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Want more jobs?

Vote out Republicans Everyone will agree North Carolina has issues to overcome. We have to protect our natural environment. We must do better at educating our young. We must keep our infrastructure in working order. The list goes on and on.

The economy is one of the biggest issues. People want jobs — good jobs — to come here. People want to work, want to be paid fairly and want to be able to afford a decent life. Not extravagant, just decent. It used to be possible.

The legislators in Raleigh swept into power promising jobs, jobs, jobs during the Recession. And what have they done since then? Remember the cuts to education? Do you know about the fight to keep Asheville’s water system under the city’s control? Have you heard about the toxic leaks from Duke’s coal-ash ponds?

And now there’s House Bill 2 (HB 2).

What does any of this have to do with bringing jobs into the state?

If anything, we’ve been losing jobs.

Who wants to move to a state to live downstream from a coal-ash pond in an area where schools are underfunded and employees have no rights? How does taking Asheville’s

water system away, legal or not, create more jobs?

It’s one thing to break a campaign promise. It’s another thing to reverse direction and work against it. If you want more jobs to come to North Carolina, vote out the Republican majority and restore some sanity to Raleigh. Don’t do it for me; do it for your kids.

— Mark Bloom Registered Independent Asheville

NC sanctions discrimination and hate I have watched from afar as the train wreck House Bill 2 is unleashed upon the North Carolina public. As a longtime resident of Black Mountain now living on the coast of Maine, I cannot help but feel saddened and deeply troubled as once again the Republican ruling parties unleash their bigoted venom upon the state I once called home.

I am a gay man, and I was forced to leave North Carolina three years ago as my marriage to my partner of 35 years was not recognized by the state of North Carolina. We still own a home in Black Mountain and had hoped that one day when civility prevailed that we might return to the place where we had 10 good years.

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We did not make this decision to leave lightly. We have a strong faith community and large circle of dear friends in WNC. But because of who we are and who the small minds that govern us determined us to be, we were stripped of the rights that all other citizens of North Carolina enjoy and take for granted.

This newest abomination of a law, HB 2 — which strips gay men/ lesbians and transgender beings of any protection from discrimination — is an incitement to violence against the LGBT community. I no longer harbor any hope of being able to return to the place that once felt like home.

I have been judged to be unfit and unworthy of the same rights, values and protections afforded the vast majority of the citizens of North Carolina. My life has been sacrificed to election-year politics.

Gay lives do not matter in the state of North Carolina. This law shows how deeply callous and hateful the Republican legislature and Gov. [Pat] McCrory are. A state that sanctions discrimination and hate is not a place that I wish to call home.

— Alan Kelly-Hamm Sandy Point, Maine/ Black Mountain

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Homestays/[Accessory Dwelling Units] with 30-plus-day minimums are an important housing option.

However, reducing the timeline (i.e., encouraging more Asheville housing to become vacation rentals) poses several unintended consequences.

As a young working professional who grew up here and now is a proud father of three children (5, 3 and 1), I can see issues unique to those with families: housing availability, affordability and neighborhood diversity. Housing stock becomes more of a commercial investment than a family home. Housing is retained more by what it can “bring in” on the lucrative vacation rental market.

This will contribute to increased housing prices due to simple supply and demand: Fewer homes are available (less desire to sell — if profitable for the owner) and greater demand for “ideal” properties. The “ideal” properties are also likely the very ones that families with young children seek (larger, multiple bedrooms, safe/friendly neighborhoods, proximity to downtown/playgrounds). Families unable to factor in the short-term rental revenue

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(using bedroom areas — nor able to risk unknown transient guests on their property) would be further priced out.

We now live near to three-plus “illegal” vacation rental homes and/or ADUs, [and] the impact is notable. No longer knowing neighbors, safety concern with your young kids talking to the transient folks, and the very different desires (regarding noise, traffic speed, etc.).

Neighborhoods with character, walkable to city centers — parks and playgrounds, and of the size families need — will no longer be neighborhoods inclusive of families. Having a diverse neighborhood doesn’t mean that ordinances should be written only for families — but by allowing the proposed Homestay/ADU changes, it’s essentially writing them out. ― Mark DeVerges Asheville

History (and Vance) shouldn’t need today’s approval The opinion expressed by the [letter] writer in your March 30 issue [“Remove Vance’s Name From Downtown Monument,” Xpress] sounds like that of the ISIS gang in the Mideast. She states that Vance’s name should be removed from the Vance Monument because he was typical of many in his time, i.e., he owned slaves.

ISIS has destroyed many precious archaeological sites because they disapprove of anything and anybody who disagrees with them. Your [letter] writer sure sounds like a member of the ISIS cult. Does she want the sculptures of Washington and Jefferson blasted off the face of Mount Rushmore?

History should be left alone to be understood and appreciated. It should not be a matter of current approval.

Some of us respect Vance.

— George H. Cooper Asheville

Greenmansion sets architectural standard Why, oh why, can’t we attract more aspiring people to Asheville like Dennis and Wendy Thies, who have given the city the gorgeous Greenmansion on Buxton Avenue, an architectural gem that demonstrates what can be accomplished by investors with taste, not just money? [See “Greener Pastures: Green Man Brewery Invests in Its Future While Celebrating Its Past With Multimilliondollar Expansion,” March 23, Xpress.]

Look closely, Asheville decisionmakers. This is your new standard.

— Richard Pigossi Asheville

Kids Issues impressed and uplifted I was absolutely blown away by the Kids Issues [Xpress, March 16 and 23]!

Thank you so much for printing those wonderful stories, essays, thoughts — and the artwork that shows so much talent. The young people showed depth, inspiration and creativity.

Thanks go out to the teachers who motivated their students and to the parents who are nurturing their children.

I read every part of both issues and was impressed and uplifted.

A thank-you to the students who shared themselves with so much thought and introspection. Kudos to all!

P.S. Please print a comprehensive Voters’ Guide prior to early voting if possible. Thanks again.

— Jeri Hahner Asheville editor’s note: See mountainx.com for more wonderful writing and art from local K-12 students.

Correction In our April 6 article, “City of Counselors: Local Practitioners Talk About Why Asheville May Be ‘Therapy Town,’ we included an error about one of the academic offerings available locally. In fact, UNC Asheville does not have a master of social work program.

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Grabbing the apple The time for alternative energy is now Why invest in local energy? That’s like asking why choose a locally grown, organic apple over a Snickers bar. Sure, they’re both sweet and satisfying. But consuming that candy, packed with additives and produced by a giant corporation, has negative long-term health consequences.

Buying that apple, on the other hand, carries health benefits and supports our local economy. It also helps make our area more resilient in times of financial disruption.

The same goes for energy choices. Typically, when you flip a light switch, turn up the thermostat or fill your vehicle’s gas tank, you’re choosing energy sources that carry negative consequences for your health, finances and environment. The fossil fuels that supply most of Western North Carolina’s energy are piped, trucked or freighted in from wherever they were mined, drilled, spilled, leaked and/or fracked.

Rather than sending armfuls of hard-earned money to large corporations that operate centralized coal and gas plants, why not keep that money circulating here by choosing local, renewable energy sources? You’d be supporting local businesses and workers while creating less waste.

StartinG at home The cheapest and most accessible energy choices we can make lie in the area of efficiency — in other words, doing more with less. We can turn our thermostats down in winter and up in summer, walk and bike more, and buy more energyefficient cars and homes. We can also remodel existing structures with efficiency in mind.

The Western North Carolina Green Building Council’s Green Gauge program offers a simple way to evaluate how green a home actually is. It’s a great comparison tool for buyers and sellers alike, or for homeowners needing recommendations for greening their dwelling. Besides energy efficiency, Green Gauge also considers things like water conservation, indoor air quality, landscaping and use of green materials.

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drawbacks inherent in using fossil fuels to generate electricity.

The WNC Green Building Council certifies both net-zero-energy and netzero-ready homes, both of which far surpass even conventional homes with an Energy Star rating, in terms of overall energy efficiency. Net-zero-ready homes are designed to accommodate a future solar installation, with a suitable roof area and a conduit already in place.

The 2015 Asheville Home Builders Association Parade of Homes featured three net-zero-certified homes, built by Earthtone Builders, Mountain Sun Building & Design and JAG & Associates Construction.

SavinG for a rainy day Boone Guyton If you can afford the initial cost, producing your own energy from renewable sources such as solar, water and waste products is the way to go. Many WNC residents are taking advantage of the tax credits and other incentives to install rooftop photovoltaic panels — meeting their energy needs while enjoying a financial payback.

The North Carolina Legislature has eliminated state tax credits, but the federal government still offers tax credits for installing a solar system, as follows: • 30 percent for systems placed in service by Dec. 31, 2019 • 26 percent for systems placed in service after Dec. 31, 2019 and before Jan. 1, 2021 • 22 percent for systems placed in service after Dec. 31, 2020 and before Jan. 1, 2022.

Microhydro and windmill systems are also being used in WNC. Firewood and biofuel made from used cooking oil, as well as geothermal heat pumps that use the earth’s underground temperature, are other popular energy sources. The ideal is a combination of efficiency and energy production.

Net-zero homes — those that generate renewably all the energy required to operate them — are great examples, and there are growing numbers of them in our region. Ultimately, reducing the demand for electricity reduces both the homeowner’s costs and the

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Recent developments in energy storage should make generating renewable energy more feasible for homeowners and businesses alike. The Tesla Powerwall is the most dramatic rollout (and Powerwall2 is expected this summer), though many companies, such as Sonnen, offer options using lithium battery technology.

These products store the power produced when the sun is shining for use when it’s not, or for peak demand times when electricity rates are higher. They can also be used as backups for when the grid goes down.

In the past, the most common option was lead acid batteries; they’re still dependable and recyclable, though they take up more room.

Joining a community solar project, in which groups of local people invest in renewable-energy production, is another approach that’s gaining in popularity. The advantages are lower upfront costs, better access to optimal solar sites and availability to people who don’t own homes.

Here in Asheville, members of the First Congregational United Church of Christ pooled their resources to install solar panels on their church. The investors in the company, First Church Solar, own the system and benefit from the tax credits, depreciation and revenue from selling the electricity.

Community solar has the potential to expand both the number of people buying renewable energy and the total amount available, but significant regu-

latory hurdles remain. Under North Carolina law, electricity can only be purchased from a licensed utility.

A bill before the state Legislature, titled The Energy Freedom Act, would introduce limited market competition and give consumers some choice by legalizing third-party sales.

At this point, however, it’s merely a good idea. takinG the Show on the road Local-energy-powered transportation can help make us more resilient during extreme weather events or disruptions to the liquid fuel supply. Blue Ridge Biofuels makes a locally sourced and produced diesel fuel alternative.

One of the cleanest transportation options is the electric, solar-powered car. In North Carolina, we’re fortunate to have the Brightfields Initiative at work. As a result of this U.S. Department of Energy program, solar charging stations have been installed in Asheville, Charlotte and Raleigh.

Meanwhile, electric vehicle technologies and production are changing fast. Until 2015, the Nissan Leaf (the most popular model) got 84 miles per charge. The Chevy Bolt, due out later this year, is projected to get 200 miles on a charge, and a new, more affordable Tesla will match that. The 2016 Chevy Volt gets 53 miles per charge and comes with a backup gas engine that increases the total range to 420 miles. And as more charging stations are installed around the country, electric cars are becoming more user-friendly. There are now about 10 stations in Asheville.

Of course, the most easily accessible transportation energy is human power. Walking and riding a bicycle are as clean and healthy as energy choices get. And if you’re not fit enough to hike or bike, Asheville’s bus system offers another energyefficient option for in-town travel.

We’re definitely at the beginning of a transformation in how we power our lives. Not all of us have the money or an appropriate location for a perfect renewable-energy system, but whatever your budget, there’s a localenergy “apple” within your reach.

Why not set that Snickers down and grab the apple?

Boone Guyton is a partner in Cady and Guyton Construction, a Green Built NC builder and longtime member of the WNC Green Building Council. X

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ScaleUp WNC helps small businesses grow Feedback from the first 30 graduates, says Raker, has been positive, and there are already signs of growth. “One-third of our first year’s participants have already secured growth capital and are investing in their growth plans. Many others who aren’t seeking capital have met other critical milestones, such as landing new major accounts, launching new products, hiring key team members or securing patents and trademarks.

We’re just now getting to the oneyear anniversary of our first cohort’s graduation, when we’ll start collecting detailed data on company growth and economic impact.”

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BY Dan Hesse dhesse@mountainx.com Federal funds are helping small businesses in Western North Carolina get to the next level. A $1.25 million Small Business Administration grant is fueling a Mountain BizWorks initiative called ScaleUp WNC. The program aims to educate participants about best practices while giving them access to peers who’ve successfully grown businesses — and capital to help make it happen. The goal is to increase revenue and, in turn, create local jobs.

WNC is one of eight regions nationwide targeted by the ScaleUp America program. matt raker, Mountain BizWorks’ director of community investment, says those regions were chosen for their economic vitality and support for entrepreneurs.

Many companies, he notes, succeed in getting off the ground but lack the resources to continue the upward trajectory that’s needed to increase profitability. ScaleUp, says Raker, offers unique opportunities to select small-business owners and managers.

“Accomplished mentors and advisers engage with the participants one-onone, providing support and technical assistance that can make all the difference in reaching their goals. And for those accepted into the program, this all happens at no cost to them.”

In the local program, two-thirds of participants are women or minorities or operate in a rural community.

Launched last year, it already has 30 graduates, and 15 more are currently taking the eight-session course. By 2020, Raker predicts, “ScaleUp WNC will have invested in the management and leadership development of 150 high-potential small businesses across the region. Many of them are now on track to hire 15, 25 or more employees over the coming years.

Others may have less job creation but will be national or international leaders in their field.”

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wnC’S BaCkBone: Employers with one to four workers constitute the largest pool of businesses in Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Madison counties. ScaleUp WNC aims to help startups meet growth goals and increase job opportunities. Graphic by Alane Mason based on numbers from the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Sports, says he hit a point where he wasn’t sure what to do with his business.

The ScaleUp WNC alum says his business got off to a great start but quickly plateaued. “To keep that growth, you gotta do exponentially more, and that means scaling the business,” he explains, adding, “It’s tough taking something that cruised along nice and easy, and then you realize you need to ramp it up to the next level of growth.”

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Masters says his five-year goal is to have upwards of $2 million in annual sales and then look for a buyer. As for his current reality, he acknowledges with a chuckle, “I’m still in that awkward stage of growth, but now I’m moving forward with a much clearer picture of how to structure my business for that growth, rather than just moving along. I’ve figured out how to work on the business rather than within the business.”

The current group’s goals are as varied as the companies they represent. melanie boggs, co-owner of the West Asheville-based Brian Boggs Chairmakers, says her business has seven full-time employees; her plan is to expand to about 20 people and find an industry partner to build their furniture designs. The program, says Boggs, provides “an opportunity to be in a think tank with other local businesses.” laura stewart, co-owner of Organic Planet Cleaning in Asheville, says getting current finances in order is imperative. “To understand how your business is going to grow and where you can take it, you really need to get a good grasp of your financial worksheets,” notes Stewart. ScaleUp, she continues, “is like a boot camp.

I could sit in an accounting class all day and just be bored to tears, but this is more involved.” Stewart says her three- to five-year goal is to have 10 employees making at least $50,000 a year.

Local business mentors are helping these entrepreneurs take aim at their goals. Asheville resident ray green, CEO of the Florida-based Paradigm Learning, donates his business simulation products to ScaleUp WNC. His company typically works with such corporate heavy hitters as Boeing and Halliburton. But as Green points out, “We were a small business 22 years ago, so we looked at the opportunity to donate our programs to the smallbusiness community of Asheville. We

Get your Game on: ScaleUp WNC participants engage with a Paradigm Learning business simulation that’s disguised as a game. Photo by Dan Hesse think small businesses are the backbone of our economy.” The daily sessions Paradigm Learning offers to all ScaleUp WNC participants, he notes, would normally cost $500 per person per day.

SuStained Growth Access to business simulations is precisely the kind of insider industry experience daniel Klein says he needs. The owner of the Swannanoa-based Port City Amplification recently bought out two silent partners and needs a better understanding of business finance and marketing in order to achieve his goals.

“I don’t know of any other program like this that’s free and gets you in touch with so many knowledgeable people about how to grow and scale a business, how to work with lowering overall costs, how to get in touch with nontraditional funding sources. … Everything about this program is unique.”

Klein hopes to move his operations to a bigger warehouse and

expand from one full-time employee to “double digits.” And if it pans out, he’d like to contribute his own expertise as a ScaleUp mentor.

Getting accepted into the program, though, isn’t easy: More than 45 businesses applied for the 15 available slots in the current course.

Each business can send up to two representatives, for a maximum of 30 participants.

“We’re looking for small businesses — and, specifically, their founder or management teams — that have demonstrated initial success in the marketplace and have the capacity for significant growth,” Raker explains. “The type of business is less important: Our alumni include everything from software to consumer products to professional services companies. What’s more important is their potential for sustained growth and, ultimately, to create quality jobs and economic opportunity for our region.”

Applications (due by Sunday, April 17) are being accepted for ScaleUp WNC’s next course, which starts in June. Details and the application form are at scaleupwnc.com. X

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It might seem counterintuitive, but arguing is the cornerstone of a group of over 100 high schoolers. The Asheville High-SILSA Speech and Debate Team is enjoying record numbers this school year, with 102 participants. Five of those members are carrying on a tradition of competing at the highest level by going to national championships later this year — a feat the team has accomplished 16 years running, and 19 of the last 20 years.

While its competitive success is a decadeslong legacy, the team started small. Head Coach Keith pittman took over a fledgling team in 1994 that was propped up by two members.

Pittman says today’s record membership is a testament to victories of past teams, “I think the growth can be attributed to the program feeding off of itself over the years. As the team has become more active and successful and nationally known, more students have wanted to be a part of it. Many students have recruited their friends, and the program has exploded, especially in the last four years.”

During those past four years, students like caleb walker wilson, a senior and four-year debate veteran, have created a welcoming environment to match the fiercely competitive atmosphere. Walker Wilson says debate is often seen as an individual sport, but insists you can’t go it alone. “Often we wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning and take a bus to Charlotte or other places, and then we’re super stressed out and thinking on our feet all day. So that sort of pressure calls for friendship that is forged out of necessity, but then it becomes a really

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organic and beneficial friendship among people in different grades and that do different things outside of debate. It’s a really good way to bridge barriers between sports, the classroom or other extracurriculars.”

Junior and team captain isaac pohl-zaretsky agrees that there is strength in numbers, “Our team really is a tight-knit community, despite the fact that it’s huge, every single person knows each other’s name. Every single person is an incredibly amazing person to be around. You really feel like you’re part of a family.”

A sense of family is just what lizzie berlin, a junior and three-year participant, was looking for when she moved from California. Taking the step to join the team has paid off by improving her writing and communication skills, but she says it’s the intangibles that make it truly special, “We’ve really become like a family and it’s made everything a lot easier having someone else to talk to, whether you’re talking about debate or what you watched on TV last night.”

Berlin says her debate family goes far beyond conversations, as was confirmed while participating in a fundraiser for cystic fibrosis, a condition her mother, who recently passed away, was diagnosed with. “The debate team came and we all did the fundraiser together. They really supported my family, and it was when I realized the people on the debate team were really the people I want to surround myself with.”

Pittman adds, “I was so proud of them. It was one of the most touching moments I have ever observed as a coach and

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shows that we are more than just a team. We are truly a family.” chloe dennison, a junior and threeyear member, also came to the team as a freshman looking for a sense of place.

“I was an incredibly shy middle schooler and my English teacher suggested I start debate to get public speaking skills, and I fell in love with it.” She says, outside of community, a major aspect of the team is expanding their horizons. “We want to win trophies and come home champions, but it’s not the most important part. The most important part is learning to be more aware of the world around us and become more conscious of the political scene in modern American and the world, and it’s really nice to do that with a group like-minded teenagers.”

Walker Wilson says researching different sides of issues helps you become more receptive other ideologies. “It definitely helps you take information you don’t always agree with and learn what people who agree with that think. And that not only helps you win a debate round, but it helps you become more accepting to different opinions, which is something we definitely need in our current political climate.” mira carlinnia, a junior and threeyear team member, was another freshman looking for an accepting environment where she could grow as a person. She admits to having been tentative about fitting in at first, but says those doubts quickly dissipated.

“I struggled with self confidence a lot freshman year, and [debate team] definitely helped me become more sure of myself and know I can do a lot more than I think.” She says that’s playing a big part in setting the table for her future, “Debate has made me more confident in myself and my abilities. It made me more confident to write and talk about myself, which is a big part of the college application process.”

While debate team members are immersed in their present life and circle of friends, they are keenly aware of life after high school. PohlZaretsky says meeting people while competing forges future connections.

“Working with people from around the Southern region, and across the country, has allowed me to build relationships that have served me in a professional way,” he says.

Pittman says it’s a joy watching the students evolve during their time in debate. “The biggest area of growth I see is in confidence as a speaker. When students graduate from the speech and debate team, they leave as confident and polished speakers who are ready to take on

just about anything life has to offer.”

And while life offers victories and defeats, Berlin says that’s all the more reason to be part of a community. “It’s not about winning every week. It feels great to win, but it’s about the family and friends you’ve made through debate, and that’s the most important thing for people to remember. Just because you don’t have success doesn’t mean you should give up, because it’s not just about winning a trophy. It’s about the experiences that you have.”

Mathews will compete in Extemporaneous The Asheville High-SILSA Speech and Speaking; and Mira Carlinnia will compete Debate Team is sending five members to in Program Oral Interpretation. The cost to national championships in two different send team members to both events comes to leagues. In the Catholic Forensic League more than $18,000, for which the team has nationals, being held Memorial Day weekend already raised about $14,000. An upcoming in Sacramento, Calif., Elizabeth Propst will fundraiser debate, sponsored by Gum Hillier compete in Congressional Debate and David & McCroskey, P.A., features area lawyers Mathews will participate in Extemporaneous Pressure Washing • Painting Interior/Exterior and debate team members on Friday, April Speaking. In the National Speech and Debate Assembly • National Welding • Remodeling • Landscaping 29, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the Asheville High Association Championship, being Removal • Tile & Stone Arts Theater. The event is free, donations held Graffi June ti12-18 in Salt Lake City,Installation Elizabeth Propst, Ethan Heilih and Isaac Pat Pohl-Zaretsky • Local, Insured • Call Anytime! accepted. Food will be available before and after the event. X will compete in 828.620.1844 Congressional Debate; David

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animalS Charlie’S anGelS animal reSCue 885-3647, wncanimalrescue.org • WE (4/13), 6pm - Adoptable pet night. Free to attend. Held at Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville leiCeSter Community Center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook. com/Leicester.Community.Center • SA (4/16), 10am-2pm - Low Cost Rabies Clinic and Brother Wolf Adoption event. Free to attend. tryon doGGie day 436-0025, huckleberrystore@aol.com • SA (4/16), 11am-2pm Downtown Tryon dog celebration with dog fashion show, doggie artwork, mobile vet, dog adoptions.

Free to attend. Held in Downtown Tryon, 62 North Trade St., Tryon

BenefitS aSheville muSiC SChool BeatleS Benefit ashevillemusicschool.org

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SprinG niGht-Sky oBServation: The public is invited to join PARI astronomers for a look at the night sky Saturday, April 16.

PARI astronomers will point out the spring constellations and use PARI telescopes for viewing various celestial objects, including the great red spot on Jupiter and four of Jupiter’s brightest moons. The second Friday of every month Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute holds an “Evening with PARI” event, which includes a lecture, tour of the facilities and night sky observation. For more information or for reservations contact PARI at 862-5554 or schappell@pari.edu. Photo courtesy of PARI (p. 20)

• TH (4/21), 6pm - Proceeds from this concert featuring AMS teachers and students performing The Beatles’ Abbey Road benefit asheville music school. $15/$12 advance/$6 children under 11.

Held at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall, 743 Haywood Road Ballad Benefit for BoBBy mCmillon whitehorseblackmountain.com • SU (4/17), 7:30pm - Proceeds from this live music benefit with performances from Shelia Kay Adams and Bobby McMillan benefit Bobby mcmillon’s heart surgery and car accident expenses. $15/$12 advance. Held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain Bowl-a-thon Benefit bowlathon.nnaf.org/fundpage. asp?Branchid=122 • SU (4/17), 3-5pm - Proceeds from this bowling event benefit the carolina abortion Fund.

Registration required. Admission by donation. Held at Sky Lanes, 1477 Patton Ave. emptea BowlS fundraiSer • SU (4/17), 3:30-7pm - Proceeds from this fundraising pottery sale with live music benefit the

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apprenticeship program at the Dr. John wilson community garden. Free to attend. Held at Dobra Tea Room Black Mountain, 120 Broadway St., Black Mountain founderS day CeleBration & mud run 21 Innovation Drive, 318-8140, franklinschoolofinnovation.org • SU (4/17), 2-5pm - Proceeds from this student-designed 1.75 mile mud run and celebration featuring food, games and musical performances benefit the Franklin school of innovation.

Free to attend. harmonia By the water facebook.com/ events/1688752578063898 • SU (4/17), 2pm - Proceeds from this brunch with live music, games and thrift bazaar benefit Harmonia. $10. Held at Bywater, 796 Riverside Drive kidS Stuff rummaGe Sale jcc-asheville.org • SU (4/17), 9am-2pm - Proceeds from this sale featuring a wide array of children’s clothing, equipment, toys, books, and maternity clothes benefit the Jcc’s shalom children’s center scholarships.

Free to attend. Held at Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. 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. SonG o’ Sky ChoruS 866-824-9547, songosky.org • FR (4/15) 7pm - Proceeds from this concert benefit the north Buncombe music scholarship.

Admission by donation. Held at First Baptist Church of Weaverville, 63 N. Main St., Weaverville Swannanoa valley monteSSori SprinG flinG Benefit • SA (4/16), noon-6pm - Proceeds from this disc golf tournament, silent auction, family fun booths and live music event benefit the swannanoa Valley montessori school. Free to attend. Held at Pisgah Brewing Company, 150 East Side Dr., Black Mountain

BuSineSS & teChnoloGy a-B teCh Small BuSineSS Center 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted.

• 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. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler ameriCan advertiSinG federation of aSheville 551-6355, aafasheville.org • TU (4/19), 11:30am-1pm “Finding Your Flavor: How to Leverage Your Uniqueness,” luncheon and presentation by Jose Castillo. $22/$18 members. Held at Strada Italiano, 27 Broadway aSheville inveStment CluB sites.google.com/site/ ashevilleinvestmentclub, ashevilleic2005@gmail.com • FR (4/15), 11:30am-12:30pm - Monthly meeting to discuss

current investments and vote on buying/selling stocks held by club. Free to attend. Held at Travinia Italian Restaurant, 264 Thetford St. G&w inveStment CluB klcount@aol.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 11:45am General meeting. Free to attend.

Held at Black Forest Restaurant, 2155 Hendersonville Road, Arden one million CupS of Coffee 1millioncups.com/asheville • WEDNESDAYS, 9am Presentations by local highgrowth startup businesses for entrepreneurs. Free. Held at RISC Networks, 81 Broadway Suite C wnC natural health & wellneSS meetup.com/WNC-NaturalHealth-Wellness • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3pm Networking event for natural health & wellness practitioners. Free to attend. Held at Western North Carolina School of Massage, 131 McDowell St. Suite 302

ClaSSeS, meetinGS & eventS Blue ridGe rollerGirlS are BaCk! (pd.) SA (4/16), 5pm & 7pm - A portion of proceeds from Roller Derby Bouts between the Blue Ridge Rollergirls & the Charlotte Rollergirls benefit the Iron Girls. Adults $13, Teens $11, Children Free under 10.

Held at the US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St. More at www.blueridgerollergirls.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 828337-6749. More classes, info and registration at www.lindapannullomosaics.com 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 area haBitat for humanity 251-5702, ashevillehabitat.org, emellert@ashevillehabitat.org • FR (4/15), 3:30pm - Dedication of two business bungalow Habitat houses in West Asheville.

Registration required: 210-9363.

Free. Park at Biltmore Baptist Church, 220 Johnston Blvd. and ride the shuttle to the site. aSheville art muSeum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • SA (4/16), 8:30am-2:30pm 16th annual More Than Math professional development CEU workshop for fifth and sixth grade teachers. Registration required: 253-3227, ext. 124.

Free to attend.

BunComBe County puBliC liBrarieS buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (4/15), 4pm - “Game Day!” Board games available for kids of

all ages. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • WE (4/20), 5pm - “Swannanoa Knitters and Stitchers,” needlework group for all skill levels.

Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • WE (4/20), 4pm - “Coloring & Conversation,” coloring club for adults. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa

Mortgages: Learn the basics about Reverse Mortgages,” seminar.

• FR (4/15), noon-1:30pm “Understanding Credit. Get it.

Keep it. Improve it.” Seminar.

• WE (4/20), 9:30-11am “Understanding Reverse Mortgages,” seminar. Held at Self-Help Credit Union, 855 Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville

ColBurn earth SCienCe muSeum 2 South Pack Square, 254-7162, colburnmuseum.org Located in Pack Place.

• SA (4/16), 1-4pm - “Moth Math Citizen Teacher Training,” for teachers or pre-service teachers. Registration required: edu@ colburnmuseum.org. Free to attend.

• WE (4/20), 4-5pm - Hard-Hat Tour of AMOS and The Collider.

Free. Held at AMOS and The Collider in the Wells Fargo Building, intersection of Patton Ave. & Church St.

ShowinG up for raCial JuStiCe showingupforracialjustice.org • 3rd TUESDAYS, 7pm Coalition building session. Free.

Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road • TUESDAYS, 10am-noon Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road

ethiCal humaniSt SoCiety of aSheville 687-7759, aeu.org • SU (4/17), 2-3:30pm – “The Promise of Humanism,” presentation by Fred Edwords. Free to attend. Held at the Asheville Friends Meetinghouse, 227 Edgewood Road foothillS ConServanCy of north Carolina 437-9930, foothillsconservancy.org • Through FR (4/22) - Open registration for the 20th Anniversary Celebration taking place on Saturday, April, 23 from 11am3pm at Camp Golden Valley.

Registration: 437-9930. Free. friendS of hiCkory nut GorGe 685-8798, friendsofhng.org • TH (4/21), 6pm - “Legislation in the Hickory Nut Gorge, 2016 Advocacy Considerations,” meeting. Free to attend. Held at Lake Lure Inn and Spa, 2771 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure leiCeSter Community Center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook. com/Leicester.Community.Center • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering general meeting. Free. ontraCk wnC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 2555166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (4/13), 5:30-7pm “Understanding Reverse

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

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wnC phySiCianS for SoCial reSponSiBility 633-0892, wncpsr.org, info@wncpsr.org • 3rd FRIDAYS, noon-2pm - Monthly meeting. BYO lunch. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak 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

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faraway neiGhBorS: Africa Healing Exchange is one of many local organizations with ties to Rwanda. The nonprofit’s founder, Sara Stender, works to implement business development in the country, while companies like Dynamite Roasting Co. and Dobra Tea lend support by buying Rwandan products for resale. Photo courtesy of Africa Healing Exchange what: Africa Healing Exchange’s benefit show, featuring Laura Reed, Seeko and Kinobe where: White Horse Black Mountain when: Thursday, April 21, at 6 p.m. why: In its mission to create “a sustainable and innovative model for ending the cycle of trauma throughout the world,” Africa Healing Exchange has launched a resilience-building pilot program in Rwanda. The locally based nonprofit couples entrepreneurial training with evidence-supported techniques for releasing trauma and stress, according to founder and executive director sara stender.

“In June 2015, AHE helped a group of women in the western province of Rwanda to form the district’s first all-women association,” she explains. “The women are part of a coffee farming community, and most of them were in Rwanda during the Genocide of 1994 and are living on less than $2 per day.”

Those women requested assistance in replacing chronic stress with more harmony in their homes and opted to be called UMUTUZO, which means “resilience” in the native language Kinyarwandan. With AHE’s continued help, they’re running

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two new businesses: a cabbage farm and pepper farm.

Stender often leads Western North Carolina residents on trips to the women’s region, but this time, she’s highlighting some sounds, sights and tastes of Africa at home during a community fundraiser. Performing acts include South African singer Laura Reed, Congolese fire eater Seeko and Ugandan multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Kinobe. Offstage, Rwandan coffee and tea and handmade wares like bags, jewelry and gift cards will be for sale (cash only).

For an extra $10, attendees can opt into a dinner catered

by The Kente Kitchen, which specializes in West African cuisine. Owner ramona young’s feast offers two rice dishes (including one vegan, gluten-free option) plus African ras el hanout chicken, which calls for her own savory blend of coriander, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon and more. AHE partners Dynamite Roasting Co. and Dobra Tea will also pour drinks sourced from Rwandan soil.

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aSheville movement ColleCtive ashevillemovementcollective.org • FRIDAYS, 7:30-8:30pm - Noninstructional, free-form dance within community. $8-$20. Held at NYS3, 2002 Riverside Drive, Studio 42-O Loft I • SUNDAYS, 9am & 11am- Noninstructional, free-form dance within community. $8-$20. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway Southern liGhtS Square and round danCe CluB 697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (4/16), 6pm - “April Flowers Bring May Flowers,” themed dance. Free to attend. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

feStivalS puBliC eventS at wCu 227-7397, wcu.edu • WE (4/13), 11am-2:30pm International Festival, with flag parade, live international music and dance, and food and craft vendors. on Wednesday, April 13.

Free to attend. Held on the lawn of the Hinds University Center.

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/thewelcome-table • SUNDAYS, 4:30pm - Community meal. Free. Held at Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood St. fairview welCome taBle fairviewwelcometable.com • THURSDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - Community lunch. Admission by donation. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old Us Highway 74, Fairview leiCeSter Community Center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook. com/Leicester.Community.Center • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm Welcome Table meal. Free.

• 3rd TUESDAYS, 2:30-3:30pm - Manna FoodBank distribution, including local produce. Free.

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livinG weB farmS 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River, 5051660, livingwebfarms.org • FR (4/15), 6pm - Dairy fermentation demonstration and book reading by David Asher. Free.

• SA (4/16), 10am-5pm - “The Art of Natural Cheesemaking,” workshop with David Asher. $30.

Government & politiCS aSheville CannaBiS leGalization meetup.com/Asheville-CannabisLegalization-Meetup • SA (4/16), 1pm - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Rd. fireStorm Cafe and BookS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • TH (4/14), 7pm - “District Nomination: What’s It All About?”Participants explore district nomination, as a technologybased reform for electoral politics.

Free to attend. henderSon County demoCratiC party 692-6424, myhcdp.com • WE (4/13), 9am - General meeting and discussion. Free to attend. Held at Mike’s on Main, 303 N. Main St., Hendersonville

kidS anam Cara theatre 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 10-noon - Tiny Tots Circus Playtime with aerials, clowning, balance and acrobatics. Children up to 6 years old. $5. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B aSheville art muSeum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • TU (4/19), 10:30-11:30am - “Tot Time,” activities for children.

Admission fees apply. attiC Salt theatre Company 505-2926 • SATURDAYS through (4/23), 10am - Echo, Narcissus, Icarus and Friends: Greek Myths. $5.

Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. BunComBe County puBliC liBrarieS buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (4/15), 4pm - “Asheville Greenworks: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle,” Earth Day

presentation for ages 5 and up.

Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • FR (4/15), 4-5pm - “Reading with J.R. the Therapy Dog.” For ages 6-12. Register for 15 minute sessions: 250-47520. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • FR (4/15), 4:30-6pm - “After School Alien Invasion Film Series,” Muppets From Space. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • TU (4/19), 9:30am & 10:45am - “Preschoolers We Love You!” Variety show for preschoolers.

Registration required for school groups: 250-4729. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (4/20), 3:30pm - “Makers and Shakers: Mega-Magazine Fun,” magazine craft projects for ages 5 and up. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TH (4/21), 9:30am & 10:45am - “Preschoolers We Love You!” Variety show for preschoolers.

Registration required for school groups: 250-4729. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • TH (4/21), 3:15pm - Constance Lombardo presents a slide show, reading, and hands-on activities for her book Mr. Puffball: Stunt Cat to the Stars. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road ColBurn earth SCienCe muSeum 254-7162, colburnmuseum.org • FR (4/15), 2-4:30pm - Grove Stone Quarry and stream tour with Hedrick Industries. $10. Held at Grove Stone & Sand Company, 842 Old US Highway 70, Black Mountain • SU (4/17), 2-4pm - Geology tour of Downtown Asheville. Free with admission. Held in Pack Place, 2 South Pack Square fletCher liBrary 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am Family story time. Free. handS on! a Children’S Gallery 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-8333 • TUESDAYS through (4/26), 11am - “Mad Science Lab: Seed Survivor,” activities for kids about seeds. $7/Free for members. 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

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Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive, Rosman, 862-5554, pari.edu • SA (4/16), 8-10:30pm - Outdoor spring night sky observation. Registration required. $15/Free for 10 and under.

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. kids fishing derby hendersonvillesistercities.org • SA (4/16), 8-11:30am - Buncombe County Recreation Services catch and release fishing tournament for kids up to 15 years old. $5. Registration: tinyurl. com/hr7rsoj. Held at Owen Park Ponds, Swannanoa

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

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.

• TU (4/19), 1pm - “NC Science Festival Mini BioBlitz,” citizen science project to identify, count, and record species.

Swannanoa Valley Museum Hikes

N.C. Arboretum 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 6652492, 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 • FR (4/15), 6pm - Teen Book Club: Half Lost by Sally Green. Free to attend.

• SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

Outdoors Holmes Educational State Forest 1299 Crab Creek Road, Hendersonville, 692-0100 • SA (4/16), 10am-noon - Guided twohour spring wildflower hike. Registration required: 692-0100. Free.

transylvania county library 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard, 884-3151 • TH (4/14), 6:30pm - Author David “Awol” Miller discusses his thru-hike experience as well as gear and logistics needed for hiking the Appalachian Trail. Free.

• TH (4/21), 6:30pm - Workshop regarding planning for hiking the Appalachian Trail

by Leanna Joyner of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Free. ymca of wnc 210-2265 , ymcawnc.org • SU (4/17), 8:45am – 6-mile, easy to moderate hike along the French Broad River. Register: 318-9624. Free/$5 optional carpool. Meets at the Woodfin YMCA, 30 Woodfin St.

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Lake James State Park 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 Programs are free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (4/15), 8:50am - “Holly Discovery Trail Bird Hike,” easy ranger led bird-watching hike.

• SA (4/16), 1pm - “Park Plans: Past, Present & Future,” presentation by Park Superintendant Nora Coffey. Bring picnic lunch.

• SA (4/16), 8pm - “Astronomy for Everyone,” star gazing with the Catawba Valley Astronomy Club. Registration required.

• SU (4/17), 2pm - “Wildflower Hike,” ranger led hike and wildflower identification along the Fox Den Loop Trail.

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669-9566, swannanoavalleymuseum.org • SA (4/16), 8am - Moderate to difficult 6.0 mile hike along the eastern boundary of Montreat. Register for location: 669-9566. $50/$30 members.

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Hot Springs Community Trailfest 622-9575, hsclc.org/newsevents/trailfest.html • FR (4/15) through SU (4/17) - Outdoor celebration with family friendly activities, music, games and climbing wall. See website for full schedule. Free to attend. Held on Bridge Street, Hot Springs

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262 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, 456-7311 • TH (4/21), 6pm - Dinner with a Doc: “First Aid Every Parent Should Know” presentation by pediatrician James Guerriere.

Registration required: 800-424-3627. Free to attend.

Verner Center for Early Learning 2586 Riceville Road, vernerearlylearning.org/ • Through MO (4/18) - Open registration for parenting workshop for parents and caregivers who are military veterans and/ or family members of veterans. Classes take place TUESDAYS (4/19) through (5/10), 5:30-7pm. Free.

Youth OUTright 772-1912, youthoutright.org • 3rd SATURDAYS, 11am - Middle school discussion group. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

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Public Lectures Firestorm Cafe and Books 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • SU (4/17), 3pm - “Open Borders, Undocumented Immigrants & Desperate Refugees: A Chomsky Inspired Approach to Migration,” presentation by Professor Robert Barsky. Free to attend.

Jackson County Public Library 310 Keener St., Sylva, 586-2016, fontanalib.org/sylva • WE (4/13), 4pm - Mario Rollig, a gay man imprisoned by the East German government in the 1980s, presentation. Free.

Public Lectures at UNCA unca.edu • TU (4/19), 7pm - Staff from the Asheville Nature Conservancy office speaks about local land protection goals, forest restoration, and conservation focuses.

Free. Held in the Reuter Center.

Public Lectures at WCU wcu.edu • WE (4/13), 4-5:30pm - Global Spotlight Series:“Africa in World Affairs,” panel discussion. Free. Held in the Hinds University Center.

Saluda Historic Depot 32 W. Main St., Saluda, facebook.com/savesaludadepot • FR (4/15), 6:30pm - Saluda Train Tales: Dean Campbell presents stories and ballads. Free to attend.

Seniors Buncombe County Public Libraries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/ library • TU (4/19), 6pm - “How To Maximize Your retirement Money,” presentation by financial advisor Nathan Garnett.

Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. 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.

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, info@ashevillesoundhealing.com • SATURDAYS, 11am & SUNDAYS, noon Healing concert with crystal bowls, gongs and chanting. Free to attend. Held at Skinny Beats Drum Shop and Gallery, 4 Eagle St. Grace Lutheran Church 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • 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 through (5/12), 6:30-8pm “Bringing Zen to Life: A Six Week Series to Empower Practice for Challenging Times,” zen meditation, teachings, discussion and practice presented by Windhorse Zen Community. Admission by donation.

OM Sanctuary 87 Richmond Hill Drive, 505-2300 • SATURDAYS, 11am-noon - Meditation session. Admission by donation.

Out to the Nations LGBT Christian Conference ottn.info • FR (4/15) through SU (4/17) - Annual conference with LGBT and straight Christian leaders, believers and allies. See website for full schedule. Free. Held at East-West, 278 Haywood Road share international southeast 398-0609, share-international.us/se/ • SA (4/16), 2pm - Presentation about Maitreya the World Teacher and the Masters of Wisdom. Free. held at the Asheville Friends Meetinghouse, 227 Edgewood Road The Center for Spiritual Emergence 7 Beaverdam Road • WE (4/13), 7pm - “The Emerging Cosmic Story,” lecture and discussion. $5-$10.

Spoken & Written Word Asheville Storytelling Circle 274-1123, ashevillestorycircle.org • 3rd MONDAYS, 7-9pm - Free.

Meets at Asheville Terrace, 200 Tunnel Road Blue Ridge Books 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am Banned Book Club. Free to attend.

Buffalo Nickel 747 Haywood Road, 575-2844, buffalonickelavl.com • WE (4/20), 7pm - Spoken word openmic hosted by David Joe Miller and Chuck Fink. Sign-up at 6:30pm. Free to attend.

Buncombe County Public Libraries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/ library Free unless otherwise noted.

• Through SA (4/30) - Half-price spring book sale. Free to attend.

Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • FR (4/15), 10am-6pm & SA (4/16), 10am-4pm - Friends of the EnkaCandler Branch Library book sale.

Free to attend. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TU (4/19), 7pm - Black Mountain Mystery Book Club: At Risk by Stella Rimington. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • TU (4/19), 7pm - Fairview Evening Book Club: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • TH (4/21), 2:30pm - Skyland Book Club: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road Firestorm Cafe and Books 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 Free unless otherwise noted.

• SU (4/17), 7pm - Rachel Bell reads from her new work, Welcome To Your New Life With You Being Happy.

• Su (4/17), 5pm - Author event for Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines.

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.

Henderson County Public Library 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 697-4725 • TH (4/14), noon - Literary Lunch: Presentation by author Rose Senehi.

Free.

• FR (4/15), 10-noon - “I Love My Library” event with library services demonstrations, class and workshop information, crafts for kids and a raffle.

Free.

H u moR • TH (4/21), 1:30-3:30pm - “The Power of Poetry: In Times of Abundance, Loss, Dramatic Change,” presented by Martha O. Adams. Free. 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.

• FR (4/15), 1:30-3:30pm - “Joy of Writing Haiku,” workshop. Free.

• SU (4/17), 2pm - “Tiny Volumes: The Resurgence of the Chapbook,” presentation by Kathy Ackerman. $35.

• TU (4/19), noon - “Why Poetry?” Panel discussion. Free.

• TH (4/21), 7pm - “Literary Open Stage.” Share your favorite poems by other poets with the audience. Free. malaprop’S BookStore and Cafe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• 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.

• FR (4/15), 7pm - Fred Chappell presents his new fantasy novel, A Shadow All of Light.

• SA (4/16), 7pm - Domnica Radulescu presents her book, Country of Red Azaleas.

• SU (4/17), 3pm - Writers at Home Reading Series featuring work from UNCA’s Great Smokies Writing Program and The Great Smokies Review.

• SU (4/17), 5pm - Robert Morgan presents his new book, Chasing the North Star.

• MO (4/18), 7pm - Writer’s Coffeehouse with Jake Bible. Open to writers of all experience levels.

• WE (4/20), 7pm - Ernest Cline presents his book, Armada.

• TH (4/21), 7pm - “Humanities Moments and the Heroic,” presentation by Robert Newman from the National Humanities Center. north Carolina writerS’ network ncwriters.org • 3rd MONDAYS, 5:30-7:30pm - Open mic for poetry and prose. Free. Held at Hendersonville Public Library, 301 N Washington St., Hendersonville

BiG ivy Community Center 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438 • SA (4/16), 8am-2pm - Community Center spring clean-up.

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. handS on aSheville-BunComBe 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org Registration required.

• SA (4/16), 2-5pm - Volunteer at a nonprofit resale store to accept donations. Register for full guidelines.

• SU (4/17), 1-2:30pm - Knit hats for newborns, expectant mothers and the homeless. All skill levels welcome. Register for full guidelines.

• MO (4/18), 6-8:30pm - Help bake cookies for hospice patients and their families. Register for full guidelines.

• TU (4/19), 4-6pm - Assist with unpacking and pricing merchandise at a nonprofit, fair-trade retail store. Register for full guidelines. homeStead hoSpiCe & palliative Care 127 Sunset Ridge Road, Clyde, 452-5039, haymed.org/locations/the-homestead • TU (4/19), 9am-12:30pm - Hospice volunteer orientation session. Registration required: 4525039. Free. homeward Bound of wnC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org • 3rd THURSDAYS, 11am - “Welcome Home Tour,” tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population. Registration required.

Free to attend. puBliC eventS at wCu 227-7397, wcu.edu • SA (4/16), 11am-1pm - Tuckasegee River cleanup hosted by Base Camp Cullowhee. Meet at the Hinds Center lawn.

SynerGy Story Slam avl.mx/0gd • WE (4/13), 7:30pm - Storytelling open mic on the theme of “Identity.” Free to attend. Held at Odditorium, 1045 Haywood Road

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thomaS wolfe memorial 52 N. Market St., 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • TH (4/14), 10am - Short Story Book Club: Chickamauga discussion led Michael Sartisky. Free.

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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.

170 Lyman St., 252-8474 ext.11 • WE (4/13), 10am & 5:30pm - Volunteer information sessions. Free.

rotariansagainsthunger.org, rawlingswc@gmail. com • SA (4/16), 9am-4pm - Rotarians Against Hunger 2016: Volunteer to help package 300,000 meals to feed the hungry. Free. Held at Reuter YMCA, 3 Town Center Blvd.

Sandhill Community Garden tabbybrickley@gmail.com • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm & SATURDAYS, 9-11am - Volunteer in the garden. Held at Buncombe County Sports Park, 58 APAC Drive For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/volunteering

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Near-death experiences in WNC

BY nancY BaumgaRten

a beautiful passing

nancy@profoundawareness.org pam trull says she died on the operating table at Memorial Mission Hospital three times back in 1996 while being treated for potentially fatal blood clots in her feet.

During those episodes, Trull, then 38 years old, says she went down a long, dark tunnel. “I saw heads with no face and long arms but no body. The foggy figures were trying to pull me through the tunnel to the white, very bright light.

I fought them all the way, not to go through.”

Asked if she’s ever shared her experiences with anyone, the lifelong WNC resident says,“Oh, yes!

Dr. ted humble saved my life. He’s a very unique doctor: He came to my bed and sat down and talked with me as a person. I asked him if I’d died on the table. He said: ‘Yes, I lost you three times. Why do you ask?’

I told him about my three experiences, and he said other patients have shared their stories, including the fog figures.”

Trull says she asked Humble, her surgeon, to validate her experience because “I didn’t want anyone to think later that maybe it was all some medication making me delusional.”

In 2003, Canton resident michael love, a self-described “country boy” from East Tennessee, was traveling in the Raleigh area; he was 41. “As a passenger in a car on a four-lane highway, I was at a low point in my life. I had just been praying to myself, ‘Help me, God!’ when a pickup truck from the opposite side of highway veered over and drove straight into us. The auto exploded. I was thrown through the air.” Love was later told that he’d been declared dead for seven minutes at the hospital.

“The first thing I was aware of was that I was alive,” he recalls. “I was 50 feet in the air looking down on my body lying there, and they were shocking me and then covering my head and saying, ‘It’s too late: We can’t save him.’

“I went through a tunnel of light.

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pat douGhten “I was a young geologist from the University of Pennsylvania, working in Louisiana to help recover a broken underwater pipe,” says pat doughten, a 74-year-old Buncombe County resident who’d owned property here for years before he and his wife moved to the area in 2006. “I was diving offshore, attached to a rope, when my hands caught in the casing and I began to run out of air. I pulled on the rope to get pulled up. I began surfacing but forgot about how strong the Mississippi River current was and mashed my head on the barge as I came up,” he says. “I saw my body being lifted out of the crew boat into my Land Rover.

“My wife was there with her lovely Irish red hair,” and as the vision continued to unfold, “I observed my coffin being transported to the back of my vehicle with my wife standing next to it with her perky Irish smile. When I saw the sadness in her face, I had to struggle to get back, because I had more life to live and things to accomplish.”

But Doughten wasn’t finished with near-death experiences.

About 20 years later, he was travel-

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ing on business when he awoke in his hotel room with angina pain and couldn’t find his nitroglycerin pills. He called a colleague who was traveling with him and asked him to call 911, then made his way to the hotel lobby to await an ambulance.

“I remember the EMT saying, ‘No pulse.’ Next, I was in this huge, white, metallic-mercury, riflinglike barrel tube filled with glowing white light.

My body was going around and around, slowly down. It was really beautiful, not painful. At the bottom, a liquid white, and again, like my first NDE, I saw Sheila’s face.”

Even years later, the memory is still so powerful that Doughten has to stop and regroup. “It was all so welcoming,” he recalls. “I had a struggle to just let go: It was so peaceful. Next thing I knew, I opened my eyes in the ambulance as a young EMT looked back with big, wide eyes, saying, ‘Hey, he’s back!’ “‘Hey, thanks for hitting me with the nitro,’ I told him. I had begged him to just give me some before I passed out. In the hospital they checked me out and discharged me. I left out a garden door; it was sunny, and as I passed a magnolia tree, I swear I could see the water going through the veins of the leaves.”

Doughten says that as a young man, he was mostly career-driven. “The first experience became a catalyst for striving for success and never giving up. My second NDE, at middle age,” he recounts, “absolutely eliminated any fear of dying, or of public speaking. My personal knowledge is that transitions need not be painful or fearful: It can be a beautiful passing.” X

galactic, opaque water whirl.” And after some pretty dramatic experiences, continues Love, “I told them I didn’t want to go back, but they kept telling me, ‘Please go back: It’s critical.’”

These experiences are hardly flukes: Although estimates vary widely, many place the number of people reporting similar incidents in the millions. And while the details of those accounts may diverge, there are many common threads.

Since the 1970s, when NDEs first gained widespread public attention, the mainstream medical community has been sharply divided about both the cause and the meaning of these often life-altering experiences. In the ensuing decades, however, a growing body of research — driven in part by an increased recognition of how widespread the phenomenon appears to be, and how it correlates with developments in quantum mechanics and other fields — has been gradually shifting NDEs from the fringes of scientific inquiry more toward the center. diGGinG deeper Dr. elisabeth Kübler-ross, who spearheaded the hospice movement in the U.S., described her pioneering research in books such as On Life After Death. Dr. raymond moody coined the term “near-death experience” in his 1975 book Life After Life.

Mainstream response to their findings was largely skeptical, but other researchers also began looking into the subject. In 1978, psychiatrists Ken ring, bruce greyson and michael sabom helped form the Association for the Scientific Study of Near Death Phenomena, which later became the International Association for Near-Death Studies.

Greyson, who teaches at the University of Virginia, went on to develop the Greyson NDE Scale, a research instrument that attempts to quantify an inherently subjective experience. To gauge a particular NDE’s intensity and legitimacy, his 16-item questionnaire assigns numerical values in four key areas: cognitive (concerning thought processes), affective (concerning feelings or emotions), paranormal

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Dr. robert manasse, a retired dental surgeon and former professor of orthodontics at the University of Illinois, moved from Chicago to Weaverville with his wife late last year to be near her family. As a young college student, Manasse and a college buddy were on vacation when another vehicle ran them off a mountain road outside of Longmont, Colo.

“I was already in pre-med at college,” he reveals. “I found myself looking down at my body being worked on by docs, trying to get them to listen to me about what needed to be done. They were hurting me trying to get the defibrillator working. I went through a column of light and heard music. At the top of the tunnel was an intense light. My goal was to become a missionary, so I told them, ‘I have work to do here.’ I couldn’t stay.”

It was years before Manasse felt comfortable sharing his experiences with anyone. It took over two years just to relearn how to walk and use his hands, and he grew ever more convinced that helping others was his mission. As an orthodontist, he says, “I took on many years of volunteer work for orphan children and did other Rotary work.” X

(relating to psychic abilities, such as seeing the future) and transcendental (involving spirituality or enlightenment).

Meanwhile, the expanded view of human consciousness suggested by near-death experiences also had profound implications for the practice of medicine. In 1992, a committee of the National Institutes of Health’s newly formed Office of Alternative Medicine coined the term “biofield,” seeking a way to describe widely varying therapies that might be more acceptable to the mainstream scientific and health care communities.

“The genie was out of the bottle now,” British researcher thornton streeter of The Centre for Biofield Sciences commented in a 2014 lecture. The mainstream, he asserted, could no longer “be in denial about it, so let’s put some science on there.” That same year, the Office of Alternative Medicine was renamed the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.

Building on those early efforts, more recent researchers have delved ever more deeply into the near-death phenomenon.

A 2001 article by Dutch cardiologist pim van lommel in the British medical journal The Lancet flatly declared, “The NDE is an authentic experience which cannot be attributed to imagination, psychosis or oxygen deprivation.”

In 2012, two experienced neurosurgeons separately published books offering in-depth insights based on their own experiences. Proof of Heaven details Dr. eben alexander’s NDE while in a meningitis-induced coma; To Heaven and Back relates Dr. mary c. neal’s NDE when she almost drowned while kayaking.

And in 2014, Dr. sam parnia of Stony Brook University in New York completed a four-year study of over 2,000 cardiac arrest cases worldwide.

The study, the largest of its kind ever undertaken, raised fascinating questions about life after death, DNA and the collective unconscious.

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In his book Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience, van Lommel explains that after such a profound experience, patients’ personalities undergo a permanent change.

Back in 1977, p.m.h. atwater had three NDEs in the space of three months, which launched her on a lifelong path as an independent researcher and author. She’s interviewed more than 3,000 adults and 277 children reporting such experiences and has conducted studies to determine the frequency of NDEs in these populations. Repeatedly noticing striking similarities between NDEs and related phenomena such as out-of-body and past-life experiences, Atwater developed an extensive list of physiological and psychological aftereffects of NDEs. Her 1994 book, Beyond the Light, outlines the most common impacts.

They include increased sensitivity to sound and light, as well as more dramatic shifts such as energy surges, reversal of brain hemisphere dominance and a fundamental change in the way the person thinks. Adults, she found, tended to look and act younger; children looked and seemed more mature. Most subjects reported a loss of fear of death, increased spiritual or religious feeling, and generally greater openness.

In her blog The Spirit Way, former atheist nancy rynes, the author of Awakenings From the Light, says Greyson’s basic classification system has given her a sense of validation, knowing that her NDE is considered “real” in research circles.

Three of the six local people whose stories are included here answered the Greyson Scale questions over the phone. Two scored way above the mean; the third came in just below it but still within the parameters of a legitimate NDE. All three people’s experiences included at least a little bit of all four categories.

On the darker side, however, many of Atwater’s subjects also said they’d had trouble initiating and maintaining satisfying relationships and had struggled with bouts of depression. But in Love’s case, the NDE seems to have given him a kind of antidote to those darker feelings.

“Angels or extraterrestrials took me on a tour, up through all the dimensions,” he says. “Each one showed me how the whole thing worked: Each is a different vibratory level. The 12th

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dimension or level is the 12-D Earth: a new heaven beyond heaven.”

Love says one of the beings finally asked him, “Do you want to meet the God of this universe?”

“I looked into the blinding star at the center of the Milky Way ‘sun’ and saw the eye of God behind the light,” he continues. “I also met Jesus. He told me, ‘I will never judge you, ever. There is no such thing.’ I asked why, and he said, ‘You are your own judge.’”

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where do you Go when you Go ‘out of Body’?

But if the mind doesn’t reside in the brain, where is it?

In the 1970s, valerie hunt, then a physiology professor at UCLA, began exploring human energy fields. Her 1996 book, Infinite Mind: Science of the Human Vibrations of Consciousness, summarized a lifetime of cutting-edge research.

Hunt concluded that memory is to be found not in the body but in Plato’s “invisible but intelligible” field, which interpenetrates and surrounds all living things. The brain, she maintained, may be the transducer for the field but can’t be the total source of awareness.

And in his 1984 book, Body and Mind, Australian philosopher Keith campbell wrote that parapsychological phenomena “by definition, demonstrate capacities of mind which exceed any capacities of brain. The brain is receptive only to information which arrives by neural pathways, and so is confined to perception by way of the senses. If some people can learn more about distant or hidden or future facts than memory and inference from present sense perception can teach them, then minds are not just brains.”

natalie porter “Natalie Porter” (not her real name) retired to Western North Carolina 10 years ago after serving as an executive assistant to a general at the Pentagon for many years. But when Porter was 33, she says she flatlined (i.e., showed no heartbeat) on the operating table when a cyst on her ovary burst. This was in Redondo Beach, Calif., where her husband was stationed.

Porter had previously sought help, but “the military doctors didn’t think my pain was anything serious and sent me home with instructions,” she recalls. “For three months, I put my faith in doctors ignorant of women’s issues. That almost killed me.

“When I was finally taken to the ER by neighbors for ‘bad cramps,’

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lying in a waiting room with those curtains and moaning in pain, I overheard a passing doctor say, ‘I haven’t heard that tone of a groan since Vietnam. She’s in truly deep pain.’

“The head nurse told me afterward that I had flatlined for two minutes, and the surgery for the gangrene was touch-and-go the entire time. In those 2 1/2 minutes, I had the most blessed time of my total life and consciousness ever. I was above the bed and lights as I looked up to see the other bright light in the center, with edges shimmering a metal color, sort of blue, with a sort of tunnel feel — not solid but flexible and glowing, and flowing through images.

Multiple bright lights glowed into each other. As it got closer, I saw faces — and wonderful remembrances of feelings for my grandmother; her voice was the same,” she says.

It was many years before Porter felt ready to integrate what she’d learned into the rest of her life. The combination of her mother’s death, retirement and returning to the mountains finally enabled her to open up to her own metaphysical beliefs.

“The love you feel on the other side made me realize things,” she says now. And thanks to those realizations, Porter says she now has the confidence to reach out to others in their hour of need: She’s helped three dying people “cross over.” X

More recently, quantum-edge biofield scientists such as Streeter have postulated that the mind is the field that interpenetrates all things — the matrix that makes a living being.

Traditionally, these scientists say, this field was known as “the life force.”

Van Lommel, too, believes the current mainstream view of the relationship between the brain and consciousness is too narrow to allow a proper understanding of the NDE phenomenon. Our consciousness, he points out, doesn’t always coincide with brain functions and can even be experienced separately from the body.

Similarly, neuroscientists Alexander and Neal, both of whom previously viewed mind as entirely a function of the brain, now embrace the vastly more expansive view that consciousness is omnipresent.

Still ControverSial But if the tide is indeed turning, mainstream opinion in the medical community still tends to view NDEs as some sort of delusion, and many skilled, hardworking physicians aren’t ready to take such experiences seriously. That attitude, however, can have serious implications for people who actually have an NDE. Only a handful of American cardiology centers, for example, have anything like a support group for survivors of near-death experiences. And when sandra bear davis had her NDE (see box, “The Angel Wrapped Around Me”), her doctors prescribed an antipsychotic to which she was allergic.

Meanwhile, near-death survivors themselves don’t always place their experiences in the same context.

“People of different religious traditions and backgrounds ... seem to have experiences that are often consistent with their ideas about these things,” says California psychiatrist rebecca valla, who serves on the board of the International Association for Near-Death Studies.

But beneath those specific cultural references, says researcher janice holden of the University of North Texas, “lies a deep structure … that seems to transcend culture.” Features such as “viewing the material world from a perspective outside the physical body, and encountering entities and environments beyond the material world, have been reported across many cultures — Western and Eastern, indigenous to postindustrial,” notes Holden, who’s also the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies.

Some NDE survivors don’t view their experience through the lens of religion at all. In her 1992 book, Transformed by the Light: Life After Near-Death Experiences, Australian sociologist cherie sutherland noted that while 70 percent of the 50 survivors she interviewed described their experience as spiritual, none called it religious.

Not all near-death experiences are positive, either. Atwater, for

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Sandra Bear daviS sandra bear davis was returning home from a birthday party at 8 p.m. one day last September when a semitrailer suddenly changed lanes and ran her and her family off the road, catapulting and pancaking their car. She was told later that it was considered an “unsurvivable” accident.

“I was knocked out within seconds and presumed dead when the paramedics arrived, about 15 to 20 minutes later,” she explains. “I was standing, out of my body, on one side of the road with an angel or spirit protector while another angel, some 15 feet away, was with the children. Their light was much dimmer than mine, and they left when a port of light opened up. I remember thinking, ‘Why can’t I go with them?’ All the while, the great angel was wrapped all around me, and I remembered my other children. I could see and feel and smell the fragrances of lilacs, roses, honeysuckle and vanilla cookies baking. There was a light, warm breeze feeling. I saw an angel working on my body in the crushed car, especially around my head.”

Her son, daughter-in-law and infant grandchild died instantly; Davis, meanwhile, lay unconscious at Mission Hospital, with massive brain swelling. Most survivors of

such an accident, she was later told, would probably end up in assisted living. Yet a week later, Davis walked out unaided, convinced that the angel, together with the many prayers from Facebook friends, had healed her. Her then-business partner, faith israel, says a delirious Davis had constantly repeated the phrase, “I’m only alive because of the angel wrapped around me” and that the critical care nurses commented on how angelic and “glowing” their patient’s face was.

Davis, who’s part Cherokee and part Celtic, was already an intuitive and Appalachian folk medicine practitioner, employing such modalities as energy healing and shamanic trances.

But the angelic help she says she received during her time of crisis further deepened her inner awareness.

“I now have no doubt about the other side: There are protective spirits all around us,” Davis declares. “My son came to me in meditation a few weeks after the accident and said, ‘How can you be a true peacekeeper if you consume the flesh of other brothers and sisters, the peacekeepers of the animal kingdom?’

So I am now a vegetarian,” she says.

And the month following the accident, she notes, her periods suddenly started up again at age 54, after not having had one in four years.

But it didn’t end there.

“The rows of angels standing around me made me know: We are going to make it! My mission now is to help the population of Earth. I have an absolute knowing that the Earth is going to be healed. We’re not going to be burnt to a cinder: We will be allowed the time.” As for her personal tragedy, Davis says, “I don’t have time for self-pity about losing my son: I have to get to work.” X

example, found that 3 percent of children and 15 percent of adults who’d had NDEs experienced things like an “encounter with a threatening void … or hellish purgatory, or scenes of a startling and unexpected indifference (like being shunned).” In some cases, positive and negative elements are part of the same experience.

And even in Asheville, with its abundance of alternative health practitioners and smorgasbord of spiritual groups, NDEs are still largely flying under the radar. barbara warren, a social worker at the Mountain Area Health Education Center, said her organization isn’t aware of any local support programs for NDE survivors, or any training for medical professionals concerning such experiences (see sidebar, “Making Sense of NDEs”).

Still, in his 2009 book, Life After Death: The Evidence, dinesh d’souza cited a 2005 survey of American doctors in which 59 percent of respondents said they believed in some form of afterlife — “a much higher percentage than is found in other scientific professions,” the author pointed out. liveS tranSformed Whatever one makes of these experiences, one thing seems undeniable: For the people who have them, NDEs clearly rank among the most profoundly important moments of their lives, with an impact that never fades.

All six people whose stories are related in these pages say their neardeath experiences gave their lives more urgency and meaning, changing them forever. And whether they were interviewed four months or 40 years later, the depth of feeling in their voices was the same.

Pam Trull says she’s seen her attitude toward everyday life change. “I used to be a very fanatical housekeeper, but now I don’t care about dust. I wanted to have a quality of life and enjoy my children and now grandchildren,” she explains. Trull also found a way to translate her experience into something that transcends the purely personal. “My mother-in-law cared for me for two years to help me relearn how to walk, so I became a nurse’s aide caregiver — a rewarding job to help others.”

Yet people who’ve had an NDE sometimes struggle for decades with how to integrate this profound shift into their daily lives.

It was years before either robert manasse or natalie porter (see accompanying stories) felt comfortable sharing their experiences with anyone. And Michael Love, fearing ridicule, couldn’t bring himself to discuss what he’d gone through with anyone except his wife and family.

“After 10 years of not changing my life,” he says, “one day I walked up the hill to a rock and sat in meditation,” wondering how he was supposed to help heal this planet and its people.

Love says a golden angel appeared and told him, ‘You will now be called Micah.’

“Oh my God, oh my God, God has a sense of humor! I opened up inside, just like the Bible said.

I totally opened to the universe — 100 percent change from the depression, etc. ... I was still me, my personality, with no pain anywhere.

I have a deep awareness that there is no such thing as ‘death.’ The real you, inside the body, has no end and no pain. I thought to myself,

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‘If I’m not that body that was lying on the ground, what am I?’ The ultimate answer to that question is: I am aware. I am a consciousness.”

Hendersonville resident Nancy Baumgarten (nancy@profoundawareness.org) has a degree in landscape architecture and is cofounder of the Profound Awareness Institute. Her first book, The Aware Human: Your Biofield Senses & Cosmic Mind Powers, is due out this summer. X

making sense of ndes The aftereffects of these profoundly transformative experiences can seriously disrupt one’s life and family, and it can take as much as 10 to 20 years to fully process them. Yet there are few local resources in Western North Carolina either for people who’ve experienced a near-death experience or for medical professionals. For those wanting to learn more, however, here are some starting points.

The International Association for Near-Death Studies has about 800 members; its annual conferences draw more than 250 people. The organization has nearly 60 support groups worldwide for people who’ve had an NDE, including 41 in the U.S., four in Canada and several informal ones online. Fourteen association members live in WNC, though it seems likely that many more area residents have had a near-death experience.

The nonprofit’s 23rd annual conference, aimed at both professionals and laypeople, is slated for July 28-31

in Orlando, Fla. For the first time, a children’s program will be held concurrently. Those interested should contact the association (see below).

Researcher, writer and educator madelaine lawrence, a semiretired registered nurse, has taught courses on death and dying to both undergraduate and graduate students for over 20 years. Before retiring to Davidson, she was the director of nursing education and research for a large urban hospital in Connecticut.

Lawrence has an online course on working with patients who’ve had an NDE or other such transformative experience. Nurses can get three continuing education units; those not needing the credits can take the course for free.

Closer to home, NDE survivors and anyone seeking a safe, nurturing environment for exploring the subject can contact the Profound Awareness Explorers Meetup group (see below).

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In the early 2000s, Deltec hired Linton to launch its green building department. For the first five years, his whole job consisted of developing less wasteful ways to build the homes and ways to make them more energy-efficient — stuff he says is a “ton of fun.”

The idea was to enhance the company’s appeal to such customers, including those wanting zero-netenergy homes (which generate as much energy as they use).

Linton, a structural engineer, began his career managing historical preservation projects. He’s also been a schoolteacher and built his own “green” home. He seems to thrive on breaking things down to their smallest parts, finding the cracks and literally filling them in.

If you tour the factory floor at Deltec, for example, you might find a big box of chopped up blue foam insulation board. On the construction line, whenever there’s a piece of scrap that’s less than 4 feet long, it’s cut up into little nuggets that are then used to insulate the spaces above doors and windows that are often underinsulated in conventionally built homes.

Practices like this support the company’s claim that building its homes produces 80 percent less waste than conventional methods.

Linton also introduced the use of high-quality, innovative gaskets where the sectional walls meet.

Because Deltec homes are tight in the right places and breathe in a controlled way, they can actually use 66 percent less energy than a conventional home the same size, the company maintains. But going green took more than chopping up some foam board: In 2007, the company completed what was then WNC’s largest solar installation on its roof.

“I think by naming me — basically a building scientist, someone with a green background — to the presidency, the owners kind of established that while maybe the market got us here, at this point, this is part of our DNA,” says Linton. Earlier this year, the

Deltec Homes has been building prefabricated houses since the 1960s. Their signature round structures adorn many local hillsides, and from the beginning, the open design plus the advantages of factory production combined to reduce these homes’ environmental footprint.

In recent years, the Ashevillebased company has worked hard to enhance its green building credibility, and last month, Deltec took a big step toward becoming more socially responsible as well, becoming the first company of its kind to achieve B Corporation certification. There are only a handful of such companies in Western North Carolina, and only five others in Buncombe County: New Belgium Brewing, Watershed Capital Group, Cloud for Good, Krull & Co. and Leah B. Noel CPA. The remaining 28 certified B Corps in North Carolina are mostly in the Triangle area. The movement is spreading locally, though, with companies such as Riverbend Malt House working on getting certified.

The certification is a function of B Lab, a global nonprofit with offices in Pennsylvania, New York, California and Colorado. According to its website, B Lab aims to empower “business as a force for good.”

Certified B Corporations meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and legal accountability.

Unlike traditional corporations, B Corps are required to consider the impact of their decisions on all stakeholders, including employees, suppliers, the communities they operate in, consumers in general and the environment.

Thanks to the work of B Lab and the community of B Corps, 32 states (not including North Carolina) have established a new corporate form: the benefit corporation. And meanwhile, they’ve also created a growing roster of companies worldwide that are redefining success in terms of what’s sometimes call the triple bottom line: people, planet and profit.

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StruCturally Sound: Deltec Homes achieved B Corporation certification last month, which requires that a company make decisions based on all stakeholders. Company President Steve Linton was a driving force behind the effort to produce greener homes and now the socially conscious B Corp move. Here he shows the design of Deltec’s round house, for which they are best known. Photo by Able Allen BuildinG for the future Deltec was founded by two brothers whose families still own it today. robert Kinser was an engineer who’d worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where his job was to turn the physicists’ concepts into something practical. As current Deltec President steve linton puts it, “He built this skill of taking ideas but then putting them into action.” wayne Kinser was a salesman, and the two decided to pool their strengths and go into business together. They began building homes, initially A-frames, but quickly realized that design wouldn’t suit the needs of the future. The idea of round homes wasn’t new, but the brothers, says Linton, “dramatically changed the way that any round home has been built.”

Deltec has always prided itself on the strength of its structures and the efficiency of its construction process,

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and the environmental benefits were there from the start. That plus an obvious similarity to Buckminster Fuller’s famous Dymaxion House, not to mention marketing partnerships with organizations like the Mother Earth News, has tended to attract environmentally oriented customers.

“By nature of the way a prefabricated home works, you kind of get this leg up to begin with,” says Linton. “Because of the design of Deltec, I think we’ve always had customers who value sustainability and green building.”

And these days, those consumers represent no small part of the market. In a 2014 Nielsen survey, 40 percent of respondents said they’d made a “sustainable” purchase in the previous six months. And last year, SurveyMonkey reported that 5 percent of the consumers they surveyed said their next car would be a hybridelectric vehicle.

company launched the Renew line of net-zero-capable homes, including some in more traditional (not round) styles. And on April 24, they’ll open their first net-zero model home for tours, in Mars Hill. the road to B Corp All those steps toward sustainability made becoming a B Corporation very attainable, says Linton. “I think my perception was, we put a ton of effort into making this company and our products sustainable: This ought to be easy.” He started the journey after talking with the publisher of Mother Earth News, whose parent company, Ogden Publications, is a certified B Corp.

“But I wouldn’t characterize it that way after going through the process,” continues Linton. “In many ways, it was just sort of acknowledging or codifying the things we already knew we were good at. But what I liked about it was that it wasn’t just environment.

We were pretty solid there, but there are these other circles: workers and community and governance and consumers. So it’s looking at sustainability in each of those areas.”

It’s the details that make the certification process so valuable, Linton maintains. It forces applicants to take a fresh look at how they do things

and consider “What are you trying to accomplish? How are you going to permeate that through the business?”

Together, he says, those little things have an impact and “are really what make the fabric of a company’s culture. I certainly can’t take all that credit, because it’s everybody here that works to really make this a special place. All that, to me, is embodied in that certification, even though there’s no way to quantify it.”

One big thing B Corps certification does is protect companies that want to consider the triple bottom line from being sued by shareholders for not maximizing profits.

But beyond that, says Linton, it helps all the stakeholders, from himself to the customers, “understand how we view our role as a business, where we are a force for good, where we seek to not only be the best in the world but the best for the world. At Deltec we work hard, day in and day out, to make profits, just like all companies must do to be sustainable, and we understand at our core that there are many kinds of profit: financial, for sure, but there is profit in helping our employees grow and flourish, helping our community, restoring the ecosystems around us, and also in being part of a movement that’s bigger than just us, that challenges all businesses to think more and more this way.” X

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MALT and Olde Hickory experiment with barrels on opposite ends of the production spectrum BY scott DougLas anD eDwin aRnauDin wncbeertoday@gmail.com The second in a two-part series on barrel aging heads east to Catawba County and visits a couple of neighborhood cellars to explore how Ashevillearea brewers are using oak and spirit vessels.

BarrelS in the BaSement At noon on Saturday, Dec. 12, Wicked Weed Brewing staff opened its Funkatorium to sell retired bourbon, gin, wine and tequila barrels from its sour program to the public.

Among those in line were members of mountain ale and lager tasters, who came away with two barrels — one white wine and one bourbon — for the Asheville nonprofit homebrewing club’s first group foray into barrelaging sour beer.

Led by MALT minister of education david maida, a mix of 13 experienced sour homebrewers and novices are collaborating on the project. Drawing inspiration from current industry practices, Michael Tonsmeire’s book American Sour Beer and The Sour Hour podcast hosted by Jay Goodwin, co-founder of The Rare Barrel in Berkeley, Calif., Maida developed simple recipes for a blonde, which went in the white wine barrel, and a red for the bourbon vessel.

“Having a generic sour base and blending that with fruit, spice, hops or other beers is a very popular method in the American sour beer scene,” Maida says.

After the beers age for a couple of months in a MALT member’s basement, the group will remove the barrel’s Vinnie Nail (a stainless steel nail on the barrel’s wooden face, named after Russian River Brewing Co. owner and brewmaster Vinnie Cilurzo) and

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BarrelS of fun: Barrel-aging techniques have caught the interest of both local homebrewers and area craft beer operations. Members of the Ashevillebased Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters enjoy small-scale experimentation with aging in wine and spirits barrels, while farther afield, the Olde Hickory Brewing Co. is growing its distribution through a robust barrels program. Photo courtesy of Olde Hickory Brewing

sample the liquid. Maida says it could easily take a year for the brews to achieve a steady terminal gravity and develop the level of character the group desires — plenty of time for the baker’s dozen to determine the two beers’ end results. Maida says they may opt for a solera, in which half of the beer is removed after six months and replaced with a fresh version, a blending process that yields a more developed product and a quicker return.

The sour beer group isn’t the only MALT subset experimenting with barrels. Five other members purchased a 15-gallon whiskey barrel through a broker from Few Spirits in Evanston, Ill., and had it shipped by freight to david Keller’s Bat Cave home brewery. The quintet filled the barrel with a Russian imperial stout, which they brewed on March 20, using a cold extraction method for the dark grains to keep their harshness low.

“We decided that [beer] would be the most interesting and would utilize the forgiving flexibility of the style,” says Keller, whose group aims to taste the beer regularly after about two months. “It doesn’t take long to impart the whiskeybarrel flavor profile to the stout, and we will try not to over-oak the beer. Sometimes the tannins in the oak can be unpleasant, so we will try to come out with a soft vanilla bourbon flavor with just a bit of oak in the background.”

BarrelinG ahead olde hickory brewery started its barrel aging program in 2005 with five Jim Beam bourbon barrels.

Today the brewery has between 550 and 600 barrels, including ones that once held rum, tequila, armagnac, brandy and Scotch whisky. This dedication to oak has made Olde Hickory one of the most distinguished brewers of barrel-aged beers in North Carolina. Of the 5,000 barrels produced at the brewery last year, only 3,000 shipped because the other 2,000 were cellaring in a variety of secondary-use oak.

“Barrel-aged is a huge part of what we do. We spend a lot of time and resources on it,” says Olde Hickory founder, co-owner, brewmaster and host steven lyerly.

“It’s a significant bit of volume, and we’ll be able to reap some of those rewards this year.”

The brewery’s best-known barrelaged beer, Event Horizon Imperial

Stout aged in bourbon barrels, has been voted the top North Carolina beer on RateBeer for the last three years. Event Horizon was also the No. 1 North Carolina beer on BeerAdvocate until it was dethroned last year by Olde Hickory’s Omega Point, a blend of barrel-aged barleywines developed to commemorate the brewery’s 20th anniversary. Event Horizon also won a 2014 World Beer Cup, Omega Point won the North Carolina Brewers Cup at last year’s North Carolina State Fair and both beers received awards at the Carolina Championship of Beers.

Far from resting on its laurels, Olde Hickory continues to focus on growth and innovation within its barrel program. Last winter saw the release of Calico Jack, a spiced imperial stout aged in rum barrels, and Carolus Magnus, a Belgian-style quad matured in armagnac barrels.

Carolus Magnus may see limited distribution in the Asheville market in the near future. In January, the brewery released two variations on its Irish Walker barleywine: Cubano Walker, aged on Spanish cedar, and Appalachian Walker, a brandy barrelaged collaboration with charles and geoff alexander of Asheville bottle shop Appalachian Vintner. A portion of the proceeds from Appalachian Walker were donated to the autism research nonprofit the Puzzle Pieces Project.

This year promises additional barrel-aged clean beers, including a scotch ale and an imperial stout aged in Macallan single-malt whiskey barrels, both with an expected May release, plus a special project featuring barrels from Utah’s High West Distillery that is slated for release in June. The brewery has also started a sour program, with more than 90 barrels in the basement of its downtown brewpub currently aging five distinct base beers.

Growth in Olde Hickory’s barrel program is about more than just beer.

Its success has allowed the brewery to hire several new employees in recent months with more recruitment expected as it expands distribution farther into South Carolina and Tennessee. Lyerly is optimistic about what the growth in craft means for the North Carolina economy: “Being the fourth-oldest brewery in the state, it wasn’t always [this] way. For many, many years it was just a handful of brewers in Western North Carolina slugging it out to try to create a market, and now […] all across the state, it’s a good time to be in the craft beer business.” X

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around the corner Lexington Corner Market launches this month with soft openings A steady pulse of traffic beats past the former home office of the Imperial Life Insurance Co. at the corner of Lexington Avenue and College Street in the center of downtown Asheville. In the perpetual shade of the BB&T building, families and tourists on their spring breaks cruise up and down the sidewalks, sometimes peering curiously in the large front windows of what will soon be the Lexington Corner Market.

Built in 1925 to house row upon row of desks, calculating machines

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and office workers, the building was designed to reflect the art deco architectural aesthetic of its time with 12-foot ceilings covered in ornate medallions stamped on tin tiles. The insurance company moved out in the 1950s, but the building retains many of the structural details that were once prized ideals of quality. Today, it’s divided up into multiple store fronts and office spaces facing College Street, offering restaurants and bars, a shoe store and a salon and day spa.

As an in-and-out kind of place to grab a fresh sandwich, a jar of Lusty Monk

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mustard, a to-go pint of ice cream from The Hop or a couple of Buchi kombuchas (sounds like a fun night!), Lexington Corner Market will add a new facet to the mix of merchants along this corridor of downtown.

“This will be a very Asheville kind of store with something for everyone,” says owner rebecca hecht, who also owns the Adorn Hair Salon and Day Spa next door. Hecht took over the lease for the property at 58 College St. — the former home of EDGE Furniture Gallery — at the beginning of 2016.

Instead of expanding her salon, she decided to diversify and fill a need for both tourists and locals who live and work downtown.

Since then, she and her team have been hard at work sanding, painting and prepping, and with permits now in hand, the next few weeks will be dedicated to refining menu items, filling baskets and shelves and training staff. With the decor, Hecht has embraced the antique-meets-new look, knowing that visitors to Asheville appreciate the historic connections that downtown offers.

Stepping across the quarter-inch steel mosaic of mountains at the threshold and into the market, the

space is reminiscent of the general stores of a different era, except with an electronic charging station gracing the dais in the front window where traditionally one might have found a shoeshine stand. The high ceilings are lit by a spine of pipe lights that lends a vaulted look to the hall. Vintage photos of Asheville — especially of the historic Lexington Avenue Curb Market — will soon be displayed on the walls.

Items ranging from sodas and snacks to cold remedies and mac and cheese line the shelves, and the market will also carry basic produce such as onions, garlic, potatoes, carrots, peppers, a selection of fresh fruit and other seasonal specials. Local ground beef, chicken and a small selection of steaks from Hickory Nut Gap Farm as well as cheese and other dairy products will also be available.

Kombucha, beer, sodas and juice fill the coolers and, in the back, a generous professional food preparation area is ready to start cranking out signature grab-and-go sandwiches, soups and salads. Hecht plans to begin with a limited menu. For now, sandwich offerings will be limited to

Stop and Shop: Candace Arguelles, an aesthetician and nail technician at Adorn Salon, stands behind the counter at next-door business Lexington Corner Market. The new downtown convenience store offers freshly made grab-and-go foods along with beer, wine, snacks, grocery items and sundries. Photo by Cindy Kunst

two: an Italian sandwich made with capicola, salami, pepperoni, provolone, Parmesan and pepperocinis with a roasted red pepper and garlic spread; plus the Nicoise, which will have tuna dressed in Dijon vinaigrette with hardboiled egg, farm cheese, cherry tomatoes, Kalamata olives and pickled green beans.

The early menu will also include a beet, goat cheese and walnut salad and a salad of pearl couscous with red and yellow peppers, Kalamata olives and feta cheese. Salads will be served in to-go cups to allow customers to add and mix dressing to taste. Breakfast grab-and-go options will include house-made yogurt and fruit parfaits, pastries from Geraldine’s Bakery and single-serving cereals. On the horizon for when the shop officially opens in May, a selection of house-made soups will be added to the menu as well as a turkey, brie, apple and arugula sandwich with Lusty Monk mustard and a quinoa salad with mozzarella, tomato and green olive.

A soft-opening period began on April 6, and, over the next few weeks, Hecht and her team are quietly opening for customers to see where interests and needs intersect. “We

definitely want people to come by, say hi and check us out as we grow our inventory,” says Hecht.

The first of the fresh grab-and-go foods will be available beginning Friday, April 15. General manager sam lappin and assistant manager ronika mcclain are working closely with Hecht to provide a combination of local products and name-brand drinks and dry goods that will evolve as demand dictates.

“I used to work across the street and would have loved a place like this,” says ayana dusenberry, a local freelance marketing and public relations person who’s been helping Hecht with the set-up and opening. “It will be the perfect stop for local workers who have a short lunch break or for people headed home from a show at the One Stop or a late evening downtown.”

Lexington Corner Market is at 58 College St. Soft opening hours vary.

A grand opening is scheduled for the first week of May, after which, regular hours will be 7 a.m.-10 p.m. SundayThursday and 7 a.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday. For details, visit lexingtoncornermarket.com or look for Lexington Corner Market on Facebook. X

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festival features Wnc’s upper crust “It started out as a tiny little thing,” steve bardwell says, recalling a gathering of bread enthusiasts at Greenlife Grocery in 2005.

But the popularity of the Asheville Artisan Bread Bakers Festival, which Bardwell organizes with his wife, gail lunsford, has grown along with local interest in handmade loaves. Now in its 12th year, the event will bring 15-20 regional bakeries, several master bakers and an estimated 1,500 attendees to A-B Tech’s campus on Saturday, April 16.

“The reason to come to the festival, for somebody who is not a bread snob or into artisan bread to begin with, is that you can get a lot of free bread,” Bardwell says. “You can spend four hours eating the best bread that’s made in the U.S.” He’s referring to the festival’s mainstay: a Bakers Showcase that’s free and open to the public 10 a.m.-2 p.m. This try-and-buy fair features a “huge selection” of sourdoughs, wholegrain breads, French, German and Italian recipes and more. Samples come courtesy of participating bakeries, including Alimentaire Wholesome Breads, Annie’s Naturally Bakery, Backwoods Bakery, Blunt Pretzels, Chicken Bridge Bakery, City Bakery Café, Farm and Sparrow, Flat Rock Village Bakery, La Farm Bakery, Ninth Street Bakery, Roots & Branches, Simple Bread, Smoke Signals Bakery, Stick Boy Bread Co., Underground Baking Co., West End Bakery, Wildflour Bakery and the Bardwells’ own Wake Robin Farm Breads. And that’s just the North Carolina-based makers — several more vendors hail from neighboring states.

At other times and venues, the festival will offer lectures and hands-on workshops from a handful of renowned master “bread-ucators,” such as richard miscovich, guru of baking with wood-fired ovens; 10-time author (with three books having won James Beard awards) peter reinhart; and master of rye harry peemoeller. Additional opportunities include two lessons on making pizza in a mobile wood-fired oven, a class on salt-rising bread, a milling demonstration by Asheville’s

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team was impressed to the point of designing a dinner around the North Carolina-made beverages.

The meal’s wine list offers chardonnays, petite manseng, tempranillo, malbec and rosé. The varietals will come alongside a five-course menu by chef joe mitchell, including intricate dishes such as herbseared king mackerel on toasted couscous with blood orange fennel slaw and lemon oregano aioli; grilled Spanish octopus on gigante beans in a San Marzano tomato broth with olives, smoked paprika chorizo and microgreens; and loukoumades (Greek doughnuts) tossed in local honey with house raisins and pistachio gelato.

The pairing dinner is at Chestnut, 48 Biltmore Ave., at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 21. Visit avl.mx/2g7 for the full menu or to buy a ticket ($99, including tax and gratuity). X

you loaf, you learn: The Asheville Artisan Bread Festival isn’t just about sampling dozens of handmade loafs, though that’s a definite perk of attending. Instead, the event was conceived to include networking and educational components for those involved in the local bread scene. Photo courtesy of organizers jen lapidus at Carolina Ground, and a networking dinner with all of the presenters at Smoky Park Supper Club.

Though it’s not open to amateur bakers, an immersive full-day master class (following the day of public programming) has been part of the festival for at least seven years. “I think this has made a huge impact on the quality of baking in our area,” Bardwell says, and that extends beyond the area’s bakeries. “At least half the people who come are chefs and baking staff in local restaurants.”

Bardwell also credits the festival with helping to catalyze Western North Carolina’s marked “synergy between bakers, farmers, millers and the people who eat that bread,” by providing networking opportunities and educating consumers on the process and purveyors behind the bread — thereby increasing overall demand. Last year’s showcase alone spurred more than $10,000 in bread sales. That’s a lot of loaves.

The Asheville Artisan Bread Bakers Festival’s free and open-to-the-public Bakers Showcase is at the Magnolia Building on A-B Tech’s campus, 340 Victoria Road, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday

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April 16. Limited same-day tickets are available for lectures and workshops ($10 each) and the networking dinner ($35). Visit ashevillebreadfestival.com for programming details.

GrowinG veGetaBleS in aSheville Gardening techniques and schedules vary greatly from one region to another, so gardener and educator Kate hanford is leading an Ashevillespecific veggie growing class. She’ll cover topics such as local planting dates, pests and diseases in addition to highlighting some resources for area growers. Hanford will also share best practices gleaned from other backyard gardeners.

The workshop is at Villagers, 278 Haywood Road, 6:30-8 p.m., Tuesday April 19. Cost is $15. Visit forvillagers. com for details or to sign up.

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what’S wowinG me now Food writer Jonathan Ammons lets us in on his favorite dish du jour. chicken and dumplings at smoky park supper club: It’s an appetizer you can make a meal of. In the eastern parts of North Carolina, folks tend to cut their dumplings into thin strips that resemble puffy lasagna noodles.

But out here in the west, we do what is called drop dumplings. They look like little balls of pillowy goodness, and that’s just what they are, served in a nice, thick broth with shredded chicken, veggies, mushrooms and a seasoning of herbs — just like grandma used to make! — Jonathan Ammons X

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BY eDwin aRnauDin edwinarnaudin@gmail.com In a quandary that ranks up with the chicken and egg debate, it’s difficult to determine which came first for pisgah brewing co. — its founders’ love of making beer or their fondness for hosting live music.

Both aspects have made the Black Mountain brewery and concert venue reliable sources for each, and the two will be celebrated at Pisgah’s 11th Anniversary Party on Sunday, April 17. Funk stalwart Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, which in August 2010 was the first touring act to perform on the property’s then much smaller outdoor stage, returns to headline the event. New York instrumental rock-fusion group TAUK and Greenville, S.C.-based psychedelic Southern rock act The Marcus King Band open.

Back in 2005, Pisgah’s first live music was played by owners david Quinn and jason caughman and their groups of friends. “[Dave] is a music major himself and a guitar player, and back when Pisgah didn’t even have a taproom, they would set up in the corner of the brewery while folks came in for growler fills and pints,” says benton wharton, the brewery’s events and PR director. “So it’s been ingrained in our being since the beginning, really.”

Once the taproom opened in 2008, offering entertainment was a priority for the owners. Wharton began helping book and manage the music with his Mountain Roots Management company.

Offerings included free shows by solid local talent and a few touring acts doing ticketed events. As far as Wharton knows, Pisgah was the first Asheville-area brewery to focus on the latter type of shows.

“That was a time when there were fewer venues being active in the market, and since my company managed and booked talent for our local events — Asheville Music Jamboree, Asheville Earth Day and more — we were already having conversations about the market and were able to be active with solid namesake artists,” Wharton says. Taproom shows by The New

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piSGah pioneerS: Funk outfit Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe headlines Pisgah Brewing Co.’s 11th Anniversary Party. In August 2010, the group was the first touring act to perform on the property’s then much smaller outdoor stage. “We’re all big fans of Asheville in the band, so it’s nice to have the feeling be mutual,” Denson says. Photo

by Alicia Rose Mastersounds, Pimps of Joytime and Jeff Coffin’s M’utet in 2009 helped Pisgah establish itself as a music hub.

To attract a larger crowd, plans were drawn up for an outdoor stage. Venues like Horning’s Hideout in Portland, Ore., inspired the hand-milled, alllocal wood structure that was erected in 2010. Looking back at the first event on Pisgah’s then 20-by-20-foot outdoor stage, Denson remembers its pristine condition and down-home aesthetic.

“It felt like being in someone’s backyard,” says the saxophonist, who’s fresh off playing Havana, Cuba, with The Rolling Stones. “It had a very cool vibe.”

Audiences and subsequent acts agreed, and after one season, Pisgah

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organizers realized they needed a larger stage to accommodate the artists who would play the 2,250-capacity space (a self-mandated number based on the property’s parking availability). So 10 feet of wood was added in each direction in winter 2011, and in 2016 the stage grew by another 12 feet in both directions in the form of working wings.

The now 64-by-20-foot surface has a roof that extends 5 feet out on all sides. The stage will host its most prestigious lineup to date this summer (see sidebar). These acts join an already storied history — Wharton names shows by Del McCoury (2010), Grace Potter (2011), Steele Pulse (2011), Umphrey’s McGee (2012) and

Yonder Mountain String Band with Devil Makes Three (2013) among the venue’s greatest hits. Soldout performances by Trampled

By Turtles (2014-16), Old Crow Medicine Show (2014-15) and Jason Isbell (2015) also make his list.

“What’s most special is developing a working relationship with the artists who love to return to Pisgah as a definite stop on their annual routes. [It’s] a home away from home, if you will,” Wharton says. “[Grateful Dead cover band] dark star orchestra really embodies that feel for me, having played at Pisgah every year in early August since 2011, and now making it an annual two-night stop on the week between Jerry Garcia’s birth (Aug. 1) and death (Aug. 9), which we refer to as ‘The Days Between.’ It’s become an annual destination for their crowd base, and that’s something we take to heart at Pisgah.”

Wharton adds that the high frequency of funk, jam and bluegrass groups over the years is largely reflective of the Pisgah staff’s musical tastes, but that they’re “always looking for bands that are both in high rotation on our personal playlists as well as those that embody the spirit of Pisgah — high improvisation, bending the rules of genre and mind-blowing talent.” He sees the outdoor stage as a premier venue of the Southeast now more than ever and credits the property’s natural beauty and the consistently helpful, hardworking crew with establishing that reputation. X

what Pisgah’s 11th Anniversary Party with Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, TAUK and The Marcus King Band where Pisgah Brewing Co. 150 Eastside Drive Black Mountain pisgahbrewing.com when Sunday, April 17, 5 p.m. $11

pisgah’s outdoor stage lineup Pisgah Brewing Co. events and PR director Benton Wharton says keeping each show a special must-see occasion is largely due to limiting the number of events the outdoor stage hosts each year. This summer’s roster — tickets for which are currently on sale — is no exception.

• Thursday, May 5: Trampled By Turtles and Devil Makes Three (Americana/rockabilly) • Friday, May 6: Punch Brothers (newgrass/Americana) • Thursday, June 2: Soja (reggae fusion) • Friday, June 3: Lake Street Dive (jazz/pop) • Saturday, June 4: Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass featuring The Infamous Stringdusters (bluegrass-style Grateful Dead covers) • Tuesday, June 21: Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs (bluegrass) • Monday, July 18: Dr. Dog with Floating Action (indie-rock) • Friday and Saturday, Aug. 5 and 6: Dark Star Orchestra (Grateful Dead covers) • Friday and Saturday, Aug. 26 and 27: Jam in the Trees. Acts confirmed at press time for the new Americana festival include The Del McCoury Band, MIPSO, Chatham County Line, Tellico, Mark Bumgarner and Unspoken Tradition X

Dr. Dog returns to the Pisgah Brewing stage on July 18 for a show with local band Floating Action.

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aLone at LaSt Though band hiatuses and interpersonal implosions happen every day, eric bachmann went one better: He broke up with his own onstage persona. Crooked Fingers, the solo project-turned-full band that Bachmann formed after the dissolution of Archers of Loaf, the ’90s-era rock outfit he fronted, gave the singer-songwriter an outlet for his poppier song craft.

But as Bachmann — who grew up in Asheville and launched his music career in Chapel Hill — announced the official end to Crooked Fingers, he also heralded in his newest era as a performer. He’ll perform tracks from his just-released eponymous album, the second under his own name, at The Mothlight on Sunday, April 17.

“I think there’s a common thread of self-loathing among people who are good at writing,” Bachmann half-jokes.

He’s including himself, though the nine tracks on his new record aren’t character assassinations as much as character studies. There’s a hint of Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio, with its collection of quirky and haunted personalities. Bachmann collects lost lovers, drug users, an agoraphobic and a prodigal son. “The South is a ghost,” he sings. “A ghost is a lie.”

But while there’s a storytelling continuum to the album, its sonic benefactors are harder to trace. “I thought, ‘What do I like, what do I want it to sound like?’” Bachmann says. He had songs that he wrote on guitar and piano that “weren’t really gospel-y, they weren’t really country and they weren’t really rock.” The blank canvas freed him to experiment. He’d never used pedal steel on an album before, but knew jon rauhouse, a collaborator and fellow member of neko case’s touring band, could provide those parts.

Indeed, the pedal steel is glossy and almost tropical at the beginning of “Separation Fright” — a foil to that track’s jittery lyrics and breathless ascending and descending piano scales.

At odds with Rauhouse’s contribution, at least on paper, is the addition of doo-wop background vocals.

The idea started with the album’s single, “Mercy.” That song is a kind of credo — “I don’t believe in Armageddon / heaven, hell, or time regretted,” Bachmann sings. He blithely pairs sober philosophy with cheek: “I’ve got family – I’ve got friends /

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riSinG to the oCCaSion: In terms of touring, “I love the challenge of it,” says Eric Bachmann, whose current tour in support of his new solo album stops at The Mothlight. “I love being put in environments where you’re set up to fail and then not failing.” Photo by Jeremy Lange And I will love them ’til the end / Despite the batshit crazy things they often say.”

“I wanted to make sure the generation I was talking to would hear it,” Bachmann says. So, thinking about his father’s favorite music, he tapped “Don’t Worry Baby”-era Beach Boys for its doo-wop sensibilities. Those breezy, early ’60s tones marry Bachmann’s pop, rock and Americana sensibilities and Rauhouse’s guitar work to create something fresh.

For all the swell and pomp of “Mercy,” the album’s softer tracks might actually hit harder.

Bachmann’s burnished, aching vocal on “Dreaming” and the hushed bridge — lifetimes from the angst and bombast of Archers of Loaf — lay raw emotion at the altar of songwriting.

“Carolina,” another standout, was written by Bachmann’s wife and sometimes bandmade, liz durrett.

While she won’t be part of this current tour, Bachmann’s personnel plan allows him to reunite with musician friends while enlisting a full band for each stop. He’s lined up different groups for each of three sections of the country. In Asheville, he’ll be performing with drummer jeremy wheatley and guitarist matt nelson, both of whom played on the album. avery draut and skylar gudasz will be the backup singers.

Perhaps surprisingly, Bachmann feels as if he’s never had the following in his hometown that he did in the Triangle area where Archers of Loaf began. Still, he looks forward to visiting family and, “The friends I have in Asheville, they get it,” he says. “They know who I am, and I’m grateful to them for that.”

With the release of Eric Bachmann, listeners will also know who the singer-songwriter really is. “I feel like if I made a misstep, it was in 2006 when I made the [first solo] record To the Races. I should have stayed with that,” Bachmann says. At the time, advisers in the music industry told him that bands sold better than solo efforts, so he returned to Crooked Fingers. Now, more experienced and self-possessed, “I don’t want to be a dumb band name anymore.” X

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Beatles’ abbey road is centerpiece of Asheville Music School fundraiser event

wellplayed: A performance of The Beatles’ Abbey Road in its entrety will cap an evening designed to raise funds for the Asheville Music School The school’s Chamber Ensemble is pictured. Photo courtesy of AMS The music that The Beatles made in their final sessions together will provide the centerpiece for Sound Effects, a gala fundraiser event — concert performances, a raffle and a silent auction — all to benefit the Asheville Music School. The show will be held at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall on Thursday, April 21.

The Asheville Music School has been in operation for nearly 20 years but only became a nonprofit in 2012, not long after the sudden death of its founder, paul thorpe. “After Paul passed away, there was a lot of learning on our feet, learning about what Paul did,” says ryan reardon, who served as interim director. (The school recently announced the appointment of charlotte sommers as its new executive director). “We brought in people who are passionate about the school and its mission.”

Asheville Music School board chair melissa reardon (Ryna’s wife) describes that mission as being “a school for the community, to make music education accessible to anybody who wants to take lessons. Music lessons aren’t cheap,” she says. “One of the things we’re able to do — because we’re a nonprofit — is help keep

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lesson costs and teachers’ lesson space rents low.”

The fundraiser at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall supports those goals and provides financing for scholarships and an outreach program. “Since 2012, Asheville Music School and the Paul Thorpe Music Education Fund have awarded over 400 full or partial scholarships, totaling over $30,000,” says Melissa. Now in its fourth year, the Sound Effects event is the school’s bigg Town Pump Tavern est fundraiser.

Ryan says that the school’s outreach program has multiple purposes: “At a certain point when you’re learning music, you’ve got to step outside of the practice room and start making music with your friends, your peers. That’s where the social benefit of music comes into play.” And the performances bring music to those who might not otherwise hear it. The ensembles “perform on a regular basis in places in the community like the Charles George VA Medical Center, Chunns Cove Assisted Living, ABCCM’s Veterans Restoration Quarters and Care Partners,” Ryan says.

“We seek out facilities that don’t have the budget for music as part of their

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program. We know the power of music and how it affects people. A lot of times, people who really need it don’t get it.”

Need-based Asheville Music School scholarships help defray the costs of lessons for students demonstrating financial need.

The upcoming fundraiser supports all these initiatives.

Ryan says that the top-billed performance at Sound Effects will highlight faculty and students together. “They’ll cover The Beatles’ Abbey Road record in its entirety, with full instrumentation,” he says, The 16-person group onstage will “keep it pretty true to the record, with strings and horns.”

But that’s not the only music scheduled for the event. Abbey Road is the highlight, Ryan says, “but the AMS Rock Band will perform, as will our pop-rock ensemble, Vinyl Crossroads.”

Other acts on the bill include Americana band Grits & Soul (featuring AMS faculty member John Mooney), the school’s classical ensemble and The Woodsong Clarinet Choir.

Last year’s Sound Effects event at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall raised abut $7,500 for the nonprofit music school. To

some, that might not seem like a large figure. “We’re new and growing,” Melissa says.

“We doubled from the first year to the next,” adds Ryan. “So in percentage terms, we’re doing great!” This year’s event goal is $10,000.

In the weeks running up to the event, students at Asheville Music School have taken part in an annual practice-athon. They solicited sponsors for their practices throughout March. “At the concert, we’ll announce four winners,” Ryan says.

“The grand prize is for most hours practiced. Another prize is for the most money raised, and [there’s a prize] for the most sponsors. A fourth prize is a random drawing.”

A silent auction will provide one more way for people to support the work of the nonprofit school. Melissa says that items available for bid include a session at Echo Mountain Studios valued at $900 and an inhome wine dinner for four provided

by Anthony Cerrato of Strada. The evening will also feature a raffle with prizes. Melissa says, “We’ve got a lot of support, and there’s a lot of excitement around where we’re going.”

But in the end, it’s all about the music: “Being involved with music and a music school, I see kids who still love The Beatles,” says Ryan.

“I see 12-year-old students come to lessons with Beatles T-shirts on. The Beatles are still relevant to young people. So for Sound Effects, out of a bunch of full records that we would want to perform, Abbey Road was definitely the one.” X

what Sound Effects fundraiser concert to benefit Asheville Music School ashevillemusicschool.com where Isis Restaurant & Music Hall 743 Haywood Road isisasheville.com when Thursday, April 21, 6-9 p.m. $12 advance/$15 day of show/ $6 kids 10 and younger

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Attention Singer/Songwriters!

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Fred Chappell dreams up a fantasy novel

man of letterS: Fred Chappell borrowed dialect from his childhood in Canton for his new fantasy novel. “A lot of Elizabethan usages still survived in Western North Carolina when I was a kid,” he says. “They seemed natural.”

Photo by Jan Hensley In A Shadow All of Light, the new novel by Greensboro-based author fred chappell, shadows can be bought, sold and even stolen. With the right kind of blade — and the proper touch — one can separate a shadow from its caster and secret it away to the black market.

It sounds like pure flight of fancy — it is a fantasy novel, after all — yet Chappell feels he had to set its episodic tales in an invented sword-and-sorcery realm.

Shadows, he says, are a heavily traded commodity in the real world already. If he set A Shadow All of Light in modern America, it wouldn’t be fiction.

“The formation and the construction and distribution of shadows is the single largest industry in our world today,” Chappell says. “If you describe a shadow, as I had to when I was writing the book, as the alteration of ambient or focused light by a threedimensional object projected upon a two-dimensional surface or surfaces ...

obviously, what you have is television, photography, movies — everything.

These are all shadows, that’s all they are.” Chappell will read from his new book at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe on Friday, April 15.

The way the writer speaks about his work, alternating between incredible conciseness and even more remarkable philosophical detail, reflects a life spent in letters. He was the state’s poet laureate from 1997 until 2002, while his accolades as an author go back nearly 50 years, including the awardwinning 1968 novel, Dagon. Thanks to Chappell’s extensive experience, he’s become a natural world-builder: Tlemia, the fictional land where A Shadow All of Light takes place, was designed with a strong understanding of the real world.

In some instances, Chappell even borrowed from his childhood in Western North Carolina. “I’m from Canton, the

great metropolis west of Leicester,” he says. “A lot of Elizabethan usages still survived in Western North Carolina when I was a kid, and I picked them up. They seemed natural.” Some of these language features made their way into the characters’ dialects in A Shadow All of Light — most notably, a-prefixing (“I came a-purpose to meet you,” one character says).

The language isn’t a direct descendant of Appalachian speech, though.

Chappell’s narrator speaks in florid, lyrical prose, which the author put significant effort into developing. It couldn’t be too contrived or self-indulgent, but it couldn’t be too modern or casual, either. “Once I had the characters in costume, they could not, of course, go around saying, ‘What up, dude?’” Chappell says. So he struck for something closer to the language of fairy tales, which, he felt, fit.

Chappell turns 80 next month, but he’d rather not be reminded — he has plenty left to write, he says, rattling off three projects requiring just as much study and imagination as A Shadow All of Light. There’s a collection of verse fables, a collection of short stories and a monograph on the Enlightenment philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries — the origin myths, in particular, of thinkers like John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

“What’s interesting is the idealized state in the 17th and 18th centuries is America,” Chappell says excitedly, already focused on what he’s writing next. “They have a very interesting idea of what America is like. It’s nothing like they thought it was, of course.” X

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the crate-diGGer Josh Rosenthal shares his record-making memories

on the reCord: Josh Rosenthal celebrated the 10th anniversary of his Tompkins Square Records with a book. The Record Store of the Mind collects interviews, liner notes and other insights. Photo courtesy of Rosenthal josh rosenthal didn’t want to release a box set or an anniversary CD for the 10th birthday of his label,

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Tompkins Square Records. When that date approached, a book made more sense. So Rosenthal collected liner

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notes he’d written, he interviewed a few musicians, and he began gathering his thoughts. “I started writing essays about things I was into in that particular time frame, which was late 2014,” he says. “I was listening to tia blake and I was really into that Robert Lester Folsom reissue (Music and Dreams) that I write about.” The end result is The Record Store of the Mind. A tour in support of the book, with accompaniment by local musicians at each stop, brings Rosenthal to Downtown Books & News on Thursday, April 14.

Rosenthal might not have set out to be a writer, but he does know a lot about music. Tompkins Square reissues the work of little-known 20thcentury musicians, but also celebrates modern innovators like guitarist ryley walker or North Carolina-viaCalifornia songwriter michael taylor, best known as the creative force behind Hiss Golden Messenger. There’s a thread of exploration and discovery to the Tompkins Square model, and the essays in The Record Store of the Mind either chronicle what goes through Rosenthal’s head when he hears these artists or explain the ties that bind these musicians together.

Writing also gets him out from behind the computer and out of the house so that even more discoveries can be made. For each state he’s visiting on this tour, Rosenthal realized, there’s at least one corresponding artist in his book who either lived there or was a native to the area — an unintentional,

but welcome connection. Blake (aka Christiana Wallman), for example, lived in Pinehurst until her death last year.

This mental geography isn’t limited to the home states of 1970s folk artists. When Rosenthal looks at a map, he also sees record stores.

Though he hasn’t spent much time in Asheville, he’s quick to mention Harvest Records. There’s a freeassociation quality to some of the essays in Record Store of the Mind, and his thoughts on Asheville follow the same rhythm. Next he mentions Static Age Records and then he declares accomplished local songwriter and Band of Horses member tyler ramsey is one of his favorite guitar players in the world.

Rosenthal also loves the road because, true to the sense of musical discovery at the core of Record Store of the Mind, he never knows what’s going to happen. He recalls a two-month stint he spent touring with guitarist Daniel Bachman. “He played me Ryley Walker in the car and then I signed Ryley, and I just made a record with some of Ryley’s musicians” Rosenthal says. “It’s nice to leave your house every once in a while.” X

who Josh Rosenthal presents Record Store of the Mind.

Guitarist Wes Tirey will perform where Downtown Books & News 67 N Lexington Ave. dbnbooks.com when Thursday, April 14, 6 p.m. Free

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Piper Jones Band Crossing the Sabine is the Piper Jones Band’s second album and the first milestone in a recording project that will run for most of 2016. Bagpiper E.J. Jones calls it his “prototype CD,” because after the May album drop, he’ll release new versions of the songs online, some with additional guest artists. Over several months, he and frequent collaborator Frances Cunningham (bouzouki) will also go on immersive musical journeys spanning the U.S., France and Scotland. They’ll unveil two more albums upon return — one to highlight each musician — that include further evolved takes on the initial compositions. Hear the new music in its infancy when the Piper Jones Band, joined by Cunningham and local percussionist Kent Spillman, plays Jack of the Wood on Friday, April 15, at 9 p.m. $7. jackofthewood.com. Photo

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The Secret B-Sides How will you spend Record Store Day 2016? One option is a free show by two local bands. After eight years with the same lineup, The Secret B-Sides know how to stir up a crowd with its “solid-gold baby-making music,” according to the soul band’s website. Also on the bill is Slo_Gold, the side project that sees B-Sides keyboard player Jeff Knorr pushing his songwriting, singing and engineering talents to the forefront. Written and recorded at his CollapseAble Studios from 200408, The Bridge stacks synthesized and earthy embellishments atop a laid-back pop-rock foundation. Two songs from the album appear on Slo_Gold’s first 7-inch vinyl, which debuts at the show. Slo_Gold will re-create The Bridge live before transitioning into the B-Sides set at Highland Brewing Co.’s tasting room on Saturday, April 16, at 7 p.m. highlandbrewing.com. Photo courtesy of The Secret B-Sides

Dopapod Dopapod spent early 2016 holed up in Saugerties, N.Y. — just down the street from the “Big Pink” house where The Band and Bob Dylan famously created The Basement Tapes. Apparently it’s a neighborhood conducive to writing, since the musicians solidified four or five fresh tunes there, plus several works in progress. “A lot of the new songs infuse hip-hop beats with the progressive rock sound we’ve been experimenting with for the last few years. It feels like uncharted territory, at least for us,” says keyboard player Eli Winderman. The band plans on recording later this year, but not before introducing the material on a spring tour that includes multinight runs “in some of our favorite cities.” New Mountain hosts the quartet on Friday, April 15 (The Fritz opens), and Saturday, April 16 (Turkuaz opens), at 9 p.m. $18/$20 per night. newmountainavl.com.

Photo courtesy of the band

Grant Lyon “My great-grandfather fought in World War I, my grandfather fought in World War II, my dad fought in Vietnam and I love taking naps,” Grant Lyon says in a YouTube video. When he’s awake, though, the stand-up comedian gets his kicks throwing people off guard.

He tells the audience about moving his girlfriend’s belongings to reinforce her fear of a live-in ghost, and later recalls shocking her bigoted grandfather by mentioning an interracial homosexual romp in college. Strangers aren’t offlimits either for Lyon, who fantasizes about publishing elaborate fake obituaries on people he selects from the phone book. “Alfred Murray, this is going to be a weird weekend for you,” he wisecracks. Funny Business at The Millroom presents a show by Lyon on Friday, April 15, at 8 p.m. $10/$12. ashevillemillroom.com. Photo courtesy of the comedian

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Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com Brevard little theatre 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard, 884-2587, brevardlittletheatre.com • SA (4/16), 2pm & SU (4/17), 7pm Auditions for The Odd Couple. Roles for 6 females and 2 males. Contact for full guidelines. Free. foothillS folk art feStival facebook.com/ FoothillsFolkArtFestival • Through (10/1) - Artist applications accepted self-taught artists for the October festival. Contact for full guidelines: cstarnes@hickorymuseumofart.org. loCal Cloth localcloth.org • Through (7/10), Textile submissions accepted for Local Cloth’s “Project Handmade 2016: Elements of Nature.” Full guidelines: localcloth.org. 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

Greek traGedy tranSformed: The UNC Asheville theater department premiers The Bacchae transformed, a performance of a new translation of an ancient Greek tragedy. “The Bacchae transformed is a story about Pentheus, the young king of Thebes who refuses to believe in the divinity of Dionysus,” says Sophie Mills, UNCA professor of classics. “It was a real delight to work with students who made such efforts to get exactly the right words. The final product steers a middle course between the formality of the poetry of the original and accessibility to a modern audience.” Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 14-16, and a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, April 17, in UNCA’s Belk Theatre. For tickets and information, visit drama.unca.edu. Photo courtesy of the UNC Asheville Theater Department. (p. 48) art aSheville area artS CounCil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • TU (4/19), 10am-noon - Artist Business Brainstorm Session: “Asheville Digital Lifestyle,” with Jensen Gelfond. Registration required. Free. aSheville art muSeum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • SA (4/16), 10am-noon Workshop Series: “Make It Last - How to Store Your Artwork.” $20.

• SA (4/16), 10-11am - Make It Yours: “Listening Sessions: Families,” museum input opportunities with a focus on families.

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• SA (4/16), 2pm - Author Talk and Book-Signing: Oil and

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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. the aSheville dudeS ashevilledudes.com • Through SA (4/30) - Open auditions for this family-friendly, not-forprofit male dance crew. See website for full details. the writerS’ workShop

Marble by Stephanie Storey.

Admission fees apply.

BlaCk mountain Center for the artS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • SU (4/17), 4pm - Karen Stobbe and Mondy Carter’s “TEDMED” talk about the parallels between improvisation and caregiving for a person living with Alzheimer’s disease.

Free.

art/Craft fairS Cloud CottaGe 219 Old Toll Circle, Black Mountain, 669-6000, cloudcottage.org • SA (4/17) & SU (4/18), 8am5pm - Art sale. Free to attend.

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auditionS & Call to artiStS artS CounCil of henderSon County 693-8504, acofhc.org • Through (5/2) - Artist applications accepted for the 57th annual Art on Main fine art and fine craft festival. See website for full guidelines.

BirdhouSe BaSh 476-4231 • Through (5/5) - Birdhouse submissions accepted for the 4th Annual Birdhouse Bash to support Daydreamz community art-projects & open Door community garden. Bring completed birdhouses to 2nd Blessing Thrift Store, 39 Conley St., Waynesville. Call 476-4231 for more information.

254-8111, twwoa.org • Through MO (5/30) - Submissions accepted for the “Hard Times Essay Contest.” See website for full guidelines. $25 per submission.

Comedy 35Below 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • WE (4/20), 7:30pm - The SuperHappy Trivia Challenge. Local comics and personalities participate in a 1970’s style panel show. $12. the maGnetiC theatre 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • TH (4/21) through SA (4/23), 7:30pm & 9:30pm - “Asheville Yes Fest The Second!” Featuring local improv comedy troupes. $18/$15 advance.

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through FRIDAY (4/21) until (4/29), 7pm - Mary Poppins, student production. $15/$10 children under 10.

802-369-0856, amicimusic.org • FR (4/15), 7:30pm - Tim Schwarz plays Bach, Beethoven & Brahms on violin and viola. Held in private home. Location given upon registration. $35.

• SA (4/16), 3pm - Tim Schwarz plays Bach, Beethoven and Brahms on violin and viola. $20/Free for children under 18.

aSheville Community theatre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/24) - The Man Who Came to Dinner. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $22/$19 seniors & students/$12 children,

aSheville’S Symphony orCheStra • SA (4/16), 8pm - Masterworks Performance: Verdi’s Requiem with soprano Angela Brown. $22 and up.

Held at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St.

Blue ridGe Community ColleGe 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock, 694-1885 • WE (4/20) through SA (4/23), 7:30pm - To Kill a Mockingbird. $7/$5 students.

flat roCk playhouSe 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 6930731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS (4/7) through (4/14), 7:30pm - “Donny Edwards: An Authentic Heart & Soul Tribute to The King,” Elvis tribute and impersonation concert. $30.

• THURSDAYS (4/7) through (4/14) , 2pm - “Donny Edwards: An Authentic Heart & Soul Tribute to The King,” Elvis tribute and impersonation concert. $30.

• FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS (4/9) through (4/16) , 8pm - “Donny Edwards: An Authentic Heart & Soul Tribute to The King,” Elvis tribute and impersonation concert. $30.

• SUNDAYS (4/10) through (4/17) , 2pm - “Donny Edwards: An Authentic Heart & Soul Tribute to The King,” Elvis tribute and impersonation concert. $30.

Brevard little theatre 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard, 884-2587, brevardlittletheatre.com • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (4/15) through (4/29) - Angel Street (Gaslight). Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $16/$11/$5.50 under 12.

lake JunaluSka ConferenCe & retreat Center 91 North Lakeshore Drive, Lake Junaluska, 452-2881, akejunaluska.com • SA (4/16), 7:30pm - “Forever Grateful Tour” featuring Sandi Patty and Veritas. $25. madiSon County artS CounCil 90 S. Main St., Marshall, 649-1301, madisoncountyarts.com • SA (4/16), 7:30pm - Joe Penland, folk music. $15.

theater anam Cara theatre 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • FR (4/15) and SA (4/16), 8pm Faust Foutu, presented in collaboration with Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center. $18/$15 advance/$10 BMCMAC members.

Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B aSheville ChriStian aCademy 74 Riverwood Road, Swannanoa • WE (4/20), noon & THURSDAY

fireStorm Cafe and BookS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • TH (4/14), 1pm - “Table Magic,” magic show by Shinobi Hunter. Free.

Admission by donation. foundation performinG artS & ConferenCe Center 286 Icc Loop Road, Spindale, 286999, foundationshows.org • SA (4/16), 7:30pm - “Close to You: The Music of the Carpenters,” performed by Lisa Rock and band. $17/$5 children under 18. henderSonville Community theatre 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 692-1082, hendersonvillelittletheater.org • FRIDAYS thorugh SUNDAYS until (4/17) - A Bad Year for Tomatoes. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $16. theater at unCa 251-6610, drama.unca.edu • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (4/14) until (4/17) - The Bacchae Transformed, new translation of Ancient Greek Tragedy. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $12/$10 seniors/$7. Held in Belk Theatre. theater at wCu 227-2479, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • TH (4/14) through SU (4/17) Gypsy, musical. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm.

Sun.: 3pm. Held in the Bardo Performing Arts Center. $25/$10 students. 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 Drive, Fletcher • Through SU (5/1) - “Student Artwork Showcase,” exhibition of the art of WNC kindergarten through 12th grade students. art moB 124 Fourth Ave. E., Hendersonville, 693-4545, artmobstudios.com • Through SA (4/30) Exhibition of the paintings of Constanza Knight. aSheville area artS CounCil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, a shevillearts.com • 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.

• Through SA (5/14) Exhibition of paintings by Jane Allen Nodine.

BlaCk mountain Center for the artS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • TH (4/14) through FR (4/29) - Exhibition of pinhole photography by Lynette Miller.

BunComBe County puBliC liBrarieS buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • Through SA (4/30) Storybook Characters on Parade, exhibition of hand-

made dolls and figurines inspired by story book characters. On display in the Youth Services Department.   Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. 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.

Green SaGe Cafe weStGate 70 Westgate Parkway, 7851780, greensagecafe.com • SA (4/16) through SA (4/30) - Uniquely Asheville Art Collection, exhibition of the photographic and acrylic art of John Haldane. mark BettiS Studio & Gallery 123 Roberts Street, 941-5879502, markbettisart.com • WE (4/20) through FR (5/20) - Wedge Duos, exhibition featuring the collaborative art of 28 artists. Opening reception Wednesday, April 20, 6-8pm. 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, 7652359, 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 • FR (3/18) through SU (5/22) - Orthogonal Convergence, exhibition of the photographs of Steve Mann. Opening Reception: Friday, Mar. 18, 5-8pm. 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 • Through SA (4/30) -

Exhibition of the paintings of William H. Ryan.

Satellite Gallery 55 Broadway St., 305-2225, thesatellitegallery.com • Through SA (4/30) - Mike Belleme photography exhibition.

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 • 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 • 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. toe river artS CounCil 765-0520, toeriverarts.org • Through SA (5/7) - Giftshop exhibition featuring the work of over 160 artists. Held at Burnsville TRAC Gallery, 102 W. Main St., Burnsville • Through SA (4/30) - 10th anniversary exhibition of metal work. Closing reception: Friday, April 29, 5-7pm. Held at Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery, 269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine 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 • Through MO (5/2) Transylvania County Schools student art exhibit featuring work from students in the county, grades K-12. Free to attend.

Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

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CluBland room ix Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

wedneSday, april 13

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

185 kinG Street Shannon Whitworth & Barrett Smith (acoustic, singer-songwriter), 7pm

Sly GroG lounGe Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30pm Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm

5 walnut wine Bar Ryan Oslance Duo (jazz), 5pm Les Amis (African folk music), 8pm

Sol Bar new mountain ADBC presents Axiom Wednesdays (drum ’n’ bass), 9pm

550 tavern & Grille karaoke, 6pm altamont theatre An Evening w/ Eliza Gilkyson (folk), 7:30pm An Evening w/ Lew Card (singer-songwriter), 9:45pm

StraiGhtaway Cafe Jesse Barry (soul, blues), 6pm tallGary’S at four ColleGe Open mic & jam, 7pm Wu-Wednesdays (’90s hip-hop experience), 9pm

aSheville muSiC hall Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm BeBe theatre Black List Improv presents “The Hootenanny: A night of homegrown comedy” (Asheville comedians), 8pm

the BloCk off Biltmore LEAF LIVE! w/ Santos & Eddie Watkins Jr. (R&B, gospel), 7:30pm

Ben’S tune-up Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7pm

the Joint next door Bluegrass jam, 8pm

BlaCk mountain ale houSe Play to Win game night, 7:30pm

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

Blue mountain pizza & Brew puB Open mic, 7pm Bywater Koko B. Ware (blues, jazz, surf rock), 8pm Crow & quill Sparrow & Her Wingmen (swing jazz), 9pm dark City deli Pool Tournament, 7:30pm douBle Crown Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm foGGy mountain BrewpuB Kevin Fuller (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 Cash’d Out (country, rockabilly), 8pm

rouGhin’ it: Folk-duo Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler, better known by the moniker The Rough & Tumble, have spent the last year living on the road with nothing but a camper, their dog, Butter, and their music. The former Nashville residents recently lent their blend of haunting acoustic instrumentals and world-wise lyrics to the soundtrack of the upcoming film Pieces & Pieces, about a female veteran struggling with PTSD. The Rough & Tumble stops in for a layover in Brevard on Friday, April 15 for a 6 p.m. show at Oskar Blues Brewery.

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

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

town pump Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10pm

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

trailhead reStaurant and Bar Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon & Andrew Brophy (bluegrass, old-time, Americana), 6pm

one world BrewinG Redleg Husky (acoustic trio), 8pm

Orgone w/ Dynamo

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185 kinG Street Levi Profit Presents: Crucifix, Boondock Kingz & Cody Siniard (world, hip hop, hick hop), 8pm

TUESDAYS

31 Patton Ave.

WEDNESDAYS FRIDAYS

55 College St. Tix & Info at ashevillemusichall.com

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SAT 4.16.16 WED 4.20.16

treSSa’S downtown Jazz and BlueS Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

piSGah BrewinG Company Laura Blackley & The Wildflowers (country, Americana), 6pm

Our Next Big Shows

Donald Glaude, KRI, In Plain Sight, Rasa

the Southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

off the waGon Piano show, 9pm

noBle kava Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

w/ Sammy Guns

the SoCial lounGe Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm

timo’S houSe House of Wax presents: Mage, Indie Chris, DJ Whistleblower (hip-hop, rap), 8pm

one Stop deli & Bar Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm The Filthy Six (soul, jazz), 10pm

Music Video AVL Afterparty WED 4.13.16 w/ The Filthy Six (feat. Members of Mumford and Sons) Aaron Lee Tasjan & Caleb Caudle FRI 4.15.16

the phoenix Jazz night, 8pm

odditorium Synergy Story Slam, 7pm

mountain moJo CoffeehouSe Open mic, 6:30pm

o.henry’S/the underGround “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm

the mothliGht Glenn Jones w/ House & Land (primitive guitar, post-rock, experimental), 9pm

SUNDAYS

Mountain Xpress Presents 5 walnut wine Bar Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8pm 550 tavern & Grille Trivia night, 6pm

WNC 2016

altamont BrewinG Company West End Trio (blues, jam), 9pm altamont theatre Plainsong w/ Iain Matthews (folk), 8pm Barley’S taproom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm BlaCk mountain ale houSe Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band & Goose Island Pint Night (bluegrass), 8pm Blue mountain pizza & Brew puB Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, folk), 7pm

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CluB eleven on Grove Community Swing Jam (jazz benefit for Swing Asheville), 8:30pm CreekSide taphouSe Singer-songwriter night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm Crow & quill Carolina Catskins (ragtime jazz), 10pm

April

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, oldtime), 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

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

FRIDAY

THEATER

4.22

4.23 STYLES&COMPLETE 9PM SHOW RANDOM RAB

4.29

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

9PM SHOW

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

4.30 JOHN BROWN’S BODY 9PM SHOW

+ CLOUDCHORD

SATURDAY

off the waGon Dueling pianos, 9pm

THEATER

Coming Up:

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

EVERY FRI

one Stop deli & Bar Streaming Thursdays (live concert showings), 6pm EMEFE (Afrobeat, funk), 10pm

THU - 5.5: FRI - 5.6: WED - 5.18:

one world BrewinG Momma Molasses (indie folk), 8pm oSkar BlueS Brewery Dustin Maxwell (Americana), 6pm

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Wed •April 13

Send your listings to clubland@mountainx.com

Woody Wood @ 5:30pm paCk’S tavern Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell (acoustic rock), 9pm

Fri •April 15

Meadow Opening & Early’s Hoppy Wheat release

with music by Geoff Achison & the Soul Diggers

Sat •April 16

FRI 4.15 SAT 4.16

Jay Brown @ 3pm Secret B-Sides @ 7pm

piSGah BrewinG Company Hustle Souls (soul, blues), 8pm

PIPER JONES BAND 9PM $7

TAYLOR MARTINS ENGINE w/ MOONSHINE DISTRICT and Special Guest JASON TAYLOR

7PM $5

Sun•April 17

SUN 4.17

Reggae Sunday

hosted by Dennis Berndt of Chalwa @ 1pm

TUE 4.19

Tue•April 19

Team Trivia with Dr. Brown @ 6pm

FRI 4.22

THE WOBBLES

RESIDENCY 4.17 & 4.24 9PM FREE (Donations Encouraged)

TEN CENT POETRY 7PM FREE (Donations Encouraged)

THE BIG EZ’S

OLD SCHOOL NEW ORLEANS R&B DANCE PARTY

9PM $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

95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

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 root Bar no. 1 Jukebox Poetry (folk, rock), 7pm SanCtuary BrewinG Company Laura Thurston (folk, singersongwriter), 7pm

Downtown on the Park Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 13 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night

LIVE MUSIC... never a cover THU. 4/14 Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell (acoustic rock)

(pop, dance hits)

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aSheville muSiC hall Aaron Lee Tasjan & Caleb Caudle w/ Sammy Guns (folk, rock, country), 8:30pm

lex 18 Alex Taub & Pamela Jones (classic & modern jazz standards), 6:30pm

athena’S CluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm DJ Shy Guy, 10pm

loBSter trap Hot Point Trio (Gypsy jazz), 6:30pm

Ben’S tune-up Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 5pm Bhramari BrewhouSe Les Amis (world), 7:30pm

lookout Brewery Paper Lights (alternative, pop), 6pm market plaCe The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm

Boiler room REBIRTH 35 w/ DJ Luis Armando & more (electronic dance music), 10pm

o.henry’S/the underGround Drag Show, 12:30am

SprinG Creek tavern Open Mic, 6pm tallGary’S at four ColleGe Open jam night w/ Jonathan Santos, 7pm the BloCk off Biltmore ReggaeInfinity (reggae, rock, roots), 7pm

timo’S houSe Thursday Request Live w/ Franco Nino, 9pm town pump Stephen Evans (singer-songwriter), 9pm trailhead reStaurant and Bar Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm treSSa’S downtown Jazz and BlueS Jesse Barry & Friends (blues, soul), 9pm twiSted laurel Karaoke, 8pm

ClaSSiC wineSeller Kevin Lorenz (pop, jazz, Latin), 7pm

odditorium Horseflesh w/ The Asound, Flummox & Hepatagua (metal), 9pm

Cork & keG John Lilly (Americana, country roots, folk), 8:30pm

off the waGon Dueling pianos, 9pm

Crow & quill One Leg Up (Gypsy jazz), 9pm dark City deli Vinyl Night, 8pm douBle Crown DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm elaine’S duelinG piano Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm foGGy mountain BrewpuB Calvin Get Down (funk), 10pm frenCh Broad Brewery Michael Martin Band (Americana), 6pm Good Stuff Jeff Thompson (singer-songwriter, jazz, alt-rock), 9pm Grey eaGle muSiC hall & tavern Erin McKeown & Chris Pureka w/ Maryleigh Roohan (indie, folk, singer-songwriter), 8pm Grind Cafe Michelle Malone (Southern rock, roots), 7:30pm hiGhland BrewinG Company Early’s Hoppy Wheat release party w/ Geoff Achison & the Soul Diggers (blues, soul, funk), 4pm

5 walnut wine Bar The Krektones (surf rock), 9pm

iSiS reStaurant and muSiC hall An evening w/ Hannah Seng (Americana, bluegrass, oldtime), 7pm Resonant Rogues w/ Mama’s Broke & Sankofa Electrofolk (folk, swing, world music), 9pm

550 tavern & Grille Wyze Gyze (rock), 6pm

JaCk of the wood puB Piper Jones Band (Celtic), 9pm

185 kinG Street Wintervals (alt-country, Americana), 8pm

20 S. Spruce St. • 225.6944 PacksTavern.com

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

Southern appalaChian Brewery Big Block Dodge (jazz), 7pm

friday, april 15

(funk, pop, soul)

aSheville’S Comedy CluB Grant Lyon (comedy), 8pm

new mountain theater/ amphitheater Dopapod w/ The Fritz (jam), 9pm

wxyz lounGe at aloft hotel Pam Jones (jazz), 8pm

SAT. 4/16 Lyric

lazoom BuS tourS Fritz Beer & Crooked Beats (rock), 3pm

Blue mountain pizza & Brew puB Acoustic Swing, 7pm

white horSe BlaCk mountain Bread & Puppet Theatre (puppetry), 7:30pm

FRI. 4/15 DJ MoTo

altamont theatre An Evening w/ Corb Lund (country, folk), 8pm

JeruSalem Garden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

SCandalS niGhtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

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

TAVERN

altamont BrewinG Company Leigh Glass (blues, soul), 9:30pm

one Stop deli & Bar Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Yess-I (reggae), 10pm one world BrewinG Andy Ferrell (roots, country), 10pm oranGe peel The Oh Hellos w/ The Collection (folk rock, indie), 9pm oSkar BlueS Brewery The Rough & Tumble (Americana, indie, folk), 6pm paCk’S tavern DJ MoTo (pop, dance hits), 9pm piSGah BrewinG Company Porch 40 w/ Andrew Scotchie & The River Rats (rock, blues, jam), 9pm root Bar no. 1 Dulci Ellenberger (singer-songwriter), 7pm SanCtuary BrewinG Company Carver and Carmody (acoustic, blues, country), 7pm SCandalS niGhtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm SCully’S DJ, 10pm Sol Bar new mountain SOL Vibes Mindflip Tour w/ Erothyme, Stratosphere, Shanti, Spaceship Earth, Sacral Crown & Infinite Geometry (electronic), 9pm StraiGhtaway Cafe Laura Blackley & the Wildflowers (country, folk, soul), 6pm

the admiral Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm

jazz), 2pm Savannah Smith (southern soul), 8pm

new mountain theater/ amphitheater Dopapod w/ Turkuaz (jam), 9pm

the BloCk off Biltmore @NEXMILLEN’s Afro Funk Makossa Show, 8pm

Bhramari BrewhouSe Hot Point Trio (jazz), 7:30pm

odditorium Black Mass w/ Veldtchams & Neverfall (metal), 9pm

the duGout Fine Line (rock), 9:15pm the millroom Grant Lyon (comedy), 8pm

BlaCk mountain ale houSe Hustle Souls (neo-soul, blues), 9pm

the moCkinG Crow NC 63 (house band, rock), 8pm

Blue mountain pizza & Brew puB Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

the mothliGht Made of Oak w/ Oak City Slums (indie), 9:30pm

ClaSSiC wineSeller Joe Cruz (Beatles, Elton John, James Taylor covers), 7pm

the phoenix Pop Rocks & Moonshine (Americana), 9pm

Cork & keG Vollie, Kari & the Western Wildcats (honky-tonk, swing, two-step), 8:30pm

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 DJ Fame Douglas (R&B, hip-hop, dance), 9pm town pump Ned Van Go (bluegrass), 9pm treSSa’S downtown Jazz and BlueS Bygone Blues w/ Peggy Ratusz & Aaron Price, 7pm What It Is w/ Kip Veno, 10pm twiSted laurel Live DJ, 11pm white horSe BlaCk mountain David LaMotte (folk, pop), 8pm wild winG Cafe South A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm wxyz lounGe at aloft hotel Bear King (DJ, electronic), 8pm zamBra Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

Saturday, april 16 185 kinG Street Andrew Scotchie & the River Rats (rock, soul, blues), 8pm 5 walnut wine Bar Resonant Rogues Duo (oldfashioned originals), 6pm Firecracker Jazz Band (hot jazz), 9pm 550 tavern & Grille Flash Back, 6pm altamont BrewinG Company Chalwa (reggae), 9:30pm aSheville muSiC hall Donald Glaude w/ Kri, IPS & Rasa (electronic, house), 9pm athena’S CluB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30pm DJ Shy Guy, 10pm Ben’S tune-up Gypsy Guitars (acoustic, Gypsy-

dark City deli Hope Griffin (folk, Americana), 4pm diana wortham theatre Stephanie Miller’s Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour, 8pm douBle Crown Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10pm elaine’S duelinG piano Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm frenCh Broad Brewery Todd Cecil & Backsouth (Americana, blues), 6pm Good Stuff Elspeth Tremblay & Paige Allbritton (singer-songwriter), 7pm Green room Cafe & CoffeehouSe BadNew Band (pop covers), 5:30pm Grey eaGle muSiC hall & tavern Eugene Mirman & Robyn Hitchcock (comedy, singer-songwriter), 8pm hiGhland BrewinG Company Jay Brown (singer-songwriter), 3pm The Secret B-Sides w/ Slo_Gold (psychedelic, soul), 7pm iSiS reStaurant and muSiC hall Amicimusic presents “The ’B’s in Spring” (classical), 7pm

olive or twiSt 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8pm Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm oranGe peel Black Violin (hip hop, classical), 8pm oSkar BlueS reeB ranCh Loaded Up & Truckin’ w/ Shovels & Rope, Futurebirds, Danger Muffin, Aaron Burdett, Sally & George & Pretty Little Goat, 1pm paCk’S tavern Lyric (funk, pop, soul), 9pm piSGah BrewinG Company Supatight (jam, fusion), 8pm purple onion Cafe Chuck Johnson & Charlyhorse (Americana), 8pm room ix Open dance night, 9pm root Bar no. 1 The Punknecks & Russ T Nuttz (Americana, raunchy-tonk), 7pm

5pm–12am

Full Bar

12am

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

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

SanCtuary BrewinG Company Yoga with Cats, 10am Further to Fly, 7:30pm

7:00 PM – CLASSICAL DINNER & A CONCERT:

SCandalS niGhtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

7:00 PM – A MAGICAL EVENING OF COMEDY

SCully’S DJ, 10pm Sol Bar new mountain Blue Wheel Drive (Americana), 9pm Southern appalaChian Brewery Yours Truly (pop, electronica), 8pm StraiGhtaway Cafe Garry Segal Duo (Americana, blues, roots rock), 6pm the admiral Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm the BloCk off Biltmore The Mug (blues, roots, rock), 8pm the duGout Step Mill Gang (classic rock), 9pm

JeruSalem Garden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

the mothliGht Bulgogi w/ Wyla & Animal Instincts (dance, punk), 9:30pm

lazoom BuS tourS Blue Dragons (jam rock), 3pm

the phoenix Opus Vita (funk rock ), 9pm

lazy diamond Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm

timo’S houSe Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 9pm

loBSter trap Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30pm

town pump Michael Martin Band (Americana), 9pm

mCGourty’S puB Roots and Dore (blues), 8pm

Tues-Sun

off the waGon Dueling pianos, 9pm

JaCk of the wood puB Taylor Martin’s Engine w/ Moonshine District & Jason Taylor (folk, country, Americana), 7pm

market plaCe DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm

Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

the moCkinG Crow NC 63 (house band, rock), 8pm

trailhead reStaurant and Bar Kevin Lorenz (guitar, all genres), 8pm

AMICIMUSIC PRESENTS “THE B’S IN SPRING”

WED 4/20 TO SUPPORT MAHEC’S GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES

THU 4/21 6:00 PM – ASHEVILLE MUSIC SCHOOL PERFORMING THE BEATLES’ ABBEY ROAD FRI 4/22 – 7:00 PM MISS TESS AND THE TALKBACKS 9:00 PM – BUTCH TRUCKS AND THE

FREIGHT TRAIN BAND SAT 4/23

7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH JON SHAIN AND JOE NEWBERRY

SUN 4/24 7:30 PM – AN EVENING WITH

RHYTHM FUTURE QUARTET WED 4/27 7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH GRITS AND SOUL 9:00 PM – NEW MADRID Every Tuesday

7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS Every Sunday

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cL u B L a n D treSSa’S downtown Jazz and BlueS The King Zeros (blues), 7:30pm twiSted laurel Indoor & Outdoor Dance Party w/ DJ Phantome Pantone (electronic), 10pm wild winG Cafe Karaoke, 8pm wxyz lounGe at aloft hotel Hank West Band (jazz exotica), 8pm

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

zamBra Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

87 Patton Ave., Asheville

Mountain Xpress Presents

Sunday, april 17 185 kinG Street Hope Notes w/ Carrie Morrison (singer-songwriter), 3pm

WNC 2016

5 walnut wine Bar Ten Cent Poetry (folk, rock), 7pm

VOTE NOW VOUNTIL TE MAY 4

4/14 thu 4/15 fri 4/16

sat

4/17 sun 4/18 mon

call the next witness w/ the jericho brothers, electric phantom

Featuring

made of oak

(nick sanborn of sylvan esso) w/ oak city slums

bulgogi album release

Largest Selection of Craft Beer on Tap • 8 Wines

Music Trivia Every Monday- 8pm 4/14- Egg Drop Challenge! 8pm

w/ wyla, animal instincts

Craft a container for your raw egg using only 8 different materials, then see if you can keep it in one piece after a fall from our deck! Prizes!!

eric bachmann w/ andrew st. james

4/21- New Belgium Pint Night & YWCA fundraiser

small black w/ bayonne

5/7: Yoga w/Bend and Brew- 1pm

4/19 tue singing sessions

On Tap!

at the mothlight

4/20 wed roadkill ghost choir w/ matt townsend & the wonder of the world

Details for all shows can be found at

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Serving food from Asheville Sandwich Company!

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

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pulp Modern Strangers w/ Story Daniels (dirty indie, rock ’n’ roll), 8pm SanCtuary BrewinG Company Shawn Hagan (folk), 7pm SCandalS niGhtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

Southern appalaChian Brewery Gospel Brunch w/ Redneck Mimosa, 12pm

dark City deli Christina Chandler & Free Wheelin Mommas (singersongwriter), 3pm

w/ house & land

piSGah BrewinG Company 11th Anniversary Party w/ Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Tauk & Marcus King Band (jazz, rock, jam), 5pm

Bhramari BrewhouSe Sunday brunch w/ live music, 11am

Bywater Cornmeal Waltz w/ Robert Greer (classic country, bluegrass), 6pm

glenn jones

one Stop deli & Bar Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am Sundays w/ Bill & Friends (Grateful Dead tribute, acoustic), 5pm

Sly GroG lounGe Sunday Open Mic (open to poets, comedians & musicians), 7:30pm

Blue mountain pizza & Brew puB Billy Litz (Americana, singersongwriter), 7pm

4/13 wed

olive or twiSt Mojo Anton (jump, swing, blues), 6pm

Ben’S tune-up Reggae night w/ Dub Kartel, 8pm

BlaCk mountain ale houSe Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel and Friends (jazz), 11:30am

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off the waGon Piano show, 9pm

douBle Crown Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9pm Grey eaGle muSiC hall & tavern Sierra Leone’s Refugee AllStars (reggae, Afrobeat, world), 8pm

StraiGhtaway Cafe Wintervals (folk), 5pm tallGary’S at four ColleGe Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm the imperial life Ultra Lounge Listening Party w/ projections DJ Phantone Pantone, 10pm the mothliGht Eric Bachmann w/ Andrew St. James (atmospheric, singersongwriter), 8:30pm the niGhtinGale loft Amicimusic presents “The B’s in Spring” (classical), 12pm the omni Grove park inn Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10am Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm the SoCial Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm

iSiS reStaurant and muSiC hall Sunday Classical Brunch, 11am Sunday Jazz showcase, 6pm

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

JaCk of the wood puB Irish session, 5pm The Wobblers (roots, blues, soul), 9pm

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

lazy diamond The Mad Doctors w/ The Blots & Drag Sounds (garage, punk, sludge), 10pm lex 18 Michael John Jazz (classic jazz for lovers), 7pm

tiGer mountain The Mad Doctors, The Blots & Drag Sounds (garage punk, rock), 9pm timo’S houSe Bring Your Own Vinyl (open decks), 8pm

loBSter trap Hunnilicious (Americana, country, folk), 6:30pm

treSSa’S downtown Jazz and BlueS Cris Coleman (blues guitar), 8pm

odditorium Benefit for the Antifas, 9pm

wedGe BrewinG Co. Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones

(acoustic jazz-swing), 6pm white horSe BlaCk mountain WNC Mountain Ballads w/ Sheila Kay Adams & Bobby McMillon, 7pm

monday, april 18 185 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 odditorium TV Girl, Elvis Depressedly & Fashion Bath (alternative, psych-pop), 9pm olive or twiSt 2 Breeze Band (Motown), 6pm oSkar BlueS Brewery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm piSGah BrewinG Company An evening w/ Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola (jazz, fusion), 8pm pulp Harry & The Potters w/ Rusty Clanton (“wizard rock”), 7pm The Freeway Revival (rock, Americana), 10pm SovereiGn remedieS Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm

the mothliGht Small Black w/ Bayonne (indie rock, synth pop), 9:30pm

market plaCe The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm

one Stop deli & Bar Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm

the omni Grove park inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

new mountain theater/ amphitheater Tuesday Tease (“open mic” burlesque), 9pm

one world BrewinG Trivia, 6pm

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

odditorium Odd comedy night, 9pm

oranGe peel Hot Tuna (Americana, blues), 7:30pm

off the waGon Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm

renaiSSanCe aSheville hotel Bobby Jo Valentine (folk, pop), 6:30pm

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

SanCtuary BrewinG Company Team trivia & tacos, 7pm

tallGary’S at four ColleGe Jam night, 9pm the BloCk off Biltmore Jazz-n-Justice w/ Kiah Abendroth (benefit for Transition Asheville), 7:30pm the mothliGht Singing Sessions, 6:30pm the phoenix Songwriter Showcase hosted by Keturah w/Carrie Morrison and Ellen Trynka, 8pm the SoCial lounGe Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm

timo’S houSe Tech Tuesdays (video game tournament), 8pm treSSa’S downtown Jazz and BlueS Funk & jazz jam w/ Pauly Juhl, 8:30pm urBan orChard Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm white horSe BlaCk mountain Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm wild winG Cafe South Tuesday bluegrass, 6pm Trivia w/ Kelilyn, 8:30pm

tueSday, april 19 5 walnut wine Bar The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8pm altamont BrewinG Company Open mic w/ Chris O’Neill featuring Molly Parameter (folk), 8:30pm aSheville muSiC hall Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm BaCk yard Bar Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8pm BlaCk Bear Coffee Co. Round Robin acoustic open mic, 7pm BlaCk mountain ale houSe Trivia, 7pm Blue mountain pizza & Brew puB Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm Buffalo niCkel Trivia, 7pm Cork & keG Old Time Jam, 5pm CreekSide taphouSe Old School Low Down Blues Tues. w/ Matt Walsh, 6pm Crow & quill Champagne Wilson & The French 75’s (rowdy New Orleans style jazz), 10pm dark City deli Ping Pong Tournament, 6pm douBle Crown Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm Good Stuff Old time-y night, 6:30pm Grey eaGle muSiC hall & tavern Songs of Merle (tribute to Merle Haggard), 8pm hiGhland BrewinG Company Dr. Brown’s Team Trivia, 6pm iron horSe Station Open mic, 6pm iSiS reStaurant and muSiC hall Tuesday bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm JaCk of the wood puB Ten Cent Poetry (folk, pop), 7pm lazy diamond Classic Rock ’n Roll Karaoke, 10pm lex 18 Bob Strain & Bill Fouty (romantic jazz ballads and standards), 7pm loBSter trap Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30pm lookout Brewery Matthew Frantz (indie, folk, rock), 6:30pm

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Jaeden Lieberher and Michael Shannon in the sci-fi allegorical thriller Midnight Special, the new film from writer-director Jeff Nichols.

Midnight Special HHHHS DiRectoR: Jeff Nichols (Mud) PLaYeRs: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Jaeden Liberher, Adam Driver sci-Fi aLLegoRY RATED PG-13 tHe stoRY: Sci-fi allegory about a child with special powers.

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tHe LowDown: Impressive, immersive tale that is almost equal parts rewarding and enigmatic, working on several levels at once. That it can’t quite manage the ending it aims for doesn’t matter as much as it might.

Having nothing whatever to do with the early 1970s late-night rock concert TV show, Jeff Nichols latest, Midnight Special, is the writer-director’s most

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complex and accomplished film to date. It is also almost certain not to be as popular as his modern, dark rethinking of the world of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, Mud (2012). That’s both a pity and understandable. In the sense of being a solid, crowd-pleasing (assuming the crowd is fairly discerning) film, Mud is a tough act to follow. It is challenging, but in a way that doesn’t

keep it from being hard to like. Even at its darkest, Mud had a special, almost comforting quality. That is in little evidence in this deliberately enigmatic new film that suggests more than it outright says — a trait bound to alienate some viewers and intrigue others.

Midnight Special might be said to be a mash-up of Mud with Nichols’ previous film Take Shelter (2011). In the sense that it’s a rural tale mixed with sci-fi and allegory, that’s true enough.

However, Midnight Special — as the

song from which it draws its title implies (“Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me”) — is at least cautiously, if ambiguously, optimistic.

Take Shelter, on the other hand, is a huge downer everywhere you look.

Midnight Special is many things — some more successful than others — but it is very much a tale of transcendence. That is also quite probably why it isn’t always completely successful.

Transcendence is hard to pull off and harder still to pull off without getting a laugh — or at least a groan.

The film is in no hurry to explain what is going on, and, for that matter, it never actually does explain everything. All we know is that there’s this boy, Alton Meyer (Jaeden Lieberher), who interests both the vaguelydefined End Times cult (who think he’s a prophet) and the federal government (which is equally sure Alton is some kind of threat). Even this information is slowly doled out over the first section of the film. We have to piece it together from Alton’s “kidnapping” by his father Roy (Michael Shannon) — a former cult member

himself — and his father’s friend Lucas (Joel Edgerton), and the secrecy surrounding it all. Little is revealed. Even less is discussed. We know — though we don’t know why — from the onset that Alton is (as the ad campaign tells us) “not like us.” He cannot be exposed to sunlight. He wears blue goggles and sound-dampening head phones. Plus, he has a disconcerting tendency to shoot blinding blue-white light from his eyes. The most normal thing about him is he reads Superman comics (the choice of literature is perhaps not coincidental). And he appears to be frail and in a downward spiral.

On the one hand, this is a chase film — almost a generic action picture with a sci-fi base and a goal that is probably as much of a mystery to Alton as anyone else. And, yes, it works on those grounds, but there’s so much more. Without going too deeply into it — not wanting to give away the film’s slowly (partly) revealed mystery — Midnight Special touches on the strangeness and bonding of parenthood and the “otherness” of children the nature of faith (and its possibly

Food critic Jonathan Gold stops by a. L.A. food truck in the documentary about him and the city he calls home City of Gold.

City of Gold HHHS DiREctoR: Laura Gabbert PLaYERS: Jonathan Gold, David Chang, Laurie Ochoa, Ludo Lefebvre, Ruth Reichl, Allen Salkin DocumEntaRY RATED R

tHE StoRY: Documentary about Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold. tHE LoWDoWn: Appealing, pleasant, thoroughly entertaining portrait of the food critic and the city he covers.

There’s not a whole lot to be said about Laura Gabbert’s City of Gold. It won’t

bogus quality) the idea that we are perhaps surrounded by mysteries we can barely imagine — and more. It addresses that moment where a child becomes his own person. It observes, and even inhabits, a world at once familiar to us, and yet one oddly detached in an almost clinical manner. In terms of ambition, this is a hard film to top — and therein lies the problem.

Midnight Special boldly goes to an ending it can neither quite pull off, nor one it should probably have attempted.

It’s at once too literal for the rest of the film and the kind of thing that is inevitably a disappointment. I don’t want to say too much here, but it’s exactly why Kubrick knew what he was doing by eschewing literal-mindedness at the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Does this miscalculation ruin the film? No — in part because the scenes that follow it embrace the enigmatic nature of the rest of the film — but it doesn’t help matters. Rated PG-13 for some violence and action.

Playing at The Carolina Cinemark. reviewed by Ken HanKe KHanKe@mountainx.com

change your life, and it won’t make you rethink the documentary format. It’s a genial look at Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles food critic Jonathan Gold, with the fairly rumpled Mr. Gold front and center for its entire length. But it’s a good bit more than just a portrait of Gold and can be looked at from a number of different angles — including from my perspective, seeing just how much being a food critic and a movie critic have in common. For instance, I greatly admire his stance on not taking notes while eating. (“You could take notes when you’re having sex, too, but you’d sort of be missing out on something.”) I know where Gold is coming from, in that I’d say exactly the same thing about reviewing a movie. I also know where he’s coming from about looming deadlines and about getting a sense of suffering from writer’s block despite churning out 150,000 words a year. And I certainly understand the lingering feeling that getting paid for doing what I do is “getting away with something.” (Undoubtedly, there are those who would agree with that last.)

Of course, I realize that’s a rather specialized view of the movie, even if it did make me warm to Gold more than I already had — and, believe me, it’s hard to not to warm to this man. Words like genial and affectionate come readily to mind in connection with both Gold and this unassuming portrait of him.

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carmiKe cinema 10 (298-4452) carolina cinemas (274-9500) 10 cLovERfiELD LanE (Pg-13) 11:15, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 baRbERSHoP: tHE nExt cut (Pg-13) 11:20, 2:05, 4:50, 7:35, 10:20 batman v SuPERman: DaWn of juSticE 2D (Pg-13) 11:50, 3:15, 6:40, 10:15 tHE boSS (R) 10:50, 1:25, 4:00, 6:30, 9:100 cRiminaL (R) 11:25, 2:10, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 DEmoLition (R) 11:35, 2:15, 4:55, 7:30, 10:10 EYE in tHE SkY (R) 11:05, 1:40, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 HaRDcoRE HEnRY (R) 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 8:10, 10:35 HELLo, mY namE iS DoRiS (R) 11:10, 1:35, 4:15, 6:35, 9:05 tHE jungLE book 3D(Pg) 12:25, 3:10, 6:05, 9:00 tHE jungLE book 2D (Pg) 10:55, 1:45, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 miDnigHt SPEciaL (Pg-13) 11:00, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 mY big fat gREEk WEDDing 2 (Pg-13) 11:30, 1:55, 4:20, 6:45, 9:20 ZootoPia 2D (Pg) 10:45, 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30

co-ed cinema brevard (883-2200) tHE jungLE book (Pg) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00

epic oF Hendersonville (6931146) 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. 21) WoRkS in PRogRESS ScREEning (nR) 7:00 Thu. Apr. 21 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)

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Barbershop: The Next Cut Yes, back in 2001, the first Barbershop was a pleasant surprise, and while its 2004 sequel was at least pleasant and didn’t disgrace the first film, just why we need a third film 12 years later is perhaps another matter.

Warner Bros. says. “It’s been more than 10 years since our last appointment at Calvin’s Barbershop. Calvin and his longtime crew, including Eddie, are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes.

Most noticeably, our once male-dominated sanctuary is now co-ed. The ladies bring their own flavor, drama and gossip to the shop, challenging the fellas at every turn. Despite the good times and camaraderie within the shop, the surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, forcing Calvin and our crew to come together to not only save the shop, but their neighborhood.” OK, maybe. (PG-13)

Criminal What is it? Well, it stars Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot. The studio bluntly states, “The memories and skills of a CIA agent are implanted into the brain of a dangerous criminal in order to stop an international terrorist.” It has four reviews at this moment.

They range from bad to awful. (R)

The Jungle Book Ready or not, here comes the “live action” (with a heap of CGI help) version of The Jungle Book helmed by Jon Favreau and featuring high-priced voice actors — Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken. Apparently, all but two of the 1967 cartoon’s songs have been scrapped, but it otherwise is seemingly close to that storyline. Presently, it has 21 positive reviews and no negatives. (PG)

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I’m not altogether sure any film about Gold could be other than unassuming.

You see, while I’m sure the man must weigh in on the more elite eateries in Los Angeles, his special passion — at least as presented here — appears to be smaller, specialized, decidedly offbeat venues.

His preferred stomping grounds are mom and pop restaurants, various ethnic food joints (often in that most derided American institution, the strip mall) food trucks, hot dog stands and food courts.

He’s like an explorer charting unknown regions, but regions of food.

It all seems to have started when Gold decided to “eat his way through” Pico Boulevard, a 15-mile stretch that extends from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica. This cemented his belief the city was the opposite of the American melting pot concept and was, instead, a place brimming with neighborhoods that represented the individual qualities — and cuisines — of their various populations.

It’s the sort of diversity that only a city as sprawled out as Los Angeles could encompass. In this respect, City of Gold is as much about the city as it is about Gold.

(After all, the title suggests as much.)

But, then, Gold himself is nothing if not diverse. This is a man who started out studying classic cello, then became a huge fan of punk rock (it seems earlier pop-rock just wasn’t something he encountered). It was fairly late in the day that he ended up with the food critic gig, and it was clearly something he made his own. Looking at the interior of his home — with books stacked everywhere, even on the stairs — it’s clear that this is a man of many interests. After all, we are talking about a man who will try something called hagfish, a Korean food described as being “like eel, only a lot worse.” For that matter, the sojourn into the realm of fried grasshoppers did not encourage me to seek them out. On the other hand, so much of the food and its unassuming nature — and especially Gold’s enthusiasm for it — is, like the film itself, very appealing indeed.

Rated R for some language.

Playing at The Carolina Cinemark. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com

Hardcore Henry HHS

DIRECTOR: Ilya Naishuller

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PLAYERS: Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, Tim Roth ACTION RATED R THE STORY: A man’s corpse is resurrected and turned into a cyborg supersoldier by his implausibly attractive scientist wife, after which he kills everyone in his path on a quest to rescue her from the telekinetic albino oligarch that abducted her. Seriously, that’s what this is about.

THE LOWDOWN: Ninety minutes of nausea-inducing shaky cam and ultraviolence, Hardcore Henry is intended for an audience predominantly too young to go see it legitimately.

I have clearly aged out of Hardcore Henry’s target demographic. Back in my day, you had to actually purchase movie tickets from a living person, which made the prospect of sneaking into an R-rated film while obviously underage that much more daunting. In this era of automated kiosks, the two unattended 14-year-old boys who sat in the row ahead of me must’ve had a much easier time. And that’s largely as it should be, because this film was tailor-made for the adolescent male psyche.

Hardcore Henry sells itself almost exclusively on its similarity to the firstperson-shooter genre of modern video games that the film evokes. Shot entirely from the protagonist’s POV using GoPro cameras, Henry’s gimmick worked well enough in the 5-minute music video on which the film was based, but wears thin at feature length. While some have called this gambit innovative, those of us who remember Bogie and Bacall in Dark Passage or Robert Montgomery’s directorial effort The Lady in the Lake know that such POV schemes are nothing new, and were used to greater effect way back in 1947.

That said, Henry is at least creative in its excess. The title sequence alone is one of the most graphic displays of violence I’ve seen in recent memory, and the film never seems to run out of new and increasingly gruesome forms of anatomical assault. The stunt choreography is truly impressive, at least if you can visually sort out what’s happening on screen with the camera bobbing and weaving like late-period Muhammad Ali. Since I’ve never developed an affinity for parkour or pseudo-vérité shaky cam, however, much of the impact was lost on me, as I found myself preoccupied by my fervent wish that the concession stand sold Dramamine.

There’s not much story to speak of beyond the setup and its inevitable conclusion, and no one could accuse the film of getting bogged down in exposi-

tion or character development. Most of the film’s dialogue is presented in the style of video game cut-scenes, with the protagonist remaining mute throughout the film and letting other characters explain things to him in passing. If you find yourself in the small subset of the movie-going populace that finds Michael Bay films too talky, this might be a plus, but the lack of characterization severely hampers the audience’s ability to attach any emotional stakes to the film’s incessant chaos.

It’s difficult to assign qualitative value to the acting in a film this focused on style over substance.

Unlike Dark Passage or The Lady in the Lake, we never really get a good look at Henry, so the true lead performance comes from Sharlto Copley in a supporting role (or roles). Copley channels his inner Peter Sellers portraying the same character in a variety of different guises, some of which are highly entertaining. At one point, a stoned hippie variant of Copley’s character offers a goon under enhanced interrogation the choice between his Higher Self (a toke from a joint) and his Ego (a bullet to the kneecap).

But as good as Copley proves to be in his various personas, the show is still stolen by Tim Roth in approximately 30 seconds of flashback as Henry’s father.

Despite its best efforts, Hardcore Henry is rife with drawbacks. Any film that credits 30 prostitutes in a brothel scene while only giving two of them names is probably not going to ingratiate itself to feminists, and while there might be some political statement intended in the villain’s resemblance to Julian Assange, this movie is far less interested in making a point than in showing people “get blowed up real good.” And in that limited scope, the film succeeds. I’d struggle to recommend Hardcore Henry to anyone beyond the most ardent gamers, or possibly to sociopaths with severe ADHD, but I also would’ve been willing to suffer the tortures of the damned (to quote Malcom McDowell in A Clockwork Orange) to have seen this movie in a theater when I was 14.

Kids these days just don’t know how good they’ve got it. Rated R for non-stop bloody brutal violence and mayhem, language throughout, sexual content/nudity and drug use.

Playing at The Carolina Cinemark, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Scott Douglas jsdouglas22@gmail.com

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DiRectoR: Ben Falcone (Tammy) PLaYeRs: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage, Kathy Bates, Ella Anderson comeDY RATED R tHe stoRY: After running afoul of the law, a former billionaire tries to rehabilitate her image with the help of a former underling. tHe LowDown: Another noisy, grating comedic vehicle for Melissa McCarthy. Even if you enjoy her onscreen presence, there’s little to latch onto with something so idiotically obnoxious.

It’ll be 10 years this summer that I’ve been reviewing movies and, lately, when writing, I think of the ways I often repeat myself, like the impossibly numerous times I’ve explained why I give every treacly religious film a fair shake. Or mention how many Nicholas Sparks adaptations I’ve sat through. I bring this up because — once again — I have to explain that I just don’t enjoy watching Melissa McCarthy on the movie screen. I know she’s well-liked in a lot of critical circles (so many reviews are screaming, “She deserves so much better than this film!”), but she does nothing for me. Her style of comedy is loud and garish and she’s often shoved into roles that are unlikable and — at worst — grotesque.

The willful ugliness of 2014’s Tammy, for me, is Exhibit A here — a noisy, mildly hateful and wholly unsympathetic little film that teamed McCarthy up with her husband, the film’s director Ben Falcone. McCarthy’s latest, The Boss, reunites the two on a professional level — which didn’t bode well going into the film. It only had the fact that it was not Tammy. At the very least, The Boss manages to give McCarthy a slightly more palatable character. This isn’t saying much, though, since McCarthy’s titular Tammy sits in my memory as one of film’s least likable creations, an unlikable character who was little more than low-hanging fruit — an assemblage of cheap, annoying jokes based on Tammy’s white trash-ness.

The Boss, at least, attempts to punch up, as McCarthy plays Michelle, a loudmouthed (perhaps you see a pattern

here), egomaniacal billionaire who bullies her employees — especially her mealy mouthed assistant Claire (Kristen Bell) — and acts in a generally eccentric manner. This takes a turn, of course, when Michelle gets busted for insider trading — framed by an old flame (Peter Dinklage) — and, after a short prison stint, she must figure a way to rehabilitate her image. This takes the form of taking over Claire’s daughter’s (Ella Anderson) Girl Scout-style troop and reorganizing their brownie sales into a domineering, money-making monstrosity.

The end result of all this, comedywise, is a style of humor that relies heavily on lazy randomness, too much slapstick, a tired odd-couple dynamic and the idea that turtlenecks are inherently funny. There are a couple scenes that at least reach a sense of the absurd, but even then the film feels like some warmed-over Will Ferrell vehicle. While not as teeth-grittingly scuzzy as Tammy, the film — despite a somewhat topical subject — has nothing to say, nor does it have much going for it comedy-wise.

McCarthy is given little more to do than be loud and unreasonably ridiculous, with the little in the way of craft and thought put into her portrayal. This, unfortunately, is true of much of the film, a movie that at it’s best is little more than silly, and usually nothing besides obnoxious. Rated R for sexual content, language and brief drug use.

Playing at The Carolina Cinemark, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed By JuStin Souther JSouther@mountainx.Com

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Romeo and Juliet HHHH director: Franco Zeffirelli players: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey. John McEnery, Milo O’Shea, Pat Heywood, Michael York shaKespeare tragedy Rated G If there must be film versions of Mr. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet — and, since the movies have been churning them out in various forms for 116 years, it seems we must — then Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version is as good as any and better than most.

It should, however, be noted that it is very much of its time with its youthful cast looking like they stepped off the cover of Tiger Beat magazine. Even at the time, it was sometimes derided as the “Pepsi Generation” version of the play. I’m not at all sure that’s necessarily a bad thing, but I’m well past finding the story a great tragedy of starcrossed lovers, and more on the side of viewing the title characters as self-dramatizing hormonal teenagers. That, I know, makes me a curmudgeon, but them’s the breaks. Of course, one of the big things at the time of its release — at least among the teenage girls I knew — was the film’s then-startling (now tepid) nudity, specifically Romeo’s bare backside. (I’m sure this fueled many a youthful fantasy — and in the name of culture, too.) It briefly thrust Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey into the spotlight but didn’t exactly propel them to stardom (Hussey’s next best-known film is the 1974 slasher picture Black Christmas). Regardless, this is a reasonable version of the play. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Romeo and Juliet Sunday, April 17, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

The Army of Shadows HHHH director: Jean-Pierre Melville players: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, JeanPierre Cassel, Simone Signoret. Claude Mann wwii drama Rated NR Often called the “godfather of the New Wave” (a title he ultimately rejected), Jean-Pierre Melville is a hit-and-miss acquired taste — something of which The Army of Shadows (1969) is a perfect example. Coming right after his stylistic masterpiece Le Samourai (1967), Shadows is downright ordinary. Oh, it’s well-made, well-acted and certainly solid. But apart from one “swish-pan” scene transition and the desaturated color, the only thing that distinguishes it from the run-of-the-mill 1960s WWII films (of which there was no shortage) is the fact that it follows a group of French Underground freedom fighters rather than a specific plot or event. I suppose a case can be made that it’s gloomier than its U.S. or British counterpart — it is undeniably a singularly downbeat film. But if was really any more of a downer than, say, George Seaton’s The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) — which I think scarred me for life at the age of seven — is open to question. That said, there are certainly moments of greatness in Melville’s film, but I am hard-pressed to say they end up forming a great movie. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present The Army of Shadows Friday, April 15, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 828-273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

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Those interested in the opportunity should email their name, age, date of birth (if under 18), a recent color headshot (emailed as a .jpg attachment), height, weight, phone number(s), email address and clothing sizes (pants, shirt, jacket and shoe for men; pants, dress, skirt, blouse and shoe for women). Applicants should also include (as a .jpg attachment) a recent side view picture of their drivable car or truck for potential use in a scene, with details on the year, make, model and color.

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Applicants should note their city and state of residence, occupation, pets owned and previous experience as an extra. Send to billboardextras@gmail.com. • UNC Asheville hosts a screening of Pay It No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson on Tuesday, April 19, at 6 p.m. The documentary — shown in Highsmith Union room 222 — focuses on Johnson, a black transgender activist, who was an instigator of the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City that helped spark the gay liberation movement. A discussion led by UNCA staff and students will follow the 54-minute film. Free and open to the public. msp.unca.edu • As part of the Weaverville Public Library’s celebration of Pollinator Month, the documentary Wings of Life will be screened on Friday, April 22, at 4 p.m. Narrated by meryl streep, the 77-minute 2013 film gets close up in the lives of butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, bats and flowers, and examines how a third of the world’s food supply depends on these increasingly threatened creatures.

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freeWill aStroloGY arieS (march 21-april 19): "When I discover who I am, I'll be free," said novelist Ralph Ellison. Would you consider making that a paramount theme in the coming weeks? Will you keep it in the forefront of your mind, and be vigilant for juicy clues that might show up in the experiences coming your way? In suggesting that you do, I'm not guaranteeing that you will gather numerous extravagant insights about your true identity and thereby achieve a blissful eruption of total liberation. But I suspect that at the very least you will understand previously hidden mysteries about your primal nature. And as they come into focus, you will indeed be led in the direction of cathartic emancipation. tauruS (april 20-may 20): "We never know the wine we are becoming while we are being crushed like grapes," said author Henri Nouwen. I don't think that's true in your case, Taurus. Any minute now, you could get a clear intuition about what wine you will ultimately turn into once the grape-crushing stage ends. So my advice is to expect that clear intuition.

Once you're in possession of it, I bet the crushing will begin to feel more like a massage -- maybe even a series of strong but tender caresses.

Gemini (may 21-June 20): Your sustaining mantra for the coming weeks comes from Swedish poet Tomas Transtrรถmer: "I am not empty; I am open." Say that aloud whenever you're inclined to feel lonely or lost. "I am not empty; I am open." Whisper it to yourself as you wonder about the things that used to be important but no longer are. "I am not empty; I am open." Allow it to loop through your imagination like a catchy song lyric whenever you're tempted to feel melancholy about vanished certainties or unavailable stabilizers or missing fillers. "I am not empty; I am open."

CanCer (June 21-July 22): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are close to tapping into hidden powers, dormant talents, and future knowledge. Truths that have been off-limits are on the verge of catching your attention and revealing themselves.

Secrets you have been concealing from yourself are ready to be plucked and transformed. And now I will tell you a trick you can use that will enable you to fully cash in on these pregnant possibilities: Don't adopt a passive wait-andsee attitude. Don't expect everything to happen on its own. Instead, be a willful magician who aggressively collects and activates the potential gifts.

leo (July 23-aug. 22): This would be a perfect moment to give yourself a new nickname like "Sugar Pepper" or "Honey Chili" or "Itchy Sweet." It's also a favorable time to explore the joys of running in slow motion or getting a tattoo of a fierce howling bunny or having gentle sex standing up. This phase of your cycle is most likely to unfold with maximum effectiveness if you play along with its complicated, sometimes paradoxical twists and turns. The more willing you are to celebrate life's riddles as blessings in disguise, the more likely you'll be to use the riddles to your advantage. virGo (aug. 23-Sept. 22): Right about now you might be feeling a bit extreme, maybe even zealous or melodramatic. I wouldn't be surprised if you were tempted to make outlandish expostulations similar to those that the poet Arthur Rimbaud articulated in one of his histrionic poems: "What beast must I worship? What sacred images should I destroy? What hearts shall I break? What lies am I supposed to believe?" I encourage you to articulate salty sentiments like these in the coming days -- with the understanding that by venting your intensity you won't need to actually act it all out in real life. In other words, allow your fantasy life and creative artistry to be boisterous outlets for emotions that shouldn't necessarily get translated into literal behavior. liBra (Sept. 23-oct. 22): Adyashanti is my favorite mind-scrambling philosopher. One of his doses of crazy wisdom is just what you need to hear right now.

"Whatever you resist you become," he says. "If you resist anger, you are always angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. If you resist suffering, you are always suffering. If you resist confusion, you are always confused. We think that we resist certain states because they are there, but actually they are there because we resist them." Can you wrap your imagination around Adyashanti's counsel, Libra?

I hope so, because the key to dissipating at least some of the dicey stuff that has been tweaking you lately is to STOP RESISTING IT! SCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21): During every election season, media pundits exult in criticizing candidates who have altered their opinions about important issues.

This puzzles me. In my understanding, an intelligent human is always learning new information about how the world works, and is therefore constantly evolving his or her beliefs and ideas. I don't trust people who stubbornly cling to all of their musty dogmas. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because the coming weeks will be an especially ripe time for you to change your mind about a few things, some of them rather important. Be alert for the cues and clues that will activate

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SaGittariuS (nov. 22-dec. 21): Friedrich Nietzsche published his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, in 1872, when he was 28 years old. In 1886, he put out a revised edition that included a preface entitled "An Attempt at Self-Criticism."

In this unprecedented essay, he said that he now found his text "clumsy and embarrassing, its images frenzied and confused, sentimental, uneven in pace, so sure of its convictions that it is above any need for proof." And yet he also glorified The Birth of Tragedy, praising it for its powerful impact on the world, for its "strange knack of seeking out its fellow-revelers and enticing them on to new secret paths and dancing-places." In accordance with the astrological omens, Sagittarius, I invite you to engage in an equally brave and celebratory re-evaluation of some of your earlier life and work.

CapriCorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Go back to where you started and learn to love it more." So advised Thaddeus Golas in his book The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment. I think that's exactly what you should do right now, Capricorn.

To undertake such a quest would reap long-lasting benefits. Here's what I propose: First, identify three dreams that are important for your future. Next, brainstorm about how you could return to the roots of your relationships with them.

Finally, reinvigorate your love for those dreams. Supercharge your excitement about them. aquariuS (Jan. 20-feb. 18): "What am I doing here in mid-air?" asks Ted Hughes in his poem "Wodwo." Right about now you might have an urge to wonder that yourself. The challenging part of your situation is that you're unanchored, unable to find a firm footing. The fun part is that you have an unusual amount of leeway to improvise and experiment.

Here's a suggestion: Why not focus on the fun part for now? You just may find that doing so will minimize the unsettled feelings. I suspect that as a result you will also be able to accomplish some interesting and unexpected work. piSCeS (feb. 19-march 20): How many fireflies would you have to gather together in order to create a light as bright as the sun? Entomologist Cole Gilbert estimates the number to be 14,286,000,000. That's probably beyond your ability to accomplish, Pisces, so I don't recommend you attempt it. But I bet you could pull off a more modest feat with a similar theme: accumulating a lot of small influences that add up to a big effect. Now is an excellent time to capitalize on the power of gradual, incremental progress.

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