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EMS decision may be wise one for Buncombe Your article “Buncombe County to Set Terms for Private EMS Contract” [March 13, Xpress] uses historical data to point out potential adverse impacts to local fire departments. I think this is misleading, and we need to correct the record. A new CMS Medicare pilot called the Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) model [avl.mx/5ut] will allow participating ambulance suppliers and physicians to partner with health care practitioners to deliver treatment by transport to primary care offices and 24-hour urgent care clinics or deliver treatment on the scene. A model to create a low-acuity 911 service could potentially fill unmet needs in rural health care. The bottom line is we can prepare for the future instead of taking business away from local fire departments. This is a wise decision by the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners if the Medic private EMS service contract is structured to best service Medicare beneficiaries. — Joel Harder Arden

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Let’s recognize that we are all humans This is a response to the opinion pieces demonizing Democrats, specifically the one that used biblical material to create an argument that, if I recall, put forth that Democrats are going against the will of God [“Leaving the People at the Democratic Altar,” March 6, Xpress]. I am always perplexed and saddened when I see someone who belongs to a religion whose faith was forged through hundreds of years of persecution turn around and persecute others for their beliefs. Even if someone is living “improperly” by your standards, the attitude you took does not set up any potential discussion or growth toward the person who you deem “wrong.” You essentially objectify them, see them as a fixed thing incapable of change, and therefore forever damned, forever the problem. This is essentially dehumanization.

In the wake of the mass murders in New Zealand, I think it is of vital importance that we recognize when we as individuals get lost in this type of thinking. We cannot lose ourselves to the oversimplification of differing political ideologies to the point where we no longer recognize that we are all humans and that we have much more in common than we often choose to recognize. Jesus said, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” While it may be easy to simplify people into fixed categories of right and wrong, why not wield your faith and turn yourself into an instrument of love and compassion? In the words of St. Francis of Assisi, “O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love.” — Zak Beyersdoerfer Asheville P.S. [In response to “Democratic Thugs Have Worked to Destroy U.S.” March 6, Xpress]: There is absolutely nothing wrong with hugging nonhetero folks! Hugs 4eva!!

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Beyond sustainability BY LEE WARREN For many years, I have taught classes in the basics of sustainability called The Three-Legged Stool of Sustainability, which describes the three main principles, or pillars, of sustainable systems. These three pillars are defined as social, environmental and economic. Also known as “people, planet and profits,” they are sometimes referred to as the “triple bottom line” when used in the context of a B Corp or social enterprise organization. B Corps are legal business entities that show high performance in social and environmental areas rather than a sole focus on the financial bottom line. The three-legged stool is a metaphor used to represent three components that are all equally important to the structure and function of a coherent system, an apt image for the elements required for long-term continuity. The structure of three legs (as opposed to two or four) create a triangle, which, like a tripod, form one plane, even on a rocky or uneven surface. The three legs, in this context, are both more flexible and more stable. The stool can expand and contract as needed to be adaptable to constant changes and uneven variables. The components of the stool include: • Social. Represented by livability, which for most of us encompasses health, well-being, community, social systems of support, human rights, labor rights, a fair justice system, cultural connection, cultural celebration, place-based connection, low poverty, low violence and access to a solid education. • Environmental. Represented by ecological integrity, often described as clean air, healthy oceans and waterways, vibrant soil, diverse forests, species preservation and access to vast and intact wild lands. • Economic. Implies that the income exceeds the expenses in a given system, which results in a financial benefit. This can be personal income or measured nationally as business revenue, national surplus, thriving businesses, sector diversity, living wages and robust job markets. To be guided by these three principles when designing a project or sys8

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LEE WARREN tem means that the system will be more likely to be carried on into the indefinite future without damage to the social or environmental elements involved. For example, big agriculture and the globalization of food are effective at high levels of food production and somewhat effective at managing the economics of large-scale agriculture. At the same time, these very same industrial systems have brought devastation to farm families and communities (social), increased world hunger (social), damaged the soil and water systems of the planet (environmental), disconnected the average person from regional food (social) and created a food product that is less nutrient-rich and sometimes even toxic (social and environmental). “We share this planet, our home, with millions of species. Justice and sustainability both demand that we do not use more resources than we need,” emphasizes Vandana Shiva, environmental and agricultural activist, and author of Soil Not Oil and Earth Democracy. SAFEKEEPING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS One of the erroneous belief systems of the current iteration of our modern Wall Street-based capitalist models of economics is that a primary focus on the financial bottom line, in the form of growth and resource use, will make us wealthy. At first it does. And yet it ultimately results in very little regard for the safekeeping of our social and environmental systems, which leaves the entire system vulnerable to collapse.

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Anytime a nation, corporation, business or project does not take into account all three legs of the stool, they “externalize” the damage, most often to the social and environmental components of our world. This broad-scale problem can be seen in the food, housing, energy, transportation and health care industries. Ultimately, this exporting of damages will cost more and be harder to repair, not to mention reducing the quality of life (and maybe the possibility of life) for all species on the planet. This means that nonprofits, local communities, individuals and governments are often required to suffer the consequences and repair the damaged systems. We see that in the myriad forms of pollution and poverty everywhere we turn. Yet how can we meet our needs now without robbing the future and destroying our social and environmental systems in the process? And how do we repair the damage already done? Luckily for us, systems and schools of thought are emerging that are going beyond sustainability to actually look at how to restore, repair and create resiliency in our damaged social and environmental legs. Restorative implies restoring the ecological or social systems from degraded, damaged or destroyed ecosystems and communities to alive, coherent and vibrant. Regenerative, often used as the phrase “regenerative agriculture,” implies sys-

tems of farming that value diversity, soil health, watershed improvement, carbon sequestration and reversal of climate change. Resiliency encourages the development of systems that resist, tolerate, absorb, recover from, prepare for and adapt to adverse occurrences that cause harm, destruction or loss. REPAIRING LOCAL SYSTEMS Here in Western North Carolina, there are a number of organizations working to repair our local systems. One is the Foragable Community initiative (foragablecommunity.com), whose Asheville branch is led by program manager Laura Lengnick. What is a foragable community? As noted on the group’s website, it’s a “collective of community members working together to increase the public’s active participation in local foodways in order to enhance the sustainability and resilience of their region.” Taking another tack on the issue, the Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council (abfoodpolicy.org), focuses on food access, with the mission to “identify, propose and advocate for policies, financial appropriations and innovative solutions to improve and protect our local food system in order to advance economic development, social justice,

THREE LEGS, FOUR ISSUES As we at Xpress embark on our monthlong Sustainability Series, we’ll be using the pillars of the three-legged stool to organize our thinking about this complex topic. Throughout the next four issues of the paper, sustainability content will be labeled with one of the three badges shown below, each tied to the social-cultural, environmental or economic principle of sustainable systems. By drawing attention to these different aspects of sustainability, we hope to highlight the need for diversity of thought in problemsolving. Challenges such as pollution, poverty, climate change, wildlife habitat destruction and housing

affordability have no single answer — to stand firm, any solutions must stand on all three legs of the stool. — Daniel Walton Green Scene Editor X

environmental sustainability and community resiliency.” Meanwhile, the group Transition Asheville (transitionasheville.com) is working on fossil fuel independence and local resiliency. Founded locally in 2011 as the 88th Transition Town in the U.S., its goal is to “serve as a local catalyst: bringing people and organizations together, encouraging the development of an equitable roadmap toward fossil fuel independence, sharing practical skills and creative solutions, and strengthening local resilience.” On the economic front, the Asheville Grown Business Alliance (ashevillegrown.com) has proven to be a successful force in encouraging support for local independent businesses and our local public school system through its Go Local campaign. Its mission: “Grow a resilient local economy and thriving community, champion the unique character of our region and advocate for prosperity for all.” TAKING BACK OUR POWER In order to get beyond a balanced stool to a restored, regenerative and resilient community, much is required

of us. We must come with humility of thought, an ability to cooperate and a passion for healing our systems. It may seem daunting, but it can be done. In fact, there was a time in the U.S. (and certainly there are many models in other countries) where all three legs were balanced, resulting in a lifegiving model of human existence. As a collective, we must first and foremost focus on relocalizing. We need to have as much say as possible over the decisions that affect our lives, the money that informs our projects, the food that we eat and every system we touch. Relocalizing means taking back our power in every possible way. For example, regarding food and agriculture, it means having a say in all parts of the system — from production and processing to distribution and consumption to waste recycling and back again to land and farmer well-being. With that much engagement, what emerges is sovereignty and sanity. X Lee Warren, executive director of the nonprofit Organic Growers School since 2013, is a sustainability professional with 25 years of experience in visioning, designing and living innovative solutions to organic food systems, community and sustainability education.

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More than Americana BY ALLI MARSHALL Asheville’s music and art scene, thankfully, is far more interesting than Rolling Stone portrayed in its March 21 issue. And it’s also a good deal less shiny. The magazine first took note of Asheville’s uniqueness in 2000 when it called our city the new freak capital of the U.S. In fairness, Ukiah Morrison had run for City Council on a promarijuana platform, dressed only in a thong and body paint. But the story was nonetheless a work of pigeonholing: Few of the city’s other 72,000 residents traipsed regularly through downtown in near-naked glory. Still, there was something charming (if inaccurate) about being labeled “freaks,” enough so that, in the aftermath, “Keep Asheville Weird” bumper stickers grew in popularity. Nearly two decades later, Rolling Stone has swept back through to pen “Why Asheville, North Carolina, Is

ALLI MARSHALL the New Must-Visit Music City.” While the story is complimentary, it paints an inaccurate outsider picture of Asheville’s music scene. Though most of the artists named in the story have garnered national attention, many other similarly talented artists perform without such accolades. The cost of living here is high, and wages are

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low: Those seeking success in creative pursuits — or even just regular gigs and enthusiastic fans — often cobble together multiple jobs to support themselves while playing small stages far from the national spotlight. Many of the bands Rolling Stone spotlighted are not from Western North Carolina. The only quotes in the story are from white men. Only two women-led bands are mentioned (Rising Appalachia and River Whyless) and Fantastic Negrito (who is not a local) is the only person of color referenced. Most of the venues mentioned are located downtown; few of the businesses named are owned by women and none by people of color. So, ultimately, this article serves as an advertisement for a very narrow scope of music and a slim swath of enterprise. This is not to diminish the inherent worth of those local musical acts and businesses spotlighted, but it does detract from the multidimensionality of both entities. “Rock, world, hip-hop and electronic are readily discoverable,” the article states, without explaining how or where, “but it’s Americana and bluegrass that reign as the predominant sound.” Those genres are perhaps most visible, but not predominant. (On a recent busy Friday night, Americana, roots and country offerings made up only about one-fourth of listings in Xpress’ music calendar.) Imagine if Asheville’s music scene really was populated overwhelmingly by Americana acts: Those bands would not have developed their unique sounds by rubbing elbows with jazz, funk, blues, metal, punk, experimental and other genres that call Asheville home. The city would not contain, in its DNA, a proclivity toward the inventive mashups and

risk-taking that gave us the Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival or All Go West; acts like Spaceman Jones and the Motherships, Lizz Wright, Natural Born Leaders or Coconut Cake; and eclectic venues like Static Age, Sly Grog Lounge, The BLOCK off Biltmore, The Odditorium and The Black Cloud, among others. Furthermore, the businesses listed in the Rolling Stone story are ultimately devalued by not being represented in their full scope of offerings. Echo Mountain, for instance, is name-checked for recording the albums of eight rock, Americana and country acts led by white male artists. But what about the works of brown, black, queer and women artists? Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, Amy Ray of Indigo Girls, Sylvan Esso, Rachael Kilgour, The Broadcast, Alex Krug and others have all tracked projects at the famed studio. Asheville’s music scene is richer, deeper and more nuanced than the glossy and curated image drawn by Rolling Stone. It extends beyond the beaten path and the mainstream. It’s queer, multiethnic, fringe and gritty. To allow a national publication to brand Asheville as anything else is to hand over the reins of this city’s collective and evolving vision. It also sets a precedent for would-be tourists to come looking for the predominantly white, male, Americana music scene they’ve been promised and (like the Rolling Stone writer) stop short of plumbing the depths to discover the true Asheville experience — thus further pushing those lesser-known but equally deserving artists and stages to the fringes. X Alli Marshall is the Arts & Entertainment editor for Xpress.

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BY DAVID FLOYD dfloyd@mountainx.com Perched atop a mountain of garbage, a monstrous, multiton machine funnels trash under its cleated wheels, using its weight to grind trash bags, mattresses, planks and discarded clothing further and further into the reddish soil. An operator drives the vehicle back and forth along a ridge of refuse. On a neighboring slope, another compactor is fulfilling a similar role as workers unload garbage from trucks and spread it along the surface of the human-built plateau. The compactors are harnessing gravity to make room for more trash, which in fiscal year 2018 poured into the Buncombe County landfill in Alexander at an average rate of 16,500 tons a month. Buncombe County has used about a third of the total 12.5 million cubic yards of space available to receive municipal solid waste, which the department tracks separately from waste produced by construction projects. At its construction and demolition landfill, which sits on the same property but is sorted separately, the county still has about 1.3 million cubic yards of fillable space out of a maximum capacity of about 2.4 million. The county’s landfill opened in 1997, and Buncombe County Solid Waste Director Dane Pedersen says the most recent analysis shows that the facility has another 34-40 years of space left. The C&D landfill, meanwhile, has about 14 1/2 years left on its lifespan (see sidebar, “Starting from scratch”). As factors like population growth and a booming economy increase the volume of garbage heading to the landfill, the county is employing a variety of techniques to eke out more space for the public’s detritus, Pedersen says.

DAILY GRIND: A compactor at the Buncombe County landfill packs a miscellany of garbage into the ground in an effort to make more room for the county’s trash. In fiscal year 2018, an average of 16,500 tons of garbage was transported to the landfill per month. Photo by Joe Pellegrino

‘THE CEREAL BOWL’ From the parking lot of the property’s administrative building, the landfill looks like a massive, treeless range of hills looming in the distance. Seen from this angle, grass covers a series of smooth, rounded mounds, which are circled by a well-worn ring of dirt roads. On the far side of the hill, trucks travel back and forth through deep 12

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tire impressions in the mud, carrying waste to a growing pile in zone six, which is the largest of the landfill’s 10 zones. Once all zones have been constructed, the landfill will cut across a 95-acre swath, curving into an L-shape. The C&D landfill currently consists of five cells, and officials have proposed building it out to a total of eight cells. “It’s all a game of how much can we squeeze into the cereal bowl,” says Aaron McKinzie, the landfill’s power plant manager. “Obviously, we want to fill that up as much as we can and we’re only allowed to put a certain amount in there.” While much of the trash ends up in zone six, county operators also continue to fill in parts of the other zones as long as they can meet the terms of their permits from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, which regulates the size and angle of the slopes. The county recently received permission from NCDEQ to increase the steepness of the zones, which Pedersen says created 825,000 cubic yards of additional space. “It’s a big deal for us,” he says. Crews are also able to add a little more room in the individual zones

through the county’s bioreactor project, which speeds the rate of decomposition and methane production by pumping water into the mounds of trash. The process shrinks the mass to make room for more waste, and the excess methane gas that seeps off the rotting garbage gets siphoned through pipes into a generator, which burns the fuel to produce electricity. “If the trash sinks, then we can come back and scrape the dirt off the top, and we’ve got, hey, like 60 more feet that we can put garbage on,” McKinzie says. Pedersen says the county was able to gain one additional month of capacity, about 15,000 to 17,000 cubic yards, in calendar year 2018 as a result of this project. The county also separates materials that take up space or are dangerous to store at the landfill, including metal, wood pallets and old televisions and electronics. In addition to the food, packaging and plastic bags that get tossed in the garbage by residents, McKinzie says the landfill sees a lot of byproducts from construction and demolition projects, which go to a different part of the property than the household trash. As

the county has recovered from the 2008 housing crash and recession, which led to a dip in tonnage going to the landfill, McKinzie says construction waste has steadily increased. The amount of construction and demolition waste transported to the Buncombe landfill hovered between 20,000 and 27,000 tons per year from FY 2011-16, according to figures reported to NCDEQ. But in 2017, the total jumped from 26,560 tons to 44,680 tons, a nearly 70 percent increase. The total remained above 40,000 tons in FY 18, the last year for which NCDEQ has reported figures. Meanwhile, household waste transported to the MSW landfill stayed between 100,000 and 117,000 tons per year from FY 2010-17. In FY 2018, the figure leaped to almost 140,000 tons, a 35 percent increase over the FY 2017 total of about 104,000 tons. In calendar year 2018, Asheville’s waste made up about a sixth of this figure. Last year, city facilities sent 23,367 tons of waste to the county landfill. Jessica Foster, the city’s solid waste manager, says Asheville’s sanitation division collected 22,718 tons of residental trash, the majority of which ended

in the facility’s floor. A county truck, which has been maneuvered into position by way of a tunnel beneath the warehouse, catches the stinky mass as it tumbles through the opening. The driver nonchalantly checks his cellphone as tons of waste spill into the truck bed behind him, rattling the vehicle like an earthquake. Each truck can carry about 20 tons per trip, just a portion of the hundreds of tons transported from the transfer station to the landfill each day.

ROAD TRIPS A growing proportion of county trash, Pedersen says, arrives at the landfill by way of the Buncombe County Transfer Station, a facility on Hominy Creek Road in West Asheville that serves as a more convenient dropoff point than Alexander, a 30-minute drive to the north. “You’ve seen the landfill,” says transfer station manager Nick Edmonds. “It can be a muddy mess. You have nice concrete here.” When the county determined the location of the landfill in the 1990s, county residents complained about the distance between Alexander and the rest of the county. To ease the burden of the long haul along the French Broad River, the county opened an expansion to the transfer station in September 2018, adding a building to deal exclusively with commercial garbage. Since the expansion opened, Edmonds says, the amount of waste the station is permitted to handle per day has increased from 350 to 1,200 tons. “You can fit about four of the old buildings into the new building,” he says. The old building, which sits closer to the entrance of the property, is now reserved for residential trash. In the lower level of the new expansion, thousands of pounds of trash pour through two rectangular holes

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N EWS Waste Pro’s Ron Pecora says 200 complaints is “minuscule” as a proportion of the company’s pickups in Buncombe County, which number over 60,000 each week. “Frankly, most customers take the service for granted just like phone, cable, power and other typical utilities,” he adds. Waste Pro has invested $19 million since 2010 into its Buncombe operations center, which employs about 80 people, Pecora says, and the company has reapplied for the contract. In a Jan. 31 interview, Pedersen said the decision to include a penalty provision (which wasn’t a feature of the RFP issued in 2010) reflected new industry standards rather than deficiencies in the service provided by Waste Pro. “I feel like it was really based on the fact that we need to have those accountability measures in the new contract, and it’s expected. It’s not negotiable that the service provider, the new contractor, complies with the performance standards and is collecting waste and recycling in the appropriate manner,” he said. About 4,000 respondents weighed in on a recent county survey about characteristics residents hope to see in a trash collection provider. Staff will present these responses to commissioners during a meeting at noon Tuesday, April 16. County spokesperson Kassi Day says Buncombe County plans to make the bidders’ proposals public after commissioners select a firm and begin negotiations. WISHFUL RECYCLERS Curbside Management, which handles a significant percentage of

the recycling in Buncombe County and other counties in Western North Carolina, spends almost $10,000 a month in tipping fees to dump in the landfill waste that can’t be recycled through its network of buyers. “It’s just those wishful recyclers,” says Nancy Lawson, who co-owns the company with her husband, Barry, “and I love them because they really are trying to do the right thing.” “Wishful recyclers” is Nancy’s term for locals who toss items into their recycling bins even if they’re unsure whether a particular item is recyclable. “That causes us all kinds of inefficiencies,” she says, and makes it necessary for the company to separate the nonrecyclable waste, bundle it and ship it to the landfill. The kinds of recyclables Curbie can accept are “100 percent dependent,” Nancy says, on whether the company has a factory or manufacturer close enough to use the material. Curbie trucks its recyclables within a five- to six-hour radius of Asheville. Anything the company can’t sell to reclaimers goes to the landfill. Pedersen says the county sends 7,000 to 7,500 tons of recyclables per year to area recycling centers. Otherwise, that tonnage would end up in the landfill, contributing about another 15 days worth of refuse to the annual total that goes into the ground. Fostering a strong recycling system is another way that the county is trying to make room. “As far as we’re concerned, landfill air space is one of the most precious resources that we have in the county,” Pedersen says, “and we want to manage that appropriately.” X

STARTING FROM SCRATCH Each year, Buncombe County contracts with an engineering firm to report on the landfill’s capacity and status. The most recent such report was completed by Environmental Infrastructure Consulting, a company owned by former county contractor Joseph Wiseman Jr., who has since pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with a kickback scheme involving former Buncombe County officials Wanda Greene, Mandy Stone and Jon Creighton. A pending county civil lawsuit seeks to recover damages from Wiseman and his company, as well as the officials. Commissioners terminated the county’s contracts with companies associated with Wiseman on Aug. 14, and County Attorney Michael Frue says all of Wiseman’s contracts with Buncombe County are void. Thus, the county does not recognize the figures in the landfill capacity report as accurate. “We don’t know that the information is inaccurate, but we don’t know that it is. That’s the issue,” Frue says. Frue says the county doesn’t expect the new contractor to have an updated report until August. “We’re going to start from scratch,” Frue says, “I’m not going to treat [Wiseman’s report] like it’s worth the paper it’s printed on, honestly.” X

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torical pictures line the hallway, one of the board members mused, “I wonder what happened to these teachers after integration?” The question, Rhine says, “planted a seed inside my mind.” Soon the seed sprouted and took root, leading Rhine on a two-year research project, focusing specifically on the school’s faculty in its penultimate year (the latest available annual Rhine could locate, dictating her study’s focus). On Tuesday, April 9, from 6-8 p.m., she and fellow researcher Joe Newman will present findings from that effort at the Stephens-Lee Recreation Center. A Tribute to the Faculty of Stephens-Lee will highlight the educational achievements of the school’s staff, as well as explore the positions these educators obtained following the integration of the city school system. Immediately after the presentation, Friends of the N.C. Room board member Roy Harris will moderate a panel discussion featuring StephensLee graduates Oralene Simmons, Sarah Hart, Richard Bowman and the Rev. L.C. Ray.

‘TRULY EXCEPTIONAL’ Prior to retiring to Asheville in 2007, Newman taught in the College of Education and Professional Studies at the University of South Alabama. In 2018, the professor emeritus returned his attention to one of his areas of academic specialization — the history of education — joining Rhine in her research of Stephens-Lee. “It seems to have all the marks of a school that was truly exceptional,” Newman says. In 1964, he notes, 20 of the school’s 34 faculty members held master’s degrees in education. “That’s 59 percent of the overall staff,” he notes. In a period of American history whenhigher education was not readily available for African-Americans, particularly those in the Jim Crow South, this is an extraordinary statistic, Newman emphasizes. On account of the country’s segregation laws, he continues, many of the Stephens-Lee instructors earned their undergraduate degrees from private, historically black colleges, including Shaw University, Howard University, Fisk University and Bennett College. When it came time to enroll in graduate school programs, many of these same teachers headed north to public universities, since many Southern

institutions were less than welcoming to black candidates. Of the staff’s 20 teachers to earn master’s degrees, 12 took courses at Teachers College, Columbia University. According to Newman, the university’s popularity among Stephens-Lee teachers eventually led the college to create an outreach program, bringing summer courses directly to Asheville. Part of the staff’s motivation, says Newman, may have grown out of the high school’s own expectations and demands. In several archival interviews, he notes, former teachers discuss the four-year, up-or-out policy at Stephens-Lee. “If you were a brandnew hire with a bachelor’s degree, you had four years to earn a master’s degree, or they were going to get somebody else for your job,” he explains.

on the Hill, which held so many memories and history,” she says. Ray remembers experiencing a similar reaction, along with regret. “We were not aggressive enough,” he laments. “It’s possible we could have preserved it. … We could have put a little more pressure on Council.” His disappointment in the structure’s loss, however, is eased by his continued gratitude for what the former school equipped him with, long after its bricks came tumbling down.

“It shaped me as a community organizer,” Ray says. “Several of my instructors at Stephens-Lee — I didn’t know it then — but they were shaping me. Not so much to be a preacher but to be a leader.” ‘BUMPY START’ Long after the school closed, Rhine says, many of its former staff members continued to teach in Asheville.

Harris, who will moderate the upcoming event, considers this a crucial detail in the school’s history. For many in the community, he says, a false narrative persists. “Folks tend to think every teacher got fired,” he says. “But we’re finding out that wasn’t necessarily correct.” According to Rhine’s research, 22 of the school’s instructors were reassigned to South French Broad High

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‘OTHERS RAISING OTHERS’ The school’s high expectations extended well beyond the staff, says Ray. A member of the 1957 graduating class, Ray remembers a demanding curriculum, led by an equally demanding faculty. When it came to assignments and projects, Ray says, the teachers “almost threatened you, saying, ‘You’re going to do it, boy, one way or another; otherwise, I’m going to take you into the cloakroom.’” At the same time, he adds, the school’s teachers were compassionate and uplifting role models, as well as active members of the community. They lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same churches as their students. “It was more familyoriented,” he explains. “Others raising others.” And though much has been gained through integration, Ray pines for some of what was lost in the process. “That family union … that commonality and respect that we are each other’s keeper … I feel we had a lot of that,” he say. “It’s dog-eat-dog now.” Still, Ray contends, “I wouldn’t want to go back to ‘57. I just wouldn’t. I don’t think anyone else would,” he says, without elaborating. Simmons, who entered StephensLee the year Ray graduated, echoes some of the pastor’s sentiments. “I had the feeling that I belonged to a community,” she writes in an email exchange. And though integration brought with it a stronger sense of equality, she continues, “the sense of community was lost.” Additional loss came with the 1975 demolition of the former school’s main building. Simmons remembers an overwhelming sadness when the structure was razed. “Gone was the Castle MOUNTAINX.COM

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ALUMNI: The Rev. L.C. Ray, left, graduated from Stephens-Lee in 1957. Four years later, in 1961, Oralene Simmons earned her high school diploma as well. The two will be in conversation with fellow Stephens-Lee graduates Sarah Hart and Richard Bowman on Tuesday, April 9. Photo by Thomas Calder School in 1966. Three years later, 17 of these teachers made the switch to Asheville High. The transition didn’t go without a hitch. “Integration got off to a bumpy start in Asheville, like it did in other communities,” says Newman. On Sept. 29, 1969, roughly 200 African-American students walked out of Asheville High School with a list of grievances concerning the unfair treatment they experienced at their new school. (See “Newspaper coverage of the Asheville High walkout, 1969,” Aug. 15, 2017, Xpress, avl.mx/40t.) In response to the protest, Newman says, a group of teachers, including former Stephens-Lee instructors, worked together to confront the issues raised by the school’s African-American students. LEARNING FROM OUR PAST As Harris sees it, the upcoming discussion at the Stephens-Lee Recreation Center underscores an important insight for all members of the community. “Categorize your history,” he says. “Put it in a library. Do whatever it takes so that when your great-grandkids come back to look for you — and they will come back to look for you — that they’ve got a place to start.” Like many of his colleagues at the N.C. Room, Harris believes the past can help inform the present. It may not present clear-cut answers, he notes, but it can offer ideas, as well as provide a basis for comparison. For example, he points to the current achievement gap between the city’s black and white students, which is the

largest of any of the 115 school districts in the state. Throughout his preparations for the upcoming presentation, Harris says, the present-day inequities returned to him again and again. “I have conflicting views,” says Harris, who served on the Asheville City Board of Education from 1995-2002. His own daughters, he notes, went through the school system in the early 2000s. Both graduated and went on to earn college degrees. “So I know there are AfricanAmerican children who come out of this system and go on to thrive,” he says. “But then you look at the current dropout rates and the achievement gap you wonder: What’s going on?” Harris believes the school system is working in earnest to right the ship. But there’s no denying, he states, that the current stats are disheartening. And though he acknowledges there is no simple solution to the problem, his thoughts loop back to the Stephens-Lee research. Though neither explicit nor precise in its guidance, Harris says, “Maybe there’s something to be gained from this study here.” X

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COUNCIL PICKS: Asheville City Schools Board of Education Chair Shaunda Sandford, left, and member Martha Geitner, center, were reappointed by Asheville City Council to serve until 2023. James Carter, right, will serve out the remainder of James Lee’s term through April 1, 2021. Images captured from the city of Asheville’s online video of the March 26 school board interviews Asheville City Board of Education members Shaunda Sandford and Martha Geitner faced tough questions from Asheville City Council at an interview session on March 26. But at Council’s regular meeting that same evening, the two were unanimously reappointed to four-year terms on the board. James Carter received five votes to fill the unexpired two-year term of James Lee, who recently relocated to accept a new job. Both a product of and former parent in the Asheville City Schools, Carter works in community outreach for United Healthcare and has served on a number of local nonprofit boards, including the Literacy Council of Buncombe County and Children First/Communities in Schools. Mayor Esther Manheimer and Council member Julie Mayfield, however, cast their votes for ACS parent and small-business owner Pepi Acebo to fill the remainder of Lee’s term. He provided detailed responses to Council’s written questions prior to the interviews. Much of Council’s scrutiny focused on controversies such as the school board’s decision to discontinue a year-round schedule at Hall Fletcher Elementary, changes to playgrounds at Vance Elementary and a dust-up over a March 4 decision to stop offering Math I to seventh-graders. Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler, who serves as Council’s liai-

son to the Asheville City Schools, said parents and teachers tell Council “that decisions are being made at the school system, and they’re not either informed or in the loop or involved upfront.” Mayfield pressed Geitner, a retired Asheville City Schools teacher, about the communication problem. “So you’ve been on the board for all of that. So my question is, how did this happen again, in terms of big decisions being made at a school without sufficient involvement from the parents and the teachers of that school?” she asked. Geitner accepted responsibility for the mistakes but didn’t provide any specific steps the board would take to correct them. Manheimer then asked whether the school system has a public engagement effort, noting, “I’m a parent of students in the system, and it doesn’t seem to me like there is an engagement team. So if there is, it’s not very engaging. ... “I still am not hearing from the board their understanding of what is needed here in terms of community engagement,” the mayor continued. “I would like to learn more from you and the board, what is the plan? You said you were working on this community engagement issue for the last year.” “I would love to sit down and talk to you more about that,” responded Geitner.

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N EWS COMMUNICATION GAP The board, noted Sandford, is always assessing its communication strategies. “We do a lot with our communications director, AshleyMichelle [Thublin], whether that’s through social media, telephone calls,” she said. “You guys are trying to make a lot of change happen in the school system,” Manheimer interjected. “What are you doing to engage parents, fac-

ulty, students on the front end, before decisions are made?” Sandford cited existing communication efforts such as the Homework Diner program at Asheville Middle School, Superintendent Denise Patterson’s weekly 60-second videos distributed via social media and communication to parents by school principals. “Shaunda, this has been one hell of a year for the school board,” said Council member Sheneika Smith. Suggesting that “one segment of our parent com-

munity” had been active in making its concerns known, Smith asked what was being done to encourage “other parent communities to be vocal around the achievement gap, our disciplinary actions and access to some of the other services within our schools that would help close what we’re calling now the opportunity gap?” Sandford, who is a social worker with the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville, responded that the board must make those parents — presumably, people of color and those with lower incomes — feel welcome by building relationships and treating parents as active participants in their children’s education. SEEKING EQUITY In reply to a question from Council member Keith Young about the school system’s top priority, Sandford cited the ICS Equity initiative, which is aimed at “dismantling the system that was created to do exactly what it’s doing, which is to keep that [racial achievement] gap right where it is.” The gap has been steadily increasing since 2009, she said, and “the biggest

thing we need to do is to hold people accountable. ... And if they’re not willing to change and do something different, then we’ll have to re-evaluate that. “There is going to be pushback, because when you’re trying to dismantle this system, it’s going to make other people feel uncomfortable,” Sandford continued. “And that’s typically the people the system works great for.” The ICS Equity program calls for ACS to undertake an “equity audit” to better understand which aspects of its curriculum, policies and operations may be contributing to disparate outcomes among different groups of students. Based on the results, the next steps could include eliminating separate tracks for different achievement levels, which the program’s creators, Elise Frattura and Colleen Capper of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Education, say have resegregated public schools by race and family income within school buildings. Council member Brian Haynes asked Carter to clarify his written statement, in which the board hopeful said he didn’t have enough information about the ICS Equity program to offer an opinion on whether he supports it. “There have been two things that

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I’ve ever seen. One was in Mountain Xpress, one was in the Citizen Times,” Carter said. “That was in 2017. We’ve been in this for a year and a half. What has the system paid for this? Let’s get some accountability.” Information posted on the ICS Equity and Asheville City Schools websites, Carter said, doesn’t shed light on what the system proposes to do and how it will do it. “I mean, they have some great graphics, but they’re not telling me anything,” he said. Carter said he’d like to know if the system talked with other similar districts before committing to the ICS process. “I’m all about doing research,” he said. VOTING MACHINE Reached after Council’s vote, Manheimer explained her decision as rooted in community support for the incumbent board members. “We got a few emails saying, ‘Throw everyone out and start over,’ but we got many, many emails and a petition asking for their reappointment,” she said. Manheimer provided the petition by email. A cover note, signed by commu-

nity member and Asheville City Schools parent Veronika Gunter, stated, “This totals 198 requests today alone” in support of Sandford and Geitner. “The reappointment of Shaunda Sandford and Martha Geitner is necessary in order to ensure that the strides we have made towards achieving EQUITY for ALL children continues in Asheville City Schools,” the petition read. “Ms. Sandford and Ms. Geitner have championed the challenge of making things right for our children, from those living on Town Mountain to those in housing developments to our homeless youth.” Many of those signing the petition, which was provided as an email attachment, listed street addresses from the Southside neighborhood of Asheville, an area that’s home to many AfricanAmerican and lower-income residents. According to Wisler, Council has been pushing the school system and its board to increase public engagement and transparency, and the questions at the interview reflected that. “Shaunda and Martha had an amazing amount of support [in the community],” she said. “I’ve worked with them quite a bit. I know that they are continuing to try to improve along these lines.” X

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Lower-than-expected Mission tax revenues crunch Asheville budget The proverbial chickens of Mission Health’s sale to for-profit HCA Healthcare have hatched, yielding considerably fewer birds than Asheville City Council first counted. At a budget work session on March 26, city CFO Barbara Whitehorn reported that Asheville can expect to receive $2.5 million in property and sales taxes from the health system in fiscal year 2019-20 — only half of the $5 million initially estimated by the Buncombe County tax office — then $5 million instead of $8 million for every year to follow. The lower numbers, explained Mayor Esther Manheimer, are more accurate because they are based on the correct portfolio of Mission Health assets. Previous estimates, she said, had included taxes on property outside of Buncombe County jurisdiction. “This is a little bit earth-shattering for news,” the mayor remarked. While the revised estimated revenue would still leave Asheville with

REVENUE RX? The city of Asheville will receive millions less than expected in taxes from Mission Health’s sale to for-profit HCA Healthcare. Photo by Virginia Daffron a budget surplus through fiscal year 2021, it gives Council significantly less leeway to add new initiatives and address the strategic goals prioritized

at its recent retreat. After accounting for the city’s structural funding gap and increases to its base budget, Whitehorn said, only about $1.5 million remains for discretionary projects. The most expensive of these new initiatives is the partial implementation of the Transit Master Plan, estimated at $1.2 million. Whitehorn said the money would go toward reconfiguring routes and addressing on-time performance, as well as providing technical support and conducting a study on a new bus maintenance facility. Initial plans called for a $2.4 million budget increase, which would have also extended transit service hours by 44 percent starting on July 1. “We certainly wish that we could implement fully the entire first phase of the plan. I’ve been a strong proponent of transit; I think it supports

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“Asheville’s new broadcasting station, metaphorically speaking had a bottle of champagne broken over her bow last night, and slid across the ether into the great American homes as easily and naturally as a Leviathan taking to water.”

According to Ann Wright, North Carolina Room librarian at Pack Memorial Library, WWNC continued broadcasting from inside the Flatiron Building until February 1939. The towers remained standing until April 1949. Editor’s note: Peculiarities of spelling and punctuation are preserved from the original documents. X

Asheville Radio Museum at A-B Tech Interested in learning more about the history of radio broadcast? Consider visiting the Asheville Radio Museum, located in room 315 of the Elm Building at A-B Tech. Launched in 2001, the museum features a collection of radio equipment, advertisements and other memorabilia. Admission is free, and if you’re lucky, curator Stuart Smolkin might show you how early listeners converted oatmeal box containers into homemade crystal radio sets. For more information, visit avl.mx/5ub. X

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In January 1927, Asheville residents eagerly awaited the completion of the city’s first radio broadcasting station, WWNC. It was scheduled to launch from inside the Flatiron Building on Feb. 1. On Jan. 3, the station’s chief operator, A.R. Shropshire, arrived in Asheville, as did its program director, J. Dale Stentz. Shropshire oversaw the installation of the studio; meanwhile, Stentz actively sought out local talent for WWNC’s future programming. Two 100-foot towers were scheduled to be set atop the Flatiron Building’s roof later that month. Initial plans went off without a hitch. The Sunday Citizen reported that on Jan. 23 both structures’ foundations were set. Delays occurred, however, when the towers themselves were momentarily lost in transit, on their way from Batavia, Ill. By Feb. 9, good news finally arrived. “After having been lost for several weeks in a Cincinnati freight yard the aerial towers for station WWNC arrived in Asheville Monday morning,” The Asheville Citizen read. Three days later, an American flag flew alongside the steel structures. Its presence, the paper noted, “was not a patriotic gesture.” Rather, the article continued, “Practically all steel workers of the country have employed this time-honored custom of showing to the world that the job has been completed without mishap.” That same day, WWNC conducted its first test run. The following day’s paper reported that within minutes of the trial broadcast, the station received its first “applause card,” from Greenwood, S.C. Additional tests ran throughout the week in preparation for the station’s Feb. 21 debut. Each run elicited additional responses from chance listeners. “Fan mail began swamping the Chamber of Commerce and the radio station yesterday in reply to the test programs that have been put on at WWNC the past two or three days,” the Feb. 16, edition of The Asheville Citizen declared. “Telegrams, letters and postal cards have been received from Binghamton, N.Y., farthest east, Dallas, Texas, farthest west, and Miami, Fla. Hundreds of letters were received from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and a number of other States.” Meanwhile, local enthusiasts formed the Radio Listeners League of Buncombe County. According to the paper, the group’s primary mission was to eliminate “unnecessary interference in the matter of radio reception” within the immediate region.

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The initial broadcast included an address from Mayor John H. Cathey, who congratulated the Chamber of Commerce for facilitating “another important item in Asheville’s program of progress[.]” Meanwhile, listeners sent their own congratulatory messages from across the nation. With the exception of Mobile, Ala., the paper reported, “[a]ll of the cities on the Gulf Coast sent wires ... [declaring] that the program was clear, and fine.” Along with Mayor Cathey’s address, the evening also featured several musical numbers, including “The Minstrel of the Appalachians,” performed by folk singer Bascom Lamar Lunsford. The significance of WWNC’s debut, however, was perhaps best captured by the on-air dedication, offered by Carroll P. Rogers. Rogers, president of the Federated Chambers of Commerce of Western North Carolina, declared:

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BENEFITS 28TH ANNUAL SPELLING BEE • WE (4/3), 6-9pm - Proceeds from this spelling bee featuring teams benefit the Literacy Council of Buncombe County. $10. Held at The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road A MUSICAL FANTASY • SU (4/7), 3-5pm Proceeds from donations at A Musical Fantasy, clarinet, double bass and piano concert by The Mountain Chamber Trio benefit the Hendersonville Symphony. Free to attend. Held at Bo Thomas Auditorium, Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W Campus Drive, Flat Rock ASHEVILLE AREA PIANO FORUM: 14TH SPRING BENEFIT • SU (4/7), 3pm Proceeds from Asheville Area Piano Forum’s 14th Spring Benefit benefit Keys for Kidz. $25-$40/$3 students. Held at St. Giles Chapel, In the Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 1617 Hendersonville Road COMPASSION FOR CHILDREN LUNCHEON • TU (4/9), 11:30am - Proceeds from the Compassion for Children Luncheon benefit Mountain Child Advocacy Center. Registration required: $25. Held at A-B Tech Conference Center, 340 Victoria Road DINE TO BE KIND FOR ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY • TU (4/9) - A portion of proceeds from meals purchased at over 80 area restaurants on this day benefit the Asheville Humane Society.

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See website for more information. EDWIN MCCAIN BENEFIT CONCERT • FR (4/5), 8pm - Proceeds from the Edwin McCain concert benefit the Asheville Firefighters Association. $31. Held at US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St. FRIENDS OF POLK COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES SPRING BOOK SALE • TH (4/11) through SA (4/13) - Proceeds from the Friends of Polk County Public Libraries Spring Book Sale benefit summer reading programs, professional development for staff, appreciation events for volunteers and free programs for adults and children. $5 bag sale Saturday, April 13, 9amnoon. Held at Columbus Library, 1289 W. Mills St., Columbus FRIENDS OF THE MOUNTAIN LIBRARY BOOKS AND BITES • TH (4/4), 11am-1:30pm - Proceeds from this book talk with author Kimmery Martin and a luncheon benefit the Friends of the Mountains Branch Library. Registration required. $25. Held at Lake Lure Inn and Spa, 2771 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure SAFELIGHT’S CELEBRATION OF REMARKABLE WOMEN • WE (4/3), noon-2pm - Proceeds from the Celebration of Remarkable Women luncheon benefit Safelight, features guest speaker I.M. Redeemed, author of Eve Got a Bad Rap. $75. Held at Kenmure Country Club, 100 Clubhouse Drive, Flat Rock

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VALLEY OF THE LILIES HALF MARATHON & 5K • SA (4/6), 8am - Proceeds from the Valley of the Lilies Half Marathon and 5K support WCU students with professional development and travel. Information: halfmarathon.wcu.edu. $80 half marathon/$30 5K. Held at Western Carolina University, Forsyth Building, 104 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (4/3), 5:30-8:30pm - “SCORE: Branding Your Business,” seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Madison Site, 4646 US Highway 25/70, Marshall • WE (4/3), 5:308:30pm - “How to Start a Nonprofit,” seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • SA (4/6), 9am-noon “How to Make Networking Actually Work to Gain More Clients,” workshop. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • MO (4/8), 9am-noon - “Are You Ready to Start a Small Business?,” seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Madison Site, 4646 US Highway 25/70, Marshall • TU (4/9), 9am-noon - “Deep Dive Lab: Protecting Your Business with Insurance,” seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TU (4/9), 3-6pm “Using Wordpress to Blog for Your Business,” seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • WE (4/10), 5:308:30pm - “SCORE: Business Model Canvas and Model Production,” seminar. Registration

required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Madison Site, 4646 US Highway 25/70, Marshall DEFCON 828 GROUP • 1st SATURDAYS, 2pm - General meeting for information security professionals, students and enthusiasts. Free to attend. Held at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Road WNC LINUX USER GROUP • 1st SATURDAYS, noon - Users of all experience levels discuss Linux systems. Free to attend. Held at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Road

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS EMPYREAN ARTS DROP-IN CLASS (PD.) AERIAL KIDS (ages 5-12) on Wednesdays 4:30pm. INTRO TO PARTNER ACROBATICS on Sundays 6:30pm. HANDSTANDS on Tuesdays 6:00pm and Thursdays 6:30pm. AERIAL FLEXIBILITY on Mondays 6:00pm and Fridays 1:00pm. INTRO TO POLE FITNESS on Tuesdays 7:15pm, Saturdays 11:30am, and Sundays 2:15pm. EMPYREANARTS.ORG. 828.782.3321. 32 Banks Avenue, #107&108. ASHEVILLE CHESS CLUB • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Sets provided. All ages and skill levels welcome. Beginners lessons available. Free. Held at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road ASHEVILLE NEWCOMER’S CLUB • 2nd MONDAYS, 9:30am - Monthly meeting for women new to Asheville interested in making friends and exploring the community. Free to attend. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. ASHEVILLE ROTARY CLUB • THURSDAYS, noon-1:30pm - General meeting. Free. Held at

I NEVER MET A TORTILLA I DIDN’T LIKE: Kelley Wilkinson went to Mexico looking for adventure and wound up buying a 450-year-old hacienda in Trancas, located between the colonial cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato. Wilkerson spent 10 years in the small village and was steeped in the culture of corn. Wilkinson teaches a tortilla-making workshop at Living Web Farms on Tuesday, April 9, 6-8 p.m. In the workshop, Wilkinson shares secrets and tips for growing and harvesting corn, as well as the process of fermenting the kernels, called “nixtamalization,” in which lime water is added to whole kernels, thereby easing grinding, increasing nutritional value and flavor and reducing mycotoxins. In addition to preparation and cooking, Wilkinson shares some of her favorite varieties of corn to grow in these mountains. To register, visit avl.mx/5ue. Tickets are $10. (p. 24) Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. ASHEVILLE WOMEN IN BLACK • 1st FRIDAYS, 5pm Monthly peace vigil. Free. Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square GENEALOGY CLUB • 2nd TUESDAYS, 3pm - Genealogy Club. Free. Held at Mountains Branch Library, 150 Bill’s Creek Road, Lake Lure KOREAN WAR VETERANS CHAPTER 314 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, noon - Korean War Veterans Association, General Frank Blazey Chapter 314, general meeting. Lunch at noon, meeting at 1pm. Free to attend. Held at American Legion Post NC 77, 216 4th Ave. W, Hendersonville LAUREL CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA • TH (4/4), 10am - General meeting and introduction to silk ribbon embroidery. Registration at 9:30am. Free. Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER BOARD MEETING • 2nd TUESDAYS, 7pm - Public board meeting. Free. Held at Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester

ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc. org • TH (4/4), 5:30-7pm “Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it.” Seminar. Registration required. Free. • FR (4/5), noon-1:30pm - “Budgeting and Debt,” class. Registration required. Free. • TU (4/9), noon-1:30pm - “Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it.” Seminar. Registration required. Free. SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP • 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 5pm - Spanish Conversation Group for adults. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. WNC CAREER EXPO • TH (4/11), 8:30am4pm - WNC Career Expo, with hundreds of local employers. Open to high school students from 8:30-10:30am. Open to general job seekers from 11am-4pm. Free to attend. Held at WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road

FOOD & BEER FAIRVIEW WELCOME TABLE • 2nd THURSDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - Community lunch. Admission by donation. Held at Fairview

Christian Fellowship, 596 Old US Highway 74, Fairview KITCHEN READY SHOWCASE DINNER • FR (4/5), 5:30-8pm - Proceeds from this community dinner featuring classic French dishes prepared by Green Opportunities students benefit Green Opportunities. Two seatings at 5:30pm and 7pm. $10 or pay-what-you-can. Held at Green Opportunities, 133 Livingston St. LISA JOY MITCHELL AUTHOR EVENT • TH (4/11), 6pm - Lisa Joy Mitchell presents her book, Sacred & Delicious: A Modern Ayurvedic Cookbook. Free to attend. Held at Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe, 55 Haywood St. TORTILLA MAKING CLASS • TU (4/9), 6-8pm - Tortilla Making, class. Registration required. $10. Held at Living Web Farms, 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River

FESTIVALS ILLUMINATE: PSYCHIC & HEALING ARTS EXPO (PD.) April 13 &14, 10-6 both days. Entry $9.00. Over 70 vendors. All readers, healers, $20 per session. Free workshops, raffle & parking. Crystals, pyramids, healing technologies, essences, art, jewelry,

much more. Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall, 49 East campus Drive, Flat Rock, NC. Complete schedule: www.theIlluminateExpo. com or 831-601-9005. ASHEVILLE MINI MAKER FAIRE • SA (4/6), 1-5pm - Asheville Mini Maker Faire for “makers” to share their hobbies, experiments and projects with the community. Information: asheville. makerfaire.com. Free to attend. Held at UNCA, 1 University Heights BOUNCE INTO SPRING FESTIVAL • SA (4/6), 9am-noon - Bounce Into Spring, family festival featuring an all ages obstacle course and outdoor recreational activities for all ages. Free. Held at Charles D. Owen Park, 875 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS ASHEVILLE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING • TU (4/9), 5pm - City Council Public Hearing. Free. Held at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza BLUE RIDGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S CLUB MEETING • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6pm - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Gondolier

Restaurant, 1360 Tunnel Road CITIZENS-POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Citizens-Police Advisory Committee meeting. Free. Meets in the 1st Floor Conference Room. Held at Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St. CIVICS 101 • TU (4/9), 6:30-7:45pm - Panel discussion about how to communicate issues and advocate for things like city infrastructure, community services and affordable housing. Registration required: avl.mx/5sh. Free. Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S. French Broad Ave. HENDERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY MONTHLY BREAKFAST • 1st SATURDAYS, 9-11am - Monthly breakfast buffet. $9/$4.50 for children under 10. Held at Henderson County Democratic Party, 1216 6th Ave. W., Suite 600, Hendersonville INDIVISIBLE COMMON GROUND-WNC • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - General meeting. Free. Held at St. David’s Episcopal Church, 286 Forest Hills Road, Sylva PROGRESSIVE WOMEN OF HENDERSONVILLE • FRIDAYS, 4-7pm - Postcard writing to government representatives. Postcards, stamps, addresses, pens and tips provided. Free to attend. Held at Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville SENATOR VAN DUYN SPEAKS ON STATE GOVERNMENT • MO (4/8), 10am - NC State Senator Terry van Duyn speaks on state government and current issues. Free. Held at AB Tech, Ferguson Auditorium, 340 Victoria Road

KIDS APPLE VALLEY MODEL RAILROAD & MUSEUM • WEDNESDAYS, 1-3pm & SATURDAYS, 10am-2pm - Open house featuring operating model trains and historic

memorabilia. Free. Held at Apple Valley Model Railroad & Museum, 650 Maple St, Hendersonville ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM • 2nd TUESDAYS, 11am12:30pm - Homeschool program for grades 1-4. Registration required: 253-3227 ext. 124. $4 per student. Held at Asheville Art Museum, 175 Biltmore Ave. BALLET HISPÁNICO • WE (4/10), 10am Matinee Series: Ballet Hispánico, dance performance open to school groups, homeschoolers, community groups and families. $10. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 18 Biltmore Ave. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • MO (4/1) through FR (4/26) - Submissions accepted from students and homeschoolers in Fairview Area Schools grades K -12 for a book design challenge that represents their favorite element of a book. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • 1st WEDNESDAY, 4pm - After school craft throughout the school year. Children ages 5 and up. Registration required. Free. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 4-5:30pm - Heroes Unlimited, role playing game for grades 6-12. Registration required. Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • MONDAYS, 10:30am - Spanish story time for children of all ages. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TU (4/9), 9:30am & 10:45am - “Preschoolers We Love You,” show for preschoolers with puppets, dancing and storytelling. Registration required: 828-250-4729. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TUESDAYS until (4/30) - High school exam study hour in the NC Room. Free. Held at Pack

Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (4/10), 9:30am & 10:45am - “Preschoolers We Love You,” show for preschoolers with puppets, dancing and storytelling. Registration required: 828-250-4729. Free. Held at Black Mountain Library, 105 N Dougherty St., Black Mountain • WE (4/10), 10am - “Tiny Tots Yoga,” for babies and toddlers with a caregiver. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • WE (4/10), 4pm - Movers and Shakers: Make your own beeswax candle for ages 5 and up. Registration required. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TH (4/11), 9:30am & 10:45am - “Preschoolers We Love You,” show for preschoolers with puppets, dancing and storytelling. Registration required: 828-250-4729. Free. Held at Weaverville United Methodist Church, 85 N. Main St., Weaverville FLETCHER LIBRARY • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free. Held at Fletcher Library, 120 Library Road, Fletcher MALAPROP’S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com • WE (4/3), 10am - A special climate-themed Storytime event, as part of The Collider’s 10-day Climate City Expo, features kid-appropriate books related to climate change and environmental issues. Free to attend. • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Miss Malaprop’s Story Time for ages 3-9. Free to attend. UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE & BUNCOMBE COUNTY 828-255-0696, unitedwayabc.org Homework Diner Program a strategy to support students and their families with tutoring, building parent-teacher relationships, a nutritious meal, community resources and workforce readiness. Free.

• MONDAYS, 5:307pm - Homework Diner Program. Free. Held at Erwin Middle School, 20 Erwin Hills Road • TUESDAYS, 5-7pm - Homework Diner Program. Free. Held at Asheville Middle School, 211 S French Broad Ave. • TUESDAYS, 5:307pm - Homework Diner Program. Free. Held at Enka Middle School, 390 Asbury Road, Candler • THURSDAYS, 5:307pm - Homework Diner Program. Free. Held at Owen Middle School, 730 Old US Highway 70, Swannanoa WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD CELEBRATION • SU (4/7), 2-5pm Proceeds from the Week of the Young Child Celebration with a magic show pop-up playground and refreshments benefit Buncombe Partnership for Children. $8 magic show tickets/Free for playground. Held at Ira B. Jones Elementary, 544 Kimberly Ave.

Hopey of the Southern Appalachian Raptor Center. Free. Held at Hot Springs Welcome Center, 106 Bridge St., Hot Springs BOATING SAFETY COURSES • WE (4/3) & TH (4/4), 6-9pm - Boating safety course. Held in building 3300, room 3322. Participants must attend two consecutive evenings. Registration required: ncwildlife.org. Free. Held at Haywood Community College, 185 Freedlander Drive, Clyde BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library

• TU (4/9), 7pm “Grandfather Mountain: Its Heritage, Flora, Fauna, Geology and Geography,” with naturalist Jesse Pope. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville

fishing workshop for all ages 12 and up. Registration required. Free. • SA (4/6), 9am-noon “Backyard Birding by Ear,” class for beginners ages 10 and up. Registration required. Free.

PADDLE INTO SPRING • SU (4/7), 10am - Paddle on the French Broad River along the Biltmore Estate. Registration required. $25. Held at Hominy Creek River Park, 194 Hominy Creek Road

PISGAH CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7pm - General meeting and presentations. Free to attend. Held at Ecusta Brewing, 49 Pisgah Highway, Suite 3, Pisgah Forest

PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 828-877-4423 • TH (4/4), 9am-3pm “Intro to fly fishing,” fly

SPRING WILDFLOWER HIKE • TU (4/9) - Guided, moderate wildflower hike at Porters Creek. Registration required. $30/$25 members.

PARENTING HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 262 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, 828-452-8440, myhaywoodregional.com • THURSDAYS, 11:30am1:30pm - Social gathering for mothers and their babies. Registration required. Free to attend. • TH (4/4), 7-9pm - Your Amazing Newborn. Registration required. Free to attend. • TH (4/11), 7-9pm - Breastfeeding A-Z. Registration required. Free to attend. STROLLING THROUGH HISTORY • WE (4/10), 10:30am - “Strolling Through

YOUTH ART CLASS • SATURDAYS, 10:30noon - Youth art class. $10. Held at Appalachian Art Farm, 22 Morris St., Sylva

OUTDOORS CHIMNEY ROCK AT CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) Join a Park Naturalist for a moderate Spring Migration Hike on Saturday, April 6 from 9:30am-12:30pm. Preregistration required. Info at chimneyrockpark.com SCUBA LESSONS (PD.) Padi Certified instructor offering lessons for Scuba diving. Season special. Get certified Now! For summer fun!! Trips available to Florida Keys!! Let’s do this! Call (828) 333-3070. Mrdc247@yahoo.com BEAVER LAKE BIRD WALK • SA (4/6), 8am - Bird walk. Free. Held at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary, US-25 BIRDS OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL • TH (4/4), 6:30pm “North with Spring: Birds of the Appalachian Trail,” presentation by Mark

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CONSCIOUS PARTY A PERSON’S A PERSON, NO MATTER HOW SMALL: Grovewood Gallery hosts the third annual exhibition of artwork created by pediatric patients in the Arts for Life program at Mission Children’s Hospital. The opening reception for All Together Now, takes place on Saturday, April 6, 2-5 p.m., and includes ice cream, children’s craft activities and live music by the Haw Creek Sweet Hots performing 3-4 p.m. Admission is free, and all program artwork is for sale with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting Arts for Life. Grovewood Gallery will donate an additional 10 percent of gallery sales from the exhibition’s opening day. The exhibition runs through Sunday, April 28. Photo courtesy of Arts for Life. (p. 60)

History,” downtown Asheville history tour for parents with strollers. Registration required: 828-250-4720. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

PUBLIC LECTURES A TRIBUTE TO STEPHENS-LEE FACULTY • TU (4/9), 6-7pm - “A Tribute to Stephens-Lee Faculty,” presentation regarding Stephens-Lee history by Joe Newman and Zoe Rhine. Free. Held at Stephen’s Lee Community Center, 30 George Washington Carver Ave. BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION 65TH ANNIVERSARY KEYNOTE BY SYLVIA MENDEZ • MO (4/8), 7-8:30pm Keynote lecture by Sylvia Mendez on the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. Free. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville, 300 Library Lane HARWOOD-COLE MEMORIAL LITERARY LECTURE: J. DREW LANHAM • SU (4/7), 4pm - Harwood-Cole Memorial Literary Lecture by J. Drew Lanham. Free. Held at Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa HEALTH CARE REFORM • WE (4/10) 2pm - Health care reform lecture by Wendell Potter, ex-Cigna vice president. Sponsored by Healthcare for all WNC. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place

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• WE (4/10), 7pm - Health care reform lecture by Wendell Potter, ex-Cigna vice president. Sponsored by Healthcare for all WNC. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave. MOON LANDING MEMORIES • TU (4/9), 6pm - Community Conversations: “Moon Landing Memories,” discussion led by Dominic Lesner of Asheville Astronomy Club. Free. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road PUBLIC LECTURES AT MARS HILL mhu.edu • WE (4/3), 7pm - “Politics, History, Religion, and Gender in Westeros,” presentation by Professors Heather Hawn, Marc Mullinax and David Gilbert. Free. Held at Mars Hill University, 265 Cascade St., Mars Hill • TH (4/4), 6-7pm Appalachian Evenings Series: “The Evolution of Cherokee Arts and Crafts,” lecture by Tonya E. Carroll. Free. Held at The Ramsey Center in Renfro Library, 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill PUBLIC LECTURES AT WCU bardoartscenter.edu • WE (4/3), 5pm - Free Enterprise Speaker Series: “Race Inequality,” a discussion with Steve Ha and Samuel Myers. Free. Held at Western Carolina University Forsyth Building, 104 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee • TH (4/11), 7:30pm Duke University Historian, Nancy MacLean, speaks

on her book, Democracy in Chains. Free. Held in the Blue Ridge Conference room. UNITED WAY COMMUNITY CHAT • WE (4/10), 8am - Community chat with the chief executive officer of United Way of Transylvania County to address community needs. Free to attend. Held at Harmony Korner, 25 Good Neighbor Drive, Brevard

SENIORS ASHEVILLE NEW FRIENDS (PD.) Offers active senior residents of the Asheville area opportunities to make new friends and explore new interests through a program of varied social, cultural, and outdoor activities. Visit ashevillenewfriends.org ASHEVILLE ELDER CLUB GROUP RESPITE PROGRAM • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 11am2pm - The Asheville Elder Club Group Respite program for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths. Registration required: 828-253-2900. $30. Held at Jewish Family Services of WNC, 2 Doctors Park, Suite E BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TH (4/4), 10:30-11:30am - Theatre workshop for seniors. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TH (4/11) - Chair yoga classes for seniors. Free.

Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. HENDERSONVILLE ELDER CLUB • WEDNESDAYS, 11am2pm - The Hendersonville Elder Club for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths. Registration required: 828-253-2900. $30. Held at Agudas Israel Congregation, 505 Glasgow Lane, Hendersonville

SPIRITUALITY ASTRO-COUNSELING (PD.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Stellar Counseling Services. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. DE-STRESS, GET HAPPY & CONNECT! (PD.) Mindfulness Meditation at the Asheville Insight Meditation Center. Group Meditation: Weekly on Thursdays at 7pm & Sundays at 10am. www. ashevillemeditation.com, info@ashevillemeditation. com. ECK LIGHT AND SOUND SERVICE (PD.) Flight of Eagles—the Quest for Spiritual Freedom Explore your own direct connection with the Divine within this service, an engaging blend of insightful stories, uplifting creative arts, and contemplative exercises. Experience the Light and Sound of God and the sacred sound of HU,

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TAIZE PRAYER MEETUP • 1st FRIDAYS, 7-8pm - Taize, interfaith meditative candlelight prayer meetup with song, silence and scripture. Free. Held at St. Eugene’s Catholic Church, 72 Culver St. THRIVING THROUGH UNCERTAINTY WITH AUTHOR TAMA KIEVES • SU (4/7), 1:303:30pm - “Thriving through Uncertainty: Uncover Your Inspired Roadmap,” workshop by author and speaker Tama Kieves. $25. Held at Unity of the Blue Ridge, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River

by Deborah Robertson CASTING FOR HOPE • Through TH (4/4) Sign up to volunteer for the Casting for Hope fly fishing competition that benefits Casting for Hope. Registration: castingforhope.org. HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL • TH (4/11), 10am Volunteer coffee and chat. Free. Held at

Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC • THURSDAYS, 11am, 2nd TUESDAYS, 5:30pm & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 8:30am - “Welcome Home Tour,” tours to find out how Homeward Bound is working to end homelessness

and how the public can help. Registration required: tours@homewardboundwnc.org or 828-785-9840. Free. Held at Homeward Bound of WNC, 218 Patton Ave. LITERACY COUNCIL VOLUNTEER INFORMATION SESSION • MO (4/8), 10am Information session for volunteers for

two hours per week with adults who want to improve reading, writing, spelling and English language skills. Held at Literacy Council of Buncombe County, 31 College Place, Suite B-221

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Theater

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Place To Hear Live Music Outdoor Music Venue Listening Room Local Music Festival

Bands by Genre • • • • • • • • • • • •

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• Theater Company • Actor (Male or Female) • Vaudeville Troupe (Burlesque, Aerial Arts, Jugglers, etc.)

Dance

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Music Services

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Film

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Chinese European Greek Indian Italian Japanese Latin American Mexican Southern Thai

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Bakeries

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Coffee, Tea & Healthy Drinks • Coffee House • Establishment with the Best Coffee • Coffee/Tea House in Which to Read a Book • Coffee Roaster • Place to Drink Tea • Kava Bar • Smoothies/Juices • CBD drinks/health elixirs

OUTDOORS Biking

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Beer, Cider & Breweries Camping • Local All-Round Brewery (for its beers) • Creative, Experimental Brewery • Brewery (for its taproom & atmosphere) • Family-Friendly Bar or Brewery • Taproom with Child-Free Options

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Hiking

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• Running Club or Group • Running Event/Race — Road or Trail

Water & Rivers

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Miscellaneous

Place to play basketball Place to play tennis Canopy/Zip-Line Tour Environmental or Conservation Nonprofit • Outdoor Gear & Apparel Shop • Skate Park • Ski Resort

SHOPPING Fashion

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Food

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Promoting the sustainability of our environment, our economy and our society and culture — most people will agree that’s a good goal for us humans to pursue. But as a concept, “sustainability” isn’t quite like a mighty tree, a living wage or a joyful celebration. It’s something that doesn’t exist without reference to how actual people — our own neighbors and friends — are incorporating the idea into their lives.

To kick off this series, we’ve highlighted six of the region’s sustainability leaders, the first of many to appear throughout our four April issues. We hope their creative initiatives will inspire you to dig in and engage with the broader project of sustaining our community and our world. — Daniel Walton X

That’s why our Taking Action series, which rolled out last year, breathed welcome fresh air into our monthlong exploration of Western North Carolina’s commitment to sustainable ways of living and working in community. Again in 2019, we are featuring the personal stories of those embodying diverse approaches to what can sometimes seem an amorphous pursuit.

Fisher of youth “Growing up, I didn’t know many 7-year-old girls that loved fly-fishing,” Zoë Mihalas recalls. The now-high school senior has worked to change that over her 10-year volunteer tenure with the Youth Leadership Council at Trout Unlimited, a national fishery restoration and conservation network. Mihalas encourages kids and young adults to get involved, whether through fly-fishing, promoting conservation or simply enjoying the outdoors. Having grown up in a digital age, Mihalas challenges young people to share photos of fishing or having outdoors fun with friends on Instagram to bridge the gap between nature and social media. “It’s a good way to get kids motivated to go outside and get into gear,” she says. Mihalas received the Distinguished Service Award for Youth Education from Trout Unlimited last year for her work in supporting a new generation of conservation-minded youths. But she points out that older generations must also help kids and young adults have the experiences that spark environmental passion. “A lot of kids these days are very involved on their phones and social

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CATCHING INTEREST: Zoë Mihalas challenges young people to share photos of fishing or having outdoors fun with friends on Instagram to bridge the gap between nature and social media. Photo courtesy of Cold River Studio media, but that wouldn’t exactly be true if there were older people introducing younger people into the outdoors and showing them, ‘This is how you mountain bike,’ or ‘This is how you fly-fish,”

Mihalas notes. “You just have to introduce something to a kid and give them a chance to embrace it.”

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Hive mind Matthew Willey painting 50,000 bees across U.S.

ATTENTION TO BEE-TAIL: Matthew Willey’s murals of honeybees aim to create connection with the natural world. Photo courtesy of Willey Asheville artist Matthew Willey’s mission to paint 50,000 bees on buildings across the United States started about 11 years ago — when a real-life honeybee flew into his Manhattan apartment. “I got out my magnifying glass and hung out with this bee for like 2 1/2 hours until she died,” he says. It was the first time he had examined a honeybee with an artistic eye. Willey painted his first honeybee mural several years later on the side of a honey company in Florida. He says people started gravitating to the project as soon as he started to work. “I’d turn around as I was painting, and there’d be a grandfather and a young girl with face piercings that didn’t

know each other until they started talking about bees,” he says. “There was this connection that was happening.” After four years, Willey has made it one-tenth of the way to his goal, having painted about 5,000 honeybees on 21 murals across the U.S., including the global headquarters for Burt’s Bees and a Broadway star’s dressing room. Locally, he’s in talks to paint a mural for the Hands On! Children’s Museum in Hendersonville. “It’s about creating scenarios that really bring people into connection with how fascinating the natural world is,” he says.

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CLIMATE CREW: Asheville High School teacher Sarah Duffer, center, used the Drawdown EcoChallenge to energize her students around climate change. Photo courtesy of Duffer Reading the 2017 book Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming was an outlook changer for Asheville High School science teacher Sarah Duffer. From a doomsday “consciousness of being victims to climate change,” she says, she became convinced that “climate change is really an invitation for us to create a more resilient, equitable, sustainable society and economy.” Duffer saw the need for a similar shift of perspective in her students’ thinking about climate change. “They know that the clock is ticking and that [it’s] really up to their generation,” she says. When she discovered the inaugural Drawdown EcoChallenge, a global competition based on the book, she jumped at the chance to bring proactive solutions into her lesson plan. Last year saw Duffer lead Asheville High against 765 other teams. The

students achieved victory over the Taiwan Sugar Corp. in a leapfrogging race to make the most impact, earning most of their points through their time spent studying solutions to reverse climate change. For this year’s challenge, April 3-24, Duffer has a different approach in mind. “We don’t need to win again,” she says. Instead, she wants to help other schools start teams and see more local teams put solutions into action. “It’s all about getting more people on board,” she points out. Duffer says the approach is ideal for people in the area interested in promoting a resilient community because “Drawdown is about environmental, social and economic sustainability. Solutions are rooted in research and focused on equity.”

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BY THE NUMBERS According to a press release about the victory, the Asheville High School team of 512 students, staff and community members spent 34,132 total minutes learning about solutions to reverse global warming over the course of the 21-day challenge in 2018. They also traveled 2,068 miles by carpool, contacted public officials 782 times, kept 7,120 pounds of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere, pedaled 218 miles by bicycle, saved 1,589 gallons of water and ate 1,568 vegan or vegetarian meals. X

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Foot in the door Anthony Thomas makes connections “Everybody knows in Asheville that you get a job around here through somebody you know,” says Anthony Thomas. That’s why Thomas created UpStaff Personnel, an offshoot of the nonprofit Green Opportunities that connects unemployed and underresourced community members with employers. “These populations that we work with don’t have access to those networks. We really want to be a door opener for folks,” he explains. Temporary work helps build relationships with employers that can turn into career paths for UpStaff’s clients, Thomas says. But unlike other staffing agencies, he explains, the company also provides employees with a network of support, including transportation, child care and counseling. “Whether it’s a domestic violence situation or something that came up with the criminal justice system, we serve as that middle person to have that conversation about what’s going on,” Thomas says. “I don’t think that you’ll find a temporary agency here that does that.” Thomas hopes that what UpStaff starts as a foot in the door for employees leads them to a solid foundation for the future. “Getting a shot at those jobs cascades into people being able to buy a home or being able to move out of the environments that are probably not the best for them,” he says. “It’s just the bigger picture. Employment is just a piece of that — but if

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Shane Benedict, co-founder of Liquidlogic Kayaks in Fletcher, has traveled all over the world to paddle, but his favorite place is in his own backyard. “The cool thing about the Green River is it’s in a fairly populated area, tucked in close to the city of Hendersonville,” he says. “But it’s also this kind of remote, pristine little wilderness area, and when you get down in the gorge, you’re really removed.” Removed, that is, until your kayak runs into a discarded tire, clogs of plastic bottles, a car transmission and bags full of trash. In 2011, motivated by the refuse he saw in the river, Benedict put out a call to his fellow paddlers to help clean the Green. “The first year we focused on the Gorge, which is in the Narrows, the

hardest section,” Benedict recalls. In one day, about 15 people pulled out enough junk and garbage to fill several pickup trucks. The Green River Spring Cleaning has grown every year, with more participants paddling in to cover the Lower Green and the Upper Green. Teaming up with MountainTrue a couple of years ago added more people power, both in the river and along the banks. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has also jumped in to provide dumpsters and trash trucks at the takeout spot. “Our goal is to work the entire Green River from Lake Summit to Lake Adger, about 30 miles,” Benedict says. “That’s a lot, but I believe we can do it.”

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Learning from life Kathryn Long teaches nature connection at Growing Wild Forest School

ON BOARD WITH NATURE: Students at Kathryn Long’s Growing Wild Forest School spend all day learning and playing outside. Photo courtesy of Long It’s been a busy day for the six students at Growing Wild Forest School. The 4- and 5-year-olds have scrambled up trees, painted watercolors with the morning’s rainfall, consulted their wellthumbed “Mammal Tracks and Scat” book and worked with child-size tools in their garden, where they have so far planted rutabaga, strawberries and peas. It’s a typical day for this anythingbut-typical school, where all activities take place in the woody lot behind a West Asheville church. Before lead teacher Kathryn Long co-founded Growing Wild in 2016, she taught in a conventional preschool. “I thought the kids were miserable, and it showed in their performance and behavior,” she recalls. “I started taking them outside for longer and longer periods of

time, doing lessons with natural materials, and everyone did better.” Long then researched outdoors, nature-focused preschool programming, particularly approaches practiced in Germany and Sweden. She says she found local people “willing to jump into this crazy idea with me — Asheville is just the place for something like this.” The school day at Growing Wild runs 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., with options for one to five days per week for a 10-month calendar year. Parents are advised that their children will get dirty, fill their toilet needs outside and participate in stick play, climbing and supervised use of sharp tools. “We believe children rise to our best expectations,” says Long. “Every day in the forest is a gift.”

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CHECK IT OUT BY LAURA HACKETT laurafaye15@gmail.com A seed library is a genetic gold mine, teeming with imaginative varieties of vegetables, curiously named plants and an enchanting legacy of heirlooms. Luckily for Buncombe County gardeners, there are two of them in the area open to the public. “Seeds are like gifts,” says Lyndall Noyes-Brownell, master gardener and director of the Black Mountain Blooms Seed Lending Library at the Black Mountain Public Library. “People have been saving them for more than 12,000 years. We should be cherishing them. Growing them is an easy way to get people connected to the earth.” At Blooms, which launched for the season in March and is open six days a week, members have the opportunity to stock their gardens with more than 200 varieties of tomatoes, beans, eggplants, peppers, herbs, flowers and more. Most of the seeds are heirlooms passed down over generations. All of them are open-

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Local seed libraries give the gift of gardening Seed Exchange as well as the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants at Monticello in Virginia. As Blooms enters its second season, Noyes-Brownell hopes to encourage more seed-saving among locals. Free monthly gardening workshops presented by the library and Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Buncombe County will share basic seed-saving techniques along with other topics, including composting and planting native species. “One of the big things we’re trying to work on is getting people comfortable saving seeds and turning them in. Especially the easy seeds like beans, peas, eggplants and tomatoes. We’re counting on people this year to learn a little more, donate seeds and help us build,” says NoyesBrownell. “I foresee this being a very sustainable operation.” The Black Mountain Blooms Seed Lending Library is open MondaySaturday at the Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain. For more, visit avl.mx/5uk. For details on the Pollinator Seed Library at UNC Asheville, visit library.unca.edu/seeds. X

pollinated by insects, birds, wind and other natural mechanisms. The best part: It’s a free service for anyone with a North Carolina library card. Members can choose up to three seeds per individual plant they plan to grow and 10 plant varieties per season, for a total of 30 seeds. “If they take more, that’s fine, too,” adds Noyes-Brownell. Ramsey Library at UNC Asheville also offers a collection of seeds harvested from plants on the campus, such as ornamental fennel, echinacea and blackeyed Susans, that are geared toward attracting pollinators. These seeds are available for free on a no-return basis annually in the fall. “The look in people’s eyes when we put all the seeds on the table,” says Noyes-Brownell with a smile. “They’re giddy over the variety. Last year we had one man grow a borage flower that he didn’t know existed. Now he’ll have it in his garden this year.” Borage produces a tiny blue, edible blossom that goes well in salads and glasses of lemonade. At Blooms, there’s also the Mortgage Lifter tomato that can grow up to a hefty 2 pounds and is fabled

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GARDEN LOVE: Black Mountain Blooms Seed Lending Library director and master gardener Lyndall Noyes-Brownell grew this love-in-a-mist plant in her garden last year and gathered its seeds to offer through the library. She hopes to educate local gardeners on seed-saving practices with the goal of sustaining and building the library’s collection. Photo courtesy of Noyes-Brownell to have been used by its creator to pay off his mortgage in the 1920s. The Margaret Best greasy short pole bean is named after a homesteading Appalachian maven who traded the seeds at family reunions and church meetings. And legend has it that the small and fragrant but flavorless Queen Anne’s Pocket Melon was carried by Victorian ladies as perfume. In 2018, which was Blooms’ inaugural season, all but a few seeds were checked out by over 100 members, ranging from children and novice growers to master gardeners, says Noyes-Brownell. She adds that 96 percent of the library’s seeds have been donated by seed companies like Sow True Seed and Southern Exposure

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With fully automated restaurants cropping up in places like Boston and San Francisco, one can’t help but wonder if these innovations will make their way to Asheville anytime soon. And could these robot chefs that are capable of rolling out and saucing pizza dough, sautéing and assembling grain bowls, and even crafting the perfect cheeseburger, possibly help solve the labor shortages troubling our restaurant industry? According to local restaurateurs, not yet. At least not in a way that will significantly reduce staffing costs — or tickle the imagination of science fiction fans. But that’s not to say technology hasn’t made major waves in the way restaurants do business. It starts in the front of the house. According to a study by the National Restaurant Association, 61 percent of customers are willing to use a touch-screen ordering kiosk, and 27 percent already have in a dining setting. Moreover, 51 percent report ordering takeout directly from a restaurant’s website, circumventing the need for a server or cashier. “More than anything, automation has made work more manageable, and also it’s made the management of items and data more simple,” says Randy Talley, co-owner of the certified green and sustainabilityfocused Green Sage Cafe and one of the Asheville restaurant industry’s leading innovators. “It doesn’t save money, but it saves time and makes a more consistent product.” Like many area restaurants, especially in the fast-casual scene, Talley embraces tablet systems and cloud-based interfaces that modernize the tedious labor of scheduling, human resource management, inventory management and point-ofsale transactions. With a few clicks of a mouse, a restaurant’s supplies can be ordered, paperwork can be requested and filed in a cloud drive, and schedules can be optimized to match peak busy times. “Everything is designed to make the process streamlined. But also you don’t want to get rid of the

DIGITAL DINING: Although it may be some time before Asheville sees robot-run restaurants like those trending in larger U.S. cities, automation is increasingly finding its way into local food business operations. Pictured is Sam Foster of Blue Ridge Restaurant Equipment. Photo by Luke Van Hine human element. Customers want things to go faster but still want that human interaction,” says Talley. Also in the works for Green Sage is a virtual onboarding program that trains new hires on a digital platform, as well as a crowd-based kiosk that encourages customers to manually place their orders on tablets — a trend that has already taken off at national chains like McDonald’s and Chili’s. In fact, Forbes reports that by 2020, all U.S. McDonald’s

locations plan on having these selfordering kiosks implemented. “The system is designed to think the way customers think,” Talley explains. “I would say that is automation in the simplest form because it saves you the time of waiting in line and confusion of conveying to another what you want.” Automation has also improved Tupelo Honey CEO Stephen Frabitore’s approach to restaurant operation. He says table management software has been a great tool

for more effectively seating customers and estimating wait times. And, he adds, thanks to software that plots and plans food inventory, “the days of walking around a cooler and checking off lists by hand are quickly coming to an end.” While all of these automations do create more efficiency in the industry, they don’t exactly reduce labor needs. In fact, with the rise of online ordering and self-operated kiosks, the demand for kitchen workers has actually increased in most cases, says Talley. So, is there any mainstream automation that concretely reduces labor? There’s certainly great potential. According to a report by the McKinsey Global Quarterly, 73 percent of the activities workers perform in food service and accommodations have the potential for automation, based on technical considerations. Depending on your budget and cuisine, there are a few pieces of equipment that Sam Foster, an employee at Blue Ridge Restaurant Equipment, can recommend. Lee’s Hoagie House, a chain with an Enka location, uses an automated deli machine that slices, packages and labels meat and cheese without a human operator. And for a pretty $6,000 (compared to the $700 price tag for standard friers), most fast-food restaurants use automated friers that produce french fries with a push of a button. There’s also a device that automatically manages the temperature of walk-in refrigerators through a text-message alert

system, reducing food waste and the time a chef would normally spend recording temperatures by hand. This is about as cutting-edge as it gets in Asheville for now. Sixtythree percent of restaurants that want to add more technology to their business model list cost of implementation as the leading barrier, according to a report by the National Restaurant Association. “I think in a town with this much push toward independently, locally owned, high-quality restaurants, you’re just not going to see people who can afford to go into that kind of large-scale automation,” Foster says. “It’s incredibly expensive. As the equipment gets more readily available and approachable on the used market, you’ll see more restaurants considering them. ... I’ll say in the next eight or 12 years, you’ll see that stuff more readily available in the used market.” Asheville’s strong cultural disposition toward scratch-made, personalized cuisine may also play a role in its slower response to automation. Call it the Appalachian way. “My gut says the reaction [to a fully automated restaurant] would generally be less than positive,” says Frabitore. “The viability of that concept or the use of that automation is going to come down to value and consistency. At the end of the day, folks do visit restaurants for product, which is food and service. What works in a dense and urban environment like San

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Francisco is very different than what works here.” “I think there’s an extreme value in making a bagel that’s hand-rolled,” says chef Katie Button of Curaté and Button & Co. Bagels. “Machines can do a lot, but we need that human feature to create quality.” In contrast with many fast-food and fast-casual restaurants, Frabitore and Button prefer to attract and retain workers the old-fashioned way — by providing better compensation and benefits. Tupelo Honey ranks in at least the top 75 percent of the industry for pay, has a progressive benefits program that gives employees new perks every three to four months and even offers pet insurances, says Frabitore. “These are the things our staff wants, and through that, we’re able to keep a high retention rate,” he says. “Historically, we’ve done a poor job of supporting employees. I think we need to change that conversation,” says Button. “We should be paying a living wage. That’s the starting point. The solution to the labor shortage is making it a sustainable career path.” X

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To help mitigate this issue for those in the local homeless community, AUX Bar recently launched its wooden nickel program. The concept is fairly simple: Diners have the option to buy a $5 wooden nickel that they can offer to anybody in need of food. When the recipient of the wooden nickel brings the coin back to AUX Bar, they are served an in-house meal. Goff says vegetarian options will be available upon request; otherwise, the restaurant will serve fried chicken, pulled pork or any other readily available and feasible option. “We obviously have a huge amount of need in this community, and I would just like to bring a little more attention to it,” Goff says. The chef also sees the wooden nickel program as a way to bring joy to members of the community who are often overlooked and ignored. “When you’re homeless, you’re constantly treated as nonhuman,” Goff says. “This is a way to serve them a nice hot meal and hopefully brighten their day. [In general] that’s what a restaurant is supposed to do. … So why not extend that to everyone?” The program is ongoing at AUX Bar, 68 N. Lexington Ave. Nickels can be

purchased on-site for $5 during regular hours, 11 a.m.-2 a.m. daily. For more, visit avl.mx/52h.

Spring markets open Several of Western North Carolina’s tailgate markets return to the streets this week and will continue to operate through October. Wednesday, April 3, marks the start for both the Asheville City Market-South and Weaverville Tailgate Market. Saturday, April 6, welcomes back the Asheville City Market, Hot Springs Homegrown and Handmade Market, Mars Hill Farmers & Artisans Market and North Asheville Tailgate Market. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, April 9, the West Asheville Tailgate Market relaunches its spring offerings. For times and locations, visit avl.mx/5uh.

Kitchen Ready Showcase Dinner On Friday, April 5, Green Opportunities’ Kitchen Ready program will host its latest Showcase Dinner.

The evening’s menu, prepared by the program’s students, will feature French cuisine. Menu details were not available at press time. There’s a suggested $10 donation for the meal, or pay what you can. GO Kitchen Ready is a culinary training program for low-income adults who face barriers to employment. The dinner runs 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, April 5, at the Arthur R. Edington Education & Career Center, 133 Livingston St. To learn more, visit avl.mx/5ud.

Short Meat Throwdown Knuckle-Deep BBQ Fest will celebrate the Year of the Pig with its latest Short Meat Throwdown competition. The Saturday, April 6, event will feature up to a dozen teams competing in one of the following three categories: chicken, ribs or freestyle. Jeff Miller, co-owner of Luella’s BarB-Que, will lead a panel of four other judges at this year’s event. There is a $10 suggested donation for attendees to sample and vote for the winner of the people’s choice award. The throwdown runs 11:30 a.m.5 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at French Broad Outfitters at Hominy Creek, 230 Hominy Creek Road. For more information, visit avl.mx/5uc.

New look at MG Road The farrago of lights that once illuminated downtown cocktail bar MG Road have come down. The next chapter and theme are Indian Tiki, with plenty of pink and green neon lights, palm trees and golden lobster decor. Along with its new look, the bar will feature a refreshed cocktail menu, including drinks such as The Sweetest Curse (cachaca, Jamaican rum, pomegranate-infused Campari, pineapple, lime and blackstrap molasses), That’s the Tiki Tea! (rum, hibiscus, rose, lemongrass, lime, acid-adjusted pineapple and soda) and Rosalinda (Plantation 3 Star, Wray & Nephew Overproof rum, jackfruit, red bean, ube, Coco Lopez, shaved ice and purple whipped cream). MG Road is at 19 Wall St. Hours are 5 p.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday and 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday-Saturday. For more, visit avl.mx/5uj.

Carolina Mountain Cheese Fest Tickets are now on sale for the 2019 Carolina Mountain Cheese Fest. The

festival works to advance the mission of the WNC Cheese Trail, a nonprofit organization that promotes the production and sale of local cheese, facilitates consumer education and encourages agritourism to the region. The festival runs noon-5 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at Highland Brewing Co., 12 Old Charlotte Highway. Tickets are $20. To purchase, visit avl.mx/5ui.

Ashley Capps joins Asheville Bread Festival The Asheville Bread Festival recently added Buxton Hall Barbecue pastry chef Ashley Capps to its list of 2019 workshop leaders. Capps will teach Flavor-forward Flours in Pastry. Tickets are $30. The workshop runs 2:30-4 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at UNC Asheville’s teaching kitchen inside the Sherrill Center, 1 University Heights. For more, visit avl.mx/5o2.

Aloha Cafe and Alley Cat open in Asheville Aloha Cafe recently opened downtown, specializing in poke bowls, banh mi and spring rolls. Meanwhile, in West Asheville, Alley Cat, a new wine bar, has also launched. Along with wine, Alley Cat hosts live music and DJs ThursdaySaturday and has a retail store offering bottles of wine and beer to go. Aloha Cafe is at 28 Battery Park Ave. For more, visit avl.mx/5uf. Alley Cat is at 797 Haywood Road. For more information, visit avl.mx/5ug. X

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The rise of local lagers For many years, Asheville’s craft beers were primarily ales, typically dark in color, often very hoppy in flavor and quick to turn out. Lagers require some serious aging, and craft drinkers were suspicious of lighter, golden-colored beers that too closely resembled nationally distributed grocery store brews. Now, drinkers are on the lookout for different flavor profiles, and breweries are obliging, with yearround lagers, seasonal releases or smaller batches only available in tasting rooms. Brevard Brewing Co. has made its name as a house of local lagers, which brewer and owner Kyle Williams has focused on since opening in April 2012. “I just like them,” Williams says. “I like German beers — pilsner, helles. From a business point of view, I thought it would be a good niche. Seven or eight years ago, everything was IPA. Everything was strong and hoppy.” Williams wanted to drink pilsners but says the only brewery in Asheville that made one at the time was Wedge Brewing Co. Noticing the “huge gap in the market,” he started brewing lagers at his downtown Brevard brewery. “It was no-brainer,” he says. As for Wedge, its crew has continued to turn out lagers, including Julian Price Pilsner — named in honor of the late local philanthropist — as well as an imperial pilsner, helles bock, dopplebock, maibock, schwarzbier, Mexican-style Vienna lager and märzen/Oktoberfest, according to brewer Carl Melissas.

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“Lagers have become the new hip thing,” he says. “It’s a beer that’s difficult to make. You can’t hide behind any [flaws].” Whereas Wedge’s ales are ready after roughly three weeks, it takes two months to age its lagers. “There are brewers who shorten that length. They really need to be two months and possibly three,” Melissas says. “With higher-strength lagers, you better go 10-12 weeks.” He adds that the brewery’s pilsner has become one of its best-selling beers. “That wasn’t the case seven years ago,” Melissas says. Not long after Highland Brewing Co. opened in 1994, it produced a lager, but company founder Oscar Wong says it was soon dropped as the brewery began focusing on ales. “As our demand [for beer] went up, we didn’t have the time to hold it in our tanks,” he says. Today, Highland turns out its year-round pilsner and seasonal

Clawhammer Oktoberfest, as well as smaller batches. Research and development brewer Trace Redmond reports the brewing team recently brewed 50 barrels of a helles to be released Friday, April 19, in Highland’s tasting room, and that his colleagues are also making a series of lagers on their pilot system. Redmond says some of Highland’s lagers require three to five weeks of aging, but the brewery has also turned out a light American lager that was done in two weeks. He adds that craft lagers are often very approachable for beer drinkers who are used to drinking Miller, Coors or Budweiser. “We’re trying to [produce] an interesting take on a historical style that’s also delicious and balanced,” he says. Hi-Wire Brewing has offered a yearround flagship lager since opening in 2013 but in 2019 will also release a Bohemian dark lager, a Dortmunder and a dopplebock, according to creative director Javier Bolea.

“It’s been cool to see other breweries take notice of a classic style and give it the dedication that it deserves,” he says. “Because of what the domestic brewers have pushed, people have preconceived notions that lagers are always light, golden beer. Our doppelbock is 10 percent [ABV] — but they do take time. We can do three batches of IPA in the time it takes to make the flagship lager.” In Burnsville, Homeplace Beer Co. has found a market for its lagers, including Frankie Amber Lager and Golden Heart American Light Lager. On the way is a Czech-style pilsner, brewed for the forthcoming Sawhorse restaurant in Leicester. “I think brewers have gone back to what they started with — clean, crisp beers,” says Homeplace owner John Silver. “[Brewers] can get overwhelmed with all these experimental styles. They’re fun to do, but brewers want to make something they like to drink at the end of the day. Not everyone wants to sit down with an 8 percent [ABV] IPA. Lagers are filling the niche with people who are not into the IPAs.” By Burial Beer Co. co-owner Doug Reiser’s count, his brewery has produced almost 100 lagers since opening six years ago. “They’ve been our favorite style, as a team, since the origins of our brewing tale,” he says. Burial’s lagers include Shadowclock Pilsner, Hellstar Dark Lager, Bloodtusk Pils, Innertube Light Lager and Metallic Vessels Black Lager with Coffee. Of the lagers, Reiser identifies Shadowclock as one of the brewery’s overall best-sellers, not just in the tasting room but at other venues around town, and notes that Burial continues to experiment with the style. “What’s been most exciting has been our newest lager foray, foudreaged lagers, that start in steel and age for five to eight weeks in American oak vats,” he says. “All of these beers have been stellar.” When Burial started making lagers, Reiser admits, the focus was rooted in pure passion and self-interest. “But people dug the message and the option to have an uber-drinkable beer made by people they knew with ingredients that mattered,” he says. “At the end of the day, if you pour love into these beers, the crowd will feel it.” X

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BY ALLI MARSHALL amarshall@mountainx.com The idea for an exhibition centering on the theme of clouds came to local artists Coco Villa, Ian Stabler and Mary Duncan Craig, aka Weeper, more than a year ago. “All of our mediums are very different, [but] everything we create is somewhat biomorphic or flowy,” Villa explains. Weeper paints clouds, Stabler crafts large-scale ink drawings and wooden sculptures, and Villa makes “whimsical pieces inspired by landscapes — mostly sunrises and sunsets — along with garments.” She elaborates, “A really huge inspiration was the fact that we could all come together: We all make clouds, in some way or another.” So when the Asheville Area Arts Council put out a call for Buncombe County artists to curate exhibits, Villa responded. The Cloud Show, which also includes work by Judit Just, Court McCracken, Carmelo Pampillonio and Neil Goss, will open in the Thom Robinson & Ray Griffin Exhibition Space on Friday, April 5. The year that passed between when the exhibition proposal was accepted and the opening of the show gave the artists time to foment and experiment. For Villa, “It’s always been at the back of my mind,” but her multidisciplinary approach to creative work has kept her busy on other projects, as well. For example, the idea behind the garments in Villa’s SOMOS by CocoNuco clothing line is, “how is

WEATHER OR NOT: Coco Villa dances while wearing a naturally dyed SOMOS by CocoNuco jumpsuit on top of a dreamscape that will most likely appear in The Cloud Show that Villa curated. The exhibition opens at the Asheville Area Arts Council and includes works by a number of area artists working in various mediums, plus a sound installation. Photo by Emilie Fong 50

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it that any human would move in them,” she explains. As a dancer, when she sees a full rack of apparel pieces, she’s inspired to set up a photo or video shoot in the clothes. Villa studied performance art and photography and has lent her talents to locally made videos, such as Carley Taich’s “Wise,” for which Villa served as creative director and choreographer, made two costumes and danced. “All I want to do is make clothes and make a movie,” she says with a laugh. The artist learned sewing from her grandmother, “so I had that in my back pocket,” she says. And, while living in South America, she learned the basics of making and using natural dyes from plants — a process she employs for her clothing line. However, when Villa relocated to Asheville three years ago, the local plants were much different from those available in Colombia, where she’d been studying natural dye techniques. “But food scraps are generally the same,” she points out, so she partnered with local restaurants, shops, gardens and farms, which donate vegetable, floral and herbal waste, such as onion skins, dahlias and avocado pits and skins. With these, Villa can produce sustainable colors for her apparel. Because the garments are one of a kind, they tend to be priced out of the Asheville market and are sold mainly through boutiques in larger cities. So, to offer locals (and those outside the Asheville area) an opportunity for a hand-dyed textile, Villa launched The Colour Lab. She announces a new color each season; through a poll on Instagram, she determines what color people are most attracted to. The spring 2019 shade is rust, made from walnut hulls, madder roots, onions skins and turmeric. Those interested can drop off fabric or apparel at Villa’s Riverview Station studio or at Ware boutique on College Street (guidelines are on Villa’s website, somosbycoconuco.com) to be dyed. Part of the artist’s fascination with foraged pigments in her visual art is how the colors change over time. For The Cloud Show, “Considering these are pieces that will hang on the wall, I think there’s something really beautiful

about taking something from the earth and being able to transfer it into something that could almost last,” she says of her dreamscapes. “I don’t know that a month will be long enough to see the transformation, but I’m going to play with lighting to try to make that happen.” The process she’s referring to is how natural dyes fade in the sunlight and certain environments. The gallery event will offer other (less subtle) surprises and food for thought. Pampillonio’s contribution, for example, is a sound installation that can be heard at the opening. The local sound artist has lately been observing weather patterns, which are likely to inform his new work. “There’s a full circle that’s created with all of the artists,” Villa says of

those involved with the upcoming exhibition. “Even though our work is fairly different, there’s a connection.” X

WHAT The Cloud Show WHERE Asheville Area Arts Council Thom Robinson & Ray Griffin Exhibition Space 207 Coxe Ave. ashevillearts.com WHEN Opening reception on Friday, April 5, 5-8 p.m. with an artist talk at 6:30 p.m. On view through Friday, May 3

EXHIBIT FOCUSES ON DIVINE FEMININE THEMES AND NATURAL MATERIALS Local artist Jenna Jaffe spent 27 years focusing on music, performance, dance and theater. But a recent health issue led her to the realization that “it’s time to stop being a perfectionist and just be creative [and] do what I feel is important.” She adds, “Visual arts was the one form where I think I was the most insecure.” But Jaffe was determined to set aside self-criticism and create a body of work about the divine feminine. The resulting exhibition, The Sacred Yoni, opens at the Epione Clinic for Integrated Healing on Friday, April 5. Many of the pieces are three-dimensional, but not all represent yonis (the Hindi word for vulvas, or the divine symbol of procreation). The current political climate, degrading language toward women on a national level and “the whole patriarchal church … really propelled me to tip the balance into the feminine,” Jaffe says. She worked with everything from antique doilies dyed with coffee and homemade paper to metals, paint and organic plant material. Using natural materials was a conscious decision. “Exploring and stretching the boundaries of what we call art or what we may use in art” is something Jaffe says she wants to develop. But while this show is a step away from Jaffe’s more familiar musical realm, her opening will include a performance by local musicians Elizabeth Lang and Madelyn Ilana. “I can’t be happier,” Jaffe says. — A.M. X

BACK TO THE SOURCE: Local musician and dancer Jenna Jaffe turns to visual art with her exhibition The Sacred Yoni, which explores the divine feminine. Pictured, “Cave Queen,” courtesy of Jaffe WHAT The Sacred Yoni WHERE Epione Clinic for Integrated Healing 19 Zillicoa St., Suite 3 WHEN Opening reception Friday, April 5, 5-8 p.m. On view through Friday, June 28

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THE HORROR QUEEN OF ASHEVILLE Local filmmaker Jennifer Trudrung adapts a Stephen King short story for the screen Jennifer Trudrung, dubbed affectionately as “The Horror Queen of Asheville” by many in the local film community, recently wrapped up her latest short film, Here There Be Tygers. It’s an adaptation of one of Stephen King’s earliest short stories, first published in 1968 in Ubris magazine and later included in his 1985 collection, Skeleton Crew. It’s through King’s Dollar Baby arrangement that Trudrung secured the rights to Here There Be Tygers. The program grants students and aspiring theater producers and filmmakers a chance to adapt one of his works for $1. For the online application and proposal, “I wrote about how much I love Stephen King’s books. I’ve been a fan since middle school,” Trudrung says. Two weeks later, she got the email (although not from King directly) with a contract. Once she signed the documents and mailed in her dollar, she had the rights. The film is currently in post-production, and the filmmaker hopes to have it finished and ready for festival submissions by the end of May. “I see it as a coming-of-age story,” Trudrung says, “and a story about power.”

BURNING BRIGHT: “I see it as a coming-of-age story and a story about power,” says local actor and filmmaker Jennifer Trudrung, who adapted the Stephen King short story “Here There Be Tygers” to the screen. Pictured, from left, are Selah Atwood, who stars as Susie, Trudrung as Ms. Bird and Penny Munroe as Charlie, on set at Evergreen Community Charter School. Photo by Melissa Presti Photography In King’s version, Charles asks to go to the bathroom and is belittled in front of the class by his third-grade teacher, Ms. Bird. Inside the bathroom, he finds a tiger lying on the floor. A classmate, Kenny, is sent to retrieve Charles and bullies him. In the end, Ms. Bird also confronts Charles in the bathroom, but he is able to escape her and the tiger. Trudrung tackles Here There Be Tygers with a feminist twist, changing the lead to an older, adolescent girl, Charlie (played by Penny Munroe, Trudrung’s daughter). The bully classmate is Susie (Selah Atwood), and Trudrung stars as the mean-spirited Ms. Bird. “The teacher in the book ... comes off as an old and ugly schoolmarm,” Trudrung says. “I wanted to play up her femininity.” Inspirations for the role included Kellyanne Conway and Jeffrey Dahmer. The tiger was the biggest challenge. Without a real apex predator or a budget that affords special effects, she and

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director Polly Schattel collaborated, coming up with several creative solutions. They didn’t have much prior access to their filming location — Evergreen Community Charter School — so, they brought their two best ideas to the shoot and are happy with their final decision (which, to avoid spoilers, will remain secret for now). Suffice it to say, their focus is on character-driven psychological terror as opposed to a monster-based horror film. Trudrung says she’s thrilled to have Schattel, an award-winning filmmaker in her own right, on board. It was Schattel who encouraged Trudrung to go darker after reading the first draft of the script. Other crew members include director of photography Greg Hudgins and production designer Shane Meador. Trudrung believes King fans will enjoy uncovering hidden King references that Meador placed in his set design. Over the last five years, Trudrung has written, produced and acted in roughly 10 short horror films. Unbearing won an

Since then, Trudrung signed with Bold Talent Agency and has acted professionally in projects such as “The Vampire Diaries.” She has her own Women in Horror trading card on content creator Superficial Gallery, and her horror short Closet premiered on Crypt TV in 2016. “With Stephen King’s name attached to anything, you definitely acquire a certain authenticity and publicity,” Trudrung says. The caveat to the Dollar Baby contract is that the films can never be shown publicly for a profit, thus confining them to the film festival circuit. Trudrung and Schattel will submit the finished project to the highest-caliber festivals, such as Sundance and South by Southwest, first. “As a lifelong fan of Stephen King’s, there’s so much that’s supercool about Dollar Baby,” Trudrung says. “But the best is that you get to send a DVD copy [of your film] to Stephen King.” As far as Trudrung knows, no filmmakers in Dollar Baby have received feedback from the famous writer, but she hears from the horror world grapevine that he views them all. “I want to envision him sitting in his house,” she says, “popping in my DVD and watching it.” X

Audience Choice award at the Women in Horror Film Festival, an Alamo Draft House Special Jury Award at the Sick Chick Flicks Film Festival and was a runner-up in the thriller category at the Dragon Con Film Festival. Trudrung also received a grant from the Filmed in N.C. Fund for her short screenplay Indolence. “I’ve always been interested in writing,” she says. “I was the kid with my head in a book, which is what started my relationship to Stephen King.” (With the exception of Here There Be Tygers, all of Trudrung’s screenplays are original works.) Still, her foray into the acting world surprised her. “I was an extremely shy kid,” she says. “Being an actor is probably the last thing I could have imagined for myself.” Trudrung was bitten by the acting bug when she and a few friends signed up on a whim to be background actors on the feature film The Hunger Games, which was shot in the Asheville area in 2012. She ended up getting picked. “From my first day on set, I was hooked,” she says. “I knew I wanted to do this. It was fascinating to me, especially because I had read the book, so getting to see how that world in my head was created on set was amazing.”

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MOVEMENT FOR THE MOVEMENT La Danza del Sur celebrates brown, black and queer communities Navigating the systems that are designed to divide us creates exhaustion. Working to dismantle those systems while simultaneously being oppressed by them creates even more profound stress. The Noche LatinX series was conceived by Laura Malintzin as an antidote. Held monthly in Asheville, the events feature Latinx (the gender-inclusive term for Latino/a) and LGBTQ people on the turntables and on the dance floor. La Danza del Sur, on Saturday, April 6, at The Mothlight, will be the largest Noche LatinX event to date, with a bigger venue and regional talent. Founded in 2017 at the now-defunct Black Star Brewing in Hendersonville, these radical dance parties have also taken place at Old Shakey’s and Fleetwood’s. The upcoming night will feature Malintzin aka DJ Hijx de la Chingada and fellow Noche LatinX organizer DJ Juan Bounce, as well as DJ Malinalli, who are all from WNC, and Durham’s DJ Gemynii. “Things have gotten harder for our community,” Malintzin says of her inspiration for Noche LatinX. “There is a lot of need — people who are doing community organizing, people who are stressed, people who are trying to find a place to be after they do all those things — a place to unite with community and dance and have fun.” The unity and joy help fuel those involved in movements for liberation. With La Danza del Sur, Malintzin, Bounce and their partner Alex Pean are building regional momentum for uplifting artists and activists of color. Based in the Triangle area, DJ

NIGHT LIGHT: Noche LatinX hosts events, like the upcoming La Danza del Sur, where Latinx, black, indigenous and LGBTQ people can “feel welcome, where they can be themselves, unafraid and unapologetic,” says organizer Laura Malintzin, front left in group photo. DJ Gemynii, left, will perform at the April 6 party. Photos courtesy of Noche LatinX

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Gemynii is an open-format artist who plays house, club beats, Afrobeat, hiphop and old-school sounds. She also is part of a DJ collective called Conjure — The Celebration of Black & Brown Femmes. By bringing her to Asheville, Malintzin says the goal is to share connections and inspiration across the state, so event attendees can help each other increase reach and impact. In addition to creating nourishing spaces for organizers, Noche LatinX raises funds for them. A percentage of the proceeds of La Danza del Sur will go to groups dedicated to justice for brown and black people. Specifically, money will be donated to Word on the Street/La Voz de Los Jovenes, an arts magazine created by youths of color; BeLoved Asheville, which provides support and advocacy for immigrants and the homeless; and Southerners on New Ground’s Black Mamas Bail Out Action, a regional movement to raise awareness about the discriminatory nature of cash bail, seeking to eliminate it while freeing black caregivers. “There are so many definitions of what activism is, and activism can look a lot of different ways,” says Malintzin. As DJs, Malintzin and Bounce use music to cross borders and celebrate intersecting identities. Their activism creates transformative experiences where, as Malintzin explains, Latinx, black, indigenous and LGBTQ people “feel welcome, where they can be themselves, unafraid and unapologetic.”

In a city where few spaces are created by and for queer brown people, Noche LatinX offers both familiarity and cultural expansion. “We sometimes play [Mexican-American singer] Selena,” Bounce shares as an example. “Artists who I used to listen to when my mom was cleaning the house. ... It just gives you a feeling of home. ... A lot of what we play is new, but some is music that we grew up with, that our parents used to play, that you would hear on the streets in Mexico City. To bring it here to Asheville and to educate people about all different styles of music, especially Latin music, is awesome.” She continues, “Music can make you travel, it can take you back into time. There’s present music, there’s future music. That’s what we want to be able to do, to have people there enjoying music that brings them back to the past, to the present and to what’s gonna be in the future.” With a strong base built by wordof-mouth promotion, Noche LatinX organizers now collaborate with local Mexican artist Luis Martinez on event posters and Manuel Vacero of Mente Visual Films on promo videos. Other collaborators include La Danza del Sur event sponsors En La Calle, PBR, Warren Wilson College and Hola Carolina magazine. While intentionally designed for those who are pushed to the edges by the dominant culture, Noche Latinx is open to

all. “This space is for the Latinx community, it’s for the African-American community, it’s for indigenous people, it’s for brown and black people, wherever they are from,” says Malintzin. “It’s not exclusive, we want everyone to be there. ... Anyone else who wants to join us and help us come up is more than welcome to be there.” It’s no secret that Asheville is experiencing gentrification. Malintzin sees Noche LatinX events as a critical form of resistance to this trend. “If we don’t take a chance right now to reclaim what’s ours and make our voices be heard,” she says, “then in a few months or a few years, there’s not going to be space for us.” X

WHAT La Danza del Sur with DJ Gemynii, DJ Juan Bounce, DJ Hijx de la Chingada and DJ Malinalli WHERE The Mothlight 701 Haywood Road themothlight.com WHEN Saturday, April 6, 9 p.m. $5 advance/$8 at the door

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Noble Beasts A self-taught artist with a background in English literature and history, Elizabeth Albright is drawn to create oil paintings that confront the symbolic links between humans and animals. Having previously explored such notions in her Birds of War series, she returns with a collection titled Noble Beasts, in which symbolic relationships between historical leaders and animals are expressed using what the local artist calls “zoomorphic transformation of classic portraiture.” Albright’s latest works will be on display at Downtown Books and News. The opening reception on Friday, April 5, 7-9 p.m., includes music, wine and snacks. Guests are invited to dress in Renaissance costumes, as animals — or as animals in Renaissance costumes. All who come in costumes will be entered into a drawing to win signed prints. Free to attend. dbnbooks.com. Photo of “Lionheart” by Albright courtesy of the artist

Asheville Mini Maker Faire Stemming from its flagship festival, World Maker Faire New York, additional Maker Faires have popped up across the globe. Dubbed “the world’s largest celebration of invention, creativity, curiosity and hands-on learning,” the events feature engineers, artists, scientists, crafters and others who enjoy learning and love sharing their abilities with like-minded folks. A natural fit for imaginative Western North Carolinians and their hobbies, experiments and projects, Asheville starts small and hosts its inaugural Mini Maker Faire on Saturday, April 6, 1-5 p.m. on UNC Asheville’s Main Quad. Free to attend, but please register online to help local organizers best plan for the event. Those who do will be entered to win one of six Makey Makey education boxes. asheville.makerfaire.com/tickets. Photo by Tom Heck

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Swannanoa native Reed Turchi continues to thrive as a Tennessee transplant. Back with his 11th album — the latest with his Nashville-based Kudzu Choir — the multi-instrumentalist went to the legendary Sun Studio to record Midnight in Memphis. “Back in August, we went to the birthplace of rock ’n’ roll ... to record a session for PBS that will be airing nationally throughout 2019 and 2020,” Turchi says. “It was quite a party, with the ghosts of Elvis, Howlin’ Wolf, Johnny Cash, Scotty Moore, all shaking the walls down with us.” Turchi returns to Western North Carolina for an album release show on Tuesday, April 9, at The Grey Eagle. An as-yet-unannounced opening act will hit the stage at 8 p.m. $10 advance/$12 day of show. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by Alysse Gafkjen

In the wake of angelic rhythmic strumming and tasteful electric guitar accents over a steady drum and bass backing section, Meg Duffy’s poetic first verse on “what’s the use” flows into an impassioned singing of the chorus, “What’s the use if you’re not trying to forgive?” complete with stirring string accompaniment. The song’s subtle but ever-building sonic landscape is one of many such gorgeous moments present throughout placeholder, Duffy’s sophomore album under the moniker Hand Habits. A longtime fixture in Kevin Morby’s touring band and a collaborator on instrumental guitarist William Tyler’s recent album, Duffy brings their own accomplished band to The Mothlight on Saturday, April 13. Chicago-based singer-songwriter Tasha gets the evening started at 9 p.m. $10 advance/$12 day of show. themothlight.com. Photo by Jacob Boll

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Xpress Poetry Contest winners announced For this year’s Xpress Poetry Contest, writers were tasked with creating an ode (or a haiku or a ballad or a quatrain, etc.) to the Western North Carolina environment. Dozens of poets accepted that challenge, and Xpress received pastorals about birds, seasons, creeks and bears. Local poet Justin Blackburn — co-creator of the Humansandpoetry collective and its event arm, the Asheville Biscuit Head Slam Poetry Series — had the difficult job of culling the entries down to an overall winner and two runners-up. Coincidentally, all three of those pieces center on the theme of trees. “I went with Nature because I felt it was the most ‘poetic,’” Blackburn says of Jake Kramer’s winning verse. It “touched my spirit the most when it comes to living in the mountains — how you can lose all the names we give things and life goes back to being nature.” The runners-up are Lament for a Beech by W. Eugene Woolf and Oak Limbs Lace the Darkness by Sherrill Knight. All three poems appear here in full.

Nature by Jake Kramer We used to say “Look— that tree came from Daphne when she ran from the sun” and later we just said “laurel” and now now even that is drifting— we just see bunches of canoe shaped leaves salaciously quiet innocently green as the sun manhandles then slips off them.

Lament for a Beech by W. Eugene Woolf Please don’t cut me yet, not yet I see you standing there staring at me, noisy chain saw in your hand you think I am dead you cut my sisters long ago, cut them, hauled split stacked burned them but they were dead, standing silent sentinel in your woods, felled by the bugs, felled by the pinholes all up their bark, felled by the foul air once so sweet, felled like the Chestnuts so long ago, yes it is the

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A black tapestry of oak limbs laces the darkness, Bolts and forks branching against a backlit urban sky. A handful of stars scattered there defies the glow, Bright and hard and ringing. High in the remnant forest owls’ calls like insistent rising thoughts Float above the retreating cry of a passing train as it echoes off the mountain, And we can hear the river flow, Flooded from all the rain, And we can hear the river flow, Over the boulders in the rising deep, And we can hear the river flow, Mountainsong in the heart of the city. X

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LANDSCAPE ART: Writer Jake Kramer won this year’s Xpress Poetry Contest with his entry, “Nature.” The contest asked poets to submit work around the theme of what WNC’s environment means to them. Photo courtesy of Kramer blight the Beech blight but we don’t know those words we just know the pinholes where the bugs creep in and feast and the pain climbs up our trunks but please don’t cut me yet my sap still sings, my high wood fine, my few years yet to live and shade to give Come spring my great green canopy will shade your house again, come autumn the golden leaves will please your eye until they fall and say goodbye, as I will too but years away Put down your saw, go find some seed, new trees to birth yes ten to one. No, not Beech, our days are done, but something new to grace the woods and thrive with sun, yes ten to one. Then some fine morning will come my death, as yours will too, the woods will not remember you nor me, but on and on will live, eternally. Ten to one. Then you may cut and haul and split and stack and burn and I won’t mind nor even know. All Beech gone then, to join the Chestnuts in fond memory, and even you, so please don’t cut me now, still your saw and quiet our woods. Not yet.

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A & E CALENDAR ART ARTS & WELLNESS FOR VETERANS • MONDAYS (4/1) until (4/15), 3-6pm - Felting class for veterans. Registration required. Free. Held at Local Cloth, 207 Coxe Ave. ARTS AFTER DARK • TH (4/5), 5pm - A celebration of the arts in Henderson County, featuring art installations and performing arts groups. Registration required: chamber@ hendersoncountychamber.org. $30. Held at Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall, 49 E. Campus Drive, Flat Rock CHEROKEE ARTS AND CRAFTS • TH (4/4), 6pm Appalachian Evenings: “Cherokee Arts and Crafts,” presentation by Tonya E. Carroll on the evolution of Cherokee arts and crafts and the history of Qualla arts and crafts. Free. Held at The Ramsey Center in Renfro Library, 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill CLIMATE LISTENING PROJECT PORTRAITURE PREMIERE • WE (4/3), 6-8pm - Climate Listening Project Portraiture, exhibition of six graphite portraits featuring science and storytelling by Shannon Bodeau. Free to attend. Held at Gastro Pub at Hopey, 45 S. French Broad Ave. HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 86 N Main St., Waynesville, 828-452-0593, haywoodarts.org/ • SA (4/6), 1-4pm Artist demonstration with Char Avrunin. Free to attend. • SA (4/6), 2-4pm - Four, two-hour lecture/discussion-style programs on comic book illustration. $20 each.

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MY PLACE, OR YOURS? • FR (4/5), 6-8pm - My Place, or Yours?, collaborative performance art presentation utilizing the concept of artistic surrogacy and curated by Cara Hagen. Free to attend. Held at Revolve, 821 Riverside Drive #179

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS FIRST FRIDAY ART WALKS • 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - Downtown Asheville First Friday Art Walks with more than 25 galleries within a half mile radius of historic downtown Asheville. Free to attend. Held at Downtown Asheville

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS ‘HANDS ON A HARDBODY’ AUDITIONS • MO (4/8) & TU (4/9), 6-9pm - Open auditions for Hands on a Hardbody. Contact for guidelines. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. ‘THE CONSTANT WIFE’ AUDITIONS • TU (4/9), 10:30am2:30pm - Open auditions for The Constant Wife, comedy. Contact for guidelines. Held

at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon

ASHEVILLE DRUM CIRCLE • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm - Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St.

GUITAR CONCERT • SU (4/7), 8pm - Ava Mendoza, John Dikeman, and Window Light Collectors, guitar concert. $10. Held at Revolve, 821 Riverside Drive #179

BECKY STONE AS MAYA ANGELOU • SU (4/7), 3pm Becky Stone performing as Maya Angelou with music by the Leo Bjorlie Jazz Ensemble. $15/$20 at the door. Held at The Center for Art & Inspiration, 927 Greenville Highway, Hendersonville

TOURS AT GROVEWOOD VILLAGE • WE (4/3) through SA (4/6), 1pm - Craft history tours at historic Grovewood Village. Free to attend. Held at Grovewood Gallery, 111 Grovewood Road

GLASS AND METAL DAY • SA (4/6), 10am - Annual Glass and Metal Day, with glass blowing and blacksmithing demonstrations. Free to attend. Held at Folk Art Center, MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway

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SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS BEFORE BREAKFAST: Next on the main stage at Asheville Community Theatre is Alice in Wonderland, adapted by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus. This production features a cast of 25 community members. Alice is played by Sadie Medlock, a seventh-grader at Hanger Hall School for Girls who is making her main stage debut, as well as Bradshaw Call as the Mad Hatter, Mark Jones as the March Hare and Frank Salvo as the Cheshire Cat. Alice in Wonderland is directed by Candice Burchill, theater teacher at Brevard High School. Alice in Wonderland opens Friday, April 5, and runs through Sunday, April 21, with performances Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $12-$26. Photo courtesy of Studio Misha Photography. (p. 59)

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DANCE COUNTRY TWO-STEP 6-WEEK CLASS (PD.) Starting Wednesday April 3rd, 7-8pm: Beginner level. Asheville Ballroom. Register online $70/pp: www.DanceForLife.net or $75/pp at door. 828-3330715 • naturalrichard@ mac.com ASHEVILLE MONDAY NIGHT CONTRA DANCE • MONDAYS, 7:3010:30pm - Community contra dance. $7. Held at The Center for Art and Spirit at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 1 School Road

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BALLET HISPÁNICO • TU (4/9) & WE (4/10), 8pm - Ballet Hispánico, dance performance. Pre-performance discussions from 7-7:30pm at YMI Cultural Center. $20 and up. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 18 Biltmore Ave. COMMUNITY AND FAMILY DANCE CLASS • MO (4/8), 4pm - Community and family dance class with Ballet Hispanico. Free. Held at Arthur R. Edington Education and Career Center, 133 Livingston St. ETUDE 22: MEDITATIONS ON THE ALEPH BET • SA (4/6) & SU (4/7), 7:30pm - Etude 22: Meditations on the Aleph

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • FR (4/5), 6-8pm Demeler, voice and acoustic guitar duo. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TH (4/11), 4pm - Heartbeat Native American drumming class with Sonia Brooks. Registration required. Free. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road CHAMBER ENSEMBLE CONCERT • TH (4/4), 7:30pm - Chamber ensemble concert. Free. Held at Broyhill Chapel, 338 Cascade St, Mars Hill

Bet, a performance of dance, music and poetic narrative. Saturday performance includes works in progress by Melissa Wilhoit and Isabel Bowser. Sunday performance includes Still Works by Martha Connerton. Tickets: etude22. bpt.me. $20. Held at The Center for Art and Spirit at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 1 School Road

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DANGER HATT • SA (4/6), 7pm Danger Hatt, concert. Free to attend. Held at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain

• WEDNESDAYS, noon-1pm - Intermediate/ advanced contemporary line dancing. $5. Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road

Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/class.

GREAT COURSES • TU (4/9), 10:30am - Lectures and discussion of great piano solos. Registration required. Free. Held

• SA (4/6), 6pm - Easter themed dance. Advanced dance at 6pm. Early rounds at 7pm. Plus squares and rounds at 7:30pm. Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

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CHOIRS OF GRACE • WE (4/10), 6pm - Choirs of Grace present Requiem by Gabriel Faure. Free. Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 6th Ave. W., Hendersonville

JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH • TH (4/4), 7:30pm “In The Mood,” jazz concert sponsored by the Arts Council of Henderson County. Free. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W. Campus Drive, Flat Rock NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS: KELLEY, LYNCH AND SALLEY • SA (4/6), 6-10pm - Great Balsam Nashville Songwriters in the Round Series featuring Claire Lynch, Jerry Salley and Irene Kelley. $25/$10 students. Held at Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Ave., Waynesville OLD-TIME AND BLUEGRASS SERIES • TH (4/4), 7pm - OldTime and Bluegrass Series: Ol’ Dirty Bathtub, country string band. Open jam session at 8pm. Free. Held at Homebase College Ministry, 82 Central Drive, Cullowhee ORGAN RECITAL • SU (4/7), 3pm Organ recital by Karen Beaumont. Admission by donation. Held at St. Matthias Church, 1 Dundee St. PAN HARMONIA CONCERT • WE (4/10), 7:30pm - “Melodic Dreaming,” interactive concert for all ages featuring flutes and piano. $25/$10-$20 advance/$5 students. Held at Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center, 120 College St. RALEIGH RINGERS CONCERT • SA (4/6), 7pm - Raleigh Ringers,

handbell concert. $15/$5 children. Held at Porter Center at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard SONIC WORLD FUSION • TH (4/11), 7:30pm - Sonic World Fusion concert includes performances by Free Plant Radio, WCU Concert Choir, WCU Inspirational Gospel Choir and Balinese Gamelan Angklung. Free. Held at Western Carolina University Coulter Building, Cullowhee SPRING GROOVIN’ CONCERT WITH MICHAEL RENO HARRELL • FR (4/5), 6:30pm - Friends of the Swannanoa Library and Swannanoa Community Council kick off the 17th annual Groovin’ on Grovemont concert series with singersongwriter Michael Reno Harrell. Admission by donation. Held at Grovemont Square, 101 W Charleston Ave., Swannanoa WOMANSONG OF ASHEVILLE • MONDAYS, 7-9pm - Community chorus rehearsals open to potential members. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD ADULT FORUM: WRITERS FORUM • SU (4/7), 9-10:15am Writers Roundtable read from their works. Free to attend. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville BANNED BOOK CLUB • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Banned Book Club. Free to attend. Held at Blue Ridge Books, 428 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • SA (4/6), 3pm - Kristina Horton presents her book, Martyr of Loray Mill. Free. Held at West

Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road • TU (4/9), 7pm Fairview Friends of the Library meeting. Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • WE (4/10), 4-5:30pm - Creative writing group for adults and teens. Free. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road CONNIE REGANBLAKE PRESENTS A SLICE OF LIFE • SA (4/6), 7pm - “A Slice of Life: An Evening of Stories,” storytelling by Connie Regan-Blake and workshop participants. $20/$15 advance. Held at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 828-687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club. Free. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:30pm - Writers’ Guild. Free. HENDO STORY CLUB • TH (4/4), 7pm -Hendo Story Club’s theme for April is ‘Dues.’ Free. Held at The Center for Art & Inspiration, 927 Greenville Highway, Hendersonville MALAPROP’S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828254-6734, malaprops. com • WE (4/3), 6pm - Jessica Keener presents her book, Strangers in Budapest, in conversation with Tommy Hays. Free to attend. • WE (4/3), 7pm Discussion of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and Vinegar Girl: William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew Retold: A Novel by Anne Tyler. Free to attend. • TH (4/4), 6pm Christine Lynn Herman presents her book, The Devouring Gray, in conversation with Meagan Spooner. Free to attend.

• SU (4/7), 3pm - April poetry event featuring poets Joan Barasovska and Libby Bernardin, and a tribute to the late Susan Laughter Meyers. Free to attend. • MO (4/8), 6pm - Mary Laura Philpott presents her memoir collection, I Miss You When I Blink. Free to attend. • MO (4/8), 7pm - Discussion of Cold Florida: A Hard-Boiled Mystery Set in Florida by Phillip DePoy. Free to attend. • TU (4/9), 6pm Nathan Ballingrud presents his book, Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell. Free to attend. • WE (4/10), 6pm - Evan Williams presents his book, Ripples. Free to attend.

Wonderland. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $26/$12 children. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St.

NEW DIMENSIONS TOASTMASTERS • THURSDAYS, noon1pm - General meeting. Information: 828-3294190. Free to attend. Held at Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, 33 Meadow Road

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NORTH CAROLINA WRITERS’ NETWORK • TH (4/4), 6-7:30pm - Exploring Critique Groups. Free to attend/ Membership not required. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 South Market St. POLITICAL PRISONERS LETTER WRITING • First SUNDAYS, 5pm Political prisoners letter writing. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road UNCA AUTHOR EVENT • TU (4/9), 7pm English Department faculty read from newly published works, Evan Gurney’s, Love’s Quarrels: Reading Charity in Early Modern England and David Hopes’ The Falls of the Wyona. Free. Held at Karpen Hall, UNC Asheville Campus

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‘AN ILIAD’ • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (4/5) until (4/21) - An Iliad, produced by Rarely Theatre. Thurs.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $18. Held at 35below, 35 E. Walnut St. ‘FAIR’ • FR (4/5) & SA (4/6), 7:30pm - FAIR, comedy/ drama presented by Wishbone Theatre Collective. $20/$10 students. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/7) - Silent Sky. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. SA (3/30) & SA (4/6), 2pm. $17-$34. Held at North Carolina Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane ‘SYLVIA’ • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAY (4/5) until (4/20) - Sylvia, comedy. Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. $20 and up. Held at Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock ‘THE ADDAMS FAMILY’ • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (4/4) until (4/7) - The Addams Family, musical comedy performed by North Buncombe High School students. Thurs.-Sat.: 7pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $12/$9 seniors & students/$8 advance. Held at North Buncombe High School, 890 Clarks Chapel Road, Weaverville ‘THE ARTFUL DECEIVER’ • TH (4/4), 7pm - “The Artful Deceiver,” magic show by Arthur Trace. $20-$60. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 18 Biltmore Ave.

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SPRING HAS SPRUNG: Mica, a contemporary, cooperative, fine craft gallery, celebrates reopening day Friday, April 5, 4-7 p.m. with the first Bakersville Art Walk of 2019. Mica showcases the craft work of 15 artist-members working in sculpture, glass, jewelry, fiber, painting and ceramics. Mica’s visiting artist showcase continues with the work of Bryant Holsenbeck, a Durham environmental artist/activist. Holsenbeck uses found and recycled materials for sculptural interpretations of animals and the natural world. In support of her exhibit, Holsenbeck presents a reading from her book of essays, The Last Straw: A Continuing Quest for Life Without Disposable Plastic on Friday, April 5, at 4:15 p.m. Holsenbeck’s presentation provides reflections on environmental initiatives and tips for living with a reduced plastic footprint. Photo of “Orange-Eared Jackrabbit” courtesy of the artist, Bryant Holsenbeck Albright. Reception: Friday, April 5, 7-9pm. April 5-April 30 67 N. Lexington Ave. FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER • Hydrological, sculptures by Matthew West. March 2-April 12 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain GALLERY 1 • Exhibition of photographs by Jennifer Robin. Reception: Friday, April 5, 5-8pm. April 5-April 30 604 W. Main St., Sylva GROVEWOOD GALLERY • All Together Now: A Pediatric Patients’ Art Show. Reception: Saturday, April 6, 2-5pm. April 6-April 30 111 Grovewood Road

HAYWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE • Professional crafts faculty exhibition. March 27-April 17 185 Freedlander Drive, Clyde HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL • Inspired Art Ministry, exhibition of work by Char Avrunin and students. Reception: Friday, April 5, 5:30pm. April 5-April 27 86 N Main St., Waynesville

April 4-June 17 37 N. Mitchell Ave., Bakersville PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS 67 Doras Trail, Bakersville • Compose | Decompose, a mixed-media sculpture and sound installation. March 30-April 30 • Simple Things, Joseph Pintz’s functional and sculptural ceramic works. March 30-May 5

MADISON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL • Traveling postcard exhibit. March 15-April 15 90 S. Main St., Marshall

POSANA CAFE • Nostalgia 1950s-60s, an exhibition of 15 local artists at the Adler Gallery. March 7-April 7 1 Biltmore Ave.

MICA FINE CONTEMPORARY CRAFT • Art walk and open house featuring work by Sondra Dorn, Terry Gess and Bryant Holsenbeck. Reception: Friday, April 5, 4-7pm.

THE ASHEVILLE SCHOOL • Visions of America: A Portfolio of Photographs Celebrating WPA Era Art and Artists of the 1930s and 1940s. March 21-April 18

360 Asheville School Road TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL • Toe River Arts’ 13th Annual Blacksmith Exhibition. March 30-April 27 269 Oak Ave, Spruce Pine UPSTAIRS ARTSPACE 49 S. Trade St., Tryon • Light, Color & Action, exhibition featuring work by Linda Gritta, Patricia Kilburg and Karen Weihs. March 23-April 20 • Seem, exhibition featuring work by Susan Alta Martin and Stacey Davidson. March 23-April 20 WEDGE AT FOUNDATION • MultiModal Unity, exhibition of photography by Eric Howard. March 18-April 15 5 Foundy St.

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SUPERBAD: Named one of Billboard’s 10 Latin artists to watch in 2019, Cimafunk considers James Brown a main influence. But the Cuban funk singer, composer and producer also mixes in elements of rumba and bolero for a unique sound. LEAF Live AVL hosts Cimafunk at The Grey Eagle on Wednesday, April 10, at 6 p.m. $10. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by May Reguera

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk music), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Chili Slaw Sessions with Tom Kirschbaum & Friends, 6:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic hosted by Mark Bumngarner, 7:00PM BYWATER Open Can of Jam, 9:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ The Big Dixie Swingers + Miss Cindy & The Knockin Boots, 9:00PM FUNKATORIUM The Saylor Brothers, 6:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ TimO, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM

NANTAHALA BREWING'S ASHEVILLE OUTPOST Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM NOBLE KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30pm sign up), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Dakota Floyd, TRAGWAG, Do Nothing, Cora HIll (pop-punk), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM

STATIC AGE RECORDS Ross Hammond, Shane Parish (Experimental / Instrumental), 9:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Random Animals, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Ecstatic W.I.L.D. Wednesday Interactive Love Dance, 8:00PM THE GOLDEN FLEECE Scots-Baroque ChamberFolk w/ The Tune Shepherds, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Dee White, 8:00PM

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THE MOTHLIGHT Beauty & The Bee: 28th Annual Spelling Bee, 6:00PM

PULP Many A Ship w/ The Moon and You, 8:00PM

THE ROOT BAR Lucky James (blues, Americana), 8:00PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Kind Clean Gentlemen, 7:00PM

TWIN LEAF BREWERY Open Mic Night, 7:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 6:30PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo!, 8:00PM

THURSDAY, APRIL 4 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest, (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM

AUX BAR DJ Lil Meow Meow (R&B, jams), 10:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Canned Heat Vinyl Night, 5:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Cello, 4:30PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & the Space Cooties, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL SoDown, 8:00PM SoDown w/ Dorfex Bos & Homemade Spaceships, 9:30PM BEN'S TUNE UP SakeOke (Karaoke), 8:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Billy Litz, 7:00PM BYWATER Open Electric Country Jam hosted by John Duncan, 7:00PM CROW & QUILL Carolina catkins (gritty ragtime jazz), 10:00PM DOUBLE CROWN OLD GOLD w/ DJ Jasper (killer rock n' soul vinyl), 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Monoculture w/ Glass Bricks, 8:30PM

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C LUBLAND FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic, 6:30PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Colby Dietz Band, 7:00PM

FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Hope Griffin, 7:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Gaslight Street, 8:00PM

FUNKATORIUM The Hot Club of Asheville, 6:00PM

COMING SOON THU 4/4 7:00PM–HEATHER MALONEY 8:30PM–MIKE MAINS & THE BRANCHES

FRI 4/5 7:00PM–FIVE LETTER WORD

SAT 4/6 7:00PM–CHELEY TACKETT AND ANNIE MOSHER

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Thursday Night blues w/ The Patrick Dodd Trio, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Heather Maloney, 7:00PM Mike Mains & The Branches, 8:30PM ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 Heather Maloney, 7:00PM Mike Mains & The Branches, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND 80's INVASION (80's dance party), 10:00PM

FRANK SOLIVAN & DIRTY KITCHEN 9:00PM–FRANK SOLIVAN & DIRTY KITCHEN SUN 4/7 6:00PM–ROGER STREET FRIEDMAN DUO

LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Vinyl Record Night, 7:00PM NC ARBORETUM Chicken Coop Willaye Trio, 6:30PM NOBLE KAVA Grateful Dead Night feat. members of Phuncle Sam, 8:00PM NORTH ASHEVILLE LIBRARY Seniors Acting Up! (improv), 10:30AM

SEAMUS EGAN PROJECT 7:30PM–SEAMUS EGAN PROJECT TUE 4/9 7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS WITH THE DARREN NICHOLSON BAND

WED 4/10 5:00PM–SUSHI NIGHT 7:00PM–OLIVER PENN

THU 4/11 7:00PM–MAMA’S BROKE WITH ANNA TIVEL 8:30PM- AMY STEINBERG

FRI 4/12 7:00PM–DAN FRECHETTE AND LAUREL THOMSEN 9:00PM- DANIELLE NICOLE BAND

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NORTH BUNCOMBE HIGH SCHOOL The Musical Comedy The Addams Family, 7:00PM ODDITORIUM Party Foul Weekly Drag (18+), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM Flux Capacitor, 10:00PM

SALVAGE STATION The Cleverlys, 7:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Wesley Ganey, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Molly Pizza, 9:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Phantom Pantone’s 80’s Dance Party, 9:OOPM THE GREY EAGLE DBUK: Slim Cessna's Auto club w/ Norman Westberg of SWANS, 9:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Burger Kings (rock n' roll), 9:00PM THE ROOT BAR Dennis Carbone (folk), 7:00PM USC UPSTATE USC Upstate "Jazz Night" Concert, 7:30PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Swanny Byrd, 7:00PM WEDGE BREWING CO. National Parks & Public Lands Trivia, 6:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Dave Desmelik (Americana), 6:00PM

FRIDAY, APRIL 5 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Jesse Barry & The Jam, (blues, funk), 9:00PM AUX BAR DJ Databoy & DJ Woodside, 10:00PM ALLEY CAT WINE BAR The Half That Matters Rock Band, 9:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Doctor Ocular, 9:00PM

AMBROSE WEST Worthwhile Sounds Presents: Bonnie Bishop, 8:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: West Side Funk Jam, 9:00PM

APPALACHIAN COFFEE COMPANY Mr. Jimmy, 6:00PM

PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell (acoustic rock), 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Classical Guitar, 4:30PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Vince Junior Band (refreshingly soulful blues), 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL EarthCry (New Album), Push/Pull, Pathwey & SeedtoStage Showcase, 8:00PM BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Dinah's Daydream (Gypsy jazz trio), 7:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP DJ Kilby Spinning Vinyl, 10:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Redleg Husky, 7:00PM CORK & KEG Vayden Landers Band, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Vendetta Creme (vintage cabaret music), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Rock n' Soul Obscurities w/ Wild Vinyl DJ, 10:00PM EXPLOREASHEVILLE. COM ARENA AT U.S. CELLULAR CENTER ASHEVILLE Edwin McCain Presented By Asheville Fire Fighters Association Local 332, 8:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Indie Punk and Karaoke, 9:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Scoundrels Lounge (rock/ soul),, 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Dry Reef, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Gaslight Street, 8:00PM GINGER'S REVENGE Melodic AF (Rock, Soul, Blues), 8:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Lyric (R&B, soul), 7:00PM

THIS WEEK AT AVL MUSIC HALL & THE ONE STOP!!!

ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 Five Letter Word, 7:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB French Broad Playboys, 9:00PM JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL Zoe Cloyd, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Hot n' Nasty (rock n' soul vinyl) w/ DJ Hissy Cruise, 10:00PM LAZY HIKER BREWING COMPANY Chicken Coop Willaye, 8:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hillbilly Diamonds, 6:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Scott Bianchi, 8:00PM NEW BELGIUM The Mammoths, 5:30PM NOBLE KAVA Kevin “KalimbaMan” Spears, 9:00PM NORTH ASHEVILLE LIBRARY Demeler (acoustic, singersongwriter), 6:00PM NORTH BUNCOMBE HIGH SCHOOL The Musical Comedy The Addams Family, 7:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Connect Beyond Festival Presents: Nick Lowe's Quality Rock & Roll Revue w/ Los Straightjackets, 8:00PM

ZAMBRA Jason Moore & 1st Person Soother (jazz), 8:00PM

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Pretty Little Goat Album Release Party w/ Creekside Crawfish, 5:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Peggy Ratusz & Daddy Long Legs, (blues), 9:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN DJ RexxStep (dance pop, hits), 9:30PM

AUX BAR DJ New Millen (dance party), 11:00PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Chris Jamison, 7:00PM

AMBROSE WEST The Screaming J's: Spring Fling Boogie, 9:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Mike Rhoes Fellowship w/ Duane Simpson & Michael Hynes, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Showers on Mars, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION Sol Rhythms , 8:30PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Fractured Frames, Discoveries Split EP Release, 6:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Eastridge, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE The Super 60s, 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE CLUB Mr Jimmy, 4:00PM Live Blues, 4:30PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Swing Step (the band), 5:00PM The Traveling Pillsburys, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL AMH & OHP Pres: Ramin & friends feat. IN PLAIN SIGHT, 9:00PM BANKS AVE SES: Satisfaction Every Saturday, 9:00PM BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Sunday Jazz Brunch, 2:00PM

ODDITORIUM Annabel Lee, A World of Lies, 8 Vacant Graves, Violent Life Violent Death, Deathcord (metal), 9:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Better Oblivion Community Center w/ Lala Lala & Christian Lee Hutson [SOLD OUT], 9:00PM

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

THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ Sets, 9:00PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE The Hot Club of Asheville, 7:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Slugly w/ Temp Job, Ex-Gold, 9:00PM

CORK & KEG The Gypsy Swingers, 8:30PM

US CELLULAR CENTER Edwin McCain, 8:00PM

CROW & QUILL Firecracker Jazz Band (New Orleans style party jazz), 9:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: 10th & Groove - Captain’s Edition, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Kaizen (Jeff Sipe - Drums, Mike Barnes - Guitar, Mark McDaniel - Bass), 9:00PM

URBAN ORCHARD CIDER CO. SOUTH SLOPE De' Rumba Dance Party w/ DJ Malinalli, 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Everydays w/ Anya Hinkle, 8:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Ionize, 7:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Garbage Wives/ Cadavernous/ Velvet Reaper, 9:00PM

SoDown, Dorfex Bos and Homemade Spaceships

Flux Capacitor

EarthCry (New Album) , Push/Pull, Pathway, SeedtoStage Showcase

Mr. Clifford

AMH & OHP Pres: Ramin & friends ft. IN PLAIN SIGHT

Dynohunter w/ Ryan Ashley

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Tuesday Night Funk Jam - 11pm Turntable Tuesday - 10pm

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GOLDEN TICKET: Local singer-songwriter Brie Capone recently made it to Hollywood Week as a contestant on the current season of “American Idol.” And while she didn’t survive early cuts on the reality show, she’s decided to leave Asheville to pursue opportunities on the West Coast. Kismet opens a send-off show at Isis Music Hall on Saturday, April 20, at 9 p.m. $10. isiasheville.com. Photo by Olivia Siegel

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Kat Boomcat (funk, jam), 10:00PM FOLKMOOT FRIENDSHIP CENTER Nashville Songwriters: Kelley, Lynch & Salley, 6:00PM FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Chris Jamison, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Lyric, 8:00PM GINGER'S REVENGE Quetzal Jordan (Classical), 2:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Alarm Clock Conspiracy, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 Cheley Tackett and Annie Mosher, 7:00PM Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen CD Release, 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Resonant Rogues, 9:00PM LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy Night: Mark Chalifoux, 9:00PM

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LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Live Synth Saturdays, 7:00PM In Flight (experimental improvisation), 8:00PM MG ROAD Late Night Dance Parties w/ DJ Lil Meow Meow, 10:00PM NANTAHALA BREWING COMPANY The Pimps of Pompe (gypsy jazz hip-hop), 8:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL First Saturdays w/ Uncle Kurtis & Friends, 5:00PM DYNOHUNTER, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Mixed Culture : DJs ; Databoyy & Brandon Audette, 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Cedar Mountain Breakdown, 4:00PM The Excons, 6:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Saturday Swing-a-ling w/ DJs Arieh & Chrissy, 10:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN The Groove Shakers (rock, dance, party tunes), 9:30PM

LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR 3 Cool Cats, 7:00PM

PORTER CENTER AT BREVARD COLLEGE Raleigh Ringers, 7:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING Rush Morgan & The Receptionists, 8:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE DD & Alpine Sly GROG LOUNGE Black Garter Revue‎: BGR Presents: Captivating Cryptids and Mesmerizing Mythos, 10:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE CommUNITY Salsa & Latin Saturday Dance Night w/DJ Edi Fuentes (lesson at 9:00pm), 9:30PM THE GREY EAGLE Sing Me Back Home: The Songs of Merle Haggard, 8:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Noche LatinX & The Conjure present: La Danza Del Sur, 9:00PM TOWN PUMP Grateful Bob-Bill Fleming, 9:45PM WHISTLE HOP BREWING CO. Chicken Coop Willaye Trio, 5:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Robin Bullock, 8:00PM YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM

ZAMBRA Dinah's Daydream (Gypsy jazz), 8:00PM

SUNDAY, APRIL 7 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Sparrow & Her Wingmen, (old-fashioned originals), 7:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Post-Brunch Blues, 4:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Bluegrass, 4:30PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Pot Luck & Musician's Jam, 3:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL CharlestheFirst, Of the Trees & tide ky, 10:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP Good Vibe Sundays w/ DJ Oso Rey (reggae), 3:00PM Good Vibe Sundays W/ The Dub Kartel, 6:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Chris Jamison, 7:00PM BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE In The Mood, 7:30 PM BO THOMAS AUDITORIUM A Musical Fantasy (benefit), 3:00PM

BYWATER Sunday Bluegrass Jam, 4:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Liam Pendergrass, 6:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ TIM O, 10:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER Learn the ukulele w/ Ash Devine, 2:00PM FUNKATORIUM Bluegrass Brunch w/ Gary Macfiddle, 11:00AM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Chalwa, 1:00PM HILTON ASHEVILLE BILTMORE PARK Live at Roux, 11:00AM ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 Roger Street Friedman Duo, 6:00PM Seamus Egan Project, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Traditional Irish/Celtic Jam, 3:00PM JARGON Sunday Blunch: Mark Guest & Mary Pearson (jazz), 11:00AM LAZY DIAMOND Punk Night w/ DJ Chubberbird, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Phil Alley, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Black Mass, Valle Crucis, Earth Collider (metal), 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Trivia Night, 2:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Pisgah Sunday Jam, 6:30PM SALVAGE STATION The Get Right Band, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Michael Jefry Stevens Quartet, 1:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Peter Fraser, 1:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Burlesque, Bubbles & Bites, 1:00PM UNCA Jazz Jam, 4:00PM Sunday Blues Dance, 7:30PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ Sets, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Peelander-Z w/ Dr. Aqueous and the Fantastic Apparatus, 9:00PM WHISTLE HOP BREWING CO. MandoCyn (solo mandolin), 5:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Renae & Jamie Brame, 7:00PM YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM

MONDAY, APRIL 8 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Sound Club,(R&B, soul, jazz), 8:00PM

TAVERN Downtown on the Park Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 15 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night LIVE M R A COV USIC , E V E N ER CHARGE!

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ARCHETYPE BREWING Old Time Jam, 5:00PM

Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell

DAYS INN & CONFERENCE CENTER Guitar League Asheville, 6:00PM

FRI. 4/5

DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke w/ KJ Tim-O, 10:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Trivia, 7:30PM Open Mic, 9:30PM

(acoustic rock)

DJ RexxStep

(dance hits, pop)

SAT. 4/6 The Groove Shakers (rock, dance, party tunes)

LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & Friends, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque Hosted By Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Jazz Monday (Open Jam), 8:30PM

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OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays Open Jam, 6:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY It Takes All Kinds, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Porch Magazine 531: 5 Stories, 3 Songs & 1 Community, 6:30PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Leo Johnson (Gypsy jazz), 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT A.X., Aloes, Oariana, Crystalline, 9:00PM

TUESDAY, APRIL 9 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys, (hot jazz), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Gypsy Jazz Jam w/ Steve Karla & Phil Alley, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Circus Mutt, 7:00PM

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DBUK (SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB) + NORMAN WESTBERG (SWANS)

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BETTER OBLIVION D SOL COMMUNITY CENTER

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LEAF LIVE! AVL

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Ballet Hispánico, 8:00PM

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CHRIS JONES &

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

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SING ME BACK HOME:

9 REED TURCHI

THE SONGS OF MERLE HAGGARD

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FEAT. CIMAFUNK THE NIGHT DRIVERS

W/ MASON VIA & HOT TRAIL MIX

THE SUBDUDES W/ KERRI POWERS

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BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Trivia Night, 6:30PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions hosted by The Darren Nicholson Band, 7:30PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Honky Tonk Tuesdays, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Noiz Oasis w/ DJ Salty Stax (post-punk vinyl), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Synth Club, 7:00PM NOBLE KAVA Open Jam, 8:00PM

ODDITORIUM Free Open Mic Comedy, 9:00PM

FUNKATORIUM The Saylor Brothers, 6:30PM

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

ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 Oliver Penn, 7:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING Pizza Karaoke, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Team Trivia w/ Josh Dunkin, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Mike Andersen Album Release Party, 9:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing AVL Tuesday Dance w/ Posey Quintet, 9:00PM (lessons at 7PM, 8PM) THE GREY EAGLE Reed Turchi Album Release Show, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Leo Johnson (Gypsy jazz), 9:00PM THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Open Mic hosted by Clint Bussey, 8:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Chris Cohen w/ Emily Easterly, 9:00PM THE SOCIAL Open Mic w/ Riyen Roots, 8:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Robert's Twin Leaf Trivia, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish Jam, 6:30PM Open Mic, 8:30PM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 AMBROSE WEST Worthwhile Sounds Presents: Steve Forbert, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Bity City Blues Jam with host Chicago Don, 8:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic hosted by Billy Owens, 7:00PM BYWATER Open Can of Jam, 9:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM CROW & QUILL Black Sea Beat Society (Balkan, Klezmer, & Turkish party band), 9:00PM DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Ballet Hispánico, 8:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ live Honky-Tonk Band + DJ, 9:00PM

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JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim-O, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM NANTAHALA BREWING'S ASHEVILLE OUTPOST Robert's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM NOBLE KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30pm sign up), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Synergy Story Slam, 7:00PM Terri Lynn Davis, Thomas Hinds, Jon Dwyer (Country), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Latin Dance Night w/ DJ Oscar (Salsa, Bachata, Merengue), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL The Rival Sons w/ Sheepdogs, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 6:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE W.I.L.D. - Wednesday Interactive Love Dance, 7:30PM THE GOLDEN FLEECE Scots-Baroque Chamber-Folk w/ The Tune Shepherds, 7:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Thelma and the Sleaze w/ Kitty Tsunami & The Styrofoam Turtles, 9:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Bob Shephard Trio, 7:30PM

MOVIE REVIEWS THIS WEEK’S CONTRIBUTORS

Hosted by the Asheville Movie Guys HHHHH

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EDWIN ARNAUDIN earnaudin@mountainx.com

H PICK OF THE WEEK H

BRUCE STEELE bcsteele@gmail.com

James Rosario

DIRECTOR: Christian Petzold PLAYERS: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese DRAMA RATED NR A well-crafted experiment in existential crisis, dystopian predictions and the nature of identity, Transit is also one of the year’s more creative literary adaptations. Based on a 1942 novel of the same name by German writer Anna Seghers, the source material takes place during World War II, while the cinematic version is set in a slightly off-kilter presentday France with German troops steadily marching toward Paris. As a WWII narrative, Transit is compelling in its own right, but the modern setting — complete with thinly veiled contemporary geopolitical moods — chosen by writer/director Christian Petzold (Phoenix) is a flash of brilliance. This change in time elevates the film from a historical account of past chaos and upheaval to a modern commentary on the resurgence of rightwing and fascist ideas.

Ian Casselberry

Kristina Guckenberger

STARTING FRIDAY

Bathtubs Over Broadway HHHS

Leona (NR) HHHH Shazam! (PG-13) HHH

DIRECTOR: Dava Whisenant PLAYERS: Steve Young, Florence Henderson, Chita Rivera DOCUMENTARY RATED PG-13

Transit (NR) HHHH (Pick of the Week) JUST ANNOUNCED

As it explores these concepts, Transit also interrogates Kafka-esque bureaucracy and existentialism. After discovering the body of a dissident writer, Georg (Franz Rogowski, Happy End) snatches up the stranger’s unfinished manuscript and traveling papers. Quite by accident — and governmental ineptitude — he assumes the dead man’s identity and passage to Mexico, resulting in not only Georg’s attempt to escape Europe (and to help others escape) but an exploration of character and humanity. As his free will is challenged and his “self” erodes, questions arise concerning whether Georg is fundamentally the same person or if his unquestioned ownership of a deceased man’s name transforms him into something new. Pondering where Georg begins and ends proves an engaging, rewarding and thoroughly entertaining experience. Starts April 5 at Grail Moviehouse

Ever heard of industrial musicals? Don’t worry, neither has the majority of the human population — largely because no one was intended to experience these well-funded, professionally made productions from the 1950s and ’60s about corporate life beyond the people who created them and the employees they were meant to inspire. Longtime editor Dava Whisenant’s debut documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway explores this lost world via comedy writer Steve Young, her former colleague on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” whose search for oddball vinyl to use in the program’s “Dave’s Record Collection” segments led him to these unusual yet endearing song collections. What Young found was a trove of entertaining alternatives to traditional motivational or informative speeches that were also a well-paying means of employing up-and-coming talent, including Florence Henderson, Chita Rivera, Martin Short and the team behind Fiddler on the Roof. Whisenant presents Young’s bizarre journey with industrial musicals in an engaging, entertaining manner, though the film grows somewhat repetitive as he hunts down and listens to records, amplifying the esoteric nature of his passion. Watching Young and others geek out over something that still feels foreign is partly a shortcoming on the storytelling front and a sign of the material’s inherent limitations, but the connections he makes with performers who are still living and the mutual joy they feel in reminiscing about this strange past gives the film a level of humanity it desperately needs. Now playing at Grail Moviehouse

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The Aftermath (R) Tensions clash in post-WWII Germany. At the Fine Arts Theatre. The Best of Enemies (PG-13) A dramatization of a factbased face-off over school integration in 1971 Durham, N.C. At Grail Moviehouse. Pet Sematary (R) A remake of the Stephen King horror classic.

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Dumbo HS DIRECTOR: Tim Burton PLAYERS: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Eva Green, Alan Arkin ADVENTURE/COMEDY RATED PG One of the greatest moments in suffering through a bad movie is that rare instance when a character onscreen utters a line that sums up one’s thoughts about the projected mess. In Tim Burton’s Dumbo, that magical occurrence arrives late in the film when a wealthy banker and investor played by Alan Arkin surveys the literal destruction around him and says, in the actor’s textbook beautifully dry manner, “Wow, that was a disaster!” The summation is perfect for the usually imaginative director’s live-action take on the 1941 Disney animated classic, set in 1919 with Colin Farrell as a one-armed World War I veteran with a bad Southern accent that wasn’t passed on to his two children, both of whom are played by cute kids whose performances wouldn’t cut it in a church play. The three are part of a traveling circus into which the titular baby elephant with giant ears enters as a potential financial savior and from which his adoring

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mother exits, setting up a long, torturous, yet mind-numbingly simple journey to reconciliation. In contrast to Arkin, who can’t help but be terrific, fellow Burton vets Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton and Eva Green appear impervious to direction, if any was, in fact, provided. Elevating their dull tale are scattered visual delights and a rote but still pleasant Danny Elfman score, as well as the repetitive yet generally moving relationship between Dumbo and his mother. More often than not, however, illconceived choices — including the baffling, seemingly unintentional commentary on Disney’s business practices and theme parks — suffocate any hope for sustained joy and leave Burton’s latest film best left unseen. REVIEWED BY EDWIN ARNAUDIN EARNAUDIN@MOUNTAINX.COM

Hotel Mumbai HHHS DIRECTOR: Anthony Maras PLAYERS: Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Jason Isaacs HISTORICAL DRAMA RATED R A dramatization of the 2008 India terrorist attack that took the lives of nearly 200 people, Hotel Mumbai opens with a dark, disturbing depiction of hatred and revenge that actually somewhat humanizes the assailants. As 10 intensely focused, docile and pious young men descend upon the city via rafts and taxis, told by a voice via earpieces that “paradise awaits,” their actions reveal them to be simultaneously vulnerable and monstrous. In turn, they resemble lambs — or, perhaps more accurately, mechanical wolves in disguise. Among the innocents destined to cross these extremists’ paths is Arjun (Dev Patel), a waiter at The Taj Mahal Hotel whose commitment to providing for his child and pregnant wife is nearly dashed when head chef Hemant Oberoi (Anupam Kher) threatens to send him home for tardiness and an improper uniform. Likewise heading to this prestigious establishment is an American man named David (Armie Hammer), his Muslim wife, Zahra (Nazanin Boniadi), their baby and British nanny (Tilda Cobham-Hervey), whose vacation in paradise is about to be violently interrupted. As everyone with pleasant and innocent enough intentions settles into their new home at The Taj, others in town have much more sinister and brutal intentions, beginning with the unleashing of carnage at a train station. Police are murdered and killed, a police van

is stolen, and things remain bloody and terrifying for three days as many civilians become victims of rapid-fire automatic weapons and hand grenades on a militaristic scale. The hotel happens to be the last safe house for a group of people seeking refuge. Unfortunately, some of the perpetrators also manage to sneak in, setting up a frequently suspenseful hunt on one side and a quest for survival on the other. But as heroes emerge from among the hotel staff, special forces, police and other do-gooders thrust into action, the question still lingers: How broken and vexed must a human be to carry out such callous atrocities? REVIEWED BY KEVIN EVANS K.A.E.0082@GMAIL.COM

Leona HHHH DIRECTOR: Isaac Cherem PLAYERS: Naian González Norvind, Christian Vazquez, Carolina Politi DRAMA RATED NR Set in Mexico City, Leona focuses on 25-year-old Ariela (Naian González Norvind), a mural artist whose upper-middle-class family wants her to marry within their Jewish community. A free spirit — “leona” is Spanish for “lioness” — Ariela instead falls for a sexy goy guy, Iván (Christian Vazquez). The movie traces the arc of their affair, as Ariela bonds with Iván and his family but refuses to introduce her boyfriend to her own relatives, who want her to marry Gabriel (Daniel Adissi), a well-meaning but boring young Jewish retailer. Directed by Isaac Cherem, who cowrote the script with his lead actress, Leona is a low-key, carefully balanced film. Its romantic moments often have a realistic touch of discomfort, and it’s not averse to judging its main character harshly. Leona is more an intriguing study of Ariela’s situation than an emotional dramatization of it, but it knows exactly where it’s going — a destination established in its first scene. Viewers may be surprised at how perfect the ending is, even as it declines to wrap things up in a traditional package. Screens Thursday, April 4, at 7 p.m., and Friday, April 5, at 1 p.m. at the Fine Arts Theatre. Read the full review at ashevillemovies. com REVIEWED BY BRUCE STEELE BCSTEELE@GMAIL.COM

SCREEN SCENE Shazam! HHH DIRECTOR: David F. Sandberg PLAYERS: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong ACTION/ADVENTURE RATED PG-13 Edwin Arnaudin: I’m a complete newbie when it comes to the title character of DC’s new superhero movie, Shazam! Do you mind providing a little background on him? Ian Casselberry: Shazam goes back to the 1940s, when Fawcett Comics created Captain Marvel as an answer to Superman. Billy Batson was a kid granted the power of the gods (strength of Hercules, speed of Atlas, etc.) when he spoke the magic word “Shazam,” but the resemblance was too close to the Man of Steel, and DC Comics acquired Captain Marvel after a copyright infringement lawsuit. (That resulted in Marvel Comics gaining the trademark for the name “Captain Marvel.” Decades later, the title was given to a female character now in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and headlining a movie currently playing in theaters as well.) The movie makes winking references to past comics but is based on a 2011 reboot that changed the hero’s name to Shazam and Batson into a troubled teenager. Edwin: Unfamiliarity aside, the joke parade in the trailer piqued my interest, as did the film’s unusual opening. An ancient wizard (Djimon Hounsou, Gladiator) seeking a champion to carry on ancient magic and keep the seven deadly sins at bay is fairly standard mythbuilding. But it’s a welcome narrative twist having that quest be the origin story for our villain Thad Sivana (Mark Strong) before Billy (Disney Channel star Asher Angel) enters the picture. So far, so good? Ian: I liked how the hero’s origin was told through the villain and made the bad guy’s motivation clear. A knock on many superhero movies is the villain mirroring the hero. But in this case, it worked well. Dr. Sivana could have been Shazam, but lusted after power instead of wanting to help people. Billy is intrigued by the celebrity of being a superhero and looks the part when he transforms into his adult version (played by Zachary Levi, TV’s “Chuck”) but doesn’t realize his full potential until Sivana tries to take his power. The villain unwittingly trains the hero, which is a different spin on this kind of story. Read the full review at mountainx.com/ movies/reviews/

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DIRECTOR: Harmony Korine PLAYERS: Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Zac Efron COMEDY RATED R How do I explain the sheer comedic goodness of The Beach Bum without sounding like a total stoner-eyed Matthew McConaughey stan? It’s true, we do predictably meet his Moondog playing bongos on a boat in Key West, bare-chested with a snake around his neck, but we’re also met with his infectious generosity of spirit that invites viewers to suspend their skepticism and watch the life of a bumbling, brilliant beach poet unfold. As with other films by Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers), the tone immediately feels bright, loud, larger than life and highly sexual. But The Beach Bum manages to blend carnal encounters, outlandish adventures and easy-breezy living with deep undercurrents of love, fun and friendship. Moondog’s initial declaration of “I gotta go low to get high” perfectly underscores his bottom-feeder aesthetic with his unrelentingly resolute spirit: He’s a sand-loving “scumbro” with a heart of gold, and we are all invited to watch him sink and/or swim. Moondog repeatedly encounters glaring conflicts between reality and expectation throughout the film, but he seems to move through each with starry, substance-altered eyes and a shit-eating grin. Like his McConaughey cousin Wooderson from Dazed and Confused, he just wants to keep L-I-V-I-N, even if that means he has to buckle down for a bit and turn his “poetic foreplay” into a published work to maintain his lavish lifestyle. Many of the endless youth themes Spring Breakers attempted (and ultimately failed) to explore are all fleshed out and mostly realized here. It’s as if this is Korine’s attempt to show us what his previous film would have looked like with a heavy dose of heart and sunshine. Indeed, it’s love that tethers the characters together despite numerous outlandish, illegal and sometimes amoral adventures and it’s love that anchors the film throughout. If your heady winter brain needs a big dose of vitamin D, put on your boldest floral prints, grab a beer (or three) and head to the theater for some truly delightful brain candy. Read the full review at mountainx.com/ movies/reviews/ REVIEWED BY KRISTINA GUCKENBERGER KRISTINA.GUCKENBERGER@GMAIL.COM

BORROWED TIME: Harold Lloyd dangles from a clock’s hands in this iconic shot from Safety Last. The film is the latest Silent Sundays selection and will screen April 7 at Grail Moviehouse. Photo courtesy of The Criterion Collection • The Silent Sundays film series returns to Grail Moviehouse, 45 S. French Broad Ave., on April 7, at 7 p.m., with a screening of Harold Lloyd’s Safety Last (1923). The comedy classic features the iconic image of the actor dangling from the hands of a giant clock on the side of a tall building. Film historian Frank Thompson will introduce the offering and lead a post-screening Q&A. Also in attendance will be author Donna Strother Deekens, who will discuss her research discoveries pertaining to her distant cousin, North Carolina native Bill “Human Spider” Strother, who was Lloyd’s stunt double and sidekick in Safety Last. Tickets are $12 and avail-

FILM 'CODE BLUE: WATER IN THE MOUNTAINS' • TH (4/4), 6:307:30pm - Code Blue: Water in the Mountains, documentary film screening. Free. Held at Transylvania County Library, 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard FINE ARTS THEATRE 36 Biltmore Ave., 828-232-1536 • TH (4/4), 7pm & FR (4/5), 1pm - Leona, a drama about a young Jewish woman in Mexico City who finds herself split between

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able online and at the Grail box office. grailmoviehouse.com • Once a fixture at the now-closed Toy Boat Community Arts Space, Asheville 10-Minute Movies finds a new home at The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave., on Sunday, April 7, at 8 p.m. For the event, teams turn a film of their choice into a 10-minute play that’s then acted out for attendees, using a range of props and general ingenuity. Past selections include The Big Lebowski, Amélie, Clue, Teen Wolf, Adventures in Babysitting and Beetlejuice. Admission is a $5-10 suggested donation to benefit the Asheville ReCyclery community bike shop. thegreyeagle.com X

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): A mushroom shaped like a horse’s hoof grows on birch trees in parts of Europe and the U.S. If you strip off its outer layer, you get amadou, spongy stuff that’s great for igniting fires. It’s not used much anymore, but it was a crucial resource for some of our ancestors. As for the word “amadou,” it’s derived from an old French term that means “tinder, kindling, spunk.” The same word was formerly used to refer to a person who is quick to light up or to something that stimulates liveliness. In accordance with astrological omens, I’m making “Amadou” your nickname for the next four weeks. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them,” wrote novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez. “Life obliges them over and over to give birth to themselves.” Here’s what I’ll add to that: As you mature, you do your best to give birth to ever-new selves that are in alignment with the idealistic visions you have of the person you want to become. Unfortunately, most of us aren’t skilled at that task in adolescence and early adulthood, and so the selves we create may be inadequate or delusory or distorted. Fortunately, as we learn from our mistakes, we eventually learn to give birth to selves that are strong and righteous. The only problem is that the old false selves we generated along the way may persist as ghostly echoes in our psyche. And we have a sacred duty to banish those ghostly echoes. I tell you this, Taurus, because the coming months will be en excellent time to do that banishing. Ramp up your efforts NOW! GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “When spring came, there were no problems except where to be happiest,” wrote Ernest Hemingway in his memoir. He quickly amended that statement, though, mourning, “The only thing that could spoil a day was people.” Then he ventured even further, testifying, “People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.” I bring these thoughts to your attention so as to prepare you for some good news. In the next three weeks, I suspect you will far exceed your quota for encounters with people who are not “limiters of happiness” — who are as good as spring itself. CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s time to prove that Cancerians have more to offer than nurturing, empathizing, softening the edges, feeling deeply, getting comfortable and being creative. Not that there’s anything wrong with those talents. On the contrary! They’re beautiful and necessary. It’s just that for now you need to avoid being pigeonholed as a gentle, sensitive soul. To gather the goodies that are potentially available to you, you’ll have to be more forthright and aggressive than usual. Is it possible for you to wield a commanding presence? Can you add a big dose of willfulness and a pinch of ferocity to your self-presentation? Yes and yes! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): General Motors manufactured a car called the Pontiac Aztek from 2001-2005. It wasn’t commercially successful. One critic said it looked like “an angry kitchen appliance,” and many others agreed it was exceptionally unstylish. But later the Aztek had an odd revival because of the popularity of the TV show Breaking Bad. The show’s protagonist, Walter White, owned one, and that motivated some of his fans to emulate his taste in cars. In accordance with astrological omens, Leo, I suspect that something of yours may also enjoy a second life sometime soon. An offering that didn’t get much appreciation the first time around may undergo a resurgence. Help it do so. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Of all the female sins, hunger is the least forgivable,” laments feminist author Laurie Penny. She’s referring to the hunger “for anything, for food, sex, power, education, even love.” She continues: “If we have desires, we are expected to conceal them, to control them, to keep ourselves in check. We are supposed to be objects of desire, not desiring beings.” I’ve quoted her because I suspect it’s crucial for you to not suppress or hide your longings in the coming weeks. That’s triply true if you’re a woman, but also important if you’re a man or some other gender. You have a potential to heal deeply if you get very clear about what you hunger for and then express it frankly.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Only one of Nana Mouskouris’s vocal cords works, but over the course of an almost 60-year career, the Libran singer has sold over 30 million records in 12 different languages. Many critics speculate that her apparent disadvantage is key to her unique style. She’s a coloratura mezzo, a rare category of chanteuse who sings ornate passages with exceptional agility and purity. In the coming weeks, I suspect that you will be like Mouskouris in your ability to capitalize on a seeming lack or deprivation. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your tribe is symbolized by three animals: the scorpion, the eagle and the mythological phoenix. Some astrologers say that the scorpion is the ruling creature of “unevolved” or immature Scorpios, whereas the eagle and phoenix are associated with those of your tribe who express the riper, more enlightened qualities of your sign. But I want to put in a plug for the scorpion as being worthy of all Scorpios. It is a hardy critter that rivals the cockroach in its ability to survive — and even thrive in — less than ideal conditions. For the next two weeks, I propose we make it your spirit creature. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian novelist Gustave Flaubert declared that it’s “our duty is to feel what is sublime and cherish what is beautiful.” But that’s a demanding task to pull off on an ongoing basis. Maybe the best we can hope for is to feel what’s sublime and cherish what’s beautiful for 30-35 days every year. Having said that, though, I’m happy to tell you that in 2019 you could get all the way up to 95-100 days of feeling what’s sublime and cherishing what’s beautiful. And as many as 15-17 of those days could come during the next 21. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Sommeliers are people trained to perceive the nuances of wine. By sampling a few sips, the best sommeliers can discern facts about the type of grapes that were used to make the wine and where on earth they were grown. I think that in the coming weeks you Capricorns should launch an effort to reach a comparable level of sensitivity and perceptivity about any subject you care about. It’s a favorable time to become even more masterful about your specialties; to dive deeper into the areas of knowledge that captivate your imagination. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Every language is a work in progress. New words constantly insinuate themselves into common usage, while others fade away. If you traveled back in time to 1719 while remaining in your current location, you’d have trouble communicating with people of that era. And today linguistic evolution is even more rapid than in previous ages. The Oxford English Dictionary adds more than 1,000 new words annually. In recognition of the extra verbal skill and inventiveness you now posses, Aquarius, I invite you to coin a slew of your own fresh terms. To get you warmed up, try this utterance I coined: vorizzimo! It’s an exclamation that means “thrillingly beautiful and true.” PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): One of history’s most audacious con men was George C. Parker, a Pisces. He made his living selling property that did not legally belong to him, like the Brooklyn Bridge, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Statue of Liberty. I suspect you could summon his level of salesmanship and persuasive skills in the coming weeks. But I hope you will use your nearly magical powers to make deals and perform feats that have maximum integrity. It’s OK to be a teensy bit greedy, though.

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