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HB 2 takes rights away from everyone House Bill 2 is the law that Republicans and our governor shoved through the legislature and signed into law in only 12 hours. Of course the central focus around this story has been that it is discriminatory against the LGBT community. However, there is another aspect to the law that I have not been hearing anything about in the news: This bill is discriminatory to everybody. In North Carolina, our only legal protection against employer discrimination is a 1977 legislative declaration that HB 2 essentially nullifies. In short, this means that, when the law goes into effect, we will no longer have protections based on race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex or handicap. While it is absolutely cruel and evil that this law is targeted primarily at the transgender community, what virtually nobody seems to know is that it impacts all of us, by stripping away our rights. It is hard to get people to care about minorities being oppressed, but I

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Leave ramp roots intact when harvesting I write today with concern in my heart. As spring rises, we begin to see the awakened harvest of our beloved local allium: ramps. With it comes a reminder that not all ramps are harvested equally. We must use our discernment and inquiry to more deeply understand the ramp trade and our role within it. Some ramps come out of the woods, roots and all. This unnecessary and unsustainable practice kills the perennial herb, quickly depleting the forests of these magical green ephemerals of spring. Restaurants and foragers who use ramps harvested with their roots need to not only be boycotted, but also educated. Sustainable ramp harvesting leaves an intact root and enough white root flesh for the plant to recover and continue growth. It is time for us to call to accountability the restaurants and market foragers who strip-mine the forests. Know your ramps, ask questions and let us work together to engage in dialogue at a broader level in the beautiful mountain home that holds us. — Macon Verteskjall Whole Tree Permaculture Weaverville

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I am writing with enthusiasm about the Beaucatcher Greenway and park, which will provide residents access to a beautiful and primarily natural forest right in the middle of our great city. This greenway, along with the completion of the French Broad River and Town Branch greenways, will make a difference for many people because they will complete a large section of the core greenway network in Asheville. Having a connected system of greenways makes them accessible to many people and useful for both transportation and recreation. The Beaucatcher Greenway has been a part of Asheville’s plans since John Nolen’s 1922 plan, which envisioned an “emerald necklace” of parks surrounding the core of the city. More recently, the greenway was identified as a high priority in Asheville’s Greenways Master Plan, adopted in 2009 and updated in 2013. This was after the larger community raised private funds to preserve Helen’s Bridge in 1998, and the city, county, Trust for Public Land, Parks and Recreation Trust Fund and numerous private donors partnered to purchase the 30-plus acres for a park and greenway in 2007. If they had not acted on this tremendous opportunity, the owner was

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ready to sell to developers, and the forest would not be a public amenity in perpetuity and may have been destroyed. The park and greenway need immediate attention to address erosion, stormwater drainage issues and damaged trees. If nothing is done, more trees will fall on their own (many have fallen already), and the path will be unsafe to walk on. Beaucatcher Greenway provides a unique vantage point, with beautiful views of downtown and the central city area with the surrounding mountains, and the plans protect its use and the views from downtown and surrounding neighborhoods forever. This is a great project that the city needs to complete. — Linda Giltz Asheville

Pour or poor beer? Having observed — and participated in — our national embrace (read: drinking) of beer made by craft breweries, it is amazing to see the difference 30 years can make. Lots of good things can be said about our local culture, and Asheville is an exceptional place when it comes to beer. There is, however, one area where I would like to offer a humble opinion on how to get even better when it comes, not to the making of beer, but the drinking of it. More specifically, the pouring of it. Every time I order a draft beer, it hurts my German side to observe how utterly amateurishly and wastefully nine out of ten folks pour beer into a glass. The problem is that the folks who are charged with the serious job of doing it right all too often do it wrong. We live in a culture bereft of time, and so it comes as no surprise that this is reflected in the way we pour beer and how fast we want it. A beer, correctly poured, takes more time than our servers are giving it. For starters, most folks simply leave the tap running, tilt the glass and pour the “white stuff,” the “foam,” the “head,” whatever they call it, down the drain. I have yet to hear it being called what it really is: beer. Pour beer into a glass, let it sit halfway up and observe it. The foam (the stuff they think is waste) turns into beer. What is particularly annoying is the answer I get when I ask servers to go slowly or not to flush the head: “Well, do you want beer or foam?!” Growing up in Germany, I learned that different beers require different pour times. A Pilsner, for example, takes, on average, seven minutes. A Koelsch, served in small glasses, goes quicker. One can learn a lot about a culture by examining how it consumes a precious cultural item: beer. Asheville is proud to be associated with beer, and lots of

folks enjoy it. Perhaps we could enjoy it even more if we wait just a bit longer for it, knowing that love went not only into the making of it, but also the serving of it. — Volker Frank Asheville Editor’s note: Frank is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at UNC Asheville.

Why is Hominy Creek bridge work taking so long? With modern technology, equipment and resources, why is it taking the Department of Transportation three years-plus to replace one 300foot bridge over Hominy Creek on I-26, which has caused huge traffic snares and multiple accidents? Note: The Biltmore House was built in six years using 11 million bricks with no computers or modern equipment in 1895. We are in real trouble if this is the future of our interstate system. Tired of sitting in traffic. — Timbo Wilkins Asheville

Correction Last week’s cover story, “Putting on the Brakes: South Asheville Residents Decry Congestion, Overdevelopment,” (http://avl. mx/2g4) should have listed Joe Dunn, who served on Asheville City Council from 2001 to 2005, among other former local elected officials from South Asheville.

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WNC Rail Corridor Committee hatches new strategy to bring back passenger service air travel elbowed passenger trains aside. And as the lumber and mining industries moved west in search of raw materials, the railroads’ prestige and influence suffered. But that didn’t faze aficionados like Ray, who doggedly defended the trains’ cultural and economic significance. As chair of the Asheville chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, Ray initially pushed to have the city host the organization’s annual convention. “We were a relatively new chapter, established in 1986, and in ’89 we were holding the convention,” she recalls. “And it was the best one ever, by most accounts.” The event drew more than 600 people, including such high-profile participants as Asheville Mayor lou bissette, Gov. jim martin and the presidents of Amtrak and Norfolk Southern. Lining up support

return of the rAiL: For more than 20 years, a collective of WNC communities between Asheville and Salisbury have strived for the return of regular passenger rail service into the region. At a March 2 meeting, the WNC Rail Corridor Committee outlined a new three-pronged strategy to reinvigorate freight service, expand excursion train opportunities and explore a pilot thruway bus service into the region through Amtrak. Photo by Max Hunt

BY max hunt mhunt@mountainx.com On April 10, a recently restored Class J 611 steam locomotive will crest the Swannanoa Gap near Ridgecrest, carrying roughly 800 passengers toward Biltmore Village. The special excursion train, sponsored by Norfolk Southern Railway and the North Carolina Transportation Museum, will offer passengers and bystanders along the route a glimpse into Western North Carolina’s past, when the railroad dominated travel to and from the mountains. Passenger rail service west of Salisbury ended in 1975; since then, local freight service has declined from 22 trains a day in the 1990s to just three today. And with Norfolk Southern in the midst of a major restructuring while simultaneously fighting a hostile takeover bid, the industry’s future seems uncertain.

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Nonetheless, WNC residents, public officials and the state Department of Transportation are continuing a decadeslong push to bring back passenger rail service to the region. For more than 20 years, the WNC Rail Corridor Committee has worked tirelessly to prove the economic viability of restoring the historic rail link between Salisbury and Asheville. And with younger travelers showing increased interest in train travel, the committee is changing its approach. Partnering with towns and municipalities and freight rail companies, the group is pursuing a new, threepronged strategy to realize its longstanding dream. A Long-running Love AffAir “I’ve always loved trains,” says judy ray, the driving force behind the campaign since the mid-1980s. “When I was younger, my brother received a train set for Christmas.

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I told him it was mine, since I was older, but that he could play with it,” remembers the Asheville resident, who chaired the rail committee from 1995 until last year. Ray’s enduring passion reflects the railroad’s grand historical legacy here (See “Coming Round the Mountain,” http://avl.mx/2gd, July 1, 2015, Xpress). From the late 1880s until World War II, the railroad was the primary means of access to the region, spawning a massive expansion of the lumber, mining and tourism industries from Asheville to Hot Springs, Saluda to Old Fort. Many of the towns involved in the current effort were built around rail lines, notes Marion resident freddie Killough, a longtime committee member. “That changed the dynamic of those communities and brought access to travel. I think they feel a strong connection to their heritage there.” In the second half of the 20th century, however, the coming of the interstate and the rise of automobile and

Over the next six years, the group organized periodic excursions in and out of Asheville, sometimes in cooperation with the Charlotte chapter. Then, in 1995, Ray organized the WNC Rail Corridor Committee to push for restoring regular passenger service. The organization lobbies state officials, municipalities along the proposed route and Amtrak, hoping to formulate a strategy for achieving this goal. In its first years, the committee collected 140 resolutions from entities across the region endorsing the idea. “About 20 or so different communities have pledged their support in one way or another,” says Ray, including Old Fort, Valdese, Hickory, Conover, Marion, Morganton, Black Mountain, Statesville and others. Meanwhile, Ray and her group were also working to expand opportunities for rail excursions, organizing many special trips to Asheville and other localities, and encouraging those towns whose old depots were still standing to renovate them in preparation for future passenger service. In 2000, the Asheville City Council came on board, establishing its

on the ground in WNC?” muses Rapp. “There’s no telling how much additional trackage they might purchase.” DOT studies have shown that revitalizing freight rail lines also opens the door to more grants as well as federal and state funding opportunities, says hannah davis, multimodal communications officer for the state agency’s Rail Division. “Freight leads the way to other possibilities,” she explains. And money aside, developing stronger links with the freight companies “could encourage excursions and the development of tourist lines,” argues Rapp, adding that it’s time to reach out to industry representatives and include them in the committee’s discussions. BrAnching out

Driving force: Asheville resident Judy Ray was honored by the WNC Rail Corridor Committee at its last meeting for her tireless work over two decades to keep the dream of regular passenger service in the region alive. “We want to see passenger rail service back to Asheville,” says Ray. “I hope to be one of the first riders on that first train.” Photo courtesy of Ray Rapp own Passenger Rail Service Action Committee, now defunct. The N.C. General Assembly also stepped up its involvement, appropriating funds for the DOT to begin studying possible routes. Completed the following year, the study recommended, as a first step, establishing a thruway bus service between Asheville and Salisbury, to gauge the level of support among commuters. Amtrak’s thruway services use buses, vans, ferries or taxis to link rail lines with areas outside the system. Things were looking promising, but a string of bad luck — the double devastation of hurricanes Frances and Ivan in 2004, subsequent state budget shortfalls and the 2008 recession — caused the DOT to shelve the project until recently, notes Killough. neW Directions Despite those setbacks, however, the Rail Corridor Committee has kept plugging. And during a March 2 meeting at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, the group marked a crucial turning point in both its focus and leadership. After two decades of devoted service, Ray stepped down as committee chair due to health concerns. In recognition of her work, she was

given a special memorial plaque — and a standing ovation. Moving forward, the committee will be co-chaired by former state Rep. ray rapp and Marion Mayor stephen little. A new three-pronged strategy calls for collaborating with the freight rail industry, expanding the economic viability of excursion trains and revisiting the thruway bus service idea. “We have a new vision for the new reality of railroads,” Rapp announced at the meeting, adding, “The rail industry is in a major reorganizational flux right now.” And if Canadian Pacific Railway succeeds in taking over Norfolk Southern, ownership of local lines would change, a possibility the committee is watching closely. “It’s a very fluid situation,” says Rapp. “Another thing to recognize is that Class A railroads, like Norfolk or CP, are primarily focused on long-haul service: long trains, typically 100 to 200 cars, carrying the same commodity.” Meanwhile, control of the local rail corridors is beginning to shift to new short-line operations. In 2014, Blue Ridge Southern, a subsidiary of the Pittsburg, Kansas-based Watco Companies, bought more than 91 miles of track from Norfolk Southern; the company currently has 10 locomotives pulling freight between Asheville and Sylva. “Who knows what they might be willing to entertain as they get their feet

The Craggy Mountain Line also seeks to blend the railroad’s historical legacy with present-day needs. Founded in 2001, Craggy Mountain owns roughly 3.5 miles of track between Asheville and Woodfin, offering short excursions in restored rail cars. The nonprofit is currently looking to expand its operations, founder rocky hollifield reports. “I’m negotiating with Silver-Line Plastics and Norfolk Southern to take over some freight service,” he said at the March 2 meeting. He also talked about developing a relationship with Curbside Management, a neighboring business, to help move the recycling company’s materials. Eventually, Hollifield hopes to develop a museum explaining the Craggy Line’s historical significance. He’s also reaching out to local nonprofits to explore ways his operation might assist with things like temporarily storing and helping distribute surplus food and other items. But Hollifield’s vision doesn’t stop there: He also dreams of restoring portions of Asheville’s trolley system, which he says was one of the larger ones in the country 100 years ago. “We’re hoping to get a grant to restore the Asheville car we have” with an eye toward running it on the oneeighth-mile spur the nonprofit owns in Woodfin, for starters, Hollifield reveals. But in order to achieve this long-term goal, “We have to make it work with all entities involved.” In Rapp’s eyes, operations like Craggy Mountain are a promising way to advance his committee’s overall mission. “We need to help folks like Rocky and Blue Ridge Southern by acknowledging the economics of the

rail business,” he maintains. “That means involving key players. If we can do that incrementally, we can achieve this.” reAL-WorLD feeL The second prong of the Rail Corridor Committee’s new approach involves expanding the economic viability and frequency of excursion trains. Usually organized as special events, these periodic outings “give folks a real-world feel for the experience of riding the train,” says Rapp. He believes they can play an important economic role, both for local businesses and the community as a whole. “If we develop, for example, a wine train or beer train, or trains for special events, it provides an economic stimulus for businesses along the line.” Elsewhere in the region, two longrunning operations testify to excursion trains’ viability: the Tweetsie Railroad, near Blowing Rock, has been revitalized as a Wild West theme park; the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, which operates out of Bryson City, offers tours through the Nantahala Gorge and along the Tuckasegee River. Right now, excursions on the Asheville-Salisbury line happen only once or twice a year, but Killough says they sell out quickly. She thinks there’s sufficient demand to support running them quarterly, or perhaps several times during both the spring and fall seasons. “We want to make sure those folks who want to experience the beauty of the rail, especially coming out of McDowell County into Buncombe, get to experience that,” she adds. “The places it goes in WNC, you can’t get to in any other way. We’d love to see a little more access to that.” roAD meets rAiL Perhaps the most intriguing facet of the committee’s plan, however, involves renewed talks concerning bus service from Asheville to Salisbury. There, riders could link up with either the Piedmont Line, which runs between Charlotte and Raleigh, or the Carolinian, which continues up the East Coast to New York City. A similar program in eastern North Carolina connecting Wilmington and

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connect the Dots: In its 2015 State Rail Plan, the North Carolina Department of Transportation highlighted the need for passenger rail service in the west as the population around Asheville continues to grow, and tourism booms. NCDOT’s rail division is currently working with Amtrak and local communities along the line to devise a thruway passenger bus service between Asheville and Salisbury. Image via NCDOT. Morehead City to the Amtrak station in Wilson was introduced in 2012 and has exceeded expectations, according to NCDOT statistics, with ridership growing each year. Rapp agrees, calling it “phenomenally successful.” In Salisbury, travelers headed to Asheville (or points in between) would buy a ticket through Amtrak. Buses would run one to two a day, making stops at designated towns en route. The hybrid system would enable riders to travel from Asheville to major cities such as Boston, New York, Atlanta and New Orleans, notes Rapp. “The idea is to build traffic for the train service. And then, when you get to a critical mass, they may agree to go ahead and provide rail service from Asheville to Salisbury.” Amtrak projects 160 daily riders for such a system, which is comparable to the initial expectations for the eastern thruway service. The railroad is considering two models that would offer connections with some or all of the Carolinian and Piedmont trains, with significant waiting time in some cases. Depending on the model chosen, cost estimates run from $300,000 to nearly

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$1 million a year. Initial ridership is pinned at roughly 12,000 to 16,000 people annually. A groWing neeD A comprehensive statewide rail plan the DOT released last August recognizes the need for some kind of Asheville connection. “Metropolitan areas not currently served by passenger rail, such as Winston-Salem, Asheville and Wilmington, are projected to have a significant share of North Carolina’s population growth” over the next several decades, according to the report. “Extending rail services will help ensure the economic vitality of these regions.” And as Asheville’s tourism industry continues to boom, state officials and committee members alike see the plan as a way to help alleviate the city’s persistent traffic and parking issues. “The growth in North Carolina’s urban corridors contributes to the traffic congestion along key highways,” the 2015 study notes. Meanwhile, in the last 12 years, “North Carolina rail

ridership has increased 93 percent, outpacing growth in population and vehicle miles traveled.” And though most of those riders are in central North Carolina, Rapp believes passenger rail could bring multiple advantages to Asheville. “I think there’ll be huge benefits for travel and tourism,” he predicts. “As our roads continue to be clogged, people are looking for alternatives to everyone driving from point A to point B, so it’ll also have a very positive environmental impact.” Meanwhile, anticipating such a possibility, the city of Asheville has factored the bus/rail service into its plans for a multimodal depot at 81 Thompson St. in Biltmore Village, as part of its larger riverfront redevelopment initiative. “The Asheville station was planned to be near Biltmore Village and was envisioned to serve as a regional, multimodal transportation hub,” says Historic Resources Director stacy merten. The target site, which is co-owned by the city and the DOT, is adjacent to the old Biltmore Village depot, which is now

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Loc(AL)motion: The first step in the Rail Corridor Committee’s new approach entails supporting and collaborating with local freight and excursion rail companies like the Craggy Mountain Line in Woodfin, which is seeking to restore Asheville’s historic trolley cars and a section of the line. Photo courtesy of Rocky Hollifield the Village Wayside Bar & Grille. At this point, however, there’s no firm timeline or funding for the project. Meanwhile, the DOT also seems to be on board with the idea, at least in theory. “Extending rail service to the western part of the state,” says Davis, “is a goal for NCDOT. We’re working with Amtrak and local communities to look at feasibility and establish a funding source that would allow us to offer passenger rail service to the area.” money mAtters Moving forward, says Rapp, finding a way to pay for it remains the key issue. “There has to be funding to supplement the operation of that service, or Amtrak won’t do it,” he reveals. “We’re going to have to convince the state and our local communities along the route to pony up.” To that end, the rail committee is studying municipalities’ contributions to the eastern thruway system to get a sense of what level of financial support might be needed. This data will be presented at the committee’s next meeting, slated for June 8 in Conover in Catawba County. In the meantime, Merten urges residents to “contact local and state representatives; encourage them to

make it a priority.” She hopes the coming update of the city’s comprehensive plan will help the issue gain traction. “We’re a number of years down the road from actually having trains come in,” Rapp concedes, “but it’s important for us to position ourselves strategically to move in several directions.” This, he continues, will enable the project to “take advantage of how we improve our basic freight service in Asheville and WNC, how we make it possible for more excursion trains to be run, and set the stage for the restoration of regular passenger service.” And despite the undeniable complexities involved, Rapp is confident that the long-term benefits will outweigh the short-term expenses. “It’s the kind of driver that — from the cultural standpoint of seeing and hearing about the history and culture of our rail service, how it’s transformed the region, to the economic benefits that can be reaped — there’s light at the end of the tunnel.” For her part, Ray still hopes the committee she helped found will see her dream through to the end. Even though the strategy has changed, she says, “The goal remains the same: We want to see passenger rail service back to Asheville.” And when that happens, adds Ray, “I hope to be one of the first riders on that first train.” X

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Driven by the numbers Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler leverages her biz background in Council role Name a civic issue or initiative that’s top of mind for Asheville residents, and chances are good that recently appointed Vice Mayor gwen wisler has one or both hands in it. That’s because Wisler, who was elected to Asheville City Council in 2013, has emerged as a major force in Asheville city government since a new Council was seated at the end of last year. With three new members in — brian haynes, julie mayfield and Keith young — and former Vice Mayor Marc Hunt out, Wisler became not only Mayor esther manheimer’s understudy, but also the chair of three pivotal Council committees. Most of the issues that appear on City Council’s meeting agendas have previously been vetted by one of six Council committees: Planning & Economic Development, Finance, Governance, Boards & Commissions, Housing & Community Development and Public Safety. Before last year’s Council reshuffling, Wisler sat on two of these committees: PED and Finance. Now she’s chair of both. And as vice mayor, she chairs Boards & Commissions, which solicits and vets candidates for the city’s volunteer citizen advisory boards. In addition, Wisler was recently appointed to two more committees: Governance and Housing & Community Development. Of the six pivotal Council committees, Public Safety is the only one she doesn’t serve on — although she turned up in the audience at the most recent meeting of that committee on March 28. But keeping up with five committees doesn’t seem to be enough to keep the retired corporate executive’s dance card full: She’s also a voting member of the board of the Metropolitan Sewerage District and the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization. Alongside those commitments, she serves as president of the Botanical Gardens at Asheville and teaches bicycle safety to local kids and adults.

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At City Council’s planning retreat in January, Wisler related her backstory: The daughter of an Ohio-based insurance salesman and a homemaker, Wisler was the third of four kids. Even though her grades placed her at the top of her class, she noted wryly, she only received $500 in college scholarships, while boys her age received considerably more. After studying accounting at Ohio State University, she began her career as a certified public accountant at Price Waterhouse in Atlanta. From there, she went on to ascend to some pretty high places in the corporate world. Among her top posts, Wisler was president and CEO of The Coleman Co., an $800 million consumer products company. Before she moved to Asheville in 2006, she explained, the demands of her career kept her too busy for civic engagement. Once she and her husband, lee pirtle, got settled in their new city, Wisler founded Asheville Profits, a consulting practice that advises local entrepreneurs, who, in payment for highpowered business advice, volunteer their time at community nonprofits. Wisler’s search for additional ways to contribute her skills to the city led to her successful campaign for City Council in 2013. In nominating Wisler as vice mayor on Dec. 1, Councilman gordon smith called her “a dove out in the community and a hawk when it comes to the budget.” Wisler’s financial management experience, says Manheimer, is the key to her “more technical approach” to the job of city government. The mayor also says she counts on Wisler, “a leader and a worker,” to get the job done. As a financially secure retiree, Wisler is not only willing but able to put a lot of time into meetings, community functions and research. Her colleagues on Council, on the other hand, all balance their official responsibilities with earning a living.

A mAJor force: Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler says she’s “convinced that the more public input we get on every issue, the better our decisions become.” Photo by Lee Pirtle Xpress caught up with Wisler on a recent warm spring afternoon to get her take on her new roles and on the hot-button issues she’s responsible for shepherding through the public process — including the city budget for fiscal year 2017, the community visioning process for the city’s Haywood Street property and the upcoming citywide Comprehensive Plan update. xpress: your journey to city council and, now, to leadership roles within the council hasn’t followed some of the usual paths. how do you think your background shapes your approach to municipal government? wisler: For me, numbers are a way to look at issues. One of the reasons I ran was that I felt my business and financial background would be an asset to the Council. It’s how I think about things. Beyond Council’s shared objectives and values (which we articulated in our recent 2036

vision statement), I also look at things and ask, “Are we doing it the most effective and fiscally responsible way?” Because if we are spending the money in the best way, we’ll have more for the things we need and want to do. what are your goals for asheville? I want to continue to make Asheville livable and a great place to be. That’s why I moved here. That’s why a lot of people move here. I want Asheville to be a healthy community, and I mean that in a holistic way. Are we trying to sustain our lifestyle, are we making it a good place for a diverse group of people to live? Are things fair? Is it clean? Is it safe? Can you be healthy here? That’s how I think about it. how do you go about gathering information and making decisions? I spend a lot of time reading issues papers. And that includes looking at how other cities handle some of the issues we face here in Asheville. I feel like I need to be prepared and to stay open to listening

to all sides of the issue. It’s easy to get locked in early, and I try to not do that. I may hear something that opens me back up and changes my mind on the issue. When I walk into the vote, I need to have good reasoning on why I am voting the way I am. what do you wish more people understood about the city budget? One of the perceptions is that there’s a lot of discretionary money. When you look at the budget and what we spend it on, about half is public safety. After that comes environment and transportation, which include water, street maintenance and that kind of thing. Those two categories combined represent almost 70 percent of our funds. So I would say, get educated on where we spend the money. For the coming fiscal year, the only thing that we’ve voted on yet is city fees. In setting the fees, we went through a deliberate process of looking at how services are used. I spent a lot of time [studying] the Nature Center and Aston Park, trying to come up with a plan that reflects the fact that these are not facilities that are used by or available to all of our population. I would like people to understand the logic of how we got to the increases we passed. I mean, I don’t like to increase fees either. I would love to just sit back and give everything to everybody for free. Actually, maybe I wouldn’t like that (laughs). how about spending on the river arts district transportation improvement project? We’re spending a lot of money on RADTIP, and that’s fine. Our local investment is offset by $21 million in outside funds, most of which are federal. When municipalities get these types of grants, the vast majority of them require us to come up with some kind of match. We are leveraging federal money to open up the area by the river and to improve the quality of life in Asheville. From the city’s perspective, the improvements are going to add a lot of value and increase the tax base. So I think it’s a good investment, but it’s a long-term play. ped is responsible for overseeing the community visioning process for the city-owned properties on haywood street across from the u.s. cellular center and the basilica of st. lawrence. what would you personally like to see on that site? I would just like to see something. I’m hoping that we facilitate a good public input process that yields good ideas. Then I want to see action. I hope it doesn’t just continue to churn. what else is ped involved with right now?

PED generally is charged with long-term planning, including land use and economic development. The biggest thing on our plate right now is the city’s Comprehensive Plan update. I hope lots of people will get involved and we will see a big, communitywide effort to weigh in on how the city will do its business for the next 20 years. In any well-run organization, you need the overall plans to guide your day-to-day decisions. You’re not just starting from scratch every day when you go to work. At the same time, we need to continue to honor existing city plans like, for example, the Greenways Master Plan. I want staff to continue to listen to the voices of those who have spent a lot of time developing those plans over the past few years. what kinds of issues are you hearing about from constituents? Well, this is Asheville, so there’s always the issue of the day, but one of the things I hear a lot about is speeding. It may sound mundane, but it’s a big quality-of-life and safety issue. When the city did a survey, we heard that the environment is very important to people in Asheville. And then, broadly, the issue of equity: What are we doing for our most disadvantaged residents? Affordable housing, transit, jobs, living wage and other issues related to equity are high up on the list. halfway through your term of office, what accomplishments are you most proud of? Well, it’s hard for me to take individual credit because no Council member is alone in the boat. I think we’ve made some big advances in greenways and I’m excited about RADTIP. We are moving forward in how we prioritize issues of equity. I’m happy we were able to add Sunday bus service and that we have increased funding for affordable housing. On a personal level, I bring a lens of fiscal responsibility and accountability to Council. I think that people expect me to be asking those questions, and I think they listen to my opinion when it comes to making sure we are using the money in the smartest way. closing thoughts? For me, it is all about the work we’re doing to make Asheville continue to be a great place and to become even better. People reach out to me a lot. I enjoy that, and I think it makes me do the work better, the more input I have. Call me, email me, whatever. I want to hear from you. Constituents can reach Councilwoman Gwen Wisler at gwenwisler@avlcouncil.com or 828-333-1767. X

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AnimALs AsheviLLe humAne society 828-761-2001 ext. 315, ashevillehumane.org • WE (4/6), 6pm - “Pints for Pets night!” pet adoption event. Free to attend. Held at Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville BuncomBe county puBLic LiBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library. • TU (4/12), 7pm - “Service Dogs: Training Puppies to be Guide Dogs,” informational meeting. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville

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sneAK peAK At serAfinA: Robert Beatty, Asheville resident and New York Times best-selling author of the Biltmore Estate based middle-grade fiction novel, Serafina and the Black Cloak, i having an exclusive first public reading and unveiling of the cover art from his second novel, Serafina and the Twisted Staff, at the Asheville Mall Barnes & Noble on Saturday, April 9, from 2-6 p.m. The free event includes a reading from the unreleased book by local storyteller Candice Owens, refreshments and costumed performers featuring characters from the new book. Beatty will sign books, and copies of the upcoming book can be reserved. Photo courtesy of Robert Beatty (p. 19)

this concert featuring Mars Hill University music students benefit the appalachian Barn alliance. $10. Held at Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, 433 Bone Camp Road, Mars Hill BuncomBe county repuBLicAn pArty buncombeGOP.org • SA (4/9), 5-10pm - Proceeds from the Buncombe County LR Dinner featuring keynote speaker Sgt. Kris “Tonto” Paranto benefit the Buncombe county Republican Party. Registration required. $70 and up. Held at Crowne Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive grAnDfAther mountAin highLAnD gAmes Benefit highlandbrewing.com • SU (4/10), 4-7pm - Proceeds from this benefit concert with Blue Ridge Brass, Bagpipe Corps and Highland Games entertainers benefit the grandfather mountain highland games. $20. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway LiterAcy counciL 25th AnnuAL speLLing Bee litcouncil.com • TH (4/14), 6pm - Proceeds from this annual adult team spelling bee benefit the Literacy council of Buncombe county. $10. Held at The Millroom, 66 Ashland Ave.

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metro Wines 169 Charlotte St., 575-9525, facebook.com/MetroWinesAsheville • TH (4/7), 5:30-7pm - Proceeds from this wine tasting benefit the green side up Foundation. Registration: metrowinesasheville. com/store/product/green-side-upfoundation-benefit-wine-tasting/. $25. teA to nourish the souL goo.gl/7ZT6lZ • TH (4/7), 4pm - Proceeds from this tea ritual and discussion by Reverend Becca Stevens on human trafficking, oppression and how a community can heal together benefit our Voice. $50. Held at Homewood, 19 Zillicoa St.

Business & technoLogy A-B tech smALL Business center 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted. Held at Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler unless otherwise noted • WE (4/6), 10am-noon - “Public Contracting for Artist,” seminar. • WE (4/6), 10am-noon - “Starting a Better Business,” seminar. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave. • FR (4/7), 10-11am - “Financing

& Growing a Self-Sustaining Child Care Business,” seminar. • SA (4/9), 9am-noon - “SCORE: Basics of Bookkeeping,” seminar. • TU (4/12), 2-4pm - “Business Essentials,” seminar. • WE (4/13), 10-11:30am - “Doing Business with the Government,” seminar. Held at A-B Tech South Site, 303B Airport Road, Arden • WE (4/13), 6-8pm - “Business Formation: Choosing the Right Structure,” seminar. one miLLion cups of coffee 1millioncups.com/asheville • WEDNESDAYS, 9am Presentations by local high-growth startup businesses for entrepreneurs. Free. Held at RISC Networks, 81 Broadway Suite C

cLAsses, meetings & events hAnDs on cuLinAry cLAsses At the fArm (pd.) You want to, but you’re not sure how to go about cooking local, organic produce and meats. Chef Ferrari will awaken the Chef within you! The Farm, 215 Justice Ridge Road, Candler, NC 28715. 828-6670666. info@thefarmevents.com www.thefarmevents.com

LinDA pAnnuLLo mosAics AnD WorKshops (pd.) The best mosaic instruction for all levels!! April 16-17 Yulia Hanansen: Turn your Pet into a Mosaic Work of art. • May 14-15: Laura Rendlen - Creating Textured Landscapes with Mosaics. • June 18-19 Linda Pannullo: Create a Mosaic Planter for your favorite gardener. • July 16-17 Carol Shelkin: Mixed Media with Tempered (crash) glass. Call Linda at 828-337-6749. More classes, info and registration at www.lindapannullomosaics.com pAinting in reAL Life (pd.) Roots + Wings School of Art and Design Creative Campus. Create unique, large scale, acrylic paintings from real life objects and creating abstractions on your own using inspiring techniques. April 9+10, 10am - 3pm. $175. info@rootsandwingsarts.com 573 Fairview Road, Asheville, NC 28803 828.545.4827 the sKetchBooK series (pd.) Roots + Wings School of Art and Design Creative Campus. 6-week series with new sketchbook and visual journal techniques each week. Multiple mediums used to create a personal art piece. Saturdays, April 16 - May 20, 11am - 12noon. $70. info@rootsandwingsarts.com 573 Fairview Road, Asheville, NC 28803 828.545.4827

AsheviLLe nAtionAL orgAnizAtion for Women ashevillenow@live.com • 2nd SUNDAYS, 2:30pm - Monthly meeting. Free. Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. Big ivy community center 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438 • 2nd MONDAYS, 7pm Community club meeting. Free. BuncomBe county puBLic LiBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (4/6) & WE (4/20), 5pm - “Swannanoa Knitters and Stitchers,” needlework group for all skill levels. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • TU (4/12), 7pm - Friends of the Fairview Library quarterly meeting. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview firestorm cAfe AnD BooKs 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 Asheville Tarot Circle • 2nd SUNDAYS, noon-2pm Discussion group on the tarot. Free to attend. foothiLLs conservAncy of north cAroLinA 437-9930, foothillsconservancy.org • Through FR (4/22) - Open reg-

istration for the 20th Anniversary Celebration taking place on Saturday, April, 23 from 11am3pm at Camp Golden Valley. Registration: 437-9930. Free. LAureL chApter of the emBroiDerers’ guiLD AmericA • TH (4/7), 10am - General meeting and instruction on the creation of invitation favors for the EGA national convention. Free. LBgt WeDDing conference AnD expo blueridgepride.org • SA (4/9), 10am-3pm - Wedding conference sponsored by Blue Ridge Pride features LBGT friendly wedding vendors, educational sessions and a real wedding and reception. $8. Held at DoubleTree by Hilton, 115 Hendersonville Road Leicester community center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community.Center • 2nd TUESDAYS, 7pm - Public board meeting. Free. north AsheviLLe recreAtion center 37 E. Larchmont Road • SA (4/9), 6pm - NOURISH vegan group game night. Bring your own vegan refreshments. Free to attend. ontrAcK Wnc 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (4/6), 5:30-7pm “Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it.” Seminar. • TU (4/12), noon-1pm - “Savings & Goal Setting,” seminar. • WE (4/13), 5:30-7pm “Understanding Reverse Mortgages: Learn the basics about Reverse Mortgages,” seminar. puBLic events At mArs hiLL university 689-1307, mhu.edu • TH (4/7), 11am - “Cherokee Frybread Demonstration,” by the Native American Student Association. Free. Held in the Blue Lounge. shoWing up for rAciAL Justice showingupforracialjustice.org • TUESDAYS, 10am-noon Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road tArheeL piecemAKers QuiLt cLuB tarheelpiecemakers.wordpress.com • WE (4/13), 9:30am - Social and meeting with “Thread & Needles” presentation by Ginny Landwehr. Free. Held at Balfour United

Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville veterAns for peAce 582-5180, vfpchapter099wnc.blogspot.com • 2nd TUESDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road WiLmA DyKemAn LegAcy 458-5813, wilmadykemanlegacy. org, stokely.jim@gmail.com • FR (4/8), 5:30pm - Debate on marijuana legalization between Sheriff Van Duncan, Lindsay Carver Stockman, Ben Scales and Dee Williams. Free. Held at Asheville High School, 419 McDowell St.

DAnce stuDio zAhiyA, DoWntoWn DAnce cLAsses (pd.) Monday 5pm Ballet Wkt 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 7pm Bellydance Drills 7:30pm Bellydance 8pm Tap • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 8pm Bellydance 8pm Hip Hop Choreo 2 • Wednesday 9am Latin Wkt 5:30pm Hip Hop Wkt 6:30 Bhangra 8pm Contemporary • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Kid’s Dance 5pm Teens Hip Hop 7pm West African 8pm West African 2 • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 10:45am POUND Wkt • Sunday 3pm Tap 2 • $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595 AsheviLLe Butoh festivAL ashevillebutoh.com • TH (4/7) & FR (4/8), 7:30pm Butoh performances featuring Yumiko Yoshioka. $18/$15 students & seniors. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. • SA (4/9), 7:30pm - Butoh performances featuring “Local Color,” Asheville’s own butoh crew. $18/15 students & seniors. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. • SU (4/10), 7:30 pm - Strange Daughters, an evening of butoh solos by Jenni Cockrell. $18/$15 students & seniors. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. AsheviLLe movement coLLective ashevillemovementcollective.org • FRIDAYS, 7:30-8:30pm - Noninstructional, free-form dance within community. $8-$20. Held at NYS3, 2002 Riverside Dr. Studio 42-O, Loft I • SUNDAYS, 9am & 11am- Noninstructional, free-form dance within community. $8-$20. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway

Burton street recreAtion center 134 Burton St. • MONDAYS (except 3rd MONDAYS), 5:30pm - Groove dance. Free.

fooD & Beer cALDWeLL community coLLege & technicAL institute 726-2202 • TH (4/14), 6pm - Australian themed meal from the CCC&TI culinary arts students. Registration: broyhillcenter.com. $21. Held at J.E. Broyhill Civic Center, 1913 Hickory Blvd. SE, Lenior DoWntoWn WeLcome tABLe haywoodstreet.org/2010/07/ the-welcome-table • SUNDAYS, 4:30pm - Community meal. Free. Held at Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood St.

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WorDs of encourAgement: “My philosophy when it comes to activism and my motivation for [undertaking sexual violence] prevention work,” says Nikki Madle, “is that we can all spend so much time wondering why someone doesn’t step up and fi ght for LGBTQ rights or environmental protection. But eventually you’ll realize, as I did, that you are somebody. ... Everyone can make a difference if they try.” One of Madle’s contributions is hosting card-making parties. The handmade notes are later given to victims of sexual violence. Photo by Leslie Frempong Becoming a victim of sexual violence spurred UNC Asheville student nikki madle to join the movement against it, beginning with on-campus clothing drives and informative resource fairs. Later, she hosted a card-making event, inviting fellow students to share uplifting messages with survivors. “Eventually, I got more involved with Our VOICE,” she says. “I went through the training to become an advocate, so I’m on call three times a month now, and I’m doing some other projects.” One initiative involves amassing supplies for the nonprofit crisis intervention and prevention agency. “I’m collecting toothbrushes, toothpaste, new underwear, used or new sweatshirts and sweatpants that don’t have writing on them (of any size, for any gender),

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ChapSticks, and travel-sized shampoos and conditioners. And all of that is going into a hospital bag.” Our VOICE advocates go to the emergency room when someone gets raped, Madle explains. Victims who have a rape kit done must turn over their clothing, and others who are homeless or hospitalized after domestic violence may not have access to everyday staples like hygeine products. Donated items can make the situation “a little less horrible.” Advocates then stay for the entire hospital visit (roughly six hours) to ensure against further issues like victim blaming or referencing transgender individuals by the wrong pronoun. Despite mixed reactions — “I’ve received everything from ‘You’re doing a great job!’ to ‘A lot of rapes aren’t actu-

ally rapes anyway, so why are you bothering?’” — the young activist’s efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. “I have been nominated for Outstanding Leader of the Year at UNC Asheville,” Madle says, “and asked to come aboard as a student employee working for the [university’s] Title IX office.” Madle’s donation drive runs through Friday, April 15, with drop-off bins at UNCA’s library lobby and fitness room entrance. Donors can also email nmadle@unca.edu to arrange pickup. Visit ourvoicenc.org to learn more about Our VOICE, including details on applying for the next advocate training session, which begins Wednesday, April 20. X

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henDersonviLLe sister cities hendersonvillesistercities.org • Through FR (4/15) - Submissions of artwork, essays, poems, short films, and/or photography inspired by the theme “Peace through People” are accepted from students at Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County and in schools throughout Henderson County. See website for full guidelines: sistercities.org/YAAS. Free/$25 for film entries.

227-7397, wcu.edu • FR (4/8), 7:30-10:30pm - Telescope viewing of the nighttime sky with the Department of Chemistry and Physics. Information: 227-2718. Free. Held at the Jackson County Airport.

LAKe JAmes stAte pArK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 Programs are free unless otherwise noted. • WE (4/13), 10am - “NC Science Festival Reptile and Amphibian BioBlitz,” ranger led science exploration. n.c. ArBoretum 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org • MONDAYS & TUESDAYS through (5/24), 10-11:30am - Wee Naturalists program for ages 2-5 with crafts, exploration, stories. Registration recommended. $7 per child/$3 per additional child/Parking fees apply. speLLBounD chiLDren’s BooKshop 640 Merrimon Ave. #204, 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

outDoors crADLe of forestry Route 276, Pisgah National Forest, 877-3130, cradleofforestry.org • SA (4/9) - “Opening Day Celebration: Old-Time Plowing and Folkways,” with living history homesteaders and old-time horse garden plowing. $5. LAKe JAmes stAte pArK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 Programs are free unless otherwise noted. • WE (4/6), 8am - “Spring Bird Hike,” ranger led hike around Fox Den Loop Trail. Bring binoculars and a field guide. • SA (4/9), 10am - “Salamander

pisgAh chApter of trout unLimiteD pisgahchaptertu.org/New-Meetinginformation.html • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7pm - General meeting and presentations. Free to attend. Held at Pardee Health Education Center, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville puBLic events At Wcu

riverLinK 252-8474, riverlink.org • SA (4/9), 9-11:30am - Birding at the Beaver Dam Bird Sanctuary. Registration required. Free. Held at the Beaver Dam Bird Sanctuary, US 25, Asheville ymcA of Wnc 210-2265, ymcawnc.org • SA (4/9), 11am - Six-mile easy to moderate hike at Turkey Pen. Registration: 230-4425. Free/$5 optional carpool. Held at YMCA Woodfin, 30 Woodfin St.

pArenting AsheviLLe city schooLs ashevillecityschools.net/pages/ Asheville_City_Schools • Through (4/11) - Open registration for eight-week play & learn groups for adults with infants and toddlers. For more information or to register contact: grace.ragaller@acsgmail. net. Free.

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seniors Leicester community center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/Leicester. Community.Center • MONDAYS, 4:30pm - Christian based yoga for seniors. Free.

spirituALity AsheviLLe insight meDitAtion (pd.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, Suite 200, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com. Astro-counseLing (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. 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 10, 2016, 11am-11:30am, fellowship follows. Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Rd. (“Hops and Vines” building, lower level), Asheville NC 28806, 828-254-6775. (free event). www. eckankar-nc.org LooKing for genuine spirituAL guiDAnce AnD heLp? (pd.) We are in a beautiful area about 10 minutes from downtown Asheville, very close to Warren Wilson College. www. truththomas.org 828-299-4359

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open heArt meDitAtion (pd.) Experience and deepen the spiritual connection to your heart, the beauty and deep peace of the Divine within you. Increase your natural joy and gratitude while releasing negative emotions. Love Offering 7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 OpenHeartMeditation.com. shAmBhALA meDitAtion center (pd.) 60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113, 200-5120, ashevilleshambhala. org • WEDNESDAYS, 10-midnight, THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 10-noon - Meditation and community. Admission by donation. AsheviLLe center for trAnscenDentAL meDitAtion 165 E. Chestnut, 254-4350, meditationasheville.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-7:30pm Introductory talk on the Transcendental Meditation technique. Online registration. Free to attend. AsheviLLe sounD heALing 776-3786, ashevillesoundhealing.com, • SATURDAYS, 11am & SUNDAYS, noon - Healing concert with crystal bowls, gongs and chanting. Free to attend. Held at Skinny Beats Drum Shop and Gallery, 4 Eagle St. cLouD cottAge 219 Old Toll Circle, Black Mountain, 669-6000, cloudcottage.org Cloud Cottage Community of Mindful Living • 2nd & 4th TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm Mindfulness training class. Admission by donation. grAce LutherAn church 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • Through (4/8) - Open registration for the “When in Doubt, Make Belief,” workshop that takes place on Monday, April 11, 10am-noon. Registration required: bit. ly/doubt-belief. $10. • Through TH (4/7) - Open registration for the “ YOUnique WORKSHOP” taking place Saturday, April 9, from 9:30am4:30pm. Registration required: bit.ly/ younique2016. Free. • 2nd FRIDAYS, 1pm - Healing prayer gathering. Free. • WEDNESDAYS (4/13) through (5/18), 5:45-7pm - “John: The Gospel of Light and Life,” class. Free/$5 optional dinner. JuBiLee community church 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • THURSDAYS (4/7) through (5/12), 6:30-8pm - “Bringing Zen to Life: A Six Week Series to Empower Practice for Challenging Times,” zen meditation, teachings, discussion and practice presented by Windhorse Zen Community. Admission by donation. • TH (4/7), 7-9pm - “The Law of Attraction and Wellness: The Magic Link,” presentation by Larry Watson. Registration: 859-653-8502. $10.

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om sAnctuAry 87 Richmond Hill Drive, 505-2300 • SATURDAYS, 11am-noon - Meditation session. Admission by donation. the center for spirituAL emergence 7 Beaverdam Road • WE (4/13), 7pm - “The Emerging Cosmic Story,” lecture and discussion. $5-$10. unity of the BLue riDge 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River, 891-8700 • SU (4/10), 1:30pm - “Enter the Aum,” sound healing concert with Paradiso and Rasamayi, featuring the world’s largest crystal didgeridoo, gem infused singing bowls, and seed mantras. $33/$22 advance.

spoKen & Written WorD AsheviLLe Writers’ sociAL allimarshall@bellsouth.net • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - N.C. Writer’s Network group meeting and networking with featured speaker Jessica C. White, an organizer of Asheville Zine Fest. Bring a longline or elevator spiel to share. Free to attend. Held at Cork & Keg, 86 Patton Ave. BLue riDge BooKs 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • SA (4/9), 3pm - Liberty Crouch presents her book, Demons Release Trilogies. Free to attend. BuncomBe county puBLic LiBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/ library Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (4/6), 3pm - Weaverville Afternoon Book Club: Paris Trout by Pete Dexter. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • Through SA (4/30) - Half-price spring book sale. Free to attend. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • TH (4/7), 6pm - Swannanoa Book Club: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevon, Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • TH (4/7), 4pm - Leicester Friends of the Library meeting. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • FR (4/8), 3:30pm - Young Novel Readers Club: The Rise of Elgen by Michael Vey. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • SA (4/9), 10am - West Asheville Book Club: Dead Wake by Erik Larson. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • TU (4/12), 1pm - Leicester Book Club: Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester cALDWeLL Arts counciL 754-2486, caldwellarts.com

• SA (4/9), 8:30am - 4th Annual High School Shakespeare Monologue Competition. Free. Held at J.E. Broyhill Civic Center, 1913 Hickory Blvd. SE, Lenior cALDWeLL community coLLege & technicAL institute 726-2202 • TH (4/7), noon - Reading and discussion by Conor Grennan, author of Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal. Free. Held at CCC&TI Watauga Campus, 372 Community College Drive, Boone • TH (4/7), 7pm - Reading and discussion by Conor Grennan, author of Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal. Free. Held at J.E. Broyhill Civic Center, 1913 Hickory Blvd. SE, Lenior • FR (4/8), noon - Reading and discussion by Conor Grennan, author of Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal. Free. Held on the Hudson Caldwell Community College Campus, 2855 Hickory Blvd., Hudson fLetcher LiBrAry 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:30pm - Writers’ Guild. Free. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club. Free. henDersonviLLe historic courthouse 1 Historic Courthouse Square # 4, Hendersonville, 694-1619 • SA (4/9), 2pm - Robert Morgan presents his new novel, Chasing the North Star. Free to attend. LAnier LiBrAry 72 Chestnut St., Tryon, 859-9535 • TH (4/14), 5:30pm - Thirsty for Learning Thursday: N.C. Poet Laureate Shelby Stephenson poetry reading. Free. LiterAry events At Wcu wcu.edu • Through TH (4/7) - Spring Literary Festival. See website for full schedule and locations: litfestival.org. mALAprop’s BooKstore AnD cAfe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops. com Free unless otherwise noted. • TU (4/7), 7pm - Author Ashley Warlick presents, The Arrangement. • FR (4/8), 7pm - Danny Bernstein presents her book Forests, Alligators, Battlefields: My Journey through the National Parks of the South. • SA (4/9), 7pm - Jeff Zentner presents his novel The Serpent King. • SU (4/10), 3pm - Ann B. Ross presents her book Miss Julia Inherits a Mess. • WE (4/13), 7pm - Quincy Whitney presents American Luthier: Carleen Hutchins—The Art and Science of the Violin. • TH (4/14), 7pm - Paul Lisicky’s presents his memoir, The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship.

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voLunteering Big Brothers Big sisters of Wnc 253-1470, bbbswnc.org • TH (4/14), noon - Information session for those interested in volunteering to work with young people from single-parent homes twice a month and for those interested in mentoring elementary school students 1-hour per week after school. Free. Held at United Way of Asheville & Buncombe, 50 S. French Broad Ave. BuncomBe county speciAL oLympics 250-4260 • Through TH (5/5) - Open registration for volunteers for the Spring Games to be held on Thursday, May 5. Registration: buncombecounty.org/specialolympics. groW fooD Where peopLe Live growfoodwherepeoplelive.org • Through (5/1) - Open registration for volunteering with Permblitz, installing gardens and fruiting shrubs on May 21. See website for full details and registration. Free. hAnDs on AsheviLLe-BuncomBe 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org Registration for location and guidelines.

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Fun at Work Bill Bailey (a former nine-year employee of the water-irrigation network near Grand Junction, Colo.) was awarded unemployment benefits in December for being wrongfully fired. The company claimed Bailey was insubordinate and that any complaints he had were merely because he is "too sensitive" to workplace "fun" and unable to "forgive and forget" his supervisors' teambuilding spirit. According to an administrative law judge, the "fun" included, among other things, detonating unannounced, ear-splitting PVC "potato guns" (using golf balls and other items) on the job and Bailey's boss's placing his own feces in a bag inside Bailey's lunch pail. (At one point in the hearing, during the boss' mirthful, carefree descriptions of the "fun," the judge felt the need to advise him of his Fifth Amendment right.) (Following the judge's decision, Bailey's two supervisors resigned.)

Questionable Judgments The Agony and Tediousness of "Peeling": The Canadian supermarket chain Sobeys has recently been selling pre-cut avocado halves, sealed in plastic packages. Said a spokesman, the product "eliminates the guesswork ... if you are not familiar with peeling and seeding a fresh avocado." Also, recently, Whole Foods began selling peeled mandarin oranges, sealed in "recyclable" plastic, at $5.99 a pound (but withdrew the product in March, with an apology and promise to sell the oranges only in their "natural packaging: the peel").

The Continuing Crisis • The Most "Florida" Story: State officials have notified retired pro wrestler Mary Thorn of Lakeland that, according to the law, her pet alligator ("Rambo"), age 15, having grown to 6 feet in length, may no longer be kept at home unless she provides at least 2 1/2 acres of roaming space. She made a public plea in March, warning that confiscating Rambo would kill him, as he is super- sensitive to sunlight (having been raised inside her home)

and must wear clothes and sunscreen when outside (though Thorn pointed out that he is "potty-trained" and wags his tail when needing to answer nature's call). (At press time, the investigation of Rambo was still ongoing.) • The Most "Georgia" Story: David Presley (of Walton County, about 40 miles from Atlanta), 32, for some reason attempted to blow up his riding lawn mower in March — by placing three pounds of the chemical mixture Tannerite in it and then shooting the mower with a semiautomatic rifle. Although he was standing 30 yards away, shrapnel still hit him, severing his leg just below the knee. • The Most "Canada" Story: Ms. Philicity Lafrenier, 25, was charged with several break-and-enter and theft crimes in March in Prince George, British Columbia, after leading police on a half-mile chase as she made her getaway on an ice floe on the Nechako River. When police caught up, she attempted to dispose of items she had stolen (even though still on the ice) by burning them in a small fire, but an officer and a police dog jumped in the water to subdue her.)

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has come to be known for the abundance of wellness practitioners here, including yoga instructors, massage therapists, energy healers and acupuncturists. Woodard says that some people may be drawn to Asheville because of the many options for alternative healing in the area. Arrendell points out that other factors may be at play as well. In general, more people are seeking counseling because it’s more acceptable in our culture now, she says. And she adds that there could be an economic reason related to the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. She attributes a “huge increase” in clients to the ACA, as many patients can now afford the lower co-pays. Butler notes that her caseload has also increased since the passage of the ACA.

songbirdpeggy@bellsouth.net Asheville is known for many things, including adventure and nature, arts and music, food and beer, and rest and recreation. It’s been called “Tree City” and “Beer City”as well as named “best of” on many lists. But what about calling Asheville “City of Counselors”? Or how about “Therapy Town”? For those of us who are counselors here (or social workers, psychologists, and marriage and family therapists), it’s apparent that there are a great many “soul healers” here. But why are there so many mental health professionals in Asheville? Several local practitioners shared their ideas. pia arrendell, a marriage and family therapist with Asheville Psychotherapy Associates, notes that “a lot of people have moved to Asheville, including practitioners” and that Asheville has “great networking” for those practitioners. trip woodard, also a marriage and family therapist at the same center, says, “Everybody wants to live in Asheville.” He jokes that the town has been “nominated as the top city in the universe.” Woodard also points out that two local schools offer licensed professional counselor programs, and UNC Asheville provides a master of social work program, which all attract therapists in training. Woodard adds that because Asheville is a “progressive city” with a well-educated population, it may feel like a safe, welcoming climate for many practitioners. “Coming to Asheville was a calling for me,” says joy butler, social worker and director of The Healing Center of Asheville. “Even though I had a busy private practice in New York, I felt I needed to be in the Blue Ridge Mountains healing the folks down here, so to speak. So, I moved here, healed myself, and I then went on to heal others. Hence the name of my business, The Healing Center of Asheville, was born.” Statistically, there are in fact far more counselors per capita in Asheville than other comparable cities in North Carolina and the region. The National Board for Certified

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heeDeD the cALL: “Coming to Asheville was a calling for me,” says Joy Butler, social worker and director of The Healing Center of Asheville. “I felt I needed to be in the Blue Ridge Mountains healing the folks down here.” Photo by Peggy Hustad Counselors website shows 83 national certified counselors who were accepting referrals in Asheville. Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau for Asheville’s 2014 population, we can estimate there are 1,059 residents per counselor in Asheville. Most other comparable cities were nowhere close to that ratio: 2,223 people per counselor in Greenville, S.C., and 3,451 in Durham. If we include counselors plus other traditional types of mental health therapists, using Psychology Today’s therapist search site, we find an estimated 312 people for each practitioner in Asheville. Although Chapel Hill was close when this expanded search was used (356 people for each therapist), all the other comparable cities ranged from 599 people for each therapist in Greenville to 1,684 people in Winston-Salem. Of course, to keep so many Asheville therapists in business, there must be a sizable number of clients. What could explain that? The mountains of Western North Carolina have historically been seen as a place to go for healing. Asheville

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Arrendell works full time and has within the past month increased to a full caseload. She says other therapists she knows seem to be getting to the point of reaching a full caseload as well. Is it possible that the large number of “transplants” in Asheville also contributes to the number of clients? Woodard notes that the majority of his clients are transplants, although few of them have moved here recently. Arrendell estimates that 80 percent of her clients have been from somewhere else and 20 percent from the Asheville area originally, while Butler estimates that 98 percent are from elsewhere and 2 percent are natives of Western North Carolina. Do transplants have issues acclimating to a new area — the culture as

Counselors and therapists per capita CITY / POPULATION

ASHEVILLE 87,882

WINSTON-SALEM 239,269

DURHAM 251,893

CHAPEL HILL 59,376

GREENVILLE, SC 62,252

KNOXVILLLE 184,281

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1,059 282

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2,223 104

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therApy for trAnspLAnts: Trip Woodard and Pia Arrendell, marriage and family therapists at Asheville Psychotherapy Associates, say the arrival of so many transplants in the Asheville area may have increased the demand for psychotherapy. Photo by Peggy Hustad well as the geography — which draw them into therapy? “People coming from the North or the West may have some adjustment issues” living in the South, says Woodard. Do transplants also have difficulty adjusting because they lack a long-standing, extensive support system? “People want to be part of a community,” says Arrendell, noting that therapists can provide that support. Woodard echoes that sentiment: “Community is important, and finding a niche in Asheville isn’t an easy thing.” He also points out that people are drawn to Asheville because of its scenery and the beauty of the mountains. Could transplants have overly high expectations that this beautiful mountain town will solve all their problems, like some type of utopia? And when the reality is far from the ideal, is there a sense of discontentment or frustration that could lead a person to seek counseling? Woodard says that people want to start over after a major life change, like divorce, and move somewhere new to “hit the reset button.” He adds that some people come here with unrealistic expectations about finding jobs easily, but the “middle class they had hoped for” may not exist,

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because the cost of living in the area is relatively high. “People move here for healing; they want a change,” says Butler. “A lot of them are leaving something they don’t like in search of something better. When they get here, they find that their problems follow them. People come here to experience life in a different way, but they’re running into the same issues.” Woodard also says the idea that transplants may be dealing with “delayed grief” — from losses or failures in their previous towns — has “some credibility.” Butler agrees, adding that clients may have even sought healing previously but without complete success. “You can’t run away; you’ve got to deal with it,” she says. “When you get here, the brick wall will appear right in front of you, blocking your way. When people get here, they don’t have any choice but to deal with the more severe issues. Something about the healing energy in Asheville makes it possible to heal.” Peggy Hustad has been a licensed professional counselor in North Carolina and a national certified counselor for over 15 years. To contact her, visit her blog at besttocome.wordpress.com. X

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spring into WeLLness! ApriL 9 (pd.) With Wellspring’s Open House, Saturday, April 9, from 1pm-5pm. With giveaways, door prizes, demonstrations and food, there’s something for all ages! For more information: www.wellspringasheville.com ALzheimer’s AssociAtion of Western nc • TH (4/14), 8am-4pm - High Country Caregiver Education Conference bringing together caregivers, healthcare professionals and consumers regarding dementia care. $15 family & caregivers/$30 health professionals. Held at YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly, 84 Blue Ridge Circle, Black Mountain AsheviLLe community yogA center 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • THURSDAYS (4/7) through (4/28), 6-7:30pm Prenatal yoga series. $12 drop-in/$40 series. • SA (4/9), 12:30-2:30pm - “Cultivate a Home Practice,” yoga workshop. $20. • SA (4/9), 3-5pm - “Poetry of Yoga: A Yin and Writing Workshop.” $20. • SU (4/10), 12:30-2:30pm - “An Introduction to the Yamas and Niyamas,” yoga workshop. $20. BuncomBe county puBLic LiBrAries buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • TU (4/12), 6pm - “Integrative & Functional Medicine” presentation by Dr. Allan Redash. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • WE (4/13), 11:30am - Laughter Yoga for adults. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa

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CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY • REIKI (pd.) Amber Henderson, LMBT. Craniosacral Therapy and Reiki offered Mondays/Tuesdays. Convenient, cozy healing space: Vitality Holistic Center, 55 Grove St inside The People’s Acupuncture Clinic of Asheville. Call/text to schedule: 828-595-3960.

focus on fLexiBiLity 299-4844 • TUESDAYS, 2:15-3:15pm - Gentle exercise class with focus on flexibility, balance, body alignment and breathing. Includes standing, floor and chair exercises. Free. Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road

• TH (4/7), 7-9pm- “The Law of Attraction and Wellness: The Magic Link,” workshop with Larry Watson. Reservations: 653-8502. $10. • TU (4/12), 7-9pm - “Your Food Your Mood,” presentation by Lino Stanchich. Registration 299-8657. $10.

support groups ADuLt chiLDren of ALcohoLics & DysfunctionAL fAmiLies adultchildren.org • Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings. AL-Anon/ ALAteen fAmiLy groups 800-286-1326, wnc-alanon.org • A support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. For full listings, visit mountainx.com/ support. ALcohoLics Anonymous • For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 254-8539 or aancmco.org AsheviLLe Women for soBriety 215-536-8026, womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm – Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. Asperger’s ADuLts uniteD facebook.com/WncAspergersAdultsUnited • 2nd SATURDAYS, 2-4pm - Occasionally meets additional Saturdays. Contact for details. Held at Hyphen, 81 Patton Ave. Asperger’s teens uniteD facebook.com/groups/AspergersTeensUnited • For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every 3 weeks. Contact for details. BrAinstormer’s coLLective 254-0507, puffer61@gmail.com • 1st THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Led by brain injury survivors for brain injury survivors and supporters. Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road BrevArD-henDersonviLLe pArKinson’s support group 696-8744 • TU (4/12), 10am - General meeting, socialization, chair exercises and refreshments. Held at Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 East Main St., Brevard

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coDepenDents Anonymous 398-8937 • TUESDAYS 7:30pm - Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4 • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm & SATURDAYS, 11am – Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • FRIDAYS, 5:30pm - Held at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, 556 S. Haywood, Waynesville

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DeBtors Anonymous debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. Depression AnD BipoLAr support ALLiAnce 367-7660, depressionbipolarasheville.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 4pm – Held at 1316-C Parkwood Road. fooD ADDicts Anonymous 423-6191 or 301-4084 • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Held at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 1 School Road • SATURDAYS, 11am- Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4 four seAsons compAssion for Life 233-0948, fourseasonscfl.org • THURSDAYS, 12:30pm - Grief support group. Held at SECU Hospice House, 272 Maple St., Franklin • TUESDAYS, 3:30-4:30pm - Grief support group. Held at Four Seasons - Checkpoint, 373 Biltmore Ave. g.e.t. r.e.A.L. phoenix69@bellsouth.net • 2nd SATURDAYS, 2pm - Group for people with chronic ’invisible’ auto-immune diseases. Held at Fletcher Community Park, 85 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher gAmBLers Anonymous gamblersanonymous.org • THURSDAYS, 6:45pm - 12-step meeting. Held at Basillica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St. hAyWooD county compAssionAte frienDs 400-6480 • 1st THURSDAYS - Support group for families who have lost a child of any age. Held at Long’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 175 Old Clyde Road, Waynesville honoring grief circLe • 2nd & 4th TUESDAYS, 6pm - Layperson support group for grief. Life Limiting iLLness support group 386-801-2606 • TUESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - For adults managing the challenges of life limiting illnesses. Held at Secrets of a Duchess, 1439 Merrimon Ave. Living With chronic pAin 776-4809 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Hosted by American Chronic Pain Association. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa

memory Loss cAregivers network@memorycare.org • 2nd TUESDAYS, 9:30am – Held at Highland Farms Retirement Community, 200 Tabernacle Road, Black Mountain minDfuLness AnD 12 step recovery avl12step@gmail.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7:30-8:45pm - Mindfulness meditation practice and 12 step program. Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4 mountAin mAmAs peer support group facebook.com/mountainmamasgroup Peer support group for pregnant and postpartum mothers led by birth professionals. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1-3pm - Held at The Family Place, 970 Old Hendersonville Highway, Brevard nAr-Anon fAmiLy groups nar-anon.org • WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - Held at First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, 204 6th Ave. West, Hendersonville • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road nAtionAL ALLiAnce on mentAL iLLness Wnc 505-7353, namiwnc.org, namiwc2015@gmail.com • 2nd MONDAYS, 11am - Connection group for individuals dealing with mental illness. Held at NAMI Offices, 356 Biltmore Ave.

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Love your mother: Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and author of “Folks, This Ain’t Normal,” and 10 other titles, addresses a crowd at a previous Mother Earth News Fair. Salatin is one of the keynote speakers at this years fair with a presentation about “salad bar beef.” Photo by Bryan Welch

BY LesLie BoYD leslie.boyd@gmail.com If you’re wondering how to grow your own food, make your own cider, cheeses, jams and jellies or even build a composting toilet, answers can be found at the Mother Earth News Fair, coming to the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center Saturday and Sunday, April 9-10. Bringing the event to WNC is like coming home, says editor hank will. “Hendersonville was the birthplace of Mother Earth News — sort of the cradle from which we sprang,” he points out. “And there seems to be a real interest in sustainable living.” Hands-on learning always been part of the program. From the mid1970s to the mid-’80s, the magazine hosted thousands of visitors eachsum-

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mer at its 600-acre Eco-Village, where they could learn about everything from beekeeping to cordwood construction to experimental gardens, houses and energy projects. The fair began in 2010 as a way to bring the magazine to life and carry its mission to different places around the country, Will explains. The initial event was held at Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania, a sister company, with new locations added each year. The 2016 edition will be presented at a half-dozen sites around the country between now and late October. In the 1960s, notes Will, Western North Carolina’s cheap land and agreeable climate attracted people wanting to practice sustainable living, and many of them remain. He believes such practices as organic farming and humanely raised, grass-fed meats are even more important today.

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“There’s been such an increase in the use of chemicals since the 1970s,” says Will. “We’re dumping millions of tons of chemicals into the earth. We can’t keep doing that. We spray Roundup on our wheat just before harvest so it will dry more quickly.” Unfortunately, he continues, most folks still don’t really understand the problem and its long-term consequences. And like Mother Earth News, which bills itself as the nation’s largest and longest-running sustainable living publication, the fair is meant to educate consumers. More than 150 workshops and demonstrations will cover everything from fermenting vegetables to cheesemaking, basketry and soapmaking, living off the grid, getting the most out of a small garden and raising chickens. There’s even a workshop on distilling liquor legally at home. Demonstrations will showcase such diverse skills as “Spinning

Cotton on the Charkha or Gandhi Wheel,” “Blacksmithing for Your Homestead,” “Nonelectric Grain Grinding,” “Waterless, Greaseless Cooking” and “How to Make Seed Bombs.” There’ll also be activities for kids, including a Treehouse Club where they can interact with chickens and dairy animals, make healthy foods, build with mud, plant seeds and more. Noted author eliot coleman will present “Extending the Growing Season at Both Ends.” An organic farmer in Maine for many years, he’s written extensively on the subject. Interest in organic food is growing, says Coleman, because people are becoming more suspicious of industrial-farmed food. But it’s really nothing new: The idea of growing food without chemicals, he says, traces back to the 1890s in Germany, where

lead arsenic was being used as a pesticide. “Some of the chemicals altered the taste of food, and people noticed that their cabbage tasted like the sulfate ammonia that was being used on it.” Today, industrial-farmed foods can seem flavorless or even bitter, notes Coleman, often because the plants have been bred for qualities other than taste. And meanwhile, chemicals are definitely still a factor. “Getting the soil right is complex, but when you take the time to do it, food tastes better,” he maintains. “Carrots are sweeter, spinach doesn’t have a metallic aftertaste.” From the start, says Coleman, the chemical industry has resisted the organic movement. When pioneering marine biologist Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring in 1962, documenting the environmental damage done by pesticides, the chemical industry did all it could to discredit her.

“Now it’s about GMOs,” continues Coleman. “As long as foods don’t have to be labeled, the only way you can be sure you’re not getting GMOs is to buy organic food or organic seeds so you can grow it yourself.” Will says he expects the fair to draw about 20,000 visitors over its two-day run. “There’s no typical person who comes,” he explains. “It’s people from all across the spectrum.” X

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fArm & gArDen WiLD fooDs ADventure With WiLD ABunDAnce (pd.) May 6-8th, On this 3-day adventure in the woods, students learn about local medicinal plant/wild edibles in the forest (harvesting, preparing & feasting too). Info: 775-7052, wildabundance.net. BuncomBe county puBLic LiBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/ library • SA (4/9), 2pm - “Pollinators & Their Bi-ology,” presented by Amy Snyder. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville green opportunities 398-4158, greenopportunities.org • SATURDAYS through (4/30), 1-5pm Southside Community Garden volunteer workday. Free. Held at Arthur R. Edington Education and Career Center, 133 Livingston St. mother eArth neWs fAir motherearthnews.com • SA (4/9), 9am-7pm & SU (4/10), 9am-5pm - Over 150 hands-on workshops covering organic gardening, food preparation and preservation, natural health, renewable energy, homesteading, small-scale livestock, green building and remodeling, green transportation, and related topics. See website for

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ready. Himmelheber makes the coffee, which he says has been called the best outdoor coffee in Asheville. Burgess prepares the grits each week, and other volunteers help carry everything to the park and clean up the space. “We leave it cleaner than we find it,” says volunteer elizabeth eve as she sweeps the pavement. “We don’t want anyone saying we leave a mess.” The breakfast is one of a number of efforts in Buncombe County to offer food to people in need. Perhaps the largest such program is the Welcome Table at the Haywood Street Congregation downtown, which serves up to 450 people lunch on Wednesdays and recently began serving about 200 people Sunday dinner. no short cuts

shAring the LoAD The breakfast program, which has been in existence for about 10 years in one form or another, is organized by Channel of Grace, which operates under the umbrella of Central United Methodist Church. wayne burgess, who was homeless when he first started attending the breakfast at the now-closed Zacchaeus House, now is one of the organizers, along with the Himmelhebers. Each of the 15 churches and other organizations that rotate as sponsors supplies ham or sausage biscuits, fruit, boiled eggs and juice. Channel of Grace supplies the coffee and grits and coordinates the volunteers. Green Life Grocery donates bread and pastries each week. These donations and collaborations allow the breakfast to continue on a meager $1,000-a-year budget. Participating organizations are asked to supply enough food for up to 100 people in winter, up to 140 in warm weather. Any food left over from the breakfast is donated to A HOPE, BeLoved House and the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry Women’s Shelter. Himmelheber and Burgess arrive at Central United Methodist Church at 7:30 a.m. each Sunday to get things

david holland coordinates the effort at Haywood Street Congregation. It’s a full-time job involving coordination of donations, chefs, volunteers and food preparation. There are no shortcuts, Holland says. “Basically, what we do is take food you might feed to a governor and invite everyone to partake,” says Holland, who has 30 years of experience in the food service industry. The food is always fresh, and everything is cooked from scratch. For St. Patrick’s Day, the traditional Irish meal of bangers (sausage) and mash (potatoes) is on the menu with roasted vegetables, peas and carrots, biscuits and homemade cake for dessert. Volunteers came in the day before the meal to peel 150 pounds of potatoes, which were boiled and mashed the morning of the meal. Normally, food prep begins about 5 a.m. each Wednesday. sherrill barber, who retired from his job as a reporter for local television station WLOS a year and a half ago, volunteers to help prepare the meal each week. This day, he’s preparing the mashed potatoes. “It’s about giving back to a community that’s been good to me,” Barber says over the whirr of the electric beater. “This is very gratifying work.”

What started out six years ago as “10 people around a Crock-Pot,” according to the Haywood Street Congregation’s Rev. brian combs, now takes some 50 volunteers to make each meal happen. Food comes from MANNA FoodBank and is donated by a number of local stores, including Trader Joe’s and Harris Teeter. The Welcome Table also is able to buy food with donated money — it has a budget of about $50,000 a year, all from private donations — and any food that’s left over is donated to other programs that feed people in need. While most programs concentrate on just getting food into hungry bodies, the Welcome Table serves its food family-style, on china instead of paper plates, with cloth napkins and tablecloths, flowers and candles and volunteers who serve as wait staff for each table.

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communicAting Love “We could have people go through a line, but there’s a level of dignity that’s missing from that,” says Combs. “I believe food communicates love better than anything, and we wanted this to be a most loving experience.” Twice a month, the food is prepared by chefs from local restaurants, including The Corner Kitchen, Curate and Rosetta’s Kitchen (see the entire list at Chefs at Welcome Table Asheville on Facebook); the rest of the time, the kitchen is run by volunteer “Queen” mary littlejohn. Anyone can dine at the Welcome Table, and no one is required to attend worship to be fed, Combs says. The same is true with the Pritchard Park Breakfast. “We have tourists who come by,” Himmelheber says. “A lot of them don’t eat anything — maybe just have a cup of coffee — but they leave donations, and that’s always welcome.” And, while people who have breakfast at Pritchard Park do go through a line, they are served, often by children who offer smiles and encouragement, after all are welcomed by Burgess and a blessing said over the meal. “I have slept outside,” Burgess says. “I’ve had a place to live since 2007, but not everybody is as lucky as I am. Not everybody can find a job — especially a job that pays enough to live on. People deserve respect. People deserve a hot meal.” X

heLping hAnDs: Sherrill Barber uses a hand mixer to prepare mashed potatoes for a recent Welcome Table lunch at the Haywood Street Congregation. The Welcome Table coordinates resources and volunteers weekly to serve Sunday dinners to about 200 and Wednesday lunches to an average of 450 people, many of them experiencing homelessness.

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Carolina mountain Cheese Fest After a sold-out inaugural year, the WNC Cheese Trail’s festival returns with updates and fresh offerings For the second year, Carolina Mountain Cheese Fest event director Katie moore is transforming Highland Brewing Co.’s outdoor venue into one massive charcuterie board, complete with fresh and aged cheeses handmade from the milk of sheep, cows, goats and water buffalo. That’s in addition to a selection of breads, meats, jellies, jams, pickles, pretzels and additional regionally made foods. The taste-and-buy smorgasbord takes place Sunday, April 24. “The cheese that we make here in Western North Carolina has a special flavor, and artisanal cheeses are really designed to build upon that,” says Moore, noting air composition and characteristics of local milk as two factors among many that affect the terroir.

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the Whey forWArD: Not only does Carolina Mountain Cheese Fest celebrate and vend handrafted cheeses, but it provides a forum for makers to hear positive feedback and constructive criticism. “As local producers, it’s really important that we’re in close communication with those who are eating our product,” says event director Katie Moore. “That’s how we become better at what we’re doing.” Photo by Cindy Kunst It also takes a certain set of resources to support a region’s cheese-making culture. Mountains and less densely populated areas are particularly suitable environments because there’s ample space for animals to graze, Moore explains, making milk available without added monetary and environmental costs. “We’re so lucky in Western North Carolina, because we do have this industry right here,” she says. The April 24 festivities celebrate that presence. Though a handful of the festival’s cheesemongers hail from neighboring states, the majority are regional purveyors, including eight members of the WNC Cheese Trail: Blue Ridge Mountain Creamery, English Farmstead Cheese, Looking Glass Creamery, Mountain Farm, Oakmoon Farm & Creamery, Round Mountain Creamery, Spinning Spider Creamery and Yellow Branch Farm & Pottery. Like the festival it’s putting on, the WNC Cheese Trail — a nonprofit cooperative of area cheesemakers for which Moore serves as the executive director — has a multifaceted mission that includes

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educating folks about artisan cheese and producers, stimulating economic interest in that niche industry and boosting tourism to the area. “This is about people having a chance to taste food that is made locally and then supporting those makers,” Moore says of the event. Moore notes that the event’s $12 entry fee, which benefits the Cheese Trail, is designed to encourage purchases from participating businesses. “You can get samples just like when you go to the tailgate market, but this is not an event like the [Asheville Wine and Food Festival]. You’re not paying $45 or $75 and then going down a line and filling up a plate with a bunch of samples,” she says. General admission tickets grant access to demonstrations on milking, butter-churning, mozzarella-stretching and soapmaking; workshops (register to reserve a spot) on raising healthy goats, charcuterie basics and ethical eating; and kids’ attractions, including a variation on a cakewalk plus live goats and a calf. Adults who prefer to head home with a full belly can opt in to one of four educational workshops on beer-and-cheese or wine-and-cheese pairing ($10 fee, registration required).

Extra activities are one corrective response to the festival’s overwhelming turnout its inaugural year, which brought roughly 1,500 cheese seekers to the brewery. Shuttles got backed up once on-site parking was exhausted, and inside, lines interrupted the excitement. “We sold about three times as many tickets as we anticipated,” Moore says, but “this year, we’re limiting the number of tickets.” Her team has also invited more vendors and coordinated additional shuttles to handle the spike in traffic. “We’re working really hard to alleviate those line issues that we experienced last year,” she assures. Despite those hiccups, or perhaps because of them, Moore sees growth potential for the festival in the coming years, including the possibility of expanding it to include multiple days and fulfilling a common request: hands-on cheesemaking classes. But for now, she’s sticking to a single, informal day, “where you’ll see all ages, all types of people. It’s just a really fun time.” Visit mountaincheesefest. com for more information or to buy tickets. X

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Dynamite roasting Co. hosts honduran coffee suppliers in asheville A driving force behind Asheville’s food culture is the tight local supply chain. But since coffee doesn’t grow in North Carolina (without reliable climate manipulation), Dynamite Roasting Co. is offering the next best thing. On Tuesday, April 12, the company will host two of its Honduran suppliers for a tasting and Q&A session at Pisgah Brewing Co. “Not too long ago, farmers in Honduras decided that they wanted more value in their coffee,” says Dynamite co-owner andy gibbon. “So, you’re seeing a lot of innovation coming out of that country. The quality just keeps going up and up, and over the four years that we’ve visited, we’ve noticed an increase in quality just from this one co-op we visit.” Gibbon and his business partner, josh gibbs, travel to Marcala, Honduras, regularly to source coffees from a fair trade organic growers cooperative called COMSA. There, the two whittle roughly 120 samples down to about half a dozen selections. (“It’s an intense couple of days,” Gibbon says with just a hint of trauma in his voice.) “The growers are trying to find a way to add value to their product. … So, what [co-op leadership has] done is encouraged member farmers to grow microlots,” Gibbon explains. The term “single origin,” says Gibbon, can refer to a source as large as a country. Microlots, however, are small plots that belong to a single farmer, and growers will often partition these specialty crops off from the rest of the farm, which typically produces beans to be used in blends. Experimenting with different processing techniques on a microlot often results in a higher-quality final product and extra income. Microlot coffee grown on oscar omar alonzo’s farm, Finca Cual Bicicleta, is always among Dynamite’s top choices “because he’s a great producer,” Gibbon says. So after building a business and personal relationship with the enterprising

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of probiotic foods along the way. Lots of samples will be provided. The condiments class is 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at Villagers, 278 Haywood Road. Tickets are $15-$30 on a sliding scale. Visit forvillagers. com for details and registration. vegAn pressure cooKing BooK-signing AnD Demo

coffee connections: Dynamite Roasting Co. owners Josh Gibbs and Andy Gibbon, second and fourth from left, respectively, are hosting Honduran coffee suppliers Liliana Cardona and Oscar Omar Alonzo, left and second from right, for a Q&A and tasting event. The local roasters hope to foster a conversation between both ends of their supply chain. Plus, Gibbon says, “They get to see their coffee on the grocery store shelves. That’s pretty cool.” Photo courtesy of Dynamite Roasting Co. grower, the Dynamite duo has invited him to meet Ashevilleans who consume the fruits of his skill. The coop’s quality control manager, liliana cardona — who also presents samples and translates for Alonzo, a Spanish speaker, when he hosts potential buyers — will also speak at the event. Aside from offering plenty of pourover coffee samples from the co-op, the event will include an informal Q&A session with the visitors. The local roasters will present a slideshow of their travels and speak about the Honduran coffee industry’s momentum in addition to screening the trailer for brian olson’s documentary film La Finca Humana (The Human Farm). The filmmaker and former Asheville resident moved to Honduras and has been following the country’s organic farming movement spurred by visionary alias sanchez. Before returning home, Alonzo and Cardona will meet with the Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society and attend the Specialty Coffee Association of America Expo in Atlanta.

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“Not many people have ever gotten to meet a coffee farmer. They’re usually interpreted through the roasters and resellers,” Gibbon says. And on the flip side, “A lot of times farmers don’t have any idea where their coffee ends up: They sell it, it disappears. So, for them to meet their customers, it’s just closing the loop.” Dynamite’s meet-and-greet tasting event is at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at Pisgah Brewing Co., 150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain. Visit dynamiteroasting.com for more information. fermenteD conDiments cLAss A surprisingly high number of everyday foods are fermented, including cheese, coffee, bread and, of course, beer. Homesteader and bacteria superfan chelsea wakstein hopes to add even more probiotic foods to folks’ diets. At an upcoming workshop, she’ll lead students in concocting their own fermentable condiments, covering a brief history of fermentation and the health benefits

“The pressure cooker is a vegan game changer,” reads an event description for jill nussinow’s upcoming demo. A registered dietitian, culinary educator and fourtime cookbook author — including her most recent work Vegan Under Pressure — Nussinow has taught plant-based cooking for three decades. She’ll share techniques she’s picked up along the way and offer an in-store meal prep demonstration during her free book-signing event. Nussinow’s event is at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at Firestorm Books and Coffee, 610 Haywood Road. Visit avl. mx/2e8 for details and updates. AppALAchiAn sustAinABLe AgricuLture proJect teLLs fArmers’ stories ASAP is the recent recipient of a $45,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. Funds will support the nonprofit’s Communicating the Farm Story with Appalachian Grown project, which helps farmers and farmers markets in the Appalachian Grown network to effectively convey their unique backstories. “Stories are more than marketing,” says molly nicholie, ASAP’s local food campaign director. “They have the capacity to bring consumers closer to the processes of farming and food production, providing authenticity and connection to the Appalachian Grown brand.” Visit asapconnections.org for more information. X

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limbering up with bend and brew Yoga is known for being good for limbering up the body and mind. Beer, too, has a reputation for loosening people up — so why not squeeze the two together into something everyone can enjoy? That’s exactly what cameron gunter did when she launched Bend and Brew three years ago, partnering with local breweries and taprooms to introduce yoga to beer lovers. Now under the ownership of amah mitchell and michael st. cole, Bend and Brew is stretching into its third season. “[Gunter] saw it as Beer City meets Yoga Town,” says Mitchell. “The whole idea that Asheville is growing, and it’s these two simultaneous trunks of the tree growing side by side — beer and yoga. She wanted to find a way to incorporate the two.” For some traditionalists, the idea of combining beer with yoga might seem a little strange, but the popularity of Bend and Brew is proof of the concept’s success. “Asheville has a seething subculture of awesomeness,” says Mitchell. “We fly our freak flags here, and we can be who we want to be and practice how we want to practice.” “[People think of] yogis … meditating in their caves all day and beer people in their vats all day, but, in the real world, yogis drink beer, and beer people do yoga,” says St. Cole. “Asheville is the meeting of all the worlds together.” Bend and Brew is partnering with Catawba Brewing Co., Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Oskar Blues Brewery, Bhramari Brewhouse and Urban Orchard Cider Co. this year to bring the yoga experience to more beer drinkers. And the company is actively looking for more breweries to partner with. A 45- to 60-minute yoga class costs $18 and is followed by tastings in the breweries and socializing with the instructors and other participants. “After the class, when we sit down and share the tastings, we talk about them,” says St. Cole. “We get to share the joy of yoga and we get to share the beer. … We create conversations around that.” Mitchell says the tasting is definitely a big part of the experience. “There’s a certain intimacy when you share a beer tasting with a bunch of

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BenDing the ruLes: Amah Mitchell and Michael St. Cole bend with some brews at Burial Beer Co.’s outdoor stage. Photo by Jesse Farthing strangers,” she says. “Because then you’re not strangers anymore.” But Bend and Brew is about more than just yoga and beer sampling, say the owners. It’s “community-building around beer and yoga,” and there’s no place like Asheville for such a melding of cultures. “There’s no better beer anywhere,” says Mitchell. St. Cole says every style of yoga is represented somewhere in Asheville, along with every style of beer, so it seemed a natural fit with infinite options. “I came here as a yogi and wound up a beer drinker,” St. Cole laughs. “Every place has this bountiful harvest of something unique. “I’ve become a total beer snob,” he adds. “I grew up an upstate New York hillbilly. We had Genesee and Bud Light, so I didn’t drink beer … until I finally tasted what you can really do with it. It’s truly a joy.” Conversely, and representative of the two cultures, Mitchell jokes that she came here as a beer drinker and wound up a yogi.

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Bend and Brew hired a team of local yoga instructors to teach classes in an effort to stay close with the community, as well as allow the owners to step into different roles. “We love teaching,” say Mitchell and St. Cole. “But it’s a beautiful blessing to be able to offer it to somebody else.” Bend and Brew isn’t the only beer and yoga offering to be found in the area. Twin Leaf offers monthly beer and yoga sessions, Sanctuary Brewing in Hendersonville offers yoga with cats in the brewery, and other breweries have done one-off or intermittent events experimenting with the combination. “[It’s a] way of being reverent of the world and, at the same time, living in 2016, where sometimes you just need to chill out and imbibe the sacred beverage with your friends,” says Mitchell. Bend and Brew’s weekly events are held at 11 a.m. Saturdays at Brahmari, Sierra Nevada and Urban Orchard; 2 p.m. Sundays and 4 p.m. Thursdays at

Catawba’s South Slope location; and noon Sundays at Oskar Blues. neW BeLgium’s LiQuiD center stArts fLoWing On Monday, May 2, New Belgium Brewing Co.’s long-awaited Asheville facility will open its 6,000-square-foot Liquid Center tasting room, followed by brewery tours in the summer. The riverside taproom’s bars, tables and chairs were created from repurposed wood salvaged from the 18-acre site and crafted by local artists in keeping with New Belgium’s history of sustainable practices. The space will include an outdoor deck on the French Broad River and a lawn for hosting events, including summertime bike-in movies. New Belgium is at 21 Craven St. Tasting room hours are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday to Saturday and noon-8 p.m. Sunday. X

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ART BREAK

Three-week event is inspired by the artists of Black Mountain College

BY STEPH GUINAN stephguinan@gmail.com Artist and educator Josef Albers, a prominent teacher at Black Mountain College from 1933-49, would sometimes announce to his students at breakfast that the normal program of classes and activities would be suspended. Mary Brett Daniels, a student at the influential school, told researcher Robert Sunley that those breaks (known as interludes) were “a community response to this build-up of intensity.” She explained in a 1997 interview, “It was understood — again by custom, not by rule — that people would do something of their own devising, perhaps creative, perhaps climb the ridge.” Using Albers’ interlude concept as a model, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and the Media Arts Project will break from their regularly scheduled annual fundraiser, the {Re}Happening. In its place, Interlude, held in downtown Asheville, offers works by more than 30 artists over the event’s three weeks. Programs ranging from performance pieces and conceptual quilts to walking tours and an interactive sound space, kick off on Friday, April 8, with DeWayne Barton’s interactive sculpture, “Mirror, Mirror —Why Have You Cursed Me?” Barton, an Asheville local working to build a community of diversity in “Affrilachia,” will be creating the piece for the duration of the three weeks of Interlude, developing compositions of found objects to ask questions about race and stereotypes. Meanwhile, Anam Cara Theatre Company will explore the artist’s classic dilemma with Faust Foutu, a satire by Robert Duncan who briefly attended Black Mountain College. The piece was first performed in 1955 by a group of poets and painters in San Francisco. “Faust, in this version of the story, is a Beat-era abstract expressionist painter who gains financial success from his work,” says Kim Hartley, the dramaturge for the local production.

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SINGALONG: Curt Cloninger, right, and his daughter Robin perform Day-Long Duet, featuring a repeated segment of the Nine Inch Nails song “The Day The World Went Away.” Photo courtesy of Cloninger But he “struggles throughout the play with what it means to be true to himself as an artist.” Just as the play’s main character questions what it means to be an artist, so did those who were working at Black Mountain College. In 1935, after two years of teaching at the school, Albers said that it was time to make a change in art education. The German-born artist had studied and then taught at the Bauhaus art institution before emigrating to the U.S. to escape the Nazi regime. He called for a “move from looking at art as a part of historical science to an understanding of art as a part of life,” according to a manuscript that was published by his foundation. He went on to explain that the aim of Black Mountain College was to develop “open-eyed and openminded youth.” Now, 80 years later, Black Mountain College-inspired artists continue to push the boundaries of artmaking. Interlude celebrates those innovators and explorers. In a 24-hour-long performance Curt Cloninger, a UNC Asheville professor

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of new media who is also on the board of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, will present Day-Long Duet (The Day The World Went Away). For the piece, two performers will be onstage, blindfolded, singing and playing a segment from the Nine Inch Nails song “The Day the World Went Away.” Cloninger has been doing a series of what he calls “Pop Mantra” performances since 2008. His upcoming show will be the longest one to date, with a schedule of rotating performers allowing him to go beyond his previous record of eight hours. “Certain parts of pop songs always affect me, excite me, break my heart, make me hopeful, etc.,” Cloninger says. He describes the selection of a short segment of a song, repeated over and over, as a “brute force approach to language” that tries to get beyond the words’ meaning. “Language is always also doing something in addition to simply meaning something,” Cloninger says. “It’s always trying to make things happen in the world.” For this

performance, he chose this line, “Na na na na na na.” In previous stagings, the repetition was a way to get beyond the meaning of words. This time, Cloninger seeks to break new ground. “If you take a nonword like ‘na’ and repeat it over and over and over long enough, could it ever achieve an epic force that has nothing to do with what it ‘means’ — since it doesn’t really ‘mean anything?” he asks. Such extreme repetition lives somewhere between an OCD habit and a Buddhist prayer, but the videos of prior performances on Cloninger’s website show that his art events are unpretentious despite being conceptual. Leading up to Interlude, organizers pointed to the works of other Black Mountain College figures such as composer John Cage, sculptor Ruth Asawa and architect Buckminster Fuller. “[Their] spirit can be used effectively through representative tribute, as well as through critical exploration of the challenges of contemporary art making,” explained the call to artists. As the event prompts participants to consider works that explore the edges of artmaking, Cloninger quotes media arts theorist Gene Youngblood (who wrote about Black Mountain College student and experimental filmmaker Stan Vanderbeek): “All art is experimental, or it isn’t art.” X

WHAT Interlude WHERE Various locations around Asheville WHEN Friday, April 8 through Friday, April 29. See interludeavl.com for schedule. $15 one-day pass / $60 all-happenings pass

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Creative Sector Summit focuses on education, workforce and economy The Downtown Masterplan, now 7 years old, included the suggestion to bring local arts professionals together. The Creative Sector Summit evolved from that idea, and “We continue to make the forum,” says Asheville Area Arts Council executive director Kitty love. “The ultimate goal is to move our county toward cultural planning.” This year’s summit, Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9, includes ticketed presentations on Friday and mostly free programming on Saturday. Predicated by the work of the Buncombe Cultural Alliance and produced by the arts council, the summit presents what Love describes as “pieces of what other communities that have cultural plans are looking at.” Those concepts include creative placemaking (last year’s focus), arts and economic development and arts in education. The latter was explored in a subcommittee led by josh batenhorst and jocelyn reese of ArtSpace Charter School, an A+ institution. (The A+ Schools Program is an “arts-based whole-school reform effort,” according the the

N.C. Department of Cultural Resources website, that was launched in 1995 by the Kenan Institute for the Arts.) The theme of this year’s summit, “The Value of Arts Education to Workforce Development and the Economy,” is fitting because “education is pretty crucial to everyone in one way or another,” says Love. Sessions include an Accessibility 101 workshop on how cultural organizations can serve and include those with disabilities. There’s also a free arts-advocacy discussion in preparation for Arts Day 2016, a conference being held in Raleigh on May 24 and 25. The Creative Sector Summit’s Friday schedule concludes with a ticketed dessert and wine reception featuring — because this is about the arts, after all — special seating at the Asheville Lyric Opera’s performance of The Magic Flute. Saturday promises workshops, performances and interactive family-friendly experiences. The day wraps with a networking event and music by West End Trio. — Alli Marshall X

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Digestible theater White Horse hosts Asheville National 10-Minute Play Festival

tAKe ten: Out of 34 scripts, 10 were chosen to compete in the inaugural Asheville National 10-Minute Play Festival. Clockwise from top left, festival founder Richard Handy, director Dani Keli, local award-winning filmmaker and director Kirs Bursky and director Dustin Whitehead. Photos courtesy of festival organizers Love theater but don’t feel like dealing with the same set of characters for multiple hours? Local staging company LEAD Productions has an answer: the Asheville National 10-Minute Play Festival, running Thursday, April 7, through Saturday, April 9, at White Horse Black Mountain. Festival founder and production manager richard handy, along with New York Studio for Stage and Screen faculty and others with theater backgrounds, whittled over 220 submissions from across the country down to 34, all of which received the same high rating. Five directors, chosen from a group of nine applicants, then

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filtered them to 10 finalists, selecting their favorites without Handy’s input. “I wanted them to want to do it and to really be inspired by the scripts. I already knew we had 34 strong scripts, so it was up to them,” Handy says. “It’s exciting and a privilege to be able to give [these writers] a voice.” Though the 10 plays feature a variety of genres and a balance of male and female characters, Handy says the festival’s well-rounded nature is “total luck.” Offerings range from sherry narens’ Employee Assistance (in which the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland seeks help for his habitual lateness) to seth

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freeman’s Press Pray (about a desperate soul who seeks solace in an empty church sanctuary). The showcase also includes Asheville writer (and Xpress contributor) Kai elijah hamilton’s Western North Carolina-set The Sleepwalker, the only one-character story. At least half of the playwrights will be in attendance and all were consulted by the directors. “If you’re going to fulfill the poetry of the work, if you can access the playwright, it’s essential. The objective of the work starts with them and why they had to write it, so I didn’t require — but I strongly recommended — everyone talk to the playwrights to understand their

perspective,” Handy says. He adds that while the directors don’t have to follow all of the writers’ suggestions, the peek inside their minds has its advantages. Handy estimates 85 percent of the actors in the plays are local. dustin whitehead, associate professor at Western Carolina University’s School of Stage and Screen, cast a few of that institution’s students. Greenville, N.C.based director dani Keil is incorporating performers from her city. The festival’s inaugural year means a limited budget of $100 per play, but NYS3 also provides free studio access for rehearsals and access to all of the school’s props and stage furniture. White Horse has additionally proved valuable in providing not only a performance space but items beyond the festival’s capabilities. “It’s such an interesting beast because you have to facilitate a performance space and floor plan that works for all 10 [plays]. For us, the transitions in particular, and also how people enter the space, is part of the production,” says Handy. He calls the transitions “the 11th play.” Along with LEAD producing each playwright’s work, each of the finalists receive a $100 prize, a video recording of his or her work’s full performance and a copy of the script that includes the production’s full cast list. Depending on how the first year goes, Handy hopes to expand the 2017 festival’s budget and continue to offer the contest annually. He says the process of reaching out to over 200 universities and numerous writing groups was immensely successful for LEAD and NYS3, as well as the local theater community. “It’s nice to be able to bring together actors, directors and designers from different walks within the Asheville area,” Handy says. “They tend to be in certain niches on a frequent basis — they just work with the same capacity with different groups — but it’s open to everybody, so it gives everyone an opportunity to collaborate together and get to know each other.” X

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young At Art: “Teens definitely come out to free book festivals,” says author Jeff Zentner, who attended such events and spoke on panels in advance of his debut novel, The Serpent King. “But YA also always has a lot of adult fans.” Photo by Jamie Hernandez When jeff Zentner lived in Asheville (a very literary-oriented town), he was working on his solo music endeavor and still playing the occasional show with his Southern Gothic/Americana band Creech Holler. But then Zentner relocated to Nashville (a very music-oriented town) where a new job allowed him to focus more on writing. He also started volunteering at the Southern Girls and Tennessee Teens rock camps where, he says, “I fell in love with the way [the kids] are vulnerable for the art they love. It made me want to create for them.” But Zentner’s music career was winding down, so he turned to fiction. Zentner presents his debut young adult novel, The Serpent King, at Malaprop’s on Saturday, April 9. Local YA author (and Zentner’s

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longtime friend) stephanie perkins will lead a Q&A at the event. The Serpent King follows three small-town misfits through their senior year in fictional Forrestville, Tenn. Dill is a budding songwriter longing to escape the troubles of his Pentecostal family. Travis — part redneck, part gamer — turns to fantasy to escape his dad’s disapproval. And sassy Lydia, who runs a popular fashion blog, contains a self-possessed cool despite disapproval from her sheltered peers. The story centers on Dill who, though his own future seems limited by circumstance, finds inspiration in his friends and begins to imagine possibilities for himself. “My writing process involves me inviting all these characters into my head for what I call a residency,” Zentner says. “By the time I put pen

to paper, they’re telling me their story.” Pen to paper is a bit of a misnomer — he typed The Serpent King on his cellphone during his daily bus commutes. (An advocate of carving out time for creativity, Zentner gave a 2012 TEDx talk on the subject.) Though a YA novel seems like a drastic turn from a rock music career (Zentner has recorded with Iggy Pop, Nick Cave and Debbie Harry), there was a link between the two. After an initial attempt at a novel that didn’t garner any attention from the publishing world, Zentner plumbed his songwriting catalog. “I found a couple of songs that had a story in them, and I expanded out the story,” he says. One of those lent its title to the novel. There is a kind of modern Southern Gothic mood to The Serpent King — it’s name references the handling of snakes, for which Dill’s pastor father was known (before he landed in prison). In the story, Dill and Travis both suspect they’ll be stuck in their small town. For Dill, that fate is especially alarming when Lydia, his closest friend and secret crush, gets ready to realize her dreams on the much larger stage of New York City. But there’s plenty of humor, too, especially from Lydia, who excels at snappy comebacks and withering criticism. She describes Forrestville High as “a fashion wasteland … full of outlet mall-clad drones who smell like survivors of an Axe body spray truck crash with a school bus.” “I really love the character of Lydia because, with her, I just wrote the daughter I’ll never have,” Zentner says. He quickly found representation for The Serpent King and sold the book to Random House. He’s already completed a second novel for the publisher, which is on track for a spring 2017 release. “A character from The Serpent King has a cameo in that book,” Zentner reveals, though he won’t give away who it is. There is a kind of reverse parallel between the release of a novel and an album: With music, “I had the product, but nobody cared about it,” Zentner says. With the book, “I didn’t have the product, but many people cared about it and were excited for it.” The long promotional process allowed Random House to build interest, especially among teen readers and book bloggers who have been enthusiastically vocal about Zentner’s novel on social media.

But it’s worth mentioning that Zentner’s solo albums, perhaps especially folk-noir record A Season Lost, is evocative of a similar mood as The Serpent King and would serve as apt accompaniment. Plus, it’s not a stretch to imagine Dill singing those songs in the Tennessee countryside. After all, fiction rarely falls too far from real life. Editor’s note: Alli Marshall was a beta reader of The Serpent King and has reviewed Zentner’s music in the past. X

who Jeff Zentner presents The Serpent King with special guest Stephanie Perkins where Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe 55 Haywood St. malaprops.com when Saturday, April 9, 7 p.m. Free

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happily neveraFter Immediate Theatre Project stages Who’s afraid of virginia Woolf? A curtain will soon rise on Immediate Theatre Project’s production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The play cordially invites viewers into George and Martha’s home of marital hell, where their late-night houseguests, Nick and Honey, become pawns in the older couple’s relationship breakdown. The show opens on Wednesday, April 6, at N.C. Stage Company. The 1962 Edward Albee-penned play is among ITP’s most ballsy ventures to date. The show, directed by hans meyer, stars michael maccauley and callan white as George and Martha, two iconic roles made famous in celluloid by Richard Burton and an explosive Elizabeth Taylor. Nick and Honey are played by lucky gretzinger and julia vanderveen. willie repoley serves as set designer and producer for this production. “To try and pull off something this iconic and this emotionally challenging is terrifying; it’s a lot of responsibility,” Repoley says in a press release. “We’ve worked hard for 11 years to be ready for this.” One reason for selecting Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as part of a season that includes radio adap-

for Better or Worse: Michael MacCauley, left, and Callan White star as George and Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Local company Immediate Theatre Project selected the Edward Albee play because “we really focus on stories that need to be told right here, right now,” says producer Willie Repoley. Photo by Ray Mata

tations of the holiday favorite It’s A Wonderful Life and screwball comedy His Girl Friday is that “we really focus on stories that need to be told right here, right now,” Repoley says. “It’s more of a gut feeling of ‘This play has never been done, that we know of, quite the way that we want to do it.’” Repoley promises this particular production will draw out the emotional depth intended by the playwright. “One thing we do is pay attention to detail,” he says. “We make choices very consciously.” The director and cast are concentrating on truly connecting with their characters and motivations. It’s worth noting that, to avoid exhaustion, the original Broadway production had two different casts — one for matinees and one for evening performances. ITP will take on Albee with just one group of actors. The company was formed in 2004 by Repoley and

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Meyer, friends from college. ITP was named partner company in residence at N.C. Stage, producing one main stage play each season, beginning with an out-of-the-box take on Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. Other boundary-pushing productions included Venus in Fur and An Iliad. Many theater companies keep their distance from Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? because it comes with controversy. Albee published this play amid the decline of the Motion Picture Production Code — a set of moral guidelines censoring risqué elements. At that time, general audiences weren’t sure how much boldness they were willing to accept. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? pushed against those levels of acceptability and, subsequently, was shut out of the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Allegedly, the advisory committee objected to the play’s profanity and use of sex as a weapon. No Pulitzer Prize for Drama was given that year. But the Albee work eventually prevailed. Between its stage and screen versions, it garnered several Oscars, Tonys and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play. Its premise, of a marriage on the rocks and the accompanying mind games, offers more than just contention. “They’re not missing out on their lives at all. They’re absolutely living every moment to the hilt,” Repoley says of the characters. “That might be what Albee is getting at, too. If you look back and don’t have any regrets, you are probably doing something wrong. If we are not going to be fully human then, really, what’s the point?” X

what Immediate Theatre Project stages Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? where N.C. Stage Company 1 Stage Lane ncstage.org when Wednesday, April 6, through Sunday, May 1. Wednesdays to Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. $16-$40

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Redleg Husky Redleg Husky traveled to Conneticut’s Dirt Floor Studios to record its new album, My Old Heart. That establishment delivered on its reputation as an organic environment for roots music making. “We ended up doing three of the tracks live, and the title track was recorded outside. You can even hear the crickets at the very end,” says vocalist, guitarist and banjoist Tim McWilliams. The new songs, he adds, “were written as reflections or, in a way, remedies to heartbreak and loss that we’ve unfortunately had to go through.” As part of an ongoing residency, the trio fill One World Brewing with their self-described “boot-stomping folk music” on the second Wednesday of every month. The next of those performances is the My Old Heart release show on Wednesday, April 13, 8-10 p.m. Carly Taich opens. oneworldbrewing. com. Photo by Sarene Cullen

In its 10th year, Asheville Butoh Festival is bringing Yumiko Yoshioka to the stage to exemplify the raw, avant-garde Japanese style of bodily expression. A renowned teacher based in Germany, she’ll perform her seminal work, Before the Dawn. “Yoshioka, through her own transformation, illuminates secrets in our bodies,” reads an event release. “Her movement and gestures execute a divine incantation in which she invites the sublime and monstrous beings from dreams and nightmares to dance with her.” Yoshioka performs at the BeBe Theatre on Thursday and Friday, April 7 and 8, at 7:30 p.m. ($18). Plus, she’ll lead two workshops there on Saturday and Sunday, April 9 and 10, from 1 to 5 p.m. ($40 each or $75 for both) before local performers respond with Asheville’s take on butoh at 7:30 p.m. ($18). Student and senior discounts are available. ashevillebutoh. com. Photo courtesy of the artist

Music Video Asheville In Western North Carolina, you’re probably more likely to find a red barn than a red carpet, but Music Video Asheville is an exception. With its Hollywood-style entrance, the upscale event will showcase 90 minutes of regionally made content (whittled down from 47 submissions) in a theater setting before winners are announced in multiple categories. “It is a rare occasion to have this many music and film industry folks in one room at the same time,” says organizer Kelly Denson. “We are celebrating the accomplishments of our peers and enjoying nearly the entirety of this community all under one roof. That’s a big deal and definitely worth dressing up for.” Diana Wortham Theatre hosts the affair on Wednesday, April 13, with networking at 5 p.m., videos at 8 p.m., and awards at 9:30 p.m. $12/$15 (VIP $25). musicvideoavl. com. Photo by Natasha Meduri

Donny Edwards’ tribute to The King Elvis tribute artist Donny Edwards sold out his 2015 appearances at Flat Rock Playhouse, and he’s back for more. An online bio says Edwards began attempting Presley’s signature dance moves before he could walk. The impersonator can hearken back to distinct periods of the rock ’n’ roll royal’s heyday, performing with his backing band for crowds of up to 25,000 — including frequent gigs at Graceland. Edwards’ commitment to authenticity is as steadfast as his white studded jumpsuits, and he has collaborated with a multitude of Elvis’ musical peers. He’ll call on those experiences, plus loose limbs and plenty of hairspray, to honor The King at the Flat Rock Playhouse from Thursday, April 7, to Sunday, April 17. Performances are on Thursdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; and Sundays at 2 p.m. $30. flatrockplayhouse.org. Photo courtesy of the artist mountainx.com

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music coLLege WALK retirement community 100 College View Court, Brevard, 884-5800 • SA (4/9), 7pm - Blue Ridge Symphonic Brass concert. Free. DiAnA WorthAm theAtre 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • TU (4/12), 7:30pm - Rhiannon Giddons, opera, blues and Gaelic music. $35/$30 advance.

WiLD roots photogrAphy: From Friday, April 8, through Saturday, April 30, The Satellite Gallery is featuring

a documentary photography exhibition showcasing the dumpster-diving, roadkill-collecting, animal-processing, creek-bathing “wild roots” lifestyle of a couple who have spent the past 10 years living in an off-grid, wattle-anddaub hut on a 30-acre homestead. According to photographer Mike Belleme, the couple “did not move there in order to save the world. Instead, it was sobering conclusions about what we have already done to the earth and our inability to stop it that brought them there and has motivated them to reconnect with their wild roots.” The opening reception is Friday, April 8, from 7-10 p.m. Photo courtesy of Mike Belleme (p. 49) Art

sALt BLocK AuDitorium 243 Third Ave. NE, Hickory, 324-4906, saltblockfoundation.org • FR (4/8), 6:30-8pm - “Combat from Behind the Camera,” presentation by photographer, author and founder of the Veterans Portrait Project, Stacy Pearsall. Sponsored by the Hickory Museum of Art and the Catawba Valley Camera Club. Free.

ArtWorKs 27 S. Broad St., Brevard, 553-1063, artworksbrevardnc.com • FR (4/8), 4-6pm - Ribbon cutting and opening reception. Free to attend. AsheviLLe AreA Arts counciL 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • TU (4/12), 10am-noon - Artist Business Brainstorm: “Ask Me Anything with Kitty Love.” Registration required. Free.

tryon fine Arts center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • 2nd & 4th TUESDAYS through (5/24), 10:30am - The Great Courses, dvd discussion and presentations. Registration: 8598322. Free.

AsheviLLe Art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • SA (4/9), 11am-noon - Slow Art Day: Discussion of Stowage, by Willie Cole. $8/$7 students & seniors. • TU (4/12), noon-1pm - “The Handcraft Revival in Southern Appalachia: 19301990,” presentation by Garry G. Barker. $8/$7 students & seniors.

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creAtive sector summit ashevillearts.com • FR (4/8) & SA (4/9) - Annual arts and culture advocacy conference. See website for full schedule and guidelines. re/mAx resuLts 34 Orange St., 585-4293 • SA (4/9), 3-6pm- Reception for Something Wants to Grow, exhibition of the paintings of Hazel Halle. river Arts District Artists riverartsdistrict.com • 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am-6pm - Selfguided open studio tour through the River Arts District with artist demonstrations and classes. Free to attend.

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Soggy Bottom Family Farm, 2365 Altapass Highway, Spruce Pine, 385-2365 • SA (4/9), 10am-4pm - Arts and crafts fair with live music and petting zoo. Free to attend.

AsheviLLe community theAtre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • MO (4/11) & TU (4/12), 6-9pm - Open auditions for La Cage aux Filles. Contact for full guidelines. Free. BLAcK mountAin coLLege museum & Arts center 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • Through TH (6/30) - Submissions accepted for the 8th Annual ReVIEWING Black Mountain College conference. See website for full guidelines. pArKWAy pLAyhouse 202 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville, 682-4285, parkwayplayhouse.com • Through FR (4/15) - Applications accepted for high school apprentices. See website for full guidelines. rocKyfest rockyfacepark.com/rockyfest • Through FR (4/15) - Applications accepted for artist vendors for the RockyFest live music and trail race festival. See website for full guidelines.

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the Autumn pLAyers 686-1380, www,ashevilletheatre.org, caroldec25@gmail.com • TU (4/12), 10:30am-2:30pm - Open auditions for My Name is Asher Lev. Contact for full guidelines. Free. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St.

693-8504, acofhc.org • Through (5/2) - Artist applications accepted for the 57th annual Art on Main fine art and fine craft festival. See website for full guidelines.

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fLAt rocK pLAyhouse 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (4/7) through (4/14) - “Donny Edwards: An Authentic Heart & Soul Tribute to The King,” Elvis tribute and impersonation concert. TH.: 2pm & 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Sun.: 2pm. $30. henDersonviLLe chAmBer music series 808-2314, hendersonvillechambermusic.org • SU (4/10), 3pm - The Poinsett Piano Trio. $20/Free for students. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville J.e. BroyhiLL civic center 1913 Hickory Blvd. SE, Lenior, broyhillcenter.com • SA (4/9), 7:30pm - Barrage 8, modern string ensemble. $22/$11 children. music At BrevArD coLLege 884-8211, brevard.edu/fineartsevents • TU (4/12), 7:30pm - Blue Ridge Symphonic Brass & Brevard College Wind Ensemble concert. Free. Held in the Porter Center. music At mArs hiLL 866-642-4968, mhc.edu • TU (4/12), 7pm - Faculty recital with Corine Brouwer on violin and Jimmy Jones on piano and organ. Free. Held in the Chapel of the Prodigal. music At Wcu 227-2479, wcu.edu • TH (4/7), 7:30pm - Western Carolina University’s Percussion Studio concert of chamber and ensemble music. Free. Held in the Coulter Building Recital. • TH (4/7), 7pm - Buncombe Turnpike, bluegrass. Open-jam session at 8pm. Free. Held in the Robinson Administration Building. pAn hArmoniA 254-7123, pan-harmonia.org • SU (4/10), 3:30pm - “Three Guitars,” concert featuring the work of Vivaldi, Hydn, and Roland Dyens played by guitarists Amy Brucksch, Steven Newbrough, and David Stevenson. $20/$15 advance. Held at Haen Gallery Brevard, 200 King St., Brevard • MO (4/11), 7:15pm - “Three Guitars,” featuring the work of Haydn, Vivaldi and Roland Dyens played by guitarists Amy

Brucksch, Steven Newbrough, and David Stevenson. $22/$20 advance. Held at Haen Gallery, 52 Biltmore Ave. puBsing 254-1114 • 2nd SUNDAYS, 6-8pm - Gospel jam and sing-along. Optional snack time at 5:30pm. Free to attend. Held at French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road trinity episcopAL church 60 Church St., 253-9361 • FR (4/8), 7:30pm - Blue Ridge Symphonic Brass concert of classical and favorite music for brass, organ, and percussion. Free to attend. unitAriAn universAList feLLoWship of henDersonviLLe 2021 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville, 6933157, uufhnc.org • SA (4/9), 7pm - Kate Campbell, Americana singer-songwriter. $15.

theAter AsheviLLe community theAtre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (4/8) through (4/24) - The Man Who Came to Dinner. Fri. - Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $22/$19 seniors & students/$12 children, DiAnA WorthAm theAtre 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • FR (4/8), 8pm & SU (4/10), 3pm - The Magic Flute, musical theatre. $30 and up/$17 and up. henDersonviLLe community theAtre 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 692-1082, hendersonvillelittletheater.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (4/8) through (4/17) - A Bad Year for Tomatoes. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm $16. montforD pArK pLAyers 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/9) - Dark Lady of the Sonnets and The Upstart Crow. Thu. - Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $15. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway the mAgnetic theAtre 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (3/24) until (4/9), 7:30pm - The Improbables (An Unlikely Comedy). $24/$21 advance. theAter At mArs hiLL 689-1239, mhu.edu • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (4/7) until (4/10) - Honk! A musical theater production based upon Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling. Thu. - Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $10/Free for students. Held in Moore Auditorium. White horse BLAcK mountAin 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain, 669-0816 • TH (4/14), 7:30pm - Bread and Puppet Spring Tour 2016, puppetry. $15.

gaLLeRY D i RectoRY AmericAn foLK Art AnD frAming 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • Through TH (4/21) - 2016 Face Jug Show, pottery exhibition. AppALAchiAn pAsteL society appalachianpastelsociety.org • Through FR (5/13) Appalachian Pastel Society member exhibition. Reception: Sunday, May 1, 10am. Held at Grace Community Church, 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River Art At Asu 262-3017, tcva.org • Through MO (8/1) Show Me the Way to Go Home, exhibition of the mixed-media collage of Brad Thomas. Held in the Turchin Center. • Through SA (8/6) - Melting, exhibition of the paintings and photographs of Marietta Patricia Leis and David Vogel. Held in the Turchin Center. Art in the Airport 61 Terminal Dr.ive Fletcher • Through SU (5/1) - “Student Artwork Showcase,” exhibition of the art of WNC kindergarten through 12th grade students. AsheviLLe AreA Arts counciL 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • FR (4/8) through (5/14) - Point of View Exhibition: Geezer Gallery: The Artful Life curated by Fleta Monaghan and Nadine Charisen. Opening reception: Friday, April 15th 5-8pm. • FR (4/8) through SA (5/14) - Exhibition of paintings by Jane Allen Nodine. AsheviLLe Art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through TU (5/31) - Vault Visible, exhibition of photographs from the extensive museum collection. BAscom center for the Arts 323 Franklin Road, Highlands, 526-4949, thebascom.org • Through SU (5/22) Exhibition of the paintings of Lucien Harris. Reception: Saturday, April 30, 5-7pm.

BuncomBe county puBLic LiBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • Through SA (4/30) Storybook Characters on Parade, exhibition of handmade dolls and figurines inspired by story book characters. On display in the Youth Services Department. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. chestnut 48 Biltmore Ave. • Through TU (5/31) - Pastels in Nature, exhibit of the work of Elise Okrend. grAnD BohemiAn gALLery 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com • Through SA (4/30) - The Last Magician, exhibition of the paintings of Chris Sedgwick. oDyssey cooperAtive Art gALLery 238 Clingman Ave., 285-9700, facebook.com/ odysseycoopgallery • Through SA (4/30) Exhibition of the ceramic art of Mary Jimenez, Melanie Dyel, and Libba Tracy. penLAnD schooL of crAfts 67 Doras Trail, Bakersville, 765-2359, penland.org • Through SA (5/1) This Is a Photograph: Exploring Contemporary Applications of Photographic Chemistry, exhibition. pinK Dog creAtive 342 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com • Through SU (5/22) Orthogonal Convergence, exhibition of the photographs of Steve Mann. push sKAte shop & gALLery 25 Patton Ave., 225-5509, pushtoyproject.com • Through SA (4/30) - April Fools, exhibition of the art of Fian Arroyo and Joshua Marc Levy. sALuDA historic Depot 32 W. Main St., Saluda, facebook.com/ savesaludadepot • SA (4/9) through SA (4/30) Exhibition of the paintings of William H. Ryan. Opening reception: Friday, April 9, 6:30-8:30pm.

sAteLLite gALLery 55 Broadway St., 305-2225, thesatellitegallery.com • FR (4/8) through SA (4/30) - Mike Belleme photography exhibition. Opening reception: Friday, April 8, 7-10pm. sWAnnAnoA vALLey fine Arts LeAgue svfalarts.org • Through SA (4/30) - A Celebration of Springtime, member exhibition. Held at Red House Studios and Gallery, 310 W. State St., Black Mountain the center for crAft, creAtivity & Design 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • FR (4/8) through SA (5/21) - The Box: A Contemporary Jewelry Challenge, jewelry exhibition curated by Platforma. the stuDios of fLAt rocK 2702A Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 698-7000 • FR (4/8) through SA (5/14) - WNC Design Guide Exhibition, featuring painting, basketry, wood and ceramics. Artist talk: Saturday, April 30, 3pm. Closing reception: Thursday, May, 12. trAcKsiDe stuDios & gALLery 375 Depot St., 545-2904, facebook.com/ TracksideStudios375 • Through SA (4/30) - Bloom! Exhibition of paintings. trAnsyLvAniA community Arts counciL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • MO (4/11) through MO (5/2) - Transylvania County Schools student art exhibit featuring work from students in the county, grades K-12. Free to attend. tryon fine Arts center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • Through FR (4/8) Showcase of Excellence, juried high school art exhibition. upstAirs ArtspAce 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 8592828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (4/22) - Have A Seat: Eight Designers of Contemporary Chairs, exhibition of contemporary chairs. Contact the galleries for admission hour and fees

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cLuBLAnD WeDnesDAy, ApriL 6 185 King street Vinyl Night, 7pm 5 WALnut Wine BAr Dave Dribbon (Americana, rock), 5pm Les Amis (African folk music), 8pm 550 tAvern & griLLe karaoke, 6pm AsheviLLe music hALL Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm Ben’s tune-up Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7pm BLAcK mountAin ALe house Play to Win game night, 7:30pm BLue mountAin pizzA & BreW puB Open mic, 7pm ByWAter Koko B. Ware (blues, jazz, country funk), 8pm croW & QuiLL Resonant Rogues (gypsy, Balkan), 9pm DArK city DeLi Pool Tournament, 7:30pm DouBLe croWn Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm foggy mountAin BreWpuB Doug MceIvy (Americana, folk), 9pm funKAtorium John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm gooD stuff Jim Hampton & friends perform “Eclectic Country” (jam), 7pm

grey eAgLe music hALL & tAvern Sean Watkins w/ Petra Haden & Jesse Harris (bluegrass, folk, country), 8pm

(experimental, world music, improv), 9pm the phoenix Jazz night, 8pm the sociAL Lounge Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm

grinD cAfe Trivia night, 7pm highLAnD BreWing compAny Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm

the southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm timo’s house “Hump Day Mixers” w/ DJ Fame Douglas (R&B, hip-hop), 9pm

isis restAurAnt AnD music hALL An evening w/ Letter to Abigail (Americana, folk), 7pm Sidney Barnes & Richard Shulman (Motown, blues), 8:30pm

toWn pump Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10pm trAiLheAD restAurAnt AnD BAr Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon & Andrew Brophy (bluegrass, old-time, Americana), 6pm

JAcK of the WooD puB Old-time session, 5pm LAzy DiAmonD Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm Lex 18 Andrew J. Fletcher (barrel-house stride piano), 7pm LoBster trAp Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm LooKout BreWery James Hammel (jazz), 5:30pm mountAin moJo coffeehouse Open mic, 6:30pm noBLe KAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm o.henry’s/the unDergrounD “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm oDDitorium The Plague of Man Presents: Lord Almighty & The I-I (black metal), 9pm off the WAgon Piano show, 9pm

murDers By music: Since forming in 2012 in Brooklyn, New York, indie balladeers Charming Disaster has explored the darker side of life through haunting melodies and compelling tales of ghosts, killers and con artists. For their latest release, “What Remains,” the duo paired up with Asheville-based artist Julyan Davis to celebrate the legacy of the “murder ballad.” Hailed by music blog The Ruckus as “the perfect balance of fun and frightening storytelling,” Charming Disaster shares its tales of murder, the paranormal and mystery at Asheville’s French Broad Brewery on Saturday, April 9, beginning at 6 p.m. oLive or tWist Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm

thriller”), 9pm

one stop DeLi & BAr Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm

sAnctuAry BreWing compAny Jamison Adams (jam, funk, fusion), 7pm

one WorLD BreWing Wintervale (folk), 6pm

scuLLy’s Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm

orAnge peeL Black Tiger Sex Machine (“futuristic

sLy grog Lounge Sound Station open mic (musicians of all

pisgAh BreWing compAny Gypsy Guitar Trio, 6pm room ix Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

backgrounds & skills), 7:30pm Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm soL BAr neW mountAin ADBC presents Axiom Wednesdays (drum ’n’ bass), 9pm strAightAWAy cAfe Albi & the Lifters (jazz), 6pm tALLgAry’s At four coLLege Open mic & jam, 7pm Wu-Wednesdays (’90s hip-hop experience),

9pm

the Joint next Door Bluegrass jam, 8pm the miLLroom Flamenco nights w/ Juan Benavides Group, 9pm the mothLight Made To Break w/ Ken Vandermark, Tim Daisy, Jasper Stadhouders & Christof Kurzmann

The Nth Power w/ Porch 40

SAT 4.9.16

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5 WALnut Wine BAr Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8pm 550 tAvern & griLLe trivia night, 5pm ALtAmont BreWing compAny Acoustic Sausage (folk), 9pm

TUESDAYS

31 Patton Ave.

SUN 4.10.16

Aaron Lee Tasjan & Caleb Caudle FRI 4.15.16 w/ Sammy Guns WED 4.20.16 Orgone w/ Dynamo

thursDAy, ApriL 7

BLue mountAin pizzA & BreW puB Gene Holdway (Americana, bluegrass, folk), 7pm BoLD rocK hArD ciDer Team trivia, 6pm Buxton hALL BBQ Velvet & Lace w/ DJ Dr. Filth (dark classics, benefit), 10pm cLuB eLeven on grove Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm creeKsiDe tAphouse Singer-songwriter night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm croW & QuiLL Carolina Catskins (gritty ragtime jazz), 10pm DouBLe croWn Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm eLAine’s DueLing piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm foggy mountAin BreWpuB West End Trio (funk, blues), 9pm french BroAD BreWery King Possum (roots, blues), 6pm grey eAgLe music hALL & tAvern Driftwood w/ Milkweed (Americana, folk, rock), 9pm isis restAurAnt AnD music hALL Montana Skies (jazz), 7pm The MoBros & Emma’s Lounge (blues, funk, jam), 8:30pm JAcK of the WooD puB Bluegrass jam, 7pm

Weekly Happenings

FRI 4.8.16 Ton of Hay Presents: Workingman’s Dead & American Beauty Live Lose Yourself to Dance Party w/ DJ Marley Carroll

White horse BLAcK mountAin The Accidentals (teen folk roots trio), 8pm

185 King street Ryan Hutchens (singer-songwriter, Americana, folk), 8pm

the BLocK off BiLtmore Will Franke (violin, experimental), 7:30pm

Our Next Big Shows

tressA’s DoWntoWn JAzz AnD BLues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

BArLey’s tAproom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm

WEDNESDAYS FRIDAYS

55 College St. Tix & Info at ashevillemusichall.com

SUNDAYS

pisgAh BreWing compAny Yess-I (reggae, dub), 8pm purpLe onion cAfe Jay Brown (acoustic, folk, singer-songwriter), 7:30pm renAissAnce AsheviLLe hoteL Bob Zullo (jazz), 6:30pm room ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm sAnctuAry BreWing compAny Ben Phan (indie, folk, singer-songwriter), 7pm scAnDALs nightcLuB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm sLy grog Lounge Crooked Railroad (outlaw Southern rock ’n’ blues), 8pm

Wxyz Lounge At ALoft hoteL Gypsy Guitars (Gypsy jazz), 8pm

friDAy, ApriL 8 185 King street Annabelle’s Curse (alt-folk), 8pm 5 WALnut Wine BAr 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock ’n’ roll), 9pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock n’ roll, 9pm 550 tAvern & griLLe Smoke-N-Mirrors (Southern rock, blues), 5pm ALtAmont BreWing compAny Big Boss Sausage (rock), 9:30pm ALtAmont theAtre The Cactus Blossoms w/ special guests (Americana, country, 8pm

DArK city DeLi Open mic w/ Jordan Miller, 7pm DiAnA WorthAm theAtre Asheville Lyric Opera presents The Magic Flute, 8pm DouBLe croWn DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm eLAine’s DueLing piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm foggy mountAin BreWpuB Murmuration (funk, jam), 10pm french BroAD BreWery Shaun Peace Band (funk, reggae), 6pm gooD stuff Matt Miller (funk, jazz, blues), 7pm grey eAgLe music hALL & tAvern The Family w/ Dr. Bacon (New Orleans big brass, circus rock), 9pm highLAnD BreWing compAny Dead 27s (rock, blues), 7pm isis restAurAnt AnD music hALL An evening w/ Edward David Anderson (Americana, singer-

off the WAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm one stop DeLi & BAr Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Na’an Stop (rock, reggae), 10pm one WorLD BreWing The C’mon Man Band (acoustic, jam), 6pm osKAr BLues BreWery The Soul Magnetics (old-school funk), 6pm pAcK’s tAvern DJ MoTo (pop, dance hits), 7pm pisgAh BreWing compAny Jennifer Knapp (singersongwriter), 9pm sAnctuAry BreWing compAny Sean Bendula (singersongwriter, experimental), 7pm scAnDALs nightcLuB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm scuLLy’s DJ, 10pm sLy grog Lounge Andrew Christopher w/ Lo Wolf (soul, blues), 9pm

9PM SHOW

+ JAHMAN BRAHMAN

TUESDAY

BLUE RIDGE TAPROOM

TUESDAY TEASE

4.12

BURLESQUE WITH DEB AU NARE

8PM SHOW

THEATER

FRIDAY

DOPAPOD

4.15

+ THE FRITZ

8PM SHOW

THEATER

SATURDAY

DOPAPOD

4.16

+ TURKUAZ

8PM SHOW SATURDAY

SOL BAR

THURSDAY

THEATER

4.16 BLUE WHEEL DRIVE 8PM SHOW SPACE JESUS

4.21

+ PERKULATOR

8PM SHOW

AMPHITHEATER

FRIDAY

630PM SHOW

NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE

SATURDAY

THEATER

4.22

4.23 STYLES&COMPLETE

9PM SHOW

Coming Up:

FRI - 4.29: SAT - 4.30: THU - 5.5: 5.20 - 5.22 FRI - 5.6:

RANDOM RAB + CLOUDCHORD JOHN BROWNS BODY OTT & THE ALL-SEEING I LEFTOVER SALMON’S: BLUE RIDGE JAM LATE NIGHT RADIO

W/ DR. BACON

4/9 4/10 4/12 4/13 4/14 4/15

TWO SETS, NO OPENER

W/ SPECIAL GUEST BILLY CARDINE

7PM doors 8PM doors 8PM doors

wed thu

THE MANTRAS

8PM doors

oDDitorium Sick Sad AVL Zine Benefit (punk), 9pm

THEATER

FRIDAY

4.8

W/ MILKWEED

7PM 7PM doors doors

croW & QuiLL Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands & Plankeye Peggy (ethereal rock), 9pm

o.henry’s/the unDergrounD Drag Show, 12:30am

4/7 4/8

(ALBUM RELEASE SHOW)

W/ PETRA HADEN & JESSE HARRIS

7PM doors

White horse BLAcK mountAin Asheville 10-minute Play Festival, 7:30pm

corK & Keg Jesse Lege Cajun dance party, 8pm

April

4/6

W/ HAROULA ROSE

W/ MARYLEIGH ROOHAN

7PM doors

pAcK’s tAvern Hope Griffin (acoustic rock), 7pm

tWisteD LAureL Karaoke, 8pm

cLAssic WineseLLer Jay Brown (blues, Americana), 7pm

neW mountAin theAter/ AmphitheAter The Mantras and Jahman Brahman (jam), 9:45pm

7PM doors

osKAr BLues BreWery Matt Walsh (blues, rock), 6pm

mArKet pLAce The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm

4/16

7PM doors

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

tressA’s DoWntoWn JAzz AnD BLues Jesse Barry & Friends (blues, soul), 9pm

BoiLer room Hip Hop & EDM Friday w/ Alliiwayy, Neck Breaka Society, Krazy-E, Niko’ Grande & more, 9pm

4/17

7PM doors

one WorLD BreWing Sarah Tucker (singersongwriter), 6pm

trAiLheAD restAurAnt AnD BAr Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

LoBster trAp Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30pm

fri

one stop DeLi & BAr Streaming Thursdays (live concert showings), 6pm

toWn pump Jamison Adams Project (folk, rock), 9pm

BLue mountAin pizzA & BreW puB Acoustic Swing, 7pm

sat

oLive or tWist Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ Mike (eclectic mix, requests), 8:30pm

timo’s house Thursday Request Live w/ Franco Nino, 9pm

Lex 18 The Roaring Lions Duo (jazz), 8pm

Local, Family-owned

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suN

off the WAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm

the mothLight Warm The Bell w/ Wayne Robbins & Jane Kramer (indie, folk rock, psychedelic), 8pm

BhrAmAri BreWhouse Jason James Moore (jazz), 7:30pm

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

24 Ever-changing Beers on tap!

tue

oDDitorium The Double Entendre (burlesque), 6:30pm

the BLocK off BiLtmore Open mic night, 7:30pm

JerusALem gArDen Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

wed

o.henry’s/the unDergrounD Game Night, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am

Ben’s tune-up Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 5pm

JAcK of the WooD puB Shane Pruitt Band (blues, jam), 9pm

thu

mArKet pLAce Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm

tALLgAry’s At four coLLege Open jam night w/ Jonathan Santos, 7pm

AthenA’s cLuB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm DJ Shy Guy, 10pm

songwriter), 7pm Harpeth Rising (folk), 9pm

fri

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

spring creeK tAvern Open Mic, 6pm

AsheviLLe music hALL Ton of Hay presents Workingman’s Dead & American Beauty Live (Grateful Dead covers), 10pm

sat

Lex 18 Alex Taub (classic & modern jazz piano), 7pm

southern AppALAchiAn BreWery Nitrograss (bluegrass), 7pm

suN

LAzy DiAmonD Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm

4/21 4/22 4/23 4/26 4/27 4/28 4/29 4/30

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HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND GREG HOLDEN HAYSEED DIXIE GREG PAYNE & THE PIEDMONT BOYS IRIS DEMENT SHINYRIBS THE BROADCAST (ALBUM RELEASE SHOW)

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Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

Wed • April 6 Woody Wood @ 5:30pm

Tues-Sun

5pm–12am

Full Bar

12am

Fri • April 8 Dead 27s @ 7pm

Sun • April 10 Reggae Sunday

COMING SOON WED 4/6 7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

Hosted by Dennis Berndt of Chalwa @ 1pm

LETTERS TO ABIGAIL

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

Tues • April 12 Team Trivia with Dr. Brown @ 6pm

THU 4/7 7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH MONTANA SKIES 8:30 PM – THE MOBROS &

EMMA’S LOUNGE

FRI 4/8 – 7:00 PM AN EVENING WITH

EDWARD DAVID ANDERSON 9:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH HARPETH RISING SAT 4/9 7:00 PM – BLUE CACTUS 8:30 PM – AN EVENING WITH AL PETTWAY

AND AMY WHITE W/ GUEST SALLY SPARKS

SUN 4/10

5:30 PM – AN EVENING OF BLUES WITH RIYEN ROOTS AND KENNY DORE 7:30 PM – HISTORY OF JAZZTHE ROARING 20’S

SAT 4.9 TUE 4.12 FRI 4.15 SAT 4.16

WED 4/13 – 7:00 PM AN EVENING WITH NEPTUNE’S CAR 8:30 PM – AN EVENING WITH

SHANE PRUITT BAND 9PM $5

THE JOSH DANIEL - MARK SCIMICK (JDMS) PROJECT 9PM $5

HERLIUM 7PM FREE (DONATIONS ENCOURAGED)

PIPER JONES BAND 9PM $7

TAYLOR MARTINS ENGINE

THE TANNAHILL WEAVERS THU 4/14 7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

BETH WOOD AND CHRIS ROSSER

9:00 PM – FORLORN STRANGERS

FRI 4/15 7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH HANNAH SENG 9:00 PM – RESONANT ROGUES, MAMA’S

BROKE, SANKOFA ELECTROFOLK

SAT 4/16 7:00 PM – CLASSICAL DINNER & A CONCERT: AMICIMUSIC PRESENTS “THE B’S IN SPRING” Every Tuesday

7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

w/ MOONSHINE DISTRICT and Special Guest JASON TAYLOR

Every Sunday

JAZZ SHOWCASE

7PM $5 OPEN MON-THURS AT 3 • FRI-SUN AT NOON SUNDAY Celtic Irish session 3pm til ? MONDAY Quizzo! 7-9pm • WEDNESDAY Old-Time 5pm THURSDAY Bluegrass Jam • 7pm

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252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

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southern AppALAchiAn BreWery Carolina Rex (blues, Americana), 8pm strAightAWAy cAfe Lester Grass (bluegrass), 6pm

Sat • April 9 Camp David @ 7pm

FRI 4.8

cL u B L a n D

the ADmirAL Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm the BLocK off BiLtmore Aura home benefit w/ Jill Silar, Sally Sparks, Lori Horvitz, Maureen Jablinske, Tawney Sanke, Annie Swanner & Leo and Virgo, 5:30pm the Dugout Bite the Apple (rock), 9pm the mocKing croW NC 63 (house band, rock), 8pm Joe Roads (folk rock), 9pm the mothLight Angel Olsen w/ The Bassholes (folk, rock, indie), 9:30pm the sociAL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm the sociAL Lounge Rooftop Dance Party with DJ Phantom Pantone (electronic), 10pm tiger mountAin Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm timo’s house FTO presents: Double A Films w/ Hunter, Pragmaddix & SK the Novelist (hip-hop, rap), 9pm toWn pump 1 Last Chance (punk, rock), 9pm tressA’s DoWntoWn JAzz AnD BLues Jim Arrendell & The Cheap Suits (jazz, soul), 10pm tWisteD LAureL Live DJ, 11pm White horse BLAcK mountAin Asheville 10-minute Play Festival, 7:30pm WiLD Wing cAfe south A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm Wxyz Lounge At ALoft hoteL Ben Hovey (“souljazztronica”), 8pm

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zAmBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

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sAturDAy, ApriL 9 5 WALnut Wine BAr Patrick Fitzsimons (jazz, blues, world), 6pm Lyric (acoustic soul), 9pm Lyric (acoustic, soul), 9pm 550 tAvern & griLLe J Luke (pop, rock), 5pm ALtAmont BreWing compAny Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:30pm ALtAmont theAtre Jonathan Richman w/ Tommy Larkins (rock, folk, proto-punk), 8pm AsheviLLe music hALL Lose Yourself to Dance Party w/ DJ Marley Carroll, 10pm AthenA’s cLuB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30pm DJ Shy Guy, 10pm Ben’s tune-up Gypsy Guitars (acoustic, Gypsy-jazz), 2pm Savannah Smith (southern soul), 8pm BhrAmAri BreWhouse The Mandelkorn Trio (jazz), 7:30pm BLue mountAin pizzA & BreW puB Bob Zullo (acoustic), 7pm ByWAter Junto (country), 9pm cLAssic WineseLLer Joe Cruz (piano, Beatles, Elton John, James Taylor covers), 7pm corK & Keg The Old Chevrolette Set (classic country), 8:30pm croW & QuiLL Dust & Ashes (folk, Americana), 9pm DArK city DeLi Joe Hallock and Friends, 4pm DouBLe croWn Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10pm eLAine’s DueLing piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm french BroAD BreWery Charming Disaster (Gypsy rock, cabaret, singer-songwriter), 6pm gooD stuff Call the Next Witness (rock), 8pm

green room cAfe & coffeehouse Deb Bridges & Groove (blues, jazz, pop), 5:30pm grey eAgLe music hALL & tAvern Indecision (jam), 9pm highLAnD BreWing compAny Jay Brown (singersongwriter), 3pm isis restAurAnt AnD music hALL Blue Cactus (Americana, country, singer-songwriter), 7pm An evening w/ Al Petteway & Amy White w/ Sally Sparks (Americana, bluegrass, Celtic), 8:30pm JAcK of the WooD puB The Josh Daniel Mark Scimick Project (bluegrass, soul, rock ’n’ roll), 9pm JerusALem gArDen Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

pAcK’s tAvern The Tailgators (rock ’n’ roll), 7pm pisgAh BreWing compAny The Quiet Life w/ The Wild Reeds (roots-rock, folk, blues), 9pm purpLe onion cAfe Peggy Ratusz (blues, jazz, swing), 8pm room ix Open dance night, 9pm sAnctuAry BreWing compAny Yoga w/ cats, 10 am Jason Whitaker (acoustic rock), 7:30pm scAnDALs nightcLuB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm scuLLy’s DJ, 10pm

LAzy DiAmonD Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm

southern AppALAchiAn BreWery Ross Osteen & Crossroads (blues), 8pm

Lex 18 The Duo of Dreams & Splendor (jazz, swing), 7pm

strAightAWAy cAfe Carver & Carmody (Americana), 6pm

LoBster trAp Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30pm LooKout BreWery Jacob Allen (altcountry, Americana), 6:30pm mArKet pLAce DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm oDDitorium Waarface w/ Autarch & Flesh Mother (metal), 9pm off the WAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm oLive or tWist 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8pm Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm one stop DeLi & BAr Soul Mechanic & Calabash (rock, blues), 10pm orAnge peeL Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band w/ Big Something (funk, rock, jazz), 8pm osKAr BLues BreWery Assault on the Carolinas after party, 4pm Roots and Dore (blues, country, roots), 6pm Strangled Darlings (Southern Gothic Americana), 6pm

the ADmirAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm the BLocK off BiLtmore Picante Band Asheville w/ Ruben Orengo (Latin, jazz, rock), 8pm the Dugout Josh Jordan Band (country), 9pm the mocKing croW NC 63 (house band, rock), 8pm the mothLight Old Heavy Hands w/ Brother Hawk (Southern rock, Americana, country), 9:30pm timo’s house Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 9pm toWn pump Hard Rocket (rock), 9pm tressA’s DoWntoWn JAzz AnD BLues The King Zeros (blues), 7:30pm Jesse Barry & friends (blues, soul), 10pm tWisteD LAureL Indoor & Outdoor Dance Party w/ DJ Phantome Pantone (electronic), 10pm

White horse BLAcK mountAin Asheville 10-minute Play Festival, 7:30pm

LAzy DiAmonD Tiki Night w/ DJ Lance (Hawaiian, surf, exotica), 10pm

WiLD Wing cAfe Karaoke, 8pm

Lex 18 1929 Thomas Wolfe Scandal Mystery Dinner Theater (ticketed event), 6:30pm

Wxyz Lounge At ALoft hoteL Caribbean Cowboys (rock), 8pm Pam Jones (jazz), 8pm zAmBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

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185 King street Sunday Funday Jam, 5pm 5 WALnut Wine BAr The Devyl Nellys (funk, jazz), 7pm AsheviLLe music hALL The Nth Power w/ Porch 40 (soul, funk), 9pm Ben’s tune-up Reggae night w/ Dub Kartel, 8pm BhrAmAri BreWhouse Sunday brunch w/ live music, 11am BLue mountAin pizzA & BreW puB Redleg Husky (Americana), 7pm ByWAter Cornmeal Waltz w/ Savannah Smith (classic country, bluegrass), 6pm DArK city DeLi Live Music w/ Jesse Barry, 3pm DouBLe croWn Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9pm grey eAgLe music hALL & tAvern The Steel Wheels (folk, Americana), 8pm highLAnD BreWing compAny Highland Games benefit w/ The Blue Ridge Brass & Bagpipe Corps, 4pm isis restAurAnt AnD music hALL Sunday Classical Brunch, 11am An evening of the Blues w/ Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore, 5:30pm History of Jazz series: Jazz of the Roaring 20s vol. 2, 7:30pm JAcK of the WooD puB Irish session, 5pm

LoBster trAp Hot Club of Asheville (swing, bluegrass), 6:30pm oDDitorium Adult Poetry Slam, 7pm The Go Devils w/ The Bella Vista Social Club (rock), 9pm

Phantone Pantone, 10pm the mothLight The NYS3 Improv Troupe: The Deep End (improv theater), 7:30pm the omni grove pArK inn Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10am Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm the sociAL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm

off the WAgon Piano show, 9pm

the sociAL Lounge DJ Kyusi on vinyl (old school trip-hop, deep house, acid jazz), 8pm

oLive or tWist Mojo Anton (jump, swing, blues), 6pm

the southern Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm

one stop DeLi & BAr Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am Sundays w/ Bill & Friends (Grateful Dead tribute, acoustic), 5pm

timo’s house Bring Your Own Vinyl (open decks), 8pm

osKAr BLues BreWery Heirlüm (classic country, blues), 2pm pisgAh BreWing compAny Sunday Travers Jam (open jam), 5pm sAnctuAry BreWing compAny Chinquapin Duo (oldtime, Americana), 3pm scAnDALs nightcLuB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm sLy grog Lounge Sunday Open Mic (open to poets, comedians & musicians), 7:30pm southern AppALAchiAn BreWery Carolinabound w/ Garry Segal (Americana, folk, country), 5pm strAightAWAy cAfe Greg Terkelsen (piano, funk), 5pm tALLgAry’s At four coLLege Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm the BLocK off BiLtmore Art Benefit for Dr. Gordon Piland w/ The Kavalactones, DJ I Lou & Caleb Beissert (poetry, electro-coustic), 3pm True Noble w/ Teso & friends (indie), 7pm the imperiAL Life Ultra Lounge Listening Party w/ projections DJ

toWn pump Anne E DeChant (roots), 9pm WeDge BreWing co. Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones (acoustic jazz-swing), 6pm

monDAy, ApriL 11 185 King street Open mic night, 7pm 5 WALnut Wine BAr Siamese Jazz Club (soul, R&B, jazz), 8pm 550 tAvern & griLLe Cornhole, 5pm ALtAmont BreWing compAny Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30pm BhrAmAri BreWhouse Mexi Monday (jazz, world music), 5pm ByWAter Open mic w/ Rick Cooper, 8pm courtyArD gALLery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm creeKsiDe tAphouse Trivia, 7pm DArK city DeLi Trivia Night, 7:30pm DouBLe croWn Country Karaoke, 10pm gooD stuff Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm grey eAgLe music hALL & tAvern Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8pm

JAcK of the WooD puB Quizzo, 7pm Lexington Ave BreWery (LAB) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm LoBster trAp Bobby Miller & Friends (bluegrass), 6:30pm o.henry’s/the unDergrounD Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7pm

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oDDitorium Clover w/ Niah & Fogwalker (metal), 9pm

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oLive or tWist 2 Breeze Band (Motown), 6pm

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osKAr BLues BreWery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm

SAT. 4/9 The Tailgators (rock n’ roll)

sovereign remeDies Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm the mothLight Moving Panoramas w/ Doc Aquatic (rock, pop, psychedelic), 9pm the omni grove pArK inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

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the vALLey music & cooKhouse Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8pm tiger mountAin Service industry night (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm timo’s house Movie night, 7pm urBAn orchArD Old-time music, 7pm

tuesDAy, ApriL 12 5 WALnut Wine BAr The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8pm 550 tAvern & griLLe Mountain Shag, 5pm ALtAmont BreWing compAny Open mic w/ Chris O’Neill, 8:30pm ALtAmont theAtre The Passion Show w/ Luna Ray (world, folk, spiritual), 6pm AsheviLLe music hALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm BAcK yArD BAr Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8pm

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cLuBLanD BLAcK BeAr coffee co. Round Robin acoustic open mic, 7pm. BLAcK mountAin ALe house Trivia, 7pm BLue mountAin pizzA & BreW puB Ben Phan (indie, folk, singer-songwriter), 7pm BLue riDge tAproom Tuesday Tease Returns (burlesque), 9pm BuffALo nicKeL Trivia, 7pm cAtAWBA BreWing south sLope Reverend Finster (R.E.M. covers), 6:30pm creeKsiDe tAphouse Old School Low Down Blues Tues. w/ Matt Walsh, 6pm croW & QuiLL Champagne Wilson & The French 75’s (New Orleans-style jazz), 10pm DArK city DeLi Ping Pong Tournament, 6pm DiAnA WorthAm theAtre Rhiannon Giddens [SOLD OUT], 7:30pm DouBLe croWn

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highLAnD BreWing compAny Dr. Brown’s Team Trivia, 6pm

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isis restAurAnt AnD music hALL Tuesday bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm

orAnge peeL Riff Raff (hip hop, electronic), 9pm

JAcK of the WooD puB Herlium, 7pm

sAnctuAry BreWing compAny Team trivia & tacos, 7pm

LAzy DiAmonD Classic Rock ’n Roll Karaoke, 10pm Lex 18 Bob Strain & Bill Fouty (jazz ballads & standards), 7pm LoBster trAp Jay Brown (acousticfolk, singer-songwriter), 6:30pm mArKet pLAce QuickChester (indie, rock), 7pm oDDitorium Odd comedy night, 9pm off the WAgon Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm

made to break w/ warm the bell

moving panoramas w/ doc aquatic

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graves at sea

w/ order of the owl,uninhabitable

glenn jones w/ house & land

call the next witness w/ ericho brothers, electric phantom

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the sociAL Lounge Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm

550 tAvern & griLLe karaoke, 6pm

noBLe KAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

the southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

o.henry’s/the unDergrounD “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm

timo’s house House of Wax presents: Mage, Indie Chris, DJ Whistleblower (hip-hop, rap), 8pm “Hump Day Mixers” w/ DJ Fame Douglas (R&B, hip-hop), 9pm

ALtAmont theAtre An Evening w/ Eliza Gilkyson (folk), 7:30pm An Evening w/ Lew Card (singer-songwriter), 9:45pm AsheviLLe music hALL Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm Ben’s tune-up Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7pm BLAcK mountAin ALe house Play to Win game night, 7:30pm

the mothLight Graves at Sea w/ Order of the Owl & Uninhabitable (doom, metal), 9:30pm

DArK city DeLi Pool Tournament, 7:30pm

the phoenix Singer-songwriter Night, 8pm

croW & QuiLL Sparrow & Her Wingmen (swing jazz), 9pm

DouBLe croWn Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm

the sociAL Lounge Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm

foggy mountAin BreWpuB Kevin Fuller (Americana, folk), 9pm

thomAs WoLfe AuDitorium Celtic Woman (Irish music), 7pm

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

timo’s house Tech Tuesdays (video game tournament), 8pm

gooD stuff Jim Hampton & friends perform “Eclectic Country” (jam), 7pm

toWn pump Jay Aymar Band (roots), 9pm

grey eAgLe music hALL & tAvern Cash’d Out (country, rockabilly), 8pm

old heavy hands album release

4/11 mon

mountAin moJo coffeehouse Open mic, 6:30pm

BLue mountAin pizzA & BreW puB Open mic, 7pm

urBAn orchArD Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm

w/ brother hawk

(jazz), 5pm Les Amis (African folk music), 8pm

the BLocK off BiLtmore Jazz-n-Justice Tuesday w/ Harvey Diamond, Chloe Demos, Micah Thomas & Mike Holstein, 7:30pm

angel olsen

the nys3 improv troupe: the deep end

4/14

tALLgAry’s At four coLLege Jam night, 9pm

tressA’s DoWntoWn JAzz AnD BLues Funk & jazz jam w/ Pauly Juhl, 8:30pm

4/10 sun

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one stop DeLi & BAr Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm one WorLD BreWing Trivia, 6pm

w/ the bassholes

4/9 sat

oLive or tWist Tuesday Night Blues Dance w/ The Remedy (dance lesson at 8), 8:30pm

iron horse stAtion Open mic, 6pm

w/wayne robbins, jane kramer

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

ken vandermark, christof kurzmann tim daisy, jasper stadhouders

4/12 tue

210 Haywood Road, West Asheville, NC 28806

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

White horse BLAcK mountAin Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm WiLD Wing cAfe south Tuesday bluegrass, 6pm Trivia w/ Kelilyn, 8:30pm

WeDnesDAy, ApriL 13 185 King street Shannon Whitworth & Barrett Smith (acoustic, singer-songwriter), 7pm 5 WALnut Wine BAr Ryan Oslance Duo

grinD cAfe Trivia night, 7pm highLAnD BreWing compAny Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm isis restAurAnt AnD music hALL An evening w/ Neptune’s Car (folk), 7pm An evening w/ The Tannahill Weavers (Celtic, folk), 8:30pm JAcK of the WooD puB Old-time session, 5pm LAzy DiAmonD Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm Lex 18 Alex Taub (classic & modern jazz piano), 7pm LoBster trAp Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm

oDDitorium Synergy Story Slam, 7pm off the WAgon Piano show, 9pm oLive or tWist Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm one stop DeLi & BAr Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm The Filthy Six (soul, jazz), 10pm one WorLD BreWing Redleg Husky (acoustic trio), 8pm pisgAh BreWing compAny Laura Blackley & The Wildflowers (country, Americana), 6pm room ix Fuego: Latin night, 9pm scuLLy’s Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm sLy grog Lounge Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30pm Word Night (trivia-ish), 8pm Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm soL BAr neW mountAin ADBC presents Axiom Wednesdays (drum ’n’ bass), 9pm strAightAWAy cAfe Jesse Barry (soul, blues), 6pm tALLgAry’s At four coLLege Open mic & jam, 7pm Wu-Wednesdays (’90s hip-hop experience), 9pm the Joint next Door Bluegrass jam, 8pm the miLLroom Flamenco nights w/ Juan Benavides Group, 9pm the mothLight Glenn Jones w/ House & Land (primitive guitar, post-rock, experimental), 9pm the phoenix Jazz night, 8pm

toWn pump Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10pm trAiLheAD restAurAnt AnD BAr Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon & Andrew Brophy (bluegrass, oldtime, Americana), 6pm tressA’s DoWntoWn JAzz AnD BLues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

thursDAy, ApriL 14 185 King street Levi Profit Presents: Crucifix, Boondock Kingz & Cody Siniard (world, hip hop, hick hop), 8pm 5 WALnut Wine BAr Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8pm 550 tAvern & griLLe Trivia night, 6pm ALtAmont BreWing compAny West End Trio (blues, jam), 9pm ALtAmont theAtre Plainsong w/ Iain Matthews (folk), 8pm BArLey’s tAproom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm BLue mountAin pizzA & BreW puB Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, folk), 7pm cLuB eLeven on grove Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm creeKsiDe tAphouse Singer-songwriter night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm croW & QuiLL Carolina Catskins (ragtime jazz), 10pm DouBLe croWn Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm eLAine’s DueLing piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm foggy mountAin BreWpuB Gypsy Guitars (jazz), 9pm

french BroAD BreWery Luke Mitchem (indie, folk), 6pm gooD stuff Caveman Dave (Americana, folk, children’s music), 6:30pm grey eAgLe music hALL & tAvern David Wax Museum & Darlingside w/ Haroula Rose (folk), 8pm isis restAurAnt AnD music hALL An evening w/ Beth Wood & Chris Rosser (folk, singer-songwriter), 7pm Forlorn Strangers (Americana, bluegrass, old-time), 9pm JAcK of the WooD puB Bluegrass jam, 7pm LAzy DiAmonD Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm Lex 18 Andrew J. Fletcher (barrel-house style stride piano), 7pm LoBster trAp Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm mArKet pLAce Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm

EMEFE (Afrobeat, funk), 10pm pAcK’s tAvern Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell (acoustic rock), 7pm pisgAh BreWing compAny Hustle Souls (soul, blues), 8pm purpLe onion cAfe Scoot Pittman (pop, rock), 7:30pm renAissAnce AsheviLLe hoteL Chris Smith (acoustic, alt-country), 6:30pm room ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm scAnDALs nightcLuB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm southern AppALAchiAn BreWery Big Block Dodge (jazz), 7pm spring creeK tAvern Open Mic, 6pm tALLgAry’s At four coLLege Open jam night w/ Jonathan Santos, 7pm

o.henry’s/the unDergrounD Game Night, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am

the BLocK off BiLtmore Open mic night, 7:30pm

oDDitorium Akris w/ Kortriba, The Boo Jays & Radiant Beings of Light (metal), 9pm

the mothLight Call The Next Witness w/ The Jericho Brothers & Electric Phantom (rock), 9pm

off the WAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm

timo’s house Thursday Request Live w/ Franco Nino, 9pm

oLive or tWist Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ Mike (eclectic mix, requests), 8:30pm one stop DeLi & BAr Streaming Thursdays (live concert showings), 6pm

toWn pump Stephen Evans (singersongwriter), 9pm trAiLheAD restAurAnt AnD BAr Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

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Jake Gyllenhaal works through the grieving — and self-discovery — process in some unusual ways in Jean-Marc Vallée’s unusual and frequently pretty wonderful Demolition.

Demolition HHHHS DiRectoR: Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club) PLaYeRs: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, C.J. Wilson, Wass Stevens, Heather Lind DRama comeDY RATED R the stoRY: An investment broker takes an unusual path to dealing with the death of his wife in a car wreck. the LowDown: A surprising movie that manages to blend warmth, sat-

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ire, casual absurdity and melodrama into a satisfying whole. One of the most appealing films to come our way this year. Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition is one odd movie — and I mean that in the best possible way. Though the title is perfectly apt, and the film contains a certain amount of demolition and deconstruction, it’s also misleading. This is most assuredly not a movie where “stuff blows up neat,” unless the blowing up involves the lives (interior and sometimes exterior) of several of its characters. For some of us, that’s rather more interesting than actual

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explosions. In any case, this decidedly offbeat dramedy is hardly an action picture. What it is, however, is somewhat difficult to describe, owing to its eclectic mix of displaced anger, pointed satire, melodrama and sometimes underplayed drama. It’s a mix that director Vallée, screenwriter Brian Sipe and a first-rate cast manage to turn into a cohesive whole — despite several changes in tone and a refusal to follow the plot you probably expect. Demolition fits snuggly with Vallée’s last two films, Dallas Buyers Club (2013) and Wild (2014), in that it deals with characters finding themselves when their lives go wildly wrong. (It would seem to have some connection with his 2005 film, C.R.A.Z.Y.,but I haven’t seen that.) That much is certainly a common thread, but the approach is

considerably different. This is about a not-immediately likable investment broker, Davis Mitchell (Jake Gyllenhaal, who I haven’t liked this much in years), whose wife, Julia (Heather Lind), is killed in a car wreck that leaves him without a scratch. Davis is shocked to find that he doesn’t really feel much of anything, and that he hasn’t for 10 years or more. Instead, he fixates on the hospital waiting room vending machine that took his money without actually delivering his bag of peanut M&Ms. The upshot is that he starts writing to the vending company’s customer service department — long, confessional letters that have little, if any, relevance to the matter at hand but have everything to do with Davis’s state of mind. The letters finally lead to customer service representative Karen Moreno (Naomi Watts) calling him — at 2 a.m. — starting what looks like a rom-com “meet cute” relationship but going in unexpected directions. It’s a premise that could have easily felt like forced quirkiness, but this kind of focused obsession is central to Davis’ character. It’s part of the reason why, for example, he’s fixated not on the fact that someone is following him but on the fact that they drive a station wagon (“Who drives a station wagon these days?”). It’s also why the governing factor in his life comes from the advice that, to understand a thing, it’s necessary to take it apart and put it back together — the idea that, in demolishing his life, he can put it back together. That there’s more evidence that he can tear things down than put them back together never seems to occur to him (or perhaps the film). On the one hand, he just becomes hooked on the act of destruction, but this also causes a bond between him and Karen’s son Chris (Judah Lewis) — a rock ’n’ rollloving kid in early adolescence and just coming to grips with being gay. Once again, Demolition thwarts easy expectations here.

It’s neither possible nor advisable to go into every aspect of the film, which is densely — and beautifully — packed with incident and detail. I will concede up front that Demolition gets perilously close to one of those movies about “upscale white folks’ problems.” Let’s face it, only the very well-heeled could afford Davis’ path to selfunderstanding. But somehow the film sidesteps this, and I think it’s because it’s about so much more than this one aspect. It’s a bit harder to believe that you can systematically and spectacularly destroy your house — especially in such a tony neighborhood — without drawing the interest of the authorities. (Certainly, it seems unlikely that you’d be allowed to continue to inhabit the parts left standing.) But, let’s be honest, this is a film more interested in exploring — and sometimes taking a poke at — human truths than in worrying over surface realism. Vallée and company are after emotional realism, and that’s much more satisfying. Rated R for language, some sexual references, drug use and disturbing behavior. Starts Friday at The Carolina Cinemark. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com

Eye in the Sky

HHHHS DIRECTOR: Gavin Hood (Rendition) PLAYERS: Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi, Phoebe Fox, Gavin Hood, Aisha Takow MODERN WAR DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: Tense war drama about the moral implications of drone warfare. THE LOWDOWN: Effective, often powerful drama — that perhaps tends to try too hard not to take sides — that benefits from splendid performances by Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi and,

especially, the late Alan Rickman in a final performance worthy of him. Efficient, effective and surprisingly nuanced, Gavin Hood’s Eye in the Sky is undeniably thought-provoking, solid entertainment — a film very much for the adults among us. It’s also a very shrewd film in that it explores a morally complex issue, the collateral damage resulting from drone warfare, without taking a clear side. It makes the film seem even-handed but strangely uncommitted — something that feels a little off in a film that otherwise isn’t afraid to indulge in transparent, if effective, manipulation. Does it bring the film down? Not in any material way, but it makes me wonder what its actual intent is. As drama — as a thriller — it’s hard to beat, despite the fact that there’s a peculiarly theatrical sense to the film’s intercutting structure. Of course, the fact that the principal characters are in different locations and don’t directly interact is, in itself, a comment on the whole concept of this kind of warfare. I’ll certainly concede that. I’ll also concede that it’s effective, but it’s effective in a TV drama manner more than a movie — something that becomes obvious in the film’s on-theground scenes with agent Jama Farah (Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips) in the thick of things in Nairobi. Here, the film comes to a different kind of life — a more visceral one, and, yes, a more cinematic one. Does this make Eye in the Sky a lesser work? Not in the least — there is no set rule as to what a movie should or shouldn’t be, as long as it entertains. But it’s still notable. The story follows the pursuit of a British citizen who has turned terrorist. Originally, this is designed to be a mission to capture the terrorists. But, when the terrorists move into a part of Nairobi where this is not possible — and when it becomes evident that they are preparing for suicide bombings — things change. The officer in charge, Colonel Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren flawlessly stepping into a role originally written for a man), quickly decides that the only option is to launch a drone strike on the safehouse the terrorists occupy. The drama comes from the fact that this is not wholly her call. It also involves drone pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul, Smashed) in the U.S. and has to be cleared though General Frank Benson (Alan Rickman) miles away in Whitehall, who in turn has to answer to a variety of cabinet ministers — and on up the chain. Complicating matters is the presence of an appealing little girl, Alia (Aisha Takow), who helps her family eke out

a meager existence by selling bread just outside the wall of the compound containing the terrorists — placing her squarely in the range of collateral damage. As a result, the story becomes one of the greater moral question of whether the life of this one child is “worth” the potential number of deaths in the planned suicide bombings. This is also where TV movie scribe Guy Hibbert’s screenplay is at its most manipulative. But it does work — less because of the girl-in-peril, but because of Jama Farah’s frenzied attempts to save her. It’s probably worth noting that Farah is the only operative who is himself in actual danger. Mostly, Eye in the Sky comes under the heading of a chilling look at modern warfare and its detached nature. But it’s also a film that works as firstrate suspenseful thriller of a generally cerebral kind. Oh, sure, it’s not above the occasional cliché (“Never tell a soldier he doesn’t know the cost of war”), and there’s no denying that there’s a certain glibness to the responses of whether or not to bomb the safehouse as the question goes up the chain of command to ever more distanced participants. But nothing dispels the tension the film generates or the lingering sense of disquiet over arguments of legality, as well as political and propaganda expediency, at the expense of any moral concerns. Rated R for some violent images and language. Playing at The Carolina Cinemark and Fine Arts Theatre. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com

God’s Not Dead 2 S

DIRECTOR: Harold Cronk (God’s Not Dead) PLAYERS: Melissa Joan Hart, Jesse Metcalfe, Jon Lindstrom, Ernie Hudson, Benjamin A. Onyango FAITH-BASED COURTROOM DRAMA RATED PG THE STORY: A teacher, in trouble after discussing Jesus in her classroom, turns

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Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. (254-1281) Eddie the Eagle (PG-13) 1:00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13) 7:00 Where to Invade Next (R) 10:15

Carmike Cinema 10 (298-4452) Carolina Cinemas (274-9500) 10 Cloverfield Lane (PG-13) 10:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 3D (PG-13) 11:25, 2:50, 6:15, 9:40 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2D (PG-13) 1:05, 4:30, 7:55 The Boss (R) 11:20, 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:50 City of Gold (R) 11:40, 2:05, 4:30, 6:55, 9:20 Deadpool (R) 11:15, 1:55. 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 Demolition (R) 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 Eye in the Sky (R) 12:05, 2:40. 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 God’s Not Dead 2 (PG) 12:55, 3:50, 6:45, 9:35 Hardcore Henry (R) 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Hello, My Name Is Doris (R) 11:30, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 The Lady in the Van (PG-13) 11:10. 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Midnight Special (PG-13) 11:05, 1:55, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (PG-13) 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Zootopia 2D (PG) 10:55, 1:35, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35

Co-ed Cinema Brevard (883-2200) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (PG-13) 12:30, 4:00, 7:30

Epic of Hendersonville (693-1146) Fine Arts Theatre (232-1536) Embrace of the Serpent (NR) Late Show Fri-Sat 9:30 Eye in the Sky (R) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, Late Show Fri-Sat 9:15 Hello, My Name Is Doris (R) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20 (No 7:20 show Thu. Apr. 14) The True Cost (NR) 7:00 Thu. Apr. 14 only

Flatrock Cinema (697-2463) (R) Hello, My Name Is Doris (R) 1:00 (Sunday only), 4:00, 7:00 (Closed Monday, no 7:00 show Sunday)

Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15 (684-1298) United Artists Beaucatcher (298-1234)

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movies to a passionate lawyer to save her job and stick up for her faith. THE LOWDOWN: More faithbased proselytizing, this time styled as a dreary, languid courtroom drama. Solely for the converted. God’s Not Dead 2 — unfortunately not titled God’s Still Not Dead or God’s Not Dead Again — doesn’t involve an unbeatable, unstoppable rampage by a Jason Voorheeslike God bent on destruction and propagandizing Christianity. Alas, that might be fun, something God’s Not Dead 2 has no interest in. Instead, it’s a long-winded, paranoid screed, part courtroom drama, part stacked-deck argument. This is a film aimed solely at a Christian audience. Because of this, like so many strictly Christian films, there’s little concern over what one might call traditional cinematic qualities — acting, writing, style, an amount of entertainment value. Instead, the sole focus is The Message and how big, shiny and overt it can be and how much Christian panic the film can stir up. This film’s predecessor, 2014’s God’s Not Dead (can we go without one movie having a sequel), went after the evil, mustache-twirling atheist professors squeezing Christ out of our nation’s universities. Part two takes a look at the public school system, as teacher Grace (Melissa Joan Hart) gets in hot water when she compares Martin Luther King, Jr.’s words to those of Jesus. Thanks to a nasty cabal of school board members and our country’s great bogeyman, the ACLU, gnashing and wailing and wanting Grace (very subtle symbolism, by the way) sacked for her words, she turns to Tom (TV actor Jesse Metcalfe) a lawyer and atheist (one of the good ones, certainly) to save not only her job but to defend religious freedom in America. This is done — at least in the way the film lays it out — in a specifically dishonest manner. It’s a decidedly unbalanced affair, with the scheming atheists who tempt high school students with Ivy League educations and rail against Christianity on TV. The film’s Christians, on the other hand, just want to have their faith without their children being cursed and yelled at by angry heathens. It’s all skewed out of whack, especially since these roving gangs of godless intellectuals are roaming around a decidedly Christian Arkansas.

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The whole thing feels reckless and phony, exaggerating the state of things and deforming the arguments of its opposition. And even then, the film fails to be interesting or entertaining, with the film’s cast of retreads and director Harold Cronk’s decidedly inert (or lack of) style, all of it aggravated by a running time 30 minutes too long, mixed in with a whole lot of feckless talking and little else. What’s amazing is none of this matters. God’s Not Dead 2 — with an intense focus on a core audience — is critic proof and since it’s based on the kernel of the idea that Christians are being systematically targeted by the godless establishment, so anything I say about the film can also be easily dismissed. Who cares, then, if the film is drab and chintzy and achingly dull? Rated PG for some thematic elements. Playing at Carmike 10, The Carolina Cinemark, Epic of Hendersonvile, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Justin Souther jsouther@mountainx.com

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DIRECTOR: Deon Taylor PLAYERS: Mike Epps, Zulay Henao, Lil Duval, Charlie Murphy, Mike Tyson, George Lopez, Paul Mooney COMEDY RATED R THE STORY: A Chicago family comes into money through illicit means and moves to a Beverly Hills McMansion just in time to encounter the premise from a completely different movie. THE LOWDOWN: The Purge-meetsThe Beverly Hillbillies-meets incomprehensible inanity; this is a very bad film that’s at least strange enough to keep things interesting in places. If you’ve ever asked yourself why the first film from The Purge series didn’t feature more racial stereotypes and stoner comedy, you finally have your answer. If you’ve never considered such a possibility and can’t imagine why anyone would, then you’ve put more thought into the matter than the creative team behind Meet the Blacks.

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Without a doubt one of the most bizarre films I’ve come across in recent memory, Meet the Blacks doesn’t quite reach so-bad-it’s-good territory — but not for lack of trying. The inexplicability of the decisions made by all parties involved in this production at least provides enough of an existential quandary to leave the audience with a profound sense of bemusement, if never achieving the outright amusement the film seems to be striving for. It would be far too charitable to describe Meet the Blacks (perhaps more accurately described by its alternate title, The Black Purge) as a parody of the films from which it borrows its fundamental premise; rather, that premise is utilized as a skeletal structure for the most rudimentary form of a story that could possibly be designated as such. Meet the Blacks doesn’t spend much time on narrative or character development, as it’s far more interested in providing Mike Epps with an imprudent indulgence in improvisation and plenty of scenery to chew. I’ve never had a particular problem with Mr. Epps or his dubious oeuvre, but I also don’t see the necessity of overtaxing a supporting player from the Friday sequels and The Hangover series with the responsibility of carrying a feature-length film. Meet the Blacks is at its strongest (and I use that phrase extraordinarily loosely) when it focuses on its C-list cameos, which are every bit as perplexing as the rest of the film but at least provide some respite from Epps’ haggard hamming. Mike Tyson seems to be having more fun than the audience with his approximately two minutes of screen time as a disgraced former bouncy-house operator, and Charlie Murphy turns in the best performance of the film as a drug dealer (and personified inciting incident) out for vengeance after Epps’ theft of his money, weed and toilet seat. It’s worth noting that both Tyson and Murphy sport ridiculous pimp-perm wigs that could’ve been stolen from the set of Vampire in Brooklyn (or purchased by the elder Murphy from brother Eddie after that film tanked), with Tyson enjoying his tresses just a little too much. But any fun to be garnered from some of the film’s cameos is squandered by others, such as George Lopez’s completely redundant turn as “President El Bama” and Paul Mooney’s utterly baffling appearance as a black Klansman. If this were a smarter film, I might’ve suggested that Mooney’s role could be referencing Oscar Micheaux’s The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920). If it were a funnier film, I might’ve made an allusion to Blazing Saddles (1974). But this film

is neither smart enough nor funny enough to draw such associations. As it stands, this movie is entirely too lazy to play off its most promising potentialities, and my biggest gripe with Meet The Blacks is this very propensity to miss opportunities. What could have been a film with an implicit capacity for self-aware satire on race relations instead devolves into nothing more than tepid farce, undermining any purpose this story could have served. When executive producer Snoop Dogg shows up in whiteface ahead of the opening credits to explain that the oft-referenced “purge” entails a night of consequence-free crime, and couches this conceit in an explicitly racial context, all pretense of subtlety or social commentary has clearly been eschewed in favor of shock value. However, Meet the Blacks was clearly never intended to address societal ills or even to make much of a point at all. Just as viewers must be issued appropriate eyewear in order to enjoy 3D films, audiences for Meet the Blacks should probably be supplied with a healthy dose of both cannabis and lowered expectations before entering the theater. Hopefully, I’ve supplied the latter. Rated R for pervasive language, some sexual material, violence and drug use. Playing at Regal Biltmore Grande and UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Scott Douglas jsdouglas22@gmail.com

Film Buncombe County Public Libraries buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • SA (4/9), 2pm - The Films of David Bowie: Basquiat. Free. For ages teen and up. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Ten Thousand Villages 254-8374, asheville.tenthousandvillages.com, asheville@tenthousandvillages.com • TH (4/14), 7pm - The True Cost, documentary regarding the fashion industry’s impact on people and the planet. $10. Held at Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville 1 Edwin Place, 254-6001, uuasheville.org • FR (4/8), 7pm- Making A Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA, documentary. Free.

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essentiAL experimentAL: A still from Mechanical Eye Microcinema’s Kickstarter video, featuring animation by the nonprofit’s director, Charlotte Taylor. The campaign aims to help create a permanent home for community filmmaking in Asheville Area Art Council’s The Refinery Creator Space. Image courtesy of Mechanical Eye • Mechanical Eye Microcinema has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help create a permanent home for community filmmaking in Asheville Area Art Council’s Refinery Creator Space. Currently a mobile microcinema, Mechanical Eye also plans to build a resource library that will include 16mm and super8 cameras, editors, rewinders, splicers, viewers, an animation stand and an ongoing collection of digital media tools. The nonprofit’s founders have set a goal of raising $6,850 by Sunday, April 17, at 11:59 p.m. Rewards for backers include T-shirts, a one-year microcinema membership (granting access to workshops and filmmaking resources), a limited edition DVD featuring Mechanical Eye’s favorite filmmakers from the past three years of screenings and a personalized experimental film by Zebra davis. avl.mx/2fu • Ten Thousand Villages Asheville celebrates Earth Day with a screening of The True Cost at the Fine Arts Theatre on Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m. Featuring interviews with designer stella mccartney, environmental activist vandana shiva and fashion industry workers, andrew morgan’s documentary explores the wide-ranging impacts of clothing purchases. From glamorous runways to

impoverished slums, the film exposes human-rights issues and environmental damages. It offers potential solutions for a fairer, safer future. Tickets are $10 and available at the Fine Arts box office and online. A free fair-trade chocolate bar will be given to the first 50 attendees. Ten Thousand Villages co-manager mandy broderick and assistant manager sara martin will lead a post-screening Q&A and highlight some of the fair-trade fashions available through their nonprofit retailer. fineartstheatre.com • The West Asheville Public Library’s free After School Alien Invasion movie series continues Friday, April 15, at 4:30 p.m. with Muppets from Space. tim hill’s 1999 film centers on Gonzo’s search to find his family, who he believes resides in another galaxy and communicates with him through his breakfast cereal. After announcing his plans on Miss Piggy’s talk show, he’s kidnapped by an evil government agent, prompting the Muppets to hatch a rescue plan. The film is rated G and stars andie macdowell, jeffrey tambor and josh charles. avl.mx/1z5 Send your local film news to ae@mountainx.com X

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The Boss

Here we have another Melissa McCarthy R-rated comedy with its star in what appears to be full-bore mode and with a screenplay penned by herself and her husband Ben Falcone (who also directs). Universal says, “Melissa McCarthy headlines The Boss as a titan of industry who is sent to prison after she’s caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America’s latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget. McCarthy is joined in The Boss by an all-star cast led by Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage and Kathy Bates.” (r)

Demolition

See review in “Cranky Hanke”

Hardcore Henry

Described as the first action movie shot from the hero’s point of view, we have newcomer Ilya Naishuller’s Hardcore Henry. Presumably, the viewer is supposed to be the hero. It’s described “one of the most unflinchingly original wildrides to hit the big screen in a long time: You remember nothing. Mainly because you’ve just been brought back from the dead by your wife (Haley Bennett). She tells you that your name is Henry. Five minutes later, you are being shot at, your wife has been kidnapped, and you should probably go get her back. Who’s got her? His name’s Akan (Danila Kozlovsky); he’s a powerful warlord with an army of mercenaries, and a plan for world domination. You’re also in an unfamiliar city of Moscow, and everyone wants you dead. Everyone except for a mysterious British fellow called Jimmy (Sharlto Copley.) He may be on your side, but you aren’t sure. If you can survive the insanity, and solve the mystery, you might just discover your purpose and the truth behind your identity.” Somewhat surprisingly, the early reviews are pretty enthusiastic. (r)

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The latest film from indie filmmaker Jeff Nicholson is expanding more this week than was expected — suggesting expectations for crossover appeal are higher than usual. Warner Bros. says, “Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton and Kirsten Dunst star in writer/director Jeff Nichols’ drama about a father and his 8-year-old son who go on the lam upon discovering that the boy possesses mysterious powers.” It’s been around enough to have a substantial body of reviews and the film currently boasts 87 positive reviews to 16 negative ones. (pg-13)

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Henry V HHHHS DIRECTOR: Laurence Olivier Players: Laurence Olivier, Renee Asherson, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton, Freda Jackson, Max Adrian, Leo Genn, Ernest Thesiger SHAKESPEARE HISTORY Rated NR Laurence Olivier’s Henry V (1944) — or to give it its full title, The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France — marked Olivier’s directorial debut, the first Technicolor production of a Shakespeare play and the only time a Shakespeare play has been used as a propaganda tool. Yes, the impetus behind the film was to rally the war-weary British people with a story that showed Great Britain being ... well, great by winning a war. Shorn of a few of the less-savory details (ostensibly at the request of Winston Churchill, who was noted for sticking his oar in in such matters at that time), it certainly did just that. It was big, colorful and sprinkled with rustic humor and patriotism. It’s also pretty impressive as filmmaking. Olivier’s genius (and yes, it is) lies in playing the first half-hour as a production taking place at the Globe Theater in 1600, complete with backstage antics and the blunders that live theater is prone to. What makes this work is that it guides the viewer into that state of being where the flaws of the production fall away because of the greatness that lies beneath those flaws, the shortcomings are brushed aside and the viewer is swept up in the story and the poetry. The Hendersonville Film Society will show henry v Sunday, April 10, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

The Seventh Seal HHHHH DIRECTOR: Ingmar Bergman Players: Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson ALLEGORICAL DRAMA Rated NR The Seventh Seal is probably the single biggest old warhorse of art-house cinema. But there’s a reason it achieved that status: It’s so damned good. When it first appeared in 1957, it was not at all like anything else that had come before it. It wasn’t even like Bergman. Oh, sure, there had been movies in which Death was personified, and Karloff and Lugosi had played a life-and-death chess game in Edgar G. Ulmer’s The Black Cat way back in 1934. (You can take that idea at least as far back as Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” in which the lady in the “naked hulk” shoots craps with Death.) But none of these — however connected — is quite like Bergman’s dark fantasy, where a knight (Max von Sydow) returning from the Crusades buys time on his journey through the plague-ravaged countryside by challenging Death (Bengt Ekerot) to a chess game. Reduced to its simplest level, that’s the essence of the film. But, because the game is played out in a series of sessions along the journey, it takes on the Knight’s spiritual quest in the process. The results are startling, a little disturbing, iconic and magical — all the more so (especially in light of the way “important” films tend toward bloat) for being a trim 96 minutes long and containing a good amount of dark comedy. It is also one of those rare films that seems to offer something new every time you see it. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present the seventh seal Friday, April 8, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

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leGal notiCes notiCe of soliCitation The Mountain Area Workforce Development Board is seeking proposals for the replacement of signage at the Asheville NC Works Career Center located at 48 Grove Street in downtown Asheville, NC. Request for Proposal (RFP) packages will be available for distribution at a Bidders Conference to be held at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at the Land of Sky Regional Council offices located at 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140, Asheville, NC 28806. RFP’s may also be requested by emailing nathan@landofsky.org no later than 4:00 p.m. Friday, April 15, 2016. The completed bid packages must be returned to the above address no later than 4:00 p.m., Friday, April 29, 2016. Late submittals will not be accepted.

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Aries (march 21-April 19): French artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is regarded as one of the greats, in the same league as Picasso and Kandinsky. Even in his eighties, he was still creating marvels that one critic said seemed "to come from the springtime of the world." As unique as his work was, he was happy to acknowledge the fact that he thrived on the influence of other artists. And yet he also treasured the primal power of his innocence. He trusted his childlike wonder. "You study, you learn, but you guard the original naiveté," he said. "It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover." These are good, sweet thoughts for you to keep in mind right now, Aries.

LiBrA (sept. 23-oct. 22): In his book Strange Medicine, Nathan Belofsky tells us about unusual healing practices of the past. In ancient Egypt, for example, the solution for a toothache was to have a dead mouse shoved down one's throat. If someone had cataracts, the physician might dribble hot broken glass into their eyes. I think these strategies qualify as being antidotes that were worse than the conditions they were supposed to treat. I caution you against getting sucked into "cures" like those in the coming days. The near future will be a favorable time for you to seek healing, but you must be very discerning as you evaluate the healing agents.

tAurus (April 20-may 20): Taurus-born Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) was among history's greatest logicians. His mastery of rational thought enabled him to exert a major influence on scientific thinking in the 20th century. Yet he also had an irrational fear of being poisoned, which made him avoid food unless his wife cooked it. One of the morals of his story is that reason and delusion may get all mixed up in the same location. Sound analysis and crazy superstition can get so tangled they're hard to unravel. The coming week will be an excellent time to meditate on how this phenomenon might be at work in you. You now have an extraordinary power to figure out which is which, and then take steps to banish the crazy, superstitious, fearful stuff.

scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21): In his poem "The Snowmass Cycle," Stephen Dunn declares that everyone "should experience the double fire, of what he wants and shouldn't have." I foresee a rich opportunity coming up for you to do just that, Scorpio. And yes, I do regard it as rich, even marvelous, despite the fact that it may initially evoke some intense poignance. Be glad for this crisp revelation about a strong longing whose fulfillment would be no damn good for you!

gemini (may 21-June 20): For a time, pioneer physicist Albert Einstein served as a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. On one occasion, a student complained to him, "The questions on this year's exam are the same as last year's." Einstein agreed that they were, then added, "but this year all the answers are different." I'm seeing a similar situation in your life, Gemini. For you, too, the questions on this year's final exam are virtually identical to last year's final exam -- and yet every one of the answers has changed. Enjoy the riddle. cAncer (June 21-July 22): Your personal oracle for the coming weeks is a fable from 2600 years ago. It was originally written by the Greek storyteller Aesop, and later translated by Joseph Jacobs. As the tale begins, a dog has discovered a hunk of raw meat lying on the ground. He's clenching his treasure in his mouth as he scurries home to enjoy it in peace. On the way, he trots along a wooden plank that crosses a rapidly-flowing stream. Gazing down, he sees his reflection in the water below. What? He imagines it's another dog with another slab of meat. He tries to snatch away this bonus treat, but in doing so, drops his own meat. It falls into the stream and is whisked away. The moral of the fable: "Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow." Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): "I never get lost because I don't know where I am going," said the Japanese poet known as Ikkyu. I stop short of endorsing this perspective for full-time, long-term use, but I think it suits you fine for right now. According to my astrological projections, you can gather the exact lessons you need simply by wandering around playfully, driven by cheerful curiosity about the sparkly sights -- and not too concerned with what they mean. P.S. Don't worry if the map you're consulting doesn't seem to match the territory you're exploring. virgo (Aug. 23-sept. 22): "If literally every action a human can perform was an Olympic sport," Reddit. com asked its users, "which events would you win medals in?" A man named Hajimotto said his champion-level skill was daydreaming. "I can zone out and fantasize for hours at a time," he testified. "This is helpful when I am waiting in line." You Virgos are not typically Olympic-class daydreamers, but I encourage you to increase your skills in the coming weeks. It'll be a favorable time for your imagination to run wild and free. How exuberantly can you fantasize? Find out!

sAgittArius (nov. 22-Dec. 21): "When I look at my life I realize that the mistakes I have made, the things I really regret, were not errors of judgment but failures of feeling." Writer Jeanette Winterson said that, and I'm passing it on to you at the exact moment you need to hear it. Right now, you are brave enough and strong enough to deal with the possibility that maybe you're not doing all you can to cultivate maximum emotional intelligence. You are primed to take action and make big changes if you discover that you're not feeling as much as you can about the important things in your life. cApricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Psychotherapist Jennifer Welwood says that sadness is often at the root of anger. Feelings of loss and disappointment and heartache are the more primary emotions, and rage is a reflexive response to them. But sadness often makes us feel vulnerable, while rage gives us at least the illusion of being strong, and so most of us prefer the latter. But Welwood suggests that tuning in to the sadness almost always leads to a more expansive understanding of your predicament; and it often provides the opportunity for a more profound self-transformation. I invite you to apply these meditations to your own life, Capricorn. The time is right. AQuArius (Jan. 20-feb. 18): "The causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them." Fyodor Dostoyevsky said that in his novel The Idiot, and now I'm passing it on to you just in the nick of time. In the coming weeks, it's especially important for you to not oversimplify your assessments of what motivates people -- both those you respect and those you don't fully trust. For your own sake, you can't afford to naively assume either the best or the worst about anyone. If you hope to further your own agendas, your nuanced empathy must be turned up all the way. pisces (feb. 19-march 20): "Believing love is work is certainly better than believing it's effortless, ceaseless bliss," says author Eric LeMay. That's advice I hope you'll keep close at hand in the coming weeks, Pisces. The time will be right for you to exert tremendous effort in behalf of everything you love dearly -- to sweat and struggle and strain as you create higher, deeper versions of your most essential relationships. Please remember this, though: The hard labor you engage in should be fueled by your ingenuity and your creative imagination. Play and experiment and enjoy yourself as you sweat and struggle and strain!

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