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Support Healthy Corner Store Initiative to address food deserts Food access and food insecurity are prevalent in North Carolina and more specifically Asheville. Almost 2 million residents of North Carolina have limited food access, and of that number almost a quarter are children. Along with food insecurity, more than one in three children in North Carolina are overweight or obese. Though the issues of food insecurity and obesity appear unrelated, they often fall hand in hand.

In Asheville, there are many options for people who have adequate transportation to access healthy foods; however, many are left with no way to access a grocery store, meaning they have no choice but to turn to fast food or corner stores.

The issue of lack of healthy food access will not go away unless changes are made in the way that people are able to access healthy foods. One solution to this issue is increasing the amount of healthy foods in corner stores.

Though to some this may not seem like a solution, many people who live in places where it is difficult to access a grocery store make many food purchases at their

local corner store. At this time, most corner stores lack healthy options, which severely limits the intake of healthy foods.

An initiative has recently taken off that supports placing healthy foods in corner stores. A poll has found that over 70 percent of North Carolina voters support the creation of a Healthy Corner Store Initiative, which would place healthier options in corner stores as a way for more people to access these healthy options. The increased amount of healthy options could lower the number of food-insecure people and ultimately decrease the obesity rates in North Carolina.

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month, French Broad Food Co-op member-owners convened a March 21 community meeting. ...”

The impression given is that we member-owners of the co-op only called our meeting after learning of Katuah’s planned closing, like we were “jumping” on an opportunity to take advantage of someone else’s misfortune. This statement stuck in my craw, and I had to write to dispel such an impression. Our memberowner meeting was planned weeks ahead to discuss the future and the potential expansion of the co-op.

I always feel badly when a decent business has to shut its doors, and I feel for the owner and workers at Katuah Market.

The co-op’s current success is due to the hard work of its board, management, front-line staff, worker-owners and the support of shoppers from our entire community, despite tough corporate competition. Kudos to them.

— Anne Craig Co-op member for over 30 years Asheville

Student work in Kids Issue shows their bright lights As I read the pages of writing, poetry and artwork done by various students, I was moved and excited by their works [“2015 Kids Issue,” March 18, Xpress].

These young people are hopeful, passionate and committed about the environment, animal rights, tolerance and the importance of being oneself.

I want to tell them, “Stay true to yourselves and to your beliefs! Don’t give up! Your bright lights will shine the way to truth and peace and compassion for all.”

— Robbie Coleman Asheville

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Thanks for the amazing artworks in your “Kids Issue” [March 18, Xpress].

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Is there any way we can see the original works? Does Reynolds High, for instance, have a public art show in spring? Do any of the galleries do “young local artists” shows?

— Kathleen Pierson Asheville editor’s note: The annual spring art show at the Asheville Mall will include works by Reynolds High School students; high school art will be displayed for two weeks starting May 5. And if Xpress learns of any other student work being shown locally, we’d be happy to pass that information along to our readers.

Out of their vehicles, Asheville drivers are tops My thanks to Laurel york [“Leave Your Big-City Driving Habits at Home,” Feb. 18, Xpress]. I, too, had been so closed-minded, so narrowminded as you, Laurel, thinking all the drivers I encountered in Asheville who were speeding, cutting corners, on my tail, not using signals or having “no manners” were all locals or natives.

Not. I had the opportunity to live in Asheville for four months, and out of their vehicles, these people were perhaps the friendliest, kindest, most welcoming I have ever encountered anywhere.

I am not from Asheville, or from North Carolina, or from the United States of America. I am from Earth, and native. And grateful.

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Mission Hospital should promote unbroken sleep I don’t know if you’d call it romantic, but I did spend Valentine’s Day with my husband, and we were holding hands. He was supporting me as we made our thrice-daily rounds around the halls of the heart unit at Mission Hospital. …

Before surgery, people focus on whether or not the doctor is highly rated, if you should travel to a specialist center out of town and how long you will be out of work.

What you should really be focusing on is how to make it through a sixnight stay in hell without wanting to end it all. Don’t get me wrong, Mission is a wonderful hospital, my doctor was skilled, and my nurses and CNAs (for the most part) were treasures.

What did me in was “the system.” Our favorite target of blame and yet one in this case that is easily remedied. Easily?

Yes, it turns out that doctors and hospitals around the country are looking to reduce patient suffering, and the ways they have found to do it are surprisingly obvious. According to The New York Times article, “Doctors Strive to Do Less Harm

by Inattentive Care,” Yale-New Haven Hospital raised its ranking of patient satisfaction on the question, “Is it quiet in your room at night?” by changing one policy. They stopped waking patients up for tests.

That’s it! They didn’t do midnight vital signs or 4 a.m. blood tests. They simply stopped. The price tag for this monumentally obvious change? Zero. Asheville is a world-class city, and I feel very lucky that I only had to drive 10 minutes to get world-class heart-valve replacement surgery.

Now if our local hospital will simply make it their mission in life to have people report, “My hospital stay? It was great. I left feeling rested and ready to finish my recovery at home,” I think they will be on their way to providing a world-class hospital experience from which we will all benefit.

In the meantime? Prepare for your hospital stay by assembling every known comfort to man or womankind: aromatherapy, eye mask, ambient music, noise-canceling headphones and anything else that gets you through the night. In addition to those things, my husband’s presence and some outside nutritional support from the likes of Chick-fil-A, Nine Mile and Mamacita’s made my stay bearable and left me with a few fond memories of Valentine’s Day on the heart unit.

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Asheville’s price tag The city’s cost of living undermines workers’ pay

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It’s easy to compare hourly wages in different cities and think one town’s workers are better off than another’s.

When a friend in New York City reveals that she makes $19 an hour in a part-time retail job, you, living in Asheville, nearly drop the phone: “You make how much where?”

But it’s not that simple.

An article published last month in Governing magazine examined 191 cities around the country, comparing average hourly wages with each city’s cost of living. The analysis included big cities like New York, Miami and Los Angeles, as well as smaller cities like Asheville. Xpress sifted through the numbers to find out how Asheville compares with the rest of the country.

Governing’s research was based on the cost of living for each city and the 2014 average hourly earnings for private-sector workers.

Earnings were based on figures from the U.S. Department of Labor, and the cost of living was pulled from The Council for Community and Economic Research, which compares the prices of goods and services in specific metro areas with national averages.

To calculate the cost of living, the council averages national prices in several categories, including groceries, housing, utilities and health care.

When factoring in the varying costs from all areas studied, the group derives an overall national average, which is then indexed as 100. Each metropolitan area’s cost of living is then ranked as either above or below that baseline figure.

Asheville comes in at 104.6 on that scale, up from 101.1 in 2010, according to census data, meaning living

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here is more expensive than the national average, and that disparity is growing. Someone moving to Asheville from Durham (91.7 on the scale), for example, can expect to spend 5.5 percent more on groceries, 38.2 percent more on housing, 21.5 percent more on utilities and 10.5 percent more on health care. (To compare Asheville with other cities around the nation, visit avl.mx/0ui.)

Governing then correlated each city’s cost-of-living score with its average hourly wage, producing a new number that more accurately depicts the reach of an individual’s paycheck in each area studied.

Asheville’s actual average pay rate came in at $21.08 per hour, but when adjusted for our city’s high cost of living, that rate seems more like $20.47. And with hourly pay below the national adjusted average of $22.39, the study suggests

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Up against 100: The higher the index, the higher the cost of living.

In green, each city’s actual average wage varies, but when adjusted by the cities’ cost of living, it begins to show just how far those dollars actually go. In Asheville and Charleston, the numbers on residents’ paychecks don’t go as far as they would in Savannah, Knoxville or Durham.

Ashevilleans, on average, must spend more of their paychecks on necessities and are therefore less likely to be able to afford nonessential goods and services.

Knoxville, Tenn., closer in size to Asheville than Durham, has an even lower cost of living: 87.1. And with about the same actual average pay ($21.02 to

Asheville’s $21.08), Knoxville’s wage increases to $24.05 when adjusted, meaning the average Knoxvillean can buy more for his dollar than his Asheville counterpart.

In fact, Asheville barely escaped inclusion in the list of 20 studied cities with the lowest adjusted wages. Flagstaff, Ariz., ($14.31 an hour) ranked No. 1 on that list; and Tyler, Texas, was No. 20 at $20.34 — a mere 13 cents below Asheville’s figure.

The study found that Southern residents, on average, are far more cost-burdened than people in most other regions of the country, except for the Pacific Coast (due to unavailable data for many cities and notably low wages in Honolulu and Southern California).

“Workers in the southern United States have historically earned lower wages than the rest of the

country, a fact some argue is merely a result of lower living expenses,” the Governing article states. “But even after adjusting for the costs of living, average earnings in most Southern metro areas lag behind the rest of the country.”

And it’s not just the South.

Regardless of location, cities with tourism-based economies typically create lower-paying jobs, even though their costs of living often exceed the national average.

And where visitors are willing to pay high prices for vacation rentals, developers respond by building costlier housing on limited land.

This is especially troubling in a town like Asheville, where, in the midst of a population boom, suitable places to build are becoming rare.

“There are a lot of different factors that play a large role in what the costs of living are,” says Vicki meath, executive director of local nonprofit Just Economics. “In Asheville ... the formula we use is based on the cost of housing. That is really what’s driving a higher cost of living for our area, [more so] than a lot of other parts of the state.

“One of the reasons Just Economics exists is because the cost of housing is so inconsistent with the wages in our area,” she continues. “The cost of housing is growing exponentially, at a rate that I feel is really somewhat scary. So if we’re [hoping] to have a sustainable economy, we’re going to have to rein that in a little bit.”

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in the leisure and hospitality sector are some of the lowest-paying positions available. An abundance of them drags down an area’s average hourly wage, even as the demand for real estate and rentals drives up housing prices — and thus the cost of living.

But stephanie Pace brown, executive director of the Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau, says tourism often gets an undeserved bad rap. “The data doesn’t tell the whole story,” she says.

“Tourism opens doors for other kinds of economic development. ...

[It] doesn’t preclude people from building wealth [when] values go up, but it does create more barriers to entry.”

In 2012, tourism directly poured $1.5 billion into Buncombe County’s economy while supporting nearly 23,000 jobs — or 14.2 percent of all employment in the Asheville area.

And hotel employees here earn 17

percent more on average than the statewide figure — surpassing their counterparts in Charlotte and Durham. Of all workers in Buncombe County making less than $12, only 5 percent work in a hotel.

According to the most recent census findings, 43.3 percent of Ashevilleans have a bachelor’s degree or higher — compared with North Carolina’s 27.

3 percent. And it’s often heard around town that the waiter serving your table may have a master’s in computer science, since local jobs for recent graduates are either scarce, highly competitive or both.

But that’s not tourism’s fault, Brown explains. Take away tourism and, given Asheville’s current population, the number of employable individuals would far outweigh the number of available jobs, she says. Tourism provides entry-level jobs and more mobility to advance than in many other industries. “Just because there is a job waiting tables does not mean the other [more skilled] job would exist if tourism did not.

Tourism doesn’t displace other jobs,” says Brown. And without it, “We would have a customer base of 200,000 instead of 9 million.”

That said, however, the Convention and Visitors Bureau often compares Asheville’s tourism statistics with those of Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S.C., two Southern cities similar to Asheville in both size and mass appeal. But despite those cities’ comparable tourist pull, both fare a little better than Asheville when it comes to paying a living wage. Savannah (91.8) and Charleston (100.7) have slightly lower cost-of-living indices, and their adjusted average hourly wages ($22.72 and $22.48, respectively) top Asheville’s $20.47 and make the cut above the $22.39 national average.

“I certainly think we’re making progress in some aspects, but we need to put some serious attention toward housing — keeping housing affordable and keeping wages in line with the cost of housing,” says Meath. “Asheville is a desirable place to live ... [and] our local economy is dependent on a bunch of different factors.

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The 74 homes in Southside Village are not part of the CTS of Asheville Superfund site next door, say several residents of the gated community off Mills Gap Road. In two recent letters, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency backs up that assessment, saying it “does not believe contamination associated with the CTS of Asheville Superfund Site poses unacceptable risk to residents of SSV.” “We want to set the record straight,” says Southside board member therese figura, who contacted the agency late last year seeking clarification on the residential development’s status after The Associated Press ran a story that, in her view, was misleading. “We need to be focused on cleanup; all of us want the Penland, Rice, Robinson and other affected families to get the help they need.”

Extremely high levels of such cancer-causing solvents as trichloroethylene have been found in monitoring wells and in the air on the nearly 9-acre site where CTS ran a manufacturing operation until the late 1980s. TCE and other toxins used in the company's electroplating operations have also been documented in extremely high concentrations downhill from the site, particularly to the south and east, where the Rice family built a home decades ago and, in the years since, they and other families unknowingly used contaminated spring and well water.

But Southside residents are on city water, says Figura. And most of the town houses are uphill from the longdefunct CTS site, which is marked only by a small brick guardhouse, a high fence and a large concrete pad where the building once stood.

“We’re on a mountainside,” says Figura. “Water doesn't roll up uphill.”

Few or no contaminants have been detected in or near homes in the community, notes Southside board member bill Lamée. He and his fellow residents are responding to media reports that “painted with a broad brush” in reporting on the contamination case, he

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explains, mentioning a Dec. 30, 2014, Asheville, Buncombe County, Associated Press piece headlined North Carolina 0 325 650 Feet “An Old Plant, Tainted Land and Worried Homeowners.”

The story, which ran in such media outlets as the Asheville Citizen-Times and The Washington Post and was mentioned on the Mountain Xpress website, implied that Southside was built on the Superfund site and is contaminated, says LaMée, a retired newspaper publisher who bought his home there in 2011. “We want [the CTS site] cleaned up as badly as anyone else,” he says.

But the AP reporters, he maintains, didn’t get the whole story.

Southside was built on about 45 acres that were once part of the CTS property but were sold for development in the late 1980s. It’s steep land, rising quickly from the Mills Gap Road entrance. In winter, it’s easy to see the concrete pad from several vantage points in Southside, as well as a shal-

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MILLS GAP ASHEVILLE, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA TDD No. TNA-05-001-0043

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SUB-SLAB & SOIL GAS low, wooded gully and small stream SAMPLE LOCATIONS that run between the town-house development and Mills Gap Road.

In 2009, that stream, which is not part of the Southside property, tested for TCE at 330 parts per billion — significantly higher than the 5 ppb level the EPA considers the tipping point between safe and unsafe, but still only a tiny fraction of the 10,000 ppb found at the concrete pad, or the nearly 20,000 ppb found in a stream on the Rice property.

“It’s inexcusable, what’s happened to the Rices,” Southside resident sally Lordeon declares, citing the AP piece, WLOS-TV reports and a March 5 story in The Atlantic magazine that make clear how local families have suffered.

The Rices have reported a high incidence of cancer and other serious illnesses that may be linked to the CTS site (a 2008 state study of

cts in sight: “We want [the contaminated CTS site] cleaned up as badly as anyone else,” says Southside Village resident Bill LaMée. The EPA has clarified that there’s no “unacceptable” risk for the town-home community, most of which sits above the approximately 9-acre Superfund site, seen below, center.

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cancer cases in the community surrounding the property was inconclusive). Lordeon, a retired technical writer who lived in the nearby Cane Creek Valley for nearly 30 years, strongly supports getting the family the help it needs, saying the company should clean up the site once and for all. But Southside is safe, she maintains.

When Lordeon and her husband were considering buying a home there more than two years ago, they researched what was happening on the CTS site and what effect it might have on their potential purchase. “The fact that Southside is on city water was a major factor for us,” she says.

“The original owner gave us a letter [concerning] test results; we knew that contamination was not an issue,and that Southside was not in the Superfund site.”

Figura says she’s lived in Southside since 2004 and has been very involved in community efforts to get other neighbors of the CTS site on city water and to demand a full cleanup. “The EPA’s been testing ... for years,” she says, adding, “I'm not concerned about anything I’ve learned. The EPA results speak for themselves.” what's next?

In early March, craig Zeller, the EPA’s project manager for the site, met with Southside residents to review the contents of the letters and talk about what’s next for the CTS site. In maps and a detailed narrative that the EPA shared

with these residents, most of the contaminants the agency tested for are labeled “U” (for “undetectable”). In summarizing that meeting, however, he clarified for Xpress that finding no “unacceptable” risk doesn’t mean there’s no risk — just that the documented contaminants were at such low levels that they weren’t considered a cause for concern.

As for the 330 ppb of TCE found in the neighboring stream, Zeller points out that it isn’t a drinking water source.

Nonetheless, he reports, “We're planning to do more monitoring on the northwest side [of the Superfund site] sooner rather than later.” Monitoring wells could be set up there before the end of April, he says.

Zeller also explains that, due to the site’s topography, a concentrated body of oily liquid that appears to be under and near the slab is moving to the east, toward the Rice property. This dense, nonaqueous phase liquid, or DNAPL, has become the focus of cleanup plans, and CTS must submit its action plan to the federal agency by July, choosing among four possible approaches.

One option, says Zeller, is product recovery: pumping out the oily, contaminated water and treating it. Another involves injecting an oxidation solution containing a chemical such as potassium permanganate, which is purple (“We call it ‘grape juice,’” he explains).

“When you oxidize solvents, they break down into harmless products.” A third option is surfactant flushing: pumping a solution into the groundwater that will separate the TCE and other contaminants,

much the way dishwashing liquids get the grease out.

A fourth option — the most aggressive and perhaps the most technically challenging, says Zeller — is electrical resistance heating: placing probes deep into the ground and running an electric current through them to heat them up. “That destroys the TCE,” he says.

Yet another possibility would be some combination of those methods, Zeller adds.

The EPA, he notes, is "required to look at a range of alternatives, from the least to the most aggressive.” In what he calls a sort of dance between the agency and the company, CTS will indicate which method it prefers; the EPA will evaluate that and push back; the public will have a chance to comment, perhaps as early as this fall; and sometime next year, a cleanup will begin.

But what about digging up the slab and everything underneath it?

That option has often come up in community discussions about the CTS contamination, but Zeller says, “Generally, we avoid digging into the water table,” because disturb-

ing the groundwater could cause further problems.

Zeller also notes that if Southside or other area residents want their homes tested, they can contact him.

Figura, however, says, “We need to be focused on cleanup,” praising the passion and persistence of community activists such as Tate MacQueen, Barry Durand, Lee Ann Smith, Dave Ogren and many others who have helped push the EPA, CTS, state officials and local governments to take action.

Noting that she grew up during the civil rights era, Figura says it’s clear to her that the Rices and other families “have been treated unjustly.

We need to stand up for them.” moRe info Contact Craig Zeller at zeller.craig@ epa.gov or 404-562-8827.

Mountain Xpress first reported on the problem in the 2007 report “Fail Safe?” For additional stories and updates about the CTS site, visit mountainx.com/tag/cts and mountainx.com/tag/ctsofasheville. X

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financing ouR food: “Conventional farmers strip land and just move to different land. If you only have 2 acres, you’re going to care about them,” said Slow Money co-founder Carol Peppe-Hewitt, explaining that small, sustainable farming operations are imperative to “feeding and clothing all of us for generations to come.” Hewitt and Lyle Estill’s nonprofit exists to pair these farmers in need with locals who can offer money, so far having catalyzed about 130 North Carolina-based loans worth more than $1.4 million since 2010. The pair spoke about their work at Asheville’s Authentic Communities Summit. Photo by Kat McReynolds

Peer-to-peer loans a viable community finance option, say Slow Money NC founders Who better to ask for a business loan than friends? They know your character and believe that you’re likely to pay them back. Plus, friends and loyal customers may already be aware of what’s going on behind the scenes at their favorite businesses. Calling on consumers to “vote with their wallets” in a new way, this grassroots alternative approach to raising capital generated significant excitement at the Authentic Communities Summit, held March 24-27 at New Mountain AVL. The 3 ½ day conference brought ogether industry leaders and community business activists to advance local economies, and convened dozens of breakout sessions. In one of them, titled “Local Food: Finance,” Slow Money NC co-founders Carol Peppe Hewitt and Lyle Estill introduced peer-to-peer loans as a promising solution to the hurdle faced

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by many promising sustainablefarming businesses: lack of access to money.

After sharing several success stories, the pair told a handful of eager listeners in New Mountain’s upstairs lounge that their Pittsboro-based nonprofit operates in a “gray area” governed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Since the law allows individuals to lend money to friends who are entrepreneurs, Peppe Hewitt and Estill simply ensure that the right people get to know one another — without ever touching the money themselves.

“What about your community do you really appreciate?” queried Peppe Hewitt. “It could be the person that cuts your hair. Do you know if they’re about to go out of business for lack of $5,000? They can’t ask you for money, but you can ask them how they’re doing.”

In smaller towns like Asheville, borrowers, lenders and both parties’ friends frequently come into contact, and business happenings are relatively transparent. If you want to default on a local loan, “You

kind of have to leave town,” Estill explained. “Peer pressure is the glue that holds peer-to-peer lending together. ... I would say that Slow Money loans are much lower risk than other things you have in your portfolio.

“But it’s not up to us to decide that,” added Peppe Hewitt. “I screen projects to make sure they are viable and that they’re ready for a loan. In the end, it’s really up to the particular lender [to weigh the risk.]” Many times, she will simply refer businesses to a support center instead of suggesting further capitalization.

“The only conclusion we came to is that the Bay Area is massive, and his loans went way over here and way over there,” Estill explained.

Peppe Hewitt also felt the lender in question was basing loan decisions on sentiment rather than a sense of the businesses’ potential — a huge mistake in her eyes.

Slow Money NC has a default rate of less than 5 percent, “and that number is declining as we learn and make more loans throughout the state,” she said. taking action

assessing the Risk Both speakers repeatedly emphasized the importance of frank discussion with entrepreneurs about their well-being, putting the onus of responsibility on customers to keep community assets alive and thriving financially.

“You really need to go meet them and check it out for yourself,” said Estill, adding that an early Slow Money lender in Oakland, Calif., actually reported a 100 percent default rate on his San Francisco Bay Area loans.

Peppe Hewitt and Estill view these on-demand, communitysupported loans as the future of small-business financing, but the first step is communicating openly with businesses about what they need. In Slow Money NC’s hometown, for example, supporters will patronize or buy gift certificates from businesses to help them get through a slow winter after hearing that sales are down.

Although Peppe Hewitt and Estill are working to build statewide

support for their organization, Slow Money NC doesn’t currently have a dedicated representative in Western North Carolina to bolster the peer-topeer lending movement locally.

And the increasingly open dialogue that Slow Money is aiming to cultivate across North Carolina can’t come quickly enough, she says. As millennials and Generation X-ers inherit family money, many will want to use their newfound wealth to “do good,” she predicts. So the infrastructure and culture supporting peer-to-peer loans need to be in place before these individuals decide to invest elsewhere — or do nothing at all.

“You don’t need me,” Peppe Hewitt declared, challenging the group to start laying the foundations for peerto-peer networks themselves once she leaves town.

But then Lee warren, executive director of the Organic Growers School, piped up, saying, “You bring leadership and confidence [to the project], and we cannot underestimate that. The only way this is going to [catch on] is to have people in your position, so how do we fund that?

People aren’t going to have your level of passion as volunteers.”

“This doesn’t take much time or expertise,” Peppe Hewitt replied.

“Your goal could be one project every three months, and you could probably finance this in Western North Carolina for $8,000 to $10,000.” She suggested starting small with volunteers and eventually transitioning to paid positions through fundraising or other means. Slow Money NC itself is funded by donations and grants that are channeled through Abundance North Carolina, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

“Getting someone who is paid to be a leader is really the solution,” concluded Warren, adding that such a role could fit seamlessly with the Organic Growers School’s mission if such funding became available.

Before dismissing the group, Peppe Hewitt encouraged her listeners to broach the sensitive topic of money within their personal networks regardless of their own financial status or ability to participate in the actual lending process. “You are a leader amongst your friends,” she pointed out, “Whether you know it or not!”

Visit slowmoneync.org to learn more about the nonprofit’s work or to become involved in a local peer-to-peer loan. X

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no Long-teRm decision on shoRt-teRm RentaLs: While the city doesn’t technically allow short-term rentals of fewer than 30 days in residental areas, that hasn’t stopped over 860 Asheville-area rentals from being listed on websites such as airbnb.com. Both supporters and opponents of short-term rentals turned out for city council’s public forum, but no legislation was passed at the “listening session” on March 24. Photo by Pat Barcas

aRe shoRt-teRm RentaLs heRe to stay?

One commenter at the Asheville City Council’s March 24 public forum on short-term rentals in Asheville likened outlawing the practice to the war on drugs or teaching teenagers abstinence to prevent pregnancy — people are going to do it anyways, so you might as well embrace it and regulate it.

The city doesn’t technically allow fewer than 30-day, shortterm rentals in residential zoning districts, but it only enforces the ordinance through a complaint system. There are currently 868 rentals listed in the greater Asheville area on airbnb.com.

About 150 residents, visitors, bedand-breakfast owners and people who rent out their houses to tourists on travel sites flooded the conference room of the U.S. Cellular Center to voice opinions on the issue. Many speakers championed being able to rent out their homes or rooms, saying it allows them the income to live in Asheville and actually makes their neighborhood safer. Critics pointed to late-night noise and additional cars on already crowded streets.

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The city does not collect sales and lodging taxes for short-term rentals, and homes are not subject to inspections as hotels are. Mayor esther manheimer said this forum was “purely a listening session” but could lead to further decisions by Council members. However, there is also the possibility that any future Council decision about short-term rentals could be superseded by state legislation. — Pat Barcas a whitewateR PaRk in the Rad? not so fast The proposed Asheville whitewater park hasn’t hit any rapids yet, as City Council showed general support for moving forward with further evaluations of the project at the March 24 meeting.

A hard date wasn’t nailed down, but Council members said the next phase is an evaluation of how the project fits into the River Arts District redevelopment plan, which is likely to be completed this summer. The evaluation would touch on things like how the park, recommended to be located near the Bowen Bridges, would deal with physical infrastructure, operations, traffic and community acceptance.

The park, which is an in-stream design, could begin construction as early as 2019 if funding is found. The city stopped short of agreeing to a public-private partnership at the meeting.

About a dozen members of the audience showed their support by wearing life jackets during the meeting. — Pat Barcas

compounding prescription portion of its business to Asheville Compounding Pharmacy on March 16. It will continue to sell supplements, homeopathic remedies and herbals, according to bill cheek, who has co-owned the store with mike Rogers since 1996.

— Susan Foster

a guide to biking in aVL? now, theRe’s an aPP foR that

‘son of a PReacheR man,’ jay bakkeR to deLiVeR keynote at out to the nations Lgbt confeRence

Local bike shop Youngblood Bicycles has teamed up with national campaign My City Bikes to launch an interactive, Asheville-centric bike app called Asheville Bikes.

The free app, available for Apple and Android, acts as a guide to everything Asheville biking: mountain trails, scheduled group rides, bike maintenance, city trails and how to pick the right bike for you. The app is available at mycitybikes.org — Hayley Benton caRoLina PubLic PRess coVeRage PRomPts new PoLicy in jackson county Minutes of closed sessions held by the Jackson County Board of Commissioners will now be reviewed by county staff and released to the public, when possible. According to a report in Carolina Public Press by Jon Elliston, Jackson County commissoner brian mcmahan said the decision was prompted by an email from CPP inquiring about the county’s procedures for handling closed session minutes. “As far as I know, we do not have a policy, and did not have one in place,” McMahan said at a March 5 meeting. “I felt like that was something that we needed to have in place, because from time to time there are requests that do come, and to make sure we handle requests in the appropriate manner.” — Carrie Eidson aLL go west — but not this yeaR Organizers of All Go West music festival, a free, multistage live music event held annually in West Asheville, have announced that the 2015 festival is canceled. However, event producer arieh sampson says the event “will come back. It’s taken a year off before.” — Kat McReynolds Longtime asheViLLe PhaRmacy seLLs PaRt of its business Nature’s Pharmacy & Compounding Center on Biltmore Avenue sold the

Organizers of “Out to the Nations Transformational Conference” will kick off this year’s event with a message of inclusivity for Christians from religious speaker, Jay Bakker, son of TV-evangelist parents Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.

Jay is the pastor of the Revolution Church in Minneapolis and is known for his support of gay rights. He has written three books including Son of A Preacher Man and Faith, Doubt, and Other Lines I’ve Crossed: Walking with the Unknown God. The Asheville conference is an annual event hosted by Jesus People Church of Asheville. Event organizers say the conference’s goal is to celebrate those in the LGBT and straight communities who desire a personal relationship with God. The event will take place on April 17-19 at 278 Haywood Road. — Jeff Fobes asaP announces gRowing minds ceRtified schooLs Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project launched its Growing Minds certification program this season to identify farm-to-school initiatives and recognize educators who have been putting the programs into place since Growing Minds launched in 2002.

Regional schools recognized as Growing Minds Schools include Cherokee Central in Swain County, Cullowhee Valley, Kneedler Child Development Center and Summit Charter in Jackson County; Emma Elementary, Estes Elementary, Evegreen Community Charter, Fairview Elementary and North Buncombe Elementary in Buncombe County; Glenn C. Marlow Elementary and St. James School for Little Folks in Henderson County and Isaac Dickson Elementary in Asheville.

— Carrie Eidson X

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Calendar Deadlines In order to qualify for a free listing, an event must benefit or be sponsored by a nonprofit or noncommercial community group.

In the spirit of Xpress’ commitment to support the work of grassroots community organizations, we will also list events our staff consider to be of value or interest to the public, including local theater performances and art exhibits even if hosted by a for-profit group or business.

All events must cost no more than $40 to attend in order to qualify for free listings, with the one exception of events that benefit nonprofits.

Commercial endeavors and promotional events do not qualify for free listings.

Free listings will be edited by Xpress staff to conform to our style guidelines and length.

Free listings appear in the publication covering the date range in which the event occurs.

Events may be submitted via email to calendar@mountainx.com or through our online submission form at mountainx. com/calendar. The deadline for free listings is the Wednesday one week prior to publication at 5 p.m.

For a full list of community calendar guidelines, please visit mountainx.com/ calendar. For questions about free listings, call 251-1333, ext. 110. For questions about paid calendar listings, please call 251-1333, ext. 320.

Animals Waggers and Readers 250-4754 • WE (4/8), 3pm - Book sharing for school age kids with certified therapy dog. Reservations required. Free. Held at Oakley/ South Asheville Library, 749 Fairview Road

Benefits Bunny Run 327-3030 • SA (4/4), 9:30am Registration fees for this Easter Bunny-led motorcycle ride benefit Sipe’s Orchard Home. $10. Held at Blue Ridge Harley Davidson, 2002 13th Ave. SE, Hickory Flapjack Fundraiser sistercarewnc.weebly.com/ flapjack-fundraiser.html • SA (4/4), 8-10am - Tickets

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A BREAKFAST BENEFIT: SisterCare WNC and PrimeTimers will host two pancake breakfasts to benefit Youth OUTright on Saturday, April 4. Tickets to the events, held at the Applebee’s restuarants in Asheville and Hendersonville, will support Youth OUTright’s mission to empower lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. (p.16)

to this breakfast event benefit Youth OUTright. $7.

Held at Applebee’s, 1655 Hendersonville Road and Applebee’s Hendersonville, 1635 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville

Registration required.

• TU (4/7), 6-9pm - “Basics of Starting a Food Business.”

Free.

• WE (4/8), 5:30-8:30pm SCORE: “Advanced Internet Marketing.” Free.

Sound Effects 252-6244, ashevillemusicschool.org • TH (4/9), 6-9pm - Tickets to this concert and raffle benefit the Asheville Music School. $15/$12 advance/$6 under 12. Held at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall, 743 Haywood Road

Asheville Jewish Business Forum ashevillejewishbusiness.com • MO (4/6), 11:30am-1pm “The Art of Passion,” monthly meeting and interactive drawing exercise. Registration required. $10. Held at Yao, 153 Smoky Park Highway

Business & Technology A-B Tech Small Business Center 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc Free unless otherwise noted.

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Goodwill Career Training Center 1616 Patton Ave., 298-9023, goodwillnwnc.org/ trainingCenters.cfm • MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS through (4/1), 12:30-3:30pm Computer basics class. Free.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS through (4/2), 8:30-11:30am Computer basics class. Free.

Classes, Meetings & Events

group experiences. ashevilleglass.com, 828-505-7110

ABRAHAM/HICKS: LAW OF ATTRACTION MEETING (pd.) Live with joy! Uplifting, positive group! Understand vibration, and how to manifest in your life. Every Wednesday, 7pm, Free!

(828) 274-5444.

DESIRE MAP WORKSHOP • APRIL 11-12 (pd.) Goals with Soul. Join the revolution of feeling good and living free! Light up your life and discover your core desired feelings. Information/registration: www.majesticunicorn.biz

AKASHIC RECORDS WORKSHOP (pd.) May 2-3. Learn to access your own life Akashic Records and communicate with your Guides in this 2-day experiential workshop with consultant Kelly S. Jones in Asheville. www.KellySJones.net/events 919-200-8686

THE ULTIMATE ANTIINFLAMMATORY DETOX (pd.) Want a HormoneBalancing, Brain Fog-Clearing, Tummy-Soothing Detox with a side effect of Weight Loss?

Join the 21 Day Spring Cleanse April 13th. 828-620-1188 www.

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ASHEVILLE GLASS CENTER (pd.) Weekly course offerings in the art of glass blowing. Day, weekend, and evening offerings. A challenging medium expertly taught by our skilled instructors, one on one or

Asheville Green Drinks ashevillegreendrinks.com Free to attend.

• WE (4/8), 5:30pm - Asheville literacy panel. Free to attend.

Held at Green Sage Cafe Downtown, 5 Broadway

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.

Baker-Barber Slideshow Presentations 697-6224, cfhcforever.org • THURSDAYS, 1:30-3pm Images from a collection of historic WNC photographs will be viewed. Presented by the Community Foundation of Henderson County. Free. Held at Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville

BuncOmBe cOunty puBlic liBrAries buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (4/1), 5pm Swannanoa Knitters, for all skill levels. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • WE (4/1), 7pm - Black Mountain Knitters, for all skill levels. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain cOuncil On Aging tAX AssistAnce 227-8288 For low- to moderateincomes. Bring ID. Free.

• WEDNESDAYS through (4/15), 10am-4pm - Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • THURSDAYS through (4/9), 10am-4pm - Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • MONDAYS through (4/13), 10am-4pm - Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TUESDAYS through (4/14), 9am-4pm - Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • TUESDAYS through (4/14), 10am-4pm - Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain HendersOnville Wise WOmen 693-1523 • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 1:30pm - A safe, supportive group of women “of a certain age.” Free.

Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville Hillside d&d encOunters facebook.com/groups/ hillsidednd • WEDNESDAYS, 6-9pm - Weekly ongoing fantasy campaign with the new edition. Free. Held at Hillside Games, 611c Tunnel Road internAtiOnAl sOciAlist OrgAnizAtiOn Asheville.Socialist@gmail. com • WE (4/1), 6:30pm “Islamaphobia and U.S. Empire,” group discussion.

Held in Highsmith Union at UNCA.

lAurel cHApter Of tHe emBrOiderers’ guild Of AmericA 654-9788, egacarolinas.org • TH (4/2), 9:30-noon - Wool appliqued pin cushions.

Registration required. $11.50.

Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe OntrAck Wnc 50 S. French Broad Ave., 2555166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted.

• THURSDAYS until (4/2), 5:308pm - “Manage Your Money Series.”

• MO (4/6), 5:30-7pm - Seminar: “Understanding credit. Get it.

Keep it. Improve it.”

• TU (4/7), noon-1pm “Emotions & Spending,” financial seminar.

• WE (4/8), noon-1:30pm “What to do With Your Tax Refund” seminar.

Queer studies cOnference 252-6991, wgss.unca.edu/ queer-studies-conference • TH (4/2) through SA (4/4) — Meeting of academics, artists and activists on the theme “Navigating Normativity: Queering Institutions and Challenging Inequality.” Contact for full schedule. Held at UNCA. $20 per day/Free for UNCA students, faculty and staff. rurAl HeritAge museum At mArs Hill 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill, 689-1304 • Through FR (5/29) - Qualla Arts and Crafts: Tradition and Innovation, Cherokee arts and crafts. Free. tArHeel piecemAkers Quilt cluB tarheelpiecemakers. wordpress.com • WE (4/8), 9:30am-noon - Monthly meeting. Free to attend. Held at Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville tOucHstOnes discussiOn prOject 200-2953, lanternprojectonline.org • SUNDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm Workshop on collaborative skills and group dynamics for community building. Free.

Registration required. Held at White Pine Acupuncture, 247 Charlotte St.

uncA vOluntAry incOme tAX AssistAnce unca.edu • SATURDAYS until (4/9), 10:30am-3pm - Income tax preparation for incomes under $53K. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. Western cArOliniAns fOr peAce And justice in tHe middle eAst mepeacewnc.com • WE (4/8), 9:30am - General meeting. Held at Black Mountain Presbyterian, 117 Montreat Road, Black Mountain Wnc pOkémOn leAgue facebook.com/groups/ WNCPokemon • SATURDAYS, 4-8pm - Video and card games for players of all ages. Free to attend. Held at Hillside Games, 611c Tunnel Road

dAnce studiO zAHiyA, dOWntOWn dAnce clAsses (pd.) Monday 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Fusion Bellydance 7:30pm Bellydance• Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 2 •Wednesday 7:30pm Bellydance• Thursday 7am Hip Hop Cardio 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Kid’s Dance 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm West African 8pm West African 2 • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wrkt 10:30am Bellydance • $13 for 60 minute classes, Hip Hop Wkrt $5.

90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595

festivAls AsHeville egg drOp 692-8050 • SA (4/4), noon-3pm - Easter event with bunny, inflatables, food and eggs dropped from a helicopter. Free to attend. Held at Asheville Christian Academy, 74 Riverwood Road, Swannanoa

fOOd & Beer leicester cOmmunity center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000 • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am1pm - The Leicester Welcome Table offers a hot meal and fellowship. Open to all. Free.

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gOvernment & pOlitics yOung demOcrAts Of HendersOn And trAnsylvAniA cOunties myhcdp.com • TH (4/2), 6-8pm - Open house with live music. Free to attend. Held at Southern Appalachian Brewery, 822 Locust St. Suite 100, Hendersonville

kids GROWING GODDESS • JUNE 22-26 • JULY 6-10 (pd.) A nature-based Rites of Passage Camp (ages 11-14) celebrating the sacred time when a girl is becoming a woman. Through nature connection, supportive sisterhood, ritual, play and mentorship our true gifts emerge. Info: www.earthpatheducation. com

Sponsoring the sound what: Sound Effects benefit concert when: Thursday, April 9, 6-9 p.m. wheRe: 743 Haywood Road, Asheville why: Since 1996, the Asheville Music School has been strengthening Western North Carolina communities through affordable music education and outreach, teaching musicians of all ages and abilities. To help reach those goals, the school holds an annual faculty and student showcase, and while it started small in 2012, Sound Effects “just keeps getting bigger,” notes AMS development director charlotte sommers. “This is the first year with sponsors.”

Guests at this third annual fundraiser will be entertained by AMS faculty and student showcases, choir and chamber music, and guest performances by local artists River guergerian and chris Rosser.

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perform, including Vinyl Crossroads, an outfit that plays for veterans and nursing homes in the community. “It’s a thrill for the kids to see their teachers play and for the kids to play on a professional stage at Isis [Restaurant and Music Hall],” Sommers says.

A “pick-your-item” raffle will also grace the evening, featuring items such as Asheville Adventure Center passes, Eating Asheville food tours and artisan jewelry from Appalachian Crafts.

Tickets to the benefit are $15 ($12 in advance) or $6 for children under 12 and are available at isisasheville.com or in person at AMS. Proceeds from the event will support the school’s operations, mission and programs, including the Paul Thorpe Music Education Fund.

Attendees are encouraged to dine at the restaurant prior to the show, as a portion of proceeds from dinner will also be donated to AMS. Additional funds may also be donated to help with purchasing musical instruments for scholarship students.

For more information, contact AMS at 252-6244.

— Michael McDonald

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first legO leAgue rOBOtics teAm 258-2038 • WEDNESDAYS, 3-5:30pm - All boys and girls ages 10-14 welcome. Free.

Held at Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Office, 94 Coxe Ave. kids’ Activities At tHe liBrAries buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (4/1), 3:30pm - LEGO Builders Club for ages 5 and up. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TU (4/7), 4pm - Yoga and stretching for ages 4-9. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville spellBOund cHildren’s BOOksHOp 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop. com • SATURDAYS, 11am Storytime for ages 3-7. Free. tiny tOts circus plAytime toyboatcommunityartspace. com • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 10am-noon - Circus-themed mini class for babies and children up to age 6. $5 per child per class. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road Suite B

puBlic lectures cHrist scHOOl 500 Christ School Road, Arden • WE (4/1), 7pm - “Eyewitness to Power: Leadership in America,” with CNN analyst David Gergen. $20. puBlic lectures At uncA unca.edu Free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (4/2), 7:30pm - Ladies Who Lunch Archaeology Series: Female Portraiture in Roman Palmyra. Held in Ramsey Library. Free.

• TU (4/7), 7pm - Evenings at the Cabaret Weimar series: “Einstein in Berlin.” Held in Reuter Center. Free.

spirituAlity ABOut tHe trAnscendentAl meditAtiOn tecHniQue: free intrOductOry lecture (pd.) It’s no secret that within everyone is a transcendental field of energy, creativity and intelligence.

What was missing? An easy way to access it. TM is an effortless, non-religious technique for going beyond the active mind to experience your inmost self. Scientific studies show deep physiological rest, increased clarity and focus, reduced stress, improved brain functioning and a higher state of wellbeing. The only meditation recommended by the American Heart Association.

Learn how TM is different: Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville tm center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350 or meditationAsheville.org AsHeville insigHt meditAtiOn (pd.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started.

1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, Suite 200, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com AstrO-cOunseling (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available.

Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

AWAkening deepest nAture meditAtiOn clAss (pd.) Consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Healing into life through deepened stillness, presence and wisdom. Meditation, lessons and dialogue in Zen inspired unorthodox enlightenment. • Mondays, 6:30-7:30pm: Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon).

Donation. (828) 258-3241, healing@billwalz.com www.billwalz.com crystAl visiOns presents (pd.) Lee Carroll and Kryon “The New Human” Saturday, May 9 and Dr. Amber Wolf “Lemurian Sisterhood Sacred Circle” Sunday, May 10. For registration/information: 828687-1193 or www.crystalvisionsbooks.com lOOking fOr genuine spirituAl guidAnce And Help? (pd.) We are in a beautiful area about 10 minutes from downtown Asheville, very close to Warren Wilson College. www. truththomas.org 828-299-4359 Open HeArt meditAtiOn (pd.) Experience and deepen the spiritual connection to your heart, the beauty and deep peace of the Divine within you. Increase your natural joy and gratitude while releasing negative emotions.

Love Offering 7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 heartsanctuary.org Open HeArt WOrksHOps (pd.) Level 1, April 11, Level 2, April 12, 9am-5pm, 5 Covington St. These workshops are a beautiful way to connect with, feel and strengthen your spiritual heart, deepening your experience of living a heart-centered life. Register with Rana: 808651-2458. ohworkshopswnc@gmail.com • www.wncheart.com tHe Blue mAndAlA (pd.) Ongoing Workshops and Events, for full details visit our website. Available Tues-Sat by Appt. (some evening appts available)- Intuitive Crystal Readings, Crystal Healing Sessions, Reiki, Massage, Access Consciousness Bars Sessions,Vibrational Sound Healing; Free Spiritual Lending Library, Online Metaphysical Store Shipping coming soon.

The Blue Mandala 1359 Cane Creek Road Fletcher, NC 28732 828-275-2755 thebluemandala.com

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diAnA WOrtHAm tHeAtre 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • FR (4/3) & SA (4/4), 7pm Story of God, biblical musical. $12. first cOngregAtiOnAl ucc Of HendersOnville 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville, 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • WEDNESDAYS until (4/1), 3:30-5pm - Discussion of Martin Borg’s Convictions: Manifesto for Progressive Christians. Free. pArisH Of st. eugene 72 Culvern St., 254-5193, steugene.org • 1st FRIDAYS - Taizé service.

Free to attend.

Queer seder diversityed.org/queer-seder • FR (4/3), 6:30-9:30pm - First night Passover reflection and Kosher meal reimagined around themes of LGBTQ+ and Jewish liberation. Registration required. $5-15. Held in Highsmith Union at UNCA. sHAmBHAlA meditAtiOn center 19 Westwood Place, 200-5120, shambhalaashvl@gmail.com • 1st THURSDAYS, 6-8pm Food, conversation and meditation. Free.

• THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm Sitting meditation and dharma reading. Free. unitAriAn universAlist cOngregAtiOn Of AsHeville 1 Edwin Place, 254-6001, uuasheville.org • WEDNESDAYS, 8am-9am - Contemplation Hour, open silent meditation/prayer. Free.

spOken & Written WOrd Bee tree fire depArtment 510 Bee Tree Road, Swannanoa, 686-1932 • TH (4/2), 6:30pm - Brian Lawrence discusses his book History of Firefighting in Buncombe County. Free.

Afternoon Book Club: A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O’Nan. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TH (4/2), 6:30pm - East Asheville Book Club: Kindred

by Octavia Butler. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • TU (4/7), 7pm - Jamie Mason discusses her book Monday’s Lie. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TU (4/7), 7pm - Enka-Candler Book Club: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Nora Zeale Hurston. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TU (4/7), 7pm - Weaverville Evening Book Club: Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TU (4/7), 7pm - Jamie Mason discusses her book Monday’s Lie. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • TH (4/9), 2:30pm - Brian Lawrence discusses his book History of Firefighting in Buncombe County. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • TH (4/9), 1pm - Fairview Afternoon Book Club: Nothing to Envy by Margaret Demick.

Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview cAldWell cOmmunity cOllege & tecHnicAl institute 726-2202 • TH (4/9), noon - Jay Leutze discusses his book Stand Up That Mountain. Free. Held at CCC&TI Watauga Campus, 372 Community College Drive, Boone city ligHts BOOkstOre 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • SA (4/4), 3pm - Carol Bjorlie discusses her books Sweet Harmony and Impossible Brightening. Free to attend.

Blue ridge BOOks 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • SA (4/4), 3pm - Elise and Phil Okrend discuss their book Messages to the Heart.

Free to attend.

fOuntAinHeAd BOOkstOre 408 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-1870, fountainheadbookstore.com • TU (4/7), 5pm - Ann B. Ross discusses her book Miss Julia Lays Down the Law. Free to attend.

BuncOmBe cOunty puBlic liBrAries buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (4/1), 3pm - Weaverville

j.e. BrOyHill civic center 1913 Hickory Blvd. SE, Lenior, broyhillcenter.com • TH (4/9), 7pm - Jay Leutze discusses his book Stand Up That Mountain. Free.

mAlAprOp’s BOOkstOre And cAfe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (4/1), 7pm - Darlene O’Dell discusses her book The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven.

• TH (4/2), 7pm - Leigh Ann Henion discusses her book Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World.

• FR (4/3), 7pm - Skip Horack discusses his book The Other Joseph.

• SA (4/4), 3pm - Chris Grabenstein discusses his book The Island of Dr. Libris.

• MO (4/6), 6:30-8:30pm Small press and self-published author reception and discussion.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 7pm Enneagram relationships workshop.

• WE (4/8), 7pm - Nina MacLaughlin discusses her book Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter.

• WE (4/8), 7pm - Salon: Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature. Free.

• TH (4/9), 7pm - Wendy Wax discusses her book While We Were Watching Downton Abbey.

Open mic nigHt nothingsopowerful@gmail.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Free to attend. Held at Rejavanation Cafe, 909 Smokey Park Highway, Candler tHOmAs WOlfe sHOrt stOry BOOk cluB 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • TH (4/9), 5:30-7pm - “An Angel on the Porch.”

Discussion led by Terry Roberts. Free. Held at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 N. Market St

vOlunteering riverlink 252-8474, riverlink.org • WEDNESDAYS, 1-4pm Cleanup and plantings along the French Broad River.

Registration required. Held at Asheville Adventure Rentals, 704 Riverside Drive Wnc nAture center 75 Gashes Creek Road, 298-5600, wildwnc.org • TH (4/2), 4-8pm - Training for FrogWatch USA, a citizen science program to help scientists collect data and vital information on frogs and toads.

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True nature

Retreats offer chance to go deep and recharge

by emiLy nichoLs

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We all know someone who could use a break — and quite possibly, that person is you.

We know how to pack our days full of activities, but how many of us really know how to stop, take time off and experience true rest? Instead, we tend to just keep going at a faster pace, doing our best to convince ourselves that this is “normal.”

More and more folks, though, are finding that by consciously taking time away from their daily routine — hitting the reset button, if you will — they can come back to their daily life renewed, with a greater sense of well-being. joshua canter, owner of True Nature Education in Asheville, has seen firsthand the positive impact taking focused time off can have.

While on retreat in Thailand, Canter spoke with one of the monks, who told him, "You in America have all these problems and can pay for therapists. Here, when someone has a problem, we put them in a meditation hut for five days and bring them food. We get done in five days what you get done in a year."

Tough words, but they hit home for Canter. “Taking breaks isn’t something we learn how to do in our culture,” he notes.

Deeply moved by his experiences, Canter became passionate about sharing what he’d learned with others.

Today, he facilitates retreats in Costa Rica and encourages others to lead retreats and simply give themselves "me" time as well.

Opting to spend time with yourself is invaluable, Canter and others say. Many find that this magical time away evokes a sense of peace that can enhance their ability to relate harmoniously to family, friends, colleagues and whatever life throws their way.

“I think of the retreat as a sponge,” says Canter. “You go on a retreat and saturate your sponge, and you have time to tap into who you really are.

Then you go back into your life, and after a while it dissipates, and you need to go back to recharge or replenish.”

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Quiet time: “Every moment is an opportunity to retreat, to pause, to check in with your mind, body and spirit,” says Joshua Canter, owner of True Nature Education and Retreats. Photo courtesy of Joshua Canter

explains. “They decide to stay for more days, maybe taking a holistic class and enjoying the nature trail.”

And, shielded from the bombardment of modern technology, “People are discovering themselves and others.

They’re connecting to nature and their own natural rhythms.”

As Canter sees it, a retreat is really the ultimate vacation, because it spreads into all aspects of your life. “It’s kind of like the Thich Nhat Hanh quote: ‘The greatest gift you can give to the planet is to cultivate peace within yourself.’ At first, I thought that quote was rather self-absorbed," Canter reveals, "but I realized that a retreat really is the best gift you can offer yourself and others, because you come home clearer, stronger and more ready to serve, whatever your calling may be.” a Remedy foR westeRn cuLtuRe?

beyond Vacations For most folks, a vacation is the closest they may come to going on retreat, but in Canter’s view, these are two very different things. On a vacation, “We travel somewhere, we go to a hotel, we are indulgent, and it’s an experience that is somewhat replicated year after year,” he explains. “The retreat experience, in many ways, is an evolution of the standard vacation experience” that can bring balance back into our lives.

And due to the fullness of our dayto-day reality, which calls us “out” into the world to run errands, interact with others, make sure the kids are taken care of, fix dinner and so on, that kind of enhanced experience, he suggests, may be an essential antidote.

The retreat is a time to focus on your own internal environment. What's going on in my mind? How is this influencing my emotions? And what effect is it having on myself and others?

“By taking the time to pause, you have the chance to see what lies beneath the surface,” notes Canter. “You quickly find out what habits in your life are working and which ones aren’t.”

This insight into the “true nature of yourself,” he maintains, can lead to significant changes in your life. “You realize that you have another chance to make those tweaks.”

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shelli stanback, board president of the nonprofit OM Sanctuary, agrees. “When people are given the opportunity to disconnect, they quickly see where their addictions are; they feel where they’re overstimulated,” she says.

“It is integration that’s missing for people in our culture.

Even when you go to a class downtown, class ends, you step out on the street and, naturally, your nervous system becomes set for safety: There’s an underlying sense of overwhelm.”

When Stanback first launched OM, most of the clients were couples visiting Asheville who’d mistaken the center for a bed-andbreakfast (the center is located at the former site of Richmond Hill Inn). “They were surprised and somewhat upset when they found out there were no TVs in the rooms,” she recalls.

But the idea, notes Stanback, is to “disconnect to reconnect.”

Accordingly, OM Sanctuary offers “rest-and-renewal stays” — personalized retreats where you choose how you want to spend your free time while enjoying a serene, distraction-free environment.

“People are thankful not to have a scheduled program,” she

“A whole lot of intention goes into a retreat,” says Canter, adding that most such settings are designed to “make you feel comfortable, nourished and supported.”

With staff present to prepare your meals and a space devoted to practice, each participant has “an opportunity to unplug and to retreat within.” And with the logistics taken care of and distractions minimized, there is literally nothing else to do; it is a time for self-care, he says. sid jordan, director of the nonprofit Prama Institute, and Ramesh bjonnes, director of the affiliated Prama Wellness Center, say their clients, too, are primarily seeking “to retreat from the pressures of daily life and reset their priorities.”

Both branches of Prama, say Jordan and Bjonnes, “cater to the individual and collective needs of ‘retreaters,’” helping them “develop or rejuvenate a disciplined practice that supports an improved quality of life” once they’re back in daily life.

And whether you sign up for an organized retreat, decide to lead one or simply plan some solitary time at home, it’s a chance to be with yourself and go deeply into what it means to be alive — a rare opportunity for most of us. As Canter says, “The retreat can be one of the greatest remedies for Western culture right now.”

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In that spirit, here’s some additional advice from Canter: Mountain Xpress: many people reading this may think, "i don’t have time for that," or "this is not for me." are there options for home practice? canter: Definitely. You can make your own personal home retreat and start to weave more mindfulness into your daily life. For example, when you hear your phone ring, you can pause and let it ring three times before answering.

During this time, you are simply aware that the phone is ringing.

A retreat can be anything — having tea at Dobra, going on a walk in nature or taking five minutes in the morning for yourself. It takes intention and some level of discipline to plan a retreat for yourself.

What may be most accessible for people is a half-day in-home retreat. Turn off your devices, put your phone away and have a period of intentional silence, either alone or with one other person.

You could share a quiet meal, walk quietly with a friend, listen to a podcast on a teaching you find valuable or visit a place that reflects retreat to you. Asheville has a lot of those. there are obviously many holistic teachers and professionals in asheville, some of whom might

be interested in leading a retreat themselves. what advice would you give them?

It’s always helpful to go on a retreat before you lead one. You will start to understand the groundwork and see how you react to the retreat experience. This will give you valuable insight into how others might react. We’re all students and teachers in life, so if you feel inspired to be a retreat leader, you have to just dive in and take the leap.

There are many subtleties to facilitating your optimal retreat. I would first recommend that you arrive early to set the space and make yourself at home. Check out the little things, like leaving a flower in someone’s room or having candles. These are subtle actions to prepare the space.

Some of the best advice I can offer is to have a plan and let it shift organically. Things naturally come up during a retreat, especially about midway through. If you take this time to step up and hold space, to follow through until the end, you’ve done your best.

As a leader, prepare students for integration back into their lives, as well, and debrief yourself: What worked and what didn’t? This way, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. X

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Wellness AttentiOn cliniciAns And EDUCATORS • CONFERENCE On Autism (pd.) Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 8:30am4pm, Asheville, NC. SUWS of the Carolinas (suwscarolinas.com) is hosting Dr. Jed Baker, Director of the Social Skills Training Project. His presentation, All Kids Can Succeed, is for Clinicians and Educators to learn about working with individuals on the Autism Spectrum. • Breakfast and Lunch included. CEU’s awarded. $100 to attend. Contact Roslyn Walker, 704-4087791, rwalker@suwscarolinas.com OPEN HOUSE • DAOIST TRADITIONS cOllege Acupuncture clinic (pd.) Saturday, April 11, 2:30pm-5:30pm. • Free to the public. Get your energy moving for spring with free mini treatments, health tips, raffles, and more. For details visit www.daoisttraditions.edu AsHeville cOmmunity yOgA center 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • SA (4/4), 12:30-2:30pm - “Yoga for Pain Relief.” $20.

• SA (4/4), 3-5pm - “Mindfulness & Yoga for Recovery.” $20.

BuncOmBe cOunty puBlic liBrAries buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WEDNESDAYS (4/1) until (4/29), 3:30pm - Laughter Yoga for ages 18 and up.

Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa cOuncil On Aging Of BuncOmBe cOunty 277-8288, coabc.org • TH (4/9), 3-5pm - “Medicare Choices Made Easy,” information session. Free.

Held at Pardee Health Education Center, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville juBilee cOmmunity cHurcH 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • TU (4/7), 7-9pm - “Why Over 100 Million People Use Homeopathy for Healing Chronic Illnesses.” $10 donation.

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lAnd Of sky regiOnAl cOuncil 339 New Leicester Highway, 251-6622, landofsky.org • TH (4/9), 1-5pm - “Just Press Play,” workshop on using music to improve memory and decrease stress in those suffering from dementia. Free. nAtiOnAl AlliAnce On mentAl illness 356 Biltmore Ave., 989-2365, namiwnc.org • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS (4/7) through (5/14), 6-8:30pm - Class for family members and caregivers of adults living with severe mental illness. Free. pOWerful tOOls fOr cAregivers seminAr 697-4891 • WEDNESDAYS until (4/8), 2-4pm - Self-care education program for family caregivers. $25.

Held at Shaws Creek Baptist Church, 91 Shaws Creek Church Road, Hendersonville tAOist tAi cHi sOciety taoist.org/usa/locations/asheville • MONDAYS, 5:30pm - Intermediate Tai Chi class. Donations required. Held at Center for Spiritual Living Asheville, 2 Science Mind Way

suppOrt grOups Adult cHildren Of AlcOHOlics & dysfunctiOnAl fAmilies adultchildren.org • Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

Al-AnOn/ AlAteen fAmily grOups 800-286-1326, wnc-alanon.org • A support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. For full listings, visit mountainx. com/support.

AlcOHOlics AnOnymOus • For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 2548539 or aancmco.org AsHeville WOmen fOr sOBriety 215-536-8026, womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm – Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. Asperger’s teens united facebook.com/groups/AspergersTeensUnited • For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every 3 weeks. Contact for details.

BrAinstOrmer’s cOllective 254-0507, puffer61@gmail.com • 1st THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Led by brain injury survivors for brain injury survivors and supporters. Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road

deBtOrs AnOnymOus debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. depressiOn And BipOlAr suppOrt AlliAnce 367-7660, magneticminds.weebly.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 4pm – Held at 1316-C Parkwood Road electrOsensitivity suppOrt • For electrosensitive individuals. For location and info contact hopefulandwired@ gmail.com or 255-3350. emOtiOns AnOnymOus 631-434-5294 • TUESDAYS, 7pm – Held at Oak Forest Presbyterian Church, 880 Sandhill Road fOOd Addicts AnOnymOus 423-6191 or 301-4084 • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 1340-A Patton Ave. HeArt suppOrt 274-6000 • 1st TUESDAYS, 2-4pm - For individuals living with heart failure. Held at Asheville Cardiology Associates, 5 Vanderbilt Drive living WitH cHrOnic pAin 776-4809 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Hosted by American Chronic Pain Association. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa men WOrking On life’s issues 273-5334; 231-8434 • TUESDAYS, 6-8pm - Contact for location. missiOn HeAltH fAmily grOup nigHt 213-9787 • 1st TUESDAYS, 5:30pm - For caregivers of children with social health needs or development concerns. Held at Mission Reuter Children’s Center, 11 Vanderbilt Park Drive nAr-AnOn fAmily grOups nar-anon.org For relatives and friends concerned about the addiction or drug problem of a loved one.

• WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - Held at First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, 204 6th Ave. West, Hendersonville • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road

cHrOnic pAin suppOrt 989-1555, deb.casaccia@gmail.com • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6 pm – Held in a private home. Contact for directions.

nAtiOnAl AlliAnce On mentAl illness 505-7353, namiwnc.org • THURSDAYS, 2pm - Dual diagnosis group.

Held at Central United Methodist Church, 27 Church St. • 1st SATURDAYS, 10am - Connection group.

Held at NAMI Offices, 356 Biltmore Ave. • 1st SATURDAYS, 10am - Family/ caregiver group. Held at NAMI Offices, 356 Biltmore Ave.

cOdependents AnOnymOus 398-8937 • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm & SATURDAYS, 11am – Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • TUESDAYS, 8pm – Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 1340-A Patton Ave.

Our vOice trAumA educAtiOn series 252-0562, ourvoicenc.org/trauma-education-series • 1st TUESDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - For survivors of sexual violence, ages 18+.

Registration required. Held at Our Voice, 44 Merrimon Ave. Suite 1, 28801

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• Death penalty opponents have long sought a clear-cut case in which an obviously innocent person was wrongfully executed, and unsurprisingly, the great state of Texas appears about to provide that, in cameron todd willingham (convicted in 1992 and executed in 2004). Since his trial, the arson evidence “proving” murder has been thoroughly discredited, and recently an excellmate’s 1996 letter surfaced — demanding that his own prosecutor comply with the sentence reduction he was promised if he claimed that Willingham had “confessed” to him (and in fact the cellmate’s sentence was substantially reduced after he wrote the letter, though the cellmate later appeared grievously remorseful). Prosecutor john jackson is facing a state investigation for not disclosing the sentencing promise before trial.

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The elves’ leading spokeswoman, Ragnhildur jonsdottir, finally declared, to officials’ relief, that the elves had accepted the boulder’s relocation (to the side of the road), having “been preparing for this for a long time, moving their energy to the new location.”

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Solar for sale New legislation could mean cleaner, more affordable options for electricity

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The sun is shining on those who want more competition in the North Carolina energy marketplace. A series of bills recently introduced into the state legislature aim to not only diversify energy sources through independent solar sources, but provide incentive for energy efficiency through a tiered rate system.

House Bill 245, the Energy Freedom Act, was filed March 16 and would allow North Carolina’s electricity-consuming property owners as well as the military, University of North Carolina system schools and other government-owned institutions to enter into electricity agreements with third-party power owners outside of the current utility providers.

The bill, which is receiving bipartisan support, allows consumers a choice to buy energy directly from alternative providers instead of relying on an energy monopoly that serves their community. But there is a catch: the alternative energy com-

Leading the chaRge: Local companies like Sundance Power Systems in Weaverville could soon be providing a third-party alternative to reigning electricity giants like Duke Energy. Photo by Pat Barcas

pany gets to own, operate and maintain a power system of solar panels that would be installed on the property owner’s roof or property. The proposition is tantalizing for those who want to cut their energy bills or move off of grids belonging to large companies such as Duke Energy.

North Carolina is one of only five states to currently outlaw so-called third-party power purchase agreements. The new approach would introduce market competition to electricity customers in the state, allowing them to select the electricity provider based on affordability and, perhaps more importantly, where the energy comes from. If the bill is passed, homeowners could chose to buy their energy from

traditional fossil-fuel-based sources or clean, renewable sources.

“This is a great step forward,” says avram friedman, executive director of the Canary Coalition, a grassroots environmental activism group based in Sylva. “This bill challenges the paradigm of the energy monopoly.”

Friedman likens opposing new means of distributing solar power to trying to keep the typewriter alive in an age of computers, tablets and smartphones. “We’re witnessing a change here,” he says.

“This is an important bill. It will completely restructure how people get their energy. Power companies will have to adapt.”

The Canary Coalition also helped author another energy bill, Senate Bill 483, the Efficient and Affordable Energy Rates Bill, that was introduced on March 26. This bill aims to restructure utility rates into an inverted tier — meaning the more energy a household uses, the more users are charged per kilowatt-hour.

Friedman said legislation such as S.B. 483 is needed to encourage people to stop wasting energy and start thinking about efficiency.

“This is a very strong incentive to make your home more efficient,” he said.

According to the N.C. Sustainable Energy Association, market intelligence continues to prove that North Carolina is better off with a thriving clean energy market. The group says third-party sales will allow taxpayer savings through private investment in self-generated clean energy, which reduces the need for utility providers to build traditional, expensive power plants. The organizer adds that third-party sales also encourage economic growth by keeping energy funds in local communities and providing more job opportunities for installations and construction.

“This bill allows a free market financing option that is only prohibited in five states; and given the value clean energy continues to bring to our state, it doesn’t make sense that North Carolina remain one of them,” reads a statement from the NCSEA. “Access to capital for renewable energy projects will allow more electricity customers to reach their financial and sustainability goals through renewable energy deployment.”

Although H.B. 245 was just introduced, solar proponents are salivating over the prospect of opening up the market. dave hollister, president and CEO of Sundance Power

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Systems, broke it down very simply — the restrictions over the sale of electrons needs to come to an end.

“What has been thwarting solar for years is [that] the energy companies have a stranglehold on the sale of electrons,” Hollister asserts.

“This will be another shot in the arm for a sustainable industry that's paving the way. Area solar companies can potentially provide materials and labor, which would spur another interesting growth era.”

The upfront cost of purchasing a photovoltaic solar panel system, although historically more affordable than ever, is still prohibitive for most households. A third-party arrangement could make the choice to go green easier and more affordable by shifting the upfront cost into monthly payments.

Instead of purchasing the hardware, the homeowner would be investing into the idea and future of alternative energy.

“If we are going to see a shift in our sustainable energy future, it’s the right thing to do,” said Hollister. “This is a great step forward, and it starts to move the scrimmage line.”

The Energy Freedom Act was sponsored by Republicans, mirroring similar support for solar bills nationwide. This bipartisan support of the emerging alternative energy sector is unique, says Hollister, and indicative of a sea change in the way energy is being legislated.

“In an age of intense polarity, this bridges the gap between parties,” he notes. “Anything that can unify us and build a big tent around issues is really exciting.

When you have a new thing like this, the more common ground shared, the better we all are.” X

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One meal at a time Dinner at Green Opportunities’ Kitchen Ready table

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“All right, guys, let’s circle up!” barks chef Liam Luttrell-Rowland.

“Let’s pray, and then let’s get to work.” White chef’s coats pop out from around every corner, circling the expo counter as his crew’s heads are bowed.

During the past few weeks, these cooks have gotten used to serving three-course meals to whoever shows up. But there are no point-of-sale systems, uniformed waitresses or fancy, laminated menus here, because this isn’t your average restaurant: It’s the Southside Community Kitchen on Livingston Street, the café for Green Opportunities’ Kitchen Ready program.

Weekday lunches and a Thursday night dinner are offered free to public housing residents; members of the broader community are welcome but are asked for a donation. The nonprofit, three-month cooking school trains public housing residents, recovering addicts and exconvicts, in collaboration with A-B Tech’s culinary department, Asheville Independent Restaurants, MANNA FoodBank, the Asheville Housing Authority and the city school system.

Tonight’s a special night, though: Luttrell-Rowland and his team are serving up a more complex array of flavors in two seatings, each accommodating about 50 people.

“As a chef,” he explains, “I’m given a $90-a-day food cost. I’m able to serve about 100 people on that, including food we’re given by MANNA FoodBank.” And that low cost is even more amazing considering the quality coming out of this kitchen.

The crowds filter in, are seated by the host and given menus, with two options for each course. The servers — some volunteers, some students — take the orders.

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I choose the onion-and-leek soup with braised oxtail. It’s creamy and rich: The meat’s dark drippings inscribe a hurricane shape in the white soup, with bursts of green chives dotting the perimeter. My date goes for the smoked turkey Cobb salad with roasted red pepper, egg, romaine lettuce and an avocado ranch dressing.

Launched in 2011, the Kitchen Ready program was the brainchild of Bouchon owner Michel Baudouin, in coordination with chef Mark Rosenstein, one of the fathers of the local restaurant scene. The idea was to develop a workforce of skilled, highly trained cooks from within a segment of Asheville that’s often overlooked, undervalued, marginalized and downright ignored, as a way to provide wellpaying jobs with benefits.

“This part of Asheville is actually a food desert — a place where people can’t get access to enough healthy food to survive,” Luttrell-Rowland explains. You may remember him from his days as chef at The Magnetic Field or perhaps from his time as pastry chef at The Admiral. But one thing’s for sure: If you’ve ever had his food, you remember it.

When the second course rolls around, my date picks the grilled

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Ready to go: Chef Liam Luttrell-Rowland, previously of The Magnetic Field and The Admiral, provides hands-on, entry-level kitchen training to aspiring cooks through Green Opportunities’ Kitchen Ready program. Photos by Pat Barcas

salmon, plopped atop red lentils and fennel slaw with sticky rice and turkey bacon. I dig my fork into roasted chicken thighs with currants and curry on a bed of saffron rice. The yellow rice floats in a white parsnip purée, and a jerk butternutand-carrot salad tents the tender cuts of dark meat.

In a blind tasting, I would never believe this meal had been prepared by students, most of whom first donned a chef’s coat only a few months ago. But despite the impressive skills on display, there’s no guarantee of employment once they complete the program. Green Opportunities goes the extra mile to match graduates with jobs, says Luttrell-Rowland, but as the program continues to build its reputation, only about 40 to 50 percent of

them are finding work. And for those who do, holding onto those jobs is often difficult, no matter how skilled and hardworking they are.

“Our city still deals with a lot of segregation,” he explains. “Even if it’s not racial segregation, it’s economic. If you look at someone who has reliable transportation, comes from a middle-class background and is Caucasian, if they party too hard one night and call in the next day, their employer might cut them some slack. Our graduate might not show up one day without notice, and the next day they’re gone. It takes a lot of education for the employers, because we’re not asking anyone to lower the bar, but there are some communication issues that have to be worked out. Employers have to start learning how to actually receive GO graduates and want to work with our organization to help mentor them.”

Still, watching these cooks move, you wouldn’t believe this was their first year in a kitchen. They dance gracefully behind the counters, moving swiftly and efficiently and calling their locations to avoid bumping into one another. Not all of them are restaurant virgins, however.

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buiLding skiLLs: Chef Liam Luttrell-Rowland (right) coaches Benita McCants (left) and other Kitchen Ready students during a recent Thursday dinner service at Southside Community Kitchen.

“I’ve been working at Bojangles’ for six years. It’s a dead end,” says domane hines, one of the 14 students enrolled in the current session. And while he may never have worked a sauté station at Bojangles’, he’s clearly picked up the rhythm of a kitchen, that delicate economy of movement that’s impossible to teach in any class.

His work behind the stove is calm, calculated and intentional.

“Systematically, in this neighborhood and in any neighborhood that is living in poverty, there’s a degradation of people’s confidence, because they can’t feel comfortable to walk into any environment and just apply for a job,” says Luttrell-Rowland. “And that’s one of the things that I’m trying to break down. I want to open up that dialogue and figure out how to get people to a place where they’re comfortable making a résumé, showing up for an interview and pitching themselves. You see a lot of people coming into Kitchen Ready that have a ton of fast-food experience, and they’re incredibly skilled and fast: They know what to do and have great intuition in a kitchen. But there’s some sort of mental block that keeps them from vying for a position at Bouchon or another local restaurant. What we can do for the future is get people the skills so they can be confident in themselves and put themselves out there. And even if it’s not a home run every time, at least

they’re going to get on base, which is what I care about.”

By the time dessert is served, our bellies are stuffed. But then a generous helping of lemon curd parfait with crisp cookies and strawberry preserves arrives, and no one’s about to turn it down.

“One thing that we’re thinking of a lot, which really makes Kitchen Ready unique, is that this is an entrylevel program,” Luttrell-Rowland explains. “What we’re doing is training to build the workforce — the enormous number of just really solid cooks that restaurants need.

Eventually, yes, we want them to grow to become chefs. But my job, in their three months, is to give them the foundations of good cooking.”

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“People are crazy for chips because they’re everything that our prehistoric brains say we love: fat, salt and crunch,” says Ashevillean chris bryant, author of Chips: Reinventing a Favorite Food (Lark/Sterling Publishing, 2014). “They’re a guilty pleasure. Even hard-line nutrition-

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chiPs woRLdLy and LocaL ists who contributed to my book said things like ‘My favorite chips are Cool Ranch Doritos.’”

Bryant’s book presents chip recipes with gusto, including potato chips and chips sliced from beets, carrots, parsnips, kale, fruits, tofu skin (the skin that forms on top when soymilk simmers) and even cured meats and sausages. “Pretty much everything can be a chip,” says Bryant, also a food stylist, developer and tester.

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The Gourmet Chip Co. on Broadway in downtown Asheville goes far beyond the spud as well, offering chips made from Idaho potatoes but also from sweet potatoes, plantains and taro root. They also have an international flair. “I woke up in the middle of the night before the company opened and thought of combining truffle oil and herbcrusted goat cheese,” says neala steury, founder and president of

the company, which opened in 2011.

“That became the Parisian. I wanted to use chips as a canvas, painting chips in ways based on international cuisine.” joe scully, chef and owner of Chestnut on Biltmore Avenue and Corner Kitchen in Biltmore Village, serves a symphony of chips at Corner Kitchen called, unsurprisingly, Joe’s Chips. “We fry separately red bliss potatoes, sweet potatoes and purple potatoes usually from North Carolina, plantains and malanga, a type of taro root that can be as big as a thigh. When I first saw a malanga at the DeKalb Market outside Atlanta, it said, ‘Make me into a chip.’ So I did.”

Chestnut also serves housemade chips made from Yukon gold and red bliss potatoes tossed in a mustard seasoning.

Scully recognizes that a homemade chip is simply further up the food chain than a mass-made one. “You take a basic product and finesse it into

something really special — and as simple as chips next to a burger.” jeff miller, owner and chef — or as his employees call him, “proprietor and pit boss” — of Luella’s Bar B Que on Merrimon Avenue, focuses on frying up North and South Carolina sweet potato chips seasoned with the restaurant’s spicy brisket rub, sweetened a bit.

“Chips are such a simple way to put snacks on the table that are from the region,” he says.

home chiP-making: PLeasuRe oR PeRiL? Although cultures worldwide savor crisp fried snacks — think Latin American corn chips or Indian kerala plantain chips — enjoying them is a lot simpler than making them.

Still, Bryant says making chips is not complicated once you get the equipment you need, including a mandoline, or tool to slice the tubers thin, a heavy wok and

cLassi c chi Ps Chris Bryant Hot water for soaking 2 tablespoons distilled vinegar 1½ pounds russet potatoes, scrubbed clean or peeled

Oil for frying Kosher salt or sea salt

Fill a medium-sized mixing bowl with about 2 quarts of hot tap water. (Note: Hot water is key to making light chips, so use the hottest water that comes from your tap.) Cut the potatoes into thin, even slices — 1/16 inch (a quarter’s thickness) is ideal for thin chips, while 1/8 inch (two quarters) is good for thicker ones.

A mandoline or food processor will make this task much easier. As you cut, drop the slices into the water to prevent darkening. Drain and replace the water with more hot water and add the vinegar. Let the slices soak for at least 15 minutes.

Drain the slices into a colander and rinse them under hot water until it runs clear of starch. Spread the potato slices across a kitchen towel and pat them dry with another towel. Roll up the slices in the towel and gently press to blot.

Prepare a draining surface near your cooktop by lining a baking sheet with paper towels or a paper bag. Then place a wire cooling rack on top, laid upside down. Have your salt and seasonings nearby. Pour about 1 to 1½ inches of oil into a wide, heavy pot or wok. There should be about 3 inches of headspace above the oil or 3 inches of clear space around the wok. Attach a thermometer to the pot. Over high heat, bring the oil temperature to 360°F. Unroll the potato slices and carefully drop them into the oil. They should immediately begin bubbling. Don’t crowd the pot — add just enough slices for a single layer. With a slotted spoon or spider, constantly move and turn the chips while they cook. In 2 or 3 minutes they’ll begin to brown and the bubbling will begin to slow or stop. When the slices are golden brown, transfer them to the blotting surface and immediately sprinkle them with salt and seasoning.

Continue frying the remaining slices, allowing the oil to return to 360°F and making room on the blotting surface for the next batch of chips. Don’t forget to add seasonings to the chips as they come out of the oil.

The chips will get crisper as they cool, so wait about 5 minutes before you serve them. Allow the chips to cool completely before storing them in an airtight container. They’ll keep for a couple of weeks, but only if you keep them out of sight! If the chips get soft or you want to re-create that just-made experience, reheat them in a 300°F oven for 4 or 5 minutes. Makes 8-10 cups.

a frying thermometer. “Then it’s so easy. You soak the raw chips in hot water and a couple tablespoons of vinegar to release the starch so the chips won’t turn dark too quickly. Then you wrap the raw chips in a towel, squeeze out the moisture and fry them in oil that’s a low-enough temperature” — 200 degrees Fahrenheit to start — “to get the moisture out before the sugar in the starch caramelizes. If you cook them at too high a heat, the chips’ exterior seals and the moisture stays inside.” Take the chips out when the oil rises to about 325-350 F. Scully has different advice: “Don’t even mess with making your own chips. Just to make the limited amount of chips we serve, we use two 85-pound fryolaters, and enough oil to fry a suckling pig. We have one guy named William — we call him Machete because he’s a tough guy who rides a Harley — who walks in, makes our chips and then goes home. I’ll pay him whatever he wants.” X

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wine countRy: Upcoming events at Addison Farms Vineyard will offer visitors a glimpse into the winemaking process. The vineyard, winery and tasting room are on a 55-acre family farm in Leicester. Photo courtesy of Addison Farms Vineyard

baRReL tasting at addison faRms As a relatively new winery, Addison Farms Vineyard is still experiencing many firsts — from the planting of its first vines in 2009 to its first grapes crush in 2010 to the addition of new varietals over the years.

On Saturday, April 11, owners jeff and dianne frisbee will embark on another new venture — their inaugural barrel tasting.

Barrel tastings are annual events hosted by wineries that offer the public a chance to visit the vineyard and sample unreleased vintages straight from the fermenting vessels. Jeff Frisbee says they also want their first tasting to “create an intimate environment where our guests have the opportunity to see some of the inner workings of our farm and the winery.”

The Frisbees (and their dog, Sam) will offer private tours of their vineyard and winemaking facility, which is on Jeff’s parents’ 55-acre Leicester farm, a property that has been in his family for four generations. Visitors will have a chance to discuss viticulture and winemaking with the Frisbees and sample Addison Farms’ bottled wines plus a few straight from barrel. “It will give us a chance to compare different vintages of the

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same wine and see how changes in weather created differences in the wines,” adds Jeff.

Participants will also have a chance to buy wine futures, meaning they can purchase favorite barrel vintages at current prices to reserve what they want for when it is bottled. Gourmet picnic lunches will be catered by Corner Kitchen and are included in the $40 tickets.

The Frisbees also invite those with an especially keen interest in the winemaking process to attend Addison Farms Vineyard’s 2015 planting day on Saturday, April 18. Guests can either relax with a glass of wine and watch the work going on or jump right in and participate in the planting process.

The barrel tasting takes place at noon Saturday, April 11, at Addison Farms Vineyard, 4005 New Leicester Highway, Leicester. The deadline to buy tickets is Saturday, April 4. Visit addisonfarms.net or call 581-9463. confeRence on feRmentation sciences Western Carolina University and the Western Office of the N.C. Biotechnology Center will highlight craft brewing and fermentation sciences during

by Gina Smith the Molecules in the Mountains conference on Thursday, April 9.

The conference is part of the N.C. Biotechnology Center’s Science in the Mountains series and will feature “experts from around the country on topics including the biology and chemistry of brewing, as well as the science, business and art of fermentations,” says a press release from WCU. The keynote speaker will be brewing industry expert Ray Daniels of the Siebel Institute of Technology and the Cicerone Certification Program. Daniels’ presentation will examine how and why craft beer has become important to Western North Carolina’s economic landscape. The conference is free and open to the public. Lunch and refreshments will be provided at no charge.

Molecules in the Mountains, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, April 9, A.K. Hinds University Center at Western Carolina University, 1 University Way, Cullowhee. Preregistration is required

by Thursday, April 2. To register, visit moleculesinthemountains.weebly.com. fig ceLebRates 10 yeaRs Biltmore Village restaurant Fig will kick off its 10th anniversary on Tuesday, April 7, with a wine dinner featuring vineyard owner David Adelsheim of Adelsheim Vineyards, a pioneer of the Oregon wine industry and leader in sustainable agricultural practices. Pinot noir will be the featured wine of the evening, but a rose, a pinot gris and an Auxerrois, a unique varietal from Alsace, will also be included. Cost is $75 per person. Reservations are required.

6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 7, Fig, 18 Brook St. Call 277-0889 for details the macneiLL uncoRked Great Smoky Mountains Railroad and the French Broad Vignerons are collaborating to launch a wine and rail experience this summer that is unique in WNC. On June 20, July 18 and Aug. 15, the railroad will highlight WNC wineries and cheeses in a first-class, full-service Nantahala Gorge Excursion trip in its plush MacNeill dining car. In addition to the cheese samples and pours from area wineries, guests will dine on entrees and desserts while a host and guest winemakers share facts about the WNC wine region and the

history of each selected vintage. This summer’s three scheduled trips will serve as test runs for a planned wine train program that would include regularly scheduled runs with three or four cars seating a total of 100 guests. So far, participating wineries include Belle Nicho Winery, ParkerBinns Vineyard, Mountain Brook Vineyards, Burntshirt Vineyards, St. Paul Mountain Vineyards, Silver Fork Winery and South Creek Vineyards & Winery.

The MacNeill Uncorked departs at 10:30 a.m. June 20, July 18 and Aug. 15 from the Bryson City depot.

Cost is $109 per person. Ages 21 and older only. Reservations are strongly recommended. For tickets, call 800-872-4681 or visit gsmr. com, click on “Events” and choose “Nantahala Gorge Excursion.” X

Tea time BlAck teA tAsting And presentAtiOn Saturday, April 4, 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. - A tasting and slideshow presentation of Dobra Tea’s travels through India, China, Sri Lanka and Africa. $20 per person. Dobra Tea, 120 Broadway St., Black Mountain. 357-8530 Call to reserve a spot. cOmmunity gOng fu teA tAstings WitH pAntHer mOOn teA Saturday, April 11, noon - 3 p.m. - A drop-in tasting of premium teas from China and Taiwan.

The Yunnan teas will be featured. Raven and Crone, 555 Merrimon Ave., Suite 100. $5-8 donation requested. For details, contact Sumitra at 450-9853 or panthermoon1008@gmail.com.

An intrOductiOn tO yunnAn teAs Sunday, April 12, 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. - Explore the culture, history and varieties of the teas of China’s Yunnan Province. Tasting will include the famous post-fermented Pu-erh, Yunnan black (Dian Hong), high mountain green and herbal teas. West Village Market, 771 Haywood Road. $20 per person. For details, contact Sumitra at 450-9853 or panthermoon1008@gmail.com. tHe puerH eXperience: lincAng Sunday, April 19, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. - A class on the multi-dimensionality of Yunnan’s Puerh teas from Lincang prefecture.

Discussion will also cover the spiritual aspects of Puerh tea, including the intersection of philosophical and physical aspects of life. West Village Market, 771 Haywood Road. $20 per person. For details, contact Sumitra at 450-9853 or panthermoon1008@gmail.com.

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Spring on the South Slope Catawba opens its new brewery, Burial debuts its beer garden

Spring is a time for new beginnings, so it’s fitting that Catawba Brewing Co. is kicking off the season by embarking on the next stage of the company’s future in Asheville.

Asheville has been the brewery’s largest market since it opened in Morganton in 1998. Brothers and co-owners billy and scott Pyatt knew almost from the beginning they wanted a second brewery in town. Then about 2 ½ years ago they announced a plan for a new brewery in Biltmore Village. Permitting and site issues eventually made it clear they couldn’t move forward at that location though. So they opened a tasting room at 63 Brook St. and scouted other locations. Finally they found a suitable fit at 32 Banks Ave. The new address may sound familiar. It’s part of the complex that also houses Vortex Donuts — and the future home of Buxton Hall Barbecue.

The space is large, about 5,400 square feet. Three garage doors frame the patio bar, which you pass through to what Catawba calls the Great Hall. This primary seat-

hitting the sLoPe: Jetta, Billy and Scott Pyatt are ready for a busy spring at Catawba’s new location at 32 Banks Ave. Photo by Thom O’Hearn

ing area will have a bar with 24 taps. The back left corner of the space houses a 7-barrel brewing system that Catawba will use to produce about 500 barrels of specialty beer per year. The other side leads into a separate space that Catawba is calling the Rickhouse — a British term for a barrel room.

The barrel room will house most of Catawba’s wooden barrels and contain its own bar with six taps of specialty beers. It may seem like an oddity for Catawba — a company bestknown for low ABV beers like White Zombie and Farmer Ted’s Cream Ale, but Catawba has long played with barrels at its Morganton facility. The brewery will come out swinging in Asheville with a 2-yearold barrel-aged Hooligan Scotch Ale, a 1.5-year-old barrel-aged blueberry stout and a sour version of its popular White Zombie.

An outdoor courtyard with south facing views will round out the space. The grand opening is set for Friday, April 3. Hours after that will be 2-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday and noon-10 p.m. Friday-Sunday. buRiaL’s new beeR gaRden Catawba isn’t the only brewery on the South Slope kicking off spring with a new space. Burial Beer Co. at 40 Collier Ave. will debut its new beer garden on Saturday, April 11.

gaRden cRew: The team from Buxton Hall Barbecue will help launch Burial Beer Co.’s new beer garden. From left, Doug Reiser, Dan Silo, Sarah Cousler, Elliott Moss, Tim Gormley and Jess Reiser. Photo

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“We plan to have a fully blooming garden and urban farm later this spring and summer,” says coowner jess Reiser. But for now, patrons will certainly settle for what Burial is ready to debut: expanded outdoor seating and a second bar.

Reiser says the outdoor bar will be open on weekends and for special events. To ring in the space, the Burial crew is teaming up with chef elliott moss of the future Buxton Hall Barbecue. He’ll cook a whole hog as well as barbecue chickens and a range of sides for the event.

If you haven’t dropped by a Burial brunch, it will also be a chance to check out the funk/jazz group The George Mandelkorn Project, who will play from 3-8 p.m.

Reiser says this is the first of several Burial/Buxton collaborations planned for 2015. “You can expect Buxton at Burial’s second annual Sharpen the Blades Saison Festival on May 2 and at an Asheville Beer Week event on May 29, where we will host an interactive beer and food pairing at our taproom,” says Reiser. nc beeR month kicks off at thiRsty monk North Carolina Beer Month is back for the month of April. In years past, Asheville hasn’t done quite as much as cities to the east — likely since the month is too close to our own Asheville Beer Week in May. Still, this year Thirsty Monk is kicking things off the right way, serving nearly 100 different beers that showcase North Carolina breweries. On Thursday, April 2, there will be a huge tap takeover spanning all Monk locations (downtown, Biltmore Park, and Reynolds Village).

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HigHlAnd: Live music: Allen Thompson Band, 7pm; Food truck: Happy Lucky & Rootdown (sandwiches & comfort food) OskAr Blues: Firkin Friday: Tart Cherry Mama’s; Live music: Tina & Her Pony, 6pm; Food truck: CHUBwagon pisgAH: Live show: Reasonably Priced Babies Comedy, 8pm Wedge: Food truck: Melt Your Heart (gourmet grilled cheese)

HigHlAnd: Live music: Woody Wood (acoustic rock), 5:30pm

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cAtAWBA: Live music: The Greenliners, 5pm

One WOrld: Live music: David Earl Duo (acoustic rock), 8pm

frencH BrOAd: Live music: Riverside Drive, 6pm

OskAr Blues: Community bike ride led by The Bike Farm, leaves brewery 6pm; Beer run w/ Wild Bill, group run leaves brewery 6pm

HigHlAnd: Live music: Red Honey, 7pm; Food truck: Happy Lucky & Rootdown (sandwiches & comfort food)

Oyster HOuse: $2 off growler fills

OskAr Blues: Live music: The Frankness, 6pm; Food truck: CHUBwagon

pisgAH: Live music: Grits & Soul, 6pm Wedge: Food truck: Root Down (comfort food, Cajun)

Oyster HOuse: $5 mimosas & bloody Marys

One WOrld: Service industry night: $4 pints; Live music: Cameron Stack (blues), 5pm OskAr Blues: Live music: Mountain Music Mondays, 6pm Brevard Music Center concert series Wedge: Food truck: El Kimchi (Korean/Mexican street food)

tuesdAy AsHeville BreWing: $2.50 Tuesday: $2.50 one-topping jumbo pizza slices & house cans (both locations); Back on draft: Sister Bad Habit amber ale Hi-Wire: $2.50 house pints One WOrld: Live music: Brandon Audette (DJ), 8pm OskAr Blues: Tasty Tuesday: Black IPA Food truck: Chameleon Cornhole League, 6pm Oyster HOuse: Cask night Wedge: Food truck: Tin Can Pizzeria

pisgAH: Live music: John Ginty Band, 8pm; Food truck: DOGS

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AltAmOnt: Live music: Anya Hinkle, 8pm

Wedge: Food truck: El Kimchi (Korean/Mexican street food)

AsHeville BreWing: $3.50 pints at Merrimon location frencH BrOAd: Live music: Jeff Markham, 6pm One WOrld: Live music: Billy Litz (Americana), 8pm OskAr Blues: Food truck: CHUBwagon pisgAH: Live music: Simo, 9pm sOutHern AppAlAcHiAn: Live music: Nitrograss, 7pm Food truck: Farm to Fender Wedge: Food truck: Tin Can Pizzeria

fridAy AltAmOnt: Live music: Dirty Soul Revival & Dirty Badgers, 9:30pm

sundAy AsHeville BreWing: $5 bloody Marys & mimosas at Coxe location BuriAl Beer cO.: Jazz brunch w/ The Mandelkorn George Project, noon (until food runs out) OskAr Blues: Food truck: CHUBwagon Oyster HOuse: $5 mimosas & bloody Marys sOutHern AppAlAcHiAn: Easter Sunday Gospel Brunch; Live music: Redneck Mimosa, 12pm; Food truck: Farm to Fender; Egg hunt for kids, 12-3pm Wedge: Food truck: El Kimchi (Korean/Mexican street food); Live music: Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones (acoustic jazz, swing), 6pm

cAtAWBA BOutiQue: New 32 Banks Ave. location grand opening, 12pm; Live music: Pierce Edens, 5:30 pm

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AltAmOnt: Live music: Old-time jam w/ John Hardy Party, 7pm

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On a summer evening in 1952, a handful of people at Black Mountain College forever changed the course of modern art with a single performance — the world’s first happening. The one-night-only, interactive event featured a random blend of simultaneous music, dance, visual art and spoken word, creating a legacy that’s left few, if any, avant-garde artists, organizations, poets, philosophers or performers untouched. On Saturday, April 4, the sixth annual {Re}HAPPENING will aspire to recapture that mythic spirit at the long-defunct school’s former grounds at Lake Eden, now the home of Camp Rockmont. honoRing the Legacy Jointly organized by the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and The Media Arts Project, the {Re}HAPPENING aims to recreate a typical Saturday evening at the experimental school, which operated from 1933-57.

what {Re}HAPPENING 2015 rehappening.com wheRe Lake Eden in Black Mountain when Saturday, April 4. Performances run from 3-10 p.m.; cocktail reception 5:30 p.m.; dinner 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets available at the gate or through BMCM+AC: general admission (performances plus two drink tickets) $18 museum members/$20 nonmembers; kids under 13 $10.

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Attendees fan out across the grounds; performances, installations and artworks will dot the landscape, float atop the lake and fill the numerous cabins lining the property. There’s also a cocktail reception and ticketed dinner in the main dining hall.

With an earlier start this year (3 p.m. instead of 5 p.m.), the 2015 edition boasts almost 100 artists and 30 different projects, all drawing on the college’s myriad creative and philosophical dimensions. Among the dozens of modes and media on display will be butoh performances, sound and sculptural installations, fabric collages and aerial photography. Audience interaction is an essential component of the event.

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diaLed in: Las Vegas-based installation artist David Sanchez Burr presents his project, “n o w h e r e r a d i o.” It features alternative, experimental instruments made out of such items as household appliances, dinner plates, staplers and even pine cones. Arranged in vertical frames, they allow participants to walk freely from one to another. Photo courtesy of the artist

“Chance Ops,” a series of spontaneous, site-specific works, will unfold throughout the afternoon and early evening. Each “op” will be chosen from a hat, then animated or enacted by an artist at his or her assigned location.

Composer and musician Dorit Chrysler, a leading member of The New York Theremin Society, will be one of the fea-

tured performers in the John Cage Room, outfitted by sponsor Moog Music.

“The space,” says alice sebrell, the museum’s program director, “will be more focused around Cage’s compositions and his legacy. We’re looking to get closer to one degree of separation by having artists that are working in his style.”

The Cage Room also reflects a greater emphasis on theme in this year’s {Re}HAPPENING. “The goal is to support art that is performance-based or experiential,” says ursula gullow, the Media Arts Project’s program director. “This year, all of the projects fall into that category. It’s all in keeping with the spirit of BMC.” The event is both an homage to and a continuation of the original happening, says Sebrell.

On that historic occasion, Cage read passages from German mystic Meister Eckhart, while Charles Olson and M.C. Richards recited poetry. Meanwhile, Merce Cunningham danced in front of several mirrorlike white canvases painted by Robert Rauschenberg, who played records on an old Victrola.

As the story goes, the whole event was conceived during lunch and performed at dinner that same day. “The whole thing came down from an ongoing conversation between John Cage and David Tudor,” says Sebrell. Cage, who’d returned to the college for a summer session, and Tudor, a pianist and experimental musician, are said to have dreamed up the idea — merging multiple artists and artistic disciplines into a single performance — that afternoon in the dining hall.

“The idea had been percolating for a while,” she says. “Then they ultimately decided that what the artists did within their time signature was up to them.”

The entire performance hinged on the element of chance, making it wholly interactive and largely unpredictable. bRoadcasting Range jolene mechanic, who was then on the museum’s board, created the first {Re}HAPPENING back in 2010. The inaugural event featured about 30 artists, almost all of them from Western North Carolina. But as the {Re} HAPPENING has grown in scope and stature, so too has the range of contributors.

“As an artist, I’m really interested in what people are doing nationally,” says Gullow, “and it’s important to have artists from around the country come

and bring in new ideas that can benefit everyone.”

Involving local artists has long been a priority, but Gullow sees the influx of regional and national performers as a valuable enhancement that also illustrates the conceptual and geographic reach of the college’s legacy. This year’s roster includes participants from Tennessee; Washington, D.C.; New York; Rhode Island; Maine; Illinois; and Nevada.

Las Vegas-based installation artist david sanchez burr is among those making his first appearance at the {Re}HAPPENING. Burr will be installing “n o w h e r e r a d i o,” a fully functional, on-site radio station inspired by Cage’s penchant for incorporating chance and interactivity into his work.

The piece features alternative, experimental instruments made out of such items as household appliances, dinner plates, staplers and even pine cones. Arranged in vertical frames, they allow participants to walk freely from one to another.

“The audience becomes the instruments by playing the devices,” says Burr. “They can also just speak or read out literature that I’ve provided.” The sounds are recorded, then channeled through a series of radios scattered across the site, which have been dismantled and reconstructed to display their interiors.

The title’s play on words combines two opposing notions. Burr has set up these radios in diverse, often out-of-the-way places (i.e., the “middle of nowhere”): the desert, a tiny town near Sequoia National Park or, in this case, a mountain valley. Once installed, they can be effectively employed “now” and “here.”

“Broadcasting is and can be a very exclusive field,” he says. “The piece itself is really about community and the idea that anybody can be included and interact with a work of art.”

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maPPing the LandscaPe Video and image projection has been a {Re}HAPPENING mainstay since day one. But this year’s artists are taking it to the next level.

Several projects will feature projection mapping, a site-specific technique that overlays images on irregular surfaces. In this case, the projections will be specifically tailored to the trees and cabins

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weiRd science: Returning {Re}HAPPENING alumnus Gene Felice presents “Aquaphonic Scales.” The project uses visual projection and audio recording to explore the lake’s microbiology. As night falls, Felice will project those microscopic images onto the surface of the Studies Building. Photo by Michael Oppenheim

dotting Lake Eden’s hillside.

The student-erected Studies Building will become the canvas for “Aquaphonic Scales,” a collaborative piece by gene felice, a former Asheville resident who’s now based in Maine, and Asheville musician Kima Moore.

Both are returning {Re} HAPPENING alumni. Felice has played both an organizational and an artistic role in the event since 2010, having served on both sponsoring organizations’ boards when he lived here. But this will be his first time participating solely as an artist.

“Aquaphonic Scales” uses visual projection and audio recording to explore the lake’s microbiology. During the daytime, an open audio-and-microscopy lab and an audio-video workshop will enable participants to explore the microorganisms in Lake Eden. As night falls, Felice will project those microscopic images onto the surface of the Studies Building.

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turing sounds from inside the lake and the surrounding area, and playing them through speakers placed between the lake and the school. Felice will also give a talk about the work at 3:15 p.m. in the campus theater.

A Buckminster Fuller-inspired geodesic dome, says Felice, “will be our command center, our lab. It’s adjacent to the spot of the first failure — and, ultimately, the first success — of Fuller’s geodesic dome.”

And in further testament to the {Re}HAPPENING’s national appeal and commitment to artistic collaboration, Felice plans to bring along several students and faculty from the University of Maine in Bangor, where he’s an assistant professor of new media.

“One of the most inspiring things about the BMC legacy was the collaboration,” he says. But despite the school’s profound historical impact, he notes, “Not that many people have an idea as to what the museum and MAP are doing, and are capable of doing, to prolong it.” X

{Re}HAPPENING highlights We wish we had enough room to profile all 30 projects, but here’s a quick look at a handful of them. Event locations to be determined. For background on other {Re}HAPPENING artists and projects, visit rehappening.com. “aeRosPheRe” Asheville artist and performer julie becton gillum returns this year with “AEROSPHERE,” the second installment of her four-part butoh dance series Sphere. “AEROSPHERE,” the follow-up to 2014’s “BIOSPHERE,” is a multidimensional, multiartist performance piece combining butoh and video mapping.

Unlike ballet or modern dance, butoh “has no codified, basic physical technique,” says Gillum. Rather, the style is “bound to its disparate perspective on space and time, and its authentic, primal, physical urgency.”

“PLaying undeR the infLuence: the aa Room” New York poet, musician, visual artist and certified aromatherapist tamalyn miller will ensure that attendees make use of all five senses. “Playing Under the Influence” summons participants to explore their temporal connections with music, color, texture and scent. Viewers choose from among seven colors, each with a corresponding inhaler, based on their personal preference or what they’re wearing. Each participant and each choice feeds into Miller’s ongoing improvisational musical performance. “kjeLL, ØR the y: an augmented ReaLity Poem & PeRfoRmance” judd morrissey, a poet and code artist from Chicago, is a pioneer of site-specific electronic literature. “Kjell, Ør the Y,” Morrissey’s first {Re}HAPPENING performance, assigns GPS coordinates to a series of poetic materials and texts that participants can track down using a smartphone app. The work is in constant flux, changing over time as it cycles and physically shape-shifts through themes as big and varied as time, space, Gertrude Stein and Alan Turing.

“LateR Rain” If all goes well, say Charlotte-based performance artists eric mullis and matt cosper, they will lose control. This collaborative, improvisational piece — part writing, part musical performance — is entirely subject to chance. Seated at separate desks and writing furiously, the artists will work themselves into an ecstatic state. Once they lose it, so to speak, they’ll erupt into song. “The text is created via chance procedure,” Mullis said in his project proposal, adding, “Our goal is to have the audience’s experience be as if they stumbled into some kind of religious service or ritual.” — K.S. X

homage and continuation: The sixth annual {Re}HAPPENING raises funds for the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and honors the legacy of Black Mountain College, which operated from 1933-57. “The goal is to support art that is performance-based or experiential,” says Media Arts Project program director Ursula Gullow. Photo by Michael Oppenheim

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by Alli Marshall

“This time around, it’s like the pitcher who gets a second chance,” says singer-songwriter kenny Roby.

And although baseball metaphors sprinkle his speech, the musician is talking about the comeback of his roots-rock outfit, 6 String Drag. That reunited group shares the bill with Holy Ghost Tent Revival at The Grey Eagle on Saturday, April 4.

Roby and the band — the current lineup is Rob Keller on bass and vocals, Kevin Rader on drums, Luis Rodriguez on guitar and Dave Wright on keys and trombone — re-formed last year and headed into the studio with a selection of songs. In less than a week, they’d recorded, live-to-tape, what would become the aptly named Roots Rock ’N’ Roll. The album’s 11 tracks gallop through influences of vintage rock, garage, rockabilly and swagger-infused country swing, coalescing those sounds into a vibrant package. “The two things that everybody says is that it has really

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good energy and that the songs are fun,” says Roby. “It’s a little bit youthful and a little bit dangerous.”

And while Roby jokes that to make a mature album is the kiss of death, there is a kind of experienced perspective that lends ballast to Roots Rock ’N’ Roll’s bombast. Because 6 String Drag is no baby band. Formed in early ’90s, the Raleigh-based group was among Americana music’s pioneers.

“We always had a decent amount of critical success,” says Roby. “But we hit the brakes early — five years into the band.” The resulting 16-year hiatus wasn’t due to bad blood, though.

Three-quarters of the band’s members started families within a year of 1997’s High Hat, and life intervened.

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Raleigh’s 6 String Drag regroups and releases a new record

wheRe they Left off: “I don’t think there’s less expectation, it’s just different expectations,” says Kenny Roby, left, of releasing Roots Rock ’N’ Roll with 6 String Drag. The group reunited last year after a 16-year break. “My goal now is to make it as good as I can make it,” says Roby. Photo by Michael Traister

Roby went on to pursue a solo career, releasing five albums, including 2013’s searingly gorgeous Memories & Birds. But despite the songwriter’s self-paved inroads, he’s all in with the reassembled band. “It’s a lot more fun to work with a group,” Roby says. “It’s a team. I can have a bad night, and the team can still have a good night. You can have a great time just being with your friends.”

In fact, superlative album aside, “the reunion picnic was as much fun as the softball game,” Roby jokes. If he had any trepidation that 6 String Drag’s players would have grown apart — music-wise or friend-wise — during the outfit’s extended separation, “it didn’t stop me from going full force into the studio with the band,” says Roby.

That reckless thrill is felt from the buoyant opening notes of “Drive Around Town.” “I’m pretty sure there’s nothing wrong with me. I’m pretty sure there’s nothing wrong with you. I don’t care what other people see — just a boy and girl, doing what we do,” Roby sings, all happy insouciance, slinky guitars and twitchy percus-

sion. “Driving around town is still what I want to do,” Roby says of the song’s brilliantly simple impetus.

“As artists, we’re still 16 or 17. We still want to hold onto it.”

That same giddy enthusiasm is telegraphed by the jitterbugging “OOOEEOOOEEOO” and the hornfueled “Kingdom of Gettin’ it Wrong.”

If the influences are retro — and the final track is a damp-palmed slow dance called “I Miss the Drive-In” — they’re relatable. Roots Rock ’N’ Roll taps not only rock music’s most timeless eras, it also evokes those particularly glowing and aching memories within its listeners. And, even better, it transports us to those golden moments as only music can.

That this record took a decade and a half to foment might actually be a boon: “The older you get and the more you do it, as far as writing or art, you realize you don’t need to throw every pitch,” says Roby. “You have the confidence that you’re going to keep writing, and it’s OK to put a song aside.” So a record can be finetuned, honed, made cohesive.

And, Roby adds, “I think this is a record 6 String Drag would have made eventually.” X

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What screams may come Asheville’s evolving metal music scene Any examination into heavy metal in Asheville — one of the city’s leastheralded music subcultures — runs into the inevitable gray area of what metal music is. “It branches and refracts with various niche-metal scenes, some punk/hard-core vectored, some not,” says eron Rex, publisher of ThrAsheville Zine, which documents the local music scene.

“They all sound different, with each band having its own take on the genre.” This variety makes it difficult at times to tell who fits in where.

“We’re not sure what kind of band we are,” says tim Luther, bass player for Broad River Nightmare.

Formed in summer 2012, BRN’s songs range from grungy anarchy to “slow sex” (as described by one fan), with lyrical dashes of wry humor and political irony. Singer bobby seay describes the music as “a way to tap into those darker emotions we might be feeling, release all the sh*t you come in contact with in life, while still having a good time.”

FroM song to stage BRN’s approach to songwriting (“Sometimes we’ll just slam into a chord, and it takes off,” says guitarist aron forester) exemplifies the open mentality of the Asheville metal scene. Canton’s Amnesis aims to draw in outsiders with a recognizable stage presence and sound the band has worked hard to cultivate.

“When you go to an Amnesis show, it’s different than what you would expect from a metal show,” says lead singer jaysun brenneman. “I concentrate on the pop-loving girlfriends of metal heads who don’t wanna be there, or that older couple who stumbled upon loud insanity.

If they come up to me after a show saying ‘you were great,’ I’m doing something right.”

Lead guitarist jason miller adds, “The metal scene is making a comeback; the bands in the area are fighting for a voice.” Signs of his optimism can be seen in newer acts like local power-trio Niah, self-described

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as “organic music for a new age of angry.” That outfit couples its experimental insanity with promotion of the unexpected.

“When people ask what kind of music we make, I say it’s the kind of music that hurts people,” says bassist nathan kairis. “For some reason, people think that’s cool and want to hear us.”

Local venues are beginning to tap into the strange nucleus of Asheville metal. “A strong local lineup will pack the Boiler Room with a crowd that appreciates the club for catering to this oftenignored scene,” says andrew wheeler, who handles sound and booking for the club. “Bands such as Mind Shape Fist, Amnesis, Vic Crown and others have proven the vitality of local metal.”

The Mothlight recently made it a point to host the infamous Charlotte-based Young And In The Way, while new lineup formats like New Mountain’s “Four on the Floor” present the music of local bands in unconventional ways. justin ferraby, booker for The Orange Peel, sees this growth as a result of bands spreading the metal gospel in the community. “Long gone are the days of bands just getting drunk and doing the next craziest thing,” says Ferraby. “I think they understand that what they put into it, they should ultimately get out.”

Metal sharpens Metal In addition to recognized venues, there is a plethora of underground shows publicized by word-of-mouth. “Money is not an incentive,” says Niah’s jerome widenhouse. “If it is, you’re doing it wrong.”

Kairis adds, “I’d much rather play next to a washer and dryer with friends, than play on a big stage for guys with sideways caps.

The scene is maturing; it’s not just a bunch of butt-rock.”

For the metal veterans of Vic Crown, this atmosphere is a world away from their reception 16 years ago. “There’s been a resurgence in the scene,” says guitarist Patrick Rothe. “Right around when Vincent’s Ear closed down, things got bleak.

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ReLease the beast: Singer Bobby Seay describes Broad River Nightmare’s music as a way to “tap into those darker emotions we might be feeling.”

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A lot of clubs didn’t want ‘our crowd’ in there.” Vic Crown embodies the homespun nature of Asheville’s metal scene, producing its own recordings and merchandise. Their sound is a concoction of Gulf Coast sludge, homicidal drumming and singer mark faust channeling the chaos around him. “All I sing about is the good, the bad, the ugly and the funny,” he says.

Band members see the current metal scene as a symbiotic relationship, where better-known acts can provide access to venues while reaping benefits from newer artists’ marketing prowess. “We like to play with bands that are younger and hungrier,” say Rothe. “We’ve broken attendance records at venues just by looking at younger bands and saying, ‘You guys wanna play at The Orange Peel with us?’”

The rapid growth of the Asheville scene in recent years has led many bands to think about new ways to form a cohesive network around Western North Carolina. Stronger local networks facilitate chances to tour outside the region, which ultimately benefits metal bands on their home turf. “I think bands are so passionate, they sometimes end up overplaying here,” says Ferraby.

“The biggest thing for me is that they play more outside of Asheville as representatives of what a great scene we have.”

Work hard, play hard For many local bands, however, reliable transportation and decent

touring gear is a struggle, as is money. Older bands find it hard to balance touring with life outside the band. Vic Crown’s colin townsend took time off to finish school in Columbia, S.C. But he couldn’t stay away long, making monthly pilgrimages back. “Music is the medicine,” he says. “And I need a lot of medicine.”

Just as integral to the success of metal bands is getting people outside the die-hard fan base out to shows. “It’s hard when people won’t give you a chance,” says Forester. “I can remember an era in my life when the prospect of a local show was really exciting.”

While getting people off their couches and iPhones can be a challenge, local metal bands see themselves as part of a larger artistic movement. “Asheville’s a unique blend of artistic ability, not just in music, but all forms,” says Brenneman. “Asheville pride is all about our ability to create without being segregated by style.”

The most striking quality of Asheville’s metal scene is the joy its players take in their craft, regardless of material success.

“Creative minds are in a space in the industry now where they’re really treated poorly,” says Forester. “But if you can find a band that’s still playing together, knowing all of this, you’ve probably found people who’re doing it because they love it.”

Or as Kairis puts it: “All the metal has soul in Asheville. And some crust.” X

• Broad River Nightmare, avl.mx/0u8 • Amnesis, facebook.com/amnesisband • Vic Crown, facebook.com/viccrownband • Niah, facebook.com/Niahband • Mindshape Fist, avl.mx/0u • Rip Haven, facebook.com/RipHavenBand • Dissent, facebook.com/dissentnc • Binding Isaac, facebook.com/ bindingisaacofficial • A World Of Lies, avl.mx/0u9 • Lifecurse, facebook.com/Lifecurse • Heavy Hearted, facebook.com/heavyheartednc • Frontiers, facebook.com/FrontiersCarolina

• Cardinal State, facebook.com/CardinalState • Spearfinger, facebook.com/Spearfinger • In Dead Eyes, facebook.com/InDeadEyes • Drosera, facebook.com/drosera828 • Birth, facebook.com/BirthAVL • Beasts Of Legend, avl.mx/0ua • Squidlord, facebook.com/squidlord.band • U.S. Christmas, avl.mx/0ub • Shadow Of The Destroyer, facebook.com/ShadowOfTheDestroyer • Autarch, facebook.com/AutarchNC • Gnarl Scar, facebook.com/GnarlScarMusic

fistfuL of hoLLeRs: “Like riding a warhorse into a spiritually awkward battle,” says singer Mark Faust of Vic Crown’s peculiar sound.

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Sidecar Honey, Mangas Colorado and The Sun Cans Three bands, five bucks — that’s the basics of the local showcase taking the stage at The Orange Peel on Friday, April 3, at 9 p.m. The lineup offers elements of Americana, newgrass, folk, rock and pop. Sidecar Honey features the songwriting of Dave Dribbon and is as rootsy as it is polished and pop-savvy. Mangas Colorado (bonus point for the historic name reference) started as a busking act and cites influences from The Eagles to The Avett Brothers. Pop-rock outfit The Sun Cans is actually made up of brothers, and their sound borrows from retro rock, delivered with a wink. Before the show, Asheville Music Professionals hosts a free gear-repair workshop (facilitated by Sherwood’s Music and Guitar Mama) and swap, 3-6 p.m. Email ashevillemusicprofessionals@gmail.com to register. theorangepeel.net. Photo of Mangas Colorado courtesy of the band

“Full glam costume with makeup, glitter and stacked heels only add to the aura [of the Wham Bam Bowie Band’s live set,] transporting the audience back to the heady days of early 1970s glam rock,” reads a press release. After several months away from stages, the quintet is eager to resume its mission of presenting the bedazzled pop icon’s lesser-known gems alongside charttopping hits, all while preserving original musical arrangements. The cover band’s upcoming Asheville appearance offers Bowie aficionados the unique opportunity to hear two albums played in their entirety —1971’s Hunky Dory and 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.

The Wham Bam Bowie Band plays Isis Restaurant and Music Hall on Friday, April 3, at 9 p.m. isisasheville.com. Photo of lead singer Mark Casson courtesy of the band

Skip Horack “On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Roy is contacted by a teenage girl from California claiming to be his lost brother’s biological daughter,” reads the book description of The Other Joseph by Louisiana native Skip Horack. “Yearning for connection and the prospect of family, Roy embarks on a journey across America, visiting childhood haunts in the South to confront his troubled memories and history.” Just that glimpse into the story is as chilling as it is compelling, and early reviews (from the likes of Pulitzer Prizewinning author Adam Johnson and Lauren Groff, author of Arcadia) suggest the novel lives up to its spooky promise.

Horack’s book tour brings him to Malaprop’s on Friday, April 3, for a 7 p.m. reading and signing. malaprops.com.

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Karen Noel and Laura Loercher Watercolors, colored pencil, collage and ink converge in the surreal artwork of Karen Noel, who says she feels “captivated by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the colors of the seasons” and challenged to “capture the magical spirit of the environment” on canvas. Lauren Loercher is also inspired by her Appalachian surroundings, often pressing live foliage into her pottery for realistically earthy textures. The two artists — alike in their reverence of Western North Carolina, yet divergent in methods of expression — will display “Nature in Art” at Woolworth Walk for the entire month of April and host an opening reception at the gallery on Friday, April 3, from 5-7 p.m. woolworthwalk.com. Photo of “Circle of Love” courtesy of Noel

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12 S. Lexington Ave., 505-8341, thebendergallery.com • FR (4/3) through SU (5/31) - Veiled Memories, metal and glass. Opening reception: April 3, 5-8pm.

AsHeville cOmmunity tHeAtre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FR (4/3), 7:30pm - Seussical, Jr. $5.

• SA (4/4) & SU (4/5), 2:30pm Seussical, Jr. $5.

BrevArd little tHeAtre 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard, 884-2587, brevardlittletheatre.com • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (3/20) until (4/4) - How Does Your Garden Grow, dark comedy. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 3pm. $16. diAnA WOrtHAm tHeAtre 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • FR (4/3) & SA (4/4), 7pm - Story of God, musical. $12.

grAnd BOHemiAn gAllery 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com • Through TH (4/30) - Impending Spring, works by realist painter Rebecca N. King and glass artist Michael Hatch.

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to the Drawing Board” program, Los Angeles-based artist Tanya Aguiñiga will lead a crafting performance and interactive demonstration that allows visitors to learn wet felting by literally weaving themselves into the exhibit. Participants will create felt forms of their own bodies that, once removed, will be displayed in the gallery. (p.43)

Art tHe center fOr crAft, creAtivity & design 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • SA (4/4), 10am-6pm - Performance Crafting: Hand in Hand, wet felting interactive demonstration. Public reception: April 3, 6-9pm. Free. unc-AsHeville 1 University Heights • WE (4/8) through SA (4/11) - Arts Fest, various performances and events. See schedule online.

AuditiOns & cAll tO Artists AsHeville AreA Arts cOuncil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through WE (4/8) - Submissions open for local short films on art and culture. Contact for guidelines.

AsHeville cOmmunity tHeAtre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • MO (4/6) & TU (4/7), 6-9pm - Open auditions for The Great American Trailer Park Musical. Contact for details.

• TU (4/7), 10:30am-2:30pm - Open auditions for Humble Boy reader’s theatre. Contact for guidelines.

music Amicimusic 802-369-0856, amicimusic.org • SA (4/4), 7:30pm - Czech Mates, piano trios.

Reservations required. Location given on registration. $35. eArtHAven ecOvillAge 5 Consensus Circle, Black Mountain • SA (4/4), 8-10pm - Searra Gisondo, singersongwriter. $10-20. music At BrevArd cOllege 884-8211, brevard.edu/fineartsevents • FR (4/3), 7:30pm - “Seven Last Words of Christ,” choir and chamber ensemble. Held in Porter Center. Donations accepted. music At Wcu 227-2479, wcu.edu • TH (4/2), 7pm - First Thursday Old-Time and Bluegrass Concert and Jam Series: Nick Chandler and Delivered. In Mountain Heritage Center. Free.

• TH (4/9), 7pm - Josh Goforth, Old-Time bluegrass. In Mountain Heritage Center. Free. st. mAttHiAs cHurcH 1 Dundee St., 285-0033, stmatthiasepiscopal.com • SU (4/5), 3pm - Cello choir concert.

Donations accepted.

cAstell pHOtOgrApHy gAllery 2C Wilson Alley, 255-1188, castellphotographygallery.com • FR (4/3) through TH (4/30) - Objects in Perspective, photography and wax sculpture. Opening reception: April 3, 6-8pm.

Free to attend. gAllery 86 86 N. Main St., Waynesville, haywoodarts.org • MO (4/6) through TU (4/28) - MemoriesPast, Present and Future, photography and folk art. Artist’s reception: April 10, 5-7pm.

nc stAge 15 Stage Lane, 239-0263, ncstage.org • WEDESDAYS through SUNDAYS (3/25) until SU (4/19) - An Iliad. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2pm. $14-$32.

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BuncOmBe cOunty puBlic liBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (4/1) through TH (4/30) - “Storybook Characters on Parade,” dolls based on children’s literature. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

310 ART 191 Lyman St. #310, 776-2716, 310art.com • WE (4/1) until SU (5/31) - Oasis, gallerymembers mixed media.

AlcHemy fine Art 25 Rankin Ave., 367-7714, info@alchemyfineart.net • Through until (4/4), 12:30-5:30pm - Pathless Woods, animal and landscape works on sale to benefit the Asheville Humane Society.

Art At mArs Hill mhu.edu • Through FR (4/10) - Works by Asheville artists Grant Penny and Kenn Kotara.

Art At uncA art.unca.edu • Through TU (4/7) - Pursuit: Painting the Unattainable, works by Kelly Olshan. In the Cooke Gallery.

studiO cHAvArriA 84 W. Walnut St. Unit A • Through FR (6/12) - The Floating World, Katherine Aimone’s abstract art. upstAirs ArtspAce 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (5/1) - Boldly Abstract: Seven Notable Artists and Jon Jicha: Drawings about Drawing, abstract art. zApOW! 21 Battery Park Suite 101, 575-2024, zapow.net • Through SU (5/31) - Wonderland, illustrations of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

Contact the galleries for hours and admission fees.

AsHeville AreA Arts cOuncil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through FR (4/17) - A Community in Glass, hand-blown and flame-worked glass.

AsHeville Art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through SU (7/12) - Keep All You Wish: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum.

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AsHeville gAllery Of Art 16 College St., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • WE (4/1) through TH (4/30) - Art of the Angle, paintings by Bill Cole.

AsHeville lOft 52 Broadway St., 782-8833, theashevilleloft.com • Through MO (5/18) - Artworks by David Lawter and Veronika Hart.

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C L U B L A N D AsHeville music HAll First Thursday w/Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead covers), 10pm

WednesdAy, April 1

BArley’s tAprOOm AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm

5 WAlnut Wine BAr Sean Gaskell (world), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Flamenco), 8pm

Beer city tAvern Karaoke w/ DJ Do-It, 9:30pm

Ben’s tune-up Live band karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 9pm

BlAck mOuntAin Ale HOuse Dan River Drifters (bluegrass, Americana), 8pm

Blue kudzu sAke cOmpAny Bill Gerhardt’s Trio South (jazz), 6pm

Blue kudzu sAke cOmpAny Trivia night, 8pm

Blue mOuntAin pizzA & BreW puB Open Mic, 7pm

cAtAWBA BreWing tAsting rOOm Old time jam, 7pm

clAssic Wineseller Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singer-songwriter), 7pm

cluB eleven On grOve Swing lessons & dance w/ Swing Asheville, 6:30pm Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm

crOW & Quill Mama’s Broke w/ Ladies on the Rag, WG Pearce & Friends (folk, punk, old-time), 9pm

dOuBle crOWn 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm

dOuBle crOWn Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm

elAine’s dueling piAnO BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm

dugOut Karaoke w/Elite Entertainment, 9pm

fOggy mOuntAin BreWpuB Songwriter’s Night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm

fOggy mOuntAin BreWpuB Trivia, 8pm

frencH BrOAd BreWery Jeff Markham (indie, folk), 6pm

grind cAfe Trivia night, 7pm HigHlAnd BreWing cOmpAny Woody Wood Wednesdays (acoustic rock), 5:30pm isis restAurAnt And music HAll Ray Chesna w/Joe Ebel (funk, Americana, folk), 7pm

iVoRy coast fusion: Zansa, an Asheville-based ensemble “melds African folk music with modern afropop, African drumming, and the dance-oriented Ivorian street music called Zouglou,” reads the band’s bio. It’s led by West African musician Adama Dembele, who moved to Asheville in 2005, expanding and developing his sound.

Zansa will play every first Friday of the month at The Altamont Theatre, starting with Friday, April 3, at 8 p.m.

jAck Of tHe WOOd puB Old-time session, 5pm lAzy diAmOnd Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm

O.Henry’s/tHe undergrOund “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm

leX 18 Patrick Lopez (jazz), 7pm lOBster trAp Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm mOuntAin mOjO cOffeeHOuse Open mic, 6:30pm neW mOuntAin Spiritual Rez (reggae, funk), 9pm; Bridge over Asheville (variety show), 9pm nOBle kAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

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Off tHe WAgOn Piano show, 9pm Olive Or tWist Swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm One stOp deli & BAr Earth By Train w/Maradeen (Americana), 10pm One WOrld BreWing David Earl Duo (acoustic-rock), 8pm

To qualify for a free listing, a venue must be predominately dedicated to the performing arts. Bookstores and cafés with regular open mics and musical events are also allowed / To limit confusion, events must be submitted by the venue owner or a representative of that venue / Events must be submitted in written form by e-mail (clubland@mountainx.com), fax, snail mail or hand-delivered to the Clubland Editor Hayley Benton at 2 Wall St., Room 209, Asheville, NC 28801. Events submitted to other staff members are not assured of inclusion in Clubland / Clubs must hold at least TWO events per week to qualify for listing space. Any venue that is inactive in Clubland for one month will be removed / The Clubland Editor reserves the right to edit or exclude events or venues / Deadline is by noon on Monday for that Wednesday’s publication. This is a firm deadline.

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OrAnge peel Griz w/The Floozies & Artifakts (Americana, folk), 9pm pisgAH BreWing cOmpAny Grits & Soul (bluegrass, Americana), 6pm pOur tAprOOm Karaoke, 8pm rejAvAnAtiOn cAfe Open mic night, 6pm rOOm iX Fuego: Latin night, 9pm rOOt BAr nO. 1 DJ Ken Brandenburg (old school, funk), 9pm

tHe mOtHligHt ADJY w/Fashion Bath & Love Axe (experimental rock), 9pm

gOOd stuff Jim Hampton Band (country), 8pm grey eAgle music HAll & tAvern Amy Speace & Tim Easton (singer-songwriter), 8pm isis restAurAnt And music HAll Steph Stewart & the Boyfriends (Appalachia, Americana), 7:15pm jAck Of tHe WOOd puB Bluegrass jam, 7pm lAzy diAmOnd The Replacement Party w/ Dr. Filth, 10pm

tHe pHOeniX Jazz night, 8pm

leX 18 Bob Strain (jazz ballads, standards), 7pm

tHe sOciAl Karaoke, 9:30pm

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

tHe sOutHern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm tiger mOuntAin Sean Dail (classic punk, power-pop, rock), 10pm timO’s HOuse Spectrum AVL w/ Dam Good (dance party), 9pm tOWn pump Open mic w/ Parker Brooks, 9pm tressA’s dOWntOWn jAzz And Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm vincenzO’s BistrO Lenny Petenelli (high-energy piano), 7pm

mArket plAce Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm neW mOuntAin Stop Light Observations w/Psylo Joe (indie, Motown, hip-hop), 9pm O.Henry’s/tHe undergrOund Gayme Night w/ Xandrea Foxx, 9pm OdditOrium Minorcan w/Rickolus & Desperate Pilot (rock), 9pm Off tHe WAgOn Dueling pianos, 9pm

WHite HOrse BlAck mOuntAin Wednesday Waltz, 7pm

Olive Or tWist Cha cha lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 7:30pm DJ (oldies, Latin, line dance), 8:30pm

Wild Wing cAfe sOutH Karaoke, 9pm

One stOp deli & BAr Phish ’n’ Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Miles Tackett & the 3 Times (rock, soul), 10pm

tHursdAy, April 2

One WOrld BreWing Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 8pm

strAigHtAWAy cAfe The Get Right Band (funk, reggae, rock), 6pm

5 WAlnut Wine BAr Hank West & The Smokin’ Hots (jazz), 8pm

OrAnge peel Sylvan Esso w/Flock of Dimes [SOLD OUT], 9pm

tAllgAry’s At fOur cOllege Open mic & jam, 7pm

AltAmOnt BreWing cOmpAny Anya Hinkle (folk), 8pm

pAck’s tAvern Steve Mosely Duo (acoustic rock), 9pm

tHe jOint neXt dOOr Bluegrass jam, 8pm

AltAmOnt tHeAtre Jarrod Harris (comedy), 9pm

pisgAH BreWing cOmpAny Simo w/Max Gross Weight (rock), 9pm

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10/25 Sarah Lee W/ MATT THEGuthrie WONDER OF THE 10/25TOWNSEND SarahAND Lee Guthrie WORLD, 9 P.M.—$5 & Johnny Irion & Johnny Irion SAT. DASH RIP ROCK w/ Battlefield •• 9pm $10 w/4/4 Battlefield 9pmLEGENDARY $10 NEW ORLEANS TRIO KNOWN FOR HIGH-OCTANE 10/26 Firecracker Jazz ROOTS ROCKFirecracker 9 P.M.—$7 10/26 Jazz Band Band & HALLOWEEN Costume & HALLOWEEN Costume SUN. 4/5 WHETHERMAN FOLK/SOULParty & 9pm $8 INFLUSED MUSIC••FROM PartyAMERICANA & Contest Contest 9pmTHE $8MOUNTAINS, 9 P.M.—FREE (DONATIONS ENCOURAGED) 10/27 Vinegar Creek 10/27 Creek •• 9pm 9pm FREE FREE MON. 4/6Vinegar THE MOONBEES 10/28 Mustard Plug • 9pm $8 910/28 P.M.—FREE (DONATIONSPlug ENCOURAGED) Mustard • 9pm $8 w/ Tom Banana Pants TUES. 4/7 DECKER SONGWRITER W/ A w/ Crazy Crazy Tom AZ Banana Pants PALETTE OFSinger FOLK, GOSPEL, ROCK & PSYCHEDE10/29 Songwriters 10/29 Singer Songwriters LIA, 9 P.M.—FREE (DONATIONS ENCOURAGED) in 7-9pm FREE FREE in the the Round Round •• 7-9pm

FRI.w/ 4/10 WISKEY BENTElise VALLEY Anthony Tripi, Davis w/ Anthony Tripi, Elise Davis

THROUGH HILLS OF OL’ KENTUCKY, BEARING Mud THE Tea •• 9pm Tea 9pm FREE FREE THEMud STORES, TRADITIONS OF AN OLD-TIME BAND

Open Open Mon-Thurs Mon-Thurs at at 33 •• Fri-Sun Fri-Sun at at Noon Noon SUN SUN Celtic Celtic Irish Irish Session Session 5pm 5pm til til ??

MON Quizzo!

7-9p • WED Old-Time MON Quizzo! 7-9p • WED Old-Time 5pm 5pm SINGER SINGER SONGWRITERS SONGWRITERS 1st 1st & & 3rd 3rd TUES TUES THURS Bluegrass Jam 7pm THURS Bluegrass Jam 7pm

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WED • APRIL 1 WOODY WOOD 5:30-7:30

FRI • APRIL 3 ALLEN THOMPSON BAND

Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

Tues-Sun

5pm–12am

Full Bar

12am

COMING SOON

7:00-9:00

WED 4/1 7:15 PM–MOUNTAIN SPIRIT AND ISIS PRESENT:

RAY CHESNA WITH JOE EBEL

CLOSED FOR PRIVATE EVENT

THU 4/2 7:15 PM–AN EVENING WITH

5:30-7:30

purple OniOn cAfe Wendy Jones & Michael Jefry Stevens (jazz), 8pm

rOOm iX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm

SAT • APRIL 4 RED HONEY

WED • APRIL 8 WOODY WOOD

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renAissAnce AsHeville HOtel TLQ + 2 (rock, blues), 6:30pm

7:00-9:00

TUES • APRIL 7 TASTING ROOM

cLubLand

STEPH STEWART & THE BOYFRIENDS FRI 4/3 9:00 PM–WHAM BAM BOWIE BAND —DAVID BOWIE TRIBUTE

SAT 4/4 11:00 AM–AMICIMUSIC PRESENTS “CZECH MATES” 9:00 PM–IN-TOWN SOUND: A SHOWCASE OF ASHEVILLE TALENT

ELEANOR UNDERHILL, CAROMIA, DAVID EARL SUN 4/5 SUNDAY JASS SHOWCASE FEATURING:

6:00 PM–PARISH QUARTET IN THE LOUNGE 8:00 PM–HARD BOP EXPLOSION

WED 4/8 7:00 PM–THE YOUNG NOVELISTS 8:30 PM–TAYLOR MARTIN’S ACOUSTIC BAND

THU 4/9 6:00 PM–SOUND EFFECTS: A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR ASHEVILLE MUSIC SCHOOL

FRI 4/10 9:00 PM–THE SAM BUSH BAND

SAT 4/11 7:15 PM–AN EVENING WITH

DANIKA HOLMES FEAT. JEB HART 9:00 PM–RESONANT ROGUES —CD RELEASE CELEBRATION

Every Tuesday

7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

Every Sunday

6pm–11pm

JAZZ SHOWCASE

scAndAls nigHtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm scully’s “Geeks Who Drink” Trivia, 7pm

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ByWAter The Whappers (rock), 8pm cAtAWBA 32 BAnks Pierce Edens (southern rock), 5:30pm clAssic Wineseller Sean Bendula (folk, Americana, pop), 7pm cluB eleven On grOve First Friday’s: DJ Jam & His Jamming Machine (hip-hop, r&b, soul), 9pm

tAllgAry’s At fOur cOllege Iggy Radio, 7pm

cOrk & keg The Barsters (acoustic, bluegrass, old time), 8:30pm

tHe mOtHligHt Bill Orcutt w/Kreamy ’Lectric Santa, Holy Holy Vine & Frank Meadows (blues, acoustic, punk), 9:30pm

dOuBle crOWn DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm

tHe sOutHern Throwdown Thursday w/ Jim Raves & Nex Millen (DJ, dance party), 10pm timO’s HOuse ’90s Nite w/ Franco Nino (’90s dance, hip-hop, pop), 10pm tOWn pump June Star (Americana), 9pm tressA’s dOWntOWn jAzz And Blues The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm urBAn OrcHArd Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic, Americana), 6:30pm vincenzO’s BistrO Ginny McAfee (guitar, vocals), 7pm Wild Wing cAfe sOutH Steven Poteat (acoustic jam, acoustic-rock, jam, rock), 8pm WXyz lOunge At AlOft HOtel The Moon & You (folk), 7:30pm

fridAy, April 3 185 king street Chuck Johnson & Charley Horse (Americana), 8pm 5 WAlnut Wine BAr Laney Jones & Lively Spirits (folk rock), 9pm AltAmOnt BreWing cOmpAny Dirty Soul Revival w/Dirty Badgers (blues), 9:30pm AltAmOnt tHeAtre Zansa & Guests (Afro-pop, world), 8pm

AtHenA’s cluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm

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Blue mOuntAin pizzA & BreW puB Acoustic Swing, 7pm

sOutHern AppAlAcHiAn BreWery Nitrograss (bluegrass), 7pm

AsHeville music HAll Govinda & Love and Light w/ Sacral Crown & SubSqwad (dubtronics), 10pm

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Beer city tAvern Jason Whitaker Acoustic, 9:30pm

BArley’s tAprOOm spindAle The Fat Sparrows (folk-rock), 8pm

dugOut The Low Counts (honky-tonk), 9pm elAine’s dueling piAnO BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm fOggy mOuntAin BreWpuB Mandlekorn George Project (funk, jam), 10pm frencH BrOAd BreWery Driftin’ Westward (indie, singersongwriter), 6pm gOOd stuff Hunter Grigg (singer-songwriter, folk), 7pm grey eAgle music HAll & tAvern The Mountain Goats [SOLD OUT], 8pm HigHlAnd BreWing cOmpAny Allen Thompson Band (Americana, folk, rock), 7pm isis restAurAnt And music HAll Wham Bam Bowie Band (David Bowie tribute), 9pm jAck Of tHe WOOd puB Michael Martin Band w/Matt Townsend & the Wonder of the World (Americana), 9pm jerusAlem gArden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm lAzy diAmOnd Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm leX 18 Afternoon High Tea w/ Bob Strain (romantic standards), 1:30pm Michael Jefry Stevens Trio (improv jazz), 7:30pm DJ Cosmo Q (electro-fusion, swing), 11pm lOBster trAp Hot Point Trio (gypsy-jazz, jazz, swing), 6:30pm mArket plAce The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm neW mOuntAin Nights of the Mantras w/Empire Strikes Brass & Makayan (funk, rock, metal), 9pm

nigHtBell restAurAnt & lOunge Dulítel DJ (indie, electro, rock), 10pm nOBle kAvA Space Medicine (electro-coustic ambient improv), 8:30pm O.Henry’s/tHe undergrOund Total Gold dance party, 10pm OdditOrium Burnt Books w/Sea of Storms, Spliff & Killing Solves Everything (punk), 9pm Off tHe WAgOn Dueling pianos, 9pm Olive Or tWist Freeflow (Motown, funk), 8pm Live Latin Band, 11pm One stOp deli & BAr Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Treehouse! w/Positive Mental Attitude (reggae), 10pm OrAnge peel Sidecar Honey w/Mangas Colorado & the Sun Cans (Americana, rock), 9pm OskAr Blues BreWery Tina & Her Pony (folk rock), 6pm pAck’s tAvern DJ Ocelate (dance, pop), 9pm pisgAH BreWing cOmpAny Reasonably Priced Babies (improv comedy), 8pm scAndAls nigHtcluB Zumba Fitness in Da Club w/ Be Bad Hip Hop, 7pm DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm scully’s DJ, 10pm strAigHtAWAy cAfe Redleg Husky (Americana, folk), 6pm tAllgAry’s At fOur cOllege Band Jam (rock), 9:30pm tHe AdmirAl Hip Hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm tHe mOtHligHt JP Harris & the Tough Choices w/ Robert Greer & the Grand Tour (honky-tonk), 9:30pm tHe sOciAl Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm tiger mOuntAin Soul dance party w/ Cliff, 10pm timO’s HOuse Ho-Tron Beatz w/Werecat & Damgood (bass), 10pm tOWn pump Pea Pickin’ Hearts (Americana), 9pm vincenzO’s BistrO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm WHite HOrse BlAck mOuntAin Taina Asili y la Banda Rebelde & Shantavaani (reggae, rock, hiphop), 8pm Wild Wing cAfe Joe Lasher Jr. (country, Southern rock), 8pm

Wild Wing cAfe sOutH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm WXyz lOunge At AlOft HOtel Calvin Get Down (funk, jam), 8:30pm zAmBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

sAturdAy, April 4 185 king street Whetherman (singer-songwriter, folk), 8pm 5 WAlnut Wine BAr Red Leg Husky (folk, Americana), 6pm Black Robin Hero (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm AltAmOnt tHeAtre Bradford Lee Folk & the Bluegrass Playboys w/ Fireside Collective (Americana, country), 8pm AsHeville music HAll Celebrity Black Party w/Anthony Hamilton (r&b), 9pm AtHenA’s cluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm Beer city tAvern A Social Function (rock), 9:30pm BlAck mOuntAin Ale HOuse The Great Smoky Mountain Bluegrass Band, 9pm

jAck Of tHe WOOd puB Dash Rip Rock (roots, rock), 9pm jerusAlem gArden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm lAzy diAmOnd Unknown Pleasures w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10pm leX 18 Afternoon High Tea w/ Bob Strain (classical, romantic), 1:30pm One leg Up (Gypsy jazz), 8:30pm lOBster trAp Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30pm mArcO’s pizzeriA Sharon LaMotte Band (jazz), 6pm mArket plAce DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm mOjO kitcHen & lOunge Dine ’n’ Disco (funk, soul, hiphop), 5:30pm neW mOuntAin Lisa Zahiya’s “Rise & Grind”, 9am The Mantras w/Moon Hooch & electrochemical (funk, rock, metal), 9pm Strung Like A Horse (psychobilly), 10pm nOBle kAvA The Kavalactones w/Caleb Beissert & Max Melner (electrocoustic improv), 8:30pm OdditOrium Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque, 9pm

tHe mOtHligHt Sankofa Electrofolk Band w/ Mande Foly (folk), 9:30pm tHe sOciAl Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm

tOWn pump The Big Effin’ Deal Band (corngrass), 9pm tOy BOAt cOmmunity Art spAce Sudden Theatre: Movies made into 10-min plays, 8:30pm vincenzO’s BistrO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm WHite HOrse BlAck mOuntAin Mountain Marionette’s Puppetry, 2pm Wild Wing cAfe Karaoke, 8pm Wild Wing cAfe sOutH Jared Weeks (rock, country), 8pm

zAmBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

sundAy, April 5

ByWAter Guy Marshall Band (roots-rock, honky-tonk), 8pm

5 WAlnut Wine BAr Pamela Jones Trio (jazz), 7pm

Olive Or tWist Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm

AltAmOnt tHeAtre Asheville Ecstatic Dance, 10am

cAtAWBA 32 BAnks The Greenliners (bluegrass), 8pm

One stOp deli & BAr Bassly Hallows (bass, electronic), 9pm

BlAck mOuntAin Ale HOuse Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel, 12pm

cOrk & keg Drayton & the Dreamboats (vintage jazz, classical, country), 8:30pm dOuBle crOWn Rock ’n’ Soul w/ DJs Lil Lorruh or Rebecca & Dave, 10pm

OrAnge peel Funny R Us Comedy w/AJ Johnson, 9pm OskAr Blues BreWery The Frankness (Americana), 6pm pAck’s tAvern Howie’s House Party (blues, fusion), 9pm

Blue kudzu sAke cOmpAny Karaoke & brunch, 2pm BuriAl Beer cO. Jazz brunch w/ The Mandelkorn George Project (funk, soul), 12pm ByWAter Quick Chester (indie-rock), 5pm

dugOut Flashback Sally (classic rock), 9pm

pisgAH BreWing cOmpAny John Ginty Band (funk, blues, jazz), 8pm

crOW & Quill Hunky Jesus Contest (costume party), 9pm

elAine’s dueling piAnO BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm

purple OniOn cAfe Peggy Ratusz Band (jazz, blues, RnB), 8pm

dOuBle crOWn Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm

fOggy mOuntAin BreWpuB Purple (rock, funk), 10pm

rOOm iX Open dance night, 9pm

isis restAurAnt And music HAll Jazz showcase, 6pm

frencH BrOAd BreWery Riverside Drive (southern rock), 6pm

scAndAls nigHtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

jAck Of tHe WOOd puB Irish session, 5pm; Whetherman (folk, soul, Americana), 9pm

gOOd stuff Andy Cohen (folk), 7pm Sheila Kay Adams & the Scofflaws (folk, blues), 8pm

scully’s DJ, 10pm

lAzy diAmOnd Honky Tonk Night w/ DJs, 10pm

sOutHern AppAlAcHiAn BreWery Salsa Shark! (traditional salsa), 8pm

leX 18 Easter Brunch w/ Bob Strain (piano), 11am

grey eAgle music HAll & tAvern Holy Ghost Tent Revival w/6 String Drag (rock ’n’ roll), 8pm HigHlAnd BreWing cOmpAny Red Honey (blues, rock), 7pm isis restAurAnt And music HAll Saturday Classical Brunch, 11am In-Town Sound (local variety), 9pm

strAigHtAWAy cAfe Carver & Carmody (Americana, country), 6pm tAllgAry’s At fOur cOllege Unit 50 (rock), 9:30pm tHe AdmirAl Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm

March 2015

WXyz lOunge At AlOft HOtel Three Cool Cats (vintage rock ’n’ roll), 8:30pm

Off tHe WAgOn Dueling pianos, 9pm

clAssic Wineseller Joe Cruz (Beatles & Elton John covers, piano), 7pm

• Saturday 4/4: Final Four Games • Monday 4/6: NCAA Championship Game • Tuesday 4/7: Frank Zappa Music Night @7pm • Thursday 4/9: Anderson Valley Tap Takeover @6pm

timO’s HOuse Dance Party, 10pm

lOBster trAp Crossroad String Band (bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz), 6:30pm mOjO kitcHen & lOunge Sunday night swing, 5pm OdditOrium Good Shade w/ The Chain, Lysp, Rubrics & Snack Champion (punk), 9pm

WEDNESDAY

4.01

THEATRE OSO REY’S

BRIDGE OVER ASHEVILLE JAZZ FUSION

9PM

WEDNESDAY

OPEN MON-SAT 12PM-8PM

EXTENDED HOURS DURING SHOWS FOR TICKET HOLDERS

OPEN AT 5PM FOR SUNDAY SHOWS

SOL BAR

thu 4/2

AN EVENING WIth AMY SPEACE & tIM EAStON 8pm • $12 / $15

THEATRE

frI 4/3

thE MOuNtAIN GOAtS

8PM

STOP LIGHT OBSERVATION & PEOPLE’S BLUES OF RICHMOND

FRIDAY

THEARTRE

SAt 4/4

4.01 SPIRITUAL REZ 8PM

THURSDAY

4.02

4.03

8PM SATURDAY

TWIN PEAKS: THE MANTRAS TWO NIGHT RUN! EMPIRE STRIKES BRASS AND MAKAYAN JAM ELECTRONIC BIG BAND

W/ IDES Of GEMINI SOLD Out

hOLY GhOSt tENt rEVIVAL + 6 StrING DrAG 9pm • $10 / $12

THEATRE

SALAD DAYS:

TWIN PEAKS:

4.04

THE MANTRAS TWO NIGHT RUN! MOON HOOH & ELECTROCHEMICAL

4.04

SOL BAR

8pm $7 / $10

GYPSY FOLK

DuStBOWL rEVIVAL + MISS tESS & thE tALKBACKS

8PM SATURDAY 8PM

MONDAY

JAM ELECTRONIC BIG BAND

STRUNG LIKE A HORSE SOL BAR

TARAF DE LOCOS AND

4.06

SANKOFA ELECTRONICFOLK

TUESDAY

THEATRE

7PM

4.07 10PM

A DECADE Of PuNK IN WASHINGTON, DC (1980-90)

WED 4/8

fILM SCrEENING AN EVENING WIth

thu 4/9

8pm $10 / $12

WORLD RHYTHM ELECTRO FOLK

frI 4/10

FOUR ON THE FLOOR FT. ONAWA AND ISSK DAF

FOUR BANDS PLAYING ON THE DANCE FLOOR!

UPCOMING SHOWS:

4/9: PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG W/ SUPATIGHT 4/10: LYDIA LOVELESS AND THE WHISKEY SHIVERS 4/11: PHUNCLE SAM 4/12: BLUE RIDGE REGGAE FAMILY FEST 4/12: TIG NOTARO

SAt 4/11

PAtrICK SWEANY (AND BAND)

WIth JOE fLEtChEr 9pm $12 / $15

thE BrOADCASt W/ thE SuffErS & PORCH 40 9pm $10 / $12

CONTRA DANCE: MONDAYS 8PM

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Off tHe WAgOn Piano show, 9pm Olive Or tWist Rhumba lesson w/ Wayne Tipton, 7pm DJ (oldies rock, swing), 8pm One stOp deli & BAr Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am Reggae Sundays, 9pm OrAnge peel Between the Buried & Me w/ The Atlas Moth (prog metal), 8pm pOur tAprOOm Open mic, 8pm scAndAls nigHtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm sOutHern AppAlAcHiAn BreWery Easter Gospel Brunch w/ Redneck Mimosa (gospel, country), 12pm strAigHtAWAy cAfe Paul Cataldo (Americana, folk, roots), 5pm tAllgAry’s At fOur cOllege Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm

4/2: Contagious - 8 4/9: West Sound - 9 EVERY FRIDAY:

Steve Moseley 6-9, Karaoke 9:30 EVERY SATURDAY + SUNDAY: EVERY MONDAY:

Ashli Rose 7-9 EVERY TUESDAY:

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leXingtOn Ave BreWery (lAB) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm lOBster trAp Dave Desmelik (Americana, folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30pm neW mOuntAin Taraf de Locos w/ Sankofa Electrofolk (world), 8pm OdditOrium Yeesh w/ Total War & Isaacson (rock), 9pm

tHe sOutHern Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm

tHe mOtHligHt Hard Rocket w/ Andre Cholmondeley’s Option Anxiety (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

WHite HOrse BlAck mOuntAin AmiciMusic: Czech Mates (classical), 7:30pm

jAck Of tHe WOOd puB Decker (folk, gospel, rock), 9pm lAzy diAmOnd Punk ’n’ Roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm leX 18 Bob Strain (jazz), 7pm lOBster trAp Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singersongwriter), 6:30pm mArcO’s pizzeriA Sharon LaMotte Band (jazz), 6:30pm mArket plAce The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm neW mOuntAin Four on the Floor w/ Onawa & Iska Dhaaf (experimental), 10pm O.Henry’s/tHe undergrOund Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7pm OdditOrium Odd comedy night, 9pm Off tHe WAgOn Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm One stOp deli & BAr Turntablism Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm One WOrld BreWing Brandon Audette (DJ), 8pm pOur tAprOOm Frank Zappa night, 8pm rOOt BAr nO. 1 Cameron Stack (blues, rock), 9pm

tHe sOciAl Marc Keller, 6pm

scully’s Open mic w/ Jeff Anders, 9pm

timO’s HOuse Movie night, 7pm

tAllgAry’s At fOur cOllege Jam night, 9pm

vincenzO’s BistrO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm WHite HOrse BlAck mOuntAin Bill Bares & Mathew Richmond (jazz), 7:30pm

tuesdAy, April 7

tHe jOint neXt dOOr Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm tHe mOtHligHt Ascension to Empyrean w/ Sunshine & The Bad Things (pop, psych-rock), 8pm tHe sOciAl Jason Whitaker (acoustic-rock), 6pm

5 WAlnut Wine BAr The John Henrys (ragtime jazz), 8pm

tHe sOutHern Salt of the Earth (Appalachian folk), 10pm

185 king street Open Mic, 8pm

AsHeville music HAll Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm

5 WAlnut Wine BAr The Get Right Band (funk, rock, reggae), 8pm

BlAck mOuntAin Ale HOuse Trivia, 7pm

tiger mOuntAin Tuesday Tests w/ Chris Ballard (techno, house, experimental, downtempo), 10pm

AltAmOnt BreWing cOmpAny Old-time jam w/ John Hardy Party, 8pm

BuffAlO nickel Trivia, 7pm

tressA’s dOWntOWn jAzz And Blues Funk & jazz jam w/ Pauly Juhl, 8:30pm

cOrk & keg Honky-tonk Jamboree w/ Tom Pittman, 6:30pm

urBAn OrcHArd Billy Litz (Americana, singersongwriter), 7pm

dOuBle crOWn Punk ’n’ roll w/ DJs Sean & Will, 10pm

vincenzO’s BistrO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm

gOOd stuff Old time-y night, 6:30pm

Westville puB Blues jam, 10pm

ByWAter Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm

irOn HOrse stAtiOn Open mic, 6pm

cOurtyArd gAllery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm

isis restAurAnt And music HAll Bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm

WHite HOrse BlAck mOuntAin Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm

mOndAy, April 6

Beer city tAvern Monday Pickin’ Parlour open jam & talent showcase, 7:30pm

Karaoke - 9:30

lAzy diAmOnd Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm

sOvereign remedies Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm

vincenzO’s BistrO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm

NEW BAND EVERY THURSDAY:

jAck Of tHe WOOd puB Quizzo, 7pm The Moonbees (raw pop), 9pm

tHe sOciAl Karaoke, 9:30pm

tOWn pump Matt Foster (blues), 9pm

Marc Keller 6-9, Karaoke - 9:30

grey eAgle music HAll & tAvern Contra dance, 7pm

OskAr Blues BreWery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm

timO’s HOuse Asheville Drum ’n’ Bass Collective, 10pm

EVERY WEDNESDAY:

gOOd stuff Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm

tHe mOtHligHt Quilt (pop, rock), 9pm

tiger mOuntAin Seismic Sunday w/ Matthew Schrader (doom, sludge, drone, psych-metal), 10pm

NEW WEEKLY LINEUP!

dOuBle crOWn Punk ’n’ roll w/ DJs Dave & Rebecca, 10pm

BlAck mOuntAin Ale HOuse Bluegrass jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 7:30pm

Wild Wing cAfe sOutH Maniac Brainiac Trivia!, 8pm

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THEATER LISTINGS

Wild Tales HHHHS

Friday, april 3 Thursday, april 9 Due to possible scheduling changes, moviegoers may want to confirm showtimes with theaters.

DIRECTOR: Damián Szifron PLAYERS: Erica Rivas, Diego Gentile, Julieta Zylberberg, Rita Cortese, Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Walter Donado Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. (254-1281)

DARK COMEDY PORTMANTEAU FILM RATED R

Carmike Cinema 10 (298-4452)

THE STORY: Six anarchic, darkly comic tales with the unifying themes of revenge and losing control.

THE LOWDOWN: Often hilariously funny satire on human nature at its most extreme — as seen through a collection of stories.

Mostly delicious in its anarchy and bleakly amused worldview, though some stories are better than others.

It comes as no great surprise to see the name Pedro Almodóvar — along with that of his brother Agustín and their production company, El Deseo — on the production credits of the Oscar-nominated Argentinian film Wild Tales. Almodóvar is clearly an influence on writerdirector Damián Szifron — so much so that his portmanteau film might be called Six Tales Way Beyond the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. However, it would be a mistake to call Wild Tales an Almodóvar knockoff.

It’s pretty much its own beast.

It’s leaner and meaner — in part because of the short-film nature of the portmanteau approach — and it’s generally less prone to being amped-up soap. No one but Almodóvar can really make an Almodóvar film — where warmth and playfulness exist

Erica Rivas in the final segment of Damián Szifron’s Oscar-nominated Wild Tales, a very funny — and disturbing — collection of darkly comic stories from Argentina that opens Friday at Fine Arts Theatre.

right next to the outrageous, and sometimes within it — and Szifron has wisely not tried to make one.

Wild Tales is, of course, uneven.

That’s the very nature of a film that is made up of unconnected — or vaguely connected — short films. Some of the tales are simply going to be both wilder and more compelling than the others.

Truthfully, only one segment — the penultimate one — falls very much below the others, and the fact that the final tale is perhaps the wildest, wickedest and most subversive of the lot more than makes up for it. There is another inherent problem with a movie of this type — so much of its impact depends on the element of surprise that it’s difficult to write about it without saying too much. I will try not to give away anything significant.

Though the six segments have titles — “Pasternak,” “The Rats,” “Road to Hell,” “Bombita,” “The

Deal,” “’Til Death Do Us Part” — they aren’t given those titles until the end credits. There’s no framing device. One segment fades to black and the next fades in. The first, “Pasternak,” sets the tone.

It’s also the shortest and the one most likely to upset viewers — not through any fault of its own, but because a current event inadvertently makes its story perhaps in worse taste than intended. But Wild Tales isn’t much interested in tender sensibilities — rather, it trades in deliberately outraging those sensibilities in bleakly funny and anarchic ways.

The next two segments — “The Rats” and “Road to Hell” — are also brief and to the point. I admit to much preferring “The Rats” to “Road to Hell” — the latter being a little too obvious and cartoonish for my taste. All six stories deal in revenge, but “The Rats” takes an unusual turn in that it offers a kind of reluctant revenge that’s orches-

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trated by a more volatile friend.

Both stories, however, are good and provide a smooth transition to the three more complex tales.

The first more complex story, “Bombita,” deals with a man, Simon (Ricardo Darín, The Secret in Their Eyes), who lives in a constant state of being enraged by the unfairness of the world — so much so that he’s managed to alienate his family to a point where his wife (Nancy Dupláa) opts to divorce him. More, because his actions against a corrupt bureaucratic setup have brought unwanted publicity to his company, he’s fired from his job. Not only do his subsequent reactions to this situation have their payoff, they produce some unexpected results.

The only problem with this segment is that it is so grounded in frustration that it tends to be a little frustrating itself.

The less said about the fourth story, “The Deal,” the better. At best, it’s OK, but it drags in a way that nothing else in the film does. Perhaps it’s the fact that the revenge motif this time is virtually an afterthought — it is certainly a side issue that does no more than set up an ending that is neither as ironic, nor surprising as Szifron seems to believe. But more than anything, the problem is that it’s a story you’ve heard before and too often. It lacks the freshness and the bite of the other five.

Fortunately, the best has been saved for last — “’Til Death Do Us Part.” It is the most dramatically and emotionally complex chapter in the film. We drop in on an upscale wedding in Buenos Aires — a carefully and beautifully orchestrated affair that Szifron just as carefully turns into a beautifully orchestrated series of revenges great and small. No matter how much of a disaster any wedding you’ve ever attended — including your own — has been, I assure you it will pale in comparison to the nuptials of Romina (Erica Rivas, Tetro) and Ariel (Diego Gentile), which manage to be an affront to every possible vestige of decorum and taste. That it’s also giddily subversive on the topic of romance makes it the perfect ending for these tales. Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality.

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Get Hard S diRectoR: Etan Cohen PLayeRs: Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Craig T. Nelson, Alison Brie, T.I. comedy

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the stoRy: After being framed for fraud, a millionaire hires the guy who washes his car to teach him how to survive prison. the Lowdown: A puerile mix of lazy, tasteless prison rape jokes, homophobia and occasional fits of casual racism, but with the added benefit of Will Ferrell mugging.

The zenith of Etan Cohen’s Get Hard is its title. You see, it has two meanings. The first describes the basic plot of the film, as millionaire James King (Will Ferrell) — who’s been framed for fraud and faces a decade in prison — hires Darnell (Kevin Hart), a clean-cut car washer, to teach him how to survive being locked up. Therefore, the pampered James literally wants to “harden” himself to prison life. The second meaning is acquiring an erection, a fact that the film tries to squeeze laughs out of (so to speak) on two different occasions. Preston Sturges this is not, obviously, but this kind of wordplay — the fact that it’s wordplay at all — and dual meaning is the height of Get Hard. That’s its peak, so you can imagine the level where the rest of it falls.

The bulk of the movie is little more than an odd-couple/buddy sort of thing, where the clueless James and the kindhearted Darnell grow and become friends or whatever. It’s really just a platform for Ferrell to mug for the camera once more, while the rest of the cast makes prison rape jokes and wallows in fits of homophobia and casual racism. A lot has been made in some circles of the rape jokes and their undertone of gay panic, and it’s all there. It’s as offensive as it sounds, but it’s also an incredibly lazy way to try and pry a laugh out of an audience. It’s the most obvious kind of humor imaginable. I remember kids in my middle school making the same stupid jokes. This is a Will Ferrell movie, after all (it’s Hart’s stage to a much lesser extent) — no one’s expecting tact here, and it’s the same

HHHHH = max rating damn schtick he’s been trotting out for two decades now. But it’s still enough to get him work, so insert the P.T. Barnum quote of your choice here.

Hart fares a little better, though it’s no thanks to the material — simply due to him not being Will Ferrell. (Funny observation: Ferrell and Hart made $7 million less their opening weekend than Hart and Ice Cube in last year’s Ride Along). I’ve had a complicated relationship with Hart (i.e., he’s been in a bunch of crap I’ve had to watch, but he’s been likable in a couple things and that makes me hopeful), but Get Hard does him no favors. These are Adam Sandler levels of ugly, complete with the stunted sexuality and ethnic caricatures. No one gets out alive. It’s ugly and grotesque and chintzy and one of those examples of everything that’s wrong with American comedies.

But there’s such a long list of those out there — including ones starring Hart and Farrell — that it’s just another drop in the bucket. Get Hard isn’t even awful enough to be memorable, it’s merely awful. Rated R for pervasive crude and sexual content and language, some graphic nudity and drug material.

Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Justin Souther

Home HH diRectoR: Tim Johnson (Over the Hedge) PLayeRs: (Voices) Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Matt Jones animated kiddie sci-fi Rated Pg the stoRy: A disgraced invading alien and a young earth girl team up to find her relocated mother. the Lowdown: Colorful, dull, unoriginal and often irritating.

Strictly for younger children and Rihanna fans.

The kindest word that comes to mind when thinking about DreamWorks Animation’s Home is “undistinguished.” Unfortunately, it’s also uninteresting and uninspired — as well as tedious, noisy, obvious, annoying and often verg-

ing on a commercial for a Rihanna album. No, I’m not the target audience. I am not the right age for it, and I don’t have any small children to take to it, though I suppose I could borrow some for the occasion (I doubt that would help). But the truth is this is just so darn dull that I can’t really imagine it engaging anyone past the age of those who are easily beguiled by bright colors.

Home lacks for much, but it doesn’t lack for bright colors. Neither do paint stores, nor boxes of Crayolas.

The film is all about a race of aliens called the Boov — a fairly unattractive species of purple creatures whose primary character trait seems to be cowardice. It is this that causes them to invade earth and relocate all humans to brightly colored holiday camps in Australia, where they’re kept pacified with amusement park rides and ice cream. Just how this was accomplished is on the sketchy side.

Just why all those humans pretty much go gently into that great Outback is never really addressed at all. However, the Boov’s dream of avoiding their mortal enemy the Gorg is shattered when their resident intergalactic screwup, Oh (Jim Parsons), sends an email to the entire universe inviting everyone to his house-warming party.

Fortunately, interstellar email is slow, so it should be a simple matter to stop Oh’s email (like old AOL, there must be an unsend function.)

Problem is they don’t have his password, and Oh, realizing his error, has gone on the run.

This leads the fugitive Boov to run into the only remaining earthling not in Australia, the 12-year-old Gratuity “Tip” Tucci (as voiced by Rihanna, Tip may be the most mature sounding 12-year-old ever). Inevitably, this odd couple — along with Tip’s cat named Pig (the cuteness never stops) — team up. Tip wants to find her missing mom (Jennifer Lopez, who rates little animated screen time and only one soundtrack song). Oh wants to just get away from his Boov brethren. Of course, finding where mom has been relocated requires getting into Boov central, a task Oh undertakes because otherwise there’d be no story.

The level of humor is not great — a prime example is Oh mistaking an unflushed toilet bowl for lemonade (kids, don’t try this at home).

The level of invention is not particularly better. Mostly, the film just soldiers along — hoping it’s moving fast enough that you won’t notice

that there’s nothing there — as it reaches its theoretically surprising ending. (While I wasn’t surprised, I was mightily relieved that it had ended.) Yes, the usual life lessons — family and how it’s OK to be a misfit — are part and parcel of it all, but what children’s movie are they not a part of? The whole idea of redefining what family meant was startling and refreshing in Lilo & Stitch (2002) — one of the few non-committee-made American animated films — but it’s now simply to be expected. I suppose it’s overall harmless, but it’s also pretty charmless. If I even remember it six months from now, I’ll be surprised. Rated PG for mild action and some rude humor.

Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Ken Hanke

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Furious 7 It’s the latest in the seemingly unstoppable series of Fast and Furious movies. No other mainstream film is daring to go up against it this weekend. Why? Well, it’s gotten awfully strong (mostly British) reviews, but the kicker is that it’s expected to be a huge hit (a predicted possible worldwide gross of a billion dollars) — not in the least because it’s Paul Walker’s last film. It also marks horror meister James Wan’s first attempt at directing a non-genre movie. (Pg-13)

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April Fool’s Day HHH • The Asheville Area Arts Council is accepting submissions of films to be screened at its annual Creative Sector Summit Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25. Local filmmakers are invited to share works approximately 30 minutes or less that focus on art and culture and depict their impact on one or many lives. The call is open to documentaries and narrative films, and consideration will also be given to quality short films of all subjects.

Selected films will be shown at the Asheville Art Museum on April 25 in two screening rooms. Vimeo or YouTube links of finished films should be sent to kristy@ashevillearts.com by Wednesday, April 8. Include your name, the film’s runtime, title, director and a 40- to 60-word synopsis. ashevillearts.com/ programs/2012-creative-sector-summit • The Asheville Art Museum will host screenings of the documentary John Heliker: The Inner Compass on Saturday, April 11, and Sunday, April 12, at 2 p.m. Based on a series of interviews recorded with Heliker in New York and Maine, the film explores the artist’s life and work, and includes reminiscences from contemporaries Lou Harrison and William Maxwell.

The film’s title comes from critic Jed Perl’s assessment that Heliker — an individualist who was never associated with any particular school — has been guided by an “inner compass of certainty.” The documentary is not rated and lasts 34 minutes. It is being screened in conjunction with the museum’s John Heliker: The Order of Things — 60 Years of Paintings and Drawings, an exhibition that runs through Sunday, May 2. Admission is free with membership or museum admission. ashevilleart.org • Asheville filmmaker Erin Derham’s documentary Buskin’ Blues will have its world premiere at the Nashville Film Festival. The film, which examines the local street musician scene, screens on the festival’s opening night, Friday, April 17, after the 5 p.m. red carpet session. The following afternoon, Buskin’ Blues will play in Muskogee, Okla., as part of the Bare Bones International Independent Film & Music Festival at the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. buskinblues.com

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• Asheville filmmaker Katie Damien has cut a three-minute highlight reel of footage she shot at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. She and local producer Lela Winton were in attendance as part of the Gorilla with a Mustache Films team whose short comedy Joint Effort was screened at the French festival. View Damien’s video at avl.mx/0uf X Send your local film news to: ae@mountainx.com

Director: Fred Walton Players: Jay Baker, Pat Barlow, Lloyd Berry, Deborah Foreman HORROR Rated R This was a “fan pick” — and one that happened to fall on the right day (or close enough). Apparently, April Fool’s Day is well-loved — at least by those who saw it when it came out in 1986 and were at an impressionable age. Even if I had seen it when it came out, I doubt that 32 would have been an impressionable enough age to have been quite sold on what is essentially a riff on the Friday the 13th formula — a formula that had already gone through many mutations by 1986. April Fool’s Day was actually made for Paramount by exploitation producer Frank Mancuso Jr., meaning it had a certain Friday the 13th legitimacy — same studio, frequent Friday producer. What you get is slasher basic — meat-on-thehoof “teens” at the mercy of an unknown maniac in an isolated setting — but with a wrinkle. The wrinkle is the biggest thing the movie has going for it, so it can’t be talked about — even though I can’t say I found it a very wrinkly wrinkle. Is it worth seeing? Well, if you’re a fan of this kind of ’80s horror, yes. Otherwise ... well, it’s the right time of year for it. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen April Fool’s Day Thursday, April 1, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Dance of the Seven Veils HHHHH Director: Ken Russell Players: Christopher Gable, Judith Paris, Kenneth Colley, Vladek Sheybal, James Mellor, Otto Diamant STYLIZED FANTASTICATED MUSICAL BIOGRAPHY Rated NR Ken Russell’s Dance of the Seven Veils (1970) — subtitled A Comic Strip in 7 Episodes on the Life of Richard Strauss — was his final film for the BBC Omnibus program. It was broadcast only once, followed by a hailstorm of controversy and effectively banned by the Strauss family, who placed an embargo (still in effect) on the music. It has since only been shown — more or less under the radar — by film societies and film festivals.

The original Asheville Film Festival ran it in 2005 (without mentioning the title) with Russell introducing the film. It is a key work in Ken Russell’s filmography — working as a brilliant piece of filmmaking in its own right and as a harbinger of things to come. It is also one of the most misunderstood films ever made. While it cannot be called a flattering portrait of the composer, it really isn’t the unbridled attack on him it’s generally painted as. It’s a lot more complex than that. But what it is an attack on is the BBC’s academic approach to biographical films — something Russell had been fighting for nearly 10 years. He knew this was his farewell film for them — the success of Women in Love (1969) had propelled him onto the stage of world-class filmmaker — and so felt he had nothing to lose. To say that he made the ultimate statement against the hidebound BBC mentality with this film is no overstatement. Filled with playful unreality — yet grounded in unarguable fact — Dance of the Seven Veils found a level of truth by deliberately being unreal. And the results are shocking and breathtaking. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Dance of the Seven Veils Friday, April 3, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

Jesus Christ Superstar HHHHS Director: Norman Jewison (In the Heat of the Night) Players: Ted Neely, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Bob Bingham, Josh Mostel MUSICAL DRAMA Rated G It’s the Asheville Film Society’s slightly late Easter offering — Norman Jewison’s Jesus Christ Superstar, a film that has kind of fallen by the wayside over the years. I’m not sure why. Most complaints usually center on the casting of Ted Neely as Jesus — despite the fact that man has made a living performing the show onstage ever since. The complaints are a little unfair, since not only is his Jesus supposed to relate to the era of the film, but he’s really playing an actor — or a rock musician — playing Jesus.

What has really been forgotten, though, is what a daring, edgy piece of filmmaking this was — and is. I suspect the fact that it was made by such a Hollywood establishment figure as Jewison (his last picture had been Fiddler on the Roof) plays into this. While he was hardly anyone’s idea of a hip filmmaker, he and screenwriter Melvyn Bragg (The Music Lovers) took no end of risks here. Not only was the casting unusual in its collection of what looked like a gaggle of hippies, but the lack of realistic sets and costumes and the inclusion of modern weaponry (including tanks and jet fighter planes) were striking, and they remain startling. Some of the ideas work, some don’t and a few are just plain dreadful, but it’s all fearless and fascinating. The Asheville Film Society will screen Jesus Christ Superstar Tuesday, April 7, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The American snack cake known as a Twinkie contains 68 percent air. Among its 37 other mostly worthless ingredients are sugar, water, cornstarch, the emulsifier polysorbate 60, the filler sodium stearoyl lactylate and food coloring. You can’t get a lot of nutritious value by eating it. Now let’s consider the fruit known as the watermelon. It’s 91 percent water and six percent sugar. And yet it also contains a good amount of vitamin C, lycopene and antioxidants, all of which are healthy for you. So if you are going to eat a whole lot of nothing, watermelon is a far better nothing than a Twinkie. Let that serve as an apt metaphor for you in the coming week.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may be as close as you have ever gotten to finding the long-lost Holy Grail — or Captain Kidd’s pirate treasure, for that matter, or Marie Antoinette’s jewels or Tinkerbell’s magical fairy dust or the smoking-gun evidence that Shakespeare’s plays were written by Francis Bacon. At the very least, I suspect you are ever-so-near to your personal equivalent of those precious goods. Is there anything you can do to increase your chances of actually getting it? Here’s one tip: Visualize in detail how acquiring the prize would inspire you to become even more generous and magnanimous than you already are. cAncer (june 21-july 22): People are paying attention to you in new ways. That’s what you wanted, right? You’ve been emanating subliminal signals that convey messages like “Gaze into my eternal eyes” and “Bask in the cozy glow of my crafty empathy.” So now what? Here’s one possibility: Go to the next level. Show the even-more-interesting beauty that you’re hiding below the surface. You may not think you’re ready to offer the gifts you have been “saving for later.” But you always think that. I dare you to reveal more of your deep secret power. leO (july 23-Aug. 22): Some people believe unquestioningly in the truth and power of astrology.

They imagine it’s an exact science that can unfailingly discern character and predict the future. Other people believe all astrology is nonsense. They think that everyone who uses it is deluded or stupid. I say that both of these groups are wrong. Both have a simplistic, uninformed perspective. The more correct view is that some astrology is nonsense and some is a potent psychological tool. Some of it’s based on superstition, and some is rooted in a robust mythopoetic understanding of archetypes.

I encourage you to employ a similar appreciation for paradox as you evaluate a certain influence that is currently making a big splash in your life.

In one sense, this influence is like snake oil, and you should be skeptical about it. But in another sense, it’s good medicine that can truly heal. virgO (Aug. 23-sept. 22): According to the biblical stories, Peter was Christ’s closest disciple but acted like a traitor when trouble came. After Christ was arrested, in the hours before the trial, Peter denied knowing his cherished teacher three different times. His fear trumped his love, leading him to violate his sacred commitment. Is there anything remotely comparable to that scenario developing in your own sphere, Virgo? If you recognize any tendencies in yourself to shrink from your devotion or violate your highest principles, I urge you to root them out. Be brave. Stay strong and true in your duty to a person or place or cause that you love. liBrA (sept. 23-Oct. 22): Marketing experts say consumers need persistent prodding before they will open their minds to possibilities that are outside their entrenched habits. The average person has to be exposed to a new product at least eight times before it fully registers on his or her awareness. Remember this rule of thumb as you seek attention and support for your brainstorms.

Make use of the art of repetition. Not just any old boring, tedious kind of repetition, though. You’ve got to be as sincere and fresh about presenting your goodies the eighth time as you were the first. scOrpiO (Oct. 23-nov. 21): In Cole Porter’s song “I Get a Kick Out of You,” he testifies that he gets no kick from champagne. In fact, “Mere alcohol

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Don’t get sidetracked by minor details, trivial distractions or peripheral concerns. It’s your duty to swoop straight into the center of the action.

Be clear about what you want and unapologetic about getting it.

doesn’t thrill me at all,” he sings. The same is true about cocaine. “I’m sure that if I took even one sniff that would bore me terrifically, too,” Porter declares. With this as your nudge, Scorpio, and in accordance with the astrological omens, I encourage you to identify the titillations that no longer provide you with the pleasurable jolt they once did. Acknowledge the joys that have grown stale and the adventures whose rewards have waned. It’s time for you to go in search of a new array of provocative fun and games. sAgittArius (nov. 22-dec. 21): The English writer William Wordsworth (1770-1830) wrote hundreds of poems. Among his most famous was “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” which is also known as “Daffodils.” The poem sprung from him after a walk he took with his sister around Lake Ullswater in the English Lake District. There they were delighted to find a long, thick belt of daffodils growing close to the water. In his poem, Wordsworth praises the “ten thousand” flowers that were “Continuous as the stars that shine / And twinkle on the milky way.” If you are ever going to have your own version of a daffodil explosion that inspires a burst of creativity, Sagittarius, it will come in the coming weeks. cApricOrn (dec. 22-jan. 19): Your subconscious desires and your conscious desires seem to be at odds. What you say you want is not in precise alignment with what your deep self wants.

That’s why I’m worried that “Don’t! Stop!” might be close to morphing into “Don’t stop!” — or vice versa. It’s all pretty confusing. Who’s in charge here? Your false self or your true self? Your wounded, conditioned, habit-bound personality or your wise, eternal, ever-growing soul? I’d say it’s a good time to retreat into your sanctuary and get back in touch with your primal purpose.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sometimes you’re cool, but other times you’re hot. You veer from acting aloof and distracted to being friendly and attentive. You careen from bouts of laziness to bursts of disciplined efficiency. It seems that you’re always either building bridges or burning them, and on occasion you are building and burning them at the same time. In short, Aquarius, you are a master of vacillation and a slippery lover of the in-between. When you’re not completely off-target and out of touch, you’ve got a knack for wild-guessing the future and seeing through the false appearances that everyone else regards as the gospel truth. I, for one, am thoroughly entertained!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): How can you ripen the initiatives you have set in motion in recent weeks? Of the good new trends you have launched, which can you now install as permanent enhancements in your daily rhythm?

Is there anything you might do to cash in on the quantum leaps that have occurred, maybe even figure out a way to make money from them? It’s time for you to shift from being lyrically dreamy to fiercely practical. You’re ready to convert lucky breaks into enduring opportunities.

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