leadership skills while making friends. Best of all, our resident camps are American Camp Association (ACA) accredited facilities that comply with over 300 standards. Visit website for more information and sign-up. Cost: $200-$550/week. Asheville • 828-862-4435 • avl. mx/4r3 • pisgah@girlscoutsp2p.org June 18-Aug. 1

GIRLS ROCK — CAMP WORDS MATTER: Owen Middle School seventh-grader Riley Austin shows the hurtful effects of exclusion and urges kids to be kind.

Homeless children One of the big problems of Transylvania County is that a lot of children don’t have food or shelter. One way to fix this is to set up a homeless shelter. The homeless shelter could be an organized building that gave food and beds and protection, or it could be small, wooden shack or shelter that provided blankets and some food. That would not be as good as the organized building, but it would be better than what they had. It would keep them warm and give them protection against the rain and snow and the other elements. It would give them some food, but they might need more food than that. One answer to that problem is to do a food drive and give the food to an organization like the Sharing House or Bread of Life. You could also raise money for these organizations. You 34

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

could also collect food and blankets and coats, and distribute them to homeless people who may be in a homeless shelter. That will help the homeless shelter help more people, and it will also give the people more. Everyone deserves good food and shelter, but not everyone has that. But they can have those things if we help. This problem is important to me because I have all of these things, and I am very grateful that I have them, and I want every child to have these things. Every child deserves to grow up in a good environment, with good food, good shelter and good education. Not all of that can or will happen, but a lot of that can happen. But it will only happen if you help. We can all help in our own special ways. So get out there and help those people with nothing have something! — Noah Brown Fourth grade Mountain Sun Community School

MOUNTAINX.COM

Ages 8-14 Girls Girls Rock Asheville is a nonprofit camp that empowers girls, trans and nonbinary youth of all backgrounds and abilities through music education. No experience is required, and we supply all of the instruments and gear. Please consider volunteering for us this year. For many of the positions, no musical experience is required! It takes a lot of volunteers to run our weeklong camp, and many people say it’s the best week of their year. The week includes a showcase on Saturday, June

23. Cost: sliding scale, full and partial sponsorships available. Asheville • 828-3677155 • avl.mx/4q7 • girlsrockasheville@gmail.com June 18-22

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS INSTITUTE AT TREMONT — DISCOVERY CAMP

Ages 9-12 Co-Ed Discovery Camp is a place to explore nature while getting down and dirty with the forests, rivers and critters that make these mountains home. Search for salamanders, collect insects, experience the awesome power of a waterfall, hike through wilderness, cool off in the swimming hole and laugh with your new friends around the campfire. This is the place where you will discover just how exciting nature can be at a summer camp like no other. Monday afternoon through Saturday morning. Cost: $598, meals and housing included. Townsend • 865-448-6709 • avl. mx/4ox • julie@gsmit.org June 11-16; June 25-30

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS INSTITUTE AT TREMONT —SMOKIES SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS

qpt

Ages 13-17 Co-Ed Experience Great Smoky Mountains National Park from a field scientist’s perspective at Tremont. You will swim with the fishes, identify the myriad species that thrive in the Smokies or hold a live bird in your hands before it takes off to the treetops. After a day of adventure, sit under a starry sky and identify the frogs you hear calling to each other. Learn about the natural world and the methods scientists use to study it by participating in real science projects in the park. Register online. Cost: $680, meals and housing included. Townsend • 865-448-6709 • avl. mx/4ox • julie@gsmit.org July 16-21

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS INSTITUTE AT TREMONT —WILDERNESS ADVENTURE TREK

Ages 13-17 Co-Ed Spend a week away from parents, among black bears, towering

trees, rattlesnakes and owls while backpacking on steep mountain trails? Oh, yeah! Learn the skills necessary for planning and enjoying a safe, successful backpacking trip. Climb a mountain carrying everything you need to survive for four days on your back. Sleep in the woods, swim in a mountain stream and make new friends around the campfire. A three-night backpack gives participants the chance to put these skills into practice. Monday afternoon through Saturday morning. Cost: $644, meals and housing included. Townsend • 828-448-6709 • avl. mx/4ox • julie@gsmit.org June 11-16; June 25-30

GREEN RIVER PRESERVE — SUMMER CAMP

Rising Grades 2-College Freshmen Co-Ed A noncompetitive camp connecting children to nature. Located on a 3,400-acre wildlife preserve in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Green River Preserve inspires campers to have a greater understanding of themselves, their environment and their fellow man. Our unique program, designed with the help of a child psychologist, encourages bright, curious, creative children to unplug from electronics and to connect with nature, learn their own strengths and find their inner voice. Campers thrive in “nature’s classroom” as they learn from a community where ideas, creativity and discovery are celebrated. Rising grades 2-9 for base camp, offering 1-, 2- and 3-week sessions. Cost: $1,450-$4,150. Rising grade 9 through college freshman for teen adventure programs, offering 14 to 18-day trips. Cost: $3,100-$3,350. Cedar Mountain • 828-6988828 • avl.mx/4qo • info@ greenriverpreserve.org June-Aug.

HANGER HALL — CODING CAMP

Rising grades 5-9 Girls Learn what is possible with technology and develop your own website with Kizzi Danh. Gain exposure to some of the web’s most fundamental tools and programming languages, focusing on 3-D modeling. All-skill levels

LEGEND

Athletic Camp

Nature Camp

Day Camp

Faith Camp

Academic / Science Camp

Overnight Camp

Art Camp

✈ Travel Camp

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

of coders welcome. MondayFriday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $230. Asheville • 828-258-3600 • avl. mx/4oy • info@hangerhall.org June 11-15

HANGER HALL — CRAFTY HOOPLA CAMP

vpr

Rising Grades 5-8 Girls Spend the week getting crafty and playing outside with Kizzi Danh. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $285. Asheville • 828-258-3600 • avl. mx/4oy • info@hangerhall.org Aug. 14-18

HIGH VISTA — SUMMER FUN CAMP

THE SYSTEM IS WAITING: Asheville School 11th-grader Kamryn Graham created this painting referencing the 13th Amendment, which ended slavery. In an artist’s statement, Kamryn explains: “I made this piece to put a mirror in front of an ugly image. The image shows how a minority group is treated in America. A place that plasters the word freedom but finds ways to ‘legally enslave’ their people by using the prison system to keep them away from society for minor misdoings does not represent or adequately carry out their message. .... There is no change to that mindset until we reform our country’s way of thinking and treatment of minorities.”

Screens and sleep People go to school and to work tired because they don’t get a good night’s sleep. Many times, it’s because they have been on a screen the night before. Screens are revolting to be on before bed. This is because they carry something called blue light, which is a type of light that tells your brain to stop producing melatonin (a hormone that tells your brain it’s time to go to sleep). I want to fix this problem so that everyone will get better sleep. People can get a magnificent sleep if they make the right decision and read an actual book. Books are beneficial for you because they give your brain an opportunity to learn new things and help you get smarter. Also, reading books can improve your memory, and they give your brain a workout. If you feel that you are tempted at night to be on your device, then here are some things you can do to stop this temptation. First, you can take your phone or device out of

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

your room that night, or if it needs to be charged in there, then you can put it on the complete opposite side of the room. Also, you can put a book by you so when you reach to get your device, you’ll feel the book and you’ll remember to read. I’ve recently done research and some experiments, and all of the results indicate to not be on a screen before bed because of the blue light. I’ve also found that the amount of times you spend restless in the night is larger than when you read on a screen. But it’s not just reading that is bad for you on a screen; it’s Instagram, texting, Facebook, Snapchat, email and so on that is bad for your brain. I have been on a screen before bed, and I found myself overly exhausted that morning because screens kept me not only awake longer, but tired the next day. I can fix people’s sleep by helping them realize how atrocious screens really are for you before bed. — Ava Banzhoff Sixth grade The Learning Community School

MOUNTAINX.COM

Ages 5-13 Co-Ed Sports camp including golf, tennis, swimming, yoga and more. Day camp hours are 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Friday with morning care add-on (drop-off 7:30 a.m.), and after-care add-on (pick up until 5:30 p.m.). To learn more or register, go to our Facebook page for the link @highvistasummerfuncamp or email. Early bird rates until March 31. Cost: $170, sibling discounts available. Arden • 828-458-6177 • avl. mx/4qa • highvistacamp2017@ gmail.com June 18-22; June 25-29; July 9-13

JAN’S ART ACADEMY — SUMMER ART CAMPS

Ages 4 1/2-16 Co-Ed Weeklong art camps offering discovery and great ART fun. Each camp is Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.- noon. With nine different camps to choose from, campers will learn how to draw, paint in watercolor, acrylics, pastels; papier-mâché, clay, mosaics; printmaking and two camps include construction with discarded and found objects. Have a blast and make new friends. Check out website for more details or call Jan. Cost: $130/week, includes all supplies, scholarships available. Asheville • 828-301-6116 • avl. mx/4oz • jan@jansartacademy.com June 18-Aug. 17

KIDS GARDEN — CREATIVE CRAFT CAMP

Ages 2-12 Co-Ed We’ll fill your child’s days with artistic activities, creative crafting and inspiration. This camp includes painting, mosaics, handmade jewelry, collages and sculpting. Each day, children will have a directed project as well as an open art lab to let the creativity flow. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $185/week for

members, nonmembers $215/ week, $25/week lunch packet. Asheville • 828-4177310 • avl.mx/4r9 • kidsgardenavl@gmail.com June 4-8

KIDS GARDEN — GREEN THUMB FARMERS

pqr

Ages 2-12 Co-Ed Children will create leaf prints, make recycled crafts, craft unique art from nature, and understand simple and fun ways to go green in order to be protectors of our planet Earth! Campers will learn about planting from seeds, different types of gardens and how to compost. Your child will even bring home a plant for the garden. Future farmers, gardeners and nature explorers will discuss and learn about plant growth, permaculture, composting, seed germination, cultivating produce and experience the true meaning of farm to table. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $185/week for members, nonmembers $215/ week, $25/week lunch packet. Asheville • 828-4177310 • avl.mx/4r9 • kidsgardenavl@gmail.com June 11-15

KIDS GARDEN — MOVEMENT, MUSIC AND DANCE

Ages 2-12 Co-Ed Beam in the spotlight and let’s dance! Campers will get their bodies moving and will let the beat move their feet. Motivational movement, interactive dance games, learning new and classic songs and finding a true love for the magic of music our campers will be sure to entertain as they come home with new performances. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $185/week for members, nonmembers $215/ week, $25/week lunch packet. Asheville • 828-4177310 • avl.mx/4r9 • kidsgardenavl@gmail.com June 25-29

KIDS GARDEN — UNDER THE SEA

qpr

Ages 2-12 Co-Ed Come explore the world under the sea while we learn about the creatures of our oceans from whales and sharks to starfish and crabs. We will dive deep into ocean education with hands-on exploration and submerge ourselves in all aspects of life under the water. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $185/week for

members, non-members $215/ week, $25/week lunch packet. Asheville • 828-4177310 • avl.mx/4r9 • kidsgardenavl@gmail.com June 18-22

LAUNCH TRAMPOLINE PARK — SUMMER CAMP

mvr

Ages 5-12 Co-Ed LAUNCH will offer five different weeks of half day summer camps. Participants will enjoy four hours of entertaining fitness everyday! Daily arts and crafts! Strict capacity limit. 8 a.m.-noon, Monday-Friday. Daily snack and lunch will be provided. Cost: $125/week. Arden • 828-651-0280 • avl.mx/4p0 • info@ launchasheville.com June 11-15; June 25-29; July 9-13; July 23-27; Aug. 6-10

LIFE OF ENERGY RETREATS — EXPANDING PARENT/CHILD CONNECTION RETREAT

pr t

Ages 8-17 w/Adult Co-Ed Parents/caregivers and their ADHD children get to come together to build their relationships through hiking, team-building, reflexology, interactive health/nutrition classes and more. Overnight stay: 4 p.m. June 15- 2 p.m. June 17. Daily session only: Friday 4-9 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. See website or call or email for details. Cost: $280320/person for daily sessions, $475- 495/person for overnight. Premium packages available. Lake Toxaway • 803-6061389 • avl.mx/4om • tricia@ lifeofenergyretreats.com June 15-17

MINDSTRETCH TRAVEL ADVENTURES — 20DAY EUROPE BY EURAIL EXPERIENCE

✈t

Ages 11-16 Boys This adventure takes us by train on a grand tour of western Europe. Major overnight stays include London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Bern, Innsbruck and Munich. We stay in hotels and hostels and enjoy amazing

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

planned and spur-of-the-moment activities. Cost: $4,850 Columbus • 828-863-4235 • avl.mx/4p1 • marklevin@ windstream.net June 10-29

DACA should not be ended Many people immigrate to the U.S. to get rid of problems, live a better life and get more money for their family. They can’t do that if the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (or DACA) is ended by President Donald Trump. That’s why I agree with the many other DACA supporters that DACA is vital for immigrants and should not be ended. DACA creates an opportunity for immigrants to obtain citizenship legally. President Obama started the program in 2012. To be eligible, children must have arrived before their 16th birthday and have arrived before mid2007. They also must be in school or have a high school diploma, or be [honoraby discharged from] the military and have a “mostly clean” criminal record. Once a child has applied for the program, they are “safe” to be in the U.S. for two years, during which they have to get their citizenship. Currently, there are 11 million undocumented immigrants. DACA would allow 1.9 million to become citizens. Most of the individuals are no longer children, and some actually have families of their own, who could also be affected by the repeal of DACA. Ending DACA would break up families. If the parents were undocumented, but the children were documented, and the parents got deported, the children would be by themselves and have no family. That would make them live in foster care until adopted. With the future of DACA being uncertain, people are concerned about what might happen to their family. Keeping DACA creates a talented and diverse workforce. If DACA is taken down, 700,000 people will be fired and have no job. That’s not good because they are supposed to provide for their family, and with no job, they can’t. “DACA beneficiaries will contribute more than $460 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product over the next decade,” wrote Ella Ceron [in Teen Vogue]. That’s a lot of money contributed to the economy! Because of DACA, undocumented people can have amazing jobs and contribute to the overall health of the U.S economy. DACA is a program that should be saved. It keeps families together and helps to support the economy, plus supporting immigrants is what this country is founded on. It’s the right thing to do. — Anthony Garcia Seventh grade Francine Delany New School for Children

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MINDSTRETCH TRAVEL ADVENTURES— 7-DAY VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS EXPERIENCE

✈p m t

BE NICE TO EVERYONE: Francine Delany New School for Children second-grader Nari used colored pencils at the school’s after-school program to create this cheerful work with a heartfelt point.

Plastic Shiny and deadly. Creatures mistake it for food, It stays forever. — Owen Zeh Fourth grade The Learning Community School

HEALTH CARE FOR ALL! Isaac Dickson Elementary School third-grader Mika TooleMontognese created this artwork, which was felted using wool and felt fabric. In her artist’s statement, she writes: “Health care is a right, and I believe everyone should have it, no matter what! My cousin has health care, but she might lose it if politicians take it away. That would make me feel sad, and it would make her feel very, very, very sick. By protesting and talking about health care (and persuading others) to fight for health care, we can fix it!”

MOUNTAINX.COM

Ages 9-16 Boys Just a couple of hours from Asheville we’ll be enjoying a week in Virginia’s highest mountain region. We’ll hike, bike, kayak and explore. We stay in a hotel in the Abingdon area for the week and enjoy restaurant meals each dinner. It’s the best of both worlds — camp kinds of activities during the days with hotel beds, swimming pools, and the other “luxuries” in the evenings. Cost: $1,700 Columbus • 828-863-4235 • avl.mx/4p1 • marklevin@ windstream.net July 15-21

MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS — MONTFORD MOPPETS SHAKESPEARE CAMP

Ages 10-17 Co-Ed In just three weeks, the Montford Moppets will rehearse one of Shakespeare’s comedies and perform it twice on the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre stage for friends, family and the public. This is a great opportunity for young actors (or just those who are interested in theater) to take a play from start to finish, improving reading and language skills and developing confidence that will serve them their whole life. Sessions are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from noon-4 p.m., with additional rehearsals on Thursday, June 28, and performances the evenings of June 29-30. Cost: $150, inquire about scholarships for those in need. Asheville • 828-254-5146 • avl.mx/4pa • cary.nichols@ montfordparkplayers.org June 11-30

with new themes each week. At Mountain Roots, campers have the opportunity to explore nature, art, music, gardens and community all summer long. Every week is different, so join us for one, or up to seven weeks this summer. See website for more details. Preschool camp for ages 4-5 from 9 a.m.-noon. Cost: $135. Full-day camp for rising grades 1-4, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; cost: $235. Pisgah Forest • 828-384-4629 • avl. mx/4r8 • info@mountainroots.org June 18-22; June 2529; July 16-19

MOUNTAIN ROOTS — DISCOVERY DAY CAMP

pvr

Rising Grades Pre-K-4 Co-Ed Discovery Camp is a chance to explore the Brevard area with an energetic group of campers. From gardening to art; hikes to river adventures — join us for a week of exploring WNC. Drop-off at various locations around Brevard. See website for more details. Preschool camp for ages 4-5 from 9 a.m.-noon. Cost: $135. Full-day camp for rising grades 1-4, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; cost: $235. Brevard • 828-384-4629 • avl. mx/4r8 • info@mountainroots.org July 2-6

MOUNTAIN ROOTS — FERNLEAF DAY CAMP

pvr

Rising Grades Pre-K-4 Co-Ed Mountain Roots Day Camp is an action-packed experience with new themes each week. At Mountain Roots, campers have the opportunity to explore nature, art, music, gardens and community all summer long. Every week is different, so join us for one, or up to seven weeks this summer. See website for more details. Preschool camp for ages 4-5 from 9 a.m.-noon; cost:$135. Full-day camp for rising grades 1-4, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; cost: $235. Fletcher • 828-384-4629 • avl. mx/4r8 • info@mountainroots.org July 23-27; July 30Aug. 3; Aug. 6-10

MOUNTAIN ROOTS — BREVARD ACADEMY DAY CAMP

NC STAGE — MUSICAL THEATRE SHOWCASE “BROADWAY NOW!”

Rising Grades Pre-K-4 Co-Ed Mountain Roots Day Camp is an action packed experience

Ages 9-17 Co-Ed Strengthen vocal technique and expand musical theater

pvr

performance skills with scenes and songs from this year’s Broadway showstoppers! Showcase on the final evening of camp will include solos, ensemble musical numbers and prepared scenes. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $350. Asheville • 828-239-0263 • avl. mx/4rw • ncstage@ncstage.org July 16-20

NC STAGE — SUMMER PLAYGROUND “TROLLS!”

Ages 4-7 Co-Ed Let out your inner glitter sparkle! Join us for lots of singing, dancing, arts and crafts as each child creates their own troll character, with a performance for family and friends on the last day of camp. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $165. Asheville • 828-239-0263 • avl. mx/4rw • education@ncstage.org July 9-13

NC STAGE — SUMMER YOUTH COMPANY “COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)”

Ages 12-17 Co-Ed Actors in the Summer Youth Company discover their potential while making new friends, collaborating with professional theater artists and sharpening their acting skills through a hilarious tour-de-force of the condensed versions of Shakespeare’s comedies, histories, and tragedies. Camp culminates in two public performances at NC Stage. 9 a.m.4 p.m. Cost: $725/fortnight (two weeks) scholarships are available. Asheville • 828-239-0263 • avl. mx/4rw • ncstage@ncstage.org July 23-Aug. 4

NEW GALAXY RECORDS — RECORDING AND MUSIC PRODUCTION CAMP

Rising Grades 6-12 Co-Ed During these weeklong sessions hosted through Carolina Day School, campers will write and record a song, learning to recognize different mics, cables and techniques as they work hands-on with professional grade recording equipment. All-day sessions 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Ages 11-14 for the weeks of June 11 and July 23,

LEGEND

Athletic Camp

Nature Camp

Day Camp

Faith Camp

Academic / Science Camp

Overnight Camp

Art Camp

✈ Travel Camp

Hot Springs Health Program

SERVING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER FORTY-SIX YEARS

Hot Springs Health Program offers a full range of primary and preventative medical services for all ages — from Pediatric to Geriatric — at four convenient locations. HSHP has been providing primary care for over 46 years. Mashburn Medical Center

Laurel Medical Center

590 Medical Park Dr. Marshall, NC 28753-6807

80 Guntertown Rd. Marshall, NC 28753-7806

Phone: (828) 649-3500

Phone: (828) 656-2611

Fax: (828) 649-1032

Fax: (828) 656-9434

After Hours: (828) 689-9713

Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 9am–7pm

Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 9am–5pm

Mars Hill Medical Center

Hot Springs Medical Center

119 Mountain View Rd. Mars Hill, NC 28754-9500

66 NW Us 25 70 Hwy. Hot Springs, NC 28743

Phone: (828) 689-3507

Phone: (828) 622-3245

Fax: (828) 689-3505

Fax: (828) 622-7446

After Hours: (828) 689-9713

Hours of Operation: Mon-Sat 9am–7pm Sun 1pm–7pm

Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 9am–5pm Sat 9am–12noon

PHARMACIES

MADISON HOME CARE & HOSPICE

Each medical center has its own pharmacy so prescriptions can usually be filled at the same site where you saw your physician.

Helping families care for their loved ones at home. Most people prefer to be in their own homes to recover from illness or surgery, to take care of their chronic illnesses or to live out a limited life expectancy. Madison Home Care and Hospice provides quality health care in the homes of residents of Madison County as well as the surrounding areas including Buncombe and Yancey counties.

PHYSICAL THERAPY Physical therapy focuses on maximizing functional independence through the use of manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, balance training, gait training, and therapeutic modalities.

Phone: (828) 649-1775

Services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Phone: (828) 649-2705

For more information, please visit our website at www.hotspringshealth-nc.org. MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

Every dog is the perfect dog

PROTECT THE ANIMALS: Rainbow Community School first-grader Lucid David painted this colorful work to advocate caring for our furry friends.

EQUALITY TO ALL: Francine Delany New School for Children fifth-grader Maliya created this artwork stressing gender equality at the school’s after-school program.

Ever since I can remember, I have wanted a dog. When I was 10, my mom took me to the Asheville Humane Society to look at dogs. We walked past the big dogs’ section, and there were, to be honest, some pretty ugly and beat-up looking dogs, but I thought every one of them looked sweet. Then when I saw the cute puppies, I forgot all about the bigger dogs. We found a cute little white puppy named Pepito. He is, and will forever be the classic, cute, fluffy puppy dog. But now that I’m older and not caught in the moment, I realize that this is a huge problem, alongside animal abuse. If you don’t end up choosing that one old sweet, caring dog at the shelter, it might be left to die. When you go to the Asheville Humane Society or Brother Wolf and pick out the prettiest or handsomest dog, what happens to the sweet “ugly” pit bulls? Don’t judge a book by its cover. Don’t judge a dog by its looks. This is a sly form of animal neglect. Every dog is the perfect dog. When I am older and can afford it, I want to get one of those dogs that may not look cute or cuddly but has a kind heart. I want to recognize that there are dogs out there without homes. Some people do acknowledge this problem, but then resort to hypocrisy. Say that they’ve done a good thing by saying, “We need to give dogs homes!” but there are few that work hard to help. What I think we can do about this problem is to stop breeding pretty dogs with even prettier dogs to get unrealistic, perfect, irresistible puppies. There are plenty of sweet and kind dogs in the world who do not have homes and are being mistreated. Every dog is the perfect dog. — Ivy Anderson Seventh grade The Learning Community School

ages 15-18 for the weeks of June 18 and July 30. Cost: $500/week. Asheville • 828-301-5360 • avl. mx/4rh • newgalaxyrecording@ gmail.com June 11-22; July 23-Aug. 3

ODYSSEY CENTER FOR CERAMIC ARTS — CLAY CAMP

Ages 4-15 Co-Ed Join us for a high-energy, super fun and creative week in the clay studio. You’ll explore the many different ways to create wonderful works of art with clay. Use your imagination to bring wacky creatures to life. Take a spin on the potter’s wheel and learn to make cups and bowls that you can use at home. Your one-of-a-kind, amazing creations will dazzle your friends and family. Morning session 9 a.m.-noon, afternoon session 2-5 p.m. Cost: $225/half-day week, $25 sibling discount for same week. Asheville • 828-285-0210 • avl. mx/4rp • odysseyclayworks@ gmail.com June 11-Aug.10

PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE — PERFORMING ARTS CAMP

Ages 4-18 Co-Ed This two-week summer production camp experience will lead to two public performances of the musical, “Madagascar Jr.” Performances will take place July 20-21. Morning session: 9 a.m.noon, ages 4-10; cost: $175 per camper. Full-day session: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., ages 10-18; cost: $225 Burnsville • 828-682-4285 • avl.mx/4p2 • info@ parkwayplayhouse.com July 9-21

PEGASUS HILL FARM — HORSEBACK RIDING CAMP

TRAFFIC SOLUTION: FernLeaf Community Charter School kindergartner Adah Lambert drew this artwork, writing: “There is a lot of traffic. I think we need more roads to be with the other roads!” 40

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

Ages 6-15 Co-Ed Fledgling camp! Join us for a summer of horseback riding and horse-care activities as well as arts and crafts, games and more! Summer camp spotlights horseback riding, horse-care, and building a positive relationship with your mount, cultivating confidence,

respect and camaraderie. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $350/week. Burnsville • 828-337-7993 • avl.mx/4p3 • kate@ pegasushillfarm.com June 11-29,;July 16-20

PEGASUS HILL FARM — HORSEBACK RIDING WINGS ADVANCED CAMP

mpr

Ages 12-18 Co-Ed For seasoned riders with W/T/C/ over-fences experience, we offer an intensive 3-day course in horseback riding, where students will spend several hours in the saddle each day, covering topics in foundation/natural horsemanship training, dressage and show jumping. This challenging summer camp fosters leadership, personal responsibility, self-assurance and better communication between you and your mount. The final day will take students on an exhilarating trail ride off property to put their newly learned skills to the test! 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $350 Burnsville • 828-337-7993 • avl.mx/4p3 • kate@ pegasushillfarm.com July 9-11

PLAYBALL — SPORTS SUMMER CAMP

mvpr

Ages 3-6 Co-Ed Playball camp is where kids go to have a ball! Each half-day is loaded with high-energy games and teamwork activities derived from eight major sports. Coaches introduce the children to a wide variety of movement and skills in three main areas: locomotion, stability and manipulation of equipment. Gain physical, social and emotional strengths through positive coaching in an encouraging environment. Includes crafts, music, outdoor education in our natural playground, fort building, visits to the chicken coop and community garden and water day on Friday! Campers must be potty-trained. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $40-$160 Asheville • 828-575-3000 • avl. mx/4ri • maxyplayball@gmail.com July 2-Aug. 10

RADICAL INCLUSION — SUMMER DAY CAMP

Ages 13-17 Co-Ed Radical Inclusion Summer Day Camp is a program focusing on wilderness survival, environmental stewardship and social justice designed specifically for, but not limited to, LGBTQ youth in WNC. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. All genders. Age

group somewhat flexible based on enthusiasm. Cost: Free. Waynesville • 828-4761465 • avl.mx/4p4 • radicalinclusionwnc@gmail.com Aug. 6-10

RAINBOW COMMUNITY SCHOOL — “STAYING SHARP!” SUMMER CAMP

Ages 8-13 Co-Ed Rainbow Community School will be hosting its third annual backto-school summer camp. Student support coordinator Ali Banchiere and sixth-grade teacher Jenny Armocida will be leading academic, organizational and creative activities to help your child transition into the new school year with ease and confidence! Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.3 p.m. in the sixth-grade classroom on the RCS campus. Camp is open to any age-appropriate student. To enroll, please email Ali. Cost: $250, with $50 due upon enrollment. Asheville • 828-280-2126 • avl.mx/4p5 • ali.banchiere@ rainbowlearning.org Aug. 6-10

ROCKBROOK — CAMP FOR GIRLS

Ages 6-15 Girls A fun-filled, sleepaway, summer camp for girls located in Brevard, Rockbrook provides an inclusive environment where girls explore the beauty of nature, try new activities, enjoy carefree summer living and make some of their very best friends. Established in 1921. ACA accredited. Cost: $3600 - $6100/session, 2-, 3- or 4-week sessions Brevard • 828-884-6151 • avl.mx/4qc • office@ rockbrookcamp.com June 3- Aug. 9

ROCKBROOK — RAPIDS WHITEWATER KAYAKING TRIP CAMP

mpt

Ages 11-16 Girls Weeklong whitewater kayaking intensive, trip and travel camps for girls with some prior kayaking experience. Girls learn from expert instructors and paddle a different river everyday, while having fun on the water, building personal skills and confidence in a friendly, cooperative and

noncompetitive atmosphere. Cost: $1750 - $2300/session. Brevard • 828-884-6151 • avl.mx/4qc • office@ rockbrookcamp.com June 3-9; July 20-28

things and get wet. We’ll have evening activities too. Cost: Free Sherrills Ford • 828-335-1136 • jhardwig@ifbsolutions.org June 24-30

ROOTS + WINGS SCHOOL OF ART — SUMMER CREATIVITY CAMPS

pqr

Grades Pre-K-8 Co-Ed Join us for our awesome Summer Creativity Camps and afternoon play! For 3-year-olds through eighth-graders, both morning and afternoon options. Held at our amazing Roots + Wings Creative Campus, our unique creativity camps develop innovative problem solving skills, creative and critical thinking skills, confidence, collaboration and more as we encourage the creative voice of every student. Your child will explore a wide range of art and design mediums, while creating original works of art, both individually and collaboratively. We also have junior assistant and intern opportunities for students rising ninth grade and up. Costs and times vary. Asheville • 828-545-4827 • avl.mx/4o6 • info@ rootsandwingsarts.com June 11-Aug. 13

SEE — ADVENTURE CAMP

pmt

Rising Grades 8-12 Co-Ed SEE Adventure Camp is for teens who are blind or have a significant visual impairment and who are ready to stretch their legs and hit the trail. We plan to hike, raft, climb, swim, and zip in and around the Nantahala Gorge in Western North Carolina. We’ll stay in bunkhouses at the Nantahala Outdoor Center Basecamp. Cost: Free, with one-time $50 registration fee. Bryson City • 828-335-1136 • jhardwig@ifbsolutions.org July 22-26

SEE — CAMP ABILITIES H2O

mpt

Rising Grades 8-12 Co-Ed SEE Camp Abilities H20 is an overnight water sports camp for high-school-aged youths who are blind or visually impaired. We’ll swim, row, kayak, waterski and splash around from our home base on the shores of Lake Norman, and throw in a trip to the National Whitewater Center in Charlotte for good measure. Novices are welcome, and lifejackets are plentiful; All that’s required is a willingness to try new

SEE — DAY CAMP Ages 5-18 Co-Ed Student Enrichment Experience Day Camps offer a combination of education, enrichment and recreation for kids in grades K-12 who are blind or visually impaired. This year we’re combining our favorite activities from previous day camps — Cooking! Talent Show! Outdoor Adventure! — into one glorious five-day week. Cost: Free Asheville • 828-335-1136 • jhardwig@ifbsolutions.org July 9-13

SHAMAN HILL — SUMMER DAY CAMPS

mpvr

Ages 4-17 Co-Ed This summer’s camp themes journey through heart-centered horse encounters, archery, boffing, traditional arts and lore, all playing out across 30 beautiful acres and a variety of unique, indoor, learning spaces. 20 minutes from Asheville. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Contact or visit us online to discover this year’s camps. Cost $300. Asheville • 828-775-1736 • avl. mx/4p7 • shamanhillclasses@ gmail.com June-Aug.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN SK8WAY & FUN ZONE — SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM

vmr

Ages 6-14 Co-Ed Eight weeks of nonstop fun with both on-site and off-site activities. Skate lessons, games, culinary, self defense, experiments, arts and crafts, weekly swimming and field trips. Something new every day! Come for a couple days or all eight weeks. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: Full-time $140/week, part-time $100/week. Waynesville • 828-2469124 • avl.mx/4qd • info@ smokymountainsk8way.com June 18-Aug. 10

SUNNY TRUTH FARM — SUMMER CAMP

pqvr

Ages 5-10 Co-Ed Sunny Truth Farm offers seven weeks of all outdoor camp. We interact with nature through games, art, science and of course the farm animals. Our themes for the summer are Game Week (6/11), Farm Animals (6/18), Flora and Fauna of the Southern Appalachians (6/25), Water Week (7/9), Nature Art (7/16),

Skills Week (7/23), Wild Week (7/30). 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m daily. To register or for more information call or email. Cost: $100/week Mars Hill • 919-5995070 • avl.mx/4oa • sunnytruthfarm@gmail.com June 11-Aug. 3

T. C. ROBERSON HIGH SCHOOL — SUMMER SCIENCE CAMP

Grades 2-6 Co-Ed Come join the science teachers and National Honor Society students of TCRHS this summer to learn more about the exciting topics of kitchen chemistry in July and physics of flight in Aug. Camps run MondayThursday, 9 a.m.-noon. To register please check website. Cost: $90. Asheville • 828-654-7165 • avl.mx/4p8 • megan. sanders@bcsemail.org July 9-12; Aug.13-16

THE ACADEMY AT TERPSICORPS — DISCOVER DANCE PERFORMANCE CAMPS

Ages 6-8 Co-Ed Exploring a new theme each week, the students create their own show through building sets, making costumes and being a part of the choreographic process. Participants will be introduced to ballet, contemporary and tap dance. “Heroes & Heroines,” (June 18-22), “Time Travelers,” (July 23-27). 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $150/week. Asheville • 828-761-1277 • avl.mx/4p9 • academy@ terpsicorps.org June 18-22; July 23-27

THE ACADEMY AT TERPSICORPS — PETITE MUSE STORY BALLET CAMPS

Ages 7-10 Co-Ed For the budding young dancer, each week explores a different classical ballet story. Students create a short performance inspired by the ballet of the week, through building sets, costumes and being a part of the choreographic process. Participants will take daily ballet classes and explore one or two new movement styles at the end of each day. “Sleeping Beauty,” (June MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

25-29), “Coppelia,” (July 16-20). 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $150/week Asheville • 828-761-1277 • avl.mx/4p9 • academy@ terpsicorps.org June 25-29; July 16-20

THE ACADEMY AT TERPSICORPS — PRE-K DANCE DAY CAMPS

Ages 3-5 Co-Ed Exploring a new theme each week, these fun and educational camps utilize movement and crafts to learn about a variety of topics from baby animals to dinosaurs to outer space. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $150/week or $800 for all six weeks. Asheville • 828-7611277 • avl.mx/4p9 • terpsicorpsacademy@gmail.com June 4-29; July 9-20

THE LITTLE GYM OF ASHEVILLE — SUPER QUEST CAMPS

mvr

FREE THE BEES! ArtSpace Charter School second-grader Cora Prather-Robinson drew this dynamic work about our pollinator friends.

Ages 3-8 Co-Ed Join us for an adventure-filled camp that includes gymnastics, games, Legos, crafts and more! There is a new theme each week. Mornings, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., and afternoons, 1-5 p.m. Campers will provide their own lunches and must be potty independent. Cost: $200/half-day-week or $45 per half-day. $350/week for full-day sessions or $70 per day. Asheville • 828-667-9588 • avl.mx/4qp • tlgashevillenc@ thelittlegym.com June 11-Aug. 24

THE WANDERING SWORDSMEN — PEACEFUL WARRIOR SUMMER CAMP

Ages 9-15 Co-Ed The Peaceful Warrior Summer Camp is dedicated to teaching children how to be modern day warriors who value peace, compassion and respect for themselves and their opponents. Each day is packed with boffer game play using padded and safety tested foam gear, including swords, shields, spears and archery! We’ll also focus on studying the styles of warrior archetypes each week (Paladin, Ranger, Monk, Barbarian and Rogue respectively), and work on honing their skills and abilities in

the game and the rest of life. See website for details. All genders. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $333 for the first week, $300 each additional week. Asheville • 828-7852251 • avl.mx/4qi • thewanderingswordsmenllc@ gmail.com June 11-15; June 25-29; July 9-13; July 23-27; Aug. 6-10

TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL — POTTERY CAMP

North Carolina Middle School Coach of the Year Mark Strazzer and other local players. Session for grades 3-8, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $125/camper. Session for grades 9-12 1:30-4:30 p.m. Cost: $100 Asheville • 828-225-6986 • avl.mx/4o9 • ultimatefrisbee-summer-camp@ auc.ultimatecentral.com July 9-13

WOODSON BRANCH NATURE SCHOOL — SEED TO MARKET CAMP

pqr

TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL — SUMMER ARTS CAMP

WORLD PEAS — BAKING ADVENTURES CAMP

Ages 6-15 Co-Ed During this week of pottery camp, students will explore clay with hand building techniques. Morning session, 9 a.m.noon, and afternoon session, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $240/ week, includes all supplies, glaze and firing of pottery. Brevard • 828-884-2787 • avl. mx/4oo • tcarts@comporium.net July 9-13; July 23-27

Ages 5-12 Co-Ed The Transylvania Community Arts Council invites youths to explore visual arts, mixed media, drawing, pottery and movement. Morning and afternoon sessions are available. Morning session from 9 a.m.-noon, afternoon session from 1-4 p.m. Call or email to register. Cost: $125 Brevard • 828-884-2787 • avl. mx/4oo • tcarts@comporium.net June 15-19; June 25-29

ULTIMATE FRISBEE SUMMER CAMP

Grades 3-12 Co-Ed Campers will learn the sport of Ultimate Frisbee in a fun, exciting and nurturing environment! Important fundamentals and techniques will be covered to help each camper improve their skills and understanding of Ultimate Frisbee. Campers will understand “The Spirit of the Game,” which is a governing rule in Ultimate Frisbee based on self-officiating. Campers will learn the game from 2014 and 2016 World Ultimate Frisbee Champion and 2006

Ages 5-11 Co-Ed This farm, art and forest camp takes kids from soil preparations to layout and design, to the joys of irrigation, to honing survival skills, to harvesting, and yes, to the market with all of our goods! Campers are divided into three age groups. Camp runs MondayFriday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $195/ week with early bird specials. Asheville • 828-206-1492 • avl.mx/4px • ddelisle@ madisoncclc.org June 18-July 27

Ages 6-14 Co-Ed Baking adventures every day! Learn to create treats from scratch to take home each day to share. We will also learn about chocolate production and tour a local bakery, seeing behind the scenes and sampling their goodies. All baking with wholesome ingredients! Registration form available for download on Facebook page or via email. For more information call Lisa Smith. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $275. Asheville • 828-335-9349 • avl. mx/4qe • WorldPeasAnimations@ gmail.com July 9-13

WORLD PEAS — LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! MOVIE MAKING SUMMER CAMP

Ages 6-14 Co-Ed Do you love to dress in costume and act? Ever dreamed of being a movie director? Here’s your chance to try it out! Students will work together to script, storyboard, act in, direct and edit a movie of their own design. We will celebrate at the end of

LEGEND

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

Athletic Camp

Nature Camp

Day Camp

Faith Camp

Academic / Science Camp

Overnight Camp

Art Camp

✈ Travel Camp

the week with a screening for family and friends. Students will receive a digital copy of movies made in camp via parent email. All equipment provided. Registration form available for download on Facebook page or via email. For more information, call Lisa Smith. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $275. Asheville • 828-335-9349 • avl. mx/4qe • WorldPeasAnimations@ gmail.com July 23-27

biking, waterfront, hiking, crafts and more. Serves campers ages 7-15 and councilors in training ages 16-17. Cost: $598/session for registration before April 30 or $650 from May 1 to start of camp; financial aid available. Bryson City • 828-209-9600 • avl.mx/4pd • ymcacampwatia@ ymcawnc.org June 10- Aug. 3

WORLD PEAS — STOP MOTION ANIMATION SUMMER CAMP

YMCA OF WNC — SUMMER DAY CAMPS

Ages 6-14 Co-Ed Bring your imagination to life with stop motion animation! Choose from clay, paper, whiteboards and more. Learn the art and create your movie! The last day we will celebrate with a screening of movies for family and friends. Students will receive a digital copy of movies made in camp via parent email. Activities designed for beginning animators and those with experience too. All materials (digital cameras, animation stands, art supplies) provided. Registration form available for download on Facebook page or via email. For more information call Lisa Smith. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $275. Asheville • 828-335-9349 • avl. mx/4qe • WorldPeasAnimations@ gmail.com July 23-27

XPLORE USA — INTERCULTURAL DAY CAMP

pmr

Ages 8-18 Co-Ed Intercultural day camp with foreign language classes and educational and adventure activities with international teens. Activities include hiking and swimming at waterfalls, a trip to Carowinds, scavenger hunts, ropes course, tubing, rafting, cross-cultural team competitions, community service projects, cultural workshops and more. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $300 per week. Free week and discounted rates available for host families of international students. Asheville • 816-589-6462 • avl. mx/4pc • info@xploreusa.org July 2-Aug. 16

YMCA — CAMP WATIA

pvmt

Ages 7-17 Co-Ed Each session at YMCA Camp Watia is filled with friends new and old, adventures big and small and connections that will last a lifetime. Our camp is led by positive role models and filled with opportunities for children to connect, explore and achieve. Activities include mountain

mpvqr

Ages 5-16 Co-Ed The YMCA of Western North Carolina offers a wide variety of full-day and half-day camps such as adventure, exploration, science, art, sports and theater. Hours, locations, prices and ages vary by camp. Visit our website to learn more. Financial aid available. Asheville • avl.mx/4pe • info@ymcawnc.org Dates vary

YWCA — SPRING BREAK CAMP

vmpr

Ages 5-12 Co-Ed School-age children at the YWCA learn and play in diverse and inclusive age-appropriate groups. Our Primary Enrichment Program (PEP) Spring Break Camp includes gardening for hands-on farm-totable learning, STEAM activities for engaging young minds and physical fitness, swimming and outdoor play for keeping bodies active. Gender inclusive.Vouchers accepted. Call or email to register. Cost: $160/week or $30/day. Asheville • 828-2547206 • avl.mx/4pf • April 2-6

ZANIAC ASHEVILLE — CODING CAMPS

Grades K-8 Co-Ed Who will your child be this summer? A coder? Explorer? Engineer? Designer? Zaniac Summer Camps are ideal for your inquisitive child. Each camp is tailored to your child’s needs. Small camps ensure an exceptional experience! Call or email with any questions. MondayFriday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $279/

half-day week, 8 a.m.-noon. or 1-5 p.m.; $449/week for full days. Asheville • 828-575-0355 • avl.mx/4oh • Asheville@ zaniaclearning.com June 11- Aug. 24

ZANIAC ASHEVILLE — MINECRAFT & DESIGN CAMPS

Grades K-8 Co-Ed Enter the technology zone and be a superhero. Experience the Minecraft Redstone Lab. Become a Java coder. Take robotics. Be a website developer. Beginner and advanced camps available for every skill level. Camps grouped and focused by age. MondayFriday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $279/ half-day week, 8 a.m.-noon, or 1-5 p.m.; $449/week for full days. Asheville • 828-575-0355 • avl.mx/4oh • Asheville@ ZaniacLearning.com June 11- Aug. 24

Mountain Xpress

ZANIAC ASHEVILLE — ROBOTICS & ENGINEERING CAMPS

Grades K-8 Co-Ed Enjoy the coolest camps at Zaniac! It’s summer adventure for your child’s mind! Popular camps include robotics, engineering, coding, drones, 3D printing, Minecraft and math. Call for questions. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $279/halfday week, 8 a.m.-noon, or 1-5 p.m.; $449/week for full days. Asheville • 828-575-0355 • avl.mx/4oh • Asheville@ ZaniacLearning.com June 11- Aug. 24

ZANIAC ASHEVILLE — STEAM CAMPS

Grades K-8 Co-Ed Enter the technology zone and fly drones, print in 3D, go on a STEAM quest, build robots, learn to code, compose music and so much more! Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $279/halfday week, 8 a.m.-noon. or 1-5 p.m.; $449/week for full days. Asheville • 828-575-0355 • avl.mx/4oh • Asheville@ zaniaclearning.com June 11- Aug. 24

Voting starts March 27 mountainx.com/bestofwnc

Vote until April 28 MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

Spring 2018

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Nonprofit issue

MARCH 21 - 29 , 2018

CALENDAR GUIDELINES

Coming May 2! Contact us today! advertise@mountainx.com

For a full list of community calendar guidelines, please visit mountainx.com/calendar. For questions about free listings, call 251-1333, ext. 137. For questions about paid calendar listings, please call 251-1333, ext. 320.

BENEFITS

The

Sustainability CELEBRATING EARTH DAY 2018

Series

Every week in April

APPALACHIAN BARN ALLIANCE appalachianbarns.org • SU (3/25), 3pm Proceeds from this concert featuring guitarist and songwriter Ben Phan benefit the Appalachian Barn Alliance. $15/$10 advance. Held at The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, 433 Bone Camp Road, Marshall ASHEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT ashevillenc.gov • SA (3/24), noon6pm - Proceeds from the Asheville Fire Department rival alumni basketball tournament benefit the Asheville Fire Department. $7/$5 students. Held at Asheville High School, 419 McDowell St. ASHEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL bit.ly/2HCjHs4 • SU (3/25), 3-5pm - Proceeds from this community dance party, sing-along, face painting and raffle event benefit Asheville Primary School. Admission by donation. Held at The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road ASHEVILLE ROTARY CLUB rotaryasheville.org • SU (3/25), 4pm Proceeds from "The Three Davids" concert

featuring live music by David Holt, David Wilcox and David LaMotte benefit the Rotary Club of Asheville. $75. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 18 Biltmore Ave. EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER 828-883-9025, brevardfumc.org/ • SA (3/24), 11am-2pm - Proceeds from the "Empty Bowls" lunch, in which participants eat soup and salad in a hand made ceramic bowl of their choice which they take home with them, benefit Bread of Life community soup kitchen. $18. Held at Brevard United Methodist Church, 325 N. Broad St., Brevard ELIADA 828-254-5356, eliada.org, smcdonald@eliada.org • TH (3/22), noon - Proceeds from donations at the “Lunch of a Lifetime,” lunch event to learn about Eliada's continuum of care, history of service and to meet the new CEO, benefit Eliada. Registration required: Eliada.org/rsvp. Free to attend. Held at Crowne Plaza Expo Center, 1 Resort Drive FEED THE HUNGRY KIDS feedhungrykidsproject. com • SA (3/24), 2-5pm - Proceeds from this women’s professional

MOUNTAINX.COM

FRIENDS OF FINE ARTS GALA brevard.edu • SA (3/24), 5pm Proceeds from this gala featuring a reception, dinner, auction and dancing benefit the Brevard College Friends of Fine Arts. Registration required: 828-884-8211. $125.

JACKSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 828-507-9820, jacksoncountyarts.org • TH (3/22) - A portion of proceeds from meals purchased at participating Jackson County restaurants benefit the Jackson County Arts Council. See website for full guidelines. LLOYD JOHNSON FOUNDATION lloydkjohnsonfoundation. org • TH (3/29), 8pm Proceeds from the "Lloyd’s Large Time," with live music featuring Jim Lauderdale and other local musicians benefit the Lloyd Johnson Foundation. $25/$20 advance. Held at Isis Music Hall, 743 Haywood Road

MADISON HAS HEART FANCIFUL FLEA • SA (3/24), 10am-4pm - Proceeds from the this art and craft fair featuring live music by Sheila Kay Adams, Joe Penland, Ashley Heath benefit Madison county nonprofits. Free to attend. Held at Marshall High Studios, 115 Blanahassett Island Marshall SAFE WATER NOW safewaternow.org • WE (3/21), 6pm Donations from this UN World Water Day benefit featuring Dorsey Parker's Big Benefit Band benefit Safe Water Now. Free to attend. Held at The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave. VOICES IN THE LAUREL voicesinthelaurel.org • FR (3/23), 7pm Proceeds from this

bingo fundraiser benefit Voices in the Laurel. $20 includes 20 games. Held at Haywood County Fairgrounds, 758 Crabtree Road, Waynesville WAYNESVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL 495 Brown Ave., Waynesville • SA (3/24), 10am Proceeds from the Mountaineer 2-Miler road race benefit Waynesville Middle School. Registration: RunSignUp.com/mountaineer2miler. $30.

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (3/21), 6-9pm - "Social Media for Business," seminar.

SHOW ME THE MONEY: Mortgage financing 101 • Linda Youngblood, Senior Mortgage Banker, Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group DEAL OR NO DEAL: The legalities of the home purchasing process • Eva Clement, Managing Attorney, Clement Law Firm

Saturday Morning, March 24 10 am until 12 noon at Atlantic Bay Mortgage 34 Orange Street in Asheville

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

FIRST CONTACT MINISTRIES firstcontactwnc.org • FR (3/23), 6-9pm - Proceeds from the First Contact Masquerade Ball benefit First Contact Ministries. Registration required. $125. Held at Hendersonville Country Club, 1860 Hebron Road, Hendersonville

Heldin the Brevard College Porter Center, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard

BIG GAME HUNTING: Finding the right home in a dynamic Asheville real estate market • Suzanne Devane

One Date. One Time. Five Pros. ALL the Answers!

cycling team dinner benefit MANNA’s Packs for Kids program. $25. Held at Smoky Park Supper Club, 350 Riverside Dr.

With a continental breakfast and mimosa in hand, you will learn about:

PREPARE YOURSELF TO BUY YOUR HOME

Space is limited – to hold your spot, email Suzanne@AshevilleRealtyGroup.com

‘SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL’: Don’t miss your last chance to catch The Flat Rock Playhouse Studio 52, family-friendly favorite, Seussical the Musical. The musical journey, imagined by Tony Award winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Faherty, runs through Sunday, March 25, and introduces characters and songs from Dr. Seuss’ beloved storybooks. Join the Cat in the Hat, Horton, JoJo and Gertrude as they embark on a musical adventure to discover the power of friendship, community and their own imaginations. For more information or tickets, visit flatrockplayhouse.org. Photo of Scott Treadway as the Cat in the Hat and the cast of Seussical the Musical by Treadshots courtesy of the Flat Rock Playhouse (p. 67)

BASEMENTS FROM HELL: The importance of the home inspection process • Jason Bellamy, Owner, Builder Buddy Home Inspections Suzanne Devane Realtor/Broker Asheville Realty Group

THE COSMETIC FACE-LIFT: How to turn someone else’s house into YOUR home • Arthur Teel, Owner & Craftsman, The Handyman Plan & Artisan Built-Ins COME PREPARED WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND LEAVE A HOME-BUYING PRO!

Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler CAREER FEST 2018 828-778-1874 • WE (3/28), 3-6pm “Career Fest 2018,” job fair featuing 50 local businesses in a variety of fields. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave. FLETCHER AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION jim@ extraordinarycopywriter. com • 4th THURSDAYS, 11:30-noon - General meeting. Free. Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden • 4th TUESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm Educational monthly meeting to bring local business leaders to present and discuss topics relevant and helpful to businesses today. Free. Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden WESTERN WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER 828-633-5065, carolinasmallbusiness. org • Through FR (3/23) - Open registration for "Pros and Cons of a Business Entity," workshop taking place Wednesday, March 28, 9-11am. Registration: jhanks@ carolinasmallbusiness. org or 828-633-5065 x102. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave.

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS CLASSES AT VILLAGERS (PD.) • Designing Your Tiny Home: Sunday, March 18. 5:30-7:30pm. $1550. • Basic Vegetable Fermentation: Sunday, March 25. 5:30-7pm. $35. Registration/ information: www. forvillagers.com EMPYREAN ARTS CLASSES (PD.) Intro to Sultry Pole on Sundays 6:15pm. Beginning Pole on Sundays 3:30pm, Mondays 5:15pm, and Thursdays 8:00pm. Floor Theory Dance on Wednesdays 7:30pm. Aerial Conditioning on Thursdays 1:00pm. Flexibility on Tuesdays 7:30pm and Thursdays 2:15pm.

EMPYREANARTS.ORG. 828.782.3321. NC CONCEALED CARRY HANDGUN COURSE (PD.) Held in a clean, comfortable, safe classroom and state-ofthe-art shooting range. Mature, professional, friendly, and highlyqualified instructors. $85. (828) 575-0028. www.skylandtraining. com ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • TU (2/20) through SU (5/27) - Understanding our Past, Shaping our Future, interactive exhibition featuring words, text and artifacts regarding Cherokee language and culture. Free to attend. Held at Rural Heritage Museum at Mars Hill, 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill BIG IVY COMMUNITY CENTER 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 828-626-3438 • 4th MONDAYS, 7pm - Community center board meeting. Free. BLUE RIDGE TOASTMASTERS CLUB blueridgetoastmasters. com, fearless@ blueridgetoastmasters. org • MONDAYS, 12:151:30pm - Learn-bydoing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a supportive atmosphere. Free. Held at Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 36 Montford Ave. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • Through TU (4/17), 10am-4pm - Free tax preparation for taxpayers with low and moderate income. Mondays & Wednesdays at Pack Memorial Library. Tuesdays at West Asheville Library. Thursdays at Weaverville Library. Free. • 4th TUESDAYS, 6-8pm - "Sit-n-Stitch," informal, self-guided gathering for knitters and crocheters. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. HEADWATERS OUTFITTERS 25 Parkway Road, Rosman, 828-877-3106, headwatersoutfitters. com • SA (3/24), 10am-2pm - "Leave No Trace," certified awareness

workshop for ages 12 and up. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Registration required: danielle@headwatersoutfitters.com or call. $12. LENOIR RHYNE CENTER FOR GRADUATE STUDIES 36 Montford Ave., 828-778-1874 • WE (3/21), 5:30-7pm - Open house with panel discussion of current students for prospective graduate school students. Free to attend. MARINE CORPS LEAGUE ASHEVILLE 828-273-4948, mcl.asheville@gmail. com • Last TUESDAYS - For veterans of the Marines, FMF Corpsmen, and their families. Free. Held at American Legion Post #2, 851 Haywood Road N.C. ARBORETUM 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 828-665-2492, ncarboretum.org • Through SU (5/6) - Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge, Shared Wisdom, exhibition showcasing the relationship between indigenous peoples and cutting-edge science. Admission fees apply. OLD BUNCOMBE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 128 Bingham Road, Suite 950, 828-253-1894, obcgs.com • SA (3/24), 2pm "How to do Research in the OCBGS Library," presentation. Free. ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • TH (3/22), noon1:30pm or MO (3/26), 5:30-7pm - "Budgeting and Debt," class. Registration required. Free. • TH (3/22), 5:307pm or MO (3/26), noon-1:30pm "Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it." Registration required. Free. • TUESDAYS (3/27) through (4/10), noon-1:30pm - "Your Money Future: Vision. Protect. Invest." Three-part class series. Registration required. Free. PUBLIC EVENTS AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • TH (3/220, 4-7pm - Open house for prospective students interested in the R.N. to

B.S.N. nurses program. Free. Held at Mars Hill University Center for Adult and Graduate Studies, 303-B Airport Road, Arden PUBLIC EVENTS AT WCU wcu.edu • WE (3/21) & TH (3/22) - Research and scholarship celebration featuring presentations, keynote speakers and receptions for and by students. For full schedule visit website. Free. Held at A.K. Hinds University Center, Memorial Drive, Cullowhee SALUDA SISTER CITY jdt@jdthompsonlaw. com • FR (3/23), 6:30pm Community covered dish dinner with guests from Saluda’s sister city of Carunchio, Italy. $20. Tickets available at Saluda City Hall. Held at the Saluda Senior Center, 64 Greenville St., Saluda THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN susangrable2@gmail. com • TU (3/27), 11:30am - "Shape the Future," Beth Maczka and Jacque Pennick speak on early childhood education and affordable childcare. Registration required for lunch: susangrabel2@gmail.com. Free. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. 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 U.S. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road

DANCE See the dance section in our A&E calendar on p. 66

FOOD & BEER ASHEVILLE FOOD TRUCK SHOWDOWN ashevillefoodtruckshowdown.com • SA (3/24), 11am-7pm - Asheville Food Truck Showdown, event featuring 24 local food trucks, live music and family-friendly activities. Free to attend. Held at WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road

Responsible Automotive Service & Repair

Comprehensive Inspection w/ Digital Report

$51.11 (Usually $102.22)

Buy a comprehensive inspection and savings are guaranteed! Discounts offered on any work that is recommended based on our report.

Great for pre-trip vehicle insepctions! • Buying/Selling a car • Before/After long road trips • Regular total vehicle assessment

Also receive $150 off any full Timing Belt service

Voted one of the BEST OF WNC for 12 years in a row. Thank you!

Call us!

255.2628

organic-mechanic.com • 568 Haywood Rd • West Asheville MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

EMPYREAN ARTS SUMMER CIRCUS CAMP 2018 Ages 7-12 Week 1: June 25th through June 29th Week 2: July 30th through August 3rd 9:00am-1:00pm M-F • $220 each week

C O N S C I O U S PA R T Y by Edwin Arnaudin | earnaudin@mountainx.com

Community dance party

32 Banks Ave #108 • Downtown Asheville • Info@EmpyreanArts.org • 782.3321

SCHOOL SPIRIT: Asheville Primary School students and teachers show off their energy in a recent photo. Asheville City Schools’ newest magnet school holds a community dance party fundraiser March 25 at The Mothlight. Photo courtesy of Asheville Primary School WHAT: An all-ages dance party and singalong to benefit Asheville Primary School WHEN: Sunday, March 25, 3-5 p.m. WHERE: The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Rd. WHY: Each Friday, the Asheville Primary School’s staff DJ wheels a boombox into the hall, gets on the intercom and announces that a dance party is about to begin. Students and teachers from Asheville City Schools’ newest magnet school — which includes a pre-K-to-third grade public Montessori school and the main campus of the ACS Preschool Program — happily accept the three- to four-song invitation. “When our custodian turns down the hall lights and the disco lights go on, the kids scream and cheer every week,” says Polly Bolding, the school’s enrollment and engagement coordinator. “Our all-time school dance party favorites include Pharrell’s ‘Happy,’ Justin Timberlake’s ‘I Got This Feeling’ and Kidz Bop hip-hop staples like ‘Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae).’ We also like to mix in some retro tunes like ‘Funkytown’ and ‘Twist and Shout.’ Our current staff DJ, Kristine Dwyer, is great about asking students what they like and previewing tunes to make sure they’re school-ready.” Asheville Primary’s Parent Teacher Collective brings the communal fun of this tradition to the public on Sunday, March 25, with an all-ages family dance party fundraiser at The Mothlight. The playlist has been compiled by secondgrader Cora Ammerman, who took a notebook around the school’s classrooms and asked teachers and her fellow students to share their favorite songs. “We’ve been working together to create a Spotify playlist that we’ll make 46

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

public and share at the party,” says Adrienne Ammerman, Cora’s mother and a PTC member. “It includes everything from Taylor Swift to Michael Jackson to the [Teenage Mutant] Ninja Turtles theme song.” Asheville Primary’s first- and secondgrade “bucket band” will also make its debut on plastic Lowe’s buckets, playing songs they’ve learned with local musician Laura Blackley. An active partner with the school district through the Teaching Artists Presenting in Asheville Schools program and Hall Fletcher Elementary School’s MusicWorks after-school program, Blackley provides students with weekly music enrichment through an experiential music education approach. She incorporates call-and-response songs to engage students in group singing and will implement this method in leading dance party attendees in a singalong. The event additionally includes free temporary tattoos, face painting by donation, a photo booth, popcorn and drinks for sale, a 50/50 raffle and a silent auction with locally sourced prizes. “We encourage attendees to wear whatever they like — and any day is a good day for a costume when you’re a kid, or young-at-heart,” Bolding says. “We hope an indoor dance party will make for an awesome afternoon with the kids in the home-stretch of winter.” Proceeds go toward classroom needs for teachers, and funding free and low-cost family events to strengthen the school community. Everyone is invited to attend, regardless of their ability to donate. The Asheville Primary School family dance party takes place Sunday, March 25, 3-5 p.m. at The Mothlight. Free to attend. themothlight.com X

C OMMU N IT Y CA L EN D AR FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 828-255-8115 • 4th SATURDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - Asheville Vegan Runners, open group meeting. Free to attend. FOOD NOT BOMBS HENDERSONVILLE foodnotbombshendersonville@gmail.com • SUNDAYS, 4pm - Community meal. Free. Held at Black Bear Coffee Co., 318 N. Main St. Hendersonville GROCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 954 Tunnel Road, 828-298-6195, groceumc.org • TH (3/29), 5-6:15pm - "Living Last Supper," free community meal with the Welcome Table. Free. JEWEL OF THE BLUE RIDGE 828-606-3130, jeweloftheblueridge. com • FR (3/23), 10amnoon - "Wood Stove Cooking," workshop. Register for location. $35-$45. LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828-774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community. Center • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm Welcome Table meal. Free.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS ASHEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 85 Mountain St. • TH (3/22), 6pm Choosing Equity: "Promoting Equity Today," community series on integration, inclusion and equity in schools. Free. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • WE (3/21), 6:308:30pm - Democratic party precinct 22.2 meeting led by Precinct Chair Beverly Kimble. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • MO (3/26), 6:308:30pm- The City and Asheville Redefines Transit (ART) public input meeting. Free.

by Abigail Griffin

Held at Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St. HENDERSON COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS lwvhcnc.org • TH (3/29), 11:30am1pm - Lunch & Learn: "Education Matters," presentation and discussion led by Dr. Jan King, assistant superintendent for Henderson County Public Schools, and Rick Wood, vicechair of the Henderson County Board of Education. Bring your own lunch or purchase one. Free to attend. Held at Hendersonville Community Co-Op, 60 S Charleston Lane, Hendersonville MOMS DEMAND ACTION momsdemandaction. org • SA (3/24), 11am March for Our Lives, student-led march against gun violence and to raise awareness for gun legislation. Free. Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square

KIDS BLUE RIDGE BOOKS 428 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville • SA (3/24), 2-4pm - Jacqui Letran presents The Words of Wisdom for Teens, book series. Free to attend. • SA (3/24), 2-4pm - Jacqui Letran presents her book for teenagers, 5 Simple Questions to Reclaim Your Happiness. Free to attend. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • WE (3/21), 4-5pm - "Catapult with Confidence," event for kids ages five and up to build mini-catapults. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • MO (3/26), 4-5pm - Lego club for ages 5 and up. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • 4th TUESDAYS, 1pm - Homeschoolers' book club. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TU (3/27), 4-5:30pm - Read with Olivia the Therapy Dog. Registration required: 828-250-6482. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • 2nd SATURDAYS, 1-4pm & LAST WEDNESDAYS, 4-6pm - Teen Dungeons and Dragons for ages 12 and up. Registration

required: 828-2504720. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

existed at Chimney Rock. Preregistration required. Info: chimneyrockpark.com

CAMP CEDAR CLIFF 5 Porters Cove Road • MO (7/30) through FR (8/3) - Open registration for Camp Cedar Cliff "Week of Joy" for children who have been touched by cancer. Sponsored by Mission Hospital. Registration: 929-450-3331. Free.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY RECREATION SERVICES buncombecounty.org/ Governing/Depts/ Parks/ • SA (3/24), 10am "Bounce Into Spring Adventure Challenge," family-friendly outdoor adventure challenge. Registration: bounceintospring.buncomberecreation.org. $10/$7 advance. Held at Charles D. Owen Park, 875 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 18 Biltmore Ave., 828-257-4530, dwtheatre.com • WE (3/28) & TH (3/29), 10am & noon - Matinee Series for Students and Families: Lightwire Theater presents, Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey. Tickets required: 828-2574530. $8.50/$7.50 for groups of 11 or more. HANDS ON! A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 828-697-8333, handsonwnc,org, learningisfun@ handsonwnc.org • WE (3/21), 4-5pm "Science on Wheels," science activities for kids. Registration required: 828-8901850. Free. Held at Mills River Library, 124 Town Center Drive Suite 1. Mills River • WE (3/28), 4-5pm "Science on Wheels," science activities for children. Registration required: 828-6974725. Free. Held at Hendersonville Public Library, 301 N Washington St., Hendersonville HOT WORKS FINE ART SHOW ASHEVILLE 941-755-3088, hotworks.org/ artistapplications • Through TU (5/1) Submissions accepted for the 2018 youth art competition. For ages 5-13. MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-254-6734, malaprops.com • SU (3/25), 3pm - Cynthia Surrisi presents her middlegrade book, A Side of Sabotage: A Quinnie Boyd Mystery. Free to attend.

OUTDOORS CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) This Ridge Hike on Saturday, March 24, from 9am-1pm, takes you off-the-beatenpath to places that you never knew

CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK 431 Main St., Chimney Rock, 828-625-9611, chimneyrockpark.com • SA (3/24), 9am-1pm - "Naturalist Niche," ranger-guided, moderately strenuous ridge hike. Admission fees apply. GET IN GEAR FEST bit.ly/2Fow5zf • SA (3/24), noon-5pm - Family-friendly outdoor gear demonstration festival with the Outdoor Gear Builders of WNC. Event features a climbing wall, bike demos, and food and beer for sale. Free to attend. Held at Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive HEADWATERS OUTFITTERS 25 Parkway Road, Rosman, 828-877-3106, headwatersoutfitters. com • SA (3/24), 10am-2pm - "Leave No Trace," certified awareness workshop for ages 12 and up. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Registration required: danielle@headwatersoutfitters.com or 828-877-3106. $12.

Mountain Xpress

MACON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 149 Siler Farm Road, Franklin • WE (3/21) & TH (3/22), 2pm - Walking with Spring Series: Short films of inspiration from the Appalachian Trail. Free. MOUNTAINTRUE 828-258-8737, mountaintrue.org • SA (3/24), 9am-6pm - Green River Gorge, 6.8 mile group hike. Register for location. $10-$35. PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 828-877-4423

Voting starts March 27 mountainx.com/bestofwnc MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

COM M U N I TY CA LEN DA R • FR (3/23), 9am-noon Guided birding hike for ages 12 and up. Free. • TU (3/27), 9am-3pm - "Introduction to Fly Fishing," class for ages 12 and up. Registration required. Free.

PUBLIC LECTURES BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • WE (3/21), 6pm "The Eclectic Lives of Two Asheville Women," presentation by councilwoman Sheneika Smith and Mayor Esther Manheimer. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS 174 Broadway, habitatbrewing.com • WE (3/28), 5:30pm Center for the Study of the American South, presentation. Registration: bit. ly/2DvPRmm. $25/$40 couple.

ti di

! w o 33 n e 13 s i rt 1e v -25 d a 8 82

HENDERSON COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS lwvhcnc.org • TH (3/22), 4-5:30pm - Lecture by HopeRx and the Henderson County Sheriff's Office regarding substance abuse and addiction from alcohol to opioids. Free. Held at Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville PUBLIC LECTURES AT MARS HILL mhu.edu • TH (3/22), 7pm Presidential Lecture & Performance Series: Lecture by Jessica Bandel of the N.C. Office of Archives and History. Free. Held at Mars Hill University, 265 Cascade St., Mars Hill TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-8322, tryonarts.org • SA (3/24), 7pm "Lennon, the Mobster, and the Lawyer," presentation on John Lennon and rock 'n roll history. $5.

SENIORS

OFFER EXPIRES 04/21/18

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

ASHEVILLE NEW FRIENDS ashevillenewfriends.org • TU (3/27), 9:3011:30am - Group walk near MP 395 off the Blue Ridge Parkway. Meet at Asheville Outlet's parking lot

near food court to carpool, 800 Brevard Road

ashevillemeditation. com.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • WEDNESDAYS (3/21), (4/4), (4/11) & (5/9), 1pm - Chair yoga class series for seniors. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.

CENTER FOR ART & SPIRIT AT ST. GEORGE 1 School Road, 828-258-0211 • 4th FRIDAYS, 10amnoon - Contemplative Companions, meditation. Free. • Last Tuesdays, 7-9pm - Aramaic, Hebrew and Egyptian vocal toning, breath work and meditation. Admission by donation.

COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, INC. 828-277-8288, coabc.org • TH (3/29), 2-4pm - "Medicare Choices Made Easy," workshop. Registration required. Free. Held at Blue Ridge Community Health Services, 2579 Chimney Rock Road, Hendersonville

SPIRITUALITY ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE • FREE INTRODUCTORY TALK (PD.) Meditation is fully effective when it allows you to transcend—to effortlessly settle inward, beyond the busy or agitated mind, to the deepest, most blissful and expanded state of awareness. TM is a tool for personal healing and social transformation that anyone can use to access that field of unbounded creativity, intelligence, and well-being that resides within everyone. NIH research shows deep revitalizing rest, reduced stress and anxiety, improved brain functioning and heightened mental performance. Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350. TM.org ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION (PD.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 175 Weaverville Road, Suite H, ASHEVILLE, NC, (828) 808-4444, www. ashevillemeditation. com. GROUP MEDITATION (PD.) Enjoy this supportive meditation community. Mindfulness meditation instruction and Buddhist teachings at Asheville Insight. Thursday evenings at 7pm and Sunday mornings at 10am. www.

CHABAD HOUSE 127 McDowell St., 828-505-0746, chabadasheville.org • WE (3/21), 11am1pm - "Understanding Passover," class. Registration required. Free. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 6th Ave W, Hendersonville, 828-693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • Fourth TUESDAYS, 10am - Volunteer to knit or crochet prayer shawls for community members in need. Free. JUBILEE! COMMUNITY CHURCH 46 Wall St., jubileecommunity.org • THURSDAYS (3/22) until (4/19), 6:308:15pm - "Spirituality and the Unconscious," five-part series with Lawson Sachter and Sunya Kjolhede. Admission by donation. NORTH ASHEVILLE RECREATION CENTER 37 E. Larchmont Road • TUESDAYS until (5/15), 7:30-8:30pm - Peace Education Program, ten-week course of self-discovery based on work by Prem Rawat. Free. SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER 60 N Merrimon Ave., #113, 828-200-5120, asheville.shambhala.org • THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 10am-noon Meditation and community. Admission by donation.

SPORTS BUNCOMBE COUNTY RECREATION SERVICES buncombecounty.org/ Governing/Depts/ Parks/ • Through MO (3/26) Open registration for adult league kickball season beginning in April. Registration: kickball. buncomberecreation. org. $25.

VOLUNTEERING TUTOR ADULTS IN NEED WITH THE LITERACY COUNCIL (PD.) Spend two hours a week helping an immigrant who wants to learn English or a native English-speaking adult who wants to learn to read. Visit our website or call us to sign up for volunteer orientation on Tue (4/17) 9am or Thurs (4/19) 5:30pm. 828-254-3442 volunteers@litcouncil. com. www.litcouncil. com BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WNC 828-253-1470, bbbswnc.org • TH (3/22), noon Information session for those interested in volunteering to share their interests twice a month with a young person from a single-parent home or to mentor one-hour a week in elementary schools and after-school sites. Held at Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC, 50 S. French Broad Ave. Ste. #213. BIG IVY COMMUNITY CENTER 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 828-626-3438 • SA (3/24), 9am Voluteer to help clean up the community center grounds. CASTING FOR HOPE castingforhope.org • Through WE (4/11) - Sign up to volunteer for the Casting for Hope fly fishing competition. SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM 223 W State St., Black Mountain, 828-669-9566, history. swannanoavalleymuseum. org • TH (3/29), 10:3011:30am - Orientation session to to become a volunteer docent serving 3.5 hour shifts during business hours. Refreshments provided. For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

WELLNESS

Magical Offerings

FAT PHOBIA

3/22: MERCURY RETROGRADE until 4/15 Tarot Reader: Bobbi Oshun 1-6pm 3/24: Rune Reader: Tree Higgins 12-6pm 3/28: Magical Art Journaling: Spellwork with Liz Watkin 12-2pm, $20 Cash Bardic Circle 4-6pm, Donations 3/26: Manifesting 101 with Lisa Wagoner 6-7pm 3/28: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Candle Magic w/ Jonathan Mote 6-8pm, $25

Local advocates for size acceptance work to abolish body shaming BY LESLIE BOYD leslie.boyd@gmail.com Asheville professionals are part of a growing movement to promote acceptance of a greater diversity in body size and shape. Simone Seitz, executive director of T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating in Asheville, says her organization offers support and information for those who want to get off the roller-coaster of weight loss and gain by learning to understand and respond to their bodies’ needs. Some call it “fat acceptance,” while others refer to it as “healthy at any size,” she says, but her organization stresses that we are each unique, with body types as diverse as differences in height, skin color, hair color and personality types. “There are a lot of people who are classed as overweight or obese who are fit and very healthy,” she notes. “But they’re shamed into trying to change their bodies, and that leads to even more disordered eating. We just want to add more real information to the conversation. If we could just bring more acceptance and ease, I can’t even imagine what it would bring to the conversation.” WEIGHT-LOSS MISCONCEPTIONS One example of misinformation about weight and health, Seitz says, is body mass index, a weight-toheight ratio that doesn’t take into account muscle mass. A world-class athlete might have a BMI that falls into the overweight or obese category, despite being fitter and healthier than most people. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “BMI can be used as a screening tool for body fatness but is not diagnostic.” Americans spend $66 billion a year in a quest to inhabit the perfect body, but research shows it’s pretty much wasted money, as most people who lose weight on diets eventually gain it all back — and then put on a little more. National Institutes of Health scientist Kevin Hall studied people who had been on the televi-

Over 100 Herbs Available! March Stone: Black Kyanite March Herb: Violet

(828) 424-7868

ashevilleravenandcrone.com

A SIZE THAT FITS: The documentary Fattitude, shown in Asheville on March 1, makes the point that people can be healthy at any size. Photo courtesy of Fattitude

555 Merrimon Avenue Daily readers including Scrying, Runes, Tarot, & More! Walk-ins welcome!

sion reality show “The Biggest Loser” and published his results. Nearly every contestant had gained back all the weight they lost, and some had gained even more. These people often feel ashamed for not being able to maintain what’s viewed as a “healthy” weight, even if they really are healthy, Seitz says. Regaining previously lost weight can make them feel like failures. Americans tend to want to define health by numbers, she adds, and while such numbers as blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose levels are important, weight isn’t necessarily a measure of health, and the number of calories a person should consume is unique to each person. “Our culture tends to teach us everything is concrete, exact — and it’s really not,” says local nutritionist and dietitian Traci Malone. “When you rely on numbers, you tend to lose touch with your body. We’re born with the ability to do that, but we lose it when we ignore hunger or limit ourselves to the numbers.” And while Malone recommends eating a variety of nutritionally dense foods, she also recommends allowing treats — foods that may not be considered healthy — from time to time. “It’s OK to indulge in foods you love now and then, because if you deny

CONTINUES ON PAGE 50 MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

WELLN ESS

atural Health yourself, that leads to binge eating and hiding consumption because people are ashamed of failing,” Malone says.

edited 1999675 hr. Massage

Enroll Now

Certification Program

Week

DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE Apply Online AshevilleMassageSchool.org 828-252-7377

heville

Downtown Pack Square3, 2018 Next Class Starts March

NEW ATTITUDE

OPEN DAILY Night Student 828-252-0058 Clinic Hours! Appointments@CenterForMassage.com

Author and filmmaker Lindsey Averill wrote about the health of people who are classed as overweight or obese for her doctoral thesis. After completing that degree, she made “Fattitude,” a documentary that raises awareness of our society’s bias against fat. “I would argue that all human beings should look after their numbers and what food they put in their bodies, regardless of their size,” Averill said in an interview after Asheville’s Grail Moviehouse screened her film on March 1. People who are poor are more likely to be fat, Averill says, partly because they tend to live in food deserts — places where nutritionally dense foods are less available. In the film, she describes a neighborhood where the closest grocery store is several miles away and closes at 6 p.m. But within a one-mile radius of the center of the neighborhood, nine fast-food outlets sell high-calorie, low-nutrition foods. People living in food deserts are often overweight, partly because of

Monday & Friday Massages available 4:30-8pm 7 days/week Student—$30 CALL NOW Professional—$60 828-252-0058

ialDNA Aid Blueprint Healing vailable Relaxing... heals hereditary issues...$125

urMassage ow $60/hr

Beth Huntzinger LMBT #10819 814 6 years experience

age.com 828-279-7042 • ashevillehealer.com

Do you Have Type 2 Diabetes? Mountain Diabetes & Endocrine Center is currently enrolling participants into a new study for Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). The study is evaluating investigational tablets compared to placebo that may help manage blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetics when combined with diet and exercise. Qualified participants will receive study medication, or placebo, Lantus insulin and care from an Endocrinologist and Certified Diabetes Educator at no cost for the study duration. Compensation may be provided for participation and travel to those who qualify.

You may be eligible to participate if you: • • • • •

Have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Are 18 years of age or older Have HbA1c levels between 7.5-10.5% Are taking long-acting insulin alone or with up to two oral anti-diabetes medications Additional eligibility criteria also apply

Open the door to a new world. Start your journey now

For more information contact Mindy Buford, RN, CDE at (828) 684-9588 Ext. 314

Ash Woods, CRC at (828) 684-9588 Ext. 326

http://www.mountaindiabetes.com/

Authentic Chinese Medical Treatment for Injury & Illness

Next Class March 8

CenterForMassage.com 828-658-0814

Acupuncture Chinese Herbal Prescription

Our Team Brings 30+ Years experience in China to Asheville

learn more from our site walk in or schedule online

828-424-7415 / www.alternativeclinic.org 23 Broadway Street, Downtown Asheville

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

the food that’s readily available to them. Other people live in large bodies because they’re meant to, Averill says. “There’s a million different reasons for being fat, but we lump every fat person into the category of glutton,” she says. “All the diseases we categorize as fat-people diseases happen to thin people, too. But doctors too often blame every ailment on a person’s weight when it may have nothing to do with weight.” Such attitudes, she says, are discriminatory. “If a physician were being racist in their practice, we’d be all over it.” BMI, she says, was never intended to evaluate body weight. “It was invented by a mathematician in the 19th century to gather data about human sizing. It had nothing to do with health.” THE PROBLEM WITH DIETING “Birthday cake is wonderful on your birthday, but you don’t eat it every day,” says Asheville body-image counselor and therapist Jamie Earnhardt. “Of course you should have it. … Eating restrictively takes its toll, and people rarely succeed in losing weight and keeping it off that way.” Our culture tends to think people can change their natural body weight, but human bodies are diverse,

WELLN ESS CA LEN DA R

WELLNESS SHOJI SPA & LODGE • 7 DAYS A WEEK (PD.) Private Japanese-style outdoor hot tubs, cold plunge, sauna and lodging. 8 minutes from town. Bring a friend to escape and renew! Best massages in Asheville! 828-299-0999. www.shojiretreats.com SOUND BATH • SATURDAY • SUNDAY (PD.) Every Saturday, 11am and Sundays, 12 noon. Experience deep relaxation with crystal bowls, gongs, didgeridoo and other peaceful instruments. • Donation suggested. At Skinny Beats Sound Shop, 4 Eagle Street. www. skinnybeatsdrums.com BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 180 W Campus Drive, Flat Rock, 828-412-5488, phoenixrisinghealing.com • TH (3/29), 6:30pm - Author and journalist Sam Quinones speaks about the importance of a community response to the opioid epidemic.

Sponsored by Hope RX, Pardee Hospital, Park Ridge Health, The Partnership for Health. Registration: hoperxhc@ gmail.com. $5. Held in the Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TH (3/22), 6pm "Coaching & Healing for the Living & Dying," presentation regarding death by Sacred Passage Doula Maggie Purnell. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TH (3/22), 6:30-8pm Healthcare for All-WNC presents the documentary, Big Pharma: Market Failure. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. • MO (3/26), 6pm Guided meditation class for teens and adults of all levels of experience. Registration required. Free. • TU (3/27), 7pm "Bridging Spirit & Matter for Mental Health," presentation by Emma Bragdon, PhD, about her experiences with Brazilian

Spiritism. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL 68 Hospital Road, Sylva • WE (3/28), noon-1pm - Educational event on rotator cuff injury and repair. Registration: 844-414-3627. Free. HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 262 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, myhaywoodregional.com/ • TH (3/29), 5-6pm - Tired leg and varicose vein educational seminar and dinner led by Dr. Al Mina and Dr. Joshua Rudd. Registration required: 828-452-8346. Free. NC GINSENG ASSOCIATION 828-649-3536 • SA (3/24), 4-7pm - Event for businesses in healthcare to purchase wild organic ginseng for clients. Registration required. $20. Held at Fifth Season Asheville Market, 4 South Tunnel Road

ORIGINAL RECOVERY orboardofavl@gmail.com • SA (3/10) & SA (3/24) - "Intro to Meditation," class led by volunteers teaching different methods and techniques of meditation. Free. Held at Original Recovery, 70 Woodfin Place, Suite 212 PARK RIDGE HEALTH 100 Hospital Drive Hendersonville, 828-6848501, parkridgehealth.org • WE (3/21), 6pm "Prevention and Reversal of Chronic Disease through Malnutrition," seminar. Registration required: 855-774-5433. Free. RICEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT 2251 Riceville Road • THURSDAYS, 6pm Community workout for all ages and fitness levels. Bring yoga mat and water. Free. SENIOR OPPORTUNITY CENTER 36 Grove St. • THURSDAYS, 2:303:30pm - "Slow Flow Yoga," yoga class adapted for all ages and abilities. Free.

Earnhardt says, and permanently changing our girth is not much more possible than changing our height. But we obsess about weight and BMI and punish ourselves for not fitting into the “norms,” she adds. Studies, including the one by Hall, are finding that people who diet usually gain back the lost weight. Even worse, they tend to put on a few more pounds because the body’s metabolism becomes more efficient when calories are restricted. Human biology, Malone says, is designed to hoard nutrients to prepare for the next “famine.” “We evolved to cope with lean times in this way,” she says. Averill says she stopped dieting several years ago and is healthier and happier. But, says Earnhardt, we live in a deeply fat-phobic culture. “A majority of people surveyed said they’d rather lose a limb than be fat,” she says. “More than half of 10-yearold girls have dieted already.” Earnhardt says no food is inherently bad, although some foods, eaten to excess, can cause health issues. “There’s nothing wrong with a burger and fries,” she adds.

FOR SHAME “The diet industry is so giant because people believe they have to lose weight,” Earnhardt continues. “But increased activity will help you reach goals of better cardiovascular and metabolic health, even if you don’t lose weight. … If people understood that we’re all meant to have different bodies, if people learned to pay attention to their bodies, the diet industry would go bankrupt in no time.” Seitz helps people take a more sensible approach to weight management, one she says involves getting to know your body’s needs and allowing your body to be what it’s meant to be. “There’s so much shame and stigma to having excess weight,” she says. “It can start in elementary school when the nurse calls out each child’s weight and BMI.” That’s ironic, she says, since throughout history, extra weight meant a person was well-fed and healthy. “We need to bring some common sense to the conversation,” Seitz says. “We need to talk about how we feel. Do we have energy? Are we comfortable? Your body is brilliant. Listen to it.” X

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

FARM & GARDEN

WILD GREEN YONDER

WNC’s industrial hemp growers reflect on experimental first season

BY DANIEL WALTON danielwwalton@live.com Farmers like to keep an eye on the sky. The ever-evolving dance of sun, clouds and rain hints at the best time to plant and how much to irrigate a crop. But when that crop is industrial hemp, as was the case for owner-operator Frances Tacy of Franny’s Farm in Leicester last year, the sky might hold more than the usual significance. “In order to get your permit, you have to give the [U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration] the exact GPS coordinates of your plot,” Tacy explains. “Therefore, they liked to come visit us at a level so close to the ground I could see their faces and wave. I could’ve talked to them when I was up on the top of the ridge.” North Carolina laid the legal groundwork for industrial hemp cultivation in 2015, and during their flyovers of Franny’s Farm, those DEA agents did little more than look. Nonetheless, their presence served as a reminder of the challenges Tacy’s initial crop faced. Because industrial hemp belongs to the same species as marijuana, the federal government still considers it a Schedule I narcotic, though federal law does allow state-regulated pilot programs for hemp cultivation. And as Mountain Xpress reported last June, the N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission’s concern about potential DEA enforcement efforts prevented local farmers from getting their seeds in the ground until June, well past the ideal planting time.

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK: Delays introduced by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration meant growers had to scramble to get last year’s industrial hemp crop in the ground in time. This year, local farmers say they’re looking forward to planting on a more optimal schedule, which may improve yields. Photo of hemp seeds courtesy of Frances Tacy Together with the novelty of industrial hemp as a crop in this state, that late start made the success of last year’s planting highly uncertain. For Tacy and other local growers, however, the number of pounds of product pulled from the fields was less important than the yield of knowledge. “It’s the first time industrial hemp has been planted in Western North Carolina, so this first year was all about experimentation,” she says.

MOUNTAINX.COM

MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME Perhaps the biggest question was how to compensate for the monthlong delay in planting. Asheville native Brian Bullman, co-founder of the Carolina Hemp Co. in Woodfin, tackled the challenge with a labor-intensive approach: Each of his 6,500 plants was placed in the ground by hand. “We didn’t have the opportunity to step the plants up from their starter trays to planting cups, so they were at a disadvantage right out of the gate,” says Bullman. “We took the time to individually cultivate 6,500 holes, moving rocks and roots and making the best root-soil contact as possible.” That also left much of the existing grass in his fields intact, helping to prevent soil runoff and improve water retention. Despite those benefits, however, the hemp plants showed more variability than was desired. “We had some that were 5 feet tall, 4-5 feet in diameter, and some that were 1 1/2 feet tall with just one stem sticking out of the ground,” Bullman reveals. Nevertheless, he considers his average yield — a little less than half a pound of dried flower and leaf material per

plant — to be a good result for a first-year operation. Accordingly, Bullman is bullish about the prospects for this year’s crop. Based on how things played out last year, he’s not expecting any problems with the DEA, and meanwhile, field preparation is already underway, with planting slated for mid-to-late May. “We’ve diversified our plant with several different strains, and the clones will be much more established when they go in the fields,” he says, adding, “We anticipate a much better yield.” Jeanine Davis, extension specialist at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River, relied on intensive field preparation to offset the late start on her research plots. “There’s an idea that hemp will just grow itself — that you can throw it out on any kind of waste field,” she notes. “It’ll grow, but if you want it to make money for you, you need to treat it like you would any other crop.” Each of her plots contained multiple varieties. Davis and her colleagues tilled their fields for weed control, fertilized based on recommendations for corn and turned to irrigation to support the vulnerable young hemp plants during a stretch of hot, dry summer weather. As a result, she says, “People told me we had the best-looking crop in the whole state.” UNKNOWN QUANTITIES Local farmers now know that they can produce hemp even under suboptimal conditions, but Davis stresses that more research is needed on the finer points. Many of the varieties being grown in North Carolina were originally developed in Canada, where industrial hemp has been legal since 1998, but those strains may behave differently in the Tar Heel State’s warmer, lowerlatitude environment. Two of the varieties in Davis’ plots, for example, had been certified as containing less than 0.3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol, the highest concentration allowed. Yet when she analyzed last year’s harvest, those varieties tested above the legal limit for THC (the main psychoactive component of marijuana), forcing her to sacrifice all of those plants.

“We don’t understand why that happened; we just don’t have enough information yet,” says Davis. “As a researcher, it’s OK if I have to destroy a crop, but what if you were a farmer and planted 10 acres of that variety?” The potential impacts of insect pests and diseases are also mostly unknown at this point. And though none of the fields Davis examined showed major problems along those lines, she did see evidence of issues such as downy mildew, corn earworms, Japanese beetles and leaf miners. “If we see those things in year one, we know the potential is there, so we need to get ready,” she points out. And should those problems strike in force, industrial hemp farmers would have little recourse. Due to the crop’s limited legality at the national level, the Environmental Protection Agency hasn’t approved any pesticides or herbicides for use

ECO ASHEVILLE CITIZENS’ CLIMATE LOBBY citizensclimatelobby.org/ chapters/NC_Asheville/ • FR (3/23), 6:30-8:30pm - Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution, film screening and kick-off for the Southeast CCL Conference. Admission by donation. Held at Habitat Tavern & Commons, 174 Broadway ASHEVILLE GREEN DRINKS ashevillegreendrinks.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Informal networking focused on the science of sustainability. Free to attend. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 South Market St. ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE 828-254-7162, colburnmuseum.org • FR (3/23), 6pm - “How to Win a Climate Change Argument – Stop Trying to ‘Win,’” Science Pub presentation by Evan Cuozo, Assistant Professor of STEM Education at UNC Asheville with refreshments. Free to attend. Held at The Collider, 1 Haywood St., Suite 401 FILM AT UNCA 828-251-6585, unca.edu • SA (3/24), 7-10pm The Cat That Changed America, documentary screening regarding the dangers of anticoagulant use to wildlife. Hosted by Poison Free Asheville.

Free. Held in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto at UNC-Asheville, 1 University Heights GREENFEST AT UNCA sustainability.unca.edu • SA (3/24) through SA (3/31) - UNC Asheville Greenfest, weeklong event featuring lectures, on and off-campus workdays, film screenings and workshops on permaculture and impact investing. Free to attend. • MO (3/26), 7pm “All Hands on Deck,” keynote lecture for Greenfest at UNC Asheville by Audrey & Frank Peterman. Free. Held at UNC Asheville, Humanities Lecture Hall, One University Heights MOUNTAINTRUE 828-258-8737, mountaintrue.org • TU (3/27), 6-7:30pm - “The Future of the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forests,” expert panel discussion. Free. Held at Transylvania County Library, 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard

FARM & GARDEN BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • SA (3/24), 11-11:30am - “How to Borrow Seeds for Free,” orientation to the Black Mountain Blooms seed lending library. Free. Held at Black Mountain Library, 105 N Dougherty St, Black Mountain

CANNABINOID CROP: At Franny’s Farm in Leicester, industrial hemp made a good first showing in the field, despite getting a late start on the growing season. Photo courtesy of Frances Tacy

• TU (3/27), 6-7pm - Composting workshop with Asheville Greenworks to learn how to turn food scraps into a nutrient rich soil amendment. Registration required: 828-232-7144 or ashevillegreenworks.org. Free. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE cityofhendersonville.org • THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS, until (5/13) - Seasonal mulch and composted leaves giveaway. Thurs. & Fri.: 3:30-7pm. Sat.: 8am-noon. Free. Held at the old Waste Water Treatment Plant, 80 Balfour Road, Hendersonville DR. JOHN WILSON COMMUNITY GARDEN 99 White Pine Drive Black Mountain • TUESDAYS through (4/24) - Organic gardening class series on all aspects of growing: planning, planting, production and pests. Taught by Diana Schmitt McCall at a different location every week. Registration required. $35 per pair of classes/$90 for the series. JEWEL OF THE BLUE RIDGE 828-606-3130, jeweloftheblueridge.com • SA (3/24), 10am-2pm - Workshop to learn how to properly prune muscadines (spur prun-

ing) and regular grapes (cane pruning). Register for location. $45 includes lunch. NC GINSENG ASSOCIATION 828-649-3536 • SA (3/24), 4-7pm Event for businesses in healthcare to purchase wild organic ginseng for clients. Registration required. $20. Held at Fifth Season Asheville Market, 4 South Tunnel Road POLK COUNTY FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE BREAKFAST polkcountyfarms.org • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 7-8am - Monthly breakfast with presentations regarding agriculture. Admission by donation. Held at Green Creek Community Center, 25 Shields Road, Green Creek

on it. Hemp-growing states have the option of approving a limited selection of chemicals, primarily those used by organic farmers, but North Carolina has yet to take such action. “I’m asking that we start that process, so we have at least something for our growers to use,” Davis explains. “Right now, I have to say there’s nothing, and that’s frustrating for all of us.” GROWING A MARKET The consumption side of the industry also offers significant possibilities to explore. The yield from Franny’s Farm, Tacy explains, was split up among a wide array of end uses. “My objective is to figure out how hemp can be a viable enterprise for small farms that can grow between 1 and 5 acres,” she says. “I’m all about identifying sustain-

able avenues for this crop so that the farmer can make money.” Tacy’s seeds, for example, were cold-pressed to produce oil, rolled with cocoa into hemp power balls, and included in collaborations with the Asheville Tea Co. and Asheville Bee Charmer. Her hemp fiber, meanwhile, was processed, or “retted,” using two different methods before being sent to a group of weavers in Raleigh. “This is the first time, in N.C. and possibly anywhere, that weavers have been supplied with different varieties that have been grown and processed in different ways, to find out what the results are,” she notes. And looking ahead, continues Tacy, “We will be planting in early to mid-May this year as we watch the weather for supporting conditions. As the research model for smallscale sustainable farming, it is a best practice to plant during supporting weather and moon cycles. All of us researchers anticipate better results from an earlier planting.” For his part, Bullman is focusing on hemp flower extracts, which his customers commonly use to treat anxiety and other conditions. His company is developing a range of sublingual oils in different concentrations, some of them also containing botanicals such as valerian root and lemon grass. “Because we suggest that folks dose two times a day initially, we’re creating specific morning and evening blends,” he explains. “It’s an opportunity to introduce another layer of function besides general wellness.” And while Davis, too, is optimistic about hemp’s potential for area farmers, she reminds those interested in growing the crop that the industry is still in its infancy. “Don’t cash in your 401(k) — it’s going to take us awhile to figure this all out.” X

SAINT PAUL MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS 588 Chestnut Gap Road, Hendersonville • TU (3/27), 9am-1pm - “Farm Succession Planning,” workshop. $20. WNC ORCHID SOCIETY wncos.org • SA (3/24) & SU (3/25), 9am-5pm - Asheville Orchid Festival, orchid exhibition and sale. $5 plus parking fees. Held at N.C. Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

Do you want a clean, bright future for Buncombe County? We do.

Our demand for energy demands action. Get involved with programs that help your home or business become more energy-efficient at

bluehorizonsproject.com Community Reception 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 22 Edington Center Gymnasium 133 Livingston St., Asheville NC 28801 Celebrate the launch of the Blue Horizons Project with free food and drinks plus the chance to connect with programs that help you save money and energy while helping create a clean-energy future. Children are welcome.

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

FOOD

NEW IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD Growing North Asheville restaurant scene targets locals

NORTH STAR: Brandon Moyer managed a sports bar in Philadelphia before moving to Asheville. In February, he opened The Barrel House in Woodfin, a neighborhood bar and grill that serves breakfast and burgers all day. “If you want pancakes at 1 a.m., you can do that. Or if you want a burger at 10 a.m., you can do that, too,” he says. Photo by Evan Anderson

BY JONATHAN AMMONS jonathanammons@gmail.com Several stalwart local eateries have made themselves at home in North Asheville in recent years. Avenue M has thrived in the Merrimon Avenue space that once housed the beloved Usual Suspects bar, and Vinnie’s, Ambrozia, Homegrown, Luella’s Bar-B-Que and Asheville Pizza and Brewing Co. have also put down roots among the fastfood chains on one of the city’s busiest four-lane strips. And just north of downtown on Charlotte Street, another crop of businesses, including Gan Shan Station, Bone and Broth and Mamacita’s Taco Temple, are establishing themselves. Now a slew of new restaurants is about to hit the neighborhood, with four concepts rolling out this spring, WAKUWAKU EATERY The trend seems to be chain restaurants abdicating their posts to burgeoning local eateries. The abandoned

Jersey Mike’s location at 674 Merrimon Ave. will be replaced by WakuWaku Eatery, a Japanese homestyle restaurant serving traditional comfort fare rather than sushi — a concept that’s in short supply in Asheville. Co-owner Naomi Mikami, who is originally from Japan, says she decided to locate the business in North Asheville because she sees opportunity in that neighborhood for Asian restaurants. “Our foods are not like sushi, tempura, teriyaki chicken and teppanyaki,” she told Xpress via email, noting that the menu will include dishes that are normally eaten at home in Japan, such as yakisoba noodles, okonomiyaki (a savory grilled pancake), Japanesestyle curry and korokke (a potato and meat or vegetable croquette). “Most of our recipes are what we learned from mom and grandma.” She notes that WakuWaku will seek to source its ingredients from local farmers. Waku-waku is a Japanese term that means excited or thrilled. Although no definite opening date has been decided, Mikami is eyeing an early April launch.

BADHAPPY POUTINE Nearby, at 354 Merrimon Ave., the defunct Firehouse Subs will be replaced by BadHappy Poutine, which focuses on the decadent Canadian staple of fries covered in cheese curds melted under hot gravy. The business is the local manifestation of an eatery originally established in Chicago by Asheville native chef Tom Kern and his partner and fiancée, chef Stephanie Lee, who spent her time in the Windy City at the Michelin-starred Blackbird. “My background is in fine dining, and when I was in Chicago, I really wanted to open my own place, but I didn’t have enough money to open an upscale tasting restaurant. So I decided to do the opposite,” says Kern, who cooked in half a dozen cities before relocating to Chicago during the recession. “The irony of it is that we still use a lot of fine dining ingredients — foie gras, truffles, sweetbreads, that type of thing — but we put it on fries,” he says. “We jokingly call it ‘fine dining on fries’ or ‘fun dining.’”

Dinner 7 days per week 5:00 p.m. - until Bar opens at 5:00 p.m. Brunch - Saturday & Sunday 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. LIVE MUSIC Tue., Thu., Fri. & Sat. Nights Also during Sunday Brunch

Locally inspired cuisine.

Located in the heart of downtown Asheville.

CONTINUES ON PAGE 56 MOUNTAINX.COM

marketplace-restaurant.com 20 Wall Street, Asheville 828-252-4162 MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

F OOD

LADIES NIGHT Black Mountain Cafe, Butcher Shop, Catering

THUR. 3/29 4:30-7:30 pm Enjoy Live Music & Enter a Gift Basket Drawing

Please come early, Seating is Limited

Available in bar & patio areas only.

(828) 398-6200 • 26 All Souls Crescent, AVL

Come enjoy our cozy cafe setting, extensive produce, beverage, & local selections! Check out other locations:

Downtown & Biltmore

www.hopeyandcompany.com

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

BadHappy offers a classic poutine, then bends tradition to create several unique takes on the dish using local ingredients. Variations include The Redneck, with cheese curds, pulled pork, fried mac and cheese, coleslaw, fried okra and PBR gravy, and the Good the Bad and the Happy, loaded with pork belly, truffle mayo, foie gras mousse, curds and gravy. Kern plans to focus on building a local following. “We are right there next to UNCA, and we are hoping to tap into that, so obviously we are going to have to make things that college kids can afford,” he says. “But we also want to keep our standard of highquality ingredients. It’s just a matter of finding a balance.” The name, he adds, comes from that feeling one gets just moments after finishing an order of poutine — something everyone can experience when BadHappy launches in April. THE WATERBIRD On the other end of the neighborhood, in the former Rosebud Videos space on North Charlotte Street, Asheville Cocktail Week organizer Kris Kraft has a project of her own. The Waterbird will feature pastries and coffee by day, cocktails and charcuterie by night, and Kraft has an eye focused keenly on neighborhood locals. With plans for a lateApril launch, she says she envisions a “bright, happy, daytime workspace that transitions into a comfortable, sexy cocktail lounge by night. I imagine that my primary customer is going to be that walkable neighborhood person or someone who works downtown and is headed home.” The name, she says, originated with a personal love of waterfowl. “There’s something very peaceful and lovely about that watering-hole aspect,” she says. But the connection goes a little deeper than that, as the name is also a tip of the hat to one of Asheville’s late founding restaurateurs. “My mentor, Laurey Masterton, lost her parents fairly early in life, and she used to say that when she saw a blue heron, she saw her mother,” she recalls. “So she would see her mom, and now I get to see Laurey.” Kraft points out that the evening concept will not focus exclusively on alcohol, as creating an atmosphere where nondrinkers and tipplers alike will feel comfortable is key. “We are not just going to be another bar,” she says. “We want to be mindful to have composed drinks without alcohol so that we can speak to a variety of different people. We don’t want to

be alcoholcentric; we want it to be more about the flavors, flavors that go well together, and mixing and matching. We’re not here just to get people drunk; we are here to be a gathering space where everyone has something to enjoy.” THE BARREL HOUSE Farther north, just beyond Beaver Lake, the town of Woodfin has a new pub. The Barrel House, which opened in February in the space that formerly housed The Potato Wedge restaurant, is as homespun and low-key as it gets. The bar offers a wide selection of draft beers, liquor and house wine, and there’s also a kitchen that serves burgers and breakfast all day. “If you want pancakes at 1 a.m., you can do that. Or if you want a burger at 10 a.m., you can do that, too,” says owner Brandon Moyer, who managed a sports bar north of Philadelphia before moving to Asheville, where he’s worked at both Creekside Taphouse and Mills River Brewery. “I just wanted to do something on my own. I just kept hearing that North Asheville is lacking a neighborhood pub, and this popped up and seemed like it made sense, so here we are.” The menu isn’t huge, but the options are sprawling. Starters include Philly fries, fried deviled eggs, Doritos nachos and pierogies, while other offerings, aimed at pleasing the brunch crowd that frequented The Potato Wedge, include creations such as kielbasa Benedict and Captain Crunch French toast. There are also a couple of salads and a selection of burgers, including a vegan option on a brioche bun. Prices hover in the $5-$8 range. The venue also features a rotation of local music acts. The Barrel House is open 4 p.m.-2 a.m. weekdays and starts serving brunch at 10 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays. WakuWaku Eatery is slated to open at 674 Merrimon Ave. in early April. Look for updates on Instagram at @ waku2eatery or visit waku2eatery.com. BadHappy Poutine opens in April at 354 Merrimon Ave. More information is available at badhappypoutine.com. The Waterbird is expected to open in late April at 197 Charlotte St. Visit thewaterbirdasheville.com for details. The Barrel House is at 1459 Merrimon Ave., Woodfin. A menu and updates on scheduled live music can be found on its Facebook page at avl.mx/4s4. X

by Jonathan Ammons

jonathanammons@gmail.com

A GENEROUS HELPING 1478 Patton Ave

Activism is the main course for some WNC cafes and breweries

ACROSS FROM SKY LANES

Serving craft cocktails with locally distilled spirits OPEN AT NOON WEEKENDS

MENU WITH A MISSION: Dandelion eatery in Hendersonville serves fresh, locally sourced breakfast and lunch options to the public while operating as a job training program for clients of Safelight, Henderson County’s domestic abuse help agency. Kat Nevel has managed the café since it opened in 2013. Photo courtesy of Dandelion A dedication to championing charities and causes of all kinds is widespread among Western North Carolina’s breweries and restaurants. It’s nearly impossible to scroll through social media on any given day and not encounter multiple community fundraising and awareness events — everything from dinners to concerts to canned-food drives — being hosted by Asheville-area food and beverage businesses in support of an array of worthy efforts. And a few local restaurateurs and brewers have even developed their entire business model with a specific higher calling in mind. “We started out doing adoption events, and within our first year and a half, we adopted out over 100 dogs and cats,” says Lisa McDonald of the beginnings of Sanctuary Brewing Co. in Hendersonville. While Sanctuary is clearly focused on crafting excellent beer — since opening in 2015, it’s already garnered three North Carolina Brewers Cup medals — the heart of the business is proclaimed in its name. Before opening Sanctuary, McDonald was a corporate attorney, and her partner, Joe Dinan, worked at the Thirsty Monk and as the cel-

larman at Wicked Weed Brewing. She and Dinan have advocated for animals for several years, including operating their own facility, Sweet Bear Rescue Farm, which the couple bought after they happened into Hendersonville following a hike in the DuPont State Forest. The 3-acre farm achieved official 501(c)3 nonprofit status in November and is now funded by the for-profit brewery. The split allows McDonald and Dinan to have complete control over the brewing business, while a board of directors oversees the animal rescue aspects. Sweet Bear currently shelters five cats, five chickens, four dogs, two goats, two turkeys and a pig named Ollie. In addition to supporting Sweet Bear with its profits, Sanctuary sticks to its mission by hosting vegan food events, regular pet adoption fairs, Yoga with Cats classes and a host of fundraisers for animal charities. And although Sanctuary has always supported animal rescue efforts, its focus has grown to encompass humans as well. “We really wanted it to be a sanctuary for all living beings, and from there it catapulted into a community center,” she says.

Outside the brewery, a long metal wire bends under the weight of a dozen or so coats strung on hangers, free for the taking. McDonald calls it the Kindness Wall. “You can leave stuff out there and take whatever you need,” she says. “That way someone who is really down on their luck doesn’t have to come in and ask for things that they need. It’s so simple to do something nice in everyday life. It’s not like you

CONTINUES ON PAGE 58

$4.20 WAKE & BAKE SPECIAL Prices so low you’ll swear Mama’s high! 9-11am Daily

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

FOOD have to go out of your way. If you are coming over for a beer, and you have a can of food, just put it in the pocket of one of those coats.”

The brewery also offers a free vegan meal every Sunday afternoon featuring plant-based variations on everything from hot dogs and chicken salad to spaghetti, gumbo and shepherd’s pie. “We’ll do anything that feels comfortable,” McDonald says. “But we want to be sure that we are also breaking stereotypes about what vegan food is.“ In May, Sanctuary will further its efforts to promote vegan cuisine as it rolls out a new restaurant in its taproom, the Jazzy Vegetarian Vegan Café. The fast-casual style eatery, to be run by chef Laura Theodore of the “Jazzy Vegetarian” public television program, will feature a menu of pub-style vegan dishes, including burgers, pizzas, salads, sandwiches and desserts. A HAND UP Just up the road, another Hendersonville business peddles more than just good eats and drinks. On the surface, Dandelion eatery looks like any other quaint, small-town café — it features a short menu of healthy Southern staples like tomato pie and shrimp and grits, with a glowing fivestar TripAdvisor rating to boot. But scratch a little under the surface, and you’ll discover the cafe’s affiliation with Safelight, Henderson County’s domestic abuse, sexual assault and child abuse agency with more than 33 years of history working in the community. “Approximately five years ago, the [Safelight] board decided that a work

2018

BEER WEEK PULL-OUT GUIDE 58

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

opportunity would help some of the women get away from their abusers and continue to grow and live their lives,” says Kat Nevel, who has managed the cafe since it opened in 2013. “We have a job training program that allows the women to work here for a short amount of time, build up some confidence and steam, and then we contact businesses in the marketplace trying to find them the right job for the right person.” Dandelion has connected over 140 women and a handful of men who have passed through the program with jobs at Champion Hills, Kanuga Conference Center and the Biltmore Estate. “I think the concept of giving people a hand up, not a handout, is something that every nonprofit, every organization, should adopt,” she says. “We think people come the first time for the mission, and then they come back the next time for the meal. Everything is fresh-made here; we make everything from scratch.” DOGGONE DEDICATED A bit farther into the mountains, Pam Abare started the Rescue Dog Café in Burnsville last year to benefit area animal rescue organizations. “It’s really hard not to help,” says Abare, noting that each month, she donates 5 percent of the shop’s coffee sales to animal-focused charities. “And I always urge the people that want to tip me to just put it in the donation box,” she continues. “Between my donation and the donations from the customers, it comes out to about $150 a month to a different organization.” The small venture has become a much larger project thanks to a frostbitten rooster named Joe. Having previously run Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus, Abare had planned for a less stressful career as a mountain coffee

shop owner, but the little bantam pulled her back into the game. Poor Joe found himself in Abare’s care after losing some toes and a whole foot to freezing temperatures on a home farm with no chicken coop. After he joined Abare’s family of seven special-needs dogs and, more recently, a one-eyed duck, she was prompted to apply for nonprofit status for her newly established Lost Cove Animal Sanctuary. She says she wants to avoid allowing the project to become as overwhelming as her Illinois dog rescue organization did. But she does have plans to install shelters for larger animals, and she’s developing a solution for Joe’s dilemma. “We’re actually working with a group of 10 students from the Early College program at UNCA to design him a prosthetic foot,” she explains. The Rescue Dog Café operates as a coffee shop with limited hours on the weekdays, closing before noon to allow Abare to tend to her rescue animals. But on weekends, the business is open all day as a restaurant and wine bar. The menu offers frittatas, egg casseroles and breakfast sandwiches in the mornings and small plates, wraps, sandwiches and spring rolls at night. And, of course, canine guests are welcome. The cafe’s Facebook page notes that furry visitors can expect free house-made treats or a “puppy latte.” Plus, customers can take the opportunity to chat with Abare about their pets. “I even have it on my menu,” says Abare. “‘Dog advice free.’” Sanctuary Brewing Co. and the soonto-open Jazzy Vegetarian Vegan Café are at 147 First Ave. E., Hendersonville. Dandelion Café is at 127 Fifth Ave. W., Hendersonville. The Rescue Dog Café is 240 E. Main St., Burnsville. X

COMING 5/23! Advertise @ MountainX.com

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

SMALL BITES

FOOD

by Thomas Calder | tcalder@mountainx.com

Chai Pani reopens with a fresh look When Chai Pani first opened downtown in 2009, executive chef and owner Meherwan Irani had just enough money to “slap on some paint, print some menus and call it a day,” he says. At the time, the former salesman-turned-restaurateur was entering unknown territory. He figured the fiveyear lease would likely bookend the start and end date of his new venture. “Now I’m seeing we’ve been here eight years, and we’ll probably be here for another 20,” he says. Chai Pani closed in February for its first renovations. Before the makeover, the restaurant’s layout and appliances had not changed since the 1950s, when a pizzeria operated out of the space. And an extremely limited footprint posed problems for both staff and guests. “Also, of course, all of our other restaurants were built more recently than this one,” Irani says. “They look very intentional and beautifully curated. … This one felt out of sync with that.” With the future in mind, Irani says it was time to “do it right.” In a matter of 30 days, walls and false ceilings came down, new plumbing and electric wiring were put in, a second restroom was installed, fresh murals and bright paint were added, and a passageway down the stairs to sister cocktail bar MG Road was created, allowing guests free access between the two spots. On Friday, March 2, the restaurant unveiled its refreshed look. Along with the structural changes, the menu has also been updated, with additions including the Mumbai club sandwich, an Indian-themed, vegetarian take on the classic, and the pav bhaji, a vegetable curry that’s a ubiquitous street food in India. The restaurant has also brought back its popular sloppy jai. And, in addition to food, the venue now offers full bar service as well. “It’s really important to me that everything has a story,” says Irani. From the murals to the table décor, from the menu selection to the bathroom’s staff sanitation sign, all items relate to India in some fashion. Certain connections are obvious, others more subtle. “We don’t beat people over the head with it,” Irani explains. “But every now and then, someone goes, ‘Wait a minute — what’s up with that?’” Chai Pani is at 22 Battery Park Ave. For details, visit chaipaniasheville.com. 60

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

WEDNESDAY WITH A.J. Mojo Kitchen & Lounge will host the next installment of its Wednesday with A.J. dinner series March 28. The event, presented by Mojo Kitchen’s award-winning chef, A.J. Gregson, will feature a five-course meal, including a spring salad, foie gras and country ham, stuffed leg of lamb and wild greens, bloomy rind cheese and matcha mille cake. Seating is limited to 24. Cocktails, wine and beer are available separately. Wednesday with A.J. runs 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, at Mojo Kitchen & Lounge, 55 College St. Tickets are $45, not including tax or gratuity. To RSVP, contact mojotacolounge@gmail. com. For details, visit avl.mx/4sa.

DANCING TIGERS: Co-owners Meherwan and Molly Irani stand before one of Chai Pani’s new murals, painted by Asheville artist Luna Nunez. The updated eatery now features a full bar, a larger footprint in the dining room and access to its downstairs sister cocktail lounge, MG Road. Photo by Thomas Calder ASHEVILLE FOOD TRUCK SHOWDOWN RETURNS At the fifth annual Food Truck Showdown on Saturday, March 24, two dozen vendors will compete for Best Overall, People’s Choice and VIP Tasters’ Choice awards. The final category will be decided by VIP ticket holders, while judges Mark Rounds, Stu Helm and Felix Meana will decide the Best Overall Food Truck. The event will feature live music, a kids zone, an artisan expo and a performance by the Ultimate Air Dogs. Attendees can donate cans of Ingles Laura Lynn products to a MANNA FoodBank food drive in exchange for tickets to a drawing for a $100 grocery gift certificate. One raffle ticket will be entered for every five cans of Laura Lynn products donated per person. The 2018 Asheville Food Truck Showdown runs 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at the WNC Agricultural Center Expo Building, 761 Boylston Highway, Fletcher. Entry is free. VIP tickets are $35. Details at ashevillefoodtruckshowdown. com. BASIC FERMENTATION WORKSHOP Lars Peterson, co-founder of the Marshall-based business Fermenti, will

MOUNTAINX.COM

host a vegetable fermentation workshop at Villagers on Sunday, March 25. According to Villagers’ website, the class will cover basic “tools, techniques and general recipes for fermenting fruits and vegetables at home.” Samples will be served, and participants will also leave the workshop with a quart of kraut and a brine chart. The workshop is 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 25, at Villagers, 278 Haywood Road. For details, visit avl.mx/4rz. WOMEN VINTNERS WINE DINNER In honor of Women’s History Month, MetroWines Asheville School of Wine partners with Juniper Cooper of Mutual Distributing Co. for a wine dinner at Golden Fleece Slow Earth Kitchen that highlights women vintners from around the globe. The four-course meal will feature beef carpaccio, ahi tuna salad, pork belly and pears and vanilla custard. The dinner is at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, at Golden Fleece, 111 Grovewood Road. Tickets are $65, not including tax or gratuity. For reservations, call Golden Fleece at 828-424-7655. For details, visit avl.mx/4re.

CLYDE’S BURGER STOP NOW OPEN Clyde’s Burger Stop recently opened off Old Leicester Highway at the former Eddie’s Dog House location. According to its Facebook page, the restaurant offers hamburgers, hot dogs, barbecue and chicken sandwiches. Clyde’s Burger Stop is at 408 Old County Home Road. Hours are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday. For details, visit avl.mx/4ry. FAREWELL TO ASHEVILLE PIZZA & BREWING CO.’S LUNCH BUFFET On Friday, March 30, Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. will serve its final lunch buffet at its Merrimon Avenue location. “The buffet was the easiest way for us to feed large groups of folks in a fast and fun way,” says owner Mike Rangel. “But as we’ve become more environmentally concerned and selfaware of our impact on this earth, we couldn’t get over the amount of food we were required to throw away at the end of every lunch shift.” A new lunch menu will be added, which Rangel describes as “affordable, tasty and quick,” including wraps, rice bowls and jumbo slices. These options will also be available at the Coxe Avenue location starting in the summer. Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. is at 675 Merrimon Ave. and 77 Coxe. Ave. X

A R T S & E N T E R TA I N M E N T

WEIRDED OUT

Is Asheville losing its fringe and incubator art spaces? AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

BY ALLI MARSHALL amarshall@mountainx.com The show must go on — that’s a given. But what happens when the funding runs out or was never there to start with? Or the audiences don’t show up because the work is too edgy, too experimental, too uncomfortable? Or the space where said show was to be staged is co-opted by the short-term rental market or a brewery tasting room? While some of Asheville’s beloved theaters have built dedicated fan bases and brick-andmortar spaces, other performance art groups and initiatives, especially those performing untested works by new and/or boundary-pushing artists, are fighting for survival. GOOD WHILE IT LASTED When the lease of the Toy Boat Community Art Space, formerly housed in the same building as French Broad Brewery, was suddenly terminated by the brewery’s new owners (“Toy Boat seeks a new harbor,” Xpress, Nov. 15, 2017), a number of local arts collectives that had used the space also found themselves in the breeze. Those included performance collective Asheville Vaudeville and juggling troupe Forty Fingers and a Missing Tooth. Among those housed under the Toy Boat umbrella was Anam Cara Theatre Company and its experimental arm, Accordion Time Machine. While the ousting of Toy Boat didn’t come as a surprise to Anam Cara artistic director Erinn Hartley — “It was really good while it lasted,” she

IDEA FACTORY: The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival offers a space for new work that hasn’t been road tested and for artists who don’t have the resources to book their own venues and deal with all the promo, say festival organizers Jocelyn Reese and Jim Julian. Pictured, members of Asheville Fringe artists Accidentals perform at at Sky Lanes bowling alley. Photo courtesy of the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival says — it did rattle her trust in the Asheville community. “The way we do ensemble-created theater, the heart of what we do is being community-minded,” she says. “It’s hard to be in a city that claims to be all about that [but where] it no longer feels like that’s even tangible.” Part of the barrier is the cost of real estate and rentals — a hurdle Toy Boat cofounder Nina Ruffini found when searching for a new place to base her business. “Everything was really expensive,” she says of the hunt, which has her currently considering a move to Marshall. But for now, “Toy Boat is in hibernation.”

The former fringe art space launched in 2012 following a Kickstarter campaign and lots of organizing. It was intended to house shows and events, rehearsals and a circus school. Ruffini was affiliated with performance troupe Runaway Circus and the Loose Caboose, which “always performed in different places, and it was tough to find places that suited our needs,” she says. The dream was to have a home, to be able to teach classes and exhibit 2-D art and offer maker space. Toy Boat was the answer to that vision.

Anam Cara, too, has moved around. Hartley founded it soon after relocating to Asheville from Minneapolis. The first show for the company (which Hartley runs with her partner Kim Hartley, the theater’s development director), was a 2009 staging of The Vagina Monologues at The BeBe Theatre — a longtime supporter of fringe and independent performances. “I really felt like Asheville would be accepting of the work Anam Cara is doing,” Erinn Hartley says. “We have such a great response, and I’m constantly getting people thanking me for bringing what we bring to the community and doing something that’s different.” That includes new and experimental works and LGBTfocused productions. The theater was located, for a few years, on Haywood Road, in a space that seated 25. “We used to sell out all the time, and it felt great,” Hartley says of the intimate setting. But the affordable location came at a cost: The roof leaked, it lacked working plumbing and was cold in the winter. “We’d love to have our own space, but we’ve never been able to make it work,” says Hartley. She spent a lot of time tracking down the owners of empty storefronts around Asheville, baffled that a location could sit unused for years while artists such as herself remained shut out of affordable rehearsal and performance space. But when Anam Cara moved into Toy Boat in 2013, that problem was, at least temporarily, solved.

CONTINUES ON PAGE 62

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

A& E After Toy Boat left the French Broad Brewery building, Ruffini moved her circus props into storage in the former Madison County Arts Council building at 90 S. Main St. in Marshall. That location, currently under the auspices of photographer and retired biology professor Michael Torres, is in the early stages of becoming a center for various artsand community-related endeavors. Torres and his wife moved to Asheville because they fell in love with the energy of the city’s downtown. But when Torres and his business partner Carroll Hauptle, a retired lawyer with a background in theater, started looking for a location for their initiative NexGen Legacy, a nonprofit accelerator, they settled on Marshall. The town, says Torres, “is thinking about how to manage growth and change. … [People] in Marshall say, ‘We want to rejuvenate, but we don’t want high-rises.’” Torres and Hauptle hope to attract other like-minded people — especially those who are locally based — to invest in the building, which they are currently leasing for six months with the option to buy. “Once we found this building, we realized it could be used for special events, for art gallery [space]. … It lends itself really well to art studio spaces, shows and art classes,” Torres says. Other requests from Marshall residents are for coworking accommodations, which Torres would like to offer. What he hopes to focus on, he says, is arts and education, family and culture, and health and wellness initiatives. “The whole idea for us is collaboration and cooperation — any way that we can work with others and others can work with us,” says Torres. “We all bring resources. My philosophy is if we share them, they can go a lot farther than if we don’t.” LAUNCH PAD But finding room for fringe and experimental performances and artistic development has long been a challenge, one Jocelyn Reese and Jim Julian, artistic co-directors of Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, face each year when planning the local event. “Artist development is part of our mission, so we have a lot of artists who are either trying out new pieces or are novice performers,” says Reese. “We want to create a space for that because we feel like that’s one of the artistic needs Asheville has — a space for either brand-new work that hasn’t been road tested yet or for an artist who [doesn’t] have the resources to 62

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

RECALIBRATION STATION: Before going on a yearlong hiatus, following the closure of its home, Toy Boat Community Arts Space, Anam Cara Theatre Company was producing about 13 shows a season. Now in the process of regrouping, “We really want to be able to continue doing the work but maybe not burn out all of our resources, ” says founder Erinn Hartley. Photo by Pete Lutz book their own venue and deal with all the promo. The Fringes become the place for them to launch something new.” Other Fringe festivals focus more on tested works, “but we are starting to get more out-of-town folks who … feel like this is an opportunity to try out a piece that they’re thinking of taking to other festivals,” says Julian. “We’re not a very expensive festival to get into … and we’re fairly friendly. They can try it out here in January [because] a lot of the Fringe festivals throughout the United States and Canada are usually in the summer and fall.” The Fringe network also presents an opportunity for local artists to get their start at the Asheville festival and then take their show to other Fringe events. Poetry Cabaret, a regular performance troupe at Asheville Fringe, did just that, presenting its production at the 2017 Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, D.C. Another strength of the local festival is its ability to bring audiences to venues that might not be as likely to host a oneoff fringe-type performance. This year’s festival included, among 15 locations, The Magnetic Theatre, The Mothlight, Sly Grog and The BeBe Theater. The latter, at 20 Commerce St., owned by Susan and Giles Collard and the performance space for their Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre, has been “the little workhorse that has provided a home for everything from The Montford Park Players during the winter [to] some of the small theater and dance companies,” says Julian. “And it’s not a bar, so it’s not about how much beer will they sell,” points out Reese — though the brewery-and-artist combo can work in some cases, such as a recent partnership between the Asheville Improv Collective and Habitat Tavern and Commons. But, back at The Bebe Theatre, the Collards’ aesthetic is aligned with what Julian describes as “the weirder stuff.” Julian is also a member of Asheville Vaudeville, which, since the shuttering of Toy Boat, is trying out various venues in hopes of finding a good fit. A recent performance took place at Isis Music Hall.

MOUNTAINX.COM

Improv comedy troupe Reasonably Priced Babies, displaced by the closure of The Altamont Theatre when the owners of the venue’s Church Street building decided to renovate the music hall into short-term rental condominiums, moved to the newly opened venue Ambrose West on Haywood Road. SAFE SPACE While performance venues are a major need for fringe and nonmainstream arts endeavors, so is rehearsal space. “We aren’t necessarily trying to nurture the next big star,” says Alex Alford, who manages Colourfield, a shared creative space at 54 Ravenscroft Drive. “Some people, we’re just trying to give them the outlet, give them the safe space where they can be, in their own mind, the next [renowned dancer and choreographer] Merce Cunningham. And if that’s as far as it goes, that’s just fine.” Already more has happened at Colourfield than mere private performances. The building, formerly used by Reeds Uniforms, now houses Alford’s studio (he’s a visual artist) as well as a theater rental studio overseen by Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective (but available for rent to local theater companies), a dance rehearsal studio, drawing classes and office space for wellness professionals. “In a perfect world, you will eventually find your audience,” says Alford, so Colourfield aims to provide places for burgeoning artists (and established creatives with limited budgets) to hone their crafts. “How can anyone ask why we need people who can’t afford to do art, to do art?” asks Alford. “Art being created through the need for creation, and art [made out of] the need for sustenance are two very different kinds of art.”

Based in Western North Carolina for more than 20 years, Alford — who was, at one point, involved with an attempt to restart the experimental arts institution Black Mountain College — says he feels generally positive about the area’s growth. But, “I’m sad to see certain places close because their rents are going through the roof,” he notes. The opportunity presented by Colourfield, which he moved into 3 1/2 years ago, meant he could share space with other artists. “The goal all along has been not to charge as much as I could get, but as little as I could get away with,” says Alford, who has only raised prices once in his time at the location. By offering low-cost rehearsal space (the dance studio currently goes for $15 per hour), he hoped those who rented from him would pass the savings onto their students — and that’s exactly what has happened. “We all have to make money, obviously, but there’s [got to be a way] where everyone wins,” Alford says. While balancing the books remains a challenge, he’s making it work. Plus, Colourfield offers perks that can’t be commodified: “When I’m working in here and there’s a theater rehearsal going on and there’s dance going on, just the laughter,” says Alford. “The things happening. It permeates the walls and it elevates everything going on here.” PLACES PAST The need for fringe, experimental and incubator spaces is not new to Asheville — neither is the loss of such places. Gone but not forgotten are The Green Door on Carolina Lane, where Asheville’s 1990s-era slam poetry team performed; the shortlived but inspirational Apothecary, in the YMI building, which provided space for sound and visual art installations; Future of Tradition, located in the River Arts District, which taught dance and circus arts; and visual arts venues the Courtyard Galley and Zone 1, among others. The Big Idea on Carolina Lane was launched by Trulee Hall around 2001. “The community of people in Asheville at that time was superamazing,” she recalls. “My friends were a wide range [of] gutter punks, computer geeks, farmers, ex-military, circus freaks, opera singers, dungeon goths, sex workers, noise musicians, outsider artists, academics, hippies, etc.” Never intended as a moneymaking venture, The Big Idea’s suggested cover charge went to the artists. A friend of Hall’s made homebrew in

THINK TANK: “In the often curious and unexpected Big Idea event schedule, I was somehow able to include and integrate subculture groups that would otherwise stand in stylish opposition to each other,” says Trulee Hall, who opened the Carolina Lane venue in the early 2000s. Still from a video of the Big Idea performance Origin of the Species, with Hall, Emily Staton and Bill Coonan, courtesy of Hall the basement. Performances ran the gamut of musical genres as well as film screenings, puppet shows and cabaretstyle variety shows. “My favorite,” says Hall, “was a prisoner’s art show raising money for people in jail, along with a Prison Books drive.” And, “We hosted a dance recital which was totally crazy. I made a zine and spread it around as an open call for whoever wanted to participate. The only ‘rule’ was that each dance had to be embarrassing.” Hall eventually left The Big Idea because, she says, “It took over my life.” Her roommates kept it going for a year or two. Still enmeshed in the arts, Hall is currently based in Los Angeles, where she’s planning a solo show for the winter. Local playwright, actor, director, radio personality and Xpress contributor Jeff Messer also launched a performance space in the early 2000s. Area 45, on Wall Street, took its name from its address (the location now houses offices for the Wall Street parking deck) and the 45 secondhand theater seats that Messer and his partners sourced for their black-box space. Part theater, part pub, “The grand scheme was, ‘It’s going to be an arts incubator space, it’s going to be a creativity lab,’” Messer remembers. “So it was almost always open.” THEATER REBELS “The policy was, ‘If you’ve got an idea, come and talk to us, and we’ll see if there’s a place on the calendar,’” Messer says. “Some were successful, and some were not so successful.” That “yes to everything” approach led to the founding of improv troupe The Oxymorons, an open mic music night and poetry slams. Area 45 staged 33 productions during its run. “It was very small, so only certain shows would work there,” Messer

remembers. “You had to cater what you did to the space to make it work. … We felt like we were the theater rebels in town, out there on the fringe. It was a lot of fun because of that.” Area 45 came into being when Messer met a benefactor interested in contributing to the local art scene. “Asheville was rapidly changing, and we didn’t know what it was going to become, but there was a strong sense that growth was coming,” Messer says. He’d read an article in the late ’90s about the arts incubator concept and thought it was a good fit for Asheville. The investor agreed to back the endeavor. The theater started producing in June 2002 and ran to December 2003. By that time, Messer’s son had been born, and the nonstop schedule was taking its toll. But the memories linger, including one unprovable legend of an elderly gentleman dropping in during an open mic session who later was revealed to be Leonard Cohen. “If Area 45 had been allowed to grow it, it would probably be something like what Magnetic Theatre is now,” Messer says. “When we went away, a lot of people lamented that. Years later, someone said, ‘Man, you guys had such a good idea. You just had it too soon.’” It’s likely the same will be said, in a not-too-distant future, about some of today’s venues and performers. But just because a fringe arts space or troupe or initiative is down doesn’t mean it should be counted out. Hartley, for example, says Anam Cara is taking a year to regroup but plans to come back strong. What does the future hold? Instead of competing with other local theater companies that operate along more mainstream models, Hartley hopes to pursue the lesser-known scripts and experimental works that inspired her in the first place. “We’d rather do fewer shows that have a lot of heart,” she says. “Anam Cara still exists. We’re very driven to continue and make things happen.” X MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

SMART BETS

A&E

by Edwin Arnaudin | Send your arts news to ae@mountainx.com

Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues More than 50 years into his storied career, Mac Arnold remains committed to the blues. His resumé counts such bandmates as James Brown and Muddy Waters, plus guest spots with John Lee Hooker and Bill Withers. His group the Soul Invaders backed up The Temptations and B.B. King, and he also worked on “Soul Train” in the early 1970s. All of the above earned Arnold a 2017 induction into the Alabama Blues Hall of Fame, and he’s not done yet. Regularly touring with his three-piece band Plate Full O’ Blues, the organic farmer and restaurant owner sings and plays bass and gas can guitar at The Phoenix & the Fox in Brevard on Friday, March 23, at 8 p.m. $15 advance/$20 day of show. thephoenixandthefox. com. Photo courtesy of Arnold

Storms In curating her new exhibition, Storms, Constance Vlahoulis references a quote by teen author Tanner Walling: “Life is like a storm. At its worst, it’s full of blinding fury and destruction. However, at its best, full of striking beauty and wonder.” The show spotlights 25 artists — ranging from painters to glass sculptors — all of whom were invited to interpret the theme of storms in their own way. The exhibition has an opening reception Thursday, March 22, 6-8 p.m. at the Adler Gallery in Posana Restaurant. It will remain up through spring. Free to attend. A portion of sales from the show will benefit April Ingle, a young local single mother who recently underwent a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. posanarestaurant.com. “S’approvisioner de pain avant la tempete” by Patricia Cotterill

Springtime Medieval Market

Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands

Don’t have a time machine? No worries — The Odditorium has you covered on Saturday, March 24, when it transforms into the Springtime Medieval Market. The Barony of Hawkwood, a local branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism, will be on hand to provide demonstrations and fighting — as will historical European martial arts school Warriors of Ash — while Sera Sahara, Claire Dima and Logan Novgrod share their belly-dancing skills. In addition to these showcases, nearly 40 artists and artisans will be on hand. Among the offerings are tinctures, divination, tarot, potions, ceramics, jewelry, armor and a range of throwback attire. The market runs 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and a portion of proceeds will be donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Free to attend. avl.mx/4rq. Photo by Donnie Rex Bishop

Deft with piano and accordion as well as a saw, Crystal Bright rounds out her sound with soaring vocals and confident rhythm courtesy of her band the Silver Hands. Based in Chapel Hill, her musical career began when she won the North Carolina Symphony’s Triangle Talent Search in 2010, and since then she’s melded dark indie pop with a host of world influences. Bright recently traveled to Thailand to collaborate with that country’s traditional musicians and visit the Elephant Nature Park Sanctuary in Chiang Mai, for which she volunteered after raising funds at a pre-trip concert. Touring in support of her new EP, Staring at the Sun, Bright and the Silver Hands stop by The Crow & Quill on Friday, March 23, for a 9 p.m. performance. $5. thecrowandquill.com. Photo by Chad Perry

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

by Edwin Arnaudin

earnaudin@mountainx.com

THE 52 PERCENT Four years ago, Erin Terry was getting started as a stand-up comedian in Raleigh. Alarmed by her experiences booking gigs, she started polling other women on the local scene. “I said, ‘Where do you get more than five minutes, and where can women be on more than one spot on a show?’ There’s always just one woman, and that person is never the opener or the closer, and they almost always just have five minutes, even though they might be the funniest person on the lineup,” Terry says. “There was no real answer, so I answered it by having a show where we’re the beginning, middle and end, and I can give [them] as much time as I want.” Now in its third year, the Eyes Up Here comedy showcases, co-produced by Terry and Britt Spruill, have brought more than 50 allwomen shows to Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Charlotte and Asheville. The duo is also making inroads in Wilmington and Winston-Salem. Terry has hosted all but two of the events and will again lead the way Thursday, March 22, at Fleetwood’s. That show features Asheville-based comedians Moira Goree and Kelly Morgan, plus fellow North Carolinians Mimi J Benfield (Charlotte), Aaron Cardwell (Hillsborough) and Kathleen McDonald (Chapel Hill). Also helping orchestrate the evening is local booker Melissa Hahn, owner of Modelface Comedy, which she created to bring more female and minority voices to Asheville and the Southeast. “Because of this environment where you only put one woman on a show, it creates this intense competition between female comics, versus being supportive,” Hahn says. “You have 20 people fighting for one spot instead 20 people fighting for six spots.” She adds that as more women are booking rooms and being able to put together their own shows, it proves to others in the industry that comedy events composed of all or predominantly women have a wide appeal. “The biggest thing that we hear as women is that the audience just won’t be able to relate to us — which is insane because 52 percent of your audience is still women,” Hahn says. “As you can see [of] women’s movements ... we’ll ask nicely for our own space a few times, and then we’re just going to take it.” Performers like Benfield appreciate the environment Eyes Up Here pro-

Eyes Up Here showcase brings women’s stand-up to Fleetwood’s bar” — Terry was impressed with the Asheville stand-up scene’s progressive nature. She says there’s still a lot of homophobia and racial jokes in the Triangle, subject matter she considers lazy. The intelligent vibe also emanated from the attendees. “Jokes that I feel like have gotten really tired for me down here in the Triangle or even in Charlotte were getting laughs at different points and at the expected points, and it was raucous laughter,” Terry says. “We just had such a good time. It was a really warm and refreshing room.” Based on pre-sales, Hahn added a late show at 10:30 p.m. And Eyes Up Here will keep moving forward with its showcases, workshops and open mic nights. Its organizers are also considering producing a festival or offering workshops for teenagers. “I’ve been more devoted to this than any marriage I’ve been in, so I figure I’m going to keep doing it until nobody shows up or people show up and they don’t laugh,” Terry says. “That’s when we’ll stop, and that has not happened.” X

SWEET AND SOUR: Charlotte-based stand-up Mimi J Benfield says she’s grateful for every experience in the comedy industry and takes the good with the bad, which she feels improves her material. “Challenges are important,” she says. “No wants to hear a very happy person telling jokes. I went to Hawaii years ago with my family and saw an open mic out there — and they sucked. ‘You guys are too happy. You live in paradise. You need to move to Detroit for a while.’” Photo by Victoria Harrison vides. She says that Terry consistently attracts welcoming, receptive crowds, which means the comics aren’t “worried about bombing.” The showcases also illuminate to Benfield, who is used to being the only woman on the lineup, the healthy number of female comics in North Carolina — though she feels there’s still plenty of room for improvement within the industry. “Being a woman and being a gay woman, too, I can either not get booked for something or specifically get booked for something,” Benfield says. “Sometimes it’s not fair, but showtime’s showtime, and I’ll get onstage if I can. But there’s definitely a bit of prejudice in the community, for sure, against the ladies.” Terry works full time on top of running Eyes Up Here and says she doesn’t have ambitions of moving to New York City, Los Angeles or Chicago to pursue a comedy career. Instead, the Charlotte native and 10-year Raleigh resident

wants “to make our scene healthier and more inclusive,” not just for women but anyone who’s marginalized. The group’s additional efforts include a monthly Fast & Loose Ladies Comedy Workshop at Durham’s Atomic Fern bar before the LadyBits Open Mic night at The Pinhook performance venue. The workshop gives women who’ve wanted to try stand-up some coaching on the mechanics of an open mic and allows Terry the chance to continue the legacy of the women who mentored her. “[Female comics] hate being the only woman in the room at open mics. They don’t go anymore and they drop out and they transition out of comedy or they go into improv because it’s more familial,” Terry says. “What we’ve done with Eyes Up Here is try to capture those women and give them a supportive room.” At Eyes Up Here’s debut show at Fleetwood’s last November — which Hahn says had “people packed all the way out the room, just listening from the

WHAT Eyes Up Here comedy showcase WHERE Fleetwood’s 496 Haywood Road fleetwoodsonhaywood.com WHEN Thursday, March 22, 8 & 10:30 p.m. $7 advance/$10 day of show

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

A &E CA LEN DA R

by Abigail Griffin

ASHEVILLE CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: Acclaimed chamber music ensemble St. Lawrence String Quartet returns to the Asheville Chamber Music Series for a concert at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville on Friday, March 23, at 8 p.m. The Grammy-nominated quartet is showcasing a program featuring the work of Haydn and Sibelius. Tickets are $38, and those younger than 25 are admitted free. For more information or tickets, visit ashevillechambermusic.org. Photo of St. Lawrence String Quartet courtesy of the Asheville Chamber Music Series (p. 67) ART ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • MONDAYS through (4/30), 10am-1pm "Explorative Fibers," fiber workshop for veterans. Registration required: 828-258-0710. Free. Held at Local Cloth, 207 Coxe Ave. • MONDAYS until (3/26), 2-5pm - Weaving class for veterans. Registration required. Free. Held at Local Cloth, 207 Coxe Ave. BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY VISITOR CENTER

Mountain Xpress

Milepost 384, Blue Ridge Parkway • TH (3/29), 10am-noon Tim Barnwell photography presentation regarding his three photography books. Free. GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 828-253-7651, grovewood.com • FR (3/23) & SA (3/24), 11am-4pm - Needle felting bird nests demonstration by Karen Kennedy. Free to attend. • FR (3/23), 11am-4pm - Pysanky egg decorating demonstration with Andrea Kulish. Free to attend. HORSE + HERO

Voting starts March 27 mountainx.com/bestofwnc 66

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

14 Patton Ave., 828-505-2133 • FR (3/23), 6-8pm - Popup exhibition featuring the artwork of Tara McPherson. Free to attend.

IKENOBO IKEBANA SOCIETY 828-696-4103, blueridgeikebana.com • TU (3/27), 10am - "Ikebana using Houseplants," flower arranging demonstration. Free. Held at Folk Art Center, MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY AND DESIGN 67 Broadway, 828-785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org/ • SA (3/24), 4-5:30pm Salon Series: Discussion of the book, The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp. Held in conjuction with the exhibition, Scale Up: 10 Years, 10 Fellows, 10 Projects. Free. • TH (3/29), 6:30-7:30pm Scale Up, artist talk by Ani Geragosian, project grant recipient and Windgate Fellow. Registration required. Free. THE GALLERY AT FLAT ROCK 702-A Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 828-698-7000, galleryflatrock.com/ • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (3/31) Artist demonstrations. Thurs.-Sat.: 1-5pm. Sun.: 1-3pm. Free to attend.

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS SPRING SHOW & TELL MINI-POP (PD.) 3/15-25, 8am-7pm @ TRADE & LORE COFFEE. Shop this curated minipop up shop feat. local/ indie craft, design, and vintage. showandtellpopupshop.com • 37 Wall St., 28801.

ARTS IN MARCH brevardnc.org • FR (3/23), 5-8pm & SA (3/24), 10am-6pm - "Arts in March," event in Downtown Brevard featuring open studios and art galleries, artist and author meet and greets, menu specials at restaurants, live music, artist demos and art talks. Free to attend. Held in Downtown Brevard

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through MO (5/7), 5pm - Applications accepted from nonprofit organizations for North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program sub-grants. See website for full guidelines. ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 828-253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through SA (3/31) Submissions accepted for Appalachia Now! An Interdisciplinary Survey of Contemporary Art in Southern Appalachia, exhibition. See website for full guidelines. ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE • Through FR (4/5) Submissions accepted for designers for the 2018 Costume Drama fundraising event. See website for full guidelines. BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 828-669-0930, blackmountainarts.org

• WE (3/21), 6-8pm & SA (3/24), 10am-noon - Open auditions for The Front Porch Theatre production of Love, Loss and What I Wore by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron. Contact for full guidelines. FLETCHER AREA ART FAIR director@ fletcherartsheritage.com, 828-691-1255 • Through SA (3/31) Vendors accepted for the Fletcher Area Art Fair taking place on Saturday, April 7. THE COLOURFIELD 54 Ravenscroft Drive • SU (3/25) through TU (3/27) - Open auditions for The Ballad of R&J with the American Myth Center. See website for full guidelines and to sign up: americanmythcenter. org. Free.

DANCE 2 HOUR DANCE WORKSHOP (PD.) Saturday, March 24, Country Two-Step 1-3pm. Asheville Ballroom. $20/person, $15 Early Registration by March 17. 828-333-0715, naturalrichard@mac.com • www.DanceForLife.net EXPERIENCE ECSTATIC DANCE! (PD.) Dance waves hosted by Asheville Movement Collective. Fun and personal/community transformation. • Fridays, 7pm, Terpsicorps Studios, 1501 Patton Avenue. • Sundays, 8:30am and 10:30am, JCC, 236 Charlotte Street. Sliding scale fee. Information: ashevillemovementcollective.org

STUDIO ZAHIYA, DOWNTOWN DANCE CLASSES (PD.) Monday 8am Bootcamp 12pm Bootcamp 12pm Barre Wkt 5pm Teen Dance Fitness & Technique 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Bellydance Drills 7pm Bellydance Special Topics 7pm Irish Level 1 7pm Sassy Jazz 8pm Fusion Bellydance 2 8pm Lyrical 8pm Raks Azure Pro Bellydance Troupe • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 2 8pm Creating a Solo • Wednesday 8am Bootcamp 10am Hip Hop 12pm Bootcamp 5pm Flow and Glow Yoga 6pm Bhangra Series 6pm Hula 7pm Tap 1 7pm Classical Ballet 8pm Tap 2 8pm Modern • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 3:15pm Kids Hip Hop and Creative Movement 4pm Kids Hip Hop and Creative Movement 5pm Teens Hip Hop 6pm Stiletto Sculpt Dance 7pm Liberated Ladies 8pm West Coast Swing 8pm Show girl choreography • Friday 8am Bootcamp 12pm Bootcamp • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 1pm Hip Hop • $14 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $8 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595 ASHEVILLE BUTOH COLLECTIVE ashevillebutoh.com • MONDAYS, 6:308:30pm - "Aspects of Butoh," butoh dance practice with the Asheville Butoh Collective. $15-$20. Held at 7 Chicken Alley FAIRVIEW RECREATION CENTER 749 Fairview Road • TH (3/22), 6:30pm Circle 8's Square Dance family-friendly party night and spaghetti dinner. Registration: marty. northrup@gmail.com. Free.

MUSIC

ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS 828-254-7841, afta-fbca.net, info@afta-fbca.net • TH (3/22), 7-8pm Academy for the Arts, honors student recital with strings, voice, piano and winds. Free. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. ASHEVILLE CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES 828-259-3626, ashevillechambermusic.org • FR (3/23), 8:30pm Chamber music concert featuring the St. Lawrence String Quartet playing Haydn, Sibelius and Beethoven. $38/Free for those under 25. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TH (3/29), 6pm - Michael Jeffrey Stevens & Friends, all ages jazz concert. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. HENDERSONVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 828-697-5884, hendersonvillesymphony. org • SA (3/24), 7:30pm Concert featuring Cole Jenkins and works by Grieg and Sibelius. $40. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W Campus Drive, Flat Rock MUSIC AT UNCA 828-251-6432, unca.edu • TH (3/29), 7pm - Alash, Tuvan “throat singing” concert. $15/$5 students. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville, 300 Library Lane TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-8322, tryonarts.org • TH (3/29), 8pm Windsync, chamber music concert.

AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS DRUM SHOP (PD.) Saturdays 5pm, Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/ class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums. com

35BELOW 35 E. Walnut St., 828-254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • TH (3/29), 7:30pm - "Listen to This" storytelling series hosted by Tom Chalmers and featuring stories and original songs from locals. $15.

A CAPPELLA ALIVE facebook.com/ acappellaalive, wbellnc@yahoo.com • THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - A Cappella Alive! womens choral group practice. Free. Held at Givens Gerber Park (Community Room), 40 Gerber Road

ASHEVILLE TOASTMASTERS CLUB 914-424-7347, ashevilletoastmasters.com • THURSDAYS, 6:157:45pm - General meeting to develop leadership, communication and speaking skills within community. Free. Held at YMI

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD

Cultural Center, 39 South Market St.

Ridge Community College Hendersonville

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (3/21), 1-2pm Marla Milling presents her book, Legends, Secrets and Mysteries of Asheville. Free. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road

WRIGHT CREATIVE

FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 828-255-8115 • 4th THURSDAYS, 1pm - Words and Actions Writing Group. Free to attend. • TH (3/29), 6-8pm WUSSY Mag and Queer Appalachia present a night of southern and queer media, readings and a clothing drive. Free to attend.

828-776-8248 • MO (2/26) 10am-2pm Writers group. Participants bring something they are reading, six copies of something they are writing and a lunch. Free. Held at First Presbyterian Church, 40 Church St.

FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 2160 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, 828-273-3332, floodgallery.org/ • SUNDAYS, 2-5pm - Halcyone Literary Magazine meeting for writers, reviewers, poets and artists interested in reviewing submissions, read and submit their own works and help with the formation of the magazine. Free. MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (3/21), 6pm - Frank Morell presents his young adult novel, No Sad Songs. Free to attend. • TH (3/22), 6pm - Susan Harlan presents her book, Luggage. Free to attend. • TU (3/27), 6pm - Vegas Tenold presents his book, Everything You Love Will Burn: Inside the Rebirth of White Nationalism in America. Free to attend. • WE (3/28), 6pm - Scott Paly presents his book, Get it Together: Cultural and Practical Tips to be a Successful Adult. Free to attend. • TH (3/29), 6pm - Jon Michael Riley presents his book, Photo Shoot. Free to attend. • TH (3/29), 7pm - Works in Translation Book Club: The First Anthology of Science Fiction to Have Emerged from Iraq, edited by Hassan Blasim with multiple translators. Free to attend. THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION 828-692-8062, saveculture.org • TH (3/22), 7pm "Appalachian Storytelling: An Evening of Music and Stories," storytelling and music from Frederick Park, Pat and Becky Stone, Lloyd Arneach and Ronnie Pepper. $10. Held at Bo Thomas Auditorium, Blue

795 Haywood Road, Asheville • SA (3/24), noon-5pm - MC YOGI presents his new memoir, Spiritual Graffiti: Finding My True Path. Free to attend. WRITER IN YOU

THEATER BREVARD LITTLE THEATRE 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard, 828-884-2587, TheBrevardLittleTheatre. org • FRIDAY through SUNDAY (3/23) until (3/25) - “Stories from Mothers of the Brides," series of 22 monologues from comedic to dramatic. Fri.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $5. FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 828-693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (3/25) - Seussical the Musical. Thurs. & Fri.: 7:30pm. Sat.: 11am. Sat. & Sun.: 3pm. $14-$28. MAGNETIC 375 375 Depot St., themagnetictheatre.org • THURSDAY through SATURDAYS until (3/31), 7:30pm - Luna Gale. $16. NC STAGE COMPANY 15 Stage Lane, 828-239-0263 • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/8) - Other Desert Cities. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. Additional matinees: Saturday, March 31 & April 7, 2pm. $16-$34. THEATER AT UNCA 828-251-6610, drama.unca.edu • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (3/22) until (3/25) - Really Really, student produced drama regarding sexual assault. Thurs.Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $20/$15 seniors. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

GALLERY DIRECTORY 310 ART 191 Lyman St., #310, 828-776-2716, 310art.com • Through SA (3/31) - Art Heroes - Celebrating Woman's History Month, group exhibition.

828-225-5509, pushtoyproject.com • Through FR (4/13) Garden Party, exhibition of new art works by Alli Good, Hannah Dansie and Maxx Feist.

ART AT UNCA art.unca.edu • Through FR (3/23) Exhibition of the artwork of the late James Spratt. Reception: Friday, March 23, 6-8pm. Held at UNC Asheville - Owen Hall, 1 University Heights • Through FR (3/30) Spheres of Influence, exhibition of abstract paintings by Linda Gritta. Held at UNC Asheville - Ramsey Library, 1 University Heights • Through FR (3/30) Celebrating Middle School Success, exhibition of works of art by middle school students from four Buncombe County schools. Held at UNC Asheville Sherrill Center, 227 Campus Drive ART AT WCU 828-227-2787, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • Through FR (5/4) - Lining: Sheathing, interactive installation and exhibition of work by Denise Bookwalter and Lee Emma Running. Reception: Thursday, April 19, 5-7pm. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive • Through FR (3/30) - 50th Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition. Reception: Thursday, March 22, 5-7pm. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive ART IN THE AIRPORT 61 Terminal Drive Fletcher • Through (4/22) Exhibition of artwork from kindergarten through 12th grade students in five western North Carolina counties. ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through FR (3/30) AAAC Juried Members Show, group exhibition. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM ON THE SLOPE 175 Biltmore Ave., ashevilleart.org • Through SA (5/12) Crafting Abstraction, exhibition exploring fluidity between the fine arts and craft media. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-8pm. AURORA STUDIO & GALLERY 828-335-1038, aurorastudio-gallery.com • Through SA (3/31) Exhibition of works from artists who have been impacted by mental health issues, addiction or homelessness. Held

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

THE HAEN GALLERY 52 Biltmore Ave., 828-254-8577, thehaengallery.com • Through SA (3/24) Wintertide 2018, group exhibition. TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 828-884-2787, tcarts.org • Through FR (3/30) - Men of the Mountains, invitational exhibition. UPSTAIRS ARTSPACE

POP UP ART TOUR: Horse + Hero welcomes New York-based artist Tara McPherson for a one evening, popup show Saturday, March 24. 6-8 p.m. The art exhibition is free and offers McPherson’s limited-edition prints, rock posters, screen prints, stickers, postcards, pins, buttons and puzzles for sale. For more information, visit horse-hero.myshopify.com or taramcpherson.com. Painting by McPherson courtesy of Horse + Hero at Trackside Studios, 375 Depot St. BASCOM CENTER FOR THE ARTS 323 Franklin Road, Highlands, 828-526-4949, thebascom.org • Through SU (6/10) Spring group exhibition. BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 828-251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through FR (4/27) Exhibition of new work by Dana Brown. DISTRICT WINE BAR 37 Paynes Way, Suite 9 • Through MO (4/30) Exhibition of paintings by Asya Zahia Colie. FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 2160 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, 828-273-3332, floodgallery.org/ • Through SA (4/7), Recent Paintings, exhibition of works by David Hopes. HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS 174 Broadway,

habitatbrewing.com • Through SA (4/7) Exhibition of paintings by Sheri Cross. HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 86 N Main St., Waynesville, 828-452-0593, haywoodarts.org/ • Through SA (4/28) Watercolor & Wax, group painting exhibition. MOMENTUM GALLERY 24 North Lexington Ave. • Through SA (4/28) - Hall/ Sykes and Burchard/ Galloway, exhibitions featuring printmaking works of Bill hall paired with graphic works of Maltby Sykes and landscape paintings of Drew Galloway paired with wood sculpture by Christian Burchard. POSANA CAFE 1 Biltmore Ave., 828-505-3969 • TH (3/22) through TH (5/31) - Storms, group art exhibition. Reception: Thursday, March 22, 6-8pm. PUSH SKATE SHOP & GALLERY 25 Patton Ave.,

49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 828-859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (4/27) Guided Light: Masters of Contemporary Photography, exhibition curated by Ben Nixon featuring nine prominent photographers of the past half century. • Through FR (4/27) - junk & disorderly, exhibition featuring mixed media assemblages by Bobbie Polizzi. • Through FR (4/27) - Perceptions and Reflections, exhibition featuring abstract painting by Joel Edwards and Ani Magai, drawing by Christopher Charles Curtis and papier colle collage by Mark S. Holland. WEDGE FOUNDATION 5 Foundy St., wedgebrewing.com/ location-wedge-foundation/ • Through SU (4/1) Exhibition of works by mother and daughter Bee Sieburg and Molly Courcelle. ZAPOW! 150 Coxe Ave., Suite 101, 828-575-2024, zapow.net • SA (3/24) through SA (4/28) - Wizarding World; All Things Harry Potter in Parody and Tribute, group exhibition. Reception: Saturday, March 24, 7-9pm. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

CLUBLAND

North Carolina’s First Cider Bar Family Owned & Operated Seasonal, craft-made hard ciders and tasting-room delights from local farmers & artisans.

#1 Best Place to Drink Cider in U.S.A. - Food & Wine Magazine

THE LAST LAUGH: You might have forgiven L.A.-based comedian Quincy Jones (no, not that Quincy Jones) if he’d quit comedy after being diagnosed with Stage IV mesothelioma in 2015. But Jones decided to get the last laugh, producing an HBO stand-up special in 2016, and appearing on Conan, Ellen, and stages across the country since his diagnosis. Blending observational humor built around common shared experiences of life’s quirks with improv acumen, Jones infuses his set with a tenacious joy for living. Get your laugh on when Jones stops by The Southern in downtown Asheville for a Saturday, March 24 show, beginning at 9 p.m. Photo courtesy of event promoters WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Brad Hodge & Friends, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Experience Music Showcase (youth rock bands), 5:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open mic w/ Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM BYWATER West End Trio, 6:00PM CARMEL'S KITCHEN AND BAR Adi the Monk (jazz), 5:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesdays, 9:00PM FUNKATORIUM John Hartford Jam w/ Saylor Bros (bluegrass), 6:30PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM

ONE WORLD BREWING Billy Litz (multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter), 9:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Laura Rabell & Gracie Lane, 7:00PM Random Rab w/ Push/Pull, 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Mountain Valley Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Open Jam Session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM MG ROAD Salsa Night w/ DJ El Mexicano Isaac, 8:00PM NOBLE KAVA Open Mic (sign-up at 7:30 p.m.), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Benefit For Dawn Carol, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Evil Note Lab (ableton push jam), 9:00PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Weird Wednesday Jam, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Abominable Creatures w/ Jed Willis & Ella Minnope (ambient hip hop, soul), 8:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Dorsey Parker's Big Benefit Band, 6:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Berlyn Jazz Trio, 9:00PM THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bingo Night w/ Bag O' Tricks, 7:00PM

210 Haywood Road, West Asheville, NC 28806 (828)744-5151 www.urbanorchardcider.com

Open daily from 4p – 12a

WEDNESDAY 21 MAR:

SEEKO THE KID ART SHOW 6:00PM – 8:00PM

THURSDAY 22 MAR:

RUSS WILSON SWING BAND 7:00PM – 10:00PM

FRIDAY 23 MAR:

7:00PM – 10:00PM

SATURDAY 24 MAR:

LAURA BLACKLY & THE WILDFLOWERS 7:00PM – 10:00PM

MONDAY 26 MAR:

THE MOTHLIGHT Dead Meadow w/ Dallas Acid & Delicious, 9:30PM THE PHOENIX & THE FOX Jazz Night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 7:00PM

3 COOL CATS

RICK PRAYTOR

7:00PM – 10:00PM

309 COLLEGE ST. | DOWNTOWN | (828) 575-1188

w w w. p i l l a r a v l . c o m MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

CLU B LA N D THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Tesia, 9:30PM THE SOUTHERN Disclaimer Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM

3/21 wed dead meadow

w/ dallas acid, delicious

TIMO'S HOUSE The Iron-On Legion Rap Tour w/ Adam Selene & The Last Wordbenders, 8:00PM

3/22 thu steve gunn

TOWN PUMP Open Jam w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM

w/ nathan bowles

COMING SOON

3/23 fri thelma & the sleaze

WED 3/21

7PM–LAURA RABELL AND GRACIE LANE

3/26 mon an indie music

free!

dance party

9PM–RANDOM RAB W/ PUSH/PULL THU 3/22

7PM–CARRIE MORRISON

w/ dj alex heisey

W/ SPECIAL GUESTS MATT AND AMANDA GARDNER

3/27 tue benefit for

light of life rescue mission!

Yoga at the Mothlight

Tuesdays and Thursdays- 11:30am

8:30PM–RIPE W/ LOS ELK FRI 3/23

7PM–HANNEKE CASSEL AND MIKE BLOCK 8:30PM–AMY STEINBERG W/ HEATHER MAE SAT 3/24

7PM–JACOB JOHNSON 9PM–SOL DRIVEN TRAIN

Details for all shows can be found at

themothlight.com

SUN 3/25

5:30PM–PAUL BROCK BAND Downtown on the Park Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 14 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night

O v e r 35 B e e r s

FRI. 3/23 DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop)

SAT. 3/24 The Lowdown (dance hits, rock, pop)

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Weekend Cafe, 10:30AM Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Elect Taylon Breeden kickoff party w/ Brie Capone, Bald Mountain Boys, Noah Proudfoot & The Botanicals & Free Dead Crew, 7:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM

BYWATER Savannah Smith & Southern Soul, 8:00PM

WED 3/28

8:30PM–MARBIN THU 3/29

6PM–DREW GIBSON 8PM–LLOYD’S LARGE TIME

CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Capella on 9 w/ Sawyer Johnston, 8:00PM CROW & QUILL Carolina Catskins (gritty ragtime jazz), 9:00PM

A BENEFIT FOR THE LLOYD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

DOUBLE CROWN Sonic Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM

FRI 3/30

FLEETWOOD'S Eyes Up Here Comedy, 8:00PM

7PM–“THE OPERATIC CELLO” 9PM–SISTER IVY EP RELEASE W/ GUEST GHOST PIPE TRIO SAT 3/31

7PM–SARAH POTENZA SUN 4/1

GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM

9PM–JEN HARTSWICK & NICK CASSATION

DINNER MENU TIL 9:30PM LATE NIGHT MENU TIL 12AM

20 S. Spruce St. • 225.6944 packStavern.com MOUNTAINX.COM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Hot Point Trio (jazz), 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Anya Hinkle (bluegrass), 6:00PM

ISISASHEVILLE.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

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

TUE 3/27

5:30PM–DWIGHT & NICOLE

THURSDAY, MARCH 22

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Billy Litz, 7:00PM

7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

on Tap !

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Jazz Night w/ Roberta Baum, 7:30PM

7:30PM–JESSE BARRY SINGS

CAROLE KING’S TAPESTRY

TAVERN

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES JJ Kitchen All Star Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM

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

HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Improv Jam, 7:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Roots & friends open jam (blues, rock, roots), 6:30PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Carrie Morrison w/ Matt & Amanda Gardner, 7:00PM Ripe w/ Los Elk, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Clydes pre-jam, 7:00PM Bluegrass Open Jam Session, 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Heavy Night w/ DJ Bootch, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Niboowin & Stormo (punk), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM In Business, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Emilele (singer-songwriter), 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Josh Carter (bluegrass), 6:00PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy w/ Ryan Cox, 9:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Paper Crowns Band, 6:30PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Gary Segal & The Blue Sunday Band, 7:30PM SALVAGE STATION The Cadillac Three, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Eric & Izzi, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Anemone w/ Video Age & Andy Loeb's Space Heater, 9:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Open Mic, 7:00PM SUMMIT COFFEE ASHEVILLE Open Mic w/ Dylan Moses, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Latin Dance Party w/ Liley Arauz (Happy B-Day Cam!), 9:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Trivia, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Front Country w/ Circus No. 9 (roots pop), 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Burger Kings, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Steve Gunn w/ Nathan Bowles, 9:30PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Gary MacFiddle Trio, 9:30PM TIMO'S HOUSE Kae the Artist (local hiphop), 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Laura Thurston (Americana, folk), 9:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (blues, dance), 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Cat & Crow (singer-songwriter duo), 7:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL WXYZ unplugged w/ Eleanor Underhill, 8:00PM

FRIDAY, MARCH 23 185 KING STREET Mitch Hayes, 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Eleanor Underhill & Friends (Americana soul), 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST Darin & Brooke Aldridge, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR AGB Celebrity All Stars, 7:30PM BEN'S TUNE UP Vinyl Dance Party w/ DJ Kilby, 10:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Larry Dolamore, 7:00PM BYWATER Brody Hunt & the Handfuls, 9:00PM CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Capella on 9 w/ Molly Parti, 9:00PM CORK & KEG The Big Dawg Slingshots (Western swing), 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands (dark cabaret), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Sweet Megg Farrell & Friends (country, rock 'n' roll), 7:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Scott Yoder, Zin Vetro, Stevie & Bubble Boys, 8:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER Classic World Cinema, 8:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Murmuration (funk, jam), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Nick Gonnering (singersongwriter), 6:00PM FUNKATORIUM Brushfire Stankgrass, 8:00PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Asheville Citizen's Climate Lobby Film Screening, 6:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Winter Drum Circle, 6:00PM Delta Moon, 7:00PM

The

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Hanneke Cassel & Mike Block, 7:00PM Amy Steinberg w/ Heather Mae, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Matt Townsend Band, 9:00PM JARGON The Like Mind Trio (jazz), 10:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Oh, Rose (rock 'n' roll), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Calico Moon, 6:30PM MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Stray Mutt, 6:00PM NOBLE KAVA Nathan Kairis, 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Starbenders, Hard Rocket & The Shrunken Heads (rock), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam, 5:30PM Modern Strangers, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Another Country (bluegrass), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL The Breakfast Club w/ Kipper's Totally Rad 80's Trivia (1980s tribute), 8:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Crystal Fountains (bluegrass), 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Fin Dog, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION Iya Terra, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Calvin Get Down, 8:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Merritt Rooke, Ghostdog & Jon C. Dwyer, 9:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Ton of Hay (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:30PM

AMBROSE WEST The Cheeksters w/ Steven Brett, 8:00PM

THE BARRELHOUSE Cristal Rose Fox & Agustin Frederic, 9:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Weekend Cafe, 10:30AM Hard Rocket, 7:30PM

THE GREY EAGLE Jared & The Mill, 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL SunSquabi w/ Exmag & Litz, 8:45PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ sets, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Thelma & The Sleaze w/ Craig Brown Band, Kitty Tsunami & Bad Molly, 9:00PM THE PHOENIX & THE FOX Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues [Sold Out], 8:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE JJ Smash & Genetix, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Nellen Dryden (Americana, folk, roots), 9:00PM

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Jason Moore & Mike Holstein Duo (jazz), 7:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Matt Sellars, 9:00PM BYWATER Well Lit Strangers, 9:00PM CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Capella on 9 w/ Arabal, 9:00PM CHESTNUT Jazz Brunch, 11:00AM COFFEE CARTS STUDIO Jacob Goins, 2:00PM Ellen Trnka, 5:30PM

US CELLULAR CENTER "1964" The Tribute (benefit for AVL Fire Fighters Association), 8:00PM

CROW & QUILL Burger Kings (proto rock n' roll), 9:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Paper Crowns (blues, folk), 8:00PM WINE & OYSTER Comfortable Covers w/ Jason Whitaker, 6:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function, 10:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL WXYZ electric w/ DJ Abu Disarray, 8:00PM

SATURDAY, MARCH 24 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Red Hot Sugar Babies (hot jazz), 9:00PM

CELEBRATING EARTH DAY 2018

Every week in April

WED

21 THU

DORSEY PARKER’S BIG BENEFIT BAND

SUN

WED

W/ CIRCUS NO. 9

JARED & THE MILL

W/ AHLEUCHATISTAS

NATHAN STANLEY (GRANDSON OF DR. RALPH STANLEY) W/ BLUEGRASS OUTLAWS

BRENT COBB & THEM

THU

AN EVENING WITH

SAT

FRONT COUNTRY

MARC RIBOT’S CERAMIC DOG

MON

SAFE WATER NOW BENEFIT

FRI

Series

W/ SAVANNAH CONLEY

FRI – SUN

PRETTY LITTLE GOAT

30-1

TEMPTATION'S WINGS, DISSENT, HORSEFLESH

WED

HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH THREE NIGHTS!

KHRUANGBIN W/ THE MATTSON 2

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

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Lenny Pettinelli (live music), 7:30PM What The Funk w/ Melissa Raines (modern funk), 10:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Big Ivy Project, 8:30PM

Sustainability

CORK & KEG The Barsters (old-time, acoustic covers), 8:30PM

DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party! w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Paperback w/ Sane Voids, Jaeb & Ozone Jones, 8:30PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Aaron Austin Band (jam, soul), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Ten Cent Poetry (pop, folk), 6:00PM FUNKATORIUM Pat Ferguson (Americana), 8:00PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Saturday Improv, 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Circus Mutt (folk, rock), 7:00PM

THIS WEEK AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL

THIS WEEK AT THE ONE STOP:

DO CA$

THU 3/22 In Business - [Funk] FRI 3/23 Modern Strangers - [Rock] SAT 3/24 Robbie Dude - [Glitch/EDM]

NA H TIO N$

UPCOMING SHOWS - ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL:

Experience Music Showcase:

YOUTH ROCK BANDS WED 3/21 - S HOW 5 pm $5 S uggeSted d onation

BENEFIT TO ELECT TAYLON BREEDEN

w/ Brie Capone, Bald Mountain Boys, Noah Proudfoot & the Botanicals and the Free Dead Friday crew THU 3/22 - S HOW 7pm - $10

SUNSQUABI w/ Exmag & LITZ

SAT 3/24 - S HOW 8:45 pm (D OORS 8 pm) - adv. $15

3/29 3/30 3/31 4/5 4/6

Fruition wsg Daniel Edward Rodriguez (of Elephant Revival) CharestheFirst, Goopsteppa, Supertask & Potions Emma’s Lounge w/ The Groove Orient The Russ Liquid Test w/ Modern Measure & Soul Candy Ashley Heath and Her Heathens Album Release w/ Sanctum Sully & Christy Lynn Band

Tickets available at ashevillemusichall.com @avlmusichall MOUNTAINX.COM

@OneStopAVL MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

CLU B LA N D ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Jacob Johnson, 7:00PM Sol Driven Train, 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Shane Pruitt Band (gospel, blues, rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM JARGON The Nick O'Leary Trio (jazz), 10:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Jessie & The Jinx w/ Brody Hunt & The Handfuls (weirdo country), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM MG ROAD Late Night Dance Party w/ DJ Lil Meow Meow, 10:00PM NOBLE KAVA Zapato, 9:00PM ODDITORIUM Pleasure To Burn & Electric Phantom (rock), 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Shakey's Flea & Craft Market!, 5:00PM

n tio

! w o 33 n e 13 s i rt 1e v -25 d a 8 82

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Robbie Dude, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Hustle Souls (soul, indie, pop), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Betty Who w/ Pretty Sister & Amy Guess, 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Rhyan Sinclair & All the Little Pieces (alt. country, rock), 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN The Lowdown (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Laura Blackley & The Wildflowers, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Phuncle Sam, 9:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Wayne Banks Trio w/ Wendy Jones, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION 4th Annual Get In Gear Fest, 12:00PM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga w/ Pets, 10:00AM Exit Twenty Seven, 8:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE 8 Vacant Graves, Æsoterra, Kairos & Tombstone HWY, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Saturday Salsa & Latin Dance Party w/ Liley Arauz (salsa lesson @ 8:30 p.m.), 9:30PM THE BARRELHOUSE Iggy Radio, 9:00PM THE GARAGE ON 25 Jamie Laval (Celtic), 7:30PM THE GREY EAGLE Pretty Little Goat, 8:00PM THE SOUTHERN Quincy Jones (L.A. comedy), 9:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE DJ Drew, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Doctor Ocular (jam rock), 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Peggy Ratusz (blues, chanson), 7:30PM Signals w/ Chloe Ann Davidson (live music), 10:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Dirty Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Ian Ridenhour Band, 8:00PM WINE & OYSTER Adi The Monk, 6:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL WXYZ live w/ The Jordan Okrend Trio, 8:00PM

SUNDAY, MARCH 25 185 KING STREET Sunday Sessions Open Electric Jam, 4:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Purple (jazz, funk, pop), 7:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Post-Brunch Blues w/ Patrick Dodd, Ashley Heath & Joshua Singleton, 3:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Musicians Jam & Pot Luck, 3:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Luke Wood, 7:00PM BYWATER Bluegrass Jam, 4:00PM COFFEE CARTS STUDIO Mike Sweet, 2:00PM Chrysalis Duo, 5:30PM CROW & QUILL Beards of Valenccio (art, poetry, cabaret), 9:00PM DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Rotary Benefit Concert w/ The 3 Davids, 4:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Punk Flea Vol. 4, 10:00AM Hearts Gone South w/ Vaden Landers & The Do Rights and Petey Elwell, 8:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic (5 p.m. sign-up), 5:30PM FUNKATORIUM Gypsy Jazz Sunday Brunch, 11:00AM GOOD STUFF Open Mic w/ Fox Black & friends, 6:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Chalwa, 1:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Paul Brock Band, 5:30PM Jesse Barry Sings Carole King’s Tapestry, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Traditional Celtic Jam, 3:00PM JARGON Sunday Blunch Live Music: Albi Podrizki (American swing), 11:00AM LAZY DIAMOND Punk Night w/ DJ Chubberbird & Frens (killer punk vinyl), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Drew Matulich & friends, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Withered, Insomniac, Shadow of the Destroyer & Uktena (metal), 9:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bluegrass Brunch w/ Aaron Woody Wood, Sufi Bros & Bald Mountain Boys, 10:30AM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Trivia Night, 5:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sunday Travers Jam, 6:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Sol Driven Train, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Sly Grog Open Mic, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jaha's Promise w/ Naima Dido (film screening), 4:00PM Blue Spiral Tango's Milango w/ De la Noche, 8:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Open Mic w/ Billy Litz, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Temptation's Wings w/ Dissent & Horseflesh (metal), 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ sets, 9:00PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, jazz, blues), 7:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE The World of Drum and bass w/ DrumSound & Bassline, DJ SS and BladeRunner, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP BlacKingCoal (Appalachian blues, folk), 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Yoga in the Taproom, 1:00PM Cinema Sunday: Cry Baby, 7:00PM

MONDAY, MARCH 26 185 KING STREET Open Mic Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Sound Club (R&B, soul, jazz), 8:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Old Time Jam, 6:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Classical Guitar Mondays, 7:30PM BYWATER Movie Madness, 7:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S The SWITCH, 9:00PM GOOD STUFF Bingo Wingo Thingo, 6:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Game Night, 4:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Trivia Night, 7:00PM Open mic, 9:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & friends (bluegrass), 6:30PM MG ROAD The Living Room Series, 7:30PM ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque w/ Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Karaoke From Muskogee w/ Jonathan Ammons & Take The Wheel (live band karaoke), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Open Mic Night (7:30 p.m. signup), 7:30PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays, 6:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Open Mic Night w/ It Takes All Kinds, 6:45PM SLY GROG LOUNGE CRUST, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Vino & Vulvas Night, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Open Mic Night, 6:00PM Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog w/ Ahleuchatistas, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Ghost Pipe Trio, 9:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Ready for the Floor w/ DJ Alex Heisey (indie music dance party), 9:00PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, jazz, blues), 7:00PM TOWN PUMP The Travelers, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Ryan Barber's RnB Jam Night (R&B, jam), 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Monday Bluegrass Jam w/ Sam Wharton, 7:00PM WEDGE FOUNDATION Monday Night Movies: Jaws, 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Potluck & Film, 7:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Family Fun Night, 5:30PM

TUESDAY, MARCH 27 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Gypsy Jazz Jam Tuesdays, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday night funk jam, 11:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP Ben's Live Hip Hop Cypher, 9:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Billy Litz, 7:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Groovy Tuesdays (boogie without borders) w/ DJs Chrissy & Arieh, 10:00PM GOOD STUFF Old time-y night, 6:30PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Asheville Beer & Hymns, 6:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 6:00PM

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

C L UB L AND

ODDITORIUM Free Open Mic Comedy w/ Tom Peters, 9:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesday, 10:00PM

& Jazz-n-Justice

LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM

ORANGE PEEL Big K.R.I.T. & Ty Dolla $ign, 9:00PM

9:00PM

MG ROAD Keep it Classic Tuesdays w/ Sam Thompson, 5:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday, 6:00PM

RESTAURANT AND

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions w/ Weary Travelers, 7:30PM LAZY DIAMOND Rock & Metal Karaoke w/ DJ Paddy, 10:00PM

DANCE PARTY!!

Celebrate Cam’s Birthday with Vegan Cake & Latin Singer Liley Arauz! Thursday, 3/22 • 9pm • $5

39 S. Market St. • theblockoffbiltmore.com

BILTMORE Swing Asheville Tuesday w/ The LowDown Sires (dance lessons @ 7 & 8 p.m.),

THE MARKET PLACE LOUNGE Bob Zullo, 6:30PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Tuesday Jazz & Funk Jam (jazz, funk), 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Open Mic Night w/ Arrow Sound, 6:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish jam & open mic, 6:30PM

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Brad Hodge & friends, 7:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open mic w/ Billy Owens, 7:00PM CARMEL'S KITCHEN AND BAR Adi the Monk (jazz), 5:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesdays, 9:00PM FUNKATORIUM John Hartford Jam w/ Saylor Bros (bluegrass), 6:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Marbin, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Open Jam Session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM MG ROAD Salsa Night w/ DJ El Mexicano Isaac, 8:00PM MAGNETIC 375 Downward Dog Comedy Showcase, 8:00PM NOBLE KAVA Open Mic (signup at 7:30 p.m.), 7:00PM ODDITORIUM OurVoice Benefit, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Evil Note Lab (ableton push jam), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Kind Clean Gentlemen (rock, blues, soul), 9:00PM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM

ORANGE PEEL Between the Buried & Me w/ The Dear Hunter & Leprous, 7:30PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Weird Wednesday Jam, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Woke Wednesday w/ Cynde Allen & Cortina Jenelle (spoken word, open mic), 7:00PM Woke Wednesday afterparty w/ DJ Phantom Pantone, 10:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Nathan Stanley w/ Bluegrass Outlaws, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Berlyn Jazz Trio, 9:00PM THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bingo Night w/ Bag O' Tricks, 7:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Agent Orange w/ The Atom Age & Pleasures of the Ultraviolent 9:00PM THE PHOENIX & THE FOX Jazz Night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 7:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE The Gravyhouse Storytellers, 9:30PM THE SOUTHERN Disclaimer Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE Open Mic w/ JJ Smash & Genetix, 8:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES JJ Kitchen All Star Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Postmodern Jukebox Meets Green Eggs & Nan (jazz), 7:30PM WILD WING CAFE Paint Night, 7:00PM

MOVIES

REVIEWS & LISTINGS BY SCOTT DOUGLAS, FRANCIS X. FRIEL & JUSTIN SOUTHER

HHHHH = H PICK OF THE WEEK H

Director Armando Iannucci offers up a bitterly black comedy of corruption and incompetence, in The Death of Stalin.

The Death of Stalin HHHHS DIRECTOR: Armando Iannucci PLAYERS: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Michael Palin, Jeffrey Tambor BLACK COMEDY RATED R THE STORY: Stalin’s underlings vie for power in the wake of the dictator’s death. THE LOWDOWN: An uncompromisingly dark comedy with a bravura cast that expertly wields farce and satire to elucidate the inadequacies of government in general and totalitarianism in particular. If we have to have more comic book movies, can they please be like The Death of Stalin? Adapted by “Veep” creator Armando Iannucci, along with David Schneider and Ian Martin, from the French graphic novel series by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, The Death of Stalin plays like Dr. Strangelove by way

of Monty Python — in the best possible sense that comparison can connote — delivering pitch-black farce with a timely sociopolitical sentiment in perfect balance. It’s a film that somehow manages to be hilarious and horrifying in equal measure, uncommonly intelligent and uniquely merciless. Its jokes come at a rapid-fire pace so disarming that you never really get a chance to pause and think about the terrifying real-world implications of what’s unfolding onscreen. And that’s good, because this one could give you nightmares if you thought too deeply about what it’s really saying beneath the buffoonery. The film opens at the height of Stalin’s (Adrian McLoughlin) reign of terror and sticks largely to the historical facts surrounding the dictator’s death from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1953 and the power struggle that ensued. But just because it plays the events largely straight doesn’t mean that Iannucci doesn’t leave himself room to lampoon

the amoral and self-serving monsters in Stalin’s sphere, and the ensemble cast Iannucci has collected is more than up to the challenge of meeting his vicious satire on its own terms. Found unconscious in a puddle of his own urine, Stalin is surrounded by his closest advisers, all of whom have raced to reach the scene first in an attempt to secure their relative positions in the resultant power vacuum. Although Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor) is the heir apparent, it seems to be Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale), chief of the murderous Soviet security forces, who’s really poised to take charge. But to do so, he’ll have to outwit Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), a shrewd operator who has his wife take notes on which jokes Stalin laughed at following dinner parties. Deepening the Pythonian association is the presence of Michael Palin as Vyacheslav Molotov, implausibly loyal to Stalin despite his wife’s imprisonment and the revelation that he himself was next up on the chopping block. While Palin’s role is somewhat marginal, his casting gives some sense of the anarchy Iannucci is trying to impart to his film. This is the kind of movie where Beria and Khrushchev engage in a juvenile footrace to comfort Stalin’s grieving daughter, where Beria’s rape of a young servant girl is treated as a throwaway gag. Iannucci’s humor is as brutal as anything Buñuel ever put out and almost as surreal. In an era that sees the likes of Trump, Putin and Kim Jong-Un play a game of nuclear chicken with the fate of the world at stake, Iannucci’s unremittingly bleak look at totalitarianism couldn’t be more aptly timed. By giving due ridicule to the ridiculous, he’s made a statement more impactful than anything the Mueller probe might uncover and struck a blow for rationality by conversely exposing the irrational mechanisms of power that can lead to the deaths of thousands of innocent people. The fact that The Death of Stalin is profoundly funny is something of a bonus, though just how hard you laugh will be distinctly dependent upon your sensibilities. Rated R for language throughout, violence and some sexual references. Opens Friday at Fine Arts Theatre. REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

M A X R AT I N G 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:

HH CONCERT FOR GEORGE HHHS 7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE

THE DEATH OF STALIN (PICK OF THE WEEK) HHHHS

H LOVE, SIMON HHHH THE PARTY HHHS TOMB RAIDER HH YOUNG KARL MARX HHS I CAN ONLY IMAGINE

Love, Simon HHHH DIRECTOR: Greg Berlanti PLAYERS: Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Logan Miller TEEN ROMANTIC COMEDY RATED PG-13 THE STORY: When cool, confident and closeted teen Simon is threatened with being outed to the whole school, he goes to complicated lengths to keep his secret while falling in love with another closeted stranger. THE LOWDOWN: A sweet, sincere and attentive film about young love and friendship that passes the Howard Hawks test and deserves a longer shelf life than most teen comedies are allowed these days. Love, Simon is a good enough title for a teen romantic comedy. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda would have been a great title, but I’m glad they changed it. While I haven’t read the book that Greg Berlanti’s film is based on, I think there’s

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

SCREEN SCENE

MOVIES

T H E ATE R I N F O R M ATI O N ASHEVILLE PIZZA & BREWING CO. (254-1281) ASHEVILLEBREWING.COM/MOVIES CARMIKE CINEMA 10 (298-4452) CARMIKE.COM CAROLINA CINEMAS (274-9500) CAROLINACINEMAS.COM CO-ED CINEMA BREVARD (883-2200) COEDCINEMA.COM EPIC OF HENDERSONVILLE (693-1146) EPICTHEATRES.COM FINE ARTS THEATRE (232-1536) FINEARTSTHEATRE.COM FLATROCK CINEMA (697-2463) FLATROCKCINEMA.COM GRAIL MOVIEHOUSE (239-9392) GRAILMOVIEHOUSE.COM REGAL BILTMORE GRANDE STADIUM 15 (684-1298) REGMOVIES.COM

a distinction to be made in terms of tone there. For the purposes of the story as presented on screen, Simon isn’t exactly vs. anyone. He’s cool, has fun, supportive friends, and a happy enough home life. Simon, as he tells us via his opening narration, is just like you. Simon’s secret, of course, is that he’s gay. And it’s here that the title change comes into play. Love, Simon is very much the film’s mission statement as well as title, and everyone involved has put effort into creating realistic, complex characters that are still as screwed up and goofy as any gang of high schoolers in any other mainstream comedy, even borrowing heavily — and weirdly specifically — from the John Hughes and Savage Steve Holland universes (that’s meant as a compliment, more or less). The biggest difference is that we actually care very much what happens to these kids, we feel their pain when they make mistakes, and we cringe when they enact grand melodramatic gestures and are immediately reminded of how ridiculous grand melodramatic gestures usually are.

FILM ASHEVILLE CITIZENS’ CLIMATE LOBBY citizensclimatelobby.org/ chapters/NC_Asheville/ • FR (3/23), 6:30-8:30pm - Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution, film screening and kick-off for the Southeast CCL Conference. Admission by donation. Held at Habitat

Tavern & Commons, 174 Broadway FILM AT UNCA 828-251-6585, unca.edu • SA (3/24), 7-10pm The Cat That Changed America, documentary screening regarding the dangers of anticoagulant use to wildlife. Hosted by Poison Free Asheville. Free. Held in the Highsmith Student Union

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

I usually flash immediately to the opening scenes of Heiner Carow’s great Coming Out whenever I watch a movie like this, just to psych myself up to the darkest possible places a story like this might go. Thankfully, Love, Simon is about as warm and cuddly as they come for being a film about a closeted kid being blackmailed into pawning his new best friend off onto the sleaziest classmate since Jerry Levine and Curtis Armstrong were young enough to semiconvincingly pass as teenagers. Simon has been secretly emailing and getting to know another closeted classmate. Since they use codenames, they don’t know each other’s true identities. The film has a lot of fun with the guessing game of who might be on the other end of those emails and goes deep with how meaningful — and painful — it can be to get to know someone and fall in love from such a distance that the closer you get, the farther away they feel. It’s strange to see a movie get things like that so right, even more so when it’s tied to an actor just sitting and typing for half the movie. A lot of credit here goes to Nick Robinson as Simon, who has the confident smirk of a cool kid ready to crack into a million pieces. And Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Logan Miller and Jorge Lendeborg, as Simon’s closest friends (and Clark Moore as Simon’s openly gay classmate) all do well by a script that could have seemed a little more unwieldy than it is — and it is, a little — turning in convincing, funny and smart performances. It’s by no means a perfect film. But it has enough heart and positivity — not to mention some brief but welcome righteous anger — to make me wish more teen comedies were half as good as this. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual references, language and teen partying. Now playing at AMC River Hills Classic 10, Carolina Cinemark, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. REVIEWED BY FRANCIS X. FRIEL MOVIEJAWNX@GMAIL.COM

Grotto Held at UNCAsheville, 1 University Heights FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 2160 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, 828-2733332, floodgallery.org/ • FR (3/23), 8pm - Classic World Cinema: Film screening of Amarcord by Federico Fellini. Free to attend.

MOUNTAINX.COM

REVOLVE 122 Riverside Drive • SA (3/24), 6pm - In Love's Shadow film screening with filmmakers Jethro Waters and David Raymond. Registration required. Free. • TH (3/29), 7pm - In Pursuit of Silence, film screening. Registration required. Free.

by Edwin Arnaudin | edwinarnaudin@gmail.com

STAR POWER: Mountain lion P-22 roams Los Angeles’ Griffith Park. The feline, who overcame anticoagulant/rodenticide poisoning in 2014, is the subject of the documentary The Cat That Changed America. Photo by Steve Winter/National Geographic • The Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave., will be home to Movies & Meaning’s showing of Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth on Thursday, March 22, at 7 p.m. The documentary profiles The Color Purple author, who will be in Asheville for the fourth annual Movies & Meaning Experience April 26-28 at the Diana Wortham Theatre. Tickets for the screening are $10 and available online and at the Fine Arts box office. fineartstheatre.com • On Saturday, March 24, 7-10 p.m., UNC Asheville, 1 University Heights, and Poison Free Asheville host a screening of The Cat That Changed America in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto. The documentary stars mountain lion P-22 from Los Angeles’ Griffith Park, who rose to fame in 2012 when he traveled 50 miles through the Santa Monica Mountains, crossing the busy 101 and 405 freeways to get to the park. In 2014, P-22 was in the news again when he had to be treated for unintentional rodenticide poisoning. Beth Pratt-Bergstrom, the California regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation, will join local wildlife experts and academics for a panel discussion and Q&A after the film. Free. unca.edu • Healthcare for All-WNC, a local chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, presents Big Pharma: Market Failure on Thursday, March 22, 6:30-8 p.m. at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. The documentary film explores pharmaceutical costs and what may be done to reduce them. A discussion will follow the film. Free. avl.mx/250

• Wedge Brewing Co. screens Jaws on Monday, March 26, at 7 p.m. at its Foundation location, 5 Foundy St. The event features a brief intermission halfway though the film, during which trailers for upcoming films at Wedge, vintage beer commercials and international short films will be shown. Guests are encouraged to bring a comfortable chair. Free. wedgebrewing.com • On Thursday, March 29, 6:30-9 p.m., Grail Moviehouse, 45 S. French Broad Ave., hosts a screening of Crazywise. The documentary follows mental health professionals and people with psychiatric challenges who see psychological crises as potential growth experiences instead of merely disease. A panel discussion and Q&A with the film’s director Phil Borges; Brack Jefferys, director of the Asheville nonprofit Center for Spiritual Emergence and Katharos Sanctuary; Emma Bragdon, founder/executive director of Integrative Mental Health for You; and Stephan Martin, astronomer, educator and author. Tickets are $12 and may be purchased online and at the Grail box office. Proceeds benefit Katharos Sanctuary. grailmoviehouse.com • Local filmmaker Elijah York is looking for local violinists, violists, cellists and bassists to be in his narrative short The Specter’s Concerto. The story follows an aspiring pianist who comes into possession of unreleased music from classical composer Sergei Rachmaninoff but is haunted by ghosts each time he plays the piece. Musicians interested in being part of the filming may contact York through the project’s Facebook page. facebook.com/specterconcerto X

MARKETPLACE SP E CI A L SCREENI NGS

Amarcord HHHHH DIRECTOR: Federico Fellini PLAYERS: Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Bruno Zanin, Luigi Rossi, Maria Antonietta Beluzzi COMEDY DRAMA FANTASY Rated R If anyone ever asks why Federico Fellini is one of the greats of filmmaking, all that should be necessary is to direct them to his 1973 film, Amarcord. (If that fails, I suppose you might try 8 1/2 (1963), and if that fails, give up trying to reason with them.) Amarcord and 8 1/2 strike me as the most perfect of Fellini’s films, though I give a slight edge to Amarcord simply because of its generosity of spirit. This is Fellini’s Oscar-winning autobiographical, phantasmagorical reminiscence of what life was like — or how it seems from a perspective nearly 40 years later — in the small town of Rimini, where the director was born. Rich, comic, gorgeous to behold and thoroughly entertaining. A master filmmaker at his best. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke originally posted on May 26, 2015. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Amarcord on Friday, March 23, at 8 p.m. at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 2160 U.S. 70, Swannanoa.

El Topo HHHHH DIRECTOR: Alejandro Jodorowsky PLAYERS: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Mara Lorenzio, Robert John KABBALISTIC WESTERN Rated NR My love for Alejandro Jodorowsky is difficult to overstate, and it all started with El Topo (1970). I’m not alone in that — John Lennon and George Harrison were early advocates of Jodorowsky’s surrealist Kabbalistic Western — and there’s good reason that it became the first true midnight movie, playing daily for over a year to perpetually stoned audiences at the Elgin Theater in New York. Somewhere on the spectrum of the fantastical between Fellini and Buñuel, Jodorowsky’s vision can seem chaotically incongruous to the casual observer. But those who have studied the man and his philosophy will find in El Topo a masterwork of mystical symbolism that eschews traditional film structure and production techniques in favor of something far more visceral and engaging, a bizarre journey into the soul of a sacred madman. Nothing can quite prepare you for what takes place on screen, and those easily traumatized or offended should consider themselves warned that El Topo is a distinctly challenging film. Although it’s not quite as slickly composed as the writer/director/star’s subsequent film, The Holy Mountain (1973), it is every bit as strange and compelling and remains one of my favorite movies of all time. The Asheville Film Society is showing El Topo on Tuesday, March 27, at 7 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse as part of the Budget Big Screen series. Admission is $6 for AFS members and $8 for the general public. Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas will introduce the film.

Florence Foster Jenkins HHHS DIRECTOR: Stephen Frears PLAYERS: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, Nina Arianda BIOGRAPHICAL COMEDY DRAMA Rated PG-13 While I may not find myself among the target demographic for this biopic about the world’s worst opera singer, even I found it to be a largely entertaining diversion. It may not be my favorite of director Stephen Frears’ films, but it’s in the top 10 (if not the top five), and is an undeniably impressive period piece considering its relatively modest budget. That said, the film is not without its flaws, with most of these deficiencies derived from Nicholas Martin’s script. The narrative is almost entirely devoid of character development, and its principal characters remain largely unchanged by the story’s end. The closest thing this film has to a villain might be reality itself — never the easiest story to write. But tremendous performances from Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant redeem the film, and that’s an immeasurable boon to audiences everywhere. Without them, this movie would have almost certainly descended into a meaningless exercise in mawkish sentimentality. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Florence Foster Jenkins on Sunday, March 25, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

REA L ESTATE | REN TA L S | R O O M M ATES | SER VI C ES JOB S | A N N OU N CEM ENTS | M I ND, BO DY, SPI R I T CL A SSES & WORKSH OPS | M USI C I ANS’ SER VI C ES PETS | A U TOMOTI VE | X C HANG E | ADULT Want to advertise in Marketplace? 828-251-1333 x111 tnavaille@mountainx.com • mountainx.com/classifieds If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Remember the Russian proverb: “Doveryai, no proveryai,” trust but verify. When answering classified ads, always err on the side of caution. Especially beware of any party asking you to give them financial or identification information. The Mountain Xpress cannot be responsible for ensuring that each advertising client is legitimate. Please report scams to ads@mountainx.com RENTALS CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES FOR RENT NORTH ASHEVILLE TOWNHOUSES 2BR, 1BA: $845 • 3BR, 1BA: $945 • 1 mile from downtown. • Hardwood floors. • (no pets policy). (828) 252-4334.

HOMES FOR RENT

house has full unfinished basement for storage and is 5 minutes to heart of West Asheville, 5 minutes to I40, 10 minutes to heart of downtown. House is 1204 sf. Nice size laundry room and mud room. Central Air/Heat - Washer/dryer. One year lease. Rent: $1395 Deposit: $1,395. Application/Background check: $45. Non-smoking house Dog(s) considered with nonrefundable deposit of $350$500. Depending on animal size. 828-808-0244.

COMMERCIAL/ BUSINESS RENTALS

3BR 1BA WEST ASHEVILLE Fully-renovated West Asheville House, large flat backyard/off street parking. On quiet street,

DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE OFFICE Charming three room office at 2 Wall Street. Two windows that allow for advertising your business in a high traffic area. Hardwood floors and high ceilings. A gem of an office. $1200/month. (828) 242-5456. mrsmawest@yahoo.com

MOVIE THEATRE FOR RENT Vintage Event Space for Rent, 1947 Movie Theatre perfect for private Movie Screenings, Corporate Events, Birthdays and Anniversaries. Complete Sound System, Video and Facebook Live Broadcasting. 828-273-8250. shelleyhughes@gmail.com www.marshillradiotheatre.org.

SHORT-TERM RENTALS 10 MINUTES TO ASHEVILLE Separate entrance apartment vacation/short term rental in Weaverville, pets allowed/ pet deposit. Complete with everything including internet. $100/day (2 day minimum, $650/week, $1500/month. duffwhazzup@gmail.com 15 MINUTES TO ASHEVILLE Guest house, vacation/short term rental in beautiful country setting. • Complete with

everything including cable and internet. • $150/day (2-day minimum), $650/week, $1500/ month. Weaverville area. • No pets please. (828) 658-9145. mhcinc58@yahoo.com

EMPLOYMENT GENERAL J. CREW WAREHOUSE JOBS Join us at the J.Crew Warehouse in Arden, packing, loading and unloading trucks and ticketing. Positions on 1st/$10.50 or 2nd shift- $11/ hour. Call us at 828-687-6423 or visit https://jobs.jcrew.com/ Karen.Cale@jcrew.com TROLLEY TOUR GUIDES If you are a "people person," love Asheville, have a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and clean driving record you could be a great Tour Guide. Full-time and seasonal part-time positions available.

S TARTIN G F R ID AY

Pacific Rim: Uprising

Sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 kaiju movie, written and directed by Steven S. DeKnight (Netflix’s Daredevil) and starring John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Rinko Kikuchi and Charlie Day. According to the studio: “The globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human-piloted supermachines built to vanquish them was only a prelude to the all-out assault on humanity in Pacific Rim Uprising.” No early reviews. (PG-13)

Sherlock Gnomes

Sequel to the animated children’s film Gnomeo and Juliet, directed by John Stephenson (Gnomeo and Juliet) and featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mary J. Blige and Johnny Depp. Depp stars as the titular detective, tasked with solving the mysterious disappearances of several garden gnomes. No early reviews. (PG)

The Death of Stalin See Scott Douglas’ review

The Party

See Scott Douglas’ review

MOUNTAINX.COM

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): The “School of Hard Knocks” is an old-fashioned idiom referring to the unofficial and accidental course of study available via life’s tough experiences. The wisdom one gains through this alternate approach to education may be equal or even superior to the knowledge that comes from a formal university or training program. I mention this, Aries, because in accordance with astrological omens, I want to confer upon you a diploma for your new advanced degree from the School of Hard Knocks. (P.S.: When PhD students get their degrees from Finland’s University of Helsinki, they are given top hats and swords as well as diplomas. I suggest you reward yourself with exotic props, too.) TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Europeans used to think that all swans were white. It was a reasonable certainty given the fact that all swans in Europe were that color. But in 1697, Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh and his sailors made a pioneering foray to the southwestern coast of the land we now call Australia. As they sailed up a river the indigenous tribe called Derbarl Yerrigan, they spied black swans. They were shocked. The anomalous creatures invalidated an assumption based on centuries of observations. Today, a “black swan” is a metaphor referring to an unexpected event that contravenes prevailing theories about the way the world works. I suspect you’ll soon experience such an incongruity yourself. It might be a good thing! Especially if you welcome it instead of resisting it. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Crayola is one of the world’s foremost crayon manufacturers. The geniuses in charge of naming its crayon colors are playful and imaginative. Among the company’s standard offerings, for example, are Pink Sherbet, Carnation Pink, Tickle Me Pink, Piggy Pink, Pink Flamingo and Shocking Pink. Oddly, however, there is no color that’s simply called “Pink.” I find that a bit disturbing. As much as I love extravagant creativity and poetic whimsy, I think it’s also important to cherish and nurture the basics. In accordance with the astrological omens, that’s my advice for you in the coming weeks. Experiment with fanciful fun, but not at the expense of the fundamentals. CANCER (June 21-July 22): According to Vice magazine, Russian scientist Anatoli Brouchkov is pleased with the experiment he tried. He injected himself with 3.5-million-year-old bacteria that his colleagues had dug out of the permafrost in Siberia. The infusion of this ancient life form, he says, enhanced his energy and strengthened his immune system. I can’t vouch for the veracity of his claim, but I do know this: It’s an apt metaphor for possibilities you could take advantage of in the near future: drawing on an old resource to boost your power, for example, or calling on a well-preserved part of the past to supercharge the present. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Booze has played a crucial role in the development of civilization, says biomolecular archaeologist Patrick McGovern. The process of creating this mind-altering staple was independently discovered by many different cultures, usually before they invented writing. The buzz it provides has “fired our creativity and fostered the development of language, the arts, and religion.” On the downside, excessive consumption of alcohol has led to millions of bad decisions and has wrecked countless lives. Everything I just said is a preface to my main message, Leo: The coming weeks will be a favorable time to transform your habitual perspective, but only if you do so safely and constructively. Whether you choose to try intoxicants, wild adventures, exhilarating travel or edgy experiments, know your limits. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The astrological omens suggest that the coming weeks will be favorable for making agreements, pondering mergers, and strengthening bonds. You’ll be wise to deepen at least one of your commitments. You’ll stir up interesting challenges if you consider the possibility of entering into more disciplined and dynamic unions with worthy partners. Do you trust your own perceptions and insights to guide you toward ever-healthier alliances? Do what you must to muster that trust.

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

BY ROB BREZSNY

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you want people to know who you really are and savor you for your unique beauty, you must be honest with those people. You must also develop enough skill to express your core truths with accuracy. There’s a similar principle at work if you want to know who you really are and savor yourself for your unique beauty: You must be honest with yourself. You must also develop enough skill to express your core truths with accuracy. The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to practice these high arts. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your journey in the coming weeks may be as weird as an R-rated telenovela, but with more class. Outlandish, unpredictable and even surreal events could occur, but in such a way as to uplift and educate your soul. Labyrinthine plot twists will be medicinal as well as entertaining. As the drama gets curioser and curioser, my dear Scorpio, I expect you will learn how to capitalize on the odd opportunities it brings. In the end, you will be grateful for this ennobling respite from mundane reality! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence,” wrote philosopher Erich Fromm. I would add a corollary for your rigorous use during the last nine months of 2018: “Love is the only effective and practical way to graduate from your ragged, long-running dilemmas and start gathering a new crop of fresh, rousing challenges.” By the way, Fromm said love is more than a warm and fuzzy feeling in our hearts. It’s a creative force that fuels our willpower and unlocks hidden resources. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): My goal here is to convince you to embark on an orgy of self-care — to be as sweet and tender and nurturing to yourself as you dare to be. If that influences you to go too far in providing yourself with luxurious necessities, I’m OK with it. And if your solicitous efforts to focus on your own health and well-being make you appear a bit self-indulgent or narcissistic, I think it’s an acceptable price to pay. Here are more key themes for you in the coming weeks: basking in the glow of self-love; exulting in the perks of your sanctuary; honoring the vulnerabilities that make you interesting. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One day, Beatles’ guitarist George Harrison decided to compose his next song’s lyrics “based on the first thing I saw upon opening any book.” He viewed this as a divinatory experiment, as a quest to incorporate the flow of coincidence into his creative process. The words he found in the first book were “gently weeps.” They became the seed for his tune “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Rolling Stone magazine ultimately named it one of “The Greatest Songs of All Time” and the tenth best Beatle song. In accordance with the astrological omens, I recommend you try some divinatory experiments of your own in the coming weeks. Use life’s fun little synchronicities to generate playful clues and unexpected guidance. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Millions of you Pisceans live in a fairy tale world. But I suspect that very few of you will be able to read this horoscope and remain completely ensconced in your fairy tale world. That’s because I have embedded subliminal codes in these words that will at least temporarily transform even the dreamiest among you into passionate pragmatists in service to your feistiest ideals. If you’ve read this far, you are already feeling more disciplined and organized. Soon you’ll be coming up with new schemes about how to actually materialize a favorite fairy tale in the form of real-life experiences.

MOUNTAINX.COM

Training provided. Contact us today! 828-251-8687. Info@GrayLineAsheville.com www.GrayLineAsheville.com WANTED: PEOPLE WHO ARE HUMBLE, HUNGRY FOR SUCCESS AND PEOPLE SMART If you have passion and heart, are willing to work hard and long, a desire to learn more about business, and either want direct experience running a small business or (have direct operating experience running a small business), then you may be the protege I'm looking for. For more details and to apply, please call 828-351-3000, listen to the message and follow the directions.

SKILLED LABOR/ TRADES LEAD PRESSMAN WANTED Community Newspapers Inc. seeks a lead pressman for our regional printing facility in Franklin, NC. Five years handson experience, preferably operating a Goss community press desired. Performs standard set-up, maintenance, operation of press, assists in engaging and disengaging units, formers, and slitters, locks plates in the proper order, makes necessary quality control adjustments during the run for proper ink and water balance, performs preventative maintenance and repair. Email resume, salary history and three references to: vtrivett@thefranklinpress.com. LOUDSPEAKER BUILDER Quality Musical Systems is a manufacturer of professional loudspeaker systems located in Candler, NC. We are recruiting hard working, motivated Builders. Hours are 7am-3:30pm, with some overtime. QMS pays competitive wages with Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance, Paid Holidays, and Vacations. • Requirements: Candidates must be minimum 18 years of age, possess a high school diploma or equivalent GED certificate. Moderate lifting may be required. Training provided in house. Come fill out an application at 204 Dogwood Road, Candler, NC 28715 Office Hours Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm. (828) 667-5719. (828) 667-5719.

ADMINISTRATIVE/ OFFICE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ASSOCIATE Helpmate, a domestic violence agency in Asheville, seeks a part-time Accounts Payable Associate. Responsibilities include entering data in QuickBooks, invoice processing and payment, managing vendor records, and assisting with payroll preparation. Requirements for this position include experience in accounting, Excel, QuickBooks or comparable accounting system, and data entry skills. Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. Email resume and cover letter to cshore@helpmateonline.org. www.helpmateonline.org. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT • OFFICE MANAGER Manage a busy, one-person consulting office and provide support to owner. Conduct all business, financial & admin functions. Strong computer skills, with attention to detail for quality document production; with proficiency in Word, Excel, Quick Books & Database (ACT! preferred). Good verbal & written communication skills; organized & detail-oriented. Able to function both independently and within established structures. Prior experience required. 20-30 hrs/wk, salary based on experience. Send resume and cover letter to askall@askier.com

SALES/ MARKETING JEWELRY SALESPERSON: FULL TIME Looking for an energetic, professional, full-time sales person to join our team at Jewels That Dance. 40 hours a week, including Saturdays Must have sales experience-jewelry sales preferred. Salary based on experience, benefits, paid parking Send resume to or drop off at 63 Haywood St., Asheville.

RESTAURANT/ FOOD LINE COOK Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s Taproom & Restaurant has an opening for an experienced full-time Line Cook. TO APPLY: Please visit our website at www.sierranevada. com/careers.

MEDICAL/ HEALTH CARE FRONT DESK RECEPTIONIST NEEDED FOR CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE Would you like a fun, fast-paced job with great benefits? We need a new front desk receptionist! We want a healthy, sweet person on our team. Email deanachirorockstar@ gmail.com. PARAPROFESSIONAL NEEDED Paraprofessional needed afternoons, M-F from 3:45pm until 5:45pm in West Asheville area. Client training provided. Must pass a background check, have insurance and drivers license. Please call 828-7780260.

HUMAN SERVICES DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE This position is responsible for creating and overseeing the implantation of a strategic approach to fundraising which includes major gifts, corporate donations, event development/ management, and recording of donations. This is a 20 hour a week position. http://thrive4health.org/about-us/working-at-thrive/ HIRING SEASONAL THERAPISTS • SUWS OF THE CAROLINAS SUWS of the Carolinas and Phoenix Outdoor is seeking therapists to serve as Field Supervisors (FS) during our busy summer season. We work with children and adolescents between the ages of 10 and 17. The summer season varies in length, beginning as early as May and ending as late as September. Some positions may run as briefly as June through August. The Seasonal Field Supervisor is responsible for a caseload of up to 7 students, providing individual and group therapy, as well as parent coaching/therapy which is conducted primarily by telephone. Students are met in the field, usually requiring the FS to hike out to rustic campsites located anywhere from 20 minutes to two hours from our base camp in Old Fort. QUALIFICATIONS: Independent or Associate level licensure in mental health in the state of North Carolina (LPC, LPCA, LMSW, LMSWA, LMFT, LMFTA, LCAS, LCASA) by April 2018. This is a temporary, full-time position. Hours are typically M-F, 9a-5p, with some weekend on-call responsibilities. Must pass a pre-hire drug screen and background check. Please apply at: recruiting.ultipro. com/ACA1001/JobBoard/ f24b6286-a80b-4d02-e4e1ad04762a00de/Opportunity Detail?opportunityId= fd8af855-f9fa-46c3-82aacac919c3b312 www.suwscarolinas.com/ QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL • HENDERSONVILLE Turning Point Services is looking for a full-time dedicated

Qualified Professional. Must have a 4 year human services degree and 2 years postgrad experience working with the IDD population. If interested, please apply online at www.turningpointhires.com. We look forward to hearing from you soon! SEASONAL INTAKE COORDINATOR/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SUWS of the Carolinas is currently hiring for a seasonal evenings/weekends Intake Coordinator position. We are a wilderness therapy company that operates in the Pisgah National Forest and serves youth and adolescents ages 10-17. Applicants must be extremely organized, flexible, and work well in a fast paced environment. Clear communication, sensitivity, and people skills are a must as you will be interacting one-on-one with parents. Schedule is primarily 8:30am-5:00pm Sat/Sun, and 10:30am-7:00pm M, Th, Fr. This is a seasonal full time position that runs approximately midMay through July depending on need. Previous work in a therapeutic setting preferred. Job duties to include, but not limited to: being an essential contact for all clientele, facilitating family orientations for new arrivals, general office duties/data entry. Must pass a pre-employment background check and drug screen. Please apply: recruiting. ultipro.com/ACA1001/ JobBoard/f24b6286-a80b4d02-e4e1-ad04762a00de/ OpportunityDetail?oppor tunityId=12b09812-e9b24671-9be5-957003c3d4e8 www.suwscarolinas.com/

PROFESSIONAL/ MANAGEMENT VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Advances our organization's mission through leadership in the areas of financial management and accounting, human resources, general administration and facilities management. Learn more/apply: www.unitedwayabc.org/ employment-opportunities

TEACHING/ EDUCATION

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR A-B Tech is currently taking applications for a position Adjunct Instructor, Medical Laboratory Technology Blood Bank. For more details and to apply: https://abtcc.peopleadmin. com/postings/4731 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ArtSpace Charter School in Swannanoa, NC seeks an Executive Director who will advance the school’s vision as a national benchmark in educational excellence through an integrated K-8 curriculum utilizing the visual and performing arts. • The Executive Director will shape and strengthen ArtSpace’s culture of collaboration among staff, faculty, students, parents, board, and surrounding community. • Apply by April 15, 2018. For application requirements please visit www.artspacecharter.org/ engage/employment/ FULL-TIME MATH TEACHER Asheville Academy for Girls hiring full-time math teacher for grades 5-9. Position to be filled as soon as possible. Temporary long-term substitute teaching also an option for the spring quarter. Please send resume and cover letter to bchamberlain@ ashevilleacademy.com • www. ashevilleacademy.com

IMMEDIATE OPENING ArtSpace Charter School in Swannanoa has an immediate opening for a part-time (29 hours) Title One Reading Program Teaching Assistant. Minimum educational requirement is an undergraduate degree. Experience working with children and knowledge of instructional strategies for teaching reading is required. • Please send resumes and cover letters to: resumes@artspacecharter. org with a subject heading that indicates the position for which you are applying. LEAD AND ASSISTANT COUNSELOR AT NATURE ADVENTURES SUMMER CAMP Asheville's twist on traditional summer camp. Through imaginative, hands-on outdoor education, kids improve in selfconfidence and inner discipline while learning valuable lessons about the natural world. Please email resume: info@ budomountain.com

ARTS/MEDIA

NEWS REPORTER Mountain Xpress is seeking an experienced reporter who is committed to the values of fair, balanced and multi-sourced reporting, has a passion for locally focused journalism and loves good writing. Candidates should have a demonstrated ability to handle tight deadlines and should be comfortable writing stories ranging from government meetings to long-form features. You must be able to craft stories that respect the perspectives of all sides, engage readers and empower them to think critically, take part in meaningful civic dialogue and effect change at the local level. Ideally, applicants will bring to the position a deep knowledge of the local community and its history. And they must be willing to educate themselves in ways that will strengthen their ability to place current events in perspective. A solid grounding in AP Style, or a willingness to learn it, is essential. Photography, web-posting and editing experience are plusses. This is a staff position based in our Asheville office. Email cover letter, resume and clips to employment@mountainx.com PART-TIME ARTWORK DIGITIZER Plum Print is hiring a digitizer to photograph and scan children’s artwork. This job requires extreme attention to detail and great organizational skills. Must have Photoshop, Bridge and photography skills. jobs@plumprint.com

CAREER TRAINING AIRLINE CAREERS BEGIN HERE Get started by training as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800-725-1563 (AAN CAN)

XCHANGE FURNITURE MID-CENTURY FURNITURE Bedroom set, coffee tables, slat coffee table. Witco art, pyrex. Some antiques. Odds and ends. Thursday-Saturday, 3740 West Market St., Johnson City, TN. (423) 737-2683.

MEDICAL SUPPLIES EMF EMF electromagnetic biomat 7000mx. Used a few times. With suitcase. Paid $1,500, sell $850. 407-342-0630.

BUSINESSES FOR SALE RETAIL, CASH-FLOW POSITIVE SPECIALTY STORE FOR SALE The Tennis Professor is for sale! Profitable North Asheville location with established clientele. $150,000 includes inventory. Owner relocating. Please call 828-335-1880. thetennisprofessor@gmail.com

SERVICES COMPUTER HUGHESNET SATELLITE INTERNET 25mbps starting at $49.99/month! Fast download speeds. WiFi built in! Free Standard Installation for lease customers! Limited time. Call 1-800-490-4140. (AAN CAN)

information. Practicing professionally since December 2003. (828) 707-2983. Creator_of_ Joy@Hotmail.com. ALL OF LIFE COMES TO ME WITH EASE & JOY & GLORY Access Consciousness Bars® can clear the limitations you have in your life and body. Want a different relationship to money, aging, sexuality, health and other areas? Call Rebekah 828-348-4925. www.pleasureevolution.com

COUNSELING SERVICES

ENTERTAINMENT DISH NETWORK-SATELLITE TELEVISION SERVICES Now over 190 channels for only $49.99/month! HBO-Free for one year, Free Installation, Free Streaming, Free HD. Add Internet for $14.95 a month. 1-800373-6508. (AAN CAN)

LEGAL DENIED CREDIT? Work to repair your credit report with the trusted leader in credit repair. Call Lexington Law for a Free credit report summary and credit repair consultation. 855620-9426. John C. Heath, Attorney at Law, PLLC, dba Lexington Law Firm. (AAN CAN)

HOME IMPROVEMENT HANDY MAN HIRE A HUSBAND • HANDYMAN SERVICES Since 1993. Multiple skill sets. Reliable, trustworthy, quality results. Insured. References and estimates available. Stephen Houpis, (828) 280-2254.

HEATING & COOLING MAYBERRY HEATING AND COOLING Oil and Gas Furnaces • Heat Pumps and AC • Radiant Floor Heating • Solar Hot Water • Sales • Service • Installation. • Visa • MC • Discover. Call (828) 658-9145.

ANNOUNCEMENTS 2 TVs 150 CHANNELS With locals. $44.84/month. Call now 704-405-8949 or 336-378-5070. $200 Visa gift card. MAKE THE CALL TO START GETTING CLEAN TODAY Free 24/7 Helpline for alcohol & drug addiction treatment. Get help! It is time to take your life back! Call Now: 855-732-4139. (AAN CAN) NEW LOCAL BUSINESS: LOCAL ONLINE MARKETING SERVICES BY RōSYNTHORN Online marketing lead generation funnels and sales funnels that decrease user distractions and increase user focus on your offers, products, and brand! Contact Gavin Griffin, (814) 227-8876 or gavinbgriffin@gmail.com

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT BODYWORK $60 TWO-HOUR MASSAGE AT YOUR HOME Please check out my FaceBook page[Transformational Massage Therapy through Frank Solomon Connelly:LMBT#10886] for

POSITIVE HYPNOSIS | EFT | NLP Michelle Payton, M.A., D.C.H., Author | 828-681-1728 | www.MichellePayton.com | Michelle’s Mind Over Matter Solutions include: Hypnosis, Self-Hypnosis, Emotional Freedom Technique, Neuro- Linguistic Programming, Acupressure Hypnosis, Past Life Regression. Find Michelle’s books, educational audio and videos, sessions and workshops on her website.

NATURAL ALTERNATIVES BRAIN-BASED ADDICTION RECOVERY SEMINAR Are you or a loved one struggling with the recovery-relapse cycle? There is hope, and it starts in the brain! Learn about the latest in brain-based therapies for learning and behavioral challenges that influence all addictive disorders. Wednesday, 4/11, 7pm. Must call 828-7085274 to reserve your seat.

T H E N E W Y OR K TI M ES CR OSSWOR D PU ZZLE

ACROSS

1 Trio in “Macbeth” 5 Baldwin of “To Rome With Love” 9 Loving, maybe 11 435 members, for the House 13 Marina facility 15 Sometime babysitters 17 Actress Petty of “Tank Girl” 18 Goes after 20 Beginner: Var. 21 Anxious 23 Suitable for sinking one’s teeth into 24 Gymnastics legend Comaneci 25 Furniture mover? 27 “There’s many a man hath more hair than ___”: Shak. 28 Thomas who lent his name to a “choice” 29 Part of Washington, D.C., known for lobbying firms 31 Home for Peter Pan

33 “Grand Ole” thing 34 Act as 36 Messes up 37 Swiss canton where William Tell lived 38 Vodka with a Russian name 39 Citi Field team, on scoreboards 41 Aussie animal 42 Game of “love” 44 Some univ. instructors 46 How the answer to this clue goes in the grid 48 Expressionist Schiele 49 Purple shade 51 Vise parts 52 Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter, at the starts of their political careers 55 “Fate would prove otherwise” 56 Hungers 57 Stories to be continued 58 Dark, dirty shade 59 Fair-hiring inits.

edited by Will Shortz

No. 0214

DOWN

1 Deepest feelings 2 Brilliant craftsmanship 3 Bloke 4 Pic 5 “We need a government, ___, because of the nature of humans”: P. J. O’Rourke 6 Actor Cariou 7 Living room accent piece 8 They lead to love at first sight 9 Binge 10 Beat it! 11 Game 12 Actress who played Mrs. Cunningham on “Happy Days” 13 Power failure 14 Attracted 15 Bad place for a bowling ball or the mind 16 Bastards 32 Furniture mover, 19 February honoree maybe 22 Start of a rodeo cry 35 Game’s turning 24 Fish-fowl link point? 26 Auto takebacks 38 One getting 28 2003 #1 hit for smashed at a OutKast 30 Best party?

PUZZLE BY MARY LOU GUIZZO

40 Unfulfilling work assignments 43 Self-denial? 45 World capital founded by a conquistador 47 Steak order

49 Bounded 50 Range rovers 53 County divisions: Abbr. 54 Parts of the body that may be wiggled

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS NY TIMES PUZZLE

FOR MUSICIANS MUSICAL SERVICES MUSICIANS HEARING PROTECTION We offer custom fitted earplugs that enable you to hear while playing, yet filters harmful decibals. Lots of color and style options! (828) 713-0767. thehearingguync@ gmail.com

PETS LOST PETS FOUND DOG Small brown and white mixed breed dog found 3/2 at Montreat. Dog is in care of finder, but please call Asheville Humane Society if you are the owner. 828-250-6430.

AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES WE'LL FIX IT AUTOMOTIVE • Honda and Acura repair. Half price repair and service. ASE and factory trained. Located in the Weaverville area, off exit 15. Please call (828) 2756063 for appointment. www. wellfixitautomotive.com

ADULT LIVELINKS Chat Lines. Flirt, chat and date! Talk to sexy real singles in your area. Call now! 1-844-359-5773 (AAN CAN). PENIS ENLARGEMENT PUMP Get stronger and harder erections immediately. Gain 1-3 inches permanently and safely. Guaranteed results. FDA Licensed. Free brochure: 1-800354-3944. www.DrJoelKaplan. com (AAN CAN)

(828) 255-0001

Owned & operated by:

JOIN OUR TEAM! w e’r e H i r i n g • General Manager

• Pillar Rooftop Bar Manager

Paul Caron

• Food and Beverage Director

• Pillar Kitchen Cook (3 nights, 2 days per week)

Room Attendant Laundry Attendant Pillar Kitchen Dishwasher (Part-time – 2 nights per week) Room Inspector Room Attendant Overnight Security

Furniture Magician

• Pillar Kitchen Server (A.M. & P.M.) • •

• Cabinet Refacing • Furniture Repair

We are seeking self-motivated candidates with positive attitudes! Experience is a plus! Complete benefits package including 4 01k and profit sharing! www.qualityoilnc.com /careers-currentopenings/#Hotel

• Seat Caning • Antique Restoration • Custom Furniture & Cabinetry (828) 669-4625

MOUNTAINX.COM

• Black Mountain

MARCH 21 - 27, 2018

MOUNTAINX.COM