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Sustainability debates and Earth Day events Environmental awareness and action are year-round concerns, but Earth Day highlights the need for both. Amid ongoing debates about sustainability, this week the Asheville area offers a range of celebrations and events. coveR design Laura Barry

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Circus is no fun for animals The circus is making its annual visit to in Asheville, and I urge you to think twice before buying your ticket. Although it looks like clean family fun in the ring, behind the scenes the circus is nothing short of animal abuse. Elephants, tigers and bears are wild animals, and the bizarre acts they perform are contrary to any innate behavior these animals understand. The extreme training required to make an elephant stand on its head or a bear ride a bicycle is accomplished with whips, electric prods, bullhooks and other painful implements. What’s arguably worse is the constant confinement circus animals suffer as the Big Top moves from one city to the next. There is no green pasture for the animals at the end of the day, only cramped cages, tethers and box cars. Circus animals never know sunlight, the soft earth or the opportunity to engage in natural behaviors.

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There are many inspiring animalfree circuses you and your family can enjoy, as well as wildlife sanctuaries that provide a humane environment for the animals in their care. Here children can learn the true beauty of wildlife. For more information about animal abuse in circuses, see http:// www.humanesociety.org/issues/circuses_entertainment. Carrie Stilwell Asheville

Letter violated respect We locals are known for our strong opinions, but we also have a culture of tolerance. In fact, respect for others’ differences is what makes our area such a desirable place to live. This respect was violated in the April 2 edition by your publishing of a rebuttal letter [“Had Enough of Stewart David’s Letters,” Xpress] which personally attacked Stewart David, a frequent contributor of thoughtful letters to Mountain Xpress. David’s letters might be controversial, and it’s fine when others agree or disagree. But Wintrhop Dow’s attack letter “shooting the messenger” did not address one single issue. By publishing it you did nothing to educate, entertain or make us think. Zia Terhune Asheville

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More scrutiny of letters needed I am writing to express my concern about a letter to the editor that was published in the Mountain Xpress on Wednesday, April 2 [”Had Enough of Stewart David’s Letters.”]. The letter was written by Winthrop E. Dow. This letter consisted of a personal attack on Steward David, a citizen of Asheville who has consistently written thoughtful articles about the connection between diet, the environment, health and compassion toward animals. I could understand publishing Mr. Dow’s letter if he had taken issue with one of Mr. David’s positions and offered a rebuttal for your readers. But all Mr. Dow did was personally attack Mr. David. The Mountain Xpress should be a venue for people to express opinions on issues, not a venue to personally attack individual citizens. In fact, the Asheville Citizen-Times’ editorial policy does not even allow letters to contain the name of a private citizen. Please exercise more scrutiny of your letters in the future. They should be about issues, not people. Carrie Stilwell Asheville Xpress responds: We regret running the April 2 letter, “Had Enough of Stewart

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Trails are not latrines Over the last few months, I have observed an unsettling trend of people using the sides of trails as latrines. I, too, am an avid outdoors person and often spend hours in nature mountain biking and hiking, and understand it may be necessary to attend to personal

coRRection In last week’s Small Bites, which ran on April 9, Ashley English’s new book was incorrectly listed as Homemade Gatherings: Recipes and Crafts for Seasonal Celebrations and Potluck Parties. The correct title is Handmade Gatherings: Recipes and Crafts for Seasonal Celebrations and Potluck Parties.

needs. But there really is no excuse for stepping barely a foot off the trail and leaving tissue exposed! In doing so, one’s personal needs become everyone’s business. My reasoning is that these people in question would not want someone just coming into their backyard to use the bathroom and leaving paper in random spots. And yet, these public trails such as the Mountains-to-Sea trail, are everyone’s backyard. In addition to unsightly distractions, many of us have dogs that we hike, bike and run with and, well, dogs will be dogs in wanting to investigate and get into things that are not always in their best interest. It just becomes a “thing” no matter how you want to address it. We all appreciate the beauty and freedom of these wide-open spaces, but it’s equally important to be mindful of the village. Enjoy nature along with the many who are blessed and fortunate to live here, but be THOUGHTFUL, better yet, be CONSCIOUS! Keep your private business private by taking that activity at least 15 yards off trail and covered up! We must work together to love the trails in a way that works for everyone! DeAnne Hampton Asheville

Wants park across from the Basilica We are very much in favor of a park in this place [Asheville city property along Haywood Street across from the Basilica of St. Lawrence]. It would accentuate the beautiful basilica and give a strong feeling of a city that cares about its environment, as we would see in Europe. The BB&T building is a much better place to stash a hotel, if it is needed. Alan Anderson Asheville

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Protecting Hickory Nut Gorge CMLC helps keep WNC beautiful Day after day, the dedicated staff at Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy quietly works to protect special open spaces for the public to enjoy. Over the years, CMLC has compiled a remarkable track record of preserving many of the natural jewels in Hickory Nut Gorge — including cliffs, waterfalls and scenic mountain vistas — for future generations to enjoy. In 2005 it was instrumental in helping bring about the creation of the new Chimney Rock State Park. In one of its largest and boldest projects so far, CMLC partnered with The Nature Conservancy to secure the 1,568-acre World’s Edge property, which became one of the park’s anchor properties. CMLC board members and donors took significant risks, some even putting up their own money to make this transaction possible. This was followed in 2009 with another major acquisition: 1,525 acres at Weed Patch Mountain north of Lake Lure, adjacent to Chimney Rock State Park’s Rumbling Bald tract. In 2010, CMLC transferred 200 acres of the parcel to the town of Lake Lure to create Buffalo Creek Park. It now includes miles of mountain biking trails, with plans for extending additional trails into the conservancy’s Weed Patch tract. In contrast with conservation groups whose primary mission is protecting plant and animal habitat, CMLC eagerly seeks to create recreational opportunities for hikers, bird watchers, rock climbers and other outdoors enthusiasts. In 2010, it initiated an even more ambitious project: a publicly accessible trail system extending the length of Hickory Nut Gorge, from the continental divide down to Lake Lure. The proposed trail corridors cross both public and private lands, and the nonprofit continues to dialogue with various landowners about conservation easements and trail access agreements. A big success was obtaining a conservation easement and public

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trail right of way on Bearwallow Mountain, one of Henderson County’s most iconic peaks. To date, CMLC has protected 165 acres; ultimately, the land trust hopes to protect an additional 300 acres atop the mountain’s scenic ridgeline, including the summit of Little Bearwallow Mountain. The easement allowed CMLC to put in a 1-mile hiking trail to Bearwallow’s grassy summit. Completed in 2011 with help from the Carolina Mountain Club and community volunteers, it affords spectacular 360-degree views extending as far as Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi. The following year, CMLC launched the Bearwallow Beast 5K trail run. The grueling route climbs relentlessly from the village of Gerton to the summit. In the past two years, nearly 500 runners have competed in this event, which is capped off with live bluegrass music, local beer and food on the mountaintop. This year’s race is slated for Sunday, May 4. Register online at bearwallowbeast.com. Back in 2001, Dr. Tom Florence and his wife, Glenna, donated 600 acres on the southern slopes of Little Pisgah Mountain. The Florence Nature Preserve has since become a popular destination for hikers, but parking was always very limited. In 2012,

in partnership with Henderson County, CMLC purchased 31 acres on U.S. Highway 74A to create a new parking area and trailhead. Work continues on the Upper Hickory Nut Gorge Trail, a 15-mile loop that will one day link conserved lands on Bearwallow and Little Bearwallow mountains with the Florence Nature Preserve. With public funds for land acquisitions in short supply, the conservancy — realizing that support from private individuals and businesses would be needed to fulfill its ambitious vision — launched a capital campaign last year to raise money for completing this trail system. CMLC had its biggest year ever in 2013, protecting 4,000 acres at 21 sites across the region. Since 1994, the group has protected more than 27,000 acres in the French Broad River watershed, Hickory Nut Gorge and the Blue Ridge escarpment. The Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy is a wonderful example of the kind of tireless, behind-thescenes work being done by local nonprofits to make Western North Carolina a better place for all of us to live, both now and in the future. To learn more about CMLC’s projects in Hickory Nut Gorge, or to assist with its capital campaign, visit carolinamountain.org, or call the Hendersonville office at 697-5777. X

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“In North Carolina, sustainability plans are pretty rare,” reports scott mouw, recycling director at the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. “Not many communities have taken on the task of comprehensively looking at their environmental footprint and worked through ways to reduce that footprint.” In fact, Buncombe County is one of only a handful in the state to have such a plan, unanimously adopted by the Board of Commissioners May 15, 2012. But what is it, exactly? And what does it mean for current and future residents? The United Nations’ World Commission on Environment and Development first popularized the concept of “sustainable development” back in 1987, defining it as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” And 25 years later, Buncombe County incorporated that definition into its own sustainability plan. Unlike some other Tar Heel communities’ plans, however, Buncombe’s sustainability blueprint is extremely broad in scope. Rather than focusing strictly on environmental issues, it incorporates many other areas, such as crime prevention and infant mortality. And though it does include goals, objectives and strategies, it’s short on concrete, measurable targets. Therein lies the challenge. Although the mission statement calls for “strengthening our quality of life for everyone by taking fiscally and socially responsible actions to ensure that prosperity of future generations,” the commissioners often part ways when it comes to translating that sweeping goal into specific policies and priorities (see “The Politics of Sustainability” elsewhere in this issue). keith mcdade, assistant professor of sustainability studies at

Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville, praises the local plan for its breadth and says he’s integrated it into his lessons. But he also worries that county officials “don’t really have an ambitious agenda for getting it done.” A broAd vision The sustainability plan was a team effort involving county officials, planning staffers, consultants CDM Smith and representatives of 15 local organizations, including the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Asheville Board of Realtors and Hickory Nut Gap Farm. An initial draft was presented to the public in a series of community meetings. The final document breaks sustainability into three interrelated areas — economy, environment and community — with a range of goals and recommendations for each of them over the next five years. To improve the environment, , the plan calls for “Partnerships for Conservation, Preservation, Restoration of Natural Resources,” “Pollution and Waste Prevention” and an “Accessible, Multimodal and Efficient Transportation Network,” for example. A lengthy list of strategies for achieving those goals includes supporting the development of the county’s Greenways & Trails Master Plan, promoting waste reduction, and encouraging energy-efficient building design and conservation easements. But the plan includes no cost estimates for implementing those strategies, and the commissioners didn’t allocate funding when they adopted it. Instead, the Planning Department collects a range of statistics from various county departments and agencies annually and reports to the commissioners in May to provide “building blocks” for budgetary decisions.

The Buncombe County plan’s “breath is really impressive in what it includes in sustainability. But they don’t really have an ambitious agenda for getting it done.” Keith McDade, assistant professor of Sustainability Studies at lenoir-Rhyne university asheville

Roughly two years into the process, however, a sampling of the data appears to show decidedly mixed results. HArd numbers To date, for example, the county has yet to build any of the 80 miles of greenways called for in its 2012 master plan, though a $50,000 donation from New Belgium Brewing Co. is helping fund additional planning. And while no price tag for fully implementing the greenway plan has been calculated, a 2010 feasibility study for the proposed 18-mile stretch along the Swannanoa River/U.S. 70 corridor estimated that it alone would cost $10.3 million. mike sule of the multimodal advocacy group Asheville on Bikes says he’s frustrated by the inaction and hopes to be a “champion” for the cause in the coming months. And Board of Commissioners Chair david gantt concedes that building parks and greenways “is probably where we’re doing the least.” “We need to do better. We’ve really got to get a systematic way to get parks, in particular,” he adds. “I’d love to see us at some point in the future — not in the near future — get a bond model where we have dedicated money going there, because there’s so much competing interest.” On the other hand, carl silverstein of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, who helped draft the sustainability plan, says, “Buncombe County is really a leader in North Carolina in providing funding for conservation easements.” According to the latest figures, the county has spent $6.3 million protecting 5,262 acres of land from development since 2004. That includes 1,424 acres protected since the sustainability plan’s adoption in 2012, at a cost of roughly $800,000. The plan calls for continuing to fund new easements. Some goals fall under more than one category, highlighting the interconnectedness of many of these issues. For instance, a call to increase the number of community gardens and farms is listed under health, environmental and economic headings, saying this will create jobs, provide more healthy food for residents and preserve land from development. In 2013, the county had 26 farms (up from 23 the year before) doing

community supported agriculture, in which farmers sell advance subscriptions for weekly deliveries of produce. In that same time period, the number of community gardens jumped from 32 to 43 — 17 of them at local schools. Overall, though, Buncombe County appears to be losing agricultural land rapidly. According to the plan, which relies on the most recent USDA statistics for this metric, the county went from 94,934 acres of land in production in 2002 to 72,087 acres in 2007 — a loss of 115 farms.

Charting a course This graph, prepared by Steph Guinan, demonstrates how Buncombe County’s sustainability plan breaks its three main goals — Economy, Environment and Community — into a series of objectives (14 in all). In many cases, the plan recommends broad strategies such as “promoting waste minimization” and then provides data “indicators” for tracking them, but it doesn’t explain the reasons for the changes shown or provide concrete future targets. Here are some of the most recent waste prevention and safety indicators that will be presented to the commissioners in May as part of the annual sustainability report. Most indicators show a decrease compared with 2008 figures, meaning less of those items is being recycled at the landfill. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s just being dumped somewhere. Kristy smith, bioreactor manager at the Buncombe County landfill, says that because metal prices have soared in recent years, more people are taking their old appliances to scrap yards rather than recycling them. Other highlighted changes, she speculates, are also attributable to market forces rather than county policy. The big jump in the amount of oil recycled at the landfill, for example, is probably due in part to more people changing their oil themselves to save money, says Smith.

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To help turn that around, the conservancy is working with the county and other partners to develop an “incubator farm” in Alexander that could serve as a training ground for “beginning farmers to learn their craft … before striking out and trying to lease or purchase their own land,” says Silverstein. The plan also notes that the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service, Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project and Blue Ridge Food Ventures all “work to increase marketing to connect farms with buyers.”

“The community has to choose which aspects to really take on. You can limit a sustainability plan to just the operations ... the public spaces and the public buildings, or you can be much more broad than that.” Scott Mouw, n.C. Department of Environment and natural Resources

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Leaving the specifics vague also has its upside. The county plan, which describes itself as “a living document,” gives the commissioners considerable leeway in shaping future sustainability initiatives, and at least one board member has already taken advantage of it. Building off of the plan’s “Pollution and Waste Prevention” goal, brownie newman proposed an aggressive carbon reduction policy that was approved in December (see “The Politics of Sustainability”). Other facets of the plan, such as increasing access to public transit, building pedestrian infrastructure and promoting fuel efficiencies, could help achieve those goals. The former City Council member believes the county should follow Asheville’s lead in focusing on reducing its carbon footprint. To Newman, “Energy stuff is at the heart” of sustainability, And he worries that due to the broad scope of the county’s plan, “You kind of lose that meaning around sustainability that has to do with environmental resources.” “Not that you shouldn’t track those things, but I would question whether you include them in a sustainability plan,” he continues. A look at comparable plans in Cabarrus and Mecklenburg counties shows them to be more strictly focused on environmental issues. Silverstein, however, points out that the Buncombe plan’s inclusiveness could help it attract “wide community interest.” Going forward, Gantt says he has mixed feelings about the breadth and direction of the local plan. “It’s great to have a foundation for all the decisions we make, to strategically talk about sustainability and try to measure it,” he says. At the same time, however, Gantt calls Newman’s carbon reduction goals “a really good way to go, where we give specifics about ‘This is where we want to be’ instead of just reporting back where we are.” McDade of Lenoir-Rhyne University says he favors the idea of hiring internal staffers (as the city did in establishing its Office of Sustainability) to push for implementation and “at least [make sure] those conversations are happening.” And over at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Mouw, who works with municipalities across the state on sustainability issues, says that while local communities can learn from one another, each must decide for itself what to prioritize and fund. “It speaks pretty well to Buncombe County’s sense of responsibility that they’re trying to do it in a comprehensive way,” he observes. “There’s so many aspects to it, and the community has to choose which ones might have the most impact, given their limited resources. … I think, in the end, what we’d like to see communities do is give their citizens opportunities to reduce the environmental impacts of their daily lives.” To view Buncombe County’s sustainability plan, go to avl.mx/07u. For the latest on when the commissioners will hear this year’s update, stay tuned to mountainx.com. X

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Future vision local graduate research targets real-world benefits By Jake frankel The first group of students in Lenoir-Rhyne University’s new sustainability studies program may be small, but the fruits of their research might eventually have a big local impact. Based at the Asheville campus, the new master’s degree program requires students to complete a “capstone” project combining graduate-level research with real-world conditions and needs. This spring, the program’s five secondyear students are embarking on a range of projects that, if realized, could have far-reaching effects: from generating renewable energy (by constructing a major new solar farm) to drastically reducing the area’s commercial waste. “Being good community citizens means working with the community in ways that improve it,” says keith mcdade, the school’s assistant professor of sustainability studies, who’s overseeing these projects. “It’s not only about the education we’re providing: It’s also looking beyond our students, not only for opportunities for them to learn on the job and try things out, but also to improve the conditions of the community.” sHining A ligHT maria wise grew up on an Asheville farm. After earning an undergraduate biology degree at N.C. State, she moved to Florida and worked to protect manatees. Wise came back home nearly six years ago to work for the Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District, where her focus is arranging farmland preservation easements. “I think there’s no better place to be able to promote sustainability than within government,” she says. “Because where else do you really have the liberty to look

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Graduate students in LenoirRhyne’s new sustainability studies program are hoping their research projects will make a big community impact. Left, student Maria Wise wants to lay the groundwork for a major new municipal solar project. Right, student Alisha Goodman seeks to increase recycling and reduce solid waste. Photos by Shara Crosby

at the big picture and say, ‘We’re not just supposed to help our bottom line: We’re supposed to help all the people of this county.’” In December, the Buncombe County commissioners adopted an aggressive carbon reduction policy (see “Shrinking the Footprint,” Dec. 11, 2013, Xpress). Achieving the proposed 80 percent reduction, notes Wise, is “going to take a lot of innovative ideas.” Hers is to lay the groundwork for persuading a solar development company to invest in making the area a major renewable-energy hub. Wise’s study will determine how much space is available on governmentowned property and rooftops and then calculate how many megawatts solar panels placed there could produce if the space were leased out. “Sustainability has many aspects, but it always comes back to clean energy at some point,” says Wise. “I thought … what a great way to expand my career a little bit by branching out from farmland preservation to carbon reduction. And those two things are related: By keeping farmland out of development, they are really good carbon sinks.” To make the investment feasible for a solar company, the project would need to have the potential to generate 4-5 MWs of electricity that could be sold to the grid, Wise estimates. That, she says, would require about 20 acres of solar panels spread around the county. Wise is using several similar projects across the state as case studies. Charlotte Douglas International Airport’s plan for 128 acres of solar panels capable of generating an estimated 53 MWs tells a cautionary tale, however. According to a March 12 Charlotte Observer article, officials withdrew

their initial request for proposals in February amid concerns that the panels could interfere with airport expansion and, because panels placed atop parking decks would generate revenue, jeopardize the tax-exempt bonds used to finance the decks. On the other hand, the town of Cary successfully installed a 7-acre solar farm at its water reclamation facility in 2012, generating 1.89 megawatts of electricity — enough to power nearly 200 homes, Wise notes. It didn’t cost the town anything, and it generates an annual revenue stream through a lease agreement with FLS Energy, an Asheville-based solar development company, according to the town’s website. brownie newman, the company’s vice president of business development, is a key adviser for Wise’s complicated study. The Buncombe County commissioner also authored the county’s 80 percent carbon reduction goal. To avoid any conflict of interest, however, Newman says his company “would not be involved in any way” in the local project. But “on a personal level,” he adds, “I think it’s a neat idea, so I’m happy to assist and share ideas.” Zero wAsTe AsHeville alisha goodman’s capstone project also aims to help a local government make progress toward a lofty target: in this case, the city of Asheville’s ambitious vision of eventually eliminating all governmental, residential and commercial solid waste. In her role as client services manager at Blue Ridge Biofuels, she helps facilitate the conversion of spent cooking oil from local restaurants into biodiesel, a

clean-burning renewable fuel that powers vehicles and furnaces. Goodman, who earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies at UNC Asheville, says her scholastic and professional work go hand in hand. “I think waste is one of the most common-sense things to target, because the rate we’re going through resources is unsustainable and wasteful,” she says. “No one wants to be wasteful. It’s something everyone can agree on. If something’s still useful, why throw it away if someone’s going to buy it from you?” Asheville has made significant progress in residential recycling since 2012, when the city delivered 96-gallon blue carts to households. The total weight of recycled material has increased by 25 percent, and the weight of material going into the landfill has dropped 6.5 percent, according to the city’s website. In February, City Council set a more specific goal: reducing total residential and governmental solid waste by 50 percent by 2035. Goodman’s project focuses on commercial recycling, which isn’t regulated in the city policy but could, in the long term, help move Asheville closer to achieving zero waste, she notes. As a first step, Goodman — in cooperation

with maggie ullman, the city’s chief sustainability officer — plans to conduct a comprehensive survey of business owners “to identify barriers and benefits to recycling downtown and business recycling in general. I’m trying to find out why people behave the way they do with their waste,” Goodman explains. The project will also include a detailed study of the barriers to food composting by local restaurants. Identifying those obstacles, says Goodman, could help the city take steps to eliminate them. She also hopes the study will encourage people to see the value in things like food scraps that have traditionally been viewed merely as waste. Sustainability, says Goodman, is ultimately about thinking more holistically and steering mass behavior toward triple-bottom-line benefits. “Compost is soil for local farmers,” she notes. “I want my project to contribute to actual positive change in the community. … It’s about finding out what makes sense in the economic, environmental and social realms, and how to be as efficient and operate as smoothly as possible. And if you can make it make economic, environmental and social sense, then it isn’t a cost — it’s a benefit.” X

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Early voting starts April 24 in the Buncombe County commissioners race. Some of this year’s candidates (above) have vastly different views on environmental issues, giving voters an opportunity to help shape the county’s sustainability policies for years to come. File photos (Top) left to right; Brownie Newman, Ellen Frost, and David King. (Bottom) Keith Young, Carol Peterson, Miranda DeBruhl.

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The politics of sustainability Upcoming election could help steer future policy By Jake frankel

Early voting for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners primary starts April 24 — just two days after Earth Day. The juxtaposition underscores the fundamental link between sustainability and politics. The county’s 2012 sustainability plan sets few specific targets, contains no enforcement provisions and includes no dedicated funding mechanism (see “Thinking Big” elsewhere in this issue). In other words, unless the commissioners approve a particular initiative and agree to fund it, the plan’s broad language won’t necessarily get translated into concrete action. Against that backdrop, the upcoming primary looms large. Although the plan was unanimously approved in 2012, a new district election system that took effect later that year resulted in an expanded and more polarized board whose members may differ sharply when it comes to approving specific measures — and their price tags. At the same time, several candidates seeking to unseat current commissioners are emphasizing things like affordable housing or cutting taxes rather than environmental issues. And with no Republican candidate in District 1 and no Democrat in District 3, whoever wins the primary in those races will be assured a seat on the board. Meanwhile, Republican christina merrill, who lost to ellen frost in 2012 by a mere 18 votes, looks to mount a strong challenge to whichever Democrat wins the District 2 primary. Thus, the upcoming election gives local voters a chance to help shape the county’s sustainability policies for years to come. diFFering prioriTies Last year, Commissioner brownie newman crafted the most significant environmental initiative of the board’s current term. Approved Dec. 3 on a 5-2 vote, it calls

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for reducing carbon emissions generated by county operations by 2 percent a year until the 2013 levels have been cut by 80 percent. Finding ways to meet that lofty target is now his “No. 1 goal,” says Newman, who represents District 1, the most liberal area of the county. As a start, the county plans to spend $846,900 over the next five years implementing the recommendations in last year’s environmental audit. According to consultant Shaw Environmental, updating heating systems, lighting and other components of government buildings will save the county an estimated $173,500 annually. The precise impact on carbon reductions has not been determined. Making the emissions target an even greater challenge is the fact that county operations are continuing to grow even as attempts are made to shrink the carbon footprint. In 2006, for example, county operations produced about 23,400 metric tons of carbon, according to General Services Director greg israel. Since then, the county has installed energy-efficient windows in the courthouse and added alternativefuel vehicles to its fleet, yet due to expanded facilities, last year’s total was roughly 29,600 metric tons, says Israel — a nearly 27 percent increase. Going forward, notes Newman, “Making sure we allocate the resources so [the plan] can be executed is very important.” To make real progress, he believes the county needs to follow the city’s lead and hire staffers who are “really focused on pursuing these goals.” According to Asheville’s Office of Sustainability, the city has cut its carbon emissions by 17 percent since 2007. But Democrat keith young, who’s challenging Newman in the District 1 primary, says his opponent has spent too much time on environmental issues at the expense of pressing social concerns such as affordable housing. Young, a teacher’s assistant at Asheville City Preschool, says that while he would have voted for the carbon reduction goals, meeting them is “not my focus.” The educator, who hopes to become the first African-American to serve on the Board of Commissioners, says, “You have people I want to represent that are left out.” District 1 consists chiefly of the city of Asheville, where 47 percent of renters and 38 percent of homeowners are “costburdened” (meaning they spend at least 30 percent of their income on housing), according to a recent report by professor mai thi nguyen of UNC Chapel Hill. To address that, “The focus needs to be on homeownership” rather than renting,

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Asked about her environmental bona fides, Board of Commissioners Vice Chair ellen frost points to green cleaning guidelines she drafted recently, as well her support for new energy-efficient school buildings and the carbon reduction goals. “We know there’s a connection between asthma and using toxic cleaners,” she explains. “So at least we set an example that in county buildings we don’t use toxic cleaners.” Approved Feb. 18, the new guidelines instruct county departments to use “less hazardous products that have positive environmental attributes (biodegradability, low toxicity, low VOC content, reduced packaging, low life-cycle energy use).” In addition, Frost helped win approval for the $20 million LEEDcertified Isaac Dickson Elementary (now under construction) and a planned $40.5 million Asheville Middle School that will also include green building features. The Democrat is completing her first term representing District 2, which includes Swannanoa, Black Mountain, Fairview and Weaverville. If re-elected, Frost says a top environmental priority will be finding ways to increase recycling, including establishing a drop-off point in east Buncombe. But after unseating incumbent carol Peterson in 2012 by only 38 votes, Frost faces a tough rematch in this year’s primary. And Peterson, who previously served eight years on the board, is emphasizing fiscal conservatism rather than any specific new environmental initiatives. The retired educator, who owns a farm in Fairview, cites the county’s successful farmland preservation efforts as an environmental policy she supported (see “Thinking Big” elsewhere in this issue). Frost has also supported those efforts. carl silverstein of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy,

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who helps arrange conservation easements, notes that Buncombe is one of only a handful of counties in the state to fund such deals. And since North Carolina legislators recently eliminated an applicable tax credit, county funding will be even more important as development pressures increase in the mountains, he says. cHicken or egg? District 3, the most conservative part of the county, includes Enka-Candler and Sandy Mush. In the Republican primary, Commissioner david king faces a challenge by political newcomer miranda debruhl, a nurse and smallbusiness owner. In 2013, King was the only Republican who voted for the carbon reduction plan, though he took pains to distance himself from language in it that proved to be a major sticking point for his GOP colleagues: “The American Association for the Advancement of Science has determined, ‘The scientific evidence is clear: Global climate change caused by human activities is occurring now, and it is a growing threat to society.’” “It’s not my job to pass judgment on whether there’s a worldwide problem,” King said at the time, calling the measure “a compromise” and “a local taxsaving measure.” DeBruhl, however, says she would have voted against the initiative. “The [environmental audit] alone is far too expensive, not to mention the overall cost has not been discussed,” she points out. King, who serves on the Asheville Area Riverfront Redevelopment Commission, says he wants to see more greenways and multimodal infrastructure in the River Arts District. “All of that I see as an economic structure that helps broaden our tax base, which potentially helps lower the tax rate,” he explains, though he emphasizes that “We’re not going to go out and borrow $50 million and build greenways. Like any other infrastructure, it comes in time.” DeBruhl, however, says, “When I hear ‘sustainability,’ I think about working to sustain our jobs and the economy. I’d rather see the money either returned to the taxpayers or invested in our schools.” King, a member of the Economic Development Coalition for AshevilleBuncombe County, says, “It’s like a pyramid we’re trying to build: Without jobs, we can’t grow our economy to sustain our schools and provide infrastructure they need. And if we don’t have the quality of life, we can’t attract the jobs. So it’s like a chicken or the egg thing: We’ve got to have all of this.” X

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AnimAls HorsebAck riding instruction (pd.) By retired horse show judge. Learn to ride correctly for pleasure or show. All levels-your stable/ horse or mine. Call 450-2724. Email: HorsebackHill@yahoo.com or visit www.horsebackhill.webs. com AsHeville HumAne society FundrAiser 761-2001, ashevillehumane.org/ trivia-night.php • SA (4/19), 6:30pm - Tickets to this trivia night fundraiser benefit the Foster Program, for homeless

beneFits doWn Home, A beneFit For HAbitAt For HumAnity (pd.) • SA (4/26), 6-10pm – DOWN HOME, a benefit for Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, at Taylor Ranch in Fletcher. Cocktail hour, presentation by Allison Ramsey Architects, BBQ dinner, contra dancing (beginners welcome) with caller Diane Silver, music by Good & Plenty and much more. Info/ tickets: ashevillehabitat.org or 828.210.9385. cAldWell community college 5k 726-2301, cccti.edu • SA (4/19), 8:30am - Benefits student scholarships. Meets in front of F building on the Hudson campus. $20/ $15 children, students, faculty & staff.

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the LiteRacy RevoLution: UNC Asheville will screen Catherine Murphy’s documentary Maestra on Thursday, April 17. The film chronicles a 1961 literacy program during which thousands of volunteers, half of whom were women, many of whom were under 18 years old, were sent into impoverished, rural Cuban towns to increase national literacy. In conjunction with the film, Maestra Sila Reyna will share her recollections of the campaign. (p.22) Photo courtesy of UNCA

auction fund the troupe’s trip to california. $15. Held at Asheville Area Arts Council Gallery, 346 Depot St. Pretty 4 Prom donAtion drive 550-9511 • Through (4/30) - Collecting dresses, accessories and cash donations for local girls in need. recyclery bike donAtion drive 255-7916, josephcrawley@gmail. com Donations may be brought to 90 Biltmore Ave., Tue.-Thu.:4-8pm; Sat: 1-5pm. • Through WE (4/30) - Bikes and bike parts may be donated for kids and adults. WAlk to end luPus noW 877-849-8271, lupusnc.org • Through (5/16) - Registration is open for this May 17 event for lupus Foundation of America. Participants agree to raise $100. Wnc brAin tumor suPPort

FundrAiser 691-2559, wncbraintumor.org • TH (4/17), 6-7:30pm - Donations for this spaghetti supper benefit patients and survivors of brain tumors. Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road.

business & tecHnology ArtisAn seminAr series 627-4512, tbrown@haywood.edu Hosted by the Small Business Center at Haywood Community College. Registration required. Held at HCC. • TU (4/22), 6-9pm - “Business Start-Up Issues A-Z.” score counselors to smAll business 271-4786, ashevillescore.org Held in A-B Tech’s Small Business Center, Enka campus. Free. • WE (4/16), 5:45-9pm - “Social Media for Business.”

clAsses, meetings & events nys3’s Acting As A business course (pd.) Entrepreneurship and Navigating the Entertainment Industry. 4-week course covering: marketing, websites development, branding, finances, agents, casting directors, social media, unions and more. • April 13-May 11. Contact info@nys3.com or visit nys3.com sPring symPosium - Four Futures For mountAin FArmlAnd (pd.) Rethinking sustainability and land use: Agriculture? - Development? - Innovation? - Conservation? Warren-Wilson College, Canon Lounge, Thursday, April 17. Register today at www. SustainableNow.us goodWill cAreer clAsses 828-298-9023, ext. 1106 • ONGOING - Classes for careers in the food and hotel industries.

Includes American Hotel and Lodging Association Certification. Call for times. $25. • TUESDAYS through THURSDAYS, 9am-noon - Adult basic education/ high school equivalency classes. Registration required. • MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-8:30pm - ESL classes. Registration required. • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 12:30-3:30pm - Medical office support career classes. Registration required. Henderson county HeritAge museum Main St., Hendersonville, 694-1619, hendersoncountymuseum.org Located in the Historic Courthouse. Free unless otherwise noted. • Through WE (12/31) - Coming of the Railroad, Civil War exhibit. ikenobo ikebAnA society 696-4103, blueridgeikebana.com • TH (4/17), 10am - Monthly meeting at First Congregational Church of Hendersonville, 1735 Fifth Ave. W., Hendersonville.

Just us For All justusforall.org, jufa.asheville@ gmail.com • SA (4/19), 8pm - Open mic event for LGBTQ community to share identities and experiences. Registration required to perform. Held at The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road. lAnd oF sky toAstmAsters landofskytoastmasters.org • TUESDAYS, 7am - Meets at the Reuter YMCA, 3 Town Square Blvd. West AFricAn drum clAss smirkelclown@yahoo.com All levels welcome. • SATURDAYS through (4/26), 4pm - Held at Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain.

dAnce beginner sWing dAncing lessons (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $10/week per person.

• No partner necessary. Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville. Details: www.swingAsheville. com studio ZAHiyA, doWntoWn dAnce clAsses (pd.) Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 6pm Bellydance 1 7pm Bellydance 2 8pm West African • Wednesday 6pm Bellydance 3 • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 10am Bellydance Wrkt 4pm Kid’s Dance 5pm Teen Dance 6pm AfroBrazilian 7pm West African • Sunday 5:15pm Yoga • $13 for 60 minute classes. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya. com :: (828) 242-7595 englisH country dAnce • 1st & 3rd SUNDAYS, 4-6:30pm - Hosted by Old Farmer’s Ball. Homewood Event and Conference Center, 19 Zillicoa St. Beginners’ lesson: 3:30pm. $6/ $5 members. Info: 230-8449. internAtionAl Folk dAncing 350-2051 Free. • MONDAYS, 2:15-4pm -

Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road. soutHern ligHts squAre And round dAnce club 697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (4/19) , 6pm - Easter themed dance. Free. Held at Whitmire Acitivity Building, Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

eco AsHeville green drinks ashevillegreendrinks.com. Held at Green Sage Coffeehouse and Café, 5 Broadway. • WE (4/16), 6pm - A presentation on Al Gore’s multimedia climate slideshow. • WE (4/23), 6pm - 500th meeting celebration. HigHlAnds botAnicAl gArden 265 N. 6th St., Highlands, 5260188, highlandsbiological.org/ botanical-garden • SA (4/19), 10am-4pm - Earth Day of Service, a volunteering opportunity and Earth Day celebration. Lunch provided.

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• MO (4/22), 7-8pm - An Earth Day conservation presentation on the impact of discarded bottles. Free. Held in the Nature Center. riverlink events 252-8474, riverlink.org Held at 170 Lyman St., unless otherwise noted. • TH (4/17), 11:45am-2pm Bus tour of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers. Meets at Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 36 Montford Ave. $20/free for members. Registration required. • FR (4/18), 3-5pm - Friday Salon Series: “Environmental Legacies: Politics, Policy, and American National Character.” Part 2 of 3. • TU (4/22), 3-5pm - Earth Day celebration and service projects in Ross Creek. Call for directions. Free.

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Hey smarties! Show off your knowledge for a cute cause what: Asheville Humane Society Trivia Night wheRe: Asheville Event Centre when: Saturday, April 19, at 6:30 p.m. why: The Asheville Humane Society is holding a trivia night event to raise money for its foster care program, which saved 1,515 animals with the help of more than 300 families just last year. The program is designed to provide foster families with all of the supplies needed to care for the animal, whether it’s food, litter or medicine. “The foster program makes it free for anyone to become a foster parent,” said Heather Hayes, the marketing and designer manager for AHS. She started out as a volunteer before joining the staff. “It’s invaluable to have foster families help us,” she continued.

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Trivia night will be a way to spread public awareness about the program and encourage more foster parents in a fun, competitive environment. Attendees will be divided into teams where they will test their knowledge in U.S. history, pop culture, sports, current events, entertainment and more. Also included is a picnic basket silent auction and the chance to meet Pax, a dog who has been in foster care recovering from surgery. Many have been following Pax’s story on social media, and trivia night will provide the opportunity to finally meet him and his foster parent in person. Tickets are available for $15 for individuals or $120 for a team/table of 8 tickets. For more information about AHS, the foster care program and the trivia night event, visit ashevillehumane. org/trivia-night.php. — Tanner Hall

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eAster on tHe green ashevilledowntown.org/eastergreen-presented-earth-fare • SA (4/19), 2-5pm - Easter family activities. Held at Roger McGuire Green in Pack Square Park, 121 College St. Free.

tHe Arts 669-0930, blackmountainarts. org 225 W. State St., Black Mountain. $40 per month. Registration required. • THURSDAYS, 3:30-4:30pm Kids in Motion. Ages 3 to 5. • MONDAYS, 5-6pm - Tween Dance. Ages 11-15. • MONDAYS, 4-5pm & THURSDAYS, 4:30-5:30pm Beginners Hip Hop. Ages 6-10. • SATURDAYS, 9am - Ballet. Ages 3 and up. youtH gArden club At tHe stePHens-lee center 350-2058, LMcDowell@ashevillenc.gov • FRIDAYS through (5/30), 4-5pm - Held in the George Washington Carver Edible Garden, 30 George Washington Carver Ave.

outdoors sWAnnAnoA vAlley museum Hikes 669-9566, swannanoavalleym@ bellsouth.net • SA (4/12), 10am - Hike to the summit of Watch Knob Mountain. Meets at the museum, 223 West State St., Black Mountain. $30/ $20 members.

Food & beer PArenting AsHeville beer Week ashevillebeerweek.com • Through MO (4/21) - Events may be submitted to the registry for Asheville Beer Week, to be held May 23-31.

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XPlore usA inFormAtion sessions 651-8502, xploreusa.org • WE (4/23), 5:30pm - Discusses the intercultural exchange program. Free to attend. Held at Rainbow Mountain Community School, 574 Haywood Road.

Public lectures Henderson county democrAtic PArty 692-6424, myhcdp.com Meets at 905 Greenville Highway, Hendersonville, unless otherwise noted. • WE (4/16), 11:30am - Senior Democrats meeting. leAgue oF Women voters 828-251-6169, president@abc. nc.lwvnet.org • SA (4/19), 3-5pm - Sundae bar with local elected officials. Free. Held at The Hop Ice Cream Cafe, 721 Haywood Road

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diAlogue on rAce series 419-0730, robertamadden@ yahoo.com Held at Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain. Free. • TH (4/17), 6-7:30pm - This week: “Legacy of Civil Rights Pioneers.” Free. Held at Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain etHicAl society oF AsHeville 687-7759, ethicalsocietyofasheville.org • SU (4/20), 2-3:30pm - “The 3 R’s: Education Issues in NC.” Held at The Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Road.

Public lectures At uncA unca.edu Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (4/16), 6:30pm - Antiracist author and educator Tim Wise appears as part of YWCA’s Stand Against Racism event. Humanities Lecture Hall. • TH (4/17), 6pm – A discussion of a 1961 literacy campaign in Cuba, in conjunction with Maestra screening. Highsmith Student Union. • FR (4/18), 11:25am - “World War II and the Holocaust.” Lipinsky Auditorium. • FR (4/18), 11:25am - “Post Humanism.” Humanities Lecture Hall. Public lectures At WArren Wilson 800-934-3536, warren-wilson. edu • TH (4/17), 7pm - “Planktonic Foraminifera: Recording Climate Change for 120 Million Years.” Gladfelter Student Center.

sPirituAlity About tHe trAnscendentAl meditAtion tecHnique: Free introductory lecture (pd.) Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation. Learn about the authentic TM technique. It’s not concentrating, trying to be mindful, or common mantra practice. It’s an effortless, non-religious, evidence-based technique for heightened well-being and a spiritually fulfilled life. The only meditation recommended by the American Heart Association. • Topics: How the major forms of meditation differ—in practice and results; What science says about TM, stress, anxiety and depression; Meditation and brain research; What is Enlightenment? • Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville tm center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350 or meditationAsheville.org Aim meditAtion clAsses (pd.) “ramp up your meditation practice with AIM’s Meditation’s Classes: mindfulness 101 - Basics of Mindfulness Meditation, mindfulness 102 - More advanced, intermediate class. Class dates and times: www. ashevillemeditation.com/events, (828) 808-4444 AquAriAn consciousness FelloWsHiP (pd.) Metaphysical program inspired by spiritual growth top-

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• SATURDAYS, 6-8pm - Shiva and Sri Chakra Puja. Newfound Baptist Church 2605 New Leicester Hwy., Leicester, 683-3178, newfoundbaptist.com • SU (4/20), 7am - Easter services for Newfound Baptist, Bell United Methodist, Grace United Methodist and Dix Creek Chapel United. Includes free breakfast. R3MIX3D Audio/Visual Space 498 Merrimon Ave, 337-2577 • FR (4/18), 7-9pm - Music meditation with Brian & Isha Satsang. $11-20 suggested. Women’s Book Study and Discussion Group 277-6400 • MONDAYS, 7-8:30pm Meets at Seacoast Asheville, 123 Sweeten Creek Road. Registration required.

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Mother nature heals the brokenhearted WHAT: Local author Grace Hernandez releases her book, I Know You’re In There: A Memoir of Loss, Healing, Farming, and Adventure. The book recounts her spiritual journey while managing Buxton Farm for Joel Salatin, author of Omnivore’s Dilemma and presenter at last weekend’s Mother Earth News Fair. WHY: After suffering the loss of two sisters, a brother and a brother-in-law within the span of a few years, in addition to becoming bed-ridden with her own illness, Hernandez moved with her husband from Santa Barbara to Salatin’s farm in rural Virginia. Xpress spoke with Hernandez to find out more about her experience and how it inspired her book. Xpress: In what ways was working and managing this farm emotionally healing for you?

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Hernandez: I quickly learned that our culture has a tremendous amount of resistance [around the subject of] death. … Farming with animals makes you understand how natural death is. Whether it’s becoming sick, predator attacks, or consuming them for food, my farming helped me better accept and understand that we are all just passing through. Sometimes I wish I was wired more like those animals — they don’t begrudge or feel like, “this should not be happening” when it clearly is. Living on 1,000 acres and managing 300 acres of pasture with cattle and poultry gave me an even deeper ,visceral connection to the land. … We had very few distractions, so in a way I had to embrace the silence and alone time. … I gained a tremendous amount of respect for that setting [as] it taught me how to be with myself. For more info on Hernandez’ book, visit iknowyoureinthere.wordpress.com.

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VULNERABILITY AND FAITH (pd.) Essayist and Fiction Writer, Nora Gallagher, will read from her latest memoir, Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic, at the Cathedral of All Souls in Asheville, Sunday, April 27, 4pm, in the church. “I love Nora Gallagher’s books. She’s everything I love—smart, searching, vulnerable, faithful, doubting, deeply real and a beautiful writer.” - Anne Lamott. A reception and book signing will follow. Asheville Storytelling Circle 274-1123, ashevillestorycircle. org • 3rd MONDAYS, 7-9pm Meets at Asheville Terrace, 200 Tunnel Road. Battery Park Book Exchange 252-0020, batteryparkbookexchange.com • TU (4/22), 7:30pm Poet Brad Leland Walker reads from On Location. Free. Held at 1 Page Ave. No. 101 Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: •PM = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) •SA = South Asheville/Oakley Library (749 Fairview Road, 250-4754)

•SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) •SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) •WA = West Asheville Library (942 Haywood Road, 2504750). • TH (4/17), 6pm - Book Club: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. SW. • TH (4/17), 2:30pm - Book Club: The Winter People by John Ehle. SS. • TU (4/22), 6:30pm - “Emily Dickinson Unplugged,” reading with music. PM. • TU (4/22), 7pm - “Personal Meaning Making: The Poetry of Patrick Bahls” presentation. WA. • TU (4/22), 7pm - Bill Alexander presents a History of Swannanoa and Grovemont. Guests are invited to bring photos and memorabilia. SW. City Lights Bookstore 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • SA (4/19), 3pm - JC Walkup will discuss her book Partners. Great Smokies Writing Program 250-2353, agc.unca.edu/greatsmokies-writing-program • SA (4/19), 2-4pm - Young adult fiction writing class. $25. Registration required. Held at Karpen Hall, UNC Asheville Campus Harry Potter Alliance Book Drive ashevillehpa.tumblr.com • Through WE (4/30) - Books will be donated to Accio Books and the Pop Project. Contact for drop-off locations. Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. • WE (4/16), 7pm - Patti Digh discusses her book The Geography of Loss. • TH (4/17), 7pm - Robin O’Bryan discusses her book Ketchup is a Vegetable and Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves. • FR (4/18), 7pm - Frances Mayes discusses her book Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir. • SA (4/19), 7pm - Queer Ladies Speed Dating. $10. Registration required. • SA (4/19), 3pm - “Duck and Goose,” a children’s Event with illustrator Tad Hills • SA (4/19), 10am - “Courage to Parent: Creating Rites of Passage,” with author Michele Bryan. • SU (4/20), 3pm - Great Smokies

Writing Program’s “Writers at Home Reading Series.” • TU (4/22), 7pm - Author Ellen Stimson discussion her book, Mud Season. Free. • WE (4/23), 7pm - Author Sallie Bissell disucsses The Deadliest of Sins, the latest in the Mary Crow series.

Volunteering Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC jamyed@bbbswnc.org Helps children thrive through partnerships with trained adult mentors. Info: bbbswnc.org or 253-1470. • TU (4/22), noon - A volunteer information session will be held at the United Way building S. French Broad Ave., Room 213 Girls on the Run girlsontherunwnc@gmail.com A nonprofit teaching self-respect and healthy living to girls. Info: gotrwnc.org. • Through (5/17) - Volunteers needed for various tasks before and during the 5k held at UNCA on May 17. Hands On AshevilleBuncombe 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org The volunteer center for the United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County. Registration required. • SA (4/19), 10am - Volunteers needed to create packets for On Track Financial Education Counseling. • SA (4/19), 9am - Volunteers needed to sort and pack food at MANNA FoodBank. • TH (4/24), 11am - Volunteers needed to cook and serve lunch at the ABCCM Veteran’s Restoration Quarters. Veterans Helping Veterans vhvwnc.org, mshepley@vhvwnc. org • SA (4/19) & SU (4/20), 6am8pm - Volunteers needed to complete construction of a workshop and community education space in 4 hour shifts. Multiple shifts available. Held at 54 Huffman Road. For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

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ASHEVILLE, MONDAY — The tribulations of coworkers, neighbors, passers-by and strangers on the bus have all been put in proper perspective by Asheville halfway house resident Joey Curran, whose toughlove approach consists of bemoaning the severity of opiate withdrawal and the relative ease of others’ personal hardships. “I was in a coffee shop telling my friend about my mother’s chemo treatments,” recounted one woman who had never before met Curran, “when suddenly this guy who is always in there on his phone interrupted to let me know chemo was nothing compared to kicking opiates, and then he incessantly asked what they prescribed my mother for her pain.” Curran’s desire to put the afﬂictions of others into proper perspective by way of describing the horrors of opiate withdrawal is only matched by his insatiable curiosity to know if others “have a line on any opiates,” an addiction to which Curran, 34, successfully battled in 2003, 2005, 2006, again in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013 and — “the granddaddy of all times [he] kicked” — March of 2014. “When I got into rehab, I was jumping

out of my skin for benzos, but then Joey informed me kicking benzos was nothing compared to kicking heroin,” said one former associate of Curran. “That made it a lot easier, just knowing that my addiction was nothing compared to his. It turned out my experience wasn’t real after all.” Curran’s service to the community has even taken a patriotic turn. “I go to the V.A. hospital to use its WiFi,” said Curran, whose busy schedule recently has left him noticeably exhausted to the point of slurring his speech and falling asleep mid-conversation. “This guy who lost a leg in Afghanistan was describing phantom pain. I was like, ‘That sounds terrible, almost like an extremely mild case of opiate withdrawal, which is like having phantom pain from the eyebrows down to your toes.’ I’ve had day sevens that were more pleasant than losing a leg. Losing a leg doesn’t make you vomit and defecate yourself for a week straight while curled up into a ball, crying for your mommy. I wish I only lost some limbs in a war zone. Talk about a walk in the park. And I know the doctors gave him something good for that, too, but he wasn’t coming off of any.”

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As temperatures rise and fair weather inspires hikers, gardeners and sun worshippers to venture outside, there’s one important forecast to keep in mind: air quality. The summer sun warms up existing pollutants — nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and particulates — and in Western North Carolina’s mountainous terrain, there can be significant differences between the air on the ridgetops and in the valleys. Fortunately, in the past decade, there have been no “red,” or highalert, days due to significant improvements in the region’s air quality, but we still experience “orange” alerts, during which the most sensitive residents should avoid being outside. Ground-level “ozone is really a summertime pollutant,” says ashley featherstone, permitting program manager at the WNC Regional Air Quality Agency. Particle pollution, which is caused by such emissions as

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wood smoke, is present year-round, she explains. “Ground-level ozone is produced by a chemical reaction in the atmosphere when nitrogen oxide from combustion mixes with volatile organic compounds in the presence of sunlight,” she continues. Ozone is linked to a number of health problems, such as throat irritation, reduced lung function, airway inflammation, asthma attacks and increased susceptibility to respiratory infection, among others, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. On April 1, the agency kicked off the annual “ozone season,” which runs through September. During the season, local and state agencies release a daily air-quality index that alerts people to current conditions around North Carolina. On red-alert days, everyone should avoid overexposure. During orange-alert conditions, people with pre-existing conditions such as asthma and lung disease are especially sensitive, but the elderly, very young, and even the very physi-

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cally active could be affected by high ozone and particulate levels, says keith bamberger, information and communication specialist at the Asheville regional office of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Fortunately, better air quality in the past decade has meant fewer orange-alert days, too, he says. The improvement has come, in part, from stricter regulations, particularly North Carolina’s 2002 Clean Smokestacks Act, which required emission caps for power companies. Around the same time, federal legislation mandated cleaner gasoline and diesel fuel. As new cars with tighter emission standards replace old and power plants produce fewer emissions, we also see an improvement in air quality, Bamberger adds. While there have been significant improvements, mountain topography and plant life present unique challenges regionally, says

Bamberger. Pine trees and, to a lesser extent, oak trees naturally contribute to ozone levels. More significantly, WNC’s terrain can cause mountainvalley air inversions in which air is trapped low to the ground. During the summer, ozone levels peak in the valleys in the late afternoon, but at higher elevations (4,000 feet and above), ozone can become capped and remain at a high level throughout the day — something hikers should keep in mind, says Bamberger. “If someone goes hiking on an elevated ozone level day, they may get additional exposure. But they may not realize it until the next day,” says Bamberger. He compares the ozone exposure to a sunburn. “Our recommendation is to avoid exposure [on days when ozone is elevated], so you can change [the time] when you jog or run or practice. Or if you’re going hiking, instead of hiking to a mountaintop, maybe it would be better to hike to a waterfall in a valley.” Featherstone points out that the air-quality standards set by the EPA could change. “The federal agency has “to continue to evaluate the standards and determine whether or not they are protecting the public health well enough with an adequate margin of safety,” she says. “More and more studies seem to suggest that maybe we need the standards lowered or tightened. When we tighten up on these standards, the challenge is for the air quality regulators to improve air quality even further.” “Individuals are really the cause and the solution to air quality problems,” says Bamberger. “When you’ve got wood burning, if you use a new stove, they’re cleaner [than older models]. If you’re in a car queue line, especially picking up students at the end of the day, if everybody in that line turns off their car when they’re waiting, it improves the air quality for all the students that are there,” he continues. “By using energy-efficient appliances and light bulbs, [we won’t] have to use as much coal in coal-fired power plants. ... “So all these little efforts that people can make can really let them protect their own air and usually save them money.” X

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Want to add some chickens to your backyard, some fermentation to your kitchen or honeybees to your garden? Whether you have a sprawling lawn you hate to mow or a patch of grass in need of a purpose, the French Broad Food Co-op’s Urban Homesteading Fair has what you need to turn your home into a homestead. “A lot of people are drawn here because there are like-minded folks who want to leave little trace on the earth, but still sustain themselves and their family and their community,” says French Broad Co-op frontend manager and outreach coordinator clare schwartz. The Urban Homesteading Fair encourages people to go beyond just thinking about sustainability by giving them the tools they need to create change in their own lives. More than 30 vendors and educators will gather outside the co-op on Biltmore Avenue in downtown Asheville on Saturday, April 19, to offer fun and practical ways to be self-sufficient. Several honeybee experts will be on hand to share the fundamentals of starting an apiary and ways to appreciate the role that bees play in our local ecosystem. There will also be information on how to raise poultry, generate alternative energy and integrate permaculture practices into a homesteading plan. For people who want to focus their efforts in the kitchen, local educators will share the basics of fermentation, growing mushrooms and making mead. “It was a huge success last year, and we’re just trying to make it bigger and better every year,” says Schwartz. The fair, now in its second year, will expand to the Build It Naturally parking lot next to the

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co-op, allowing for more vendors and some small livestock. Sacred Mountain Sanctuary will sponsor an interactive kids village so that children can have fun with sustainability while their parents pick up tips for bringing the concepts back home. The fair reflects Asheville’s growing interest in homesteading and sustainable lifestyles, says Schwartz. “Every day there’s more people changing hobbies and careers and going into more self-sustaining lines of work,” she explains. The Urban Homesteading Fair is a jumping-off point for people who want to grow their own food, raise animals or make changes to their kitchen routines. It’s also a good oldfashioned block party. A chef’s tent will offer food and local beer while reggae band Dub Kartel performs classic dub rhythms. Traditional dancers will whirl through the crowd as neighbors gather together to share homesteading tips. “The springtime here — when the

leaves are all coming out and trees are all flowering — it just really reminds people why it’s so special to live here,” says Schwartz. “We wanted to create a forum to connect a lot of those people.” French Broad Food Co-Op’s Urban Homesteading Fair will be held outdoors Saturday, April 19, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at 90 Biltmore Ave. frenchbroadfood.coop X

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shop. plant. feast! • SA (4/19), 10am-1pm - New Moon Farm hosts a walk-about discussing their transition from an organic farm to biodynamics. Directions and reservations: 864-313-5106 or jimsmith1945@gmail.com. buncombe county eXtension mAster gArdeners 255-5522, buncombemastergardener.org Events take place at 94 Coxe Ave. and are free unless otherwise noted. • TU (4/22), 7pm - “Mastering Vegetable and Herb Gardening” workshop. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road. Free. leicester gArden club 683-0347 • TU (4/22) - Outing to Corneille Bryan Garden at Lake Junaluska. Time, meeting place and info: 683-0347. reems creek nursery & lAndscAPing 645-3937, reemscreek.com, plantpeople@ reemscreek.com • SA (4/19), 10am - “Organic Gardening Basics.” Free. Held at 70 Monticello Road, Weaverville. Registration and info: reemscreek.com or 645-3937.

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Out of sight Blind Tasting League brings wine appreciation down to earth

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Currants, bramble and boysenberry are among the many somewhat inaccessible descriptive terms I’ve heard tossed around at lofty wine tasting events over the years. The world of wine can be a bit pretentious, a trait that often leads wouldbe connoisseurs to settle for “critter wines” from the grocery store instead of learning how to better swim the tricky seas of the drink and all its technicalities. Honestly, when is the last time any of us had a boysenberry or a currant? Fortunately, Andy Hale of Metro Wines on Charlotte Street is here to bring wine appreciation a little more down to earth with his new Blind Tasting League of Asheville. “Basically, we take the art of what the sommeliers do,” he explains, “which is usually reserved for the superelite of the wine world, and turn it into a drinking game for the fun and education of everyone.” Meeting twice per month, the Blind Tasting League allows attendees to

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fLying bLind : Sommelier Andy Hale of Metro Wines’ Blind Tasting League of Asheville says participating in blind tastings frees wine aficianados to experience different varieties without the burden of preconceived notions. Photo by Cindy Kunst

participate in a seated group tasting of four undisclosed wines. Working as a group, Hale talks the crowd through each wine using the the Court of Sommeliers’ blind tasting test as a guide. The tests are a set up as a multiple-choice sheet that works its way through the appearance, aroma and flavors of a wine, with the end goal of being able to identify the wine varietal. “It is the real thing,” he says. “It’s the same exact format that you would see if you took a sommelier exam.” Sitting at a group table, participants are presented with two glasses of white wine and two glasses of red, with no hint as to their identities. From there Hale asks them a series of questions involving the wines’ smells, tastes and visual clues that help them decipher the identity of the grapes therein. “It’s the world’s hardest drinking game,” Hale jokes.

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The owners of the shop actually choose the wines without consulting Hale. “I don’t know what they are,” he says, “which keeps things from making me [the instructor] sound obnoxious and pretentious. They actually make me sit in the back while they’re setting up for each night.” Keeping Hale, a certified specialist in wine and a sommelier, in the dark along with the guests is truly what sets the Blind Tasting League apart from many of the wine classes and group tastings available in Asheville. Rather than relying on prewritten tasting notes, Hale is left to riff along with his guests as they work through the wines, patiently deducing what each sample might be. “If I was doing it with wines I had selected, it could come off as really stuffy,” he explains. “It’s more

fun for me if I don’t know what it is.” And as the tastings prove, it is more fun for the rest of us that way as well. Hale and his wife moved to Asheville almost two years ago from Charleston, where he had worked as a sommelier for Jasmine Porch and the Ocean Room, two very high-end restaurants at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. Once in Asheville, he began working for the small boutique wine distributor Sour Grapes before joining forces with Metro Wines on Charlotte Street. Once on the retail end of things, Hale saw the opportunity to bring the experience of a blind tasting to Asheville’s wine scene. “One of the benefits of tasting blind is that you’re not burdened or encumbered by your expectations of what the wine is going to be. People bring a whole lot of what they expect a wine to be when they are trying something,” he says. “Sometimes we’ll open up a bottle of merlot at the shop and people look at you like ‘pssh, I’m not drinking any merlot, trust me, I saw Sideways, I don’t drink merlot.’” But Hale isn’t a stranger himself to these prejudices. When he first began the tasting league, he found a few of those ignorant opinions in his own palate. “As it tuns out, I was the same way with pinot grigio,” he laughs. “The first blind tasting we had, we’re going through the tasting, and one of them I’m totally stumped on. It’s light-bodied, superaromatic, beautiful, with a really good mouth and good acidity … and it turned out to be a $10 pinot grigio! And in my book it was just too good to be pinot grigio, so I really didn’t expect it. So as it turns out, I learned I had pinot grigio prejudice,” proof that no matter how much you think you know wine, until you taste it blind, you don’t really know anything. Metro Wines hosts the Blind Tasting League on the first and third Wednesday of every month. For details or to reserve a spot, visit blindtastingleague.com. For details on Metro’s upcoming classes on wine geography, tasting, service and more, head to ashevilleschoolofwine.com.X

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Rainbow table Strategies for dealing with picky eaters

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give these other strategies a try: • Don’t’ give up too soon. Offer new foods multiple times. It takes 8-10 tries for some children to decide whether they like it or not. • Don’t pressure or bribe a child. A child may begin to associate a particular taste with his body’s natural stress response. This may actually train a child to experience that food adversely for life. • Offer a new food along side a familiar food. It makes the new food seem less unusual. • Involve your child in the decisionmaking process. At the grocery store,

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encourage children to select fruits and vegetables they would like to try. • Include children in the food preparation process. Children can help wash fruits and vegetables and can even help you slice softer foods by using a butter knife. This not only gets children excited about eating these foods, but it also teaches children self-help skills and works on fine motor development. So the next time your child says, “Oh no, I don’t eat that,” think back to these tips. With a little perseverance, patience and a positive attitude, your child can begin to develop a taste for healthy foods.

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ternut squash soup for the first time, all of the kids got to see a butternut squash whole and taste a plain piece of squash. When we had the soup that day for lunch they asked for seconds! It all comes down to presenting the new food with no pressure and making it a fun thing they can look forward to.” Still feeling skeptical? Are you thinking, “This may work with other kids, but you haven’t met mine?” Here are some tips from some local childcare centers that have worked with Rainbow In My Tummy. These experts have been on both sides of the table and have successfully introduced new foods while simultaneously supporting the development of healthy eaters.

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Most parents face the challenge of dealing with a picky eater at some point in their child’s life. As the mother of a 5-year-old who has gone through her own phases of selective eating, I understand the struggle. We know that children develop many of their food preferences before the age of 5. What if we as parents and caregivers could help young children develop a taste for healthier foods right from the start? What if our children would start asking for things like broccoli, asparagus, kale and hummus instead of French fries, chicken nuggets and snack cakes? Does this sound too good to be true? It’s not. This scenario is played out over and over in the local child care centers the Rainbow In My Tummy program works with to improve their food culture. The Rainbow In My Tummy program trains early care and education centers and provides strategies to help improve the quality of food served and the eating habits of their children. As program director, I am often asked by parents, “What if my child won’t eat that food?” followed by “My child doesn’t like [fill in the blank — usually it’s vegetable related]”. We often get a similar line of questioning from center staff who are implementing our nutrition program. The reality is that with proper introduction and adult modeling, young children will not only try healthy foods, but may even begin making healthy choices on their own. Marissa Vignola, lead teacher at A-B Tech’s Early Education Center, says one of her strategies is to “call foods fun names, for example: broccoli [can be] trees, kale [can be] leaves and carrots [can be] the snowman’s nose. This makes eating more fun to the children and sparks their creativity.·” Alex Nielson, child nutrition coordinator for YWCA of Asheville, recommends introducing unfamiliar foods before they are served: “When we had but-

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On any given night in Asheville, people are mixing up their beer and booze, usually in the form of shots and chasers. But there’s a more refined way to enjoy the hoppy yumminess of a brew and the bite of liquor than by dropping a shot of Irish whiskey into a Guinness, and that’s with a beer cocktail. No, not a beer and a cocktail. A cocktail made with beer. Although mixing suds and spirits in one drink might not seem like a natural fit, there are some adventurous bartenders around town who are experimenting — successfully — with the concoctions. By far, one of the largest (if not the largest) selections of beer cocktails can be found at Jack of the Wood. The downtown bar serves a total of nine of the unlikely mixtures, including the traditional British pub staple known as the snakebite (cider mixed with lager), a shandy made with lager and Sprite and the black forest, which features porter or Guinness with a shot of Chambord. Not being one to back down in the face of an unusual drink, I ordered up the intimidating-sounding Jack’s special composed of Green Man Porter with Johnny Walker Black, creme de cacao and Grand Marnier. I was pleasantly surprised. The ingredients blended nicely to create a drink akin to a Yoo-hoo mixed with root beer. It might not be everyone’s cup

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mixing it uP: Bartender Jack Ouellette crafts nine creative beer-and-liquor combinations at Jack of the Wood. Photo by Jayson Im

of, um, beer and booze, but I really enjoyed it. It was definitely the cocktail world’s version of comfort food and would go great on a chilly night. Now that spring’s here though, bartender Jack Ouellette says, “we’re hoping to segue to lighter versions of beer cocktails in the summer months with more of the Alagash White and lighter beers involved.” Another brave beer cocktail purveyor is Wicked Weed, which seems logical considering it has a bar above its on-site brewery. The bar offers the pale mary, a blend of Wicked Weed Ale, Smirnoff vodka and bloody mary mix; the beergarita, a Belgian ale with Cuervo Gold tequila, lime and sour mix; and the Belgian collins, a mix of Belgian ale, Tanqueray gin and sour mix. Being a porter fan, I tried the fourth drink on the list: the porter covered cherry. This features a glass of rich dark porter spiked with Jim Beam Red Stag, a bourbon infused with a hint of black cherry. The blend definitely lived up to its name; the drink actually had a mellow cherry tinge, and the chocolatey notes of the porter rose to the fore. It would be a great way to end a night — especially a

cool one sitting around Wicked Weed’s outdoor fire. At The Junction, bartender Courtney Foster is taking a much subtler approach to blending beer and booze. She makes ice balls out of beer and floats them in wellconstructed cocktails. The result is that you control the taste of your drink by swirling the sphere around and letting it dissolve either quickly or slowly using the tool she provides you with — a swizzle stick. I tried a Some like It Hot with mescal, habanero simple syrup, lemon and cilantro poured over a torch Pilsner beer ice sphere. The drink really brought out the greener side of mescal with its smoky notes blending nicely with the sharp tang of the lemon and warmth of the pepper. Also on offer as a special the night I went was Two Guys Walk Into a Bar, a mix of gin, cucumber, lemon, Dale’s Pale Ale and a poblano pepper. Foster’s approach to using beer as a cocktail ingredient is definitely emblematic of a new way of thinking about suds, which comes as no surprise in a town as beersoaked as ours.X

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The pint in print you can hit larger breweries like RJ Rockers and Thomas Creek as well,” says Hartis.

Two new books sure to satisfy homebrewers and beer lovers

Sharpen the Blades I could say that Mike Karnowski’s book, Homebrew Beyond the Basics, is easily the best brewing book of the year. Then again, I was his editor. But ask anyone who’s been to Dirty Jack’s since Karnowski took over brewing the specialty beers at Greenman Brewing Co. (everything that’s not the flagships and seasonals in bottles) and you’re sure to hear the same thing: The man can brew. From Maceo, one of the area’s best sour beers, to hopped-up creations like Zero Dank Thirty and Storm Trooper, he brews some of Green Man’s most anticipated beers. Oh, and he ran a homebrew store in Louisiana for more than a decade, so he’s well-versed in the common questions of homebrewing as well. “I’ve been brewing and helping other people brew for more than 25 years,” says Karnowski. “This book is the distillation of everything I’ve learned. … It’s fun for me after all this time to pass on some of this knowledge, to pay it forward.” In short, Karnowski created the first book to provide a step-by-step, full-color tutorial for a variety of next-level processes from kegging to brewing sour and wood-aged beers. “There was a gap in the book world for the intermediate homebrewer,” says Karnowski. “There are a lot of books that start from scratch, and there are also the advanced chemistry books. But there’s not a lot out there for folks brewing just a couple years. There was a niche to fill.” Even if you don’t brew, the next new release is certain to inspire a road trip: Beer Lover’s the Carolinas. The author, Daniel Hartis, is a familiar name. He runs the popular charlottebeer.com website and is the author of Charlotte Beer. However, he got his start writing about beer in Asheville. “My first craft beer experience came when I wrote a piece on the local breweries for the UNC Asheville Blue

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fiLLing a niche: Homebrew Beyond the Basics is for homebrewers who have been brewing for a couple of years. Photo courtesy of Sterling Publishing

Banner,” says Hartis. “I visited a few of them, and Highland’s Oatmeal Porter is something I still remember as part of that discovery [of craft beer].” In Beer Lover’s, Hartis set out with a more ambitious goal than his UNCA days: to cover all the craft breweries in North and South Carolina by region. Together with photographer Eric Gaddy, Hartis went a step beyond phoning it in and actually visited them all. “I wanted it to be as genuine a guide as possible,” says Hartis. “People joke that it was a dream job, but the reality

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was that you have to get up pretty early and visit a bunch of breweries in one day to get a project like this done.” Yet he made it happen, and in the book he offers an authentic travel guide complete with insights about the taprooms, notable beers and, of course, plenty of photos. So what does he recommend for someone in Asheville looking for a daytrip? “You have a lot of options, but I would check out Greenville and Spartanburg. Quest is producing some great beers down there, Swamp Rabbit just opened, and

Burial Beer Co. may be on the edge of downtown, but it sees itself as a farmhouse brewery. Maybe that explains its affinity for saison, a traditional Belgian farmhouse-style ale. While the perfect plot has yet to materialize for Burial’s own farmhouse (the owners are looking), Burial is gathering a variety of North Carolina breweries to celebrate the farmhouse ale spirit on Friday, April 18. Sharpen the Blades, the first saison-centric beer festival in Asheville, will feature saisons from more than 15 North Carolina breweries. “People can expect this to grow every year and once we have the farmhouse brewery up and running, it will be a full-blown outdoor beer fest,” says Jess Reiser, one of the owners of Burial. This year the event will be at Burial’s South Slope location on Collier Avenue. Starting at 4 p.m. on April 18, beer drinkers will be able to sample away. It will be a pay-as-you-go event, meaning you order the saisons you want rather than buying a wristband for unlimited drinking. Live music from the Hermit Kings and Octopus Jones will be playing 6-8 p.m. While there will certainly be some saisons from the usual suspects, such as Wicked Weed and Burial, there will also be rarities from other local and regional breweries. “I’m looking forward to Pisgah’s Ferme Saison, their first saison in over five years,” says Reiser, “and Green Man brewed a Grisette … a littleknown relative of saisons originally brewed for workers in the mines.” If you can’t make it on Friday, April 18, any saisons left from the fest will be served at Burial on Saturday, April 19, starting at 2 p.m.X

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“I think what’s really cool about Earth Day is that it can provide this umbrella for all the nonprofits in Asheville to come together,” says Ben Colvin, development director for Wild South, the nonprofit host of Asheville Earth Day. That daylong outdoor festival returns to Lexington Avenue on Saturday, April 19. The fun-for-all-ages gathering includes a kids village, local crafts, an educational eco-village from local and national nonprofit groups and bands performing. LEAF in Schools and Streets performers kick off the festivities at 12:30 p.m. “If there were ever a time for everyone to work together, it’s Earth Day,” says Colvin. “From environmental groups, yoga studios, Animal Compassion Network and Brother Wolf … the whole spectrum of nonprofits here in Asheville has a connection to Earth Day. It’s not just environmental groups.” He continues, “Every [downtown] festival has its own focus, its own theme, but what I think is unique about Earth Day is that not only is it free, but it’s nonintimidating.” Want to learn about opportunities to help the planet? “I think it’s a really positive place to come down and get involved,” says Colvin. Asheville Earth Day’s soundtrack is provided by a diverse lineup with performances from bluegrass band Sanctum Sully, New Orleans funk outfit Dirty Dozen Brass Band, regional Americana act Acoustic Syndicate, Bela Fleck tribute Blu-Bop and the Jerry Garcia Band Cover Band. “It’s a pretty big lineup this year,” says Colvin. “It’s probably the biggest we’ve ever had.”

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Jay Franck, songwriter, mandolin player and vocalist for Sanctum Sully, agrees. “I love the sense of community these types of events bring out of Asheville,” he says. “We get to enjoy our town and each other with good food and good music. The entire lineup of music this year is fantastic, so I look forward to hearing the other bands.” Speaking of banding together, all 12 nonprofits involved in the festival plan to collectively urge the city of Asheville to reduce waste by banning plastic bottles and bags. “Asheville GreenWorks has been working on this for a while,” Colvin says. “And though City Council is hesitant to officially seek a ban, we

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good gReen fun: Asheville Earth Day celebration on Lexington Avenue offers an array of music, arts and environmental opportunities. Photo courtesy of Asheville Earth Day

can stand together to show a big vocal and visual backing of support. We all see plastic grocery bags trashing our rivers, streams, roads and neighborhoods, affecting our health and the health of the community, so this is a great thing.” He says the nonprofit groups are working on a “visual puzzle” design to stand together

as a single voice onstage and deliver their message. So yes, there will be eco talk, but count on an optimistic tone. “A lot of times you’ll hear environmental speakers stand up and give you the gloom and doom, and that’s not really what Earth Day is about,” Colvin says. “It’s about celebrating the place where we are. We talk about those things that we’re fighting for, but we’re really there to celebrate where we live and why we take care of this place.” The Earth Day festivities are bookended by two major volunteer cleanups sponsored by Sierra Nevada Brewing and Twin Leaf Brewery as part of a 10-day Earth Week observance. “It’s turned into

this long week instead of one day of celebration,” Colvin says. “We still want to celebrate that day, but we want to give opportunity — ample opportunity — for people to act in service of this place rather than just show up and party.”

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Sierra Nevada hosted a river cleanup on Saturday, April 12, to kick off the Earth Week festivities. There, representatives teamed

up with Asheville GreenWorks and led volunteers in cleaning up the French Broad River and Hominy Creek. Then, on Tuesday, April 22, Twin Leaf Brewery is sponsoring the South Slope and Save the Town Branch cleanup. That endeavor begins and ends at the brewery’s Coxe Avenue location. Asheville GreenWorks will again be on hand to provide gear to volunteers. In the spirit of cooperation, all of the nonprofits at Asheville Earth Day have pledged support and participation in the cleanups, so large turnouts are expected, Colvin says. “Having an audience of 8,000 people, the possibilities are endless with what we can do,” he adds. “It may not always change something, but it makes a pretty big statement.” All five Sanctum Sully members love to get outside and enjoy nature, so environmental protection is important to the band, says Franck. “This is an event that we can proudly stand behind, and we’re happy to be a part of it.” All profits from Asheville Earth Day go to Wild South. X

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Earth Week events around Western North Carolina Save the shrews, celebrate the trees, take in a film and clean up a stream or two. For more ideas, visit Calendar and mountainx.com. climate change talk at warren wilson college — Everyone knows what planktonic foraminifera is, right? Still, a little refresher from a Smithsonian scientist never hurts. Get educated at Brian T. Huber’s talk at Warren Wilson College about these tiny oceanic organisms and what they can tell us about climate change. From the press release: “Planktonic foraminifera are unicellular organisms that live in the upper zone of the ocean.” Huber’s research explores what they tell us about environment al changed during the past 120 million years. Thursday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in the Canon Lounge of Warren Wilson’s Gladfelter Student Center. warren-wilson.edu earth day jam invitational — Looking for some evening Earth Day tunes? Head over to the inaugural Jam Invitational for a lineup of improv music sure to continue late into the night. Performers include Grammy-winning percussionist Count M’Butu (The Derek Trucks Band); Grant Green Jr., the son of famed Blue Note guitarist Grant Green; drummer Sean Mason (Zansa); trumpet player Craig Sorrells (The Works); keyboardist Justin Powell (The Mantras and Vertigo Jazz Project) among others. The musicians convene at The One Stop on Saturday, April 19, at 9 p.m. $5. ashevillemusichall.com GMo oMG film screening — GMO OMG director, concerned father and Asheville local Jeremy Seifert is in search of answers, and his questions might be ones you’ve asked: “How do GMOs affect our children, the health of our planet and our freedom of choice?” And perhaps the ultimate question, which Seifert tests

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himself: Is it possible to reject the food system currently in place, or have we lost something we can’t gain back? The director will share his findings at a film screening of his documentary, GMO OMG, followed by a Q&A session and panel discussion with local organic experts. Proceeds benefit the spread of organic education in our region. Screening takes place at Asheville Community Theatre on Tuesday, April 22, at 7:15 p.m. $11/$13. organicgrowersschool.org the south slope and save the town branch cleanup — Meet at Twin Leaf Brewing to gear up (machetes, shovels and water boots will be provided by Asheville GreenWorks) and head over to the South Slope and Town Branch Stream. Organizers encourage volunteers to bring a change of clothes. Water and snacks will be provided by Earth Fare. Roll your sleeves up on Tuesday, April 22, 5-7 p.m. ashevilleearthday.org RiverLink cleanup — The folks at RiverLink celebrate Earth Day all year round. This year, the conservation group celebrates its favorite holiday with two different service projects in Ross Creek: applying storm drain stencils and a creek cleanup. Organizers remind volunteers to wear boots and clothes they don’t mind getting dirty. Tuesday, April 22, 3-5 p.m. riverlink.org earth week at the highlands biological station — This year the Highlands Biological Station is offering three ways to celebrate. highlandsbiological.org • At an earth day of service, volunteers can get their hands dirty in the botanical garden — weeding, pruning and the like — in exchange for lunch. No experience necessary. Saturday, April 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Email keldermonar@gmail.com or call 526-0188 to sign up. • save the shrews: It’s true. The shrews need your help, and on Earth Day, who are you to deny them? “Bottles discarded along roadways have been recog-

food Poisoning: “How do GMOs affect our children, the health of our planet and our freedom of choice?” asks local filmmaker Jeremy Seifert in his documentary, GMO OMG. Film still courtesy of Seifert

nized as a cause of small-mammal deaths since the 1960s,” says press release. “Each year, many such animals enter bottles in search of food or water and become entrapped, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of animals over time.” Highlands Nature Center director Patrick Brannon will present a talk on the subject at the center on Tuesday, April 22, at 7 p.m. • Celebrate Arbor Day at the Botanical Garden with a Living with trees garden tour. In the spirit of Arbor Day, visitors will leave with a native tree to take home and plant. Friday, April 25, 3-4 p.m. Contact Ezra Gardiner at egardiner@email. wcu.edu or 526-0188 to sign up.

My toxic Backyard film screening — It took local filmmaker Katie Damien five years to complete her documentary, My Toxic Backyard. The film is about the South Asheville community living around an old CTS Superfund site and the ongoing struggle to get clean, safe drinking water as the contaminated soil of the old manufacturing plant continues leaking dangerous toxins into the ground 20 years after the threat was first reported to the Environmental Protection Agency. The film premieres at Fine Arts Theatre on Thursday, May 8, at 7 p.m. and will continue to screen through that weekend. $7.50 matinees/$9.75 regular showings. fineartstheatre.com X

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daRwinian dReam: Nicole Silver rehearses for Animalia, a theatrical production inspired by poetry, evolution, and circus arts. Photo by Shara Crosby

The Fox & Beggar Theater debuts with surreal circus experience Animalia “He breathes in the wet dawn through / his mottled skin, soaks in its vitality / until his old heart thumps with delight / and he jumps off his bed of lettuce leaves / and moss hairs / into the ruddy mud.” So goes a passage from “Amphibia,” a poem in the series The Galapagos Nocturnes, which serves as the loose structure for Animalia: A Zoological Circus for the Stage. The show opens Friday, April 18, and runs for two weekends at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre in Montford. It’s a lot to process, but, according to writer/director/visionary Nat Allister, the production is more about an otherworldly immersion than a concrete storyline. Allister formed The Fox & Beggar Theater about a year ago as a vehicle for his project Tarocco, whose 21 acts are based on a Renaissanceera tarot card deck. After two promo

shows staged to build support for that large-scale production, Allister realized that Tarocco would take three hours to perform and about $50,000 to produce, so he turned to a simpler concept for the theater company’s debut. Not that Animalia is simple. The Galapagos Nocturnes (published by Gold Wake Press in 2010) “came from back when I was a creativewriting student,” says Allister, who attended Vassar College. “The main character is Charles Darwin, and he’s dreaming, over six nights, of the different classes of animals.” The poems’ format relates to the creation story in Genesis, replacing God’s handiwork with the process of evolution. Animals do make an appearance in Animalia: an actor portrays a luna moth, and there are giant bull puppets. But generally the costumes evoke the various animal classes “in a stylized way,” says Allister: less fable, more dreamscape, à la Cirque du Soleil, one of the director’s major influences. As the show’s full title suggests, Allister does incorporate

the circus arts — aerialists, fire spinners, stilt walkers and jugglers — “but the choreography is wicked tight,” he says. “It’s more like a modern dance.” One goal was to create a darker, more surreal sort of show that, while still appropriate for all ages, would help the theater scene link up with other facets of local culture. “The major themes in Asheville that have a presence among the young and hip culture all seem to overlap,” says Allister. “The people interested in primitive skills and farming naturally overlap with the music scene, which overlaps with New Age and spiritual life, which overlaps with installation art and the studio art world.” But local theater, he continues, “isn’t really a part of that so much. It’s got its own community.” The selfdescribed “huge theater geek” says he wanted to attract those other circles to dramatics. “For the younger group, it’s showing them how awesome it can be to go to a play, and for the regular theatergoing crowd, I want to show them how amazing some of the circus performers and some of the more radical and edgy artists are when they’re

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working toward a more out-of-the box vision of the stage.” To achieve all this required collaboration on a grand scale: Animalia boasts a cast and crew numbering more than 100. “I’ve always been superinterested in being a [catalyst] for all of these performers and artists I love to get a chance to work together,” says Allister. “I’m just trying to showcase spectacular talent and package it as impressively as possible.” As the vision of Animalia grows onstage, the production is expanding offstage, too. While the show begins at 8:30 p.m., a street fair corridor between the parking lot and amphitheater — complete with art, artists and sideshow acts — opens at 7 p.m. X

Spring onstage Spring doesn’t signal the end of Asheville’s theater season. Provocative works and cuttingedge performance collectives are still making their presence felt — and in fact, the arrival of longer days and warmer temps means dramatic offerings can now be presented outdoors. For more local theater, check out our calendar and mountainx.com. flat Rock Playhouse’s season continues at a breathless pace. Neil Simon’s comedy Laughter on the 23rd Floor runs through Saturday, April 19, nightly at 8. That production will be followed by The Fantasticks (a musical about two fathers who trick their children into falling in love), April 17-May 11; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Chekhov characters set in modern-day Pennsylvania), May 8-25; and The Last Five Years (a contemporary musical about love and marriage), May 29-June 22. Shows take place at 2661 Greenville Highway in Flat Rock and at 125 S. Main St. in Hendersonville. flatrockplayhouse.org asheville community theatre’s Mainstage Season continues with two comedies and one thoughtprovoking tale. Dearly Departed, onstage through Sunday, April 27, is a Southern-fried romp through the wacky Turpin family’s misfortunes. The Monty Python-inspired musical Spamalot runs June 6-29, and the season concludes with Driving Miss Daisy, the story of an unlikely but long-running Deep South friendship, Aug. 1-17. All shows are presented Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays 2:30 p.m., at 35 E. Walnut St. ashevilletheatre.org a-b tech drama club announces its 20th and final production, after which the community college’s drama program will be discontinued. Like true stars, club members are drawing the curtain in style with a run of Unnecessary Farce. The Paul Slade Smith comedy is set in a hotel room at the Grand Pines Inn. An embezzling mayor is supposed to be meeting with his female accountant, while two undercover cops wait in an

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adjacent room to catch the meeting on videotape. But wires are crossed, identities are confused, and assorted high jinks ensue. Shows will be held in Ferguson Auditorium on the A-B Tech campus (340 Victoria Road in Asheville) April 24-May 4. Thursdays-Saturdays 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. abtech.edu different strokes! Performing arts collective is a nonprofit that aims to present “works which confront issues of social diversity in a provocative way, and by providing opportunities for audiences to explore visions of our diverse world.” The group will stage Stop Kiss by Diana Son at The BeBe Theater (20 Commerce St.). Two women both with boyfriends become friends and through “their shared experiences and sense of humor they come to understand more of who they are. Spotted in a park late at night during their first kiss, Callie and Sara are singled out, mocked and assaulted,” says press for the show. ThursdaySaturday, May 1-17, at 7:30 p.m. The season also includes Sisters, Aug. 7-23. differentstrokesavl.com montford Park Players kick off their outdoor season at the Hazel Robinson Ampitheatre (92 Gay St.) with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Are Dead. Tom Stoppard’s absurdist tragicomedy, first performed at the 1966 Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, follows the adventures of two minor characters in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Performances run Thursday-Sunday, May 8-31, at 7:30 p.m. The season will also include Henry V, June 6-28; Tartuffe, July 4-26; and The Taming of the Shrew, Aug. 1-23, among others. montfordparkplayers.org n.c. stage company’s Mainstage Series may have concluded for the season, but the theater (15 Stage Lane) continues its lineup of boundary-pushing productions. In A Conversation with Edith Head, the legendary Oscar-winning costume designer tells all. The play runs Wednesday-Sunday, May 14-June 8, at 7:30 p.m. ncstage.org the front Porch theatre at black mountain center for the arts (225 W. State St., Black Mountain) will present Greater Tuna, starring Mondy Carter and Tom Chalmers. In this “tour de force ... the two actors depict the 20 different characters — men, women, children and animals — who make up this hilarious comedy about Texas’ third smallest town.” Thursday-Saturday, May 15-17 and 22-24, at 7:30 p.m. blackmountainarts.org — A.M. X

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Five years ago, Nickel Creek — one of the most respected young acoustic bands in America — called it quits. Now, to celebrate 25 years since that band formed, its members have regrouped with a brandnew album, A Dotted Line, and a tour. They’ll swing through Asheville for a night at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium this week. Back to the breakup. It was shocking and not surprising all at once. After all, the trio had been together for 20 years, since fiddler Sara Watkins and then-guitarist Chris Thile were 8 years old, and then-mandolinist (and Sara’s brother) Sean Watkins was 11. By the time of the split, the elder Watkins and Thile had long since swapped instruments and proven to be two of the finest pickers on the circuit. Sara leaned into the fiddle like nobody’s business, developing a standard of chopping and sawing that is rarely matched outside of a small circle of progressive players. There were giant festival headlining dates and Grammy Awards. But, sometimes it’s important to pause for a moment and take a deep breath. “We’ve never really thought too far ahead, even when we were making records together on a regular basis,” Sara says. “If someone asked us where we thought we’d be in five years, we never really had a good answer. We just made the band [happen, from] record to record and tour to tour. There was never any question that we were going to make another record until we finished touring after Why Should the Fire

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Die? We were so exhausted, it just made sense to take a break.” In the years since, Nickel Creek’s members have been doing anything but resting. The Watkins siblings embarked on a number of collaborative projects, including The Watkins Family Hour live-show series at Largo in Los Angeles and Works Progress Administration (with Glen Phillips, Benmont Tench and others). Sean teamed up with the likes of Tom Brosseau and Fiction Family as well as supporting his sister’s work. Between her stints with indiefolk band The Decemberists and public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion, Sara released a pair of solo albums that won considerable critical praise. Thile started the sonically daring string band Punch Brothers and developed a body of work that earned him, among other things, a “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation. To explain the reunion after a half-decade break, Sean says, “We were first going to do an EP and then do 25 shows for our 25th anniversary. In writing a few songs, we realized it was really easy to come up with an EP worth of songs, so we wrote a [full] album … it actually happened very quickly.” “We only had 10 songs when we did this record. There were a few that we had going into it as padding, on the back burner, that didn’t make it onto Why Should the Fire Die?” Sara adds. “We knew the recording process itself would be really short. [We had] 11 days and 10 songs, and we weren’t sure we were going to finish. But we made it in the nick of time.” The result is a stunning blend of country-folk instrumentals and what can only be called acoustic hard-rock. There’s also a danceable genre-defiant interlude titled “Hayloft” and a handful of cuddly love songs. But, for the most part, A Dotted Line sounds exactly the way Nickel Creek would probably have sounded with or without the five-year break. That’s what happens when band members grow up together — the musical telepathy continues despite any distance, difference or separation. The way

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Building a mystery Local author Sallie Bissell returns to her Mary Crow series Sallie Bissell describes herself as a “flatland Southerner,” and you can hear it in her voice. But this Nashville native who grew up reading Nancy Drew and the historical fiction of William O. Steele (now her touchstone for a good read), developed an ambition to be a writer at an early age. As an adult, she worked in advertising and ghost-wrote for a children’s series. And then she penned a literary novel that several agents praised but rejected. So she set out to write a thriller — a formula that worked. Bissell reads from Deadliest of Sins, the just-released seventh book of the best-selling Mary Crow series, at Malaprop’s on Wednesday, April 23. The author started work on Forest of Harm, the initial book that series, with many of the ingredients already in mind. Having just moved to Asheville, she says, “I was fascinated by the Cherokee culture, which was new to me at the time, and the woods seemed to be a natural canvas to paint a story in which people get into big trouble.” Bissell soon realized that she needed to raise the stakes even higher. Drawing on what she had learned from her own research and from having a daughter in law school, she decided to make Mary Crow a prosecutor. “That was just perfect,” Bissell says. “She was just kind of in the bad-guy vortex, but she wasn’t [bad].” Over the course of Mary Crow’s adventures, that bad-guy vortex has proved powerful and dangerous. For example, in Deadliest of Sins, the heroine uncovers a criminal underworld built on murder, abuse and abduction. The novel’s action unfolds on a familiar territory. Set in Asheville, it opens with Mary Crow walking through downtown and taking in the sights, including the St. Lawrence Basilica and Malaprop’s, before going to her office in the Flatiron Building. “It was great fun to write,” Bissell says. “It’s kind of

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my own love letter to Asheville. For me, Asheville has been a wonderful place to write. It inspires me.” (Worth noting: she leads the Mystery Book Club at Malaprop’s, which meets on second Mondays at 7 p.m.) Unlike her creator, Mary Crow has not relocated to Asheville for good. She’s on a temporary assignment investigating prosecutorial misconduct in the state’s Western counties (a premise the author insists bears no relation to real life). Good news: Deadliest of Sins (and the previous book in the series, the well-received Music of Ghosts) does mark a permanent return to Mary Crow after an eight-year break from that character. In that time, Bissell tried writing a science-fiction mystery, and then a couple of funny whodunnits, but her agent told her

that people wanted to read about the heroine who made her name. “Then I realized that it was going to be me and Mary Crow,” she says. “I guess I’ll just write Mary Crow until I drop dead.” She has already started work on the next installment in the series. So how does Bissell comes up with her darker themes? “People ask me that a lot,” she says. “They say, ‘Oh, you seem like such a nice Southern woman. Where do you get all this stuff?’” But then she turns serious: “You don’t, regrettably, have to look too hard to find truly evil people these days.”

The author insists that the “evil people” in her books are essential for keeping the series going. When she starts a novel, “I know what my bad guys want, and I know what Mary Crow is probably going to have to do to keep that from happening.” Bissell relies on that interplay between characters — between Mary Crow and the villains, the victims and the others who populate her world — to keep her stories fresh. “I think the trick is to invent your characters deeply enough, and then let them have at it. You just sit back and watch while the drama transpires on a stage that’s all in your head.” X

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Travel and food writer and memoirist Frances Mayes returns to her pre-Under the Tuscan Sun days in new book, Under Magnolia. Photo by Will Garin

You probably watched the movie Under the Tuscan Sun, where Diane Lane (as Frances, an American) gets over a painful divorce by starting a new life in a scenic Italian villa with a makeshift adopted family of work-

men, neighbors and expatriate friends. Extra points if you read the 1996 memoir of the same name by Frances Mayes. After publishing six volumes of poetry, Mayes found literary success with a series of books documenting her life and explorations in Tuscany. The author and her husband now split their time between Italy and Hillsborough, N.C., and Mayes keeps plenty busy with other travel and food writing projects as well as her involvement with The Tuscan Sun Festival of the Arts, which she co-founded in 2003. Add fiction writing to that list: Mayes published Swan, her first novel, in 2002. It was set in her home state of Georgia — a location she returns to with her new memoir, Under Magnolia. Set in the small town of Fitzgerald, Under Magnolia recounts Mayes’ life pre-Tuscany, “from her years as a spirited, secretive child, through her university studies — a period of exquisite freedom that imbued her with a profound appreciation of friendship and a love of travel,” according to a book description. The memoir is called “a searingly honest, humorous and moving ode to family and place, and a thoughtful meditation on the ways they define us or cause us to define ourselves.” Frances Mayes gives a reading and book signing at Malaprop’s on Friday, April 18, at 7 p.m. Free. malaprops.com — Alli Marshall X

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Slow Down Pictures Slow Down Pictures is the third art show with a soundtrack created by former Xpress designer and artist Nathanael Roney, and musician J Seger (Emily Easterly, VA/MD). “For the first time in the series, the individual works themselves have been titled, if not mostly for the sake of mentioning them here — Burden, Compusure, Sh*t Cars — titles meant to fulfill those traditional purposes of explanation,” says a press release. Roney “considers the desire to articulate, even the instinct, to be the skin of great weakness. When used poorly, language assumes its power to conclude what it can only hypothesize. He often finds himself in defense from its influence, and at times, frustrated because of it. Seger on the other hand, just don’t give a f**k.” The show opens at PUSH Gallery on Friday, April 18, 7-10 p.m. pushtoyproject.com. Artwork by Nathanael Roney

B.F. Long IV Studios & Alchemy Fine Art Portrait painter Benjamin Franklin Long IV is also a master of the “true fresco,” the technique used by Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel. Long has completed more than 15 major fresco works throughout the U.S. and has shown his work in Florence, London and Paris, among other locales. A 2001 recipient of the Arthur Ross Award for Excellence in the Classical Tradition by Philippe de Montebello, Long recently moved into a new gallery and studio space at 25 Rankin Ave. To celebrate, he holds an exhibition of work that spans religious and mythological themes and includes frescos created for churches, civic centers and private buildings. The show opens on Thursday, April 17, 5:30-9:30 p.m. and remains on display until Thursday, May 29. alchemyfineart.net.

Zansa Local Afropop band Zansa has big news: Frontman Adama Dembele recently returned from a trip to his home country, Ivory Coast, where he performed at the weeklong MASA Festival, according to a press release. Fellow Ivory Coast native and dancer Barakissa Coulibaly (pictured) just made her way to Asheville, where she’ll be teaching and performing — and sharing the stage with Zansa at Isis Music Hall on Friday, April 18. “We want to transport people to my village,” says Dembele, “and show them what a West African dance party is like.” The evening includes Ivory Coast guitarist Moussa Kone; Spanish/Middle Eastern fusion outfit Juan Benavides Group opens; and Chef Mike Mahoney prepares globally inspired dinner specials. 9 p.m., $10/$12. isisasheville.com. Photo courtesy of the artist

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The Tills Asheville-based psychedelic indie pop rocker outfit The Tills arose from the ashes of its former, and apparently legally bound name, The Critters, in January after receiving a cease-and-desist phone call from the 1960s pop band of the same name. The local obliged and promptly released its new album, Mixtape Vol. 1, a frenzied 13-track outburst of songs that plows through static psychedelia, punk-savvy chanting and angelic, drifting pop melodies that drop listeners deep into ’60s-era British Invasion. New albums go hand-in-hand with new shows: The Tills take the stage at at Emerald Lounge on Saturday, April 19, at 9 p.m. Atlanta-based rock band Baby Baby, local alt-indie outfit The Luxury Spirit and Tills side project The Gentleman Callers also perform. $5. emeraldlounge.com. Photo by Max Cooper — Kyle Sherard

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musicAl PerFormAnces For nAtionAl librAry Week 828-697-4725 ex. 2320, smcgough@henderson.lib.nc.us Free. • WE (4/16), 3:30pm - Singer/songwriter Tom Fisch Held at Green River Library, 50 Green River Road., Zirconia • WE (4/16), 3:30pm - Guitarist M. King Goslin. Held at Etowah Public Library, 101 Brickyard Road. • SA (4/19), 11am - Harpist Carroll Ownbey Held at Mills River Library, 124 Town Center Dr. Suite 1, Mills River

LaRgeR than Life: Have you ever looked at the giant puppets at Asheville events such as the Mardi Gras parade and wondered “How did they build that?” Luckily, there’s a way to found out! Local puppeting collective Street Creature will host giant puppet building workshops on Thursdays nights until May 1. You can see the process for the making the puppets seen at LEAF and the National Day of Puppetry and even lend a hand in their creation. Photo by Carrie Eidson. (p.52)

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PysAnky WorksHoPs in tHe river Arts district (pd.) Or at your location. Learn to make beautiful Ukrainian Easter eggs. Call (828) 423-6459 for more info. Visit AshevillestudioA.com AlcHemy Fine Art 25 Rankin Ave., 407-3843, info@alchemyfineart.net • TH (4/17), 5:30-9:30pm - Open studio and display of works by B.F. Long, IV. AsHeville Art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org

Henderson county oPen studio tour openstudiotourhc.com Open to all Henderson County artists. • Through (5/31) - Event will be held Sept. 20-21, 10am-5pm. trAnsylvAniA community Arts council 884-2787, tcarts.org • ONGOING - Submissions open for 2014. Themes and deadlines: Animals, May 6; Potters, June 3; Art Mart, Nov. 10.

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• WE (4/16), 7-8pm - Outsider art discussion. Free with admission. AsHeville urbAn lAndscAPe ProJect 458-0111, ashevillearts.com/asheville-paint-outs Open air painting events, held in various public green spaces and hosted by different Asheville area artists. Free. • MO (4/21), 9:30am-12:30pm - With Artist Colleen Webster. Held at Basillica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St. giAnt PuPPet building WorksHoPs facebook.com/puppetclubasheville. Hosted by Street Creature puppet collective. Free. • THURSDAYS (5/1), 6pm - Held at N. Asheville Community Center, 37 East Larchmont Drive. olli At uncA 251-6140, olliasheville.com, olli@unca.edu • FR (4/18), 3pm - Opera talks: a behind-the-scenes tour of the Reuter Center. Free.

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song o’ sky cHorus (pd.) tuesday 6:45-9:30 Pm song o’ sky chorus Calvary Baptist Church (Chandler Center), 531 Haywood Road, 28806. Asheville’s only a capella barbershop-style chorus! We welcome all women who love to sing! www.songosky.org or (866) 824-9547 Parking available behind the church. diAnA WortHAm tHeAtre 2 South Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • FR (4/18), 8pm - The Teetotallers, Irish traditional folk. $30/$25 student/$15 children music At mArs Hill 866-642-4968, mhc.edu • TH (4/17), 7:30pm - Wind symphony concert. Moore Auditorium. • TU (4/22), 7:30pm - Instrumental Chamber Ensembles concert. Broyhill Chapel. Free. music At WArren Wilson 1-800-934-3536, warren-wilson.edu • SA (4/19), 11am-5pm - “Fiddles & Folklife,” old-time music festival with dancing and craft vendors. Free.

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tHeAter 35beloW 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre. org Located underneath Asheville Community Theatre. • TH (4/3) through SU (4/19) - Women and Wallace. Thu.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm. $15. AnAm cArA tHeAtre 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • TH (4/17), 8 pm - Poetry and Songwriting open mic. Held at Toy Boat Community Arts Space, 101 Fairview Road. • FR (4/18), 8-9pm - “Tales & Ales,” open mic storytelling. Free to attend. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road. Suite B AsHeville community tHeAtre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre. org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (4/27) - Dearly Departed. Fri.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm. $22/$19 seniors & students/$12 children under 17. bebe tHeAtre 20 Commerce St., 254-2621 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (4/17) until (4/26), 7:30pm - The Bog. $12. FlAt rock PlAyHouse Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (4/19) - Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Wed.Thu.: 2pm & 8pm; Fri.: 8pm; Sat.: 2pm & 8pm; Sun.: 2pm. $40. • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (4/17) until (5/11) - The Fantasticks. Wed.-Sat.: 2pm& 8pm. Sun.:2pm. $40. Hendersonville little tHeAtre 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 6921082, hendersonvillelittletheatre.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (until 4/27) - Close Ties, a warm and funny family drama. Thu.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2pm. $20/ $15 students under 18.

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AmericAn Folk Art And FrAming 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • Through TH (4/24) - Uprooted, works by Southern self-taught artists • Through WE (4/23) - Face Jug show. Art At mArs Hil 689-1304, mhc.edu/art/weizenblatt-gallery • Through (9/1) - Works by art department faculty. Art At uncA jyarnall@unca.edu Info: unca.edu. • Through WE (4/16) - Musical Mentors, photography by David Holt. Lipinsky Hall. • Through SA (5/17) - International Photo Exhibit. Ramsey Library. Art At Wcu 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu Exhibits on display in the Fine Art Museum, unless otherwise noted. • Through FR (5/9) - Pottery from a private collection. Arts council oF Henderson county • Through FR (4/18) - Art of Tomorrow, works by school students. At First Citizens Bank, 539 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Held at First Citizens Bank, 539 N. Main St., Hendersonville AsHeville AreA Arts council gAllery 346 Depot St., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through FR (4/25) - Impromptu, mixed media. AsHeville Art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart. org

• Through SU (5/18) - Social Geographies: Interpreting Space and Place, mixed media. • Through SA (6/22) - Pierre Daura: Modernist in the Mountains, paintings. • Through SU (6/2) - Take 10: Collectors’ Circle 10th Anniversary, mixed works. • Through SU (7/20) - Ralph Burns: A Persistence of Vision, photography. AsHeville gAllery oF Art 16 College St., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through WE (4/30) - Landscapes by artist Reda Kay. bellA vistA Art gAllery 14 Lodge St., 768-0246, bellavistaart. com • Through WE (4/30) - Paintings by Christin Zelenka. bender gAllery 12 S. Lexington Ave., bendergallery.com • Through SA (5/31) - Glass sculptors by Toland Sand. blAck mountAin college museum + Arts center 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • Through (5/17) - Cynthia Homire: Vision Quest, mixed media.

blue sPirAl 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1. com • Through SA (5/24) - Zen, Asian-inspired works. • Through SA (5/24) - Narration, mixed media. • Through SA (5/24) - Nancy Kubale, ceramics. cAstell PHotogrAPHy gAllery 2C Wilson Alley, 255-1188, castellphotographygallery.com • Through SA (5/31) - The New Construction, mixed media. Opening reception: April 4, 6p Folk Art center MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, 298-7928, craftguild.org • Through TU (4/29) - Works by five Southern Highland Craft Guild members. • Through SU (5/11) - Eyecatchers: The Hunter Collection, quilts. JonAs gerArd Fine Art 240 Clingman Ave., 350-7711, jonasgerard. com • ONGOING - Large flow paintings show. n.c. Arboretum 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org $12 gate fee for nonmember vehicles. • Through SU (7/6) - Scenography by Barbara Sammons.

PusH skAte sHoP & gAllery 25 Patton Ave., 225-5509, pushtoyproject. com • FR (4/18) through SA (5/18) - Slown Down Pictures, pop art with an original soundtrack. Opening reception: April 18, 7pm. red House studios And gAllery 310 W. State St., Black Mountain, 6990351, svfalarts.org Red House Studio and Gallery • Through MO (4/28) - Motion Emotion, mixed media. rivervieW stAtion 191 Lyman St., riverviewartists.com • Through WE (4/30) - Works by members of Women In The Arts Foundation. sAtellite gAllery 55 Broadway St., 305-2225, thesatellitegallery.com • Through SA (5/4) - Visual Proof, works by John Nebraska tHe bender gAllery 12 S. Lexington Ave., 505-8341, thebendergallery.com • Through FR (4/18) - Glass sculptural works by Kerrick Johnson. tHe center For crAFt, creAtivity & design 67 Broadway St., 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org

• Through (5/3) - Works by Windgate Fellows. Artist’s talk: April 9, 6pm. tHe curiosity sHoPPe 118 Cherry St. Suite C, Black Mountain, 669-7467, facebook.com/thecuriosityshoppeface • Through (5/7) - abstract pastels by Bridget Risdon Hepler trAnsylvAniA community Arts council 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through WE (4/30) - Works by Transylvania County Public Schools students tryon Fine Arts center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • Through SA (4/19) - Old Ironsides and the War of 1812, an educational exhibit. WoolWortH WAlk 25 Haywood St., 254-9234 • Through TU (4/29) - Paintings by John Nelson. ZAPoW! 21 Battery Park Suite 101, 575-2024, zapow.net • ONGOING - Bits and Bytes: Art of the Video Game, illustrations.

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C L U B L A N D Nightbell Celebrity DJ (electronic, deep house), 9pm

Wednesday, April 16

Odditorium Straight Up Queer Time Variety Show w/ JoyBang (punk, garage), 9pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar The Buncombe County Boys (folk), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Latin), 8pm

Olive or Twist Blue Dawg Band (jazz, swing), 7pm DJ & dancing, 8pm

Asheville Music Hall ZOOGMA w/ A Ghost Like Me & Phil.harmoniq (electronica), 10pm

One Stop Deli & Bar Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Flux Capacitor w/ Electrochemical (jam, electro), 10pm

Barley's Taproom Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8pm Black Mountain Ale House Bluegrass jam w/ The Deals, 9pm

Oskar Blues Brewery Carver & Carmody (Americana), 6pm

Bywater Soul night w/ DJ Whitney, 8:30pm

Pisgah Brewing Company Movie night: Anchorman 2, 8pm

Cork & Keg Irish jam w/ Beanie, Vincent & Jean, 7pm Throwback 3rd Thursday w/ Old Asheville Natives - 70s & 80s highschool, 7pm

Posh Bar Acoustic jam, 6pm PULP Slice of Life Comedy w/ Telly Savalas, 8pm

Double Crown DJ Dr. Filth (country), 10pm

Purple Onion Cafe The Wilhelm Brothers (folk, indie), 7:30pm

Emerald Lounge Blues jam, 8pm

Scandals Nightclub Dance party, 10pm

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra w/ Amen Dunes (experimental rock, post-rock), 9pm

Southern Appalachian Brewery Dave Desmelik (Americana, singer-songwriter, folk), 7pm

Grind Cafe Trivia night, 7pm

Spring Creek Tavern Blue Ribbon Healers (old-time, jazz), 6pm

Highland Brewing Company The Moon & You (acoustic), 5:30pm

The Mothlight Blusongs IV w/ Shenzen, Echo Rush, Difference Clouds, Kirume Sands-Pleine & Alligator Indian, 9pm

Hotel Indigo Paula & Tony, 8pm Iron Horse Station Jesse James (Americana), 6pm

The Phoenix Naren (singer-songwriter), 8pm

Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Wednesday World Music w/ Jackomo, 7:15pm

The Social The River Rats (rock, funk), 8pm Open mic w/ Scooter Haywood, 8pm

Jack of the Wood Pub Old-time session, 5pm Lex 18 Kayvon Kazemini, Michael Flanagan & Sean McCann (jazz, soul), 8:30pm Lobster Trap Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 7pm Odditorium Speed-dating event, 9pm

Sludge-rock: Headlining the show at Lexington Avenue Brewery on Thursday, April 17, “Sex Knuckle is a grungy, sludgy, dark and mysterious sounding rock band originating from Fargo, North Dakota,” states the band’s bio. “With eerie verses contrasting with powerful vocals and crunchy guitar riffs, it’s a perfect combination for a strong, powerful, sweet sound that is unlike anything out there today.” Sex Knuckle will perform with MindShapeFist and Zombie Queen, who open the show at 9 p.m.

Olive or Twist Swing lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm 3 Cool Cats Band (vintage rock 'n' roll), 8pm Sly Grog Lounge Open mic, 7pm

Pisgah Brewing Company Shampoo Duo w/ Shane Pruitt (blues), 6pm

The Phoenix Jazz night, 8pm The Social Karaoke, 9:30pm

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Town Pump Brandon Reid (singer-songwriter), 9pm Toy Boat Community Art Space Anam Cara Poetry & Song open mic, 8pm Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues Pauly Juhl & Oso, 8:30pm The Westsound Revue (Motown, blues), 9pm Vincenzo's Bistro Ginny McAfee (piano, vocals), 7pm

One Stop Deli & Bar The Brown Bag Songwriting Competition w/ Alex Krug, 6:30pm The Royal Noise (retro-future funk), 10pm

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Tiger Mountain Thirst Parlour Sean & Will (classic punk, power pop, rock), 10pm Timo's House Release w/ Disc-Oh! (bass), 9pm Town Pump Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm Tressa's Downtown Jazz and Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm Vanuatu Kava Bar Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm Vincenzo's Bistro Aaron Luka (piano, vocals), 7pm

Thursday, April 17

Asheville Music Hall Future Rock w/ Up Until Now (electronica, future funk), 10pm Black Mountain Ale House Lyric (acoustic, soul), 9pm Double Crown DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm

WXYZ Lounge HotPoint Trio (jazz trio), 8pm

Friday, April 18

Emerald Lounge oddSTAR w/ SIIINES (electronica, alternative, pop), 8:30pm

185 King Street Vagabond Philosophy (indie, folk-rock), 8pm

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room Rob Williams (Americana, acoustic), 6pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar The Screamin' J's (hot jazz), 9pm

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Mac Demarco w/ Juan Wauters (rock 'n' roll), 9pm

Alley Kats Tavern Amos & The Mixx Live, 9:30pm

Havana Restaurant Open mic (instruments provided), 8pm

Asheville Music Hall The Motet w/ Kung Fu (funk), 10pm Bread & Jam after party w/ The Steven Segallman Brothers, The Invisible III & more, 10pm

Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Ben Sollee w/ Lovestruck Suckers (folk, soul, indie), 8:15pm Jack of the Wood Pub Bluegrass jam, 7pm Lex 18 Michael Jefry Stevens (jazz piano), 8:30pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar Hank West & The Smokin' Hots (hot jazz), 8pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB) Sex Knuckle w/ MindShapeFist & Zombie Queen (rock, punk), 9pm

Alley Kats Tavern Open mic night, 7pm

Lobster Trap Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 7pm

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White Horse Sheila Kay Adams, Jeanette Queen & Carol Rifkin (folk, bluegrass), 7:30pm

Athena's Club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm Bywater Overflow Jug Band w/ Moses Atwood, Josh Phillips & Ram Mandelkorn, 9pm Classic Wineseller Dulci Ellenberger (Americana, oldies), 8pm Club Eleven on Grove DJ Jam (old-school hip-hop, R&B, funk), 9pm

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thu maC demarCo w/ juan 4/17 wauters 9pm • $10/$12 fri 4/18 sat 4/19 sun 4/20

seryn w/ john & jacob 8pm • $10/$12

the milk Carton kids w/ Brian wright 8pm • sold out

jon stiCkley trio & frazierBand 8pm • $8/10

Peyton’s tue reverend Big damn Band 4/22 8pm • $10/12 wed 4/23

joshua james 8pm • $10/$12

Cee knowledge (doodlebug of digable thu Planets) & the CosmiC 4/24 funk orChestra and free radio 9pm • $10/$13

sun 4/27

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damien jurado w/ holy holy vine 9pm • $13/$16

aPRiL 16 - aPRiL 22, 2014

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cork & keg 3 Cool Cats (rock 'n' roll), 8:30pm

DOWNTOWN ON THE PARK Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 13 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shufﬂeboard • Darts Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night

HAPPY 4TH ANNIVERSARY PACKS! $4 Weekend celebration FRI. 4/18 $4 Desserts DJ Moto (Dance, Pop Hits) SAT. 4/19 We Turn 4 Years Old! A Social Function (Rock n’ Roll, Classic Hits) First 100 Pints get free Pack’s Pint Glass! $4 Orange Crushes & $4 Desserts

SUN. 4/20 $4 Wings & Desserts Come Celebrate with us!

thurs. aPr 17

Sex knuckle

w/ MInDSHaPeFIST, ZOMbIe Queen

emerAld lounge Marvelous Funkshun w/ Southern Fried Funk & Billy Litz & The Mountain City Rhythm Section (jam, funk, blues), 8:30pm FrencH broAd breWery tAsting room The Blue Ribbon Healers (old-time), 6pm

backstage • 9:00PM • $6 thurs. aPr 24

green room cAFe & coFFeeHouse Carrie Morrison (Americana), 6:30pm

backstage • 9:00PM • $6 thurs. may 1

HAvAnA restAurAnt Ashley Heath (singer-songwriter), 7pm

aMerIcan HOlOgraM MOTHer exPlOSIveS w/ OlDMan rabbIT

backstage • 9:00PM • $6 thurs. may 22

bearknuckle

w/ MOnkeY In PODSHIP, craZY TOM banana PanTS

backstage • 9:30PM • $6 sat. june 7

MelanIe MarTIneZ backstage • 8:00PM • $15 sunday

SunDaY bluegraSS bruncH frontstage • 12PM-3PM

20 S. SPRUCE ST. • 225.6944 PACKSTAVERN.COM

grey eAgle music HAll & tAvern Seryn w/ John & Jacob (folk, indie, pop), 8pm

HigHlAnd breWing comPAny The Bus Driver Tour (Americana), 6:30pm iron Horse stAtion Dave Desmelik (Americana), 7pm isis restAurAnt And music HAll Zansa w/ The Juan Benavides Group (African beat, world, rock), 9pm JAck oF tHe Wood Pub Blair Crimmons & The Hookers w/ Daryl Hance (jazz, dixieland, ragtime), 9pm leX 18 Michael Jefry Stevens & Wendy Jones (jazz), 9pm lobster trAP King Leo (jazz), 7pm millroom Monkey in Podship (rock, pop-punk), 8pm nigHtbell Celebrity DJ (electronic, deep house), 9pm odditorium Warm Needles, Doomster & Full Tilt Sleaze (punk), 9pm olive or tWist 42nd Street Band (jazz), 7:30pm Late Night DJ (techno, disco), 11pm one stoP deli & bAr Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm orAnge Peel Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation w/ Molly Pearl (electronic), 9pm oskAr blues breWery The Soul Magnetics (funk, R&B), 6pm PAck's tAvern DJ MoTo (pop, dance, hits), 9pm riverWAtcH bAr & grill CarolinaBound (Americana, folk, country), 7pm root bAr no. 1 Next 2 The Tracks (rock), 10pm scAndAls nigHtclub Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am scully's DJ, 10pm soutHern APPAlAcHiAn breWery Serious Clark (indie-rock, funk, jam), 8pm sPring creek tAvern Mark Shane, Kevin Reese & J Thomas (Southern rock), 8pm tAllgAry's cAntinA Alternative Rock (alternative), 9:30pm tHe green room bistro & bAr Pierce Edens (Americana), 8:30pm tHe motHligHt The Love Language w/ Antique Firearms (indie-rock, alternative), 9:30pm tHe PHoeniX Carter & Co. (string band), 8pm tHe sociAl Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter), 9pm tiger mountAin tHirst PArlour Dr. Filth (soul, psych, punk), 10pm timo's House Key, Floating Through, Third Nature (rock, electronic, indie), 9pm

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185 king stReet 877-1850 5 waLnut wine baR 253-2593 aLtamont bRewing comPany 575-2400 the aLtamont theatRe 348-5327 aPothecaRy (919) 609-3944 aqua cafe & baR 505-2081 aRcade 258-1400 asheviLLe civic centeR & thomas woLfe auditoRium 259-5544 asheviLLe music haLL 255-7777 athena’s cLub 252-2456 baRLey’s taP Room 255-0504 bLack mountain aLe house 669-9090 bLue mountain Pizza 658-8777 boiLeR Room 505-1612 bRoadway’s 285-0400 the bywateR 232-6967 coRk and keg 254-6453 cLub Remix 258-2027 cReekside taPhouse 575-2880 adam daLton distiLLeRy 367-6401 diana woRtham theateR 257-4530 diRty south Lounge 251-1777 doubLe cRown 575-9060 eLeven on gRove 505-1612 emeRaLd Lounge 232- 4372 fiRestoRm cafe 255-8115 fRench bRoad bReweRy tasting Room 277-0222 good stuff 649-9711 gReen Room cafe 692-6335 gRey eagLe music haLL & taveRn 232-5800 gRove house the gRove PaRk inn (eLaine’s Piano baR/ gReat haLL) 252-2711 hangaR Lounge 684-1213 haRRah’s cheRokee 497-7777 highLand bRewing comPany 299-3370 isis music haLL 575-2737 jack of the wood 252-5445 Lexington avenue bReweRy 252-0212 the LobsteR tRaP 350-0505 metRosheRe 258-2027 miLLRoom 555-1212 monte vista hoteL 669-8870 moonLight miLe 335-9316 native kitchen & sociaL Pub 581-0480 nightbeLL 575-0375 odditoRium 505-8388 onefiftyone 239-0239 one stoP baR deLi & baR 255-7777 o.henRy’s/tug 254-1891 the oRange PeeL 225-5851 oskaR bLues bReweRy 883-2337 Pack’s taveRn 225-6944 the Phoenix 877-3232 Pisgah bRewing co. 669-0190 PuLP 225-5851 PuRPLe onion cafe 749-1179 Red stag gRiLL at the gRand bohemian hoteL 505-2949 Root baR no.1 299-7597 scandaLs nightcLub 252-2838 scuLLy’s 251-8880 sLy gRog Lounge 255-8858 smokey’s afteR daRk 253-2155 the sociaL 298-8780 southeRn aPPaLacian bReweRy 684-1235 static age RecoRds 254-3232 stRaightaway cafe 669-8856 taLLgaRy’s cantina 232-0809

toWn PumP Ben Sutton Band (alt-country), 9pm toy boAt community Art sPAce Anam Cara Tales 'n' Ales (story slam), 8pm vAnuAtu kAvA bAr Max Melner & Caleb Beissert (electro-coustic improv), 9pm vincenZo's bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm WHite Horse Bob Margolin (blues), 8pm Wild Wing cAFe A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm WXyZ lounge Turkish Delight (gypsy jazz), 9pm

sAturdAy, APril 19 185 king street Porch 40 (rock, funk, blues), 9pm 5 WAlnut Wine bAr Andrew J. Fletcher, 6pm The Low Down Sires (swing, folk), 9pm

one stoP deli & bAr Reggae Family Jam, 2pm Jam Invitational w/ Count M'butu, Grant Green Jr., Sean Mason, Preston Cate, Craig Sorrells, Justin Powell, Greg Hollowell, Taylor Lee & Hank Smith (multi-genre), 10pm

clAssic Wineseller Jesse Junior Quartet (music of Cole Porter & Great American Songbook), 7pm cork & keg Pleasure Chest (rock, blues, soul), 8:30pm emerAld lounge Miss Massive Snowflake, 3pm The Tills (formerly The Critters) w/ The Luxury Spirit, BABY BABY & The Gentlemen Callers (rock, pop, psychedelic), 9pm

one stop one stop

ZOOGMA w/A Ghost Like Me and Phil.harmoniq 10 PM $10/$12 18+/ $3 surcharge for ages under 21

Charlie Traveler Presents: Flux Capacitor

17 w/ Electrochemical 10 PM THU APR

17 THU APR

18 FRI

$5 21+

Future Rock w/ Up Until Now 10 PM

$8/$10 21+

The Motet w/ Kung Fu 10 PM $12/$15 21+ Official Bread & Jam After Party feat.

APR Steven Segallman Brothers and The 18 The Invisible III 10 PM FREE for Bread & Jam tix holders,

FRI

APR

$5 otherwise 21+

Productions Presents: 19 Masonic Jam Invitational 10 PM $5 21+ SAT APR

Asheville Earth Day Afterparty w/ JGBCB (Jerry

19 Garcia Band CoverBand) 10 PM SAT APR

$8/ $10 21+

Traveler Presents: 20 Charlie 4/20 Dub Superjam 10PM $7/$10 SUN APR

Open Mon-Thurs 4-8pm, Fri 4-9pm Sat 2-9pm, Sun 1-6pm

soutHern APPAlAcHiAn breWery Even The Animals (folk, rock, indie), 8pm

21+

22 Koala Tea Music & Holiday 8 PM $2 All Ages TUE

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New Earth MUZiQ Presents at 38 N. FRENCH BROAD AVE:

tHe AdmirAl Soul night w/ Dr. Filth, 11pm tHe green room bistro & bAr John Owens & Friends (bluegrass), 8:30pm tHe PHoeniX Nitrograss (bluegrass), 8pm tHe sociAl Karaoke, 9:30pm tiger mountAin tHirst PArlour DJ Devyl's Hands (psychedelic, indie, metal, rock), 10pm

SAT 4/19:

Random Rab/ Govinda Asheville

SUN 4/20:

Cleofus Presents

Holidaze

Earth Day Official Afterparty

timo's House Dufflebags, Selector Cleofus, Jer Bear, McDubbin, Invader Slim (bass party), 9pm toWn PumP Mud Tea (rock), 9pm toy boAt community Art sPAce Sudden Theatre 2 (movies acted out in ten minutes), 8pm vincenZo's bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

FrencH broAd breWery tAsting room The Low Counts (rock, Americana), 6pm

WHite Horse Andy Buckner (country), 8pm

green room cAFe & coFFeeHouse Elise Pratt & Mike Holstien (jazz), 6:30pm

WXyZ lounge Ritmos Latinos w/ DJ Malinalli (Latin DJ), 9pm

grey eAgle music HAll & tAvern The Milk Carton Kids w/ Brian Wright (indie-folk), 8pm

APR

riverWAtcH bAr & grill Singer-songwriter open mic, 7pm

tAllgAry's cAntinA Check Your Head (rock), 9:30pm

blAck mountAin Ale House The Great Smoky Mountain Bluegrass Band, 9pm

WED

PurPle onion cAFe Roy Schneider Duo (singer-songwriter), 8pm

AltAmont breWing comPAny Unbroken Chains: Charity Disc Golf Tournament, 11am Phuncle Sam (jam, rock), 9:30pm

AtHenA's club Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm

APR

PisgAH breWing comPAny Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola (jazz-fusion), 9pm

scully's DJ, 10pm

21+

WED

PAck's tAvern A Social Function (rock 'n' roll, classic hits), 9pm

scAndAls nigHtclub Dance party, 10pm

$3 to enter All Ages

16 The Royal Noise 10PM FREE

SATURDAY• APRIL 19 20TH ANNIVERSARY PLAID PARTY FEATURING MUSIC BY LOVE CANON! 2- 9PM

oskAr blues breWery Reclaimed (Americana), 7pm

sPring creek tAvern Sarah Tucker, 8pm

AsHeville music HAll Asheville Earth Day Afterparty w/ the Jerry Garcia Band Cover Band (jam), 10pm

APR APR

orAnge Peel Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band "Cirque Du Funk" w/ Cherry Royale (funk), 9pm

Alley kAts tAvern The Twisted Trail Band, 9:30pm

AltAmont tHeAter Roxie Watson (string band, old country, rockabilly, bluegrass), 8pm

WED

AMH

olive or tWist 42nd Street Band (jazz), 7:30pm Late Night DJ (techno, disco), 11pm

Brown Bag Songwriting Competition

16 Hosted by Alex Krug 6:30pm Free to Watch

one stop

odditorium Happy 1st Birthday Odditorium w/ Zombie Queen, Blots, Ivan The Terribles & Sinister Suspension (punk), 9pm

APR

AMH

nigHtbell Celebrity DJ (electronic, deep house), 10pm

55 COLLEGE STREET-DOWNSTAIRS

FRIDAY• APRIL 18 THE BUS DRIVER TOUR (AMERICANA) AMERICANA) 6:30-8:30PM

AMH

millroom Latin dance, 8pm

AMH

lobster trAP Sean Mason Jazz Trio, 7pm

31 PATTON AVENUE-UPSTAIRS

THURSDAY • APRIL 17 FLY FISHING FILM TOUR 7-9PM $15

one stop

JAck oF tHe Wood Pub Brushfire Stankgrass (bluegrass), 9pm

AMH

isis restAurAnt And music HAll Kelly McFarling & Taylor Martin (singer-songwriters), 9pm

one stop one stop

tigeR mountain thiRst PaRLouR 407-0666 timo’s house 575-2886 town PumP 357-5075 toy boat 505-8659 tReasuRe cLub 298-1400 tRessa’s downtown jazz & bLues 254-7072 vanuatu kava baR 505-8118 vincenzo’s 254-4698 westviLLe Pub 225-9782 white hoRse 669-0816 wiLd wing cafe 253-3066 wxyz 232-2838

WEDNESDAY• APRIL 16 ACOUSTIC WEDNESDAY AND CASK RELEASE W/ MOON & YOU 5:30-7:30PM

sundAy, APril 20

HigHlAnd breWing comPAny 20th Anniversary Plaid Party w/ Love Canon (80s, bluegrass, jam), 2pm

5 WAlnut Wine bAr Mande Foly (African beat), 7pm

iron Horse stAtion Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

AsHeville music HAll 420 Dub Superjam (dub, reggae), 10pm

Thursday, April 24: -Wolf Eyes -Black Dice -Dan Deacon -Yacht

APRIL 24-27 Friday, Saturday, April 25: April 26

-Keith Kemp -Erika -Reference-Live -Mike Huckaby -UR Presents: Timeline-Live

-Gordon Voidwell -LE1F -Saul Williams -Surprise DJ TBD

Sunday, April 27: Official MoogFest Afterparty w/ Infinity Shred and More TBA

To purchase tickets online visit: NewEarthMuziq.inticketing.com find us on facebook: facebook.com/NEMUZIQ mountainx.com

aPRiL 16 - aPRiL 22, 2014

cLubLand

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4/18 Blair Crimmons & The 10/25 Sarah Lee Guthrie W/ DARYL HANCE, GUITARIST Hookers & Johnny Irion FROM JJ GREY & MOFRO 9PM w/ Battlefield • 9pm $10 4/19 re Stankgrass 9PM 10/26Brushﬁ Firecracker Jazz Band & HALLOWEEN Costume 4/20 Michaela Anne 10PM Party & Contest • 9pm $8 4/21 Exit Ghost 9PM 10/27 Vinegar Creek • 9pm FREE 4/22 and Tony 10/28Grace Mustard Plug9PM • 9pm $8 w/ Crazy Tom Banana Pants 4/25 Michelle Malone 9PM 10/29 Singer Songwriters 4/26 Beach Spring Fling • 7-9pm FREEWith in the Round The CarversTripi, (SURF Elise STOMPDavis COMBO) w/ Anthony W/ KREKTONES 9PMFREE Mud Tea • 9pm Open Mon-Thurs at 3 • Fri-Sun at Noon SUN Celtic Irish Session 5pm til ? MON Quizzo! 7-9p • WED Old-Time 5pm SINGER SONGWRITERS 1st & 3rd TUES THURS Bluegrass Jam 7pm

ecLectic mix: Knoxville’s vagabond philosophy blends the styles of folk, classic rock, neo-psychedelia and jam-rock to create a genre-jumping sound. The band will take stage at 185 King Street in Brevard on Friday, April 18, 8 p.m.

95 Patton at Coxe • Asheville 252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

Wednesday, April 16th

ELO Blues Jam! 8PM -12AM • FREE! Thursday, April 17th

SIIINES w/ OddSTAR •8:30PM Friday, April 18th

Marvelous Funkshun w/ Southern Fried Funk & Billy Litz and the Mtn. City Rhythm Section 8:30 PM • $5

Saturday, April 19th Afternoon Show: Miss Massive Snowflake 3 PM - 7 PM The Tills (formerly The Critters) w/ The Luxury Spirit, BABY BABY & The Gentlemen Callers • 9 PM

Monday, April 21st Muckety-Mutts Monday Mixer! Dogs Welcome! Every Mon. 5-7 PM • FREE! Simply Pickin’ Bluegrass Jam! Every Mon. 8pm-12am •FREE!

bArley's tAProom Skylark (jazz, swing), 7:30pm

timo's House Interactive Art Show: "Schoolhouse 3D" w/ DJs, 9pm

blAck mountAin Ale House Jazz brunch w/ Mike Gray Trio, 11:30am

vincenZo's bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

double croWn Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm grey eAgle music HAll & tAvern Jon Stickley Trio & Frazierband (bluegrass), 8pm Hotel indigo Jeff Santiago (rock), 8pm iron Horse stAtion Mark Shane (R&B), 5pm isis restAurAnt And music HAll Jazz showcase, 6pm JAck oF tHe Wood Pub Irish session, 5pm Michaela Anne (Americana, country), 10pm leX 18 Andrew Fletcher (barrelhouse piano), 7pm lobster trAP Bobby Miller & Friends (bluegrass), 7pm odditorium At the Graves w/ guests (metal, grunge), 9pm olive or tWist Shag & swing lesson w/ John Dietz, 7pm DJ Michael Filippone (beach, swing, ballroom, rock), 8pm one stoP deli & bAr Bluegrass brunch w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am The Get Right Band w/ Chappell (psychedelic jam), 8pm scAndAls nigHtclub Dance party, 10pm tHe motHligHt Curtains w/ Schooner & Meghanz (electro-pop), 9:30pm tHe sociAl '80s night, 8pm

aPRiL 16 - aPRiL 22, 2014

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mondAy, APril 21 5 WAlnut Wine bAr The Jeff Thompson Band (soulful rock), 8pm Alley kAts tAvern Open mic, 8pm AltAmont breWing comPAny Old-time jam, 8pm blAck mountAin Ale House Karaoke, 9pm byWAter Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm courtyArd gAllery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm double croWn Punk 'n' roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm JAck oF tHe Wood Pub Quizzo, 7pm Exit Ghost (indie-rock), 10pm lobster trAP Tim Marsh (multi-genre), 7pm millroom Asheville's synthpop, 7pm orAnge Peel Local Natives (indie-rock), 9pm oskAr blues breWery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm tHe motHligHt Billy The Liar (puppet show), 8pm tHe PHoeniX Terina Plyer (singer-songwriter), 8pm

Bloody mary Bar Sundays @ noon tHe sociAl Newgrass jam w/ Ben Saylor, 8pm tiger mountAin tHirst PArlour Honky-tonk (classic country & rockabilly) w/ DJ Lil Lorruh & David Wayne Gay, 10pm

AsHeville music HAll Aligning Minds w/ Paradox, Robert Manos, Kalu & more (dubstep, electronic), 10pm bArley's tAProom Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8pm

vincenZo's bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

blAck mountAin Ale House Bluegrass jam w/ The Deals, 9pm

Westville Pub Trivia night, 8pm

byWAter Soul night w/ DJ Whitney, 8:30pm

tuesdAy, APril 22 5 WAlnut Wine bAr The John Henry's (ragtime, jazz), 8pm Alley kAts tAvern Bluegrass Tuesday, 8pm AltAmont breWing comPAny Open mic w/ Chris O'Neill, 8pm AsHeville music HAll Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm blAck mountAin Ale House Trivia, 7pm club eleven on grove Dance, 8:30pm cork & keg Honkytonk jam w/ Tom Pittman & friends, 6:30pm dirty soutH lounge Hannah Rebekah (singer-songwriter), 9pm double croWn Punk 'n' roll w/ DJs Sean and Will, 10pm emerAld lounge Nomadic w/ Yaddatu (rock, electronic), 8:30pm grey eAgle music HAll & tAvern Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band (Americana, blues), 8pm iron Horse stAtion Open mic w/ Kevin Reese, 6pm isis restAurAnt And music HAll Bluegrass session, 7:30pm JAck oF tHe Wood Pub Singer-songwriters, 7pm Grace & Tony (punkgrass), 9pm leX 18 Simon George (jazz 'n' funk piano), 8:30pm lobster trAP Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7pm odditorium Comedy open mic w/ Tom Peters, 9pm one stoP deli & bAr Koala Tea Musik & Holiday (blues, funk), 8pm Tuesday night techno, 10pm orAnge Peel Gillian Welch (singer-songwriter, Americana), 9pm scully's Triva night, 9pm tAllgAry's cAntinA Open mic & jam, 7pm tHe PHoeniX Dan Shearin (singer-songwriter), 8pm tHe sociAl Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter), 7pm timo's House 90s night w/ DJ Ra Mak (90s dance, hip-hop, pop), 9pm vincenZo's bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm Westville Pub Blues jam, 10pm WHite Horse Irish sessions --- Open mic, 6:30pm

WednesdAy, APril 23 5 WAlnut Wine bAr Drayton & The Dragons (folk), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Latin), 8pm

cork & keg Irish jam w/ Beanie, Vincent & Jean, 7pm

pinball, foosball, ping-pong & a kickass jukebox kitchen open until late

double croWn DJ Dr. Filth (country), 10pm

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emerAld lounge Blues jam, 8pm grey eAgle music HAll & tAvern Joshua James (singer-songwriter), 8pm grind cAFe Trivia night, 7pm

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Hotel indigo Oso Rey (funk, soul), 8pm iron Horse stAtion Wilhelm Brothers (folk), 6pm isis restAurAnt And music HAll Turchi album release party (Americana, blues, rootsrock), 9pm JAck oF tHe Wood Pub Old-time session, 5pm

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one stoP deli & bAr Midi Boss & Morningstar [TLW] w/ Murashi Xero, Better Daze & Rebel Savage (hip-hop), 10pm PisgAH breWing comPAny Bradley Carter of Sanctum Sully (bluegrass, oldtime), 6pm

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sly grog lounge Open mic, 7pm tHe PHoeniX Jazz night, 8pm tHe sociAl Karaoke, 9:30pm tiger mountAin tHirst PArlour Sean & Will (classic punk, power pop, rock), 10pm timo's House Release w/ Disc-Oh! (bass), 9pm toWn PumP Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm tressA's doWntoWn JAZZ And blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm vAnuAtu kAvA bAr Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm vincenZo's bistro Aaron Luka (piano, vocals), 7pm WHite Horse Tokyo Rosenthall (Americana), 7:30pm

tHursdAy, APril 24 5 WAlnut Wine bAr Hot Point Trio (jazz), 8pm AdAm dAlton distillery Bridging the Gap (old school hip-hop, vinyl night), 10pm Alley kAts tAvern Open mic night, 7pm AltAmont breWing comPAny Stuart McNair (folk, country, Cajun, zydeco), 8pm AsHeville music HAll Moogfest, 7pm

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aPRiL 16 - aPRiL 22, 2014

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blAck mountAin Ale House Lyric (acoustic, soul), 9pm bogArt's restAurAnt & tAvern Eddie Rose & Highway Forty (bluegrass), 6:30pm dirty soutH lounge Total War w/ heyrocco (indie-rock), 9pm double croWn DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm emerAld lounge Moogfest Venue Takeover: Climate Collider w/ local visual & audio artists, 3pm

lobster trAP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 7pm odditorium Open mic w/ Harry of The Tills, 9pm olive or tWist Blue Dawg Band (blues, swing), 8pm one stoP deli & bAr Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm oskAr blues breWery Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues), 6pm PisgAH breWing comPAny Aaron Burdett Band w/ The Everydays (Americana, folk), 9pm PosH bAr Acoustic jam, 6pm PurPle onion cAFe Chuck Brodsky, 7:30pm scAndAls nigHtclub Dance party, 10pm soutHern APPAlAcHiAn breWery Hunnilicious (country, singer-songwriter), 7pm tAllgAry's cAntinA iii (hard rock), 10:30pm

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the stoRy: When a young wife’s special lunch for her husband is mistakenly delivered to another, older man, an increasingly intimate correspondence ensues. the Lowdown: Charming, quietly funny, elegantly made and sometimes heartbreakingly perceptive, The Lunchbox is one of 2014’s must-see films. Stars Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur are marvelous.

Chances are the only name you might know in the cast list is Irrfan Khan, who played the police inspector in Slumdog Millionaire (2008), the grieving father in The Darjeeling Limited (2007) and the older Pi in Life of Pi (2012). It’s much less likely that you have heard of writer-director Ritesh Batra, as this is his first feature film. But don’t let the lack of a brand name — or the fact that The Lunchbox is partly in Hindi with subtitles — keep you from seeing this slyly comic, bittersweet romance. It’s a captivating charmer of surprising depth and complexity, — something you’re not likely to get from a bare reading of its improbable and frankly contrived plot. The whole premise is built on the concept of a young married woman, Ila (Nimrat Kaur), trying to reignite the spark in her marriage by creating special lunches to be delivered to her husband, Rajeev (Nakul Vaid). The lunches, however, end up being

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nawazuddin siddiqui and iRRfan khan in Ritesh Batra’s charming, moving, delightful story about an older man and an unhappy young wife, The Lunchbox.

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delivered to a widowed, 50-ish accountant, Saajan Fernandes (Khan), who is on the verge of early retirement. The setup sounds like a variant on one of those Astaire-Rogers movies where Ginger thinks Fred is somebody else, but The Lunchbox moves into territory that feels more like David Jones’ 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) than a musical comedy. Plus, the film’s Mumbai setting — and the use of the city’s elaborate system of dabbawallahs who efficiently deliver lunches — give it a unique feeling. In truth, this system of picking up and delivering a bewildering array of lunches is so noted for its accuracy that it generated a Harvard University study. Of course, the possibility of a mistake is the crux of the film’s situation. It only takes the one meal for Ila to discover the mistake — Rajeev describes a completely different meal than the one she sent — and she decides to repeat the attempt. This time, however, she includes a note to the unknown recipient. She doesn’t upbraid him for eating the lunch but thanks him for briefly making her feel that she’d accomplished her aim (in reference to the completely emptied

containers). Sajaan writes back, and an unlikely correspondence ensues between the lonely man and the neglected wife. Yes, it follows something of the path you probably expect, but it does so with a deft touch and such surprising grace that any preditability is not only forgivable, it simply doesn’t matter. Plus, there’s much more to the story than its bare bones. The film not only gives us glimpses into the individual lives of its two main characters, but it includes a touching secondary story about Saajan’s relationship with his too-eager replacement trainee, Shaikh (Nawazuddin Siddiqui). In fact, this is so much an outgrowth of the central story, that it’s unfair to call this aspect of the film secondary. If it wasn’t for Ila’s notes and his resulting new interest in life, Saajan probably would not have thawed toward the annoying young man. Much of what follows is the result of Saajan’s growing, almost fatherly friendship with Shaikh. For that matter, Shaikh’s saying that “sometimes the wrong train takes you to the right station” is central to the film and might be viewed as the film’s message.

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Search all you like, I doubt you will find a false note in The Lunchbox. Everything interconnects beautifully. It’s not just the way the film holds onto its food motif in a way that never feels forced, but everything in it is relevant to its overall story and theme. Even Ila’s mother’s (Lillete Dubey) confession about how she became “disgusted” by her husband once he became ill and had to be taken care of carries a broader implication. I don’t want to say much more about the story itself. I do, however, want to encourage you to seek out this beautifully made and acted little gem of a movie. You will not regret it, and I think I’ve just found one more 2014 release that will be on my ten best list. Rated PG-13 for thematic material and smoking. Reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Fine Arts Theatre.

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the stoRy: An aging, far from affluent and not very happy British couple try to relive their honeymoon on a weekend in Paris. the Lowdown: Honestly, it was little more than a coin toss whether or not this fine film was going to be the Weekly Pick. It easily could have been. Rich, funny, touching and altogether real, this is a must-see.

As a pretty hardcore auteurist — fully believing that film is largely a director’s medium — it’s odd for me to confess that that the first thing about Le Week-End that drew my attention was not the name of director Roger Michell but that of screenwriter Hanif Kureishi. Kureishi made his mark with his two screenplays: My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987), for Stephen Frears. After that, his career took a nose-dive with the littleseen (but very good) London Kills Me (1991), which he also directed. He

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came back with the TV miniseries of his novel The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), which marked his first collaboration with Roger Michell. Now, he and Michell are on their fourth collaboration with Le WeekEnd, and while Michell’s direction is stylish, assured, even sparkling and magical, it really seems to me that Kureishi’s screenplay is responsible for so much of what works. The humanity and the incisive, bittersweet dialogue is at the core of the film. And yet there’s plenty to praise here from the direction to the performances of Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan and Jeff Goldbum to the luminous cinematography of Nathalie Durand. Le Week-End is the story of an aging British couple — Nick (Broadbent) and Meg (Duncan) — who have gone to Paris for a weekend in an attempt to rekindle their (at best) tepid marriage by revisiting the places where they spent their honeymoon. It will come as no surprise to anyone, except perhaps the characters, that the reality proves much less appealing than the memories. Their old hotel is something of a shambles — enough of one, in fact, that Meg stalks off to a posh hotel they can’t afford. The reality is that they can’t afford it more than she knows, since Nick has been sacked (or forced into early retirement) from his teaching position for making “inappropriate” comments about a black girl’s hair. He has kept this information to himself in order to not spoil the weekend. The weekend, however, seems intent on spoiling itself — not in the least because the 60-year-olds are no longer in their 20s. This may sound on the grim side, or even on the soapy side, but Kureishi’s screenplay prevents it from being either. There are amazing jolts of life around some corners, and there is no shortage of barbed quips in the script’s arsenal. Even as their marriage seems to disintegrate, there is a sense of connectedness between the two — the kind that comes from years of shared experiences. In this case, some of it is drawn from the French new wave cinema that seemed to promise so much in their youth. A scene from JeanLuc Godard’s Band of Outsiders (1964) even becomes a kind of motif, and this pays huge dividends before the film is over. Kureishi’s secret weapon — apart from the fact that the script constantly veers off in unexpected

HHHHH = max rating directions — is the introduction of Jeff Goldblum as an old academic friend named Morgan. He bumps into them quite by chance and insists on them coming to his party. Morgan may have started out much the same as Nick, but he’s become famous, admired, wealthy and more than a little full of himself. He’s also married to a young woman and openly admits that she will one day figure out that he isn’t as great as she thinks he is. He has a son (a touching performance from Olly Alexander, Great Expectations) who would probably like him better if he were less successful and more like Nick. Underneath it all, it’s obvious why Morgan clings so desperately to Nick, Meg and their past: It was the last time he felt comfortable. Where all this is leading and how it gets there belongs to the film, but the trip is a rewarding one that ends on a note of bittersweet magic that is hopeful without being the least gooey. You need to see this film — and don’t dismiss it because you’re not 60. You may better understand those who are, and you may just be getting a glimpse into your future. Rated R for language and some sexual content. Reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas.

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diRectoR: Jonathan Glazer (Birth) PLayeRs: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, Dougie McConnell aRt sci-fi hoRRoR Rated R the stoRy: A mysterious woman — who is apparently an alien — prowls the Glasgow area in a white van to seduce and dispatch men. the Lowdown: Highly acclaimed as fresh and original, Under the Skin is also slow-moving and on the deliberately impenetrable side. Yes, it’s the critical sci-fi sensation of the moment, but it’s not going to suit everyone’s tastes.

I watched Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin on Friday morning. It is now Sunday morning, and I’m still tussling with what I think of it. That may be

an indicator of the film’s complexity — or not. It isn’t that I don’t understand the film, at least to the degree that its wispy narrative can be understood. And it isn’t that I think the film is bad. On the contrary, I think it does a very good job of what it sets out to do. The question is whether or not I really care about what it does. Therein lies the problem. I don’t think I really do. At first, I likened it to last year’s Upstream Color (a film I disliked intensely) with better production values, but then two people who liked that film and disliked Under the Skin said they were nothing alike. I’ve seen it compared to Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) — a film I love. I see where they’re getting the connections, but The Man Who Fell to Earth has a dramatic arc and characters we care about. Under the Skin has very little of the former and none of the latter. The Man Who Fell to Earth is finally a tragedy. Under the Skin is finally ... well, nothing much except deliberately impenetrable, slightly depressing and vaguely creepy. However, a lot of my critical brethren think it’s the bee’s knees of art-movie profundity. Some people I know will think that, too. I am not a true believer. This is not grounded in a dislike of filmmaker Glazer. I liked Sexy Beast (2000) well enough, and I think Birth (2004) is close to greatness. Under the Skin isn’t much like either of those. If pressed, I’d say it’s nearer to Birth, but that’s a stretch. Its story, pared to its basics, concerns some kind of alien (though I suppose it could be supernatural) life form (Scarlett Johansson) that prowls around Scotland — specifically, the Glasgow area — in a van searching for victims to seduce and do something barely comprehensible to. We see what she does more than once — she leads them into some black place where they are trapped beneath the surface of some black, oily substance that she can walk across. We never know what the point is, who she is or why she’s doing this. She rarely speaks. (When you’re an alien disguised as Scarlett Johansson, it requires little to lure men into your van.) The other characters don’t say much either, and since what they do say is usually in the thickest Glawegian accent, it’s mostly incomprehensible. There is a vague dramatic structure — mostly concerning the alien apparently trying to become human. Unfortunately, it transpires

that she is physically unequipped for most basic human functions. There is also a pretty much out-of-nowhere ending that doesn’t really settle anything except the fate of the alien. In the meantime, there are weird motorcyclists, like updates on Death’s henchmen in Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus (1950), who follow her. There’s a strange, almost touching, encounter with a man suffering from a disfiguring medical condition. But whether any of this adds up to anything of genuine note is going to be a very personal call. It is all certainly atmospheric and unsettling. Individual moments — like Johansson being swept up in a mob of women going clubbing — are marvelous. If I was still 17, I’d probably take the approach of, “I don’t understand the point so it must be art.” Maybe that’s the best approach, but I’m not ready to embrace it. Rated R for graphic nudity, sexual content, some violence and language. Reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas.

Oculus

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it. There is a sense of dread that builds nicely. It doesn’t mind taking its time. The acting is solid enough. The soundtrack is effective at keeping the tension going. The interplay between current events and those of 11 years earlier verges on brilliant. (It is worth noting here that Flanagan also edited the film.) But perhaps the most ingratiating aspect of the film is that it is so professionally made. The camera setups are all stable. There’s not a trace of jittery-cam to be found in the entire film. If there is any hand-held camera at all, it’s very good hand-held camera — none of that “it’ll look more exciting if we keep it shaky” business. Having said all that, I’ll also note that the film is longer than it needs to be (a disease of our era), and the ending isn’t all that it might have been. The result is a good but not great movie. Still, it’s certainly one for genre cognoscenti. The story is a somewhat new wrinkle on the old haunted mirror schtick, but that might be viewed as classic rather than cliched. The somewhat new approach here has little to do with the mirror itself and instead focuses on the main characters. Kaylie Russell (Karen Gillan, TV’s Dr. Who) is a young woman of 23. Her 21-year-old brother, Tim (Australian TV actor Brenton Thwaites), is just getting out of a mental hospital for the murder of Continued on page 64 STARTING wednesday

HORROR Rated R The Story: A young woman sets out to prove that her brother wasn’t responsible for the murder of their father 11 years ago. The real culprit, she insists, is an evil mirror. The Lowdown: Though it’s certainly good — and should be seen by discerning horror fans — Oculus is a few scares shy of the “instant classic” some are claiming.

As is often the case with a betterthan-average horror picture, Mike Flanagan’s Oculus is in danger of being oversold as being better than it is. Oh, it’s good, and Flanagan — after years of little-seen directto-video or barely released efforts — has a well-deserved little hit on his hands. It has a lot going for

Heaven is for Real Word is that this latest faith-based movie is not good, but it’s already pre-sold to so many church groups that it won’t matter much. According to Sony, “The film stars Academy Award nominee and Emmy awardwinning actor Greg Kinnear as Todd Burpo and co-stars Kelly Reilly as Sonja Burpo, the real-life couple whose son Colton (newcomer Connor Corum) claims to have visited heaven during a near-death experience. Colton recounts the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matterof-factly about things that happened before his birth ... things he couldn’t possibly know.” Make of this what you wish. (PG)

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13 Sins See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

A Haunted House 2 The inevitable sequel to A Haunted House, which was one of the worstrated movies of last year. It also made money, so here’s Marlon Wayans again. The first one spoofed the Paranormal Activity movies. This one attempts the same with the Insidious films. You already know if you’re the audience for this. (R)

Transcendence There’s a lot of interest in this as the first directing effort from Christopher Nolan’s cinematographer Wally Pfister. It’s a sci-fi picture starring Johnny Depp as a scientist “working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him. However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed and to be a participant in his own transcendence.” Also starring Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall and Morgan Freeman. For such a big deal movie, it’s odd that it hasn’t been reviewed yet. (PG-13)

Under the Sand See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

The Lunchbox See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

Le Week-end See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

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their father 11 years earlier. The truth, of course, is that he didn’t do it. The mirror caused it. While Tim has spent those 11 years being convinced that he was responsible, Kaylie has been tracking down the evil history of the murderous mirror. She’s also been planning to keep their childhood promise of destroying the mirror and proving Tim’s innocence. None of this is as simple as it may sound. First of all, others have attempted to smash the damned thing, and the results have been, let’s say, inimical to their wellbeing. Plus, the freshly released Tim really has come to accept his guilt and would rather put all this behind him. He doesn’t do that, of course, because otherwise there wouldn’t be much of a movie — just the possibly unhinged Kaylie talking to her elaborate video setup about the history of the mirror, waiting for it to do something. Most of this works quite well. OK, I never understood why Kaylie sold the mirror at auction only to have to “borrow” it from the auction house before it’s delivered to its unfortu-

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nate new owner — especially since she doesn’t intend on the mirror surving her investigation. That’s more or less a quibble in a movie that expects you to buy into an evil mirror. Where the movie just doesn’t come together is the ending. It’s forced, almost anticlimactic and ultimately predictable — not enough payoff for the investment in time. Unlike some, I actually liked all the cross-cutting between the time periods. For me, it accentuated the drama of both stories. I also didn’t mind that the mirror is merely presented as evil without any explanation, but I’m an easy sell on that sort of thing. (I know people who won’t be.) But the ending is another matter. It should be big. It should be shocking. Instead, it’s adequate, which is OK, I suppose, but oughtn’t you be able to expect more? Rated R for terror, violence, some disturbing images and brief language. Reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beautcatcher.

diRectoR: Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism) PLayeRs: Mark Webber, Devon Graye, Tom Bower, Rutina Wesley, Ron Perlman, Pruitt Taylor Vince hoRRoR thRiLLeR Rated R the stoRy: A desperate man is given a chance at winning a million dollars if he completes 13 tasks, which, unsurprisingly, turn out to be much worse than he imagines. the Lowdown: A truly solid horror thriller with a compelling, darkly humorous story and an unusually complex moral center. It’s not perfect, but it’s good.

Horror fans may, and should, remember Daniel Stamm for the estimable The Last Exorcism (2010), one of the very few “found

footage” exercises in horror that actually works and has merit beyond the hook of its approach. (And, no, he is no way culpable for the ill-advised sequel from last year.) He returns now as director and co-writer with 13 Sins, a movie that both Stamm and the distributors prefer to think of more as a thriller than a horror picture. I can see that, and I respect it, but it’s hard to overlook the fact that its central premise is of the fantasticated variety and is more supernatural in nature than anything else. 13 Sins is a horror thriller of unusual complexity. It is also blessed with some of the blackest humor I’ve seen in a while. That it cannot quite sustain its complexity all the way to the end does nothing to negate what comes before. It helps that 13 Sins is a movie with something on its mind and that it boasts a certain moral complexity. Elliot (Mark Webber) is a man who is up against it. He loses his job, has a needy invalid father (Tom Bower), a mentally disabled brother (Devon Graye) and a pregnant fiancee (Rutina Wesley). His luck appears to change when he receives a myste-

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rious call on his cellphone. A voice lures him into a game (referred to throughout as “The Game”) that will result in a million dollars if he can complete 13 tasks. These, of course, start off innocently and become less innocent — and more unsavory and sometimes gorier — as The Game proceeds. (An opening sequence with someone we soon realize is another player sets the tone for just how nasty this will get.) The tasks are often weird and unpredictable but sufficiently unpalatable to attract police attention. Some are disturbing. Some are amusingly macabre. (A sequence that involves taking a suicide victim out for a cup of coffee is definitely a highlight of the latter.) What makes it really work, however, is the way in which the desperate Elliot increasingly loses his grasp on morality. One could say that we’re watching a man lose his soul to greed. There is more going on, including Elliot’s growing understanding of the complexity of what’s happening and how far it reaches, but it’s unfair to discuss it here. It should be noted, though, that there are nice turns from Ron Perlman as an increasingly suspect police detective and Pruitt Taylor Vince as a conspiracy theorist who may have uncovered the secret of The Game. Also, Daniel Stamm has grown more polished and more stylish since The Last Exorcism. As noted previously, the ending is a bit lacking, but it doesn’t dispel the film’s mood. Viewers take note: This is being booked on a split bill and is not expected to play more than one week. It’s worth making the effort to catch it. Rated R for violence, bloody images and language. Reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas.

Rio HH diRectoR: Carlos Saldanha (Rio) PLayeRs: (Voices) Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jemaine Clement, Andy Garcia

If your sole moviegoing goal is to give your kids something to stare at for a couple hours, then Rio 2 is just what you’re looking for. It’s colorful and goofy and has a rash of inoffensive (though forgettable) songs. As family entertainment goes, it’s certainly tolerable. The problem is, Rio 2 never tries to be anything more than tolerable. For all the color and exuberant attempts at musical numbers, the film is never more than vaguely palatable. I reviewed Rio (2011) when it first came out and could recall little about it besides Tracy Morgan as a skateboard-riding dog — and even that memory feels a little hazy. The sequel is just as forgettable as its predecessor, but losing something so milquetoast from my memory isn’t the worst thing imaginable. The film picks up with our animated hero, a rare blue macaw and nebbish named Blu (Jesse Eisenberg), and his family venturing off into the wilds of the Amazon where they unexpectedly find Blu’s wife’s (Anne Hathaway) family. The movie goes in two very familiar directions from there. Blu has to prove his worth to his overbearing, macho father-in-law (Andy Garcia). This all runs parallel to the film’s environmentalist message. It’s almost as if the movie prides itself on this kind of rote storytelling, hitting every beat you expect it to. Advertisements for the film made a lot of fuss about the music, but the best I can say is that I didn’t want to jab my eardrums out. For the most part, the songs are innocuous in that radio Top 40 kind of way — it’s catchy enough, but nothing is truly outstanding. The soundtrack is likely to meld together into an unrecognizable sonic blob before slowly wafting from your memory. But really, that’s what Rio 2 is all about — the relentless search for adequacy. That it gets there in the most banal of fashions is only fitting, and it is all you truly need to know about the movie. Rated G. Reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.

animated musicaL comedy Rated g the stoRy: A rare blue macaw named Blu and his family head off into the wilds of the Amazon. the Lowdown: A wholly acceptable, palatable, colorful and unmemorable animated flick.

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Draft Day H diRectoR: Ivan Reitman (No Strings Attached) PLayeRs: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Frank Langella sPoRts meLodRama Rated R the stoRy: An NFL general manager — with his job on the line — feels the pressure on draft day. the Lowdown: A dull, ill-conceived and needlessly melodramatic film of very specialized interests and zero dramatic energy.

Sonny Weaver Jr., the general manager of the Cleveland Browns. Sonny is close to getting fired by the team’s owner (Frank Langella), just knocked up one of the team’s employees (Jennifer Garner) and doesn’t get along with his head coach (Denis Leary). Meanwhile, his legendary head coach of a dad just died, and all of Cleveland wants him canned. In theory, this is a good enough — if a bit convoluted — concept to work with, but Reitman directs with zero fervor. This might not be his fault entirely, since the film is inherently anticinematic (the script mostly calls for Sonny to take phone call after phone call). Still, there’s the distinct odor of going through the motions here. This goes for Costner, too. He is given a role that movie essentially rests on, but he simply lacks the gravitas (or an ounce of charisma, for that matter) to carry it. The idea here is that Sonny will defy all odds and use his wits to come out on top. That’s acceptable in concept, but in practice, Draft Day’s aims become transparent and predictable very quickly. It just takes the movie another 90 minutes to catch up. To top it all off (at the risk of rankling Ken Hanke and intimating that I know something about sports) the film’s idea of how the NFL works — from contracts to the draft — is specious. Sure, this is a movie after all, and I rarely expect accuracy, but to be both far-fetched and poorly constructed is just too much. Rated PG-13 on appeal for brief strong language and sexual references. Reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.

Ivan Reitman’s Draft Day posits the idea that if you love watching NFL football, man, will you love watching Kevin Costner talk about it on the phone. I get the idea here. The popularity of fantasy football and broadcasts of the NFL draft will presumably bring in viewers. But I’m not sure there’s a need for a sort of “behind the scenes” melodrama revolving around one team’s fortunes. If there is — and the box office backs it up here — it’s not one as needlessly limp and cinematically inert as what Reitman has concocted. The film follows the first day of the NFL draft with a focus on

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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea HHHHS Romantic dRama Rated NR The third film from this year’s Asheville Jewish Film

Festival is a tender and charming epistolary romance between a French Jewish girl (who recently moved to Israel) and a Palestinian boy who finds the girl’s message in a bottle she has her Israeli soldier brother throw into the Gaza Sea. From this note — which questions just how a person could allow him or herself to become a human bomb — a relationship and a kind of romance grows and changes them both. It is much better and more nuanced than you might think. Its only problem is that the girl is by far less interesting than the boy, but it’s certainly worth a look. The Asheville Jewish Film Festival and Fine Arts Theatre will screen A Bottle in the Gaza Sea April 17 at 7 p.m. with an encore showing on Friday, April 18 at 1 p.m. Admission is $8.50.

Fear No Evil HHHS hoRRoR Rated R Two-hit wonder Frank LaLoggia’s first film Fear No Evil

(1981) is just about everything you could hope for in a late 1970s-early 1980s horror picture — and then some. It’s exploitative, it’s in crashingly bad taste, it’s cheesy and it’s pretty silly. Beyond that, it’s rich in new wave and punk rock, has one dynamite setting and is bizarrely homoerotic. It has pointless zombies, lots of blood and skin and a “passion play” that goes wildly wrong. What more could you want? The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Fear No Evil Thursday, April 17 at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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Muriel, or the Time of Return HHHHH dRama Rated NR The third film in World Cinema’s monthlong tribute to

French director Alain Resnais is also Resnais’ third feature — the altogether remarkable and frankly mind-blowing Muriel, or The Time of Return (1963). It is also Resnais’ first color film. On the surface, it’s the story of an man visiting an old love from his past — an antique dealer who lives with her stepson in the seaside town of Boulogne. It becomes complex in its own right, but the film is really about memory: how it deceives us, how we distort it to our own ends and how it haunts us. And it approaches the idea in a way that nearly reproduces memory. Stunning. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Muriel, or The Time of Return Friday, April 18, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

The Devil HHHHH histoRicaL/ aLLegoRicaL dRama Rated X Special Guest Lisi Russell

will help introduce this special screening of her late husband Ken Russell’s 1971 film The Devils. This is a deliberately shocking and deeply disturbing film depicting the events in the French town of Loudun in the 1634 “trial,” torture and execution of the priest Urbain Grandier. Grandier is persecuted on trumpedup charges of witchcraft — brought about by Cardinal Richelieu’s desire to tear down the city’s wall in a power grab. It’s a masterpiece of filmmaking, but it is unflinching in its look at the black plague, the intolerance of its era, public “exorcisms” on supposedly possessed nuns and Grandier’s torture and execution. It may upset — even anger — some viewers. The Asheville Film Society will screen The Devils Tuesday, April 22, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther with special guest Lisi Russell.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

"Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe," said novelist John Updike. That's a sad possibility. Could you please do something to dispute or override it, Taurus? Would it be too much to ask if I encouraged you to go out in quest of lyrical miracles that fill you with wonder? Can I persuade you to be alert for sweet mysteries that provoke dizzying joy, and uncanny breakthroughs that heal a wound you've feared might forever plague you? Here's what the astrological omens suggest: Phenomena that stir reverence and awe are far more likely than usual.

It’s Compensation Week. If you have in the past suffered from injustice, it’s an excellent time to go in quest of restitution. If you have been deprived of the beauty you need in order to thrive, now is the time to get filled up. Wherever your life has been out of balance, you have the power to create more harmony. Don’t be shy about seeking redress. Ask people to make amends. Pursue restorations. But don’t, under any circumstances, lust for revenge.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) I wonder if it's time for you to modify an old standby. I'm getting the sense that you should consider tinkering with a familiar resource that has served you pretty well. Why? This resource may have some hidden weakness that you need to attend to in order to prevent a future disruption. Now might be one of those rare occasions when you should ignore the old rule: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." So be proactive, Gemini. Investigate what's going on beneath the surface. Make this your motto: "I will solve the problem before it's a problem — and then it will never be a problem."

there are hundreds of unused roads. Many are former exit and entrance ramps to major highways, abandoned for one reason or another. Some are stretches of pavement that used to be parts of main thoroughfares before they were rerouted. I suggest we make "unused roads" your metaphor of the week, Virgo. It may be time for you to bring some of them back into operation, and maybe even re-link them to the pathways they were originally joined to. Are there any missing connections in your life that you would love to restore? Any partial bridges you feel motivated to finish building?

Are you sure you have enough obstacles? I'm afraid you're running low. And that wouldn't be healthy, would it? Obstacles keep you honest, after all. They motivate you to get smarter. They compel you to grow your willpower and develop more courage. Please understand that I'm not taking about trivial and boring obstacles that make you numb. I'm referring to scintillating obstacles that fire up your imagination; rousing obstacles that excite your determination to be who you want and get what you want. So your assignment is to acquire at least one new interesting obstacle. It's time to tap into a deeper strain of your ingenuity.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

"Do you really have what it takes or do you not have what it takes?" That's the wrong question to ask, in my opinion. You can't possibly know the answer ahead of time, for one thing. To dwell on that quandary would put you on the defensive and activate your fear, diminishing your power to accomplish the task at hand. Here's a more useful inquiry: "Do you want it strongly enough or do you not want it strongly enough?" With this as your meditation, you might be inspired to do whatever's necessary to pump up your desire. And that is the single best thing you can do to ensure your ultimate success.

Karma works both ways. If you do ignorant things, ignorant things may eventually be done to you. Engage in generous actions, and at some future date you may be the unexpected beneficiary of generosity. I'm expecting more of the latter than the former for you in the coming days, Libra. I think fate will bring you sweet compensations for your enlightened behavior in the past. I'm reminded of the fairy tale in which a peasant girl goes out of her way to be kind to a seemingly feeble, disabled old woman. The crone turns out to be a good witch who rewards the girl with a bag of gold. But as I hinted, there could also be a bit of that other kind of karma lurking in your vicinity. Would you like to ward it off? All you have to do is unleash a flurry of good deeds. Anytime you have a chance to help people in need, do it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) I swear my meditations are more dynamic when I hike along the trail through the marsh than if I'm pretzeled up in the lotus position back in my bedroom. Maybe I've been influenced by Aristotle's Peripatetic School. He felt his students learned best when they accompanied him on long strolls. Then there was philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who testified that his most brilliant thoughts came to him as he rambled far and wide. Even if this possibility seems whimsical to you, Leo, I invite you to give it a try. According to my reading of the current astrological omens, your moving body is likely to generate bright ideas and unexpected solutions and visions of future adventures. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Throughout North America and Europe,

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) In 1937, physicist George Paget Thomson won a Nobel Prize for the work he did to prove that the electron is a wave. That's funny, because his father, physicist J. J. Thomson, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 for showing that the electron is a particle. Together, they helped tell the whole story about the electron, which as we now know is both a wave and a particle. I think it's an excellent time for you to try something similar to what George did: follow up on some theme from the life of one of your parents or mentors; be inspired by what he or she did, but also go beyond it; build on a gift he or she gave the world, extending or expanding it. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You have been a pretty decent student lately, Aquarius. The learning curve was steep, but you mastered it as well as could be expected. You had to pay more attention to the intricate details than you liked, which was sometimes excruciating, but you summoned the patience to tough it out. Congrats! Your against-thegrain effort was worth it. You are definitely smarter now than you were four weeks ago. But you are more wired, too. More stressed. In the next chapter of your life story, you will need some downtime to integrate all you've absorbed. I suggest you schedule some sessions in a sanctuary where you can relax more deeply than you've allowed yourself to do in a while.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

As they lie in the sand, African crocodiles are in the habit of opening their jaws wide for hours at a time. It keeps them cool, and allows for birds called plovers to stop by and pluck morsels of food that are stuck between the crocs' molars. The relationship is symbiotic. The teeth-cleaners eat for free as they provide a service for the large reptiles. As I analyze your astrological aspects, Scorpio, I'm inclined to see an opportunity coming your way that has a certain resemblance to the plovers'. Can you summon the necessary trust and courage to take full advantage?

You have the power to shut what has been open or open what has been shut. That's a lot of responsibility. Just because you have the power to unleash these momentous actions doesn't mean you should rashly do so. Make sure your motivations are pure and your integrity is high. Try to keep fear and egotism from influencing you. Be aware that whatever you do will send out ripples for months to come. And when you are confident that you have taken the proper precautions, by all means proceed with vigor and rigor. Shut what has been open or open what has been shut — or both.

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