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Fear of short-term rentals is unfounded I do not own a short-term rental, but I can tell you that when I travel, 70 percent of the time I look for Airbnb rentals, not hotels. I recently vacationed in California and booked an Airbnb in Sausalito, and it was wonderful. There is no way I would book a hotel room in San Francisco or really anywhere I plan to travel for a week or so.

I believe that there is so much fear about noise and crowded streets filled with short-term renters’ cars, and it is unfounded. Anyone renting is going to be sure their property is kept up, and there are filters an owner can use to be sure they are not renting to inappropriate people.

I do support locals being able to earn income from short-term rentals. Locals helped this town grow and become what it is now. This is not the time to turn your backs on them.

— Karen Johnson Asheville

Debunking the myths of short-term rentals Let me address a few myths about short-term rentals that are floating

around and add a few points to consider: Myth No. 1. STRs bring noise, excessive traffic, crime and disharmony to residential neighborhoods.

This certainly isn’t an issue in my neighborhood. The traffic pattern isn’t any more excessive than if a long-term resident rented my property. In fact, I suggest that there is less traffic because tourists usually arrive in one car and spend most of their time sightseeing. Long-term residents (such as a couple) as a rule have multiple cars as well as friends visiting in the evening and on weekends, which results in — you guessed it — increased traffic and possible noise in the neighborhood.

A responsible landlord vets their short-term guests and also immediately addresses any issues of disturbance that might arise. Over the course of eight years, I have never had a guest in my STR commit a crime of any type while visiting.

Their interests are in sightseeing and spending money in the various businesses around town, not burglarizing the neighborhood or preying on children as some people have suggested.

Having a long-term tenant does not automatically mean that the quality and tone of the neighborhood is assured. Problematic longterm tenants can cause disruptions and disharmony, and eviction is a

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Myth No. 2. STRs limit the availability of affordable housing in Asheville.

This has not been proven by any studies that I am aware of. Most STR owners have invested time and considerable money into renovating, furnishing and maintaining properties worthy of offering guests visiting our city. They are frequently the most attractive and well-maintained properties in the neighborhood. If forced to give up their STR and needed income, property owners are not going to be able to make a longterm rental “more affordable” but would request a rent that is as high as the market will bear.

There must be other avenues City Council could consider that allow responsible property owners with STRs a much-needed income. Why not let the tax revenue that the city would receive from regulated STRs be appropriated for affordable housing in Asheville.

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Swap nuggets for lentils to become ‘Fit City’ I think of Asheville as being a healthy city with people eating well and getting their exercise. Sounds like that isn’t the case if our obesity levels are shockingly high as stated

by Ms. [Kate] Lundquist [“Fat City: Looking for Solutions to Asheville’s Obesity Problem,” May 4, Xpress].

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We can blame poverty, lack of nutritional education and kids needing to try healthier foods. But the big (really big) problem is with the $38 billion that our federal government spends yearly to subsidize the meat and dairy industries. (Sadly, it spends 0.04 percent of that amount to subsidize fruit and vegetable growers.)

[In the article], Dr. Robert Swoap, professor at Warren Wilson College, bemoans the fact that cheap food makes us fat. Fast food is cheap because it’s subsidized by the Department of Agriculture. If the real cost of cheap food reflected the damage it causes to human health and environment, it would be at least eight times more. That is not to mention the inherent violence in animal raising and slaughter that no one can begin to calculate.

If we substituted more lentils, kale and almond milk for nuggets and shakes, we’d soon become “Fit” City instead of Fat City.

— Zia Terhune

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How to ethically live in North Carolina?

All the area hospitals are anti-choice because they are perfectly capable of performing abortions, yet they refuse to do so. Therefore all pro-choice citizens should boycott all the area hospitals.

However, I have a certain personal problem with boycotting hospitals, that being I might die, and then I would lose my pro-choice vote. Similar problems arise when I contemplate following Bruce Springsteen’s example and boycotting North Carolina over HB2. Buy-local champions might have a problem here as well.

The only conclusion I can draw is that it is impossible to ethically live in North Carolina, and so all pro-choice people need to move to Sausalito ASAP. I hope they let us build houses when we get there. Maybe Bruce will help.

Until then, I’ll just have to keep looking for Chinese products, though hospitals don’t seem to be among them yet, coffee neither.

— Alan Ditmore Leicester

Publix should sell only cage-free eggs Like many here in the Western North Carolina region, I’m an animal lover and do my part to advocate on their behalf. I do my best to shop ethically and am deeply saddened to learn about how Publix tortures hens.

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Recently a Publix customer delivered a petition with more than 110,000 signatures to the company’s headquarters, urging them to sell only cage-free eggs. I was surprised to learn that Publix, the seventh-largest food retailer in the United States, is the only one in the top 15 not committed to going cage-free. Kroger, Safeway, Walmart, Giant, and almost all other major grocers have committed to phasing out the cruel practice of caging egg-laying hens.

On egg factory farms supplying Publix, hens are crammed into cages the size of a file drawer. They are unable to spread their wings or move around freely, and they are denied all behaviors that come naturally to them, including perching and nesting. This is nothing short of animal abuse. So why is Publix still allowing its egg suppliers to use this barbaric practice?

I hope that others will join in putting pressure on Publix by boycotting them until they commit to going 100 percent cage-free. For more information on the campaign and to sign the petition, you can visit: http://publix.henhell.com/

— Michelle Neff

Asheville Editor’s note: Xpress contacted Kim Reynolds, media and community relations manager at Publix, who had this response to the points raised in Ms. Neff’s letter: “At Publix, we are committed to providing our customers with a premier shopping experience, which includes a wide selection of quality products, friendly and helpful service and superior value. We understand that there are customers who want the food industry and all retailers, including Publix, to offer only 100 percent cagefree shell eggs as soon as possible.

“We understand that eggs are an affordable way for families to incorporate protein into their diets and that many of these families are interested in the source of their food. We are aware that some customers prefer cagefree eggs, and for these customers we currently offer the following specialty cage-free egg options: Publix Green Wise, Eggland’s Best, 4 Grain, Country Hen, Handsome Brook Farm and Pete & Gerry’s. We will continue to work to provide an assortment of eggs and allocate even more shelf space to cagefree options as our customers purchase more cage-free eggs.

“Because we take concerns about animal welfare seriously, we have been diligently working with our egg suppliers, industry leaders, governmental agencies and nongovernmental organizations to better understand the feasibility of converting our shell egg supply

to completely cage-free while meeting customer demand, remaining affordable, and maintaining animal health and safety.

“In addition to animal welfare concerns, there are several other factors to consider: the higher costs and retail price associated with cagefree eggs, the speed of this industry change, current WIC regulations preventing the purchase of cage-free eggs and the potential inability of smaller farmers to make the large necessary investments causing them to go out of business.

“We understand the high standards expected of us and will continue to work to provide our customers with quality products and a variety of choices, while ensuring food safety and animal welfare.

For instance, soon we will be introducing a Grade A Large cage-free egg called Sunups in the majority of our stores that will be less expensive than some of the cage-free eggs offered today. Once again, we are confident that our customers will lead us to the right product assortment with their purchases.

“We appreciate the trust our customers place in us to do the right thing and we work hard to live up to that responsibility. We are committed to moving forward with this effort.”

Money pleas lack creativity I love people and helping people. And I truly dislike complaining, but Asheville is a town of artists and creative entrepreneurs, and I have come to expect a high quality of culture, beauty and unique takes on the world.

That being said, I am disappointed that when people approach me for money, it is consistently the same story: “I was out partying last night, someone stole my wallet, and I need money to get back to Knoxville.” We can do better than this! And I don’t mean naming a different city to get back to.

Be creative; take the time to explore what type of stories move people. Maybe use current events (“I am raising money to help fight HB2.”

“I need money to demonstrate at a Trump rally in West Virginia (and for medical care later.)” ) I want to help you, but I need to see that you will make an effort also.

— Dan Comer

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Local group hosts noted Israeli peace activist The Palestinian/Jewish Egalitarian Team is an Asheville-based group committed to working toward a just settlement of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. We meet monthly to discuss the conflict, share resources and reflect on potential possibilities for resolution. We come together from varied ethnic and religious backgrounds with varied viewpoints, but have managed to continue to meet for almost a year.

At the end of May, Israeli anthropologist, human rights activist, scholar and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Jeff Halper will be visiting Asheville to share his views about the conflict and the possibilities for peace. Dr. Halper taught anthropology at Haifa and Ben-Gurion universities, focusing his academic research on the modern history of Jerusalem, contemporary Israeli culture and the Middle East conflict.

In 1997, Dr. Halper co-founded the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions to challenge and resist the Israeli policy of demolishing Palestinian homes. In 2006, the American Friends Service Committee nominated him, along with Palestinian activist Ghassan Andoni, for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Dr. Halper will be speaking several times during his Asheville visit, and PAJET is pleased to be sponsoring one of his talks on Sunday, May 22, at Lenoir-Rhyne University.

For more information about his schedule in Asheville, please contact pajetnc@gmail.com.

— Anne Craig

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Correction: In our May 11 article, “Work Hard, Play Hard: SERFA Conference Looks at the Craft and Business of Folk Music,” we incorrectly named the founder of the Old Farmer’s Ball. Fred Park founded this popular event with assistance from four local dance callers: Dudley Culp, Peter Gott, Phil Jamison and Bob Thompson.

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Deciphering the heart of HB2

BY MILTON READY First, let’s start with a theory that came from a medieval English friar named William of Occam. In Latin, it’s called lex parsimoniae, the law of parsimony, but you probably know it as “Keep it simple, stupid.” Once you shave away all the assumptions and diversionary arguments surrounding a hypothesis, you probably arrive at a larger underlying truth. Now let’s apply Occam’s razor, as this principle is known, to North Carolina’s HB2, the law about bathrooms and transgender people.

To begin with, don’t confuse HB2 with reality. You can troll websites like the state attorney general’s for crime statistics, and you won’t find any instances of transgender individuals entering public restrooms to assault anyone. None. Moreover, transgender people typically avoid public restrooms. Regardless of any set of circumstances, no actual events have occurred.

What you will find is data on hate crimes against transgender individuals in almost any kind of public space, whether it’s a bathroom, school, bar or street corner. You’ll also encounter instances of coaches, priests, ministers, teachers, family members, camp counselors and, yes, even elected representatives assaulting children in bathrooms and elsewhere. So you can shave away any assumptions about security, false virtue or hypocrisy implicit in HB2. Still, these red herrings provide a passionate basis for factual or righteous argument on any number of points — all entertaining but diversionary, part of the law’s fundamental deceitfulness.

You can also ignore all the dismay expressed in media such as The New York Times and by entertainers like Bruce Springsteen about how, with the passage of HB2, North Carolina has retreated into its dark past and blemished its progressive image. In fact, except for a few brief flirtations with the likes of the likes of Terry Sanford, Harvey Gantt and Jim Hunt, North Carolina has always been a reactionary Southern state. Always.

Only outsiders think otherwise, and many of them probably live in Charlotte and Asheville.

Don’t forget that North Carolina bled more than any other Southern

MILTON READY state in defending slavery in the Civil War, and it waited 50 years before ratifying the 19th Amendment — the one passed in 1920 that gave women the right to vote. In the 1960s, North Carolina was known as “Klansville, USA,” with more KKK members than all the other Southern states combined. Sam Ervin, our iconic senator, should probably be given personal credit for killing the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s, and Jesse Helms, probably the most publicly homophobic senator of our time, was unfailingly returned to office for 30 years. Moreover, in 2012, North Carolina overwhelmingly approved Amendment 1, which prohibited gay marriage.

Now let’s turn to the Bible. North Carolinians always do when there’s a civil rights issue, LGBT being merely the latest. Biblical justifications dot civil rights issues. Ending slavery and segregation? Start with the curse of Ham and Jeremiah. The submissiveness of women? Think Paul here. Against homosexuality? You’ll find legitimization in both the Old and New Testaments.

Religious freedom vs. apostasy? Don’t get me started. Yet don’t let religious wrappings, no matter your beliefs, gratify your desire to be “right” or “righteous” on HB2. They can be multiplied beyond necessary, unto frustration.

To discover the essence of HB2, take a close look at the parts that don’t mention bathrooms. North Carolina legislators fear words with trans in them, like transgender, transvestites, transsexual and, especially, transparent. Anticipating

that the transgender part of HB2 would be ignored, ridiculed, unenforced and likely struck down by the courts, legislators simply stuck it in as an emotional, red meat issue for the rural voters who back them, all the while hoping that other parts of the bill would either be overlooked or quickly recast in a separate, transgender-free bill. Their weak defense, citing things like “common sense” and “security,” clearly demonstrated that. Afterward, state lawmakers could say they “never wanted to vote on HB2 in the first place” while moving to retain the most essential measures. An exhausted public would hardly notice.

The heart of HB2 lies in the provisions that prohibit local governments from approving anything above the federally mandated $7.25 minimum wage or any anti-discrimination measures, like the one Charlotte passed on behalf of LGBT individuals. Most importantly, the law bars North Carolinians from suing to protest workplace discrimination. But why?

Crafted by rural legislators like Phil Berger of Eden and Tim Moore of Kings Mountain, HB2 perfectly expresses a gerrymandered, artificial hatred for cities like Charlotte and Asheville. It’s the latest iteration of an eternal attempt to eviscerate existing civil rights laws and, yes, a death struggle between rural and urban North Carolina over the state’s future. How best to prevent children from small towns and communities rushing to cesspools of vice and corruption like Charlotte, which lure them with promises of high wages and good jobs?

How best to “return” to an idyllic North Carolina that never existed — one dominated by white males, where everyone knew their place and only deferentially complained? Just conjure up a few hobgoblins like LGBTs, pass a new law that creates a false public concern — especially in a presidential election year — and you might be able to ward off the inevitability of demographics and modernity for a few more years. Otherwise, Mount Airy might become Asheville, and Andy Griffith might turn into Caitlyn Jenner.

HB2 stands as a legislative expropriation, for political purposes that embarrassed those it shouldn’t, of the perceived idiotism of rural life in North Carolina. Just as diversity, unlikeness and the multiformity of North Carolina cities like Asheville and Charlotte should be honored, so, too, should the traditional values and closely knit societies of

smaller towns and communities like Mount Airy, Marshall and, yes, even Eden and Kings Mountain. Yet HB2 does neither. Moreover, it violates one of the greatest commandments of all, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,” a core requirement for calling yourself a Christian. Sometimes I find that dictum particularly trying.

At its heart, HB2 has emerged as a battle for the very soul of North Carolina. It was never about bathrooms or trans-anything. X

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MEET AND GREET: Gov. Pat McCrory at the Governor’s Western Residence, hosting constituents during the spring open house Saturday. Photo by Able Allen

BY ABLE ALLEN aallen@mountainx.com Spring is a beautiful time to visit the Governor’s Western Residence on Town Mountain. Governors and their spouses have traditionally opened the residence to the public twice a year — once in the spring when the rhododendrons are in full bloom, and once during the winter holidays. Last December’s gathering saw record attendance, according to a tour guide at this weekend’s open house. Last spring, though, a sporadic light rain resulted in sparse visitation and a relaxed feel, with few security personnel on hand.

Anyone who wanted to tour the house could drive right up, park out front and stroll inside.

This spring’s gathering had a decidedly different tone. On Saturday, protesters lined Town Mountain Road and congregated in a yard across from the entrance to the residence, displaying signs criticizing the governor’s relationship with Duke Energy and supporting a range of causes including black

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rights, immigrant rights, transgender rights, workers rights and the rights of local governments.

At least 10 police vehicles from the Asheville Police Department and the state Highway Patrol separated protestors from the residence.

Officers redirected visitors to the parking lot of the First Baptist Church, where they were required to pass through a metal detector before boarding a shuttle to ride back up the mountain to the house. One shuttle driver reported that the shuttling operation was a recent change in plans, based, at least partly, on the expected protest activities at this spring’s event. Outside the house at least four APD officers and at least five state law enforcement officers stood guard, while inside the house and throughout the grounds at least five plainclothes security personnel with visible holstered weapons circulated among the visitors.

Despite the security precautions, the charm of the Western Residence was on display, with rooms featuring a wide variety of art made by local craftspeople. And Gov. Pat McCrory was on hand to engage visitors with a

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smile and a warm handshake. Most of those who conversed with him could be overheard speaking in support of his initiatives, and many praised him for his efforts to protect the people of North Carolina and to improve the economy. Refreshments were served on the back patio, where a view of Asheville in the valley below and Mount Pisgah in the distance framed a bucolic scene.

McCrory is proud of the fire pit that was added to the sloping lawn behind the residence during his time in office.

It’s his favorite place to find peace, he says, when he is staying in the western part of the state. While seated there, he invited this reporter to sit and have a few words with him. We were almost immediately interrupted by Amy Hamilton, who said she was “with the media too, the Asheville Blade.” She spoke harshly to the governor, saying “These brownies won’t take the bitter taste of discrimination out of our mouths.” She went on to tell him that she hoped he would enjoy being voted out this fall. Before she was led away by the governor’s security personnel, the two had a brief exchange, in which McCrory made it clear he did not appreciate her interruption. He then turned to recommence our conversation.

Mountain Xpress: The western part of the state is culturally very different from the Piedmont and the eastern part of the state. What does that mean to you?

Gov. Pat McCrory: Resilience and independence that’s unique to our country, that’s what I notice here. There’s an independence, in fact almost a libertarian type of independence, of “Leave me alone, and let us enjoy life,” on both the right and the left. I might add, they all kind of merge together, especially in the Asheville area. Plus, there’s an outdoor spirit here, of enjoying the outdoors as much as possible, which I like. Especially the minute the weather gets good, you just see everyone come out of the woodwork.

I was here last year and it was a much different affair, security is much more visible this time.

Well, the concern is: Protesters on both sides of the issue had stated they were going to come here. And actually up until [that incident moments ago],

we’ve had none of that. People have been extremely respectful in conversation. I’ve actually had extremely good dialogue with people, on many different issues, while I’ve been up here, while overlooking the scenery of the west, while looking at Mount Pisgah. I think that was the first thing that ever occurred, where someone came and [spoke harshly].

One reason protesters are outside is that the LGBT community, and especially the trans part of the community, feels disrespected. I know from your perspective the spirit of the law is about security and safety...

No, it’s actually more about respect for privacy. Expectation for privacy is the main issue I’m speaking of. And today, I’ve had some wonderful conversations, very respectful conversations and dialogue, with people who both agree with President Obama and ... disagree with HB 2, and those on the opposite [side]. And in fact, it’s been more interesting watching the two converse with each other. And what I’m finding, too, is there is no monolithic one thought from either group. It’s a very complex issue.

In fact [I was] talking to a group of people who are transgender and having my pictures taken with them and great dialog. In fact I’m going to have follow-up dialog with several of these people.

So that’s a great example of personal respect between you and them...

Absolutely. And, by the way, I want to say that’s true about the people who also agree [with HB 2]. Because there are people here of different opinions, and I’m not seeing people being disrespectful. There’s just this one instance where I’ve seen an individual just express frustration.

But do you think there’s a policy path for making that group feel respected?

Well, in the short term, because of the quick action of the Charlotte City Council, and even the Legislature, and now the president — in the short term, sadly it’s going to probably be resolved in the courts. In the long term, I think we have to have a clear dialog and understanding of the complexities of a new issue that’s come [to the] front in literally months. I mean this issue has never come up in my lifetime, in politics, up until literally three months ago.

And I think that’s true with most people in America who weren’t talking about this issue three or four months ago. And all of the sudden, the media is focusing on it every single day in fact. The media wasn’t talking about this issue a year ago, you know?

Do you find that to be of value or a distraction?

Both. I think there’s been maybe too much weight put on this issue, in comparison to health care or addiction or to mental health or public transportation or education.

But, it’s an issue you can’t avoid, and I think what’s happened is that this was an issue that no one was talking about and just letting kind of happen. And in fact some would say: Many people are looking for a solution in which the problem has yet to be defined. I said that yesterday on NPR radio, that I thought Charlotte was trying to find a solution to a problem that had not been defined. During my 14 years there as mayor, this issue had never come up. But it was brought up by more of a national group bringing this to North Carolina than North Carolina bringing this to the nation.

Except now, North Carolina has kind of brought this conversation to the nation.

No, actually it was a national group that brought it to North Carolina. In fact, the [Human Rights Campaign] told me they were going to make North Carolina the epicenter of the transgender movement for the United States of America, so it was strategically brought to North Carolina by a very powerful, national organization, which they’ve got the best political machine I’ve ever seen, and [the best] media machine I’ve ever seen, called the HRC. So does that kind of bring it back to a centralization versus decentralization argument?

Yeah, I don’t think we’ve resolved that issue. I actually think, from a civil rights standpoint, the federal government’s responsible for the overall civil rights. And I’ve said before, I think the 1964 Civil Rights bill needs to be updated and discussed to include many issues that are being addressed at the local state levels in a hodgepodge of ways.

I think it’s not good for the country, for every city and every state to have different discrimination laws.

It’s caused confusion, inconsistency in application, and I think that’s

harmful to the nation. And my dilemma with the federal government right now is that the president’s making all the decisions and his job is not to make law, but to enforce law. And I think all three branches of government have to be a part of this discussion, not just the executive branch. The executive branch, by the way, has suddenly brought this issue up. I don’t remember the president ever bringing this issue up during his campaign. [laughs] It wasn’t really in the spotlight then, was it?

No. No, in fact, when [Obama] ran for re-election he was against gay marriage, and now we’re being lectured by his attorney general on an issue — that was definitely not at the forefront — a short time later, which is unique for me. Even today, I’ve had discussions where I get continued information and education on a very complex issue — about gender identity, gender expression and other terms that, frankly, I’m not sure we’re allowed to use anymore.

Xpress is actually looking at doing a story on terminology and definitions.

Because right now this debate’s about gender identity and I’d say probably 90 percent of the nation has no idea what we’re talking about.

It’s definitely a teaching moment, isn’t it?

And the media is using these terms and coming to conclusions when they have yet to define [them]. So the media hasn’t actually been responsible in this debate either. I think, frankly, the media has already come to a conclusion; but, boy, the nation hasn’t come to a conclusion because I go from one group of people to another and there’s just an extremely huge divide on this issue and I’m talking about within the towns, including even here this afternoon I’ve had people come up to me and go “Thank you, you hang in there, don’t budge,” and I’ve had other people come and go, “I’ll make sure you never get elected again.”

The issue has been incredibly divisive.

And it’s extremely quick how this came up through the coordinated campaign.

And it was a well coordinated campaign.

For more, including what happened after the interview and photos of the protest, find this story on mountainx.com X

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by Virginia Daffron

vdaffron@mountainx.com

THE ROAD AHEAD

Asheville launches comprehensive planning process

revitalization efforts have expanded beyond downtown to encompass the River Arts District, Biltmore Village and Haywood Road. Among the concerns the planning process will consider, he continued, are the shortage of affordable housing, low-wage employment, climate change, multimodal transportation needs and the resiliency of the local economy.

The comprehensive plan will also guide future decisions on things like zoning amendments, infrastructure planning, development review and resource allocation.

Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler, who chairs the city’s Planning and Economic Development Committee, says the comprehensive effort is the most important project the city will undertake this year. An extensive series of public meetings and online surveys over the 15- to 18-month process will offer numerous opportunities for city residents to give input, and Wisler says she’s eager to see what they believe are the most important issues. For her part, the vice mayor expects city neighborhoods and a new focus on the concept of equity to be key topics.

NEIGHBORHOODS WEIGH IN

FUTURE VISION: At the city planning department’s offices, Planning Director Todd Okolichany reviews documents with staff. Planner Stacy Merten, left of Okolichany, is the staff lead for the comprehensive plan update project. Photo by Virginia Daffron “Years must pass before every objective named in the Plan can possibly be realized. It will be the work of a generation. For that reason no set of definite recommendations can be any more than a flexible outline — subject to the expressed will of the people.”

— foreword to John Nolen’s 1922 Asheville City Plan Asheville may fairly be called a city of many plans, yet the comprehensive plan update approved by City Council on April 26 will in fact be only the fourth planning effort to address the city as a whole.

The first such plan, authored by pioneering urban visionary John Nolen in 1922 and adopted two years later, outlined broad land-use principles and designated major transportation corridors. Some recommendations, such as a subway between Pack Square and West Asheville, might strike modern readers as far-fetched. Others, such as where to site the city’s incinerator, are

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decidedly pragmatic. Still others express anachronistic attitudes whose legacies still shape the city today, such as a passage noting the “distinct advantages” of separating neighborhoods for white residents from those for other races.

Asheville continued to grow robustly up until the 1929 stock market crash.

The Great Depression inaugurated a long period of stagnation, during which the city’s population grew slowly and a crushing debt burden made new investment impossible. It wasn’t until 1987 that the next big picture effort, the Asheville City Plan 2010, was adopted by a City Council led by then-Mayor W. Louis Bissette. From 1960 through 1980, the document notes, Asheville actually lost population to Buncombe County, thereafter achieving modest population growth through annexation. The 2010 Plan also reflects a new concern for incorporating significant public input.

By the time the city embarked on the next-generation comprehensive plan-

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ning process in the early 2000s, population growth had picked up steam.

In response, planners embraced the concept of “smart growth” as a guiding framework for the Asheville City Development Plan 2025, which was adopted in 2003 under Mayor Charles Worley. The 2025 Plan encourages strategies such as mixed-use development, adaptive reuse, multimodal transportation planning and continued downtown revitalization. This plan also expanded the avenues for public engagement: For the first time, residents could submit comments online; the city also provided a dedicated telephone line and a storefront office for the planning effort.

In an April 26 presentation to City Council, Todd Okolichany, the city’s director of planning and urban design, spelled out why he believes it’s time for Asheville to once again embark on a comprehensive planning process. Since 2003, the city’s population has increased by 16,000 to an estimated 89,000. Major new employers have come to town, and

Months before a consultant was chosen, city staff had begun working to engage neighborhoods in the planning process. On Nov. 7, Okolichany led a workshop attended by 33 neighborhood representatives. He outlined the city’s “Plan on a Page” format, which can help groups organize and build consensus around local priorities that will inform policy decisions affecting the city as a whole.

On April 19, city staff led a work session for neighborhood representatives. Neighborhood coordinator Marsha Stickford says representatives of 20 different residential areas took advantage of the opportunity to hash out the details of their plans with planning staff. Rachel Jensen, president of West Asheville’s Wilshire Park neighborhood association, praised the city’s efforts, saying, “In our neighborhood, this process is bringing people together.”

Martha McKinney of the Sweeten Creek Association of Neighborhoods agreed. “Never before have neighborhoods been this involved in the comprehensive plan,” she said. Renee White, who heads the East End/ Valley Street Neighborhood group, said she was glad for the chance to share her fellow residents’ concerns,

particularly the increasing volume of cut-through traffic on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. She also intends to request new signage to reinforce the neighborhood’s identity.

The city, says Stickford, hopes to receive all the individual plans by July 1. So far, she’s pleased with the response, saying, “People are taking it seriously and being very thoughtful in creating their plans.”

A MORE EQUITABLE VISION The term “equity” entered the city’s vocabulary in a big way in January, when the newly elected City Council adopted a strategic, 20-year vision for Asheville. By 2036, Council declared, the city will be able to say that “cultural diversity and social and economic equity are evident in all that we do.”

But what does equity mean in the context of local government?

According to Council member Gordon Smith, who pushed for a new focus on the principle during City Council’s annual planning retreat, equity means promoting full equality for all. Historically, he explains, society has undertaken land-use projects that have broken up established black and ethnic neighborhoods. These disruptions made it difficult for minority business owners and neighborhood residents to thrive, both economically and socially. Other inequalities, including a lack of access to education and capital, have also contributed to the wide gap in wealth between minority and white populations. Equity also requires acknowledging those historical injustices and other factors as it seeks to provide equal opportunity today.

Wisler, meanwhile, says equity can help frame our thinking on a wide range of issues, from LGBT rights to the plight of independent business owners struggling to afford rising rents in Asheville’s increasingly popular downtown. At the same time, she notes, local government often finds itself constrained in its ability to implement programs aimed at expanding social and economic equity. Despite those limitations, Wisler hopes the planning process will give City Council new insights into “what the public would like us to do, if we could.”

SEEKING OPINIONS: Public input will be a part of the process, says Jennifer Pehr, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s project manager for Asheville’s comprehensive plan. Photo courtesy of SOM ASSEMBLING THE A-TEAM Staffer Stacy Merten, the Planning Department’s lead contact on the project, says Asheville’s request for proposals netted responses from nine consultants. After interviewing four finalists, the city awarded the $264,000 contract to a team headed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, an architecture and planning firm with offices around the world.

Project manager Jennifer Pehr stresses the importance of the team’s partner organizations, each of which contributes a different skill set. The Asheville-based Design Workshop has expertise in landscape planning and the public realm; another local firm, Chipley Consulting, will play a key role in facilitating public engagement. The St. Louis-based Development Strategies Inc. has extensive economic development and land-use planning experience.

And national transportation planners VHB Engineering’s Charlotte office will conduct transportation, public infrastructure and resiliency studies.

Although SOM completes hundreds of plans around the world every year, “We won’t be opening our briefcase and pulling out trends that are hot elsewhere,” stresses SOM principal Kristopher Takacs. “This needs to be about what is authentically, uniquely Asheville. And that starts with a process of listening and discovery.”

Extensive public input will be an important component of the project.

In coordination with city planning staff, the consultant team will conduct

DISCOVERING ASHEVILLE: Kristopher Takacs will oversee the consultant team as SOM’s principal in charge of the planning project. Photo courtesy of SOM public meetings and town hall discussions, says Pehr. Open City Hall, the city’s new online platform, will be another channel for gathering feedback.

“We’re really trying to address and reach a very representative group of the population,” she explains, “and not only those who regularly participate in the public process.”

Wisler concurs. “By using some of the technology, I’m hoping we can capture the input of people who don’t usually show up at these meetings,” she says, adding, “We’re getting better and better at it.”

At its May 10 meeting, City Council agreed to appoint an advisory group of 15 Asheville residents to guide the planning process. It will include a representative from each of the city’s 12 boards and commissions, plus three at-large members. Applications for the latter slots will be accepted through Wednesday, June 8. Residents, says Wisler, may also participate in focus groups targeting specific subjects such as transportation, affordable housing and the environment.

REINVENTING THE WHEEL? Wisler reminds those who see broadscale planning processes like this one as “pie in the sky” and “a little wonky” that Asheville won’t be starting from scratch. “We already have a comprehensive plan, so we won’t be learning how to do this for the first time,” she points out. Asheville has created many thoughtful and detailed plans in recent years, continues Wisler, and she wants

to see all of them reflected in the next-generation plan.

Six principles widely recognized by planning organizations as best practices for sustainability will be used as a framework for Asheville’s process, Merten explains. They are: 1) Connect land-use planning with multimodal transportation planning.

2) Mitigate impacts of climate change.

3) Maintain a resilient and diversified economy.

4) Promote community and housing equity.

5) Encourage healthy communities.

6) Enhance local and regional partnerships.

And while she agrees that many of the same issues that claimed center stage in the 2025 Plan will also drive the 2035 edition, Merten predicts that the new plan will include “different ways to deal with ongoing issues.” For example, she continues, “In the future, it will be increasingly important for the city to partner with private entities to accomplish things.” In that vein, notes Merten, the consultants will also be working to integrate the findings of the forthcoming Climate Adaptation Report, which UNC Asheville’s National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center is currently working on.

THE BIG PICTURE

The comprehensive plan, Okolichany told City Council, will help “ensure that Asheville continues to be forward-thinking and … a diverse, livable, clean and healthy community.”

Takacs, meanwhile, says, “Asheville is an extraordinary place: That’s what drew us to it. …

This process is about the city writing its own future. Our job as consultants is to lead, guide and listen, and offer steps to get there.”

Pehr says she’s looking forward to helping Asheville articulate its distinctive personality. “You know you’re in Asheville when you are in Asheville,” she points out. “There’s a clear sense of place and community. Asheville is at a really unique point to be a leader among this size of city in America.” The comprehensive plan, she concludes, “will provide a road map for where you want to go — and how you plan to get there.” X

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ODE TO ASHEVILLE

ANONYMOUS

The million secrets of Julian Price

THE OLD AND THE NEW: When Julian Price arrived in Asheville in 1989, over half the downtown buildings were boarded up. It wouldn’t stay this way for long.

At left, 1994 photo looking down Walnut Street, courtesy of Public Interest Projects. Modern-day photo at right by johnwarnerphotography

BY THOMAS CALDER tcalder@mountainx.com Julian Price paused at the corner of Walnut and Haywood streets. To his left stood the former Asheville Hotel, to his right the old J.C. Penney building. It was 1989, and both structures were boarded up and vacant, as were many of their neighbors. It had been over 15 years since the Asheville Mall opened, but downtown’s barren streets and empty sidewalks still testified to the flight of the major chain stores to Tunnel Road.

To the east, however, framed by the buildings between which he stood, Price could make out the Beaucatcher cut. Perhaps it was the devastated mountain, or a sense of downtown’s unrealized potential, that hit him so hard. Maybe it was neither, or a combination of the two. Whatever it was, Price wept, overcome by a sense that he needed to move to Asheville.

He’d spent the previous two decades in Oregon and Northern California.

By 1989, however, the native North Carolinian had decided it was time to come home — just not all the way

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home. Born and raised in Greensboro, Price wanted to maintain some semblance of the anonymity his time out West had provided, which he knew his hometown could never offer him.

In Asheville, Price tried to fly under the radar as much as possible. But when you contribute nearly $10 million of your personal wealth to help revitalize a long-neglected city, folks are bound to take notice.

Of course, standing at the head of Walnut Street that day, Price couldn’t have known the extraordinary impact he would end up having on his adopted home. Nor could the 48-year-old have imagined that he had less than 12 years to live.

It’s now nearly 15 years since Price’s death. And while many local business owners and nonprofits nod knowingly upon hearing his name, most Ashevilleans remain unaware of his extensive contributions. That’s no fault of their own: It was part of Price’s design all along.

His family and friends, though, are hoping to change that. The Julian Price Project aims to both honor and shed light on one of Asheville’s remarkable modernday pioneers — a man who, no doubt, would have cringed at the very notion.

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THE EARLY YEARS Born June 4, 1941, to Ralph and Martha Price, Julian was the second of three children. Named after his grandfather, who was president of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co., Julian inherited not only this man’s name but a portion of his considerable wealth. And though that legacy ultimately proved to be a blessing for both Julian and Asheville, those who knew him best say he struggled with it for most of his life.

Growing up, “Most of the people he knew were not rich,” explains Elizabeth Spinner, a lifelong friend of Julian’s.

Because of this, says Spinner, “He always had to wonder, is this person being friendly just because I have money?”

Julian’s relationship with his mother, continues Spinner, also contributed to his ambivalence about wealth. Martha Price “did not come from a rich family, and it seems to me she always encouraged all her children to associate only with people as rich as they were.” At times, says Spinner, Martha actively discouraged emerging friendships between Julian and children whom Martha felt were below the family’s social class. Julian, of course, resented this.

In 1963, however, Martha died in a car accident at age 54; Julian was only 22. Three years later, his brother, Clay, died of a brain aneurysm. Clay, too, had been “driven crazy by all the people coming at him for money,” remembers Spinner.

In 1967, Julian married a woman named Barbara; the following year, their daughter, Rachel, was born.

Within two years, the family headed west, after a brief stint in Boston.

Many of those who were closest to Julian say the move reflected a desire to escape the baggage that came with being a Price in Greensboro. “It was … very, very hard for him [to have] people ... see him on the street and know that he was Julian Price, the rich white guy,” says Meg MacLeod, Julian’s second wife.

Spinner, meanwhile, says: “Julian was always a non-snob, let me just make that very clear. In no way,” she stresses, did he feel “that his money made him socially superior to anyone.”

Shortly after Julian and Barbara arrived in Oregon, their marriage ended, and Julian made his way down to Northern California. Throughout his time there, he pursued various

passions, growing and selling organic vegetables, working at a photo lab and running his own radio program, which focused on issues ranging from racial injustice to gun control to forest and farmland conservation.

Rachel Price notes another of her father’s many interests and talents: mock interviews that he would film, first on a Super 8 camera and later on a VHS Camcorder. “He could be very, very funny,” she recalls, remembering the silly questions he would pose to her on camera.

While still in California, Julian and a friend created a column for a local paper in San Rafael, the Marin County seat. Each week, “Question Man” posed a different query to strangers on the street: “Did you ever know a cruel person?” “Have you ever been betrayed?” and so on.

People’s photos were printed alongside their answers.

Every column, however, included Julian’s own answer, flanked by a photo of a tanned, bearded, middle-aged man with a warm smile: “Julian Price, 47, radio producer, San Rafael.”

In response to the question “What did you finally give up on?” he replied: “Being shorter. I always wanted to be 6 foot 2 instead of the 6 foot 5 that I am. Lately, I realized that I just wanted to be less visible, to blend in more.

Now I’m glad I’m tall. But I’m also glad I’m not 6 foot 8, because then I’d have to duck going through every door. I hit my head enough now as it is.” The answer showcases Julian’s sense of humor, but it also reveals his

lifelong quest to keep a low profile.

After Rachel enrolled in college, Julian’s thoughts turned to North Carolina. “I think he wanted to make a fresh start,” his daughter says, “to feel like he was sort of going back home but not completely.”

Julian’s return came shortly after his father’s death. Like his son, Ralph Price was more interested in people than in business. He briefly took over Jefferson Standard after his own father died but left the company within four years.

According to MacLeod, Julian said his father spent time abroad, urging world leaders (including Indira Gandhi) not to use nuclear weapons. Spinner wonders whether Ralph’s death was a factor in Julian’s decision to come back East.

“Maybe he didn’t want to be more effective in the world when his father was alive,” she suggests.

Within the year, Julian had moved to North Carolina. “I think when he got to Asheville,” says MacLeod, “he’d reached a place in his life where he could come back home.”

But if Julian’s return was a symbolic gesture of self-acceptance, it was also the start of a campaign to erase his past.

To accomplish this, he began writing checks to bolster the efforts of local nonprofits and entrepreneurs. They weren’t investments — at least, not initially. Price was simply giving away his money, in an effort to help a community grow while relieving himself of the guilt and uncertainty he’d always felt about his wealth.

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CAUGHT UP IN THE HOLIDAYS: In 1992, Price began the short-lived quarterly, City Watch. In addition to writing articles, he posed for some of the publication’s photos. In this one, he warns citizens of low-hanging holiday lights. Photo by Meg MacLeod

Event celebrates Price and Asheville’s collaborative spirit A May 26 Orange Peel event, “Envision Community,” will celebrate Julian Price’s legacy with the world premiere of a documentary about Price and the release of the album The Asheville Symphony Sessions.

The documentary, a year in the making by local filmmaker Erin Derham, looks at the philanthropist and the initiatives he fostered in Asheville.

The album, a collaboration between the Asheville Symphony Orchestra and eight local bands and singer-songwriters, showcases the cooperative and experimental spirit of Asheville. Fittingly, the album was selected as the soundtrack for the documentary.

The dual premieres take place at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25. Info at theorangepeel.net. X

A roost for readers In 1995, rumors flew that Barnes & Noble was arriving in Asheville, making the staff at Malaprop’s Bookstore/ Café blanch. The downtown icon had occupied a cramped space on Haywood Street since 1982. Perpetually crammed with books and customers, there was no room for offices, except for the bookkeeper’s cubbyhole. Jane Voorhees, then the store’s manager, held one-on-one meetings by the mailbox outside the front door.

But just as owner Emoke B’Racz was despairing of shoehorning one more book onto the shelves, Pat Whalen appeared. “He said, ‘Someone is interested in buying the corner building if you move into the first floor,’” remembers B’Racz. “It was in shambles. No one had been in it for years but pigeons and tiny creatures.”

She could imagine Malaprop’s in the old Asheville Hotel building but feared she couldn’t afford the space, says Ramshaw. Meanwhile, B’Racz, Voorhees and Mel Nelis, the bookkeeper, considered converting Malaprop’s into a specialty bookstore. “Pat said, ‘That has bankruptcy written all over it,’” recalls Voorhees, now a watercolor/pastel artist.

Believing that Malaprop’s was an essential part of downtown’s appeal, Julian Price and Whalen offered a rent that would drop in slow times and rise in flush ones. B’Racz and

her colleagues agreed to move, but other hurdles remained. When B’Racz applied for a loan to pay for fixtures and increased inventory, she was turned down. “Banks don’t like bookstores,” says the business’s founder, who responded by closing her bank accounts.

Refusing to admit defeat, B’Racz wrote to longtime customers asking for money. Some made short-term loans; others prepaid their accounts for the coming year. If they’d spent $600 in the store during the previous year, for instance, they might prepay that amount, Voorhees explains. Within a week, customers had lent B’Racz thousands of dollars. And during the actual move, devoted patrons formed a human chain to relay the books from the original store to its new space half a block away.

“What Julian understood is that small businesses need help from time to time,” says B’Racz. “Our kind of bookstore is a cultural center. If it thrived, none of the corporate stores could take the soul of our city.”

In 2000, Publishers Weekly named the store Bookseller of the Year. And after repeatedly scoring Best Bookstore and Best Place to Hear Poetry honors in Mountain Xpress’ annual readers poll, Malaprop’s won entry to the paper’s Hall of Fame. X

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by Thomas Calder

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Ear to the ground

BRINGING BACK THE MUSIC: Price was never a huge fan of music or noise in general, but he understood the importance of a vibrant music scene and what it meant for a downtown. Photo of what’s now The Orange Peel, courtesy of Public Interest Projects In 1998, Be Here Now, a 235seat music club on Biltmore Avenue, closed its doors, dealing a serious blow to Asheville’s downtown club scene. Pat Whalen, a music lover, knew that a club big enough to draw national acts had to be on Public Interest Projects’ wish list. Music clubs weren’t Julian Price’s passion, but he trusted Whalen.

“Julian said, ‘I’ll put in the money, but I’m not going,’” remembers Karen Ramshaw, PIP’s vice president. “Julian wasn’t trying to create his personal Disneyland.”

With Price’s understated blessing, Whalen began to hunt for a building.

A boarded-up auto parts warehouse on Biltmore had had as many lives as a cat — as a National Guard armory, a roller skating rink, a rhythm and blues nightclub, and finally a warehouse. Looking past the shag carpet and dropped ceiling, Whalen saw potential: Above the ceiling tiles stood impressive barrel vault steel trusses that allowed the big space to be clear of columns, providing great sightlines from anywhere in the room.

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PIP leased the building and began renovations, turning it into a club with room for 950 on-their-feet music fans. Whalen hired Jack and Lesley Groetsch, formerly of top-rated New Orleans music venue The Howlin’ Wolf, to manage the venture.

“The couple was instrumental in thinking through things like equipment and layout,” says Liz Whalen Tallent, the Asheville club’s marketing and special events manager since 2006.

The Groetsches rechristened the space The Orange Peel Social Aid & Pleasure Club, reviving the name of the former R&B club.

But if The Orange Peel’s music was smooth, the income stream was rocky. “The club was slowly going out of business,” says Tallent, and “The Groetsches agreed to step out.”

At that point, Whalen was running the music venue, assisted by six managers, each with a different expertise.

“When Pat hired me in 2007, he was working at the club from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.,” remembers Operations Manager Justin Ferraby. The youthful new management team was determined to earn Whalen’s trust.

The turning point came in May 2007 when The Smashing Pumpkins, one of

the ’90s most successful alternative rock bands, agreed to a nine-day residency. “It put us on the musical map,” says Ferraby.

These days, PIP shares the profits with managers via annual bonuses, says Melissa Buerckholtz, a PIP accountant who oversees the club’s books.

The Orange Peel now sells 110,000 tickets a year, and half of its patrons are out-of-towners who also empty their wallets on lodging and food.

“Julian Price could have gone anywhere to invest his money,” says Ferraby. “His foresight was to see Asheville for what it was.

Pat has taken that responsibility on through respect for Price.

And the next generation has that respect for Pat. Our goal, too, is to support local businesses and rally behind each other.”

In 2008, The Orange Peel was named one of the top five music clubs in the United States by Rolling Stone, and in 2014, the club was nominated by Pollstar for Nightclub of the Year honors. X

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CUTTING CHECKS At first, Julian simply walked the streets of downtown Asheville, armed with an inquisitive mind and an open checkbook.

“He was definitely informal in his approach,” remembers Mountain Xpress Publisher Jeff Fobes. In 1989, Fobes was running Green Line (a monthly precursor of Xpress) when Julian “just popped in.” After talking for a while about the publication’s goals, Julian asked if some money would help. “I believe it was in the sum of $20,000,” Fobes recalls. “My eyes kind of popped, and I said enthusiastically, ‘Yes, I think that would help.’” Julian returned an hour later with a check.

Those impromptu contributions continued throughout Julian’s early years in Asheville.

Beneficiaries included the Mountain Microenterprise Fund (now Mountain BizWorks), the Affordable Housing Coalition and the Western North Carolina Regional Branch of the SelfHelp Credit Union.

In 1990, Self-Help was a two-person operation tucked away in an upstairs office at 12½ Wall St. Once again, Julian arrived unannounced. Upon entering the tiny workspace, “He basically looked like, ‘This is it?’” says Beth Maczka, who was then the local branch’s director. “He had clearly done his homework, though.” Julian was interested in community banking and appreciated Self-Help’s focus on

folks who couldn’t get a conventional bank loan. At the conversation’s end, he made out a check for $100,000 — the federal limit at the time.

“That was the largest check we’d ever received,” remembers Maczka.

Julian subsequently met numerous times with Martin Eakes, co-founder of the local branch’s parent organization. Those conversations, says Maczka, helped Julian see that “When you invest in these old structures, it can anchor community.” He ultimately donated $1 million toward renovating the historic Public Service Building on Wall Street, enabling numerous nonprofits to rent affordable space there, share resources and work together. “Without that contribution,” she says, “that building would not have been renovated.”

But when someone starts spontaneously handing out large sums of money, word gets around. Seeking to dodge the spotlight, Julian approached Pat Smith, executive director of the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.

Another $1 million donation created the Dogwood Charitable Endowment Fund, which makes grants to organizations supporting sustainability and pedestrian improvements, as well as those assisting low-income people. Despite this considerable largesse, however, Julian still felt uneasy. His inheritance remained mostly intact, and he just wanted to be done with it all.

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PUBLIC INTEREST PROJECTS “One of Julian’s favorite questions was, ‘If you could do anything you wanted, what would you do?’” says Karen Ramshaw, vice president of Public Interest Projects. In 1991, she relates, his attorney, Pat Whalen, “started telling Julian how great it would be to work with community businesses and really help them become sustainable.”

At first, says Whalen, Julian “wanted me to have all the money.

We were going to do a private, nonprofit foundation: I’d be running it, and he wouldn’t have anything to do with the money.”

But after extensive research and many back-and-forths, Whalen convinced Julian that the nonprofit model could be a hindrance. “I told him we could just make it a for-profit business, and if we lose the money we lose the money, but we’re free to operate however we want,” Whalen explains.

“We were trying to recycle it to generate money for the next business.”

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On that basis, Public Interest Projects was established in 1991. There was also a nonprofit, Public Interest North Carolina, to support things like advocacy and investigative journalism that couldn’t be funded through the Community Foundation.

Initially, PIP targeted all of Western North Carolina. But Whalen soon realized that even Julian’s wealth wasn’t sufficient to impact that big an area, and the company narrowed its focus to downtown Asheville. “The goal,” he says, “was to make Asheville this great urban, livable place.”

Whalen, though, is quick to credit both city officials and pioneers like Tops for Shoes, Roger McGuire and John Cram, who helped lay the groundwork for downtown revitalization. “Without the wisdom and courage local government showed in the ’80s, this would not have worked out,” stresses Whalen.

Nonetheless, in the early ’90s, there were few people living downtown, apart from the poor and the elderly. A couple of buildings had been renovat-

First things first Hunger is a human need that trumps even sleep. So perhaps it’s not surprising that one of the first Asheville businesses Julian Price funded got its start as a small vegetarian lunch counter in the basement of the YMCA. Joan Cliney-Eckert had borrowed $10,000 from her mother to launch the venture in 1991. It caught on immediately, and Price became a tempeh-sandwich regular.

“One day, Julian asked if I’d thought about expanding,” ClineyEckert remembers. “He said, ‘I’ll send my lawyer to talk to you.’” ClineyEckert’s then husband, Joe Eckert, found Price’s interest “fishy,” she says. And when Pat Whalen showed up and said Price wanted to lend them money, the Eckerts listened politely but did nothing.

Whalen pressed harder. “With our faces 2 feet apart, he said, ‘Look at my eyes,’” Eckert recalls. “‘Come to a meeting at PIP at 3 this Thursday.’ I started to laugh. He said again, ‘You’re looking at my eyes, right?’”

At the meeting, Price sat quietly while Whalen explained their proposal: PIP would lend the Eckerts money to open a vegetarian restaurant (preferably within two blocks of Price’s apartment, which backed onto Wall Street).

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“The arrangement was casual: no background checks, no signed documents,” Cliney-Eckert recalls. “‘If it doesn’t work out,’ they said, ‘you don’t have to pay the money back.’”

Whalen and Karen Ramshaw, vice president of Public Interest Projects, studied the restaurant business so they could pass on information to the Eckerts. “We had restaurant classes at PIP once a week,” says Cliney-Eckert.

“And we were learning from a guy [Whalen] who knew nothing about restaurants except that he had 12 books on the subject!”

The restaurant, renamed after an Indonesian seed said to make people laugh, opened on Wall Street in June 1993. On the first morning, Eckert swung back the doors to find 12 hungry people waiting outside. “The biggest thing was the encouragement of Julian and the solid business sense that Pat had,” says Eckert. “We were blessed.”

Since its inception, the Laughing Seed Café has been named the best vegetarian restaurant in WNC by readers of both the Asheville Citizen-Times and Mountain Xpress and has been written up in national publications, including The New York Times, Southern Living and Vegetarian Times. X

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CLEANING UP THE STREETS: When the SNOW SERVICE: With the city’s downtown city neglected trash, Price stepped in. an afterthought, much of what we take for Photo by Meg MacLeod granted today was simply ignored. Price jumped in to help wherever he could.

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An extraordinary legacy The roster of recipients of Julian Price’s philanthropy, to varying degrees, reads like a who’s who and what’s what of Asheville’s downtown renaissance. These beneficiaries include: BUSINESSES The Orange Peel Zambra Laughing Seed Café Salsas Skyrunner Mobilia Madaras Design Malaprop’s Jack of the Wood Laurey’s Catering 67 Biltmore Café Fine Arts Theatre The Market Place French Broad Food Co-Op Blue Moon Bakery

Green Line Mountain Xpress Public Interest Projects REAL ESTATE PROJECTS Carolina Apartments 69 N. French Broad Ave. Asheville Hotel 55 Haywood/85 W. Walnut St. 29-31 Page Ave. Old Penney’s Building (Smith-Carrier Building) 43 Haywood/84 W. Walnut St. Coker Building 65-69 Biltmore Ave. Rice-White Building 19-21 Biltmore Ave. The Orange Peel 101 Biltmore Ave. Vanderbilt Apartments 75 Haywood St.

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ed, with the upper floors turned into pricey condos. “There was no evening activity other than problems,” Whalen recalls. But a fire in the Carolina Apartments on North French Broad Avenue created an opportunity, and they seized it eagerly.

Advisers, remembers Ramshaw, said, “Nobody’s going to rent this.

There’s no parking: It’s just stuck here on the side of downtown.”

Nonetheless, PIP bought the property, whose 27 units were fully rented before architect and developer Jim Samsel had even finished renovating them. “The early tenants were walking on plywood boards through a sea of mud, because we hadn’t finished landscaping the courtyard,” she says.

The former Asheville Hotel — in whose shadow Julian had wept in the street back in 1989 — was the next ambitious undertaking.

Besides converting the upper floors into affordable apartments, PIP persuaded Malaprop’s to move into the ground floor, offering the iconic bookstore a fluctuating rent to help it afford the larger space (see “A Roost for Readers”).

PIP subsequently converted the adjacent J.C. Penney building into condos and commercial space. “We had two to three people signed up for every unit before we could finish the project,” says Whalen.

Turnbilt Apartments 134 and 138 Biltmore Ave. 123 Biltmore Garage Apartments (now under construction) 51 S. Lexington Ave. NONPROFITS Self-Help Credit Union Grove Arcade Public Market Foundation Pack Place Mountain Microenterprise Fund (now Mountain BizWorks) Quality Forward (now Asheville GreenWorks) RiverLink Asheville Urban Trail Coalition for Scenic Beauty Scenic North Carolina Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County The Alternative Reading Room Mountain Area Information Network Citizens for Quality Development

BEYOND HOUSING It wasn’t just about housing, however: Price and PIP aimed to create a total urban experience. Been to a show at The Orange Peel lately? Enjoyed a vegetarian meal at the Laughing Seed?

Ordered tapas at Zambra? Taken a stroll through the Grove Arcade? Sat on a bench in Pritchard Park? Walked the Urban Trail, downtown’s self-guided walking tour? To varying degrees, these and many more projects and entities benefited from Price’s generosity and PIP’s mission (see sidebar, “An Extraordinary Legacy”).

“At one point, The New York Times wrote an article on Asheville restaurants,” says Whalen. “Five were mentioned; we were involved with four of them.”

And while few knew this, that was precisely the point. The money came with no strings attached, because Julian didn’t want downtown Asheville to turn into one man’s vision: He simply wanted to help.

“We were blessed with a lot of entrepreneurs who wanted to do it,” says Whalen. “We just had to be patient with them and be willing to put in more money ... and help them make the decisions they needed to make to be successful. And frankly, that’s one of the miracles of our experience in Asheville.”

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Mountain Housing Opportunities Pack Square Conservancy Project STEAM WCQS Western Carolinians for Criminal Justice YWCA City of Asheville (Community Image Survey, Junior Golf Program, Pritchard Park) Memory Assessment Clinic and Eldercare Center

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Julian wasn’t just a philanthropist, though: He lived and breathed downtown, doing whatever he could to make it better. “There seems to be this concept that individuals can’t make a difference,” notes Ramshaw.

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Money, of course, played a major role in what Julian accomplished, but it was the combination of his willingness to lose money or simply give it away and his profound personal commitment that made his enormous contribution unique.

In addition to businesses, Julian worked with numerous environmental groups. He lent RiverLink $64,000 to buy Warehouse Studios, giving the

nonprofit a home in the River Arts District that also included studio space for artists. In addition, he funded projects for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, the WNC Alliance (now MountainTrue), the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, Asheville GreenWorks, MAGIC community gardens and many others.

The vision of a livable downtown also fit with Julian’s long-standing environmental concerns. Instead of converting another farm or hundred acres of forest into a subdivision, PIP “wanted to give people the opportunity to live downtown and walk to work,” Whalen explains.

Twenty-five years later, this aspect of the vision is still a work in progress.

“The way we’ll know we really did

things right as a downtown is the day a school bus makes a stop here,” says Ramshaw. “We don’t have the mix of housing that we hoped to have. I think there’s still a lot of opportunities, but the only way this is going to happen is if we start working more creatively and collaboratively. That seems to be something we’re not doing very well as a community right now.”

THE JULIAN PRICE PROJECT Price’s end came suddenly: Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September of 2001, he died on Nov. 19. And in the years since then, his fierce desire for privacy has obscured his enormous contribution to this city.

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Back in 1997, Don Davis owned NewEraCom Technologies, a computer installation and repair business on Ravenscroft Drive. At the time, local internet access was dial-up only. “I thought, there’s opportunity here,” says Davis, so he created the area’s first wireless link for the Mountain Area Information Network, a local nonprofit.

Soon after, Davis installed wireless for Public Interest Projects, impressing both Pat Whalen and Julian Price, “even though, technically speaking, Julian was a Luddite,” says Davis. At Whalen’s suggestion, Davis started a second company providing wireless internet service, and Whalen recruited Jane Hatley and Eleanor Ashton, who owned a marketing consulting company called Business Works.

Whalen hired Hatley as CEO and Ashton as director of marketing.

Davis became president and chief technical officer. “NewEraCom was like a frat house with a bunch of geeks, but we realized the great potential,” says Hatley. “Don had all these fabulous ideas about getting wireless to different markets.”

The new company was named Skyrunner, a play on Roadrunner, a popular internet company launched by Time Warner Cable in 1995.

“We went to ISPCON, a major internet conference, and Don dressed up as Skyrunner Man,” remembers Hatley.

Using old Legos and action figures belonging to Ramshaw’s son, Whalen created a diorama in which Skyrunner figures battled dinosaurs (representing large companies like Motorola).

“Hardly sophisticated marketing,” says

Ramshaw. “But the tech geeks at the conference loved it. It was also costeffective, one of Pat’s favorite things.”

The next two years were heady, with Davis literally climbing mountains to reset antennas. “It was the Wild West days of the internet,” says Hatley. “We were the first company to put wireless in cafés and in airports. People from all over came to woo us.”

Still, the company was spending more than it made, and Davis was concerned about PIP’s $1 million investment: “I knew how generous Julian was, and I wanted him repaid,” Davis explains.

In 1999, Nupremis, a Colorado venture capital startup, offered to buy Skyrunner for about $1.3 million.

“They saw us as a small tool to put in their pockets,” says Davis. The buyer agreed to hire Davis and Hatley at double their salaries plus stock options.

“We were going to be millionaires,” remembers Hatley.

But in 2000, the dot-com bubble burst. A limping Nupremis sold Skyrunner back to Davis for $45,000.

Today, the company serves 3,000 customers in Western North Carolina and part of South Carolina, and its growth has been a key aspect of Price and Whalen’s legacy.

“We called Julian ‘The Wizard of Oz,’” says Hatley. “We weren’t always sure he existed. I expected a master puppeteer pulling strings. Instead, he was this gentle, kind, shy person. I admire him tremendously for what he did for this town.” X

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To address this, Rachel Price and Meg MacLeod have launched The Julian Price Project.

“I’ve been in the trenches of Asheville history — especially downtown history — and I’d never heard his name before,” says filmmaker and oral historian Erin Derham, whose documentary “Julian Price: Envisioning Community, Investing in People” will debut at The Orange Peel on May 26 (see accompanying story, “Man About Town”). “That was the main reason I took the project on.

It was wrong that I didn’t know about him. ... There are so many people who get lost in history who did so much.

He couldn’t be one of those people.”

The Orange Peel event will officially launch The Julian Price Project (see “The Sound of This Town” elsewhere in this issue).

In addition to the film screening, the celebration will feature performances by Free Planet Radio, Doc Aquatic and Matt Townsend, plus “an insane amount of food,” says Derham. “Julian did so much for the community, so everybody he helped wants to be a part of it.”

The project’s website, launches this week (julianpriceproject.com), and the project hired local writer Dorothy Foltz-Gray to produce a series of articles highlighting different aspects of Julian’s accomplishments and contributions.

“They really wanted me to give the sense of Julian as a man, as a person, and tell his story in a warm and sometimes funny way,” she explains.

Those articles will be posted on the website; some may also appear in various local publications, including Mountain Xpress. Excerpts from one of them, presented as stand-alones, accompany this story.

Both Whalen and Ramshaw jokingly note that Julian would never have approved of the project.

“He would have moved out of town,” Ramshaw says with a laugh.

Whalen agrees, saying, “We can only safely do this because Julian isn’t here. But he’s not here, and his story is one people should know.”

In a sense, says Foltz-Gray, “Julian Price didn’t die, and we don’t have to let him die, because he showed us how to do it. How to invest ourselves in every piece of paper that somebody drops on the street or every cigarette butt that people flick. He gave us that power.”

To get a better handle on her subject before the filming began, Derham spent days holed up in UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library.

MacLeod had donated some of

Julian’s papers and other materials to the library in 2004. Alongside his radio broadcasts and writings, Derham found an entire box of thankyou letters Price had saved, which she found deeply moving.

“It meant a great deal when people appreciated him,” says MacLeod.

“When somebody sent him [a letter], he’d show it to me and just sit there and read it. … The thing that was hard for him was when it was done in public.” X

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True to Price’s collaborative nature, Derham incorporated footage of mountain vistas and other natural beauty, by Jared Kay of Amplified Media, to convey Price’s love for the outdoors. Elsewhere, fellow local filmmaker Adam “Tiny” Pinnell shot downtown Asheville at night a few weekends in a row, and Klein spent three months handsketching city buildings for the film’s introductory animation.

Footage of the local symphony recording its Asheville Symphony Sessions album stretch the film’s runIN THIS TOGETHER: To convey the collaborative spirit of late philanthropist Julian Price, filmmaker Erin Derham, second from left, time to 32 minutes, six of which will incorporated footage from Jared Kay of Amplified Media, filmmaker Adam “Tiny” Pinnell, sketches by Robert Klein and a soundtrack eventually be cut for its likely run on by the Asheville Symphony and local musicians. Photo by Monroe Gilmore PBS or a comparable outletk. Festivals NEW & PRE that have screened Derham’s earlier films have already expressed interest, The fruit of Julian Price’s efforts The rest of the interviewees were and PIP president Pat Whalen had for and MacLeod is determined to have selected by MacLeod and Ramshaw. to revitalize downtown Asheville Price, Perham spoke with his widow, HONDA: 2 the film go international. Derham They were filmed by Derham along may be on a daily basis, Meg MacLeod. Derham can’t recall NEW & experienced PRE-OWNED AUTOS PRE-OWNED with project collaborator Robert but due to his purposeful avoidance exactly what prompted the wateragrees that Price’s story has a global Fl Klein, director of photography Chris of recognition for his numerous conworks, but less than 10 minutes into market, not simply for its universal 828 HONDA: Underwood Cassels, Scott Campbell — one of tributions, 242 the man himself andRd the their conversation about Price, both appeal but for its power to transform applet the film’s producers — and audio stories behind195 his philanthropy have she and MacLeod were in tears, and PRE-OWNED: Underwood Rd individuals who continue to spread engineers Adam Johnson and David largely eluded the public eye. she knew she was dealing with a speFletcher, NC his philosophies.

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Rising Appalachia, Steep Canyon Rangers, Shannon Whitworth, Free Planet Radio featuring Lizz Wright, Electric Owls, Doc Aquatic and Lovett.

“To hear the breath of the song come to life through the violins and cellos and the motions of the conductor, well I don’t know what to say about it really, other than it was a deeply moving, profound experience that I feel very lucky to have had,” Townsend wrote on his Facebook page.

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Each song was recorded with various configurations of 40 symphony musicians and each song selected for the recording was arranged by a professional composer. Townsend’s score was conceived by Michael Bearden, who’s worked with Lady Gaga and was the musical director for Michael Jackson’s This Is It tour.

Other arrangers include local musicians Chris Rosser (who wrote the parts for his track with Free Plant Radio) and Ben Hovey (who arranged the strings for Herod), as well as Jonathan Sacks (who worked on films such as Disney’s Cars) and Van Dyke Parks (who composed Smile alongside The Beach Boys).

Parks, a Moogfest alumnus, created the score to Lovett’s song, “Don’t

Freak Out.” That track was the last to be recorded for the project and included a children’s choir.

The addition of the kids meant a group of young people had their first studio experience (the crowd in the control room that day cheered them on) and added another strata of community effort.

“The symphony has been on this island,” says David Whitehill, executive director of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. “For the last two years, we’ve tried to reverse that.” While in Washington, he attended a rehearsal of rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot’s performance with the Seattle Symphony. The same symphony did a project with Native American musicians “seeing just what would happen,” says Whitehill.

He continues, “I got to thinking, ‘Well, who are our natives?’

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Whitehill began bouncing ideas around with Echo Mountain studio manager Jessica Tomasin and Michael Selverne of Welcome to MARS. A plan — one Selverne describes as a happy accident — quickly came together. “Symphonies are very, very expensive toys to play with,” says Selverne, who produced the local album. “It’s not something people use a great deal. … Even in the big record world, it’s a constant fight when people say they want to use symphonies.”

In Asheville, instead of a fight, it was a community endeavor. The symphony funded the album, and talent and resources were pooled.

Josh Rhinehart created the artwork, Tomasin acted as executive producer, and an array of local talent stepped up — including backup vocalists, session musicians, engineers and publicists.

“David was the best client because his answer was, ‘Make it great, I’ll find a way to get it worked out,’” says Selverne. “For a small city, we had the best of everything on this record. We didn’t want for anything artistically.”

The bands were selected by Selverne, Whitehill and Tomasin, who then shared the initial list of performers at an Asheville Music Professionals meeting. Whitehill says the aim was for a diversity of styles as well as a range of experience, from seasoned musicians like the Steep Canyon Rangers to relative newcomer Townsend. Along

ON TRACK: Andy Herod of Electric Owls, right, records the vocal to his song, “Pontiac,” while Rodney Easter plays bass, and Femi, Echo Mountain Studios’ mascot, naps. Photo

by Josh Rhinhart with the featured artists, Selverne tapped other musicians such as drummers Bill Berg (who played on Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks) and Phil Bronson, keyboardist Ryan Burns and guitarist Marcel Anton, among others. (It was also Selverne who brought in Bearden, a former collaborator.)

But the most important thing, Selverne insists, is the quality of writing on The Asheville Symphony Sessions. “The songs on this record are great, and they’ll stand up against anything from New York or LA or Nashville,” he says.

Each of the participating musicians received a copy of the score, which they can use in the future to perform with groups of symphony musicians locally or in other cities.

Whitehill hopes this recording, and the experience of making the album, will show bands how they can work with a local symphony. While the full orchestra is likely beyond most groups’ means, a string trio or quartet, hired for a special show, is within the realm of possibility.

The songs from The Asheville Symphony Sessions were selected as the soundtrack to Julian Price: Envisioning Community, Investing in People, a locally produced documentary being premiered at the same Orange Peel event. But the collaboration doesn’t stop there.

“In terms of the love for the project, its inclusiveness and the support we’ve received from the community, it amazes me,” says Selverne.

“We’re going to make another one.

People want to be on that one if they weren’t on this one.” While a date

hasn’t been set, the organizers are already in talks, and Selverne hopes to start as soon as this fall.

“I don’t know of any other symphony that’s taken on a project like this,” says Whitehill. “It feels authentically Asheville.” X

WHAT Launch of The Asheville Symphony Sessions and premiere screening of the documentary Julian Price: Envisioning Community, Investing in People WHERE The Orange Peel 101 Biltmore Ave. theorangepeel.net WHEN: Thursday, May 26 7:30 p.m. $25

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ANIMALS N.C. ARBORETUM 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org • SA (5/21), 10am-2pm - “Box Turtle Day,” with hands-on games, crafts and demonstrations.$12 per car parking fee.

BENEFITS 70’S DISCO DANCE PARTY BENEFIT FOR TAMI-LU whitehorseblackmountain.com • SU (5/22), 5-10pm - Proceeds from this raffle, silent auction and costumed live music event with the Free Flow Band, Skinny Legs and All and Jesse Barry and the Jam benefit recovery from cancer for Tami-Lu Barry. $25/$20 advance/$15 under 17. Held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain ARE YOU SMARTER THAN AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT? childrenfirstcisbc.org • TH (5/19), 5:30-8:30pm Proceeds from this trivia fundraising event and silent auction ben-

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MONTFORD MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL: Asheville’s largest, longest-running single-day neighborhood street festival is celebrating its 13th year. The annual Montford Music & Arts Festival takes place Saturday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and features over 100 vendors, a special children’s area, the Asheville Morris Dancers, Chinese dragon dancing and two stages filled with live music all day long. For more information and a full festival schedule, visit montfordfestival.org. Photo courtesy of the Asheville Morris Dancers (p. 31)

efit Children First/Communities In Schools (CIS). $30 for audience members/$300 for a team of 6.

Held at The Millroom, 66 Ashland Ave. ASHEVILLE ON BIKES ashevilleonbikes.com • MO (5/16) through FR (5/20) - National Bike to Work Week with proceeds from pint sales at local breweries going to benefit Asheville on Bikes and Friends of Connect Buncombe.

See website for full details. Free to attend.

AUTHORS FOR ACTION ashevilletheatre.org • WE (5/18), 7:30pm - Proceeds from this author event with Sara Gruen, Charles Frazier and Joshilyn Jackson benefit the ACLU of NC, Campaign for Southern Equality, Tranzmission, and Equality NC. VIP cocktails at 5:30pm. $20-$50. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. FAERIE AND EARTH FESTIVAL enchantedwalkabouts.com/ faerie-and-earth-festivals • SA (5/21) & SU (5/22), 10am6pm - Proceeds from this family

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friendly faerie festival featuring vendors, activities, crafts, performances and music benefit The Center for Honey Bee Research. $15/$10 seniors/$5 children. Held at Highland Lake Cove Retreat, 215 Rhett Drive, Flat Rock FISHING TOURNAMENT BENEFIT 713-9192 • SA (5/21), 9am-4pm Proceeds from this family friendly fishing tournament and raffle go to student diagnosed with cancer. $50 adults/$10 under 13. Held at Lake Julian Park, 406 Overlook Road Ext., Arden FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER bit.ly/skateRAD • SA (5/21) through SU (5/22) - Proceeds at this local skateboarding exhibition and contest with live music, food, and beer benefit the Foundation Art & Skate Park. Free to attend. Held behind 289 Lyman St. GIRLS ON THE RUN WNC 713-3132, gotrwnc.org • SU (5/22), 3pm - Proceeds

from this 5k benefit Girls on the Run. $20/$15 advance.

Held at UNC Asheville.

GIRLS ROCK ASHEVILLE girlsrockasheville.org • SA (5/21), 7-10pm - Proceeds from this “Stories by the River Benefit” with live music, spoken word and drink specials benefit Girls Rock Asheville. $5. Held at Ole Shakey’s, 790 Riverside Drive IRENE WORTHAM CENTER’S GOLF TOURNAMENT ireneworthamcenter.org/events • FR (5/20), 10:30am - Proceeds from this golf tournament benefit children at Irene Wortham Center’s Early Learning Center. $150. Held at Etowah Valley Golf & Resort, 470 Brickyard Road, Etowah LADIES WORKOUT ASHEVILLE ANNIVERSARY 298-4667 • FR (5/20), 3-7pm - Proceeds from this anniversary celebration with music, food, bouncy house, fitness obstacle course, pledge walk and raffle benefit The Hope Chest for Women, Brother Wolf, Eblen Charities and the Buncombe County Schools Foundation. Free to attend. Held

at Ladies Workout Asheville, 802 Fairview Road #1000

Community School sidewalk, 574 Haywood Road

MARSHALL PUBLIC LIBRARY 1335 N. Main St., Marshall • TH (5/26), 6:30-7:30pm Proceeds from this “Safeguard Your Old Photos and Documents,” workshop with the archivist at the Wester Regional Archives, benefit the Appalachian Barn Alliance. $10.

STEP-UP FOR EDUCATION 5K & FUN RUN goo.gl/ZVN6Hw • SU (5/22), 2pm - Proceeds from this 5k & fun run benefit Fletcher school technology improvements. $35/$15 fun run.

Held at Fletcher Community Park, 85 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher

RAINBOW FLEA rainbowcommunityschool.org • SA (5/21), 9am-2pm - Proceeds from vending space at this community flea market benefit Rainbow Mountain Community School. Reservations: ali. banchiere@rainbowlearning. org. $20 for 12x12 space/$5 for kids market/Free to attend. Held at Rainbow Community School Auditorium, 58 State St.

THE AWESOME FOUNDATION awesomefoundation.org/en/ chapters/asheville • SU (5/22), 6pm - Four nonprofit groups pitch their idea to win a $1000 grant.

Information: facebook.com/ events/149987558736179/. Free to attend. Held at Ole Shakey’s, 790 Riverside Drive

RAINBOW MOUNTAIN COMMUTER STATION FUNDRAISER rainbowcommunityschool.org • WE (5/18), 8-9am - Proceeds raised at this “Strive not to Drive” commuter station with coffee and treats benefit Rainbow Mountain Community School. Free to attend. Held on the Rainbow

THE GREATER ASHEVILLE AREA CHAPTER OF CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP cefbanquets.com • SA (5/21), 7pm - Proceeds to this keynote presentation by Josh McDowell benefit the Child Evangelism Fellowship. $10.

Held at Trinity Baptist Church, 216 Shelburne Road

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler • WE (5/18), 10-11:30am “Doing Business with the Government,” seminar.

• TH (5/19), 11:30am-1pm “Financing Your Small Business,” seminar.

• WE (5/25), 3-6pm - “Time Management Tools for the Busy Entrepreneur,” workshop.

• TH (5/26), 10am-noon “Starting a Better Business,” workshop.

G&W INVESTMENT CLUB klcount@aol.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 11:45am General meeting. Free to attend.

Held at Black Forest Restaurant, 2155 Hendersonville Rd., Arden ONE MILLION CUPS OF COFFEE 1millioncups.com/asheville • WEDNESDAYS, 9am Presentations by local highgrowth startup businesses for entrepreneurs. Free. Held at RISC Networks, 81 Broadway Suite C

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS ASHEVILLE SCHOOL OF IMPROV! OPEN HOUSE (pd.) Free Clowning and Improv Class. May 22, 2-6pm. www. ashevilleimprov.com APPALACHIAN BARN ALLIANCE BARN DAY appalachianbarns.org • SA (5/21), 2:30pm - Guided tour of Madison County barns with reception and live music.

Registration required: info@ appalachianbarns.org. $35.

ASHEVILLE TIMEBANK 348-0674, ashevilletimebank.org • MO (5/23), 6-8:30pm - Potluck and orientation for new members. Free. Held at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St. AURA HOME FOR WOMEN VETS aurahomewomenvets.org • WE (5/25), 4am - Bus ride to the Raleigh NC Women Veterans Summit & Expo. Registration required: aurahomewomenvets. org & NC4vets.org. Free.

BIG IVY COMMUNITY CENTER 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438 • 4th MONDAYS, 7pm Community center board meeting. Free.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PAPER SHREDDING • SA (5/21), 10am-1pm - “Shred and Protect,” public document shredding event. Limit of 75 lbs. of paper. Free. Held in the Ingles parking lot, 550 NC Highway 9, Black Mountain BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (5/18), 4pm - “Coloring and Conversation,” adult coloring group. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • 4th TUESDAYS, 6-8pm - “Sitn-Stitch,” informal, self-guided gathering for knitters and crocheters. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. CHARLES GEORGE V.A. MEDICAL CENTER 1100 Tunnel Road • WE (5/18), 11am-2pm Sixth annual “VA2K Walk and Roll,” walkathon. Donations accepted.

CITY OF ASHEVILLE 251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • TH (5/19), 5:30pm - Public visioning presentation regarding the city-owned property at 68-76 Haywood Street and 33-37 Page Avenue. Community question and answer session following the presentation. Free. Held at US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St. FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • TU (5/24), 7pm - Progressive Utilization Theory study circle.

Free to attend.

FRIDAY STAFFING CAREER FAIR Friday-Staffing.com • TH (5/19), 9am-3pm - Career fair with Blue Ridge Metals.

Pre-registration online. Free to attend. Held at Blue Ridge Metals, 180 Mills Gap Road, Fletcher GREEN OPPORTUNITIES 398-4158, greenopportunities.org • WE (5/18), 6:30-8pm Presentation on the GO Build program for contractors, building owners, homeowners and city planners. Free. Held at Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St.

IKENOBO IKEBANA SOCIETY 696-4103, blueridgeikebana.com • TH (5/19), 10am - Monthly meeting and presentation

by Emiko Suzuki on Tatehana, an early style of Ikenobo. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community.Center • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering general meeting. Free.

MOUNTAIN BIZWORKS 153 S. Lexington Ave., 253-2834, mountainbizworks.org • TH (5/26) & TH (6/2), 9am12:30pm - “Financial Tools,” workshop. Registration required: julia@mountainbizworks.org. $20.

ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 2555166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (5/18), noon-1:30pm “Planning for your Financial Future,” seminar.

• MO (5/23), 5:30-7pm - “How to Buy a Car,” workshop.

• TU (5/24), 5:30-7pm “Budgeting and Debt Class,” workshop.

• TU (5/24), noon-1:30pm - “Understanding Reverse Mortgages: Learn the basics about Reverse Mortgages.”

Workshop.

• WE (5/25), 5:30-7pm “Emotions & Spending,” workshop.

Magical Offerings May 19 - Circle Round: Esoteric Runeology, 7-9pm, Donations May 20 - Psychic: Andrea Allen, 12-6pm May 21 - Lithomancy: 2-4pm, $35 per person May 22 - Tarot Reader: Edward Phipps, 12-6pm May 23 - Astrologer: SpiritSong, 12-6pm May 25 - Tarot Reader: Susannah Rose, 12-6pm May 28 Scrying with Angela & Henna with Kitty: 11-4pm Intro to Shadow Work: Autumn & Heather: 1-4pm, Sliding Scale $25-$50

555 Merrimon Ave. (828) 424-7868 Daily readers. Walk-ins including Scrying, Runes, Tarot, & More!

Mountain Xpress Presents

Flash Fiction Flash Fiction Contest Contest

ONTRACK WNC 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • TH (5/26), 6-7:30pm “Understanding Reverse Mortgages,” class. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

Ladies and gentlemen, start your imaginations.

Xpress is bringing back the Indie 500 flash fiction contest — a short-form writing competition.

SHARE INTERNATIONAL SOUTHEAST 398-0609, share-international.us/se • SA (5/24), 2pm - “Humanity at the Crossroads – The Forces of Light are Gathering,” presentation regarding the World Teacher, UFOs, crop circles, miracles, environmental justice, transmission and meditation. Free. Held at Asheville Friends Meetinghouse, 227 Edgewood Road SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE showingupforracialjustice.org • TUESDAYS, 10am-noon Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road

All writers are invited to submit a story of up to 500 words set in Western North Carolina. Prizes include cash and publication.

Submis d sions will be accepte at mo untainx.com

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By Kat McReynolds | kmcreynolds@mountainx.com

CONSCIOUS PARTY Ladies Workout Asheville celebrates 20 years in business with a fitness fundraiser

BENEVOLENT BICEPS: Ladies Workout Asheville owner Kim Hreha, front, will donate proceeds from her upcoming outdoor anniversary event to five area nonprofits. Photo by Jessie Fultz Photography

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WHAT: A wellness-themed benefit with an adult obstacle course WHEN: Friday, May 20, from 3-7 p.m.

WHERE: Ladies Workout Asheville’s parking lot WHY: Ladies Workout Asheville owner Kim Hreha “is always celebrating and empowering women, and she has been for the last 20 years,” says the gym’s assistant manager, Clare DellaMea. “And to celebrate her success in business, she’s giving back to the community.”

Hreha’s anniversary event — which benefits Eblen Charities, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, The Hope Chest for Women, Mission Health and Buncombe County Schools Foundation — takes place in the company parking lot, where visitors can browse vendor booths to the sounds of a live DJ, enter a fundraising raffle, snag a slice of cake and then burn it off at one of the workout demos by LWA’s personal trainers.

“The main attraction we’re trying to bring awareness to is our fitness obstacle course,” DellaMea says. To gain admission, each team of five women (ages 16 and older) must raise at least $125 to be split among the five charities. Two teams race each other every half-hour with prizes for the fastest and best dressed groups. The challenge is a mixed bag, involving running, foot drills, jumping rope, pushups and situps, “and then the last thing you do is climb over a 5-foot wall.”

That action takes place from 4-7 p.m., after the walkathon (no minimum donation to participate) warms folks up from 3-4 p.m. But guests don’t have to participate in either of the body-moving stations. For lower-key attendees, DellaMea says, “There will be free food, a bouncy house for the kids, and you can visit the vendors and find out about our business and other local businesses.”

Visit ladiesworkoutasheville.com for details on forming an obstacle course team or for more event information. X

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SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY 253-0095, appalachian.org • TH (5/19), 6-8pm- “Spring Annual Membership Celebration,” catered event with music by the Screaming J’s. $40/$35 advance. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway WNC PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 633-0892, wncpsr.org, info@wncpsr.org • 3rd FRIDAYS, noon-2pm Monthly meeting. BYO lunch.

Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

DANCE POLE FITNESS AND DANCE CLASSES AT DANCECLUB ASHEVILLE (pd.) Pole dance, burlesque, jazz, funk, exercise dance, booty camp, flashmobs! Offering 27 classes a week, drop ins and memberships available. Info and sign up: danceclubasheville.com Email: danceclubasheville@gmail.com 828-275-8628 STUDIO ZAHIYA, DOWNTOWN DANCE CLASSES (pd.) Monday 5pm Ballet Wkt 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 7pm Bellydance Hip Hop Fusion 8pm Tap • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 8pm Bellydance 8pm Hip Hop Choreo •Wednesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 5:30pm Hip Hop Wkt 6:30 Bhangra 7:45 Hula 8pm Contemporary • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Kid’s Dance 5pm Teens Hip Hop 7pm West African • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 10:45am POUND Wkt 12pm KAMP • Sunday 3pm Tap 2 6:30pm Vixen• $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595 ASHEVILLE CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE 254-2621, acdt.org • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS (5/20) until (5/29), 7:30pm - The Jungle Book, dance theatre based on the story by Rudyard Kipling. $18/$15 students & seniors. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. • SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS (5/20) until (5/29), 2pm - The Jungle Book, dance theatre based on the story by Rudyard Kipling. $18/$15 students & seniors. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. ASHEVILLE MOVEMENT COLLECTIVE ashevillemovementcollective.org • FRIDAYS, 7:30-8:30pm - Noninstructional, free-form dance

by Abigail Griffin

within community. $8-$20. Held at NYS3, 2002 Riverside Drive, Studio 42-O Loft I • SUNDAYS, 9am & 11am- Noninstructional, free-form dance within community. $8-$20. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway BURTON STREET RECREATION CENTER 134 Burton St. • MONDAYS (except 3rd MONDAYS), 5:30pm - Groove dance. Free.

SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB 697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (5/21), 6pm - “Hats off to Mom” themed dance. Advanced dance at 6pm. Early rounds at 7pm. Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville THE VANISHING WHEELCHAIR 645-2941, vanishingwheelchair.org • Through MO (6/13) - Open registration for wheelchair bound dance classes beginning June 13 through July 25. Registration: 6456115. Free. Held at Dimensions Studio of Mars Hill, 7401 NC-213, Mars Hill

FESTIVALS BURNERS AND BBQ facebook.com/burnersandbbq • FR (5/20) through SU (5/22) - Graffiti and street art mural creation festival with over 50 artists. Free to attend. Held at Days Warehouse, next to 191 Lyman St. MONTFORD MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL montfordfestival.org • SA (5/21), 10am-7pm - Festival with two stages of entertainment, food, crafts, art and kids area.

Free to attend. Held on Montford Ave.

FOOD & BEER DOWNTOWN WELCOME TABLE haywoodstreet.org/2010/07/thewelcome-table • SUNDAYS, 4:30pm - Community meal. Free. Held at Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood St. FAIRVIEW WELCOME TABLE fairviewwelcometable.com • THURSDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - Community lunch. Admission by donation. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old Us Highway 74, Fairview LEICESTER COMMUNITY

CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook. com/Leicester.Community.Center • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm Welcome Table meal. Free.

MALAPROP’S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (5/25), 7pm - Rein Fartel presents his book, The One True Barbecue: Fire, Smoke, and the Pitmasters Who Cook the Whole Hog.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS HENDERSON COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS lwvhcnc.org • TH (5/19), 11:30am - Annual Meeting with keynote speaker Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy NC. Registration required: tengel18@morrisbb.net. $25. Held at The Cedars, 211 7th Ave. W, Hendersonville

KIDS ASHEVILLE HISTORY CENTER 253-9231, smh@wnchistory.org.

• SA (5/21), 10:30am-12:30pm Crafty Historian: Activities with paper weaving and 3 types of weaving looms. Registration required: goo.gl/forms/fdMMRt9cx5. $5. Held at Smith-McDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Road ATTIC SALT THEATRE COMPANY 505-2926 • SATURDAYS through (5/21), 10am - Tricky, Tricky Trickster Tales. $5. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (5/18), 10:30am - Dollywood Players present Old Bear and His Cub. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • WE (5/18), 4pm - Dollywood Players present Old Bear and His Cub. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • WE (5/18), 3:30pm - “Become an ecoEXPLORER,” children exploration activities sponsored

by The North Carolina Arboretum.

Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TH (5/19), 10:30am - Dollywood Players present Old Bear and His Cub. Held at Leicester Library,

1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TH (5/19), 4pm - Dollywood Players present Old Bear and His Cub. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • FR (5/20), 4-5:50pm - Teen Awesome Group: “Cupcake Wars!” Cupcake decorating competition. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • FR (5/20), 4pm- Kids game day for all ages. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • 4th TUESDAYS, 1pm Homeschoolers’ book club. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync. org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am Family story time. Free.

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • Through MO (6/20) - Open registration for Henderson County Churches Uniting vacation bible school taking place June 27 through 30 from 9am to noon.

For children ages 4 through 5th grade. Register online: bit.ly/ grace-vbs. Free.

HANDS ON! A CHILDREN’S GALLERY 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-8333 • TU (5/17) through FR (5/20) Presentations and activities about butterflies. Admission fees apply.

• TU (5/24) through FR (5/27) - Memorial Day star creation activity for children. Admission fees apply.

• TU (5/24), 11am - “Mad Scientists Lab-Predator vs. Prey!” science activities for ages 3 years & up. Registration required. $7.

PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 862-5554, pari.edu, ksteiner@pari.edu • TU (5/24), 6-8pm - 16) - “Habitat Connections,” Sci-Girls science program for girls ages 9-14.

Registration required. $20. Held at Transylvania County Extension Office, 98 East Morgan St., Brevard SPELLBOUND CHILDREN’S BOOKSHOP 640 Merrimon Ave. #204, 7087570, spellboundchildrensbookshop. com • FR (5/20), 6pm - Teen Book Club: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness. Free to

attend.

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

THE HOP 640 Merrimon Ave. Suite 103, 254-2224, thehopicecreamcafe. com • TU (5/24), 6:30pm - Young Artist Spotlight Open Mic. Free to attend.

THOMAS WOLFE MEMORIAL 52 North Market St., 253-8304 • SA (5/21), 1-3pm - Children’s Book Signing: Laura Boffa signs her book, Writing Home: Story of Author Thomas Wolfe. Free to attend.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF THE SWANNANOA VALLEY 500 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, 669-5050 • SA (5/21), noon - “Spring Fling,” event with crafts, snacks and games. Free.

OUTDOORS FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY OF NORTH CAROLINA 437-9930, foothillsconservancy.org • SA (5/21), 10:30am-2:30pm “Peaceful Float on the Yadkin River,” led by Tom Kenney.

Registration required: 437-9930. $10/Free for members.

LAKE JAMES STATE PARK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 • SU (5/22), 9am - “Forest Plants ID Hike,” guided 2.25 mile moderate hike to identify native plants.

Free.

MILLS RIVER PARTNERSHIP 708-7388, millsriverwater.org, maria.millsriverwater@gmail.com • SU (5/22), 1-5pm - Family friendly event with activities, ice cream, live music and BBQ vendors. Free to attend. Held at Mills River Park, 124 Town Center Drive, Mills River PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 877-4423 • SA (5/21), 10am-3pm “Introduction to Tenkara,” traditional Japanese fly fishing workshop. Registration required. Free.

• SA (5/21), 9am-1pm - “Beginner Outdoor Photography,” workshop. Registration required. Free.

• MO (5/23), 9am-noon - “On the Water: Davidson River,” fly fishing workshop. For ages 12 and up.

Registration required. Free.

• TU (5/24), 7am-noon “Introduction to Fly Fishing: Lake Fishing,” workshop. For ages 12 and up. Registration required.

Free.

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WNC SIERRA CLUB • SA (5/21), 9:30am-3pm - 3.5 mile easy to moderate hike on the Camp Alice Trail in Black Mountain. Registration: daviddbreid@charter.net or 713-1607.

Free.

VANCE BIRTHPLACE 911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville, 838-645-6706, nchistoricsites.org/vance • SA (5/21), 10am-2pm - “Exhibit Re-Opening Celebration,” with live music and BBQ plates for sale.

Free to attend.

PARENTING YOUTH OUTRIGHT 772-1912, youthoutright.org • 3rd SATURDAYS, 11am - Middle school discussion group. Free.

Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

PUBLIC LECTURES BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • Last WEDNESDAYS through (9/28), 6-7:30pm - “Asheville in the 1980s: A Formative Decade As Told By Those Who Shaped It,” presentation series sponsored by the Friends of the North Carolina Room. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. PECHAKUCHA ASHEVILLE pechakuchaavl.org, talk@pechakuchaavl.org • FR (5/20), 7:30-9:30pm - An evening of presentations in the 20x20 format (20 slides, 20 secs each) from the community. $8-$10.

Held at Scandals Nightclub, 11 Grove St. PUBLIC LECTURES AT UNCA unca.edu • MO (5/23), 6:30pm - “A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Classroom Dynamics,” lecture by Patricia Jennings. Free. Held in the Sherrill Center Mountain View Conference room.

SENIORS HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 262 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, 456-7311 • MO (5/23), noon-1:30pm Lunch and Learn: “Fortifying Your Framework – A Fall and Fracture Free Future,” presentation by Rheumatologist Kate

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

SPIRITUALITY ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION (pd.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays.

7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 175 Weaverville Road, Suite H, ASHEVILLE, NC, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com.

ASTRO-COUNSELING (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

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OPEN HEART MEDITATION (pd.) Experience and deepen the spiritual connection to your heart, the beauty and deep peace of the Divine within you.

Increase your natural joy and gratitude while releasing negative emotions. Love Offering 7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 OpenHeartMeditation. com.

SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER (pd.) 60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113, 200-5120, ashevilleshambhala. org • WEDNESDAYS, 10-midnight, THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 10-noon - Meditation and community. Admission by donation.

VOICES OF WISDOM • MAY 21 AND 22 (pd.) Is a weekend gathering led by traditional elders Diane Longboat, (Mohawk) and Wanbdi Wakita (Dakota), May 21 and 22.

For more information, please contact Scott Sheerin: 828 6451003, email ssheerin@sacredfirefoundation.org or visit our website: sacredfirefoundation.org ASHEVILLE CENTER FOR TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION 165 E. Chestnut, 254-4350,

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meditationasheville.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-7:30pm - Introductory talk on the Transcendental Meditation technique. Online registration. Free to attend.

CLOUD COTTAGE 219 Old Toll Circle, Black Mountain, 669-6000, cloudcottage.org • 2nd & 4th TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Mindfulness training class. Admission by donation.

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • WEDNESDAYS through (5/18), 5:45-7pm - “John: The Gospel of Light and Life,” class. Free/$5 optional dinner.

• Through WE (5/25) - Open registration for “A Woman’s Heart,” bible study for women that takes place on Mondays from June 6 until August 22, from 9:30amnoon. Registration: bit.ly/womansheart. $16.

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LIVING GROUP 279-7042, facebook.com/ groups/1385824208412583 • WE (5/18), 6:30-8pm Meditation, energy blessing and Sai Maa’s Padukas. Free. Held at Ravenscroft Suites, 29 Ravenscoft Drive URBAN DHARMA 29 Page Ave., 225-6422, udharmanc.com • SA (5/21), 3-4:30pm - Family friendly Vesak celebration commemorating the life of the Buddha. Free to attend.

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD 35BELOW 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • TH (5/26), 7:30pm - “Listen to This Storytelling Series,” hosted by Tom Chalmers. $15.

BLACK BOX STORYTELLING THEATER 808-1150, davidjoemiller.com • WE (5/18), 7pm- “Three Storytellers Walk Into a Bar,” storytelling theater with David Joe Miller, Pete Koschnick and Charlie St.Clair. $12/$10 advance. Held at Buffalo Nickel, 747 Haywood Road BLUE RIDGE BOOKS 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Banned Book Club. Free to attend.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (5/19), 2:30pm - Skyland Book Club: Independence Day by Richard Ford. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • TH (5/19), 6pm - Swannanoa Book Club: The American Claimant by Mark Twain.

Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 5869499, citylightsnc.com • FR (5/20), 6:30pm - Sharyn McCrumb presents her novel, Prayers the Devil. Free to attend.

• SA (5/21), 3pm - Lin Stepp presents her book, Welcome Back. Free to attend.

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Held at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, 556 S. Haywood, Waynesville

ing, math and ESOL on May 25th from 9-10:30am or May 26th from 5:30-7pm at the Literacy Council office. Email (volunteers@litcouncil.com) for more information.

HENDERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 697-4725 • WE (5/18), 6:30pm - “A Flicker of Light in the Dark,” storytelling concert with Zane Chait. Free.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WNC 253-1470, bbbswnc.org • TH (5/26), noon - Volunteer information session for those interested in sharing their interests twice a month with a young person from a singleparent home or to mentor 1 hour a week in elementary schools and after-school sites.

Free. Held at United Way of Asheville & Buncombe, 50 S. French Broad Ave.

MALAPROP’S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• SA (5/21), 3pm - Middle grade book panel with Jake Bible, Barbara O’Connor, Constance Lombardo, Doug Gibson & Monika Schroeder.

• SA (5/21), 7pm - Philip Gerard presents his novel, The Dark of the Island.

• SU (5/22), 3pm - Discussion with authors Gerrard Conley, Garth Greenwell and Elizabeth Kostova.

• MO (5/23), 7pm - “Writers Coffeehouse,” with author Jake Bible.

• TU (5/24), 7pm - Jeff Halper presents his book, War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification.

• TH (5/26), 7pm - Works in Translation Book Club discusses Our Lady of the Nile.

STORYTELLING ON THE SQUARE bcpls.org • SA (5/21), noon-5pm Storytelling festival for all ages with performers: Uncle Ted White, Sharon Clarke, Casey Nees, Lloyd Arneach, and Donna Washington. Free to attend. Held at Historic Courthouse Square, 101 E. Union St., Morganton THE MEDITATION CENTER 894 E. Main St., Sylva, 3561105, meditate-wnc.org • SU (5/22), 2pm “Manifesting With Your Words,” class exploring how the words we think, speak and write can contribute too our lives. $10.

VOLUNTEERING LITERACY COUNCIL OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY TUTORING ADULTS (pd.) Information sessions for volunteers interested in tutoring adults in basic literacy skills including reading, writ-

FLETCHER FLYER fletcherflyer.com • SU (6/5) - Volunteers needed for this benefit road bike race. Information & registration: brbcnc@gmail.com.

GIRLS ON THE RUN WNC 713-3132, gotrwnc.org • SU (5/22), 3pm - Volunteers needed for the 5k and fun run.

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HANDS ON ASHEVILLEBUNCOMBE 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org Registration required.

• SA (5/21), 9am-noon Volunteers participate by packing food items into backpacksized parcels that are distributed to local schools.

• SA (5/21), 2-5pm - Volunteers help accept donations at Habitat for Humanity Restore.

• TH (5/26), 11-12:30pm Volunteers cook and serve a homemade lunch to the men staying at the ABCCM Veteran’s Restoration Quarters.

HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org • 3rd THURSDAYS, 11am “Welcome Home Tour,” tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population.

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SURVIVE AND THRIVE: Jose Cortes, brain tumor survivor, recalls that his friend George Plym, founder of WNC Brain Tumor Support, was always positive despite multiple brain tumors. “I’ll go to more meetings now to help keep his spirit alive,” he says. Photo taken at Open Hearts Art Center by Erin Daniell

BY TIFFANY NARRON tfnarron44@gmail.com Suppose you’ve just gone to the doctor, who has looked in your eyes and told you there’s a malignant tumor the size of a baseball inside your head — and that you probably have only a year left to live. Such a verdict is unfathomable to most of us, but it’s reality for 7 million people in the United States. Survival rates can run as low as 6 percent, depending on the size and location of the tumor, as well as limitations in health care coverage.

May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month, and on Thursday, May 19, the nonprofit Western North Carolina Brain Tumor Support will celebrate 15 years of helping patients and families. WNCBTS will also honor the life of its founder, George Plym, who passed away March 18.

Plym started the regional group in 2001 as a way to document and share his personal journey, as well as to invite others to do the same.

He and the group’s more than 100 members passed along information, resources and laughter. He also published a regular blog. “When we get together, we’re not all sitting around crying, we’re having fun,” says Mark

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Bordeaux, WNCBTS member and a brain-tumor survivor. “That’s what George wanted.”

A former baseball player and fan, Plym was also a guitarist. He rebuilt guitars for several years before he fell in love with photography in his last few years. “When George decided to do something, he was all in,” recalls friend, WNCBTS member and survivor Jose Cortes with a laugh.

Plym’s experience with brain tumors began when he was a boy almost 50 years ago. While playing baseball, he experienced double vision — two baseballs coming at him rather than one.

Plym’s family rushed him to a doctor, who discovered pressure buildup in his optic nerve. The problem stemmed from a brain tumor the size of an orange.

That growth would be the first of 14 tumors that took up residence in his brain over the course of Plym’s life.

After diagnosis and surgery in 1967, Plym was given two years to live. He had other plans, though. He moved to Miami to be near his cousin where he received a second diagnosis just 10 years later. Once again, Plym persevered. He married his high school sweetheart, but just two days after the wedding, tumor No. 3, the size of an egg, put him back in the hospital.

Four years later, Plym recounted on his blog that a new tumor “made me realize that I am a fighter and completely changed my life.” The doctor told him

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that No. 4 couldn’t be removed without causing major damage, including paralysis, blindness and other possible disabilities. Plym found a doctor and neurosurgeon willing to risk surgery or attempt radiation as treatment.

“He had like 20 tumors or something and was told nearly every time that he wasn’t going to make it,” his friend and WNCBTS member Jose Cortes says.

“Yet [Plym] was so positive despite all of that. He would always say, ‘Never worry for the things you cannot control.’ I’ll go to more meetings now to help keep his spirit alive.”

Cortes, a former art teacher, and his wife, Anne, met Plym after moving to Asheville from Greensboro, not long after Cortes received a diagnosis of anaplastic astrocytoma grade III brain tumor in both frontal lobes.

Anne Cortes, a breast cancer survivor, recalls finding the group and receiving a call from George, who invited them both to an upcoming picnic.

“He brought this lightness to the brain cancer journey,” she recalls, tears welling in her eyes. “A brain tumor is a very isolating thing with few long-term survivors. To find the camaraderie and feel the comfort in our common struggle and to just meet and let go and be able to laugh is more than I can explain the value of.” (See “Remembering brain tumor fighter George Plym,” May 18, 2016. Xpress) It wasn’t long before Jose and Plym were walking down the street to each other’s homes, and Jose was encouraging Plym to join him at the YMCA for the Live Strong program, where their pictures can still be found together adorning the walls.

WNCBTS helps patients and families get the support and information they need. There are more than 130 different types of brain tumors but no defining factor to help determine who is affected most. Of those diagnosed, roughly 57 percent have been women and 43 percent men; there’s only a slightly higher incidence among Caucasians, followed by AfricanAmericans, then Latinos, according to the National Brain Tumor Society.

This year, 4,360 children younger than 15 will be diagnosed with either malignant or nonmalignant tumors. These numbers are exactly why the National Brain Tumor Society has dedicated May to Brain Tumor Action: National and regional groups are organizing local

events to raise awareness and sharing statistics and information that will increase public involvement with state and federal legislation.

While survival rates vary depending on the type and location of the brain tumor, the most common and deadliest type, glioblastoma, has a 17 percent and lower survival rate, depending on the age of the person afflicted. “Statistically only a little over 10 percent of people diagnosed survive five years,” says Bordeaux.

“It’s hard to keep a group going with those numbers, yet family members and friends stay on, and those that do make it continue to come to the meetings. I’ve been blessed to have these people in my life, and I owe that to George [Plym]. It makes me realize it’s not about how long your life is, it’s about what you do while you’re living it.” X

GOOD NEWS U P D AT E June 12, 2015: It has been a while since I posted here, so it’s time to update. For those of you haven’t heard of me, I am a 13-time brain tumor survivor over 48 years. I have also been fighting three other cancers, skin, thyroid and bone cancer. Three months ago, I was diagnosed with another oligodendroglioma, which will be No. 14.

There is no viable treatment.

No more surgery, chemo or radiation. I am out of arrows as far as the brain tumor.

So yesterday’s MRI was a pleasant surprise. The tumor is stable and has not grown any bigger. So I wanted to pass on the good news!

— by George Plym

MORE INFO WHAT As part of Brain Tumor

Remembering brain tumor fighter George Plym

Awareness Month, WNCBTS will celebrate its upcoming 15-year anniversary and honor founder George Plym. Ray Riordan of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc. will share information regarding oral chemotherapy, the newest and most common form of treatment. Allison Brouillette from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will also attend. Plym served on its Comprehensive Cancer Center Regional Advisory Board. The event is free and open to the public. Memorials/donations can be sent to 27 Greeleaf Circle, Asheville, NC, 28804.

WHEN

TURNING CURVEBALLS INTO HOME RUNS: A baseball fan to the end, George Plym, founder of the WNC Brain Tumor Support group, survived 13 brain tumors over 48 years. Photo courtesy of WNCBTS

BY ANNE CORTES annecortes@earthlink.net

6-8 p.m., Thursday, May 19 WHERE Room 338 of Western Carolina University’s satellite location at 28 Schenck Parkway, Biltmore Park Town Square, south of Asheville.

WNC Brain Tumor Support meets from 6-7:45

p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at MAHEC, 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville. www.wncbraintumor.org

A few weeks ago I called Wake Forest Cancer Center to give them information about George Plym’s memorial website. The person who answered the phone said, “Oh, I bet you’ve met me.”

I let her know that I hadn’t been to Wake with George. My husband Jose, however, was George’s friend and a fellow brain tumor patient.

Nonetheless, she went on to regale me with George stories. For the first half of our conversation, I felt disappointed that I had missed the party that took place over the course of a day of scans, labs, doctor visits and waitingroom encounters. The second half of our conversation, I could hardly speak through tears as she shared how George touched the lives of so many people during the years he had been a patient there. That conversation reminded me that every person whose life has been

touched has George stories they are eager to share.

But I am getting ahead of myself. At 12 years old, George was a baseballobsessed kid in Illinois. When he wasn’t playing or watching baseball, he was thinking about baseball. One day in the outfield, he started seeing two balls instead of one. A brain tumor was the culprit, and in 1968 George had his first brain surgery, followed by radiation.

Fast-forward through 33 years and six more brain tumors: The kid from Illinois is in Asheville, N.C., and has settled into his usual activities — church, work, music, coaching baseball and brain tumor treatment.

Tumor No. 7 was a long, tough ride with lots of complications. His treatment was at Wake Forest Cancer Center, and George missed having a support group nearby. He contacted Mission Hospital about starting a group, and his offer was declined.

If you think about the numbers, success seems unlikely. Brain tumors are a less common cancer, can be particularly debilitating, create extreme stress and caregiving burdens for families, and have a high fatality rate. Fortunately, George didn’t think about the numbers.

He followed his heart and started WNC Brain Tumor Support meetings in the basement of West Asheville Presbyterian Church. Those of us who live with brain tumors are extremely glad he did.

The May 2016 meeting of WNCBTS celebrates our 15th year. It also honors the life and legacy of our founder, who died peacefully in his sleep on March 18, 2016 (see “Honoring George”).

We will gather Thursday, May 19, to share George stories as we try to capture the magnitude of his presence in order to come to terms with the enormity of our loss. These tales contain lessons that are carried in our group DNA and will be shared with patients and families who will never meet George.

George turned life’s curveballs into home runs. A relative newcomer to the group, I became quite distressed when George suddenly decided to sell his guitar. With new tumor-related neurological problems, he had struggled a bit playing and singing in front of a group.

In contrast to my distress, he was clear and calm about the situation because he knew that when the brain tumor throws up a barrier, you take a detour, and explore a new direction.

At the next WNCBTS meeting, Plym announced he was taking up photography because he could handle a camera better than a guitar.

He immersed himself in photography and soon had a large circle of new photographer friends.

George was all in for every undertaking but especially for offering brain tumor support and for shooting and sharing pictures. At his passing there were posts from across the country and around the world, like these: “So sorry to hear of George’s passing. Even over here in Australia I knew of his courage and advocacy on behalf of the brain tumor community. We will miss his strength. To his

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family, my sincere condolences; I wish you peace.” — Lynne Greenlees “An inspiration to many and a man of tremendous talents. The brain tumor/brain cancer community at large is beholden to George. He not only showed us how to survive this diagnosis, but how to thrive despite this diagnosis. His memory and his accomplishments are forever etched on our hearts and in our minds. Thank you George for being you and for teaching us how to follow in your footsteps!”

— Geri Shaffer, Southeast Brain Tumor Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia “My other favorite George Plym story is the day when we were over at the Biltmore walking along the Ridge Trail above the Bass Pond. He was weak but insisted he could get up the slope. When we got up there, he was using a monopod to steady the camera for the shot and not doing a great job of it. I asked if he was OK, and he replied, ‘Yeah, I’m fine, I am going for the blurred background look.’ Then he had to sit down and yelled out, ‘I’m fine, just going for another perspective.’” — Bill Pattison George loved capturing the world around him in pictures. But there are times that pictures don’t tell the whole story. If you look at a picture of his brain, you can’t help but gawk at the caved-in skull and the giant chunk of missing parietal lobe. What you can’t see is a man with ever-present and infectious humor and astounding optimism. He was a master at going for another perspective. There are not many who can find good news in brain tumor No. 14 with no treatment options (see George’s “Good News Update”).

My good news is that whenever I recall George, I think of laughter.

That is his gift to those of us in the brain tumor community. When we were with him, he inspired laughter that relieved us of the crushing darkness of living with a brain tumor. Now that he is no longer with us, we have the legacy of his laughter and the lessons of his stories. X

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Though demand for locally grown food is high, farming advocacy groups say, the challenges facing new farmers remain daunting. Most new farmers end up leaving the industry before becoming established growers. The Farm Pathways collaboration — a joint effort of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, Organic Growers School and WNC Farmlink — is nearing the end of its inaugural year, during which the partners have worked to develop a program to support new and expanding farmers.

With grant funding from the National Institute of Food and

Agriculture, via the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, the three local organizations laid the groundwork for a comprehensive program that they will roll out later this year. But even in the program’s first year, the collaboration provided training and land access support to 560 farmers, half of whom were emerging or in-training farmers.

“This grant provided critical support to enable us to develop the Beginning Farmer Incubator program at our Community Farm in Alexander, and to host a workshop series,” says Kristy Urquhart of the Southern Appalachian

Highlands Conservancy. “It also enabled us to develop our enterprising ’Buy-Protect-Farm’ strategy of establishing beginning farmers on farms that have been purchased or protected with conservation easements.”

Cameron Farlow, farmer programs director for the Organic Growers School, says the effort is about rebuilding a path to agriculture for new and expanding growers. “The collaborative goal of the Farm Pathways partners is to meet the needs of beginning farmers in our region so that they may create viable farm businesses,” she explains.

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NO-TILL FARMING IS MORE THAN LEAVING TRACTOR IN THE BARN The tractor — iconic tool of the farmer — may not even be necessary for today’s small-scale market gardeners and home growers.

“No place in nature requires soil disturbance for plants to grow,” says Patryk Battle, director of Living Web Farms.

While conventional farming turns the soil to prepare for planting, sow seeds and clear cover crops and weeds, the practice disrupts the networks of fungi that are essential to soil fertility, he explains.

On May 21 from 1:30-7 p.m., Battle will present alternatives to conventional tractor tilling, DO NOT DISTURB: Living Web Farm employees Jeremy Griste (right) approaches that disturb the soil and Rocco Sinicrope (left) plant into the mulch from a previous crop, as little as possible. Participants without tilling the soil first. Photo courtesy of Living Web Farm will tour Living Web Farms as Battle shares the successes and Battle is quick to emphasize more is not always — or even the setbacks of the farm’s no-till that “no-till is a continuum, usually — better: Additional practices. Battle will provide not an absolute.” For example, tilling year after year can do more details of the theory, methods, controlling difficult perennial harm than good, he says. materials and equipment that weeds may require tilling, To register by donation make Living Web’s systems and the benefits of a one-time ($15 suggested), visit www.livingwebfarms.org. efficient and successful. till can last for several years. But

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BY THOMAS CALDER tcalder@mountainx.com For a foodie city such as Asheville, it makes sense that whisks, measuring cups and garden-fresh ingredients play a role in many area summer camps.

Whether it’s baking, farm-to-table adventures, medicinal teas or international cuisine, the summer food camp scene provides a variety of culinary opportunities for children of all ages.

Two early camp options start Monday, June 13: Franny’s Farm Summer Camp and Mountain Kitchen Camp. Both are one-week sessions with additional camps offered throughout the summer.

Franny’s Farm in Leicester runs 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and is for children ages 7-13.

The camp will treat kids to the full farming experience. From learning how to raise and care for donkeys, turkeys,

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chickens, goats and sheep to tending summer gardens, campers will experience a world and way of life that has lost its role in many modern homes. “So many families just don’t have the time and the space to grow food anymore,” says camp director Cyn Slingsby.

Slingsby hopes that children who sign up for the camp will have an “aha” moment as they sample fresh basil, chives, tomatoes and spinach straight from the garden. “[We want] to give them the opportunity to experience that you can grow your own food, and that it’s quite different from things that have been shipped across the country or across several different countries,” she says.

Whereas Franny’s Farm will encompass a combination of garden and farm, chef Ofri Gilan’s Mountain Kitchen Camp plans to offer a week’s worth

of classes on international cuisine.

“They will learn to cook from scratch,” Gilan says. From Italian to Japanese to homestyle American cooking, each day will offer a new theme and a new opportunity for kids to learn about a different culture through its food.

The camp, designed for children 8-12, will run 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Outside of cooking fundamentals, campers will explore a variety of local farms and markets to discover where their food comes from. While out and about, they will have the opportunity to buy local ingredients for their upcoming meals, as well. By the week’s end, parents will be treated to a homemade dinner prepared by the students. The newly trained chefs will leave with an e-book listing the week’s recipes as well as photographs captured during the camp session.

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World Peas will host Baking Safari Camp, July 6-8 and July 11-15. The sessions will meet 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the West Asheville Presbyterian Church on Haywood Road. The days will be filled with collaborative baking projects ranging from pizzas to pies, brownies to cookies. Owner and operator Lisa Smith notes that everything is made from scratch using “wholesome ingredients.”

In the afternoons, campers will take walking tours to nearby restaurants and bakeries on Haywood Road. Some of these visits will include behind-the-scenes peeks at the kitchen as well as samples of treats. Each day students will also leave with goodies “like a whole pie or a singlelayer birthday cake or a dozen cookies,” Smith says. “Something they can take home at the end of the day and share with their family.”

Also in July, Evergreen Summer Adventures will offer Field to Feast, three consecutive weeklong food camps. “The overall mission is to make what can seem like a chore — working in the garden, cooking dinner — into something that is really fun,” says Marin Leroy, the program’s environmental education coordinator.

Intended for grades three to nine, the camp will run 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and each week will have its own theme.

According to Leroy, Puff the Magic Muffin will involve playing with yeast and studying what makes things rise in the kitchen, Roots and Shoots will give campers the chance to learn about making lip balms, soothing oils and teas using garden bounty, and the Garden Chef Cook-Off Challenge will offer kids the chance to participate in their own version of popular kid cook-off shows.

During each week of camp, children will have the chance to tend Evergreen’s garden to better understand the growing process. “The goals of the class are to expose kids to where their food comes from at its source,” says Leroy. “So I really hope that they learn something new about how food is grown and gain some confidence in how to do it themselves.” Leroy notes the camp’s second goal is simply to get kids “excited about trying new flavors and trying new textures of foods.”

Whether you have a child interested in tilling the soil or kneading dough, this summer’s selection of food-themed camps offers a wide sample, sure to satisfy everyone’s individual palate. X

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RISING FORTUNES: City Bakery’s new spot in Fletcher has roughly triple the capacity of the company’s current kitchen on Biltmore Avenue, where head baker Daniel Goodson is pictured. Photo by Cindy Kunst

City Bakery produced 412,000 pounds of bread dough from its Biltmore Avenue location in 2015, supplying roughly 50 grocers and restaurants throughout the Asheville area with baguettes, French and multigrain bread, ciabatta, sourdough and more. And that number may increase substantially once the company’s new facility in Fletcher opens for production. The 3,600-square-foot building’s shell is complete, and general manager Brian Dennehy expects the interior workstations to coalesce by July.

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more consistency as far as the production schedule,” Dennehy says, noting that the greatest contributor toward that goal will be a new retarder-proofer. Dough does its rising inside this climate-controlled piece of equipment, which will give the bakers greater sway over their moody ally, the yeast cell. But manipulating the conditions of fermentation (such as temperature and hydration) instead of reacting to those imposed by the weather has implications beyond a more predictable schedule.

“The longer you can ferment something, the more flavor you’re able to

draw out of the bread,” says head baker Daniel Goodson. That’s why City Bakery uses a relatively small amount of yeast and aims for a leisurely 24-hour average start-to-finish bread-making cycle. “The increased space will allow us the flexibility to create more loaves ... while keeping the process the same.”

“It may allow us to experiment with even longer fermentation times,” Dennehy adds, and that would mean a wider variety of specialty products at City Bakery’s storefronts — “kind of like if you [go] to a brewery, you see their flagships and they have some small-batch stuff.” He’ll also up the quantity of bagels, which are only available at the bakery’s three storefronts and rarely survive past noon. Pastries will get their own corner of the Fletcher facility.

At full tilt, the new space could roughly triple City Bakery’s output and double its baking staff, but Dennehy wants the transition, too, to be a slow rise. He’ll maintain production levels for a period before expanding into target areas, including Hendersonville, Mills River and Fletcher, in the weeks after moving. Meanwhile, workers in the Biltmore Avenue kitchen will have more room to prepare City Bakery’s other menu items such as sandwiches, desserts and custom cakes.

City Bakery currently operates two Asheville locations at 60 Biltmore Ave. and 88 Charlotte St., as well as one shop at 18 N. Main St., Waynesville. The new facility is at 85 Fletcher Commercial Drive, Fletcher. Visit citybakery.net for more information.

CUCINA 24 ADDS LUNCH AND HOSTS A SOUR BEER DINNER Cucina 24 has added lunch service, which is quicker and more casual than its daily dinners. The midday menu includes 10 thincrust pizza options with classic

toppings in addition to salads and sandwiches. Also recently announced at the Wall Street eatery is an upcoming beer dinner with sour brews from Wicked Weed’s Funkatorium. The first of the five courses will showcase Cucina’s house-made charcuterie alongside three La Bonte farmhouse ales. Remaining dishes by chef Brian Canipelli will come with various sours, including a rare uncarbonated bottle, and dessert will be served with Wicked Weed’s raspberry-infused Red Angel.

Lunch service runs 11 a..m.2:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. The beer dinner is Wednesday, May 25, beginning with a cocktail hour at 6 p.m. and food at 7 p.m. Cost is $65.

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FOOD WRITER AND EDUCATOR SHERI CASTLE VISITS RHUBARB Each edition of cookbook series Short Stack is written by a different author to explore the many derivatives of one favored ingredient, with eggs, buttermilk, grits and honey among the past subjects. Sheri Castle, a native of the Blue Ridge Mountains and author of the 20th and most current Short Stack volume, opted to highlight the rhubarb plant and, so, will hold a book signing at the local restaurant by the same

name. Castle will lead a cooking demo alongside chef John Fleer at the ticketed event, which includes a copy of her new work. Following that is Rhubarb’s three-course, family-style Sunday Supper.

Castle’s cooking demo with Fleer ($40) is at 5 p.m., Sunday, May 22, at Rhubarb, 7 S.W. Pack Square.

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ARROGANT BASTARD IN A KILT Highland Brewing Co. is among select host sites for Stone collaboration Starting in August 2015, batches of Stone Brewing Co.’s renowned Arrogant Bastard Ale have been made and poured at breweries in the U.S., Australia and U.K. as part of the Arrogant Bastard Hits the Road program. Host breweries include such heavy hitters as Great Divide Brewing Co. in Denver, Brewdog in Scotland, Maui Brewing Co. in Hawaii, The Bruery in Placentia, Calif. and — thanks to the professional goodwill of head brewer Hollie Stephenson — Asheville’s own Highland Brewing Co. Since moving to Highland from Stone in spring 2015, Stephenson has remained friends with her former San Diego colleagues. She says that factor mixed with Stone’s mission to partner with hometown breweries for Hits the Road made the collaboration “a natural fit.” The challenge came in finding time to squeeze the Arrogant Bastard brew into Highland’s busy pilot room schedule and have it ready to serve when all five bars on the Highland property — including its meadow bar and forthcoming rooftop bar — are open. An April 25 brew date and a tapping of the finished product on Friday, June 3, were eventually decided, making it one of Asheville Beer Week’s final events.

All Hits the Road host breweries are responsible for purchasing the ingredients for Arrogant Bastard, which Stephenson says is a pretty easy brew from a raw-materials standpoint. During her time at Stone as a shift brewer — she eventually rose to the position of assistant brewery trainer — Stephenson got plenty of experience making Arrogant Bastard. While the batches to which she contributed were created on two 125-barrel brew houses, the Highland iteration was made on its 3-barrel pilot system. Since the components are by and large acquired from the

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same sources, she says it’s the size of each brewhouse and its respective technological makeup that produce slight deviations in the finished product.

“Stone has a gigantic steam-fired kettle, and if you’re brewing on a teeny little 3-barrel system that’s direct-fire, there are going to be some differences,” she says. “You’re not fermenting in a gigantic, like, 400-barrel fermenter. You’re fermenting in a 6-barrel fermenter. So, there are going to be variations from brewery to brewery, and I think it’ll make all of the batches interesting.”

Using the recipe developed by Stone co-founders Greg Koch and Steve Wagner in 1995 and first released in 1997, Highland pilot room brewers Paul Rollow and Trace Redmond handled most of the work, but the day organically turned into a companywide event.

“I was lucky to get to pop in. It was pretty cool — it fell on the day that I had a new employee starting as well as the day he was shadowing in the pilot room, so he got all pumped up about it,” Stephenson says. “It was just fun — everybody kind of just popped in and said ‘Hi’ and kind of got a little piece of the action when they had time.”

Though Arrogant Bastard’s official website claims that the beer split from Stone in 2015 under the name Arrogant Bastard Brewing, Stephenson says it’s still a Stone product that’s just been branded differently. Regardless of the new moniker, she’ll know what to expect when the Highland crew begins filtering, carbonating and kegging the ale in mid-May: “It’s called Bastard for a reason — it’s a big, messy, fast fermentation, so it’s making a mess in our pilot room.”

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LEGITIMATE COLLABORATION: Highland Brewing Co. brewer Paul Rollow works on a batch of Stone Brewing Co. Arrogant Bastard Ale in April 25. The Asheville edition of the popular brew will be available at bars across the Highland property on June 3. Photo courtesy of Highland Brewing Co. At the June 3 tapping, Highland will donate $2 from every pint sold — $1 from the sale and a matching dollar from Highland — to Foster Care to Success. The nonprofit college fund for foster youths is the main beneficiary of the Hits the Road initiative, and though each host brewery has the option to select a different charity, Stephenson’s admiration for the organization’s efforts persuaded her to choose it as well.

Looking ahead to the release date, Stephenson says drinking an Arrogant Bastard on the rooftop bar will be especially rewarding, and she hopes some of her Stone friends now based at the brewery’s new Richmond, Va., location can come down for the occasion, or at least while it’s still available on draft, and share in the celebration.

“It feels good — it’s kind of elevating,” Stephenson says. “Stone has

been around for 20 years this year, and Highland’s been around for 22, so it’s kind of like another little piece of history. I’ve been fortunate to brew for two long-standing breweries that were pioneers, so I think it’s awesome for Highland, and I’m really excited and honored to get to do it.”

Due to Highland being at capacity for its own products, Stephenson says the prospect of Evil Twin Brewing’s Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø or other contract brewers making a temporary home at the East Asheville brewery “is probably not in the cards,” but that prospects for more collaborative brews are a good deal brighter.

She recently reconnected with industry peers and made new contacts at the Craft Brewers Conference in Philadelphia, some of whom could make for future creative partners. X

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The Honeycutters debut a new album with two nights at Isis

CREATING QUITE A BUZZ: Local roots sensation The Honeycutters celebrate the release of their fourth album with a pair of shows — one seated and one rowdy. Photo by Leah Beilhart

BY BILL KOPP bill@musoscribe.com “I write a lot of songs,” says Amanda Platt, leader and songwriter of Asheville-based roots group The Honeycutters. “I’m a very prolific writer; sometimes I wish I could turn it off for a little bit.

So I don’t think there’s ever going to be a shortage of songs to choose from.” The best songs among Platt’s prodigious recent output are collected on The Honeycutters’ fourth album, On the Ropes. The group will play two different album release celebration shows at Isis

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Restaurant & Music Hall on Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21.

With so much material, Platt easily could have gone the solo artist route, but that doesn’t interest her. “I’ve always enjoyed being in a band,” she says. “And now more than ever, we are a band. I write the songs, and I bring them to the group, but from then on, we’re very collaborative.” While her country-flavored songs almost always tell a story, The Honeycutters’ musical approach adds a dimension to the tunes that only widens their appeal.

“I think if we were just focused on the lyrics, it would be a very different project,” she says.

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Platt believes that the give-and-take of the band experience makes the resulting songs better. “There’s a lot of exchange of energy,” she says. On the Ropes has it both ways: It’s faithful to the country music aesthetic (“that cliché of ‘three chords and the truth,’” Platt says), but it still appeals to an audience outside the Americana world.

“Maybe this album is a little bit more catchy and a little more mainstream production-wise,” Platt says. “I don’t know if that’s something we were necessarily going for, or something we’ll continue to go for. But it’s what turned out this time around.”

Nonetheless, co-producing with Tim Surrett at Crossroad Studio in Arden, Platt had definite ideas about the songs. “I know how I want things to sound,” she says, admitting that, “in terms of what exactly needs to happen to make it that way, I don’t know.” She collaborated closely with Surrett, engineer Van Atkins, and her Honeycutters band mates (Rick Cooper on electric

and upright bass, drummer/vocalist Josh Milligan, Matt Smith on pedal steel and electric guitar and mandolin player Tal Taylor).

“For On the Ropes, I made the band a little demo of 16 or 18 songs, just me and my guitar,” Platt says.

The guys in The Honeycutters listened, made notes and gave Platt feedback as to which songs they thought were best for the album.

“I think if it was just me, and I had to make all those decisions, I would get more psyched out about it,” she says. Creative input from her band mates, “gives me the extra push, that extra energy.”

Many of the songs on the new album are filled with sadness, regret and melancholy, but those qualities aren’t necessarily reflective of Platt’s day-to-day mindset. “A fan recently said to me, ‘You write a lot of songs about heartache and a lot of bad stuff like that. Are you miserable all the time?’ And I’m not miserable!

Especially for the last year; I’ve been in a really great relationship, and I’m very much in love.” Noting that she finds inspiration everywhere, Platt observes, “You still get the blues, even if you’re a happy person.”

When The Honeycutters booked their upcoming Isis dates, they scheduled a seated show (at press time, that performance, on Friday, is sold out) and a standing one. “We have a very diverse fan base,” Platt says. “Some fans want to come to the show, sit down and listen. Maybe they’ll have a glass of wine or a beer, and then just really be quiet and enjoy the show.”

Saturday night will be different. “We also have fans who are … maybe a little bit more rowdy. They want to dance, they want to drink.

They want to sing along,” Platt says. “So while Friday night will be a more intimate, formal affair, Saturday night’s going to be a little more balls-to-the-wall.” X

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If you’ve crossed the Bowen Bridge on your way into downtown, there’s a good chance you’ve seen the Hatchery Studio’s call for “Good Vibes,” spraypainted in blue and white on the side of its silo. If you’ve driven past Sky Lanes on Patton Avenue, odds are you noticed the colorful design that includes a giant image of the Dude from The Big Lebowski. Both works were done by a collective of artists who’ve collaborated for the past two years on an annual outdoor mural event known as Burners and Barbecue.

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The third gathering takes place Friday, May 20, and runs through the weekend. This year’s project has the group — which fluctuates from five to 25 members — in the River Arts District, at the Asheville Waste Paper Mill.

Burners and Barbecue, launched in 2014 by aerosol artists Gus Cutty and Topr, began as a simple excuse to bring friends together. “We’ve got people from Atlanta, Alabama, the Northeast region and then several people from California [participating],”

says Cutty. He notes that many of the artists return each year.

This time, the event spans three days and will involve covering a concrete canvas stretching 15,000 square feet. All of artists work on a volunteer basis. “It’s a gift,” says muralist Ian Wilkinson, who is producing the project. “Not just to [the paper mill], but to the whole River Arts District and the Asheville community at large.”

RAD Studio Stroll The River Arts District Studio Stroll, held twice a year, promises more than 180 artists in 25 buildings. Tour their studios, watch demonstrations of arts and crafts in process and purchase unique art from its source. The event takes place Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and 22, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

The stroll is free, as are trolleys that carry visitors through the RAD. Take a break from studio visits to stop at restaurants and breweries. Or extend the stroll — this year’s festivities, billed as Radical Daze, include the Foundation Hellraiser, a fundraiser for the Foundation Art & Skate Park. That benefit (behind 289 Lyman St., bit.ly/skateRAD) features music, local food and drink, skateboard exhibitions and contests. riverartsdistrict.com X

Neither Cutty nor Wilkinson would disclose this year’s design in advance. Unlike their previous works, they say, the paper mill’s mural will not be themed. This is due in part to the varying types of artists involved in the project.

While previous gatherings were graffiti-centered, for this year’s Burners and Barbecue, muralists as well as graffiti and street artists have been invited to participate.

“What you’re going to see is a really sweet mix of every talented person who want[s] to be involved,” says Wilkinson.

He acknowledges that such a collaboration is “fraught with potential chaos” but insists that at its core, Burners and Barbecue is always a team effort. “There’s no ego battles,” Wilkinson says.

“Everybody leaves it on the wall.”

Burners and Barbecue derives its name from the event’s two main components. The first half, Wilkinson explains, is a graffiti term. There are three general ways to categorize a piece of graffiti art: A “tag” is something that is done in haste, taking a matter of seconds; a “throwie” is a step above a tag and requires a little more time; and a “burner” is the gold standard of creation — a piece that an artist can step back from, take in and keep working on.

The second component of the event’s name is still in the works.

Wilkinson has reached out to a few local barbecues about possible participation, but at press time has not received a confirmation. Still, he remains optimistic that the tradition of barbecue will continue on. “There’s always somebody with a cooker that’ll get out there and shake a leg for us,” he says.

Wilkinson and Cutty are also hopeful about their project’s overall contribution to the River Arts District.

Riverview Station is of particular interest. “[It has] historically had difficulty keeping [itself] attached to the River Arts District,” Wilkinson says. He notes that many visitors are unaware that there are studios south of 12 Bones. With the new mural, Wilkinson sees the potential to fill the gap and draw tourists farther down Lyman Street.

In addition to bringing artists together to create a new piece, this family-friendly event will offer community members a chance to put faces to many of the designs they pass by every day. Ultimately, though, the weekend gathering is just an initial step. “The thing about murals and all this stuff is it’s not really about what happens during that day,” Wilkinson says. “It’s about what’s left behind.

And what will be left behind is a colorful transformation.” X

WHAT Burners and Barbecue WHERE Asheville Waste Paper Mill 304 Lyman St. WHEN Friday-Sunday May 20-22 sunrise to sunset avl.mx/2j6

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Joe Pug

Caroline Beard Six years after graduating from Asheville High School, Caroline Beard is returning — now with a master’s degree in flute performance and a lengthy list of accolades — for a collaboration with current pupils. “I am not treated as a student anymore, and it is so rewarding to work with my former band director as a fellow artist,” she says, crediting AHS band directors Emily and William Talley with furthering her progress and passion for music education. Beard will join in on one number during the spring concert, taking the lead “crazy melodies” in Francois Borne’s “Carmen Fantasie Brilliante.” The work is highly recognizable, she says, and increasingly technically demanding. “By the end, you would expect smoke to come out of my flute.” The free show is at AHS’ auditorium on Thursday, May 19, from 7 to 8 p.m. wordpress.ashevillehighbands.com. Photo courtesy of the artist

Four years of touring removed Joe Pug from the normalcy that enabled his musicianship in the first place. It turned songwriting into a bourbon-fueled obligation by 2013. “I was looking at it as a job … and that is a very slippery slope,” he says on his website. But Pug’s 2015 album, Windfall, reflects a much-needed break from that hustle. “When you’re sort of pushing through a dark period of your life, it’s probably inevitable that some of that is going to find its way onto the page,” he says. “But in the same way, by the time we were in the studio, the process had become very effortless and joyful. Hopefully you can hear a lot of that on the record, as well.”

Pug plays his stripped-down guitar tunes at The Grey Eagle on Saturday, May 21, at 9 p.m. $17/$20. thegreyeagle.com. Photo courtesy of the artist

Faerie and Earth Festival The Jungle Book Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre and The New Studio of Dance will use puppetry, vibrant sets, masks and costumes to transform Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book into a dance-theater performance. The adventurous tale follows lead character Mowgli (played by aerialist Gillian Maurer), who was raised from infancy by the pack of wolves that discovered her in the Indian jungle. With mentors like Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and Kaa the python, assimilation is easy. But eventually, Mowgli must consider a return to the human sphere. Showings are at The BeBe Theatre on Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2 and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., from May 20 to 29. $16/$18 (student/senior discounts available). acdt.org. Photo by Sandee Johnson 48

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When life as a human among humans gets dull, there’s the Faerie and Earth Festival. In its third year, the spiritually infused lakeside retreat offers enchanted walks, fairy foods and tea parties, roving storytellers, face painting, stilt walkers, music, dancing, interactive theatrics, mermaids, workshops, intuitive readers, dinosaur rides, a honey-tasting bar, original artwork and more magical moments for all ages. Activities are at Highland Lake Cove. Attendees of Faerie Elaine Silver’s concert at that location on Friday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m., get a free CD and $5 off a ticket to the main festivities, which run Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and 22, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. $15 per day (senior/child discounts available). Those who donate blood on-site Saturday or Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., also get $5 off the ticket price. Proceeds and silent-auction revenue benefit The Center for Honeybee Research. facebook.com/fairyandearthfestival. Photo by Pamela Woods of Madhava Design

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Handmade 2016: Elements of Nature.” Full guidelines: localcloth. org.

TEDX TRYON 393-0182, tedxtryon.com • Through (6/10) - Submissions accepted for musicians, dancers, poets, humorists and street performers for September 10, 2016 event to be held at Tryon Fine Arts Center. Free.

THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY & DESIGN 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • Through TU (5/31) - Submissions accepted for artists, makers, designers and performers for the “Back to the Drawing Board,” exhibition.

COMEDY 35BELOW

KITTEN RIOT: Who doesn’t love angry kitten? Come see what Anam Cara Theatre Company’s experimental theater ensemble, Accordion Time Machine, has in store with this feline inspired show, Kitten Riot. Performances are Friday, May 20, and Saturday, May 21, at 8 p.m. at the Toy Boat Community Art Space. Tickets are $15 at the doorand $12 in advance. For more information visit anamcaratheatre.org. Photo courtesy of Anam Cara Theatre Company (p. 50)

35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • WE (5/18), 7:30pm - “The SuperHappy Trivia Challenge.” Local comics and personalities participate in a 1970’s style panel show. $12.

MUSIC ASHEVILLE AREA PIANO FORUM

ART ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 401 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-8504, acofhc.org • WE (5/18), 5:30pm - Volunteers information session regarding the planning and implementing of a public art project for downtown Hendersonville. Free.

ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • WE (5/18), 10am-5pm “International Museum Day,” with curator presentations, artist talks, open studio for families, and public input sessions. See website for full schedule. Admission fees apply.

• FR (5/20), noon - Art Break: “Tryon Toy Makers: The Art and Craft of Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale,” presentation

by Bruce Johnson, Director of the National Arts and Crafts Conference. Admission fees apply.

• SA (5/21), 10am-noon - “How to Research Your Artwork,” workshop. Registration required. $30/$20 members.

GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 253-7651, grovewood.com

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• WE (5/18), noon-4pm “Introduction to Anticlastic Forging” demonstration by Alice Scott. Free to attend.

• FR (5/20), 11am-2pm “Technology in Jewelry Design,” presentations about CAD software and jewelry design with Tom Reardon. Free to attend.

• FR (5/20) & SA (5/21), 11am4pm - Kathleen Doyle demonstrates enameling on cast sterling silver and sheet copper. Free to attend.

PUBLIC EVENTS AT WCU 227-7397, wcu.edu • Through MO (5/23) - Appalachian Living craft and skills series: Bark basket workshop with biologist Jeff Gottlieb, Tuesday, May 26, 5:30-8:30pm.

Registration: 227-7129. $25. Held in the Mountain Heritage Center Gallery in Hunter Library.

RADICAL DAZE riverartsdistrict.com • SA (5/21) & SU (5/22), 10am6pm - Self guided artist studio tours with over 180 artists in the River Arts District. Free trolley.

Free to attend. Held in the River Arts District.

TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org

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• 2nd & 4th TUESDAYS through (5/24), 10:30am - The Great Courses, dvd discussion and presentations. Registration: 8598322. Free

ART/CRAFT FAIRS TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 60 Church St., 253-9361 • FR (5/20) through SU (5/22) - Proceeds at this art fair showcasing work created by Trinity Episcopal artists benefit Trinity Episcopal youth programs and scholarships. Fri. & Sat.: 10am-4pm.

Sun.: 10am-1pm. Free to attend.

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS FOOTHILLS FOLK ART FESTIVAL facebook.com/ FoothillsFolkArtFestival • Through (10/1) - Artist applications accepted self-taught artists for the October festival. Contact for full guidelines: cstarnes@hickorymuseumofart.org.

LOCAL CLOTH localcloth.org • Through (7/10), Textile submissions accepted for Local Cloth’s “Project

669-3878, ashevillepiano.org • FR (5/20), 9am-noon - “Piano Technique, The Work of Dorothy Taubman.” presentation. Free. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. ASHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 419 McDowell St., 350-2500 • TH (5/19), 8pm - Band concert featuring flutist Caroline Beard. Free to attend.

BLUE RIDGE RINGERS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE blueridgeringers.tripod.com, blueridgeringers@gmail.com • SU (5/22), 4pm - Handbell concert. Free. Held at the First Baptist Church, 125 Pacolet St., Tryon • TU (5/24), 7pm - Handbell concert.

Free. Held at Grace Lutheran, 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville CANTARIA: THE GAY MEN’S CHORUS OF ASHEVILLE 404-964-5420, cantariaasheville.org, butchthompson@cantariaasheville. org • TH (5/19), 7:30pm & TH (5/22), 4pm - Spring concert, “Songs of Poets and Heroes.” $25. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • WE (5/18), 7pm - Dian Killian, Saro & Friends, acoustic mountain music.

Free to attend.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 6930731, flatrockplayhouse.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/22) - Music on the Rock: The Music of The Eagles. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Thurs.: 7:30pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $28.

FLETCHER COMMUNITY CHORUS 651-9436, fletchercommunitychorus.com • TH (5/26), 7-8:30pm - “What a Wonderful World! Celebrating the Universal Language of Music,” spring concert. Free. Held at Feed & Seed, 3715 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • SU (5/22), 4pm- Patriotic salute music concert. Free.

MUSIC AT UNCA 251-6432, unca.edu • FR (5/20), 3pm - “Auditions from Behind the Scenes,” discussion with Jon Truitt from Ball State University. Free. Held in the Reuter Center.

PAN HARMONIA 254-7123, pan-harmonia.org • SU (5/22), 3pm - “Baroque Vibes,” with harpsichord, flute, bassoon, small pipes and percussion. $20/$15 advance. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Asheville, 40 Church St. RHYTHM & BREWS CONCERT SERIES 233-3216, facebook.com/ rhythmandbrewshendersonville • TH (5/19), 5-9pm - Concert series featuring Major & The Monbacks, eight-piece ensemble. Free to attend. Held on S. Main St., Hendersonville SUSQUEHANNA ANTIQUE COMPANY, INC. 308 Merrimon Ave., 412-3260 • WE (5/25), 7pm - Wine tasting and concert with members from the Asheville Symphony. 10% of sales go towards The Asheville Symphony Free to attend.

TIGG’S POND RETREAT CENTER 111 Fiddlehead Lane, Zirconia, 6970680, tiggspondretreatcenter.com • WE (5/18), 7pm - Martyn Joseph, folk/rock/soul/Americana.

Tickets: brownpapertickets.com/ event/2499792. $20.

TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • TH (5/19), 7pm - Noah Proudfoot, singer-songwriter. Free to attend.

• SA (5/21), 8pm - Free Planet Radio, world music. $20/$18 advance/$30 VIP.

THEATER ASHEVILLE SCHOOL OF IMPROV! OPEN HOUSE (pd.) Free Clowning and Improv Class, May 22, 2-6pm. www.ashevilleimprov.com 35BELOW 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/22), 7:30pm - I’ll Eat You Last. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $15.

ANAM CARA • FR (5/20) & SA (5/21), 8pm Accordion Time Machine presents, Kitten Riot. $15/$12 advance. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State Street, Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (5/20) until (5/28) - The Front Porch Theatre presents, The Dixie Swim Club. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $15.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Hwy. 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/21) - Million Dollar Quartet. Wed., Thurs. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. $15-$40.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (5/26) until (6/4) - The Affections of May. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $15-$40.

HART THEATRE 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (5/20) through (6/12) - Legally Blonde, musical. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $8-$26.

MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (5/13) until (5/28), 7:30pm - The Asheville Shakespearience. $10. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE 202 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville, 682-4285, parkwayplayhouse.com • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS (5/7) through (5/21), 7:30pm - Steel Magnolias. $20/$17 for seniors & students/$10 for children.

STREET CREATURE’S PUPPET PLAYHOUSE 37 E Larchmont Road • THURSDAYS (5/12) through (6/30), 7-9pm - Improv comedy class incorporating puppets. All levels. $10.

THE MAGNETIC THEATRE 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (5/28), 7:30pm - Death of a Salesman. $24/$21 advance.

GALLERY D IRECTORY APPALACHIAN BARN ALLIANCE appalachianbarns.org • Through TU (5/31) - Farmers’ Federation photography exhibit.

Held at the offices of the News, Record & Sentinel, Back Street, Downtown Marshall ART IN THE AIRPORT 61 Terminal Drive, Fletcher • Through SU (9/4) - Reimagined, painting exhibition of local artists Carol L. MacAllister, Robert Mahosky, Hartley Meinzer, Wendy Newman and Elise Okrend.

ART MOB 124 Fourth Ave. E., Hendersonville, 693-4545, artmobstudios.com • Through SU (6/12) - Miniature Art Show, juried exhibition.

ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • FR (5/20) through SA (6/25) - Antecedents, exhibition of photography assemblage by Jenny Bowen.

• SU (5/20) through SA (6/25) - A thing re | sembling a win • dow, exhibition curated by Dawn Roe. Opening reception: Friday, June 3, 5-8pm.

ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through TU (5/31) - Earthlight, painting exhibition of the work of Karen Keil Brown.

ASHEVILLE HISTORY CENTER 253-9231, smh@wnchistory.org.

• Through TU (5/31) - “History of the Blue ridge Parkway,” touring exhibition. Held at SmithMcDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Road BENDER GALLERY 12 S. Lexington Ave., 505-8341, thebendergallery.com • WE (5/18) through WU (7/31) - Twelve Voices: International Jewelry, exhibit of 12 influential contemporary jewelry artists curated by Donald Friedrich.

Opening reception: Thursday, May 19, 6-10pm.

BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through (6/24) - The Halstead Challenge KINETIC, juried exhibition of 20 brooches with kinetic elements.

• Through FR (6/24) - C. James Meyer exhibition of jewelry pieces that double as small sculptures.

• Through FR (6/24) Exhibition of the works of Dean Allison (glass sculpture), Morgan Herrin (wood sculpture), Charles Ladson (oil paintings) and Mike Smith (photography).

• Through FR (6/24) - Exhibition of the encaustic paintings of Dana Brown.

• Through FR (6/24) - Exhibition of recent works by eight regional artists.

• Through FR (6/24) - Exhibition of sculptural clay and wearable metal designs by Lisa Clague and Deb Karash.

GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 253-7651, grovewood.com • Through SU (5/22) - Tom Reardon & Kathleen Doyle jewelry exhibition. Opening reception: Wednesday, May 18, 3-6pm.

• Through SU (5/22) - Audrey Laine Sawyer lost-wax cast jewelry exhibition. Opening reception: Wednesday, May 18, 3-6pm.

HAYWOOD COUNTY LIBRARY-CANTON 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton, 648-2924, haywoodlibrary.org • Through WE (8/31) - Exhibition of the paintings of Denise McCullough.

HICKORY MUSEUM OF ART 243 3rd Ave. NE, Hickory, 327-8576 • Through SU (7/24) - Memories of Appalachia, paintings by Arlee Mains. Reception: June 23, 6:30pm.

• Through SU (7/24) -We Are the Music Makers: Preserving the Soul of America’s Music, multimedia exhibition of photographs, audio recordings and video from Tim Duffy.

MADISON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 90 S. Main St., Marshall, 6491301, madisoncountyarts.com • Through TU (5/31) - Barns of Madison County, photography exhibition.

MARK BETTIS STUDIO & GALLERY 123 Roberts St., 941-587-9502, markbettisart.com • Through FR (5/20) - Wedge Duos, exhibition featuring the collaborative art of 28 artists.

METRO WINES 169 Charlotte St., 575-9525, facebook.com/MetroWinesAsheville • Through SU (7/31) - Vintage Ceramics, mixed media exhibition by Asya Colie.

MOUNTAIN GATEWAY MUSEUM AND HERITAGE CENTER 102 Water St., Old Fort,

mountaingatewaymuseum.org • Through (5/31) - So Great the Devastation: The 1916 Flood, multimedia exhibition.

Free.

ODYSSEY COOPERATIVE ART GALLERY 238 Clingman Ave., 285-9700, facebook.com/odysseycoopgallery • Through TU (5/31) - Exhibition of the ceramic art of Chiwa Clark, Andrea Freeman, and Julie and Tyrone Larson.

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RED HOUSE STUDIOS AND GALLERY 310 W. State St., Black Mountain, 699-0351, svfalarts.org • Through MO (5/30) - Now and Then, Swannanoa Valley Fine Art League group exhibition.

Opening reception: Friday, May 6, 5-7pm.

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS 174 W. Haywood Street • FR (5/20) through MO (6/20) - Inspirations: The Artist’s View, exhibition of gallery artists.

Opening reception: Friday, May 20, 5-8pm.

SALUDA HISTORIC DEPOT 32 W. Main St., Saluda, facebook.com/savesaludadepot • Through TU (5/31) - Saluda Art Legends-Past & Present, exhibition of over 17 artists.

SATELLITE GALLERY 55 Broadway St., 305-2225, thesatellitegallery.com • Through TU (5/31) - Moet with Medusa, exhibition of multimedia art by Gus Cutty.

THE VILLAGE POTTERS 191 Lyman St. #180, 253-2424, thevillagepotters.com • FR (5/20) through SA (7/16) - Apprentices: The Next Generation, exhibition of the pottery work of apprentices Sarah Thurmond, Jenay Martin, Hannah McGehee and Tori DiPietro.

Opening reception: Friday, May 20, 4-7pm.

ZAPOW! 21 Battery Park Suite 101, 5752024, zapow.net • Through TH (6/30) - Space POP! Exhibition of space inspired art.

ZUMA COFFEE 7 N. Main St., Marshall, 649-1617 • Through TH (6/30) - Exhibition of portraits of women by Lois Simbach.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6pm

THURSDAY, MAY 19

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Matt Walsh (blues), 5pm Les Amis (African folk music), 8pm

185 KING STREET Ashley Heath & Her Heathens (singersongwriter), 8pm

550 TAVERN & GRILLE karaoke, 6pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8pm

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Hank West going away jam (Gypsy, jazz), 8:30pm

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Darlington w/ Alexa Rose (Americana), 9pm

ALTAMONT THEATRE Poetry open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 8pm

BARLEY’S TAPROOM AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm

BEN’S TUNE-UP Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Play to Win game night, 7:30pm

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Bob Zullo (acoustic), 7pm

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open mic, 7pm

BLUE RIDGE TAPROOM Whitney Lane w/ Sarah Tucker (singersongwriter), 8pm

BREVARD LUMBERYARD JAM for J.A.M. w/ Pisgah Pickers, Pretty Little Goat & the Youth Jam Band, 5:30pm

BYWATER Grass Is Dead (bluegrass, Grateful Dead covers), 9pm

BYWATER North of Too Far Downs w/ Billy Cardine, 9pm CLASSIC WINESELLER Liam Matthews (jazz, pop, easy listening), 7pm CROW & QUILL Michael Luchtan (piano covers & originals), 9pm DARK CITY DELI Pool Tournament, 7:30pm DOUBLE CROWN Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm

ODE TO WEIRDOS: Since releasing their first critically-acclaimed album in 2010, The Brothers Comatose has gone from touring with national acts like Yonder Mountain Stringband to headlining their own cross-country tours. On their latest release, City Painted Gold, the Americana-tinged bluegrassers document the evolution of their hometown, San Fransisco, from counter-culture Mecca to a gentrified playground for the rich. You can catch the five-piece stringband keeping it weird and wonderful at The Grey Eagle in downtown Asheville on Thursday, May 26 beginning at 8 p.m.

NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Come On Man, 6pm

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

O.HENRY’S/THE UNDERGROUND “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm

GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform “Eclectic Country” (jam), 7pm

ODDITORIUM Watcher w/ NERMAL (punk), 9pm

TALLGARY’S AT FOUR COLLEGE Open mic & jam, 7pm Wu-Wednesdays (’90s hip-hop experience), 9pm

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Chinquapin Duo (folk), 9pm

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Fireside Collective (progressive folk, bluegrass), 6pm GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL All You Can Eat Snow Crab Clusters w/ The West End Trio (swing, bluegrass), 5pm Shawna Caspi & Freebo (folk), 7pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5pm

OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm ONE WORLD BREWING Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 8pm ORANGE PEEL Josh Ritter w/ The Steel Wheels (folk, rock, altcountry), 9pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Clydes (bluegrass, Americana), 6pm

LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm LEX 18 The Patrick Lopez Experience (modern & Latin jazz piano), 7pm

ROOM IX Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE The Wendy Jones Quartet (jazz), 7:30pm THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8pm THE MILLROOM Flamenco nights w/ Juan Benavides Group, 9pm THE NATIONAL The George Bronson Sessions (groove, funk, soul), 8pm THE PHOENIX Jazz night, 8pm THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm THE SOUTHERN Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Ben Phan (singer-songwriter), 7pm

TIMO’S HOUSE “Hump Day Mixers” w/ DJ Fame Douglas (R&B, hip-hop), 9pm

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

TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10pm

MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30pm

SLY GROG LOUNGE Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30pm Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm

TRAILHEAD RESTAURANT AND BAR Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon & Andrew Brophy (bluegrass, old-time, Americana), 6pm

NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Blues & BBQ w/ Samantha Fish (blues), 7pm

SOL BAR NEW MOUNTAIN ADBC presents Axiom Wednesdays (drum ’n’ bass), 9pm

TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm LOOKOUT BREWERY James Hammel (jazz), 5:30pm

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CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Singer-songwriter night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm CROW & QUILL Driftwood Soldier & Carolina Catskins (ragtime jazz, folk), 10pm DOUBLE CROWN Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm ELAINE’S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Poet Radio (Americana), 9pm FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Up Jumped Three (jazz trio), 6pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Luke Combs (country), 9pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Laid Back Thursdays w/ Ram & friends (funk, jazz, reggae), 6:30pm Fayssoux McLean w/ The Blue Ribbon Healers (Americana, folk, jazz), 7pm Blue Highway (bluegrass, old-time), 8:30pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7pm LAZY DIAMOND Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm LEX 18 Ray Biscoglia Duo (jazz standards), 7pm LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm MARKET PLACE Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm O.HENRY’S/THE UNDERGROUND Game Night, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am ODDITORIUM Naps w/ Brief Awakening & Sentiments (indie), 9pm OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9pm OLE SHAKEY’S Phantom Pantone (electronic), 10pm

OLIVE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (jazz), 8pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Streaming Thursdays (live concert showings), 6pm Mighty Mystic (roots, rock, reggae), 10pm ONE WORLD BREWING Kelly Hannah & friends (Americana), 8pm ORANGE PEEL Yeasayer w/ Young Magic (experimental rock, pop, psychedelic), 9pm OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Redleg Husky (Americana), 6pm PACK’S TAVERN Steve Mosely Duo (acoustic rock), 8pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Definitive Guide to Disc Golf (book signing & tournament), 4pm Frank Bang & The Cook County Kings (blues), 9pm PURPLE ONION CAFE Jon Shain (singer-songwriter, blues, bluegrass), 7pm RENAISSANCE ASHEVILLE HOTEL Nikki Calloway (folk, acoustic), 6:30pm ROOM IX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Billy Litz (multi-instumentalist), 7pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Two Mediums: Tamara & Maura (evidential mediums, live readings, spiritual lecture), 7:30pm Two Evidential Mediums bring “Messages from Heaven” (psychic event), 7:30pm DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm SLY GROG LOUNGE Vishnu Basement w/ Morbids, Kortriba & Tim the Woodman (math rock, progressive, experimental), 9pm SPRING CREEK TAVERN Open Mic, 6pm TALLGARY’S AT FOUR COLLEGE Open jam night w/ Jonathan Santos, 7pm THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Open mic night w/ Jonathon Santos, 7:30pm THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Roaring Lions (jazz), 7pm THE MOTHLIGHT The Moth: True Stories Told Live (storytelling), 7:30pm THE NATIONAL Naked Scholar (R&B, soul), 8pm

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CL U B L A N D THE PHOENIX Mike Sweet (acoustic rock covers), 8pm

the moth:

5/19 thu

TIMO’S HOUSE Thursday Request Live w/ Franco Nino, 9pm

true stories told live

5/20 friFbask

TOWN PUMP If Birds Could Fly (Americana), 9pm

w/ niche, irata, via

5/23

TRAILHEAD RESTAURANT AND BAR Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

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w/ dina maccabbee, abraham free! leonard + sands pleine

5/24 tueFben sollee

w/ tina & her pony

5/25

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valient thorr

amnesis

w/ jynzo, verse vica, art of war

Details for all shows can be found at

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Resonant Rogues (old-time), 9pm

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Wed •May 18 Woody Wood @ 5:30pm Fri •May 20 Sidecar Honey @ 7pm Sat •May 21 Devils in Dust @ 7pm Sun•May 22 Reggae Sunday hosted by Dennis Berndt of Chalwa @ 1pm Tue •May 24 Team Trivia with Dr. Brown @ 6pm

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:30pm ALTAMONT THEATRE An Evening w/ Doyle & Debbie (comedy, country music satire), 8pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Stop Light Observations w/ People’s Blues of Richmond & Miner (rock, psychedelic, blues), 9pm ATHENA’S CLUB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm DJ Shy Guy, 10pm BEN’S TUNE-UP Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 7pm BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Les Amis (world music), 7:30pm BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Hunter Begley (folk), 8pm BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7pm BOILER ROOM The Dimes 2 Bricks release party w/ DJ Migo, Mr Say No More, Ponkin Head, Hey Money & Bloodline (DJ, mixtape), 10pm CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Bluebirds (bluegrass, Americana), 6pm CLASSIC WINESELLER Joe Cruz (Beatles, Elton John, James Taylor covers), 7pm

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ELAINE’S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Laura Blackley & The Wildflowers (country, folk), 6pm

185 KING STREET Alexa Rose w/ Special Guest Darlington (singer-songwriter, folk, pop), 8pm

w/ youth league, kortriba, artifical oceans

DOUBLE CROWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm

TWISTED LAUREL Karaoke, 8pm

FRIDAY, MAY 20

5/31 tueFgreaver

CORK & KEG The Barsters (acoustic covers), 8:30pm

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Flaw and Raw (R&B, soul), 10pm

WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Stevie Lee Combs (juke, Americana), 8pm

w/ xenia rubinos

CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Calvin’s Birthday Party w/ live DJ (ole-skool hip hop, R&B, soul), 10pm

TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & Friends (blues, soul), 9pm

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Max Hightower & Shane Pruitt (blues), 7:30pm

w/ hammer fight, bitter resolve, shallows

5/27 friFson lux 5/28 sat

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GOOD STUFF Stephen Evans (acoustic rock), 8:30pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ w/ Andrew Scotchie & The River Rats (hard rock, Southern rock, jam), 9pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Sidecar Honey (indie, Americana, rock), 7pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL The Honeycutters CD release celebration w/ Brad Cole (Americana, country, singersongwriter), 9pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Whiskey Bent Valley Boys (folk, bluegrass, old-time), 9pm JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm LAZY DIAMOND Totes Dope Tite Sick Jams w/ (ya boy) DJ Hot Noodle, 10pm LEX 18 Alex Taub & Pamela Jones (classic & modern jazz standards), 7:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30pm MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Intimate evening w/ Leftover Salmon & Junto (bluegrass, rock, jam), 8pm O.HENRY’S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30am ODDITORIUM Howard Kremer (comedy), 9pm OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST Live dance, 8pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm

The Blind Spots (rock, indie, pop), 10pm ONE WORLD BREWING Zuzu Welsh (blues, rock), 10pm ORANGE PEEL A$AP Ferg w/ Madeintyo (hip hop), 9pm OSKAR BLUES BREWERY The Good Graces (indie, folk), 6pm PACK’S TAVERN DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9:30pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Dave Zoll Quartet (rock, fusion), 8pm SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Chris Jamison Trio (rock trio), 7:30pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Pechakucha Night (audio/ visual presentations), 7pm DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm SCULLY’S DJ, 10pm SLY GROG LOUNGE Cher Von (experimental, vocal), 9pm SOL BAR NEW MOUNTAIN SOL Vibes w/ The Animal & DJ Gravity, 9pm STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Steve Trisman (jazz, swing), 6pm THE ADMIRAL Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE BJ Leiderman w/ Jeff Thompson & Paula Hanke (rock, pop), 8pm THE MOCKING CROW Karaoke, 9pm THE MOTHLIGHT BASK w/ Niche, Irata & VIA (psychedelic, Americana, rock), 9pm THE NATIONAL New South Rising (acoustic, soul), 7pm DJ Dance Party w/ Local Radio DJ AJMAKNBEATS (hip hop, dance), 11pm THE PHOENIX Pop Rocks & Moonshine (Americana), 9pm THE SOCIAL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Rooftop Dance Party with DJ Phantom Pantone (electronic), 10pm TIGER MOUNTAIN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm TIMO’S HOUSE Klute, Johnny Law, Mistanoize & DLX (drum & bass), 9pm TOWN PUMP Ken Chapple String Band (bluegrass), 9pm

TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Lenny Pettinelli (piano, dance), 7:30pm Jim Arrendell & The Cheap Suits (soul, funk, dance), 10pm TWISTED LAUREL Phantom Pantone (electronic), 11pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Maureen Renihan & Daniel Keller (cabaret jazz), 8pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Ben Hovey (live souljazztronica), 8pm ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

SATURDAY, MAY 21 185 KING STREET The Freeway Revival w/ Cody Siniard​(classic rock, blues, country), 8pm 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Dulci Ellenberger (Americana), 6pm The Gypsy Swingers (Gypsy jazz), 9pm ADDISON FARMS VINEYARD Bud Break Party w/ Vince Junior Band (gritty up soul), 1pm ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Tim Lee 3 w/ Laura Blackley (honky-tonk), 9:30pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Leftover Salmon After Party w/ Grass is Dead (jam band), 11pm ATHENA’S CLUB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30pm DJ Shy Guy, 10pm BEN’S TUNE-UP Gypsy Guitars (acoustic, Gypsyjazz), 3pm Savannah Smith (southern soul), 8pm BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Jason Moore & Trust Trio (funk, jazz), 9pm BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Ben Phan (indie, folk, singersongwriter), 7pm BYWATER The Astral Plainsmen (“exploratory country”), 9pm CLASSIC WINESELLER Russ Wilson Trio w/ Hank Bones & Mike Filippone (swing, jazz, blues), 7pm

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Hustle Souls (R&B, soul), 10pm FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Dave Desmelik (Americana), 6pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Joe Pug & Justin Ringle (folk, rock, Americana), 9pm

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga with Cats, 10am Jamison Adams Project (rock trio), 7:30pm

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL The Honeycutters CD release celebration (Americana, country, singer-songwriter), 9pm

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Steve’s Big Deal Band, 6pm

LAZY DIAMOND Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm LEX 18 The Resonant Rogues (Gypsy, old-time, swing), 7:30pm The Resonant Rogues (gypsy old-time swing), 7:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30pm LOOKOUT BREWERY Chinquapin Duo (old-time, Americana), 4pm MARKET PLACE DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Leftover Salmon’s Blue Ridge Jam w/ Acoustic Syndicate & special guests (jam, bluegrass), 3:30pm ODDITORIUM Onj w/ Innerout, (Young) American Landscape & Jamie Webb (metal, rock), 9pm OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8pm Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Crystallized Minds Decompression (electronic), 8pm ORANGE PEEL Cypher Univercity presents First in Flyte Hip Hop Battle Night, 9pm

CORK & KEG Old-Time Jam, 7:30pm

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Chris Jamison’s Ghost Trio (Americana), 2pm

CROW & QUILL Drayton & the Dreamboats (40s style vintage pop), 9pm

PACK’S TAVERN Big Deal Band (bluegrass), 9:30pm

DOUBLE CROWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10pm

PURPLE ONION CAFE The Secret Band (soulful rock ’n roll), 7pm

ELAINE’S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm

ROOM IX Open dance night, 9pm

5pm–12am

12am

Full Bar

SCULLY’S DJ, 10pm SOL BAR NEW MOUNTAIN Leftover Salmon afterparty w/ Grandpa’s Cough Medicine (bluegrass), 11pm

JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

Tues-Sun

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Devils In Dust (Americana, roots, rock), 7pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Woody Wood & The Family Band (blues, rock), 9pm

Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jeff Thompson (jazz, alt-rock, singer-songwriter), 8pm THE MILLROOM Comedian Shane Mauss: A Good Trip (psychedelic comedy), 8pm

WED 5/18 COMING SOON

5-9 PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS : $35 MUSIC BY WEST END TRIO ON THE PATIO

7:00 PM –

SHAWNA CASPI/ FREEBO (LOUNGE) THU 5/19

6:30PM LAID BACK THURSDAYS

W/ RAM AND FRIENDS

7:00 PM – FAYSSOUX MCLEAN W/ THE BLUE RIBBON HEALERS 8:30 PM – BLUE HIGHWAY FRI 5/20 9:00 PM –

THE HONEYCUTTERS SOLD OUT CD RELEASE SAT 5/21

THE MOCKING CROW NC 63 (house band, rock), 8pm

9:00 PM –

THE NATIONAL Live Groove Band, 1pm Live Soul Band, 4pm

THE LEGENDARY TOM RUSH W/ MATT NAKOA

THE HONEYCUTTERS CD RELEASE

SUN 5/22 7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH WED 5/25

THE PHOENIX Opus Vita (funk, rock), 9pm

5-9 PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS : $35

TIMO’S HOUSE Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 9pm

7:00 PM AN EVENIN W/ THE SUITCASE JUNKET

TOWN PUMP Shotgun Gypsies (rock, Americana, singer-songwriter), 9pm TRAILHEAD RESTAURANT AND BAR Hot Point Trio (Gypsy jazz, swing), 8pm TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Give to the Music fundraiser (decades rock dance party), 7pm Prince Tribute w/ Lyric, 10pm TWISTED LAUREL Indoor & Outdoor Dance Party w/ DJ Phantome Pantone (electronic), 10pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Yes The Raven (folk, indie, alternative), 8pm

MUSIC BY WEST END TRIO ON THE PATIO

8:30 PM –

THE AMERICAN ALL STARS FEAT TOKYO ROSENTHAL, DAVID CHILDERS AND THE STRING BEINGS THU 5/26 – 7:00 PM AMICIMUSIC PRESENTS: “LIVE AT THE

USO — GREAT SONGS FROM THE 1940S” 8:30 PM – AN EVENING WITH

CHRISTOPHER PAUL STELLING FRI 5/27

7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

THE MIDNIGHT PLOWBOYS

9:00 PM – THE DIGS CD RELEASE PARTY W/

SPECIAL GUESTS GOLDIE AND THE SCREEMERS SAT 5/28 7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

THE NOUVEAUX HONKIES

8:30 PM – BREAKING THE MOON

BY AMY STEINBERG

WILD WING CAFE Karaoke, 8pm WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Caribbean Cowboys (rock), 8pm ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

SUNDAY, MAY 22

SUN 5/29

5:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

THE DEMASI BROTHERS 7:30 PM –

BLAKE ANTHONY ELLEGE:

“MY MUSICAL LIFE!” Every Tuesday 7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Blue Ribbon Healer (swanky tonk), 7pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Leftover Salmon After Party Acoustic Salmon Brunch Jam, 1pm

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BEN’S TUNE-UP Sunday Funday w/ Jericho, Sursee & Niko Grande, 2pm Reggae night w/ Dub Kartel, 8pm

WHISKEY BENT VALLEY BOYS!!

BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Sunday brunch w/ live music, 11am

GET READY TO PARTY ASHEVILLE!

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel & Friends, 11:30am

9PM $5

SAT 5.21

WOODY WOOD FAMILY BAND

TUE 5.24

CARPAL TULLAR

FRI 5.27 SAT 5.28

9PM $5

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, folk), 7pm

TUE MAY RESIDENCY

BYWATER Cornmeal Waltz w/ Mark Bumgarner (classic country, bluegrass), 6pm

9PM FREE (Donations Encouraged)

DIRTY SOUL REVIVAL w/ PALEFACE 9PM $5 & THE LOCAL HONEYS

7PM $5

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Laurel Lee and the Escapees (classic country, Americana), 6pm

CAROLINA WRAY w/ HOOT & HOLLER 7PM $5

CROW & QUILL Wicked Geisha Presents: A Vision of Kubla Khan (music, dance, performance), 8pm

OPEN MON-THURS AT 3 • FRI-SUN AT NOON SUNDAY Celtic Irish session 5pm til ?

MONDAY Quizzo! 7-9pm • WEDNESDAY Old Time Jam 6pm THURSDAY Bluegrass Jam • 7pm

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252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

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LIVE MUSIC... NEVER A COVER THU. 5/19 Steve Moseley Duo (acoustic rock)

Soak up the sun in our greenspace, swing in the hammocks and enjoy the huge deck!

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SAT. 5/21 Big Deal Band

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SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Petty Cash (rock covers), 3pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm SLY GROG LOUNGE Sunday Open Mic (open to poets, comedians & musicians), 7:30pm STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Micah Gardner (acoustic), 1pm Dave Ribbon, 5pm TALLGARY’S AT FOUR COLLEGE Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Andrew J. Fletcher plays Buster Keaton’s “The Cameraman” (piano, movie soundtrack), 8:30pm

DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9pm

THE IMPERIAL LIFE Ultra Lounge Listening Party w/ projections DJ Phantone Pantone, 10pm

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN The Gibson Brothers (bluegrass, Americana), 8pm

THE MOTHLIGHT The Deep End presents “The Splashback” (NYS3 improv troupe), 7:30pm

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Dennis “Chalwa” Berndt, 1pm

THE NATIONAL Albi and the Lifters (American jazz, French musette), 1pm

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Sunday Classical Brunch, 11am An evening w/ Tom Rush & Matt Nakoa (blues, country), 7pm

THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10am Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish session, 5pm LAZY DIAMOND Tiki Night w/ DJ Lance (Hawaiian, surf, exotica), 10pm LEX 18 Feast of Thrones Costumed Revelry & Viewing (ticketed event), 6:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Hunnilicious (country, singersongwriter), 6:30pm ODDITORIUM Plucky Walker Round Robin Hip-Hop (hip-hop), 9pm OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST Live blues band, 6pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am Sundays w/ Bill & Friends (Grateful Dead tribute, acoustic), 5pm ORANGE PEEL BØRNS w/ Coast Modern & Beau [SOLD OUT], 9pm

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PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sunday Travers Jam (open jam), 5pm

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Patrick Fitzsimons (world music), 2pm

THE SOCIAL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm THE SOUTHERN Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm TIMO’S HOUSE Bring Your Own Vinyl (open decks), 8pm TOWN PUMP Mitchel Evan & The Mangrove (folk-rock), 10pm WEDGE BREWING CO. Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones (acoustic jazz-swing), 6pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN 70’s Disco Dance Party for Tami-Lu Barry w/ Free Flow Band, Skinny Legs and All, Jesse Barry and The Jam, Peggy Ratusz, Henry Westmoreland & CaroMia Tiller, 7pm WICKED WEED Summer Concert Series, 4pm

MONDAY, MAY 23 185 KING STREET Open mic night, 7pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Jazz Club (soul, R&B, jazz), 8pm 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Cornhole, 5pm ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30pm BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Mexi Monday (jazz, world music), 5pm BYWATER Open mic w/ Rick Cooper, 8pm CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Jon Edwards & the Musicians in the Round, 6pm COURTYARD GALLERY Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Trivia, 7pm DARK CITY DELI Trivia Night, 7:30pm DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke, 10pm GOOD STUFF Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo, 7pm LEXINGTON AVE BREWERY (LAB) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & Friends (bluegrass), 6:30pm NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Trae Crowder (comedy), 7pm O.HENRY’S/THE UNDERGROUND Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7pm ODDITORIUM The Shameful Nameless, Hello, Stranger & Treading Water (rock), 9pm OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm PULP Andy Ferrell, Clint Roberts & Mitchel Evan and the Mangrove (folk-rock), 9pm SOVEREIGN REMEDIES Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE MoTown Monday, 7pm THE MOTHLIGHT Dina Maccabee & Fers Yn Ri w/ Abraham Leonard & Sands Pleine (singersongwriter, classical, folk, improv), 9pm THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

Xpress readers are THE VALLEY MUSIC & COOKHOUSE Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8pm

CROW & QUILL Champagne Wilson & The French 75 (New Orleans style jazz), 10pm

TIGER MOUNTAIN Service industry night (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

DARK CITY DELI Ping Pong Tournament, 6pm

TIMO’S HOUSE Movie night, 7pm TWISTED LAUREL Phantom Pantone (industrial electronic), 9pm URBAN ORCHARD Old-time music, 7pm

TUESDAY, MAY 24 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8pm ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Open mic w/ Matthew Frantz, 8:30pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm BACK YARD BAR Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8pm BEN’S TUNE-UP Eleanor Underhill (country, soul), 6pm BLACK BEAR COFFEE CO. Round Robin acoustic open mic, 7pm BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7pm BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Matt Sellars (Americana, blues, roots), 7pm BLUE RIDGE TAPROOM Tuesday Tease w/ Deb Au Nare (burlesque), 8pm BUFFALO NICKEL Trivia, 7pm CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Reverend Finster (R.E.M. covers), 6:30pm CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Old School Low Down Blues Tues. w/ Matt Walsh, 6pm

DOUBLE CROWN Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm GOOD STUFF Old time-y night, 6:30pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Hot Club of Cowtown (jazz, western swing, folk), 8pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Dr. Brown’s Team Trivia, 6pm IRON HORSE STATION Open mic, 6pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Tuesday bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Carpal Tullar (pop rock), 9pm LAZY DIAMOND Classic Rock ’n Roll Karaoke, 10pm LEX 18 Bob Strain & Bill Fouty (jazz ballads & standards), 7pm LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30pm MARKET PLACE Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm ODDITORIUM Odd comedy night, 9pm OFF THE WAGON Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm OLIVE OR TWIST Tuesday Night Blues Dance w/ The Remedy (dance lesson at 8), 8:30pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm ONE WORLD BREWING Trivia w/ Gil, 6pm

ORANGE PEEL Hard Working Americans w/ Town Mountain (rock, American music), 9pm

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SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Team trivia & tacos, 7pm STATIC AGE RECORDS Outer Spaces (indie pop trio), 9pm TALLGARY’S AT FOUR COLLEGE Jam night, 9pm THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jazz-n-Justice Tuesday w/ Jeffrey Wooley (Spanish guitar, benefit for Vecinos), 7:30pm THE MOTHLIGHT Ben Sollee (songwriter, composer, storyteller), 9pm THE NATIONAL Spalding McInstosh (acoustic, singer-songwriter), 8pm

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THE PHOENIX Open mic, 8pm THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm TIGER MOUNTAIN We Are Scientists (pop, rock), 9pm TIMO’S HOUSE Tech Tuesdays (video game tournament), 8pm TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Funk & jazz jam w/ Pauly Juhl, 8:30pm URBAN ORCHARD Billy Litz (Americana, singersongwriter), 7pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Tuesday bluegrass, 6pm Trivia w/ Kelilyn, 8:30pm

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CRANKY HANKE REVIEWS & LISTINGS

BY KEN HANKE, JUSTIN SOUTHER & SCOTT DOUGLAS

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PICK OF THE WEEK

Susan Sarandon and J.K. Simmons in Lorene Scafaria’s good-hearted and surprisingly nuanced comedy-drama about a widow who won’t stay out of her daughter’s -- and other people’s -- business,

The Meddler HHHH DIRECTOR: Lorene Scafaria PLAYERS: Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons, Jerrod Carmichael, Cecily Strong, Lucy Punch, Michael McKean COMEDY-DRAMA RATED PG-13 THE STORY: A widow moves to L.A. to be near her daughter — and to do, on a large scale, what the title suggests.

THE LOWDOWN: Susan Sarandon shines in this unassuming, likable and sometimes even surprising comedy that manages to miss nearly every pitfall.

Susan Sarandon stars in, and as, The Meddler, an agreeable comedy-drama from Lorene Scafaria, who based Sarandon’s character, Marnie Minervini, on her own mother (though I presume the story she inhabits is

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fictionalized to a degree). Whatever else can be said, I liked it better than Scafaria’s 2008 screenplay for the painful and interminable Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist and her 2012 directorial debut (which she also wrote), Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. (The idea for a rom-com drama about the end of the world might sound fresh, but it’s too much of a downer to work.) The Meddler mostly works, though I’m not sure that it should.

There’s no denying that the idea of a chronically meddlesome 60-odd-year-old widow from New Jersey moving to Los Angeles to be near her daughter has all the makings of a cringe-inducing sitcom.

That Scafaria — with considerable help from Sarandon and Rose Byrne — manages to (just barely sometimes) avoid that is a notable accomplishment. It’s even more notable because the first part of the film looks like it could be everything you might fear. But the fear that a slide into a sappy, bad comedy could happen at any moment over the course of the movie

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may be one of its hidden strengths. For instance, when we get to the obligatory “old folks getting high” scene (in this case, just the one old folk), it manages to skirt the kind of cluelessness that almost brought last year’s I’ll See You in My Dreams to its knees.

At first, Marnie seems pretty obnoxious — chattering non-stop, insinuating herself into daughter Lori’s (Byrne) life, wanting to make Lori her “hobby,” constantly leaving voice mail messages like some rambling stream-of-conscious discourse, etc. The trick is that the rambling clearly is part of the grieving process of a lonely woman coping with the death of her husband. It’s a way to keep the silence at bay. It’s also a shrewd means to deliver expository information about her situation, like the fact that her husband left her very well-off. But primarily it makes Marnie more sympathetic than annoying, while also cluing us in on the fact that her intentions are good. She’s also — thanks in part to her (never specified) financial status — absurdly generous in a disarmingly offhand manner. Here is another aspect of the film that skirts making a disastrous wrong turn.

The film moves at a surprising rate, cov-

ering a lot of ground, characters, plots and subplots in 100 minutes. There might even be a little too much. (I have yet to figure out why Michael McKean is even — barely — in the movie.) The trip to New York, where Lori is shooting a pilot for the TV show she wrote, may be inessential, but it sets up the film’s funniest joke and subtly changes the daughter-mother dynamic. The inevitable romance for Marnie is pleasant, even if there’s a sense (especially, after last year’s Grandma and I’ll See You in My Dreams) that J.K. Simmons is who you cast when you can’t get Sam Elliott. The startling thing is they get two meet-cutes — and they both work.

Better still, the development of their relationship smoothly transitions from comedic to believable, full of unexpected nuance. (Watch closely. Small touches say much.)

I think the film’s secret weapons are that it has no villains and that Marnie turns out to be much more self-aware than she might first seem. Her generous impulses — toward a helpful Apple Store employee (Jerrod Carmichael) and her daughter’s friend (Cecily Strong) — have no ulterior motives, and Marnie clearly realizes that she isn’t buying friends. The core of the movie is that it truly seems to like its characters and think that people are basically good. That shouldn’t be a rare thing in movies, but it is. Rated PG-13 for brief drug content.

Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemark.

REVIEWED BY KEN HANKE KHANKE@ MOUNTAINX.COM

Money Monster

HHHH DIRECTOR: Jodie Foster PLAYERS: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, Caitriona Balfe, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Denham

SUSPENSE THRILLER RATED R THE STORY: An angry investor who relied on a TV show’s stock tips and lost everything takes the show and its host hostage.

THE LOWDOWN: Often witty, frequently exciting, but neither as modern nor as important as it seems to think it is. Viewed as entertainment, however, it’s worth a look.

What an entertaining, but odd, beast Jodie Foster’s Money Monster is. It seems to think it has something important to say, and I suppose it does — somewhere in there. It is at least topical, which means it’s also very modern. Only it isn’t. Aspects of its plot, some of which are the most pleasing, are old as the hills. And it certainly owes a debt to Network (1976), though it’s never (thankfully) as hysterical as that. Plus, there’s some Dog Day Afternoon (1975) in there. The whole setup is pretty much out of the 1931 Five Star Final, but with the stock market and tabloid TV instead of tabloid journalism. (The basics of Marian Marsh holding newspaper managing editor Edward G. Robinson at gunpoint and demanding “Why did you kill my mother?” are not much different from the dynamic here.)

It’s a film that is both timely and old-fashioned — as perhaps might be expected with old-fashioned movie stars like George Clooney and Julia Roberts as two-thirds of the leading characters and upand-coming actor Jack O’Connell as the third. It may look like a more modest The Big Short (2015), but it’s really only a mildly socially conscious suspense-thriller — one that doesn’t stand much scrutiny in the believability department. But there’s nothing wrong with that, as long as we realize it’s an entertainment and not much more. (Believe it or not, not all movies need to be more than entertainments.)

Clooney plays Lee Gates (a thinly veiled version of CNBC’s Jim Cramer, host of “Mad Money”), an egotistical, loudmouthed, crude, even vaguely abusive host of an investment advice show called “Money Monster.” Gates is — at least as he’s introduced to us — hardly a likable character, but because he’s played by George Clooney, he kind of is. (And, of course, we know ultimately he will be likable). Functioning as his conscience (sort of) is his produc-

er Patty Fenn (Roberts). (The conscience aspect is pretty pronounced, since most of their interactions consist of her giving him instructions through an earpiece. Rarely have co-stars shared so little screentime.) She’s also capable of keeping him together, cynical enough to know this reality-show flim-flam isn’t journalism and is cool in a crisis. That last is important, as the central story is about Kyle Budwell (Jack O’Connell doing his British best to sound like some form of New Yorker), a young man with a grudge against Gates.

Following Gates’ dubious advice about the safety of investing in Ibis Clear Capital, Kyle has dumped his entire inheritance ($60,000) into the stock. Unfortunately, Ibis inexplicably crashes to almost worthlessness (the corporate answer is a “computer glitch.”) Its owner (Dominic West) has mysteriously disappeared, leaving his assistant Diane Lester (Caitriona Balfe) to come up with some kind of answer. At the top of the list of those wanting an answer is Kyle, who takes Gates hostage on live TV, straps a bomb to him and starts making demands for that answer. It’s a terrific premise, but since it’s also hampered by all manner of limitations, the film quickly becomes a search for that answer — something that will change the direction of the story.

What happens next belongs to the movie (the various angles are part of the entertainment), but it’s fair to say that it gets increasingly hard to believe while still being fairly tasty.

The aspect of the movie being more or less in real time possibly adds to the tension, but the picture itself doesn’t stress this point. There are certainly problems, including a glibness to the ending that fails to worry too much about the consequences. I understand how and why that happens. The film wants to send the viewer home with a sense of comfort, but in itself there’s something a little cynical about this.

Best bet? Don’t think about it too much. Rated R for language throughout, some sexuality and brief violence.

Playing at Carolina Cinemark, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher.

REVIEWED BY KEN HANKE KHANKE@ MOUNTAINX.COM

The Darkness H DIRECTOR: Greg Mclean (Wolf Creek)

PLAYERS: Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry, Ming-Na Wen HORROR RATED PG-13 THE STORY: After their son brings home a haunted artifact from the Grand Canyon, a family finds themselves terrorized by ancient spirits.

THE LOWDOWN: A run-of-the-mill attempt at a scarefest, with dull characters, little atmosphere and zero scares.

In terms of quality and diminishment, Greg Mclean’s Wolf Creek (2005) is to Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) what his The Darkness is to Hooper’s Poltergeist (1982). I mean that as someone who thinks Wolf Creek is pretty lousy and that Poltergeist is a depressing sidenote in Hooper’s career. Hopefully, this illustrates just how forgettable Mclean’s latest, The Darkness, really is. This entry into the subgenre of supernatural family-haunting flicks is best compared to Poltergeist, except it’s not on the level of Hooper’s corny original. It’s definitely closer to the 2015 remake you probably already forgot existed — a fate certain to befall The Darkness, too.

What I’m getting at here is that the movie’s bad, and no amount of Native American mythos, family-centric psychodrama nor Kevin Bacon is enough to save it. The premise is that, after a vacation to the Grand Canyon, Peter (Bacon) and Bronny’s (Radha Mitchell) autistic son, Michael (David Mazouz), has accidentally brought home an ancient, haunted rune from a forgotten cave. This little artifact starts to cause some minor problems at first — small things like faucets running for no reason — but slowly gets more sinister, with sooty handprints cropping up around the house and dogs that won’t stop barking at nothing. It’s not until part of the house catches fire that Peter and Bronny start to take things seriously and — thanks to some dramatically inert internet research — discover they’re being haunted by the spirits of the Anasazi.

There’s not much reason why, exactly, this family is being harassed by ancient, malevolent spirits, beyond the idea that they lost their rune. Of course, cause isn’t the focus here. It’s all about the spookiness which, unfortunately for us, never transpires. Mclean has zero knack for atmosphere — in fact, it always seems to be an afterthought.

Instead, the scares (or the attempts at them) are of the cheapest variety, complete with musical stings and things

jumping out from the shadows. It’s tactless, predictable horror.

To mitigate all this, Mclean has glazed the film in familial drama.

Peter and Bronny’s marriage is struggling due to Peter’s past marital indiscretions, while their daughter, Stephanie (Lucy Fry, Vampire Academy), suffers from an eating disorder. While the notion of making this little haunted-house flick something more is admirable, Mclean doesn’t quite have the knack for it.

Peter and Bronny’s marital strife works because Bacon and Mitchell have the talent to make it work, but the entire subplot about Stephanie’s eating disorder just comes and goes.

Worse than all, though, is the way Michael’s autism is portrayed as pseudo-magical and mystical in a way that simply feels wrongheaded and insensitive. It’s a big misstep in a movie full of small ones. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some disturbing violence, brief sensuality and language.

Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemark, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.

REVIEWED BY JUSTIN SOUTHER JSOUTHER@MOUNTAINX.COM

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THURSDAY, MAY 26 Due to possible scheduling changes, moviegoers may want to confirm show times with theaters.

ASHEVILLE PIZZA & BREWING CO. (254-1281) DEADPOOL (R) 7:00, 10:00 THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT PART 1 (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00

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Apparently the popular game rated a movie version. Never having played the game, I'm at a loss to say why this was necessary. Early reviews are mixed. Sony informs us that "we'll finally find out why the birds are so angry. The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds — or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis), a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck (Josh Gad), and the volatile Bomb (Danny McBride) have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it's up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to." (PG)

SHOWTIMES NOT AVAILABLE AT PRESSTIME THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 3D (PG) THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2D (PG) CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 2D (PG-

The Meddler

See review in “Cranky Hanke”

13) THE DARKNESS (PG-13) THE JUNGLE BOOK 2D (PG) THE MEDDLER (PG-13) MONEY MONSTER (R) NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING (R) THE NICE GUYS (R) SING STREET (PG-13) ZOOTOPIA 2D (PG)

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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

What's worse than having frat boys as neighbors? Apparently the answer is having sorority girls.

Worse than that is the idea that the obnoxious original film needed a sequel, but since it made a lot of money, that was inevitable.

Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne and Zac Efron are back — joined by Chloë Grace Moretz, Kiersey Clemons and Selena Gomez. To say that reviews are mixed would be an understatement, but they do lean positive at this point. (R)

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The Nice Guys

Easily the most promising of this week's mainstream releases is Shane Black's (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) dark comedy mystery The Nice Guys starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe as the not-so-nice title characters. It's basically your standard odd couple, buddy action comedy — only set in 1977 Los Angeles with rival private investigators teaming up to solve a murder. What sets it apart are stars not exactly known for this type of thing. Early reviews (very few and mostly from Cannes) are enthusiastic. (R)

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In Search of Israeli Cuisine HHHH Director: Roger M. Sherman Players: Michael Solomonov DOCUMENTARY Rated NR The Asheville Jewish Film Festival wraps up this year with Roger Sherman’s In Search of Israeli Cuisine as their closing night event (see pricing information below). This is a fairly straightforward documentary that does exactly what its title says. It follows Israeli-American celebrity chef Michael Solomonov as he travels around Israeli (there seems to be no real pattern to these travels) trying to identify just what Israeli cuisine is and where it comes from. Considering Israel is made up of people from more than 150 countries, that answer is not easy to come by. I’m not sure the film ever reaches an exact conclusion, but there is no shortage of opinions on the topic. What makes the film work is the combination of Solomonov’s winning personality and the colorful journey the movie takes us on through expensive restaurants, lesser venues, street bazaars, food markets, remarkable farms and even family kitchens. The Fine Arts Theatre will show In Search of Israeli Cuisine Thursday, May 19, at 6 p.m. as the closing night event (film and reception) of the Jewish Film Festival. Tickets for the film and the reception are $25. There is an encore showing (film only) Friday, May 20, at 1 p.m.

Lady Sings the Blues HHHS Director: Sidney J. Furie Players: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, Sid Melton, Virginia Capers BIOPIC Rated R For reasons unclear to me now, I didn’t see Sidney J. Furie’s Lady Sings the Blues when it came out in 1972 and just never bumped into it until this screening came along. I’m glad to have finally seen it, but I doubt I’ll watch it a second time. It’s pretty much a basic biopic of the cram-an-entire-life-into-two-hours school. Even at a very long 144 minutes, it’s an impossible undertaking that relies on the tricks of the trade — up to and including those late-in-the-film montages that feel rushed in a “just get it over with” manner. (Being from 1972, it at least spares us a bunch editorializing titles at the end.) It’s not bad for what it is, but what it is isn’t anything as outstanding as was made out in 1972. Ross is surprisingly good, as is Richard Pryor. Billy Dee Williams does what he can with an underwritten and sanitized role. (Gee, the character he plays was the film’s “technical advisor.” That couldn’t account for the whitewash. ...) It is typical of its type in that the movie is more interested in Billie Holiday’s drug addiction than what drove it — or, for that matter, what informed her music. The one such attempt with “Strange Fruit” just plain doesn’t work. But as a stock biopic, it’s OK. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Lady Sings the Blues Sunday, May 22, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

The Brainiac (El Barón del Terror) HHHS Director: Chano Urueta Players: Abel Salazar, Ariadna Welter, Germán Robles, David Silva, Luis Aragón HORROR Rated NR The Thursday Horror Picture is scheduled to return this week at a new venue, the Grail Moviehouse, and at a new time, 7:30 p.m. The opening feature is that 1962 classic of Mexi-horror, The Brainiac (El Barón del Terror). Often billed as “the most bizarre movie ever,” there’s no doubt that The Brainiac stands pretty tall in the realm of the special insanity that defines the Mexican horror films of the 1950s and ’60s. Whether it’s the most bizarre is open to question. After all, it has no luchadores (which is a darn shame), but it’s certainly unusual with the story of a 300-year-old sorcerer — with the dopiest-looking monster makeup ever seen (even by Mexi-horror standards) — revenging himself on the descendants of the folks who burned him at the stake. How? By sucking their brains out with his bifurcated tongue, of course. You had to ask? The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Brainiac (El Barón del Terror) Thursday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Scott Douglas.

The Vanishing HHHH Director: George Sluizer Players: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus THRILLER Rated NR George Sluizer’s The Vanishing (1988) made such an art house splash when it got to the U.S. in 1991 that Hollywood brought the director over to — you guessed it — remake his film in English with a more American-friendly cast. Also called The Vanishing, it earned tepid box office results and a good deal of critical abuse. (It’s not that bad. In fact, there are things about it that I think improve on the original. But the combination of our sense of cultural inferiority and a changed ending made it a whipping boy of a movie that dealt Sluizer’s career a blow from which it never recovered.)

Here, in any case, is the original French-Dutch film. It has been likened to Hitchcock, and that’s fair to the degree that the story of a man whose wife mysteriously vanishes is suitably Hitchcockian, as is his quest first to find her and then, as the years pass, simply to know what happened. But the style isn’t Hitchcock’s, nor are the film’s deeper concerns. I’ve never quite liked the movie nearly as well as I’m supposed to (maybe because I guessed the ending early on and felt too often that I was marking time to get there), but I wouldn’t deny its quality, nor its appeal. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present The Vanishing Friday, May 20, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 828-273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): "An oar moves a boat by entering what lies outside it," writes poet Jane Hirshfield. You can't use the paddle inside the boat!

It's of no value to you unless you thrust it into the drink and move it around vigorously. And that's an excellent metaphor for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks, my friend. If you want to reach your next destination, you must have intimate and continual interaction with the mysterious depths that lie outside your known world.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The short attention span is now enshrined as the default mode of awareness. "We skim rather than absorb," says author James Lough.

"We read Sappho or Shakespeare the same way we glance over a tweet or a text message, scanning for the gist, impatient to move on." There's a problem with that approach, however. "You can't skim Shakespeare," says Lough. I propose that we make that your epigram to live by in the coming weeks, Taurus: You can't skim Shakespeare. According to my analysis, you're going to be offered a rich array of Shakespeare-level information and insights. To get the most out of these blessings, you must penetrate and marinate and ruminate.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "There are situations in life when it is wisdom not to be too wise," said Friedrich Schiller. The coming days may be one of those times for you. I therefore advise you to dodge any tendency you might have to be impressed with your sophisticated intelligence. Be suspicious of egotism masquerading as cleverness. You are most likely to make good decisions if you insist on honoring your raw instincts. Simple solutions and uncomplicated actions will give you access to beautiful truths and truthful beauty, especially if you anchor yourself in innocent compassion.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): To prepare you for the coming weeks, I have gathered three quotes from the Bulgarian writer Elias Canetti. These gems, along with my commentary, will serve you well if you use them as seeds for your ongoing meditations. Seed #1: "He would like to start from scratch. Where is scratch?"

Here's my addendum: No later than your birthday, you'll be ready to start from scratch. In the meantime, your task is to find out where scratch is, and clear a path to it. Seed #2: "All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams." My addendum: Monitor your dreams closely. They will offer clues about what you need to remember. Seed #3: "Relearn astonishment, stop grasping for knowledge, lose the habit of the past." My addendum: Go in search of the miraculous.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "There are friendships like circuses, waterfalls, libraries," said writer Vladimir Nabokov. I hope you have at least one of each, Leo. And if you don't, I encourage you to go out and look for some. It would be great if you could also get access to alliances that resemble dancing lessons, colorful sanctuaries, lion whisperers, prayer flags, and the northern lights. Right now you especially need the stimulation that synergistic collaborations can provide. The next chapter of your life story requires abundant contact with interesting people who have the power to surprise you and teach you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible," says author Rebecca Solnit.

She is of course implying that it might be better not to beat the possible, but rather to protect and nurture the possible as a viable option -- especially if perfection ultimately proves to have no value other than as a stick. This is always a truth worth honoring, but it will be crucial for you in the weeks to come. I hope you will cultivate a reverence and devotion to the possible. As messy or maddening as it might be, it will also groom your powers as a maker.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): An invigorating challenge is headed your way. To prepare you, I offer the wisdom of French author André Gide. "Through loyalty to the past," he wrote, "our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's joy makes way for it." What this means, Libra, is that you will probably have to surrender your attachment to a well-honed delight if you want to make yourself available for a bright new delight that's hovering on the frontier. An educational blessing will come your way if and only if you clear space for its arrival. As Gide concludes, "Each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding wave."

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "How prompt we are to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our bodies; how slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls!" Henry David Thoreau wrote that, and now I'm passing it on to you just in time for a special phase of your long-term cycle.

During this upcoming interlude, your main duty is to FEED YOUR SOUL in every way you can imagine. So please stuff it with unpredictable beauty and reverent emotions. Cram it with mysterious adventures and rambling treks in the frontier. Gorge it with intimate unpredictability and playful love and fierce devotions in behalf of your most crucial dreams. Warning: You will not be able to rely solely on the soul food that has sustained you in the past. Be eager to discover new forms of nourishment.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "Here's how every love letter can be summarized," says Russell Dillon in his poem "Past-Perfect-Impersonal": "What is it you're unable to surrender and please may I have that?" I bring this tease to your attention because it may serve as a helpful riddle in the coming weeks. You're entering a phase when you will have an enhanced ability to tinker with and refine and even revolutionize your best intimate relationships. I'm hoping Dillon's provocation will unleash a series of inquiries that will inspire you as you imagine how you could supercharge togetherness and reinvent the ways you collaborate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Fifth-century Christian theologian St. Jerome wrote that "it requires infinite discretion to look for gold in the midst of dirt." Ancient Roman poet Virgil on one occasion testified that he was "searching for gold in dung." While addressing the angels, nineteenth-century French poet Charles Baudelaire bragged, "From each thing I extracted its quintessence. You gave me your mud, and I made gold out of it." From what I can tell, Caprciorn, you have been engaged in similar work lately. The climax of your toil should come in the next two weeks. (Thanks to Michael Gilleland for the inspiration: tinyurl.com/ mudgold.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "At this time in my life," says singer Joni Mitchell, "I've confronted a lot of my devils. A lot of them were pretty silly, but they were incredibly real at the time." According to my reading of the astrological omens, Aquarius, you are due to enjoy a similar grace period. It may be a humbling grace period, because you'll be invited to decisively banish worn-out delusions that have filled you with needless fear. And it may be a grace period that requires you to make strenuous adjustments, since you'll have to revise some of your old stories about who you are and how you got here. But it will also be a sweet grace period, because you'll be blessed again and again with a visceral sense of liberation.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): More than halfway through her prose poem "A Settlement," Mary Oliver abruptly stops her meandering meditation on the poignant joys of spring's soft awakening. Suddenly she's brave and forceful: "Therefore, dark past, I'm about to do it. I'm about to forgive you for everything." Now would be a perfect moment to draw inspiration from her, Pisces.

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