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million in grants awarded to 39 projects throughout Buncombe County. People who visit Buncombe County spend $2 billion each year on restaurants, attractions, entertainment, recreation, the arts and lodging, creating jobs for 27,000 people in our community. Visitors support 19% of property tax and generate 31% of sales tax revenue that goes toward social investments and the core services needed to maintain our community. The lodging tax has been a successful economic development strategy for Buncombe County. The increased resources to market our community for tourism have doubled visitor spending in the past 10 years — that’s an additional $1 billion in the local economy every year. This place is incredibly special. And, it is critical to preserve, protect and grow it sustainably for the mutual benefit of residents and visitors alike. We encourage the community to get involved in the recently launched Tourism Management and Investment Plan for Community Assets as we work collectively on a long-range investment strategy to manage tourism impacts and sustain and enhance the quality of our mountain home. Learn more at ExploreAshevilleCVB.com/TMIP. — Stephanie Brown President and CEO Explore Asheville CVB Asheville

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Can’t see the mountains for the hotels Is there anyone else besides me who sees a hotel going up by our beloved tunnel on College Street, which blocks our mountain views no matter which direction you are headed, as just plain wrong? Asheville, we can do better! We are killing the goose that is laying the golden eggs. And we are destroying what once made our town so special. — Michael Skrzynski Asheville

Honoring Walter Robertson After I posted a letter that was published in Asheville on institutional racism and economic inequality still being a big problem in our city on the I Survived The Riot at Asheville High Facebook page, Walter Robertson sent me a Facebook friend request. I think he, of all people in Asheville, probably knew more about those issues than anyone in the whole city, and since he had to deal with and helped change things so much here, I am writing this letter so people will think about those issues, since Walter probably did more in person, in the real world here, as a police officer and fellow U.S. military veteran of the Vietnam era, even after he retired from the Asheville Police Department, than practically anyone else in Asheville’s history. In light of what I have said here, I want to suggest that the city of Asheville consider renaming the “Pit of Despair” downtown space in his honor. Somehow I think Walter would have liked this suggestion, and who better to rename the space after, especially since doing that may inspire the community to change the situation to create something positive in that space. — John Penley Asheville Editor’s note: Retired APD Lt. Walter Robertson passed away on April 25. Penley added an update last week: “I sent the Mayor and all the Council people the letter above on April 27. While I suggested a different location, I support Councilman Keith Young’s recommendation, which was just announced, to name the Municipal Building for Walter Robertson. I would like to suggest that because of his dedication to helping veterans, that an addition to the building be considered. I suggest a permanent office for veter-

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ans assistance be added to honor him as well.”

Setting the record straight on miso Hello, my name is Marnie Mikell, and I work for Great Eastern Sun, the parent company of the American Miso Co. mentioned in the recent Mountain Xpress article “Cultural revival: Koji Claims the Culinary Spotlight” by Brit Washburn. I wanted to thank Mountain Xpress and Brit for including the American Miso Co. and the Miso Master Miso that is traditionally crafted there. I also wanted to make two corrections that were stated in this article: 1. “Marnie Mikell of the Rutherford County-based American Miso Co. …” Marnie Mikell works for Great Eastern Sun, the parent company of the American Miso Co. Great Eastern Sun is located in Asheville. 2. “Rural Rutherford County was chosen as the site for the American Miso Co.’s production facility because its climate approximates the environment in which miso was traditionally made in Japan. The similarity in seasonal temperatures is important because the traditional process requires that some varieties of miso be aged for up to two years in wooden barrels in a warehouse that’s not temperature-controlled.” Rural Rutherford County was chosen for the American Miso Co. because it approximates the climate where our first miso master learned the miso-making process. Since traditional miso-making depends on the local climatic environment rather than temperature control, location in Rutherford County was critical in order to reproduce in the U.S. the miso that our miso master had learned to make in Japan. Thank you again for including the American Miso Co. and Miso Master Miso in this informative article on the culinary wonder of koji. — Marnie Mikell Art Director Great Eastern Sun Asheville Editor's note: We appreciate feedback from our readers, and we have updated the online version of the article to reflect this corrected information.

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Invasive species threaten trees, too Thank you for printing Steve Rasmussen’s invitation to volunteer to protect Asheville’s trees [“A Shady Proposition: Stopping Asheville’s Tree-loss Crisis Makes Climate Sense for City,” April 24, Xpress]. I wish to call attention to an additional threat not mentioned in his [commentary]: that of invasive species. Trees growing on land protected from development are under constant pressure from these plants. Neighbors, take note, and city officials, take care. To cite one example, trees growing along the Reed Creek Greenway in Montford are currently being enveloped in kudzu. — Reavis Eubanks Jr. Asheville

Infertility resources are available April 21-27 [was] Infertility Awareness Week. Did you know that one in eight U.S. couples of childbearing age struggle to get pregnant or sustain a pregnancy? Many of us grow up with the notion that if you want something badly enough and you work hard enough, you can make your dreams come true. Infertility

or lost pregnancies can turn that notion and your life upside down. Infertility is an extremely lonely and isolating experience, and reminders of the struggle are everywhere. The next time you go to the grocery store or the park, notice how many babies, children and pregnant women you see. Imagine how the unbearable pain of infertility could be magnified by the sight of parenthood surrounding you daily. This is an ongoing experience for those who are struggling with infertility. If you are struggling with infertility, you don’t have to face it alone. There are many helpful resources available, including a monthly support group in Asheville. (More info at [avl.mx/5xk].) Other helpful resources: creatingafamily.org and resolve.org. If you are a friend or family member of someone struggling with infertility, you may be at a loss for how to provide support. Here are some great resources to get you started: [avl.mx/5xl] My husband and I know the lifelong desire to be parents, the pain of pregnancy loss, the struggle to become pregnant again and the isolation this daily struggle creates. Our journey led us to our beautiful son, who joined our family through adoption almost two years ago. If you are struggling, we wish you strength and hope on your journey. You are not alone. — Sarah Edwards Asheville

Stay tuned A property owner in the area of one of the hikes recommended in our May 1 “Hidden Hiking” article expressed a concern about access on Bear Farm Road. Mountain Xpress asked the U.S. Forest Service to clarify whether the route near Beaverdam Creek recommended in our story is open to the public. The Forest Service advised at press time that it is still reviewing the road access and expects to provide more information to Xpress soon. X

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Rethinking public health As state reimagines Medicaid, local nonprofits may have role to play BY EVAN RICHARDSON AND CALVIN TOMKINS This issue of Mountain Xpress highlights many of the wonderful nonprofits we have in Western North Carolina, and in terms of the community’s overall health, it couldn’t come at a better time. Although we’re more than 300 miles from North Carolina’s coast, we are experiencing a sea change in how we think about and address health. Until recently, discussions about health care tended to focus mainly on care provided inside a doctor’s office, hospital or other medical facility. Most often, the talk was about treating people who were sick, injured or living with chronic illnesses. Meanwhile, out in our communities, countless nonprofits have been steadfastly working to address the many factors that support well-being and prevent illness. Often partnering with their county public health agencies, these organizations aim to expand access to what are called the social determinants of health: safe, affordable housing; healthy food; child care; transportation; and educational and economic opportunities. Together, these factors influence and help predict how healthy an individual, family or community is likely to be. For too many years, WNC nonprofits have been asked to do a lot with a little. Meanwhile, most of our resources have gone to providing care inside medical facilities, which explains why health care is one of the region’s and the nation’s biggest industries. Now, however, things are changing — and for the better. WADING INTO THE SEA CHANGE Here in North Carolina, we’re seeing a surge of change at the state level as we prepare for Medicaid transformation. Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen emphasizes that our ability to achieve shared goals — such as ensuring that our 12

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children are ready for school, that our youths can realize the best possible future, and that all residents have access to economic opportunities — begins with healthy people. Accordingly, North Carolina is investing heavily in new initiatives. Under the “Healthy Opportunities” umbrella, the state is rolling out programs designed to maximize residents’ prospects for optimal health. When it’s fully implemented, perhaps by the end of next year, NCCARE360 will become the nation’s first statewide electronic platform for connecting individuals to the help they need. Built on the 211 platform, NCCARE360 will enable health care providers to quickly identify and make referrals to community resources — many of them nonprofits — that can help address patients’ nonmedical health issues. Likewise, community-based service providers will be able to refer clients to medical providers when needed. This online system will also help communities determine which services are most needed by revealing where gaps exist in the resources available to address those social determinants. Healthy Opportunities pilots are another strategy for addressing social determinants and gauging their impact on both community health and health care costs. The state will select up to four pilot communities across North Carolina where networks of care providers, hospitals, communitybased organizations and county-based public health and social service agencies will be created. Over five years, these pilot networks will receive up to $650 million in Medicaid funding to provide nonmedical services such as housing, transportation, food security and interpersonal safety. If rigorous analysis shows those interventions to be effective, these services would then be incorporated into the statewide Medicaid system. What will care look like in one of these pilot communities? Someone

CALVIN TOMKINS, LEFT, AND EVAN RICHARDSON with diabetes and limited access to healthy food could receive regular deliveries of fresh produce along with education on nutrition and meal preparation; a pregnant woman facing eviction could get housing assistance to ensure that she and her family have a home; a family in distress might be offered parenting support and stress management education. WILL WNC HAVE A HEALTHY OPPORTUNITIES PILOT? We certainly hope so. Thanks to our vibrant local network of nonprofits, public health and social service agencies, as well as organizations like Mission Health Partners, the Mountain Area Health Education Center and federally qualified health centers, we already have a strong foundation to support such a project. Mission Health Partners is a physician-led network of hospitals, other health facilities, primary care providers and independent specialists working together to improve the quality and affordability of care by focusing on the social determinants of health. The program’s care management team screens patients for social determinant needs, connects them with community partners and ensures that those needs are met, whether it’s a question of legal prob-

lems, housing, food insecurity or medication assistance. This approach has shown promising results and could become a national model for curbing health care costs. The program’s data indicates that connecting patients with critical, community-based services promotes health while reducing unnecessary care and its associated costs. Routing health care spending to those services enables medical care providers to spend more time on preventive approaches that improve health and reduce chronic illness. Clearly, we already have both the expertise and the commitment to improve lives in our region. What we need is more funding and better coordination among our health care system, county public health and social service agencies, and nonprofit community partners. Whether our healthy opportunities come by way of the state or from within our own region, we believe Western North Carolina is ready to make the most of them. X Evan Richardson, a certified nurse midwife, is the director of community health integration at MAHEC, where she supports the integration of social determinants of health into the clinical space. Dr. Calvin Tomkins is the assistant medical director of Mission Health Partners and a practicing physician with Asheville Pediatric Associates.

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Lifting the green veil BY TAL GALTON My love of nature is what drew me to Western North Carolina 20 years ago, but my relationship with our local outdoors has evolved considerably since then: The initial crush I had on these mountains has blossomed into a complex understanding and an abiding love. Most modern humans focus their vision on other people and the trappings of a human-built environment — the buildings, the vehicles, the signs, the ubiquitous screens we stare at. As a culture, we suffer from plant blindness, largely ignoring the green organisms all around us that spend their days quietly gathering sunlight. For too many people, the world outside their door lies shrouded behind a green veil. I’ve spent my adult life correcting my own plant vision, gradually lifting that veil. When I first walked through these woods two decades earlier — as

TAL GALTON I did every day — I saw only a green curtain of foliage. Sure, I knew the rhododendron, and I quickly learned to distinguish them from mountain laurel. But beyond that, it was just a jumble of green. Today I can recognize dozens of species of trees and shrubs, and hundreds of types of herbaceous plants. Even walking in the city or driving down the highway, I enjoy noticing each species of tree that lines the sidewalks and roads. STEP BY STEP

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For many, noticing and learning flowers is a first step in overcoming plant blindness. My own process of unveiling began with the wildflowers that pop up each spring. It’s an amazing time of year, when the monochrome brown of a rich cove forest floor flushes into a riot of green. As you begin to see individual plants, you learn their preferences and habits, just as you would when getting to know another person. You notice how saxifrage and stonecrop thrive on rocky stream banks, while bellwort and larkspur prefer higher ground and deeper soils. You observe the fleeting blooms of bloodroot and the lingering spears of showy orchis. We tend to think of plants as inanimate, but in reality they’re as animate as we are. The diminutive spring ephemerals employ powerful hydraulic forces to push through thick leaf litter in their

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urgent quest for sunlight. Plants’ vital processes are invisible to us but are as constant as our own; we simply can’t relate to the pace of their lives. Their mobility is rarely observed by the naked eye in real time, yet it’s their breath that underwrites the Earth’s entire biosphere. Even trees, the plant kingdom’s charismatic megaflora, are easily overlooked. Trees are remarkable for their sheer size and longevity, but their impact on ecosystems as drivers of weather and climate, and as infrastructure for myriad other organisms, is critically undervalued. Once you’re able to see plants, you’ll notice 20-30 different species of trees during a short stroll through almost any Blue Ridge forest. Flowers tend to catch the human eye more than most plant-related phenomena — perhaps because, to our primate ancestors, they represented future food. Or maybe it’s due to their association with reproductive matters (and our own obsession with such). JOINING THE FOREST COMMUNITY Why battle plant blindness? Firstly, because if we don’t see them, we won’t know when they become threatened, and we won’t care when they disappear. During the last century, our Appalachian forests experienced the extinction of a keystone species, the American chestnut. We are currently living through the extirpation of two important, common species of native conifers. The Eastern hemlock ranges all the way up into Canada, where as yet it remains beyond the reach of the deadly woolly adelgid. We also have the endemic Carolina hemlock, whose longer needles bristle out from each twig like a brush. Because it lives only in the Southern Appalachians, the Carolina hemlock is at risk of complete extinction due to the adelgid threat. Many people don’t even realize these are two separate species. As you expand your ability to see plants, however, you’ll learn to notice such subtle differences. Forest bathing is having a moment just now. Unquestionably, spending time immersed in nature is an important part of any mental health practice. But I believe it’s most effective when paired with a lifelong endeavor to learn as much of the forest as you can.

Opening your eyes to plants enriches your life in numerous ways. When people ask me how they can learn the native flora, I advise them to walk the same forest paths each day, year after year. As you get to know the plants along the path, they cease being anonymous strangers you pass on the street and become friendly neighbors, colleagues or even close companions. When you lift the green veil, walking through the woods becomes a profoundly rewarding experience. There’s the big red maple with the lung lichen on it; there’s the ginseng family that continues to evade poachers despite being right on the trail; and here is the bank where the trout lilies will pop up, as they do each spring. You may still have a long way to go, but you’re slowly becoming a member of the forest community. JOY AND WONDER One of the best parts of learning to see is that you’re never fully unblind. Every single year, I notice plants that are new to me. Two years ago, right in my own backyard, I saw (and smelled!) my first sweet pinesap, tiny and camouflaged in the duff. Now that I know its secretive patterns, I visit it and find new ones each year. Here in WNC we are particularly blessed. There is so much diversity, so much that’s hidden from our view, so much more to discover and to learn, that the joy and wonder never cease. Once you open your eyes to plants, there is no going back, and no end to the new life forms that will capture your attention. After trees and herbaceous plants, there are mosses and ferns; then, fungi and lichens. Once your eyes (and ears) become attuned to the marvels of the forest, there will be an endless stream of birdsong and insects to learn in addition to kingdom Plantae. Every spring, when the blue cohosh and rattlesnake ferns push up out of the ground, and the buckeyes split their buds, I’m reminded of the heady feeling of beginning to lift my own green veil. To paraphrase the early 20th-century writer Eden Phillpotts, “The world is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” X Burnsville resident Tal Galton is a naturalist who is passionate about helping people overcome plant blindness. He runs Snakeroot Ecotours in Yancey County.

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“I realized that where people end up is mostly a product of where they start out,” he says. “And sometimes people don’t have the resources to help them figure things out. So you get a population of people who don’t have the advantages I had, and then you put them in circumstances that are extraordinarily difficult — and then something happens.”

tcalder@mountainx.com Like many superheroes, Tyler Brisbon can fly. But for this retired commercial airline pilot, being airborne plays no role in his current effort to support community members in crisis. In January, Brisbon launched WNC Superheroes, which works in partnership with fellow nonprofits Our VOICE, Helpmate, My Sister’s Place and Head Start in Buncombe and Madison counties. Together, these organizations identify client needs that aren’t typically covered by federal grants and other traditional funding sources. Whether it’s medical bills or emergency home repairs, WNC Superheroes runs crowdfunding campaigns to help cover unexpected expenses associated with individual trauma, which can be anything from sexual violence to domestic abuse to sex trafficking. “Our work aims to help prevent that one urgent need from snowballing into something that puts a person at risk of losing their job or losing their home or not being able to feed their family,” says Monica Antonazzo, who serves on WNC Superheroes’ board alongside Brisbon. In its first four months, the organization raised $5,431.17 in support of 11 cases referred by partner nonprofits. More recently, the group received an anonymous $15,000 donation to address future client needs. “It’s all about helping people,” says Brisbon. “Everybody walking around wants to help other people. It’s just a matter of giving them a platform to do it.”

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BROKEN WINGS: Retired commercial airline pilot Tyler Brisbon came up with the idea for WNC Superheroes while recovering from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. The nonprofit raises funds to cover unanticipated expenses incurred by community members in distress. Photo courtesy of WNC Superheroes OVERWHELMED BY CIRCUMSTANCES Brisbon’s introduction to social work came in 2001, when he began volunteering with the local guardian ad litem program, in which volunteers serve as courtroom advocates for abused and neglected children. “Initially my interest in law led me to that work,” he recounts. “But my experience working in that role quickly transformed my worldview.” At first, admits Brisbon, he expected each case to be a simple matter of bad parenting. Instead, he reveals, “I saw

parents who were overwhelmed by circumstances, most of whom were trying to do the best they could.” This revelation triggered a fundamental shift in Brisbon’s understanding of opportunity and individual situations. “When I was a child, the expectation was that I would be successful,” he says. “And I was. … Looking back on it, I thought that was everybody’s experience.” But as he continued his work as a guardian ad litem, says Brisbon, “The fog started lifting.”

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For Brisbon, that something was a 2009 motorcycle accident; the injuries he sustained prevented him from flying for nearly four years. While in recovery, the grounded pilot resumed volunteering as a guardian ad litem, which he’d stepped away from five years before. “That was the initial genesis for WNC Superheroes,” he explains. Those early efforts to launch the program failed, but the concept stayed with Brisbon long after he’d returned to flying. He retired in 2017, and having both time and money on his side, the former pilot began to work in earnest to see the idea take off. Today, Brisbon, Antonazzo and fellow board members Jeff Camp, Cara Carlson and Jim Lowe operate the nonprofit on a volunteer basis. This helps keep costs to a minimum while maximizing the impact of community donations. All funds, notes Brisbon, go directly to referred cases, except for the $89 monthly website fee and costs associated with Facebook advertisements. Future growth might eventually require paid staff, but “I won’t be taking any compensation from WNC Superheroes,” stresses Brisbon.

“I realized that where people end up is mostly a product of where they start out.” — WNC Superheroes founder Tyler Brisbon LAST RESORT These days, anyone with access to a social media account can create a fundraiser, but the anonymity WNC Superheroes provides is a key feature of its platform. The reason is simple, says Daniel Lee, client services coordinator for Our VOICE: Many survivors of domestic abuse and/or sexual violence don’t want to share their experiences online. Before he became aware of WNC Superheroes, says Lee, “I remember having a discussion with a client about starting a GoFundMe campaign. The client was hesitant, however, due to the continuing stigma associated with sexual violence: She wanted to remain anonymous.” Carolina Robles, a counselor at Helpmate, sounds a similar note. “One of the advantages of [WNC Superheroes] is that it provides clients with confidentiality,” she says. “It protects their privacy.”

Still, both Robles and Lee emphasize that they typically turn to the group only as a last resort. “Before I ask the community for help, I’m going to try to find funding that is earmarked specifically for the needs of my client,” says Lee. Both also note that if they get recurring requests concerning the same person, they’ll refer the client to a financial organization such as OnTrack WNC, which helps clients learn ways to better manage their finances. Concern about donor fatigue is yet another reason partner nonprofits try to find funding elsewhere before contacting Brisbon’s group. “Typically, for the Superheroes, it takes about four to five days to raise $500,” says Robles. “But we’ve seen when there are multiple cases open, it takes longer. So there is that concern that people will get overwhelmed.”

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HELP IS AVAILABLE: “One of the reasons many stay in abusive relationships is that they don’t have the financial means to leave,” says Carolina Robles of Helpmate. “Many times I hear from clients who say had they known these resources existed, they would have left their situation a long time ago.” Photo by Thomas Calder Antonazzo, however, says that she and her fellow board members are working to prevent that from happening. Currently, she notes, “Our goal is to broaden our support base” through greater engagement with Black Mountain and Hendersonville residents. “Our hope is that people will want to connect with those they consider to be their neighbors.” BE A HERO On its website, WNC Superheroes displays a list of completed cases. The dollar amounts and circumstances vary, but what all these stories have in common, says Brisbon, is the community effort behind them. In one instance, the nonprofit raised $395 to cover the copay for a woman whose nose was broken in a violent exchange with her partner. In another,

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$120 was donated to pay medical bills associated with a sexual assault. And in yet another fundraiser, sympathetic residents provided $484 for the deposit on an apartment, enabling a victim of physical and emotional abuse to get off the street and into a home. Underlying these stories is the organization’s guiding principle: “Every person who gives $1 or $100 is a true WNC Superhero,” the website proclaims. Brisbon underscores this final point: “What I want to be able to do is give the community the opportunity to directly impact the life of someone in crisis. I want to get these cases out to the public … and, if it’s successful, I want it to spread. I want to have people in other communities setting up organizations like this to show that this model works: that people can volunteer a few hours of their time every month and really leverage social media in order to help a lot of people out.” X

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Eat. Play. Shop. Park. Sleep. Repeat. The core elements of the Asheville tourist experience bring $2 billion to local businesses each year and contribute $87.9 million in annual sales and property taxes to local government coffers, according to a 2017 study by Tourism Economics. Although local nonprofits weren’t included in the Tourism Economics analysis, those organizations are riding the tourism tide as well. They experience the industry as a partner lending a hand to the communities and causes they serve: the homeless, hungry, arts, parks, theater, sports, children and culture. “We are continually amazed by the philanthropic nature of our culinary and hospitality community here and how generous they are to the local community,” says Mary Nesbitt, chief development officer of Asheville-based hunger relief nonprofit MANNA FoodBank. “The contributions they make are immeasurable.” COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS Over the past several years, much of that support has come from the Tourism Product Development Fund, the largest source of capital grants available to nonprofits in the community. In 2001, the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority decided to increase its hotel occupancy tax and set aside 25% of the money to fund projects that generate visitation and economic impact for the region. “I think what is really remarkable is that while other communities and

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and cultural experiences accessible to the community free or at a very low cost.” In October, however, the authority announced that it would pause the fund’s grant cycle for 2019. Nonprofits and other applicants will be on hold until public entities, tourism officials and community members complete a yearlong planning process, funded by occupancy tax revenue, designed to guide long-term investment. “The Tourism Management and Investment Plan for Community Assets will take what was an annual application-based process and grow it with layers of community engagement, heightened collaboration with municipal partners and a 10-year planning cycle that will accommodate long-range priorities, support local projects and protect and enhance the character of this incredibly special place,” Brown says.

DREAM TEAM: Employees of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Asheville – Biltmore volunteer at MANNA FoodBank as part of the Sweet Dreams, Full Plates hunger relief campaign. Photo courtesy of MANNA cities were saying, ‘Let’s increase the hotel tax and build a convention center,’ the idea here was to increase the hotel tax and make that money available for community projects,” says Stephanie Brown, president and CEO of the authority’s Explore Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau. Since 2011, the fund has awarded $44 million to 39 community projects. Among the recipients are the Asheville Community Theater,

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Asheville Art Museum, Asheville Museum of Science, YMI Cultural Center, African-American Heritage and Cultural District and Interactive Museum, Montford Park Players and LEAF Global Arts Center. “These grants not only ensure the future success of these nonprofit entities, but they make cultural experiences accessible to people who live here,” Brown points out. “They help make very important educational

HOTELS HELP OUT Beyond the BCTDA, individual hotels are also aiding the nonprofit community. At 32 Asheville establishments, for example, overnight guests just have to say no to stayover services when they check in to support MANNA. Robert Foster, director of hotel operations for Biltmore Farms Hotels, started the program at the DoubleTree by Hilton Asheville-Biltmore on Thanksgiving 2016. “We were trying to figure out a way to get our room attendants out early on holidays,” Foster says. “We bought door hangers from Office

Depot and printed ‘I Fed a Family’ on them. For every guest that skipped stayover service by hanging it on their door, we contributed $2 to MANNA, which pays for seven meals.” By 2017, the program gained the name “Sweet Dreams, Full Plates” and expanded to cover the entirety of September, coinciding with National Hunger Action Month. Last year, participating hotels contributed $42,000 through the effort, providing 148,000 meals. Sweet dreams of another sort — the perennially popular National Gingerbread House Competition, staged annually for 27 years at the Omni Grove Park Inn — have supported nonprofits through the Holiday Parking Partners program since 2013. The property’s previous owners had started charging for gingerbread display parking to address heavy demand and lack of supply in 2012. But when Omni Hotels took over the following year, Tracey Johnston-Crum, hotel director of public relations and community outreach, and Managing Director Gary Froeba developed a plan to

use the parking for engagement with the Asheville community. For the six-week duration of the gingerbread display, the Grove Park Inn charges a one-time $25 parking fee per vehicle for drive-on and overnight guests, with half of each charge going to a fund that’s distributed to local nonprofits. “Groups apply throughout the year to be considered,” Johnston-Crum explains. “It’s not easy to narrow it down; there are so many groups doing great work here. The success of the program has allowed us to make significant, unrestricted donations, which is kind of the magic word in the nonprofit world.” Since 2013, the Holiday Parking Partners Program has given over $430,000 to area nonprofits. Among the eight 2018 partners were Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County, Homeward Bound, Asheville City Schools Foundation and Buncombe Partnership for Children.

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Jane Anderson, executive director of Asheville Independent Restaurants, knew instinctively that the 150 restaurant members in the association provided tremendous support to local organizations. She recalls how Michel Baudouin, the chef/owner of Bouchon and one of AIR’s founders, “always pointed out that when you go to fundraisers in Asheville, it’s the independent, locally owned restaurants giving and not the national chains.” In 2018, Anderson contracted with the Magellan Strategy Group to get hard numbers on that support. She says that even she was astounded at the total value of goods and services AIR members donated to nonprofits in 2017: $2.1 million. “It’s all across the board. It’s donating food to fundraisers and free space to fundraisers,” Anderson says. “It’s getting food to people who are food insecure in the most direct manner through MANNA. It’s Welcome Table, and it’s Dining Out for Life. Tourism is wonderful for our business and helps us be successful, but it’s the ongoing support from the local community that inspires them to give back.” At Downtown Welcome Table, a partnership involving Haywood Street United Methodist Mission Congregation, volunteers and more than 40 local chefs and restaurants, Asheville’s homeless and economically disadvantaged can enjoy a seated, served hot lunch twice a week. And Dining Out for Life, the

national one-night dining event that locally benefits Western North Carolina AIDS Project, just marked its 17th year on April 25. “This year we had 100 restaurant partners, and with very few exceptions, all locally owned.” says Michael Poandl, development and advocacy coordinator for WNCAP. “Over the lifetime of the event, it has raised over $1 million for HIV prevention and care. We have other fundraisers and events, but this by far is our powerhouse. The people who own and operate local restaurants know us and the work we do, and they personally see the impact this event and their support has had on their community.” FORWARD TOGETHER In September, the hospitality, tourism and restaurant industries will join forces to debut a new event that will both pull visitors and locals downtown and funnel goods and dollars to the food insecure. Chow Chow: An Asheville Culinary Event takes place Sept. 12-15, with free and ticketed events and programming. The festival board president is chef Katie Button, the presenting sponsor is Hotel Arras (slated to open this summer), seed money for the launch and marketing support is coming from the BCTDA, and the charity partner is MANNA FoodBank. “First and foremost, they are going to align food donations from the event with MANNA and some of our partners,” says Kara Irani, the

charity’s marketing and communications director. “We have a new mobile pantry that will be parked right in Pack Square for the festival, which is an education opportunity. We will be able to rescue any food from the festival on-site, and get our mobile pantry out to those communities we serve across 16 counties where there is a very high rate of food insecurity and no pantry available.”

The BCTDA’s Brown says Chow Chow is a strong example of the tourism industry’s collaborative spirit. “The tourism business in Asheville is entrepreneurs, it’s small, local businesses, it’s family-owned businesses,” she says. “They live in this community, work in this community, are known in this community and give back to this community. That is not a dynamic true everywhere. We are very fortunate.” X

MORE ON THE LOCAL TOURISM INDUSTRY For more on tourism and the industry’s role in the community, check out these Mountain Xpress stories: • Nearly 8,000 rooms and counting: taking stock of Buncombe County’s hotel industry, May 8, avl.mx/5zz • WNC Green Party hosts TDA members for hotel tax forum, April 26, avl.mx/5yn • Biltmore Ave. hotel clears Council after earlier opposition, March 13, avl.mx/600 • Tourism Development Authority approves long-term planning and research strategy, March 1, avl.mx/601 • City gives $975,000 grant back to TDA, Feb. 3, avl.mx/602 • No new hotels emerge from Council meeting, Dec. 12, avl.mx/603 • Flatiron hotel plans pit restoration against residents, Nov. 2, avl.mx/604 • Council members declare shift in hotel thinking as Biltmore Ave. proposal withdrawn, Oct. 24, avl.mx/605 • BCTDA shares tourism growth plans at annual meeting, Oct. 1, avl.mx/606

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Notable in nonprofits How many nonprofit leaders does it take to change a lightbulb? • We won’t know until the five-year strategic plan is completed, which is unfortunately tough to pull off in the dark. • One, as long as she has a team of volunteers to execute the vision. • That depends. Do the stakeholders really want the lightbulb changed? But seriously: Area nonprofits of all shapes, sizes and focuses are pursuing a wide variety of missions in service to Western North Carolina. At the same time, the region’s needs and social climate are constantly changing. For public charities, that means making the best of every opportunity to tweak staffing, vision and tactics to best benefit the communities they serve. When the time comes, then, for a new leader or a new strategic direction, nonprofits recognize that sound decisions can mean the difference between a sustainable future and irrelevance. That’s why Mountain Xpress took a look at a spectrum of local nonprofits that

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Checking in on staffing, strategy shifts at local organizations have recently experienced significant changes or are now in the midst of transformative shifts in management or focus.

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NEW HORIZONS: A summer enrichment program for kids from low-income families will add a second grade level to its six-week session this year. In addition to practicing academic skills, students also learn to swim, says program director Monica Antonazzo. Photo courtesy of Horizons at Carolina Day

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Asheville Gay Men’s Chorus took a big leap this year and hired its first executive director. Butch Thompson started as a singer with the group in 2015 and became the president of its board in 2017. His tenure saw growth in visibility, funding and audience size and, according to board Vice President Susan Wilson, sparked the expansion that enabled him to be brought on as the paid director. Also covering fresh ground with an inaugural executive director was Light a Path. The wellness resource nonprofit chose Kristy Johnson to foster the next stage in its evolution. On the other end of the spectrum, Friends of the Smokies has kept on its president and CEO of 16 years,

Jim Hart, but added a new leadership role in Tim Chandler, hiring him as executive director and chief operating officer. Chandler is a longtime volunteer with the organization who comes from television sales and marketing with Discovery Inc. This winter, Stefanie Gerber left her position as executive director of the Asheville Area Arts Council to take on a commensurate role at N.C. Glass Center. AAAC board Chair Gar Ragland commented that “her legacy is the tremendous new momentum, credibility and solid organizational infrastructure we’ve established to better serve our community. … We take comfort knowing that she’ll continue to serve our community through the arts, and we’re very excited for the new adventures that await both her and the arts council in this next chapter.” All Souls Counseling Center announced the appointment of Leslie McCrory as the organization’s new executive director. She has worked for 30 years in Asheville in the field of mental health and substance use services as a therapist, supervisor, educator and manager. YWCA of Asheville head Beth Maczka retired after nearly seven years

at the helm. “A wise woman recently told me that our work is neither a marathon nor a sprint, as it is often portrayed,” she noted in a press release, “but a relay where each person does their part when it is their turn.” Last month the board of directors announced its selection of Asheville native Libby Kyles as CEO; Kyles, who will begin her new position on June 17, is a teacher in the Asheville City Schools and the cofounder of the YTL (Youth Transformed for Life) Program. After a national search, the United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County named Asheville resident Dan Leroy its new president and CEO. Leroy was a co-founder of nonprofit Green Opportunities in 2008 and was most recently development director for the N.C. Outward Bound School. On the four-legged front, last fall Friends of the WNC Nature Center installed Karen Babcock, formerly of Folkmoot USA, as its new exec. And in Hendersonville, Blue Ridge Humane Society promoted its community outreach and volunteer direc-

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MUD FARM: Muddy Sneakers found a new home for its summer day camps at REEB Ranch. Its 145 acres adjacent to DuPont State Recreational Forest include lightly traveled woodland trails that lead to creeks, waterfalls, rock formations, meadows and pine groves. Photo courtesy of Muddy Sneakers tor of three years, Angela Prodrick, to executive director. Amid concerns about mission creep and financial stability, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue founder Denise Bitz stepped down as executive director (see "Elephant in the room," page 28). Bitz tapped Leah Craig Fieser, who had previously worked at Brother Wolf and was most recently director of engagement for the Friends of the WNC Nature Center, to lead the organization. Fieser says she is pursuing financial retrenchment and a renewed focus on Brother Wolf’s original core mission of rescuing imperiled companion animals in need of a home. The board of directors of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation announced the appointment of Bill Tiller as chief executive officer and president on Jan. 29. While the foundation is a nationally active organization, it is headquartered in Asheville.

In the market At press time, several notable local nonprofits remain on the hunt for new leadership: • Asheville Area Arts Council, following the departure of Gerber as noted above. • Asheville Jewish Community Center, following the departure of Lael Gray to become CEO of the Addison-Penzak JCC in Los Gatos, Calif. Her last day at the Asheville JCC will be Friday, June 14. • Green Opportunities, following the departure of J Hackett, who was named the organization’s director two years ago. The Green Opportunities board has started its search for a new leader and posted a job for an interim position. • Asheville Humane Society is looking for a new director for the 35-year-old organization. A position description says, “Last fiscal year AHS adopted over 3,800 animals into loving homes 26

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and supported or saved the lives of 9,300 additional local animals through their innovative support programs.” • Asheville City Schools Foundation, following the departure of Kate Pett, who led the organization for 11 years. According to a letter from board Chair Robin Payne, board member George Sieburg is serving as interim director, and the organization’s goal is to have a new director in place by Aug. 1. • Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards announced that Meryl Harrell, the vice president of its board of directors, will step in to lead the organization as interim director during its search for a permanent head. Bill Murdock, longtime executive director of Eblen Charities, retired in March after a new revelation of his guilty plea for taking indecent liberties with a minor three decades ago. Susan Riddle has taken on the interim director role. So far, she says, the board of directors has not assembled a search committee. The highest perch of them all — at least in terms of dollars under management — is the top spot at mega-foundation Dogwood Health Trust, created to administer $1.5 billion in proceeds from the sale of the area’s largest nonprofit, Mission Health, to the for-profit Hospital Corporation of America. According to the position posting, it is the nation’s largest health care conversion foundation on a per-capita basis.

New to do Some area nonprofits are upping their game by adding more programs or services in support of their current mission. Within the last year, for example, the YMCA of Western North Carolina became just the second YMCA in the country to qualify as a Medicare provider of chronic condition management services, which help seniors manage problems such as arthritis and diabetes.

The Y also opened a nutrition hub in its downtown Asheville location to process food donations for its mobile markets. Last summer, MANNA FoodBank sprang into action with a new Pop Up Markets program. Through this initiative, anyone in MANNA’s 16-county service area can set up a distribution point and request a truck of fresh produce and grocery staples to give away to community members. This approach helps the nonprofit respond to unexpected needs, as MANNA spokesperson Kara Irani recalls: “In January, we provided several Pop Up Markets at the Asheville airport for TSA workers not receiving a paycheck due to the government shutdown.” She says MANNA has completed 53 markets so far, distributing 180,730 pounds of food. Also in the sphere of food access, Bounty & Soul launched a new collaboration with Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry and the Mountain Area Health Education Center in January. Bounty & Soul now brings fresh produce, as well as cooking demonstrations and wellness lessons, to the ABCCM’s Hominy Valley Crisis Center at MAHEC’s Enka/Candler location. “This is three successful organizations contributing what each does best to create a comprehensive support net for individuals and families who find themselves hovering around that flimsy line between just getting by and going under,” says Bounty & Soul Executive Director Bruce Ganger. Carolina Day School is broadening its Horizons summer enrichment program, which provides six weeks of learning to low-income students at the school’s

Asheville campus. The program is adding a new class of 15 rising first grade students as its original class moves into another year of enrichment; Executive Director Monica Antonazzo says the initiative will eventually reach nine classes, with potential expansion into high school programming. And the Community Housing Coalition of Madison County — previously focused on the rehabilitation of homes and improving accessibility for elderly and disabled residents — opened ReClaim Madison in April. The social enterprise will use retail sales of hardware and salvaged building materials to provide a sustainable funding stream for the CHC’s work.

for service seven days per week. The organization also will open a seventh location in Columbus in June. The Bob Moog Foundation announced that it will open its new Moogseum at 56 Broadway on Thursday, May 23, on what would have been the inventor’s 85th birthday (see also "Dynamic Range," page 62). Exhibits will explore Moog’s life and work, as well as offer interaction with theremins and synthesizers. Meanwhile, in Candler, Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity broke

ground in December on the new Curry Court neighborhood, which is the first implementation of an expanded housing model for the organization. The new development will include four traditional single-family homes as well as 12 townhome units. Communications Director Ariane Kjellquist says “building a mix of housing types more fully addresses our region’s housing needs, offers choice to buyers [and] maximizes land use.” X

Covering new ground Brevard’s nature-based experimental science education organization, Muddy Sneakers, which was recently recognized with a $25,000 gift from Paul Simon, expanded this spring. The organization added service to two more schools in Polk County, a school in Jackson County and, for the first time, it is offering programming to schools in Madison County, bringing the total number of school districts served to 18 (43 schools in all). Additionally, Muddy Sneakers’ summer camp operation has a new home at REEB Ranch, adjacent to DuPont State Recreational Forest, between Hendersonville and Brevard, with a shuttle running from Asheville. Mercy Urgent Care, a local, not-forprofit health care provider, has just reopened a renovated Brevard facility

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Brother Wolf seeks to bridge $1 million funding gap because it’s very personal and it’s part of their identity.” Conversations among more than 50 employees led to the decision to change the organization’s on-campus vegan policy, which was implemented in 2015 and barred volunteers and staff from bringing nonvegan food on the premises, according to Fieser. And while she supports other organizations that promote vegan advocacy, Fieser said that Brother Wolf’s expansion of its original mission to save companion animals polarized some donors and volunteers. “We in no way are saying that that work is not valuable. There’s a million ways you can help animals, but the way Brother Wolf helps animals is through companion animal rescue,” Fieser explained.

“We are here tonight because Brother Wolf is facing a critical time in the organization’s history,” Brother Wolf Executive Director Leah Craig Fieser told a crowd of about 100 people during an April 29 public forum held at Highland Brewing Co. “The reality is that Brother Wolf is facing a $1 million funding gap this year.” Fieser outlined three reasons for the organization’s instability, which she said started in 2016: straying from Brother Wolf’s core mission of companion animal rescue; expanding programs without sufficient funding; and an inadequate administrative structure and accounting procedures. A capital fundraising campaign, meant to finance the creation of a cutting-edge animal sanctuary, flopped. The overlapping issues caused Brother Wolf to bleed hundreds of thousands of dollars each year and left the organization with a “damaged reputation within the community,” Fieser said.

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FAILURE TO LAUNCH In 2015, Brother Wolf announced plans to build an animal sanctuary to house and provide care for up to 1,200 animals after an anonymous donor gave the organization $500,000 to purchase property in Leicester. The cost for the project was estimated at nearly $5 million, and its first phase was anticipated to be completed by 2016. In March, Xpress reported that the organization had yet to break ground on the ambitious effort. Fieser announced a plan to sell the property in an April 22 press release. She also said that since 2015, more than $2 million had been raised for and spent toward the sanctuary. While some of

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SEA CHANGE: Brother Wolf Executive Director Leah Craig Fieser says she plans to rework the nonprofit's administrative policies as the organization deals with a $1 million funding gap. Photo courtesy of Brother Wolf the funding covered permitting and care for cows and pigs who lived on the property, she said how the majority of money was spent remains unclear. “I understand any anger. We’re angry,” Fieser told Xpress, speaking on behalf of the organization, after the meeting. While some major donors expressed disappointment at the news, most appreciated receiving an update about the long-awaited project. “People are really excited to know the truth and people are excited that someone is saying these things out loud. They feel really validated,” she said. Fieser attributes the financial turmoil to messy accounting practices that lacked a digitized system for organizing and tracking information. She said the organization has contracted with outside auditors to dig into years of information in hopes of shining more light on how money was spent. So far, the auditors’ findings don’t indicate criminal wrongdoing, although the process isn’t yet complete, Fieser said. “We were really really hoping that, by the time of all of this truth-telling to the

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public, we would be able to say exactly how much money came in from [donations to] the sanctuary, exactly how much money was spent — but we’re not there yet,” Fieser said. “When we are, we’ll tell people. We have no reason not to.” MISSION STATEMENT Brother Wolf also announced that it will be stepping away from advocating vegan diets and lifestyles, a move that Fieser said has generated pushback from some members of the vegan community. “I’m saddened to see Brother Wolf abandoning vegan advocacy,” says local resident Leslie Pardue. “I think there are ways to encourage awareness of the many troubling aspects of animal agriculture that are not polarizing and I wish Brother Wolf would choose that route instead of simply going silent on these important issues.” “Food choices and animals are very emotional topics for people,” Fieser said. “It’s very emotional for people

In the face of Brother Wolf’s current upheaval and financial woes, Fieser said that she plans to implement best practices moving forward, including building a volunteer board of directors whose members will include a human resources director, two business bankers, an attorney and a certified public accountant. She also plans to work with an advisory committee consisting of community-based professionals and to strengthen the organization’s relationship with other animal rescues and the Asheville Humane Society. “Everyone here wants best practices and wants us to do things the right way. Everyone wants every decision to be based on our core mission and for it to feel like there’s a team of people making decisions,” Fieser said. Despite the efforts, however, Fieser noted that without increased revenue from donors, the community stands to lose the organization which she estimates could help 10,000 animals per year through adoptions, spay and neuter campaigns and foster placement. Those consequences, she said, could threaten Buncombe County’s status as a no-kill community. “All of this stuff happened in the past, and yes, it is really hard to sit here and think about it and talk about it. It should have gone so differently but it didn’t. The thing that hasn’t changed is that we still have the same need,” Fieser said. “The next two months will determine the future of Brother Wolf.” X

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Schools seek twice proposed county funding increase By third grade, North Carolina students are supposed to have mastered the principles of multiplication and comparing numbers. Those students could thus understand the problem local schools posed to the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners at a May 7 special meeting. While the county’s current proposed budget for fiscal year 2020 includes nearly $3.6 million in new education funding, the total new requests presented by A-B Tech, Asheville City and Buncombe County schools came to roughly $8.16 million — well over twice the county’s plan. That figure includes $1.06 million more for A-B Tech, $2.09 million for the city schools and $5.01 million in increased funding for the county system. A-B Tech, said President Dennis King, expects to have spent over $1.2 million of its cash reserves by the end of June, leaving the institution with only an estimated $70,000 on hand. The college requires more county support for ongoing maintenance and operations, he explained, includ-

MORE, PLEASE: Asheville City Schools Superintendent Denise Patterson speaks on her system’s $2.09 million request for increased county funding at a May 7 special meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Photo by Virginia Daffron ing $437,000 in phone bills the General Assembly recently decided will no longer be the state’s responsibility. Tony Baldwin, superintendent for Buncombe County Schools, said recurring personnel costs were his system’s greatest need. State-proposed pay increases of 5% for certified

employees and 3% for noncertified employees, as well as higher retirement and health insurance contributions, totaled nearly $3.72 million. While the General Assembly hasn’t yet passed its final budget for the next fiscal year, he added, projected “diminished” funding levels would require over $728,000 in extra local money to keep 20 instructional assistants. “This is not just unique to Buncombe County; you’re seeing this across the state,” Baldwin said. “In some of the eastern systems, assistants have been eliminated.” Baldwin also asked for $567,000 in new funding to pay for seven behavioral support specialists. “If I brought every one of our principals in this room and I asked them what is the No. 1 concern that they have, the most significant need, they’re going to come to you with behavioral health,” he said. Asheville City Schools sought money for mental health support as well, with a request of $515,000. Other major items, explained Superintendent Denise Patterson, included $280,000 for four core subject teachers at the Montford

North Star Academy and $225,000 for two teachers and two assistants at Asheville Primary School. However, Patterson provided less detail about the school system’s requests for capital expenditures. Her presentation included no numbers in association with “critical” projects such as a hot water system at Asheville Primary, elevator replacement at Vance Elementary School and wall repairs at Claxton Elementary School. In response to a question from Commissioner Joe Belcher, she confirmed that none of those projects were included in the proposed $2.09 million funding increase. Both Patterson and Baldwin noted that public schools are experiencing declines in enrollment due to the increased popularity of home schooling, charter schools and private education. “We have to advertise and sell ourselves and market ourselves,” said Patterson. “Our team will be meeting to consider what other efforts we can do to retain our students.” Commissioner Al Whitesides encouraged Patterson to step up her efforts on student retention, as well as the system’s worst-in-state racial academic achievement disparities. “If we keep going the way we’re going, 10 years, 15 years [from now], we may not have Asheville City Schools,” he said.

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Campbell calls racial disparities Asheville’s biggest challenge Providing equitable opportunities and affordable housing for Asheville’s minority residents is the biggest challenge facing the city, Asheville City Manager Debra Campbell told a packed house during a May 8 event hosted by the Asheville Downtown Association at The Collider. Campbell was the latest speaker for the Building Our City series, which taps city planning and urban design experts to offer insight into building communities and strategic growth. Using census data and information from the State of Black Asheville, a local research and analysis group that examines racial inequalities, Campbell highlighted disparities between Asheville’s black and white residents in education, economic status, housing and policing. The unemployment rate for the city’s black residents is twice that for white residents, she said, and black residents are also less likely to own homes. Household incomes for black residents hover at $30,000, compared to the city’s average of $42,000. Xpress also reported 30

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in January that the achievement gap between black and white students, the worst in the state, has grown larger despite a 2017 equity initiative meant to address the disparity. The numbers paint a stark picture for Asheville’s shrinking minority population. Campbell said both the city and the private sector need to pitch in to make progress on the issue. “What that says to me is collectively, not individually, we gotta work on this. We need tons of resources to address this issue,” Campbell said. Campbell also outlined other priorities for the city, including expanding public transit, increasing affordable housing options and building a diverse economy that leverages sectors in addition to tourism. “I don’t know if we can put all of our eggs in the consumer basket of tourism,” Campbell said to enthusiastic applause from the audience, which numbered about 180 attendees. Drawing on 26 years of experience as Charlotte’s city planner, Campbell illus-

GAME PLAN: Asheville City Manager Debra Campbell emphasized the need for the city to address equitable housing and other opportunities for Asheville’s minority residents during her presentation at the Building Our City series on May 8. Photo courtesy of the city of Asheville

trated strategies implemented there with the potential to address the issues Asheville faces, such as providing density bonuses and other incentives to builders that offer affordable housing options. And while she acknowledged that Asheville and Charlotte are distinct cities with drastically different economies, Campbell recommended that the city should aim for a cohesive and intentional planning approach. “When we’re talking about building our city or when we’re talking about planning in general, or community development, it’s about intentionality. In Charlotte and I think also in Asheville, we have a legacy of intentionality,” Campbell said. “We have to be intentional. We have to be determined and decide who we’re going to be when we grow up and once we get there, who are we going to be as we evolve. One of the most important part of the planning process is creating the vision.”

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• Ride of Silence memorial bike ride, 6:45 p.m., Wednesday, May 15, at Pack Square Park, 70 Court Plaza. • Stroll Outta Work walking history tour, noon-1 p.m., Friday, May 17, at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • Aging and Living Beyond the Car talk, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Friday, May 24, at Land of Sky Regional Council, 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140. For more information and to register for these events, visit StriveBeyond.org.

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• Buncombe County Schools hired Kimberly Fisher as human resources director, Brian Propst as assistant director of human resources and Taylor Baldwin as career and technical education director. • Asheville City Schools named Sarah Banks as interim finance director. Previously the system’s assistant finance director, she replaces Charlotte Sullivan, who retired in March. • Mars Hill University promoted Rick Baker, previously the school’s sports information director and assistant athletic director, to director of athletics. He will assume the position on June 1.

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WATCH AND LEARN • On May 13, the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in Flat Rock opened a new exhibit titled Dressing for the Occasion: Mid-Century Sandburg as Celebrity and Family Man. The display, open daily through Thursday, Oct. 31, features rarely seen personal items from the writer and his family. More information is available at avl.mx/60k. • The Asheville Museum of Science holds “A Conversation About Hemp” as part of its Science Pub series. Panelists including Franny’s Farm owner Frances Tacy, Luxe Botanics owner Nathan Taylor and Growers Hemp owner Brad Todd will discuss the plant’s potential at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 17, at The Collider, 1 Haywood St., Suite 401. • The Fine Arts Theatre hosts the Asheville premier of Kifaru, a documentary about the northern white rhinoceros, at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 16. Filmmakers David Hambridge and Andrew Brown will be present at both the screening and an 8 p.m. afterparty at 27 Biltmore Ave., Loft 201. Visit avl.mx/60m for tickets and more information. X

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FIRST IN THE STATE: The Kiwanis Club, an international organization that formed in 1915, created its first North Carolina branch in Asheville in 1919. This photo, taken a year later, shows the group outside the Langren Hotel, which stood on the corner of Broadway and College Street, where today’s AC Hotel Asheville Downtown stands. Photo courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Asheville In the summer of 1919, word spread that a Kiwanis Club would soon be forming in Asheville. That June, George A. Selig, president of the international organization’s Knoxville, Tenn., branch, arrived in the city to help start the process. During Selig’s visit, The Asheville Citizen spotlighted the club’s mission. Among its many interests, the organization sought to celebrate and recognize “the worthiness of all legitimate occupations” as well as “encourage high ethical standards in business and professions.” Interest in the club swiftly followed. On July 9, 1919, The Asheville Citizen reported, “Nearly thirty live wire, young business and professional men have already come into the local Kiwanis camp.” These new members, the article noted, were helping to spread the “the gospel of hustle and the spirit of boost,” which, the paper added, were among the organization’s founding principles. “Although Kiwanis is in no way a religious club, yet it is thrice blessed in having a real Moses when it comes to writing commandments for the club,” the article continued. Among the decrees, “Thou shalt not wait for something to turn up, but thou

shalt pull off thy coat and go to work,” topped the list. Often comical in nature, the group’s second commandment discouraged members from going about their business “looking like a bum, for thou shouldst know that thy personal appearance is better than a letter of recommendation.” Meanwhile, the club’s sixth commandment stated: “Thou shalt not covet the other fellow’s job, nor his salary, nor the position that he hath gained by his own hard labor.” Further, the club charged, “Thou shalt not be afraid to blow thine own horn, for he who faileth to blow his own horn at the proper occasion findeth nobody standing ready to blow it for him.”

Additional commandments included avoiding excuses, exercising one’s full potential, maintaining one’s integrity, paying off one’s debt, avoiding hasty judgment and offering every man a square deal. The Asheville Kiwanis Club held its inaugural meeting on July 11, 1919, inside the original Battery Park Hotel (see “Asheville Archives: ‘On the highest hill in the town,’” Oct. 3, 2017, Xpress). Its official call to order made Asheville the first city in North Carolina to form a local chapter. Resident E.E. Wheeler was elected as the group’s president; H.E. Gruver held the position of secretary. At the time, the club consisted of 30 members, with hopes to expand to 100. Throughout 1919, The Asheville Citizen continued to closely monitor the progress of the newly formed group. On July 24, the paper featured an exchange between the chapter’s president and an unidentified resident who wanted to know, “Is the size or age considered when an applicant is taken into the Kiwanis fold?” The club, which seemed to relish absurdity, insisted its president answer the question in “limpid lyric.” Wheeler complied, responding: “It’s not the size of a man that counts, Nor the way he shave his chin; It’s the way he treats his fellowman, If he’s square, we take him in.” Within a month of launching, the organization reached its goal of 100 members. On Aug. 2, The Asheville Citizen featured comments from Selig. The Knoxville Kiwanis Club president spoke enthusiastically about the chapter’s accomplishment. “Asheville is to be congratulated on its new booster organization,” he told the paper. “From my pleasant acquaintance with Asheville Kiwanis I predict that the Land of the Sky will be kept well aware of its activities in the interest of the ‘spirit of boost’ and the ‘gospel of hustle.’” Editor’s note: Peculiarities of spelling and punctuation are preserved from the original texts. X

Celebrating its centennial This July marks the 100 year anniversary of the Kiwanis Club of Asheville. The organization meets every Tuesday at noon at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 10 N. Liberty St. According to its Facebook page, the group’s present-day mission is to improve the world one child and one community at a time. To learn more, visit avl.mx/5zf. X

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ANIMALS ANGEL PETS CONFERENCE (PD.) Asheville, Saturday, June 8, Renaissance Hotel, 8-5 pm (Salon A). Senior pet care needs, end-of-life care, grief healing. Great for pet parents and pet professionals. Eventbrite Code: LovePets 20%off. AngelPetsConference. com ANGEL PETS EXPO (PD.) Angel Pets Expo Asheville, Saturday, June 8,Renaissance Hotel, 10-6 pm (Salons B/C). All things pets! Presentations. Open to public, $5 at door. List of vendors and more info AngelPetsExpo.com ASHEVILLE ANIMAL RIGHTS READING GROUP • 3rd FRIDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Animal Rights Reading Group. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road

BENEFITS 9TH ANNUAL MINORITY MEDICAL MENTORING PROGRAM HOPE BANQUET • TU (5/21), 6-7:30pm - Proceeds from the 9th annual minority medical mentoring program HOPE banquet benefit Dr. Charles Blair Health Scholar Fund. $50. Held at MAHEC Biltmore Campus, 121 Hendersonville Road GIRLS ON THE RUN 5K • SU (5/19), 9-11am Proceeds from the 5K race benefit Girls on the Run. $30. Held at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road

LEGACY BUILDERS BREAKFAST • TU (5/21), 8-9:30am - Proceeds from the Legacy Builders Breakfast to celebrate the work of Green Opportunities benefit Green Opportunities. Registration required. Free. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. MOTORCYCLE POKER RUN • SA (5/18), 9am-4pm - Proceeds from this motorcycle poker run featuring a 62.8 mile motorcycle run followed by raffles, prizes and poker games benefit Aura Home for Women Vets. $15 per bike. Held at Waynesville Plaza, Waynesville, 28786 TUCK TROUT TROT • SA (5/18), 9am Proceeds from the Tuck Trout Trot 2.2 run or walk event benefit Jackson County Parks & Recreation's Outdoor programming. Registration: bit.ly/2Wwc7XJ. $20/$18 advance. Held at Jackson County Greenway, 342 Old Cullowhee Road, Cullowhee VA2K WALK & ROLL • WE (5/15), 11am-1pm - Proceeds raised at the VA2K Walk & Roll event with live music, refreshments and a 2K wheelchair friendly walk benefit homeless veterans. Donations of new clothing, toiletries, pre-packaged food, bottled water and money accepted. More information: publichealth.va.gov/ va2k/. Free to attend. Held at Charles George VA Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 828-3987950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (5/22), 10am-noon - Starting a Better Business, seminar. Registration required. Free. • TH (5/23), 9amnoon - Deep Dive Lab: Social Media, Novice to Expert in 30 Days, seminar. Registration required. Free. FLETCHER AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION • 4th THURSDAYS, 11:30-noon - General meeting. Free. Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden TECH TUTOR • FRIDAYS, 3pm - Sign up for a 20 minute session with a tech teen. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS EMPYREAN ARTS CLASSES (PD.) AERIAL KIDS on Wednesdays 4:30pm. TRAPEZE (all levels) on Tuesdays 6:00pm. AERIAL FLEXIBILITY on Mondays 6:00pm, Wednesdays 4:30pm, Thursdays 11:30am, and Fridays 1:00pm. INTRO to POLE FITNESS on Tuesdays 7:15pm and Saturdays 11:30am. RELEASE & RESTORE on Wednesdays 7:15pm. EMPYREANARTS. ORG. 828.782.3321. 32 Banks Avenue. AN EVENING FOR WOMEN VETERANS • WE (5/15), 6:30pm "Creating Community Together," dinner and dessert event for women veterans. Registration: 828-2992554. Free. Held at Charles George VA Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road

THE FISH ARE CALLING: Buncombe County Recreation Services hosts annual kids fishing tournaments, and the first this season is at Lake Julian Park on Saturday, May 18. The catch-and-release tournaments are open to kids 15 and younger. Competitors are divided into age groups with prizes for Biggest Fish, Smallest Fish, Most Fish Caught and Most Accurate Casting Skills. Registration is $10 per competitor and includes a bucket, bait, snacks and a hot dog lunch. Participants bring their own poles. Registration is recommended at avl.mx/60g. Photo courtesy of Buncombe County Recreation Services (p. 34) ASHEVILLE FRIENDS OF ASTROLOGY • FR (5/17), 7-9pm - RaMa Daniele Goldstein presents. Free. Held at EarthFare - Westgate, 66 Westgate Parkway BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/ depts/library • WEDNESDAYS, 4:30pm - A quick refresher to brush up Spanish skills. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TU (5/21), 6pm - Beginners and experienced knitters. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road

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FIRST FAMILIES OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY • SA (5/18), 11am2pm - First Families of Buncombe County, picnic and celebration. Learn how to qualify as a "first family." Information: 828253-1894 or obcgs. com. Free/Bring a side dish or desert to share. Held at Roy Pope Memorial Park, 90 Elk Mountain Road, Woodfin

• FR (5/17), 9-10:30am - Community document shred and drug take back event. Free. Held at Patton Park, Asheville Highway, Hendersonville

HOMINY VALLEY RECREATION PARK • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - Hominy Valley board meeting. Free. Held at Hominy Valley Recreation Park, 25

COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ADULT CARE HOMES • 3rd FRIDAYS, 9-10:30am - Committee meeting. Registration: julia@landofsky. org. Free. Held at Land-Of-Sky Regional Council Offices, 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140

Twin Lakes Drive, Candler LEICESTER HISTORY GATHERING • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering, general meeting. Free. Held at Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester LITERACY CHANGING LIVES TOURS • FR (5/17), 8:309:30am - Coffee and a one-hour tour of the Literacy Council. RSVP: avl.mx/5vf or 828254-3442 x 206. Free. Held at The Literacy Council of Buncombe County,

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SCHOLAR HONORS: On Tuesday, May 21, 6-7:30 p.m., UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC hosts the ninth annual Minority Medical Mentoring Program HOPE Banquet. Proceeds from the HOPE Banquet benefit the Dr. Charles Blair Health Scholar Fund. Since 2005, MMMP has provided medical, pharmacy and dental internships for 71 students from underrepresented groups interested in advanced-level health professions. Tickets are available at mahec.net/hope2019 or call 828-400-5790. Tickets are $15. Photo courtesy of MAHEC (p. _)

6TH ANNUAL ASHEVILLE FOOD TRUCK SHOWDOWN • SA (5/18), noon-7pm - Asheville Food Truck Showdown, event featuring 18 local food trucks, live music and family-friendly activities. Free to attend. Held at WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road CAFÉ ISRAEL • SU (5/19), 11am-2pm - Proceeds from Café Israel with Israeli food, wine, music and folk dancing, as well as craft artists, raffle prizes, beer and kids games benefit Congregation Beth Israel youth programs. Free to attend. Held at Congregation Beth Israel, 229 Murdock Ave.

INFUSED IN HISTORY: A TEA EXHIBIT • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS until (9/28) - Learn about tea and tea history with displays and informative panels in each of Smith-McDowell House period rooms. Admission fees apply. Held at SmithMcDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Road LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828-774-3000, facebook.

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craft vendors, live music and demonstrations. Free to attend. Held at Historic Downtown Saluda, 24 Main St., Saluda

HOOK, LINE & DRINKER FESTIVAL • SA (5/18), 3-7pm Outdoor festival featuring fly fishing guides and fishing industry vendors, food trucks, children’s activities, live music, clean water advocates and WNC craft beer vendors. Free to attend. Held at Bridge Park, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva

ASHEVILLE TEA PARTY ashevilleteaparty.org • TH (5/16), 6:30pm Presentation by Chris Gaubatz, researcher in post 9/11 undercover operations in the US. $5. Held at Skyland Fire Department, 9 Miller Road, Skyland • FR (5/17), 2pm - Presentation by Chris Gaubatz, researcher in post 9/11 undercover operations in the US. $5. Held at Hendersonville City Operations Building, 305 Williams St., Hendersonville

MILLS RIVER DAY FESTIVAL • SA (5/18), 11am-5pm - Live music by Meghan Woods, food trucks, hayrides, farm tours, bounce houses and blood donation opportunities. Free to attend. Held at North River Farms, 3333 N. Mills River Road, Mills River MONTFORD MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL • SA (5/18), 10am-7pm - Outdoor street fair featuring continuous live music, art, craft and food vendors. Free to attend. Held at Montford Music and Arts Festival, 233 Montford Ave. SALUDA ARTS FESTIVAL • SA (5/18), 10am4pm - Outdoor festival featuring over 80 art and

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DEMOCRAT WOMEN OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY • TH (5/15) - Monthly dinner meeting, registration: 5:15pm, dinner: 5:30pm, program 6pm. $15. Held at Buncombe County Democratic Headquarters, 951 Old Fairview Road JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY POTLUCK • MO (5/20), 6:30pm Jackson County Republican Party pot luck, bring a side dish. Free. Held at Dillsboro Masonic Lodge, 223 Wikes Crescent Dr., Sylva

ASTON PARK 336 Hilliard Ave. • 3rd FRIDAYS through (11/15) - Open registration for parents and children to play tennis against other parent child doubles teams. Registration: avltennis. com or AvlJuniorTennis@gmail.com. $10 for parents/Free for kids. • SUNDAYS, 3-4pm - New players learn fundamental tennis skills through six weekly clinics, ages 7-17. Registration: avltennis. com. $40 fee includes instruction, a racquet and towel. • SUNDAYS, 4-6pm One hour tennis clinic and one hour of open play for middle school. Registration: avltennis. com. Free. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (5/15) - One stuffed animal per child, each child receives a certificate and a photo of their stuffed animal at the sleepover. Free. Held at Oakley/South Asheville Library, 749 Fairview Road • WE (5/8) & (5/22), 11am - Yoga class for kids. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa GIRLS ON THE RUN 5K • SU (5/19), 9am - WNC girls grades 3-8 end-ofseason 5K. Registration: avl.mx/5zt. $30. Held at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road HOMEWORK DINER PROGRAM • MONDAYS, 5:307pm - Homework Diner Program a strategy to support students and their families with tutoring, building parent-teacher relationships, a nutritious meal, community resources and workforce readiness. Free. Held at Erwin Middle School, 20 Erwin Hills Road KIDS FISHING TOURNAMENT • SA (5/18), 8am-noon - Catch and release

fishing tournament for kids 15 and under. Bring your own pole. Prizes for largest, smallest, most and casting skills. $10. Held at Lake Julian Park, Overlook Extension, Arden LITTLE EXPLORERS CLUB • 1st & 3rd FRIDAYS, 9-10am - Little Explorers Club, program featuring storytime and an age appropriate experiment, engineering challenge or game for children ages 3-5. $7/ Free for members. Held at Asheville Museum of Science, 43 Patton Ave. SMITH-MCDOWELL HOUSE MUSEUM 283 Victoria Road, 828-253-9231, wnchistory.org • TH (5/16), 10:30am12:30pm - Toy-making STEM activity. Registration: avl.mx/5zw. $5. • SA (5/18), 10:30am Crafty Historian: Make a fairy garden in a teacup and tea party for children 6 and up. Registration: avl.mx/5zv. Tea Party is $5. Teacup Fairy Garden kit, $10. YOUTH ART CLASSES WITH BETINA • WEDNESDAYS, 4-5pm - Youth Art Class with Betina Morgan, ages 8-13. Registration required. $10. Held at Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville

OUTDOORS CHIMNEY ROCK AT CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) Enjoy the sun rising over Lake Lure from the top of Chimney Rock during the Park’s Annual Passholder Spring Sunrise Annual Passholder Breakfast on Saturday, May 18. Info at chimneyrockpark. com BEARWISE • TH (5/23), 6:30pm - Bearwise discussion on how to live safely with black bears in your community. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.

BOATING SAFETY COURSES • WE (5/15) & TH (5/16), 6-9pm - Boating safety courses, participants must attend both evenings. Registration: ncwildlife.org. Free. Held at Haywood Community College, 185 Freedlander Drive, Clyde CRAVEN GAP HIKE • SU (5/19), 10am12:30pm - Guided, moderate 2.5 mile hike at Craven Gap. Free. Held at Craven Gap, Blue Ridge Parkway MP 377, Swannanoa HEMLOCK HIKE AT FLORENCE NATURE PRESERVE • FR (5/17), 9amnoon - Hemlock Restoration Initiative and Conserving Carolina lead a 3.5-mile hike through Florence Nature Preserve. Learn about preserving native hemlocks. Registration: avl.mx/5zq. Free. Held at Upper Hickory Nut Gorge Trailhead, 3836 Gerton Highway, Gerton

Buncombe County over the years. Bring lunch. Registration required. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. WILD EDIBLES HIKE • SA (5/18), 1-3pm - Guided wild edibles hike led by David Grasty. Registration required: 828-400-5790. $15. Held at Fines Creek Community Center, 190 Fines Creek Road, Clyde

• WE (5/22), noon-1:30pm - Community Chat with Louis Negrón, CEO, United Way, Transylvania County. Free. Held at Cedar Mountain Café, 10667 Greenville Highway, Cedar Mountain

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LOOK HOMEWARD RIVERSIDE CEMETERY TOUR • SA (5/18), 10am-noon - Look Homeward, Riverside Cemetery walking tour. $5. Held at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 North Market St. RIDE OF SILENCE • WE (5/15), 6:45pm - Ride of Silence, a somber remembrance of cyclists and pedestrians now gone and working together to secure safe streets. Wear white. Info: avl.mx/60e. Free. Meet at Pack Square Park.

STROLLING THROUGH HISTORY: STROLLER WALK LOCAL HISTORY TOUR • WE (5/15), 10:30am - Guided stroller walk and historical tour of downtown. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

STROLL OUTTA WORK • FR (5/17), noon - A librarian lead stroll downtown for an informative tour on transportation in

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ETHICAL HUMANIST SOCIETY OF ASHEVILLE • SU (5/19), 2-3:30pm How Can A Capitalistic Democracy Offer a Strong Social Safety Net? Sweden: Myths and Realities, presentation. Free. Held at Asheville Friends Meetinghouse, 227 Edgewood Road

WILDFLOWER WATCH DAY HIKE • SA (5/18), 9am-4pm - A 5.5-mile hike along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail at Rattlesnake Lodge led by Public Lands Ecologist, Bob Gale. Registration: avl.mx/5zu. $5-$15. Held at Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center, Milepost 384

CELEBRATE PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH • SU (5/19), 1-5pm - Third session of 12-hour childbirth course offers essentials of labor, childbirth and the care of newborn. Free. Held at AdventHealth Hendersonville, 100 Hospital Drive, Hendersonville

ROLL OUTTA WORK • FR (5/17), 5pm Gather for a 5:30pm ride to New Belgium Brewing for the Strive Week kick-off party. Free to attend. Meet at Pack Square Park, 121 College St.

Taylor and Brad Todd. Free. Held at The Collider, 1 Haywood St., Suite 401

PUBLIC LECTURES A CONVERSATION ABOUT HEMP • FR (5/17), 6pm - Science Pub: A Conversation About Hemp, panel discussion moderated by Blake Butler, Executive Director of the North Carolina Industrial Hemp Association. Panelists include Franny Tacy, Nathan

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COM M U N I TY CA LEN DA R women, presented in collaboration with St. Luke's Hospital Foundation. Free. Held at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon SCIENCE PUB: A CONVERSATION ABOUT HEMP • FR (5/17), 6pm - Blake Butler, Executive Director of the North Carolina Industrial Hemp Association, leads a panel discussion with hemp farmers and processors. Free. Held at The Collider, 1 Haywood St., Suite 401 TELLING THE WHOLE STORY • TH (5/16), 5:30-7:30pm - The opening reception for Creative Sector Summit, Telling The Whole Story by Dina Bailey. Registration: avl.mx/60b. Free. Held at YMI Cultural Center, 39 South Market St.

SENIORS ASHEVILLE NEW FRIENDS (PD.) Offers active senior residents of the Asheville area opportunities to make new friends and explore new interests through a program of varied social, cultural, and outdoor activities. Visit ashevillenewfriends.org CHAIR YOGA FOR SENIORS • THURSDAYS, 2pm Chair Yoga for Seniors. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE • TH (5/16), 2-3pm Understanding Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, presentation by the Alzheimer's Association. Free. Held at Waynesville Library, 678 S Haywood St., Waynesville

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stress and anxiety, decreased insomnia, healthier brain function, improved clarity and focus, increased inner happiness. So natural and effortless, you can practice it anywhere. Personal instruction with a certified teacher. A lifetime of free follow-up, community, and support. Thursdays, 6:30pm—7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut St. Register: 254-4350. TM.org ASTRO-COUNSELING (PD.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Stellar Counseling Services. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. DE-STRESS, GET HAPPY & CONNECT! (PD.) Mindfulness Meditation at the Asheville Insight Meditation Center. Group Meditation: Weekly on Thursdays at 7pm & Sundays at 10am. www. ashevillemeditation.com, info@ashevillemeditation. com. LEARN TO MEDITATE (PD.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation class at Asheville Insight Meditation Center, 1st Mondays of each month at 7pm – 8:30pm. www. ashevillemeditation.com, info@ashevillemeditation. com. CREATION CARE ALLIANCE OF WNC creationcarealliance.org • WEDNESDAYS until (5/15), 6-7pm - Practicing Shalom in Our Time of Climate Change, fourpart series. Free. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. • TH (5/16), 6-7:30pm - General meeting with guest speaker, Sam Ruark-Eastes from the Green Built Alliance. Free. Held at Trinity United Methodist Church, 587 Haywood Road DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE • 3rd SATURDAYS, 7:30-9:30pm - Dances of Universal Peace, spiritual group dances that blend chanting, live

music and movement. No experience necessary. Admission by donation. Held at Dances of Universal Peace, 5 Ravenscroft Drive JEWISH SECULAR COMMUNITY SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE • SA (5/18) - Scholar in Residence, Rabbi Adam Chalom, leads a discussion on combining Judaism and a secular, humanistic philosophy of life. $35/$25 members. Held at Ambrose West, 312 Haywood Road MEDITATION AND COMMUNITY • THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 10amnoon - Meditation and community. Admission by donation. Held at Shambhala Meditation Center, 60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113 MONTHLY SPIRITUALITY GROUP FOR TEEN GIRLS • 3rd SUNDAYS, 11:30am - Monthly group for teen girls ages 13-18 from any background or tradition to recognize spiritual gifts and a sense of purpose. Facilitated by Sharon Oxendine, an elder from the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina. Free. Held at Unity of the Blue Ridge, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River

VOLUNTEERING TUTOR ADULTS IN NEED WITH THE LITERACY COUNCIL (PD.) 43% of adults with low literacy live in poverty. Volunteer and help our neighbors rise above the confines of poverty. Orientation 6/3 (5:30pm) or 6/6 (10am) RSVP: volunteers@litcouncil. com. Learn more: www. litcouncil.com. ASHEVILLE PRISON BOOKS • 3rd SUNDAYS, 1-3pm - Volunteer to send books to inmates in North and South Carolina. Information: avlcommunityaction.com or ashevilleprisonbooks@ gmail.com. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road

DOWNTOWN AFTER 5 • FR (5/17) - Volunteers needed for Downtown After 5. Registration: avl.mx/5zs. Held at Downtown Asheville, Biltmore Ave./College St. FARM TO FORK • Through SU (6/30) Support the Wrenegade Foundation at the Farm to Fork Fondo held Saturday, June 30 from 8am-5pm, to fill water containers and hand out food at aid stations. Information and registration: avl.mx/5yl HISTORIC JOHNSON FARM • WE (5/22), 11am - Learn to give tours, help with field trips or work on the grounds and gardens. Registration: 828-891-6585. Held at Historic Johnson Farm, 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC • THURSDAYS, 11am, 2nd TUESDAYS, 5:30pm & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 8:30am - Welcome Home Tour, to find out how Homeward Bound is working to end homelessness and how the public can help. Registration required: tours@ homewardboundwnc. org or 828-785-9840. Free. Held at Homeward Bound of WNC, 218 Patton Ave. HUMPHREY FARM WORK DAY • FR (5/17), 9:30am2pm - Work day at Humphrey Farm. Bring water, snacks and lunch. Registration: volunteer@ conservingcarolina.org or 828-697-5777 x 211. Held at Conserving Carolina, 847 Case St., Hendersonville TRANZMISSION PRISON PROJECT • Fourth THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - Monthly meeting to prepare packages of books and zines for mailing to prisons across the US. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

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HEALTH CARE AT SCHOOL: For many parents, taking time off from work for a child’s medical appointment could mean missed earnings, says Dr. Judy Seago, right, the pediatrician who oversees Blue Ridge Health’s school-based clinics. The availability of health services at school means kids can get the care they need without jeopardizing the family’s economic well-being. Photo courtesy of Blue Ridge Health

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Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couples who are uninsured or who have a highdeductible policy, there’s a sliding scale based on income and household size, and if a higher level of care is needed, those patients can be seen at one of Blue Ridge Health’s primary clinics. “We do not turn anyone away on the basis of inability to pay,” stresses Greenwell, adding, “This care is accessible.” Even uninsured patients who subsequently obtain insurance can continue to see the Blue Ridge Health physicians. That’s often not the case at free clinics, which may not have the capacity to continue seeing people once they have other options. The two new Jackson County clinics are in Fairview School (K-8) and Smoky Mountain High School. Elliott says she hopes to see expanded hours at both clinics and to open additional clinics in the future. “Every child — everyone — should have access to health care,” she declares. HIGH-DEDUCTIBLE PLANS ON THE RISE Nationwide, about 2,000 schoolbased clinics serve more than 2 million students, primarily in areas with

a shortage of health care providers, notes Homan. All the schools in the Jackson County system are designated Title I, meaning they receive supplemental federal funds because they have a large percentage of low-income families, Elliott explains. In Jackson County, the child poverty rate is 22.5%, according to the Kids Count report. It also found that 6.6% of children in the county are uninsured. In all these counties, the figures don’t include insured children whose family policy has a deductible of $1,000 or more. Although many low-income children in North Carolina are covered by NC Health Choice, some still fall through the cracks, says Greenwell. In addition, growing numbers of children whose parents have high-deductible insurance plans are still left with no effective access to care since, under IRS rules, those policies may require people to pay as much as $6,650 before benefits kick in. In 2018, 47% of health insurance policies for people under 65 were

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high-deductible plans, according to a National Center for Health Statistics survey. That’s up from 43.7% the year before. For many working families, a high deductible renders their policy essentially unusable. Often, says Greenwell, families are forced to postpone getting care because they haven’t met their deductible and can’t afford to see the doctor. In effect, says Elliott, they have no insurance. The challenges don’t end there, however. Many parents either can’t take time off from work to bring a child to the doctor or they have to take unpaid time off, which puts a further dent in the family finances, says Dr. Judy Seago, the pediatrician who oversees Blue Ridge Health’s school-based clinics. “We see children with a wide range of problems: appendicitis, respiratory infections, flu. We saw whooping cough in Hendersonville last year,” Seago recalls. “A lot of these children can be seen and treated while their parents are at work, as long as they’re registered.” To register, parents must provide a health history and give permission for their child to be treated.

SAVING LIVES AND DOLLARS In the long run, these clinics also save money, notes Elliott, since the cost of postponing treatment can be high. “Children can have a respiratory infection develop into pneumonia,” she points out. “Asthma can get much, much worse. Complications like these can be extremely dangerous for a child and much more expensive to treat.” The solution, she says, is to manage chronic illnesses and treat minor infections before they become life-threatening. Startup funding for the Jackson County clinics came from the Great Smokies Health Foundation, which provided $5,000, and the Foundation for a Healthy Carolina, which gave $25,000. The money was used to purchase medical and computer equipment, furniture and supplies. “Children learn best when they are well,” says Elliott. “If we can help them be well, they’ll have a better chance at a good life — better health, a better learning experience, a better job.”

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According to a 2018 report by the American Public Health Association, students who use school-based clinics have better grade-point averages and attendance records than their peers who lack access to such facilities. School-based health centers “have tremendous potential to improve the health and well-being of the entire student population,” the report states. Other benefits, it notes, include: • Higher grade promotion. • Reduced suspension rates. • Reduced noncompletion rates. • Increased use of vaccination and preventive services. • Fewer emergency department visits and hospital admissions. • Higher contraceptive use among females. • Improved prenatal care and higher birth weights. • Lower illegal substance use and alcohol consumption. • Reduced violence. “It’s pretty much a win for everyone,” says Elliott. X

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WELLNESS SOUND HEALING • SATURDAY • SUNDAY (PD.) Every Saturday, 11am and Sundays, 12 noon. Experience deep relaxation with crystal bowls, gongs, didgeridoo and other peaceful instruments. • Donation suggested. At Skinny Beats Sound Shop, 4 Eagle Street. www. skinnybeatsdrums.com BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • THURSDAYS through (5/30), 2-3:15pm - Chair yoga for seniors. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TH (5/16), 6pm - Beginner yoga class. Registration required. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • FR (5/17), noon - Lunch and learn informative history of transportation stroll around downtown Asheville. Bring a lunch. Registration required. Free. Held at Pack

Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • SA (5/18), 10:30am12:30pm - Suicide intervention training workshop. Sponsored by We Live On, Inc and Red Oak Recovery. Information: 828-242-7524. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • MONDAYS, 11am Taoist Tai Chi for adults, seniors welcome. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. COFFEE AND CONVERSATION: AMONG FRIENDS • 4th WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-noon - Coffee and conversation on wellness topics. Free. Held at Ferguson Family YMCA, 31 Westridge Market Place, Candler DRIVING YOUR INNER STATE • SU (5/19), 11am-noon - Driving Your Inner State, workshop with Liza Ely. Free to attend. Held at The Creative Thought Center, 449-D Pigeon St., Waynesville

MOBILE FREE PHARMACY EVENT • TH (5/23), 9am-2pm - Mobile pharmacy event sponsored by NC MedAssist for individuals or families in need of overthe counter medications. Free. Held at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard OPEN MINDFULNESS MEDITATION • WEDNESDAYS, 3:305pm & 6:30-8pm - Open mindfulness meditation. Admission by donation. Held at The Center for Art and Spirit at St. George's Episcopal Church, 1 School Road SPECIAL OLYMPICS ADAPTIVE CROSSFIT CLASSES • WEDNESDAYS, 3-4pm - Adaptive crossfit classes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Free. Held at South Slope CrossFit, 217 Coxe Ave., Suite B TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION CENTER: INTRODUCTORY SESSIONS • THURSDAYS, 6:307:30pm - How TM works

and how it’s different from other forms of meditation. Free. Register: 254-4350 or MeditationAsheville.org Held at Asheville Center for Transcendental Meditation, 165 E. Chestnut UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE • TH (5/16), 2-3pm Understanding Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, presentation by the Alzheimer's Association. Free. Held at Waynesville Library, 678 S Haywood St., Waynesville YOGA ON THE MOUNTAIN • SU (5/19), 6:30-8pm Yoga on the Mountain, moderate guided hike and yoga. Registration required: 828-697-5777 x.211. Free. Held at Conserving Carolina, 847 Case St., Hendersonville

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WELLN ESS CA LEN DA R ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS • For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 828-254-8539 or aancmco.org ANXIETY SUPPORT GROUP • 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Learning and sharing in a caring setting about dealing with one's own anxiety. Held at NAMI Offices, 356 Biltmore Ave. ASHEVILLE WOMEN FOR SOBRIETY • THURSDAYS, 6:308pm – Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S. French Broad Ave. ASPERGER'S TEENS UNITED • For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every 3 weeks. Contact for details. AUTISM SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA (ASNC) BUNCOMBE CHAPTER MEETING • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Support group for families of children and adults with autism to meet, share and learn about autism. Childcare provided with registration: mzenz@ autismsociety-nc.org. Meet in classrooms 221 and 222. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. BARIATRIC SUPPORT GROUP MEETING • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Bariatric support group meeting. Information: pardeehospital.org/ classes-events. Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden

BRAIN TUMOR SUPPORT GROUP • 3rd THURSDAYS, 4:30-6pm - Brain Tumor Support Group for all patients and their partners/caregivers, whether in active treatment or remission. Information: 828-213-1738. Held in Room 111/115 Held at SECU Cancer Center, 21 Hospital Drive BRAINSTORMER'S COLLECTIVE • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - For brain injury survivors and supporters. Held at Kairos West Community Center, 610-002 Haywood Road CAROLINA RESOURCE CENTER FOR EATING DISORDERS 50 S. French Broad Ave., #250, 828-337-4685, thecenternc.org • 1st and 3rd Mondays, 5:30-7:30pm – Family Support Group. • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm – Adult support group, ages 18+. CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS 828-242-7127 • SATURDAYS, 11:15am – Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • TUESDAYS 7:30pm Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 22B New Leicester Highway DEBTORS ANONYMOUS • MONDAYS, 7pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE • SATURDAYS, 2-4pm – Held at Depression &

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at Homestead Hospice and Palliative Care, 127 Sunset Ridge Road, Clyde LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS SUPPORT GROUP • TUESDAYS, 6:30-8pm For adults managing the challenges of life limiting illnesses. Held at Secrets of a Duchess, 1439 Merrimon Ave. MINDFULNESS AND 12 STEP RECOVERY • WEDNESDAYS, 7:308:45pm - Mindfulness meditation practice and 12 step program. Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 22B New Leicester Highway MY DADDY TAUGHT ME THAT: MENS DISCUSSION GROUP • MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 6-8pm - Men's discussion group. Free. Held at My Daddy Taught Me That Meeting Place, 16-A Pisgah View Apartments NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS • WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - For relatives and friends concerned about the addiction or drug problem of a loved one. Held at First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, 204 6th Ave. W., Hendersonville NEW BEGINNINGS POSTPARTUM SUPPORT GROUP • WEDNESDAYS, 10-11am - New families can gather and share experiences, receive help, support each other and find community resources. Free. Held at AdventHealth Hendersonville, 100 Hospital Drive, Hendersonville

ORIGINAL RECOVERY 828-214-0961, originalrecovery.org, riley@seekhealing.org • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Alternative support group organization meeting to discuss service projects, workshops and social events to support the recovery community. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road • MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Walk in the Park, meetings at area parks. Held at Original Recovery, 70 Woodfin Place, Suite 212 OUR VOICE • Ongoing drop-in group for female identified survivors of sexual violence. Held at Our Voice, 35 Woodfin St. OVERCOMERS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE • WEDNESDAYS, noon-1pm - Held at First Christian Church of Candler, 470 Enka Lake Road, Candler

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LAND FOR LIFE

Nonprofits work with developers to conserve WNC

BY TIMOTHY BURKHARDT burkhardttd@gmail.com The numbers don’t lie. According to census data, Asheville’s population grew by more than 21% between 2000 and 2010, and recent estimates suggest that the city has grown roughly 9% since the last census. In and around town, the signs and sounds of development can be noticed almost everywhere. More people moving to the area, drawn by the scenic beauty of mountains and rivers, raises uncomfortable questions. Where will all of these newcomers live? And, with flat land at a premium, how can new housing developments accommodate the influx of Ashevilleans without sacrificing water quality or the majesty of unspoiled vistas? PRESERVING NATURE, PRESERVING THE VIEW For conservationists such as Karin Heiman, deputy director of the nonprofit Southeast Regional Land Conservancy, the answers to these questions lie with “sustainably developed” neighborhoods. New construction in what was once wilderness, she says, must take conservation into consideration. Recently, she’s applied that philosophy to developments such as The Preserve at Little Pine in Madison County and the High Hickory neighborhood in Swannanoa, which broke ground in late 2017. “The Swannanoa Mountains came upon my radar because they are so diverse. The geology is just a

WIDE OPEN SPACES: The 154-acre High Hickory conservation easement borders 167 acres of wilderness protected by the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy. Photo by Fox Cove Photography, courtesy of High Hickory little different, so they are rich in plant and animal species,” says Heiman. “I was really excited to protect something in Swannanoa.” Heiman worked with High Hickory’s developers to come up with a building plan that accommodates new families while keeping construction off the ridges and sacrificing less of the area’s nat-

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ural beauty. With fewer than 75 homesites planned on over 430 acres, the neighborhood also agreed to set aside 154 acres of contiguous conservation easement land along the ridge, creating a wildlife corridor that connects to a neighboring easement of 167 acres protected by the nonprofit Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.

The site plan clusters the houses closely together, creating a contiguous stretch of natural open space surrounding the neighborhood. This approach reduces the need for roads and cut-ins for power, plumbing and other amenities. “The land highest on the ridge and most in view of the public has been protected and won’t have any houses. Nothing can be built on the conservation area except trails and observation platforms,” Heiman explains. She continues that the conservation easements at High Hickory will assure that views of the Swannanoa Mountains from the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Mountainsto-Sea Trail and the Interstate 40 corridor, as well as portions of the Asheville area, will remain pristine in perpetuity. “The world loses 18.7 million acres of forest a year,” Heiman says. “That’s like 27 soccer fields a minute that are disappearing — so whenever we can hold onto some green space, especially around Asheville, which is so scenic, it’s pretty amazing to be able to do that.” Carl Silverstein, executive director of SAHC, says that High Hickory’s developers contacted his organization about a conservation easement but ultimately decided to go with SRLC due to the nonprofit’s prior experience working with real estate developments. “[High Hickory] put that ridgeline that adjoins our easement into a permanent protection, which I think we would see as a good thing,” says Silverstein. “We prefer to see a tract wholly in conservation. But once an area is slated to be developed, we definitely prefer to see it clustered and planned properly, and that mitigates

all kinds of things, from loss of slope to erosion and flooding issues.” FROM RIDGES TO RIVERS While some sustainable housing developments focus on protecting the tops of mountains, others are working to keep WNC’s waterways from falling victim to further degradation. The up-andcoming Olivette “agrihood” has begun developing properties on 346 acres along the French Broad River, just over 6 miles to the north of Asheville. The community is situated around a sustainable farm, which is slated to one day feed the entire development. “We’re planning on having upwards of 250 families at Olivette when it is complete, and the plan is for the farm to feed those families,” says William “Tama” Dickerson, one of the community's founding members. “We are supporting the farm currently through CSAs, which are available first to the Olivette community and then to outside people as well, and we are also in farmers markets and restaurants in Asheville.” Sustainable agriculture requires clean water, and the community is stepping

up by preserving the buffer zones that protect Asheville’s waterways. In partnership with RiverLink, a local environmental nonprofit, Olivette established a permanent easement on its frontage on French Broad river, as well as the adjacent Lee’s Creek tributary. “We have very stringent deed restrictions,” says Dickerson. “We require a very stringent landscape survey of every large tree on the property and we have to approve all view clearing or any removal of trees.” RJ Taylor, land protection manager for RiverLink, says he initially reached out to Olivette about creating an easement along the river and found that not only were the community developers receptive to the idea, they were also already researching the process. The easement bans all development and tree removal along the edges of the waterways to reduce pollution, erosion and sediment in the river. Like High Hickory, the neighborhood is designed with houses clustered together and surrounded by natural green space to avoid excessive infrastructure cut-ins.

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ROOM WITH A VIEW: Homes at Olivette are placed with an eye for preserving natural green space and are clustered together to minimize infrastructure cut-ins. Photo courtesy of Olivette “This is a very smart business decision for these developers as the undeveloped land becomes an amenity to that community,” says Taylor. “Quite often, these homes sell at a premium because they face out on an open space — and not just any open space, space that’s recognized will be permanently protected.” While Taylor believes that the best thing for the local ecosystem would be to stop new developments from springing up altogether, he says that sustainable development communities such as High Hickory and Olivette are the next best thing and the most realistic solution to a problem that can’t just be wished away. Taylor has put his money where his mouth is — not only is he a consultant for Olivette, but he is also one of the new homeowners at High Hickory. SUSTAINABLE FOR WHOM? With some houses at Olivette selling for over $700,000 and undeveloped tracts of land at High Hickory going for $100,000 to $300,000, living in a sustain48

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ably developed community may be far from a financially sustainable choice for most people. “A lot of developments have been a little more high-end because quite often there are larger homes built onto it,” Taylor admits about the houses available at High Hickory and other, similar neighborhoods. “The buzzword now is affordable living, and I think that Olivette is working in that direction,” Taylor continues. “They are looking at the diversity of different home styles that can be put in; maybe it’s townhomes or more clustered developments — there is potential.” That said, Taylor admits that for now, communities like Olivette and High Hickory remain out of reach for lower-income households. “That is the next step, I believe, in these conservation developments, to make it work for everybody such that one can buy into this community and have it be within an affordable level,” he says. “That’s one that needs to be continued to be worked on, in terms of how to make it work for the bottom line.” X

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ROOTED IN COMMUNITY Black Mountain Beautification Committee hosts 14th annual Garden Show and Sale BY GINA SMITH gsmith@mountainx.com One of the most striking visual qualities about the town of Black Mountain — charming architecture and impressive mountain views aside — is its profusion of colorful and carefully maintained gardens. From the vivid seasonal plantings at the welcome signs on U.S. 70 to the beautifully manicured flower and foliage displays at Town Square, Black Mountain is home to 20 public garden sites and 42 container gardens established and cared for by the Black Mountain Beautification Committee. The all-volunteer-run nonprofit will host its 14th annual Garden Show and Sale, the group’s largest fundraiser, Friday and Saturday, May 17-18. Proceeds from the sale support the committee’s yearly Seed Grant Award, which finances garden-related projects within Black Mountain that add “a little something extra to our town,” says committee co-chair and sale coordinator Lyndall Noyes-Brownell. “Other money generated by the garden sale helps to fund our various projects throughout town, including the garden sites, containers, mulching and holiday decorations.” Previously confined only to Saturday, this year’s sale, which takes place on the grounds of the historic Monte Vista Hotel, will include a Friday afternoon and evening component with a garden party setting. “It will be the place to meet up with family and friends,” says Noyes-Brownell, noting that wine, beer, soda and snacks will be available. On both Friday and Saturday, the plant sale will feature 20 garden-focused vendors offering annuals, perennials, fruit trees, shrubs and trees. There will also be raffle drawings both days. On Saturday, the committee presents its popular Clothes Line Sale, where members and friends of the organization offer personal services for a fee, such as weeding, dinner-party hosting, closet organizing and custom landscape painting (the descriptions of which are, yes, clipped to a clothesline). Noyes-Brownell urges attendees to arrive early, as the services tend to sell out quickly. 50

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On Saturday, the event will also host a recycling service for those pesky plastic planting containers, which tend to pile up so quickly in the spring — a drop-off site will be open in the back parking lot of the Black Mountain Library. Additionally, volunteers from the Buncombe County Master Gardeners will be available to answer gardening questions, and The Monte Vista Hotel will offer a lunch special for those who decide to make a day of it. Noyes-Brownell notes that although the sale is celebrating its 14th year, the committee itself is set to mark its 20th anniversary in 2020. For her and many other members, she says, the best part about volunteering with the committee and the sale is the people. “We have such a great community that comes out and supports the garden sale,” she says. “It’s a great time to catch up with them.” X

WHAT Black Mountain Beautification Committee Garden Show and Sale WHERE The Monte Vista Hotel 308 W. State St. Black Mountain. blackmountainbeautification.org

HIP TO BE SQUARE: Black Mountain Beautification Committee volunteers pause during a workday that co-chair Lyndall Noyes-Brownell calls a “springtime mulch party” at Black Mountain’s Town Square. This weekend, the nonprofit hosts its annual Garden Show and Sale fundraiser at The Monte Vista Hotel. Photo by Hagen McDonell

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guest speaker, Sam Ruark-Eastes from the Green Built Alliance. Free. Held at Trinity United Methodist Church, 587 Haywood Road • SA (5/18), 2-3:30pm Urban Forest, interactive workshop led by Ed Macie of Asheville Greenworks. Free. Held at Black Mountain Presbyterian, 117 Montreat Road, Black Mountain GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS • WE (5/15), 6-8pm Geology of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, lecture by Dr. Jeffrey Wilcox. Admission by donation. Held at Marshall Container Co., 10 South Main St., Marshall

GREEN OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING PROGRAM INFORMATION SESSION • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3:30-4:30pm - Green Opportunities holds a Training Program Information Session to learn about training and employment pathways. Free. Held at Arthur R. Edington Education and Career Center, 133 Livingston St.

TRANSITION ASHEVILLE MARCH GATHERING • MO (5/20), 6:30-8:30pm - General meeting and presentation by Zev Friedman regarding permaculture and future regeneration. Free. Held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St.

HEMLOCK HIKE AT FLORENCE NATURE PRESERVE • FR (5/17), 9am-noon - Hemlock Restoration Initiative and Conserving Carolina lead a 3.5-mile hike through Florence Nature Preserve. Learn about preserving native hemlocks. Registration: avl.mx/5zq. Free. Held at Upper Hickory Nut Gorge Trailhead, 3836 Gerton Hwy, Gerton

BLACK MOUNTAIN GARDEN SHOW & SALE • FR (5/17), 4-8pm & SA (5/18), 9am-4pm - 14th annual event with vegetable starts and other plants for sale. Free to attend. Held at Monte Vista Hotel, 308 W. State St., Black Mountain

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native and non-native perennials, tomato and pepper plants, and other vegetable starts, herbs, unusual annuals and small trees and shrubs. Free to attend. Held at Bullington Gardens, 95 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville ENJOYING WILDLIFE IN YOUR YARD AND GARDEN • SU (5/19), 2-4pm - Enjoying Wildlife in Your Yard and Garden, class with Steve and Kit Schmeiser. Registration: 828-252-5190. $20/$15 members. Held at Botanical Gardens, 151 WT Weaver Blvd. PERENNIAL PLANT SALE • SA (5/18), 10am-2pm - Perennial plant sale. Free to attend. Held at Haywood County

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One local veteran’s struggles with food insecurity

The pain, which he says often flares into the unbearable orange and red zones at the far right of the pain scale, has made it impossible for him to keep a job. It’s also the driving force behind a nearly 30-year, off-and-on addiction to painkillers and alcohol. “There’s a little chart over [at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville] numbered 1 to 10,” says LeBlanc. “When it gets to 10, it says ‘Nothing Else Matters,’ and that’s it: Nothing. Else. Matters.” He says he’s been off opioid painkillers for more than two years but often drinks alcohol to cope. “When it gets to 10, I say screw it, and I really shouldn’t, because [drinking] is another struggle for me.” Another challenge LeBlanc faces is post-traumatic stress disorder: He served in the first Gulf War and says he also participated in the U.S. invasion of Panama. For his PTSD, he receives a monthly disability check of about $1,000 from the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is what he lives on.

The pain and PTSD have taken over his life, says LeBlanc, ultimately rendering him homeless, addicted, unemployed — and chronically food-insecure. “It’s a daily struggle to stay sober and stay healthy and find healthy friends that will help me; those are few and far between,” he reports. NOT ALONE LeBlanc isn’t the only WNC veteran who’s fighting to get enough to eat. According to Feeding America, 20 percent of the more than 46 million people who access the organization’s national network of food banks each year are part of households that include someone who’s served or is serving in the U.S. military. And a 2015 Cambridge University study that surveyed U.S. military veterans who’d served in Iraq and

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SOLDIERING ON: Asheville-area resident Michael LeBlanc is just one of many military veterans in the U.S. who lack regular access to healthy food. In recent months, LeBlanc has depended on Black Mountain nonprofit Bounty & Soul for food, wellness coaching and moral support. Photo courtesy of LeBlanc

BY GINA SMITH gsmith@mountainx.com On a good day, U.S. Army veteran Michael LeBlanc might be found helping someone with a remodeling project

This story is part of an ongoing series exploring the real-life struggles of Western North Carolina residents who are experiencing food insecurity. In this case, the irregular nature of the subject’s situation has made communication more difficult; Xpress has interviewed him multiple times since last December, however, and has explored various avenues to confirm details of his story.

or volunteering at a local charity. On a bad day, though, he might be the man who approaches you in a parking lot, begging for spare change. Those bad days tend to happen when the 55-year-old’s disability check has been spent and he’s used up his monthly allotment from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which he says was reduced to just $15 once he qualified for disability payments. At that point, he does whatever he can to get enough food to make it through the month. LeBlanc says his bad days are very much tied to the constant pain he’s experienced since he sustained a traumatic spine injury during his Army service in the late 1980s. According to LeBlanc, he was injured when a military plane crashed in Alaska, where he was working as a loadmaster and driver.

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Afghanistan since 2001 found that more than 1 in 4 had experienced food insecurity within the past year, and 12% reported “very low food security.” In addition, it noted that food-insecure veterans tend to be single, low income and frequent binge drinkers. The study also pointed to the need for further documentation of the issue, which has been gaining attention in recent years. In 2018, the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization said it was “alarmed at the number of veterans suffering from what is being called ‘food insecurity,’” according to a story in VFW magazine. Not surprisingly, numerous studies have shown that hunger is much more prevalent among the homeless and those with mental health and addiction issues — demographics that tend to include large numbers of veterans. According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, 11% of homeless U.S. adults have served in the military, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that roughly 40,000 veterans lack a permanent place to live. Data from the RAND Center for Military Health Policy Research shows that an estimated 31% of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have a mental health condition or experienced a traumatic brain injury. And a 2015 report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that 1 in 15 veterans had a substance use disorder. Although Asheville’s VA Hospital does not collect data on food insecurity, Laura Tugman, assistant chief of mental health services, says the facility does offer case management services for veterans identified as food-insecure. “We work to connect those veterans to community resources to obtain free and low-cost food on a case-by-case basis,” she explains.

ISOLATION AND COMMUNITY One community resource that’s been a big help to LeBlanc is Bounty & Soul. The Black Mountain-based nonprofit fights food insecurity with several weekly markets hosted by local churches and schools and a mobile program that covers the Swannanoa Valley. All of them offer free fresh produce, meat and other foods to anyone in need, with no restrictions. Although LeBlanc says he’s relied on various local food organizations for survival, Bounty & Soul is the one he leans on the most. “Sometimes the church food pantries, they don’t give too much to single guys — maybe just a loaf of bread, some cans of green beans,” says LeBlanc. “[Bounty & Soul’s] food boxes are just wonderful. I get fresh vegetables, I get meat, things like that.” He also emphasizes that the care and attention he’s received since he first turned to the organization last October have helped sustain him. Its multipronged approach works to nourish the whole individual. Besides offering healthy food, the nonprofit aims to create community by hosting free cooking demonstrations, tastings and classes on wellness and nutrition. The markets are lively, friendly affairs that feel more like a block party than a food distribution center. Everyone who enters is greeted warmly with a smile, offered a box and encouraged to shop for whatever they want. At one recent market, the numerous tables featured heaps of fresh green beans, tomatoes, lettuce and potatoes; coolers held frozen meat and even cases of kombucha, all donated by local grocers, food businesses and farms. This abundance was offered generously and free of charge, with no questions asked. The general mood at these events is undeniably inclusive and uplifting. “Those people are amazing,” says LeBlanc. “They literally kept me alive over the winter.”

“It’s a daily struggle to stay sober and stay healthy and find healthy friends that will help me; those are few and far between.” — U.S. Army veteran Michael LeBlanc Ali Casparian, Bounty & Soul’s founder and director of programs, is a domestic violence survivor who frequented food pantries herself when she moved to this area several years ago. Lifting people up and educating them about nutrition and self-care, she says, are integral to her holistic approach to combating food insecurity. “Food may be what gets [people to the nonprofit’s markets], but what keeps them coming back is the community,” she maintains. “Once you get there, you’re made to feel like you belong there; you quickly make friends, and you’re made to feel comfortable. Even if you walk in with a bit of shame or whatever, once you’re there for five minutes, it dissipates.” In LeBlanc’s case, Bounty & Soul has gone beyond just providing him with food; the group has also tried to help him with some of the other challenges he’s facing. The veteran has fought an ongo-

ing battle with homelessness since moving to Asheville from Boone about four years ago. Intermittent stays at ABCCM’s Veterans Restoration Quarters and the Western Carolina Rescue Ministry, and a brief stint in an East Asheville apartment through the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program, have been interspersed with bouts of living in the woods, he says. LeBlanc used to own an old Volvo station wagon, but he says it was stolen last winter. The crippling lack of transportation is exacerbating his foodaccess problems and sometimes makes it impossible for him to get to and from his many medical appointments. “Not only does he suffer from PTSD, he struggles with the daily stress of life moment by moment,”

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notes Casparian. “He is very isolated and lonely without a vehicle.” In recent months, the veteran says his pain level has been so intense that he’s been unable to work at all. When Xpress last had contact with him, shortly before press time, he was staying at a friend’s house in Old Fort and relying on borrowed vehicles or bummed rides to get to and from his various appointments at the VA and to Bounty & Soul and other local pantries. FRESH FROM THE FARM

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BOUNTY & SOUL COMMUNITY DIG DAY Bounty & Soul will offer an opportunity to support and learn more about its programs at its annual Community Dig Day on Saturday, May 25. The fundraiser will offer workshops on gardening, fermentation, herbalism, mushroom growing and foraging plus cooking and tincture-making demonstrations. There will also be children’s activities, food and craft vendors, Latin dancing, a silent auction and live music from the Paper Crowns, I Star and Noah Proudfoot. WHAT Community Dig Day WHERE Swannanoa Valley Medical Center 997 Old U.S. Highway 70 Black Mountain. Parking and free shuttles are available at Hopey & Co. 3018 Old U.S. Highway 70 Black Mountain. bountyandsoul.org WHEN 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, May 25. $10 admission includes three free plant starts and access to all activities. Bounty & Soul clients and children ages 12 and younger are admitted free.

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GRACIOUS PLENTY: Volunteers and community members gather around tables of fresh produce at a recent Bounty & Soul market. The Black Mountain nonprofit, which also offers cooking classes and wellness programming, provides healthy food to anyone in the community, no questions asked. Photo by Sonya Strange markets every Tuesday during the growing season where both veterans and staff can enjoy freshly picked produce and cut flowers. The philosophy behind these markets is similar to Bounty & Soul’s approach: addressing food shortages while, more importantly, providing emotional support to veterans. “For some people, it really does make a difference to their weekly grocery situation. But I think it’s an emotional impact more than anything else,” says Nicole Mahshie, who co-founded the farm with her husband, U.S. Air Force veteran John Mahshie. “We don’t sell any of our produce, because we don’t want to compromise the quality of the produce we can bring directly to the veterans. I think there’s an emotional impact of us just being there and smiling. It’s a really happy place.” Tugman says the hospital’s relationship with the farm helps local veterans in multiple ways. Besides being “excited about the free produce,” she notes, “Access to vegetables supports some of our veterans in achieving their health and wellness goals” established through the Veterans Administration's Whole Health Coaching program. And for veterans who are receiving mental health treatment, says Tugman, visits to the farm are a way to learn

recovery skills such as healthy eating and cooking strategies while also exploring horticulture therapy. “We’ve received very positive feedback from the veterans who have attended our outings to Veterans Healing Farm,” she says. As this issue went to press, LeBlanc was working toward having surgery through the Veterans Choice Program to repair the bulging discs in his spine — and he says the prognosis is good. Once he’s had the surgery and is freed from chronic pain, the former home renovation contractor hopes to figure out reliable transportation, find a job and rebuild his life. “The goal is to get back to work again,” he emphasizes. Casparian laments the fact that some veterans must struggle to meet basic needs like food, shelter and health care, but she points to a silver lining in LeBlanc’s case. “The light in this is that a community is coming together to do what they can to help just one of those veterans, and I think that is powerful. We need to do more; we all need to do more for our veterans.” For more on Bounty & Soul, visit bountyandsoul.org or call 828-419-0533. Learn more about the Veterans Healing Farm at veteranshealingfarm.org or call 800-273-8255. X

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Western North Carolina, clean our rivers and trails, and help local people in need.” Whenever possible, the brewers at Catawba like to apply some creativity to the pairing of beer and fundraising. Ivey says that they look forward to any “opportunity to reinforce the theme of the nonprofit.” Case in point is the Honey Nut Breakfast Milk Stout. Available June 6, the special brew is being made to coincide with a fundraiser for the Center for Honeybee Research. “This is the second year we’ve brewed a honey beer for the CHBR to celebrate their annual Black Jar event,” Ivey says.

According to the N.C. Center for Nonprofits, in Buncombe County alone there are more than 1,700 501(c) (3) organizations. And when it comes to giving to those nonprofits, it can be challenging to know which to support. One easy and enjoyable method that has found great success locally is the $1-per-pour initiative. Breweries identify a worthy nonprofit and set aside $1 from beer pours during a designated period. FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES “We’ve been doing monthly benefits for a few years now,” says Lisa Schutz, co-owner of One World Brewing, with locations downtown and in West Asheville. She says that the $1-a-pour program gives the brewery the opportunity to work with not one but many nonprofits. “We change our benefit monthly,” she says. Staff members’

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input is part of the selection process. “We choose nonprofits that they are personally passionate about,” Schutz says. The brewery’s approach to selecting nonprofits means that the beneficiaries of its $1-a-pour programs are diverse. Schutz notes that organizations benefiting from One World’s giving programs include everything from the Africa Healing Exchange (an organization dedicated to ending the cycles of generational trauma both in Rwanda and worldwide) to the Asheville Area Arts Council to the Foothills Conservancy. Sophie Shelton of the Foothills Conservancy says One World’s $1-a-pour program “has supported our efforts to continue conserving important land and water resources” in the region. To date, the brewery has diverted more than $1,000 to the Morganton-based nonprofit. In the first four months of 2019, One World has supported the Pink Boots Society, Under One Sky Village, Friends of the Smokies and Our VOICE, raising more than $2,000 in the process. One World sometimes designates its Ashevegas Pale Ale as the brew tied to the $1-a-pour fundraisers, but the brewery

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has many others from which to choose. For fundraising efforts, Schutz says that “we have done both: choosing an already designed beer for the benefit, or making a brand-new beer.” In early May, One World released its Beer 4 Bloobs, a 4.0% gose style with butterfly pea flower, blueberry, lemon zest and Mosaic hops. One dollar from every pour in May goes toward breast cancer research through the Beer 4 Boobs nonprofit. SWEET AS HONEY Catawba Brewing has been using the $1-per-pour fundraiser model for three years now, says the brewery’s marketing director Brian Ivey. “In 2018, we raised more than $10,000 at our South Slope tasting room alone,” he says. That figure doesn’t even include the take from fundraisers held at Catawba’s three other locations. Ivey says that Catawba has specific areas of focus regarding the nonprofits it chooses to support. “In general,” he says, “we look for organizations and initiatives that benefit the natural environment in

Just east of Biltmore Village, Hillman Beer began its $1-per-pour fundraising program at the start of 2018, focusing on a different nonprofit each month. The brewery’s customary approach is to designate one Monday each month during which a dollar from the sale of each beer poured — as opposed to a specific brew — goes to the designated organization. “We also recently did two monthlong fundraisers,” says co-owner Brandi Hillman. For those events, a specific beer was chosen, and $1 per every one of those beers poured went to nonprofits. The first was Sierra Nevada’s Fire Relief Fund for California fires; the second was the North Carolina Craft Beverage Museum. In general, Hillman says, the nonprofits are chosen “with the intent of them being in our immediate community, hav[ing] meaning to us and being well rounded [in variety].” WHAT’S A DOLLAR? The ongoing success of local breweries’ $1-a-pour fundraising is tied to the effortless nature of charitable giving. People don’t mind paying an extra dollar a glass if they know the money is going toward a good cause. “Downtown, no one bats an eye at the additional price on our benefit beer,” says Schutz. “The ones who recognize [the program]” appreciate it, Hillman says. “People love the fact that all they have to do to donate is to buy a beer,” says Ivey. “It’s easy and rewarding.” X

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COLOR ON THE PLATE May is a month of brilliant color, bursting out from all sides, appearing on bushes, in fields and, of course, in our window boxes and gardens. Have you ever thought of the benefits of feeding yourself with color? We know that color can brighten our spirits, but what about our bodies and minds? Did you ever stop to consider how tomatoes would taste if they were black? Or how peas would taste if they were purple or spinach if it was pink? No matter the color, if we eat the spectrum of the rainbow on any given day, we are sure to have touched on the major vitamins and minerals required for the vibrant functioning of our minds and bodies. For example, scientific research has shown that red foods can help fight cancer, reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease, and improve skin quality. Orange-yellow foods have been shown to improve immune function, reduce the risk of heart disease and promote healthy vision. Green foods

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Spring salads reach from palette to palate ing oil and other elements. This way the salinity and the astringency of the vinegar will enter the leaves and pervade the essence of the salad before oil coats the leaves for easy passage through your system. If you begin with oil, the vinegar and other ingredients will simply slide off the leaves, remaining in the bottom of the bowl. Chef, musician and author Susi Gott Séguret orchestrates a variety of culinary experiences, including her flagship Seasonal School of Culinary Arts, with sessions in Asheville, Ithaca, N.Y., Sonoma, Calif., and Paris. For more information, see schoolofculinaryarts.org. X

JOYS OF SPRING: Young lettuces and fresh herbs from local markets garnished with edible flowers and other elements come together with a simple homemade vinaigrette to create a colorful spring feast. Photo by Susi Gott Séguret

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can reportedly boost the immune system, help detoxify the body, and restore energy and vitality. Blue and purple foods are known to fight cancer and inflammation and help keep you feeling young. White foods, while not technically part of the rainbow spectrum, can help keep bones strong, lower cholesterol and balance hormones. Color is important not only in the foods we eat but in the fabrics and accessories we choose to wear (consider how different you feel if you don a flagrant red, a gentle blue or a vibrant yellow) and the colors of the rooms we inhabit (is your living room rust red? Ivory? Yellow ochre? Olive green?). Likewise, the quality of light affects us, both inside our living space and outside as the weather changes and daylight hours lengthen or shorten. Variety is ever, as the old adage says, the spice of life. On our plates, this can mean variety of textures, food groups, temperatures, spiciness, unctuosity, sweet versus savory and, of course, color. Spring is the time for salads of all sorts: simple green salads of individual lettuce varieties, grated carrot salads, potato salads, fruit salads, rice salads, pasta salads and mixed salads. Whatever is at your fingertips can be made into a refreshing plate for one, two or a family. As we move through May, make sure to check out your local farmers markets and pick up a colorful basketful of goodness, including a fistful of herbs. Ingredients to look for this time of year in

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Western North Carolina include fennel, thyme, oregano, rosemary, mint, borage, tarragon, chervil, parsley, sage, sorrel, asparagus, scallions, buttercrunch lettuce, bok choy, rhubarb, strawberries and cherries. The most basic and pleasing of all the salads that I keep in my arsenal is one of simple mixed greens. You can augment this in any way you like, adding pomegranate seeds for a bright spot of red and their explode-in-the-mouth quality, or a cheese of your choice (Parmesan, feta, goat and blue are all good choices), nuts and seeds for crunch (pine nuts, walnuts, pecans, sunflower or pumpkin seeds) or tomatoes — once they’re in season — for their juiciness. As a 20-year resident of the French hexagon, I favor the exclusivity of greens, which are traditionally served as a palate-cleanser between the main course and the cheese or dessert course. Mixed salads are usually heftier and are served at the beginning of the meal as a first course. A proper French household never stores salad dressing in the refrigerator. Instead, a simple vinaigrette is prepared each time a salad is served, either in the bottom of the bowl before introducing the leaves of lettuce, or (my preference for speed and simplicity) drizzled directly on the leaves and tossed at the table. If employing the latter method, be sure to start with the vinegar and salt, tossing the leaves with these before add-

• Selection of baby lettuces • Radish slivers • Carrot shavings • Dark green leaves (such as arugula, watercress or dandelion greens) • Edible in-season flowers (violets, dandelions, wild mustard flowers, daylilies, chicory or borage flowers) Wash and drain lettuce leaves, discarding anything past crispness. Toss all in a bowl with the vinaigrette (see recipe below) just before serving, reserving delicate flowers and fronds (fennel, dill, borage, etc.) to strew around the top of your dish at service. VINAIGRETTE • White wine vinegar • Dab of Dijon mustard • Splash of soy sauce (optional) • Generous drizzle of olive oil • Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste Whisk all together and pour on salad just before serving, or combine in bottom of bowl before introducing greenery. Serve with a crisp white wine such as a sauvignon blanc.

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Café Israel returns to Congregation Beth Israel In 2018, renovations prevented Congregation Beth Israel from hosting its annual celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence Day). A year later — with updates to the synagogue’s social hall, kitchen, bathrooms and sanctuary completed — Café Israel is back on. Entering its 13th year, the event will be held Sunday, May 19. As with previous iterations, menu options will be “Israel-inspired with a Moroccan twist,” says the event’s food coordinator, Bella Frishman. Highlights include gluten-free, friedto-order falafel, shawarma, matbucha, Moroccan salad, Israeli salad and Moroccan eggplant. Frishman notes that all items are vegan-friendly. Plates run $8-$10.

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Sausage and beer Butchers Bessie Smith and Matt Helms are teaming up to demonstrate a pork breakdown on Thursday, May 16. In addition to learning about different cuts and cooking techniques, participants in the hands-on workshop will make their own fresh and smoked sausages. Samples will be served along with charcuterie and a beer pairing. Participants will leave with take-home sausage. Tickets are $75. The class runs 6-8 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at The Chop Shop Butchery, 100 Charlotte St. To purchase tickets, visit avl.mx/5zh.

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ADD A LITTLE SPICE: Bella Frishman, center, will lead the food preparation for Congregation Beth Israel’s Café Israel. Also pictured are Julie Sherman, the synagogue’s board secretary, and Alan Silverman, congregation member and Café Israel event manager. Photo by Thomas Calder In addition to grub, beer from Hi-Wire Brewing will be for sale along with red and white Israeli wine. Also, mint tea, Turkish coffee and malabi (pudding) will be served inside the event’s Bedouin Tent. The family-friendly celebration will also feature inflatables, craft stations and balloon artists for the kids. Live music and dance performances will take place that day as well. No matter what your faith, says Frishman, all are welcomed and encouraged to attend. “It is a very communityoriented, inclusive event,” she says. “We hope it will bring our neighbors from all around the area into our updated home to see what we have done and to learn about Israel’s history, customs and cuisine.”

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The Golden Pineapple opens “The pineapple is a longstanding symbol of hospitality, especially in the American South,” says Donnie Pratt, co-owner of The Golden Pineapple. The new West Asheville bar will hold its grand opening on Wednesday, May 15. Beer, wine and Spanish cider will be available on tap, along with bottle and can options. The space also serves a number of house cocktails, including The Golden Pineapple No. 1 (bonded

Cecilia’s Culinary Tour, Brinehaus Meat + Provisions, Grateful Roots and Gypsy Queen Cuisine are among the 18 food trucks participating in the sixth annual Asheville Food Truck Showdown on Saturday, May 18. In addition to food, the event will feature area artisans, live music and a pet food and animal toy drive benefiting Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. The event is free to attend and dog-friendly. The showdown runs noon-7 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the WNC Agricultural Center’s Boone Building, 761 Boylston Highway, Fletcher. For more information, visit avl.mx/5zi.

Home Dairy 101 On Sunday, May 19, local writer and urban homesteader Mari Stuart will lead Home Dairy 101. According to the course description, students will learn how to make their own butter, yogurt and cheese (ricotta and queso fresco). In addition, Stuart will go over the history of dairy cultures, equipment and ingredients. Tickets are $30-$40 on a sliding scale. The class runs 3-6 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at Villagers: Urban Homestead Supply, 278 Haywood Road. To purchase tickets, visit avl.mx/5zj.

Retail wine shop & wine bar Riesling class “I’m a huge fan of riesling, but it’s difficult getting people to try it,” says Andy Hale, director of Asheville School of Wine at Metro Wines. Many perceive the beverage as too sweet, but that is not true of all rieslings, Hale notes. He hopes to help change this popular misconception with an upcoming riesling presentation and tasting featuring 2017 Pewse Vale (Eden Valley, Australia), 2015 Trimbach (Alsace, France), 2017 Shelton (Yadkin Valley), 2017 Chateau Montelena (Potter Valley, Calif.) and 2017 JJ Prum Wehlender Sonnenurh (Mosel Valley, Germany). Tickets are $25. The class runs 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St. To learn more, visit avl.mx/5zk.

French Twist at the Princess Anne Hotel Chef Amber Whitt will prepare a French-inspired dinner at the Princess Anne Hotel on Thursday, May 23. The meal will be paired with wines selected by Tom Leiner of Grapevine

Distribution. Consommé, crustace (scallop, mussel, local ramps, fennel and Champagne foam with baguette) and duck breast served with lavender, blueberry, celeriac, asparagus and green apple are among the menu’s highlights. Tickets are $125 per person and include tax and gratuity. Seating is limited. French Twist starts at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at the Princess Anne Hotel, 301 E. Chestnut St. For reservations, call 828-258-0986.

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BY ALLI MARSHALL amarshall@mountainx.com Leading up to one of the earliest Bele Chere festivals — the street party took place in downtown Asheville 1979-2013 — a couple of local musicians decided to reach out to Robert Moog. The inventor of the first commercial synthesizer had recently relocated from New York state to Western North Carolina; songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Dan Lewis and keyboardist Mike Abbott wondered if Moog might like to take part in Bele Chere. “He asked them, ‘What are you guys doing?’” recalls Michelle MoogKoussa, executive director of the Bob Moog Foundation and Moog’s daughter. “Dad just said, ‘Well, I’ll play with you guys.’ And that’s what he did: He played the Minimoog.’” A signed poster from the performance was recently donated to The Moogseum, a hallmark project of the Bob Moog Foundation, which will include interactive and rotating exhibits, archives and insights into the life of the renowned electronic music pioneer. “The Moogseum is really a celebration of Bob Moog’s life and work and legacy and not about just synthesizers,” says Moog-Koussa. The soft opening for the space, at 56 Broadway, is slated for Thursday, May 23, which would have been Moog’s 85th birthday. A grand opening will take place in August. The Bob Moog Foundation was formed in 2006, a year after its namesake passed away. In 2008, representatives of the foundation applied for and received a grant from the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority to create the Moogseum.

ROOTS MUSIC: In the early 1970s, Bob Moog, pictured, met Brasstown-based master violin maker George Kelischek. The two collaborated on workshops for local kids, during which Kelischek taught wood instrument-making and Moog taught his class how to build a small synthesizer. That connection inspired the Moog family to buy property in Western North Carolina. Photo courtesy of the Bob Moog Foundation But the economic downturn, among other complications, led the foundation to pull back from the museum idea and, instead, focus on preservation of its archives and its educational project, Dr. Bob’s Soundschool. (Today, the Soundschool serves 3,000 kids per year in Asheville City and Buncombe County schools. It’s poised to grow to

neighboring counties and eventually expand nationwide.) In fact, the foundation was not actively planning for the Moogseum when its members learned, less than a year ago, that the former Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center location would be available due to that organization’s relocation. “We thought,

‘You know what? This is the perfect space for us,’” says Moog-Koussa. “So we decided to grab the opportunity. … It was a space that was accessible, both sizewise and financially.” Plus, she adds, the downtown location is ideal because “what we’re trying to do is make Bob’s life and legacy accessible to as many people as possible. Thinking

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realistically about the sustainability of a small museum, that’s much more likely when you have foot traffic. … We’re trying to reach people from all walks of life.” The space hosted pop-ups during the winter, including performances by local musicians on Moog’s personal piano, and attracted “a nice mix of people, locally and from all over the country and even different parts of the world,” according to Moog-Koussa. Many fans of Moog’s inventions might not be aware that he was a pianist. He enrolled in Manhattan School of Music, played in a couple of bands in college, and one summer he had a job as a pianist in a dance band in the Catskills, Moog-Koussa says. “He liked that experience of making music with other people. … And near the end of his life, he played piano in a [local] production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’” she reveals. “He liked supporting local musicians, people who were playing his instruments. … His highest compliment for music was it was ‘damn good.’” What Moog fans likely do know about is about the inventor’s relationship to the theremin. At 15, he built his first as part of a science fair project, according to the Bob Moog Foundation’s timeline. The Moogseum recently acquired

an early theremin that Moog made when he was 20. “It’s a magical instrument — something you play without touching it,” Moog-Koussa explains of the electronic device. “Once he got past that, into designing it, he really was enthralled with Leon Theremin, who was the inventor of the theremin, and the simplicity and elegance of the circuitry design.” Moog considered Theremin to be a virtual mentor, says Moog-Koussa, though the two innovators didn’t meet until 1989. Other recent acquisitions of the local museum are two foot pedals. At one point, Moog had sold his business and was working under the direction of the company’s new owner. “In the mid-’70s, Bob was no longer designing synthesizers, [although] he would have liked to have been,” says Moog-Koussa. Her father was instead tasked with doing small projects for other companies under the Norlin Music Corp. umbrella, such as amplifiers for the Gibson Lab series and pedals for Maestro. “Not only are they an oddity, but they’re a very important part of the story,” Moog-Koussa explains.

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A &E The Moogseum offers an opportunity to explore these and other stories that made up the life and career of the electronic instrument pioneer. “Part of my personal mission, with this foundation, is to help people understand Bob Moog — who they know as an iconic figure — as a real human being with successes and trials and ups and downs,” says Moog-Koussa. “I think people find just success unrelatable, and then they cut themselves off from thinking they could do something just as important.” In fact, Moog was always trying to push his own boundaries, his daughter explains. In 1970, he began working on the Multiple-Touch-Sensitive Keyboard for avant-garde composer John Eaton. “He worked on that keyboard for the better part of two decades, while he was doing everything else, but he was passionate about it because it incorporated a lot more human nuance into synthesis,” Moog-Koussa says. “Even in 2004, he and [Eaton] were looking for a software developer to help them finish off this project. Up until the end, he was trying to figure out how to do things in a new way.” The same could be said of MoogKoussa, who has channeled her own creativity and passion into

sharing and forwarding her father’s legacy. The Moogseum is a dream more than a decade in the making. “It’s not something I ever planned on, [but] this job has exposed me to more than I could have ever imagined,” she says. “I’m honored to have the opportunity to walk down this golden path, to rediscover not only my father but the impact he’s had on so many people, who I then get to interact with.” She adds, “It’s a pretty magical experience.” X

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RIGHT ON TIME Visit Josh Blake’s website, and you’ll find a large photo of him sitting in a recording studio, surrounded by knobs, dials and cords that extend from one machine to another like strange robotic octopuses. It’s a stark contrast to the typical “acoustic guitarist in a field” one might find on many singer-songwriters’ homepages. But then, Blake is not most singer-songwriters. For more than a decade, he has divided his time between performing in various funk outfits (most notably Josh Blake’s Organ Trio) and creating local media outfit iamavl. He’s also an engineer and producer at Echo Mountain Recording, where he’s worked on projects by Leftover Salmon, Jon Stickley Trio and countless others. But, in his downtime, Blake has been messing around on acoustic guitar, writing new songs that don’t fit neatly into the funk format or the more rock ’n’ roll format he’s chosen for previous solo albums. He’s finally recorded those songs and is releasing his first acoustic singer-songwriter album, Nothing’s in the Way. He’ll celebrate with a release party at Ambrose West on Thursday, May 16. “I had made demos for almost this whole record,” he says. “And then, listening back to myself singing and [playing] acoustic guitar, I was getting a little bit weirded out by it. I work in a studio, so I work with so many incredible vocalists and singer-songwriter types that I was putting myself [against them] and being like … ‘This song’s cool, but maybe someone else should sing it.’ I started to get hypercritical of it. I got cold feet and shelved it all.” So, to cleanse his creative palate, Blake moved on to another project, something on the “opposite side of the musical spectrum,” based on the story of a robot from a distant planet. Likening that project to something by Gorillaz, Blake filled the album with electronic beats, plenty of rapping and other vocals, and narration by Colonel Bruce Hampton. He was thrilled with the result and angled the project for release. Then Hampton passed away, leaving the project tied up with his estate. As Blake set into negotiating for its release, he says he felt “energetically stuck” and decided to revisit the shelved acoustic recordings. He was in California at the time and sat down with his guitar one night to 66

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Josh Blake releases a new acoustic album

FRONT BURNER: After one recording project was sidelined, musician and engineer Josh Blake returned to a collection of acoustic songs. The end result — Nothing’s in the Way — is a groovy, danceable, still slightly funky artistic statement accentuated by earworm choruses and guest artists. Photo by Sandlin Gaither play through the old songs. It occurred to him the best way to put this material out would be to make an all-acoustic album. To solidify the idea, he booked a date at UpCountry Brewing in West Asheville. The vibe from the band and the audience that night felt good enough that he decided to jump into the project with both feet. The result features the inimitable talents of Marcus King, Billy Cardine, Aaron “Woody” Wood, Matt Williams and Marisa Blake. It’s a groovy, danceable, still slightly funky artistic statement that will endear new and old fans alike to Blake’s tasty harmonies and earworm choruses.

The hook on “Here Comes the Fool Again,” with its fluttering mandolin and vaguely reggae beat, is impossible to walk away from. “Prohibition Song” is likely to be a crowd pleaser, with its catchy “Let’s go get high / let’s go get lit” chorus. “Undertow” is another delight, which feels like floating on light waves over a vibey array of acoustic instrumentation. The title track, which opens the record, begins with a dreamy fiddle and rootsy banjo feel and Blake singing, “I know sometimes it seems that there’s a mountain, a mountain that you’re moving / it’s never too late to make a change and wake up to a world, a world that’s improving.” As the disc unfolds, we hear more banjo and fiddle, various guitar, pedal steel, more of that mandolin and plenty of Grateful Dead-esque harmonies. Indeed, Blake notes that his original idea for the album’s release show was one set where the band played the entire album, followed by a set of The Grateful Dead’s Reckoning album from start to finish. When rehearsals began, however, he decided to postpone the Dead tribute to a later date and expects to schedule that show for the fall. “I’ve never been like, ‘This is my genre, this is my thing,’” Blake explains. “My discography has such random stuff on it. I’ll do a rap tune, a rock tune, a bluegrass tune. … I’ve never wanted to be stifled creatively by settling into a genre. I think putting out this record is part of me being confident, feeling I can do different things. I can push different things out publicly and let the music speak for itself.” X

WHAT Josh Blake’s Acoustic Band album release show WHERE Ambrose West 312 Haywood Road ambrosewest.com WHEN Thursday, May 16, 8 p.m. $12 advance/$15 day of show

by Edwin Arnaudin

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FULL SPECTRUM Last fall, when the Asheville Area Arts Council chose “Art in Full Color” as its theme for the ninth annual Creative Sector Summit, members of its board of directors knew they needed to include as many people of color as possible in the planning process to best craft a conference focused on equity and inclusion within the creative networks of Buncombe County. “We took our time to reach out to leaders of color in the arts community to have honest conversations about what they would envision for a conference like this,” says Janelle Wienke, AAAC interim executive director. “With their help and the help of AAAC volunteers, we picked a great lineup of local leaders who are really putting in the work to make a more equitable community.” Among the figures presenting on their varied gains on Friday,

The 9th annual Creative Sector Summit focuses on equity and inclusion

IDEAS IN ACTION: Atlanta-based independent consultant Dina Bailey will speak at the opening reception of the ninth annual Creative Sector Summit on May 16 at the YMI Cultural Center. Photo courtesy of Bailey

May 17, at the Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Center, are grant recipients of AAAC’s Arts Build Community program. Created in 2017 along with an organizational equity statement, the grant program funds what Wienke calls “innovative, arts-based ideas that inspire diverse groups of participants to be more active, involved and civically engaged by creating together.” In the program’s inaugural year, she says, the AAAC immediately knew there was a strong desire for funding of this nature; in April, it received quadruple the requests of the previous year. The individual 2019-20 Arts Build Community grant awards of $1,000 each went to BeLoved Asheville for an outside gallery that amplifies the culture and history of Latinx, indigenous and

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African American people to be used as an educational hub for youths of color in Asheville; Martha Skinner to facilitate a gathering and sharing among individuals on the autism spectrum, resulting in a collaborative drawing; Nuestro Centro for a cultural arts program that helps children and youths develop a strong sense of cultural identity through Mexican folkloric dance, music, literature and history; the Shiloh Community Association for a series of murals along the Legacy Art Trail to honor important figures from the community’s history; and Word on the Street/Voz de los Jovenes to develop, print and distribute a zine to document artistic responses to thematic questions. “Everyone involved in this conference has an incredible story. We are bringing local government, arts organizations, artists and community organizers together to have a dialogue about the power of arts to create change,” Wienke says. “All of their experiences are so different and powerful, but by sharing openly and truthfully, we can have discussions that can really make a difference. Not only do I think that some amazing ideas are going to come out of the panels, but if the participants stick around and network with the panelists, there’s no end to the possibilities that these discussions can produce.” While having a local emphasis was the AAAC’s original intention for the conference, its leaders recognized an opportunity to learn from others doing similar work across the country. In partnership with the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority, the AAAC was able to bring in Atlanta-based independent consultant Dina Bailey, CEO of Mountain Top Vision, to speak at the opening reception on Thursday, May 16, at the YMI Cultural Center. Through the authority, Bailey is working with Explore Asheville to help facilitate a community-led process to document the heritage of the African American community via the African American Heritage Trail. Bailey’s presentation, “Telling the Whole Story,” will include some of her experiences from the communities she’s worked with over the years, and both the lessons she’s personally learned as well as ones that her collaborators have discovered as they’ve come together around various projects. She’ll also emphasize the complexity of

WHAT The ninth annual Creative Sector Summit WHERE YMI Cultural Center 39 S. Market St. Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Center 285 Livingston St. ashevillearts.com WHEN Thursday, May 16, 5:30 p.m. Free with registration; Friday, May 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $25 AAAC members/ $35 nonmembers

defining what “the whole story” truly means, addressing aspects that influence how stories are told, such as the importance of coming to shared understandings. “I get to meet community members who are very passionate about why their community is special,” Bailey says. “I love being able to hear about a community’s strengths and challenges while sharing what I’ve seen in other places. I think it’s often a relief for people to know that they aren’t alone — that others are talking about many of the same hopes and concerns for their own communities.” Bailey hopes that the Creative Sector Summit gets participants and attendees thinking about the complex nature of communities and the tremendous good that can come from going beyond one’s comfort zones and actively listening to others. Wienke has similar goals for the event, and through the AAAC’s initiatives, she and her colleagues believe the arts can be used as a profound catalyst for progress by elevating change agents and untapped talent in the Asheville area. “At the end of this conference, we want to plan for increased support for underrepresented artists, performers, writers and young artists, and think about how we can retain and attract a diverse creative sector here in Buncombe County,” Wienke says. “I know that sounds like a lot, but if we listen carefully to one another and think creatively, we will surely be able to collaborate to support one another in new ways. Together, we can develop ideas to spur long-term changes.” X

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BEYOND THE BLUES A respected electric blues guitarist who first made a name for himself almost three decades ago, Eric Gales has cultivated a career that pushes well past the boundaries of the blues. Once lauded for his technical capability on his instrument, today Gales has a more nuanced approach that shows the depth of his talent and creativity. In support of his 16th studio album, The Bookends, the guitarist fronts the Eric Gales Band for a Friday, May 17, show, kicking off the 2019 season of Asheville’s Downtown After 5 concert series (held the third Friday of each month, May-September). Blues can be a creatively constricting idiom for some musicians. They operate within the rigid parameters of the form, creating enjoyable but not especially groundbreaking music. When Gales started playing guitar at age 4, his developing style drew upon a variety of sounds. “I grew up listening to all kinds of music,” Gales says. His older brothers — musicians themselves — introduced him to blues, rock, jazz, gospel, folk and country. “My brothers were playing everything around the house,” he says. “I would soak it in, and it definitely made an impact.” Aside from the most obvious influences upon his style — Albert King, B.B. King and Freddie King, Jimi Hendrix — Gales says that he learned a lot from the musicianship of country guitarists Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins as well as jazz giants Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell. Gales doesn’t consciously alter his approach when he’s playing a song that’s outside the blues idiom; it’s a more natural process. “I just hear what’s in front of me and automati-

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Guitarist Eric Gales kicks off this year’s Downtown After 5 concert series

REACHING FOR A CHANGE: On his latest album, guitarist Eric Gales balances his trademark guitar fireworks with a dedicated focus on vocals and concise songwriting. The Eric Gales Band opens the Downtown After 5 concert series with a May 17 show. Photo by Sten Thorberg cally get in that position,” he says. “It’s no really big thought process. I feel where the music is going and I follow it. And in between following it, there will be other ‘pit stops’ that I’ll make on my own. There’s no real preparation for it.” Like most of Gales’ albums, his early 2000s releases received positive critical notices. But more than a few critics identified a tendency for the guitarist to overplay. Displaying candor and self-awareness, Gales doesn’t dispute that characterization. Instead, he offers an explanation. “I was with Shrapnel, which is a guitar-oriented label,” he says. “And I was produced by a predominantly guitar-infatuated producer. So, of course, they would encourage me to play more than less.” But Gales stands behind those recordings. “At the end of the day, I’m still not upset with how [the music] came out. It came out as it was supposed to,” he says. His playing today is still full of fire, but it’s noticeably more mature. “I guess I’ve got a more reserved approach about things now,” he offers. He pauses a beat and then amends the statement: “But when it’s time to press the gas, press the gas.” Looking back upon his career so far, Gales can identify a specific point at which he feels his style became distinc-

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tive, more than the sum total of his influences. He points to 2000’s That’s What I Am as the turning point, and critics tended to agree. Allmusic’s Liana Jones calls the album “fresh, exciting and hip,” words not often used to describe blues albums. But Gales considers himself a work in progress, suggesting that at least three albums released after That’s What I Am represent significant development as well. “And you know what?” he says. “I believe it has happened again on The Bookends.” Having already cut an all-instrumental set (2013’s Ghost Notes), for The Bookends, Gales decided to focus on song craft and vocals. “I want the world to know that there’s far more to me than just the ‘blues rock guitar player’ label,” he says. The album includes several tracks featuring guest artists; a highlight is Gales’ duet with blues powerhouse Beth Hart — a reading of the Beatles’ “With a Little Help from My Friends” that builds upon Joe Cocker’s 1969 arrangement. Gales acknowledges the talent of select artists with whom he has worked. He singles out Asheville bassist Cody Wright — with whom he has toured extensively — for special praise. “He’s an amazing player, and I think he’s

going to go very far,” Gales says. Wright even subbed for Gales’ regular bassist at a recent performance. Gales has come far himself. After a promising start, the guitarist began an extended struggle with addiction. Today, he’s clean and sober, and he’s convinced that it shows in his music. “If you had no idea of my backstory and you just saw my show, I think you could sense for yourself, ‘This guy has been through some things,’” he says. Having a clear head has opened him up musically. “The end result,” Gales concludes, “is somebody standing there saying, ‘Wow, I don’t know what I just saw, but it was very moving.’” X

WHO Eric Gales Band with Alvin Younblook Hart’s Muscle Theory WHERE Downtown After 5 N. Lexington Ave. at the I-240 overpass ashevilledowntown.org WHEN Friday, May 17, at 5 p.m. Free

THEATER REVIEW by Arnold Wengrow | a.wengrow@yahoo.com

‘Buncombe Tower’ at The Magnetic Theatre Her coffin sits center stage. Bert is keeping it here, as she instructed, to go down with the building. She and the rubble will become another tourist attraction. What will happen to Baba and her coffin keeps us intrigued when the characters muse too much. The playwright packs Buncombe Tower with witty Asheville tropes. Meanwhile, Katie Jones, the director, may be going more for the characters’ soulfulness than for the satire’s bite. On opening night, she was letting Parlemento indulge Bert’s disaffection. Some nervous energy from a man who talks about flinging himself off a tower would give the production more punch. As Buncombe Tower settles in, its pace, its cues and its comedy may pick up. Meanwhile, Jones has assembled a visually first-rate production. Jason Williams has designed the efficient lighting, and scenic designers Julia Cunningham, Andrew Gall and Tyler

Johnson have arranged some of The Magnetic’s best use of stage space. The always excellent sound designer Mary Zogzas subtly underscores the play’s shifting moods. Like its other much enjoyed topical offerings, The Magnetic’s Buncombe Tower pokes Asheville in the eye while patting it on the head. X

WHAT Buncombe Tower WHERE The Magnetic Theatre 375 Depot St. themagnetictheatre.com WHEN Through Sunday, June 2. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Sundays at 3 p.m. $22

HOMETOWN HUMOR: Marlene Thompson, left, plays an ambitious district attorney, and Lindsay Lee plays a free spirit in Buncombe Tower. Peter Lundblad’s satire is onstage at The Magnetic Theatre through June 2. Photo courtesy of The Magnetic Theatre Remember those “Keep Asheville Weird” bumper stickers? Local playwright Peter Lundblad reminds us of them fondly, if ruefully, in his brainy new satire Buncombe Tower onstage through Sunday, June 2, at The Magnetic Theatre. His clever conceit is to gather a small tribe of Asheville types in an alternate universe called Wolfe City. It’s the near future, when sky bridges connect hotels and tourists, while the locals who service them live below. The play’s anti-hero is Bert, an agoraphobic slacker who has holed up in a 20-story residential tower to escape the apocalypse. A former girlfriend, Norma, comes back from Burning Man to dislodge him. “There have been worse years than this,” she reminds him. “Civil War. World War II. Great Depression. Gilda Radner losing to Reagan.” Lindsay Lee as Norma uses her high wattage smile and infectious laugh to make her a winning foil to Corey Parlamento’s lackadaisical Bert. Giving Norma’s task urgency (and the slender plot its momentum): Bert’s

tower is about to be imploded to make way for another tourist attraction. Will he give in to the vacate-the-premises demands of Ruthie, the ambitious district attorney? Will he go ka-boom, a martyr to his anomie and the loss of his beloved city’s weirdness? The DA sends Bill, a gentle cop (an amiable Jay Allen Ponton), with threats to haul Bert to jail. When these don’t work, Ruthie herself arrives with an only-in-Asheville solution to her problem. Marlene Thompson as Ruthie (pantsuit, tweed jacket, sunglasses) injects much-needed energy when she confronts Bert. Keep your eyes and ears on those sunglasses. They belonged to Baba, Bert’s recently deceased grandma. She was the legendary, longtime city manager who made Wolfe City rich while enriching herself. “Had her hand in the pocket of every brewery in town,” cop Bill tells us. The sunglasses may have been key to Baba’s uncanny power, and Ruthie now has them. In another clever stroke, the playwright makes Baba an actual presence. MOUNTAINX.COM

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Big Lazy Monday, May 20, is one of those dates when it seems as if the universe is giving music fans a sign. Described in its Facebook event as “the bill of destiny,” the feat of interstellar overlap finds New York City-based instrumental trio Big Lazy playing none other than The Lazy Diamond. The band has been performing together for 20 years and was founded by Stephen Ulrich, the composer for the HBO series “Bored to Death,” starring Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson. Touring in advance of its forthcoming album Dear Trouble, currently slated for an October release, Big Lazy fulfills its ideal venue mission with help from instrumental trio Steelin’ Time and another act yet to be determined at press time, which open the show at 10 p.m. Free. facebook.com/TheLazyDiamondBar. Photo by Marco North

Hearts Gone South Hearts Gone South frontwoman Tricia Tripp is back, and she’s brought some fresh faces with her. The Asheville-based honky tonk band is currently composed of JP Parsons on guitar, Scott Thomas on drums, Casey James Saulpaugh on pedal steel and Landon George on bass, and they’re ready to share their second album. Tracked at Echo Mountain Recording by Don Godwin, Nothing Left to Burn was created with help from a Regional Artists Project Grant and a crowdfunding campaign. The group plays a release show on Friday, May 17, at The Grey Eagle, where they’ll be joined by surprise guests. Fellow Asheville-based country act Vaden Landers Band kicks off the night at 9 p.m. $10 advance/$12 day of show. Advance ticket buyers receive a free download code for the new album. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by Emily Adderman

Does Size Matter? For Open Hearts Art Center’s newest show, participating painters and sculptors are exploring the concept of whether the size of a piece of art determines its aesthetic worth. In Does Size Matter?, the “supportive studio and gallery dedicated to representing and empowering adults with varied abilities” will feature a juxtaposition of large collaborative pieces, plus small, delicate works and various scales in between. The artists have been exploring size through alcohol ink studies, a range of paintbrushes and other creative means. There will be an opening reception for the show on Thursday, May 16, 5-7 p.m., at the Open Hearts gallery with complimentary refreshments and a raffle. Half of every purchase goes to the artist; half supports the program. The show will be up through July 31. openheartsartcenter.org. Photo courtesy of Open Hearts Art Center

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Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas Hailing from southern Louisiana, songwriter and accordion player Nathan Williams brings the fast dance music of zydeco to the masses alongside musicians from his talented family. Joining him onstage are his brother Dennis Paul Williams on jazzinfluenced guitar, son Nathan Williams Jr. on keyboard and cousin Mark Williams on rubboard. And though not related by blood, the rhythm section of Paul “Not the Actor” Newman (bass) and Herman “Rat” Brown (drums) feels like part of the family. Also key to the ensemble’s success behind the scenes is Nathan Sr.’s oldest brother and the band’s manager, Sid “El Sid O” Williams, who also plays accordion on the side. Together, they form Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, and they’ll head to The Orange Peel on Saturday, May 18, for a 7:30 p.m. dance party. $18 advance/$20 day of show. theorangepeel.net. Photo by Joe Del Tufo

A & E CALENDAR ART AFRICAN RANGERS, FILMMAKERS OF 'KIFARU' • FR (5/17), 6pm - Art exhibit. 7pm - presentation. Tickets: benjaminwalls.com/rhino4. Held at The Foundry Hotel, 51 South Market St. CREATIVE SECTOR SUMMIT • FR (5/17), 10am-4pm - 9th annual Creative Sector Summit focuses on including underrepresented artists in Buncombe County. See website for full schedule. $35/$25 Asheville Area Arts Council members. Held at Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Center, 285 Livingston St. DRAWING WORKSHOP FOR VETERANS • THURSDAYS, 9:30am-12:30pm - Joseph Pearson teaches the four basic steps of drawing. Participants to bring three objects of personal significance. Registration: avl.mx/5wp. Free. Held at South College, 140 Sweeten Creek Road FIGURE DRAWING SALON • FRIDAYS, 6-9PM - Open figure drawing sessions with live model. Basic art supplies provided or bring your own, dry media only. $15. Held at The Colourfield, 54 Ravenscroft Drive HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 86 N. Main St., Waynesville, 828-452-0593, haywoodarts.org/ • SA (5/18), 2-4pm Comic book illustration class with James Lyle. $25/$20 members. • WEDNESDAYS, 2-4pm - Weekly Open Studio art classes resumes with Betina Morgan. $20. IKENOBO IKEBANA SOCIETY • TH (5/16), 10am - Flower arranging presentation and demonstration. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville WATERCOLOR CLASS • SA (5/18), 1:30-3:30pm Watercolor class. $25/$20 if you bring your own supplies. Held at The Creative

Thought Center, 449-D Pigeon St., Waynesville

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS SHOW & TELL SPRING POP UP SHOP (PD.) Now open until 5/19, 10am-8pm @ASHEVILLE SOCIAL HALL. Shop local/ indie craft, design, and vintage. showandtellpopupshop. com. 81 Broadway St. 28801. A GARDEN OF QUILTS SHOW, FLAT ROCK, NC • FR (5/17) & SA (5/18), 10am-4pm - A Garden of Quilts, exhibition and sale of quilts. $5. Held at Bonclarken Conference Center, 500 Pine Drive, Flat Rock OPEN STUDIO ART TOUR • SA (5/18), 11am-4pm - Open studio art tour at Grovewood Village. Free to attend. Held at Grovewood Gallery, 111 Grovewood Road SALUDA ARTS FESTIVAL • SA (5/18), 10am-4pm - Outdoor, family-friendly arts festival featuring 80+ fine arts and crafts vendors. Free to attend. Held at Historic Downtown Saluda, 24 Main St., Saluda

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS 'BROAD SENSE' • Through MO (6/3) Submissions accepted for Broad Sense, site specific time-based experimental performance art and dinner event. Information: revolveavl.org. ‘ANCESTRAL VOICES’ • TH (5/21), 10:30am2:30pm - Open auditions for Ancestral Voices. Held at 35below, 35 E. Walnut St. MADISON PUBLIC ART SCULPTURE • Through WE (5/15) Proposals accepted for a permanent piece of artwork for the Madison Manufacturing Public Art Park. Information: bit.ly/2Zy6fPq. Held at Town and Mountain Training Center, 261 Asheland Ave.

STUDIO TOUR LOGO CONTEST • Through (8/1) - Submissions accepted for The Studio Tour Logo Contest. Information: haywoodarts. org/logo-contest/. Held at Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville WHITE SQUIRREL PHOTO CONTEST • Through (5/17) - White squirrel photo contest. Information: 828-884-2787 or tcarts@comporium.net. Held at Transylvania Community Arts Council, 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard

DANCE LEARN TO DANCE! (PD.) Ballroom, Swing, Waltz, Salsa, Wedding, Two-Step, Special Events. Lessons, Workshops, Classes and Dance Events in Asheville. Certified instructor. Contact Richard for information: 828-3330715, naturalrichard@mac. com, www.DanceForLife. net OPEN DANCE PARTY (PD.) Join us Friday 5/17 and 5/31 for an Open Dance Party at Wave Dance Studio! Great music, friendly company, and fabulous dancing. 7-8:30pm-$10/person. www.waveasheville.com ASHEVILLE ACADEMY OF BALLET • SA (5/18), 1pm - End of year showcase featuring the training academy of the Asheville Ballet. $7. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 18 Biltmore Ave. FINES CREEK DANCE NIGHT • SA (5/18), 6-10pm - Dance night with live music by Running Wolf and the Renegades. Food available for purchase. $5. Held at Fines Creek Community Center, 190 Fines Creek Road, Clyde OLD FARMERS BALL CONTRA DANCE • THURSDAYS, 7:3011pm - Old Farmers Ball, contra dance. $8/$7 members/$1 Warren Wilson Community. Held in Bryson Gym Held at Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa

SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB • SA (5/18), 6pm - 37th anniversary dance. Advanced dance at 6pm. Early rounds at 7pm. Plus squares and rounds at 7:30pm. Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville 'SPRING INTO DANCE' • FRIDAY & SATURDAY until (5/18), 7:30pm Asheville Ballet presents Spring Into Dance. $20-$40. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 18 Biltmore Ave. STEPHENS LEE RECREATION CENTER 30 George Washington Carver Ave. • THURSDAYS, noon-1pm - Improver contemporary line dancing. $5. • THURSDAYS, 1:30-2:30pm - Beginner contemporary line dancing. $5. 'THE MYSTERY OF THE SEAHORSE' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/26) - The Mystery of the Seahorse, Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre and the students of The New Studio of Dance. Fri.: 7:30pm, Sat.: 3pm & 7:30pm, Sun.: 3pm. $15/$18 door, students and seniors $12/$15 door. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St.

MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS SOUND SHOP (PD.) Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/ class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums. com ASHEVILLE DRUM CIRCLE • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. BRYAN HELLER CONCERT • TU (5/21), 6:30pm - Bryan Heller, piano concert. Free. Held at Jackson

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WISH UPON A STARFISH: Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre and the students of The New Studio of Dance present the family-friendly performance of The Mystery of the Seahorse, a full length dance theater tale that provides an ecological lesson on keeping our oceans clean. The show runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at BeBe Theatre from May 17-26. Find tickets at avl.mx/60j. Photo courtesy of Sandee Johnson (p. 73)

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FLETCHER COMMUNITY CHORUS • TH (5/23), 7pm - Let all the World in Every Corner Sing, choral concert. Free. Held at Fletcher United Methodist Church, 50 Library Road, Fletcher

NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND • SA (5/18), 7:15pm Nashville Songwriters in the Round series. $25/$12 students. Held at Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Ave., Waynesville

HENDERSONVILLE SYMPHONY • SA (5/18), 7:30pm Strings on Fire, concert featuring cellist Julian Schwarz and works by Tchaikovsky. $40. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W. Campus Drive, Flat Rock JAZZ HOUR • MO (5/20), 6pm - Jazz Hour at Pack presents the Michael Jefry Stevens Trio. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. LIFE LIKE WATER • FR (5/17), 8pm - Life Like Water, folk and world music concert. $10. Held at Revolve, 821 Riverside Drive, #179 MAJO’S COME-BACK TOUR • FR (5/17), 7-9pm - Come Back Tour, featuring poetry, music and storytelling of Majo and local musicians. $10. Held

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PYRAMID BRASS QUINTET • SA (5/18), 3-4pm Friends of the Library Concert: Pyramid Brass Quintet concert. Free. Held at Waynesville Library, 678 S. Haywood St., Waynesville RHYTHM & BREWS CONCERT SERIES • TH (5/16), 5:30-9:30pm - The Screaming J's and The Broadcast, outdoor concert. Free to attend. Held at South Main Street, 200 South Main St., Hendersonville 'SONGS OF SPRING' • SU (5/19), 4pm - Blue Ridge Ringers present Songs of Spring. Free. Held at First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, 204 6th Ave. W., Hendersonville • MO (5/20), 7pm - Blue Ridge Ringers present

Songs of Spring. Free. Held at First Baptist Church of Brevard, 94 S. Gaston St., Brevard SONGSMITH GATHERING • SA (5/18), noon-11pm - Songsmith Gathering, live music featuring Stand and Sway, Sarah Siskind, Hush Kids, Mipso, David Crosby, Warren Givens, 5J Barrow, Ross Newell, Erin Rae and The Suitcase Junket. Tickets: songsmithgathering. com. $35 and up. Held at Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane, Brevard THE GREAT BALSAM NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND SERIES • SA (5/18), 6pm - The Great Balsam Nashville Songwriters in the Round Series featuring: Scott Miller, David Childers and RB Morris. $25/$12 kids. Held at Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Ave., Waynesville TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-8322, tryonarts.org • TH (5/16), 6:30pm Sunset Series: Lecrectia & ThunderRoad, country and southern rock.

$10. Held in Peterson Amphitheater. • TH (5/23), 6:30pm - Sunset Series: Noah Proudfoot & the Botanicals, funk. $10. WOMANSONG SPRING CONCERT: ROOM AT THE TABLE • FR (5/17), 7:30pm Womansong’s spring concert: Room at the Table. $20/$10 child. Held at Fletcher United Methodist Church, 50 Library Road, Fletcher • SA (5/18), 3pm - Room at the Table, spring concert featuring a 75-woman chorus. $20/$10 children. Held at Fletcher United Methodist Church, 50 Library Road, Fletcher

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD ASHEVILLE POETRY SERIES’ SPRING READING • MO (5/20), 7pm Nickole Brown and Jessica Jacobs read new work at Asheville Poetry Series’ Spring Reading. Open mic after feature reading. $5. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 South Market St.

ASHEVILLE STORYTELLING CIRCLE • SU (5/19), 3-4:30pm - Mountain folktales storytelling with Becky Stone, Sherry Lovett, Sandra Gudger and eighth graders from Owen Middle School. Hosted by the Asheville Storytelling Circle. $10. Held at Folk Art Center, MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway BOOKS & BITES • TU (5/21), 11am - Proceeds from Books & Bites, luncheon with presentation by author Michelle Gable, benefit the Friends of the Mountains Branch Library. Tickets: 828-2876392. $25. Held at Lake Lure Inn and Spa, 2771 Memorial Hwy., Lake Lure

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com • TU (5/15), 6pm - Edward Espe Brown presents his book, The Most Important Point, in conversation with Danny S. Parker. Free to attend. • TH (5/16), 6pm - Peter Guzzardi presents his book, Emeralds of Oz: Life Lessons from Over the Rainbow. Free to attend. • TH (5/16), 7pm - The May reading is Black Tudors: The Untold Story by Miranda Kaufmann. Free to attend. • SU (5/19), 3pm - Thomas Rain Crowe presents his book, The Inner Trees: Selected Poems of Yvan Goll. Free to attend. • MO (5/20), 6pm - Cindy Ross presents her book, The World Is Our Classroom: How One Family Used Nature and Travel to Shape an Extraordinary Education. Free to attend. • MO (5/22), 6pm - Paula Martinac presents her book, Clio Rising, in conversation with Lorena Russell, PhD. Free to attend.

• TH (5/23), 6pm - Juliet Escoria presents her book, Juliet the Maniac, in conversation with Scott McClanahan. Free to attend. SALUDA TRAIN TALES • 3rd FRIDAYS, 7pm - Saluda Train Tales, storytelling to help educate the community of the importance of Saluda’s railroad history and the Saluda Grade. Free. Held at Saluda Historic Depot, 32 W. Main St., Saluda

THEATER 'ALONG ABOUT SUNDOWN' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/18) - Along About Sundown, musical. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm, Sun.: 3pm. Reservations: parkwayplayhouse. com. $24/$13 kids. Held at Parkway Playhouse, Burnsville 'BUNCOMBE TOWER' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (6/2) Buncombe Tower. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $22/$10 students. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. 'POTTY PEOPLE' • SUNDAYS through (5/26), 7:30pm - Potty People, one woman show with Zoey Laird. $15/$10 students. Held at Magnetic 375, 375 Depot St. 'PROPOSALS' • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (6/1) - Neil Simon’s Proposals, comedy. Wed. & Thu.: 2pm & 7:30pm, Fri.: 8pm, Sat.: 2 & 8pm, Sun.: 2pm.

$17-$57.50. Held at Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock 'SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/25), 7:30pm - Shakespeare In Love based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard. Free to attend. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. 'SPEECH AND DEBATE' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/26) - Speech and Debate, dark comedy. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm & Sun.: 2:30pm. $20. Held at 35below, 35 E. Walnut St. 'STONES IN HIS POCKETS' • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (4/24) until (5/19) - Stones in His Pockets, dark comedy. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. Saturday matinee May 18, 2pm. $17$36/$10 students. Held at NC Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane 'THE PUSSY GRABBER PLAYS' • SATURDAY & SUNDAY until (5/19) - Proceeds from The Pussy Grabber Plays, eight short plays, benefit Our VOICE. Sat.: 6pm, Sun.: 2pm. $10. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 South Market St. STORIES FROM MOTHERS OF THE BRIDES • SU (5/19), 3pm - Stories from Mothers of the Brides. $5. Held at Brevard Little Theatre, 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard

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BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (5/15), 3pm - History Book Club: Dr. Mutter's Marvels by Cristin O'Keef Aptowicz. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TH (5/16), 5:30pm - Friends of the South Buncombe Library Book Club: The Increment by David Ignatius. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • TU (5/21), 7pm - Evening Book Club: White Houses by Amy Bloom. Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • TU (5/21), 7pm - Mystery Book Club: The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei. Free. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain

• TU (5/21), 2pm - Book Club: Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • WE (5/22), 3pm Afternoon fiction book club. Free. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • TH (5/23), 6pm - Book Club: Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa

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GALLERY DIRECTORY POSANA CAFE • 12 local artists and their connection to music. Reception: Thursday, May 23, 6-8pm. May 23-Aug. 1 1 Biltmore Ave.

310 ART • Large Works, group exhibition. May 2-June 30 191 Lyman St., #310 474 GALLERY STUDIO • Small Pieces, graffiti art. May 10-June 7 474 Haywood Road, Suite 2

PUBLIC EVENTS AT A-B TECH • A-B Tech student art exhibition. May 3-May 29 16 Fernihurst Drive

ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL • Beyond Knowing, established and emerging artists using art as a means of exploring larger questions. May 10-June 21 1 Page Ave.

REVOLVE • My Place, or Yours?, collaborative works of over 18 artists curated by Cara Hagen. April 17-May 22 821 Riverside Drive, #179

ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 1 Page Ave. • Postcards From the Edge, traveling exhibit of postcardsized artwork. May 2-May 31 • Vance Elementary School 5th Grade artwork exhibition. May 2-May 31

SMITH-MCDOWELL HOUSE MUSEUM • Infused in History, exhibition regarding tea and tea history. April 24-May 22 283 Victoria Road THE TRYON DEPOT ROOM • Show of four Tryon painters, Pilar Pace, Clara Rogers, Tina Durbin, and Chuck Mattern. May 22-June 26 22 Depot St., Tryon

ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART • The Color of Rain, exhibition featuring the paintings of Cheryl Keefer. May 1-May 31 82 Patton Ave.

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AVENUE M • Eye to Eye and Heart to Heart, drawings and paintings by Jared Massanari. May 7-May 31 791 Merrimon Ave. BENDER GALLERY • Everything is True, Nothing is Permitted, solo exhibition of ash and charcoal paintings by Tom Pazderka. May 3-May 31 29 Biltmore Ave. CARL SANDBURG HOME NHS • Let a Joy Keep You, exhibition of Henderson county youth art. April 17-May 22 1800 Little River Road, Flat Rock DESOTO LOUNGE • Body Positive, pastel nudes by Alex Alford. May 7-June 30 504 Haywood Road FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER • Domestic Blissss, exhibition featuring the artwork of Connie Bostic, Brenda Coates, Linda Larsen, Marya Roland and Alice Sebrell. April 27-May 26 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain FLOW GALLERY • Light 'Em Up, exhibition of lamps and lighting fixtures

THE VILLAGE POTTERS • Bob Brotherton: Humble Pots from a Gentle Man, exhibition of pottery by Bob Brotherton. Reception: Saturday, May 11, 5-7pm. May 11-July 6 191 Lyman St., #180

DREAM BIG: Stones & Dreams, Shadows & Streams, a solo exhibition of dreamscape and landscape paintings by Hendersonville artist Cynthia Wilson, opens at Grovewood Gallery on Saturday, May 18. An opening reception is planned for 2-5 p.m. The exhibition runs through Sunday, June 30. Photo of “Dusk Redoux,“ acrylic on canvas, courtesy of the artist, Cynthia Wilson. from seven artists in a variety of mediums. April 19-May 17 14 South Main St., Marshall FOLK ART CENTER • Exhibition of works from Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts program graduates. May 5-June 23 MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway GRACE CHURCH IN THE MOUNTAINS • Icons in Transformation, traveling exhibition featuring work by Ludmila Pawlowska. April 28-June 16 394 N. Haywood St., Waynesville GREEN SAGE CAFE WESTGATE • Breathless, exhibition of underwater photography by John Highsmith. April 17-May 22 70 Westgate Parkway

GROVEWOOD GALLERY • Stones & Dreams, Shadows & Streams, exhibition of paintings by Hendersonville artist Cynthia Wilson. Reception: Saturday, May 18, 2-5pm. May 18-June 30 111 Grovewood Road HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL • Elemental, exhibition of wood, metal, glass, fiber and clay art. May 3-June 1 86 N. Main St., Waynesville MOMENTUM GALLERY • Dissolution, two-person, mixed media exhibition featuring works by Seth Clark and Jason Forck. May 2-June 22 24 North Lexington Ave. ODD'S CAFE • Allowed in the House, exhibition of paintings by Nicolette Leigh Yates. May 2-May 31

800 Haywood Road OPEN HEARTS ART CENTER • Does Size Matter?, exhibition of works from Open Hearts artists. Reception: Thursday, May 16, 5-7pm. May 16-May 31 217 Coxe Ave. OVER EASY CAFE • Mer, group art exhibition curated by Justine Briggs. May 3-May 31 32 Broadway St. PINK DOG CREATIVE • Times Like These, exhibition of contemporary poetry and visual art curated by Laurie WilcoxMeyer, Cherry Lentz Saenger and Hedy Fischer. May 10-June 9 348 Depot St.

THE WEDGE STUDIOS • Don't Freak Out, mixed media art installation by Callie Ferraro Ayers. Reception: Thursday, May 23, 5:30pm. May 7-May 31 129 Roberts St. UPSTAIRS ARTSPACE 49 S. Trade St., Tryon • Disrupted Narratives, exhibition of works by Caren Stansell and Miranda Mims Sawyer. May 11-June 21 • Pop to Pattern, exhibition of works by Mark Brosseau, David Cedrone and Mark Holland. May 11-June 21 YMI CULTURAL CENTER • Examine the Past, Create the Future, exhibition of works by Joan E. Gardner and Alvin C. Jacobs. April 30-June 5 39 South Market St. ZAPOW! • May The Fourth Be With You, exhibition of space related art by local artists. April 19-May 22 150 Coxe Ave., Suite 101 Contact the galleries for hours and admission fees

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ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Chili Slaw Sessions w/ Tom Kirschbaum & Friends, 6:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic hosted by Billy Owens, 7:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM CROW & QUILL Black Sea Beat Society (Balkan, Klezmer, and Turkish party band), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ Esther Rose, Gracie Lane & Honky-Tonk DJ, 9:00PM FUNKATORIUM Saylor Brothers (bluegrass, 6:30PM HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB Back to the 80's (postpunk, new wave, synth), 10:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesday, 6:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 Monica Rizzio, 7:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30PM Sign Up), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM The Emotron, Andy the Doorbum (art, experimental), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Billy Litz (multi-Instrumentalist), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Lee Ross (funk), 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Get Weird Wednesdays at Sly Grog! Electronic collaboration, 9:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 6:30PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Chris Jamison, 6:00PM

THE GOLDEN FLEECE Scots-Baroque ChamberFolk w/ The Tune Shepherds, 5:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Pup w/ Ratboys & Casper Skulls [SOLD OUT], 8:00PM THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Lenny Pettinelli (solo eclectic keys, singersongwriter), 6:30PM THE MOTHLIGHT Marc Rebillet w/ Toybox Theatre, America's Favorite Cartoon Witch, 9:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE AMS Music Series at Social Lounge, 7:30PM TOWN PUMP Open Mic w/ David Bryan, 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Izzi Hughes, 8:00PM

THURSDAY, MAY 16 27 CLUB Dirty Bird, 9:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest, (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM AMBROSE WEST Josh Blake's Acoustic Band: Nothing's In The Way: Album Release Show, 8:00PM

ARCHETYPE BREWING Canned Heat Vinyl Night, 5:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & the Space Cooties, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Gene Holdway, 7:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP SakeOke (karaoke), 8:00PM BYWATER Open Electric Country Jam hosted by John Duncan, 7:00PM CALYPSO DJ Red Iyah & The Mete (Caribbean beats), 6:00PM CROW & QUILL Big Dawg Slingshots (swing & western swing), 10:00PM DOUBLE CROWN OLD GOLD w/ DJ Jasper (killer rock n' soul vinyl), 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Jack Evans Johnson, Sane Voids, 8:30PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic, 6:30PM FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Pistol Hill, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Hot Club of Asheville, 6:00PM

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THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Bob Zullo (rock, pop, jazz, blues), 7:00PM

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NOBLE KAVA Casey James, 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Party Foul Weekly Drag, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tenth Mountain Division, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Gleewood (blues, folk, rock), 9:00PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic hosted by Cody Hughes, 9:00PM

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THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE The Music of Wynton Marsalis performed by Lopez, Sipe, Bares, Hoover, 7:00PM

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RAINER'S CAFE AND BAR Greenville Jazz Collective: Vocal Jazz Night feat. Wendy Jones at Rainer's Bar, 7:30PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Billy Litz, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Black Garter Revue Presents - One Hit Wonders, 9:00PM SOUTH MAIN STREET Downtown Hendersonville NC Kicks off the 2019 Rhythm & Brews Concert Series w/ The Broadcast and The Screaming J's, 5:30PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Bern it Up! Pre-Bernie Rally, 6:00PM Make Music Not Walls, 9:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL RevelWood Mission, 10PM THE MOTHLIGHT The Moth: True Stories Told Live (Theme: Mama Rules), 7:30PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Thursdays Live Music at Social Lounge, 8:00PM THE WINE & OYSTER NC Songsmiths: Jangling Sparrows, 8:00PM THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Jerry Seinfeld, 7:00PM TOWN PUMP Carpal Tullar, 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Dirty Dawg, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Acoustic Karaoke, 9:00PM ZAMBRA Kessler Watson Trio (jazz), 7:00PM

FRIDAY, MAY 17 27 CLUB Old School Goth, 9:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Eleanor & Friends, (Americana fusion), 9:00PM ALL SOULS CATHEDRAL Asheville Symphony Chamber Chorus presents, "Rejoice in the Lamb", 7:30PM AMBROSE WEST An Evening of Improv Comedy with Reasonably Priced Babies, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Hard Rocket, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE Little Explorers Club, 9:00AM

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BEN'S TUNE UP DJ Kilby Spinning Vinyl, 10:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish Session, 3:00PM Rich Nelson Band, 9:00PM

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CORK & KEG The Barsters, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Queen Bee & the Honeylovers (swing jazz & Latin music), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Rock n' Soul Obscurities w/ Wild Vinyl DJ, 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S DE3RA, Witch Party &Tin Foil Hat, 9:00PM FLETCHER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Womansong Spring Concert: Room at the Table, 7:30PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Savannah Smith & Southern Soul (southern rock), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Siamese Sound Club, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Tellico, 8:00PM GENEVA'S RIVERFRONT TIKI BAR Mr Jimmy at the Tiki Bar, 6:00PM GINGER'S REVENGE George Trouble (folk, rock, country blues), 8:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Don Gallardo, 7:00PM

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PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Go Rounds, 8:00PM RUSTIC GRAPE WINE BAR Robin Lewis (folk, singer/ songwriter), 7:30PM SALVAGE STATION RALLY in Asheville w/ Bernie Sanders, 12:00PM

LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy Night: Geoff Tate, 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Redleg Husky, 8:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Hot n' Nasty (rock n' soul vinyl) w/ DJ Hissy Cruise, 10:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Jesse Berry & Kelly Jones, 6:00PM Showers on Mars (indie, rock), 9:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Hillbilly Diamonds, 6:30PM MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Hummingtree Band, 7:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Virginia and the Slims, 7:00PM

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THE COLLIDER Science Pub: A Conversation about Hemp, 5:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Bad Comedy Night, 9:00PM Comedy Night w/ Justin Blackburn, 9:00PM

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Fret Dreams, 8:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Hearts gone South Album Release Show w/ Vaden Landers Band, 9:00PM

ODDITORIUM Curious Folk Presents: Wild Realms, 9:00PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 9:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays feat. members of Phuncle Sam acoustic, 5:30PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: A Tribute to Weather Report 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: The Booth Fairy Project's Dance Party Fundraiser, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Hairball: A Bombastic Celebration of Arena Rock, 9:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Tom Sparks, 1:45PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ RexxStep (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function, 9:00PM ZAMBRA Jason Moore & 1st Person Soother (jazz), 8:00PM

SATURDAY, MAY 18 27 CLUB Drag Me 2 Hell: A Gender Bending Experience, 10:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Vince Junior Band, (modern blues), 9:00PM AUX BAR DJ New Millen (dance party), 11:00PM

CROW & QUILL Jason DeCristofaro Quartet (vibrophone jazz), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM FINES CREEK COMMUNITY CENTER Fines Creek Dance Night, 6:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Slugly, Karate Chad, 9:00PM

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Wild Nights with Emily HHHHS

DIRECTOR: Madeleine Olnek PLAYERS: Molly Shannon, Susan Ziegler, Amy Seimetz BIOPIC/COMEDY RATED PG-13 Dearest Xpress readers, I am writing you to spread the word about the new divinely sardonic mockumentary biopic, Wild Nights with Emily, which unveils the vivacious secret life of Emily Dickinson as told through her private letters to her lifelong lover — a woman (gasp!) named Susan. Director and playwright Madeleine Olnek (Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same) has masterfully adapted this true story from stage to screen, using Emily’s actual handwritten letters and Molly Shannon as the unforgettable lead. No longer the infamously hysterical agoraphobic spinster we all incorrectly know her to be, Emily is reinstated as a bold, warm, queer and altogether quirky literary figure. She fervently writes poems on the backs of bread recipes, stashes copies of her work in her bustle and her hair, and scurries between houses — bloomers in hand — fresh from a passionate afternoon frolic with her childhood best friend turned sister-in-law turned next door neighbor, Susan Dickinson (wisely portrayed by Susan Ziegler of Hello, My

Name Is Doris). She loves deeply and unabashedly, and has the endless love letters addressing Sue, her “Siren” and “Centre” to prove it. Though a slew of homophobic, panic-stricken historians have managed to scrub this vital part of Emily’s identity away, Wild Nights takes care to highlight this truth with a rare brand of comedic reverence. Using the brilliant framework of a celebrity tell-all book-reading, Olnek places one of Emily’s most flagrant offenders front and center: Mrs. Mabel Todd (played with fabulous abandon by Amy Seimetz). She serves as our gossipy, unreliable narrator, the self-annointed first editor of Emily’s poetry and the flighty mistress of Emily's brother Austin. Enraged with jealousy at the sight of Susan’s name in a heap of wildly romantic love letters, we watch as Mabel physically erases it and, thus, their brazen lesbian love story. Her actions create the legend of the meek, unlovable, unpublishable recluse Emily Dickinson that we still cling to today. Fear not, though! This isn’t a stuffy dramatic period piece, nor is it a slapstick reimagining of the author’s life, but a comedic exhumation of her genuine nature. It shines a spotlight on the grave injustices historians and editors have inflicted upon her — by shrouding her persona in mystery and mental illness, and burying

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her queerness with sanitized rewrites — through the use of surprising wit, charm and delightful irreverence. It effectively pokes fun at the seriousness surrounding her work, often employing the characters to dumbfoundedly question the poems' meaning, comment on the lack of rhyme scheme and verbally deride her words with perfectly campy execution. Emily’s historically dense poetry comes alive on screen as her words turn into cinematic experiences, leaving the audience to see, understand and, most importantly, feel Emily’s intentions. I began the film with a certain kind of indescribable unease toward her poetry and reputation, but finished it with a clear understanding of her life’s story, deep affection for her and genuinely renewed interest in her work. I am now a convert, a fan, an Emily Dickinson truther — and you should be, too! So, get to the theater post haste and see what all the poetic fuss is about. With sincerest cinematic urgency, Kristina Guckenberger Starts May 17 at Grail Moviehouse Read the full review at mountainx.com/ movies/reviews

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STARTING FRIDAY Wild Nights with Emily (PG-13) HHHHS(Pick of the Week) JUST ANNOUNCED. A Dog's Journey (PG) A reincarnated canine embarks on a lifelong quest to watch over its owner's young granddaughter. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (R) The titular assassin goes on the run with a $14 million price tag on his head.

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DIRECTOR: Rob Letterman PLAYERS: Justice Smith, the voice of Ryan Reynolds ADVENTURE/COMEDY RATED PG Insular to a maddening degree, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu provides zero inroads for people who know little about the popular Japanese creations. However, the story of the titular fuzzy, yellow, electricity-wielding creature teaming with his missing partner's 21-year-old son Tim (Justice Smith, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) admittedly isn't intended for outsiders. Edwin Arnaudin's one-half star review of the film is available to read at ashevillemovies.com, but for a HHHHH take, here's resident Pokémon expert Lucas McKee: I would tell lots of people to go see this movie. If you like Pokémon, you’ll like naming all of them when they appear on screen (Growlithe, Squirtle, Treecko,

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Arcanine, Jigglypuff, Machamp, Mr. Mime and many others!). It’s hard to name them all — anyway, you’re supposed to “catch them all!” Detective Pikachu, Mewtwo and Tim are the main characters. Detective Pikachu has amnesia. He can’t even remember how to use his attacks. Tim thinks he is imagining that he can understand Detective Pikachu’s words because he hears him speaking English and other people only hear him say “Pika Pika.” Tim and Detective Pikachu find out that Mewtwo escaped from a lab when Tim’s dad disappeared. They also learn about vials of something called “R” that make Pokémon go berserk. One difference from the Detective Pikachu video game is that Pokémon eyes turn red when they smell “R,” but in the movie, their eyes turn purple. Detective Pikachu has many funny parts. Detective Pikachu says funny things. One example is when he says to Tim, “You can’t have daddy issues without Daddy.” Another funny line is when he says, “OK. I’m bad cop. You’re good cop,” to Tim when they are talking to Mr. Mime. Mr. Mime is weird because he makes invisible things. There is also a Psyduck, who belongs to Lucy, a reporter for CMN (really GNN

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Poms HHS DIRECTOR: Zara Hayes PLAYERS: Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver, Celia Weston COMEDY RATED PG-13 Overheard as the credits rolled for Poms: “Diane Keaton can do no wrong.” That may not be entirely true, but the divine Ms. K is nearly always a joy to watch, and she keeps this senior comedy from veering off into inanity or sentimentality more than once. Keaton plays Martha, a single, childless woman who starts the movie by telling an unseen health care worker that she’s refusing chemo. She moves into a sterile house in a Georgia retire-

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SCREEN SCENE ment community and pouts for a while, while moviegoers do the same. Then her spunky neighbor, Cheryl (Jacki Weaver, Widows), convinces her to start a cheerleading club, and the movie gradually comes to life. It needs the undertow of Martha's secret illness because what’s on the surface is remarkably shallow. A retirement community ought to be a ripe source of both comedy and melodrama, but Poms sticks with a simple Mean Girls vibe, as the community busybody — sour, bossy Vicki (Celia Weston, ABC’s "Modern Family") — does her bitter best to shut down Martha's squad. The cheer scenes are amusing and less age-exploitative than you might fear, but Poms is a catalog of missed opportunities. The talent-rich cast of elderly cheerleaders — including Rhea Perlman and Pam Grier — are mostly given single-joke biographies, and any Asheville resident could tell 10 more amusing senior life stories just from shopping along Hendersonville Road. Which brings us back to Keaton, who somehow takes a nothing character and fills Martha with emotion and longing. She carries the movie to a cheer-contest culmination that's as entertaining as the similar scene in Little Miss Sunshine, and only half as bawdy. For most of its length, Poms is an underwhelming effort, but its joyous finale makes all the preceding lameness worth the toil.

Act. Her outraged lawyer son protests — ah, yet another child who doesn’t really know his mother — but soon the mind-boggling truth comes out and, via plentiful flashbacks to the 1930s and '40s and the development of the atomic bomb, the “Granny Spy” remembers. As the Allies compete to develop the weapon without sharing research with the Russians, a brilliant, idealistic young Joan (played by the marvelous Sophie Cookson) enters the suspenseful political chaos. Having already fallen under the hypnotic glamour of a pair of Russian/German refugees, the physics graduate student becomes an assistant in the top-secret Tube Alloy project, thereby setting up the compelling drama of her inevitable turn. In the often hilarious sexist behavior of the times, no one pays Joan much attention, thus allowing her to act with impunity. Once the war reaches its horrifying end, Joan makes her move, though the blindfolds she wears to the deceit and horror of Stalinism has its own intriguing consequences. Unexpectedly relevant today, Red Joan presents powerful conundrums to which the world still reverberates. Only the names and pace have changed.

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DIRECTOR: Chris Addison PLAYERS: Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, Alex Sharp COMEDY/REMAKE RATED PG-13

DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn PLAYERS: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson BIOPIC/DRAMA RATED R Women are the spies in Red Joan, an engrossing World War II British tale that proves a country’s worst deeds can be accomplished by its meekest members. Fictionalized (from a novel) and dramatized (by the filmmakers), it’s based on the true story of Melita Norwood (1912-2005), whom Stalin considered his most important spy in Britain. Helmed by legendary Royal Shakespeare Company stage director Trevor Nunn, the film isn't action-packed but instead is rich in performances, costumes, sets and explosive questions. The story begins in 2000, one day after a knighted Foreign Office minister dies, when the press uncovers his tawdry secrets and MI5 arrests widow Joan Stanley (Judi Dench, glorious in her frumpy hair and deep wrinkles) for 27 breaches against the Official Secrets

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Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson are delightful in the first half of The Hustle as competing and then collaborating con artists Josephine and Penny. For nearly 45 minutes, the genderswap take on Dirty Rotten Scoundrels simply lets them cut loose with Hathaway in dignified British mode and Wilson doing her usual crass but charming Australian thing, reveling in the comedic joy of their opposite natures on the French Riviera. It’s so entertaining watching them run quick yet elaborately planned cons that the film doesn’t need one big culminating mission, like its source material has, to get it to the finish line. But in new female screenwriter Jac Schaeffer's overly faithful update, an ill-fitting second half is precisely what we get. Read the full review at ashevillemovies. com REVIEWED BY EDWIN ARNAUDIN EARNAUDIN@MOUNTAINX.COM

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THE VIEW FROM HERE: Asheville native Artus Moser, a ballad collector, teacher, painter, sculptor and naturalist, is the focus of the 1985 film Artus Moser of Buckeye Cove. The movie kicks off the Swannanoa Valley Museum and History Center’s Summer Historic Documentary Series on May 16. Photo by Joan Moser • Asheville actor Drez Ryan has booked a recurring role on “The Outsider,” an HBO series based on the novel by Stephen King. The series is co-created by Jason Bateman and stars Ben Mendelsohn, Cynthia Erivo (Widows), Bill Camp, Mare Winningham, Paddy Considine and Julianne Nicholson. According to HBO, the series “follows a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy. The crime, however, leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe to be real, as an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case.” No release date has been set. avl.mx/5zr • The Swannanoa Valley Museum and History Center, 223 W. State St., Black Mountain, will host a Summer Historic Documentary Series focusing on Southern Appalachian history and culture. The films were produced by award-

FILM FILM NOIR MOVIE NIGHT • TU (5/21), 6:30pm - Film Noir Movie Night: Dark Passage. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester FLOOD GALLERY WORLD CINEMA: 'THE RETURN' • FR (5/17), 8-10pm - World Cinema: the 2003 Russian drama The Return. Admission by donation. Held at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain

HENDERSONVILLE FILM SOCIETY: 'THE MUSIC TEACHER' • SU (5/19), 2pm - Hendersonville Film Society: The Music Teacher, a 1988 Belgian drama about a 19th century classical music singing competition. Screened in the Smoky Mountain Theater. Free. Held at Lake Pointe Landing, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville HIP-HOP SERIES: 'SHOGUN ASSASSIN' • TH (5/23), 7pm - Shogun Assassin, a narrative look at the genesis of Def Jam Records. Hosted by local artist and musician

winning media center Appalshop in the 1970s through the early ’90s and will be screened on the third Thursday of each month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. The topics of the selected films include ballad-singing (Artus Moser of Buckeye Cove, May 16), quilting (Quilting Women, June 20), veterans’ experiences in World War I, World War II and Vietnam (Peace Stories, July 18) and environmental conservation issues (Ready for Harvest: Clearcutting in Southern Appalachia, Aug. 15). Museum representatives will introduce each film and contextualize its themes with Swannanoa Valley and Western North Carolina history. A short discussion about the film and its relevance to contemporary Appalachia will occur after its conclusion. Free, but seating is limited, and attendees are encouraged to RSVP online or by calling the museum at 828-669-9566. swannanoavalleymuseum.org X

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to humorist Dave Barry, “The method of learning Japanese recommended by experts is to be born as a Japanese baby and raised by a Japanese family, in Japan.” As you enter an intensely educational phase of your astrological cycle, I suggest you adopt a similar strategy toward learning new skills and mastering unfamiliar knowledge and absorbing fresh information. Immerse yourself in environments that will efficiently and effectively fill you with the teachings you need. A more casual, slapdash approach just won’t enable you to take thorough advantage of your current opportunities to expand your repertoire. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I think it’s time for a sacred celebration: a blow-out extravaganza filled with reverence and revelry, singing and dancing, sensual delights and spiritual blessings. What is the occasion? After all these eons, your lost love has finally returned. And who exactly is your lost love? You! You are your own lost love! Having weaved and wobbled through countless adventures full of rich lessons, the missing part of you has finally wandered back. So give yourself a flurry of hugs and kisses. Start planning the jubilant hoopla. And exchange ardent vows, swearing that you’ll never be parted again. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Louvre in Paris is the world’s biggest art museum. Over 35,000 works are on display, packed into 15 acres. If you wanted to see every piece, devoting just a minute to each, you would have to spend eight hours a day there for many weeks. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because I suspect that now would be a good time for you to treat yourself to a marathon gaze-fest of art in the Louvre — or any other museum. For that matter, it’s a favorable phase to gorge yourself on any beauty anywhere that will make your soul freer and smarter and happier. You will thrive to the degree that you absorb a profusion of grace, elegance and loveliness. CANCER (June 21-July 22): In my astrological opinion, you now have a mandate to exercise your rights to free speech with acute vigor. It’s time to articulate all the important insights you’ve been waiting for the right moment to call to everyone’s attention. It’s time to unearth the buried truths and veiled agendas and ripening mysteries. It’s time to be the catalyst that helps your allies to realize what’s real and important, what’s fake and irrelevant. I’m not saying you should be rude, but I do encourage you to be as candid as is necessary to nudge people in the direction of authenticity. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): During summers in the far northern land of Alaska, many days have 20 hours of sunlight. Farmers take advantage of the extra photosynthesis by growing vegetables and fruits that are bigger and sweeter than crops grown further south. During the Alaska State Fair every August, you can find prodigies like 130-pound cabbages and 65-pound cantaloupes. I suspect you’ll express a comparable fertility and productiveness during the coming weeks, Leo. You’re primed to grow and create with extra verve. So let me ask you a key question: to which part of your life do you want to dedicate that bonus power? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s time for you to reach higher and dig deeper. So don’t be a mere tinkerer nursing a lukewarm interest in mediocre stories and trivial games. Be a strategic adventurer in the service of exalted stories and meaningful games. In fact, I feel strongly that if you’re not prepared to go all the way, you shouldn’t go at all. Either give everything you’ve got or else keep it contained for now. Can you handle one further piece of strenuous advice, my dear? I think you will thrive as long as you don’t settle for business as usual or pleasure as usual. To claim the maximum vitality that’s available, you’ll need to make exceptions to at least some of your rules.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful,” wrote author Flannery O’Connor. I think that’s an observation worth considering. But I’ve also seen numerous exceptions to her rule. I know people who have eagerly welcomed grace into their lives even though they know that its arrival will change them forever. And amazingly, many of those people have experienced the resulting change as tonic and interesting, not primarily painful. In fact, I’ve come to believe that the act of eagerly welcoming changeinducing grace makes it more likely that the changes will be tonic and interesting. Everything I’ve just said will especially apply to you in the coming weeks. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There’s a certain problem that has in my opinion occupied too much of your attention. It’s really rather trivial in the big picture of your life, and doesn’t deserve to suck up so much of your attention. I suspect you will soon see things my way and take measures to move on from this energy sink. Then you’ll be free to focus on a more interesting and potentially productive dilemma — a twisty riddle that truly warrants your loving attention. As you work to solve it, you will reap rewards that will be useful and enduring.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Author Hélène Cixous articulated a poetically rigorous approach to love. I’ll tell you about it, since in my astrological opinion you’re entering a phase when you’ll be wise to upgrade and refine your definitions of love, even as you upgrade and refine your practice of love. Here’s Cixous: “I want to love a person freely, including all her secrets. I want to love in this person someone she doesn’t know. I want to love outside the law: without judgment. Without imposed preference. Does that mean outside morality? No. Only this: without fault. Without false, without true. I want to meet her between the words, beneath language.” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author Henry Miller wrote that his master plan was “to remain what I am and to become more and more only what I am — that is, to become more miraculous.” This is an excellent strategy for your use. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to renounce any tendency you might have to compare yourself to anyone else. You’ll attract blessings as you wean yourself from imagining that you should live up to the expectations of others or follow a path that resembles theirs. So here’s my challenge: I dare you to become more and more only what you are — that is, to become more miraculous. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): London’s British Museum holds a compendium of artifacts from the civilizations of many different eras and locations. Author Jonathan Stroud writes that it’s “home to a million antiquities, several dozen of which were legitimately come by.” Why does he say that? Because so many of the museum’s antiquities were pilfered from other cultures. In accordance with current astrological omens, I invite you to fantasize about a scenario in which the British Museum’s administrators return these treasures to their original owners. When you’re done with that imaginative exercise, move on to the next one, which is to envision scenarios in which you recover the personal treasures and goodies and powers that you have been separated from over the years. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I hate it when people tell me that I should ’get out of my comfort zone,’” writes Piscean blogger Rosespell. “I don’t even have a comfort zone. My discomfort zone is pretty much everywhere.” I have good news for Rosespell and all of you Pisceans who might be inclined to utter similar testimony. The coming weeks will feature conditions that make it far more likely than usual that you will locate or create a real comfort zone you can rely on. For best results, cultivate a vivid expectation that such a sweet development is indeed possible.

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