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Remove Vance’s name from downtown monument Fact: Political leaders who promote or turn a blind eye to racist policies and places are not remembered fondly in history. So, my question for you politicians today is: How do you think you will be remembered? Will your service be noted by your inaction to remove the name of the horrific slave owner ([Zebulon] Vance) from the monument at the center of our town? Or will it be noted for creating a more inclusive tone in the heart of our city by renaming the monument for someone more deserving? Will you be remembered for protecting the “right” of the dangerous few that insist on flying the Confederate flag and thereby instilling visceral fear in the hearts of others? Or, will you ensure the safety and security of all Asheville residents by protecting us from the menace of those who wish turn back the clock on human and civic progress? It’s not too late for you to be on the right side of history. Be the leaders we elected you to be and take a stand

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A recent article exploring the place of something called Vedic astrology in the local wellness scene has produced a firestorm of criticism [“Written in the Stars: Local Vedic Astrologers Decipher Map for Healing Inner Cosmos,” March 2, Xpress]. See [http://avl.mx/2ei]. First, we heard from a conservative who insisted on the superiority of viewing cosmological influences through the lens of traditional Western values [“Western Astrology Helps With Planetary Energies, Too,” March 16, Xpress]. See [http://avl.mx/2ej]. Didn’t see that one coming. Next came a rationalist who contended that uncritical coverage of Vedic astrology gives these oddball practices a false legitimacy. This critic even went so far as to imply that all forms of astrology — no matter how familiar, profitable and likely to buy ads — should be subjected to scientific skepticism [“Astrology Article Needed Journalistic Skepticism,” March 16, Xpress]. See [http://avl.mx/2ek]. Finally, an editorial note at the end of the letter reiterated the Xpress’ policy of neutrality with respect to facts. I agree with the Xpress. To single out Vedic astrology — or astrology in general — for dismissal as mere entertainment would unfairly privilege all the other unscientific, unproven and unsound approaches to health and well-being about which the paper periodically apprises its readers. You start down that road, and where does it end? Do you really want to live in a town where people struggle through life unaware of the assistance available from healing rocks, homeopathic tinctures, flower essences and friendly nature spirits?

People clearly need to be informed about such evidence-free pathways to healthy living, and if reassurance that one’s planets are lined up right gives some seekers an unrealistically optimistic outlook, I’m not sure that everybody else’s annoyance outweighs the gain. But the real question here remains: Why aren’t Asheville Tourist games equally part of the coverage of the wellness scene? A properly inclusive editorial policy should give equal attention to all therapeutic modalities, no matter how unconventional. And who could deny that baseball is therapeutic? A nine-inning session with the national pastime makes people happier (when we win) and better equipped to face life’s disappointments (when we lose or get rained out or a pickpocket steals your wallet). Providers of diamond-centered therapy even have actual standards — albeit evolving and ever-improving ones — by which we can determine when they have made an error. Almost like science. The blackout on Tourist games seems to reflect a discriminating and fact-centric bias whose baleful influence threatens the entire pluralistic ethos of alternative publications such as this one. Isn’t it time to start playing ball with this potential advertiser as well? — Peter Robbins Marshall

Articles on non-Western medicine are interesting Although your occasional coverage of non-Western medical practices seems to enrage some hard-core skeptic readers, I find these stories to be interesting. Perhaps your critics have your paper confused with scientific journals, where referees

must determine the scientific reliability of submissions before they are published. I can get that elsewhere, so I don’t require it of the Mountain Xpress. As a trained physicist, I am aware of the standards of evidence required for proving hypotheses and having your theories accepted. But my years of experience have also taught me some humility about what we think that we know about reality. A 19th-century scientist would have found modern ideas about wireless communications, black holes, a 13.6 billion-year-old universe, or quantum behavior to be totally absurd. Similarly, 22nd-century scientists will be comfortable with even stranger concepts as they probe deeper into the nature of our universe and its inhabitants. There are skeptics, and there are people who deny any evidence contrary to their beliefs in the name of skepticism. Those are not the same thing. Much better to retain some curiosity and openness to the possibility that the world has a few surprises left in store for us. There are medical practices that have been employed for centuries that have endured to the present day, presumably because they often work. The fact that they lack any explanation within the context of current Western science does not invalidate their effectiveness. Science may have some catching up to do. — Glen Reese, Ph.D. Asheville

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South Asheville residents decry congestion, overdevelopment tors of the League of Women Voters of Asheville-Buncombe County, says she left the September meeting with a new mission: organizing South Asheville residents to call attention to concerns facing the rapidly growing area. Come together

BottLeNeCK: At the intersection of Mills Gap (from lower left) and Sweeten Creek (from lower right) roads, delays are common, especially from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on weekdays. The former Plasticorp property (upper center) is the proposed site of a 272unit apartment complex, which residents fear will make an already difficult traffic situation worse. Aerial photo by Dan Caylor

BY ViRginia DaFFRon vdaffron@mountainx.com When retired educator pat deck attended a meeting of the city’s Neighborhood Advisory Committee last September, she remembers, “A light bulb came on.” Deck has lived at Givens Estates off Sweeten Creek Road for the last 10 years, but it was only then that she realized “We don’t have a voice in city government.” Former Asheville Mayor Ken michalove, who was running for City

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Council at the time, made the same point at the meeting, saying South Asheville is underrepresented both in terms of elected officials and appointees to boards and commissions. According to marsha stickford, the city’s neighborhood coordinator, South Asheville encompasses those parts of the city lying south of Interstate 40. A look at the map helps explain why the area has been overlooked and has lacked a cohesive identity: The city boundaries snake irregularly south along major arteries, and the resulting patchwork of diverse

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communities ranges from Shiloh to Givens to Biltmore Park (see sidebar, “Welcome to the Neighborhood”). Despite wide variations in income levels, however, many residents are prosperous. heidi reiber, director of research for the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, says that while she can’t isolate the stats for South Asheville, South Buncombe’s average household income is $74,805, compared with $61,829 for the city as a whole. And Deck, a longtime political activist who serves on the board of direc-

Asheville attorney corey atkins lives in Ballantree. Part of the reason he ran for City Council last fall, he says, was “a sense that South Asheville is disconnected from the rest of the city. Despite being the fastest-growing part of the city and having a large tax base, Atkins explains, “South Asheville residents have felt left out of city processes, especially with regard to development.” Although his Council bid fell short, Atkins is continuing his efforts to organize the community, both as the local Democratic Party’s leader for Precinct 29.2 and by building lines of communication throughout the various areas. South Asheville resident ed hay is a candidate for Buncombe County commissioner in District 3. The Democrat will face incumbent joe belcher in November. Hay served on City Council from 1995 to 2001, and patsy Keever served three terms on the Board of Commissioners from 1992 to 2004. Since then, there’ve been no city or county elected officials from the area. “I’m not sure why South Asheville has traditionally been underrepresented in local government,” says Hay. “Maybe it’s because most of the people moving into the area are coming here from other places.” And while Atkins concedes that “There isn’t a lot of cohesiveness between the Sweeten Creek corridor and areas like Biltmore Park,” he believes they share many common concerns. One obstacle, he says, is the lack of a central gathering place. “The South Buncombe Library has limited space,” Atkins explains. “The Skyland Fire Station also hosts some community meetings, but south of the Parkway, no true community center exists.”

Biltmore Park as well as neighborhoods along Hendersonville and Long Shoals roads to involve those residents in the planning effort. A CoNtroverSiAL propoSAL

SoUtherN SprAWL: Areas south of Interstate 40 within the Asheville city limits (shown in magenta) are irregular and extend along transportation corridors, unlike the more consolidated areas of the city north of I-40. Graphic by Alane Mason

Deck got around that problem by hosting a Feb. 16 meeting of Sweeten Creek Road homeowners at Givens Estates’ Performing Arts Center, saying she was “thrilled” when about 20 representatives of different homeowner associations showed up. “This is a wonderful opportunity for our neighborhoods to work together,” says Deck. “Now we’re trying to find our voice to advocate for reasonable, sustainable neighborhoods. We’re concerned about

issues like controlling traffic congestion and expanding greenways. We’re worried that some of the qualities that attracted us to this area originally seem to be getting lost through the pace of development and change.” Right now, her group is focusing on preparing individual neighborhood plans for inclusion in Asheville’s comprehensive plan, which is being updated this year. She and fellow Givens Estates resident becky anderson, a former director of economic development for the city, are reaching out to

Fledgling organizational efforts had already gotten underway when a proposal for a new project poured fuel on the fire. On Oct. 19, the city’s Technical Review Committee approved developer rusty pulliam’s plans to build 252 apartment units and three commercial buildings on the former Plasticorp site at the corner of Sweeten Creek and Mills Gap roads. Pulliam Properties, the company he runs, was founded by his father, the late winston pulliam. It’s been involved in many of the projects that have shaped the Hendersonville Road corridor, including the Dingle Creek Crossing shopping center, the Weirbridge Village apartment complex, Southern Community Bank and Trust, HomeTrust Bank, Panera Bread and the Forest Edge shopping center. The Planning and Zoning Commission first considered Pulliam’s project on Nov. 19, and both city staff and residents had plenty to say about the plans. Urban planner vaidila satvika introduced the project. After laying out the details and the zoning considerations, Satvika explained that the city has established goals for retaining industrial properties like this one. Rezoning this parcel, he said, would diminish the city’s already limited stock of viable industrial sites while hurting efforts to create more jobs and attract capital investment in the manufacturing sector. Furthermore, he continued, “Staff believes the site is not a suitable location for residential development due to the lack of sidewalks and transit service, as well as the high traffic volumes.” Since 2013, he pointed out, the city has approved the construction of over 800 units of residential housing within a 2-mile radius of the site. After a lengthy discussion in which a number of residents spoke out against the plan, Pulliam’s attorney, lou bissette, asked that the project be withdrawn without a vote. The commission reviewed it again on Jan. 6, and Ballantree resident vijay Kapoor presented a letter signed by 371 South Asheville residents asking the commissioners to reject the proposal. Kapoor is a co-founder of the South Asheville Resident & Business Community Organization, formed in response to Pulliam’s proposal.

Residents, he says, already had plenty of concerns about congestion and the blazing pace of new construction, but their frustration lacked a specific focus. The Plasticorp project galvanized them to organize and lobby City Council to deny the necessary zoning change. The group’s Jan. 6 letter described the traffic volumes residents say they regularly experience at the intersection of Sweeten Creek and Mills Gap roads. “According to the 2014 N.C. DOT traffic volume analysis, Sweeten Creek Road north of Mills Gap Road handles 18,000 vehicles per day, despite being only two lanes,” the organization explained. “By contrast, Merrimon Avenue north of Chestnut Street (Trader Joe’s/Harris Teeter) handles 20,000 vehicles per day with four lanes.” Approving Pulliam’s project, the letter continued, would be tantamount to restricting Merrimon Avenue to two lanes while adding a major new apartment complex to the busy corridor. BACK to the drAWiNg BoArd At the Jan. 6 meeting, Pulliam announced that he’d revised the proposal, removing the commercial components, bumping up the number of units to 272, and adding a commitment to designate 20 percent of them as affordable housing for 10 years. Bissette, who’s also a former Asheville mayor, challenged the city’s argument that the site should be retained for industrial use, citing a letter from ben teague, executive director of the Economic Development Coalition, to sam powers, the city’s director of economic development. “I do not believe this property is best suited for industrial development,” wrote Teague, adding, “While I suggest a positive vote in this case ... we must preserve viable industrial property when possible.” This time, the commission voted 6-1 in favor of the project, with landscape architect guillermo rodriguez casting the dissenting vote. With P&Z’s recommendation in hand, Pulliam requested a public hearing, which was scheduled for the Jan. 26 City Council meeting. But continued fierce public opposition to the project led him to ask that the hearing be postponed; it’s now slated for April 26. The developer has since requested another postponement to June 14, but City Council hasn’t yet approved that.

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On Feb. 29, Pulliam hosted a community meeting at the Skyland Fire Station. About 60 people attended, including Council members julie mayfield and gordon smith, state Rep. brian turner, county commissioner candidate Hay (who lives close to the project site) and Stickford. Pulliam kicked off the discussion with some updates. He committed to delaying construction until 2018, with completion set for mid2020. The timing, he said, would be a good fit with the Department of Transportation’s plans to widen Sweeten Creek Road in 2021. Pulliam also announced that he now plans to set aside 15 percent of the units as affordable for 15 years — in other words, fewer units for a longer period of time. “I will be the first to give either of those — 15 percent or 15 years — in the city,” he pointed out. He later explained that the change was made to address Council members’ concerns. “Asheville,” Pulliam asserted at the meeting, “is in a housing crisis, not an industrial property crisis.” And one way or another, someone will develop that land. james voso, a local traffic engineer hired by Pulliam, outlined

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the traffic mitigation plans. “This is a congested area,” he conceded. “We do not deny that. There are periods of the day when traffic is bad.” Nonetheless, he went on, the developer’s responsibility is to address the impact of the proposed project, not the overall traffic situation. “We’re not in a position to fix existing congestion,” said Voso. “DOT projects are coming to alleviate those problems. I’m not here to tell you it’s going to get better as a result of our project. I’m hopefully telling you it won’t be any worse.” Much of the discussion focused on what several residents called the “bottleneck” — the short stretch of Mills Gap Road that runs between Sweeten Creek and Hendersonville roads. “You’re just widening the bottle to get into the neck,” one resident said, referring to the additional turning lanes Pulliam would add at the Mills Gap/Sweeten Creek intersection. “By building this complex, you’re increasing the volume that’s already there,” another commented. “We don’t just live in the area of your traffic study: We live around here.” Mills Gap Road resident tate macQueen, a social studies teacher at Clyde A. Erwin High School, said he often has difficulty getting to work on time because of traffic congestion. Beyond the inconvenience, said the former 10th Congressional District candidate, he worries about emergency responders’ ability to reach people needing assistance. Other residents echoed that concern.

MacQueen also raised the possibility of industrial contamination at the site. And though Pulliam said two separate environmental assessments hadn’t found anything, MacQueen cited an anonymous 2002 report of illegal dumping that was filed with the Environmental Protection Agency. Pulliam promised to look into it and, if necessary, conduct additional studies. After several people called for a moratorium on development in the area to give the infrastructure time to catch up with the growth that’s already occurred, Council member Mayfield weighed in. It’s not unusual for population and traffic growth to outstrip infrastructure development, she said, and there is no immediate fix. “The city can’t widen the road: Only the DOT can do that.” Mayfield said Bissette had already asked the DOT to move up the date for the Sweeten Creek widening, but to no avail. She urged residents to push for the kinds of changes they’d like to see along the corridor, noting that she’s asked the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization to apply for a grant to fund a planning study. As the meeting ended, Kapoor urged his neighbors to view the development proposal as just one of many issues facing the area. “We have Council’s ear right now,” he said. Mayfield agreed, noting, “We’ve gotten over 300 emails. You have gotten our attention.” riSK ASSeSSmeNt Despite residents’ frustration over backed up traffic, local officials downplay the public safety concerns. “Anytime you build anything, people have concerns about traffic, but I haven’t seen too much problems [in South Asheville],” says Buncombe County Emergency Services Director jerry vehaun. And while the Police Department acknowledges the traffic issues, it says it’s taken steps to keep people safe. Lt. janice hawkins, the district commander for East and South Asheville, says, “There is a good amount of traffic in the South Asheville area. Most of the congestion occurs on Hendersonville Road between the Blue Ridge Parkway and Long Shoals Road.” Citywide, continues Hawkins, the department’s average response time is six minutes. When a 2013 study showed longer response times

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in South Asheville, an extra officer was assigned to the area on each shift. More recently, the department realigned its service districts. Previously, officers covering South Asheville were also assigned to downtown. Now, those officers work South and East Asheville, which has reduced travel time and improved the response numbers. In general, she points out, “Wherever there is growth, additional drivers and traffic are inevitable. More drivers using the roads typically leads to more collisions, and collisions hinder vehicular movement.” Those factors, notes Hawkins, cause issues for the police as well. Over at the Fire Department, Public Information Officer Kelley Klope says, “Response times can be hindered by many things. Terrain, distance, traffic lights, density, etc. ... Traffic is certainly a consideration but not as much of a concern as the other hindrances listed.” Two stations, Klope explains, are first responders for South Asheville: Station 4 (9 Miller Rd.) and Station 5 (1074 Hendersonville Rd.). And while both had slightly slower average response times than the citywide average last year, they still exceeded the city’s goals for standard of coverage, she said. During that period, Station 5 also handled a higher volume of calls than the city average. LoCAtioN, LoCAtioN, LoCAtioN In Pulliam’s view, the bottom line is that the 15-acre Plasticorp property, one of the largest parcels on the market in South Asheville, won’t remain unoccupied forever. An industrial user, he explains, could buy or lease the existing building and start operations tomorrow without city approval or rezoning. And once the DOT widens Sweeten Creek and Mills Gap roads, the parcel could become a target for a big-box store. “There is no doubt in my mind that this is the highest and best use for this property,” Pulliam declares. “People need to understand that they might win this battle and stop my project on that site, but worse things could happen down the road.” A residential use, he maintains, is “a hundred times better” for residents along Sweeten Creek and Mills Gap roads than commercial or industrial development. Pulliam also dismisses the idea of a development moratori-

um as “crazy thinking: You’d have lawsuits flying right and left. The city couldn’t afford the consequences of essentially condemning people’s property without compensation.” He also notes that his company and Hawthorne Residential Partners, its Greensboro-based development partner, are conducting an additional environmental assessment to make sure there’s no contamination. “Listen, I can’t borrow $34 million to build on a dirty site: The bank wouldn’t let it happen. By law, we don’t have to disclose our results, but we will, once they’re complete,” promises Pulliam. Meanwhile, over at Givens Estates, CEO Ken partin concedes that South Asheville’s desirability “brings some problems with it,” but he doesn’t believe they’re insurmountable. In fact, the nonprofit has started construction of Givens Gerber Park, an affordable apartment community for low-income seniors. The development, which will eventually comprise 260 units, is located off Sweeten Creek Road, with pedestrian and road connections to the Gerber Village shopping complex (another former industrial site). The area’s density, he explains, “has a lot of value to older adults” who may not own a car or be able to drive. At least one experienced developer, however, does see traffic as a problem, along with other issues. william ratchford of Southwood Realty says that although Asheville’s traffic in general is “nothing compared to other places,” Sweeten Creek Road is “one of busiest two-lane roads I’ve ever seen.” Ratchford, a vice president of the Gastonia-based developer, has built apartment communities all over the South, including several in South Asheville and environs. They include the 224-unit Palisades complex (on Mills Gap Road behind Earth Fare) and the 192-unit Avalon at Sweeten Creek apartments, as well as the 192-unit Seasons at Cane Creek in Fletcher, which opened in February 2015. He’s currently building the 168-unit Dilworth apartments in Bent Creek. But the development climate in Asheville has definitely changed in recent years, says Ratchford. “I thought Avalon was going to be almost impossible for a while,” he reveals, noting that City Council told him future projects wouldn’t be approved unless they included an affordable housing component. For that reason, Southwood probably won’t undertake any more apartment developments

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reALity CheCK: At the Feb. 29 meeting, state Rep. Brian Turner (right) and Asheville City Council member Julie Mayfi eld (left) explained what local and state government can (and can’t) do to address South Asheville residents’ concerns. Photo by Virginia Daffron within the city limits. “We’re not set up to go that way,” he explains. qUALity of Life Meanwhile, current South Asheville residents aren’t the only ones concerned about the neighborhood’s future. mike figura of Mosaic Community Lifestyle Realty says he’s seeing more homebuy-

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ers and renters take congestion into account when deciding whether to locate in the area, noting, “If you don’t work in South Asheville, these days it’s less desirable as a place to live than in the past.” The solution, Figura believes, is to incorporate more sidewalks, bike lanes and greenways as density increases. If the city and county leveraged tax revenue from larger developments to fund

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Much of South Asheville lies within the 28803 ZIP code; some parts of 28704 are also included. Neither Biltmore Forest nor Biltmore Estate is part of the city. A lot of the neighborhood’s housing stock is concentrated along several major thoroughfares. Developments on Hendersonville Road include Crowfields Condominiums, Weirbridge Village and the Deerfield retirement community; Sweeten Creek Road has Ballantree, Givens Estates, Hollybrook, Park Avenue, The Views of Asheville and the Avalon at Sweeten Creek apartments. Southside Village and the Palisades apartments are on Mills Gap Road; Biltmore Park is off Long Shoals Road. The Shiloh community lies between Hendersonville and Sweeten Creek roads, bounded by Rock Hill Road to the south. Looking beyond the city limits, heidi reiber, director of research for the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, says that since 2010, South Buncombe’s 8.6 percent population growth (from 47,329 to an estimated 51,383) has slightly exceeded the city’s 8 percent increase. And over the next five years, South Buncombe is expected to grow at a 7.5 percent rate, versus 6.1 percent for Asheville as a whole, notes Reiber, citing statistics from The Nielsen Co X .

more such amenities, he maintains, “We could relieve congestion and get people out of their cars, for a lower cost than major road construction.” Figura worries, though, that simply widening the roads will create “induced demand,” leading to a vicious circle of ballooning traffic volumes and development. And community organizer Pat Deck acknowledges that she and other recent arrivals have contributed to the

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ing and foster a curriculum and atmosphere that excites, engages and, most importantly, delivers results to students and the wider community. reALiZiNg poteNtiAL Franchise owner reed bilbray moved here from Dallas with his family six years ago, attracted by the area’s economic potential. “We saw the incubation of a lot of really forward-thinking, technology-focused businesses and people migrating here,” he says. Last year, Bilbray and his wife decided it was time to get directly involved in helping realize that potential. “We set down three criteria,” he recalls. “One is our passion for children. Two is our desire to provide a good education to our two girls, and three is wanting them to understand and be part of this community.” With that in mind, Bilbray reached out to longtime friend and business partner paul Zane pilzer, co-founder of Zaniac. Established in 2011 in Park

City, Utah, the chain currently has 10 franchises in eight states. “We wanted to create a program that was a little more substantive for students, keep them engaged and increase the lifetime value of the lessons,” says company co-founder and CEO sidharth oberoi. “We have over 17 technology courses, from computer programming to 3-D printing and fashion design.” Inspired by Zaniac’s mission and education model, Bilbray bought the local franchise rights. To help develop the Asheville campus, he brought in an array of educators and other residents, including lynne porter, nancy duggan, colin robertson, dana harris, patricia page and former Henderson County Public Schools Superintendent stephen page. “Kids don’t realize that they’re learning: They might think they’re just throwing a cube around, but we’re teaching them about the dynamics of the architectural design, about

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SUppLemeNtiNg Stem opportUNitieS: Bilbray and Porter hope to foster Asheville’s potential as a regional technology hub and promote STEM learning as a path to higher-paying jobs through a combination of dedicated staff, community outreach events and an array of after-school and summer program options. ““We feel we have a social responsibility to be part of this area’s educational community and offer kids and parents more options, in addition to what they already get in school,” says Bilbray Photo courtesy of Reed Bilbray/Zaniac Asheville Newton’s Law,” says Porter, Zaniac Asheville’s educational director. Born in Britain, Porter worked as an educator in Barcelona, Spain, for many years. That experience, she says, helped her recognize a common theme among global educational systems: “Kids, from a very young age, are labeled as ‘smart’ or ‘shy’ or ‘not a math kid.’ The whole idea of Zaniac is breaking down those barriers. We all have a passion and driving force; it’s how we, as educators, bring that out in kids to inspire them to be the best they can be.” hoLiStiC LeArNiNg Zaniac offers several curricula for students from kindergarten through eighth grade, including courses in math, robotics, app creation and even space exploration. An afterschool program offers 90 minutes of instruction per week; weekly summer camps range from 15 to 35 classroom hours. Courses cost anywhere from $149 to $349 each. Zaniac’s curriculum, says Porter, also helps students develop “soft-skill elements” like collaboration, teamwork, brainstorming and critical thinking, giving them “the confidence to make a mistake and learn from it. That’s how we get better.”

Instructors are often high school or college students with an interest or background in STEM learning, enabling them to serve as both teacher and mentor. “It’s really powerful to have a near peer there to be a role model they can look up to, particularly with girls,” notes Oberoi. At the same time, the instructors gain valuable experience that can help them puruse their own career paths, adds Porter. “For those kids applying to colleges, to have experience with STEM education on their résumé is huge.” In addition to the standard courses, Zaniac Asheville offers several support programs for students. Any child can get a free math assessment that their parents can take back to the student’s teachers or tutors. And the Edison Club, an after-school program, helps students with their homework while providing a safe, supervised space in which they can explore the campus’s various offerings independently, without the kind of guidance the courses provide. LeSSoNS from SpACe On April 19, the learning center is hosting retired astronaut john herrington, the first Native American to fly in space. After a chance encounter with Herrington at Cape Canaveral, Porter says he was eager to get involved with promoting the

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news facility, administrators are busy interviewing potential instructors and fielding a steady volume of inquiries. “We’ve generated interest from over 200 families just in the last three weeks,” Bilbray says excitedly. Following an intensive three-day training for instructors, after-school classes will start April 25, and summer camps will begin June 13. Eventually, he and Porter hope to expand the age group they serve. In the meantime, they’re forging connections with other local summer camps, youth groups and clubs, as well as schools and the home-schooling community, to bring Zaniac’s resources to as many students as possible. “We have over $300,000 invested in our facility,” Bilbray reveals. “These are resources that, quite frankly, a typical family or school can’t replicate. We consider it our duty and obligation to make our investment of technical resources available to as many groups as possible.” Bilbray also understands that many local families might not be able to afford Zaniac’s offerings. “With approximately 56 percent of Asheville area public school students on free or reduced lunch, we are highly aware of and sensitive to the challenges some parents might face when deciding on additional learning, enrichment and athletic opportunities for their children,” he says. “We’re committed to helping those students when and where we can, whether directly through course discounts or scholarships, working with our local schools, churches, youth groups and community organizations to facilitate field trips to our campus, or bringing our courses to them.” But students aren’t the only ones who can benefit from having an innovative STEM center in Asheville, says Porter. “I’ve actually been approached by a real estate agent here, saying what a wonderful addition this is to the community and how it can be beneficial to them in attracting families and businesses.”

STEM programs in the Connect NC bond initiative as proof of the promise that this kind of education holds for the region. “The people who are living here, the businesses incubating here, what The Collider is doing, what A-B Tech, Western Carolina University and UNC Asheville are offering: We are the sweet spot for North Carolina.” Oberoi agrees, saying STEM is the way of the future for both job growth and education. “We’re trying to shift the par-

adigm to get kids involved in creating the technology that others are using, rather than just being another consumer,” he explains. “Having that ability to inspire kids at a younger age and give them that exposure enables them to make more informed decisions, so they aren’t deterred when they get to college.” Zaniac Asheville’s administrators are excited to carry that philosophy to WNC, says Bilbray. “We feel we have a social responsibility to be part of this

area’s educational community and offer kids and parents more options, in addition to what they already get in school. With the passion and positive feedback we’re getting from so many people already, we’re quite excited about our prospects.” For more information on Zaniac Asheville’s April 19 grand opening, course offerings, fees and schedules, visit zaniaclearning.com/asheville or check out its Facebook page. X

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When they’re ready to hit the trails, many Asheville cyclists load their bikes on roof racks and drive out to the Bent Creek Experimental Forest, which encompasses almost 6,000 acres of the Pisgah National Forest and boasts nearly 30 miles of biking tracks. It’s a nice enough car ride. The route passes near the French Broad River, the Biltmore Estate, the WNC Farmer’s Market and the Asheville Outlets on the way to the forest. But what if bikers could skip the car trip altogether and safely cycle all the way to Bent Creek? And what if walkers could use the same route?

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That’s the vision the Buncombe County Parks and Recreation department is exploring through a feasibility study for the Bent Creek Greenway, a path that would connect to the existing Hominy Creek greenway on its northern end and then travel along Brevard Road to the Asheville Outlet Mall. From there, another greenway segment studied last year (the Bent Creek to Lake Julian Greenway) would continue the route to Bent Creek. claudia nix, co-owner of Liberty Bicycles and a board member of greenway advocacy organization Friends of Connect Buncombe, has worked to advocate for this potential stretch of greenway since 2000. “I think there’s so many destinations out here that people want to go to, and you have a lot of people in the Bent Creek area that enjoy walking and are cyclists. It will bring in tourism and revenue. It’s a win-win situation for everyone,” Nix says. On the evening of Thursday, March 24, the county recreation department hosted a drop-in public meeting to collect public input and answer questions about the proposed greenway. Attendees included residents, business owners, nonprofit representatives and local government staff. Along with county recreation staff, eric seckinger, a consulting engineer for the project, responded to questions and outlined the project. “We’ve laid out the options, and we need to hear what the public prefers,” Seckinger said. One Bent Creek resident expressed the opinion of many present when she commented, “It would be great if we could have a safe way to walk or bike to the trails from various city and county communities.” Though most commenters support the greenway, some expressed concerns regarding pedestrian safety. While greenways are easy to love, however, they are often challenging to route and to fund. At the meeting, advocates discussed a potential stretch of the greenway that would run along the eastern side of Brevard Road (state Highway 191), adjacent to Biltmore Estate. Planners said that placing the greenway on the western side of the road would pose far greater technical and safety challenges, since there are approximately 9,140 feet of residential driveway and roadway crossings that intersect with the highway on that side. County Parks and Recreation Manager josh o’conner explained that the route alternative running along the eastern side of Brevard Road from the Hominy Creek Greenway (called “S2”) would be located within the highway right of way. That’s important, clarified O’Conner after the meeting, because the Buncombe County

Board of Commissioners has made it clear that the county will not take property through condemnation for greenway use. Though the independent advocacy group Friends of Connect Buncombe is urging the The Biltmore Company to designate additional area for greenway use (including a culvert close to the Asheville Outlets), requiring private property owners to accommodate greenways is not the policy of the County. marcia bromberg, a member of Friends of Connect Buncombe, commented that she would be disappointed if Biltmore does not agree to cede some land to give the greenway some extra breathing room. “I understand the concerns,” Bromberg said, “and they are valid, but we are worried about pedestrian safety. It’s imperative to build on the Biltmore side because of all the driveways and street crossings on the west side.” According to Biltmore spokeswoman leeann donnelly after the meeting, the Biltmore Company is still in the information-gathering stage and will likely voice the company’s comments during a future public meeting. Another major area of concern is the Brevard Road bridge crossing over Interstate 26. At the meeting, residents argued for installing pedestrian bridges over interstate entrance and exit ramps, eliminating the possibility of conflicts between cars and greenway users while offering a safer alternative than crosswalks. Seckinger warned that the cost of including pedestrian bridges in the initial greenway project might make the project financially unfeasible, since the costs of the bridges could be as much as double the total cost of the rest of the greenway. O’Conner urged advocates to be patient. “We could move forward, building the east or west side of 191, and put in another project [to construct pedestrian bridges] based on updated N.C. DOT usership scores,” he explained. Where funding might come from to build the greenway is unknown. One mile of greenway can cost $1.7 million or more to build. Past funding options have included county sales tax revenue, issuing bonds, allocating money from the county’s general fund and securing grant funding. Residents wishing to view information and route alternatives for the current feasibility study can visit the Buncombe County Parks and Recreation Greenways page (http://avl.mx/2fm). An online survey is available for submitting input and comments (http://avl. mx/2fn). Public comment will be accepted through April 21, 2016. X

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trAveL BACK iN time: An advertisement in a 1915 Asheville Citizen newspaper invited visitors on “America’s Greatest Scenic Trip” along a 21-mile railroad that ran from Black Mountain to Mount Mitchell. Between 1915 and 1916 alone more than 15,000 passengers traveled to the summit on a bumpy, three-hour train ride to the peak, followed by a 3 ½-hour trip downhill. On Saturday, April 2, the Swannanoa Valley Museum has organized a four-wheel drive caravan along the old tracks and historic toll road to Camp Alice. For more information or to register, visit history.swannanoavalleymuseum.org or call 669-9566. Photo courtesy of the Swannanoa Valley Museum (p. 21)

CeNter for CULtUrAL preServAtioN 692-8062, saveculture.org • WE (3/30), 7:30pm- Proceeds from this folk and storytelling concert with David Holt and Josh Goforth benefit the center for cultural Preservation. $20. Held at Bo Thomas Auditorium, Blue Ridge Community College, Hendersonville fLAt roCK pLAyhoUSe doWNtoWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • SA (4/2), 12:30pm - Proceeds from the tea-party fundraiser in conjunction with the production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland benefit Flat Rock Playhouse studio 52. $10/$5 students. KNoCK oUt pArKiNSoN’S BeNefit 484-4200 • SA (4/2), 7pm - Proceeds from this live music concert featuring the Freewheelin Mamas benefit the “Knock out Parkinson’s” boxing program at specialized Physical therapy. Free to attend. Held at Specialized Physical Therapy, 20 Gala Dr. Suite G-104 metro WiNeS 169 Charlotte St., 575-9525,

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black Mountain school’s print show what: A silent auction of art prints to benefit Black Mountain School where: THE BLOCK Off Biltmore when: Friday, April 1, 6-8 p.m. why: From 1933-57, Black Mountain College operated as a non-traditional haven for artistic education. Decades after its closure and despite some similar arenas for learning, “there’s a void,” according to heidi gruner. She — along with fellow board members chelsea ragan and adam void — is working toward one potential solution: Black Mountain School. “The cost is so prohibitive of higher education, so many people can’t afford it. And the rigid structuring is something we want to create an alternative to,” Gruner says. “What we hope that will look like is more of a collaborative learning environment similar to the original Black Mountain College, where students and teachers have equal say.” Curriculum at the nonprofit school will lean toward arts and culture with an emphasis on the avant-garde. (“What’s outside your window?” is one of two questions on the student application form.) While living and working alongside volunteer teachers at the original Black Mountain College campus, accepted pupils will set their own level of involvement in courses like fresco painting, adventures in taste and smell, and the natural and cultural history of the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. An upcoming fundraiser will offset some expenses (teacher travel stipends, art and gardening supplies, etc.) of 2016’s inaugural summer session, since tuition only covers residents’ lodging and basic food. A former gallery director and curator, Gruner has gathered more than 20 fine art prints for the show. They’ll all be up for silent auction before a separate raffle of gift certificates to local businesses wraps up the evening. Other than a couple of paintings and illustrations, the auction pieces are predominantly photo-based.

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Com m U N i ty CA LeN dA r thefarmevents.com www.thefarmevents.com ASheviLLe SUBmAriNe veterANS ussashevillebase.com, ecipox@charter.net • 1st TUESDAYS, 6-7pm - Social meeting for U.S. Navy submarine veterans. Free to attend. Held at Ryan’s Steakhouse, 1000 Brevard Road ASheviLLe WomeN iN BLACK main.nc.us/wib • 1st FRIDAYS, 5pm - Monthly peace vigil. Free. Held at the Vance Monument in Pack Square. BUNComBe CoUNty pUBLiC LiBrArieS buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • MO (4/4), 10am-noon - “Itching to Stitch Needlework Club,” regular meeting. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • WE (4/6) & WE (4/20), 5pm - “Swannanoa Knitters and Stitchers,” needlework group for all skill levels. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa jeWiSh CommUNity CeNter 236 Charlotte St., 253-0701 • SA (4/2), 1pm - Film screening of Gayby Baby sponsored by LGBTQJew followed by community space for participants to interact with LGBTQ support organizations. Registration: gaybybaby. splashthat.com/. $10. LAUreL ChApter of the emBroidererS’ gUiLd AmeriCA 626-8298, egacarolinas.org • TH (4/7), 10am - General meeting and instruction on the creation of invitation favors for the EGA national convention. Free. oNtrACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 2555166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required. • WE (3/30), 5:30-7:30pm “Discover Your Money Vision and Flip Your $ Switch,” seminar. Free.

Art fUNdrAiSer: A silent auction with more than 20 art prints will benefit Black Mountain School, an alternative art education institution with the aim of offering unique courses at accessible prices. Image by Winnie Gier “But in no way traditional photographs,” Gruner says. She instead describes the collection as a “really dreamy mix of incredibly colorful abstracted works.” Visit blackmountainschool.com for more information. X

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pAreNtS, fAmiLy ANd frieNdS of LeSBiANS ANd gAyS pflag.org, jerry.w96@gmail.com • MO (4/4), 6-7:30pm - Puzzles, a documentary about a violent hate crime. Free. Held at Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville pUBLiC eveNtS At UNCA unca.edu • TH (3/31), 4-5:30pm - “The Tribal Spirit: Indian Identity in the 21st Century,” workshop by Perry Horse, leadership coach in the community college national

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reform movement. Free. Held in the Ramsey Library Whitman Room. ShoWiNg Up for rACiAL jUStiCe showingupforracialjustice.org • TUESDAYS, 10am-noon Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road UNCA voLUNtAry iNCome tAx ASSiStANCe unca.edu • SATURDAYS until (4/2), 10:30am3pm - Income tax preparation for incomes under $54K. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

dANCe StUdio ZAhiyA, doWNtoWN dANCe CLASSeS (pd.) Monday 5pm Ballet Wkt 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 7pm Bellydance Drills 7:30pm Bellydance 8pm Tap • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 8pm Bellydance 8pm Hip Hop Choreo 2 • Wednesday 9am Latin Wkt 5:30pm Hip Hop Wkt 6:30 Bhangra 8pm Contemporary • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Kid’s Dance 5pm Teens Hip Hop 7pm West African 8pm West African 2 • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 10:45am POUND Wkt • Sunday 3pm Tap 2 • $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595 ASheviLLe BUtoh feStivAL ashevillebutoh.com • TH (4/7) & FR (4/8), 7:30pm - Butoh performances featuring Yumiko Yoshioka. $18/$15 students & seniors. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. ASheviLLe movemeNt CoLLeCtive ashevillemovementcollective.org • FRIDAYS, 7:30-8:30pm - Noninstructional, free-form dance within community. $8-$20. Held at NYS3, 2002 Riverside Dr. Studio 42-O • SUNDAYS, 9am & 11am- Noninstructional, free-form dance within community. $8-$20. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway SoUtherN LightS SqUAre ANd roUNd dANCe CLUB 697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (4/2), 6pm - “Hippity Hop,” themed dance. Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville SWiNg ASheviLLe swingasheville.com

• THURSDAYS, 7:30pm Beginner & intermediate swing dance lessons. 8:30-11pm - Open dance. Live music regularly. $7/$5 members. Held at Club Eleven on Grove, 11 Grove St

food & Beer doWNtoWN WeLCome tABLe haywoodstreet.org/2010/07/ the-welcome-table • SUNDAYS, 4:30pm - Community meal. Free. Held at Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood St. fAirvieW WeLCome tABLe fairviewwelcometable.com • THURSDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - Community lunch. Admission by donation. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old Us Highway 74, Fairview LeiCeSter CommUNity CeNter 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook. com/Leicester.Community.Center • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm Welcome Table meal. Free. North ASheviLLe reCreAtioN CeNter 37 E. Larchmont Road • SA (4/2), 6pm - Vegan potluck and interactive program. Admission by donation.

goverNmeNt & poLitiCS BUNComBe CoUNty CommiSSioNerS meetiNg buncombecounty.org/Governing/ Commissioners/meetings.aspx • TU (4/5), 4:30pm - Public meeting. Free. Held at Buncombe County Administration Building, 200 College St.

feStivALS photo+CrAft photocraftavl.com, info@photocraftavl.com • TH (3/31) through SU (4/3) Three-day arts event throughout Asheville exploring intersections between photography and craft. See website for full schedule and locations. Free to attend.

KidS ANAm CArA theAtre 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 10-noon - Tiny Tots Circus Playtime with aerials, clowning, balance and acrobatics. Children

up to 6 years old. $5. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B ASheviLLe ULtimAte CLUB ashevilleultimate.org, ashevilleultimateclub@gmail.com • Through TU (4/5) - Open registration for the Asheville Youth Ultimate Frisbee League. See website for full guidelines.

throughout Henderson County. See website for full guidelines: sistercities.org/YAAS. Free/$25 for film entries. mALAprop’S BooKStore ANd CAfe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • SA (4/2), 3pm - Jerry Pope presents his children’s book, Fetch. Free.

AttiC SALt theAtre CompANy 505-2926 • SATURDAYS (4/2) through (4/23), 10am - Echo, Narcissus, Icarus and Friends: Greek Myths. $5. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St.

miLLS river LiBrAry 124 Town Center Drive, Suite 1, Mills River, 890-1850, library.hendersoncountync.org • WE (3/30), 11am - “Hunters in the Sky,” presentation about birds of prey by Carolina Mountain Naturalists. Free.

BUNComBe CoUNty pUBLiC LiBrArieS buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • FR (4/1), 10:30am - "S-T-R-E-TC-H Yoga Story Time, for children ages 3-6. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • FR (4/1), 3-4:30pm - “Spring Break LEGO Builders Club,” for children out of school. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester

N.C. ArBoretUm 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org • MONDAYS & TUESDAYS through (5/24), 10-11:30am - Wee Naturalists program for ages 2-5 with crafts, exploration, stories. Registration recommended. $7 per child/$3 per additional child/ Parking fees apply.

fLetCher LiBrAry 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am Family story time. Free. girL SCoUtS 989-7850, girlscoutsp2p.org, mindy.smith09@gmail.com • TU (4/5), 11am-1pm - Open House for girls kindergarten through 12th grade and volunteers. Free. Held at 31 College Place, Building C hANdS oN! A ChiLdreN’S gALLery 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-8333 • THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS through (3/31), 2-5pm - “Makerspace,” using toys to design and build bridges. $5. • TU (4/5), 11am - “Mad Science Lab: Seed Survivor,” activities for kids about seeds. $7/Free for members. • TU (4/5) through FR (4/8) - “Spring flower festival,” featuring children’s flower making crafts using recycled materials. $5 admission. heNderSoNviLLe SiSter CitieS hendersonvillesistercities.org • Through FR (4/15) - Submissions of artwork, essays, poems, short films, and/or photography inspired by the theme “Peace through People” are accepted from students at Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County and in schools

SpeLLBoUNd ChiLdreN’S BooKShop 640 Merrimon Ave. #204, 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

oUtdoorS LAKe jAmeS StAte pArK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 Programs are free unless otherwise noted. • SU (4/3), 9am - “Early Spring Photo Safari,” walk with awardwinning photo-journalist and ranger Jamie Cameron. Bring your own camera equipment. • WE (4/6), 8am - “Spring Bird Hike,” ranger led hike around Fox Den Loop Trail. Bring binoculars and a field guide.

pAreNtiNg ASheviLLe City SChooLS ashevillecityschools.net/pages/ • Through (4/11) - Open registration for eight-week play & learn groups for adults with infants and toddlers. For more information or to register contact: grace. ragaller@acsgmail.net. Free. pUBLiC LeCtUreS At UNCA unca.edu • WE (3/30), 6-7:30pm - “How to Raise a Money-Smart Child,” by Molly Coffey of OnTrack Finance. Free. Held in Robinson Hall room 210.

verNer CeNter for eArLy LeArNiNg 2586 Riceville Road • Through MO (4/18) - Open registration for parenting classes for parents and caregivers who are military veterans and/or family members of veterans. Classes take place TUESDAYS (4/19) through (5/10), 5:30-7pm. Free.

pUBLiC LeCtUreS pUBLiC LeCtUreS At UNCA unca.edu Free unless otherwise noted. • TH (3/31), noon-1pm - “The Tribal Spirit: Indian Identity in the 21st Century,” lecture and workshop by Perry Horse, leadership coach in the community college national reform movement. Held in the Intercultural Center. • TH (3/31), 7-8pm - “Chaos Games and Fractal Images,” lecture by Bob Devaney, professor of computer science, mathematics and statistics at Boston University. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium. • TH (3/31), 7pm - “This American Jewish Life,” presentation by Hal Lewis, president and CEO of Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership. Held in the Sherrill Center Mountain View Room. • TU (4/5), 6pm - Pride Month Event: “From the Margins to the Middle: Experiences of LGBTQ People of Color,” panel discussion. Held in Highsmith Union room 221. • TU (4/5), 7:30pm - “How Germany Sees the World,” World Affairs Council talk by Thomas Wulfing, Germany’s Consul General. $10/Free for UNCA students. Held in the Reuter Center.

SeNiorS AArp SmArt driver CLASSeS 253-4863, aarpdriversafety.org AARP Smart Driver Class • FR (4/1), noon-4pm - Driving refresher class. Registration required: 505-1992. $20. Held at the UNCA Reuter Center. LeiCeSter CommUNity CeNter 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook. com/Leicester.Community.Center • MONDAYS, 4:30pm - Christian based yoga for seniors. Free.

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meditationasheville.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-7:30pm - Introductory talk on the Transcendental Meditation technique. Online registration. Free to attend. ASheviLLe SoUNd heALiNg 776-3786, ashevillesoundhealing.com, info@ashevillesoundhealing.com • SATURDAYS, 11am & SUNDAYS, noon - Healing concert with crystal bowls, gongs and chanting. Free to attend. Held at Skinny Beats Drum Shop and Gallery, 4 Eagle St.

CeNter for SpiritUAL LiviNg ASheviLLe 2 Science Mind Way, 231-7638, cslasheville.org • 1st FRIDAYS, 7pm - “Dreaming a New Dream,” meditation to explore peace and compassion. Free. firSt CoNgregAtioNAL UCC of heNderSoNviLLe 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville, 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • FRIDAYS through (4/1), 10am “Great World Religions,” lectures

teaching about Islam, Judaism and Buddhism. Free. grACe LUtherAN ChUrCh 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • Through (4/8) - Open registration for the “When in Doubt, Make Belief,” workshop that takes place on Monday, April 11, 10am-noon. Registration required: bit.ly/doubtbelief. $10. • Through MO (4/4) - Open registration for the six-week Grief Rite Bible study that takes place each

Wednesday from April 13 to May 18, from 10am-noon. Registration required: bit.ly/grace-griefrite. $8. • Through TH (4/7) - Open registration for the “ YOUnique WORKSHOP” taking place Saturday, April 9, from 9:30am4:30pm. Registration required: bit. ly/younique2016. Free. • Through MO (4/4) - Open registration for the Wednesday, April 6, 8:30-9:30 a.m. interfaith breakfast for local church leaders to learn about the Thrivent Builds - Habitat

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Interfaith Home. Registration: 6940340 ext. 111. Free to attend. jUBiLee CommUNity ChUrCh 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • THURSDAYS (4/7) through (5/12), 6:30-8pm - “Bringing Zen to Life: A Six Week Series to Empower Practice for Challenging Times,” zen meditation, teachings, discussion and practice presented by Windhorse Zen Community. Admission by donation. om SANCtUAry 87 Richmond Hill Drive, 505-2300 • SATURDAYS, 11am-noon Meditation session. Admission by donation.

SpoKeN & WritteN Word 35BeLoW 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • TH (3/31), 7:30pm - Listen to This Storytelling Series: “Airports and Airplanes,” stories and original songs from locals. $15. ASheviLLe WriterS’ SoCiAL allimarshall@bellsouth.net • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - N.C. Writer’s Network group meeting and networking with featured speaker Jessica C. White, an organizer of Asheville Zine Fest. Bring a longline or elevator spiel to share. Free to attend. Held at Cork & Keg, 86 Patton Ave. BLUe ridge BooKS 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Banned Book Club. Free to attend. • SA (4/2), 3pm - Charley Pearson presents his book, The Marianated Nottingham and Other Abuses of the Language. Free to attend. BUNComBe CoUNty pUBLiC LiBrArieS buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • FR (4/1), 4pm - Barbara Kinsolver Book Club: The Lacuna. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • SA (4/2), 2pm - Poetry reading and book signing by Nancy Gillingham. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • Tu (4/5), 7pm - Enka Book Club: At The Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TU (4/5), 7pm - Bill Hart presents his book, Hiking the Appalachian Trail and the Great Smokies. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview

• TU (4/5), 7pm - Weaverville Evening Book Club: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • WE (4/6), 3pm - Weaverville Afternoon Book Club: Paris Trout by Pete Dexter.250-6482 Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TH (4/7), 6pm - Swannanoa Book Club: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevon, Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • TH (4/7), 4pm - Leicester Friends of the Library meeting. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester CALdWeLL CommUNity CoLLege & teChNiCAL iNStitUte 726-2202 • TH (4/7), noon - Reading and discussion by Conor Grennan, author of Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal. Free. Held at CCC&TI Watauga Campus, 372 Community College Dr.ive, Boone • TH (4/7), 7pm - Reading and discussion by Conor Grennan, author of Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal. Free. Held at J.E. Broyhill Civic Center, 1913 Hickory Blvd. SE, Lenior fireStorm CAfe ANd BooKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 Free unless otherwise noted. • Last THURSDAYS, 7pm - Liberty Book Club. • 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Other Worlds Are Possible Book Group. LANier LiBrAry 72 Chestnut St., Tryon, 859-9535, lanierlib.org • FR (4/1), 1pm - “Using Description as a Medium for Intensity in Nature or EcoPoetry,” workshop by John Lane. Registration required: 859-9535. $35. mALAprop’S BooKStore ANd CAfe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted. • FR (4/1), 7pm - Emily Shaules presents her collection of essays, Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It. • SA (4/2), 7pm - Diane Les Becquets presents her book, Breaking Wild. • SU (4/3), 3pm - Poetrio Series: Featuring poetry readings by John Blackard and Lola Haskins. • TU (4/5), 7pm - Lee Smith presents his memoir, Dimestore: A Writer’s Life. • TH (4/7), 7pm - Author Ashley Warlick presents, The Arrangement.

NoveLS & NoveLtieS BooKStore 408 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-1870, fountainheadbookstore.com • TU (4/5), 5pm - Ann B. Ross presents her book, Miss Julia Inherits a Mess. Free to attend. pUBLiC eveNtS At UNCA unca.edu • WE (3/30), 7pm - Poetry reading by Cyrus Cassells. Free. Held in the Highsmith Union Grotto.

SportS AdULt LeAgUe KiCKBALL 250-4269 • Through (4/1) - Open registration for this Buncombe County Recreation Services league. $40. peopLe for BiKeS peopleforbikes.org • WE (3/30), 7am - Public sendoff for the 400-mile “Ride on Atlanta.” Free. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St.

voLUNteeriNg ASheviLLe hiStory CeNter 253-9231, smh@wnchistory.org. • SA (4/2), 10am - Park day volunteering at the Smith McDowell House. Lunch provided for those who register. Register: wnchavolunteers@gmail.com. Held at Smith-McDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Road hANdS oN ASheviLLeBUNComBe 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org Register online for full guidelines. • SU (4/3), 5:30-7:30pm - Tidy and organize the play rooms at a local mediation center. • MO (4/4), 6-8:30pm - Help bake cookies for hospice patients and their families. • TU (4/5), 6-8pm - Pack and sort food to be given to agencies serving hungry people in 17 WNC counties. homeWArd BoUNd of WNC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org • 1st THURSDAYS, 11am “Welcome Home Tour,” tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population. Registration required. Free to attend. For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

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BY LesLie BoYD leslie.boyd@gmail.com As dozens of people gathered around tables in the gymnasium at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Asheville, ivy gibson-hill reflected on why a popup clinic was created for the third annual LGBT in the South conference, held March 18-20. Last year, a young man who was having suicidal thoughts came to the conference, and he wanted someone to talk to. Gibson-Hill was able to find some chaplains and social workers who were also attending the event. This year, she wanted to do more. “We wanted to be really intentional about it,” she says. “When we look at the statistics for LGBT folks, we see a lot of disparity, so we wanted to be able to connect people directly to services while they’re here.” The Asheville-based Campaign for Southern Equality sponsored this year’s third annual conference. The first conference, held in the Friendship Hall of the United Church of Christ, brought about 150 people. The second, held at Pack Place, drew about 500. This year, registration closed at 653 people — full capacity for the new A-B Tech Event Center. Tables around the pop-up clinic are staffed by people from a variety of agencies and services, from HIV/AIDS testing, services and education to help with advance care directives and information about care for transgender people. lee storrow, executive director of the NC AIDS Network, stopped by the Western North Carolina AIDS Project table to be tested for HIV. “I do this a couple of times a year,” Storrow says. “I think I know my status, but it’s important to know for certain.” A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts that one in two AfricanAmerican men who are gay or have sex with men will become HIVpositive, Storrow says.

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ALL together NoW: Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, executive director of the Campaign for Southern Equality, addresses the audience at the plenary session on the opening day of the LGBT conference. Beach-Ferrara is the presumed Buncombe County commissioner-elect in District 1. Photo by Leslie Boyd “People need to understand that the HIV epidemic is not over,” he says. The HIV/AIDS education that happens here is important because it can help people understand the other risks involved. At a workshop on the importance of expanding Medicaid, the federal insurance program for low-income people, carolyn mcallaster, of the Duke HIV/AIDS Policy Clinic, explained that although most HIVpositive patients can get federal Ryan White Funding to help pay for their medications, they have no access to care for other ailments. carolyn reeves, a master’s degree student who is gathering stories about the need for Medicaid expansion, shares the story of a young man who is HIV-positive but also has hepatitis C and serious back problems. He can get his HIV medications, but his back pain and hepatitis are not being treated. He has applied for both Medicaid and Social Security disability and been denied.

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“If he could get treatment for his back problems, he could get a job,” Reeves says. “Instead, his condition just gets worse.” amanda stem, advocacy supervisor at WNCAP, says people who have health problems that aren’t being treated often fall out of care for their HIV treatment as well. Many of the people who come to WNCAP do so from distant counties where public transportation is nonexistent. Getting to Asheville from Cherokee County is a hardship, but if Medicaid were expanded, patients likely would be able to get treatment closer to home instead of having to travel to where the funding is. Storrow says many states are repurposing federal AIDS medication money to help patients get assistance with health insurance premiums. “If you offer insurance, treatment for all health problems is available,” Storrow says. “If you just pay for AIDS medications, people aren’t really getting comprehensive care.”

The conference also held workshops on ending “conversion” therapy and the behavioral health problems that accompany it. Most of the larger organizations that attempt to “cure” homosexuality have gone out of business, but some survive, and the Southern Poverty Law Center successfully sued one such program in New Jersey for consumer fraud. “The theory that a gay person can be ‘fixed’ furthers the appearance of ‘other’ and ‘less than,’” says sam wolfe, an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center. Although there are no reliable statistics, Wolfe says, he knows of a number of people who have contemplated or committed suicide after failing to be “cured.” “We do know that higher levels of rejection by family or community are associated with a higher risk of suicide,” Wolfe says. Similar problems exist within the transgender community,

Transformation Yoga Trainings says dr. jennifer abbott, director of the transgender health program at Western North Carolina Community Health Services’ Minnie Jones Clinic. Abbott did not know much about transgender care before working at the clinic, when a counselor asked her to prescribe testosterone for a young woman who wished to transition to male. “I had never done that before, but I agreed to see him,” she says. As she watched his life transform, she decided to learn more. Today, WNCCHS offers care to transgender people as part of its family practice program. “It’s not just about coming in for your hormone treatment,” Abbott says. “It’s about checking your blood pressure. We don’t have a special day for trans care; it’s just part of your regular primary care.” dede dallas, a patient at WNCCHS for a year, says that for the first time since she began her transition, she feels as though she’s finally seen as a person: “I’m not just a trans woman; I’m a whole person.” X

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Forests anD alligators anD battleFielDs — oh MY! Bernstein writes account of Southern parks to celebrate 100th anniversary of National Park Service BY ViRginia DaFFRon vdaffron@mountainx.com What do the South’s 71 national park units have in common? Asheville author danny bernstein, who visited every one of them in preparation for the National Park Service’s centennial year, says that’s a hard question to answer. Some parks, like the 1-acre Brices Cross Roads and Tupelo national battlefields in Tupelo, Miss., are modest in size. Others, like the Great Smoky Mountains National Park west of Asheville, are vast. Congaree National Park, outside Columbia, S.C., preserves a unique natural environment. The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park commemorates an important cultural milestone. Many others have historical importance. Perhaps the greatest commonality Bernstein found among all the different parks she visited for her new book, Forests Alligators Battlefields: My Journey through the National Parks of the South, was that each can claim a particular significance. In her view, every one of the South’s 71 parks proved itself “worthy of protection” and interesting in its own way. Beginning around 2010, Bernstein plotted an itinerary to visit and revisit a dizzying variety of sites, using the federal agency’s definition of the South: bounded to the north by Kentucky, to the south by the U.S. Virgin Islands, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and to the west by Louisiana. She urges her fellow Ashevilleans to look beyond the riches to be found in the Smokies and our other local national park units, which include the Blue Ridge Ridge Parkway, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail and the Carl Sandburg Home. Just a three-hour drive from Asheville, she explains, awaits the Congaree’s strange flood plain, with its massive old-growth bald cypress and loblolly pines and outstanding bird-watching opportunities. Visitors can canoe on Cedar Creek or stroll the park’s 2.4-mile boardwalk. Rustic camping facilities are available, but early arrival is advisable, since spots can’t be reserved. Among the more exotic locales Bernstein visited were properties in the U.S.Virgin

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Islands. She found the campground at Cinnamon Bay on the island of St. John “a paradise of a place.” The three parks on St. Croix, on the other hand, “could use a lot of help and a friends-of-the-park group.” Besides understaffed visitors centers and faded signage, though, there was some fascinating history. Unlike Bernstein’s three previous books, this one is not about hiking, though she writes about many interesting walks along the way. It’s also not a guidebook. “We don’t need that, now that we can look up the park websites,” she explains. Instead, “I talk about what I found and my idea of why it was protected.” No less important than each park’s physical resources, Bernstein realized, is the human element: the rangers and volunteers who make the system work and make the different sites come alive. “They are so steeped in the park,” she says, “and so eager to share that passion with visitors.” She was astonished at how quickly rangers returned emails and phone calls. She also shares a tip: Get to the park early. “If there are three or four visitors who need to know where the bathroom is,” she explains, the ranger won’t be able to engage with your questions as fully. But when you have their undivided attention, rangers and volunteers almost always share interesting information and insights. In low-lying parks, Bernstein observed sobering evidence of the threat posed by climate change. At the Everglades National Park’s Flamingo Visitor Center, for example, signs indicate the area’s elevation: 3 feet above sea level. And at the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Louisiana’s bayou country, ranger Aleutia Scott told Bernstein candidly, “Besides all the levees, the sea level is also rising: Our wetlands are being lost.” When asked what’s next for her, Bernstein doesn’t talk about a trip, a long hike or a new book project. Instead, she’s embarking on a book tour that will take her “all across the Southeast” to talk to hiking groups, book groups, environmental organizations and schools. “Whoever invites me, I will go and talk about the National Park Service,” she explains.

Ultimately, Bernstein hopes to inspire an appreciation of all our national parks. “The National Park Service is so much more than the big, iconic national parks,” she emphasizes. And though she’s been volunteering in the Smokies since 2010 and leads hikes there every month, she also encourages folks to visit the many smaller parks. “We have 410 National Park Service units in this country, and every one of them is protecting something useful and important,” she maintains. “If they didn’t do this work, no one would, and the land would be sold off. If Carl Sandburg’s wife hadn’t sold her land to the parks, the Sandburg house would be a subdivision now. It wouldn’t be a place where people can walk and jog and visit goats and learn about the Sandburgs’

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Get growing with gardening classes Whether you are an experienced or first-time gardener, the fifth annual “Get Growing” gardening series — offered by the Organic Growers School, Fifth Season Asheville Market and the Dr. John Wilson Community Garden — is here to help you step up your gardening skills. The four-part series will focus on the main aspects of organic gardening: planning, planting, production and pests, and is being taught by Organic Growers School instructor diana schmitt mccall, who is also the manager at the Dr. John Wilson Community Garden in Black Mountain — a garden that produces over 4,000 pounds of produce annually. The first three classes of the four-part series will take place at Fifth Season Asheville Market. The introductory class will cover the basics — the reasons for growing organically, garden site-and-design considerations, soil and nutrient basics, garden seasons and gardening tools. The next two classes will dig a little deeper and cover a wide range of topics including starting plants from seeds, transplanting, composting, creating edible yards, maximizing garden space, mulching, watering, fertilizing, and organic disease and pest control. The final class of the series will take place at the Dr. John Wilson Community Garden. It will include a hands-on educational tour of the garden and provide an opportunity to review topics from the first three classes, to see gardening techniques firsthand and to build confidence. The series will take place Tuesday evenings, April 5 – 26, from 7-9 p.m. Participants can take the whole series for $75 or take individual classes for $20. For more information or to register visit organicgrowersschool.org/ .X

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ASheviLLe greeN driNKS ashevillegreendrinks.com • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Eco-presentations, discussions and community connection. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place CreAtioN CAre ALLiANCe of WNC creationcarealliance.org • TU (4/5), 3pm - “Day of Prayer for Climate,” offered by Young Evangelicals For Climate Action. Free. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. • TU (4/5), 7pm - “Faith, Science and our Changing Climate,” lecture by Dr. Katharine Hayhoe. Free. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. • TU (4/5), 5-6:30pm - “Collaborative Communities Reception,” with climatologist Katharine Hayhoe. Registration required. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave • TH (4/6), 8:30-10am - Spiritual Leadership Breakfast: “Communicating Change: A faithful approach to our Changing Climate” presentation by climatologist Katharine Hayhoe. Registration required: mountaintrue.org/hayhoe/. Free to attend. Held at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 789 Merrimon Ave. eLiShA mitCheLL AUdUBoN SoCiety emasnc.org • TU (4/5), 7-8pm - “Project Puffin,” presentation about the quest to save puffins and other endangered birds. Free. Held at UNCA, Reuter Center. greeNfeSt At UNCA unca.edu • WE (3/30), 7pm - “How to Vote Green,” panel discussion with local elected leaders and environmental advocates. Free. Held in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. moUNtAiNtrUe 258-8737, wnca.org • WE (3/30), 6:30pm - NC WARN presentation regarding clean energy solutions. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

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fArm to tAp: Fonta Flora Brewery owners, from left, Todd Boera, David Bennett and Mark Bennett inside the historic stacked-rock barn that will soon become the brewery’s new farmhouse production facility. Photo courtesy of Fonta Flora Brewery acreage and ensures that the property will be maintained under a permanent conservation easement with commensurate guidelines for future construction and development. Under this arrangement, Fonta Flora secured an 8.6-acre parcel of the land consisting of historic structures and road frontage in addition to farmable open space. andrew Kota, stewardship director for Foothills Conservancy, was enthusiastic about Fonta Flora’s participation in protecting the Paddy’s Creek watershed, the historic Overmountain Victory Trail corridor and the open views surrounding the farm. “[The property] was listed for sale about a year and a half ago,” he says. “Someone could’ve come in and bought it, and you never know what the uses will be after that.” Foothills Conservancy purchased more than 40 acres, which will be donated to Lake James State Park later this year, resulting in a brewery and farm site that will be nestled against protected state parklands.

According to state parks director mike murphy, “This property will be a valuable addition to Lake James State Park, and just as valuable are the community partnerships we’ve been able to forge in developing this park. The collaboration of the Foothills Conservancy and Fonta Flora Brewery is a great example of creative thinking for conservation.” Fonta Flora has attracted national attention for its use of local ingredients, currently obtained through foraging traditional Appalachian wild fruits and building relationships with regional farmers and producers. Farming the new property will allow Fonta Flora to grow much of its own produce, with plans including fruit orchards, herb gardens, vegetable patches and supplemental hops and grains. While the brewery’s agricultural presence will provide greater access to adjuncts that have proven difficult to source, such

as pawpaws and persimmons, the brewery will continue to rely heavily on area farmers and will still source its malted grains from Asheville’s Riverbend Malt House. Whippoorwill’s historic structures will be preserved and renovated whenever possible rather than giving way to new construction, and all restoration is to be completed with historically accurate materials. The farm’s existing structures were built with a unique type of stone mined onsite, designated Paddy’s Creek Stone in reference to a nearby tributary of the Linville and Catawba rivers. A 4,500-square-foot barn is expected to house the future production floor, another structure will be converted into a traditional coolship building, and a stacked-stone milking parlor will be repurposed for barrel cellaring. Boera intends to scale up to a 15-barrel production brewhouse and 30-barrel fermentation and aging vessels, quadrupling the brewery’s output to 2,500 barrels next year. By keeping the brewhouse relatively small, Boera can assure the same attention to detail he has always dedicated to his small-batch saisons and fruited sours, while allowing for increased production of flagship clean beers such as Hop Beard IPA and Irish Table Stout, the latter having won a gold medal at the 2014 Great American Beer Festival. With striking views of Shortoff Mountain and the Linville Gorge as well as proximity to the Paddy’s Creek area of Lake James State Park, Fonta Flora’s second brewery is likely to become a prime destination for Asheville locals with a taste for both craft beer and outdoor adventure. In Kota’s opinion, “It’s a win-win situation. … It’ll be beneficial to the area having a local business out there that makes a product from local ingredients. It’s a good enhancement to that part of the county, and hopefully it will help bring more people out there to enjoy the open recreational areas and local craft products that the brewery makes.” The expanded production facility, expected to be operational by year’s end, will significantly increase the brewery’s capacity to supply its beers to the Asheville market, and plans for a tasting room are on the horizon. On the motivation behind developing a farmhouse expansion specifically, Boera says, “It’s the reason why a lot of people have farm breweries. Brewing is [fundamentally] agricultural, and so having the chance to take it back to its agricultural roots is pretty awesome.” X

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breathing rooM Asheville’s ABC Board expands capacity There’s been a buzz around town, whispers that the Asheville Alcoholic Beverage Control Board’s warehouse has been expanded. To the average person that might not be a very big deal, but to bartenders and restaurateurs, it could mean increased availability of and dependable access to some spirits that can be hard to acquire. North Carolina is a control state, which means the sale of alcohol is state-regulated. The entire supply flows through a central warehouse in Raleigh before being distributed throughout the Tar Heel State, and that pipeline often leaves bartenders wondering what happened to specific brands and labels they requested when their orders arrive. There have been months of drought for brands like Buffalo Trace bourbon, for example. So rumors of the warehouse expansion have triggered hopes that help is on the way.

But as jason thacker, the board’s operations manager, points out, it’s best not to count those chickens before they hatch. “Over the years, we’ve just outgrown the warehouse that we are in,” he explains. “When I first started here back in 2002, we were probably doing $14 million in sales, but we’re planning on doing $30 million this year.” An increasingly diverse line of available products and a massive spike in by-the-drink sales at bars and restaurants have combined to force the local board’s hand in meeting that demand. In February, the board began renting a 7,800-squarefoot building owned by Moog Music, substantially increasing the 18,000 square feet of capacity that’s served the Asheville area for a couple of decades. But the motivation wasn’t simply so the board could stock

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In 2015, the Asheville ABC Board grossed over $28 million in sales, ranking it among the highest-grossing in the state. A significant amount of that money, however, went to pay for things like purchasing the product and paying employee salaries. And once the expenses are covered, the profits flow to various entities, including local governments. Between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2015, the ABC board gave $2.4 million to the city and Buncombe County, and in the first two months of 2016, it’s paid them almost $1.5 million more. That money goes directly into those governments’ general funds. Another $155,000 funded grants for alcohol education and rehabilitation. If you make your money selling alcohol, then it stands to reason that selling more of it at a more favorable

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price will generate greater profits. As Thacker explains it, “Getting this extra warehouse space is allowing us to do some buy-in.” The ABC Commission in Raleigh controls the price of spirits — and, in conjunction with national distributors, mandates periodic statewide sales on certain brands. To take advantage of this, the Asheville board has started buying those brands en masse when they’re on sale, so it can sell them at the regular price after the sale ends. “The half-gallon bottle of Burnett’s [vodka] goes on sale for three months and then goes off sale for three months, and it does that yearround,” Thacker explains. “Well, if we can forecast that correctly, to where we can buy a three-month supply at the sale price, then every bottle we sell for three months when it’s back at a higher price, we’re making two more dollars a bottle.” Those kinds of thrifty decisions and business savvy have already caused significant growth in the nonprofit’s revenue. “In the first month, we made an extra $14,000 just by doing the buy-ins,” Thacker reports. “So if you average that

out over the course of the year, you’re looking at over $200,000 just by getting some extra warehouse space.” good NeWS, BAd NeWS But while that’s good news for the city, it still doesn’t guarantee access to the kinds of booze the region’s bartenders and cocktail mavens have been asking for. “It’s still going to be hard to get the high-demand products and stockpile them, because Raleigh allocates how much of it we can get when it comes to items like Buffalo Trace,” notes Thacker. “But we shouldn’t have the problems we’ve had in the past, like running out of Maker’s Mark or Jameson or Absolut. I just don’t want the bars to think we’re going to have 100 cases of Buffalo Trace down there.” At the end of the day, putting money into city and county coffers is a key part of the ABC Board’s mission, Thacker stresses. “The more we make on these buy-ins, the more money we get to give the city and county. That’s the main thing.” X

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Celtic sea salt’s cookbook contest Asheville’s Celtic Sea Salt brand turns 40 this year, and to celebrate, carla delangre of parent company Selina Naturally is orchestrating a friendly competition that’s open worldwide through Sunday, May 1. “It’s a cookbook contest where we’re collecting recipes from all of our fans from the past 40 years,” DeLangre says. “I want recipes that really highlight any of our salt products.” Those include basic items like the company’s light gray, pink, kosher and smoked sea salts; seasoned salt blends, including rosemary, herbes de Provence, garlic and celery; specialty products like toasted sesame seed blends and seaweed seasoning; and of course, pepper. “Out of the submissions, we’re picking 30 of our top favorites,” she says, noting that the best entrants will creatively showcase the branded ingredient or use it as a finishing touch. Winners will get a year’s supply of salt (a pound per month) in addition to being included in the book. One grand prize recipient will be featured on the cover and receive a luxury trip to Asheville, including a three-night stay at the Grove Park Inn plus a family dinner with the Selina Naturally team (which will also make it into the cookbook). “We’re going to start off with an e-book,” DeLangre says, and depending on the sales, it may go to print at a later date. More than just a compilation of recipes, the finished product will share company history highlights, behind-the-scenes stories from the family business, commentary from doctors and other professionals regarding Celtic Sea Salt’s dietary report card and a snapshot of Celtic Sea Salt today, including key people involved with the brand. “As most people know, familyowned businesses, they’re becoming more and more rare,” DeLangre says. “A lot of businesses are being bought out, and that’s OK. But sometimes you want to know where your money is going when you purchase a product. This is our way of sharing with people that we’re still the authentic family that’s offering the high-quality products that [they’ve] trusted for over 40 years.”

do a stencil of Morrissey’s face and do something fun with that.” DJ matthew storm schrader will provide aural accompaniments while the chef serves his vegetarian fare — sourced largely from Second Spring Farm, Synchronicity Farms and Blue Meadow Farms. The dinner is at MG Road, 19 Wall St., Thursday, April 7, beginning with a cash bar (and complimentary PBR) at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. For tickets ($39), visit meatismurder.splashthat.com. NeW foodS At doBrA teA WeSt A new line of organic vegetarian food is available at Dobra Tea West. The shop’s Yum Bowls are made with brown rice, seasoned beans, steamed vegetables, avocado, salsa and a signature sauce, while the Westside Bowl combines housemade kimchi, shiitake mushrooms, kale, carrot, beet, daikon, cucumber wakame salad, toasted seeds and tahini or peanut sauce over rice. Other offerings include salads, spring rolls, soups and more. Dobra Tea West is at 707 Haywood Road. Hours are 9 a.m.10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday. Visit dobrateanc.com for more information. the BULL ANd BeggAr AddS BrUNCh

BooKiNg it: Asheville-based company Selina Naturally is accepting submissions of recipes that feature any product from its Celtic Sea Salt line for a forthcoming cookbook celebrating its 40th year in business. Photo courtesy of Celtic Sea Salt

Visit celticseasalt.com for more information on the company or to participate in its contest. meAt iS mUrder diNNer “I just love cooking vegetables,” says chef nohe weir-villatoro, who

will dish out five courses of them during his Meat is Murder dinner at MG Road on Saturday, April 7. “I first envisioned this as a fun idea for a pop-up, playing off The Smiths’ album Meat Is Murder. I was inspired to base the dishes around the music. For the dinner, I’m actually going to

The Bull and Beggar is getting into the brunch game. A menu on the company’s Facebook page lists items like a full English breakfast, oysters, peel-and-eat shrimp, a fried chicken sandwich, various gourmet egg and omelette dishes and sides like beignets and muesili. Most small plates fall in the $4-$6 range, while entrees average around $11. Wine, cocktails, coffee, tea and juices are also available. The Bull and Beggar is at 37 Paynes Way, Suite 007. Brunch is available 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays. (Sunday dinner service has been discontinued.) Visit facebook.com/ TheBullAndBeggar for updates. X

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A flotilla of food trucks will converge on the Masonic Temple downtown on Saturday, April 2, for the third annual Asheville Food Truck Showdown. This year promises the largest contest yet, with 15 food trucks revving up for the event, which serves as a kickoff to Asheville’s food truck season. A wide range of cuisines will be brought to the table this year, including Peruvian fusion from Out of the Blue and Southern gourmet from Appalachian Chic, both trucks that are new to the competition. Asheville food truck fans will also find perennial favorites such as Gypsy Queen Cuisine, Farm to Fender and Taste & See. And Root Down, two-time winner of the Best Food Truck award, will return to defend its title. In previous years, Root Down owner and chef dano holcombe has wowed the judges with rabbit

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étouffée and his version of lamb ribs. Holcombe says he believes this year’s event will be better than ever. “There are a few new trucks on the scene, and people and fans should be treated to and enjoy some fantastic food,” he says. “Our food truck community has some of the most talented chefs and business owners in town ready to show off what they have. I’m excited for what is considered the curtainraiser for our food truck season.” Trucks will compete for two awards — Best Food Truck and the People’s Choice. Attendees will have the option to buy tickets for $1 each or 10 for $5 to vote for their favorite competitor for the People’s Choice. The overall Best Food Truck will be chosen by a panel of judges, including Katie button, owner and executive chef of Curate and Nightbell, larry blunt from WLOS, and local food critic stu helm. Both the judges and

the people will submit their votes by 4 p.m., with the announcement of the winners made around 5:30 p.m. Although general admission is free, and guests can wander the grounds purchasing food from the trucks of their choice, a new component to this year’s showdown offers VIP seating inside the Masonic Temple that will include a tasting of food from each participating truck. Food will be brought to the tables by servers to encourage guests to relax and enjoy the experience. VIP seatings are available at 1:30, 3:30 and 5 p.m., with or without beverages. Food truck fare may be in the spotlight, but it won’t be the only attraction at the event. Members of the Asheville Brewers Alliance will supply craft beer, and downtown cocktail bar Sovereign Remedies will add an extra touch of festiveness to the occasion with stations offering wine and crafted

seasonal mixed drinks. Owner charlie hodge says choices will include a signature house-made restorative spring tonic made with gentian and gin, a root daiquiri made with rum, sassafras, burdock, dandelion and lime and a fresh garden rickey of vodka, carbonated honey tea and tulsi, which “fits the sunny spring.” Hodge will also have a slushy machine on hand churning out a frozen version of one of the bar’s most popular offerings, the No. 27 — an amped-up take on a whiskey ginger made with Jack Daniels, house-made ginger syrup, cardamaro, lemon and angostura bitters. Many of the herbal ingredients for the drinks have been sourced from Sovereign Remedies’ partner Urban Patchwork Farms. Children’s activities and craft booths will round out the fun as well as a new addition to the lineup — live entertainment. Entertainers from the annual The Temple Has Talent fundraiser will offer live music and magic shows 1:30-5:30 p.m. in the historic Temple Theatre. Tickets for the theater are included with VIP seating or are otherwise $5 per seat. All proceeds from the Asheville Food Truck Showdown will benefit the Asheville Humane Society, Masonic Home for Children, Whitestone Retirement Community and Friends of the Asheville Masonic Temple.X

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Cross-disciplinary festival photo+craft launches in Asheville BY aLLi maRsHaLL amarshall@mountainx.com If craft comes with a connotation of being retro or historic, the stuff of legacy bolstered by preservation efforts, eric baden, the director of craft programming and professor of photography at Warren Wilson College, offers another perspective. Those who come out of the education environment are “around a number of young people who borrow much more freely from different areas and disciplines,” says Baden. “It’s a really exciting thing to work with.” Out of that spirit of experimentation evolved the idea for photo+craft, a community arts event held in Asheville from Thursday, March 31, to Sunday, April 3. As its name suggests, photo+craft examines the two disciplines individually and where they intersect. Among those junctions, Baden lists the issue of craft and craftsmanship in the production of material objects, and issues around craft and industry, or photography and industry. “The broad fields of photography and craft have been outliers to the field of fine art throughout the 20th century,” he says. “They’ve both fed fine art and have ultimately had incredible influence in what was considered fine art.” Baden adds, “We’re not really pushing a point of view. It’s to hold up some things together and see what happens.” The long weekend of photo+craft came about through a Windgate Fellowship that Warren Wilson College received. The purpose of the grant is to increase craft programming on campus as well as collaboration with the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design. While in discussion with the center about its current exhibit, Recorded Matter (which looks at the use of video in the ceramic art process), Baden was reminded of an idea he’d developed earlier around photography and craft. He quickly found others thinking along similar lines. “We were really lucky to have a community right at this moment so

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emergeNCe: Director Harvey Wang screens From Darkroom to Daylight at The Altamont Theatre on Saturday, April 2, as part of photo+craft’s programming. The multidisciplinary event, says organizer Eric Baden, aims “to hold up some things together and see what happens.” Pictured, “Sally Mann 2012” by Wang interested on working on it,” Baden says. The festival’s schedule includes programming that evolved from the core group of artists involved with

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planning, as well as related exhibitions. The photo+craft roster also includes two keynote speakers who are highly regarded in each field.

fred ritchin, whose talk “Bending the Frame: Photography and Social Change” takes place Friday, is the dean of the School at the International Center of Photography in New York. Along with educational roles at the Tisch School of the Arts and the Photography & Human Rights program at the Magnum Foundation, Ritchin worked as a photo editor at The New York Times Magazine and Horizon, and as the executive editor of Camera Arts magazine. namita gupta wiggers, who speaks on “Almost Touch + Virtual Communities: photo+craft” on Saturday, is currently on the board of the CCCD and is the former director of the Museum of Contemporary Craft on Portland, Ore. It was to that institution that she brought, among other programs, Ai Weiwei’s Dropping the Urn. Alongside those experts, students will also show their work and take on other roles in the event. A Warren Wilson student has curated an exhibition at the college’s Holden Gallery that looks at craft fairs in Western North Carolin in the 1930s, ’50s and ’80s. The exhibit Keep Your Eyes Open: DIY Photography includes contributions from Warren Wilson’s campus craft crews. Among them, the fine woodworking crew has been making pinhole cameras and the fiber arts crew focused on photograms — cameraless images — which are then fashioned into photographic quilt patterns. That combination of young artists, new views, experienced makers and traditional ideas augment Baden’s vision of furthering a conversation. The numerous exhibits and activities scattered over four days are each a piece of the dialogue, though Baden says it will be worthwhile to participate in any or all of photo+craft’s many facets. “This region has long been looked to for craft,” he says. “In recent years I’ve heard people talk a lot about contemporary art here — what’s happening here that’s new. That questioning and energy is a way to look at moving forward.” X

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All events are in Asheville unless otherwise noted. thursday, march 31 • Exhibition and reception for Keep your Eyes Open: DIY Photography at WWC. Held at Holden Gallery,Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa. 5-7 p.m. • Collector’s dinner, held at the Fischer/Shull home (tickets sold through REVOLVE). 6:30 p.m. friday, april 1 • Open house and registration at the Broadway Arts Building, 49 Broadway. 3:30-5:30 p.m. • Exhibition and reception for Authentic Constructions with Lindsay Lochman, Barb Ciurej, Janelle Young, Constance Thalken and Christina Z. Anderson. Held at Henco Gallery, 54 1/2 Broadway. 4-5:30 p.m. • Keynote speaker Fred Ritchin on “Bending the Frame: Photography and Social Change.” Broadway Arts Building. 5:30-7 p.m, followed by reception. saturday, april 2 • Workshop, “Cameraless Photography: Silver Figurative Rendering Salon,” with Robert Asman. Held at The Asheville Darkroom, Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St. (Tickets sold through The Asheville Darkroom.) 9 a.m.-noon • Presentation and discussion on “Making and Meaning: Photobooks and the Social Fabric” with Clarissa Sligh and Alejandro Cartagena, moderated by Eric Baden. At Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, 56 Broadway. 10-11:30 a.m. • Film screening of From Darkroom to Daylight with director Harvey Wang. At The Altamont Theatre, 18 Church St. 1-2:30 p.m. • Panel discussion on “Ghosts in the Machine: Finding Craft in the Digital,” with James Huckenpahler, Vasna Pavlovic and Elijah Gowin, moderated by Bernard Welt. At the Altamont Theatre. 2:30-4 p.m. • Keynote speaker Namita Gupta Wiggers on “Almost Touch + Virtual Communities: photo+craft.” At the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, 67 Broadway. 5-6:30 p.m. • photo+craft celebration and presenter’s exhibition, P hantom Practices. At REVOLVE, Cotton Mill Studios, 122 Riverside Drive. 8 p.m.

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For the sake of the song

Bluegrass stalwart Town Mountain hones its sound on a new album

UNdeNiABLe: “I grew up listening to country music and Southern rock,” say Town Mountain guitarist and lead singer Robert Greer. “But I think [bluegrass] is just undeniably cool music, especially when it’s done the right way.” The local band releases its fifth studio album, Southern Crescent, on April 1. Photo by Sandlin Gaither Southern Crescent, the fifth studio album from local bluegrass champions Town Mountain, doesn’t throw out the playbook that the quintet has successfully fashioned over the last decade or so. Theirs isn’t a style that shocks with its subversiveness or big concept aspirations — it’s a sturdy, dependable sound, using no-frills building blocks to tackle mostly original songs with zeal and verve. But it’s surprisingly and resiliently,refreshing. Town Mountain plays an album release show at The Grey Eagle on Friday, April 1. “Our band spent a little time figuring out what our sound was, and we figured that out three or four records ago,” says guitarist and lead singer robert greer. “I think there’s a constant movement today of bands trying to be as heady as they can be. That’s not something we’re ever

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going to try to do. We just rock a pretty steady downbeat in our band, and we’re fortunate to have guys like phil barker [mandolin] and jesse langlais [banjo] who write a lot of tunes.” In the modern era of bluegrass and roots music, Town Mountain’s musicians (including bobby britt on fiddle and nick disebastian on bass) avoid the highfalutin extremes of the Punch Brothers as much as the down-home ramshackle thrust of Old Crow Medicine Show. They get their licks in and sing tight harmonies, but they are not overly polished. They let the song lead. The bluegrass-centric approach wasn’t a foregone conclusion, however. Despite hailing from Appalachia now, most of the members of Town Mountain didn’t grow up here, nor were they particularly immersed in the genre. Greer says he, like his bandmates, caught the bluegrass bug when

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he was in his late teens and early 20s because of his Grateful Dead fandom. “I grew up listening to country music and Southern rock,” Greer admits. “but I think [bluegrass] is just undeniably cool music, especially when it’s done the right way. There are a lot of bands around our age who came into bluegrass in really similar ways ... maybe they went to a festival, maybe they heard a recording of Old and in the Way and hadn’t realized until then that Jerry Garcia was such a badass banjo player. Whatever it was, it’s a cool, energetic music and something about it is contagious.” It’s likely that fresh-faced enthusiasm drives Town Mountain forward. On Southern Crescent, there’s little fuss and pretension, as each track has a lived-in and live feel, with the band members coalescing around the song in an almost preordained way. There is

as much outlaw country and Western swing to these songs as bluegrass, despite the instrumentation. As traditional and even-keeled as Town Mountain is, no other band sounds quite the same. Part of the reason behind this, according to Greer, was that the band decided to go to Louisiana to record with famed fiddle player and accordionist dirk powell. “It was a really cool, soulful experience,” Greer says of the sessions. “Dirk’s the man. Great musician, and he knows so much about all genres of music. He also loves it raw and energetic, not too glossy. We knew that’s who we wanted to work with.” The other appeal of working with Powell was the chance to record in The Cypress House. Located south of Breaux Bridge, La., in a structure that dates to 1840, it has been converted into a high-end recording studio primarily for Powell’s clients. Some of the engineering work coming out of the studio has garnered Grammy nominations. “His studio is nothing fancy, but it’s all made out of really old cypress wood, and it’s a cool-sounding room,” says Greer. “People seek out his studio because of that room.” Southern Crescent will also benefit from a new tack on the business side of things. The LP is being released via LoHi Records, a new label out of Greensboro, backed by entrepreneur Jim Brooks, singer-songwriter veteran Todd Snider and Railroad Earth fiddle player Tim Carbone, among others. “It’s cool to be involved with a record label — [whose] touring musicians have been doing it for 20-plus years — having your back, making the calls,” Greer says. X

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southern CoMFort NYC native Zach Cooper’s music flourishes in Black Mountain In late 2013, Zach cooper and his wife left Harlem for a three- to fourmonth road trip in search of a new place to live. Their list of criteria included warmer temperatures than in New York, the ability to ride their bikes to work, a lower cost of living and enough of a musical scene to keep Cooper interested and afloat as an instrumentalist and composer. Black Mountain came the closest to checking off all the boxes on that list and, two years later, the couple feel confident that they made the right decision. They’re enjoying the slower pace of life, the surrounding natural beauty and the tightknit community of neighbors committed to one another’s well-being. Among the connections in Cooper’s new hometown is jordon glover, in whose latest Glass Floor arts initiative — a pop-up gallery opening, dance performance and live music showcase on Friday, April 1, in Black Mountain — Cooper will be featured. The composer, his laptop armed with Ableton Live music software and flanked by gadgets including synths and a modified tape recorder, will team up with Kiah abendroth (trumpet/loop pedal) and victor dimotsis (drums/percussion) to perform his new album The Sentence, which debuted at PULP in early March. Born in New York City, Cooper grew up just north of the metropolis and went on to study composition at the University of Vermont. In addition to experimental compositions under his own name, he produces DJ work under the moniker kuxxan SUUM. He also plays guitar, bass and keys alongside DiMotsis in King Garbage, occasionally adding Asheville rapper mic l!ve to form L!ve Garbage. In addition, Cooper has scored short films by Black Mountain-based director greg herman and recorded numerous artists in his living room studio, but he downplays the notion that the peace and quiet of his new

digs have significantly altered his creative process. “If you’re really serious about making art, it shouldn’t matter where you are,” Cooper says. “Your surroundings will impact the things you make, but there’s no excuse not to be making art.” The primary repercussion from the move south is that it’s separated him from a developed electronic music scene. Though Cooper acknowledges the Asheville area’s strong network of DJs and electronic and experimental musicians, he’s found the scene’s general lack of history beyond Moog Music — a landmark company, but not necessarily a hub for new music — artistically liberating instead of a limitation. “There’s a deep heritage in New York, and that was both healthy and unhealthy for me. I often felt like I needed to fit in or do certain things that would allow me to be accepted into certain circles,” Cooper says. “Not having a big community has allowed me to really dive deeper into my own style and my own preferences without feeling like I needed to make any gains.” For The Sentence, that approach meant further exploration of the old recordings that he’d mined and reworked for his previous album, Daniel McClung In Memoriam. The archive includes demos cut in high school, older cassettes of jamming with his cousin, conversations of goofing off with friends and performances of chamber music Cooper composed in college. Devoting time to meditation before turning his attention to the audio, Cooper says he held on to “the peace and pure joy” of that mindset, which granted him an almost childlike openness in listening to the range of sounds and sources. “The ones I was drawn to were very light, in a way, and lighthearted,” he says. “There are definitely moments of heaviness on the record, but it all comes from a place of being light and joyful.” The resulting dozen song titles spell out, “This is for us to incite stillness in our hearts and minds,” a phrase that harkens back to the method by

the perfeCt fit: Choosing a one-night pop-up art venue over a more established spot may seem an odd decision, but Zach Cooper views it as an apt fit for his music. Though Asheville offers many small performance spaces conducive to his work, the multi-instrumentalist and experimental composer says comparable ones are hard to find in his adopted home of Black Mountain. Photo by Greg Herman which they were created. It’s indicative of the opposing yet harmonious sounds to which Cooper alludes. From word to word, the collection flows between peaceful tracks that encourage presence and reflection, to jarring, often atonal works that, while seemingly running counter to that mission, actually encourage focus by drawing attention to themselves. In turn, Cooper has crafted a sonic metaphor for the coexistence of the bustling city of his past and the serene countryside of his present. X

what Glass Floor Gallery Showcase featuring Zach Cooper where 108 Sutton Ave., Black Mountain when Friday, April 1. Art gallery showcase at 8 p.m., Dance performance at 9 p.m. music at 10 p.m. $5

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Musician Frank Solivan’s recipe for camaraderie

the BeSt iNgredieNtS: Frank Solivan, second from left, and Dirty Kitchen combine bluegrass with selected recipes from Solivan’s upcoming cookbook, available on the Isis Restaurant & Music Hall menu. Photo by Chester Simpson “It’s like the old saying, ‘The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,’” says mandolin player frank solivan. “If you have a good meal, everybody’s just a little more at ease. And when you hear them say, ‘Oh! Mmm, this is good,’ that’s just a whole ’nother layer of the connective tissue between artist and fan.” Solivan will combine his bluegrass with menu selections from his upcoming cookbook when he and his band dirty Kitchen play at Isis Music Hall & Restaurant on Thursday, March 31. Solivan’s latest album, Family, Friends & Heroes, showcases his spontaneous approach to making music. Many of the tracks were recorded live in the studio.

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On those tracks, the musicians were “all in the same room, microphones are set up, and we’re able to see each other,” Solivan says. “There’s something to be said, something honest that comes across with things that aren’t totally polished. In the studio, you can fix just about anything.” He provides an apt analogy: “You see those magazine covers with the photo of the pretty girl before and after. They trim up the waist, they bring up the breasts, tuck in this and trim up that. The same kind of thing can be done in the studio, but we just wanted to be honest. I think that honesty comes through on this new record.”

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The personal circumstances around the making of the album influenced the final product. “My mom sang ‘Wayfaring Stranger’ on the record,” Solivan says. “And she passed away shortly after we recorded that. Maybe it’s even foreshadowing that she sang and recorded that particular song.” He sings a bit of the lyric: “I’m going home to see my Father.” But Family, Friends & Heroes isn’t a collection of melancholy tunes. In fact, there’s a playful mindset at work, as evidenced in a reading of Roy Orbison’s “Oh Pretty Woman” that cleverly works in the signature guitar riff from The Beatles’ “Day Tripper.” Solivan recalls,

“We were just messing around in rehearsal one day, and our banjo player said, ‘Let’s try this.’ We did, and then we decided, ‘Let’s figure out a way to keep that in there!’ All that stuff is connected. And it’s pretty wild.” Though the record is rooted in the bluegrass tradition, it’s also designed to appeal to a wider audience. “If people listen or give my music a chance, they’ll find something they like,” Solivan says. “I’m sure of it. There are so many different styles of American music. We typically get pigeonholed into the bluegrass scene, which is fine, because we do play bluegrass. And we love the bluegrass

community. Under that big umbrella, there’s newgrass, traditional, contemporary, progressive, whatever.” He adds, “I’m starting to call it ‘allgrass.’ Because we play all of that stuff, and then we try to have our own sound as well.” Solivan explains the meaning behind the album’s title, Family, Friends & Heroes. “The first part of that is family. We sit around in the living room and play music all the time. We have meals, and then the next thing you know, everybody starts to whip out their instruments and play. And sometimes it creates a positive environment to just be with each other.” For the Dirty Kitchen’s current tour, Solivan decided to combine the concert experience with the camaraderie that arises out of a shared meal. In selected cities, including Cazenovia, N.Y., and Bristol, Tenn., Solivan and his band will actually cook enough food for about 100 guests. In Asheville, Solivan will bring the spontaneous approach of his music to the kitchen: “We haven’t quite figured it out totally, but I know they’ll feature one or two items on the Isis menu,” he says. At press time, plans called for Solivan to join Isis chef chris jones in the kitchen to prepare Solivan’s osso bucco and roasted tomato caprese crostini. Solivan has collected his favorite recipes in a cookbook, currently in what he describes as “the last stages of development. The recipes — and I use that word pretty loosely, because I want it to be more like a guide book — will provide a little more comfort for people to be in the kitchen, and not be too stringent on rules,” he says. Solivan says there are plenty of comparisons between cooking andmaking music, “Because you’ve got to do it to your own tastes.” X

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Thao and The Get Down Stay Down From frontwoman Thao Nguyen’s distinctive vocal work to a cornucopia of synthesized adornments, many moving parts and mood shifts come together on Thao and The Get Down Stay Down’s new album. “A Man Alive is more instrumental, more riff- and loop-centric and has more manipulated sounds,” Nguyen says, adding that she hoped the album would be “not just fun, but I wanted a kind of crazy, rabid, animal energy. That’s my favorite thing about performing — you can tap into this frenzy.” Nguyen’s scuffed-up pop mosaic unearths mixed feelings toward her absent father, but the heavy subject matter only fuels hyped-up performances. Saintseneca and Emily Easterly open the band’s next show at The Grey Eagle on Tuesday, April 5, at 8 p.m. $15/$18. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by Maria Kanevskaya

Recorded in the company of goats and pigs at a barn-turnedstudio in Woodstock, N.Y., Bombino’s new album Azel has a title with three pertinent meanings in his native language of Tamasheq. Azel, the place, neighbors Bombino’s Nigerian hometown and is admirable for its schoolhouse, according to a press release. The term also refers to a tree’s roots and stems, symbolizing the singer-songwriter’s groundbreaking blend of native styles with reggae and Western influences. Perhaps most fitting is Azel’s informal connotation: It’s slang for “That’s my jam,” according to the same release. A celebrated advocate for peace and equality for his native Tuareg community, LEAF alumnus Bombino brings his warm and effortlessly intricate guitar playing to The Orange Peel on Sunday, April 3, at 8 p.m. $16/$18. theorangepeel.net. Photo by Marije Kuiper

Bobby FKN White

Jonathan Scales Fourchestra

Bobby FKN White makes his own rap music in addition to bringing talent to Timo’s House, where he’s the general manager. His new album Singles and Wrinkles (available for free download at undergroundunheard.com/downloads) compiles songs created with various collaborators in the 10 years since he co-founded the local label and artist collective Underground Unheard. If the single “Two Hands” is any indication of the larger work, expect socially conscious lyrics — “Worldwide struggles circulate like the Hubble. ... Violent intent is not born but bred, so check ya head” — backed by high-intensity electronic effects and rock undertones. Bobby FKN White plays a free release show as part of UU’s Spring UP tour, along with DLX, ManuKaru, DJ Coach K, Brutha Wulf and host ECO at The One Stop on Thursday, March 31, at 10 p.m. ashevillemusichall.com. Photo by Dana Vines

“Having Futureman and Jeff Coffin playing my original music for a hometown show is a dreamlike scenario for me,” says Jonathan Scales. He studied the two — a drummer and saxophonist, respectively — after discovering their work with Béla Fleck, whose music “completely altered the trajectory of my life.” And they influenced more than just the formation of the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra. Coffin taught the young steel pannist to present only his best efforts by pulling out of a collaboration. (“I thought my life and career were over,” Scales recalls.) Futureman urged Scales to pursue a long-form composition, which became his best-selling album Mixtape Symphony. Now the veterans, plus bassist Jay White, are learning a full set of their protégé’s music. Watch the local artist’s dream come true at The Altamont Theatre on Friday, April 1, at 8 p.m. $15 ($25 VIP). thealtamont.com. Photo courtesy of the artist

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Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com by the Brevard Philharmonic featuring works from Samuel Barber, Francis Poulenc and Felix Mendelssohn. $25-$35. Held in the Porter Center. • SU (4/3), 2pm - “A Conversation with Maestro Portnoy,” director and conductor of the Brevard Philharmonic. Free to attend. Held in Scott Commons at the Porter Center. • MO (4/4), 12:30pm - First Mondays with Brevard Music Center: Featuring Dilshad Posnock on flute and Craig Nies on piano. Free. Held in the Scott Concert Hall at the Porter Center. mUSiC At moNtreAt CoLLege 669-8012, montreat.edu • TU (4/5), 7pm - Student recital. Free. Held in the Chapel of the Prodigal.

pUSh SKAte gALLery: Put together award-winning illustrator and character designer Fian Arroyo with Joshua Marc Levy, rock ‘n’ roll poster artist to the stars, and Push Skate Gallery gets an unusual, energetic and colorful art experience with popsurrealistic skate art, wild blotter art collages, original drawings and screen prints, and fantastical skateboard deck designs. The show opens Friday, April 1, at 7 p.m. and runs throughout April. Artwork by Fian Arroyo courtesy of Push Skate Gallery (p. 49) Art pAiNtiNg iN reAL Life (pd.) Roots + Wings School of Art and Design Creative Campus. Create unique, large scale, acrylic paintings from real life objects and creating abstractions on your own using inspiring techniques. April 9+10, 10am - 3pm. $175. info@rootsandwingsarts.com 573 Fairview Road, Asheville, NC 28803 828.545.4827 ASheviLLe AreA ArtS CoUNCiL 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • TU (4/5), 10am-noon - Artist Business Brainstorm: “How to Build Your Business,” with Sharon Oxendine. Registration required. Free. doWNtoWN firSt fridAy Art WALKS downtownashevilleartdistrict.org • 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - Downtown Asheville museums and galleries open doors to visitors. Visit the website for participating venues and full details. Free to attend. fireStorm CAfe ANd BooKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • 1st FRIDAYS, 6:30pm - “The Tipout Artist Showcase,” open mic with local music, poetry and other arts. Free to attend. LexiNgtoN gLASSWorKS 81 South Lexington Ave., 348-8427 • 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - Glass blowing demonstrations, live music, and beer. Free to attend. SoUtherN highLANd CrAft gUiLd 298-7928, craftguild.org

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• SA (4/2), 10am-4pm - “Bringing the Heat!” Glass blowing and metal working demonstrations. Free to attend. Held at Folk Art Center, MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway

AUditioNS & CALL to ArtiStS ANAm CArA theAtre 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • WE (3/30), 7-9pm - Open auditions for And Everything Nice: A Purity Anti-Manifesto for the Stage. Contact for full guidelines.Free. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B Art moB 124 Fourth Ave. E., Hendersonville, 693-4545, artmobstudios.com • Through FR (4/1) - Submissions accepted for the first annual Juried Art Show. Contact for full guidelines. ArtS CoUNCiL of heNderSoN CoUNty 693-8504, acofhc.org • Through (5/2) - Artist applications accepted for the 57th annual Art on Main fine art and fine craft festival. See website for full guidelines. BLACK moUNtAiN CoLLege mUSeUm & ArtS CeNter 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege. org • Through TH (6/30) - Submissions accepted for the 8th Annual ReVIEWING Black Mountain College conference. See website for full guidelines. roCKyfeSt rockyfacepark.com/rockyfest

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• Through FR (4/15) - Applications accepted for artist vendors for the RockyFest live music and trail race festival. See website for full guidelines.

mUSiC ASheviLLe ChAmBer mUSiC SerieS 259-3626, ashevillechambermusic.org • SU (4/3), 4pm - Doric String Quartet with pianist Jonathan Biss playing Haydn, Korngold and Brahms. $38. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place ASheviLLe mUSiC SChooL 252-6244, ashevillemusicschool.org, ryan@ashevillemusicschool.org • 1st SUNDAYS through (6/5), 4pm - “Sounds That Shaped Us - Spinterviews” live mash-ups of vinyl and musician interviews by Robin Tolleson. $5 adults/$2 students. Held at Asheville Music School Performance Loft, 126 College St. CeNtrAL UNited methodiSt ChUrCh 27 Church St., 253-3316, centralumc.org • SA (4/2), 3:30pm - East Tennessee State University Chorale concert. Free. fLAt roCK pLAyhoUSe 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS (4/7) through (4/14) , 2pm & 7:30pm - “Donny Edwards: An Authentic Heart & Soul Tribute to The King,” Elvis tribute and impersonation concert. $30. mUSiC At BrevArd CoLLege 884-8211, brevard.edu/fineartsevents • SU (4/3), 3pm - “A Wall of Sound,” concert

mUSiC At UNCA 251-6432, unca.edu • FR (4/1), 3pm - Opera Talk: “Partnering with Education and More,” presentation by Asheville Lyric Opera General Director David Craig Starkey about Carmen. Free. Held in the Reuter Center. • FR (4/1), 7:30pm - Concert by Fletcher Peacock, bass trombonist and UNCA Director of Instrumental Studies. Free. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium. • SU (4/3), 3pm - Sundays with Brevard Music Center: Featuring Brevard faculty members including harpist Ina Zdorovetchi, flutist Dilshad Posnock, pianist Craig Nies. Free. Held in the Reuter Center. SiNgiNg iN the pArK ashevillelyric.org/events-3/ • SA (4/3), 2-4pm - Live performance highlights from the upcoming Asheville Lyric Opera’s production of The Magic Flute. Free. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St.

theAter ASheviLLe vAUdeviLLe facebook.com/AshevilleVaudeville • SA (4/2), 7:30pm & 10pm - Featuring MC Onkel Woland, acrobatics, live music, puppetry, juggling, burlesque and the Tinderbox Circus Sideshow. $15 for 7:30pm show/$12 for 10pm show. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B fLAt roCK pLAyhoUSe doWNtoWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • FRIDAY through SUNDAY (4/1) until (4/3) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Studio 52 student production. Fri. - Sat.: 7pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $5-$10. moNtford pArK pLAyerS 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS until (4/9), - Dark Lady of the Sonnets and The Upstart Crow. $15. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway the mAgNetiC theAtre 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (4/9), 7:30pm - The Improbables (An Unlikely Comedy). $24/$21 advance. theAter At mArS hiLL 689-1239, mhu.edu • TH (4/7) through SA (4/9), 7:30pm Honk! A musical theater production based upon Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling. $10/Free for students. Held in Moore Auditorium.

gaLLeRY D iRectoRY ANANdA WeSt 37 Paynes Way, Suite 005, 236-2444 anandahair.com • Through TH (5/19) - Sound + Vision, an exhibition of paintings by Deanna Chilian. AppALAChiAN pASteL SoCiety appalachianpastelsociety.org • Through FR (5/13) - Appalachian Pastel Society member exhibition. Reception: Sunday, May 1, 10am. Held at Grace Community Church, 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River Art At ASU 262-3017, tcva.org • FR (4/1) through MO (8/1) - Show Me the Way to Go Home, exhibition of the mixed-media collage of Brad Thomas. Held in the Turchin Center. • FR (4/1) through SA (8/6) - Melting, exhibition of the paintings and photographs of Marietta Patricia Leis and David Vogel. Held in the Turchin Center. Art At mArS hiLL mhu.edu • Through FR (4/15) - Exhibition of the sculptures of Michael Neil Jacobsen and the drawings of Michael Anthony Riesch. Held in Weizenblatt Gallery. Art At UNCA art.unca.edu • Through TH (3/31) - Women’s History Month Art Exhibition: The Struggle of Everyday Living, paintings by Sahar Fakhoury. Held in the Highsmith Building Intercultural Gallery. • Through FR (4/1) - Stone in Love: Seduction of the Orphan Past, photography and poetry by Oguz Erdur. Held in Ramsey Library Blowers Gallery. • Through FR (4/1) - Annual juried student exhibition featuring works by members of Art Front, UNC Asheville’s student art organization. Held in the Tucker Cooke Gallery in Owen Hall. • Through FR (4/1) - Open Hearts Art Center exhibition, curated by Curatoria, an interdisciplinary collective of UNC Asheville students, faculty, and other scholars. Held in the Second Floor Gallery of Owen Hall. ASheviLLe Art mUSeUm 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through TU (5/31) - Vault Visible, exhibition of photographs from the extensive museum collection. ASheviLLe gALLery of Art 82 Patton Ave., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through TH (3/31) - New Horizons, painting exhibition by Anne Bonnyman, Cathyann Burgess and Johnnie Stanfield. • Through TH (3/31) - New Horizons, exhibition of the paintings of Anne Bonnyman, Cathyann Burgess, and Johnnie Stanfield. BASCom CeNter for the ArtS 323 Franklin Road, Highlands, 526-4949, thebascom.org • Through SU (5/22) - Exhibition of the paintings of Lucien Harris. Reception: Saturday, April 30, 5-7pm. BLUe SpirAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through FR (4/29) - PhotoCRAFT, photography and object exhibition. • Through FR (4/29) - Kreh Mellick exhibition. • Through FR (4/29) - Southeast Contemporary Textile exhibit.

BUNComBe CoUNty pUBLiC LiBrArieS buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • FR (4/1) through SA (4/30) - Storybook Characters on Parade, exhibition of handmade dolls and figurines inspired by story book characters. On display in the Youth Services Department. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. CheStNUt 48 Biltmore Ave. • Through TU (5/31) - Pastels in Nature, exhibit of the work of Elise Okrend. fireStorm CAfe ANd BooKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • Through TH (3/31) - Posada: Marigolds & Skulls, exhibition of the prints of Jose Guadalupe Posada. grANd BohemiAN gALLery 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com • Through SA (4/30) - The Last Magician, exhibition of the paintings of Chris Sedgwick. peNLANd SChooL of CrAftS 67 Doras Trail, Bakersville, 765-2359, penland.org • Through SA (5/1) - This Is a Photograph: Exploring Contemporary Applications of Photographic Chemistry, exhibition. piNK dog CreAtive 342 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com • Through SU (5/22) - Orthogonal Convergence, exhibition of the photographs of Steve Mann.

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SAteLLite gALLery 55 Broadway St., 305-2225, thesatellitegallery.com • FR (3/4) through TH (3/31) - Jeremy Phillips painting exhibition. Opening reception: Friday, Mar. 4, 7-10pm. SWANNANoA vALLey fiNe ArtS LeAgUe svfalarts.org • FR (4/1) through SA (4/30) - A Celebration of Springtime, member exhibition. Opening reception: Friday, April 1, 5-7pm. Held at Red House Studios and Gallery, 310 W. State St., Black Mountain tryoN ArtS ANd CrAftS SChooL 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, 859-8323 • Through WE (4/20) - Mixed media show. tryoN fiNe ArtS CeNter 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • Through FR (4/8) - Showcase of Excellence, juried high school art exhibition. Opening reception: Saturday, Mar. 12, 10-11:30am. UpStAirS ArtSpACe 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (4/22) - Have A Seat: Eight Designers of Contemporary Chairs, exhibition of contemporary chairs. ZApoW! 21 Battery Park Suite 101, 575-2024, zapow.net • Through (5/2) - Girls On The Run of WNC, multimedia art exhibition. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees.

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CLUBLANd CLUB eLeveN oN grove Scruffy City Synchopators (swing music), 8:30pm

WedNeSdAy, mArCh 30

CreeKSide tAphoUSe Singer-songwriter night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm

5 WALNUt WiNe BAr Sean Gaskell (world), 5pm Les Amis (African folk), 8pm

CroW & qUiLL Carolina Catskins (gritty ragtime jazz), 10pm

550 tAverN & griLLe karaoke, 6pm

diANA WorthAm theAtre Rhythmic Circus presents “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now!” (dance, brass, beatbox), 8pm

ALtAmoNt BreWiNg CompANy Ben Phan, Chris Titchner & Dave Desmelik (songs in the round), 8:30pm

doUBLe CroWN Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm

ASheviLLe mUSiC hALL Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm

eLAiNe’S dUeLiNg piANo BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm

BeN’S tUNe-Up Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7pm

foggy moUNtAiN BreWpUB Triptych Soul (jazz fusion), 9pm

BLACK moUNtAiN ALe hoUSe Play to Win game night, 7:30pm

freNCh BroAd BreWery Dave Dribbon (acoustic), 6pm

BLUe moUNtAiN piZZA & BreW pUB Open mic, 7pm

grey eAgLe mUSiC hALL & tAverN Joe Purdy w/ Garrison Starr (folk, rock), 8pm

ByWAter Westend Trio (soul), 9pm

iSiS reStAUrANt ANd mUSiC hALL Ray Chesna (blues, folk, singer-songwriter), 7pm Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen (bluegrass, oldtime), 8:30pm

dArK City deLi Pool Tournament, 7:30pm

jACK of the Wood pUB Bluegrass jam, 7pm

doUBLe CroWN Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm foggy moUNtAiN BreWpUB Billy Litz (Americana), 9pm fUNKAtoriUm John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm good StUff Jim Hampton & friends perform “Eclectic Country”, 7pm grey eAgLe mUSiC hALL & tAverN Laura Gibson w/ Michael Nau (folk), 8pm griNd CAfe Trivia night, 7pm highLANd BreWiNg CompANy Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm jACK of the Wood pUB Old-time session, 5pm

orANge peeL Duncan Trussell (comedy), 9pm pULp Slice of Life Comedy Duncan Trussell After Party, 10:30pm room ix Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

LAZy diAmoNd Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm

SANCtUAry BreWiNg CompANy Comedy night w/ The Dopey Boys, 7pm

Lex 18 Andrew J. Fletcher (stride piano), 7pm

SCULLy’S Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm

LoBSter trAp Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm moUNtAiN mojo CoffeehoUSe Open mic, 6:30pm NeW moUNtAiN theAter/AmphitheAter Twiddle (jam), 10pm NoBLe KAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

SLy grog LoUNge Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30pm Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm SoL BAr NeW moUNtAiN ADBC presents Axiom Wednesdays (drum ’n’ bass), 9pm tALLgAry’S At foUr CoLLege Open mic & jam, 7pm Wu-Wednesdays (’90s hip-hop experience), 9pm

o.heNry’S/the UNdergroUNd “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm odditoriUm In the Presence of Wolves, Verse Vica, Fogwalker & The Art of (metal), 9pm

SoUL mUSiC: Born from a small theatrical performance in Minneapolis, Minn. in 2008, Rhythmic Circus combines New Orleans big brass, beatboxing, tap dancing and a dizzying array of musical genres into its nationally acclaimed “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now!” stage performance. The funky troupe has been featured on NBC’s America’s Got Talent and received two SAGE awards for Outstanding Ensemble and Performance, in addition to touring more than 100 cities. The Circus comes to town this Thursday and Friday, March 31 and April 1, for a two-night layover at Asheville’s Diana Wortham Theater, with both shows starting at 8 p.m.

the joiNt Next door Bluegrass jam, 8pm

off the WAgoN Piano show, 9pm

the miLLroom Flamenco nights w/ Juan Benavides Group, 9pm

oLive or tWiSt Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm

the mothLight Retribution Body w/ Lunar Creature & Aloonaluna (immersive ambient), 9pm

timo’S hoUSe “Spectrum AVL” w/ DamGood & rotating DJs, 9pm toWN pUmp Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10pm trAiLheAd reStAUrANt ANd BAr Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon & Andrew Brophy (bluegrass, old-time, Americana), 6pm treSSA’S doWNtoWN jAZZ ANd BLUeS Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

thUrSdAy, mArCh 31 185 KiNg Street Kate Rhudy & the Boys w/ Alexa Rose (“sad river folk”), 8pm 5 WALNUt WiNe BAr Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8pm ALtAmoNt BreWiNg CompANy Sammy Guns (classic country), 9pm ALtAmoNt theAtre Rock Academy, 7pm ASheviLLe mUSiC hALL Blockhead & Eliot Lipp w/ BomBassic (hip hop, electronic), 9pm

LAZy diAmoNd Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm Lex 18 Peter Gaudioso (jazz, soul, ticketed event), 6pm LoBSter trAp Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm mArKet pLACe Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm o.heNry’S/the UNdergroUNd Game Night, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am odditoriUm The Emotron, Jack Topht & Noel Thrasher (punk, experimental), 9pm off the WAgoN Dueling pianos, 9pm oLive or tWiSt Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ Mike (eclectic mix, requests), 8:30pm oNe Stop deLi & BAr Streaming Thursdays (live concert showings), 6pm Singles & Wrinkles release w/ Bobby White, DLX & ManuKaru (hip-hop, rap), 9pm oNe WorLd BreWiNg Ashley Heath (singer-songwriter), 8pm oSKAr BLUeS BreWery Shotgun Gypsies (Americana), 6pm piSgAh BreWiNg CompANy The Screaming J’s (boogie-woogie, swing), 6pm pUrpLe oNioN CAfe Danika & Jeb (acoustic, soul, Americana), 7:30pm reNAiSSANCe ASheviLLe hoteL Nikki Calloway (folk, rock), 6:30pm room ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm

BArLey’S tAproom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm

SANCtUAry BreWiNg CompANy Matt Jackson (classics, country, top 40), 7pm

the phoeNix Jazz night, 8pm

BLACK moUNtAiN ALe hoUSe Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band & Blue Plate Special, 8pm

SCANdALS NightCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

oNe Stop deLi & BAr Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm

the SoCiAL LoUNge Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm

BLUe moUNtAiN piZZA & BreW pUB Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, folk), 7pm

oNe WorLd BreWiNg Nick Andrew Staver (blues, roots), 8pm

the SoUtherN Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

ByWAter Planefolk (bluegrass), 9pm

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SLy grog LoUNge Friendship Maine (Americana), 8pm SoUtherN AppALAChiAN BreWery Blue Thursday w/ Garry Segal and guests (blues), 7pm

SpriNg CreeK tAverN Open Mic, 6pm tALLgAry’S At foUr CoLLege Open jam night w/ Jonathan Santos, 7pm the BLoCK off BiLtmore Open mic night, 7:30pm the mothLight Good English w/ The Blots, Those Lavender Whales & Fashion Bath (garage pop), 9:30pm

grey eAgLe mUSiC hALL & tAverN Town Mountain w/ Billy Strings (bluegrass, acoustic), 9pm highLANd BreWiNg CompANy Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie rock, pop, altcountry), 7pm iSiS reStAUrANt ANd mUSiC hALL An evening w/ Jay Ungar & Molly Mason (Americana, bluegrass, old-time), 8pm

the phoeNix Dave Desmelik (singer-songwriter), 8pm

jACK of the Wood pUB Sammy guns w/ Chris Jamison’s Ghost (honkytonk), 8pm

timo’S hoUSe Thursday Request Live w/ Franco Nino, 9pm

jerUSALem gArdeN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

toWN pUmp Brandon Reeves (singer-songwriter), 9pm

LAZy diAmoNd Totes Dope Tite Sick Jams w/ (ya boy) DJ Hot Noodle, 10pm

trAiLheAd reStAUrANt ANd BAr Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm treSSA’S doWNtoWN jAZZ ANd BLUeS Jesse Barry & Friends (blues, soul), 9pm tWiSted LAUreL Karaoke, 8pm White horSe BLACK moUNtAiN Ray Bonneville & Kevin Gordon (singer-songwriter), 7:30pm

fridAy, ApriL 1 185 KiNg Street FrazierBand w/ Robertson Boys (progressive bluegrass fusion), 8pm 5 WALNUt WiNe BAr Hank West & The Smokin’ Hots (jazz exotica), 9pm 550 tAverN & griLLe Modern Day Society (rock), 5pm ALtAmoNt BreWiNg CompANy Carolina Acoustic Blues Showcase w/ Stolen Hearts, Roots and Dore & Andrew Scotchie (blues), 7pm ALtAmoNt theAtre Jonathan Scales Fourchestra w/ Jeff Coffin on sax, FutureMan w/ Naughty Professor (jazz rock fusion), 8pm ASheviLLe mUSiC hALL ATYYA X GOOPSTEPPA w/ Live Animals & Tsimba (electronic), 10pm AtheNA’S CLUB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm DJ Shy Guy, 10pm BeN’S tUNe-Up Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 5pm BLUe moUNtAiN piZZA & BreW pUB Acoustic Swing, 7pm BoiLer room Rebirth 34 w/ DJ Luis Armando & more (electronic dance music), 10pm CorK & Keg The Gypsy Swingers (jazz, Latin, vintage), 8:30pm CroW & qUiLL The Balismen (gypsy jazz), 9pm diANA WorthAm theAtre Rhythmic Circus presents “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now!” (dance, brass, beatbox), 8pm doUBLe CroWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm eLAiNe’S dUeLiNg piANo BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm foggy moUNtAiN BreWpUB Paper Crowns (folk, Americana), 10pm good StUff James McElvy (acoustic, singer-songwriter), 8:30pm

Mon.-Thur. 4pm-2am • Fri.-Sun. 2pm-2am

87 Patton Ave., Asheville

LexiNgtoN gLASSWorKS Crossroads String Band (bluegrass), 5pm LoBSter trAp Hot Point Trio (jazz), 6:30pm LooKoUt BreWery Come on Man Band, 6:30pm mArKet pLACe The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm

March - April

NeW moUNtAiN theAter/AmphitheAter Dance of the Fools: A Royal Peasantry Gala (fashion show, electronic), 9:30pm o.heNry’S/the UNdergroUNd Drag Show, 12:30am odditoriUm Hellrad, Swamprot & Busted Chops (Metal), 9pm

WEDNESDAY

off the WAgoN Dueling pianos, 9pm

9PM SHOW

oNe Stop deLi & BAr Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Blackbird Blackbird w/ Chad Valley (electronic), 10pm orANge peeL Live at the Fillmore [CANCELLED], 9pm oSKAr BLUeS BreWery Jamison Adams Project (folk, rock), 6pm pACK’S tAverN DJ OCelate (pop, dance hits), 7pm

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DARK SIDE OF THE DEAD

FRIDAY

THEATER

FRIDAY

the BLoCK off BiLtmore Westsound (Motown, blues, R&B), 8pm the dUgoUt Karaoke, 9pm the moCKiNg CroW NC 63 (house band, rock), 8pm

DOPAPOD + THE FRITZ THEATER

DOPAPOD

4.16

+ TURKUAZ

8PM SHOW SATURDAY

SOL BAR

FRIDAY

NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE

4.16 BLUE WHEEL DRIVE 8PM SHOW AMPHITHEATER

4.22

630PM SHOW

StrAightAWAy CAfe Bull Moose Party (bluegrass, country), 6pm the AdmirAL Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm

+ JAHMAN BRAHMAN

4.15

SATURDAY

SoUtherN AppALAChiAN BreWery Calvin Get Down (funk, soul, groove), 8pm

THE MANTRAS

4.8

9PM SHOW

SANCtUAry BreWiNg CompANy Petty Cash (classic rock, Americana, country), 7pm

SLy grog LoUNge The Old Paints w/ Brief Awakening (indie, rock, punk, glam), 9pm

THEATER

COSMIC CHARLIE PRESENTS

9PM SHOW

8PM SHOW

SCULLy’S DJ, 10pm

TWIDDLE

+ UNIVERSAL SIGH

SATURDAY

piSgAh BreWiNg CompANy The Wild Card (April Fool’s mash-up night, fusion), 8pm

SCANdALS NightCLUB Friday Fitness in Da Club, 7pm DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

THEATER

Coming Up: THU - 4.21: SAT - 4.23: THU - 5.5: 5.20 - 5.22

the mothLight Space Cowboys & the Cosmic Girls w/ DJ Kutzu (Jamiroquai covers, funk), 8:30pm

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SPACE JESUS + PERKULAT0R STYLES&COMPLETE OTT & THE ALL-SEEING I LEFTOVER SALMON’S: BLUE RIDGE JAM

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Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

Wed • March 30 Woody Wood @ 5:30pm

Tues-Sun

5pm–12am

Full Bar

12am

Fri • April 1 Alarm Clock Conspiracy @ 7pm

COMING SOON THU 3/31 7:00 PM – RAY CHESNA 8:30 PM – FRANK SOLIVAN AND DIRTY KITCHEN CD RELEASE CELEBRATION FRI 4/1 8:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

Hosted by Dennis Berndt of Chalwa @ 1pm

Tues• April 5 Team Trivia

with Dr. Brown @ 6pm

JAY UNGAR AND MOLLY MASON

SAT 4/2 – 7:00 PM AN EVENING WITH WISEWATER 9:00 PM – SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY WITH JIM ARRENDELL SUN 4/3 5:30 PM – AN EVENING WITH HEATHER MALONEY 7:30 PM – ETTA JAMES: MUSE OF THE BLUES WITH PAULA HANKE AND PEGGY RATUSZ

WED 4/6

7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

LETTERS TO ABIGAIL

JACK OF THE

WOOD PUB

#1 Pub Grub #2 Bar for Live Music

FRI 4.1 FRI 4.5

SAMMY GUNS (HONKY TONK)

w/ CHRIS JAMISON’S GHOST

8PM $5

UNDERHILL ROSE 7PM FREE (Donations Encouraged)

FRI 4.5

TEN CENT POETRY

TUE 4.8

SHANE PRUITT BAND

FRI 4.9

THE JOSH DANIEL - MARK SCIMICK (JDMS) PROJECT

8:30 PM – SIDNEY BARNES AND RICHARD SHULMAN: WHAT’S GOING ON, MOTOWN & BLUES THU 4/7

7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH MONTANA SKIES 8:30 PM – THE MOBROS &

EMMA’S LOUNGE

FRI 4/8 7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

EDWARD DAVID ANDERSON

9:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH HARPETH RISING

SAT 4/9

W/ TYLER NAIL TRIO

7PM FREE (Donations Encouraged)

9PM $5

8:30 PM – AN EVENING WITH AL PETTWAY AND AMY WHITE W/ GUEST

SALLY SPARKS

SUN 4/10 5:30 PM – AN EVENING OF BLUES

WITH RIYEN ROOTS AND KENNY DORE 7:30 PM – HISTORY OF JAZZTHE ROARING 20’S Every Tuesday

7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS Every Sunday

JAZZ SHOWCASE

9PM $5

OPEN AT NOON DAILY

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

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the SoCiAL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm

743 HAYWOOD RD 828-575-2737 ISISASHEVILLE.COM

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jACK of the Wood pUB Underhill Rose w/ Tyler Nail Trio (country, soul), 9pm jerUSALem gArdeN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

tiger moUNtAiN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm

LAZy diAmoNd Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm

toy BoAt CommUNity Art SpACe Teen Dance Party (14-18 years old), 9:30pm

LoBSter trAp Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30pm

tWiSted LAUreL Live DJ, 11pm

mArKet pLACe DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm

WiLd WiNg CAfe SoUth A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm

NeW moUNtAiN theAter/AmphitheAter Cosmic Charlie presents Dark Side of the Dead (tribute), 10pm

ZAmBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

SAtUrdAy, ApriL 2

odditoriUm Mtn Isl, Morbids, Stoned Alone & Isaacson (rock, indie), 9pm off the WAgoN Dueling pianos, 9pm

185 KiNg Street Mark Hummel’s Golden State Lone Star Revue (blues), 8pm

oLive or tWiSt 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8pm Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm

5 WALNUt WiNe BAr The All Arounders (blues), 6pm Hustle Souls (neo soul, blues), 9pm

oNe Stop deLi & BAr Aquaducks w/ Tree Tops (funk, soul), 10pm

550 tAverN & griLLe Petty Cash (classic rock, Americana, country), 5pm ALtAmoNt BreWiNg CompANy Stolen Hearts & Caroline Tallie (blues), 9pm ALtAmoNt theAtre An Evening w/ Jen Foster & Amelia White (rock, pop, singer-songwriter), 8pm ASheviLLe mUSiC hALL Andy Hull w/ Caset Crescenzo & Nathan Hussey (indie, rock), 8:30pm AtheNA’S CLUB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30pm DJ Shy Guy, 10pm BeN’S tUNe-Up Gypsy Guitars (acoustic, Gypsy-jazz), 2pm Savannah Smith (southern soul), 8pm BLUe ridge tAproom TOUCH Samadhi presents Psychedelia (electronic, psy-trance), 10pm

orANge peeL Yo La Tengo (indie, rock, pop), 9pm oSKAr BLUeS BreWery Ross Osteen & Crossroads (rock, soul), 6pm pACK’S tAverN Westsound (R&B, soul, jazz), 7pm piSgAh BreWiNg CompANy The Lazybirds (old-time jazz, blues, swing), 8pm pUrpLe oNioN CAfe Gigi Dover & Big Love (Americana, Gypsy soul, world music), 8pm room ix Open dance night, 9pm SANCtUAry BreWiNg CompANy Chris Jamison Trio (Americana), 7pm SCANdALS NightCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm SCULLy’S DJ, 10pm

CAtAWBA BreWiNg SoUth SLope King Possum (folk, rock), 6:30pm

SoL BAr NeW moUNtAiN Mermaid Oasis Presents Atlantis Rising (electronic), 8pm

CorK & Keg The Barsters (old-time, bluegrass), 8:30pm

SoUtherN AppALAChiAN BreWery Vintage Vinyl (classic rock), 8pm

CroW & qUiLL Sean Lee (folk, singer-songwriter), 9pm

StrAightAWAy CAfe The Everydays (acoustic), 6pm

doUBLe CroWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10pm

the AdmirAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm

eLAiNe’S dUeLiNg piANo BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm

the BLoCK off BiLtmore Kevin Fuller & Ryan Kijanka (Americana), 8pm

foggy moUNtAiN BreWpUB Les Amis (world), 10pm

the dUgoUt Flashback Sally (rock), 9pm

good StUff Pop Rocks & Moonshine (singer-songwriter, folk, rock), 9pm

the moCKiNg CroW NC 63 (house band, rock), 8pm

grey eAgLe mUSiC hALL & tAverN Buckwheat Zydeco w/ Bayou Diesel [CANCELLED], 8pm Terry & The Zydeco Bad Boys w/ Bayou Diesel (zydeco, Cajun), 8pm highLANd BreWiNg CompANy Patrick Dodd (singer-songwriter), 3pm Dave Desmelik (singer-songwriter), 7pm

SATURDAY Parker & Smith (old-fashioned blues), 2-4pm SUNDAY Celtic Irish session 3-9pm MONDAY Quizzo! 7:30-9pm • WEDNESDAY Old-Time 5pm SINGER SONGWRITERS 1st & 3rd Tuesdays THURSDAY Scottie Parker (old-fashioned blues) 2-4pm, Bluegrass Jam 7pm

95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

Send your listings to clubland@mountainx.com

the SoCiAL LoUNge Rooftop Dance Party with DJ Phantom Pantone (electronic), 10pm

Sat• April 2 Patrick Dodd @ 3pm / Dave Desmelik Trio @ 7pm Sun• April 3 Reggae Sunday

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iSiS reStAUrANt ANd mUSiC hALL An evening w/ Wisewater (Americana, bluegrass, country), 7pm Saturday night dance party w/ Jim Arrendell (oldies, R&B, urban), 9pm

the mothLight Zack Mexico w/ The Tills & Aunt Sis (punk, rock, indie), 9:30pm timo’S hoUSe Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 9pm toWN pUmp Henry River Honey (Americana duo), 9pm toy BoAt CommUNity Art SpACe Asheville Vaudeville (dance, acrobatics, circus, theater), 7:30pm treSSA’S doWNtoWN jAZZ ANd BLUeS The King Zeros (blues), 7:30pm The Michael Blythe Conspiracy (jazz), 10pm

tWiSted LAUreL Indoor & Outdoor Dance Party w/ DJ Phantome Pantone (electronic), 10pm WiLd WiNg CAfe Karaoke, 8pm ZAmBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

SUNdAy, ApriL 3

SoUtherN AppALAChiAN BreWery The Dan Keller Trio (jazz), 5pm tALLgAry’S At foUr CoLLege Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm the BLoCK off BiLtmore The War & Treaty (Americana, soul, country), 7pm the imperiAL Life Ultra Lounge Listening Party w/ projections DJ Phantone Pantone, 10pm

5 WALNUt WiNe BAr Laura Blackley Band (folk, country, blues), 7pm

the omNi grove pArK iNN Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10am Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

ALtAmoNt BreWiNg CompANy School Of Rock Showcase hosted by Patrick Dodd (rock), 3pm

the SoCiAL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm

ALtAmoNt theAtre Marc Ribot Improvisation Workshop, 3pm ASheviLLe mUSiC SChooL performANCe Loft Spinterview: Legacy of CTI Records (vinyl/interview mashup, Q&A), 4pm BeN’S tUNe-Up Reggae night w/ Dub Kartel, 8pm BoiLer room The Glorious Rebellion (noise rock), 9pm ByWAter Cornmeal Waltz w/ Robert Greer (classic country, bluegrass), 6pm doUBLe CroWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9pm

the SoCiAL LoUNge DJ Kyusi on vinyl (old school trip-hop, deep house, acid jazz), 8pm the SoUtherN Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm timo’S hoUSe Bring Your Own Vinyl (open decks), 8pm Wedge BreWiNg Co. Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones (acoustic jazzswing), 6pm White horSe BLACK moUNtAiN La Terza Classe (Italian bluegrass), 7:30pm

moNdAy, ApriL 4

grey eAgLe mUSiC hALL & tAverN Marc Ribot (experimental, alt-rock, jazz), 8pm

185 KiNg Street Open mic night, 7pm

highLANd BreWiNg CompANy Turn The Town Teal (benefit), 12pm Dennis “Chalwa” Berndt (reggae), 1pm

5 WALNUt WiNe BAr Siamese Jazz Club (soul, R&B, jazz), 8pm

iSiS reStAUrANt ANd mUSiC hALL Sunday Classical Brunch, 11am An evening w/ Heather Maloney (folk, rock, singer-songwriter), 5:30pm “Etta James: Muse of the Blues” w/ Paula Hanke & Peggy Ratusz (Etta James tribute), 7:30pm jACK of the Wood pUB Irish session, 5pm LAZy diAmoNd Tiki Night w/ DJ Lance (Hawaiian, surf, exotica), 10pm LoBSter trAp Hot Club of Asheville (swingin’ grass), 6:30pm off the WAgoN Piano show, 9pm oLive or tWiSt Mojo Anton (jump, swing, blues), 6pm oNe Stop deLi & BAr Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am Sundays w/ Bill & Friends (Grateful Dead tribute, acoustic), 5pm orANge peeL Bombino w/ Last Good Tooth (rock, blues, world music), 8pm oSKAr BLUeS BreWery Oskar Blues Brews In w/ Earleine (Americana), 2pm piSgAh BreWiNg CompANy Sunday Travers Jam (open jam), 5pm SANCtUAry BreWiNg CompANy Gabe Smiley (rock, folk), 7pm SCANdALS NightCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm SLy grog LoUNge Sunday Open Mic (open to poets, comedians & musicians), 7:30pm

550 tAverN & griLLe Cornhole, 5pm ALtAmoNt BreWiNg CompANy Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30pm ByWAter Open mic w/ Rick Cooper, 8pm CoUrtyArd gALLery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm CreeKSide tAphoUSe Trivia, 7pm dArK City deLi Trivia Night, 7:30pm doUBLe CroWN Country Karaoke, 10pm good StUff Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm grey eAgLe mUSiC hALL & tAverN Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8pm jACK of the Wood pUB Quizzo, 7pm LexiNgtoN Ave BreWery (LAB) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm LoBSter trAp Dave Desmelik (Americana), 6:30pm o.heNry’S/the UNdergroUNd Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7pm odditoriUm Hotbed, Sneaky Creeps & The Egg Eaters (punk), 9pm oLive or tWiSt 2 Breeze Band (Motown), 6pm oSKAr BLUeS BreWery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm SovereigN remedieS Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm

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the mothLight Veiny Hands w/ The Chickenhawks, Comfort Creature & Kitty Tsunami (punk, psychedelic, rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

DOWNTOWN ON THE PARK Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 13 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shufﬂeboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night

the omNi grove pArK iNN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm the vALLey mUSiC & CooKhoUSe Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8pm

MARCH MA

D Catch your favorite g NESS! ame at Pack’s!

tiger moUNtAiN Service industry night (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm timo’S hoUSe Movie night, 7pm

FRI. 4/1 DJ OCelate

UrBAN orChArd Old-time music, 7pm White horSe BLACK moUNtAiN Take Two Jazz (jazz), 7:30pm

(dance, pop hits)

tUeSdAy, ApriL 5

SAT. 4/2 WestSound

5 WALNUt WiNe BAr The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8pm

(funk, jazz)

550 tAverN & griLLe Mountain Shag (Carolina shag dancing), 5pm ALtAmoNt BreWiNg CompANy Open mic w/ Chris O’Neill, 8:30pm ASheviLLe mUSiC hALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm BACK yArd BAr Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8pm

20 S. SPRUCE ST. • 225.6944 PACKSTAVERN.COM

BLACK BeAr Coffee Co. Round Robin acoustic open mic, 7pm BLACK moUNtAiN ALe hoUSe Trivia, 7pm BUffALo NiCKeL Trivia, 7pm CorK & Keg Old Time Jam, 5pm

3/30

Featuring Largest Selection of Craft Beer on Tap • 8 Wines Music Trivia Every Monday- 8pm Apr 7th- Goose Island Pint Night Apr 14th- Egg Drop Challenge! 8pm Craft a container for your raw egg using only 8 different materials, then see if you can keep it in one piece after a fall from our deck! Prizes!!

On Tap!

wed

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w/ lunar creature, aloonaluna

CroW & qUiLL Champagne Wilson & the Corkscrews (rowdy hot jazz), 10pm

good english

w/ the blots, fashion bath

dArK City deLi Ping Pong Tournament, 6pm

4/1 fri

the space cowboys and the cosmic girls

doUBLe CroWN Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm

performing the music of jamiroquai

4/2 sat 4/4

mon

4/5

tue

zack mexico

w/ the tills, aunt sis

veiny hands

free!

w/ the chickenhawks, comfort creature, kitty tsunami

jerm,s birthday!

pleasures of the ultraviolent w/ earth collider

$4 Mimosa Sundays!

800 Haywood Road P o u r Ta p R o o m . c o m Monday - Thursday 12-11pm Fri. & Sat. 12-1am • Sunday 12-11pm

retribution body

3/31 thu

4/6 wed

Serving food from Asheville Sandwich Company!

CreeKSide tAphoUSe Old School Low Down Blues Tues. w/ Matt Walsh, 6pm

4/7

thu

made to break w/ ken vandermark, christof kurzmann tim daisy, jasper stadhouders warm the bell

w/wayne robbine, jane kramer

Details for all shows can be found at

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good StUff Old time-y night, 6:30pm grey eAgLe mUSiC hALL & tAverN Thao & The Get Down Stay Down w/ Saintseneca & Emily Easterly (folk, alt-rock), 8pm highLANd BreWiNg CompANy Dr. Brown’s Team Trivia, 6pm iroN horSe StAtioN Open mic, 6pm iSiS reStAUrANt ANd mUSiC hALL Tuesday bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm

odditoriUm Odd comedy night, 9pm off the WAgoN Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm oLive or tWiSt Tuesday Night Blues Dance w/ The Remedy (dance lesson at 8), 8:30pm oNe Stop deLi & BAr Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm oNe WorLd BreWiNg Trivia, 6pm pULp Gold Rose, 9pm SANCtUAry BreWiNg CompANy Team trivia & tacos, 7pm tALLgAry’S At foUr CoLLege Jam night, 9pm the BLoCK off BiLtmore Jazz-n-Justice Tuesday w/ Searra Jade & the Jazzy Folks, 7:30pm the mothLight Pleasures of the Ultraviolent w/ Earth Collider (punk), 9:30pm the phoeNix Singer-songwriter Night, 8pm the SoCiAL LoUNge Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm toWN pUmp Rue Snider (indie, folk), 9pm treSSA’S doWNtoWN jAZZ ANd BLUeS Funk & jazz jam w/ Pauly Juhl, 8:30pm UrBAN orChArd Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm White horSe BLACK moUNtAiN Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm WiLd WiNg CAfe SoUth Tuesday bluegrass, 6pm Trivia w/ Kelilyn, 8:30pm

WedNeSdAy, ApriL 6 185 KiNg Street Vinyl Night, 7pm 5 WALNUt WiNe BAr Dave Dribbon (Americana, rock), 5pm Les Amis (African folk music), 8pm 550 tAverN & griLLe karaoke, 6pm ASheviLLe mUSiC hALL Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm BeN’S tUNe-Up Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7pm BLACK moUNtAiN ALe hoUSe Play to Win game night, 7:30pm BLUe moUNtAiN piZZA & BreW pUB Open mic, 7pm CroW & qUiLL Resonant Rogues (gypsy, Balkan), 9pm dArK City deLi Pool Tournament, 7:30pm

jACK of the Wood pUB Ten Cent Poetry (folk, pop), 7pm

doUBLe CroWN Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm

LAZy diAmoNd Classic Rock ’n Roll Karaoke, 10pm

foggy moUNtAiN BreWpUB Doug MceIvy (Americana, folk), 9pm

LoBSter trAp Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30pm

fUNKAtoriUm John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm

mArKet pLACe The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm

good StUff Jim Hampton & friends perform “Eclectic Country” (jam), 7pm

grey eAgLe mUSiC hALL & tAverN Sean Watkins w/ Petra Haden & Jesse Harris (bluegrass, folk, country), 8pm griNd CAfe Trivia night, 7pm highLANd BreWiNg CompANy Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm iSiS reStAUrANt ANd mUSiC hALL An evening w/ Letter to Abigail (Americana, folk), 7pm Sidney Barnes & Richard Shulman (Motown, blues), 8:30pm jACK of the Wood pUB Old-time session, 5pm LAZy diAmoNd Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm LoBSter trAp Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm moUNtAiN mojo CoffeehoUSe Open mic, 6:30pm NoBLe KAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm o.heNry’S/the UNdergroUNd “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm odditoriUm The Plague of Man Presents: Lord Almighty & The I-I (black metal), 9pm

Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm timo’S hoUSe “Spectrum AVL” w/ DamGood & rotating DJs, 9pm toWN pUmp Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10pm trAiLheAd reStAUrANt ANd BAr Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon & Andrew Brophy (bluegrass, old-time, Americana), 6pm treSSA’S doWNtoWN jAZZ ANd BLUeS Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm White horSe BLACK moUNtAiN The Accidentals (teen folk roots trio), 8pm

thUrSdAy, ApriL 7 185 KiNg Street Ryan Hutchens (singer-songwriter, Americana, folk), 8pm 5 WALNUt WiNe BAr Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8pm 550 tAverN & griLLe trivia night, 5pm ALtAmoNt BreWiNg CompANy Acoustic Sausage (folk), 9pm

off the WAgoN Piano show, 9pm

BArLey’S tAproom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm

oLive or tWiSt Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm

BUxtoN hALL BBq Velvet & Lace w/ DJ Dr. Filth (dark classics, benefit), 10pm

oNe Stop deLi & BAr Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm orANge peeL Black Tiger Sex Machine (“futuristic thriller”), 9pm

CLUB eLeveN oN grove Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm CreeKSide tAphoUSe Singer-songwriter night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm CroW & qUiLL Carolina Catskins (gritty ragtime jazz), 10pm

piSgAh BreWiNg CompANy Gypsy Guitar Trio, 6pm

doUBLe CroWN Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm

room ix Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

eLAiNe’S dUeLiNg piANo BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm

SANCtUAry BreWiNg CompANy Jamison Adams (jam, funk, fusion), 7pm

foggy moUNtAiN BreWpUB West End Trio (funk, blues), 9pm

SCULLy’S Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm

grey eAgLe mUSiC hALL & tAverN Driftwood w/ Milkweed (Americana, folk, rock), 9pm

tALLgAry’S At foUr CoLLege Open mic & jam, 7pm Wu-Wednesdays (’90s hip-hop experience), 9pm

LoBSter trAp Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm

the mothLight Made To Break w/ Ken Vandermark, Tim Daisy, Jasper Stadhouders & Christof Kurzmann (experimental, world music, improv), 9pm the phoeNix Jazz night, 8pm the SoCiAL LoUNge Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm the SoUtherN

CURRY HOUSE

oSKAr BLUeS BreWery Matt Walsh (blues, rock), 6pm pACK’S tAverN Hope Griffin (acoustic rock), 7pm piSgAh BreWiNg CompANy Yess-I (reggae, dub), 8pm pUrpLe oNioN CAfe Jay Brown (acoustic, folk, singer-songwriter), 7:30pm reNAiSSANCe ASheviLLe hoteL Bob Zullo (jazz), 6:30pm room ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm SANCtUAry BreWiNg CompANy Ben Phan (indie, folk, singer-songwriter), 7pm SCANdALS NightCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm SpriNg CreeK tAverN Open Mic, 6pm tALLgAry’S At foUr CoLLege Open jam night w/ Jonathan Santos, 7pm the BLoCK off BiLtmore Open mic night, 7:30pm the mothLight Warm The Bell w/ Wayne Robbins & Jane Kramer (indie, folk rock, psychedelic), 8pm timo’S hoUSe Thursday Request Live w/ Franco Nino, 9pm toWN pUmp Jamison Adams Project (folk, rock), 9pm trAiLheAd reStAUrANt ANd BAr Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm treSSA’S doWNtoWN jAZZ ANd BLUeS Jesse Barry & Friends (blues, soul), 9pm tWiSted LAUreL Karaoke, 8pm White horSe BLACK moUNtAiN Asheville 10-minute Play Festival, 7:30pm

jACK of the Wood pUB Bluegrass jam, 7pm LAZy diAmoNd Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm

the miLLroom Flamenco nights w/ Juan Benavides Group, 9pm

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iSiS reStAUrANt ANd mUSiC hALL Montana Skies (jazz), 7pm The MoBros & Emma’s Lounge (blues, funk, jam), 8:30pm

StrAightAWAy CAfe Albi & the Lifters (jazz), 6pm

the joiNt Next door Bluegrass jam, 8pm

orANge peeL They Might Be Giants (alt-rock, indie, experimental), 9pm

mArKet pLACe Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm o.heNry’S/the UNdergroUNd Game Night, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am odditoriUm The Double Entendre (burlesque), 6:30pm off the WAgoN Dueling pianos, 9pm oLive or tWiSt Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ Mike (eclectic mix, requests), 8:30pm oNe Stop deLi & BAr Streaming Thursdays (live concert showings), 6pm

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Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill in Zack Snyder’s deeply flawed, but frequently interesting Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

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tHe stoRY: A simple story about Batman being on the outs with Superman that’s overly complicated in order to bring in other characters

and the requisite mayhem and property damage. tHe LowDown: It’s neither as bad as it’s been painted nor as good as

one might hope. It takes itself too seriously and so isn’t much fun. It’s also way too long, but it does have some value. Yes, Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a mess — a spectacular mess, but not spectacular enough to make it fascinating. I was at least hoping for a grand, jaw-dropping folly (like Snyder’s 2011 Sucker Punch), but got something far more ordinary. It suffers from the general perils of the modern comic book movie — it’s too long, way too overstuffed and takes itself very seriously, indeed. Less generally, it bears the burden of having been made by Snyder, a man who seemingly possesses no sense of humor or absurdity. To say that he makes Christopher Nolan look like a firkin of simians is an overstatement, but not by much. But then I’ve never really understood how you can take a form that includes things like “Pow,” “Bam” and “Zoom” to indicate sound effects and uses “Arrgh!” for dialogue but not realize there’s a certain base absurdity to it all. I will now climb down — well, sort of — from my usual Big-Menin-Tights reservations about overly serious superhero movies and look at this latest Spandex Spectacular on its own merits. And, yes, Batman v Superman does have some merits. Let’s start with its Batman. I’ll get some flak for this, but Ben Affleck’s Batman is easily the best since Michael Keaton’s. But it has to be realized that this a middle-aged Batman of a decidedly world-weary variety. He’s also quite the nastiest Batman the movies have given us. Seriously, this business of branding his adversaries with a large bat symbol is more in line with something you might expect from his criminally insane inspiration, The Bat, from the 1920 play (and 1926 and 1930 film versions) by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. Regardless, this is a singularly unpleasant Batman, but one that fits the film. And it’s a characterization that no amount of flashbacks to his parents’ deaths justifies — despite the film’s overselling their deaths. Yeah, we’ve seen it all before, but did anyone seriously think Snyder, of all people, could resist a funeral scene? The man does dearly love funerals. (He ends up with three before the movie ends.) At the same time, this Batman is something of a Boobus Americanus. OK, so he’s already cheesed with Superman (Henry Cavill) for knocking over

his building and killing off his coworkers by way of collateral damage in previously unseen footage from Man of Steel (2013). But why — when he knows full well that Lex Luthor (a spectacularly unhinged Jesse Eisenberg) is duplicitous and deranged — does he so readily buy into Luthor’s smear campaign against Superman? And, no, “because the film promises us a battle between Batman and Superman” isn’t a good enough answer. Some sequences work, some sputter and flame out. Others simply don’t make sense — like why the Daily Planet hasn’t simply fired Clark Ken. The biggest sin, however, is the way the film seems compelled to take what is actually a fairly simple story, drag it out for two-and-a-half hours and still have to shoehorn all sorts of things in. (The fact that Snyder mistakes slowness for importance plays into this. If scenes didn’t drag on, this would be less of an issue.) I realize that we have to have something for every member of the admittedly impressive cast to do, but there’s a limit, especially when we get to a pointless scene with Pa Kent (Kevin Costner) — back from the dead — counseling the troubled Superman. Hell, it feels like the movie has been invaded by Dead Grandpa from a Family Circus comic. In the end, the film falls into the smackdown doldrums which seems to be the fate of all superhero pictures. Of course, this was inevitable just because of the title, but dragging in Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) and this hulking monster Lex Luthor has created is in the overkill range. This creature — who I guess is created from Zod’s (Michael Shannon) corpse (this is poorly developed) — is completely characterless. It’s like an oversized orc — only more irritable and allergic to kryptonite. As an adversary, he’s just not that interesting. As an effect, he is very, very CGI. Batman v Superman ultimately can’t help but feel like a very long buildup to a rote ending, followed by more false endings than Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), all in the service of a movie we’re supposed get in 2017, The Justice League Part One. As a stand-alone movie, it’s at best massively OK with sinking spells of stupidity and occasional outbursts of true worth. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action throughout, and some sensuality. Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Co-ed of Brevard, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com

I Saw the Light HHS DIRECTOR: Marc Abraham (Flash of Genius) PLAYERS: Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whitford, Cherry Jones, Wrenn Schmidt MUSIC BIOPIC RATED R

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THE STORY: Disjointed biopic of country singer Hank Williams. THE LOWDOWN: Tom Hiddleston is terrific in the lead role, while Elizabeth Olsen lends good support in this handsome film. Unfortunately, the film housing these performances has one of the most poorly structured scripts of all time. At the heart of Marc Abraham’s wayward Hank Williams biopic I Saw the Light is an exceptional performance — and impersonation — by Tom Hiddleston as Williams. It might be fairer to say that he’s as exceptional as the film allows him to be. Therein lies the problem. The film hinders him at every turn, thanks to a screenplay by director Abraham that almost singlehandedly redefines choppy. I honestly cannot recall a screenplay that jumps around as much this one and makes such a complete hash of any sense of narrative. What makes this wholly mystifying is that there’s nothing wrong with Abrahams’ direction. The problem is what he’s given himself to work with. The film feels quite authentic to period and place, and there’s no denying it’s solidly crafted. But it’s also stupefyingly flat. The biopic is a much disdained genre, and movies like this are why. It’s difficult to cite just what Abraham’s intent was here, but the problems become apparent early on when Williams is labeled as a cheating husband, without presenting much evidence to support this. We are apparently just supposed to accept it and move on to the next episodic point in what passes for a narrative. The theory seems to have been this: If major developments were left on the floor, cutting to black-andwhite footage of recreations of people who knew and worked with Williams would smooth it over by telling the story that the movie itself is incapable of relaying. Problem is, it doesn’t. Even if it did, we’d still be trapped in a movie where major events take place offscreen, while not much takes place onscreen. It is

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possible to kill off your subject offscreen to dramatic effect, but I Saw the Light manages to make it sound like he was killed in a car wreck (the film has also built up this possibility), only to explain what really happened in one of those ending wrapups. I Saw the Light is riddled with this kind of thing. At first, no one seems fazed by the quality (or lack thereof) of Williams’ wife Audrey’s (a very good Elizabeth Olsen) singing. Then, suddenly, she’s awful. The band gets fed up with Williams’ ego, drinking and lateness, grumbling about how all his songs are simple, in one scene, are mildly truculent in the next and then one big happy family in the next. There’s a creepy undercurrent to Williams’ mother (Cherry Jones), but, apart from driving an even greater wedge between Williams and Audrey, it’s never developed. Too much of the film consists of underdeveloped dramatic encounters and queerly truncated musical numbers. The latter is especially perplexing. Hiddleston does such a credible job of singing Williams’ greatest hits it makes no sense to cut them short — but all too often that’s what happens. And, goodness knows, the musical numbers outshine the drama at every turn. It’s not as if there is much story to get back to, just a loosely connected series of events. There’s no spine to the Hank Williams of the screenplay. This isn’t a “warts and all” biography. It’s more a case of “some warts and not much else.” The amazing thing is that schlock producer Sam Katzman made a more persuasive Williams biopic (with George Hamilton in the lead and Hank Williams Jr. providing the vocals) in 1964. It was biopic basic. The acting was mostly no great shakes. It was cheap and boasted little sense of period. But at least it managed to tell a coherent — if simplified and cleaned-up — story. That’s something Abraham, thanks to the botched script, doesn’t manage even with better acting, more budget and, yes, better directing. All that to one side, I Saw the Light is at least close to worth catching for Tom Hiddleston. Rated R for some language and brief sexuality/nudity. Starts Friday at UA Beaucatcher and The Carolina. revieWed By KeN hANKe KhANKe@moUNtAiNx.Com

My Big Fat Greek

Wedding 2 H DiRectoR: Kirk Jones (What to Expect When You’re Expecting) PLaYeRs: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin, Elena Kampouris comeDY RATED PG-13 tHe stoRY: Dealing with the stress of an angsty teen, Toula must help her parents throw their own big, fat Greek wedding when they realize their wedding certificate was never signed. tHe LowDown: About all this genteel comedy has going for it is its general good-naturedness, with the rest of the film a dull mishmash of sitcom level artistry. I was working in a movie theater when the original My Big Fat Greek Wedding came out in 2002. I remember the sold-out shows of the film that seemingly sprang out of nowhere, the brief cultural phenomenon that was born from such an innocuous film. It was an organic success (or at least as organic as being backed and co-signed by Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson could possibly be), a low-budget indie that built an audience on word-of-mouth. This never meant I actually watched the thing (this was in the innocent days before you could just pay me to watch whatever), so I have no opinion on the original. I will say that whatever My Big Fat Greek Wedding was or is, this sequel is not. The mere idea of another one of these things, a full 14 years later, just reeks of money-grabbing cynicism (assuming the audience for another dose still exists) and feels — yet again — like everything wrong and ailing about cinema. Nothing can be left alone, and nothing can be new, with 2016 and beyond feeling like a disappointing recyclery of ideas. Despite how I may feel on the subject, this is the reality of the movie business, an industry run by people far outside whatever influence I might pretend to have. Because of this, and because my job is to, you know, write about movies, here is the movie I have to write about: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. And, on its own merits, as a piece of filmmaking existing in a vacuum, it sucks. I dug up Ken’s review of the original movie, where he wrote that it was “comfortable, cozy, unthreatening and, above all, unsurprising.” That’s a pretty safe description of part two, with the added sense of increased tedium, banality and just boorish noisiness.

m oV ie s Not content to leave well enough alone, Nia Vardalos (who’s now written both films, starred in the original one-woman show of the same name and also once starred in the sitcom adaptation) returns as Toula. Still (mostly) happily married to Ian (John Corbett) and now comfortable with her heritage all these years later, the two have a daughter, Nikki (Elena Kampouris, Men, Women & Children) who’s about to graduate high school, but is rebelling against her omnipresent family in a storm of pinch-faced angst. At the same time, it’s discovered that her parents Gus (Michael Constantine) and Maria’s (Lainie Kazan) marriage was never quite legal, so they’re stuck having — you guessed it — a big fat Greek wedding (also meaning the title of this film is a lie, but whatever). That’s the plot, as things go along pretty innocuously with constant stops for gags based around flat-footed ethnic stereotypes. The film has that sitcom-style feel to it — a mix of flat direction, bad, quippy jokes and a plot that has zero consequence. Everything wraps up neatly, which is to be expected in a film like this, but there are no surprises and no energy to the film, making for a dull experience. As pleasant or harmless as the film can be, it’s wholly listless and feels calculated and lifeless. It’s a classic case of diminished returns, taking a fairly harmless original and turning it into something pointless and drab. Rated PG-13 for some suggestive material. Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Flatrock Cinema, Regal Biltmore Grande. revieWed By jUStiN SoUther jSoUther@moUNtAiNx.Com

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SOON! jAreth LiveS: David Bowie stars in Labyrinth, which kicks off North Asheville Library’s monthlong tribute to the late, great artist’s onscreen work. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment • The North Asheville Public Library’s April film series highlights the onscreen work of the late, great david bowie. The weekly Saturday screenings begin April 2 with Labyrinth, followed by Basquiat (April 9), Absolute Beginners (April 16), Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (April 23) and The Hunger (April 30). Each film starts at 2 p.m. in the library’s meeting room and is free and open to the public. avl.mx/1d0 • Registration opens Tuesday, April 12, for the Asheville 48 Hour Film Project, in which teams write, direct, shoot and edit a short movie over two days. On Friday, June 17, each group is assigned a character, prop, line of dialogue and genre to include in its movie. By Sunday, June 19, the completed movie must be submitted. Each finished film is guaranteed a screening Tuesday, June 21, through Thursday, June 23, at 7 and 10 p.m. at Asheville Pizza & Brewing on Merrimon Avenue. Early Bird registration is $140 per team and runs through Monday, May 23. The regular $160 entry fee ends Tuesday, June 7, and $175 late entry lasts up to the June 17 kickoff event. The entries will be judged by a local panel. The winning film will go up against victors from around the world at Filmapalooza 2017 and com-

pete for an opportunity to screen at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival Court Métrage, the Short Film Corner competition that runs parallel to the main event. 48hourfilm.com/asheville-nc • On Feb. 27, Brevard-based filmmaker philip henry won an Emmy for his editing work on the short documentary Roy Williams’ Game Day Security Blanket at the Midsouth Emmy Awards in Nashville, Tenn. The film centers on darrick woods, a nurse manager at UNC Hospitals’ emergency services transitions unit in Chapel Hill who, since 1993, has served on the security detail for UNC Men’s Basketball. Henry and his wife/producing partner, macKenzie, own and operate Two Pine State. According to its Facebook page, the company “produces commissioned documentary films for ethos-driven organizations and individuals.” The company name was inspired by the Henrys splitting their time between North Carolina — whose state tree is the long leaf pine — and Maine, aka the Pine Tree State. The couple’s other projects include a short to launch YMCA of the Triangle’s “We Build People” fundraising campaign and a threepart video series on Maine Beer Co. in Freeport. twopinestate.com X

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Eye in the Sky

Straddling the line between mainstream and art title is Gavin Hood’s Eye in the Sky starring Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman. It’s the sort of film that normally gets a review prior to its opening, but that didn’t happen in this case. The distributor describes it as a film that “stars Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from ‘capture’ to ‘kill.’ But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is about to engage, a 9-year old girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute, reaching the highest levels of US and British government, over the moral, political and personal implications of modern warfare.” It looks like this week’s best bet. (r)

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God’s Not Dead 2

From the director (Harold Cronk), writers (Chuck Konzelman, Cary Solomon) and the production company (Pure Flix) comes God’s Not Dead 2, the follow-up to God’s Not Dead. Once again it appears that Christianity is under attack: “A highschool teacher (Melissa Joan Hart) fights for the right to discuss Jesus in her public classroom.” (pg-13)

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream HHHHS director: Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle players: James Cagney, Victor Jory, Anita Louise, Dick Powell, Olivia de Haviland, Joe E. Brown, Mickey Rooney comedy romance Rated NR In a fit of culture, the Warner Bros. decided to go full-on prestige in 1935 by hiring in one of the most controversial — but exceedingly famous — interpreters of Shakespeare to bring his production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the screen with the idea of using it as an artistic showcase for nearly all of their stars. (Somehow Paul Muni and Al Jolson were overlooked.) Mindful that Reinhardt was not a filmmaker, they got one of their greatest stylists, William Dieterle, to handle the cinematic end of things. The results were visually astonishing — so much so that unnominated cinematographer Hal Mohr won an Oscar from write-in votes (a unique event in Oscar history) — and aurally amazing (thanks to Felix Mendelssohn). However, the results were also dramatically uneven. James Cagney is OK as Bottom, Victor Jory and Anita Louise are exceptional as Oberon and Titania, but the rest of the cast are uneven. And then there’s Mickey Rooney as Puck in a performance sure to make you long for a tranquilizer gun that would bring down a rhino. However, the film is such an amazing visual feast that it’s pretty easy to overlook its flaws and just gorge on the sheer beauty. The Hendersonville Film Society will show A Midsummer Night’s Dream Sunday, April 3, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Grand Illusion HHHHH director: Jean Renoir players: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Dita Parlo, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette war drama Rated NR If you don’t know Jean Renoir, it’s time you did, and Grand Illusion (1937) is the best place to start. Generally considered an anti-war film — and it is one — Grand Illusion is really too many things to be neatly pigeonholed by genre. It’s a World War I story — essentially a story about French prisoners of war escaping from a German prison — but it’s a subdued one that’s more about character than action. (In other words, Jerry Bruckheimer wouldn’t touch it with a stick.) And it’s as much about the end of the European ruling class, about the passing of an age, as it is about war. Is that passing age the “Grand Illusion” of the title? Yes, but that isn’t all — there are other illusions here. Powerful, powerfully made and boasting an array of flawless performances — including Erich von Stroheim in perhaps his most famous role — Grand Illusion achieves that rare distinction of having a precise vision of an earlier time, making that vision relevant to its own time and remaining strangely contemporary in any age. A deeply beautiful work. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Grand Illusion Friday, April 1, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 828-273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

Horror Island / Man Made Monster HHHH director: George Waggner players: Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Leo Carrillo/ Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel horror mystery Rated NR The movie year of 1941 was probably the best one that director George Waggner — a solid craftsman, if not a particularly inspired one — ever had. In rapid succession, he knocked out Horror Island, Man Made Monster and The Wolf Man. There’s no doubt that the last in the list is his best known, but, in all honesty, I’ll take Man Made Monster over it any day of the week. That, of course, leaves Horror Island the odd film out. It always tends to get lost in the shuffle, and that’s too bad, because this little 60-minute thriller is solid and a lot of fun. (It may be more fun than The Wolf Man.) Its “problem” is that it’s really more a hybrid of a mystery and the “old dark house” movie (only in this case it’s an old dark castle, but it amounts to much the same thing). There’s no supernatural or fantastic element, though there is a mysterious caped figure called “The Phantom” (played by an obscure actor with the great name of Foy Van Dolsen). Atmosphere makes up for much, as does the Hans Salter score, a clever script with bright dialogue, and a first-rate cast. The leads are the very pleasant Dick Foran and Peggy Moran, who’d already teamed up for The Mummy’s Hand (1940). The great Leo Carrillo is on hand as a peg-legged seafaring man with a treasure map. The rest of the cast couldn’t be better: Fuzzy Knight, Walter Catlett, Lewis Howard (doing a reprise of his uber-lazy role from the 1939 Deanna Durbin movie First Love), Iris Adrian (“Buncha nitwits — got nothin’ else to do but run around and play games!”) and Hobart Cavanaugh. Really, what’s not to like? The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Horror Island and Man Made Monster Thursday, March 31, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Scott Douglas.

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mEDICAL/ HEALTH CARE A NEW HOPE HOmE CARE - CNAS, LPNS, RNS A New Hope Home Care is hiring CNAs, LPNs, and RNs to work with our growing family of pediatric and adult clients. If you are a CNA, LPN, or RN looking for rewarding work that makes a daily impact on another's life, please contact us today. 828-255-4446 or info@ anewhopehomecare.com www.anewhopehomecare. com COmmUNITY HEALTH WORKER Community Care of Western North Carolina is looking for a Community Health Worker. Nine month contract of employment in a medical or communitybased setting, providing direct services to patients or clients is required. Dependable transportation, a good driving record, valid automobile insurance and a valid NC drivers’ license is required. Knowledge of community services and resources, both medical and social, favorably considered. Comfort with computer software such as Microsoft Office preferred. Job Type: Full-time Required experience: • Medical Office Experience: 1 year Required education: • High school or equivalent. Medical Assistance certification is strongly considered. Bilingual Spanish preferred.

This is a 9-month grant-funded position that will end in January 2017. If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your resume to: hr@ ccwnc.org or fax to: 828-348-2757 and reference Job Code: CHW. RHA HEALTH SERVICES Is seeking qualified applicants for its new Behavioral Health Urgent Care in Asheville. Resumes are accepted for the following positions: Registered Nurses to work shifts from 8am-8pm on Saturdays and 8pm-8am Thursdays through Sundays; LCSWs or LCASs to work shifts 12pm-12am Fridays and Saturdays and flexible Sundays. • Please send your resume to candace.burton@rhanet. org and kengels@rhanet.org

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DAY TREATmENT - SERVICE COORDINATOR Seeking Service Coordinator (Child MH QP) oversee administrative operations of team & provide clinical oversight. of the services. Prefer supervisory or leadership experience. Team uses evidence-based, trauma-focused models and interventions. Email resume to afortune@caringalternative.com

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FreeWiLL astroLoGY ArieS (march 21-April 19): According to my astrological analysis, you would benefit profoundly from taking a ride in a jet fighter plane 70,000 feet above the earth. In fact, I think you really need to experience weightlessness as you soar faster than the speed of sound. Luckily, there's an organization, MiGFlug (migflug.com), that can provide you with this healing thrill. (I just hope you can afford the $18,000 price tag.) APRIL FOOL! I do in fact think you should treat yourself to unprecedented thrills and transcendent adventures. But I bet you can accomplish that without being quite so extravagant. tAUrUS (April 20-may 20): "People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages," says philosopher Alain de Botton. If that's true, Taurus, you must be on the verge of becoming very interesting. Metaphorically speaking, you're not just rattling the bars of your cage. You're also smacking your tin cup against the bars and trying to saw through them with your plastic knife. APRIL FOOL! I lied. You're not literally in a prison cell. And I got a bit carried away with the metaphor. But there is a grain of truth to what I said. You are getting close to breaking free of at least some of your mind-forged manacles. And it's making you more attractive and intriguing. gemiNi (may 21-june 20): If I had to decide what natural phenomenon you most closely resemble right now, I'd consider comparing you to a warm, restless breeze or a busily playful dolphin. But my first choice would be the mushrooms known as *Schizophyllum commune.* They're highly adaptable: able to go dormant when the weather's dry and spring to life when rain comes. They really get around, too, making their homes on every continent except Antarctica. But the main reason I'd link you with them is that they come in over 28,000 different sexes. Their versatility is unprecedented. APRIL FOOL! I exaggerated a bit. It's true that these days you're polymorphous and multifaceted and well-rounded. But you're probably not capable of expressing 28,000 varieties of anything. CANCer (june 21-july 22): "Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting," warns Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. If that's true, why bother? Why expend all your precious yearning if the net result won't even satisfy your yearning?! That's why I advise you to ABANDON YOUR BELOVED PLANS! Save your energy for trivial wishes. That way you won't be disappointed when they are fulfilled in unanticipated ways. APRIL FOOL! I was messing with you. It's true that what you want won't arrive in the form you're expecting. But I bet the result will be even better than what you expected. Leo (july 23-Aug. 22): You're due to make a pilgrimage, aren't you? It might be time to shave your head, sell your possessions, and head out on a long trek to a holy place where you can get back in touch with what the hell you're doing here on this planet. APRIL FOOL! I was kidding about the head-shaving and possessions-dumping. On the other hand, there might be value in embarking on a less melodramatic pilgrimage. I think you're ready to seek radical bliss of a higher order -- and get back in touch with what the hell you're doing here on this planet. virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Are you ready to fight the monster? Do you have the courage and strength and stamina and guile to overcome the ugly beast that's blocking the path to the treasure? If not, turn around and head back to your comfort zone until you're better prepared. APRIL FOOL! I lied. There is a monster, but it's not the literal embodiment of a beastly adversary. Rather, it's inside you. It's an unripe part of yourself that needs to be taught and tamed and cared for. Until you develop a better relationship with it, it will just keep testing you. (P.S. Now would be a good time to develop a better relationship with it.) LiBrA (Sept. 23-oct. 22): Your advice for the near

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future comes from poet Stephen Dunn. "If the Devil sits down," he says, "offer companionship, tell her you've always admired her magnificent, false moves." I think that's an excellent plan, Libra! Maybe you'll even be lucky enough to make the acquaintance of many different devils with a wide variety of magnificent, false moves. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, I think you should avoid contact with all devils, no matter how enticing they might be. Now is a key time to surround yourself with positive influences. SCorpio (oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1841, a British medical journal prescribed the following remedy for the common cold: "Nail a hat on the wall near the foot of your bed, then retire to that bed, and drink spirits until you see two hats." My expert astrological analysis reveals that this treatment is likely to cure not just the sniffles, but also any other discomforts you're suffering from, whether physical or emotional or spiritual. So I hope you own a hat, hammer, and nails. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The method I suggested probably won't help alleviate what ails you. But here's a strategy that might: Get rid of anything that's superfluous, rotten, outdated, or burdensome. SAgittAriUS (Nov. 22-dec. 21): To begin your oracle, I'll borrow the words of author Ray Bradbury: "May you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days, and out of that love, remake a world." I have reason to believe that this optimistic projection has a good chance of coming true for you. Imagine it, Sagittarius: daily swoons of delight and rapture from now until the year 2071. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. It would be foolish to predict that you'll be giddy with amorous feelings nonstop for the next 54 years and 10 months. On the other hand, I don't think it's unrealistic for you to expect a lot of that sweet stuff over the course of the next three weeks. CApriCorN (dec. 22-jan. 19): "I am tired of being brave," groaned Anne Sexton in one of her poems. "I'm sick of following my dreams," moaned comedian Mitch Hedberg, adding, "I'm just going to ask my dreams where they're going and hook up with them later." In my opinion, Capricorn, you have every right to unleash grumbles similar to Hedberg's and Sexton's. APRIL FOOL! The advice I just gave you is only half-correct. It's true that you need and deserve a respite from your earnest struggles. Now is indeed a good time to take a break so you can recharge your spiritual batteries. But don't you dare feel sorry for yourself. AqUAriUS (jan. 20-feb. 18): In 1991, hikers in the Italian Alps discovered the well-preserved corpse of a Bronze Age hunter. Buried in the frigid terrain, the man who came to be known as Otzi the Iceman had been there for 5,000 years. Soon the museum that claimed his body began receiving inquiries from women who wanted to be impregnated with Otzi's sperm. I think this is an apt metaphor for you, Aquarius. Consider the possibility that you might benefit from being fertilized by an influence from long ago. APRIL FOOL! I was just messing with you. It's true you can generate good mojo by engaging with inspirational influences from the past. But I'd never urge you to be guided by a vulgar metaphor related to Otzi's sperm. piSCeS (feb. 19-march 20): Caligula was an eccentric Roman emperor who had a physical resemblance to a goat. He was sensitive about it. That's why he made it illegal for anyone to refer to goats in his company. I mention this, Pisces, because I'd like to propose a list of words you should forbid to be used in your presence during the coming weeks: "money," "cash," "finances," "loot," "savings," or "investments." Why? Because I'm afraid it would be distracting, even confusing or embarrassing, for you to think about these sore subjects right now. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, now is a perfect time for you to be focused on getting richer quicker.

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FULL-TIME AND PARTTIME RESIDENTIAL COUNSELORS Eliada Homes is looking for caring, patient individuals who are motivated to work with children and teens. Positions are considered entry level. Working as a team and the ability to handle a high pressure environment are essential. Previous experience working with children preferred. New counselors are required to complete two weeks of paid training and observation including First Aid/CPR and de-escalation techniques. To apply visit www.eliada.org/ employment/current-openingsHELPMATE SEEKS INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE HEALTHCARE PROJECT MANAGER Helpmate, a domestic violence agency in Asheville NC, seeks an Intimate Partner Violence Healthcare Project Manager. Strong communication, organizational, and time management skills required. This position will coordinate the efforts of a county-wide advisory council working under a federal grant award. Key responsibilities include: meeting facilitation, organizing training events, data collection, and stakeholder communication. Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree and 2 yrs experience with domestic violence victim advocacy, public health or related work. Helpmate is an EOE. Fluency in Spanish, Russian, Moldovan or Ukrainian is incentivized. Email resume and cover letter by 5pm on March 31 to helpmateasheville@gmail.com. Please specify the title of the position you are seeking in the subject line of your email. No phone calls or email inquiries, please. www.helpmateonline.org MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR Mental Health Counselor (LCSW/LPC) with Substance Abuse Credentials (CSAC/LCAS) "Established Counseling Center seeking licensed therapist looking to establish private practice. While building your client base, you'll be conducting Assessments and leading groups. Experience and work background in substance abuse highly desired. Please contact Bruce directly at (828) 777-3755 and email resume to trcbruce@gmail. com

SCHOOL BASED OUTPATIENT THERAPIST A Caring Alternative seeking provisional/licensed clinician to carry child case load @assigned school(s). Duties include conduct intakes, develop treatment plans, provide case management, and therapy. Email resume to: afortune@ caringalternative.com THERAPIST Four Circles Recovery Center, a wilderness substance abuse recovery program for young adults, is seeking a full time licensed or provisionally licensed therapist to deliver clinical care to clients and families in recovery. Apply online at www.fourcirclesrecovery.com.

CONTROLLER A-B Tech is seeking full-time Controller, for our Business and Finance Department. Position plans, manages and directs the activities related to financial reporting, general ledger systems and general ledger training. For more details and to apply: www.abtech. edu/jobs DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT Southern Highland Craft Guild is seeking a Director of Marketing and Development. Full job description is on the About page at www. craftguild.org. Apply by April 15 to: shcgmarketing@ gmail.com. INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Asheville History Center, Smith McDowell House. Part-time. Application Deadline: April 14, 2016. Asheville History Center, Smith McDowell House (WNCHA) seeks a self-directed, organized professional interim Executive Director. Bachelor’s Degree required. Previous Museum experience highly desired. The Director will be responsible for facilitating all fund raising; overseeing day to day operations; and coordinating changing exhibitions and educational programming. • Please respond with a current resume and cover letter outlining your experience, interest, and qualifications to Smith-McDowell House, 283 Victoria Road, Asheville NC 28801, Attn: Personnel Committee or email ashevillehistory@ gmail.com (EOE) PART-TIME REPORTER The Smoky Mountain News in Waynesville seeks parttime reporter (20-30 hours a week) to write weekly stories while working on longterm projects. Experience preferred. Resume, clips to Scott McLeod, info@smokymountainnews.com. REPORTER The Smoky Mountain News in Waynesville seeks full-time reporter able to write weekly stories while working on long-term projects. Experience preferred. Resume and best clips to Scott McLeod at info@smokymountainnews. com.

TECHNICAL LAB MANAGER AND LAB TECHS NEEDED Technical Lab Manager needed for ISO 17025 level testing facility in Brevard, NC. Several lab tech/production assistant positions are also available. Visit www.earthrenewable.com/ jobs for more information.

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EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S TEACHER ArtSpace Charter School, a K-8 public school located in Asheville, North Carolina is seeking a full-time Exceptional Children’s Teacher beginning August 2016. Candidates must have current NC licensure in Special Education and at least one year’s experience teaching special education. Candidate must be willing to work in a collaborative learning environment and experience with collaborative planning and curriculum integration strategies is preferred. • Please email cover letters and resumes to: resumes@artspacecharter.org email subject heading “EC TEACHER". PART-TIME MUSIC TEACHER AT TLC SCHOOL TLC School seeks a music teacher to join our dynamic teaching team for 2016 -17. Bachelor in music or fine arts required. FMI, visit thelearningcommunity.org.

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