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PAGE 28 SHOWING THE WAY All month long, Xpress will be highlighting local efforts to make our community more sustainable. Boone Guyton drives an electric car charged by a solar array at his Alexander home. COVER PHOTO Joe Pellegrino COVER DESIGN Scott Southwick

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26 ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE A plan for action on climate 32 GROWING TO GIVE Working together to feed neighbors

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23 WEIGHTY MATTER Local experts take a hard look at sustainable weight loss

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26 ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE Citizens’ Climate Lobby proposes plan to break partisan deadlock

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40 CAROLINA BEER GUY Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. celebrates 20 years

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42 BRICK BY BRICK Artist Josh Copus builds community

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8 YOU DON’T KNOW JACK Retiring Buncombe Sheriff Jack Van Duncan reflects on his tenure, the state of policing

44 WHOLE BALL OF WAX Local batik artist shares lessons learned in India

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Mission Health patients will pick up the tab A lot of people have dollar signs before their eyes concerning the additional revenue Mission Health moving from a nonprofit to a for-profit enterprise would bring. The revenue increase would, in fact, happen. Happy days are here again, ‘cause the money just keeps a-rollin’ in! The additional cost of that revenue would, of course, be passed along to Mission Health patients. So, in the end, in addition to soaring medical costs, patients would pick up the tab for repairing potholes, street repaving and whatever else the city councils and county commissions think we just can’t do without. Why not something breathtakingly beautiful down on the river to further spur the tourist industry or maybe something fabulously metropolitan to promote growth down the mountain in McDowell? We would, in effect, be selectively taxing sick people to pay for it. Our communities would benefit at the expense of those people alone, and not at the fair and equal expense of us all. It is as simple as that. Frankly, the notion turns my stomach. Maybe I should see somebody in a Mission Health clinic about that, before the price goes up. A little something for the nausea, and I’ll probably be OK with the whole scheme! — John T. Burgin Black Mountain

How do conservative Christians square support for Trump? My grandfather was a Western North Carolina Methodist backwoods preacher all his life. Because of this, I was exposed as a child to all kinds of evangelical Christians, conservative Christians, tent revivals and live sermons by Billy Graham. In current-day America all the above, including Carl Mumpower (who recently criticized a transgender art show and talk at Asheville High) … continue to support President Trump and seem to believe that they hold some kind of moral high ground in current-day America. I note that President Trump was a longtime friend of the Grahams and attended Billy Graham’s birthday parties and funeral. As a child, I believed that all Christians, especially the evangelicals, had a big problem with adultery, pornography and telling lies to wives and other family members. Because of recent [allegations], which are all over the news, that President Trump had an ongoing adulterous affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, which began a few months after his wife, Melania, gave birth to their son, as well as more women coming forward to claim other affairs behind Melania’s back, I must ask these

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OPI N I ON

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Moral Majority hypocrites, how in hell can you continue to support President Trump and also claim that you are in a position to preach about the morality of any other American citizens, especially those who don’t like him, and I also must question why you helped him get elected in the first place? I will be waiting for your reply to this and your public calls for the president to pray to his and your God for forgiveness and for God not to send him to the lake of fire and eternal damnation when he passes on, unless he publicly repents for his sins. — John Penley Asheville Editor’s note: Xpress contacted Buncombe GOP Chairman Carl Mumpower for a response to a summary of the points raised in the above letter, and he provided the following response: “The letter writer is correct that most Christians believe we hold America’s moral high ground. Most also support the president. The first position tracks to a few truisms. The time-tested values of the JudaeoChristian faith ground Western European culture, and like it or not — in education, governance, medicine, business and morality — that

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history has set the world’s tempo. In contrast, we see nothing ethical about a movement sacrificing 58 million children as a matter of choice and convenience; treating gender exchange as a consequence-less social playground; endorsing liberal myopia and progressive pep rallies as appropriate public-school activities; and embracing recreational drugs, anger, entitlement and victimization as the four-points of a progressive compass. The last one’s simple: President Trump understands the American success equation — liberty + opportunity + responsibility = prosperity — and unlike most of his political peers, he’s not pretending that skipping ingredients will produce the same results.” X

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Beyond stereotypes Spillcorn, portrait of a rural mountain community

MILTON READY BY MILTON READY For many of you reading this, places like Spillcorn in Madison County might as well be in a foreign country or on a different planet, so little-known and little-visited are they. Yet they still exist, and, no, you won’t hear the sound of dueling banjos or see gap-toothed degenerates lurking near abandoned barns as you near it. Instead, you will come across some of the most beautiful small valleys and streams in Appalachia, all only a few short miles from Asheville or Knoxville and inhabited by some of the most gracious, kindly if perennially misunderstood descendants of original mountaineers. Spillcorn is an example of how many supposedly sophisticated urbanites perceive rural communities, a curious mesh of victimization, romanticism and interest. Indeed, the contrast between Edenesque settings and stereotypes concerning their inhabitants only makes places like Spillcorn seem more exotic, more alien. But why? A quotation from the Talmud perhaps explains: “You don’t see things as they are. You see things as you are.” Still, look closely at the community itself and you might discover much that is missing in today’s socially obese, narcissistic, hyperconnected yet increasingly solitary, anxious and depressed society: a sense of belonging, of community, of support and, yes, even of completion. Yet even if you find this appealing, most folks probably wouldn’t want to visit or live in Spillcorn, so foreign have we become to one another as Americans. Most depictions of rural, white American communities fail to capture 6

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the complex, enigmatic yet critical role they have assumed both culturally and politically. Even two of the most celebrated such studies, J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy and Brian Alexander’s 2017 account Glass House, depict them as far more isolated and similar than they really are. In North Carolina, smaller mountain communities like Spillcorn, Spring Creek, California Creek, Cussin’ Knob, Lumptown, Lonesome Mountain, Troublesome Gap, Bluff, Paw Paw, Democrat, Paint Rock, No Business, Bee Log and Sunburst have provided the crucial votes necessary to facilitate the rise of the tea party in North Carolina and the nation since 2010. It should be no surprise to anyone that Mark Meadows, the most prominent congressman in the Freedom Caucus, hails from Cashiers or that Phil Berger and Tim Moore, key backers of the notorious “bathroom bill” who dominate the General Assembly, come from similar communities (Eden and King’s Mountain). For many, Spillcorn — not Asheville or Charlotte — is the “real America.” Communities like Spillcorn exist today almost in defiance of a larger outside world and what some call modernity. That rebelliousness is the hallmark of their existence. The first settlers arrived late in the 1780s and, within a generation, an interconnected network of smaller communities like Spillcorn materialized, each centered on a nucleated family like the Sheltons, Rices, Hensleys, Cutshalls, Cantrells or Metcalfs. Most of those families are still around, if perhaps now less noticed. During the Civil War, most Laurel Valley communities stubbornly refused conscription into the Confederate States Army. Scores of men deserted or eventually made their way to join Union regiments just across the Tennessee line. William Trotter’s 1988 book Bushwackers: The Civil War in North Carolina: The Mountains, tells their story. Still, Spillcorn and similar small communities paid a price. The infamous Shelton Laurel massacre as depicted in Phillip Paludan’s 1984 investigation Victims exemplifies that suffering, as does Charles Frazier’s best-selling 1997 novel Cold Mountain. Few in the Laurel Valley were spared the scourge of “war at every door.” After the war ended, Shelton Laurel

PAST AND PRESENT: Angela Shelton, left, and her grandfather, Evoyd Chapman, are descendants of families who have lived in Spillcorn and the Laurel Valley for generations. Photo by Milton Ready disappeared forever, another victim of an endless feud between Spillcorn and Madison County’s “river towns,” Marshall and Hot Springs. Mapmakers in Marshall simply deleted it. In an oft-told tale, a returning Civil War veteran from Madison County, upon seeing his Laurel Valley home again, supposedly dropped to his knees and exclaimed, “Thank God almighty! I’m home to ol’ Sodom.” Sodom Laurel, that is. Home meant family, kin, community and surrounding emerald mountains. To all but locals, though, Sodom Laurel has also disappeared: In the 1880s, Presbyterian missionaries renamed the place Revere, a more patriotic appellation. In fact, many mountain communities have seen their names similarly erased, Devil’s Fork becoming Sweetwater and Jewel or Duel Hill changed to Walnut, all in an attempt at cultural eradication that failed everywhere except on paper. In the years since the Civil War, Laurel Valley communities like Spillcorn have faced any number of crises, including the deliberate closing of their schools during consolidation in the 1970s, a loss of traditional employment in farming and tobacco, the migration of the young to towns and urban areas like Asheville and Johnson City, an opioid crisis, and a near boycott in local government hiring. Today Spillcorn exists as a crossroads community centered on Amos, Baker and Culvin Creeks. On any given Sunday, perhaps 10 to 12 come to the local community church that, for over a century, has stubbornly resisted

Presbyterian, Methodist and Catholic missionaries and all the external support they offered. But why? In the 2016 presidential election, rural, white communities in North Carolina like Spillcorn gave Donald Trump more than 62 percent of the vote, even though his policies will undoubtedly further damage those areas’ economies and their residents’ lives. Thus far, Trump has proposed budget cuts to rural health and public transportation services, Meals on Wheels and programs designed to promote job creation in rural areas. Medicaid and perhaps even Social Security — the very threads holding many rural, white communities together — surely will be next. Still, Spillcorn and other places like it will nevertheless vote for Trump or a conservative candidate like Meadows because they like their perceived “values,” a euphemistic term that, to them, means white, Christian ones underpinned by a healthy anti-authoritarian, even libertarian, attitude. Lastly, white, rural communities like Spillcorn are ignored at the risk of misunderstanding their agency and influence in America today. The recent presidential election affirms that, as do the hatred, divisiveness and, yes, even rage that now permeate American society. As communities like Spillcorn struggle to survive in an urbanizing global economy, many are willing to turn on and even tear apart an America they once exemplified. Retired UNC Asheville history professor Milton Ready lives in Tryon. X MOUNTAINX.COM

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YOU DON’T KNOW JACK

Retiring Buncombe Sheriff Jack Van Duncan reflects on his tenure, the state of policing

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crime rates broken down by crime type and county. In 2006, the year Duncan was elected, the index crime rate in Buncombe County, which includes property crime and violent crimes per 100,000 persons, was 2,935. Ten years later, it had fallen 32.6 percent to 1,977. That means in the midst of a population boom (which can often drive crime rates up), the department kept pace with and even exceeded the steep decline of the state’s crime rates (32.2 percent by the same metrics, over the same period). Meanwhile, the jurisdiction served by the Asheville Police Department — which has seen the highest proportion of the county’s growth — has experienced a 7 percent increase in crime by the same metrics.

aallen@mountainx.com Sheriff Jack Van Duncan has experienced some difficult times in local law enforcement. Hired by former Sheriff Bobby Medford in 2000, Duncan would later learn that his boss was engaging in a long list of shady and illegal activities, including abusing his power to protect video poker operations and falsifying evidence in the Walter Bowman murder case — an action that eventually cost the county $5.4 million. Medford is currently serving a 15-year sentence for extortion and corruption in federal prison. But even considering the challenges of dealing with the aftermath of Medford’s tenure, today’s police face an external environment that’s the toughest he’s seen in 30 years on the job, Duncan says. Close public scrutiny of law enforcement officers around issues of race and the use of force has made entering the profession less appealing to qualified candidates. And operating under a cloud of community distrust complicates the challenge of performing a difficult job safely, he says. “And I hope it works to correction. I hope so. It worries me,” Duncan muses. “All that pressure is kind of like a self-fulfilling prophecy,” he warns. “‘The police are bad, the police are bad.’ And if we keep going with that narrative, police are going to be bad.” As Duncan prepares to leave the post he’s held for the past 12 years, he spoke with Xpress to reflect on the current state of policing, his time in office and the legacy he’ll leave behind. A HARD TIME TO POLICE Since the March 2 publication of a leaked body camera video showing former Asheville Police Officer Chris Hickman, who is white, beating resident Johnnie Jermaine Rush, who is African-American, community outcry against the disparate treatment of white and black residents by police has continued to feed a dynamic that has been worrying Duncan for some time. The sheriff says he can understand the level of concern over what he calls a “horrible incident” and seconds Asheville Chief Tammy Hooper’s pub8

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THE CALLING

LAW MAN: After 12 years as Buncombe County’s sheriff, Van Duncan is set to retire after the election of his successor in November. Photo by Able Allen lic assessment that Hickman’s behavior during the interaction with Rush was bad from start to finish. Beyond that, Duncan declines to comment on the video, saying he doesn’t have access to all the facts and information about the investigation that’s underway. Speaking for his own agency, however, he says, “We’re very aware, because of the function we perform for the community, it is worse when somebody in our profession engages in behavior that is not correct in an excessive use of force, because we’re there to protect the community. So it can’t be tolerated. It shouldn’t be tolerated.” At the same time, he says, the widespread backlash condemning police can be disheartening when it’s based on the actions of a few. When an officer makes a wrong action, it’s not a “fair representation of everybody that works in this profession.” With other professions, “We’re not as quick to label the whole profession that way like sometimes happens with law enforcement right now,” Duncan says. For policing to remain an attractive career for people who want to have a positive impact, he says, the public must leave room for evaluation when a potential problem arises. “As we move forward, the community has to look at that vital function of law enforcement

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and occasionally give them a little benefit of the doubt and be patient and wait till the facts are in and wait for the the legal process to kind of work through.” WELL-EARNED REST After being elected three times — with a greater percentage of the vote in each successive election — Duncan announced in April 2017 that he wouldn’t seek a fourth term. Along with a desire to spend more time with his family, Duncan says his health contributed to his decision to retire. Not long after he took office in 2006, the sheriff was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Fortunately for Duncan, the symptoms have so far been manageable. “For some reason, God’s kept me here and kept me healthy and kept me engaged. And my MS has caused me very little issues,” Duncan reflects. Still, the stress of the job and the difficulty of taking time away to recuperate in case of health setbacks convinced the 53-yearold sheriff not to push his luck. By most measures, Duncan will leave the department in better shape than he found it. For his part, the lawman mostly lets the numbers speak for themselves. He refers to statistics detailing statewide

Like many who make their careers in public safety, Duncan says he felt called to a life in service to the community. Duncan relates a story about a runin with Mitchell County cops when he was 16 as one of his inspirations for a better approach to policing. The young Van drove through an intersection, not realizing police and fire vehicles were bearing down on the crossing. “I didn’t feel like I had done anything wrong,” he recalls. “I didn’t react and deal with a situation where a law enforcement officer pulled up into an intersection and there were fire trucks coming.” Duncan says he continued driving because he didn’t realize the emergency traffic needed the right of way. He was charged with not stopping for emergency lights and sirens. Although the case was dismissed, Duncan says the experience gave him a different perspective on how officers should interact with the community. “The gist of that story was that I just kind of felt like that could be done better and that could be done differently,” he says, “and how important that role is to the community and how important it is for it to be done correctly.” With his career objective determined, the young officer set his sights on Buncombe County as the local law enforcement organization offering the best opportunities and pay.

COMMUNITY POLICING: Duncan has supported programs like Project Lighten Up, a summer educational program for low-income and minority youths which aims to combat summer learning loss. The Law Enforcement Career Day introduces young people to police and some of their equipment. Photo courtesy of Buncombe County Sheriff’s Department After stints with the Asheville and Weaverville police departments, as well as The Biltmore Co., he was hired by Medford in 2000. SOUR PAST When asked to discuss the messes he may have had to clean up after defeating Medford in 2006 and succeeding him as sheriff, Duncan has long remained tight-lipped. But he is willing to shed some light on what it was like to work in a department with a corrupt leader. “Working under Bobby Medford was a learning experience,” Duncan says, “You know, I hate to dredge up the past. But it was a horrible time for me and a lot of other folks who were working at the sheriff’s office that really just wanted to come in and do a good professional job, serve the people of the county and feel like at the end of the day, if he did that, everything would be OK.” Beyond the overt criminal goingson of his predecessor’s operation, Medford’s office didn’t prioritize officer development, Duncan says. “Quite frankly, there was a lack of training for folks, and I was one of those people,” he reveals. As a detective working major cases including homicides, Duncan says, “I’d had a lot of training to be a law enforcement officer, but when you move into that investigative role, it’s just a different responsibility and a different skill set.” Duncan sought education outside the office, since resources weren’t available through the job.

Today, that approach wouldn’t work for long, according to Duncan. “The job has changed so much that, I think if somebody tried to do business that way, it would be an immediate failure. I think back in those days the expectation wasn’t as high and the spotlight wasn’t as intense,” he says. Even with the best training, “...it’s still a tough job where mistakes can be made,” Duncan notes. Though he acknowledges Medford’s many shortcomings, Duncan doesn’t seem to take pleasure in highlighting his predecessor’s misdeeds. In fact, he gives Medford credit for the better aspects of his management. When Duncan’s close friend and colleague Jeff Hewitt was shot and killed in the line of duty while serving involuntary commitment papers in 2004, Medford “did as good with that as he possibly could have,” Duncan says. TRANSFER OF POWER In the early 2000s, Duncan says, he was approached to run for sheriff, but he couldn’t see himself pursuing political office. Then, in 2004, he was fired from the job he loved. Speculation was rife that Medford may have seen Duncan as a threat. Whatever the motivation for Duncan’s firing, he defeated the corrupt sheriff at the polls two years later. After three terms of Medford, the depth of the department’s problems slowly came to light. The evidence room was a morass of missing guns, illegal drugs and money. Complicit department personnel were under investigation. As Xpress reported in

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N EWS 2008, at a pretrial hearing Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Edwards referred to Medford as “the head of the snake” and declared that the “deBaathification” of law enforcement around the region — including the Buncombe County sheriff’s office — wasn’t finished. Yet only a few deputies went down with the former sheriff. Duncan was left to manage the department and the employees he inherited. Most of them, he says, were ready to rise to the higher standard he would set. Meeting a law enforcement operation’s obligations to ensure public safety and keep order requires a large team, Duncan explains. When he took office, the department had close to 250 full-time employees. Simply cleaning house wasn’t an option. As the state and federal bureaus of investigation moved into a full-blown examination of Medford’s crimes, Duncan says he gave investigators total access and support throughout the process of bringing charges. The majority of department employees, Duncan says, were “hoping and praying” that they’d find themselves working for a professional organization on the far side of the scandal. So far as Duncan knows, Buncombe County didn’t retain any employees who had engaged in criminal behavior. But some who kept their jobs had perhaps been “too much with that [Medford] culture,” the sheriff says. “We gave a lot of benefit of the doubt but we made the expectations very clear, and very few people didn’t live up to it.

BITE OUT OF CRIME: Since Duncan became sheriff, crime rates in his jurisdiction have declined at about the same rate as the general downward trend throughout the state, and they are similar to other comparably sized counties. Like other population centers, the city of Asheville’s crime rate is significantly higher than that of the areas that surround it. For more graphs comparing crime rates, see this story online, later this week, at mountainx.com. Chart by Able Allen and Scott Southwick “When we came in, we had to make some assessment of people who were still in the office,” says Duncan of his start with his leadership team. According to records obtained from Buncombe County Human Resources, in the five months leading up to the 2006 election, only 15 sheriff’s office employees resigned; one was fired.

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On Dec. 1, 2006, the day Duncan assumed office, 10 department employees who had been there since the 1980s and ‘90s retired. Another 19 resigned. They were followed by four more resignations that month and one involuntary termination. Over the next year and a half, 81 additional Sheriff’s Department personnel departed — 65 resigned, nine retired and seven were terminated involuntarily. Duncan says there were around 30 employees “that we didn’t retain their employment” over the course of the transition period. “That’s the part of my job that I despise the most,” he notes. “Even when the right thing was you had to end somebody’s employment ... or you couldn’t keep them when you start with a new administration — I think you know all the issues around the old one.” In the end, Duncan says the process of transforming the department made for satisfying work. “It’s amazing when people working in a positive environment [are] able to do, what they are able to produce, and that was really good time. It was a hard time but it was a good time for the sheriff’s office. And we just kept moving forward.” LEADING THE WAY Working under Medford, Duncan says, provided him with plenty of lessons in leadership — mostly what not to do. Good leadership, he notes, is “really not rocket science, but it wasn’t a whole

lot of what I saw go on up here in those days.” Duncan boils it down to a few elements, saying, “You just have to be pretty open, have some really clearly definable goals; encourage your folks, train them and hold them accountable to those things and be reasonable with them. “As my first chief deputy, Don Revis, said, ‘There’s mistakes of the heart and mistakes of the mind,’” Duncan recalls. Mistakes of the mind are deficiencies in training or knowledge that can be corrected through education. Mistakes of the heart — that is, deeply held beliefs and impulses — are a different matter, Duncan says, noting, “those things were dealt with pretty swiftly.” Since Duncan took office, the total department size has increased to nearly 400 full-time employees, including a well-regarded team of school resource officers. “We do our On Track [Leadership] Program in Buncombe County schools. It’s been a tremendously successful thing for us,” he says, pointing out that one school resource officer was recently named the top school cop in North Carolina. Having grown the office, Duncan is still in no hurry to throw any babies out with bathwater when it comes to his staff. “Less and less people want to do this job anymore. So we’re having to really get back to investing in employees and training them through the rough spots as best we can,” he says. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT The department emphasizes working with partners in the justice system to implement programs like the Drug Treatment Court or Veterans Treatment Court for those who need a second chance. But Duncan also cautions against avoiding prison sentences at all costs. He points to Mecklenburg County, where violent crime numbers have risen in recent years, as an example of an area that’s chosen to measure success by “how quick they can empty the jail.” Lest the pendulum swing too far toward concern over the victimization of people facing prison, Duncan says he worries about forgetting the victims of crimes. “Being a responsible public servant, you don’t want to put these people where you know they’re going to go right back out and continue to generate more victims. And that’s where I’m having a little bit of problem philosophically with some of the pressures that are put on law enforcement right now.”

Jail time, Duncan says, can serve a diversionary purpose. “Sometimes when you go to drug court and you see those graduations,” he notes, “what you hear from them is ... if there wasn’t the accountability piece hanging over their head they would have never engaged in the [treatment steps] that got them to where they were. “No matter how tough and harsh the criminal justice system can be,” Duncan says, a recent drug court graduation ceremony reminded him, “it’s nothing compared to somebody that’s dealing with addiction everyday. That life in itself is even harsher than the criminal justice system can be.” Mental health problems have always posed a challenge for law enforcement, the sheriff says, but reductions in state funding for treatment have led to a situation in which jails serve as “the catch basin for folks who have mental health issues.” Duncan reflects proudly on his agency’s efforts to collaborate with area mental health and substance abuse treatment providers to care for those in custody. PEACE OF MIND “We’re supposed to be the experts in how to do the law enforcement piece, but the community by all means should have every expectation to direct us towards what they think the problems are,” says Duncan. The sheriff says he has relied on the community to direct the priorities of the department. At the same time, the onus falls on policing organizations to create opportunities to build relationships. To foster the community’s trust and encourage citizens to communicate freely with the sheriff’s office, the department engages in outreach efforts, including posting on social media, attending community meetings and building relationships with individual community members. “It’s not just about the arresting,” Duncan says, “it’s about the community being involved and understanding what’s going on and having a good line of communication with the sheriff’s office.” The county’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) teams, Duncan notes, was recognized by the National Association of Counties in 2014. And listening to the community through that program has informed Duncan’s priorities as sheriff. After hearing that victims of home robberies have a hard time feeling safe in their homes long after the break-in, Duncan focused on reducing that category of crime.

“House B and Es [breaking and entering robberies] tear people out of frame,” explains the sheriff. “If they get their car broken into, they’re mad and upset. If they get their house broken into, [it affects] their sense of safety and they feel violated; it’s just a totally different reaction from folks.” Data indicate that focusing resources on home robberies has paid off. While vehicle larceny rates have fluctuated over the past few years, residential robberies have steadily declined from 649

cases in 2013 to 337 in 2017. And the results people see in less life-shattering crime likely pay dividends in the form of appreciation of the office. With over 70 percent of the vote the last time he ran, there’s no doubting Duncan’s popularity. When he’s asked what gains him that level of community support, he says it has to do with living up to the expectation that the community has around professionalism and being available to the community, giving credit to his staff.

Buncombe County Capt. Randy Sorrels has a different answer he wants to offer, given the humility of his boss’s response. “The reason he’s Mr. 70 percent is: He’s relentless, he’s honest, authentic, he’s genuine and he’s built more relationships face-to-face in this county than any sheriff or politician known to anybody. ... Sure, we all work hard and try to do a good job, but he sets the standard. He walks the walk and demonstrates the behavior he expects all of us to adhere to.” X

NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE PROPOSED I-26 WIDENING FROM U.S. 25, SOUTH OF HENDERSONVILLE, TO I-40 / I-240, SOUTH OF ASHEVILLE HENDERSON AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES

STIP PROJECT NOS. I-4400 / I-4700 The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting regarding the proposed project to widen I-26 from U.S. 25, south of Hendersonville, to I-40/I-240, south of Asheville. The meeting will take place on Monday, April 16, 2018 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Biltmore Baptist Church (Terrace Hall) located at 35 Clayton Road in Arden. In January 2017, following the Corridor Public Hearing, NCDOT selected the Hybrid 6/8-Lane Widening Alternative as its Preferred Alternative for the I-26 Widening project. The purpose of this public meeting is to gather input from the public on the proposed design. The public may attend at any time during the above-mentioned hours. NCDOT representatives will be available to answer questions and listen to comments regarding the project. The opportunity to submit comments will also be provided at the meeting or via phone, email, or mail by May 1, 2018. Comments received will be taken into consideration as the project develops. Please note that no formal presentation will be made. Project information and materials can be viewed as they become available online at www.ncdot.gov/projects/i26Widening. For additional information, contact Wanda Austin, P.E., NCDOT Division 14 Project Development Engineer by mail: 253 Webster Road, Sylva, NC 28779, by phone: (828) 586-2141, or via email: whaustin@ncdot.gov; Cole Hood, P.E., NCDOT Division 13 Project Development Engineer by mail: 55 Orange Street, Asheville, NC, 28801, by phone: (828) 251-6171, or via email: chood@ncdot.gov; or Kat Bukowy, AICP, 343 E. Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27609, by phone (919) 424-0441, or via email: kbukowy@hntb.com. NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Caitlyn Ridge, P.E., Environmental Analysis Unit via e-mail at ceridge1@ncdot.gov or by phone (919) 707-6091 as early as possible so that arrangements can be made. Persons who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494. Aquellas personas que hablan español y no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494. Если вы говорите только по-русски или вам трудно читать и воспринимать информацию на английском, мы можем предоставить вам услуги переводчика. Пожалуйста позвоните по тел. 1-800-481-6494 предворительно до собрания чтобы запросить помощь. MOUNTAINX.COM

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DEFICIT REDUCTION: During a Finance Committee meeting on March 29, City Council members, from left, Vijay Kapoor, Gwen Wisler and Julie Mayfield heard from city staff about ways to close a $3.2 million budget gap. Photo by David Floyd When viewed on paper, the “structural gap” in Asheville’s finances reminds Barbara Whitehorn of the open mouth of an alligator — a mouth that the city has to force shut every year. “If you look at a graph of it, it’s like every year there’s this little space where revenues and expenditures don’t meet,” said Whitehorn, the city’s chief financial officer, during a Finance Committee meeting on March 29. The committee consists of three members of City Council: Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler, Julie Mayfield and Vijay Kapoor. According to a projection shown during Council’s first budget work session

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on March 20, Asheville could face a shortfall of about $13.5 million by fiscal year 2023 if expenditures continue to outstrip revenues. Coming out of the session, Council was looking for a way to overcome an estimated $3.2 million deficit for next year’s budget, a number that didn’t take into account the cost of police reforms Council members had suggested during the same meeting. For Wisler, who has served on the Finance Committee for five years, the budget cycle has a familiar pattern. “Every year I’ve been on City Council, the original iteration comes back and

revenues are not as much as aspirational expenses, so it’s pretty common to have a gap,” she said. This year, Wisler said, that gap is a little bit bigger than past years. “We started some things last year, and this year we’re getting the effect of annualizing those,” she said, pointing specifically to transit and public safety spending. Taking into account the money it would take to expand the city’s Equity and Inclusion Office — one of the policies City Council discussed on March 20 — Council members considered several steps that could cut the deficit to about $1.7 million.

HEALTHY MONEY Despite its budget crunch, the city does see a bright spot on the horizon. Asheville has the potential to collect $6.8 million in new property tax revenues, thanks to the proposed Mission Health merger with HCA Healthcare, according to a staff report. Because HCA Healthcare is a for-profit entity, the deal would make more than a billion dollars worth of real estate that is currently exempt from taxation in Buncombe County taxable and would also bring additional sales tax revenue to the city, a figure that staff is still calculating. However, staff cautioned that the city likely wouldn’t see increased property or sales tax revenue until fiscal year 2019-20 at the earliest. Following a phone call between city officials and representatives from Mission, Mayfield said, she has the sense that Mission is committed to the deal. Interim City Manager Cathy Ball agreed, but she noted that there is still a chance for the merger to fall through. “Until it’s a done deal, we don’t know,” Ball said. MAKING ROOM As part of reforms proposed in the wake of leaked police body camera footage that showed a white Asheville police officer beating a black city resident, the city is hoping to round out its equity and inclusion office, which currently consists of only manager Kimberlee Archie. City staff estimates that adding three more positions would cost $365,000 for a full year, plus a one-time cost of $15,000 for equipment and space configuration. Staff estimates that staggering the hiring process could save the city $40,000. “As someone who manages people, I wonder about the wisdom of adding three new staff people in one year,” Mayfield said, “and whether it might make sense to take that a little more slowly.” Mayfield said the city hasn’t yet drafted the ordinance that would expand the equity office and suggested bringing on just one or two new people this year. Archie said she is working on an action plan for the equity office, which is being vetted by city department heads and could serve as a helpful guideline for drafting an ordinance. Council members decided they would hear the results of the plan at a future meeting.

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NEWS BRIEFS PENNY PINCHING Staggering the hiring process for the Equity and Inclusion Office was one suggestion on a laundry list of savings that city officials believe could bring Asheville closer to a balanced budget. Staff also recommended that Council cut a proposed salary increase for city employees from 3 percent to 2.5 percent, a move that could save the city $300,000. Kapoor said the proposal merits a bit more scrutiny because it could make the city a less competitive employer. “We’re in a pretty robust market right now for public employees, and a 3 percent increase is something I’m seeing is pretty typical,” Kapoor said. “My concern is at some point when we deal with wage compression or the economy turns … are we going to multiply the same problems we’ve been having right now with saying, ‘We can’t hire people, our wage scale is too low’?” Wisler proposed that the city exclude Council members from the pay increase. “It’s not much money,” she said, “but I would propose that if we’re asking everybody to tighten their belt, then we should at a minimum do that.” Staff also suggested financing about $700,000 in miscellaneous capital expenses, including sidewalk maintenance, guardrail maintenance and traffic calming, through the capital fund rather than the general fund — a move staff said would reduce the annual cost to the city. Staff suggested re-evaluating the debt funding next year and moving the money back to the general fund in fiscal year 2019-20 if the opportunity presents itself — for example, “if somehow we get $6.8 million in new revenue,” Mayfield said. Staff suggested using about $300,000 from the city’s fund balance to supplement its revenue for the fiscal year 2018-19 budget, a move that Whitehorn said is not an uncommon strategy. Although there’s nothing “evil” or “nefarious” about drawing from the fund balance, Kapoor said the idea gives him heartburn. “Although we always want to say it’s one time, we rarely see one time become one time,” he said. “Mission to me is a wild card right now.” Kapoor also pointed out that the city might have to pay a settlement stemming from the August use-offorce beating incident shown in the leaked video, a cost that might have to come out of the fund balance. “That’s something that’s going to impact us somehow,” he said.

by Max Hunt | mhunt@mountainx.com LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS ROUNDUP Asheville and Buncombe County government bodies will hold several meetings throughout the upcoming week. At the city level, Asheville City Council will hold its next formal meeting Tuesday, April 10, at 5 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall. An agenda will be posted online at avl. mx/3xb before the meeting. Before the formal meeting, Council will hold a budget work session from 3-5 p.m. in the firstfloor conference room at City Hall. The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will also meet Tuesday, April 10, at 5 p.m. in room 326 at 200 College St., Asheville. A meeting agenda will be released online before the meeting at avl.mx/4ku. In addition, the county Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at noon Wednesday, April 11, on eight separate applications for variances and conditional use permits. An agenda for that meeting can be found online at

avl.mx/45o. More info can be obtained by calling 828-250-4830 or emailing zoningquestions@ buncombecounty.org PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY Asheville-based nonprofit Pisgah Legal Services will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a special Jazz for Justice event Wednesday, April 11, at 5:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel. In addition to celebrating the organization’s work, PLS will honor residents Pat Smith, James Ellis and Sarah Corley for their contributions to the community and their support of PLS’ mission. The event will also feature special remarks from Gene R. Nichol, a poverty law expert and UNC School of Law Boyd Tinsley Distinguished Professor, as well as food, drink and live entertainment by The Rich Willey Jazz Band. Jazz for Justice is open to the public to attend; tickets are $50 per per-

“When you’re in a period of flux, often cities will use fund balance as a balancing line in their budget,” Whitehorn said. “You don’t want to do that every year, obviously, and we don’t want to see our fund balance go down, because our AAA [bond rating] could be affected and then our debt cost goes up. But as a one time, it is not out of the question.” As a policy, the city keeps its fund balance at or above 15 percent. Under this plan, the city’s fund balance would remain at 16.6 percent of its operating budget. Council members heard several other recommendations from staff: • Reducing from 20 to 15 the number of extra recruits the Asheville Police Department trains as a buffer against staff turnover. According to a staff report, reducing the number of extra recruits by five would save the city about $200,000. • Reducing funds for fleet maintenance in the Asheville Fire Department by $100,000. After pausing its fleet replacement process during the Great

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Recession, the city recently bought new vehicles, which means less money for upkeep. • Increasing parking deck fees to help cover the increased cost of transit services. Increasing support for transit from the parking fund would allow the city to reallocate money in the general fund that’s being used for transit. • Reducing the city’s employee health insurance contribution, which would save $255,000. Taken together, Wisler said, there’s nothing on the list of staff recommendations that gives her heartburn. “I’m feeling moderately confident about Mission Hospital,” Wisler said. “I realize that if we implement some of these things and Mission doesn’t go through, we will be in a crisis in the fall, and we’re going to have to go back and relook at a lot of this stuff.” — David Floyd X

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‘Swat the fly’

Dr. Lewis M. McCormick strikes

LORD OF THE FLIES: The Asheville Citizen ran this cartoon in its April 27, 1910, issue. The satire depicts Dr. Lewis M. McCormick’s anti-fly campaign. His efforts began in Asheville in 1906. On Jan. 10, 1922, The Asheville Citizen noted a “sadness in the city hall” over the Jan. 8 death of Dr. Lewis M. McCormick. The paper went on to report that the building’s flags, along with those at Pack Square, “floated at half mast in honor of the faithful employe of the city.” At 58, McCormick died suddenly from complications following a bout of influenza. The reverential outpour that followed McCormick’s death was a far cry from the city’s initial ambivalence surrounding his 1905 arrival in the mountains. By 1906, McCormick earned the nickname “Fly Man.” The moniker was in response to the scientist’s early anti-fly campaign, which aimed to eliminate the insect through improved sanitary conditions at public and private stables. On April 5, 1906, The Asheville Citizen reported:

“The plan of Mr. McCormick is to stop the breeding of flies at the various stables in the city. It is conceded that the birthplace of the pests are always in these vicinities, and that by the application of the proper chemicals and the use of screens the population of flies can be lessened so that they will be practically exterminated. Numerous citizens are inclined to give credence to the proposition, but since the adlermen have declined to insure the amount required until something is shown of the efficacy of the treatment, it is naturally expected that Mr. McCormick will be permitted to make a thorough test, which will work largely to the city’s good, even if there should remain just enough of the insects to keep certain baldheaded gentlemen from constant slumber.” While the Board of Aldermen would not finance McCormick’s campaign, it did support the scientist’s efforts through its

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passage of a fly ordinance. The Asheville Citizen included the new law in its April 13, 1906, edition. Manure exposed on any property within the city for more than six days was now illegal. Flyproof bins were also required at all stables, where manure was to be stored and sterilized every day “with chloride of lime or other disinfectant.” Each violation carried with it a $25 fine. Despite the new law, some stable owners resisted McCormick’s efforts. Things quickly came to a head. On May 4, The Asheville Citizen stated: “The first battle in the warfare on Asheville flies is promised this morning in police court, owners of eight Asheville stables have been arrested on warrants sworn out by Mr. L.M. McCormick, asserting that Mr. So-and-so ‘did unlawfully and willfully allow and permit manure to be exposed on his premises for more than six days.’” Public opinion soon turned against McCormick. On June 16, 1906, The Asheville Citizen published the following anonymous poem, titled “A Soliloquy of the Fly Man”:

There was a little “fly man” Who had a little fad Of running round the stables To see what would be had. He routed out the muck-heaps, And turned them o’er and o’er Because he saw a little fly He vowed there must be more. He put some in a bottle, In a photographic shop, The muck stayed on the bottom, The flies were on the top. He asked the Pack Square loafer To stand and watch them grow, The loafer stood for ages, Then turning round did go. The fly man took out warrants To help his little game, They made him a policeman To put us all to shame. They gave him heaps of dollars, (To humor him they say), But flies still come and go, boys, In thousands, every day. So watch out for the fly man. He’s a Scotchman — father’s side —

“There are twenty-three flies living, All the rest have died” So he’ll tell you: Don’t believe him, He has got you on a string. To let him prove his statements, Make him bring the dead ‘uns in. You may travel right through Asia, Europe, Biltmore and the rest, But you’ll never, NEVER, NEVER Rid us of this little pest.

By summer’s end, McCormick’s proposed solution to exterminate the city’s flies proved futile. But on Dec. 8, The Asheville Citizen reported that despite the initial setback, McCormick still believed he could turn the city into a “flyless Eden.” Years later, on Sept. 19, 1915, McCormick addressed the Public Health Administration Section of the American Public Health Association in Rochester, N.Y. In it, he highlighted Asheville’s overall drop in the number of cases of typhoid fever. In 1911, the city reported 17 instances; by 1915, there were only two. McCormick attributed the decline, in part, to the ongoing fight against the housefly. In the same speech, McCormick implored his audience to remain active and vigilant against the insect. “Swat the fly, swat him before he gets his wings — poison, trap, screen, but above all clean up and keep clean,” he declared. McCormick’s dedication and persistence were among the noted attributes reported after his death. On Jan. 10, 1922, The Asheville Citizen described him as the country’s first scientist “to make a serious business of the campaign against the house fly.” The article went on to note: “His revolt against these carriers of disease was at first received with goodnatured ridicule: to many it was an effort to set aside the laws of nature, but Lewis McCormick lived to see his fight justified by accomplishment and his methods adopted in many states.” Shortly after his death, the city would honor the scientist by naming its new ballpark, McCormick Field. The stadium opened April 3, 1924. Editor’s note: Peculiarities of spelling and punctuation are preserved from the original documents. X

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BENEFITS ARTS FOR LIFE artsforlifenc.org• SA (4/7) through MO (4/23) - Spring Awakening, a pediatric patients’ exhibition to benefit Arts For Life. Reception with live music by the Haw Creek Sweet Hots, ice cream by The Hop and craft activities for kids on Saturday, April 7, 2-5pm. Held at Grovewood Gallery, 111 Grovewood Road ASHEVILLE AREA PIANO FORUM 828-669-3878, ashevillepiano.org, president@ ashevillepiano.org • SU (4/8), 3pm Proceeds from this recital featuring solo and ensemble music performed by local pianists benefit the Asheville Area Piano Forum. $25. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place HOPE RX OF HENDERSON COUNTY hope-rx.org • SA (4/7), 9am Proceeds from Nik’s Run for Hope 5K benefit HopeRx of Henderson County. Registration: bit. ly/2IPYEUf. $25. Held at Patton Park, Asheville Highway, Hendersonville LITERACY COUNCIL OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY 828-254-3442, volunteers@litcouncil. com • WE (4/4), 6-9pm Proceeds from the 27th annual Literacy Council Spelling Bee, where 15 teams of costumed adult spellers compete in an intense word challenge, benefit the Literacy Council of Buncombe County. $10 audience tickets. Held at The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES 828-253-0406, pisgahlegal.org

BLUE RIDGE TOASTMASTERS CLUB blueridgetoastmasters.com/ membersarea/, fearless@ blueridgetoastmasters.org • MONDAYS, 12:151:30pm - Learn-bydoing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a supportive atmosphere. Free. Held at Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 36 Montford Ave.

• WE (4/11), 5:30pm - Proceeds from "Jazz for Justice ," live music event with reception and keynote presentations by Gene R. Nichol, benefit Pisgah Legal Services. $50 and up. Held at Asheville Renaissance Hotel, 31 Woodfin Ave. PUBLIC EVENTS AT WCU 828-227-7397, bardoartscenter.edu • SA (4/7), 8am Proceeds from the Valley of the Lilies Half Marathon and 5K benefit WCU’s School of Health Sciences and Department of Campus Recreation and Wellness. Registration from 6:30-7:30am or online at halfmarathon.wcu. edu. $80 half marathon/$30 5K. Starts at the WCU Campus Recreation Center, Cullowhee

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (4/4), noon4:30pm - " Marketing with a Bang," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • WE (4/4), 1-3pm "Cyber Coverage for Your Small Business," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • SA (4/7), 9am-noon - "SCORE: Creativity in Small Business," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TU (4/10), 6-9pm "QuickBooks Online for Small Businesses," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center,

THE POWER OF POPULARITY: Nationally renowned clinical psychologist, researcher and author Mitch Prinstein is coming to UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall on Tuesday, April 10, at 7 p.m. for a lecture on his book Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World. The free event, sponsored by the Hanger Hall School for Girls, is geared for parents, educators or anyone who works with elementary-age children, tweens or teens. Prinstein is the director of clinical psychology at UNC Chapel Hill, where his Peer Relations Lab has been conducting research on popularity and peer relations for nearly 20 years. For more information, visit hangerhall.org or call 828-258-3600. Photo of Prinstein courtesy of Hanger Hall School for Girls (p. 18) 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • WE (4/11), 5:308:30pm - "Increasing Cash Flow in Your Business," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TH (4/12), 3-6pm - "Using Analytics to Develop Your Business Platform," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler DEFCON 828 GROUP meetup.com/ DEFCON-828/ • 1st SATURDAYS, 2pm - General meeting for information security professionals, students and enthusiasts. Free to attend. Held at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Road FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 2160 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, 828-2733332, floodgallery.org/ • THURSDAYS, 11am5pm - "Jelly at the Flood," co-working event to meet up with

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CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS CLASSES AT VILLAGERS (PD.) • Making and Using Old Fashioned Milk Paint. Sunday, April 8. 5:30-8:30pm. $2035. • Spring Detox. Sunday, April 15. 6:30-8:30pm. $10-25. Registration/information: www.forvillagers.com EMPYREAN ARTS CLASSES (PD.) Intro to Sultry Pole on Sundays 6:15pm. Beginning Pole on Sundays 3:30pm, Mondays

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ASHEVILLE NEWCOMERS CLUB ashevillenewcomersclub.com • 2nd MONDAYS, 9:30am - Monthly meeting for women new to Asheville. Free to attend. ASHEVILLE ROTARY CLUB rotaryasheville.org • THURSDAYS, noon1:30pm - General meeting. Free. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. ASHEVILLE TAROT CIRCLE meetup.com/ Asheville-Tarot-Circle • 2nd SUNDAYS, noon - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road ASHEVILLE WOMEN IN BLACK main.nc.us/wib • 1st FRIDAYS, 5pm - Monthly peace vigil. Free. Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/ depts/library • Through TU (4/17), 10am-4pm - Free tax preparation for taxpayers with low and moderate income. Mondays & Wednesdays at Pack Memorial Library. Tuesdays at West Asheville Library. Thursdays at Weaverville Library. Free. GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 828-253-7651, grovewood.com • WE (4/4) through SA (4/7), 1pm Guided tours of historic Grovewood Village, weaving and woodworking complex. Free to attend. HELPMATE CPrice@ helpmateonline.org • WE (4/11), 4-5:30pm Presentation regarding Helpmate services, domestic violence in the community and services available at The Family Justice Center. Registration: ruthodonnell6@ gmail.com. Free. Held at Buncombe County Family Justice Center, 35 Woodfin St. LAUREL CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS' GUILD OF AMERICA 828-686-8298, egacarolinas.org • TH (4/5), 10am - General meeting and class to learn how to make a biscornu pin cushion. Free. Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3

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WHAT: A concert to benefit the Travis Stuart medical fund WHEN: Sunday, April 8, 6 p.m. WHERE: The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave. WHY: As is often the case in the Western North Carolina musical community, when one of its members needs help, others are quick to give support. A recent beneficiary of this generosity is Travis Stuart, who’s begun chemotherapy and radiation to treat esophageal cancer. “The effects of [the treatments] make you feel sick and tired,” says Stuart’s friend Rennie Elliot. “He is still able to play a little banjo at home but can’t work or teach at his job at East Tennessee State University’s Old-Time music program. Travis feels very positive about beating cancer and has been doing everything possible to ensure success.” To raise funds for medical expenses not covered by health insurance, Elliot decided to host a benefit concert and worked with fellow friends Rodney Sutton and Kari Sickenberger to organize the event. Because Travis is a beloved area player, both on his own and in The Stuart Brothers with his twin Trevor, a fiddler who passed away unexpectedly in 2016, the event came together quickly. On Sunday, April 8, at The Grey Eagle, Alice Gerrard & Friends take to the stage at 6 p.m. Gerrard has been playing for over 50 years and has collaborated with Stuart on numerous concerts and music camps, including The Swannanoa Gathering. David Holt & the Lighting Bolts — whose frontman as well as member Laura Boosinger are close friends with Stuart — go on at 7 p.m. The evening closes out with a set from Balsam Range at 8 p.m. Sutton says that every person in the band is a neighbor of Stuart’s in Haywood County, and that whenever bassist Tim Surrett is told his bluegrass group is tops among Haywood instrumentalists, he points them toward the Stuarts, specifically Travis, who’s also a talented guitar and bass player. Additional gifts may be given via a donation box at The Grey Eagle the

FRIEND IN NEED: Revered Haywood County old-time musician Travis Stuart is currently battling esophageal cancer. To help offset medical bills while he’s unable to work, Stuart’s friends have organized a benefit concert April 8 at The Grey Eagle. Photo by Clelia Stefanini night of the show as well as online through a You Caring campaign at avl.mx/4tj. “Most likely, Travis will not feel well enough to attend, as the effects of the chemo and radiation are cumulative,” says Sickenberger. “By April 8, he will have been on treatments for over a month. However, many members of his immediate and extended family do plan to be there.” The benefit concert for the Travis Stuart medical fund takes place Sunday, April 8, at 6 p.m. at The Grey Eagle. $20 general admission/$50 VIP reserved seating. thegreyeagle.com X

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M N.C. ARBORETUM 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 828-6652492, ncarboretum.org • Through SU (5/6) Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge, Shared Wisdom, exhibition showcasing the relationship between indigenous peoples and cutting-edge science. Admission fees apply. ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • WEDNESDAYS (4/4) through (4/18), 5:30-8pm - "Money Management and Credit," class series. Registration required. Free. • THURSDAYS (4/5) through (6/14), noon1:30pm - Six-part "Women's Money Club," class series. Free. • FR (4/6), noon-1:30pm - "Understanding Credit.

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Get it. Keep it. Improve it." Registration required. Free. • MO (4/9), noon1:30pm - "Budgeting and Debt," class. Registration required. Free. • MO (4/9), 5:30-7pm "Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it." Registration required. Free. PUBLIC EVENTS AT WCU 828-227-7397, bardoartscenter.edu • TH (4/12), 9am-5pm - "Molecules in the Mountains," life science conference for students, scientists and regional business people with presentations, poster sessions and keynote speech by Justin Strader. Registration required: 828-227-2203. Free. Held at A.K. Hinds University Center, Memorial Drive, Cullowhee PUBLIC LECTURES AT WCU bardoartscenter.edu • WE (4/4), 10amnoon - Youth powwow with students from the New Kituwah Academy Cherokee language immersion school. Free. Held at A.K. Hinds University Center, Memorial Drive, Cullowhee

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FOOD & BEER CALDWELL CUSINE 726-2478, kandreasen@cccti.edu • TH (4/12), 6pm Caldwell Community College culinary program dinner. Registration: 828297-3811, x.5222. $21. Held at J.E. Broyhill Civic Center, 1913 Hickory Blvd SE, Lenior

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BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com • SA (4/7), 4pm - Laura Theodore presents her book, Jazzy Vegetarian's Deliciously Vegan: PlantPowered Recipes for the Modern, Mindful Kitchen. Free to attend.

FESTIVALS UNCA ARTS FEST arts.unca.edu/arts-fest • TH (4/5) through SU (4/7) - Arts Fest, three day festival celebrating the arts through presentations, exhibitions, workshops, art sales and interactive installations. Free. Held at UNC-Asheville, 1 University Heights • SA (4/7), noon-5pm - Festival in the Quad, featuring live music, arts and crafts vendors and arts installations. Free. Held at UNC-Asheville, 1 University Heights

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• 2nd THURSDAYS, 6pm - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Gondolier Restaurant, 1360 Tunnel Road. CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • 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. • TU (4/10), 5pm Asheville City Council public hearing. Free. Held at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza HENDERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY 905 S. Greenville Highway. Hendersonville, 828-6926424, myhcdp.com • 1st SATURDAYS, 9-11am - Monthly breakfast buffet. $9/$4.50 for children under 10. HILL STREET BAPTIST CHURCH 135 Hill St., 828-254-4646, hillstreetbaptistchurch.org • TH (4/12), 6-8pm Buncombe County sheriff candidate forum. All candidates have been invited. Sponsored by the Racial Justice Coalition of Asheville. Free. INDIVISIBLE COMMON GROUND-WNC Indivisible-sylva.com • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - General meeting. Free. Held at St. David's Episcopal Church, 286 Forest Hills Road, Sylva

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APPLE VALLEY MODEL RAILROAD & MUSEUM 650 Maple St., Hendersonville, AVMRC. com • WEDNESDAYS, 1-3pm & SATURDAYS, 10am-2pm - Open house featuring operating model trains and historic memorabilia. Free. ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 175 Biltmore Ave., 828253-3227 • 2nd TUESDAYS, 11am12:30pm - Homeschool program for grades 1-4. Registration required: 253-3227 ext. 124. $4 per student. ASHEVILLE SAILING CLUB ashevillesailing.org • Through SU (4/15) Applications accepted for the Asheville Youth Sailing Club. See website for full guidelines: ashevilleyouthsailing.org. BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKSELLERS ASHEVILLE MALL 3 S. Tunnel Road, 828-2967335 • SA (4/7), 11am Storytime for kids featuring The Giving Tree. Free to attend.

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• Through MO (4/30) "Story Book Characters on Parade," exhibition of handmade dolls inspired by children's book characters. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (4/4), 4-5pm - "Art After School," art activities for children in kindergarten through 5th grade. Free. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • WE (4/4), 4pm - "Intro to Botany," class. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • FR (4/6), 4pm - "Kids Draw," drawing activities for school age children. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • MONDAYS, 10:30am - Spanish story time for children of all ages. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TU (4/10) & TU (4/24), 4-5pm - Read with Olivia the Therapy Dog. Registration required: 828250-6482. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • WE (4/11), 5pm - After school art club for school aged kids. Led by the Asheville Art Museum. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (4/11), 4-5:30pm - "Upcycled Poetry and

Pizza," event for teens to upcycle books into art. Register online. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TH (4/12), 4pm "Recycled Art," art activities for school aged children. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler CAMP CEDAR CLIFF 5 Porters Cove Road • Through SU (7/29) - Open registration for Camp Cedar Cliff "Week of Joy," July 30-Aug. 3, for children who have been touched by cancer. Sponsored by Mission Hospital. Registration: 828-450-3331. Free. FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 828-687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free.

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A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 828-697-8333, handsonwnc,org, learningisfun@handsonwnc. org • WE (4/4), 4-5pm "Science on Wheels," science activities for kids. Registration required: 828-890-1850. Free. Held at Mills River Library, 124 Town Center Drive Suite 1. Mills River

• TH (4/5), 10:30-11am "Healthy Kids Club: Eat a Rainbow," activities for ages 3 and up. Admission fees apply. Held at Hands On! A Children's Gallery, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville • TU (4/10), 11-11:30am - "Mad Scientists Lab: How Acidic," activities for ages 3 and up. Registration required. Admission fees apply. Held at Hands On! A Children's Gallery, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville • TH (4/12), 10:30-11am - "Healthy Kids Club: Grow a Garden," activities for ages 3 and up. Admission fees apply. Held at Hands On! A Children's Gallery, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville • TH (4/12), 11am-noon - "Blue Ridge Humane Day," activities and an animal visitor with Blue Ridge Humane Society. Admission fees apply. Held at Hands On! A Children's Gallery, 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville

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meetup.com/ Asheville-Skeptics • SU (4/8), 3:30-5:30pm - Asheville Skeptics Community Forum, open discussion on mental Health and mental illness and various therapies. Free to attend. Held at Standard Pizza, 755 Biltmore Ave.

HENDERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 828-6974725 • WE (4/4), 3-5pm - "I Love My Library" event with informational tables about library services and a special children's program. Free.

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PARK 6883 N.C. Highway 126 Nebo, 828-584-7728 • WE (4/4), 1pm - "NC Science Festival Mini-Blitz," event to identify, count and record animal species. Free. MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Miss Malaprop's Story Time for ages 3-9. Free to attend. PARDEE HOSPITAL 800 N Justice St, Hendersonville • Through MO (4/16) - Volunteers accepted for the Junior Volunteer Program. Apply online: pardeehospital.org/ about-us/volunteer/. Free.

M PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 828-8774423 • WE (4/4), 9-11am "Tracking," animal tracking class for ages 8 to 15. Registration required. Free. • TU (4/5), 9am-noon Guided Pisgah hike for ages 8 to 13. Registration required. Free. OUTDOORS CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) Join a Park Naturalist at 2pm, Friday, March 30 -

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COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER 35 Woodfin St., 828-2506900 • TH (4/12), 2pm Appalachian Trail: An American Legacy, documentary film screening. Free.

SMOKIES 828-452-0720, friendsofthesmokies.org, outreach.nc@ friendsofthesmokies.org • TU (4/10) - Classic Hikes of the Smokies: "Pretty Hollow Gap to Little Cataloochee," guided hike with Sean Perry of The Hands of Sean Perry Company. Registration required. $35/$20 members. PARK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 828-584-7728 • SA (4/7), 9am - Spring, ranger-led 3/4 mile bird hike. Free.

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WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 828-8774423 • SA (4/7), 9am-noon Guided birding hike for ages 12 and up. Free.

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

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FORESTRY 11250 Pisgah Highway Pisgah Forest, 828-8773130 • SA (4/7), - "Old time plowing and folkways," opening celebration with plowing demonstrations, history volunteers and old time music. Admission fees apply.

PARENTING BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (4/11), 6-7pm - Early childhood development lecture with Stacy LutzOvies. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.

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COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TU (4/10), 6-7pm - Ben Anderson presents his book, Smokies Chronicle: A Year of Hiking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road

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COMMONS 174 Broadway, habitatbrewing.com • TU (4/10), 7-9pm "Racial Equity," open discussion forum and community collaborative art making session hosted by Roots + Wings. Admission by donation. PUBLIC EVENTS AT WCU 828-227-7397, bardoartscenter.edu • TH (4/5), 7:30pm Astronomy for Everyone: "Planets, Jumbo-sized: The Outer Solar System," presentation. $15. Held at WCU at Biltmore Park, 28 Schenck Parkway, Suite 300 • 2nd MONDAYS, 7pm - Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table: "Secrets of the CSS Hunley," presentation by Greg Varley. Social meeting at 6:30pm. Free. Held at H.F. Robinson Administration Building, 1 University Drive, Cullowhee • WE (4/11), 8:30am4:30pm - “Cherokee Challenges and Tribulations: Exploring Scholarship, Memory and Commemoration,” public symposium with regional and national speakers commemorating Cherokee removal. Information or registration: 828-227-2735 or rogers@ wcu.edu. Free. Held at A.K. Hinds University Center, Memorial Drive, Cullowhee PUBLIC LECTURES AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • TH (4/12), 6-7pm "Between Slavery and the Want of Railroads: Reconstruction in Western North Carolina," presentation by author and professor Steven E. Nash. Free. Held at Liston B. Ramsey Center, 147 Bailey St., Mars Hill

PUBLIC LECTURES AT UNCA unca.edu • TU (4/10), Mitch Prinstein presents his book, Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World. Free. Held at UNC Asheville, Humanities Lecture Hall, One University Heights • TH (4/12), noon - "A Glimpse of the Mystery of Mysteries: Learning and Spirituality, as Seen by the Muslim Scholar Ibn Tufayl," lecture by Sebastian Günther, chair and professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Göttingen in Germany. Free. Held at UNC Asheville - Karpen Hall, One University Heights

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COUNTY LIBRARY 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard, 828-884-3151 • TH (4/5), 6:30pm “Land Conservation in Transylvania County: Protecting Agriculture & Natural Heritage,” presentation by Torry Nergart. Free.

SENIORS BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (4/4), (4/11) & (5/9), 1pm - Chair yoga class series for seniors. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC, INC. 2 Doctors Park, Suite E, 828-253-2900 • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 11am-2pm - The Asheville Elder Club Group Respite program for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths. Registration required: 828-253-2900. $30. • 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 ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE • FREE INTRODUCTORY TALK (PD.) Meditation is fully effective when it allows you to transcend—to effortlessly settle inward, beyond the busy or agitated mind, to the deepest, most blissful and expanded state of awareness. TM is a tool for personal healing and social transformation that anyone can use to access that field of unbounded creativity, intelligence, and well-being that resides

within everyone. NIH research shows deep revitalizing rest, reduced stress and anxiety, improved brain functioning and heightened mental performance. Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828254-4350. TM.org

CHABAD HOUSE 127 McDowell St., 828505-0746, chabadasheville.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30-11:30am - "Torah and Tea," ladies morning out with the Jewish Women's Circle. Registration required: 828-505-0746. Free.

ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION (PD.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 175 Weaverville Road, Suite H, ASHEVILLE, NC, (828) 808-4444, www. ashevillemeditation. com.

FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 828-255-8115 • 2nd SUNDAYS, 2:30pm - Pagans for a Just Asheville, general meeting. Free to attend.

ASTRO-COUNSELING (PD.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. EXPERIENCE THE SACRED SOUND OF HU (PD.) In our fast-paced world, are you looking to find more inner peace? Singing HU can lift you into a higher state of consciousness, so that you can discover, in your own way, who you are and why you’re here. • Sunday, April 8, 2018, 11am, fellowship follows. Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Rd. (“Hops and Vines” building, lower level), Asheville NC 28806, 828-2546775. (free event). www.eckankar-nc.org GROUP MEDITATION (PD.) Enjoy this supportive meditation community. Mindfulness meditation instruction and Buddhist teachings at Asheville Insight. Thursday evenings at 7pm and Sunday mornings at 10am. ashevillemeditation. com.

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ART & SPIRIT AT ST. GEORGE 1 School Road, 828258-0211 • 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 2pm Intentional meditation. Admission by donation.

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING ASHEVILLE 2 Science Mind Way, 828-253-2325, cslasheville.org • 1st FRIDAYS, 7pm - "Dreaming a New Dream," meditation to explore peace and compassion. Free.

VOLUNTEERING TUTOR ADULTS IN NEED WITH THE LITERACY COUNCIL (PD.) Spend two hours a week helping an immigrant who wants to learn English or a native English-speaking adult who wants to learn to read. Visit our website or call us to sign up for volunteer orientation on Tue (4/17) 9am or Thurs (4/19) 5:30pm. 828-254-3442. volunteers@litcouncil.com.

12 BASKETS CAFE 610 Haywood Road, 828231-4169, ashevillepovertyinitiative. org • TUESDAYS 10am - Volunteer orientation. ASHEVILLE PRISON BOOKS ashevilleprisonbooks@ gmail.com • SATURDAYS, 2-4pm Volunteer to send books in response to inmate requests. Information: avlcommunityaction. com or ashevilleprisonbooks@gmail.com. Held

at Downtown Books & News, 67 N. Lexington Ave. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • SA (4/7), 1:30-3:30pm - Train to be a volunteer for the Fairview Neighborhood History Project. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview CASTING FOR HOPE castingforhope.org

• Through WE (4/11) Sign up to volunteer for the Casting for Hope fly fishing competition that benefits Casting for Hope. Register for location. HAYWOOD STREET CONGREGATION 297 Haywood St., 828246-4250 • 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 10am-noon - Workshop to teach how to make sleeping mats for the homeless out of plastic shopping bags. Information: 828-

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LAND OF SKY REGIONAL COUNCIL 828-251-6622, landofsky.org • WEDNESDAYS (4/11) through (5/30), 2-4pm - Volunteer training to become "A Matter of Balance" falls coach to help increase independence and quality of life in older populations. Registration required: 828251-7438 or stephanie@ landofsky.org. Held at Blue Ridge Community Health

STITCHES OF LOVE 828-575-9195 • MO (4/9), 7-9pm Volunteer meeting to knit and crochet items for local charities. Free. Held at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road For more volunteering opportunities see mountainx.com/ volunteering

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 6th Ave W, Hendersonville, 828693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • WEDNESDAYS (4/11) until (5/9), 5:30-7:30pm "A Clash of Kingdoms," five-week adult class. Dinner and childcare available. Free/$5 for dinner. JUBILEE! COMMUNITY CHURCH 46 Wall St., jubileecommunity.org • THURSDAYS (3/22) until (4/19), 6:30-8:15pm - "Spirituality and the Unconscious," five-part series with Lawson Sachter and Sunya Kjolhede. Admission by donation. LAKE JUNALUSKA CONFERENCE & RETREAT CENTER 91 North Lakeshore Drive Lake Junaluska, 828-452-2881, lakejunaluska.com • TH (4/5), 10:30am - "Labyrinth Walking as Transformative Practice," workshop and dedication ceremony for the newly renovated labyrinth. Free. SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER 60 N Merrimon Ave., #113, 828-200-5120, asheville.shambhala.org • THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 10am-noon - Meditation and community. Admission by donation. TAIZE 828-254-5193 • 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. URBAN DHARMA 828-225-6422, udharmanc.com/ • THURSDAYS, 7:309pm - Open Sangha night. Free. Held at Urban Dharma, 77 Walnut St.

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Get ready to vote your knowledge and your passion! This year’s Best of WNC reader ballot is awesome! We’ve trimmed and refined last year’s categories, cutting some questions and adding a few others. The goal is a poll that

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Music Events & Venues • • • •

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

• Art/Crafts Fair Or Event • Studio Stroll/Driving Tour • Craft School Or Place To Learn A Craft • Local Art Gallery • Craft-Oriented Gallery • Nonprofit That Serves The Arts

• Movie Theater • Outdoor Movie Series (Or Host Site) • Local Filmmaker • Theater Company • Actor (Male Or Female) • Comedy Troupe Or Series • Local Comedy Show/ Night/Event • Vaudeville Troupe (Burlesque, Aerial Arts, Jugglers, etc.) • Performance Dance Company • Place To Dance • Place To Take Dance Classes Or Lessons • Open-Mic Night Venue • Local Author • Local Poet • Trivia Night Emcee

Musicians & Bands • • • • • • • • • • • • •

All-Round Favorite Band Acoustic/Folk Americana/Country Blues DJ (Non-Radio) Funk Hip-Hop Artist/Group Jazz Old-Time/Bluegrass R&B/Soul Rock World Music Busker/Street Group

Lyricist Singer-Songwriter Composer Vocalist Musician/Band Who Gives Back To The Community

Music-Related

Arts & Crafts

Film, Stage, Dance & Writing

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• Music-Related Nonprofit • Music Instrument Maker • Music Instrument Repair Company • Recording Studio • Music Engineer Or Producer

Artists, Crafters • • • • • • •

Fiber Artist Jewelry Artist/Designer Metal Artist Or Metalworker Mural Artist Painter/Illustrator Photographer Potter/Ceramic Artist • Woodworker

lets voters honor the area’s unique creativity and excellence. The ballot is designed to capture the insights of thousands of people who know and care about Western North Carolina. • Burger Burrito • Catering Company • Cheesemaker/Cheese Dairy • ChefDiner/Home-Style • Doughnuts • Food Truck • French Fries • Fried Chicken • Green/Sustainability-Friendly Restaurant • Healthiest Restaurant • Hot Bar • Hot Dogs • Kid-Friendly Restaurant • Late-Night Restaurant

EATS • Favorite Restaurant • Barbecue • Best Value • Biscuits • Breakfast • Brunch

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• Restaurant To Take Out-Of-Towners To • New Restaurant (Opened In The Last 12 Months) • Restaurant Still Needed In Asheville • Restaurant That Gives Back To The Community • Restaurant That Best Represents The Spirit Of Asheville • Romantic Dining • Restaurant Wine List • Salad • Seafood • Service • Southern • Special Diet Options (Gluten-Free, Lactose-Free, etc.) • Splurge Restaurant • Sub Shop/Deli/Sandwiches • Taco • Take-Out • Vegetarian

Ethnic

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Local-Food Emphasis Lunch Restaurant Business Lunch Outdoor Dining Pasta People-Watching Restaurant Pizza Pub Grub Quick Meal Ribs Restaurant In Downtown Restaurant In The River Arts District Restaurant In West Asheville Restaurant In North Asheville Restaurant In East Asheville Restaurant In South Asheville

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Chinese European Greek Indian Italian Japanese Latin American Mexican Sushi Thai

Dessert • Ice Cream • Frozen Yogurt/Custard • Chocolate

Bakeries • Bakery (Sweets/Desserts) • Bakery (Bread)

Miscellaneous • Local Food/Drink Product • Nonprofit Helping With Hunger Issues • Pastry Chef • Butcher Shop • Local Food Festival Or Event • Pop-Up Dining Event

The Best of WNC ballot is easy to navigate. You can move freely through the ballot, in whatever order you choose. You can take a break from voting anytime and return later. Polls close on April 28 at midnight. So don’t procrastinate! DRINKS Bars

• Bar That Best Represents The Spirit Of Asheville • Bar For Live Music • Bar With A View • Bar With Bar Games • Dive Bar • Gay-Friendly Bar • Hotel Bar • Sports Bar • Upscale Bar • Wine Bar • Family-Friendly Bar Or Brewery • Taproom With Options for Grown-Ups Only • Bar Or Brewery That Gives Back To The Communty • Neighborhood Bar - Downtown • Neighborhood Bar - East • Neighborhood Bar - North • Neighborhood Bar - South • Neighborhood Bar - West • Bartender

Beer, Cider & Breweries

• Bar: Unusual Beer Selection • Bar: Local Beer Selection • Local All-Round Brewery (for its beers) • Brewery (for its taproom & atmosphere) • Creative, Experimental Brewery • Favorite Local Beer Event • Brewmaster • Local Beer (Any Style) • Local Dark Beer • Local IPA • Local Lager • Local Sour Beer • Beer Store • Cidery • Homebrewing/ Winemaking Supplies

Cocktails & Wine • • • •

Local Winery Wine Store Bloody Mary Cocktails

Coffee, Tea & Smoothies

• Coffee House • Establishment With The Best Coffee • Coffee/Tea House In Which To Read A Book • Coffee Roaster • Place To Drink Tea • Smoothies/Juices

OUTDOORS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Bicycle Club Or Group Hiking Club Or Group Running Club Or Group Day Hike Backpacking Trail / Overnight Hike Spot To Camp Place To Car Camp Picnic Spot Fishing Spot Place To Rock Climb Place To Go Bouldering Whitewater Paddling Section Swimming Hole Mountain Bike Trail Waterfall Skate Park Rafting Company Running Event/Race — Road Or Trail Bike Event/Race — Mountain Or Road Outdoor Event WNC Needs Canopy/Zip-Line Tour Ski Resort Outdoor Gear And Apparel Shop Environmental Or Conservation Nonprofit

SHOPPING Fashion

• Clothing: Dress-Up/ Stylin’ (Women’s) • Clothing: Dress-Up/ Stylin’ (Men’s) • Clothing: Office (Women’s) • Clothing: Office (Men’s) • Asheville-Style Clothes • Clothing: Used Or Vintage (for-profit store)

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Food • • • • •

All-Round Grocery Store Budget-Friendly Grocery Store Health Food Store Import/Ethnic Food Store Convenience/Corner Store

Home

• New Furniture Store • Used Furniture Store (for-profit store) • Used Furniture Store (nonprofit store) • Bed And Mattress Store • Antique Store • Picture Framer

General & Miscellaneous

• Auto Dealer - New And/Or Used • Automobile Tire Store • Bike Shop • Bookstore - New • Bookstore - Used • Florist • Gift Shop • Head Shop • Adult Toys, Lingerie & Naughty Things Store • Musical Instrument Store • Record/CD Store • Pawn Shop • Print Shop • Skateboard Store • Ski/Winter Sports Shop • Tobacco Shop • Vape Shop • Store That Best Represents The Spirit Of Asheville

PROFESSIONAL & HOME SERVICES • Accountant/CPA Firm • Place To Get Your Taxes Prepared • Alt Energy Sales And Installation • Architectural Firm • Bike Repair • Car Repair

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Carpenter Handyman (Or Woman) Computer Repair Dry Cleaner Electrical/Electrician Company Environmental Consultant Estate Planner Financial Adviser Green Builder Heating/Cooling Company Home Cleaning Service House Painters Law Firm Moving Company Pest Control Service Plumbing Company Roofers Real Estate Agent Real Estate Company Web Development Firm

KIDS Activities, Eating & Entertainment • • • • • • • • • •

After-School Program Day Trip For Kids Kids Entertainer Recreation Center For Kids Museum Playground Place For Birthday Parties Place To Make Art Parents Night Out Program Volunteer Opportunity

Learning • • • • •

Daycare Preschool School (Pre-College) Music Teacher (Classroom) Art Education Program

Services & Shopping • • • • • •

Dance Studio For Kids Gymnastics Program Martial Arts Program Youth Sports Program Kids’ Clothes Toy Store

Camps & Outdoors • • • •

Day Camp Arts Camp Academic/Science Camp Nature Camp

FAQs When does voting start and end? Voting officially begins March 27 through April 28. How many categories does a voter have to vote in? Each ballot must have at least 30 completed votes to be counted.

Medical

• Pediatric Practice - General • Pediatric Alternative Medicine Practice • Pediatric Dentistry Practice • Child/Adolescent Therapist

HEALTH & WELLNESS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Physician (General Practice) Pediatrician Chiropractor Acupuncturist Hospital Place To Get Medical Care When Under- Or Uninsured Eye Care Specialist/Service Hearing Care Specialist/Service Dentist Orthodontist Physical Therapist Massage Therapist Family Medical Practice Women’s Health Center Maternity Care/Service Midwifery/Birthing Services Alternative Healing Center Acupuncture Clinic Psychologist/Counselor Hospice Mortuary/Funeral Services Yoga Studio Yoga Teacher Meditation/Retreat Center Place To Center Yourself Physical Trainer Gym Or Place To Work Out Fitness Studio With Classes Pilates Studio/Center/Classes Martial Arts Studio Dietitian Place To Buy Supplements, Vitamins and Herbs

PETS • Veterinary Services • Alternative Pet HealthCare Provider • Pet Supply Store • Pet Kennel • Pet Daycare Facility • Pet-Sitting Service • Grooming Service • Trainer/Training Center • Animal Shelter/Rescue Organization

How do I get a category added or changed? The categories are set for this year, but to suggest a change for next year email: bestofwnc@mountainx.com How are the votes counted? Mountain Xpress tallies the votes by hand, taking great care to understand each voter’s intent. We reserve the right to reject any ballot with inappropriate responses.

• Outdoor Place To Take Your Dog • Pet-Friendly Bar • Pet-Friendly Restaurant •

MEDIA • Local Radio Station (commercial) • Local Radio Station (noncommercial) • Free Publication Other Than Xpress • Local Website Other Than mountainx.com • Local Podcast • Local Blog • Most Important Local News Story • Most Over-Reported Story • Most Under-Reported Story • Local Print Reporter • Local Radio Personality • Local TV Personality/ Announcer • Favorite Feature In Xpress • Least Favorite Feature In Xpress

WORK & BUSINESS • Business That Best Represents The Spirit Of Asheville • New Business (Opened In The Last 12 Months) • Innovative Or Entrepreneurial Business • Support Organization That Promotes New Businesses & Healthy Local Economy • Business That Gives Back To The Community • Business With EarthFriendly Practices • Business With Best Customer Service • Minority-Owned Business • Woman-Owned Business • Bank • Credit Union • Bank Services For Small Business • Employment Sector To Work In • Co-Op/WorkerOwned Business • Mobile Business (but not a food truck)

PERSONAL SERVICES • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Hair Salon Hair Stylist Barber Shop Esthetician Nail Salon Nail Technician Make-Up Artist Spa Tattoo Parlor Tattoo Artist Piercing Studio Life Coach Local Body Products Maker Tailor/Alterations

FARM, YARD & GARDEN • Tailgate/Farmers Market • Community Garden • Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm • U-Pick Farm • Nonprofit Supporting Farms/ Farmland Preservation • Farm To Visit For Events • Roadside Farm Stand • Orchard • Garden Supply Store • Mulch Supplier • Landscape/Grading Service • Tree Service • Yard Service • Nursery (Trees, Shrubs)

UNIQUELY ASHEVILLE • Neighborhood • Activist Group For Civic/ Political Action • Best Thing To Happen To Asheville In The Last 12 Months • Worst Thing To Happen To Asheville In The Last 12 Months • Local Asheville Attraction • Historic/Interesting Building • Local Fundraising Event • Bumper Sticker Or Slogan About Asheville • Biggest Threat To Asheville’s Uniqueness • Biggest Opportunity For Asheville’s Uniqueness • Holiday Event • Local Hero

Why do voters have to vote for 30 categories? We want meaningful results from people who are invested in and knowledgeable about the Asheville area. How do you prevent voter fraud? Each ballot is examined for telltale signs of voter fraud. While we encourage you to ask your patrons to vote on your behalf, do not attempt to stuff the

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Local Villain Local Politician Street For A Stroll Project You’d Like To See Local Government Do Thing Downtown Asheville Needs Thing West Asheville Needs Thing North Asheville Needs Thing South Asheville Needs Thing East Asheville Needs Thing The River Arts District Needs Nonprofit That Improves Asheville Nonprofit That Serves The Underprivileged Local City Tour Place To Connect With Nature Within Asheville City Limits Place To Get Married Place To Celebrate/ Honor A Friend Place To Take Your Eccentric Friends Hotel B&B Or Small Boutique Hotel

REGIONAL Question for the following regions: Brevard Hendersonville/Flat Rock Swannanoa/Black Mountain Weaverville/Woodfin Marshall/Mars Hill Hot Springs Burnsville Waynesville Cullowhee/Sylvia • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Breakfast Restaurant Lunch Restaurant Dinner Restaurant Coffee & Sweets Local Bar/Brewery/ Watering Hole Music/Entertainment Venue Art Gallery Retail Store Business That Best Represents The Spirit Of Your Town Cultural Or Arts Event Cultural Or Historical Landmark Best Thing To Happen To Your Town In The Last 12 Months Local Place To Enjoy The Outdoors Local Cause To Support

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WELLNESS

WEIGHTY MATTER

Local experts take a hard look at sustainable weight loss

BY KIM DINAN dinankim@gmail.com As anyone who has ever struggled with weight loss knows, dropping pounds can seem about as easy as taking a weekend trip to Shangri-La. Experts call losing weight and keeping it off it “sustained weight loss,” but at what point can one consider weight loss sustained, anyway? “The medical definition of sustained weight loss is maintaining a 10 percent total body weight loss and maintaining it for at least a year,” says Dr. Sonia Humphrey, clinical medical director for Mission Weight Management Center. In other words, a 200-pound person would need to lose 20 pounds and keep those pounds off for at least a year. “Of course, sustained weight loss could be well past that,” she adds. “Some studies are looking out 10 years and still defining sustained weight loss as maintaining at least a 10 percent weight loss from your starting weight.” FIND A DIET THAT WORKS But it’s not easy to drop 10 percent of one’s body weight, especially in the age of fast food, fad diets and sedentary jobs. “There is no one diet that works for everyone,” says Sarah Haske, registered dietitian and owner of Neumann Nutrition & Wellness in Asheville. “It has to be an individualized approach.” Humphrey echoes Haske’s sentiment. “The preferred method of weight loss is the method that is sustainable for you,” she says. That means that what works for your sister or your

NO QUICK FIX: It’s not easy to lose weight and keep it off, especially in the age of fast food, fad diets and sedentary jobs. best friend won’t necessarily work for you. Humphrey says that a large study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2005 compared weight loss programs and found that some patients gained weight, some lost weight and some stayed neutral while following the same diet. “Researchers began asking, ‘Well, how can someone gain on this diet and someone else lose on it?’ It has to do with patient preference, patient compliance and also with the underlying metabolic predispositions a person may have,” says Humphrey.

RESTING METABOLIC RATE There’s a lot of weight packed into the words “metabolic predisposition,” which refer to the tendency of some people to burn calories faster than others. And the more body fat you have, the slower those calories will burn. “If you have a higher body fat, then the calories you would be predicted to eat for the day to maintain your weight loss will be lower,” says Humphrey. “Fat for the body is like money in the bank,” she continues. “We’re all meant

to have fat because it’s protective. It’s considered a survival backup mechanism for us. But obesity is that storage capacity of the body gone too far.” Beyond a certain point, she notes, the body reacts to preserve stored fat. “The body will allow a certain amount of fat to go, but the lower it gets, the more it is going to try to resist — especially if you have a stronger genetic predisposition to storing fat.” It doesn’t seem fair, does it? Those with higher percentages of body fat will have a harder time sustaining the same weight than someone with a lower percentage of body fat. But if we are all just victims of our resting metabolic rate, what are those of us with slothlike metabolisms to do? “Activity is the No. 1 predictor of weight-loss maintenance,” says Humphrey. The key, she explains, is to try to outsmart the body with exercise, which increases resting metabolism. And the best kind of exercise for maintaining weight loss is muscle building. “You want your muscles to be requiring more of the energy you bring in to use, maintain or repair themselves,” she says. “That way the energy you bring in goes towards keeping the muscles ready for you to use instead of turning that energy into fat.” Haske adds that when you build muscle, “you’re boosting muscle mass in proportion to fat mass,” and that, in turn, increases your resting metabolic rate.

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LIFESTYLE CHANGES So cardio exercise and building muscle are important. But let’s go back to the diet bit for a minute. Both Humphrey and Haske bristle at the word “diet.” Putting the focus on numbers can work against you,” says Haske. “If you’re focused on a 2-pound weight loss per week and you don’t achieve that number, you can feel bad about yourself. It’s a better idea to focus on the lifestyle changes.” Humphrey adds that patients have the best results when they approach weight loss with a long-term mindset. “It’s a lifestyle-change mentality versus a diet mentality,” she says. Susan Hutchinson of Weaverville, who happens to be advertising manager of Xpress, knows a thing or two about how lifestyle change contributes to weight loss. “I’m a pretty average garden-variety Southern Appalachian,” she says. “My grandparents, parents and cousins were chubby. It was the cultural and genetic norm, and I seemed to be headed down the same road,” she says. Although Hutchinson led an active lifestyle and generally ate healthy food, her weight slowly crept up. “I didn’t feel good,” she says. “I had to keep buying new clothes that were bigger, and that made my self-esteem tank. It’s really depressing and demoralizing to think that you are trapped in that,” she says. It wasn’t until Hutchinson tried the ketogenic diet that she developed new insights about her body. The keto diet focuses on consuming low carbs and

high fat, a combination that worked well for her. What Hutchinson ended up doing was discovering the holy grail of weight loss: finding what works for the individual. “At the end of the day,” says Humphrey, “the consensus is that one should do the diet that works for them.” That can be a wide range of diets, from low fat to low carb to high protein or meal replacements. “It’s really what matches your preferences and how you can make it work within your daily life,” says Humphrey, although she notes that across the board, the diet does need to be in a calorie deficit — fewer calories than normally consumed. “Most of the studies show that low fat is an important part, too,” she adds. SUSTAINING WEIGHT LOSS Humphrey says that patients who succeed at keeping the extra weight off do several things. First, they are physically active. Second, they have dietary restraint. “That doesn’t mean you restrain yourself from everything,” explains Humphrey. “It just means you use your judgment and do some things and don’t do others based on your target.” Self-monitoring is important, too. “You have to weigh yourself,” says Humphrey. “Just like people with diabetes check their sugars, you have to check your weight. Don’t see it as a judgment call. See it as a vital sign.” Motivation also plays a major factor in sustained weight loss. “It’s really important to know what your motiva-

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tors are,” says Humphrey. “The motivators need to be pretty strong and clear, and they are unique to the individual.” That’s because it is human nature to avoid stress and pain, she explains. “If you see dieting as stress and pain, yet the stress and pain of being overweight is bigger, what happens is that stress and pain motivate you,” she continues. “But as soon as you aren’t in that pain and stress anymore, the pain and stress switch now to the diet. Then you don’t want the stress and pain of the diet, so you go back to what you were doing before. That’s what causes weight cycling.”

may escalate to medications, and then you may escalate to surgery.” It’s also helpful to remember that there’s no quick fix when it comes to losing weight and sustaining weight loss. “Within your treatment, you may lose more rapidly at the beginning, and someone else may lose slower,” says Humphrey. “It’s hard to control that. What you’d rather do is say, depending on if you lose fast or slow, ‘We are in this in for the long haul.’” And although people look for simple answers when it comes to weight loss, they really don’t exist. “If they did,” says Humphrey, “this wouldn’t be an epidemic.” X

OBESITY AS A CHRONIC DISEASE Even if you’ve conquered your weight loss and maintained a healthy weight for over a year, “you have to think of obesity with a chronic-disease mindset,” says Humphrey. “It can relapse and remit. And there’s an escalation model depending on the severity of the disease. So as you treat the disease, you may start with lifestyle changes, then you

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ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE Citizens’ Climate Lobby proposes plan to break partisan deadlock

CLIMATE CHAMPIONS: The Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s Southeast Regional Conference drew activists from near and far to The Collider in Asheville March 24-25. Photo by Todd Waterman

BY SAMMY FELDBLUM sfeldblum@gmail.com Toward the end of Steffi Rausch’s time in Montana, her home state was mired in a deep drought. But while her firsthand look at the potential impacts of climate change spurred her to action, Rausch, who moved to Asheville in 2007, soon became discouraged by the approach she saw many activists taking. “Every environmental group I’ve been a part of has been very abrasive and negative,” she says. “And I see now how wrong that

is. If anything, it’s worsening the situation.” These days, Rausch heads the Asheville chapter of a national environmental group that’s pushing a plan it believes can win bipartisan support for combating climate change. She and her colleagues at the Citizens’ Climate Lobby are convinced that their approach can make environmental action a bigtent issue. And while group members concede that it won’t be easy in the current political climate, they say they’re laying the groundwork locally for getting North Carolina on board at the national level.

Meanwhile, in Washington, the Climate Solutions Caucus might be the most unlikely news in American politics today. Comprising 36 Democrats and 36 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, the caucus works to promote economically viable solutions for battling the risks of climate change. But while those 72 lawmakers collectively account for one-sixth of all House members, not one is from North Carolina. The Citizens’ Climate Lobby of Asheville aims to change that. Its California-based parent organization, which has chapters in dozens of

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countries, conceived both the plan and the idea of the Climate Solutions Caucus as a way to advance it. The Asheville group has met twice with Rep. Patrick McHenry of the state’s 10th Congressional District (which includes a large part of Asheville) and four times with Rep. Mark Meadows of the 11th (which covers much of the rest of Western North Carolina) to try to enlist these lawmakers’ support for the plan. And while Rausch understands that neither man seems particularly close to endorsing climate action — each currently has a 2 percent rating from the League of Conservation Voters for his record on environmental issues — she believes she has a secret weapon. For starters, Rausch maintains, a softer approach may yield greater dividends. But more importantly, the plan itself is calculated to appeal to those on both sides of the aisle. Its carbon fee-and-dividend approach, she says, is “not a silver bullet but a silver buckshot.” The fee part — a carbon tax levied on producers of carbon-based energy — would increase over time. By gradually raising the cost of coal, oil and gas, this would nudge consumers toward renewable energy sources, proponents say. In the meantime, however, the dividend — a set amount distributed to all Americans each month, modeled on the disbursements to Alaskans from the state’s oil income — would offset those increased costs for consumers. Because the additional revenue would go straight into the hands of citizens rather than being used to fund new government programs, proponents argue, it should be palatable to the small-government conservatives currently calling the shots at the federal level. And since it would apply to all Americans equal-

ly, it would be a de facto progressive redistribution, impacting poorer Americans more than richer ones. CRITICS ON ALL SIDES Like any good compromise, says Rausch, the plan leaves both sides unhappy. “We get skepticism from the left and the right,” she reports, adding, “Maybe we’re getting something right.” Rausch presented the plan to the local Sierra Club chapter in early March. Her talk, titled “How to Talk Climate Change With Those Who Don’t Believe,” stressed the importance of listening and offering solutions couched in conservative language. “The market,” she said by way of illustration, “is not accurately reflecting the true cost of carbon. Fossil fuels are subsidized heavily compared to renewables. We need to price carbon for what it is doing to our society. It’s what economists call a negative externality or a market failure.” Fee-and-dividend, she maintained, is the perfect solution, citing projections that it would boost the economy and endorsements ranging from Exxon Mobil to environmental activist Bill McKibben. Her audience seemed interested but harbored some doubts. How solid, they asked, is the data showing that this plan would invigorate the economy? How do you sell it to those folks who, due to their consumption levels and the increased cost of carbon fuels, might end up paying more despite the dividend? Others were put off by the mere fact that the plan had drawn endorsements from a slew of major oil and gas companies. “A lot of people on the left are criticizing [conservative legislators]

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G REEN SC E N E for joining,” notes Dan Glidden, who’s in charge of endorsement outreach for the Asheville chapter. “They think they’re just using it as green washing to help them get reelected. But they have to come out and make a statement that climate change is real, human-caused and needs to be addressed. It means they have to start coming to the meetings of the caucus and talking about solutions. So even if they’re skeptics or not fully committed ... at least they’re in the discussion, which we think is positive.” For his part, Glidden takes a pragmatic approach. “The reality of our political lives is that it’s not going to get passed without a significant amount of conservative support,” he says. “That’s just a fact. We can all wish it wasn’t that way, but we’d be wishing until we had beachfront property in Asheville.” Rausch, meanwhile, doubts that either Meadows or McHenry will be joining the Climate Solutions Caucus anytime soon. Both are influential Republicans, she points out — McHenry is fourth in command in the House, and Meadows

SPREADING OUT: Climate activists in Hendersonville are getting in on the action, having met for the first time in March to begin forming a Henderson County chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby. Photo courtesy of Asheville Citizens’ Climate Lobby

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Driving on sunshine Boone Guyton and his wife, Claudia Cady, have been living in their house in Alexander for 18 years. In 2010, they put a 4-kilowatt solar panel system on their roof and began generating a surplus of electricity each month. “We had the house part of our sustainable approach down pretty well,” said Guyton. “But our vehicles were still using nonrenewable energy.” For a while, Guyton and his wife drove a car that ran on biodiesel. “But we got to the point where we had this excess solar energy and then we found out that we could get a used lease on an electric car and the price was pretty reasonable.” Taking advantage of North Carolina’s solar tax credits before they ended in 2015, Guyton added an extra 3-kilowatt solar panel system to his shed. He also added battery storage so that the electricity gathered from the sun during the day could charge his vehicle at night. “We figured that in order for

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Boone Guyton’s car is powered by the sun

CHARGING AHEAD: Boone Guyton drives an electric Chevy Bolt that goes 238 miles on a single charge. Even better, the power comes from solar panels at Guyton’s Alexander home. The car requires almost no maintenance, further reducing its lifetime impact on the environment. Photo by Joe Pellegrino

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the electric car to be a really sound environmental and carbon-saving approach, we should charge it with renewable energy.” Today, Guyton drives a Chevy Bolt that can run 238 miles on a single charge. “The electric car has no maintenance,” explains Guyton. “There’s no oil change, no tuneups.” Charging his car around town hasn’t been a problem, as electric vehicle charging stations are slowly popping up. “One of the charging stations down by the city permit office even has solar panels,” he says. “It’s a solar-assisted charging station.” For Guyton, driving a vehicle that doesn’t use fossil fuels is one way he can personally fight climate change. “We’ve got to step it up,” he says. “I know a lot of solutions to climate change aren’t personal. But some are.”

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leads the powerful Freedom Caucus — and they’re “not gonna stick their necks out until there’s more Republican support.” Asheville chapter member Jim Tolbert, who serves as the director of conservative outreach for the national organization, is charged with drumming up that support. A geologist by training, he’s as comfortable discussing the hydrology of flood events as he is touting free market values. “The neat thing about a centrist position,” notes Tolbert, is that it’s designed to reflect both sets of values. “So I can say, ‘A dividend actually lets you and me decide how we’re going to respond to climate change.’ It’s freedom, from a conservative perspective.” CASTING A WIDER NET For now, local chapter members are focusing on Asheville, urging City Council to approve a resolution supporting their plan. It could happen soon: The Sustainability Advisory Committee on Energy and the Environment has recommended a version of the resolution to the full

Council for consideration, probably sometime in April. The chapter is also working to secure the support of local businesses and nonprofits. Having gotten endorsements from a number of breweries and other small businesses, Glidden says he’s now turning his attention to Mission Hospital, one of the area’s largest employers. But the group is already looking farther afield to what Hendersonville resident Lucy Butler calls “our first red community out here.” A few days after the Sierra Club presentation, the chapter held its first meeting in Henderson County, with Tolbert, Glidden, Rausch and Butler all on hand. Establishing a presence in places such as Hendersonville, Marshall and Burnsville, the group hopes, will put additional pressure on Meadows and McHenry to get on board. “When our representatives hear ‘I’m from Asheville,’ they’re like, ‘Oh, they didn’t vote for me.’ When they hear ‘I’m from Henderson County,’ they listen up,” says Don Kraus, the local chapter’s field

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G REEN SC E N E development coordinator. An Asheville resident, he also serves as Tennessee’s state coordinator. Both state Rep. Chuck McGrady, a Republican, and state Senate candidate Norm Bossert, a Democrat, stopped by the Hendersonville meeting; so did Pat Sheley, a Democrat who’s seeking a seat on the Henderson County Board of Commissioners. The roughly two dozen people in attendance learned how to write effective letters to the editor in support of the plan as well as how to lobby politicians face to face. With enough of that kind of citizen action, the group believes it can achieve its ambitious aims. “This is going to be hard,” Kraus told the Hendersonville crowd. “But we’re going to pass carbon fee-anddividend. And when we do, we’ll have addressed the greatest challenge that humanity has ever faced — And we’ll have done it through the democratic process that our Founding Fathers envisioned.” X

FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE: A capacity crowd made up of 100 members of the public and 100 veterans of the armed forces attended a CCL-sponsored screening of the documentary film The Burden last year at Highland Brewing Co. According to the film’s website, the work “tells the story of fossil fuel dependence as our greatest long-term national security threat, and why the military is leading the transition to clean energy.” Photo courtesy of Asheville Citizens’ Climate Lobby

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Absorbing trauma, feeding neighbors Asheville resident DeWayne Barton started the Burton Street Peace garden in 2003 as a peaceful response to the war on drugs and the war in Iraq. “When we were trying to clean up the neighborhood, we picked up a lot of garbage. After that we wanted to create a green space in the neighborhood,” explains Barton. “We thought it could be a place to help absorb trauma. We said, ‘Let’s share food and art and throw parties and create a green space where people can come outside and talk to their neighbors again.’” What began as a weed-filled lot littered with garbage has grown into a community space packed with art and gardens that feed people in the neighborhood and beyond. “We do a little bit of everything here. We grow all types of flowers and

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DeWayne Barton feeds both mouth and spirit at the Burton Street Peace Garden

HEART OF THE COMMUNITY: From vacant lot to thriving community garden, the Burton Street Peace Garden in West Asheville is a place for growing food, making art and gathering. Photo by Carrie Eidson

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vegetables that we pass out to elders and the churches.” They also have a fire pit, stage area, cob pizza oven, a greenhouse and pavilion. And because the garden is focused on both community and environment, most of the materials in the garden were found in the neighborhood and reused. Today, the Burton Street Peace Garden is maintained by Barton, his wife, Safi Mahaba, the young people in the neighborhood and volunteers. “It has been a community experiment of people coming together,” says Barton. “Not only people in the neighborhood but people from the outside that want to support the work and see it grow.”

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GROWING TO GIVE

Local gardens collaborate to help neighbors in need

PHILANTHROPIC PRODUCE: Staff and volunteers at Hendersonville’s Veterans Healing Farm donate fruits, vegetables and flower bouquets to veterans and their caregivers. Staff member Nicole Mahshie says participating in the Gardens That Give network has supported her organization in fulfilling its mission. Photo courtesy of Veterans Healing Farm

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More than 34,000 Buncombe County residents have limited or uncertain access to the food they need, according to statistics compiled by the Southeastern University Consortium on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition. Rather than feeling daunted by the scope of the problem, gardeners and organizations across the region have been getting their hands dirty growing food to help their neighbors. In order to coordinate efforts, share knowledge and identify resources, local growers have collaborated for the better part of a decade as the Western N.C. Alliance of Gardens That Give. With the spring growing season quickly approaching, the organization is seeking new members and inviting those who are interested to attend the group’s next quarterly meeting on Monday, April 16. The new recruits will join 23 active member gardens, as well as five food distribution organizations. Susan Sides, the garden manager and program director of The Lord’s Acre in Fairview, is one of the founders of Gardens That Give. In addition to its member gardens, she says, the group has roughly 80 like-minded contacts on its email list. “Some people are just paying attention,” she says. “They might

never go to meetings, but they’re seeing how it connects to what they do.” Gardens That Give offers participants a space to interact with people from a variety of backgrounds who share a common goal. “These gardens aren’t just to give away food,” Sides notes. “These [are] really intentional spaces — venues for bringing people who are very diverse together in a space where they can work together.” While the network is robust, Sides says Gardens That Give is always looking for “anyone that’s interested in coming to see what we’re doing, seeing if they can glean something from it, or add something to it or partner with us.” Fledgling garden operations can benefit from the knowledge of those who are more seasoned. “Gardens that come on now have such a better chance of being successful and doing good work more quickly, because they can learn so much so quickly from all the mistakes that we all have made,” says Sides. New members can also bolster the group’s ability to work with partner organizations and meet food security needs year-round, as well as diversify the types of crops and learning experiences Gardens That Give can offer the community. According to Nicole Mahshie, a staff member at Hendersonville’s Veterans Healing Farm, “The Gardens That Give meetings are always informative, encouraging and offer a space to share ideas and problem solve collectively with like-minded people.” Sides says the group can benefit from many different skill sets. “We can work with artists, musicians; we can work with spreadsheet people,” she notes. “Just about anyone interested in this kind of work.” “Everyone’s getting something from these gardens,” says Sides. “This is a way that folks can get involved with dealing with food access that might be easier for some people to do.” For more information, visit avl. mx/4t7 or search for Gardens That Give on Facebook. To become a member, find out about upcoming meetings and join the email list, contact gardensthatgivewnc@gmail.com or susan@thelordsacre.org. X

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WILDLY PROLIFIC

Cooking with WNC’s native spring perennials

BY CATHY CLEARY cathy@thecookandgarden.com I often refer to myself as a lazy gardener with a messy but somehow incredibly productive yard full of things to eat. I let plants go to seed when they are done actively producing food. I may collect the seeds, but more often than not, I shake the flowering stalks that lettuce and arugula send up, scattering seed and ensuring that “volunteer” plants will sprout the following season with relatively little effort on my part. In the springtime, my lazy side especially appreciates perennial fruits and vegetables, which return year after year without needing to be reseeded. Think berry bushes, mint, asparagus, daylilies and fruit trees. Seemingly unbidden, these plants emerge from dormancy and begin producing their edible gifts.

Humans have a long history of domesticating perennial plants like rhubarb and blueberries, taking them out of the wild, selecting for characteristics like sweetness or prolific production, and fencing them off to protect from other animals. I do my fair share of protecting blueberry bushes from birds and raccoons, but I also love the multitude of wild perennial edibles. Chickweed, dandelion, lamb’s quarters and spring onions make it to my table on a regular basis this time of year. CHEROKEE GREENS

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I recently learned about a perennial the Cherokee call sochani or sochan (ᏐᏣᏂ in the Cherokee syllabary). On a tour of the Dr. John Wilson Community Garden in Black Mountain, garden manager Diana McCall led me down a path to the edge of the Swannanoa River. Lifting some brush, she pointed out the emerging green shoots of this native plant, noting, “These leaves will get to be dinner plate-sized.” She describes the flavor as earthy and spinachlike with a tender texture. As a matter of fact, she once used sochan leaves in place of spinach to make palak paneer for an entire wedding party. “It was delicious,” she says. “People thought it was made with spinach.” The garden helps fulfill its mission by growing produce for the nonprofit Bounty and Soul to distribute to local food-insecure families. Each plot-holding family or individual gives 10 percent or more of their harvest to Bounty and Soul. McCall also harvests nettles, sochan, dandelion, daylily greens, Jerusalem artichoke and violets in the springtime for donation. All of these edibles are incredibly prolific, so much so that they are sometimes thought of as invasive weeds. “Because Bounty and Soul provides education with the food, the community garden can donate things like nettles and Jerusalem

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GREENS AND EGGS As with cultivated greens in the garden, only harvest wild greens before they have begun to flower. The plant’s chemistry and flavor change once it has begun to go to seed. If you are new to eating wild greens, be sure they are correctly identified before harvesting. • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil or bacon grease • ½ cup onion or wild spring onion (green part only), diced • ½ teaspoon salt • 8-10 cups chopped spinach, sochan leaves, lamb’s quarters, dandelion greens, chickweed, Swiss chard or turnip, mustard or sweet potato greens (try combining several varieties) • 1 teaspoon cider vinegar • Three to four eggs • Fresh black pepper and salt for sprinkling • Red pepper flakes or hot sauce for serving (optional) In a 9- or 10-inch skillet, heat the oil on medium-high heat. Sauté onion with

Photo by Cathy Cleary salt two to three minutes. Add the greens and vinegar and sauté until starting to wilt, 30 seconds to five minutes, depending on your greens. Make three or four holes in the greens so that you can see the bottom of the pan. Crack eggs in the holes, sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. Cover the skillet and turn the heat to low. Cook

for three to five minutes until eggs are desired doneness. Using a spatula, scoop out sunny-side-up eggs onto plates and arrange greens around the eggs. Serve with hot sauce or pepper flakes on the side. A version of this recipe appears in The Southern Harvest Cookbook by Cathy Cleary (Arcadia Publishing 2018).

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FOOD artichoke,” she explains. “They have built trust by building a relationship and showing people how to process and cook foods they may not be familiar with.” Prolific native plants like sochan enable the organization to give out even more fresh produce than if it were just using cultivated crops. Often native plants survive disease and drought while domesticated plants succumb to insect invasions and unexpected harsh conditions.

There are many perennial edibles like these that humans have gathered from stream banks and woodlands for thousands of years, but often knowledge and taste for them are lost from generation to generation. Tyson Sampson, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has collected, consumed and shared these plants since he first followed his mother and grandmother into the floodplain near their house at age 12.

“From my cultural perception, we cultivate plants like sochani by expressing gratitude as we harvest it in the early springtime when it’s young and tender,” he explains. “I could never imagine viewing it as an invader.” Back on that floodplain, he and the other kids watched and learned while the women would gather a big brown bag of greens. “That bag was enough to feed our large family for one meal,” he says. “We cook sochani in a big pot. There is nothing like it boiling on mama’s stove. It permeates, it’s got its own smell — kind of piney.” Sampson still picks from the same spot. “We don’t harm the plants. We don’t pull them up, just pick the leaves, and the more we pick, the more it grows,” he says. He also learned to identify, harvest and process many other varieties of native plants under the tutelage of his aunts, mother and grandmother. He describes learning to boil poke leaves in several changes of water to reveal their unique and delicious flavor and remove toxins. He warns that plants like sochani and poke must be correctly identified, and care must be taken in their preparation to avoid potential toxic effects. He also notes the deep cultural significance of cooking these wild greens. “Sochan is a gastronomic pleasure, and eating it the specific way that my mother prepares it honors our past and current generations and keeps the Cherokee Indian culture alive,” he says. GATEWAY PLANT Rhubarb and The Rhu chef and owner John Fleer has been instrumental in creating a market for lesser-known edible plants and making

them part of a mainstream regional food culture. He describes the wild garlic known as ramps as a gateway plant. “Ramps are fun. I’ve been using them for years, and they are part of the fabric of learning about Appalachia,” he says. He cautions that when buying wild ramps at local tailgate markets, be sure they do not have their roots attached. In order to ensure that future generations will be able to enjoy their pungent flavor, the roots must be left in the ground at harvest so the plants can continue to propagate. And while Fleer says ramps are “easy and prevalent,” Asheville’s foraging culture has introduced him to many other springtime favorites, such as wild rapini. “Wild rapini looks like broccoli rabe, but it’s in the mustard family,” he explains. “It’s got thick stems and leaves that are broccoli rabe-esque. It starts coming in early March.” Other wild spring vegetables appearing on Fleer’s menus this season include nettles, creasy greens, morels, sochan and a variety of wild mustard greens. “When I begin working with something new, I do a little research and then start experimenting with pairing flavors,” he says. Like Sampson, he notes the importance of doing your homework, because some edible plants should only be consumed in small amounts and others need special treatment to remove harmful elements or make them palatable. As the appetite for these flavorful perennials is whetted by creative chefs like Fleer, it is important to bear in mind Sampson’s and his family’s dedication to not harming the plants. Just like any other resource, wild plants like ramps can be overharvested. Doing research and harvesting sustainably ensures a future filled with flavor. X

HARVESTING AND WASHING GREENS Grit, dirt and bugs love to cling to the undersides of those nutritious leaves, especially with low-growing chickweed. Over the years, I have come up with a method for washing that seems pretty effective. Harvest greens into a large tub or bucket. Fill with water so that greens are submerged, gently stir with your hand and allow to soak for two to five minutes. Scoop handfuls of greens out of the water into a salad spinner, remove spinner basket from bowl and rinse greens under fresh cool water. Spin in salad spinner to remove as much water as possible. Taste a leaf or two to make sure the grit is gone. Repeat the process if necessary. Submerging then rinsing seems to be effective for the grittiest greens. If yours seem pretty clean after submerging in water, skip the rinsing step. Capture that wash water and put it back in your garden.

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“Let’s face it, most people who hear the word ‘vegan’ don’t think of the word ‘delicious,’” says cookbook author and award-winning PBS television host Laura Theodore. “They think of the word ‘bland’; they think of the word ‘twigs’ or ‘salad.’” For years, Theodore has worked to eliminate those misconceptions about the diet and lifestyle. On Saturday, April 7, the author will be at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe to sign copies of her latest cookbook, Jazzy Vegetarian’s Deliciously Vegan: Plant-Powered Recipes for the Modern, Mindful Kitchen. The collection includes 175 plant-based recipes, along with a series of top-10 lists that note essential ingredients, spices and substitutes available for a diverse set of vegan-friendly meals. Theodore believes the range of options will surprise omnivores and carnivores alike. “Even if you’re not looking to become vegan, this is a perfect book if you’re just interested in adding one plant-based meal into your weekly menu,” she says. Highlights include teriyaki kebabs, sunny black bean burgers and gingered portobello steaks. Along with her latest cookbook, Theodore also has a new restaurant coming to Hendersonville. The Jazzy Vegetarian Vegan Café is slated to open in May inside Sanctuary Brewing Co. Theodore considers the brewery, which works with a number of animal advocacy groups, an ideal fit. “We’ll have our Ultimate Jazzy Burger, fries, fantastic pizza — everything that you would expect to have in a brewery,” she says. “Of course, it’s all going to be dairy-free and animal-free.” Currently based out of Spartanburg, S.C., Theodore says she’s excited to make her way to the mountains for the upcoming book signing. As with her past cookbooks, she hopes her latest work drives home the point that there’s more to the vegan diet than salads and twigs. Jazzy Vegetarian’s Deliciously Vegan cookbook signing starts at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 7, at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St. The Vegetarian Vegan Café will open in

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JAZZING UP THE MENU: Laura Theodore, host of PBS television show “Jazzy Vegetarian,” visits Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe this week to talk about her latest vegan cookbook. She is also set to open a new vegan eatery in Hendersonville this spring. Photo by Joe Orrechio May at Sanctuary Brewing Co., 147 First Ave. E., Hendersonville. For more information on the book signing, visit avl.mx/4t4. APPALACHIAN FRIENDSHIP DINNER Folkmoot, a nonprofit committed to honoring many cultures in

one community, will partner with Elevated Mountain Distilling Co. in Maggie Valley for its next Friendship Dinner. This month’s event, Barbeque and Bluegrass, celebrates Appalachian culture and cuisine with a dinner of pulled pork, baked beans, coleslaw, rolls and dessert accompanied by a performance from Americana string band Ol’ Dirty

Bathtub. Samples of moonshine by Elevated Mountain Distilling will be available for guests ages 21 and older, and Bearwaters Brewing Co. will have beer for sale. “So many of us have a Scottish-Irish-BritishGerman background around here and have personal knowledge of the traditions and customs from our own families,” says Angeline Schwab, Folkmoot’s executive director. “We will celebrate this at the distillery, but also take participants beyond the stereotypes in a fun way.” Barbeque and Bluegrass runs 6-9 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at Elevated Mountain Distilling Co., 3732 Soco Road, Maggie Valley. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for students in advance; $30 at the door. Seating is limited. Visit Folkmoot.org or call 828-452-2997. OUTDOOR TAILGATE MARKETS IN BLOOM The Asheville City Market – South at Town Square Boulevard, Biltmore Town Square, will open for the season on Wednesday, April 4. The North Asheville Tailgate Market at 3300 University Heights on the UNC Asheville campus makes its season debut Saturday, April 7, and the Asheville City Market moves out of its winter quarters at the Masonic Temple to its warm-weather home at 52 N. Market St. on the same day. The West Asheville Tailgate Market at 718 Haywood Road reappears Tuesday, April 10. Additional markets will open throughout April and May. For specific times and locations, visit avl.mx/4t5.

NEW OWNERS FOR EARLY GIRL EATERY On March 21, Early Girl Eatery’s founders, John and Julie Stehling, sold the restaurant to Jesson and Cristina Gil, owners of The Blackbird. The Stehlings opened Early Girl in 2001. “We are proud of what we accomplished,” writes Julie in an email exchange with Xpress. “We are grateful that we found new owners who value the staff and have the energy to move Early Girl forward.” The Stehlings still own their West Asheville restaurant, King Daddy’s Chicken & Waffle. The Gils first joined the Asheville restaurant scene in 2016, with their purchase of The Blackbird (see “Quick dish: Cristina and Jesson Gil of The Blackbird,” Sept. 12, 2016, Xpress). The couple, who relocated from Texas, also own Winter View Farm in Fairview. In a press release, Jesson says, “We plan to continue Early Girl’s tradition of warm hospitality and delicious food made with local ingredients.” Early Girl Eatery is at 8 Wall St. For hours, visit earlygirleatery.com. X

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SECOND LOCATION FOR RISE ABOVE DELI Rise Above Deli, located inside Hillman Beer, has announced plans to expand. Its second venue, Rise Above Bakehouse, aims to open by summer at the former site of Ruth & Ranshaw at 1207 Charlotte Highway, Fairview, according to owner Brandon Murry. The Bakehouse will offer fresh breads, pastries, sweets, bagels and coffee, as well as light breakfast and lunch items. It will also supply the bread for Rise Above Deli. Rise Above Deli is at 25 Sweeten Creek Road. Updates to follow. MOUNTAINX.COM

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by Tony Kiss | avlbeerguy@gmail.com

20 years of pizza, beer and movies Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. founders reflect on the company’s history In 1997, Doug Riley was making beer in Portland, Ore., when he spied a newspaper ad from a startup in Asheville looking for a brewer. A friend who was living in Asheville recommended the city, so Riley decided to apply for the job. A few months later, Mike Rangel and his then-wife, Leigh Oder, were running the Asheville Pizza Co. shop on Merrimon Avenue across from the Fresh Market when they received an offer to take over Two Moons BrewN-View, the brewpub where Riley’s beers were attracting attention. They went down the street to take a look. The combination of the trio’s talents led to Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. in 1998. Two decades later, the place is thriving with craft beers, pizza, a discount movie theater and a game room. The beer and food have become so popular that the business has grown to include additional locations on Coxe Avenue and Hendersonville Road. “It’s been the most fantastic 20 years of my life,” says Rangel. The company’s president grew up in Lexington, Ky., and worked at pizzerias before moving to Asheville in 1995. “I had no inkling in any way that I would be involved in the brewing business.” A LOT OF PROMISE When Rangel and Oder arrived at Two Moons in late 1997, less than one year after the business opened in the former Merrimon Twin theater, it was in disarray. The business was in serious debt in a leased building that had standing water in what had once been a second auditorium. “I have a background in restaurant consulting,” Rangel says. “I was asked if there was anything I could do to salvage it. And if not, to help prepare it for sale. It was poorly organized except for the beer, and that’s what people were coming in for. We saw a lot of promise.” Rangel and Oder decided to buy the place, mortgaging their home to make the purchase. They took on owner-partners, including Riley, a native of Muscle Shoals, Ala. When he arrived in Asheville, the craft beer scene was small. Two Moons was the city’s third brewery, following Highland Brewing 40

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That hurdle occurred in the dead of winter, and the idea was floated to close for a few months until spring. The business was too new to qualify for a bank loan, so the owners put on a benefit called Heat Aid. Local musicians donated their services for the show, an investor also helped out, and a new heater was installed. Later, there was an issue with a leaking roof, but that was also repaired. It took three years to break even and another five before the company started making a profit. “But we knew our pizza was good, and we had a lot of regulars,” Rangel says. COMMUNITY EFFORT

20 CHEERS: From left, Doug Riley, Leigh Oder and Mike Rangel have been the team behind Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. since the company started in 1998. Photo courtesy Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. Co. and Benefit Brewing Co. (later Green Man Brewery) at Jack of the Wood pub. The first beers Riley made for Asheville Brewing were Roland’s ESB, followed by Shiva IPA, Rook Porter (later renamed Ninja) and Looking Glass Gold, a golden ale. Shiva, which has followed the same recipe for 20 years, was instrumental in introducing Asheville to IPAs, which were already popular in Portland. BREWPUB LIFE In addition to the beer, the new owners retained another element from the old Two Moons concept: movies. According to Riley, the cinema had screened projected videos of film, but he, Rangel and Oder upgraded to 35-millimeter equipment and now use a digital projection system. Rangel also wanted to improve on Two Moons’ menu of standard bar grub, so the food offerings were overhauled. He knew the pizza business and brought Asheville Pizza’s popular pies to the brewpub. “We were going

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to be a little more upscale with better pizza,” he says. However, they didn’t have much time. “We didn’t think [the previous owners] would take our offer. When they said yes, we weren’t prepared for it.” A few weeks after buying Two Moons, Oder learned she was pregnant. The news prompted the owners to make Asheville Pizza family-friendly. Two Moons closed at the end of 1997 and reopened Jan. 1, 1998, as Asheville Pizza & Brewing. Early on, Riley, Rangel and Oder each wore many hats. “Doug used to brew and help run the [pizza] ovens, and I would start the movie and sell tickets and sell beers and make pizzas,” Rangel says. “We had to convince Asheville that we were there for the long haul, that we were going to be a place to be proud of.” Getting the business started wound up being far from the only serious challenge the trio faced. “Our first year of business, we put everything we could into installing a better projector and a new sound system,” Rangel says. “And then our heater went out.”

Through the years, Riley, Rangel and Oder have remained and been joined by many others, though Riley’s job has changed. He’s now on the operations side and works with the brewery’s distributor, Budweiser of Asheville. He enjoys the new challenges. Brewing, he says, “is rough on an old man’s back.” The brewery continues to produce its core beers and add new ones like Perfect Day IPA, which has become one of its best sellers. Its canned offerings are sold throughout Western North Carolina while regular taproom-only small-batch releases attract locals and tourists alike. As for the theater, it still shows recent second-run films for $3 and throws in special screenings of older features such as The Princess Bride. The reliable combination has become a magnet for beer and movie fans, as well as families — the owners’ included. Rangel’s and Oder’s son Simon works there four nights a week, as does Rangel’s stepson, Evan. “I’m really proud that they are part of a crew of the neatest people I’ve ever met,” says Rangel, who credits the community for making the company so popular. “Asheville gave us a lot of feedback,” he says. “In a way, Asheville got us to where we are today more than any great plan I had.” Asheville Brewing Co. has locations at 675 Merrimon Ave., 77 Coxe Ave. and 1850 Hendersonville Road. For more information, visit ashevillebrewing.com. X

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

BRICK BY BRICK

Artist Josh Copus builds community

BY THOMAS CALDER

imprints of the Confederate flag. The other declares, WE CAN HEAL. Copus says the two women who designed the messages created them on the same day while sitting across from each other. “Everyone knew what was going on,” he explains. “But no one got called a racist; no one got called a hippie. It was obvious they were of differing viewpoints. … But they just made art together. And there was a conversation.” “Think about how rare it is for those two people to encounter each other in real life,” adds Patrick. “So much of the back-and-forth happens on Facebook. People never see who the other side is. To be able to have the starting point of making something together, I think, is cool and different.”

tcalder@mountainx.com In Western North Carolina, it’s not uncommon to spot an old brick chimney alone in a distant field. In fact, if you wind your way through Marshall via U.S. 25, you’re guaranteed to see such a structure atop a hill at the Woodson Branch Nature School. However, if you were to pull over and give the smokestack a closer look, you’d discover an unconventional design. All 1,500 of its bricks carry messages, images and, in some instances, faces. The chimney is the latest project by Marshall-based artist Josh Copus. Between August and November of last year, locals created the handmade bricks at Copus’ mobile community brick factory, as part of the latest iteration of the artist’s Building Community Project (a program he launched in 2006, while a student at UNC Asheville). The installation is a result of this effort, which the artist calls a monument to the residents and town of Marshall. On Saturday, April 7, Copus, along with the Woodson Branch Nature School, will celebrate its dedication. The event will include a scavenger hunt, guided tours of the property, information on the school’s programs and a brickmaking session. The installation, explains Copus, offers a unique way to explore the opposing ideas of community and diaspora. For Emily Patrick, Copus’ fiancé and contributing project partner, one brick in particular stands out as emblematic of these themes. It reads: THIS BRICK IS A MEMORY. “I like that idea of this whole thing, this structure, being a memory of Appalachia’s past,” she says. “It’s a symbol of the past, and of the past gone. But it’s also a question of what happens now?”

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CONTRASTING PERSPECTIVES From day one, Copus explains, the Building Community Project has been free for anyone to participate in. Much of the financing comes through grants. Copus and Patrick have also spent countless hours digging up clay and demonstrating the process to would-be makers. Inclusivity is key to the project’s success. “The barrier of participation needs to be eliminated as much as possible,” Copus says. “That’s one of

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SMOKESTACK: Josh Copus’ latest project celebrates and explores the Marshall community, one brick at a time. The chimney, currently installed at the Woodson Branch Nature School, will be dedicated on April 7. Photo by Thomas Calder the core pillars of the project: It does not cost any money.” The program is also free from censorship. Inscribed messages vary from inside jokes to factoids about the town and from memorials to political statements. A pair

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of bricks situated side by side on the front of the chimney offers an example of the contrasting perspectives held by those who partook in the project. One reads, THE CONFEDERACY LIVES and is accompanied by two small, circular

The chimney will remain at the Woodson Branch Nature School for an undetermined period of time. But, ultimately, the installation will come down, and the bricks will be used as part of the sidewalk and back patio for Copus’ other ongoing project: the old Marshall jailhouse. In 2016, Copus and three business partners purchased the town’s former sheriff’s office and house of correction. The plan is to turn the upstairs detention center into short-term rentals; the downstairs will have commercial businesses, as well as a small museum. The project is still in its early stages. “The renovation of this space comes alongside what is a pretty exciting growth we’re seeing in Marshall,” says Madison County Planner Sara Nichols. “The developers of this project have taken the community into consideration as they want this space to be a space that adds to the dynamic nature of Marshall.” Part of this consideration has involved interviewing residents with ties to the old jailhouse, which opened in 1905 and operated until 2012. The result, “Stories from the Old Marshall Jail, Vol. 1,” is now available on the Building Community Project website. “We want to do a full length,” notes Patrick. “That will take more time and more trust, but that’s the nice thing about this project. It’s giving us time to get to know people and for them to get to know us.”

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OUTLAWS: Josh Copus and his fiancé and project partner, Emily Patrick, inside the old Marshall jailhouse. Photo by Thomas Calder For Copus, everything — the chimney, the jailhouse, the documentary, the brick project — is connected by the guiding principle of community. “The ultimate resolution in my mind is that a child comes and makes a brick, and then that brick becomes part of [the jail’s] property,” he says. “And then, 30 years from now, that child is an adult, and they always have that connection to their hometown.” In the meantime, the lone chimney peers out toward U.S. 25 with all its memories, inside jokes and stories holding it together. “It’s the history of a place, as told through what really makes the place,” says Copus, staring up at the monument.

“So much of what the history books are about is, like, this war or this thing — when the real history is about the details.” X

WHAT Building Community Project’s chimney dedication WHERE Woodson Branch Nature School 14555 U.S. 25 Marshall communitybrick.org WHEN Saturday, April 7, 2-8 p.m. Free

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A &E

by Alli Marshall

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WHOLE BALL OF WAX Local batik artist shares lessons learned in India Local fabric artist Jessica Kaufman is dedicated to her medium. The owner of Waxon Batik & Dye Studio, which teaches classes in batik (wax-resist dyeing), tie-dye and other decorative arts, Kaufman has a master’s degree in crafts education. But as much as she loved batik, she was also aware that it wasn’t part of her heritage. What started out “with a fair amount of white guilt, like, ‘I’m teaching someone else’s art form,’” she says, led to the idea to travel to the parts of the world where batik originated: Thailand, Africa and India. Kaufman just completed a three-week study in Bhujpur, India, with Anwar Khatri, a fifth-generation master artisan of traditional batik block print. Leading up to the trip, Kaufman thought, “I’m going to India and I would hate to come back and just keep going about my business. … I want to put on [an exhibition] and show all the work I did.” The resulting showcase opens at Pillar Rooftop Bar on Wednesday, April 11, with a DJ spinning Indian music, door prizes and Kaufman’s work on view and for sale. Khatri’s tutelage, at the business he runs with his family members, opened up a new world to Kaufman. “Previously, in my work in Asheville, I’d been using the Indonesian method, which is a tjanting tool — a small pot on a stick — that I’d dip into the wax, and then I’d slowly draw [the design].” But Khatri comes from a tradition of stamping wax onto fabric with elaborately carved teak blocks, a method that allows the artist to “cover meters and meters and meters of fabric, depending on how experienced you are,” says Kaufman. While she was in India, she commissioned 13 stamps, based on traditional designs. “Now I’m going to start including this type of batiking into my Asheville classes,” Kaufman says. That was part of her original mission, and once she secured permission from Khatri to visit and study with him, Kaufman set about securing methods of documenting her time in Bhujpur, from photography to videography. Kaufman met Khatri on the Batik Techniques Facebook group. He’s 44

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based in a small village in India’s Gujarat state, off the beaten path of tourism, with no hotels. So, Kaufman stayed with Khatri’s family, eating her meals with them, taking bucket baths and sleeping on a mat in the living room, next to the grandmother and 10-year-old twins. “I was lumped into the family, so I threw myself into it,” she says. There was no privacy or personal space, but there was full access to customs and creative inspiration. Pieces that Kaufman created during the trip are wall hangings. One, in shades of brown, features three mandalas made by using triangularshaped traditional stamps in a circular pattern. Khatri told Kaufman that the resulting design is one his family would never think to create, though, to the Western North Carolinian “it seemed natural. So we sort of collaborated — I used Indian materials to create Ashevillean designs.” A purple and navy piece with a central motif and borders also received approval from the Indian artists. Their industry, says Kaufman, is built on creating three-piece matching apparel sets of a top, a bottom and a shawl. And they use the same colors over and over. “So, something I want to do, because I do it here all the time, was ‘Let’s invent a new shade.’ … It excited the [Khatri] brothers.” She later noticed that Khatri posted a piece in the resulting mustard yellow hue on his Instagram account. What if some of Kaufman’s ideas take root among the Bhujpur designers? “That would be wonderful,” she enthuses. “Art is life-changing and [this experience] could be careerchanging for both of us, because it sends us in new directions that [we] didn’t think of before.” One downside to the story is that when Kaufman offered to host her mentor and his family should they visit the U.S. at some point, she was reminded that the Khatris, as Muslims from India, are unlikely to be granted visas to this country. Still, Kaufman hopes the three weeks they spent together can have continued positive effects.

“When I was there, I kept thinking [what] can I do to help this tradition stay alive?” Kaufman recalls. “I think the answer is just exposure — featuring them on my Instagram page, teaching those kinds of classes” and suggesting that others interested in batik also make the journey to study with Khatri or a similar traditional artist. The outcomes of the BhujpurAsheville collaboration and crosscultural exchange are still being revealed both in the creative and business arenas. Kaufman welcomes the possibilities, saying, “It’s exciting to plant a seed and sit back and see what happens.” X

WHO Jessica Kaufman batik exhibition waxonstudio.com WHERE Pillar Rooftop Bar 309 College St.

MAKE AN IMPRESSION: Asheville-based batik artist Jessica Kaufman, left, prints hot wax onto linen fabric with hand-carved teak blocks in Bhujpur, India. Woodblock carver Anwar Khatri, right, shows his work. He shares a name with the master batik artisan with whom Kaufman studied in India. Photos courtesy of Kaufman

WHEN Opening reception Wednesday, April 11, 7-10 p.m.

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A&E

by Bill Kopp

bill@musoscribe.com

REAL FEEL The last few years have seen a lot of changes for songwriter and keyboardist Chuck Lichtenberger. His marriage and band ended, and he faced some serious mental health issues; all of this played out in a very public manner. This Is What Happens When ..., his latest solo album, addresses — in unyielding and candid fashion — some of those issues, making for an unusual, yet intriguing and rewarding, listen. Lichtenberger will celebrate his album launch with a Sunday, April 8, show at The Mothlight. Lichtenberger is the first to admit that he likes things a certain way. “I like being really prepared,” he says. “I like keeping a schedule. It keeps me sane and it makes me productive.” So the degree to which he gave producer Jonathan Scales free rein in making this album is remarkable. A year and a half after the series of tumultuous events he experienced, Lichtenberger feels he’s in a much better place. “And because I’m fully

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Chuck Lichtenberger celebrates a solo album release

OUT OF THE BOX: Chuck Lichtenberger bounces back with an idiosyncratic collection of pop songs and musical vignettes for his latest solo album, This Is What Happens When ... The album release will be celebrated with an April 8 performance at The Mothlight. Photo by Sandlin Gaither accepting of myself now,” he explains, “I’m able to give somebody else that kind of control of my record.”

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Scales and Lichtenberger are longtime friends; Scales played on a few stephaniesid projects (that local pop-noir band in which Lichtenberger was a major collaborator), and the two admire each other’s musical approach. When the album project began, Lichtenberger gave Scales demos of 50 original songs. “And he culled it down,” Lichtenberger says. “He said, ‘Here’s the 20 we’re gonna use.’” The end result is quite different from what the keyboardist originally had in mind. “I thought maybe I’d be making an instrumental record,” Lichtenberger says. “Half of the tunes I gave Jonathan were instrumentals.” In the end, Scales chose only one lengthy instrumental piece, “Undiagnosed,” to which an a cappella introduction would be added. The other initially wordless compositions were brief snippets. “I asked Jonathan, ‘Do you want me to flesh these out?’” Lichtenberger recalls. But Scales told him, “No, these are going to be the interludes.” In its finished form, This Is What Happens When ... is a collection of songs in a variety of styles — some with a character who will be familiar to fans of another of Lichtenberger’s former bands, The Archrivals — with brief, linking tracks. But the interludes feature Lichtenberger’s spoken-word performances on top of the instrumental tracks. The keyboardist’s forthright manner of dealing with traumatic episodes in his past characterizes many of the interludes. “At first, I was like, ‘Oh, that makes me feel uncomfortable,’” he says. But once Lichtenberger started coming up with

the words for those interludes, it was Scales’ turn to express reservations. “He was like, ‘Oh, that’s too much,’ and I was like, ‘That’s what I wrote, dude.’ And then he got comfortable with it.” Lichtenberger says that eventually both he and Scales became convinced they were going in the right direction. “We just kept upping the ante back and forth,” he says. Half of the tracks on This Is What Happens When ... are vignettes overlaid with Lichtenberger’s frank — and occasionally funny — storytelling. The album opens with “Fifteen,” a tale of teenage frustration. “African American” is a kinetic drum solo with Lichtenberger’s nervy spoken-word on top. “Twenty-two” is a fetching loungejazz number featuring a brief tale that quickly unravels. And “Somewhere on a Highway in Texas” weds an atmospheric piano piece to what sounds like someone reaching the end of his emotional tether. But This Is What Happens When ... has bouncy pop tunes, as well, like “Forever” and — despite its title — “Throw Up.” Lichtenberger’s gift for off-kilter melodies that remain accessible is the musical thread that holds the album together. Most of the arrangements are built around a spare trio: Lichtenberger on piano and vocals plus Jay White on guitar and drummer Shariq Tucker. Other friends help out on selected tracks; Jonathan Pearlman turns in a searing lead guitar solo on “Nighttime.” Lichtenberger admits that he’s not sure how he wants listeners to take his latest collection of songs. “I don’t even know what I want to have happen,” he says. “You can listen to the lyrics and get into that aspect of it. I’m hoping it can be treated like a singer-songwriter record and a rock record.” X

WHO Chuck Lichtenberger with Adam & Kizzie WHERE The Mothlight 701 Haywood Road themothlight.com WHEN Sunday, April 8, 8 p.m. $8 advance/$10 day of show

by Alli Marshall

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PROACTIVE MEETS INTERACTIVE UNCA’s Arts Fest explores creative intersections The Quad at UNC Asheville, though idyllically green and perfect for sprawling on a sunny day, is also an ideal outdoor maker space. It’s home to occasional live music performances such as the popular Concerts on the Quad series. And, Thursday-Saturday, April 5-7, the Quad and other university locations become a hub of creativity and conversation as UNCA celebrates its annual Arts Fest. This year, the three-day event “will explore intersections through the arts,” says the university’s website. Along with exhibitions, concerts, readings, dance performances and a ceramics sale, Arts Fest also offers installations and presentations aimed at engaging students and the broader Asheville community. UNCA students, faculty and staff built two interactive installations, created by Vessence Corp. CEO and chief

LEND A HAND: UNC Asheville’s campus community and the broader Asheville community are invited to take part in three days of arts-centered events during Arts Fest. The UNITY installation, created by Nancy Belmont, is a giant outdoor web celebrating the “different identifiers that speak to the many aspects of our humanity.” Photo courtesy of Belmont

inspiration officer Nancy Belmont, on the Asheville campus. “With the SOAR installation, participants are invited to examine what is burdening them by writing words on river rocks and then laying them down as they let go of their weight, and then select a paper crane to hang as a symbol of their dedication to soar,” says a press release. The UNITY installation is “a giant outdoor web made of 10-foot poles and colorful yarn” intended to celebrate the “different identifiers that speak to the many aspects of our humanity.” Arts Fest also includes a presentation by artist and Black Mountain College Legacy Fellow Mel Chin on his plans for augmented reality installations in Times Square, beginning on

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Schedule THURSDAY, APRIL 5 • Readings by intergenerational writers — Includes work by youth writers as well as UNCA students and faculty. Ramsey Library, Glass House, 8:30-11:30 a.m. • SOAR & UNITY installations — All ages are welcome to participate. Ramsey Library and main quad, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. • Solar observing on the Quad — Astronomy Club of Asheville and the UNC Asheville physics and education departments help viewers safely observe the sun through telescopes with a variety of solar filters. Noon-2 p.m. • “The River and Art: One Voice” — A visioning workshop, facili-

tated by artist Betsy Damon. 14 Riverside Drive, 1:30-2:30 p.m. • Dance performance practicum — Students share work in process for “The Intrepid Nature of Beauty,” created by Celia Weiss Bambara. Sherrill Center, Room 351, 2:30-3:30 p.m. • Wake Project — Presentation by Mel Chin. STEAM Studio at RAMP, 821 Riverside Drive, 3-4 p.m. • The People’s Water: Stewardship Through Art — Betsy Damon presents images from her 35 years of working with and for water. Sherrill Center, Mountain View Room, 7-8 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 6 • “Artists as Change Makers” — A workshop with Nancy Belmont about how public art installations can initiate change in communities. Includes breakfast. Brown Hall, Room 217, 9-11 a.m. • SOAR & UNITY Projects. Main quad, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. • Languages & Cultures in Action —Short performances in poetry, song, dance, theater, skit, etc., celebrate the diversity of the campus community. Main quad, 12:30-3:30 p.m. • Fused Creative Innovation — Suzy O’Hara shares examples from INVENTORS!

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A &E Earth Day, April 22. Chin is working on the Wake Project with UNCA students in art, engineering and new media. And, tying the local environment into the multifaceted artistic canvas, artist Betsy Damon plans to facilitate “The River and Art: One Voice.” The visioning workshop will “discuss and brainstorm potential public art installations for the French Broad River watershed,”

according to a press release. In the event The People’s Water: Stewardship Through Art, Damon will present images from her 35 years of working with and for water, including The Living Water Garden in Chengdu, China; and the Living Waters of Larimer in Pittsburgh, Pa. Learn more about Arts Fest at arts.unca.edu/arts-fest X

Schedule (continued) exhibition each spring semester in conjunction with the department of art and art history’s scholarships and awards presentations. Asheville Area Arts Council, 207 Coxe Ave., 5-8 p.m.

with Dominic Wilcox, which “turns children’s invention ideas into real objects through art.” Zeis Hall, Room 202, 3:30-4:30 p.m. • 15th annual New Media Juried Student Exhibition — Innovative works by UNCA students include 2-D and 3-D animation, interactive art and design, video, stop motion, sonic art, installation, 3-D printing and digital prints. Zeis Hall, Second-floor lobby, 4:30-6:30 p.m. • R e c h a r g e and #KnowYourPower — An art-centered therapeutic evening reflects on the “Promoting the Positive” theme of the concurrent Sexual Violence Prevention Summit. Main quad, 5-8 p.m. • 51st annual UNC Asheville Juried Student Exhibition — Art Front organizes this annual

• Presentation and excerpts from Beneath the Veneer — The locally made documentary explores “the conditions experienced by AfricanAmericans navigating intergenerational trauma and systemic inequity.” Filmmakers Diane Tower-Jones and Sekou Coleman will discuss “their development of an innovative community engagement strategy” and future plans for production. Sherrill Center, Mountain View Room, 6:30-7:30 p.m. • Down by the Water — A 60-minute multimedia storytelling experience by David Novak with water photography by Martin Waugh. Reuter

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• Music of the Spheres — Stargazing through high-powered telescopes, set to live music. Main quad, 9-10 p.m. SATURDAY, APRIL 7 • Festival on the Quad — Performances by The Lounge Lizards (faculty band), Noah Proudfoot and the Botanicals (soul, funk, hip-hop), UNCA’s Belly Dancing Club, Asheville Singers (choral), Justin Ray’s Audible Arrangements (jazz standards), William Hinson & Grace Christian (folk-rock) and more, noon-5 p.m. • Festival on the Quad activities also include flash mob music events, arts and crafts vendors, interactive arts and crafts and anagama kiln firing and demonstrations.

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Sumitra Born to Indian parents in New York, Sumitra was uprooted throughout a childhood that saw her ricochet around Europe, Asia and North America. During those years, she says songwriting was her lone, steady force. Now that the pianist/vocalist has laid down roots in the suburbs of Los Angeles, she’s able to more fully reflect on her tumultuous youth while also celebrating her current peaceful existence. The past and present are reflected on her 2016 collection, Still, Sumitra’s third album and first as a purely solo performer. She’s also been hard at work on a followup with what she’s dubbed her “dream team.” Sumitra continues her journey in the lounge at Isis Music Hall on Wednesday, April 11, at 7 p.m. $10. isisasheville.com. Photo by Eric Lee Martin

Natural Elements As winter turned to spring, collaborations were afoot at Wedge Studios. Highlighting nature through their individual style and medium preferences, resident artists Elise Okrend, Tessa Lang and Jen Gordon joined forces for the show Natural Elements. Okrend’s pastels depict grasses, sunsets and sunrises; Lang’s use of oil bar in a contemporary animal series reflects her abstract style; and Gordon’s mixed-media work employs found and reclaimed objects as well as papermaking and wax painting. The artists’ selected creations may be viewed in the Cloud Room at Wedge Brewing Co.’s Foundation location starting Monday, April 2. There will be an opening reception Wednesday, April 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m., and the exhibition will be on display through April 30. Free to attend. wedgebrewing.com/location-wedge-foundation. Image by Gordon

Mass Appeal Attic Salt Theatre Company returns to 35below, Asheville Community Theatre’s black-box space, for its production of Bill C. Davis’ comedy Mass Appeal. The Tonynominated play follows aspiring priest Mark Dolson (Patrick Brandt) in his quest to rouse parishioners to action, an approach that clashes with that of populist Father Tim Farley (David Mycoff). “It’s rare that a play written some 35 years ago can still touch on issues that are relevant today, and not just within the Catholic Church, but in everyday life,” says director Jeff Catanese. “To have one that’s as funny and sharply written as this one is truly a blessing. I think it’s high time we discovered this play again.” The production runs April 6-22 with shows Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. $20. ashevilletheatre.org. Photo by Rodney Smith/Tempus Fugit Design

Ashley Heath and Her Heathens In early February, Asheville singer-songwriter Ashley Heath put out the call to fund the production, distribution, merchandise and promotion surrounding her sophomore album, Where Hope Never Dies. Happily, 186 Kickstarter backers answered, and now the five-track collection — the first under her full band name, Ashley Heath and Her Heathens — is just about ready for sharing. Heath’s original songs were recorded throughout 2017 with bandmates Elijah Cramer (bass), Casey Cramer (guitar), Patrick Dodd (guitar/backup vocals), Ryan Burns (organ) and Patrick Thomas (percussion), plus two appearances by Mike Barnes on slide guitar. She describes the record as having “a very rock/blues/country/Americana sound” and celebrates its release with a show at Asheville Music Hall on Friday, April 6, at 8:30 p.m. Fellow local acts Sanctum Sully and Christy Lynn Band open. $8 advance/$10 day of show. ashevillemusichall.com. Photo courtesy of Heath

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‘SPRING AWAKENING’: From April 7-23, Grovewood Gallery hosts Spring Awakening, a pediatric patients’ exhibition and sale to benefit Arts for Life, a nonprofit that provides pediatric patients and their families with arts education and engagement opportunities. The free opening reception takes place Saturday, April 7, 2-5 p.m. and features live music by the Haw Creek Sweet Hots, ice cream by The Hop and craft activities for kids. Grovewood Gallery is also donating 10 percent of all regular gallery sales from the exhibition’s opening day to the organization. For more information, visit grovewood.com or artsforlifenc.org. Garden at Ground Level, by artists at the Zeis Pediatric Oncology/ Hematology Clinic courtesy of Grovewood Gallery (p. 52) ART ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 828-693-8504, acofhc.org • FR (4/6), 5-7:30pm 2018 ArtScape Banners exhibition and reception. Free to attend. Held at Art Mob Studios & Marketplace, 124 4th Avenue East, Hendersonville; Art On 4th Gallery & Studio, 125 4th Avenue West, Hendersonville; and at Woodlands Gallery, 419 N. Main Street, Hendersonville ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • MONDAYS through (4/30), 10am-1pm "Explorative Fibers," fiber workshop for veterans. Registration required: 828-258-0710. Free. Held at Local Cloth, 207 Coxe Ave. ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM ON THE SLOPE 175 Biltmore Ave., ashevilleart.org • FR (4/6), noon - Up for Discussion: "A Legacy in Wood," presentation by Atlanta-based woodturning artists Ed, Philip

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and Matt Moulthrop. Free. BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 828-2510202, bluespiral1.com • FR (4/6), 6pm - Artist talk with wood-turners Philip and Matt Moulthrop. Free to attend. BULLINGTON GARDENS 95 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville, 828-698-6104, bullingtongardens.org • WE (4/4), 2pm "Poemscapes: These Trees," slide show of tree photographs by Ruthie Rosauer paired with music and poems by Kate Stockman and Annelinde Metzner. Free. CAROLINA’S NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION asheville.cnpa-regions.org/ • SU (4/8), 6pm "Photographing Our Beautiful Small World," general meeting and presentation. Free. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com

• TU (4/10), noon Discussion Bound Book Club: Magritte: This is Not a Biography by Vincent Zabus, illustrated by Thomas Campi. Hosted by the Asheville Art Museum. Free to attend.

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CRAFT, CREATIVITY AND DESIGN 67 Broadway, 828-7851357, craftcreativitydesign.org • TU (4/10), 4-6pm "Sustainable Growth Strategies: Exploring Creative and Profitable Maker Pathways," workshop by Bloodroot Blades and East Fork Pottery. Registration required: craftyourcommerce.com. $20. TRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOL 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, 828-859-8323 • TH (4/12), noon - Crafts & Conversation: “The Art of Encaustic Painting,” presentation by fiber artist and painter Verlie Murphy. Bring your own lunch. Free.

M UNCA ARTS FEST arts.unca.edu/arts-fest • TH (4/5) through SU (4/7) - Arts Fest, three day festival celebrating the arts through presenta-

tions, exhibitions, workshops, art sales and interactive installations. Free. Held at UNC-Asheville, 1 University Heights • TH (4/5), 7-8pm "The People's Water: Stewardship Through Art," presentation by artist and environmental advocate Betsy Damon. Free. Held at UNC Asheville Sherrill Center, 227 Campus Drive • FR (4/6), 9-11am Presentation and interactive workshop by artist Nancy Belmont regarding her art installations and using art for change. Registration required: bit. ly/2IUYyuGFree. Held in Brown Hall, Room 217

M WOODSON BRANCH NATURE SCHOOL 14555 US-25, Marshall, woodsonbranch.org • SA (4/7), 2-8pm - Open house and dedication of an on-site community art installation by Josh Copus. Free to attend.

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS FLETCHER AREA ART FAIR 3599 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher, fletcherartsheritage.com • SA (4/7), 10am-4pm - Art fair featuring over 20 artists with work in acrylics, wood, jewelry, clay, oil, fiber, pastels, floral and photography. Free to attend. SEASONS GROVE PARK INN 290 Macon Ave. • FR (4/6), 4:30-6pm Grand opening featuring artist reception. Free to attend.

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS ART ON MAIN acofhc.org/art-on-main. html • Through TU (5/1) - Artist applications accepted for the juried Art on Main Fine Art show. Registration: acofhc@ bellsouth.net or 828693-8504. Held at Arts Council of Henderson County, 401 N. Main St., Hendersonville

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ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through MO (5/7), 5pm - Applications accepted from nonprofit organizations for North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program sub-grants. See website for full guidelines. ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE • Through FR (4/5) Submissions accepted for designers for the 2018 Costume Drama. See website for full guidelines. THE AUTUMN PLAYERS 828-686-1380, www.ashevilletheatre.org, caroldec25@gmail.com • TU (4/10), 10:30am2:30pm - Open auditions for Broken Glass. Contact for full guidelines. Free. Held at 35below, 35 E. Walnut St.

DANCE 6 WEEK NIGHTCLUBTWO DANCE CLASS (PD.) Wednesdays starting April 4, 7-8pm, Asheville Ballroom. 828-333-0715, naturalrichard@mac.com $75, $65 Early Bird by March 28. www.DanceForLife.net EXPERIENCE ECSTATIC DANCE! (PD.) Dance waves hosted by Asheville Movement Collective. Fun and personal/community transformation. • Fridays, 7pm, Terpsicorps Studios, 1501

Patton Avenue. • Sundays, 8:30am and 10:30am, JCC, 236 Charlotte Street. Sliding scale fee. Information: ashevillemovementcollective.org ASHEVILLE BUTOH FESTIVAL ashevillebutoh.com • MONDAYS, 6:308:30pm - "Aspects of Butoh," butoh dance practice with the Asheville Butoh Collective. $15-$20. Held at 7 Chicken Alley ASHEVILLE MONDAY NIGHT DANCE 828-712-0115, oldfarmersball.com • MONDAYS, 7:3010:30pm - Community contra dance. $7. Held at Center for Art & Spirit at St. George, 1 School Road OLD FARMER'S BALL oldfarmersball.com • 2nd SUNDAYS, 3-5pm - Family contra/square dances for families with children ages 6-12. All ages welcome. Free. Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB 828-697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (4/7), 6pm - "Dancing in the Rain," 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

MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS DRUM SHOP (PD.) Saturdays 5pm, Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/ class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums. com A CAPPELLA ALIVE! wbellnc@yahoo.com • THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - A Cappella Alive! womens choral group practice. Free. Held at Givens Gerber Park (Community Room), 40 Gerber Road ASHEVILLE AREA PIANO FORUM 828-669-3878, ashevillepiano.org, president@ashevillepiano. org • SU (4/8), 3pm - Proceeds from this fundraising concert featuring artists Deborah Belcher, Kimberly Cann, John Cobb, Leslie Downs, Anna Hayward and Grace Lee benefit the Asheville Area Piano Forum. $25/$40 for patrons/$3 for students. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 18 Biltmore Ave., 828-2574530, dwtheatre.com • WE (4/11), 8pm - Sons of Serendip, jazz/pop/R&B concert. $35/$30 students/$20 children. FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 828-693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (4/5) until (4/8) - "The Music of Bob Seger," concert featuring tribute artist Steve Kelly. Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Sun.: 2pm. $35. J.E. BROYHILL CIVIC CENTER 1913 Hickory Blvd SE, Lenior, broyhillcenter.com • FR (4/6), 7:30pm - The Victor Wooten Trio, concert. $20/$10 students. MUSIC AT MARS HILL mhu.edu • WE (4/4), 7:30pm Clarinet and voice recital featuring Denise Gainey and Kristine HurstWajszczuk. Free. Held at Broyhill Chapel, 338 Cascade St, Mars Hill • MO (4/9), 7:30pm Percussion ensemble concert. Free. Held in Moore Auditorium MUSIC AT WCU 828-227-2479, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • TH (4/5), 7pm - OldTime and Bluegrass Series: Charleston Township, bluegrass concert. Public open jam at 8pm. Free. Held at H.F. Robinson Administration Building, 1 University Drive, Cullowhee PUBSING 828-254-1114 • 2nd SUNDAYS, 6-8pm - Gospel jam and singalong. Optional snack time at 5:30pm. Free to attend. Held at French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road UNITY OF THE BLUE RIDGE 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River, 828891-8700 • SA (4/7), 7-8:30pm - The Richard Shulman Group, concert. $15.

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TOASTMASTERS CLUB 914-424-7347, ashevilletoastmasters.com • THURSDAYS, 6:157:45pm - General meeting to develop leadership, communication and speaking skills within community. Free. Held at YMI Cultural Center, 39 South Market St. ASHEVILLE WRITERS' SOCIAL allimarshall@bellsouth.net • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - N.C. Writer's Network group meeting

and networking. Free to attend. Held at Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave., #101 BLUE RIDGE BOOKS 428 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Banned Book Club. Free to attend. • SA (4/7), 3pm - Thomas Thibeault presents his book, Fake: The Crimes of Han van Meegeren. Free to attend. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (4/4), 3pm - Book discussion of Untamed by Will Harlan. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TU (4/10), 1pm Leicester Book Club: The Lake House by Kate Morton. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TU (4/10), 7pm - Beer and Books Book Club: Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? A Memoir by Roz Chast. For adults over 21 only. Free. Held at Wedge at Foundation, 5 Foundy St. • TU (4/10), 7pm Fairview Friends of the Library, general meeting. Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • TH (4/12), 6pm Swannanoa Book Club: The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family’s Century of Art and Loss by Edmund De Waal. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa 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. FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 2160 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, 828-2733332, floodgallery.org/ • SUNDAYS, 2-5pm - Halcyone Literary Magazine meeting for writers, reviewers, poets and artists interested in reviewing submissions, read and submit their own works and help with the formation of the magazine. Free.

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COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 828-6974725 • WE (4/4), 3-5pm - "I Love My Library" event with informational tables about library services and a special children's program. Free.

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A& E CA LEN DA R LITERARY EVENTS AT UNCA unca.edu • TH (4/12), 7pm Department of English Visiting Writer Series: Presentation by author Joy Harjo. Free. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium, 300 Library Lane LITERARY EVENTS AT WCU wcu.edu • MO (4/2) through TH (4/5) - WCU Spring Literary Festival featuring readings, lectures and workshops. See website for full schedule: litfestival.org. Free. Held at A.K. Hinds University Center, Memorial Drive, Cullowhee MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (4/4), 6pm - Peter Loewer presents his book, Loves Me, Loves Me Not: The Hidden Language of Flowers. Free to attend. • WE (4/4), 7pm Malaprop's Book Club: The Inferno of Dante, translated by Robert Pinsky. Free to attend. • TH (4/5), 6pm - John Kessel presents his book, Pride and Prometheus. Free to attend. • SU (4/8), 3pm "Poetrio," event with poetry readings by J. K. Lawson, Beth Copeland and Bill Griffin. Free to attend. • MO (4/9), 6pm Frances Mayes presents her book, Women in Sunlight. Free to attend. • MO (4/9), 7pm - Mystery Book Club: Hidden Scars by Mark de Castrique. Free to attend. • TU (4/10), 6pm - Jennifer Pharr Davis presents her book, The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience. Free to attend. • WE (4/11), 6pm - Eric G. Wilson presents his book, Polaris Ghost. Free to attend. • TH (4/12), 6pm - Adair Sanders presents her book, Suffer the Children: An Allison Parker Mystery. Free to attend. NEW DIMENSIONS TOASTMASTERS 828-329-4190 • THURSDAYS, noon1pm - General meeting. Information: 828-3294190. Free to attend. Held at Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, 33 Meadow Road THEATER AT WCU 828-227-2479, bardoartscenter.wcu. edu • TH (4/5), 7:30pm - Live, onstage interview with playwright and author Tony Kushner.

$25/$5 students. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive THOMAS WOLFE MEMORIAL 52 North Market St., 828-253-8304, wolfememorial.com • TH (4/12), 5:307:30pm - Old Man Rivers, short story discussion led by Ellen Brown and sponsored by the Wilma Dykeman Legacy. Free.

M UNCA ARTS FEST arts.unca.edu/arts-fest • FR (4/6), 8-9pm "Down By The Water," storytelling experience featuring media and music by David Novak. Free. Held at UNCAsheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road

THEATER ASHEVILLE CREATIVE ARTS 914-830-3000, ashevillecreativearts.org/ • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (4/6) until (4/15) - Failure: A Love Story, romantic omedy. Fri. 7pm., Sat. 1 & 4pm, Sun. 1pm. Additional performances: Sunday, April 8, 4pm & Thursday, April 12, 7pm. $23 adults/$12 students. Held at Magnetic 375, 375 Depot St. ATTIC SALT THEATRE COMPANY 828-505-2926 • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (4/6) until (4/22) - Mass Appeal, comedy. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $20. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. NC STAGE COMPANY 15 Stage Lane, 828239-0263 • SA (4/7), 10am-noon Audition and headshot workshop with Charlie Flynn-McIver and Scott Treadway. Registration required. $25/$40 per family. • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (3/14) until (4/8) - Other Desert Cities. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. Additional matinees: Saturday, March 31 & April 7, 2pm. $16-$34. THEATER AT WCU 828-227-2479, bardoartscenter.wcu. edu • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (4/12) until (4/15) - Spring Awakening, student production. Thurs.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $20/$15 seniors. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive

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AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING 64 Biltmore Ave., 828-2812134, amerifolk.com • TH (4/5) through TH (4/19) - Face Jug Show, exhibition of ceramic jugs from local potters. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-8pm.

THE ASHEVILLE SCHOOL 360 Asheville School Road, 828-254-6345, ashevilleschool.org • Through TH (4/19) - Alumni and Friends, group exhibition. TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL 269 Oak Ave, Spruce Pine, 828-682-7215, toeriverarts.org • Through SA (4/28) - Annual Blacksmith Exhibit, group metal work exhibition. Reception: Friday, April 27, 5-7pm.

ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • Through TH (4/19) Student art exhibition. Held at Weizenblatt Gallery, 79 Cascade St., Mars Hill • Through TU (7/31) - The War From Above: William Barnhill and Aerial Photography of World War I, exhibition. Held at The Ramsey Center in Renfro Library, 100 Athletic St,, Mars Hill

TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY 188 Coxe Ave., TraceyMorganGallery.com • FR (4/6) through SA (5/26) Four French Photographers, exhibition of works by Edouard Boubat, Robert Doisneau, Bernard Plossu and Phillipe Salaün. Reception: Friday, April 6, 6-8pm.

ART AT UNCA art.unca.edu • Through FR (4/27) - One Gold Song, an exhibition of abstract paintings by Celia Gray using traditional folk rag rug hooking. Held at Owen Hall, 1 University Heights • Through TU (4/10) Everyone Meets Their End Eventually, BFA senior exhibition by student Lily Furniss. Held at Owen Hall, 1 University Heights ART IN THE AIRPORT 61 Terminal Drive Fletcher • Through (4/22) - Exhibition of artwork from kindergarten through 12th grade students in five western North Carolina counties. ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • FR (4/6) through FR (5/4) 51st Annual UNC Asheville Juried Student Exhibition. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-8pm. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. • FR (4/6) through SA (5/26) - I Am Are U?, exhibition of paintings, sketches and prints by Zander Stefani. Reception: Friday April 6, 5-8pm. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM ON THE SLOPE 175 Biltmore Ave., ashevilleart.org • Through SA (5/12) - Crafting Abstraction, exhibition exploring fluidity between the fine arts and craft media. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-8pm. ASHEVILLE BOOKWORKS 428 1/2 Haywood Road, 828-255-8444, ashevillebookworks.com • TH (4/5) through TU (5/29) - Third Fridays: A Decade of Communion and Critique, group exhibition featuring artist books by Lisa Blackburn, Clara Boza, Margaret Couch Cogswell, Laurie Corral, Gwen Diehn, Michelle Francis, Heather Allen Hietala and Laura Ladendorf. Reception: Thursday, April 5, 5:30-7:30pm. ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 828-251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com

TRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOL 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, 828-859-8323 • FR (4/6) through TH (4/26) - Twisted Sisters: A Journey in Fiber Arts, exhibition. Reception: Friday, April 6, 6-8pm.

‘I AM, ARE U?’: The Asheville Area Arts Council’s newest show features the paintings, sketches and prints of Savannah College of Art and Design graduate Zander Stefani. I Am, Are U? ponders questions of identity, boundaries and the battle between self and other. “Growing up in a society that is so focused on the end result and the next step, it is all too easy to lose sight of ourselves and our connection to the universe,” says Stefani. “I try to create work that visually represents the melancholy attuned to human existence, an attempt at divulging the questions with no answers.” The exhibition is open until Friday, May 25, with an opening reception Friday, April 6, 5-8 p.m. For more information, visit ashevillearts.com. Prophecy by Zander Stefani, courtesy of the artist • Through MO (4/30) - Memory Makers, exhibition featuring the landscapes and still lifes of Johnnie Stanfield. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-8pm. BASCOM CENTER FOR THE ARTS 323 Franklin Road, Highlands, 828-526-4949, thebascom.org • Through SU (6/10) - Spring group exhibition. BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 828-251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through FR (4/27) - Still Life, group exhibition featuring works in glass, sculpture and paint. • Through FR (4/27) - Exhibition of new work by Dana Brown. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • MO (4/9) through WE (5/9) Evergreen Community Charter School spring art exhibition. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. DISTRICT WINE BAR 37 Paynes Way, Suite 9 • Through MO (4/30) - Exhibition of paintings by Asya Zahia Colie. GALLERY 1 604 W. Main St., Sylva

• SA (4/7) through MO (4/30) Exhibition of the photography of Terry Barnes. Reception: Saturday, April 7, 5-7pm.

• Through MO (4/30) - Little Wonders, exhibition of stud earrings by 25 jewelers. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-8pm.

GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 828-2537651, grovewood.com • SA (4/7) through Mo (4/23) Spring Awakening, a pediatric patients’ exhibition to benefit Arts For Life. Reception with live music by the Haw Creek Sweet Hots, ice cream by The Hop, and craft activities for kids on Saturday, April 7, 2-5pm.

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HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS 174 Broadway, habitatbrewing.com • Through SA (4/7) - Exhibition of paintings by Sheri Cross. MOMENTUM GALLERY 24 North Lexington Ave. • Through SA (4/28) - Hall/Sykes and Burchard/Galloway, exhibitions featuring printmaking works of Bill hall paired with graphic works of Maltby Sykes and landscape paintings of Drew Galloway paired with wood sculpture by Christian Burchard. MORA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY 9 Walnut St., 828-575-2294, moracollection.com

67 Doras Trail, Bakersville, 828765-2359, penland.org • Through SU (5/13) - I dwell in Possibility, group show featuring 15 artists working in ceramics, glass, metal, painting, photography, printmaking, wood and mixed media. PINK DOG CREATIVE 348 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com • FR (4/6) through SU (5/6) - I am My Own Muse, exhibition of mixed media acrylics by Jenny Pickens. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-8pm. POSANA CAFE 1 Biltmore Ave., 828-505-3969 • TH (3/22) through TH (5/31) Storms, group art exhibition. PUSH SKATE SHOP & GALLERY 25 Patton Ave., 828-225-5509, pushtoyproject.com • Through FR (4/13) - Garden Party, exhibition of new art works by Alli Good, Hannah Dansie and Maxx Feist.

UPSTAIRS ARTSPACE 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 828-859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (4/27) Guided Light: Masters of Contemporary Photography, exhibition curated by Ben Nixon featuring nine prominent photographers of the past half century. • Through FR (4/27) - junk & disorderly, exhibition featuring mixed media assemblages by Bobbie Polizzi. • Through FR (4/27) Perceptions and Reflections, exhibition featuring abstract painting by Joel Edwards and Ani Magai, drawing by Christopher Charles Curtis and papier collage by Mark S. Holland. WEDGE FOUNDATION 5 Foundy St., wedgebrewing.com/ location-wedge-foundation/ • Through MO (4/30) Natural Elements, group exhibition featuring the paintings of Elise Okrend, Tessa Lang and Jen Gordon. Reception: Wednesday, April 11, 5:307:30pm. WOOLWORTH WALK 25 Haywood St., 828-2549234 • Through SU (4/29) - Figures, Feathers and Form, exhibition of the glass art and paintings of Kyle Keeler and Laurie Yeates Adams. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-7pm. ZAPOW! 150 Coxe Ave., Suite 101, 828-575-2024, zapow.net • Through SA (4/28) Wizarding World; All Things Harry Potter in Parody and Tribute, group exhibition. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

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DOUBLE RUSSELL: New Orleans-based trio The Russ Liquid Test is touring in support of its first EP, World Gone Crazy, bringing an energetic, dance-heavy mix of electronic beats and classic funk. Songwriter, producer and renowned brass specialist Russell Scott, along with Ivan Neville on keyboards and Russell Batiste Jr. on drums, round out this improvdriven ensemble to create a dynamic, mind-bending party the band describes as “woozy psychedelia.” Check out the kaleidoscope of sound with guests Modern Measure and Soul Candy at Asheville Music Hall on Thursday April 5, at 9:30 p.m. Photo courtesy of The Russ Liquid Test WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Brad Hodge & Friends, 7:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open mic w/ Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM BYWATER Nate Sitzman, 5:00PM CARMEL'S KITCHEN AND BAR Adi the Monk (jazz), 5:30PM CROW & QUILL Sparrow & Her Wingmen (swing jazz), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesdays w/ Cyndi Lou & The Want To w/ DJ David Wayne Gay (classic country), 9:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Clint Alphin & Mary Beth Koplin, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD Old Time Music Jam Session 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Hyborian, Gnarl Scar & Ecotastrophe (metal), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Evil Note Lab (Ableton push jam), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Bea Troxel, Matt Townsend & Lo Wolf, 9:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sons Of Pitches (country, swing, honky tonk), 6:00PM

FLEETWOOD'S By the Gods w/ Styrofoam Turtles, Sane Voids & Prabir Trio, 9:00PM

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

FUNKATORIUM John Hartford Jam w/ Saylor Bros (bluegrass), 6:30PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Weird Wednesday Jam, 8:00PM

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

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Nate Sitzman, 5:00PM DJ Phantom Pantone, 10:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Khruangbin w/ The Mattson 2, 9:00PM [SOLD OUT] THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Berlyn Jazz Trio , 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT 27th Annual Literacy Council Spelling Bee, 6:00PM THE SOUTHERN Disclaimer Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM TOWN PUMP Open Jam w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES JJ Kitchen All Star Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM

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THURSDAY, APRIL 5 185 KING STREET Laura Laughter & Tim Levene, 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:30PM

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(guitarist anthony pirog & fugazi's rhythm section) w/ shane parish

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Yoga at the Mothlight

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7PM–THE NOVEL IDEAS

8:30PM–THE MATT FASSAS TRIO AND KEVIN DANIEL

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7PM–THE END OF AMERICA 9PM–JACKIE VENSON SUN 4/8

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7:30PM–MARCEL ANTON & FRIENDS TUE 4/10

7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS WED 4/11

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BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Noah Proudfoot, 6:00PM CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Lincoln McDonald, 8:00PM CASCADE LOUNGE Thursday Night Mashups w/ DJ Oso Rey, 9:30PM CROW & QUILL Carolina Catskins (ragtime jazz), 9:00PM DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Art Garfunkel, 8:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Sonic Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Doug McElvy Duo (folk, Americana), 8:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY One leg Up Duo (jazz), 6:00PM GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends (eclectic country jam), 7:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Roots & friends open jam (blues, rock, roots), 6:30PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 The ROAMies, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Clydes pre-jam, 7:00PM Bluegrass Open Jam Session, 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Heavy Night w/ DJ Bootch, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Party foul: A Tasteful Queer Troupe (drag), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM Doctor Ocular (jam rock), 10:00PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic w/ Tom Peters, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Jeff Anders & Steve Moseley (acoustic rock), 8:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Mammoths, 8:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE ScOOt Pittman (funk), 7:30PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Hope Griffin, 7:00PM

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Nitrograss, 7:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Open Mic, 7:00PM SUMMIT COFFEE ASHEVILLE Open Mic w/ Dylan Moses, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Dance Party w/ Singer & DJ, Liley Arauz (Latin), 9:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Scott Sharrard, 9:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Burger Kings, 9:00PM THE SALVAGE STATION The get Right Band, 9:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Miss Cindy Trio, 10:00PM TOWN PUMP Rick Smith & the Common Fates (country, rock), 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (blues, dance), 9:00PM UNC-ASHEVILLE Arts Fest, 12:00AM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Lincoln McDonald, 8:00PM

FRIDAY, APRIL 6 185 KING STREET Daddy Rabbit (blues, rock), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Eleanor Underhill & Friends (Americana soul), 9:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR AGB Celebrity All Stars, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Ashley Heath & Her Heathens (album release) w/ Sanctum Sully & Christy Lynn Band, 8:30PM BEN'S TUNE UP Vinyl Dance Party w/ DJ Kilby, 10:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Naked Scholar (soul, jam), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Steven Cole & Salt of the Earth (folk/blues), 6:00PM FUNKATORIUM Resonant Rogues, 8:00PM GINGER'S REVENGE Brother Oliver, 7:30PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS First Friday Square Dance, 8:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Chicken Coop Willaye, 5:00PM Likewise, 7:30PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 The Novel Ideas, 7:00PM The Matt Fassas Trio & Kevin Daniel (singer-songwriter), 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Wild Earp & The Free For Alls, 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Hot n' Nasty w/ DJ Jasper & DJ Chrissy (rock 'n' soul vinyl), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Calico Moon, 6:30PM MAD CO BREWING GypsyGrass Duo, 6:00PM ODDITORIUM The Long Distance Relationship, Hit Dogs & Dynamo (rock), 8:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Paula Hanke & The Perfect Mix, 7:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam, 5:30PM Sup-rise, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Calvin Get Down (funk), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Papadosio w/ The Broadcast (progressive rock), 8:30PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Skunk Ruckus (rock), 6:00PM

BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Outdoor Stage Debut with Up Dog, 6:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN DJ O’Celate (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM

BYWATER Well Lit Strangers, 9:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sons Of Paradise (reggae, ska), 8:00PM

CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL DJ Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM CORK & KEG The Gypsy Swingers (jazz, latin, bossa nova), 8:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Rock 'n' Soul Obscurities w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Welcome Center w/ Brucemont & Dayream Creatures, 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Eric Congdon Electric Trio, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Seven & A Half Giraffe (benefit), 6:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Sing Me Back Home, (Merle Haggard tribute), 9:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ sets, 9:00PM

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THE MOTHLIGHT Xiu Xiu, 9:00PM THE SALVAGE STATION Sam Holt Band 8:00PM THE WINE & OYSTER Live Wires, 6:00PM TOWN PUMP Alisabeth Von Presley, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Lenny Pettinelli (live music), 7:30PM What The Funk w/Melissa Raines (modern funk), 10:00PM

SATURDAY, APRIL 7 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Lyric (soul, funk), 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST Yarn (alt-country, Americana, roots), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Swing Step Jam (Great Standards of Swing) 4:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Jazz Is Phsh w/ The Southern Belles, 10:00PM

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CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE Andy Sneed (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

GUITARIST FOR THE GREG ALLMAN BAND

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MERLE HAGGARD TRIBUTE

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CORK & KEG The Old Chevrolette Set (country duets), 8:30PM

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CROW & QUILL House Hoppers (swing jazz), 9:00PM

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DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM

BALSAM RANGE, DAVID HOLT, ALICE GERRARD

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CHESTNUT Jazz Brunch, 11:00AM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Benefit for UNCA Summer Jazz Camp, 8:00PM

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Andrew Thelston (acoustic rock n’ roll), 7:30PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function (80's, 90's & today), 10:00PM

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

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Unihorn (jazz, funk), 10:00PM

WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Red Iyah, 8:00PM

CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Siamese Sound Club, 9:00PM

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Letters to Abigail (country, bluegrass), 6:00PM

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FT. BRODY HUNT & THE HANDFULLS, ROBERT GREER, AMANDA ANNE PLATT + MORE!

MOTEL RADIO + QUIET HOLLERS

W/ MO LOWDA AND THE HUMBLE

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CHARLIE TRAVELER PRESENTS

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FUNNY BUSINESS PRESENTS

W/ THE REMARKS, WILLIAM HINSON

W/ HOUSE AND LAND, SHANE PARISH

MIKE FARRIS & HIS BAND COMEDIAN

JOE ZIMMERMAN

FLEETWOOD'S All Go West Fest Presents 7:30PM

THIS WEEK AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL

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UPCOMING SHOWS - ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL:

RUSS LIQUID TEST

ASHLEY HEATH & HER HEATHENS ALBUM RELEASE

w/ Modern Measure & Soul Candy

w/ Sanctum Sully & Christy Lynn Band

THU 4/5 - S HOW : 9:30 pm (D OORS : 9 pm) - adv. $12

FRI 4/6 - S HOW : 8:30 pm (D OORS : 8 pm) - adv. $8

JAZZ IS PHSH

w/ The Southern Belles SAT 4/7 S HOW : 10 pm (D OORS : 9 pm) adv. $13

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Amasa Hines w/ Sister Ivy Funk You w/ Empire Strikes Brass Horns & Supatight Desert Dwellersw/ The Southern Belles SBTS Artists Showcase ft. Sun-Dried Vibes, Elephant Convoy, Postive J + Budda Love & Galaxy Girl

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TAVERN Downtown on the Park Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 14 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night

Over 35 Beer s on Tap ! THU. 4/5 Jeff Anders & Steve Moseley (acoustic rock)

FRI. 4/6 DJ O’Celate

( dance hits, pop)

SAT. 4/7 Flashback (classic hits)

20 S. Spruce St. • 225.6944 packStavern.com

GINGER'S REVENGE Sip & Stretch Spring Series, 12:30PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Saturday Improv, 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Three Star Revival, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 The End of America, 7:00PM Jackie Venson (blues, funk, indie), 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Danky Dank, 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Sonic Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Hepatauga, the Asound, Waft & Horseflesh (metal), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Unofficial Papadosio Pre-party w/ Electric Love Machine, 5:00PM Bencoolen w/ Electric Love Machine, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING The Moonbees (shoegaze, indie rock), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Papadosio w/ Higher Learning (progressive rock), 8:30PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Assault on the Carolina's After Party w/ Berlyn Trio & the Chris Cooper Project, 3:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Flashback (classic hits), 9:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Lazybirds, 8:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Citizen Mojo, 8:00PM

Blue Ridge Promotions Presents Burnsville Town Center eventbrite.com APRIL 7TH • 7PM $15 advance...$20 @ door

APPEARING SOON! Blue Ridge Promotions Presents AMBROSE WEST eventbrite.com APRIL 14TH • DOORS: 7PM SHOW: 8PM $15 advance...$20 @ door 56

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SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Trio De Janeiro, 8:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Choir of Babble w/ My Best Friend is Invisible & Shadow Show, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Cat Fly Film Festival Music & Film Workshop, 12:00PM El Barrió: Salsa & Latin Dance Party w/ DJ Edi Fuentes, 9:30PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Josh Singleton & Patrick Dodd (blues, country), 7:30PM Free Flow (funk, soul), 10:00PM UNITY OF THE BLUE RIDGE Richard Shulman (CD release), 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Asheville Jazz Orchestra, 8:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Special Affair (R&B, soul), 8:00PM

SUNDAY, APRIL 8 185 KING STREET Sunday Sessions Open Jam, 8PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Queen Bee & The Honeylovers (swing, jazz), 7:00PM AMBROSE WEST Jim White w/ Sylvie Simmons, 8:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Post-Brunch Blues w/ Patrick Dodd, Ashley Heath & Joshua Singleton, 3:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Musicians Jam & Pot Luck, 3:30PM BEN'S TUNE UP Good Vibe Sundays, 6:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Chris Jamison, 7:00PM BYWATER Bluegrass Jam, 4:00PM CROW & QUILL Sundays Are a Drag (drag performances), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM FUNKATORIUM Gypsy Jazz Sunday Brunch, 11:00AM GOOD STUFF Open Mic w/ Fox Black & friends, 6:00PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Asheville Improv Collective Student Showcase, 7:00PM IRON HORSE STATION Cynthia McDermott, 6:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE The Collection w/ The Remarks & William Hinson, 8:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Lance & Lea, 5:30PM Marcel Anton's Southern Pyschedelic Soul Jam, 7:30PM

THE MOTHLIGHT 2nd Annual Cat Fly Film Fest (community night), 7:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Traditional Celtic Jam, 3:00PM followed by Chilltones w/ Teso

THE SALVAGE STATION Everyone Orchestra 8:00PM

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

THE WINE & OYSTER Robert Thomas, 7:00PM TOWN PUMP 1 Last Chance (alt rock), 9:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Punk Night w/ DJ Chubberbird & Frens (killer punk vinyl), 10:00PM

MG ROAD Spring Break Kick Off Party w/ Freaky Tikii & The Krektones, 8:00PM ODDITORIUM The Reppertons, Velvet Wolves, Benjamin Paisley Hootenany Matinee (punk), 5:30PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bluegrass Brunch, 10:30AM ORANGE PEEL Waltz Night, 6:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Trivia Night, 5:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sunday Travers Jam, 6:30PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Sly Grog Open Mic, 7:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY The Dan Keller Trio, 5:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Balsam Range w/ David Holt & Alice Gerrard, 6:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ sets, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Chuck Lichtenberger (album release) w/ Adam & Kizzie, 8:00PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, jazz, blues), 7:00PM TOWN PUMP Fox & Bones, 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Benefit for Camp Lakey Autism camp, 6:30PM

MONDAY, APRIL 9 185 KING STREET Open Mic Night, 6:30 PM WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Sound Club (R&B, soul, jazz), 8:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Old Time Jam, 6:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Classical Guitar Mondays, 7:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Debtors Prism, Naan Violence & Justin Hrabvoski, 9:00PM GOOD STUFF Bingo Wingo Thingo, 6:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Game Night, 4:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Trivia Night, 7:00PM Open mic, 9:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & friends, 6:30PM

ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque w/ Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Karaoke From Muskogee w/ Jonathan Ammons & Take The Wheel (live band karaoke), 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays, 6:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Open Mic Night, 6:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Ghost Pipe Trio, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT The Messthetics w/ Shane Parish, 9:00PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, jazz, blues), 7:00PM TOWN PUMP Nick Gonnering, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Ryan Barber's R&B Jam Night 9:00PM

TUESDAY, APRIL 10 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM AMBROSE WEST The Weather Station w/ Dyado, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Gypsy Jazz Jam Tuesdays, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday night funk jam, 11:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Larry Dolamore, 7:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Groovy Tuesdays (boogie without borders) w/ DJs Chrissy & Arieh, 10:00PM GOOD STUFF Old time-y night, 6:30PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Talk With Our Hands, 7:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 6:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions w/ The Jakob's Ferry Stragglers, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD Honky Tonk Jam w/ Tom Pittman 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Punk Jeopardy Benefit, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Open Mic Comedy w/ by Tom Peters, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesday, 10:00PM ORANGE PEEL Dark Star Orchestra (Grateful Dead covers), 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing Asheville & Jazz-n-Justice Tuesday w/ The Bailsman (dance lessons @ 7 & 8 p.m.), 9:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Anna & Elizabeth w/ House And Land & Shane Parish, 8:00PM

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CLU B LA N D THE MOTHLIGHT Circuit des Yeux w/ Marisa Anderson & Nathan Bowles Trio, 9:30PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Tuesday Jazz & Funk Jam 9:00 PM

Spoiler Alert!

AVL’s Version of MST3K!!

1 bad cult movie, 3 local comedians, free vegan popcorn Wednesday, 4/11, 9pm • $5

39 S. Market St. • theblockoffbiltmore.com

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish jam & open mic, 6:30PM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM AMBROSE WEST Michael McDermott, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Brad Hodge & Friends, 7:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open mic w/ Billy Owens, 7:00PM CARMEL'S KITCHEN AND BAR Adi the Monk (jazz), 5:30PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats (50s & 60s rock n' roll), 7:30PM CROW & QUILL Sparrow & Her Wingmen (swing jazz), 9:00PM DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Sons of Serendip, 8:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ Hearts Gone South (honky tonk) & DJ David Wayne Gay, 9:00PM FUNKATORIUM John Hartford Jam w/ Saylor Bros (bluegrass), 6:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Sumitra, 7:00PM The Brother Brothers & The Wildmans (Americana, bluegrass, folk), 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Open Jam Session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM MG ROAD Panama City Beach Pool Party w/ DJ Lil Meow Meow , 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Canadian Rifle & Apparition (punk), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Evil Note Lab (Ableton push jam), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING King Taylor Project (indie, soul, blues), 9:00PM PULP Brother Bluebird, Clair Brockway & Rytle Barthone, 9:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Jessica Kaufman, 6:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Everydays, 6:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Weird Wednesday Jam, 8:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Motel Radio & Quiet Hollers w/ Mo Lowda & The Humble, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Berlyn Jazz Trio, 9:00PM THE SOUTHERN Disclaimer Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES JJ Kitchen All Star Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Jazz Night w/ The Core, 7:30PM

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REVIEWS & LISTINGS H PICK OF THE WEEK H

BY SCOTT DOUGLAS, FRANCIS X. FRIEL & JUSTIN SOUTHER

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= M A X R AT I N G Xpress reviews virtually all upcoming movies, with two or three of the most noteworthy appearing in print. You can find our online reviews at mountainx.com/movies/reviews. This week, they include: GOD’S NOT DEAD: A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS FLOWER

KEEP THE CHANGE (PICK OF THE WEEK) HHHH READY PLAYER ONE

TYLER PERRY’S ACRIMONY

Writer/director Rachel Israel gives a human touch to a romance between two people with autism in her debut feature, Keep the Change.

Keep the Change HHHH DIRECTOR: Rachel Israel PLAYERS: Brandon Polansky, Samantha Elisofon, Nicky Gottlieb, Will Deaver, Jessica Walter, Tibor Feldman ROMANTIC COMEDY RATED NR THE STORY: A man with autism comes out of his shell when he falls in love with a young woman in his autism support group, but their romance is as conflicted and challenging as any other. THE LOWDOWN: A touching and compelling love story rendered all the more laudable for its treatment of adults with autism as human beings rather than caricatures. With her debut feature, writer/ director Rachel Israel has delivered something truly special. Keep the Change is a sensitive, heartfelt love

story that also happens to be one of the most honest and open depictions of people overcoming disabilities ever to have graced the screen. Films of varying quality have addressed such issues, running the gamut from Barry Levinson’s moderately passable Rain Man to Gary Marshall’s genuinely terrible The Other Sister, but they’ve all been defined by a sense of condescending Otherness when it comes to characterization. There’s none of that in Israel’s film, which presents its characters as fully realized, multidimensional human beings worthy of empathy but never pity. Israel’s nuanced script follows David Cohen (Brandon Polansky), an adult with autism whose wealthy family has sheltered him from the stark realities of his condition. Shuttled around Manhattan in a chauffeur-driven town car, David seems largely obliviMOUNTAINX.COM

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MOVIES ous to the fact that he’s different. But his condition has caused problems, as an ill-considered joke to a police officer has landed him in a court-mandated support group with other adults with developmental disabilities. David refuses to engage with the group, viewing them with a sense of disdain until the attractive and gregarious Sarah (Samantha Elisofon) expresses a romantic interest in him, causing him to reconsider. It’s a pretty standard rom-com setup, but what Israel does with it allows Keep the Change to transcend its genre trappings. For starters, both Polansky and Elisofon are actually adults with autism, and their strong performances belie their lack of experience as actors. Israel’s script gives them room to breathe, finding the comedy in their quirks without digressing into ridicule. We’re encouraged to laugh with Sarah and David but never at them, and their behavioral ticks take on an endearing sense of normalcy. That is, at least, until they’re thrown into contrast with David’s wealthy parents, played by Tibor Feldman and the always fantastic Jessica Walter. Walter’s late-career renaissance playing rich biddies from Lucille Bluth to Mallory Archer leaves her perfectly suited to her role as David’s mother, a closeted bigot who stubbornly refuses to acknowledge her son’s atypicality, a delusion that has encouraged him to do the same and consequently thwarted his capacity for growth. In the interest of acknowledging my biases, Keep the Change was shot less than a block from the apartment I lived in for eight years — one where I helped raise an autistic child with an ex-girlfriend — and Israel received her MFA from my alma mater. But even if I had no pre-existing attachment to the subject or setting, I would still be incapable of denying this film’s warmth and charm. It’s not a flawless picture — the story is occasionally formulaic, and the direction is somewhat lacking in style — but it did win the best narrative feature and best new narrative director awards at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, so I’m not the only one who thinks it’s good. Welldeserved accolades aside, Israel has crafted a film that makes inclusivity a foregone conclusion rather than a spectacle, and that alone warrants my unequivocal recommendation. If this film is any indication, her career will be one to watch. Not Rated. Now Playing at Grail Moviehouse.

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Horror thriller directed by and starring John Krasinski, co-starring Emily Blunt, in which a family must stay completely silent in order to avoid detection by murderous, sound-sensitive creatures. Early reviews positive. (PG-13)

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AUF WIEDERSEHEN: A still from the 2017 film Bye Bye Germany. The drama plays April 5 and 6 at the Fine Arts Theatre as part of the Asheville Jewish Film Festival. A new film will screen each Thursday night throughout the month. Photo courtesy of Film Movement • The Asheville Jewish Film Festival runs throughout April at the Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave., with a new feature each Thursday night and an encore screening the following afternoon. The first selection is Bye Bye Germany, Sam Garbarski’s 2017 drama about a group of Holocaust survivor friends in post-World War II Frankfurt planning to leave for America as soon as possible. Holding them up is a U.S. special agent investigating one of the group members’ suspicious wartime activities. Screenings take place April 5, at 7 p.m., and April 6, at 1 p.m. Tickets are $10 and available online and at the Fine Arts box office. ajff.fineartstheatre.com • Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St., presents a special Spring Break Movie Matinee of Wonder on Friday, April 6, at 3 p.m. Stephen Chbosky’s 2017 adaptation of R.J. Palacio’s best-selling novel tells the inspiring story of August “Augie” Pullman (Jacob Tremblay), a boy with facial differences who traverses the challenges of fifth grade. Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Mandy Patinkin co-star. Free. avl.mx/250 • The Asheville Art Museum, 175 Biltmore Ave., screens the “Family” episode of PBS’ “Craft in America” series on Friday, April 6, at 6 p.m. The show examines the creative environments and personal dynamics of four families of craft artists and posits whether talent

FILM ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM ON THE SLOPE 175 Biltmore Ave., ashevilleart.org • FR (4/6), 6pm - Craft in America: Family, film screening as part of the Crafting Abstraction exhibition. Free.

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discussion panel. Free to attend Held at New Belgium Brewery, 21 Craven St.

M BUNCOMBE COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER 35 Woodfin St., 828-2506900 • TH (4/12), 2pm Appalachian Trail: An American Legacy, documentary film screening. Free.

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is inherited. The episode also includes former President Jimmy Carter sharing stories of fellow Georgia native Ed Moulthrop, who was known as the father of modern woodturning, and features footage of Moulthrop’s son Philip and grandson Matt, who carry on the family tradition. Free to attend. ashevilleart.org • In reverence for Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Asheville Jewish Community Center and multiple community sponsors present a screening of Hate Spaces: The Politics of Intolerance on Campus on Monday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Ferguson Auditorium on the campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, 340 Victoria Road. The 2016 documentary examines how anti-Semitism is permeating many U.S. universities. Following the film, a university professor and a child of Holocaust survivors will participate in a Q&A session. Free. abtech.edu • On Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m., Grail Moviehouse, 45 S. French Broad Ave., shows Distant Sky: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Live in Copenhagen. The concert film was recorded at Royal Arena in October 2017 and features cuts from the band’s most recent album, Skeleton Tree, mixed in a setlist with its greatest hits. Tickets are $12 and available online and at the Grail box office. grailmoviehouse.com X

• FR (4/6), 3-5pm - Spring Break Movie Matinee: Wonder, film screening. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. CAT FLY FILM FESTIVAL catflyfilmfest.com • FRIDAY through SUNDAY (4/6) until (4/8) - Cat Fly Film Fest, featuring indie film artists of the Southeast region. See website for schedule, locations and cost. OLLI AT UNCA 828-251-6140, olliasheville.com

• FR (4/6), 4:30-6pm - Screening and discussion of the documentary, Rosenwald. Free. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road PUBLIC EVENTS AT A-B TECH 828-398-7900, abtech.edu • MO (4/9), 7:30pm - Hate Spaces: The Politics of Intolerance on Campus, film screening and discussion in honor Holocaust Remembrance Day. Free. Held at AB Tech, Ferguson Auditorium, 340 Victoria Road

Raunch-com starring Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz and John Cena. According to the studio: “When three parents stumble upon their daughters’ pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.” Early reviews positive. (R)

Isle of Dogs

Stop-motion animated film from director Wes Anderson with an all-star ensemble of voice actors. According to the studio: “When by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage dump, Atari Kobayashi sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies to Trash Island in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.” Early reviews positive. (PG-13)

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Battleship Potemkin HHHHH

DIRECTOR: Sergei Eisenstein PLAYERS: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov DRAMA Rated NR It wasn’t that long ago that Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin — then known mostly as Potemkin — was in the top five of nearly all lists of the greatest films ever made. While the 1925 Soviet film seems to have been downgraded in recent years, it remains an essential of cinematic literacy, one of the most influential (and referenced) of all movies and simply an amazingly entertaining, involving film. The story of a mutiny on the title battleship during the 1905 revolution still works on an audience today. The film is not a meditation, it’s a shout — a shout that is at once defiant and celebratory. Eisenstein was a master at creating suspense — largely through his editing — and he plays it for all it is worth. It isn’t necessary to be in agreement with its politics — art knows no frontiers — in order to see its greatness. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on May 13, 2014. The Asheville Film Society will screen Battleship Potemkin on Tuesday, April 10, at 7 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

Teorema (Theorem) HHHH

DIRECTOR: Pier Paolo Pasolini PLAYERS: Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky, Andrés José Cruz Soublette SURREAL ALLEGORICAL DRAMA Rated NR While this surreal — and sexually charged — drama is certainly nowhere near the most unsettling thing Pier Paolo Pasolini ever made (that would be 1975’s Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom), Teorema is high on the Not for Everyone list. It’s less that the film is upsetting (though some will find it so) than that this story of a mysterious stranger (Terence Stamp) who arrives out of nowhere to seduce — both figuratively and literally — an entire family is told in a ... well, unorthodox manner. It’s certainly thought-provoking in terms of content and form, but it should not be undertaken lightly. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke originally posted on May 12, 2015. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Teorema on Friday, April 6, at 8 p.m. at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 2160 U.S. 70, Swannanoa.

The Shop Around the Corner HHHH

DIRECTOR: Ernst Lubitsch PLAYERS: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Sara Haden, Felix Bressar ROMANTIC COMEDY Rated NR While it may not be the best film he ever made, Ernst Lubitsch’s The Shop Around the Corner (1940) is a prime example of the “Lubitsch Touch.” A light, occasionally frivolous romantic comedy that gave James Stewart one of his most iconic early roles, Lubitsch’s sense of story and characterization are second to none even if his premise may seem predictable to modern eyes. The reason for that sense of predictability stems from the many remakes of the story — most recently Nora Ephron’s particularly weak You’ve Got Mail (1998) — all of which are drastically inferior to the original. You may know the story, but Lubitsch along with stars Stewart and Margaret Sullivan give this version something special that has never been recaptured. The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Shop Around the Corner on Sunday, April 8, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. MOUNTAINX.COM

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Eighty-three-year-old author Harlan Ellison has had a long and successful career. In the course of publishing hundreds of literary works in seven different genres, he has won numerous awards. But when he was in his thirties, there was an interruption in the upward arc of his career. The film production company Walt Disney Studios hired him as a writer. During his first day on the job, Roy Disney overheard Ellison joking with a co-worker about using Disney characters in an animated pornographic movie. Ellison was fired on the spot. I am by no means predicting a comparable event in your life, Aries. On the contrary. By giving you this heads-up, I’m hoping you’ll be scrupulous and adroit in how you act in the early stages of a new project — so scrupulous and adroit that you will sail on to the next stages. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you an evolving Taurus or an unevolving Taurus? Are you an aspiring master of gradual, incremental progress or a complacent excuse-maker who secretly welcomes inertia? Will the theme of your next social media post be “The Smart Art of Compromise” or “The Stingy Glory of Stubbornness”? I’m hoping you will opt for the former rather than the latter in each of the three choices I just offered. Your behavior in the coming weeks will be pivotal in your long-term ability to animate your highest self and avoid lapsing into your mediocre self. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you fly in a passenger jet from New York to London, the trip usually takes more than six hours. But on January 8, 2015, a powerful jet stream surging across the North Atlantic reduced that time significantly. With the wind’s extra push, several flights completed the trip in five hours and 20 minutes. I suspect you’ll have comparable assistance in the course of your upcoming journeys and projects, Gemini. You’ll feel like the wind is at your back. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Actor Keanu Reeves’ career ascended to a higher level when he appeared as a lead character in the film Speed. It was the first time he had been a headliner in a big-budget production. But he turned down an offer to reprise his starring role in the sequel, Speed 2. Instead he toured with his grunge band Dogstar and played the role of Hamlet in a production staged by a local theater company in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I admire him for being motivated more by love and passion than by fame and fortune. In my estimation, Cancerian, you face a choice that in some ways resembles Keanu’s, but in other ways doesn’t. You shouldn’t automatically assume that what your ego craves is opposed to what your heart yearns for and your soul needs. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A Leo sculptor I know is working on a forty-foot-long statue of a lion. Another Leo friend borrowed $30,000 to build a recording studio in her garage so she can pursue her quixotic dream of a music career. Of my other Leo acquaintances, one is writing a memoir of her time as a black-market orchid smuggler, another just did four sky dives in three days, and another embarked on a long-postponed pilgrimage to Slovenia, land of her ancestors. What about you? Are there any breathtaking challenges or smart gambles you’re considering? I trust you can surf the same astrological wave. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): How sexy is it possible for you to be? I’m referring to authentic soul-stirring sexiness, not the contrived, glitzy, counterfeit version. I’m alluding to the irresistible magnetism that wells up in you when you tap into your core self and summon a reverent devotion to your life’s mission. However sexy it is possible for you to be, Virgo, I suggest you unleash that magic in the coming weeks. It’s the most reliable strategy for attracting the spiritual experiences and material resources and psychological support you need.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to my analysis of the cosmic omens, your impact is rising. You’re gaining influence. More people are tuning in to what you have to offer. And yet your stress levels also seem to be increasing. Why is that? Do you assume that having more power requires you to endure higher tension? Do you unconsciously believe that being more worried is the price of being more responsible? If so, banish that nonsense. The truth is this: The best way to manage your growing clout is to relax into it. The best way to express your growing clout is to relax into it. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The immediate future will challenge you to revisit several fundamental Scorpio struggles. For best results, welcome these seeming intrusions as blessings and opportunities and follow these guidelines: 1. Your control over external circumstances will increase in direct proportion to your control over your inner demons. 2. Your ability to do what you want will thrive to the degree that you stop focusing on what you don’t want. 3. Your skill at regulating and triumphing over chaos will be invincible if you’re not engrossed in blaming others. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I’m about to say things that sound extraordinary. And it’s possible that they are in fact a bit overblown. But even if that’s the case, I trust that there is a core of truth in them. So rejoice in their oracular radiance. First, if you have been hoping for a miracle cure, the next four weeks will be a time when you’re more likely than usual to find it or generate it. Second, if you have fantasized about getting help to address a seemingly irremediable problem, asking aggressively for that help now will lead to at least a partial fix. Third, if you have wondered whether you could ever retrieve a lost or missing part of your soul, the odds are more in your favor than they’ve been in a long time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The French government defines books as an “essential good,” along with water, bread, and electricity. Would you add anything to that list of life’s basics? Companionship? Stories? Deep sleep? Pleasurable exercise and movement? Once you identify your “essential goods,” I invite you to raise the level of reverence and care you give them. Take an oath to treat them as holy treasures. Boost your determination and ability to get all you need of their blessings. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to enhance your appreciation of the fundamentals you sometimes take for granted. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Buckingham Palace is the home and office of the Queen of England. It has been the main royal residence since Queen Victoria took the throne in 1837. But in earlier times, the site served other purposes. The 17th-century English lawyer Clement Walker described the building occupying that land as a brothel, a hotbed of “debauchery.” Before that the space was a mulberry garden where silkworms tuned mulberry leaves into raw material for silk fabrics. I see the potential for an almost equally dramatic transformation of a certain place in your life, Aquarius. Start dreaming and scheming about the possibilities. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Poet Carolyn Forché is a role model for how to leave one’s comfort zone. In her early career, she earned writing degrees at placid universities near her childhood home in the American Midwest. Her first book mined material about her family; its first poem is addressed to her grandmother. But then she relocated to El Salvador, where she served as a human rights advocate during that country’s civil war. Later she lived and wrote in Lebanon at the height of its political strife. Her drive to expand her range of experience invigorated her poetry and widened her audience. Would you consider drawing inspiration from Forché in the coming weeks and months, Pisces? I don’t necessarily recommend quite so dramatic a departure for you, but even a mild version will be well rewarded.

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

SHORT-TERM RENTALS 15 MINUTES TO ASHEVILLE Guest house, vacation/short term rental in beautiful country setting. • Complete with everything including cable and internet. • $150/day (2-day minimum), $650/week, $1500/ month. Weaverville area. • No pets please. (828) 658-9145. mhcinc58@yahoo.com

HELP UNCHAIN BUNCOMBE BUILD FENCES. Looking for fence foreman to haul fencing materials and help build fences for chained dogs. $15/ hr, plus $.50/mile. 15 – 20 hrs per month. Contact: chainfreepatrick@aol.com LOOKING FOR LEAD CARPENTER TO HELP US GROW! Looking for skilled, team-oriented, experienced leader to join a fast growing residential remodeling company. Call Semper Fi Custom Homes at (828)4362600 and follow the prompt instructions. Come grow with us! MACHINE OPERATORS OpSource Staffing is currently hiring for full-time Temp to Hire entry level Machine Operators. All shifts available. For more details call Monday-Friday, 8am5pm: 828-676-2737. SUMMER FARM INTERNSHIP We are looking for a responsible individual for a summer internship on the farm. Responsibilities include care of animals, fence repair and pasture/ fence line mowing, assisting with farrowing, Farmers Market sales, equipment repairs, hauling livestock etc. • Interns are provided on-farm housing including utilities and firewood for heat. Salary: $500/month , 40+ hours/week. Email walker. sides@hngfarm.com to apply. www.hickorynutgapfarm.com/ employment

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OFFICE ASSISTANT For Barnardsville food company. Smiling Hara is a rapidly growing, family owned business. We are looking for a team player who desires to be part a dedicated team growing a prominent brand. Email sarah@eathempeh.com

TROLLEY TOUR GUIDES If you are a "people person," love Asheville, have a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and clean driving record you could be a great Tour Guide. Full-time and seasonal part-time positions available. Training provided. Contact us today! 828 251-8687. Info@GrayLineAsheville.com www.GrayLineAsheville.com

OFFICE COORDINATOR FOR TLC SCHOOL Three+ years office experience with bookkeeping; managing schedules, appointments, correspondence. General support for activities; managing school records, accounts; organize efficient systems. Experience with school software a plus. Strong work ethic, stamina for fast-paced environment. Proficient with Google docs, forms.

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PARAPROFESSIONAL DIRECT SUPPORT-EASTER SEALS UCP-WAYNESVILLE Paraprofessional needed at Park Vista group Home in Waynesville, (32) hour benefited full time position working with individuals with mental health disabilities. Flexible weekend hours, please send resume to veronica.long@ eastersealsucp.org

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RESTAURANT/ FOOD FULL-TIME LINE COOK We are looking for an Experienced Line Cook to work in our kitchen at Hickory Nut Gap Farm. Responsibilities include preparing farm-to-table lunch, value added items, etc. Must maintain kitchen in sanitary and orderly conditions and follow safety, storage and labeling procedures. Salary: $11-$13/ hour. Thursday-Sunday availability. Please email amy.ager@ hngfarm.com to apply. www. hickorynutgapfarm.com/ employment LINE COOK Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s Taproom & Restaurant has an opening for an experienced full-time Line Cook. TO APPLY: Please visit our website at www.sierranevada.com/ careers.

TEACHING/ EDUCATION 6TH GRADE MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHER ArtSpace Charter School, a K-8 public school located near Asheville, North Carolina is seeking a full-time 6th grade Math and Science Teacher beginning August, 2018. Applicants Must have a current North Carolina teaching license in Elementary Education or Middle School Certification in Math. Previous experience as a lead teacher is highly preferred. Candidate must be willing to work in a collaborative, integrated, experiential environment. Knowledge of the arts and arts integration strategies is preferred, but not required. Please send resumes and cover letters to: resumes@ artspacecharter.org with the subject heading “6th grade Math/Science Teacher”.

HUMAN SERVICES ASSESSMENT COUNSELORS Make a difference in the life of a child! Assessment Counselors work in a residential setting to implement direct care services to motivate at-risk youth. Qualified candidates are at least 21 years old and have a valid driver's license. Training provided. Competitive pay. Excellent benefits. Rewarding work environment. Apply online at mhfc.applicantpool.com/jobs http://www.mhfc.org. INDEPENDENT LIVING SPECIALIST Full-time (non-exempt). The Independent Living Specialist is a strong voice for disability rights and independent living, working to assist consumers in maintaining their lives independently in the community. Promotes Disability Partners in the seven county service area and collaborates with community agencies to best assist the consumer to reach goals for independent living. The Independent Living Specialist will provide general information and referral for consumers and the community as requested and core services. • Application packets can be picked up at the Disability Partners office at 108

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR A-B Tech is currently taking applications for a position Adjunct Instructor, Medical Laboratory Technology Blood Bank. For more details and to apply: abtcc.peopleadmin.com/ postings/4731 EC TEACHER ArtSpace Charter School, a K-8 public school located in Asheville, NC, is seeking a full-time Exceptional Children Teacher beginning August 2018. • Candidates must have current NC licensure in Special Education and at least one year’s experience teaching special education. • Candidate must be willing to work in a collaborative, integrated, experiential environment. Knowledge of the arts and arts integration strategies is preferred, but not required. Send email cover letters and resumes to: resumes@ artspacecharter.org email Subject Heading: “EC Teacher.” ELEMENTARY TEACHER FULL-TIME ArtSpace Charter School, a K-8 public school located in Asheville, North Carolina is seeking a full-time Elementary Teacher beginning

August, 2018. Applicants must have a current North Carolina teaching license in Elementary Education. Previous experience as a lead teacher is highly preferred. Candidate must be willing to work in a collaborative, integrated, experiential environment. Knowledge of the arts and arts integration strategies is preferred, but not required. Please send resumes and cover letters to: resumes@ artspacecharter.org with the subject heading “Elementary Teacher”. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ArtSpace Charter School in Swannanoa, NC seeks an Executive Director who will advance the school’s vision as a national benchmark in educational excellence through an integrated K-8 curriculum utilizing the visual and performing arts. • The Executive Director will shape and strengthen ArtSpace’s culture of collaboration among staff, faculty, students, parents, board, and surrounding community. • Apply by April 15, 2018. For application requirements please visit www.artspacecharter.org/ engage/employment/ MIDDLE GRADES MATH & SCIENCE TEACHER Grades 5-8 full-time lead math/science teacher will hold Bachelor’s degree in education + three years experience in middle school; lead hands-on lessons; teach with a combination of inquiry and direct instruction in science, 5/6 math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, II, and Geometry and have a passion for outdoor education. Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter to employment@ thelearningcommunity.org. NATURE BASED PRE-K TEACHER HOT SPRINGS NC HSCP is now hiring an full time PreK Lead Teacher for next schoolyear. Must have an Early Childhood BA and 4 years experience with ages 3-5. Submit resume to: hsclc11@gmail. com

in AP Style, or a willingness to learn it, is essential. Photography, web-posting and editing experience are plusses. This is a staff position based in our Asheville office. Email cover letter, resume and clips to employment@mountainx.com

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HR DATA MANAGEMENT TECHNICIAN A-B Tech is currently taking applications for a full-time position Human Resources (HR) Data Management Technician. For more details and to apply: abtcc.peopleadmin.com/ postings/4768

HOTEL/ HOSPITALITY BILTMORE SERVER ASSISTANTS/DINING ROOM ATTENDANT JOB FAIR Thursday, April 12 from 4:00pm6:00pm Cedric's Tavern Loft, Biltmore Estate, 1 Lodge Street, Asheville NC Come experience "a Day in the Life" of a Server Assistant/Dining Room Attendant on Biltmore Estate! Attendees will have the opportunity to see the job responsibilities performed by a current Server Assistant, ask questions, and interview directly with hiring managers. • Pay: $6.28 plus tips, no less than $10.50 an hour, $11-$17 hourly total range with tips. • Benefits: 20-35+ hours/week, flexible scheduling. Can pick up banquet shifts. On-site health clinic, complimentary tickets, 40% off retail and restaurants • Event Details: Please arrive early and notify Gate Security that you are here for the Job Fair on the day of the event. If you have questions or concerns, please call our Career Center at 828225-6122.

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NEWS REPORTER Mountain Xpress is seeking an experienced reporter who is committed to the values of fair, balanced and multi-sourced reporting, has a passion for locally focused journalism and loves good writing. Candidates should have a demonstrated ability to handle tight deadlines and should be comfortable writing stories ranging from government meetings to longform features. You must be able to craft stories that respect the perspectives of all sides, engage readers and empower them to think critically, take part in meaningful civic dialogue and effect change at the local level. Ideally, applicants will bring to the position a deep knowledge of the local community and its history. And they must be willing to educate themselves in ways that will strengthen their ability to place current events in perspective. A solid grounding

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41 Go ___ great length 42 The Falcons, on a scoreboard 45 “You’re a better man ___!” 46 City on the Brazos River 49 Naval fleet 51 Took out the junk? 52 Where S is ... 56 Paper size option: Abbr. 57 ___ Jima 58 Place where students are graded on a scale? 62 Sign of approval 63 Ivy League city 64 Canadian filling station 65 A, B, C or D, in multiple choice: Abbr. 66 Came to an end 67 Take five

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54 Mayo parts?

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