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I have no problem at all voting for crazy people. This is essentially because a stopped clock is right twice a day, where a lying clock, programmed intentionally to deceive and exploit you, is never right. So when the choice is between crazy and evil, which is the best choice I have ever seen on a ballot without my own name on it, voting for the nutcase is the easy choice. So please vote crazy for City Council, because right twice a day is the best we are likely to see on an Asheville or Weaverville ballot. — Alan Ditmore Leicester
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change and stimulated by development of new clean energy technologies and infrastructures. Weather that is outside the normal range will have consequences for peoples’ lives, businesses and the national economy. But all over the world, confronted with a rapidly warming planet, we are mobilizing, developing new technologies and beginning to face the future with eyes wide open. Time for the U.S. to abandon our head-in-the-sand strategy — time to unleash American technological, economic and scientific ingenuity. The U.S. is an exceptional country, and we are fully capable of responding fully to the challenges of climate change. Time to truly care for the planet and all its interdependent life — and make that caring a basic criterion of our economic and social decision making. ... We can help ... all of our elected representatives do what they need to do. We citizens should direct them to our military leadership, where the threat is clearly understood; to the now 40-member bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus in the House, moving toward developing congressional action (http://avl.mx/3sy); to the Climate Leadership Council and their conservative solution — a revenueneutral carbon fee and dividend proposal; to the burgeoning clean energy economies emerging worldwide, which are demonstrably providing new industries (and jobs!) that are good for their populations and the planet; and to stay in the Paris climate accord — joining the rest of the world in taking significant action against climate risk. So, on June 9, Adm. Titley will be discussing a somewhat different approach to understanding climate risks — i.e., from the national security perspective — and it’s an approach that offers common ground for all sides of the climate debates. Please join The Collider and the Citizens’ Climate Lobby for Adm. Titley’s presentation and see what happens. The free public talk at The Collider
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Last week, I listened on NPR to the findings by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and heard that maternal mortality is increasing in the U.S. Our rate is triple the rate in Canada. We have a higher maternal mortality rate than Iran, Vietnam and Romania! [Source: http://avl.mx/3sw] We need to wake up to the fact that the goal of health insurance companies is not to deliver health care but to make profits. Last week, Dr. Margaret Flowers of Physicians for a National Health Program spoke in Asheville, explaining HR 676. HR 676 is the “Improved Medicare for All” bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers. This House bill would transfer our health insurance from a patchwork of private companies to a governmentrun plan similar to Medicare. Our local congressmen, Mark Meadows and Patrick McHenry, should study and support this bill. If you want to learn about how we can cut administrative costs, lower drug prices [and] go to any doctor in the country, then come to the indepth talk at A-B Tech [Ferguson Auditorium] on June 27 sponsored by Indivisible AVL. [Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7-8:30 p.m. presentation.] — Frank Southecorvo Member, Indivisible AVL Asheville
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On July 4, the Southern Independent Booksellers Association will announce the winners of its Southern Book Prizes. Nominees with North Carolina connections include Lee Smith for “Dime Store,” John Hart for “Redemption Road,” Kristy Woodson Harvey for “Lies and Other Acts of Love,” Robert Morgan (who was born in Hendersonville) for “Chasing the North Star” and Vivian Howard for “Deep Run Roots.” Other nominees with Western North Carolina connections include Robert Beatty for “Serafina and the Twisted Staff,” Taylor Brown for “Fallen Land,” Julia Franks for “Over the Plain Houses,” Sharyn McCrumb for “Prayers the Devil Answers,” Ron Rash for “The Risen” and Ann B. Ross for “Miss Julia Inherits a Mess.”
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“North Carolina Bookwatch” featured some of these books recently. During June, UNC-TV will re-air those programs. Lee Smith’s memoir, coming after her 13 novels and numerous short stories, gives her many fans a chance to know her as well as her good friends do. She shares her childhood years in a small Appalachian coal-mining town and her times working, writing and raising a family here in North Carolina. It gives clues about how her life influenced her writing. She explains, “This is an enviable life, to live in the terrain of one’s heart. Most writers don’t —can’t — do this. Most of us are always searching, through our work and in our lives: for meaning, for love, for home. Writing is about these things. And as writers, we cannot choose our truest material. But sometimes we are lucky enough to find it.”
John Hart’s “Redemption Road,” followed four best-selling, prize-winning thrillers that gained praise for their clever story lines. Fellow author David Baldacci says the book’s “prologue is heart-wrenching and the chapters thereafter pull you in like matter to a black hole.” Reviewers praise his beautiful writing. Some compare his lyrical descriptions to poetry. The book introduces more than 30 characters. None is more important or complicated than detective Elizabeth Black, herself an accused murderer. She is determined to find justice for Adrian Wall, a wrongly, she thinks, convicted murderer. The connections among the characters help drive a plot scheme that will satisfy readers even as it horrifies them. Hart grew up in Salisbury, and so did Kristy Woodson Harvey. Less than a year after the publication of “Dear Carolina,” her successful debut, her second, “Lies and Other Acts of Love,” drew favorable attention. It is a heart-rending account of four generations of an Eastern North Carolina family in transition. The two leading characters who tell the story are Lynn “Lovey” White, a grandmother whose husband is fading away after 60 years of marriage, and her granddaughter, Annabelle, who has changing ideas about who and what she wants in a husband. Harvey’s book will entertain, challenge and surprise its readers. With her third novel, “Slightly South of Simple,” already on bookstore shelves, Harvey proves she is a prolific force in Southern literature. Robert Morgan’s latest novel, recently out in paperback, is set in pre-Civil War times. It follows a crafty teenage runaway slave on a northward journey toward freedom. From the Carolina mountains all the way to Ithaca, N.Y., he finds dangers, adventures and comedy. Early on, he meets a young enslaved woman who decides to follow him. Sometimes together, sometimes separated, they make their sometimes different ways toward freedom. Vivian Howard has become nationally known as host of public television’s popular program “A Chef’s Life.” She says that her book “is the story of my life so far, told through the ingredients that fill the plates and pantries of my home: Deep Run, North Carolina.” She organized her book in a new way. Not by collections of similar dishes like salads, appetizers, main dishes and desserts, but by foods, the raw ingredients. She gives chapters to sweet potatoes, corn, eggs, watermelon and many others that are seasonally available in Deep Run, near
Kinston, site of Howard’s Chef & the Farmer restaurant. Yet another finalist with a North Carolina connection is Ross Howell Jr. for “Forsaken.” A complete list of finalists for the Southern Book Award is at http://avl.mx/3t2. D.G. Martin hosts “North Carolina Bookwatch,” which airs Sundays at noon and Thursdays at 5 p.m. on UNC-TV. He interviews Robert Morgan, author of “Chasing the North Star,” June 25 at noon and June 29 at 5 p.m. X
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LEADING THE WAY: From left, Andy Gardner of Builtwright Construction Co., Jack Thomson of the Preservation Society, Pam Myers of the Asheville Art Museum, Stacy Merten of the Historic Resources Commission, Sasha Mitchell of the African American Heritage Commission and Michael Logan of Logan Restoration Contracting stand on the front porch of the historic Patton Parker House. Photo by Cindy Kunst
BY THOMAS CALDER tcalder@mountainx.com There’s no shortage of threats to Asheville’s historic homes, commercial buildings, landscapes and neighborhoods, notes Jack Thomson, executive director of The Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County. And while he sees the area’s current real estate boom as the single biggest issue, another key problem is public misconceptions about the different preservation programs — and the widely varying degrees of protection they confer.
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“In my experience, a really large segment of the general public knows just enough to be dangerous,” says Thomson. And many owners of historic properties, he continues, don’t understand the benefits these programs provide — or the restrictions that come with them. For these reasons, he believes, outreach and education efforts are essential. In addition to the Preservation Society’s work, the Historic Resources Commission of Asheville and Buncombe County has designated four local historic districts, all within city limits: Albemarle Park, Biltmore Village,
Montford and St. Dunstan’s. At the federal level, the National Register, an arm of the National Park Service, recognizes three of the HRC’s four districts and also lists downtown Asheville as a historic district. St. Dunstan’s, which sits between Biltmore Avenue and McDowell Street just above Biltmore Village, isn’t on the national list. This is only the tip of the iceberg, however: Other federal and state designations may also come into play. Meanwhile, there are dozens of individual historic sites as well, and many more old buildings that aren’t recognized at all but that still
contribute to people’s experience of downtown Asheville. Little wonder, says Thomson, that preservation programs “all get thrown together by the general public into the Ninja Juicer. It’s no fault of theirs: It’s our fault for not establishing a stronger individual identity between the various entities.” Nonetheless, these distinctions have significant real-world repercussions. Among the greatest mistakes, he says, is assuming that inclusion in any of these programs confers absolute protection. This is particularly true for the National Register:
PRESERVING WHAT HE CAN: Jack Thomson has worked in preservation since 2001. He became the executive director of The Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County in 2010. Photo by Cindy Kunst In theory, for example, such iconic downtown structures as the Battery Park Senior Apartments, the former S&W Cafeteria and the YMI Cultural Center could all get torn down. Against that backdrop, Thomson and other local folks are working hard to preserve what they can of Asheville’s historic character. Various tax credits and preservation easements offer financial benefits to owners of historic properties; advocates also tout broader benefits, such as job creation, the reduced environmental impacts of restoration versus demolition and the intangible value of connecting the present with the past. But while lack of time and/or money is often the biggest challenge confronting individual preservation projects, some advocates pose a more existential question: Given the area’s high cost of living and persistent lack of opportunity for long-standing segments of the local population, who exactly are we preserving the city’s history for? A GROWING AWARENESS President Lyndon Johnson signed the National Historic Preservation Act into law on Oct. 15, 1966, establishing
the National Register of Historic Places and the National Historic Landmarks program and requiring states to appoint a historic preservation officer. Designated landmarks are included in the National Register. A decade later, the U.S. celebrated its bicentennial; that same year, our local Preservation Society was formed. For the first 16 years, the nonprofit was run by volunteers, notes founding member Betty Lawrence. Early on, the group led workshops and other educational programs; later it began raising money to buy historic properties that were at risk. More recently, the group launched an easement program. But the secret of the organization’s continued success, says Lawrence, “has been its spunk.” In 1979, Asheville and Buncombe County established the joint Historic Resources Commission. The HRC’s 2015 Historic Preservation Master Plan chronicles the growth of local interest in preserving the area’s past. In 1981, the plan notes, city voters “turned down a bond referendum that would have provided funds to demolish 11 blocks of the downtown” to make way for a mall. The vote’s decisive margin “was an affirmation of the value of Asheville’s historic commercial core, even before conditions were ripe for millions of dollars of investment in revitalization.” Throughout the 1980s and ’90s, pioneering local preservation advocates continued to promote and fund key projects. Among the most influential early voices were redevelopers Pat and Roger McGuire; Karen Tessier, executive director of AshevilleBuncombe Discovery; Julian Price and Pat Whalen of Public Interest Projects; and Carol King of the Pack Square Conservancy and the Asheville Downtown Commission. Much of Asheville’s current appeal, stresses Lawrence, is due to the work of these trailblazers. But the Asheville resident, who’s also served on the Historic Resources Commission, cautions against complacency. “Let us not become victims of our success,” she urges, echoing other local advocates. “We still don’t have a downtown [local historic] district. A lot of change could happen.” Those vulnerable structures include “the many brick, two- to three-story buildings downtown,” says Jennifer Cathey, a restoration specialist with the state Historic Preservation Office. “They are the glue that holds the historic district together, and it’s their assemblage, in addition to the over-the-top great buildings like the S&W and Jackson Building, that make the downtown distinctive and authentic.”
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NEWS BUILDINGS WITH BENEFITS All told, the National Register lists 59 sites in Asheville, plus another 26 in Buncombe County outside city limits. The county also has two national historic landmarks: Biltmore Estate and the Thomas Wolfe Memorial. In addition, there are 47 local historic landmarks in the city and county, some of which are also on the National Register. Although inclusion in the federal list doesn’t guarantee protection, local preservation groups typically apply that agency’s guidelines when evaluating the historical importance of a property or place. Usually, says Thomson, buildings must be at least 50 years old. They must also meet one of four other criteria: be identified with a particular individual from the past (what he calls the “George Washington slept here” model); have architectural significance; be connected with a particular group of people or aspect of American culture; or be associated with a specific American movement. In addition, the property must have retained its physical character or archaeological features. The first federal tax credit for rehabilitating historic structures was established in 1976. For income-producing properties, that credit now stands at 20 percent of the qualifying rehabilitation expenses. Since the program’s introduction, Buncombe County has had 181 such projects, with a total investment of over $156 million, says Cathey. A 1998 state program matched the federal tax credit while also offering a 30 percent credit for restoring historic properties that didn’t generate income. Before its cancellation in 2014, this program had generated over $1.36 billion worth of private investment in North Carolina’s historic resources and created more than 23,000 new full-time jobs, Cathey’s office estimates. Buncombe County alone has seen 115 historic homes renovated since 1998, representing nearly $24 million in eligible investments. A new state program begun in 2016 offers tax credits ranging from 10-15 percent, based on costs and eligibility. And for locally designated landmarks, the city and county offer a 50 percent property tax deferral that continues as long as the requirements are met. Meanwhile, the Preservation Society also offers easements that give property owners substantial tax breaks. HELP VS. HASSLE
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Some property owners, though, choose to forgo those financial incentives. Asheville architect Jane Mathews
WHAT’S OLD IS NEW: The former J.C. Penney building on Haywood Street was one of Public Interest Projects’ earliest projects. The organization converted its upstairs units to condominiums. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Public Library, Asheville recalls one recent client’s decision to decline the benefits available for a commercial building project. That still baffles Mathews, who’s worked on local historic properties since 1980. “It’s free money,” she says. “To me, it makes sense. But I think people feel like maybe the rules or regulations are going to be too strict.” The federal programs do require owners of National Register properties to follow specific guidelines, but only if they’re seeking tax credits or grants to offset renovation costs. Public Interest Projects was formed in 1991 to invest in downtown Asheville businesses and real estate, and restoration remains part of the overall mission, says Vice President Karen Ramshaw. Yet she’ll be the first to note that such efforts can generate plenty of headaches. One of the company’s earliest downtown projects involved
converting the upper floors of the former J.C. Penney building into condominiums. The Haywood and Walnut Street sides, Ramshaw explains, are considered “primary historic facades; you can’t have any vents or anything else through those walls.” That forced the restoration project to seek creative solutions. In one unit, she says, it meant placing “the washer and dryer in the master bathroom,” which left potential buyers scratching their heads. In other cases, the cost of satisfying historic preservation requirements may exceed the dollar value of the tax credits. “Sometimes you have to let the incentive go,” notes Ramshaw. And while she strongly supports efforts to restore historic structures, she also cautions that “It’s going to take longer and cost more than you think.”
EMBRACING THE CHALLENGE: “It’s fascinating to take something like the Patton Parker House that was built in 1868 and restore it to its original condition,” says Jim Siemens. Photo by Cindy Kunst COSTS AND BENEFITS Asheville attorney Jim Siemens reiterates this point when discussing his recent purchase of the 1868 Patton Parker House. The Charlotte Street property is unique in its triple status: listed in the National Register, recognized as an HRC local landmark and covered by a Preservation Society easement. “I went through a year of hearings before I even felt comfortable closing on the property,” says Siemens, who’s converted the historic home to offices for his law firm. The process, he notes, involved a Planning and Zoning Commission hearing, four HRC hearings and one before City Council. And while Siemens considers the project a success, it remains “the most expensive thing I’ve ever done in my life,” he says. “I spent $30,000 in the due diligence period on architects and landscape architects and the submissions of plans to go through the review process.” Nonetheless, Siemens encourages anyone with the requisite levels of interest and financial ability to go for it. Collaboration, he maintains, is the key to a successful project. “Seek out advice from people that have done it, and from the Preservation Society
and the city, and take a positive, collaborative approach.” Even property owners who choose to forgo the tax credits, however, may have to contend with some restrictions — and the greater the property’s level of protection, the more extensive the regulation. The National Register is the broadest (and, therefore, least binding) program. Unless some form of federal or state financial assistance is involved, project review is not required: Property owners are free to do as they like. The hope is that the official recognition will inspire a desire to preserve the resource, but there are no guarantees. At the local level, both regulation and protection increase. Homeowners in Asheville’s four local historic districts are required to follow the HRC’s design guidelines for all exterior work on the property, including landscaping. “People think that preservation freezes places in time and doesn’t allow for new development,” notes Stacy Merten, the commission’s director. But in fact, she maintains, preservation “provides a context for new development.” And though the HRC can reject designs that don’t meet its criteria, the commission can’t ultimately stop a property owner from tearing down a building. “It’s really hard to prohibit demolition in the local or national district. There’s a lot of things in the way that make it more difficult, but it’s not precluded,” Merten explains. In the local districts, demolition can be delayed for up to a year; after that, the owner is free to proceed. If a historic home is razed, though, any new structure built on the site would need to follow HRC design guidelines. ACE IN THE HOLE Still, to achieve the greatest level of protection, Merten recommends the Preservation Society’s easement program, calling it “the ultimate in preservation.” The program came into full swing three years ago in response to increased development downtown. The recent influx of hotels, says Lawrence, who serves on the Preservation Society’s board, “has made air rights valuable,” giving owners of old buildings an added incentive to sell. The easement program tries to offset that by offering a sizable tax write-off for owners who maintain their building’s historic facade and height. Over the last three years, the organization has placed such easements on 17 properties. “The easement,” Thomson explains, “is a real property interest held by the Preservation Society that allows us to prevent demolition, gives us archi-
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HISTORY HOG: In May, Buxton Hall Barbecue’s renovation of a former skating rink on Banks Avenue in Asheville’s South Slope received a Griffin Award for its sensitive adaptation of a historic place. The annual Griffin Awards program recognizes significant local preservation projects and honors the efforts of property owners, contractors and architects across the community. Photo courtesy of The Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County tectural reviews, gives us access to the property for inspection or research. But that’s all it does: We don’t have the right to occupy it, sell it, will it or mortgage it. We own none of those rights; the
property owner does. We just have that extremely limited real property interest that allows us to protect it.” Each easement, stresses Thomson, is unique, written to the property own-
er’s specifications. The nonprofit’s primary interest, he repeats, is protecting all exterior surfaces. But when the restrictions in an easement “preclude certain development alternatives and reduce the market value of the property,” the organization’s website notes, owners can deduct the value of the easement on their federal and state income tax returns. Some property owners, notes Thomson, are simply interested in the financial benefits; others feel a broader call to stewardship. “One of the basic principles of historic preservation is a recognition by property owners that they’re not going to be alive forever,” he points out. “If it’s an important historic resource for downtown Asheville, their motivation is to ensure that it remains there.” DECONSTRUCTING HISTORY The nuts and bolts of historic restoration, says Mathews, amount to a kind of detective work. “You’re somewhat of a Sherlock Holmes,” the architect observes. “You’re trying to figure out the building.” Andy Gardner of Builtwright Construction, meanwhile, likens the process to peeling an onion. “You just have to start taking it apart, layer by layer, trying to figure out what you’ve got.” And for Allen Roderick of Heartwood Renovation, restoration “becomes part of you who are: You’re leaving part of your life there.” But however one understands it, these professionals agree, there’s an inherent mystery to the work, with the ever-present promise of discovery.
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It offers a chance to learn something about our past — and perhaps, by extension, something about ourselves. One underlying issue within the preservation community is what happens when historic structures are lost. In the 1970s, urban renewal displaced much of the city’s black community, local author Nan Chase notes in her 2007 book Asheville: A History. Chase quotes historian Patricia Beaver, who says, “They wiped out Eagle Street. They wiped out that whole neighborhood. People had owned their own homes, even though they were humble and broken-down. There was a sense of ownership.” Lawrence echoes this concern. “I worry about the remnants of the black community in Asheville,” she says. “I think East End and Valley Street should be a historic district because I think that’s where most of the fabric still is.” Sasha Mitchell, who chairs the city/ county African American Heritage Commission, agrees. “Urban renewal has obliterated five different places where my ancestors lived,” says the self-taught historian, who’s extensively researched her family tree. “For the Heritage Commission, there’s a gap,” she continues. “Black people come to Asheville, and they want to see the Biltmore, like everybody else. But if they come here and they want to see black history, there is not a lot to see.” For Mitchell, the YMI and the Stephens-Lee Recreation Center — housed in the former Stephens-Lee High School gym — are the two material remnants of black culture that
“shine in Asheville.” (The rest of the segregated school was bulldozed in 1975.) Beyond that, however, there is “precious little.” She’s quick to note, though, that not all buildings deserve to be preserved: If they don’t meet the standards, there’s no sense in saving them. For example, the city’s former “colored hospital,” recently demolished to make way for a parking lot, “had not been historically preserved,” she explains. “The building itself had had a lot of work done on it that took away any old historic character.” Saving a building just to save it, maintains Mitchell, eats up resources that could be used to preserve structures with genuine historic value. “To me, if we want to fight for a building, let’s fight for the YMI.” THE REST OF THE STORY But in the 21st century, says Mitchell, historic preservation needs to go beyond focusing solely on isolated historical figures and places, with no reference to their broader context. The Vance Monument, for example, has been a source of controversy due to its namesake’s racist sentiments. One way to deal with that, Mitchell points out, would be to replace the fence around the downtown obelisk “with some pillars that represent all different aspects of black history. Then you can’t see the Vance Monument without seeing these things, which changes the perspective. That could be the case with any historic property: You can change the perspective and include more of the story, instead of just focusing on what generally is a wealthy, powerful person.” For Mitchell, however, an ongoing battle in her work is her own sense of purpose. “I’ve been struggling on the Heritage Commission,” she says. “I don’t want to sound too alarmist ... but as far as the future of Asheville’s black community, it does not look good. When we’re doing this work, who are we doing it for? Who are we preserving it for, if not for people who live here and are raising their families and thriving?” In 2000, the city’s AfricanAmerican population stood at 12,129 (17.6 percent), census figures show. By 2010 it was down to 11,134 (13.4 percent). A 2015 census survey had it at 10,702 (12.3 percent). Nevertheless, Mitchell is persisting in her efforts to preserve the city’s full story. “You cannot replace a historic place once it’s gone,” she says. “Getting people to see that kind of value is hard, but it’s worth it and it’s not impossible. It just takes a lot of jumping through hoops.”
HOW DO YOU SPELL PROGRESS? According to North Carolina’s Office of State Budget and Management, Buncombe County’s population, which was about 238,000 in 2010, will reach 270,000 by 2020. And by 2030, it’s projected to exceed 300,000. The area, the HRC’s master plan points out, hasn’t seen that kind of growth since the 1920s. During that decade, the county’s population jumped from 64,148 to 97,937, census figures show. Meanwhile, the city’s population almost doubled, from 28,504 to 50,193. But there are also other parallels between then and now. In a 1924 letter to his mother, Julia, Asheville native Thomas Wolfe said he was “pained at the implication in your letter that I was ashamed of North Carolina — only what is N.C. willing to do for me? I don’t think there is a place there now for anyone who cares for anything besides Rotary and Lions and Boosters Clubs, real-estate speculation, ‘heap much’ money, social fawning, good roads, new mills — what, in a word, they choose to call ‘Progress, Progress, Progress.’” And in a 1938 letter to his sister Mabel, in the midst of the Great Depression, the acclaimed author wrote: “The old world that you knew is largely gone — I mean Grove Park, stucco houses, boom-town speculation, Wall Street, 1929 — and all the rest of it. It’s not coming back, Mabel. Most of those poor defeated devils in Asheville hope that it is coming back. But it’s not. And most of them have nothing else to cling to, no other language to talk, because it is the only language they ever knew.” In some ways, Wolfe’s concerns bear an eerie resemblance to what critics of the city’s current building boom lament. Yet the letter also reminds us that opposition to change is nothing new. And if things like Grove Park and stucco houses are now viewed as historic treasures, what structures going up today may become future generations’ cherished gems? “I think we learn from our history, and from the juxtaposition of our historic properties with our new ones,” says Pam Myers, executive director of the Asheville Art Museum, which is in the midst of its own ambitious restoration and expansion project. “It tells us something about this community and our society. I think we need projects over a span of time to know who we are and where we come from — and, hopefully, where we’re going.” X
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City appoints interim leaders, struggles to fill key positions Flush with the prospect of cash from a $74 million bond referendum, Asheville city leaders have scrambled to find enough staff to get its bond projects off the ground. To lead a new Capital Projects Department that will manage bondfinanced construction, as well as the city’s capital improvement program, City Manager Gary Jackson tapped Jade Dundas, the Water Resources Department director. Dundas’ Jan. 16 appointment set off a game of musical chairs that’s resulted in a number of city departments and groups being led by interim appointees. The city’s human resources director, Peggy Rowe (who’s been on the job just five months herself), says a total of 22 city employees are serving in interim roles. Those include David Melton, interim water resources director; McCray Coates, interim Streets Services Division director; Diane Meek, interim development services director; Amy Deyton, interim stormwater services director; and Polly McDaniel, acting communications director. And Paul Fetherston, the assistant city manager who oversees eight city departments, including the police and fire departments, is leaving Asheville on June 9 to take a position in Lake County, Ill. The city has about 1,200 employees, Rowe says. A total of 80 positions (including about 20 in the Police Department) are currently vacant, but the city’s Human Resources Department is actively seeking to fill 27 spots. In a March 28 memo to City Council, Rowe wrote, “There are areas where the city is experienc-
MUSICAL CHAIRS: To staff a new department that will manage capital construction projects funded by Asheville’s $74 million bond program and other capital spending, the city has shuffled a number of employees into interim roles. ing unusually high turnover,” but she didn’t speculate on the possible causes of the turnover. With just over 1,500 employees, Buncombe County has 64 vacant positions, according to county Human Resources Director Curt Euler. The county doesn’t have any departments led by interim directors or managers, Euler said. A process for finding a replacement for longtime County Manager Wanda Greene and Tax Director Gary Roberts, who will both retire July 1, hasn’t yet been determined.
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HELP WANTED The city’s largest numbers of vacancies are found in its Police and Public Works departments, according to Rowe. Though recent public attention has focused on Police Chief Tammy Hooper’s revelation that her department has struggled to fill 20 positions, Rowe says she doesn’t have data on average turnover in the department. Still, she continues, the city is committed to finding ways to address its police staffing challenges. “We are looking at salaries and other factors and endeavoring to understand why people are leaving that organization,”
Rowe says. “I can’t speak to the root causes at this point.” Recruiting police officers is a challenge many cities face, Rowe notes. But based on Euler’s estimate of five or six openings at the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, the county seems to have an easier time recruiting law enforcement officers. One reason for the difference could be that the county also employs detention officers at its detention facility next to the Buncombe County Courthouse, Euler says. Those officers often apply to the Sheriff’s Office when positions become available. Unlike the city, Euler points out, the county doesn’t run its own police academy, requiring, instead, academic law enforcement credentials and providing on-the-job training with field training officers. At the city, other difficult-to-hire functions include code enforcement officers, building plan reviewers, certified equipment operators and accountants, says Rowe. Meanwhile, at the county, “Social worker positions are pretty hard jobs,” says Euler, noting that turnover in those positions is higher than the county average. “While we would love to hire more,” says Euler, “it’s not like we have a shortage of people.” According to a presentation Euler gave county commissioners on May 16, about a third of county employees had been with the organization for one to four years, while a fifth had served between five and nine years, and over 15 percent had been employed for 15-19 years. The city did not provide comparable information. MONEY MATTERS In an area where residents often bemoan the low wages and limited
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annual budgeting process. The proposed city budget for the fiscal year that will begin on July 1 includes a 2.5 percent increase for all positions. The county adjusts compensation for all benefited employees each April, based on the consumer price index at the end of the previous calendar year. In April, county employees received a 2.2 percent raise. FOOT IN THE DOOR “There’s a desirability to living in Asheville and working in Asheville, so we have a unique advantage there,” Rowe says of the challenge of hiring city employees. At the same time, she continues, it’s a job seekers’ market, so the city must ensure it is offering a competitive pay and benefits package and selling the value of a career in public service to prospective employees.
Asked about how longtime locals can get a piece of the action, Rowe says, “We have positions in roles that are administrative, police, economic development, community development — there are lots of opportunities here.” She encouraged folks to apply, noting that, “Once you get on board, the sky’s the limit” as a city employee. Meanwhile, the wheels of the hiring process turn slowly. Of positions like the city’s newly created equity and diversity manager and the oft-vacated chair of the development services director, for which Rowe’s department has retained specialized search consultants, she says a hiring decision should be made “soon.” When the city uses a search firm, the average cost for that service ends up being about $20,000 to $25,000 per position, Rowe says. So as the city vies for candidates in a competitive job market characterized by low unemployment, it seems likely that the game of musi-
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cal chairs among departments and titles won’t come to an end in the immediate future. Though upbeat about the advantages the city of Asheville offers its employees, Rowe concedes all the temporary placements can make figuring out where the buck stops more difficult in the interim. “It’s challenging for citizens, and it’s challenging for the organization,” she says. — Virginia Daffron
County nonprofit funding at odds with resolution guidelines As the current fiscal year winds down, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners has until June 30 to approve a budget. Part of that process is mulling over about $11 million in community funding requests from more than 40 organizations, mostly nonprofits. One stipulation of such funding, according to the county’s Guidelines for the Funding of Nonprofit Agencies resolution, requires monitoring of projects using county dollars. Xpress delved into the current performance contracts and discovered 24 percent of county-funded initiatives are not at the 75 percent third-quarter benchmarks. Further, Xpress learned nonprofits with “below performance standard” year-end performance reviews continue to get money, a move that runs counter to the resolution’s language. PERFORMANCE ANXIETY Upon receiving community grant money, an agency must agree to report data to allow the county to measure the initiative’s effectiveness. A look at performance data through the end of the third quarter of 2017 shows that 15 of 63 projects didn’t meet the benchmark for that point in the fiscal year. Four of those 63 only report annually and
haven’t shared any data yet, while two are capital projects that are not subject to meeting annual goals. Those six aforementioned projects are not included in the 15 initiatives not currently at desired outcome levels. Some projects see seasonal upticks. The Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission, which facilitates the Southern Conference Basketball Championships, reports annually and is likely to hit desired project outcomes for attendance and economic impact from its March tournaments. Others are a bit further away from satisfying prearranged metrics. The county has a five-tier grading system for where a program is in regard to tracking its goals: “slightly below performance standard,” “undesirable trend,” “below performance standard,” “desirable trend” and “met performance standard.” However, no projects have the “undesirable trend” designation, even those receiving scores of 14, 36, 39, 42, 44, 54 and 56 percent of annual desired outcomes by the end of the third quarter on March 31. Those initiatives are given the “slightly below performance standard” mark. County staff told Xpress, “We don’t use ‘below performance standard’ or ‘undesirable trends’ on midyear reports to allow for seasonality.”
MAKING THE GRADE: Every agency receiving community grant funds from the county must meet benchmarks to be eligible for future funding, according to a county resolution. Above is the third-quarter report for the Asheville Museum of Science, which shows the nonprofit is at 42 and 54 percent of its goals, respectively. Graph courtesy of Buncombe County
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NEWS It should also be noted that about 29 projects have met or are exceeding expectations. LEARNING CURVE The Asheville Museum of Science served 54 percent of its target number of Buncombe County students and booked 42 percent of its target number of museum visitors by the end of March. If the museum were on track to meet its annual objectives — assuming no seasonal variation in visitation — both numbers would be 75 percent. AMOS Executive Director Anna Priest said a move to a new location, coupled with being closed for 2 1/2 months, caused an “anticipated dip” in visitors. “Since our soft opening six months ago, we’ve already seen over 20,000 visitors. This is twice the amount of visitors we would see in an entire year at our previous location, even with some of our exhibits not yet built,” she explained. “We anticipate seeing another major jump in the fourth quarter with tourist season kicking in, as well as our summer camps and visiting summer camps starting up.” SAY WHAT YOU MEAN Language in the resolution guiding nonprofit funding states: “Nonprofit agencies will be funded only through a performance contract that is monitored and evaluated by the contracting department throughout the year and only renewed if the performance criteria have been achieved.” However, Xpress learned that fourth-quarter performance reports aren’t available until after commissioners vote on the next year’s round of community grants. Last fiscal year, commissioners doled out about $1.2 million in community grants. And earning a fourth-quarter “below performance standard” mark did not disqualify an organization from getting more money, despite language in the nonbinding resolution stating otherwise. In fact, of the 10 nonprofits deemed below standard last year, eight were funded again for the current fiscal year. Some of those agencies partially achieved their goals, while others failed to meet any of their benchmarks. So what happens if the county pays for part, or all, of a project that doesn’t hit agreed upon metrics?
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“There is no financial payback penalty associated with performance targets,” says Rachael Nygaard, the county’s human services planner. “It is a factor for consideration that might affect future funding. That’s why reporting is on an ongoing basis throughout the year, so commissioners and the public have access to how the grants are doing in achieving results.” Of the eight nonprofits with one or more projects currently below 75 percent of its goals, according to the third-quarter report, all are asking for funding in the upcoming fiscal year. “Reports are provided to commissioners and county leadership quarterly, by request. And we publish that information,” said Nygaard when asked about how commissioners access the information. Xpress reached out to all seven county commissioners, via email, asking for a simple “yes” or “no” reply regarding whether they use the reports when weighing their funding decisions. Commissioners Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, Joe Belcher, Ellen Frost and Brownie Newman responded that they rely on them for information about an initiative’s effectiveness. The other commissioners did not respond. After inquiring about some of the potential issues of performance monitoring and final reports disseminated after funding approval, Xpress received the following statement, via email, from county staff: “We will review our use of performance indicators on these reports and assess whether there are improvements we can roll out for fiscal year 2018.” Meanwhile, it remains to be seen what commissioners will do in regard to footing the bill for projects in the upcoming fiscal year. They have until June 30 to approve a budget. Ahead of that is a scheduled public hearing for the spending plan on June 6. And as Nygaard noted, “All grant funding decisions are made at the discretion of the Board of Commissioners. We gather, compile and provide information about how current grants are going, and they can use that as a factor for consideration.” If you would like to review the county’s performance contracts you can find them at avl.mx/3t4. — Dan Hesse X
by Max Hunt | mhunt@mountainx.com LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING JUNE 10 The League of Women Voters of AshevilleBuncombe County holds its annual membership meeting Saturday, June 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Biltmore Village DoubleTree Hotel. Buncombe County Register of Deeds Drew Reisinger will be on hand to discuss his department’s efforts to digitize the county’s historic slave records for public access. Lunch will be provided by the DoubleTree. Some seats may still be available. Tickets are $25. More info: 828-2545222, aidencarson@att.net or lwvab.org COLLIDER HOSTS CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERT The Collider in Asheville will host retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. David W. Titley at its facility at 1 Haywood St. on Friday, June 9, beginning at 5:30 p.m., for a presentation on the connections between climate change and national security. Titley, who is a key member of the nonpartisan Climate and Security Advisory Group, will discuss the security risk posed by climate change in a lecture titled “Climate
Risk & National Security: People, Not Polar Bears.” The event is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted at the door. More info: thecollider.org RESIDENTS HOLD FAIR VOTE TOWN HALL AT HAYWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE Residents and local voting rights organizations will hold a Fair Vote Town Hall meeting Wednesday, June 14, from 7-9 p.m. at Haywood Community College in Clyde. Attendees will discuss redistricting reform and gerrymandering in North Carolina voting districts. Sponsors of the meeting include the N.C. Coalition for Lobby & Government Reform, Asheville-Buncombe County NAACP, Democracy NC, League of Women Voters of Asheville-Buncombe County, Carolina Jews for Justice and The Canary Coalition. The event is open to the public. More info: Kelly Gloger at solardelivered1@gmail.com BUNCOMBE COUNTY TDA ACCEPTS EVENT FUND GRANT APPLICATIONS The Buncombe County Tourism Development
Authority is accepting grant applications for its 2018 Event Fund now through Aug. 31. The grant program supports operational costs for festivals and cultural events across Buncombe County. Grant awards will be announced Sept. 28. The BCTDA awarded more than $50,000 to 14 community events last year. For a Festivals and Cultural Events Support Fund 2018 Program Guide and Application form, visit AshevilleCVB.com. FOUR SEASONS HOSTS GERIATRIC CARE EXPERT AT NORTH ASHEVILLE LIBRARY Geriatric care expert Amy Fowler will speak at the North Asheville Library for the second installment of the “Conversations About Care” series Saturday, June 10, from 4:30-6 p.m. Fowler will take attendees’ questions on topics ranging from estate planning and long-term care options to concerns about Medicare/Medicaid and hospice care consultation. The event is free and open to the public. More info: Callie Davis at 828-450-0422 X
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BENEFITS AN AFTERNOON OF BENEFIT AND BLISS meditationinasheville.org • SU (6/11), 12:30-3:30pm Proceeds from “An Afternoon of Benefit and Bliss” garden party with live music, silent auction, raffle and vegetarian food benefit Asheville Kadampa Meditation Center. Register for location. $10. APPALACHIAN BARN ALLIANCE BENEFIT 230-6982, info@appalachianbarns.org • TH (6/8), 5:30pm - Proceeds from this farm-to-table dinner benefit the Appalachian Barn Alliance. Registration: info@appalachianbarns.org or 828-380-9146. $45/$40 members. Held at The Farmers Hands, 605 Phillips Valley Road, Mars Hill APPALACHIAN WILD appalachianwild.org, info@appalachianwild.org • SU (6/11), 2-5pm - Proceeds from art sales at the "Wild Art," art show featuring works by 12 regional artists benefit Appalachian Wild. Free to attend. Held at Smoky Park Supper Club, 350 Riverside Drive BBQ, HOPS & TUNES 692-4203, coahc.org, wbillings@coahc.org • TH (6/8), 5-9pm - Proceeds from “BBQ, Hops, and Tunes” with dinner, beer and live music by The Stipe Brothers and Eric Congdon benefit Meals on Wheels in
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HOMINY VALLEY RECREATION PARK 25 Twin Lakes Drive, Candler, 242-8998, hvrpsports.com • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - Hominy Valley board meeting. Free.
BENEFIT SUPPER • SA (6/10), 5pm - Proceeds from this hot dog supper benefit Myron “Sonny” Henry’s battle against cancer. Free to attend. Held at Canada Fire Department, 149 Charleys Creek Road, Tuckasegee FRIENDS OF THE MOUNTAIN BRANCH LIBRARY rutherfordcountylibrary.org • TU (6/13), 11am - Proceeds from this luncheon and presentation by author Lisa Wingate about her novel, Before We Were Yours, benefit the Friends of the Mountain Branch Library. $25. Held at Lake Lure Inn and Spa, 2771 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH RUMMAGE SALE 711 Buncombe St., Hendersonville, 828-693-3277 • TH (6/15) & FR (5/16), 9am-7pm & SA (6/17), 9am-noon -Proceeds from this rummage sale benefit Immaculata School and other local charities. Free to attend. POETRY CABARET facebook.com/PoetryCabaret • SU (6/11), 4pm - Proceeds from the “Zombie Poetry Cabaret” zombie themed fundraiser with poetry, live music, burlesque, boylesque, magic and costume contest with prizes benefit the Poetry Cabaret Collective trip to the Capital Fringe Festival. $10/$5 zombie costume discount/$20 VIP. Held at Altamont Theatre, 18 Church St. VEG OUT BOUNTY AND SOUL BENEFIT bit.ly/2sxgiTI • SA (6/10), 1pm - Proceeds from this outdoor, family-friendly food tasting event with live local music, face-painting, fairy hair and free yoga classes benefit Bounty & Soul. $10. Held at Pisgah Brewing Company, 150 East Side Drive, Black Mountain
POLLINATION CELEBRATION: June is dedicated to pollination, as Asheville hosts the fifth annual Pollination Celebration sponsored by Bee City USA and Asheville GreenWorks. The monthlong communitywide celebration of the valuable services provided by bees, birds, butterflies, bats, beetles, flies and other species that help pollinate includes workshops, presentations, films, brewery and restaurant events, and garden tours. For information about the Pollination Celebration events, visit ashevillegreenworks.org/pollination-celebration.html (p. 22 & 31) BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (6/7), 6-8pm - "Small Business Bookkeeping," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TH (6/8), 10am-noon - "Starting a Better Business," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TU (6/13), 10-11:30am "Developing Partnerships for Marketing and Collaboration," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TU (6/13), 1-4pm - "Grant Writing 101," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TH (6/15), 11:30am-1pm "Financing Your Small Business," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler
CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS EMPYREAN ARTS 2ND ANNUAL CONTORTION INTENSIVE (PD.) with Caty Mae, 6/12-16. $200 for contortion intensive, $40 drop in! Special $5 Xpand Fest classes Saturday, 6/10: Intro to Pole - 4:005:00pm and Intro to Aerial Arts - 5:15-6:15pm! More information/ sign up, go to empyreanarts.org or call/text at 828.782.3321. ASHEVILLE CHESS CLUB 779-0319, vincentvanjoe@gmail.com • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Sets provided. All ages and skill levels welcome. Beginners lessons available. Free. Held at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road
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ASHEVILLE GREEN OPPORTUNITIES 398-4158, greenopportunities.org • FR (6/9), 4-6pm - Community engagement social with a community resource fair, food, cooking demos, music by DJ Supaman, bounce house, face painting, and cell phones from Assurance Wireless. Registration: facebook. com/events/423710718015346/. Free. Held at Hillcrest Community Center, 100 Atkinson St., Asheville
258-6114, ashevillechamber.org • WE (6/7), 1-5pm - Business expo with more than 100 businesses and organizations offering local solutions to business issues. Free to attend. Held at WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road
ASHEVILLE NEWCOMERS CLUB ashevillenewcomersclub.com • 2nd MONDAYS, 9:30am Monthly meeting for women new to Asheville. Register for location: ashevillenewcomers@gmail.com. Free to attend.
ASHEVILLE TAROT CIRCLE meetup.com/Asheville-Tarot-Circle/ • 2nd SUNDAYS, noon - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road TARHEEL PIECEMAKERS QUILT CLUB dakoop@aol.com, 693-3889 • WE (6/14), 9:30am - General meeting and program on "paper piecing." Free to attend. Held at Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville BIG IVY COMMUNITY CENTER 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438 • FR (6/9), 7pm - "Singing on the Grounds" community singing event. Free. • MO (6/12), 7pm - Community meeting. Free. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • TU (6/13), 6:30pm - Adult coloring club. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - "What's Up with Whiteness" discussion group. Free to attend. HEARTSPEAK heartspeakpeace.com • TU (6/13), 7-9pm "Communication for Collaboration," workshop.
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LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community.Center • 2nd TUESDAYS, 7pm - Public board meeting. Free. • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering general meeting. Free. LENOIR RHYNE CENTER FOR GRADUATE STUDIES 36 Montford Ave., 778-1874 • TH (6/8), 5:30-7pm - "Pretzels and Pints," graduate program open house with refreshments and presentations on programs, cost, financial aid options and the application process. Free. ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • TH (6/8), 5:30-7pm "Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it." Seminar. Registration required. Free. • SATURDAYS (6/10) & (6/17), 9am12:30pm - "Money Management and Credit," class series. Registration required. Free. • TUESDAYS (6/13) through (6/27) - "Your Money Future: Vision. Protect. Invest.” 3-part class series. Registration required. Free. • WE (6/14), noon-1:30pm "Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it." Seminar. Registration required. Free. • WE (6/14), 5:30-7pm - "Budgeting and Debt Class." Registration required. Free. • TH (6/15), noon-1:30pm "Understanding Reverse Mortgages," seminar. Registration required. Free. UNC ASHEVILLE 251-6674, cesap.unca.edu/, cultural@unca.edu • WE (6/14), 9-10am - "Trash or Treasure," event for participants to have items evaluated by auctioneer Bob Brunk. For large items email a photo to: olli@unca.edu. Free. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road
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PAINTING WITH PURPOSE: Saints of Paint artist Tony Corbitt gives a live painting demonstration during last year’s Wild Art event. Corbitt will be returning as one of the 14 artists participating in the 2017 show. Photo by Appalachian Wild WHAT: An art show fundraiser for Appalachian Wildlife Refuge WHEN: Sunday, June 11, 1-5 p.m. WHERE: The Boathouse at the Smoky Park Supper Club WHY: Art lovers and animal enthusiasts alike will have the chance to make a difference in the care of injured animals by attending the Wild Art art show and fundraiser. Appalachian Wildlife Refuge is collaborating with the Saints of Paint, a group of 14 local artists who use their paintings to help nonprofits. The show hopes to raise $15,000 to complete a new Wildlife Urgent Care facility, said Kimberly Brewster, the network’s co-founder. “We have a donated building in Candler that we are repairing and renovating, and these funds are for additional needs we did not anticipate,” Brewster explained. “It will be like a wildlife ER — we’ll coordinate rescue and wildlife volunteers to go out into the community to help when there are injured or orphaned wild
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animals that are found. They’ll be brought to the center to receive triage and get stabilized, and then they’ll get transported to either a home-based rehabber or a facility for long-term care.” The afternoon event will feature art demonstrations by Saints of Paint artists, art sales, face painting, a raffle drawing that includes four special-edition paintings, a chance to meet “animal ambassadors,” live music and a cash bar. The event comes soon after Appalachian Wild received worldwide attention after a social media post explained the need for used mascara wands to clean baby animals, Brewster said. Visitors to the Wild Art show are encouraged to bring mascara wands to donate. Wild Art will take place at Smoky Park Supper Club from 1-5 p.m., June 11. The event is free to the public, but raffle tickets, paintings and drinks will be for sale. For more information, contact info@appalachianwild.org. X
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VETERANS FOR PEACE 582-5180, vfpchapter099wnc.blogspot.com/ • 2nd TUESDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road
DANCE EXPERIENCE ECSTATIC DANCE! (PD.) Dance waves hosted by Asheville Movement Collective. Fun and personal/community transformation. • Fridays, 7pm, Terpsicorps Studios, 1501 Patton Avenue. • Sundays, 8:30am and 10:30am, JCC, 236 Charlotte Street. Sliding scale fee. Information: ashevillemovementcollective.org POLE FITNESS AND DANCE CLASSES AT DANCECLUB ASHEVILLE (PD.) Pole Dance, Burlesque, Jazz/ Funk, Flashmobs! Drop in for a class or sign up for a series: • Tues. and Fri. at 12PM - Pole class for $10 • Intro/Beg. Pole Drop in - Sat. at 1:30PM - $15 • Memberships available for $108/ month • Beginner Jazz/Funk starts May 18 • Chair Dance class starts May 22 • Intro to Pole Series starts May 23 • Exotic Poleography starts May 25 Visit the website to find out more about these classes and others. DanceclubAsheville.com 828275-8628 - Right down the street from UNCA - 9 Old Burnsville Hill Rd., #3 SQUARE DANCE WITH THE HAW CREEK SHEIKS AT HICKORY NUT GAP FARM (PD.) Friday, June 9th 6-9pm: Wear your favorite square dancing shoes! Dinner available 6-8pm. $6. Kids under 5 free. STUDIO ZAHIYA, DOWNTOWN
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DANCE CLASSES (PD.) Monday 9am Yoga Wkt 12pm Barre Wkt 4pm Dance and Define Wkt 5pm Bellydance Drills 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Bellydance Special Topics 7pm Classical Ballet Series 8pm Tribal Bellydance Series 8pm Lyrical Series • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 12pm Sculpt-Beats Wkt 5pm Modern Movement 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 2 8pm Advanced Bellydance • Wednesday 5pm Hip Hop Wkt 5pm Bollywood 6pm Bhangra Series 7pm Tahitian Series 8pm Jazz Series • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 12pm Sculpt-beats Wkt 4pm Girls Hip Hop 5pm Teens Hip Hop 6pm Bellydance Drills 7pm Advanced Contemporary 8pm West Coast Swing Series • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 10:45 Buti Yoga Wkt • Sunday 11am Yoga Wkt • $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $6. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595
FOOD & BEER ASHEVILLE VEGANFEST veganfest.bwar.org/ event-schedule/ • FR (6/9), 6-9pm - Pre-party for the weekend-long festival of vegan lifestyle. Free to attend. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 South Market St. • SA (6/10), 10am-6:15pm "SpeakerFest," with guest speakers from around the world to speak about the vegan movement. See website for full schedule. Free. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway • SA (6/10), 7pm - Vegan chocolate tasting event. Free. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway • SU (6/11), 11am-5pm - Outdoor festival with over 75 vendors showcasing vegan food, beer and compassionate lifestyle products. Free to attend. Held at Pack
Square Park, 121 College 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 N.C. ARBORETUM 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492 • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-8pm Proceeds from “Wine in the Garden” wine tasting and music series benefit the N.C. Arboretum. $30/$27 members.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS AHCA RESISTANCE RALLY wncap.org • SA (6/10), 11am - “AHCA Resistance Rally,” outdoor rally with presentations by local healthcare advocates and community leaders. Hosted by Planned Parenthood and the WNC AIDS Project. Free. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. BLUE RIDGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S CLUB facebook.com/BRRWC • TH (6/8), 6pm - General meeting with presentations by people that that were liberals for years and have now converted to conservatism. Free to attend. Held at Gondolier Restaurant, 1360 Tunnel Road BUNCOMBE COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CLUB 243-6590 • TH (6/8), 11:30am - "Picnic In The Mountains," with keynote speaker Lt. Col. James Womack. Bring a side dish or dessert. Registration required: dalderfer2567@charter. net or 828-683-2567. $5. Held at Governor's Western Residence, 45 Patton Mountain Road
CITY OF ASHEVILLE 251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Citizens-Police Advisory Committee meeting. Free. Meets in the 1st Floor Conference Room. Held at Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St. • TU (6/13), 5pm - Asheville City Council public hearing. Free. Held at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza CAROLINA JEWS FOR JUSTICE carolinajewsforjustice.org • WE (6/14), 7-9pm - Non-partisan meeting and panel discussion to support redistricting reform to restore confidence in the integrity and fairness of elections. Sponsored by Carolina Jews for Justice. Free. Held at Haywood Community College Auditorium, 112 Industrial Park Drive, Waynesville
INDIVISIBLE COMMON GROUND-WNC facebook.com/groups/ IndivisibleCommonGround/ • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8pm -General meeting. Free. Held at St. David's Episcopal Church, 286 Forest Hills Road, Sylva
KIDS ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE 43 Patton Ave., 254-7162, colburnmuseum.org • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 9-9:45am - "Little Explorers Club," guided activities and free play for preschoolers. $3.50 per child/Free for caregivers. ASHEVILLE OUTLETS 800 Brevard Road, shopashevilleoutlets.com
• SU (6/11), 1-4pm - "Kids Day," with entertainment for kids of all ages including strolling magic, balloon art, stilt walker, face painting, crafts and live music. Free to attend. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 4-5pm "After School Art Adventures," guided art making for school age children with the Asheville Art Museum. Free. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • MONDAYS, 10:30am - "Mother Goose Time," storytime for 4-18 month olds. Free. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • MONDAYS, 10:30am - Spanish story time for children of all ages. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library,
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1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 4-5pm "After School Art Adventures," guided art making for school age children with the Asheville Art Museum. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free. HANDS ON! A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-8333 • Through FR (6/9), 10am-4pm - "Gone Fishing!" Kids activities about fish identification and habitat. Admission fees apply. • TH (6/8), 11am-noon - "Blue Ridge Humane Day!" Event with animals and activities. Admission fees apply. • TU (6/13), 10:30am-noon - "How My Garden Grows," activities to explore sun, seeds, soil and savory treats from the garden for ages 3-6. Registration: 697-8333. $20/$15 members. • TU (6/13), 2-3pm - “Lego Engineers,” lego activities for kids. Registration required: 697-4969. Free. Held at Green River Library, 50 Green River Road, Zirconia • TU (6/13) through FR (6/16), 10am-4pm - "Make a Father’s Day card for Dad," children's activity. Admission fees apply. • WE (6/14), 10:30am-12:30pm "Out of this World Space Camp" for ages 7-11. Registration required: 697-8333. $25/$20 members. • TH (6/15), 10:30am-12:30pm - " Tech-No-Logic- Coding with Ozobots," robot activities for ages 7-11. Registration required: 6978333. $25/$20 members. • TH (6/15), 5-6:15pm - "Playologist Training," event to train volunteers in 6th grade and up to assist with the day to day operations of the museum exhibits & programs. Register online: handsonwnc.org. Free.
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MOUNTAINTRUE 258-8737, wnca.org • TH (6/8), 9am-noon - Guidedwalk in the Lewis Creek Preserve. Register online. Free. Held at Edneyville Community Center, 15 Ida Rogers Drive, Hendersonville
"Pollinator Relay," interactive pollinator bee relay game and butterfly craft. Registration required: 828-692-0100. Free. Held at Holmes Educational State Forest, 1299 Crab Creek Road, Hendersonville N TH (6/15), 11am - “MIGRATION: A Puppet Play about Monarch Butterflies,” presented by Hobey Ford’s Golden Rod Puppets. Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road
PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 PARI Drive, Rosman, 862-5554, pari.edu • FR (6/9), 7pm - "Guided Tour of the Galaxy," tour and celestial observations. $20/$15 seniors & military/$5 children.
MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Miss Malaprop's Story Time for ages 3-9. Free to attend. MONTFORD COMMUNITY CENTER 34 Pearson Drive • SA (6/10), 10am - Presentation by Candace Thomson, from the WNC Nature Center, about Eastern screech owls. Includes a visit with an owl. Sponsored by Snake, Rabbit, and Snail Bookmobile. Free. PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 877-4423 • MO (6/12) through FR (6/16) and MO (6/19) through FR (6/23), 9am-noon - "A Week in the Water" fly-fishing classes for ages 10 to 15. Registration required. Free. WNC HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION wnchistory.org • SA (6/10), 10:30am-12:30pm Crafty Historian: "Paper Quilling," activities to learn how to use curled strips of paper to create designs. For ages 8 and up. Registration required. $5. Held at SmithMcDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Road
SUMMER HOOP JAM: Now in its 10th summer, the Hoop Jam is a fun way to put a little play in your day while in downtown Asheville. The free hula-hooping event takes place Tuesdays in Pritchard Park from 5:30-7:30 p.m. until Aug. 29. Local fire and hula-hoop performer Melanie MacNeil is on-site to provide hula-hooping instruction while local musician George Pond delivers tunes to keep everyone dancing. Participants are invited to borrow hula-hoops that are available during the event or to bring their own. Photo courtesy of the Asheville Downtown Association (p. 22) OUTDOORS CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) Enjoy breathtaking views of the Lake Lure, trails for all levels of hikers, an Animal Discovery Den and 404-foot waterfall. Plan your adventure at chimneyrockpark.com ASHEVILLE AMBLERS WALKING CLUB ashevilleamblers.com • SA (6/10), 8:30am - Group walk with 5K and 10K paths available. Free to attend Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville
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ASHEVILLE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION 251-9973, ashevilledowntown.org • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - "LEAF Global Citizen’s Dance and Art Series," outdoor event featuring public dance workshops by visual and performing artists plus craft activities at the Easel Rider mobile art lab. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. • Tuesdays through (8/29), 5:307:30pm - "Asheville Hoop Jam," outdoor event hosted by Asheville Hoops, featuring hula hooping and music. Bring your own hula or borrow a demo. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • SA (6/10), 7pm - "The Bear Necessities," ranger presentation about black bears. Free. Held at Linville Falls Campground Amphitheater, MP 316 CRADLE OF FORESTRY 11250 Pisgah Highway, Pisgah Forest, 828-877-3130 • SA (6/10) - “National Get Outdoors Day,” with teaching and demonstrations. Free. LAKE JAMES STATE PARK 6883 N.C. Highway 126 Nebo, 584-7728 • WE (6/7), 9:45am & 1:45pm & SU (6/11), 9:45am - Spring rangerguided boat tour. Registration
PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 877-4423 • FR (6/9), 10am-3pm - "Casting for Beginners: Level 1," fly-fishing workshop for ages 12 and up. Registration required. Free. PISGAH CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED pisgahchaptertu.org/New-Meetinginformation.html • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7pm - General meeting and presentations. Free to attend. Held at Ecusta Brewery, 36 E Main St., Brevard THE PISGAH FIELD SCHOOL 49 Pisgah Highway, Suite 4, Pisgah Forest • TUESDAY through SATURDAY until (6/10), 8:30-10:30pm - "In Search of the Blue Ghosts," naturalist guided walk to see Blue Ghost Fireflies. Registration required: 828-884-3443. $15/$8 for ages 8 and under.
PARENTING GREAT SMOKIES CHRISTIAN HOME EDUCATORS gsche.org • SA (6/10), 1-4pm - Great Smokies used curriculum sale and home educator’s fair. Information: gsche.org/ home/sale. Free. Held at Covenant Christian Church, 486 Fairview Road, Sylva
PUBLIC LECTURES ASHEVILLE SCIENCE TAVERN 404-272-4526, sciencecandance@gmail.com • SA (6/10), 6:30pm - Second Saturdays for Science: Local water manager presents about the science related to stormwater runoff management. Bring your own beverages. Free. Held at WCQS, 73 Broadway
THE COLLIDER 1 Haywood St. Ste 401, 828-2546283, thecollider.org/ • FR (6/9), 5-6:30pm - "Climate Risk & National Security: People, not Polar Bears," lecture by Rear Admiral David W. Titley, USN (Ret.). Free. TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 884-5137, tchistoricalsociety.com, tchsociety@yahoo.com • SU (6/11), 2pm - Sunday Speaker Series: "The 18th Century Surgeon," presentation by Al Denn, a retired medical research biologist. Free. Held at Transylvania County Library, 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard
SENIORS AGUDAS ISRAEL CONGREGATION 505 Glasgow Lane Hendersonville, 693-9838, agudasisraelsynagogue.org • WEDNESDAYS, 11am-2pm - The Hendersonville Elder Club for older adults of all faiths. Free. LAND OF SKY REGIONAL COUNCIL 251-6622, landofsky.org • FR (6/9), 8:30am-4:30pm Volunteer with “A Matter of Balance,” program designed to help people manage concerns about falls and increase physical activity. Information: bit.ly/2rsRr4g. Held at Home Instead Senior Care, 1293 Hendersonville Road S • TH (6/15), 5:30-7:30pm "Buncombe County World Elder Abuse Awareness Walk," family friendly walk with live music, food trucks and aging resources. Free. Held at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road
SPIRITUALITY ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE • FREE INTRODUCTORY TALK (PD.) The authentic TM technique, rooted in the ancient yoga tradition—for settling mind and body and accessing hidden inner reserves of energy, peace and happiness. Learn how TM is different from mindfulness, watching your breath, common mantra meditation and everything else. Evidence-based: The only meditation technique recommended for heart health by the American Heart Association. NIH-sponsored research shows deep revitalizing rest, reduced stress and anxiety, improved brain functioning and heightened well-being. Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350. TM.org or MeditationAsheville.org
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. EMBODIED HEARTFELT AWARENESS (PD.) Meditation Retreat, July 6th9th,2017. Directly experience a sense of embodiment and the qualities of an awakened heart, led by Heather Sundberg & Ronya Banks. 828-808-4444, ashevillemeditation.com. EXPERIENCE THE SACRED SOUND OF HU (PD.) In our fast-paced world, are you looking to find more inner peace? Singing HU can lift you into a higher state of consciousness, so that you can discover, in your own way, who you are and why you’re here. • Sunday, June 11, 2017, 11am, fellowship follows. Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Rd. (“Hops and Vines” building, lower level), Asheville NC 28806, 828-254-6775. (free event). www.eckankar-nc.org FAMILY MEDITATION (PD.) Children and adult(s) practice mindfulness meditation, discuss principles, and engage in fun games. The 3rd Saturday monthly. 10:30am – 11:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 175 Weaverville Road, Asheville, 828-808-4444, ashevillemeditation.com. FULL MOON TRANSMISSION MEDITATION (PD.) Festival of Humanity. Want to help the world? Group meditation that 'steps down' energies from the Masters of Wisdom for use by people working for a better world. Combination of karma yoga and laya yoga. Non-sectarian. No fees. FREE. Wednesday. June 7, 7pm. Crystal Visions. 5426 Asheville Hwy. Information: 828-398-0609. OPEN HEART MEDITATION (PD.) Now at 70 Woodfin Place, Suite 212. Tuesdays 7-8pm. Experience the stillness and beauty of connecting to your heart and the
Divine within you. Suggested $5 donation. OpenHeartMeditation.com SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER (PD.) Wednesdays, 10pm-midnight • Thursdays, 7-8:30pm and Sundays, 10-noon • Meditation and community. By donation. 60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113, (828) 200-5120. asheville.shambhala.org CENTER FOR ART & SPIRIT AT ST. GEORGE 1 School Road, 258-0211 • 3rd SATURDAYS, 7:30-9:30pm - "Dances of Universal Peace," spiritual group dances that blend chanting, live music and movement. No experience necessary. Admission by donation. FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • 2nd SUNDAYS, 2:30pm - Pagans for a Just Asheville, general meeting. Free to attend. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • Through (6/20) - Open registration for the Henderson County Churches Uniting vacation Bible school that takes place Monday, June 26 through Thursday, June 29. Registration: bit.ly/vbs-peru. Free. • 2nd FRIDAYS, 1-2pm - Nondenominational healing prayer group. Free. SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER 60 N Merrimon Ave., #113, 2005120, asheville.shambhala.org • FR (6/9), 7-8pm - Monthly "Shambhala Sadhana" familyfriendly, full moon meditation practice. Free to attend. • SA (6/10), 10am-1pm - "Learn to Meditate," class for beginners to learn how and why to meditate. $35. URBAN DHARMA 29 Page Ave, 225-6422, udharmanc.com/ • THURSDAYS, 7:30-9pm - Open Sangha night. Free. • SA (6/10), 11am-2pm - “Healthy Mind, Healthy Body,” wellness and meditative yoga and qigong class with Dr. Hun Lye.
SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD ASHEVILLE WRITERS' SOCIAL allimarshall@bellsouth.net • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - N.C. Writer's Network group meeting and networking. Free to attend. Held at Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave., #101
BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • TH (6/8), 7pm - "WORD! A Celebration of Contemporary Poetry," spoken word event featuring performance poets, Caleb Beissert and Justin Blackburn. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • SA (6/10), 3pm - West Asheville Book Club: Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth. Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • MO (6/12), 6pm - Reading and signing with local author Ben Anderson, author of Smokies Chronicle: A Year of Hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TU (6/13), 1pm - Leicester Book Club: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TU (6/13), 7pm - Black Mountain Mystery Book Club: Heat Wave by Richard Castle. Free. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • WE (6/14), 12:30pm - Reading and signing with author David Hicks, author of White Plains. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.
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CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • FR (6/9), 6:30pm - Daniel Pierce presents his book, Hazel Creek: The Life and Death of an Iconic Mountain Community. Free to attend. • SA (6/10), 3pm - Songwriter and Jackson County resident, Grant King presents his book, Love Songs for a Country Lane. Free to attend. CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL 229 Murdock Ave., 252-8660, bethisraelnc.org • SU (6/11), 5pm - Aiyanna SezakBlatt presents her book, A Tangled Tree. Free to attend. FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Queer Women's Book Club. Free to attend. FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am Book Club. Free. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:30pm Writers' Guild. Free.
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MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (6/7), 7pm - Sarah Dooley presents her novel for younger readers, Ashes to Asheville. Free to attend. • TH (6/8), 7pm - A.J. Hartley presents their fantasy, Firebrand: A Steeplejack Novel. Free to attend. • FR (6/9), 4-5pm - "Poetry on Request," with local poet Tracey Schmidt. Free to attend. • SA (6/10), 4-5pm - "Poetry on Request," with local poet Katherine Soniat. Free to attend. • SU (6/11), 3pm - Bullet journal workshop with Clara Boza. Free to attend.
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• MO (6/12), 7pm - Ellen Tadd presents her book, The Infinite View: A Guidebook for Life on Earth. Free to attend. • TU (6/13), 7pm - Jodi Lynn Anderson presents her young adult novel, Midnight at the Electric. Free to attend. • WE (6/14), 7pm - Gail Godwin, in conversation with Rob Neufeld, presents her novel, Grief Cottage. Free to attend.
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SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM 223 W State St., Black Mountain, 669-9566, history.swannanoavalleymuseum.org • FR (6/9), 11:30am - Appalachian History Book Club : A Land More Kind Than Home,
THE WRITER'S WORKSHOP 387 Beaucatcher Road, 254-8111, twwoa.org • Through WE (8/30) - Submissions accepted for the "Literary Fiction Contest." Contact for full guidelines. $25.
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THOMAS WOLFE MEMORIAL 52 North Market St., 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • SA (6/10), 2pm - "Writers at Wolfe," author Julia Franks presents, Over the Plain Houses. Free.
SPORTS APA POOL LEAGUE (PD.) Beginners welcome & wanted! Play in Asheville or Arden or Brevard. HAVE FUN. MEET PEOPLE. PLAY POOL. Vicki at 828-329-8197 www.BlueRidgeAPA.com ONGOING – weekly league play
VOLUNTEERING BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave. Ste. #213, 2531470, bbbswnc.org • TH (6/9), noon - Information session for those interested in volunteering to share their interests twice a month with a young person from a single-parent home or to mentor one-hour a week in elementary schools and after-school sites. Free. HANDS ON ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org • SA (6/10), 9:30am-noon - Volunteer to assist with unpacking and pricing in a nonprofit, fair-trade retail store. Registration required. • WE (6/14), 5-6:30pm - Volunteer to help keep up with the maintenance of the Verner Center for Early Learning community garden. Registration required. HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org • THURSDAYS, 11am - "Welcome Home Tour," tours to find out how Homeward Bound is working to end homelessness and how the public can help. Registration required: tours@homewardboundwnc.org. Free. HORSE SENSE OF THE CAROLINAS 6919 Meadows Town Road, Marshall • SA (6/10), noon-1:30pm - Volunteer orientation, tour, demonstrations and introduction to therapeutic horsemanship. Free. WNC KNITTERS AND CROCHETERS FOR OTHERS 575-9195 • MO (6/12), 7-9pm - Volunteer to make afghans, dishcloths, pot holders, knitted dolls, hats, scarves, mittens, kids sweaters, plus baby blankets, booties and sleep sacks. Free. Held at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road For more volunteer opportunities visit mountainx.com/volunteering
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FROM IV DRIPS TO CRYOTHERAPY Alternative recovery therapies gain traction in Asheville BY NICK WILSON
as well. It was maybe a little more a than a month ago before we were up and running. We treated a group of guys. It was a bachelor party, and they had an Airbnb for the weekend, and they were in rough shape when we got there. So they each got 2 liters and some nutrients. We were there for an hour and 40 minutes, maybe, in and out. When we got there, they were pale, shaking, sweating, the whole works, and by the time we were leaving they were like ’Where can we get a good burger around here?’ This was a Saturday morning, and they were ready to do it all over again,” says Tebaldi with a laugh. “Athletically, people can be pretty extreme around here. There’s a whole biking community that [will] do 100 miles on the [Blue Ridge Parkway]
nickjames.w@gmail.com If you’re hung over from the night before or just ran a marathon and are feeling the pain, you’re in luck. Asheville now has two leading-edge recovery clinics that provide such treatments as intravenous hydration therapy and whole-body cryotherapy. Hydrate Asheville opened its doors May 1, becoming the first intravenous hydration clinic in Western North Carolina. Owner Kara Tebaldi, a 20-year Asheville resident who received her nursing degree from A-B Tech and previously worked at the Mission Cancer Center in outpatient infusion, says, “If you’re recovering from something and you need fluids, instead of taking a day or two to recover, you can come in and get back to it in an hour or two. Really, you’ll be in and out of here in an hour.” Treatment ranges in cost from $25 to $35 for vitamin-B12 shots and $89 to $179 for intravenous drips that include such nutrients as vitamin C and calcium, she adds. “Hydration clinics are essentially an IV rehydration spa,” says Hunter Pope, who handles the new venture’s web design and social media. “It’s for people who have, for example, just run a marathon or had a little too much fun the night before. You make an appointment and pick a rehydration package (i.e., athlete package or a jet lag package). You go into the clinic and are hooked up to a specialized IV for 45 minutes. You essentially have all of your body’s nutrients replenished,” he says. The new clinic was conceived of by Tebaldi in partnership with Charlottebased Hydrate Medical as an official off-shoot. Alongside Tebaldi is Linda Dula, an Asheville native, UNC Asheville graduate and doctor of osteopathic medicine who attended medical school at Virginia Tech. Dula will serve the role of medical director. Tebaldi says she initially thought about doing “a food truck type of thing” for health — “mobile services where people can just hop on the truck and get treated.” The idea of a brick-and-mortar business only came to light after getting in contact with the Hydrate Medical founders, she says.
COOL EXPERIENCE: Xpress freelance writer Nick Wilson undergoes a full-body cryotherapy session at Innerchill in Asheville. Photo courtesy of Nick Wilson
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But Tebaldi was turned on to IV hydration techniques from her experience working with cancer patients. “I worked in oncology for years, and a lot of my patients would not tolerate treatment well because they were severely dehydrated from the effects of chemo and radiation. So we would give them fluids, sometimes with nutrients, and they would come up like a flower. That’s the best way I know how to describe it.” She adds, “I’d look at how they’re suddenly sitting up, feeling better, and how they’d become a little bit hungry and start nibbling on crackers.” WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM HYDRATION THERAPY? “People aren’t coming in here every single day. If you’re eating well, drinking water and have a good healthy gut, you shouldn’t need IV hydration therapy,” says Tebaldi. “But once in a while, you’re not fine. Maybe you over-imbibed or are sick with a stomach bug. Maybe you’re jetlagged or just did your first Ironman [triathlon]. In those cases, people can become severely dehydrated. If you’re feeling run-down or sick or had too much, that’s really where we feel like we’re absolutely filling a need,” she says. Tebaldi also notes that if you’re too sick to come in for treatment, they’ll come to you. “We do mobile services MOUNTAINX.COM
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STIGMA, SKEPTICISM AND THE FUTURE OF IV HYDRATION Tebaldi acknowledges that there’s been some pushback from the medical community, as well as critics who claim that the positive results of hydration therapy are nothing more than a placebo effect. But she remains optimistic. “I think we’ll be seeing a continued trend in health care geared toward wellness and more hydration ‘spas,’ and that we will be embraced by the existing medical infrastructure,” Tebaldi says. “There’s been a paradigm shift in what constitutes health and wellness; it’ll just take a little while to catch up. We know that there is a need and feel that we can all be working collaboratively to meet those needs in our communities,” she says. “A lot of the pushback in the medical community has to do with ... thinking that these spas are treating this type of thing in a very cavalier way, and we’re not. We’re all licensed practitioners. We do a health history, allergy check, all of that. ... If [patients] are dealing with any type of kidney compromise or cardiac issues or unresolved hypertension, they’re not going to be candidates for treatment,” says Tebaldi. Tebaldi is also sure to clarify that while the clinic is run by medical providers, “We’re not purporting to cure anybody, we’re not diagnosing anybody, we’re just helping your body to heal itself and to achieve homeostasis.” WHAT ABOUT CRYOTHERAPY? “A lot of time when people hear ‘cryotherapy’ they immediately think of cryogenics, you know? Like Walt Disney and freezing people to preserve them. That’s not exactly the business we’re in,” says Kyle King, who handles corporate training for Cryology, a Georgia-based health and wellness company that applies whole-body cryotherapy technology.
The company has taken over the space and equipment of Inner Chill, a cryotherapy company started in 2016. Cryotherapy isn’t exactly science fiction, but it does involve being exposed to extremely cold, billowing clouds of nitrogen gas, he explains. “When you step in the chamber at level one, it’s about 4 degrees Fahrenheit, and in three minutes I take it down to about minus 186 degrees Fahrenheit,” says King. The whole process involves entering a showerlike, neck-to-toe-sized chamber with nothing but the socks, booties and gloves (and underwear for men). “Because you’re in that environment, you go into this natural fight-orflight mode; your body says, ‘this is not good,’ and starts pulling all of the blood from your arms and legs straight to your core,” says King. “Your body cares more about your major organs than it does about your arms and legs, so as you go through the session you’re getting all of this oxygenated blood flowing through your body to your core, and when the session is over, you step out of the cold environment of the chamber, and immediately your body clicks; it says, ‘We’re good to go,’ and releases all of that fresh oxygenated blood head to toe for the next four hours, targeting inflammation, joint pain, autoimmune issues, anything abnormal.” “You feel the recovery very, very quickly. Unlike a lot of the other recovery modalities, this is almost instantaneous,” says Cryology founder Brian Prewitt. “For the next four hours, your metabolic rate is going to rise up because your core temperature is warm, so you’re going to get, depending on your metabolic rate and how you burn calories, anywhere from an extra 500 to 800-calorie burn over those next four hours. You’re also going to get a natural endorphin release, and then at night it promotes a good night’s sleep because that’s when our body really goes into a full recovery,” says King. “So the whole basis behind this was utilizing our own natural healing properties for our body to take care of itself without using anything synthetic. Not having to use ibuprofen, not being reliant on something that’s artificial for treating inflammation, but something that’s natural,” says King. BUT HOW COLD IS TOO COLD? King notes that while the nitrogen gas is entering the chamber at extremely cold temperatures, what’s actually hitting your skin is only 32 degrees Fahrenheit. “It’s very tolerable because it’s so dry, and we keep the humidity level so low;
W E L L N E S S CA LEN DA R it’s even more tolerable than an ice bath,” says Prewitt. Of course, certain individuals will handle the cold temperatures better than others. “We find that people with a little more body fat have a tendency to do better with the cold than people who are really lean, but it varies,” says King. “We had a woman in her 80s [who] made it seem like it was nothing. But I’ve done an event before with the Carolina Panthers in Raleigh for their summer camp, and I’m not going to name names, but we had an NFL wide receiver who could only last 30 seconds, … but he has basically zero body fat,” he continues. “We’re here to monitor people, coach them through the session, and I’d say that 90 to 95 percent of people can make it through level one.” Individual whole-body treatments cost about $40, but Cryology offers “membership” packages that discount the rate. Other services include localized cryotherapy, infrared sauna, cryofacial treatments, photobiomodulation (whole-body light therapy) and NormaTec sessions, which utilize a dynamic compression device designed for recovery and rehabilitation. “This is my fourth time, and they’ve sold me on it,” says Kelly Charon, a cryotherapy client from Asheville. “The first time is always scary, but three minutes? Three minutes of anything can be done. I had tweaked my back, so I came in to try it, and it made me feel just great. They say it helps you with your sleeping, and it really does,” she says. “I’m a light sleeper and I hit the pillow hard after doing this and didn’t budge until the next day. I recommend it to everybody and definitely recommend giving it more than one chance.” “Even for nonathletes, this is something that’s good for depression; this is good for migraines, for people who are dealing with fibromyalgia, arthritis, inflammation, for people sitting in an office all day that feel like they just need some relief,” says King. “We want everyone to try it, all across the board.” X
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BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TH (6/15), 11am - "Ageless Grace," exercise class with movement and music. For all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.
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A BEE IN THEIR BONNET Project Genesis volunteers enter sixth year tracking local honeybee cycles BY MAGGIE CRAMER mcramerwrites@gmail.com Fifteen years ago, Carl Chesick was as anti-social as they come. It wasn’t a problem, though: He could tend the hives at Green Goddess Farm & Apiary — the 14-acre West Asheville operation he owns with his wife, Joan — in relative solitude. But as organizer and president of the nonprofit Center for Honeybee Research, Chesick is now a social butterfly — and the humble honeybee has become a poster child for environmentalism. “The more I’m around bees, the more social they’ve made me,” says Chesick, adding that he’s found community with fellow beekeepers and enthusiasts. He used to wonder if “a certain kind of person is drawn to keeping bees? Or is it that when they start keeping bees, they become that kind of person?” Today, though, he wholeheartedly believes that if you keep bees long enough, they’ll make you a better human being. That matters because this insect is in trouble. Although reported cases of colony collapse disorder — when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear, leaving behind a queen, plenty of food and a few “nurses” to care for the remaining young bees — have declined substantially in recent years, populations of this key pollinator continue to dwindle.
BEE HERE NOW: At the first hive inspected that day, Carl Chesick of the Center for Honeybee Research instructs volunteers on how to count the bees in a frame and document their activity in the combs. Photo by Jack Sorokin
HIVE MIND Chesick’s conversion to extrovert started with a simple question: Why are bees dying, and at alarming rates? That led him to get involved with the local chapter of the N.C. State Beekeepers Association and commit his days to Project Genesis, the research center’s flagship effort. Now beginning its sixth year, the pioneering longitudinal study has Chesick interacting with and coordinating more than 150 volunteers. Every two weeks, Larry Sanders and other local volunteers collect data from 20 research hives on the nonprofit’s West Asheville proper-
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ty, meticulously recording information such as pollen color, hive weight, details about the queen and any signs of disease. The hope is that, one day, this data may help answer not only the why but also the how of declining honeybee populations and colony collapse disorder. “It’s fascinating,” says Sanders, who’s donated his time twice a month since the project began in 2012. “The colony goes through an annual cycle. … Going in and looking at them one time won’t give you the understanding we can gain by measuring.” In a way, both men note, the project functions like a hive. Yes, a colony needs a queen, but its successful operation isn’t solely up to her. “It’s not like an old British monarchy,” quips Sanders.
Chesick adds, “It has an intelligence about it that looks centrally controlled, but it’s a collective effort.” Sensing that the hive is too warm, he explains, one go-getter bee will start fanning its wings to cool things off, then bring others in to help remedy the situation. The research center, Chesick points out, operates in a similar fashion: The mite collector and the weigher come on different days, and volunteers find the time to be involved when they can. Everyone works individually for the health and well-being of the whole. A MITE-Y PROBLEM? The data these folks are collecting may seem basic, and it is — but it’s crucial to determining how bee colonies fare when they’re left to their own
devices. And up till now, says Chesick, “There’s never been a longitudinal study that I know of that actually records basic information about the bees.” Researchers, he points out, “are in a lab. They don’t get to see bees like we do. And most beekeepers aren’t scientists, so they don’t really observe what needs to be observed.” Typically, commercial beekeepers are constantly manipulating their hives, doing whatever they can to get the best honey yield — and that often means trading in an old, poor-performing queen for a younger model. Of course, the new one could turn out to be a lemon, and likewise, other manipulations may or may not end up improving the colony. But without a control hive to compare theirs to, they simply can’t know if all their hands-on help, well, helped.
BIG DATA: Volunteers meticulously collect and record data to identify trends and possible factors affecting bee colony health and survival. Photo by Jack Sorokin Enter Project Genesis, each of whose two yards contains 10 colonies. All the hives have identical equipment and face in the same direction, but one yard is entirely hands-off, except that bees are fed sugar water when needed. In the other yard, the bees receive an organic treatment for parasitic mites, the alleged smoking gun behind the current honeybee crisis. Chesick has his doubts about that, however. “Nobody really established that the mites are killing the bees,” he maintains, stressing that just because two things are associated, it doesn’t necessarily mean one causes the other. To him, it’s like saying, “If we could just kill all the crows, we wouldn’t have any more roadkill. … But No. 1, you can’t kill all the crows. And No. 2, we’d still have roadkill. You just associate the two together.” More likely culprits, posits Chesick, are new viruses and the plethora of chemicals in the environment that are impairing the bees’ immune systems. In fact, he and his volunteers have documented “crawler” bees that appear to be suffering from deformed wing virus, which they suspect is associated with colony collapse. Bees with faulty wings can’t warm themselves or keep their brood at a healthy temperature; this, in turn, triggers a whole cycle of bees
dying or leaving the hive, ultimately resulting in something that looks a lot like colony collapse disorder. Nonetheless, says Chesick, due to political pressures, most researchers aren’t considering these other possible causes — including the pervasive herbicide glyphosate (aka Roundup). What’s more, he continues, many studies don’t run long enough to get a colony set up and stable, much less answer why the bees are struggling. “All these conclusions that get repeated are not backed up by data, as far as I can tell,” Chesick explains. “They’ve reasoned it out, and it makes sense — just like the crows killed all those animals.” He hopes the center’s carefully controlled study population and long-term data may help lab researchers isolate viral effects. NO AX TO GRIND Project Genesis, stresses Chesick, didn’t start with a hypothesis to prove — and isn’t going out of its way to demonstrate support for any particular theory, as he fears some industryfunded bee researchers may be doing. Rather, the center’s longitudinal study is open-ended: It’s about spotting trends that merit closer examina-
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FAR M & GA R DEN tion, which can then identify additional avenues for research. “The questions,” he remarks, “are innumerable.” In 2017, for example, he and the project’s volunteers have found that the colonies treated for mites did better than the control group. That surprised them, because over the last five years, the two yards have shown comparable survival rates. So a big question for 2018 and beyond is what accounted for the difference this year. The eventual goal is to post all their data online in real time, so anyone in the world can see what’s been collected and draw their own conclusions. And though this information specifically concerns colony norms in Asheville and Western North Carolina, Chesick believes it has much broader application. That conviction leads him to think big: Chesick envisions beekeepers around the globe mimicking the local model, setting up research yards and uploading their own data. HiveTool, a cloud-based hive monitoring and management system, is already being used internationally; the free software is available at hivetool.org. Spearheaded by Chesick and Paul Vonk, an electrical engineer who serves as the center’s vice president, the system was launched with the help of a worldwide team of volunteer developers. LOOKING AHEAD Eventually, Chesick predicts, “We’ll have megadata, because our idea is to have — I’ve never thought small — hundreds of thousands of beehives online from all around the world that are reporting in real time to the hosting website.” And out of that massive data set, he hopes, a definitive answer to the pollinator problem could emerge. Project Genesis, says Chesick, is evaluating potential corporate partners that could help get the data
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BUZZ FEED: At Project Genesis’ West Asheville bee yard, Carl Chesick shows volunteers what to look for and how to record data from their observations. Photo by Jack Sorokin online and available to whoever wants to use it. “Our progress will accelerate if our funding expands,” he explains, stressing that they’re looking for someone who can write software or develop a useful tool “that becomes publicly available with no profit to the developer.” And in the meantime, he and his
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1126 Prices Creek Road, Burnsville N SU (6/11), 1-4:45pm - “Gardens of Fairview: All About Bees,” workshop with the Buncombe County Beekeepers. $10. Held at The Lord’s Acre, 26 Joe Jenkins Road, Fairview N SU (6/11), 2-5pm “So you wanna be a Beekeeper?” Workshop presented by the Buncombe County Beekeepers Club. Registration required: wncbees.org. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne University, 2nd Flr Boardroom, 36 Montford Ave. N TH (6/15), 9am-noon - Non-native invasive plant removal volunteer event. Wear close toed shoes, long pants, long sleeve shirt and work gloves. Registration: mountaintrue.org/eventscalendar/. Free. Held at Patton Park, Asheville Highway, Hendersonville N TH (6/15), 5:30-7pm - Wildlife Workshops & Walkabouts: “Native Pollinators,” workshop includes building a bee house and learning about bees and their habitat. Registration required: tdavids@defenders.org. Free. Held at Defenders of Wildlife, 1 Rankin Avenue, 2nd Floor
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Creating a subculture around symbiotic cultures? That’s precisely what is happening in Western North Carolina’s fast-growing fermented food and beverage industries. Cultivating beneficial microorganisms to yield tasty drinks and foods that benefit the mind, body and spirit is being embraced as a business opportunity by an ever-increasing number of locals. A trend that started quietly in Asheville a few years ago with success stories like Buchi Kombucha and Green River Picklers is now picking
up steam. “There are quite a few other fermenters in town, and I think we’re all just starting to get to know each other,” says Janelle Lucido-Conate, whose business, Our Daily Kraut, specializes in kraut, kimchi and pickles made from locally sourced vegetables and herbs. FRIENDLY BUSINESS She is also in the process of expanding her product line to include ferments she has been making for her own family for years, including hot sauce, pickled carrots and pickled beets. Her favorite kraut flavor, she says, is Just Jalapeño, which uses
only six ingredients — organic cabbage, jalapeño peppers, garlic, hot pepper flakes, sea salt and filtered water. Part of what she loves about her business is working with farmers and other local entrepreneurs to source what she needs. “I think that’s a big part of why it feels good,” Lucido-Conate says. “For me, it’s like I created my dream job. I get to go to the farm and buy produce directly from the farm. I get to buy produce directly from the farmers market and meet people who live here. I get to offer people food that not only do they get to delight in and enjoy but is also going to heal them.” Shanti Sunshine Volpe, owner of Shanti Elixirs, shares Lucido-
FIZZ BIZ: Shanti Elixirs launched April 1, selling Shanti-Jun fermented green tea and honey drinks on tap and in bottles at local tailgate markets. The business has already experienced robust growth. Photo by Jack Sorokin Conate’s enthusiasm for collaborating with nearby growers. In making her Shanti-Jun line of jun, a fermented green tea and honey beverage similar to kombucha, she works with Western North Carolina producers including Haw Creek Honey, Jah Works Farm, Bear Necessities Farm, Myseanica Family Farm and Locally Good Farm. She also believes her fellow fermentation entrepreneurs are more friends that foes. “I had the fortune of going to a kombucha international conference where we talked about competition versus support, and it seems like in the fermented beverage and food industry there’s a lot of support,” says Volpe, whose product is the first locally made jun offering to hit the market in the Asheville area. “I think that there is no need for us to have concerns or
anxieties around competition. People will connect with the people and flavors that resonate most with them.” HEALTHY GROWTH Clare Schwartz, outreach coordinator of the French Broad Food Co-op, says fermented foods and beverages are hot with customers. The shop currently carries three lines of locally made ferments and is working on adding two more kraut vendors. The weekly French Broad Co-op Tailgate Market has its own sauerkraut vendor as well. “It is a more popular food right now,” she says. “I think people are realizing the benefits of the probiotics and the enzymes in there.” Two product categories are especially in demand at the co-op — kom-
bucha and kimchi. “Krauts have always been popular, but I think the kimchi phenomenon has definitely spiked in the last year for sure,” says Schwartz. Pointing to a cooler in the front of the store, she adds, “We can’t keep kombucha in stock; it’s bizarre. I mean that whole 4-foot cooler is all kombucha.” Among other lines of fermented beverages, the store features the locally made Buchi brand of kombucha as well as products from the Charlottebased Lenny Boy Brewing Co. In January, Consumer Reports listed fermented foods as one of the healthiest food trends for 2017. According to the article, “between 2014 and 2016, natural grocery stores saw a 50 percent increase in the sale of probiotics and prebiotics supplements — live bacteria and plant fibers that have been linked to a healthy microbiome. But you can get also get probiotics in fermented foods such as kefir, kimchi, kombucha, sauerkraut and yogurt.” “People are aware of the benefits of probiotics, but they may not be aware that it’s best to get the probiotics in foods or beverages, and that your body will absorb them more easily, more readily, if you get them from foods and beverages,” says Volpe. She also points out that some studies show that the microbes in fermented products can offer protection from toxins and disease. “The microflora that live in fermented foods and beverages basically help line the gut flora and protect the gut from pathogens, so you can really boost your immune system and strengthen your body with more antibodies,” she says. “I just started brewing in September and selling at the farmers market on April 1, and already I’ve had so many people come back to me to say that their digestive system issues are being healed by these fermented beverages and foods, and it just feels really good to be a part of that healing process,” says Volpe, who began brewing ShantiJun as an add-on to her essential oils business. She says she has been pleasantly surprised by the new venture’s quick growth. Shanti-Jun is available at Asheville City Market, West Asheville Tailgate Market and Asheville City Market South and will soon be available on tap at Avenue M. For details, visit shantielixirs.com. Our Daily Kraut products can be found at Asheville City Market, Asheville City Market South, French Broad Food Co-op outdoor market and store, Hickory Nut Gap Farm Store and online at JanelleLucido.com. X
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LOCAL TIES New tailgate market locations highlight business and community connections From homemade sauces to local artwork, North Asheville residents now have another place to shop on Saturday mornings: A new community market debuted June 3 outside Gan Shan Station on Charlotte Street. The market was created to give local brick-and-mortar businesses an alternative place to sell their goods, says Jade Pombrio, director of the new project. Currently, most area tailgate markets are producer-only, meaning that you can only sell things that you produce, says Molly Nicholie, program director at ASAP Connections. “We’ve been wanting for a while for a venue to be able to sell all of our hot sauces and rib glaze,” Pombrio says. “So it kind of started as someone else wanting to sell stuff realizing that, ’Oh, we do have a good space.’ We really wanted to make this a community restaurant and make it a place with lots of community engagement, and a market seems like a natural symptom of that.” In addition to Gan Shan’s products, the market will feature fresh bread and pastries from The Rhu, handmade sausage and ethical meats from Intentional Swine, flowers from Paper Crane Farms and a food pantry with items from Lee’s Asian Market. Pombrio also plans to have a rotating
STREET FOOD: The Gan Shan Market, which opened June 3 in the front yard of Gan Shan Station, offers the Charlotte Street neighborhood a new Saturday morning shopping destination. Photo by Jack Sorokin weekly schedule of featured artists from the community. The Gan Shan Market joins the North Asheville Tailgate Market as a Saturday morning shopping destination for North Asheville residents. Competition among markets can be challenging, Nicholie says, as markets tend to attract similar vendors and customer bases. However, Pombrio thinks the Gan Shan market will appeal to residents in the immediate Charlotte Street neighborhood and shoppers who are looking for items they can’t get at other markets. “Coffee, pastries, breads, sauces — this is going to be more pantry items because there’s already so much produce, there are already so many farmers here,” Pombrio says. PARTNERING UP Gan Shan Station isn’t the only business to embrace the idea of community farmers markets. Breweries have
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also jumped at the chance to offer their establishments as potential locations, with the intent of strengthening ties within the immediate community and bringing in a new set of customers. Several months ago, Highland Brewing Co. reached out to offer its Meadow space to the Oakley Farmers Market. The market declined the offer at the time, but when its previous Fairview Road site backed out just days before the 2017 season opened, the Oakley Farmers Market relocated to Highland on May 4. While the market has been operating at Highland for only a few weeks, Oakley Farmers Market director Lexi Binns-Craven says she has received positive feedback from both vendors and visitors. “Our new location is a lot more child-friendly, where [vendors] can just bring their children,” Binns-Craven says. “People bring their dogs to the Meadow, and we’ve had a lot more families come. They bring their chil-
“While we all think it would be great to have a market at New Belgium for so many reasons — they are a beautiful space and a great organization and there’s a lot of great appeal — we won’t be leaving Grace Baptist Church,” Asteak says. “When the conversations started, everyone’s ears perked up. There’s a lot of benefits to it; it’s definitely a thing where it would help both businesses for markets to exist at their locations.” Despite the fact that New Belgium will not host the West Asheville Tailgate Market, the brewery remains a great place for local community involvement, says Suzanne Hackett, communications specialist at New Belgium. “What we’ve heard from the community is that they love to meet here and see our neighbors here, which feels really good to us,” Hackett says. “Supporting farmers, for us, is more than just interacting with communities; it’s essential to our business. Without sustainable agriculture, we don’t exist, so it’s very important to us.” The Gan Shan Farmer’s Market happens 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays through midfall. The Oakley Farmers Market operates 3:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays through the end of September at The Meadow at Highland Brewing Co. X
HOT IDEA: Gan Shan Station created its market after searching for a venue for its handmade sauces. Photo by Jack Sorokin
RISE AND SHINE: Kaley Laird, pastry chef at The Rhu, was at the Gan Shan Market selling her artisan bread and baked treats on opening day. Photo by Jack Sorokin dren, the kids are playing around as the parents shop, and it’s just a much more child-friendly atmosphere.” The current popularity of farmers markets is causing people to try and align their mindsets and shopping needs with local vendors, Nicholie says. “Over the years, there have been amazing partnerships between businesses and farmers markets,” she says. “One thing I don’t think the public realizes is how farmers markets serve as an incubator for businesses — many can’t necessarily afford a brick-and-mortar building but can sell their product at a farmers market.” Highland Brewing Co. President Leah Ashburn says the communityfocused market fits well with the brewery’s community-oriented mindset and that partnerships between businesses and local grassroots efforts are important for growth.
“Asheville, in general, has so many wonderful resources for people that grow or bake or make things, and farmers markets are such a nice way for residents to connect directly to those growers,” Ashburn says. “There’s a similarity to directly connecting with brewers — they are both crafting a product, and there are individual people behind that. And those individual people that make beer and craft beer are going to be shopping and buying baked goods and produce at local farmers markets, and that just feels good.” LOCAL ALLIANCES New Belgium Brewing Co. also extended an offer to house the West Asheville Tailgate Market, says market director Quinn Asteak. Although the market decided not to change locations, Asteak appreciates the offer.
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For the past nine years, Cynthia Brasher and her husband, Brad, have operated Black-Eyed Susan Catering, offering Southern cuisine at events big and small. The idea for a brick-and-mortar business, however, was never far from their minds. “We’ve always wanted a meat-andthree,” says Cynthia. Last month, the couple brought their vision to life with the opening
of the 70-seat Black-Eyed Susan Cafe. While catering remains a key component of the business, the restaurant offers a new home base inside Mellie Mac’s Garden Shack in Black Mountain. Staying true to the Brashers’ meatand-three vision, the ever-changing, Southern-inspired lunch menu features entrées such as chicken Florentine, bacon-wrapped meatloaf
and herb-crusted salmon with sides like carrot soufflé, collards, zucchini and lima beans. Desserts are also available with an emphasis on pie. Plates range from $8-$12. Cynthia notes that the restaurant’s location creates a unique lunch experience. “You’re sitting with all the flowers and the hanging baskets, and you kind of feel like you’re in the Garden of Eden.”
The shared space is also a reunion of sorts. Cynthia and Mellie Mac’s owner, Mellie Macsherry, are longtime friends, both originally from Birmingham, Ala. The café, says Cynthia, will give a boost to the garden shop during its slower months. The lunch service also complements Macsherry’s own evening offerings of wine, cheese, beer and tapas through the shop’s wine bar, unWINE’d. “A fast, affordable Southern lunch,” says Cynthia, is Black-Eyed Susan Cafe’s mission. She also sees the restaurant as a nod to her hometown of Birmingham. “Down in the Delta area, everybody goes to meatand-threes at lunch,” she says. “So [the café] is a good way to honor the food experience of our past.” Black-Eyed Susan Cafe is at 304 W. State St., Black Mountain. Hours are 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit avl.mx/3s2.
Saturday, June 10, in Morganton. The party will include brews from Free Range Brewing of Charlotte, Birds Fly South of Greensville, S.C.; and Jester King Brewery of Austin, Texas. The evening’s menu will feature beef sliders; housemade, Carolina-style hot dogs, nachos and spicy, hickory-smoked tater tots. Guests will have the chance to win tickets to the State of Origin Festival and can expect activities including indoor bocce ball, darts and other games with prizes. “The goal behind Buxton Presents is to make a connection between our food and drink scene here in Asheville to that of other cities,” says brand director Michael Files. “We want Ashevillites to be able to connect with a larger food scene beyond our town.” Buxton Presents: Fonta Flora and Friends runs 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Thursday, June 8, at Buxton Hall Barbecue, 32 Banks Ave. For details, visit buxtonhall.com.
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ASHEVILLE VEGANFEST RETURNS The third annual Asheville VeganFest happens Friday-Sunday, June 9-11. A vegan food tour with Asheville Food Tours kicks off the festival Friday, June 9, followed by a cocktail party at The BLOCK Off Biltmore with food prepared by Plant chef Jason Sellers and vegan ice cream from The Hop. Saturday, June 10, offers a full roster of events at the Asheville Masonic Temple, including panel discussions, workshops, a speed-dating session and a vegan chocolate tasting. The celebration wraps up with yoga classes at Violet Owl Wellness and the Asheville VeganFest Outdoor Festival at Pack Square Park. Asheville VeganFest runs FridaySunday, June 9-11. For the full schedule of events and to buy tickets, visit avl.mx/3s0. BUXTON PRESENTS: FONTA FLORA AND FRIENDS On Thursday, June 8, Buxton Hall Barbecue bartenders Brandon Grogan and Teddy Bourgeois will host the second event in the restaurant’s Buxton Presents series, Fonta Flora and Friends. The monthly, industry-focused, late-night beer-and-food event aims to highlight craft breweries and chefs from around the country. This month’s gathering is a pre-party for Fonta Flora Brewery’s State of Origin Festival, which takes place
BELOW THE BELT AT METROWINES On Thursday, June 8, MetroWines will host Below the Belt, an hourlong class and tasting focused on wine-growing areas of the Southern Hemisphere. Argentina, Chile, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand will all be covered in the discussion by Andy Hale, education director for the Asheville School of Wine at MetroWines. “I try to keep my classes fun and very laid-back,” he says. “The goal ... is to make wine less intimidating in a fun and informative atmosphere.” Below the Belt runs 6-7 p.m. Thursday, June 8, at MetroWines, 169 Charlotte St. Tickets are $20. To reserve a seat, call 828-575-9525 or visit avl.mx/3s1. NEW EXECUTIVE CHEF AT CHESTNUT Brian Crow has been named the new executive chef at Chestnut. Crow began his culinary career at Corner Kitchen and has since worked in kitchens across the country, including Devil’s Food Bakery & Cookery in Denver. “I’m excited by the creativity and youthful energy that Brian brings to the table, literally,” says Joe Scully, owner of Chestnut and Corner Kitchen. “Brian combines talent and kindness. He really is an embodiment of our mission.” X
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Building beyond beer It’s no secret that the craft brewing industry has long been something of a boys club, and a particularly white one at that. Issues of racial and gender proportionality within the industry are often poorly understood when they’re considered at all. Endless speculation and handwringing have been typical of the discourse on issues of diversity in craft beer (or the conspicuous lack thereof), with the occasional apologist referencing Brooklyn Brewing Co. founder Garrett Oliver as if to say that one successful black brewer negates the problem. One local craft beer enthusiast, however, has issued a call to action. L.A. McCrae has founded Black Star Line Brewing, the first black, queer, female-owned brewery in Western North Carolina — and the brewer’s plans don’t stop at beer. Black Star Line has entered into a production partnership with Hendersonville’s Sanctuary Brewing Co. in advance of securing a new home in Morganton or Hendersonville and expects to be pouring beer by the end of June. In addition, the brewery has started a business incubator program to mentor African-Americans as they take part in the brewing boom by giving them the tools to set up their own operations throughout the country, both under the Black Star Line brand as well as independent from the company. “We want to create opportunities for other people to get involved in the entrepreneurship aspect of the business, for people to be able to be themselves and not have to deal with the toxic work environments that we often have to deal with as folks with different social identities outside of what has been known as the norm — and that’s not even necessarily the norm anymore,” McCrae says. McCrae does not come from a traditional brewing background, having earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and Africana studies from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, a master’s in divinity from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., and a postgraduate certification from
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TRAILBLAZERS: Black Star Line Brewing owner and brewer L.A. McCrae, right, pictured with partner Ekua Adisa McCrae, aims to foster a culture of inclusion and acceptance within the craft beer industry. “We’re excited and humbled to be able to enter this market and really be trailblazers in some pretty badass ways,” says L.A. McCrae. Photo courtesy of McCrae
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Harvard University in executive leadership and community organizing. While this educational background might not suggest a career as a brewmaster, McCrae’s passion for craft beer was instigated by their (McCrae prefers to be referred to with gender-neutral pronouns) brothers and a palate honed through training from the Culinary Institute of America while working as a sous chef at Iron Bird Stadium in Maryland. There was also a hidden family connection to beer, of which McCrae only recently became aware. “My grandmother got sick. She’s fine now, but she was on death’s doorstep, and she started telling me
that I came from a line of people that were homebrewers,” they say. “On her last day before she went in the ICU and was just out of it for weeks, she started giving me these recipes that have been in the family for generations. So I’ve been experimenting with those and really coming to understand this as a birthright of sorts.” The plan for Black Star Line is to start small and stay small, initially brewing on a 3-barrel system and most likely capping growth at 7 barrels in order to devote more energy and resources to the breweries expected to emerge from the business incubator. The brewery has been pouring
some of its core beers — including a ginger beer, an IPA, plus a pilsner named for poet Audre Lorde — at special events in the area. A line of nonalcoholic botanical teas is also being produced in conjunction with Zora’s Apothecary, a business owned and operated by McCrae’s partner, Ekua Adisa McCrae. Flagship beers are intended to be distributed both packaged and in kegs, with an eye toward creating a presence in traditionally black neighborhoods and communities that might not dedicate a lot of shelf or tap space to craft beers. The line of botanicals will be available at a variety of locations, with Asheville businesses such as the West Village Market and Grail Moviehouse having already expressed interest. Black Star Line previously partnered with the Grail for a screening of the James Baldwin biopic I Am Not Your Negro during Black History Month. In addition to the brewery and business incubator, McCrae has also orchestrated a gathering of black brewers under the auspices of the Black Brewers Guild, an organization they launched after connecting with other AfricanAmerican-owned breweries around the country. Recognizing the need for solidarity and the capacity for collective bargaining within the industry, McCrae conceived the guild with the intention of bringing black brewers together as a community. The Black Brewers Gathering will be held in Asheville from Oct. 21-23, with a pre-gathering brew day open to the public on Oct. 20. McRae’s ambitions for Black Star Line are driven by a love for family and community, with a guiding principle to foster a culture of inclusion and acceptance within the craft beer industry. In McCrae’s words: “We’re excited and humbled to be able to enter this market and really be trailblazers in some pretty badass ways. Let’s build, and build beyond beer.” X
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NO PAY SOIRÉE BY LAUREN STEPP lstepp98@gmail.com What’s better than a summer festival? A free summer festival. This season, two new events — the Better Dads
Festival and Xpand Fest — are launching in downtown Asheville. A little farther out in Hot Springs, ballad singers and hikers are coming together to celebrate the Bluff Mountain Festival’s 22nd year.
Xpand Fest
Three free summer festivals worth visiting engage in an experience. A composting company, for instance, might use Whack-a-Mole to discuss the benefits of saving food scraps. Or a farm school might allow kids to plant a seed. The whole idea is to get people talking about Asheville’s expansion. “We’re growing like a weed,” says Hagarty. But it’s hard to say if that progress is actually sustainable. Inspired by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a plan released by world leaders in 2015, Hagarty wants local residents to address issues like poverty, climate
change and gender equality. What better way than with art and beer?
WHAT Xpand Fest WHERE Banks and Buxton avenues xyvision.org/xpand-fest WHEN Saturday, June 10 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Free
Bluff Mountain Festival
PUTTIN’ ON THE FRITZ: Local funk band The Fritz will take the stage at Xpand Fest on JUST FOLKS: Ballad singer Betty Smith is one of the Bluff Mountain Festival’s original June 10. Other performers include indie-rocker Ian Ridenhour and 1960s-inspired Carpal organizers. In 1996, she used vocals and guitar riffs to save Madison County’s treasured Tullar. Photo by Joshua Marc Levy peak. Photo by Pat Franklin Asheville’s first Xpand Fest is slated for Saturday, June 10, in the South Slope district. Johanna Hagarty, executive director and founder of Xpand Your Vision, says the entertainment lineup is as eclectic as its host city. More than 30 performing groups have been culled from genres such as theater, poetry, music and even aerial arts. There will be dozens of art and food vendors, too. Plus, folks can sip on a signature ale created by Bhramari Brewhouse.
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“I want people to walk away with a superwarm and fuzzy feeling,” says Hagarty. “I want there to be an intrinsic sense of excitement in giving back to the community.” Good vibes are sure to radiate from the Nonprofit Arts Arcade, which is like a big informational booth without the yawn factor. Participating organizations present an engaging and creative activity relevant to their missions. So, rather than walking away with a brochure, patrons
The Madison County Arts Council will hold Hot Springs’ annual Bluff Mountain Festival on Saturday, June 10. Now in its 22nd year, the event celebrates fellowship and song. “The festival brings talent and visitors from throughout Western North Carolina to celebrate local heritage,” says arts council Executive Director Laura Boosinger. “There is a strong emphasis on traditional mountain music — fiddles, ballads, banjos, string bands and more.”
Headlining is Nashville-based singer-songwriter Kate Campbell. Her folkloric melodies carry narratives straight from the Mississippi Delta, where she spent her childhood watching the civil rights movement unfold. Performances by ballad singers such as Betty Smith and Joe Penland follow. These “love songs,” as old pioneers once called them, attest to a timeless custom. “The original songcatcher, Cecil Sharp, came to Madison County
for the first time in 1916. He said the people here ‘were as likely to sing as to talk,’” says Boosinger. “These ballads are hundreds of years old and date back to settlers from England, Ireland and Scotland.” Families share these songs kneeto-knee each June. But as Boosinger explains, the Bluff Mountain Festival hasn’t always been rooted in harmony. Circa 1996, musicians organized the gathering to raise awareness about a logging road proposed for Bluff Mountain, a 4,686-foot peak in Pisgah. Patrick Cash, a history instructor at Mars Hill University, says the U.S. Forest Service wanted to build 6.9 miles of new roadways stretching from Catpen Gap to the North Carolina-Tennessee state line. Concerned that development would threaten wildlife populations, locals mobilized.
“They were able to save their mountain from destruction,” says Cash. “It’s an encouraging and powerful story of a small community and their fight for something they loved dearly.” Today, Bluff Mountain is still standing, and folks are still singing.
WHAT Bluff Mountain Festival WHERE Hot Springs Resort and Spa 315 Bridge St. madisoncountyarts.com WHEN Saturday, June 10 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free
Better Dads Festival Celebrate Father’s Day weekend at the inaugural Better Dads Festival on Saturday, June 17. Organizer Alan Kay welcomes all to attend, even if they don’t fit the 1950s, Ward Cleaver sort of ideal. “It’s [about] more than men who have children,” he says. “We’re looking at fatherhood in all its forms.” That means Ashevilleans of all genders, sexual orientations, races and backgrounds — even those without offspring — can join in. Activities include drumming, games, costumes, storytelling, crafts and poetry. Local artists Lyric (whose dad is in her band), David LaMotte and the Billy Jonas Band (both fronted by fathers) will perform live. Vendors such as the Corner Kitchen Catering, Ghan Shan Station, Flat Rock Bakery Pizza and Highland Brewing Co. will also be serving snacks and drinks.
Of course, there is a deeper element, too. Kay is involved with the ManKind Project, an international movement designed to build healthy male role models. “It began as a response to the women’s movement,” he says. “Men started asking, ‘How can we show up in the world in powerful ways?’” Thirty-some years ago, organizers started holding support groups and hero’s journeys, or initiation rituals. The goal has always been to change one man at a time, “but I got impatient,” says Kay. The Better Dads Festival is his way of reaching multiple community members at once. And connecting is key. Though challenges differ for every father, most ManKind Project members agree that being emotionally available is their biggest hurdle.
PLAY NICE: The Billy Jonas Band uses music to make very adult issues like religion and rush-hour traffic palatable for kids. The quartet will play the Better Dads Festival on June 17. Photo by Steve Mann “It’s a challenge for them to openly feel love for their children,” says Kay. “But men need to become more vulnerable to show up. They need to admit that they don’t have all the answers and that they need support.” That can be as simple as dancing around Pack Square Park or dressing up for the photo booth. Dads can also volunteer at the event by filling out the online contact form. All volunteers get a free T-shirt. X
WHAT Better Dads Festival WHERE Roger McGuire Green Pack Square Park betterdadsfestival.org
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by Edwin Arnaudin
edwinarnaudin@gmail.com
MAXIMUM MINIMALISM Asheville duo House and Land play an album release show at The Mothlight The Asheville area’s traditional music community may be small, but not to the extent that players can’t occasionally escape each other’s notice. Such was the case with guitarist Sarah Louise Henson and fiddler Sally Anne Morgan, whose duo House and Land play Friday, June 9, to celebrate its selftitled debut record. Though the musicians’ paths had, in Henson’s words, “somehow never crossed,” they started to intertwine when Morgan saw Henson play at The Mothlight — the site of their forthcoming album release show — and could tell they probably had a good deal in common musically, as well as a lot to talk about. In hindsight, Morgan sees her decision to not approach Henson after that performance as a missed opportunity but compensated a few months later when her band, the Black Twig
ON THE RECORD: When she’s not playing with her House and Land partner Sarah Henson, right, the Black Twig Pickers or other music projects, fiddler Sally Anne Morgan, left, may be found working at Asheville’s Harvest Records. “Everyone is supersupportive about each other’s weird, eccentric tastes — there is none of that movie-caricature music snobbery happening,” she says. Photo by Judy Henson Pickers, tasked her with finding an opener for one of its rare Asheville sets. Also sensing a connection, Henson asked Morgan if she wanted to play fiddle with her for a different gig Henson had coming up at The Grey Eagle. While rehearsing for that show, it quickly became apparent that their overlapping interests extended to specific types of Appalachian music as well as more experimental styles. “The first time we got together to play music, it was in my living room, and I tried out some droney fiddle to some of Sarah’s guitar arrangements. It just felt so right,” Morgan says. “At some point, we also asked each other if we could sing, and I was like, ‘Yes, I just learned this ballad from a recording of Jean Ritchie
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called ”The Unquiet Grave,“’ and Sarah already also knew it, and knew that exact version, so it was really easy to start singing and playing together.” Henson’s musical journey began with developing a strong interest in prewar blues in high school, devouring the extensive liner notes of reissues and twisting class assignments to incorporate the genre. She later learned her first ballads from an Asheville organic farm co-worker and fell in love with eastern Kentucky tunes, thanks to a local fiddle player. Meanwhile, Morgan became obsessed with old-time fiddle music while attending college in southwest Virginia. The vibrant community of fellow enthusiasts helped feed that interest and, like
Henson, she started hunting down field and early commercial recordings from libraries, other local players and at music festivals. Road tripping with her Black Twig Pickers bandmates to visit such old-timers as Lester McCumbers in Nicut, W.Va., and Richard Bowman in Mount Airy, furthered her education. For their first joint album, Henson and Morgan picked 10 songs both had sung for years, having returned to them time and again for their personal staying power. Also among the selections are tunes with feminist themes or those whose lyrics could be altered to provide a similar perspective, bringing a modernist, experimental edge to familiar works. “It did feel important to address women’s issues in the music because bal-
lads do often tell a pretty dark tale of the patriarchy,” Henson says. “We’re not trying to rewrite history but to bear witness to hardships women have endured and in some cases to honor women from the past by imagining what their lives could have been like.” Striking in its minimalism, House and Land was recorded with producer/ mixer Joseph Dejarnette at his Studio 808A, an old farmhouse in Floyd, Va. Dejarnette’s work on the past two Black Twig Pickers albums made him an easy choice for the job, and Morgan was more than happy to tap into his specific set of skills for her new project. “He has an incredible ear and can really pinpoint the very best part of a room to be in, the very best place to mic an instrument, which, I think, is especially important with stripped-down acoustic stuff,” she says. With new songs already primed for sharing in live settings, House and Land plan to do more recording and touring in the second half of 2017. While exciting times no doubt await, it will nevertheless be tough to beat the duo’s transformative experiences from late March, when the musicians warmed up the stage for Lambchop at a trio of Midwest dates.
“All of those dudes are so great,” Henson says. “We had a fun time nerding out about gear with Kurt [Wagner], cracking up from Tony [Crow]’s jokes and getting old British folk recommendations from Matt [Swanson]. They were all super down-to-earth, sounded amazing every night and were supersupportive of us as openers every night of the tour.” Morgan concurs: “Lambchop has especially good audiences — loyal fans who are there to listen. It was cool to have a large audience be so quiet while we were playing.” X
WHO House and Land with Nathan Bowles and Emmalee Hunnicutt WHERE The Mothlight 701 Haywood Road themothlight.com WHEN Friday, June 9 9 p.m. $8
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by Bill Kopp
bill@musoscribe.com
DOWN-TO-EARTH ASTROPHYSICIST Neil deGrasse Tyson visits Asheville to talk about science and pop culture Astrophysics applies principles of chemistry and physics to the study of astronomy in a quest to better understand the universe. It’s heady stuff and can be intellectually intimidating to the casual observer. Luckily, the world’s most prominent astrophysicist is Neil deGrasse Tyson, who holds a doctorate in the field and happens to be one of the most engaging speakers on science, its relevance to everyday life and countless other topics. Tyson will give the talk An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Tuesday, June 13. Tyson’s presentation will explore the ways in which astrophysics — and science in general — is portrayed in film. Sometimes it’s depicted accurately, other times not. And Tyson isn’t particularly troubled when Hollywood gets it wrong. “I don’t think it’s harmful at all,” he says with a laugh, “if it forms an
excuse to talk about the science. That’s better than the film not having any science in it at all.” However, science interacts with the everyday world in the political sphere, as well, and when it gets co-opted by politics, the results can be dangerous. Tyson calls that situation “a recipe for the unraveling of an informed democracy.” Days ago, he tweeted to his 7.5 million Twitter followers, “To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of shit.” Tyson is convinced that, for example, if our political leaders and representatives had been properly educated in science when they were students, they would make better decisions on matters pertaining to climate change and related issues. “If you have leaders who are cherrypicking science results, who are in denial of emergent scientific truths, then it’s because they do not know what science is
UNIVERSAL CONCEPTS: Neil deGrasse Tyson brings his talk, An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies, to Asheville. Spoiler: Tyson isn’t particularly troubled when Hollywood gets it wrong. “If it forms an excuse to talk about the science. That’s better than the film not having any science in it at all,” he says. Photo of Tyson and Orion Nebula courtesy of NASA and how and why it works,” Tyson says. He’s convinced that even willful skeptics in government who base their positions on political expediency would benefit from education. If they understood how and why science works, he believes, “they would be incapable of thinking that way about the topic.” And Tyson emphasizes that he doesn’t think science is a left-vs.-right issue. He gives the example of a hypothetical rightleaning elected official asking himself or herself, “Given that humans are warming the planet, how can I make legislation that favors my political agenda?” A conservative politician might favor a certain subsidy while opposing a tariff or carbon credit. “Those are political decisions,” he says, but the truths upon which they are based remain consistent. Tyson says that students sometimes choose classes in astronomy over ones in chemistry or physics with the idea that the study of space is less intimidating. He acknowledges that his field is 44
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— from an educational perspective — a “gateway drug.” Astronomy classes teach students about geology, chemistry and other disciplines. “Fluency in astrophysics can be a pathway to fluency in STEM [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] fields in general,” he believes. Explaining scientific concepts and phenomena in an accessible manner is Tyson’s specialty. The recipient of 19 honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, he is also the host of television and radio programs (StarTalk Radio, “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,” “NOVA ScienceNOW, ”) that demystify astrophysics. Tyson is fond of explaining dense concepts through real-world examples. He points to, as evidence, an October 2015 pro football game in sudden-death overtime. The Cincinnati Bengals decided to try for a 42-yard field goal to win the game. Tyson watched on TV as the ball was kicked, veered left, hit against the left upright of the goal post, and careened in for the win. “I did a quick calculation,” he recalls, figuring in “the latitude of the stadium, the orientation, distance and hang time.” And he made a discovery: The winning field goal was likely assisted by a third of an inch deflection to the right from the Earth’s rotation. He tweeted about it, and the level of interest was overwhelming. “All I did was attach science to our collective pop culture. I could have instead said, ‘Class, sit down for a lecture on the Coriolis effect.’” He laughs and adds, “But no, you don’t want that.” He’s fond of those teachable moments: “Now that your interest is piqued, I can tell you how that happens. You came for the pop culture, but you stayed for the science.” X
WHO Neil deGrasse Tyson WHERE U.S. Cellular Center 87 Haywood St. uscellularcenterasheville.com WHEN Tuesday, June 13 7:30 p.m. $59.50-$107.50
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by Alli Marshall
amarshall@mountainx.com
SHIFTING SANDS It takes a writer of particular talent and imagination to find the idea for a novel within the storylines of a previous book. Asheville-born, Woodstock, N.Y.-based author Gail Godwin is just such a writer. Her latest offering, the lush and haunting Grief Cottage, takes its cues from classic ghost stories, meditations on loss and the changes of landscape — both emotional and environmental — we all face. Godwin returns to Malaprop’s to discuss the novel in conversation with journalist and historian Rob Neufeld, on Wednesday, June 14. Much of Grief Cottage is set in the summer of 2004, when 11-year-old Marcus is sent to live on a South Carolina island with his eccentric aunt following his mother’s death. There, left to entertain himself while Aunt Charlotte paints, Marcus seeks companionship and solace in the elderly woman next door and a nest of loggerhead turtle eggs. Unlike self-absorbed Helen, the central child character in Godwin’s previous novel, Flora, Marcus “is empathetic, the pain of others hurts him,” says Godwin. And that’s why Marcus is drawn to the abandoned beach house for which the book is titled. There, he feels a presence and begins to piece together the story of a family — including a teenage son — who had visited the cottage 50 years earlier and was lost during a storm. “Once I had [the character of Marcus], there was no holding me back,” says Godwin. She conceived of the novel while on a beach vacation with her sister and three nephews. “I got my fill of boys in that week. I was immersed in boyhood,” hence the vivid depiction of Marcus, a thoughtful if emotionally damaged young person who narrates the story mostly through the perspective of his adult self. During that trip, “I just made notes about the ocean,” the author recalls. “You’re never prepared for the way it takes you over.” That sense of place is palpable in Grief Cottage, from the movement of the tides to Marcus’ daily beach bike rides to the preparations made to help the endangered turtle hatchlings make their way to the water. But equally felt is the supernatural resident of Grief Cottage. That character first evolved as Godwin was
Asheville native Gail Godwin explores loss, change and supernatural visitation in a new novel
SPECTER SPEAK: When it came to addressing the ghost in the novel, the language is so important if it’s going to be a good crossover,” Gail Godwin says. The author revisited her favorite ghost stories to capture the feeling just right. Photo by Dion Ogust writing Flora, a novel set in the 1940s, in which the book’s inhabitants listened to a weekly radio mystery series. “I’d thought of a boy who was left mostly alone with some caretaker at the beach,” the author recalls. “In the next story, he’d found a cottage that was mostly burned down.” Wandering the ruins, he came across an elderly couple with whom he had a conversation. Of course, the elderly couple, it turns out, were ghosts. Wanting to get the sense of the visitation just right — “The language is so important if it’s going to be a good crossover,” Godwin says — she revisited her favorite ghost stories such as the novella The Turn of the Screw and the short story “The Jolly Corner” by Henry James. There are other crossovers in Grief Cottage, though not of the paranormal category. In 2004, “Aunt Charlotte had her laptop, but she still orders cases of wine by phone,” Godwin points out. It was a time of shifting relationships to technology. And a furniture factory in the North Carolina Piedmont — a business that figures importantly into the story — goes out of business, reflecting
real-life events, and those affected look for innovative next steps. “It’s the past moving into the future,” says Godwin. “Who knows how, in 10 years from now, the things we [currently] take for granted will be changed?” The author is no stranger to the adjustments of time. Grief Cottage is her 15th novel; her first successful work was a short story published in Cosmopolitan in 1969, and Wikipedia features a 1983 photo of her at work on an electric
typewriter. Neufeld, who previously edited The Making of a Writer: The Journals of Gail Godwin, Vols. 1 and 2, is now penning a book about Godwin’s work (she talks about this forthcoming project on her “Being a Writer” blog on her website). One thing remains constant: The author includes a fictionalized version of her hometown in her novels. In Grief Cottage, Asheville (called Jewel) represents a dark time in Marcus’ childhood. Still, Godwin notes, “When he and his mother have to move … to the mountains, I could feel myself on that road, going back to the mountains. It’s a magical place.” She continues, “Asheville has gotten really contemporary — the food, the maverick population. But there are the same streets, Haywood and Patton Avenue. … When I walk on them, I walk on the past.” But the town is part of her present, too. “I’ll always have one artistic foot in Asheville,” Godwin says. “You are what you come out of.” X
WHO Gail Godwin presents Grief Cottage in conversation with Rob Neufeld WHERE Malaprop’s 55 Haywood St. malaprops.com WHEN Wednesday, June 14 7 p.m. Free
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‘CONSTELLATIONS’ AT 35BELOW
IN THE STARS: Jon Stockdale and Melon Wedick explore a multiverse of lives together in Constellations. Photo by William Z Lawrence What if there are multiple universes where infinitely possible timelines of our lives unfold? Constellations by Nick Payne ponders this theory. It examines a dizzying series of events in the lives of two young British strangers who meet at a barbecue. They chase each other through ups and downs, infidelities, crossroads, marriage proposals and encounters with mortality. The show is onstage at Asheville Community Theatre’s 35below through Sunday, June 18. Jason Williams directs a dynamic duo — Jon Stockdale and Melon Wedick — who take on the labyrinthine script. Williams keeps it simple, allowing the actors to carry the show without set pieces and only scant props. Williams is known for his technical prowess and has designed a large backdrop of an expansive starscape.
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Above the stage, strings of lights are attached to Mason jars that change color as the scenes and moods shift. The intimate and simple space allows for an emotionally raw performance. Stockdale plays Roland, a nebbish beekeeper. Meanwhile, Wedick’s Marianne works in quantum science, exploring the vast universe from a molecular level. It is her assertion that perhaps there is a multiverse of infinite realities for them. She also suggests that, if you can lick the tip of your elbow, you might achieve immortality. This gives the show an indelible, quirky charm that carries throughout the myriad journeys the characters take. Variations of Roland and Marianne’s meeting and many other threads play out in front of the audience. With a subtle shift, the characters return to previous points in the conver-
sations, but with different intentions and understandings leading to new directions. Some connections are sweet, some are bitter. Misunderstandings compound, love grows, challenges arise. At one point, the actors play a full exchange using only sign language (thanks to Cary Nichols, who consulted on the show for that sequence). Stockdale and Wedick are to be commended for their sharp focus. Many of their conversations are nearly identical, save tiny alterations. From the onset, they launch half a dozen different storylines, all of which they come back to and carry forward. They perform the same sequence multiple times before moving onto the natural continuations of those scenes. When major trauma enters their lives, we spend a bit more time getting drawn into it — and it is incredibly absorbing.
What could be a pretentious theatrical exercise becomes very human and profound. We find ourselves eager to revisit certain threads of the show to see how they progress in one reality versus another. This is delicate work, and both actors handle it with surgical deftness. Alternately charming and funny, the show also wrenches the heart and evokes more than a few tears from the audience.  X
WHAT Constellations WHERE 35below 35 Walnut St. ashevilletheatre.org WHEN Through Sunday, June 18 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. $15
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by Emily Glaser | Send your arts news to ae@mountainx.com
Nice Guys Comedy
Heartbeats community art and music show Arts For Life music teacher Melissa Hyman records the heartbeat of local pediatric patients with a digital stethoscope. That beat is then used as the backbone of a song (a patient original or a cover of a favorite) and recorded by local musicians. The results is a “superpersonal, very powerful document,” says Hyman. “The patient’s heart, her taste in music and her community’s love and support are all audible there in the recording.” The Heartbeat Sessions is a collaboration between Arts for Life, Echo Mountain Recording Studios and the Asheville music community. Songs from that project will be a highlight of this year’s Heartbeats community art and music show — also a benefit for the program, with children’s art for sale — at The Mothlight on Wednesday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m. Free. themothlight.com. Photo by Anna Long/Arts For Life
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The intention of comedy is to elicit laughter, but as local comic Grayson Morris knows, the results are not always funny. “Because comedy is supposed to be based on free speech and addressing taboos, comedians often feel free to unleash their racism, misogyny, homophobia, classism, ableism, body shaming, etc., onto an audience that didn’t sign up for that,” she says. That’s why Morris created a new comedy series, Nice Guys Comedy, at MG Road on the second Sunday of every month. “I wanted to create a hate-free room where the comedy can be sexual, [comedians can] use profanity, address taboos, or be downright bizarre, but never hateful or politically oppressive.” This month’s lineup includes Peter SmithMcDowell, Hilliary Begley and headliner Macon Clark on Sunday, June 11, at 8 p.m. $5. mgroadlounge.com. Photo by Paul Lewis Anderson
The Color of Dance
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters
Community-based nonprofit Open Hearts Art Center integrates the arts into Asheville’s community of differently abled adults, which helps them find new ways to communicate. “The artists of Open Hearts Art Center have so much talent, and it’s unfortunate that it’s shared more often with our close-knit network. We wanted to broaden exposure, both for the artists and the community,” says Debbie Harris, OHAC director of arts and events. A new collaboration with The Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre will do just that. After 30 weeks of rehearsals, the dancers of OHAC are ready to take center stage for The Color of Dance. Three performances are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, June 8 and 9, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, June 10, at 3 p.m., at The BeBe Theatre. $10. acdt.org. Photo courtesy of Robbie Francis
A local country band is releasing its fifth album, but it’s the first under a new name: Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters. “As I’ve gotten more comfortable in my own skin and streamlined my musical intentions a bit, [using my name] has started to make more sense to me,” Platt explains. “My voice and my songs have been the constant defining element of the band, and I think that focusing on that frees us up (as a band) to grow without being tethered to a certain image or genre.” For now, the group still delivers its signature country sound on the album that bears its new name, which will be released June 9. The band celebrates that release with two shows at The Grey Eagle on Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10, at 8 p.m. $15/$18. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by Jeff Fasano
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LAURA INGALLS WILDER LIVE: The Weaverville Library is celebrating the 150th birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author and character of the well-known Little House book series. In a free costumed performance on Tuesday, June 13, at 7 p.m., Daphne Ruth Darcy brings to life Wilder’s stories of pioneering life on the prairie and answers questions from the audience regarding Wilder’s life. Master fiddler Wayne Erbsen will play the tunes of Pa Ingalls that were featured in the books. For more information, call the library at 828-250-6482. Photo courtesy Daphne Ruth Darcy (p. 50) ART BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 2510202, bluespiral1.com • WE (6/7), 1pm Woodfire potters Eric Knoche, Kazuya Ishida and Ben Richardson discuss different approaches to contemporary ceramics as part of the Woodfire NC conference. Free to attend. JACKSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 507-9820, info@ jacksoncountyarts.org • MO (6/12), 6-7pm - Artist talk featuring musician and instructor Iva Veazey. Free. Held at Jackson County Public Library, 310 Keener St., Sylva ODYSSEY COOPERATIVE ART GALLERY 238 Clingman Ave., 2859700, facebook.com/ odysseycoopgallery • 2nd SATURDAYS, 11am5pm - "Second Saturday Celebration," event with food, music and artist demonstrations. Free to attend.
TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • TH (6/8), noon-1pm Crafts and Conversation: "Origins and Mythology of the Plastiquarium," lunchtime lecture by David Edgar. Free to attend.
ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS EAST WEST SUMMER POP UP SHOP (PD.) 6/22-24, 10am-8pm & 6/25, 10am-6pm. Free! Over 75 local/indie artists, makers & vintage collectors. VIP PREVIEW, 6/21, 5-9pm-$5 at the door. Enjoy first access to shop with live music, complimentary drinks & bites, tarot readings & a flower bar. eastwestpopupshop. com • 278 Haywood Rd. 28806. WORKSHOPS AT THE EAST WEST SUMMER POP UP SHOP (PD.) Tassel Necklace $45, 6/22, 6-8pm. Botanical Cyanotype $45, 6/24: kids, 10am-12pm, adults 1-3pm. Pressed Flower Patterns $35, 6/24, 1-3pm. Macrame Plant Hanger $45, 6/25 1-3pm. All sup-
plies included. Register at eastwestpopupshop.com. ANYTHING FIBER SALE nicethreadsgallery.com/ afs.html • SA (6/10), 10am-2pm Community fiber arts sale with yarns, fiber, fabric, tools, spinning wheels, looms, fleece and anything related to the fiber arts. Free to attend. Held at Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa ART IN THE PARK ashevilleartinthepark.com/ • SATURDAYS (6/10) through (6/24), 10am-5pm - Outdoor artist market. Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. BRIGHT ANGLE STUDIO 207 Coxe Ave., ashevillearts.com • FR (6/9), 4-8pm - “Pints and Porcelain” featuring handmade ceramics for sale, local craft brews and kiln-fired hors d’oeuvres. Free to attend. TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY HANDCRAFTERS AND ARTISTS GUILD facebook.com/TCHGuild • FR (6/9) & SA (6/10), 9am-5pm - Transylvania
County Handcrafters and Artists Guild art and craft fair. Free to attend. Held at Masonic Lodge Brevard, 174 E Main St., Brevard
AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • Through WE (7/12) - Papers and proposals accepted for the annual ReVIEWING Black Mountain College conference. Contact for full guidelines. CALDWELL ARTS COUNCIL 601 College Ave., SW Lenoir, 754-2486 • Through SA (9/9) Submissions accepted for the 32nd annual Sculpture Celebration taking place Saturday, Sep. 9. Contact for guidelines. CITY OF ASHEVILLE 251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • Through FR (6/9) Applications accepted for the Lexington Avenue Public Art Project. Registration: bit.
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MOONLIT ART MARKET burialbeer.com • Through WE (6/14) Open registration for art and craft vendors to participate in the Moonlit Artist Markets every second Wednesday from June until October. Registration: http://bit.ly/2qtScch. Held at Burial Beer Co., 40 Collier Ave.
ly/2pXZEwo. Held at Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness, 370 N. Louisiana St. FOOTHILLS FOLK ART FESTIVAL facebook.com/ FoothillsFolkArtFestival • Through FR (9/1) Applications accepted for The Foothills Folk Art Festival. See website for full guidelines.
MOUNTAIN HERITAGE DAY mountainheritageday.com • Through MO (6/12) - Vendor applications accepted for the outdoor fall festival. Registration: mountainheritageday.com. ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 35 E. Walnut St., ashevilletheatre.org • MO (6/12) & TU (6/13), 6-9pm - Open audi-
tions for The Producers, musical. Contact for full guidelines. THE AWESOME FOUNDATION awesomefoundation.org/ en/chapters/asheville • Through SU (6/18) Submissions accepted for all types of artists who are interested in competing for a $1000 grant. Information and registration: awesomeavl.com.
WCQS 73 Broadway, 10-4800, wcqs.org • Through (6/15) Submissions accepted for the Blue Ridge Public Radio and Art + Science In the Field art-science competition for middle through community college students. More information: asif.center. WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AIDS PROJECT 252-7489, wncap.org • Through MO (6/12) - Art submissions accepted for the "Signature Piece Competition." Contact for full guidelines.
MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS DRUM SHOP (PD.) Sundays 2pm, Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. Drums provided. $15/class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums.com THIS FRIDAY • RIVERMUSIC (PD.) RiverMusic is a concert benefit for RiverLink on Friday June 9th. Musical line-up is Black Joe Lewis, Travers Brothership, and Coconut Cake. Salvage Station is hosting the event at 468 Riverside Drive. Wristbands will be available for those 21 and up for a $5 donation going back to RiverLink.
Monday, June 19
Maya Angelou (Becky Stone)
Tuesday, June 20 Wednesday, June 21
Abraham Lincoln
Cesar Chavez
(George Frein)
(Fred Blanco)
Thursday, June 22
Walter Cronkite (Larry Bounds)
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Music by
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Zoe & Cloyd
Don Pedi
Cary Fridley
The Magills
A-B Technical College • FERGUSON AUDITORIUM 340 Victoria Rd. • ASHEVILLE, NC
BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • SA (6/10), 2pm - Concert at Pack: Jazz Trio with Michael Jefry Stevens. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 2840 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher • SA (6/10), 10am-3pm - Shaped-note singing presentation and potluck. Free. CITY OF ASHEVILLE 251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • FRIDAYS, 6-10pm Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at
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Pritchard Park, 4 College St. • THURSDAYS 6-8pm - Pritchard Park singer/ songwriter series. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ASHEVILLE 5 Oak St., 252-4781, fbca.net • SA (6/10), 7:30-9:30pm - Berkshire Choral International Chorus and the Asheville Symphony Orchestra present an evening of Mozart. Free. FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (6/11) Music on the Rock: "The Music of Don Henley and Phil Collins." Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $15-$30. JACKSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 507-9820, info@jacksoncountyarts. org • SA (6/10), noon-1pm The Catamount Singers and Electric Soul. Free. Held at Bridge Park, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva MONDAY NIGHT LIVE! CONCERT SERIES 693-9708, historichendersonville.org • MONDAYS through (6/26), 7-9pm - Outdoor concert series. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville MUSIC AT UNCA 251-6432, unca.edu • SA (6/10), 8-10pm - Roy "Futureman" Wooten and Wayne Kirby perform on the Haken Continuum Fingerboard. Free. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville, 300 Library Lane MUSIC ON MAIN 693-9708, historichendersonville.org • FRIDAYS (6/9) until (8/18) - Outdoor live music event. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville PUBSING 254-1114 • 2nd SUNDAYS, 6-8pm - Gospel jam and sing-
along. Optional snack time at 5:30pm. Free to attend. Held at French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road RHYTHM & BREWS CONCERT SERIES 233-3216, facebook.com/ rhythmandbrewshendersonville • TH (6/8), 5-9pm Outdoor concert featuring Major and the Monbacks, 60s rock n' roll. Free. Held at South Main Street, 301 S. Main St., Hendersonville
THEATER 35BELOW 35 E. Walnut St., 2541320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (6/18) Constellations, drama. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $15.
SATURDAYS (6/15) until (7/1), 7:30pm - 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche. $21/$18 advance. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (6/9) until (7/2) - Annie, musical. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $15-$50. HENDERSONVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 692-1082, hendersonvillelittletheater. org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAY until (6/11) Night, Mother, tragedy. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $16. MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS
ASHEVILLE CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE 254-2621, acdt.org/ • TH (6/8) & FR (6/9), 7:30pm & SA (6/10), 3pm - "The Color of Dance," collaborative dance project with Open Hearts Art Center. $10. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St.
254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/1), 7:30pm - The Taming of the Shrew, comedy. Free to attend. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St.
BREVARD LITTLE THEATRE 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard, 884-2587, TheBrevardLittleTheatre. org • SA (6/10) & SU (6/11), 2-4pm - Open auditions for Rainmaker, romantic comedy. Rehearsals begin on Saturday, June 24 and the show runs for three weekends beginning Friday, August 11. Information: jonnboi26@ yahoo.com or 828-3611421.
15 Stage Lane, 239-0263 • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (6/11) - Matt & Ben, comedy. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $16 and up. • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (6/14) until (6/25) - Seeger, multimedia solo show about folksinger and activist Pete Seeger. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $16.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TU (6/13), 7pm Daphne Ruth Darcy tells costumed stories from the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder along with fiddler Wayne Erbson. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 18 Biltmore Ave., 2574530, dwtheatre.com • FR (6/9) & SA (6/10) Asheville Performing Arts Academy presents The Wizard of Oz. Fri.: 7pm. Sat.: 2pm & 7pm. $2025/$12-$17 students and children. DIFFERENT STROKES PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE 275-2093, differentstrokespac.org • THURSDAYS through
NC STAGE COMPANY
PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE 202 Green Mountain Drive Burnsville, 682-4285, parkwayplayhouse.com • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (6/10) through (6/24) - The 39 Steps. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $20/$10 students. THE MAGNETIC THEATRE 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (6/8) until (7/1), 7:30pm - American Arcade or How To Shoot Yourself in the Face (An Outrage in Two Acts). $16/$12 previews. WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain, 669-0816 • SU (6/11), 3pm - "Love Makes a Home: The Life of Rebecca Boone," one woman show featuring Barb McEwen and fiddle by Bruce Greene. $12/$10 advance.
GALLERY DIRECTORY AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • Through TU (6/20) - Night Visions, curated show of nine folk artists.
show featuring the work of Anne Jerman, The Larsons and JoAnna Carroll. PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS 67 Doras Trail Bakersville, 765-2359, penland.org • Through SU (7/16) - Within the Margins | Contemporary Ceramics, exhibition of ceramic art curated by Steven Young Lee.
APPALACHIAN PASTEL SOCIETY appalachianpastelsociety.org • Through SA (6/17) - Big Little Paintings, exhibtion of works by the Appalachian Pastel Society. Held at BlackBird Frame & Art, 365 Merrimon Ave.
PINK DOG CREATIVE 348 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com • Through SU (7/9) - Signs of Life, paintings of Mark Flowers.
ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • Through SA (8/12) - Rock Creek Pottery, exhibit. Held at Weizenblatt Art Gallery at MHU, Moore Fine Arts Building, 79 Cascade St., Mars Hill
STAND GALLERY Phil Mechanic Studios Building, 109 Roberts St. • Through TU (6/20) - Metamorphosis: Following Abstraction into Form, exhibition. THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY AND DESIGN 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org/ • Through SA (9/2) - Tie Up, Draw Down, curated show exploring weaving as a source for experimentation across media and genres.
ART AT UNCA art.unca.edu • Through MO (7/31) - Paintings and ikebana by Jamie RoweRischitelli. Reception: Thursday, June 8, 5-7pm. Held in the Blowers Gallery Held at UNC-Asheville, 1 University Heights ART AT WCU 227-2787, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • Through FR (11/10) - Ancient Forms, Modern Minds: Contemporary Cherokee Ceramics, exhibition of the work of 11 Cherokee artists. Held at The WCU Bardo Fine Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive • Through FR (8/25) - Print Plus One: Beyond the Glass Matrix, vitreographs created by seventeen different artists at Harvey K. Littleton Studios. Held at The WCU Bardo Fine Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive • Through FR (8/25) - Water Portraits: Barbara Tyroler, photographs by Barbara Tryoler. Reception: Thursday, June 15, 5-7pm. Held at The WCU Bardo Fine Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive ART IN BLOOM 669-0930 • TH (6/15) through SA (6/17) Exhibition of 11 paintings paired with 11 ikebana floral arrangements. Gala reception: Thursday, June 15, 6pm. $50 gala tickets. Held at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through FR (6/23) - Current Effects: Contemporary Woodfiring in WNC, exhibition featuring dozens of local artists curated by Josh Copus. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. • Through FR (6/23) - Iconography
FINE ART AT WCU: With four new exhibitions on view throughout the summer, the Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center presents art from printmaking to pottery to photography. In one of the summer showings, Water Portraits, Barbara Tyroler visually transforms the people in her photographs through the reflective properties of water. The exhibition, which runs through Friday, Aug. 25, includes a reception and artist talk on Thursday, June 15, from 5-7 p.m. All exhibitions and receptions are free and open to the public. For more information, visit bardoartscenter.wcu.edu. Photograph by Barbara Tyroler courtesy of WCU Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts of the Early Anthropocene, paintings and illustrations by Rees Perry. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through TU (7/11) - Cherokee Baskets, exhibition. Held at State Employees Credit Union Downtown, 701 N. Broadway Ave. • Through TU (7/11) - Western North Carolina Glass, exhibition. Held at State Employees Credit Union Weaverville, 8 Monticello Road, Weaverville • Through TU (7/11) - Western North Carolina Pottery exhibition. Held at State Employees Credit Union South, 1310 Hendersonville Road • Through SU (7/16) - Hear Our Voice, exhibition sponsored by the Amplifier Foundation. Held at Asheville Art Museum on the Slope, 175 Biltmore Ave. ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through FR (6/30) - Taking the Ordinary to Extraordinary, exhibition featuring the work of Bill Cole. BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org
• Through SA (9/2) - Frank Hursh: Marking Space + Place, exhibition of the paintings and drawings of Frank Hursh. BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through FR (6/23) - Exhibitions: Tamie Beldue + Christina Brinkman; John Paul Vincent; Connected by Fire, wood-fired invitational; and John L. Cleaveland Jr., Robyn Horn, Kenneth Baskin. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • Through MO (7/31) - Exhibition of the paintings of Cecil Bothwell. Reception: Saturday, June 10, 5pm. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road CANVAS ARTSPACE 212 S. Church St., Hendersonville, 577-4590, canvaswnc.com • TH (6/8) through TU (7/4) - Nature’s Black Crown: Tales of Restoration, exhibition of new drawings by Christopher Charles Curtis. Reception: Thursday, June 8, 5-7pm. CLAYSPACE COOP 119A Roberts St.
• Through WE (6/7) - Woodfire, exhibition of nearly a dozen woodfire artists from around the world. FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 2160 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, 273-3332, floodgallery.org/ • Through FR (6/30) - Looking for You—New & Old Photography, exhibition of photography by Rimas Zailskas. FOLK ART CENTER MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, 2987928, craftguild.org • Through FR (6/30) - Exhibition of works created by the Haywood Community College's Professional Crafts Program graduate class of 2017. GRAND BOHEMIAN GALLERY 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com/ • Through TU (7/11) - Exhibition of the paintings of Mitch Kolbe. GREEN SAGE CAFE - WESTGATE 70 Westgate Parkway, 785-1780, greensagecafe.com • Through SA (7/15) - Beloved Bears, exhibition of bear photography by April Johnson and Jeff Miller. JUBILEE COMMUNITY CHURCH 46 Wall St., 252-5335,
THE VILLAGE POTTERS 191 Lyman St., #180, 253-2424, thevillagepotters.com • Through SA (8/12) - Forms, Figures, and Function, exhibit featuring the work of The Village Potters’ apprentices. Artist talk: Saturday, July 1, 2-6pm.
TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY 188 Coxe Ave., TraceyMorganGallery. com • Through FR (6/30) - Forest for Trees, exhibition of paintings by An Hoang. MARK BETTIS STUDIO & GALLERY • Through FR (6/30) - Staring, exhibi123 Roberts St., 941-587-9502, mark- tion of paintings by Rob Amberg. bettisart.com TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY • Through FR (6/30) - Parables in Clay ARTS COUNCIL and Paint, exhibition of works by 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884Mark Bettis and Christine Kosiba. 2787, tcarts.org
jubileecommunity.org • Through FR (6/30) - Project Maureen, art and photography by Maureen Simon.
MELANIE NORRIS STUDIO 2002 Riverside Drive, Unit 42-L • FR (6/9), 5-8pm - Reception for Melanie Norris painting exhibition. MICA FINE CONTEMPORARY CRAFT 37 N. Mitchell Ave., Bakersville, 6886422, micagallerync.com • Through MO (7/24) - Works in Black and White, member exhibition. MORA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY 9 Walnut St., 575-2294, moracollection.com • Through FR (6/30) - Exhibition of jewelry by Oblik Atelier. Reception: Friday, June 9, 5-8pm. ODYSSEY COOPERATIVE ART GALLERY 238 Clingman Ave., 285-9700, facebook.com/odysseycoopgallery • Through FR (6/30) - Ceramic art
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• Through (6/19) - Exhibition featuring work by members of the Lake Toxaway Art Guild. TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • Through FR (7/7) - Lost Loves, juried exhibition. UPSTAIRS ARTSPACE 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (6/16) - Altered Realism: Seven from the Upstate, group exhibition. WEST END BAKERY 757 Haywood Road, 252-9378, westendbakery.com • MO (6/12) through MO (7/31) Exhibition of paintings by Pat Barratt. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees
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6/07 TRIVIA! SHAKTI SHIVA FOOD 6/08 $1 OFF FULL POURS APP CHIC FOOD 6/11 FLOW YOGA + CIDER 12:30PM COMING SOON: 6/30 NIKKI TALLEY!! FREE SHOW
PHOENIX RISING: Like the scribbles on the streets of Chicago, hip hop/jazz/soul ensemble Sidewalk Chalk has fused a bevy of jazz acuities, driving beats and soulful delivery into a sound geared towards resurrection of the self and the “Chicago sound machine” on its latest album, An Orchid Is Born, produced by Grammy-winner Robert “Sput” Searight. With melodies to make hips swivel and lyrics that reverberate long after the music’s over, Sidewalk Chalk brings its sketches of life to Isis Music Hall Wednesday, June 14, for a 8:30 p.m. show. Photo courtesy of the band WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk music), 8:00PM
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nest egg
550 TAVERN & GRILLE Karaoke, 8:00PM
knives of spain
ALTAMONT THEATRE An Evening w/ Willy Porter & Carmen Nickerson, 8:00PM
(plus a collaboration set!)
ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Hank Bones, 7:30PM
house and land
ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Hayley Kiyoko (pop), 7:00PM
w/ hidden ritual
6/08 thu
6/09 fri
w/elisa faires
record release show!
BARLEY'S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM
w/ nathan bowles, emmalee hunnicut 6/10 sat honky tonk country night
hearts gone south
w/laurel lee and the escapes
6/11 sun
great good fine ok w/ morgxn
6/12 mon peter brotzmann & heather leigh duo w/ thom nguyen
free!
Tues., Thurs., and Sat. 11:30am Details for all shows can be found at
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BONFIRE BARBECUE Trivia Funtime w/ Kelsey, 8:00PM BROADWAY'S Broadway HumpDay Variety w/ DJ NexMillen, 9:00PM BYWATER Joe Troop, 8:00PM
Yoga at the Mothlight
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BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic w/ Billy Owens, 7:00PM
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CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats (50s & 60s rock), 7:30PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Open mic jam w/ Riyen Roots & friends, 7:00PM CROW & QUILL Western Wednesdays (local honky tonk), 9:00PM
DOUBLE CROWN Classic Country Vinyl w/ DJ David Wayne Gay, 10:00PM
ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Evil Note Lab, 10:00PM
FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Doug Mcealvy (folk, Americana), 7:00PM
ONE WORLD BREWING Cigar Brothers Duo, 9:00PM
FUNKATORIUM John Hartford Jam w/ the Saylor Brothers (bluegrass), 6:30PM GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Jordan Okrend w/ Ashley Heath (pop, rock, soul), 8:00PM
ORANGE PEEL Car Seat Headrest (indie rock), 9:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Moon Fish 2, 6:00PM SALVAGE STATION Magic City Hippies, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Ryan Hutchens, 7:00PM
HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM
THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Stories of Hope w/ Jeff Thompson (benefit for Hope Chest for Women), 7:00PM
ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An evening w/ Amy Speace, 7:00PM
THE MOTHLIGHT Nest Egg w/ Hidden Ritual (rock, psychedelic), 9:30PM
JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5:00PM JUICY LUCY'S BURGER BAR AND GRILL Acoustic Jam, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LONDON DISTRICT STUDIOS Gypsy Jazz at The London, 7:30PM NATIVE KITCHEN & SOCIAL PUB TRAP of AVL Donation Day, 11:00AM ODDITORIUM Stella Blue Presents: Goya w/ Destroyer of Light & Nate Hall (metal), 9:00PM
THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Open Mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Invitational Blue & Soul Performance (blues, soul), 9:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Open Mic Night, 8:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Wide Screen Wednesday's, 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Brevard Music Camp Jazz All-Stars, 7:30PM
THURSDAY, JUNE 8 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE An Evening w/ Jennifer Knapp, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:30PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA Alien Music Club (live jazz), 10:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Patrick Fitzsimons (roots music), 7:00PM BYWATER Well Lit Strangers (bluegrass), 8:00PM CROW & QUILL Carolina Catskins (rowdy ragtime jazz), 10:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Dirk Quinn Band (funk, jazz), 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Brother Bluebird (folk rock), 6:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Major and the Monbacks w/ Emma's Lounge & Ancient Cities (rock), 9:00PM
OPEN MIC
NIGHT EVERY MONDAY 6PM
HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY East Side Social Ride, 6:00PM
OLE SHAKEY'S Shakey's Karaoke, 10:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 6:30PM JJ Murphy Quartet w/ Burris (rock, jazz), 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Gary Mackey, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Tuxedo w/ Mayer Hawthorne, Jake One & Boulevards (electronic, alternative, dance), 9:00PM
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ODDITORIUM Journalism w/ Bishops, Fashion Bath & Thresher (rock), 9:00PM
THU
NATIVE KITCHEN & SOCIAL PUB One Leg Up Trio, 7:00PM
6/08
Album Release Show
FRI
LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM
JORDAN OKREND
6/09
Album Release Show
6/10
An Evening With
SAT
LAZY DIAMOND Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10:00PM
6/07
w/ Ashley Heath
TAQUERIA
MAJOR & THE MONBACKS OPEN AT 11AM DAILY w/ Emma’s Lounge, Ancient Cities AMANDA ANNE PLATT w/ Grits & THE HONEYCUTTERS and Soul AMANDA ANNE PLATT & THE HONEYCUTTERS
WED
JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Open Jam Session, 7:00PM
Historic Live Music Venue Located At
185 CLINGMAN AVE • ASHEVILLE
6/14 A-WA
THU
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COMING SOON 6/17: 1st Annual Mermaid Ball 6/18: Banda Magda
6/22: “Hometown Honky Tonk” with Jangling Sparrows and more! 6/23: Aaron Lee Tasjan w/ Jon Latham
FROGGY FRESH
6/24: Fortuneteller Entertainment presents Ralo & Kade
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The Secret B-Sides
PACK'S TAVERN Jordan Okrend (acoustic rock), 8:00PM
SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Chris Jamison Duo, 7:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance Club w/ DJ & drag show, 10:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY BBQ, Hops, and Tunes (benefit for Meals on Wheels), 5:00PM SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Vinyl Night, 6:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE The Lazybirds (jazz, blues, swing), 8:00PM
Saturday • June 10th Live Music in the Tasting Room with It’s Snakes , 7-9pm
EVERY WEEK Mondays: $3 year-round & seasonal beers + games
Thursdays: Oakley Farmer’s Market 3:30-6:30
PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Appalucians (family show, Americana), 4:00PM Captain Midnight Band (rock 'n' roll), 8:00PM
SALVAGE STATION Deadphish Orchestra, 9:00PM
Friday • June 9th
Live Music in the Meadow with Log Noggins, 7-9pm
Wednesdays: Live Music w/ Woody Wood 5:30-7:30 +HBC Run Club
OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Matt Walsh (rock), 6:00PM
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TOWN PUMP Hunter, Charlie & Casey, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (live music, dance), 9:00PM
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FRIDAY, JUNE 9 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Ryan R&B Barber (funky soul), 9:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Awake in the Dream, 9:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Joe McMurrian, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mark Farina w/ In Plain Sight, 9:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM BYWATER FriDaze, 6:00PM Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:00PM CONUNDRUM SPEAKEASY & INTRIQUE LOUNGE Feast Au Noire (dinner in the dark), 7:00PM CORK & KEG Moonshine Rhythm Club (swing, jazz), 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Burger Kings (rock n' roll), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Garage & Soul Obscurities w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER Classic World Cinema, 8:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Palm Sweat Quartet (funk, jam), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Buncombe Turnpike (bluegrass), 6:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Night one: Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters w/ Grits & Soul (country), 8:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Log Noggins (Southern rock, progressive), 7:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Isis lawn series: The Freeway Revival w/ Nathan Robinson (classic rock, blues, country), 6:30PM Jamie Laval (Celtic) , 7:00PM Suzy Bogguss, 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Little Lesley & the Bloodshots (rockabilly), 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Soul Control w/ DJs Al Lover & Harvey Leisure, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Gypsy Jazz Trio of Asheville, 6:30PM LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE BILTMORE PARK Riyen Roots (blues, roots), 8:00PM MAGGIE B'S WINE AND SPECIALTY STORE Maggie B's 10 Year Anniversary Block Party, 5:00PM
MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Iggy Music Band, 6:30PM NATIVE KITCHEN & SOCIAL PUB The Gypsyswingers, 7:30PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Andy Frasco & The U.N. (blues, soul, funk), 10:00PM ODDITORIUM Ghost Wolves w/ Kitty Tsunami & Survival Crimes (rock), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam, 5:00PM An Evening w/ Displace (jam, rock), 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Grass to Mouth, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL August Burns Red w/ He Is Legend & Lifecurse (metalcore), 8:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Quickchester Trio (indie rock), 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ Moto (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Brews For Britten (funderaiser), 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION RiverLink's RiverMusic w/ Black Joe Lewis, Travers Brothership & Coconut Cake, 5:00PM
Where The Blue Ridge Mountains Meet the Celtic Isles
MONDAYS Quizzo – Brainy Trivia • 7:30pm Open Mic Night • 9pm WEDNESDAYS Asheville’s Original Old Time Mountain Music Jam • 5pm THURSDAYS Mountain Feist • 7pm Bluegrass Jam • 9:30pm Bourbon Specials
SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Carver and Carmody, 8:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance Club w/ DJ & drag show, 10:00PM SCARLET'S COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Open Mic night w/ Sam Warner, 8:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY The Pea Pickin' Hearts, 8:00PM
FRI 6/9
THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Asheville VeganFest Preparty, 6:00PM Unite! Open Mic Night w/ Jack Sley (sign-up @ 7:30 pm), 8:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT House and Land w/ Nathan Bowles & Emmalee Hunnicut (psychedelic, Appalachian, folk), 9:00PM THE RIDGE AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL Mystic Braves w/ The Creation Factory (psychedelic, pop rock), 10:00PM THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL SOL Vibes, 9:00PM TOWN PUMP Knaughty Pine (bluegrass), 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Rhoda Weaver & The Soulmates (blues, soul), 7:00PM Lyric (funk), 10:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Bill and the Belles & The Carolina Cud Chewers, 8:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL WXYZ Electric w/ DJ Abu Disarray, 8:00PM
SATURDAY, JUNE 10 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Stevie Lee Combs Duo (acoustic juke), 6:00PM Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie rock), 9:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Flashback Sally (rock), 9:00PM
LITTLE LESLEY AND THE BLOODSHOTS STANDUP BASS & VOCALS
9 PM / $5
MAGGIE VALLEY BAND
7 PM / $5
FRI 6/16
PINE BOX BOYS
MODERN RENDITIONS OF CLASSIC MURDER BALLADS 9 PM / $5
B SAT SIRIUS GYPSY FOLK FUNK PUNK 6/17 9PM / $7 CAROLINA CEILI SAT TRADITIONAL 6/24 9PM / $5 CELTIC IRISH SUNDAYS Irish Food and Drink Specials Traditional Irish Music Session • 3-9pm OPEN MON-THURS AT 3 • FRI-SUN AT NOON CRAFT BEER, SPIRITS & QUALITY PUB FARE SINCE 1996
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C L UB L AN D ALTAMONT THEATRE An Evening w/ Brevard Jazz Professors, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Shadowman, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Saturday Summertime DJ Dance Party, 10:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Jason Moore & Trust Trio (jazz, funk), 7:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Benjo Saylor (banjo, singer-songwriter), 7:00PM
CORK & KEG Red Hot Sugar Babies (jazz, swing, blues), 8:30PM
THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Conscious Comedy Night, 7:00PM FeatherPeople, 7:00PM salsa dance lesson w/ 2umbao, 9:30PM Latin Rhythms & Salsa w/ DJ Malinalli, 10:30PM
CROW & QUILL Tom Waits for No Man (Tom Waits cover band), 10:00PM
THE MOTHLIGHT Hearts Gone South w/ Laurel Lee & the Escapees (honky-tonk, country), 9:00PM
DOUBLE CROWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge (50's/60's R&B, rock 'n' roll), 10:00PM
THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL 30 & Up Casual and Sexy w/ DJ Twan, 10:00PM
BYWATER Earthtone Collective, 9:00PM
FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB King Garbage (blues, soul), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Will Overman & Matthew McAllister (rock, blues), 6:00PM FROG LEVEL BREWERY Bend & Brew, 11:00AM GOOD STUFF Breadfoot (country), 8:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Gracie Lane (folk, country), 5:00PM Night two: Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters (country), 8:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY It's Snakes (garage rock, indie), 7:00PM HOT SPRINGS CAMPGROUND & SPA The Bluff Mountain Festival, 10:00AM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Elisabeth Beckwitt & Carly Taich, 7:00PM Ben Phan & the Soul Symphony CD release, 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM The Girly Girl Revue Presents: Burlesque Battle Vol. 4, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Shakey's Masters: Rounds on the River, 2:00PM Saturday Night Fever, 10:00PM
WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Asheville Jazz Orchestra, 8:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL WXYZ Live w/ The Lefties, 8:00PM
SUNDAY, JUNE 11 185 KING STREET Sunday Sessions open jam, 4:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Purple (funk, jazz), 7:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Zombie Cabaret Fundraiser for Poetry Cabaret Collective, 4:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Musician's Jam & Potluck, 3:30PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Sunday Jazz Brunch, 11:00AM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Billy Litz (soul, roots), 7:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Sweet Soul Sundays w/DJ Chrissy & Miss Glo, 5:00PM Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM
ORANGE PEEL Asheville High School Class of 1997 20th year reunion w/ DJ Lil Vegas, 7:30PM
HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Dennis "Chalwa" Berndt, 1:00PM
OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Stephen Evans and the True Grits (acoustic), 6:00PM
ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Michael Jefry Stevens Trio w/ Wendy Jones, 5:30PM
PACK'S TAVERN A Social Function (rock n' roll, classic hits), 9:30PM
JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Traditional Celtic Jam, 3:00PM
SALVAGE STATION Sweat and Soul (free community bootcamp), 10:30AM After Xpand Jam, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga w/ Puppies with Blue Ridge Humane Society, 10:00AM CleveCo, 8:00PM
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FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open-Mic (music, poetry, comedy), 5:00PM
PURPLE ONION CAFE Dogwhistle, 8:00PM
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TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The King Zeros (blues, delta blues), 7:30PM Free Flow (funk, soul), 10:00PM
ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL The Grateful Brothers, 10:00PM
PISGAH BREWING COMPANY VEG-OUT (Bounty & Soul benefit), 1:00PM VegOut! Fundraiser, 1:00PM
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TOWN PUMP Phantom Playboys (surfabilly), 9:00PM
LAZY DIAMOND Pabst Sabbath w/ Snake Prophecy (punk rock), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Phil Alley, 6:30PM LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE BILTMORE PARK Gypsy Jazz Brunch w/ Leo Johnson, 12:00PM ODDITORIUM Yashira (punk, metal), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bluegrass brunch w/ Sufi Brothers, Bald Mountain Boys, Bobby Miller & friends and Chicken Coop Willaye, 11:00AM
SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance Club w/ DJ & drag show, 10:00PM
OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mitch Hayes (singer-songwriter, folk, rock), 3:00PM
SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. After-Nooner Series, 2:00PM
PACK'S TAVERN The Sunday Social Club (unplugged), 4:30PM
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Wintervals Album Release Party, 8:00PM
PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sunday Paper Crowns Jam, 6:00PM
LIVE MUSIC FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHT NO COVER CHARGE SALVAGE STATION Sunday Funday, 12:00PM Artimus Pyle & Friends, 7:00PM
MONDAY 65¢ WINGS
SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Wyatt Espalin Duo, 2:00PM Ben Phan (indie, folk, singer-songwriter), 6:00PM
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SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance Club w/ DJ & drag show, 10:00PM
KARAOKE W/ DJ DO IT
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Darren Nicholson Band, 5:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Asheville Community Rights public meeting, 4:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Great Good Fine Ok w/ Morgxn (electropop, indie), 9:00PM
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THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (rock, jazz, pop), 7:00PM TOWN PUMP Redleg Husky (folk, Americana), 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN "Love Makes a Home - The Rebecca Boone Story" (play), 3:00PM WICKED WEED BREWING Summer Concert Series w/ Pleasure Chest, 4:00PM
MONDAY, JUNE 12 185 KING STREET Open Mic Night w/ Chris Whitmire, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Jazz Club (R&B, soul, jazz), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Classical Guitar Mondays, 7:00PM BYWATER Open mic (sign-up @ 6:15 p.m.), 7:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Musicians in the Round Jam, 5:30PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Trivia night, 7:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Country karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM GOOD STUFF Songwriter's "open mic", 7:30PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Open mic night (music & comedy), 6:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Game Night, 4:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Trivia Night, 7:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller and friends, 6:30PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Compassion, Commitment, Community (candlelight vigil for Orlando), 7:30PM ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque w/ Deb Au Nare (burlesque), 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Honky Tonk Karaoke, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Open Mic Night, 7:30PM ORANGE PEEL Summer movie series: Princess Bride, 8:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6:00PM
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C L UB L AN D THE IMPERIAL LIFE Ghost Pipe Trio (jazz), 9:00PM
GOOD STUFF Old time-y night, 6:30PM
FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Ashley Heath Duet (blues, Americana), 9:00PM
THE MOTHLIGHT Peter Brötzmann & Heather Leigh Duo w/ Thom Nguyen (avant-garde, jazz), 9:00PM
GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Bill Melanson & James Fisher, 6:00PM
FUNKATORIUM John Hartford Jam w/ the Saylor Brothers (bluegrass), 6:30PM
THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (rock, jazz, pop), 7:00PM TOWN PUMP Sourland (indie rock), 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Old Time Music Open Jam, 6:30PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 13 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Shag Night w/ Mountain Shag Club, 6:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Gypsy Jazz Jam Tuesdays, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday night funk jam, 11:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Mark Bumgarner (Americana, bluegrass), 7:00PM CROW & QUILL Boogie Woogie Burger Night (burgers & rock n' roll), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Honky-tonk, Western & Cajun night w/ DJ Brody Douglas Hunt, 10:00PM
HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 6:00PM JUICY LUCY'S BURGER BAR AND GRILL Trivia w/ DJ Cliff, 8:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Open Mic Comedy Night w/ Tom Peters, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Booty Tuesday, 11:00PM
ORANGE PEEL Banks (alternative, R&B, indie), 8:00PM
JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5:00PM
SALVAGE STATION Fire Jam (DJs, producers, livetronica), 9:00PM
JUICY LUCY'S BURGER BAR AND GRILL Acoustic Jam, 7:00PM
SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing Asheville & Jazz-n-Justice Benefit Tuesday w/ The House Hoppers (lessons @ 7 and 8 p.m.), 9:00PM Swing Asheville's Late-night Vintage Blues Dance, 11:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Black Marble w/ Body of Light (alternative, indie), 9:30PM
UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Open Mic w/ Chris O'Neill , 6:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30PM
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ONE WORLD BREWING TRIVIA! w/ Ol' Gilly, 7:00PM
TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Jazz & Funk Jam (funk, jazz), 9:00PM
North Carolina’s First Cider Bar Family Owned & Operated Seasonal, craft-made hard ciders and tasting-room delights from local farmers & artisans.
GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN A-Wa (world music, hip hop, electronica), 8:00PM
ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Flagship Romance & Chasing Lovely, 7:30PM Sidewalk Chalk & Natural Born Leaders, 8:30PM
ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesdays, 10:00PM
THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM An evening w/ Neil DeGrasse Tyson, 7:30PM
Featuring
GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Karaoke, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Hank Bones, 7:30PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic w/ Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM BROADWAY'S Broadway HumpDay Variety w/ DJ NexMillen, 9:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock 'n' roll), 7:30PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Open mic jam w/ Riyen Roots & friends, 7:00PM CROW & QUILL Western Wednesdays (local honky tonk), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Classic Country Vinyl w/ DJ David Wayne Gay, 10:00PM
LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LONDON DISTRICT STUDIOS Gypsy Jazz at The London, 7:30PM NC STAGE COMPANY Seeger (multimedia solo show), 7:30PM ODDITORIUM Synergy Story Slam, 7:30PM Lara Americo w/ Gullible Boys (punk), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Evil Note Lab, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Billy Litz, 9:00PM PULP Chaos Among Cattle w/ Built On The Ruins & Pleasure To Burn, 9:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sons of Pitches, 6:00PM SALVAGE STATION RnB Wednesday Jam Night w/ Ryan RnB Barber & friends, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Karaoke, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Community Collab w/ Bryan Divisions, Spaceman Jones, Siyah, Wizo, OB1K, Slimhero, Timofree & Jake Cavinder (hip hop, beatbox, cyphers), 9:30PM THE MOTHLIGHT Heartbeats: Arts For Life art & music show, 6:30PM THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM John Mulaney [SOLD OUT], 7:00PM TOWN PUMP Open Mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Invitational Blue & Soul Performance (blues, soul), 9:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Open Mic Night, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Asheville Art Trio (jazz), 7:30PM
MOVIES
REVIEWS & LISTINGS BY SCOTT DOUGLAS & JUSTIN SOUTHER
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It’s Joel Edgerton vs. The World in Trey Edward Shults’ bleak plague survival thriller It Comes at Night.
It Comes at Night HHHH DIRECTOR: Trey Edward Shults PLAYERS: Joel Edgerton, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Christopher Abbott, Riley Keough THRILLER RATED R THE STORY: A father struggles to protect his family in the wake of a mysterious plague that seems to have decimated humanity. THE LOWDOWN: A thinking man’s survivalist thriller that, despite its B-movie genre trappings, is more Cormac McCarthy than Roger Corman. To call writer/director Trey Edward Shults’ plague thriller It Comes at Night a bleak film would be a massive understatement. It’s a film defined by claustrophobia and hopelessness, immeasurably dark in both visual and thematic terms. It takes the tropes of the modern zombie apoca-
lypse genre and marries them with the festering sense of isolation and paranoia of The Shining, delivering highly intelligent chills in a stripped-down, minimalistic package. It’s a profoundly moving piece of work, even if I can’t honestly say it’s very much fun. Joel Edgerton stars as Paul, the patriarch of a small family — one that gets noticeably smaller in the opening minutes of the film — struggling to survive in the aftermath of an unspecified disease outbreak. Having walled off his wife and son (Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr.) deep in the mountains, Paul takes every conceivable precaution to protect his clan from infection and interlopers. Given the genre, this status quo is certain to be disrupted, in this case at the hands of an intruder with a family of his own to protect. This is where It Comes at Night diverges from the supernatural horror that I’d expected and becomes something far more intimate and grounded. Those looking for jump scares
and gore will come away disappointed, but anyone in the market for a taut, gripping melodrama on a painfully human scale will be handsomely rewarded. Structurally, It Comes at Night is a bit offkilter. The first two acts are methodically paced, and the ending, though brutal and effective, feels abrupt and lacking in any true catharsis. Then there’s the question of audience identification — Edgerton’s Paul is clearly the protagonist, but son Travis (Harrison) is presented as a point-of-view character, splitting the viewer’s allegiance in a way that can be distracting at times. This feint ultimately serves a narrative purpose, but it also dulls the emotional impact of the third act’s downward spiral. Despite the drawbacks of Shults’ approach to his story, it works more often than it doesn’t — due in large part to the director’s stylistic acumen. While this is only his second feature, Shults already exhibits a masterful understanding of the capacity for visual aesthetics to reinforce and amplify tonal undercurrents within his narrative. The film is presented almost entirely in the labyrinthine interior of an isolated cabin or in the neighboring woods, often illuminated exclusively by flashlight or lantern. The inky black margins of the screen suggest an ever-present and perpetually invisible threat, creating a lack of visual context that becomes menacing in and of itself. The only thing less evident than whatever’s waiting beyond the edge of the flashlight’s beam is the faintest glimmer of optimism for the film’s characters or the world they inhabit. It Comes at Night can be a trying experience at times, and its unrelentingly nihilistic sensibilities may be a major deterrent for some moviegoers. Yet Shults and Edgerton play to each other’s strengths, and the film’s remarkably effective management of tension warrants a look if only to see what can be accomplished with a minuscule budget when sufficient attention is paid to atmosphere, story and character. Maybe not the best date movie in the world, and taking your dad to see it on Father’s Day might be a particularly poor decision, but It Comes at Night will deservedly prove to be one of the most divisive and oft-discussed movies of the year. Rated R for violence, disturbing images, and language. Opens Friday at Grail Moviehouse, Regal Biltmore Grande, Epic of Hendersonville. REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM
M A X R AT I N G Xpress is shifting some of its movie coverage to online-only as we expand other print sections of the newspaper. Virtually all upcoming movies will still be reviewed online by Xpress film critics Scott Douglas and Justin Souther, with two or three of the most noteworthy appearing in print. You can find online reviews at mountainx.com/movies/reviews. This week, they include: WONDER WOMAN
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the visual acumen to craft a film as engaging as its charismatic lead. The issue here is not that Wonder Woman is a bad film; it’s that it persistently feels like a lesser film than it should have been. It’s a sad commentary on contemporary culture that, given the glut of comic book adaptations currently plaguing cineplexes, a female-driven superhero movie hasn’t emerged until 2017 — sadder still that the only aspect distinguishing Wonder Woman from every other film in the genre is the gender of its protagonist. DC Comics’ films have never quite been a match for Marvel’s, but they’re certainly giving it the old college try here. There’s a pervasive sense of familiarity running throughout Wonder Woman, and not in a good way. Do you miss the pseudo-mythology of Thor, or the Nazi-punching period setting of Captain America: The First Avenger? You’ll get both in spades (and in the bland blue/gray palette of previous DCU offerings). The story, such as it is, plays Wonder Woman’s origin relatively straight, although it does shift the period from World War II to World War I for some reason. The setup has Diana of Themyscira, princess of the mythical Amazons, hunting down Ares, god of war, in order to fulfill the divine man-
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date of her people. Does any of this matter much? Not really. The point here is to establish Diana as an ass-kicking fish out of water, and to that extent, it largely succeeds — but you’ll have to slog through two hours of exposition before you really get to see her in action. Jenkins, whose prior work includes the 2003 Charlize Theron-starring Aileen Wuornos biopic Monster, would appear to be an odd choice to helm a blockbuster CGI spectacle, and this suspicion is borne out in execution. Her talents are clearly more attuned to the movie’s character-driven moments, with the action set pieces that define most films of this ilk coming across as derivative and visually unappealing. The effects budget is clearly there, and the balletic fight choreography is at least moderately original, but Jenkins’ staging looks as if it might as well have been accomplished by transposing Gadot into frames from any number of earlier comic book movies. How many times do we need to see Wonder Woman stick a three-point landing before we get the idea that she’s the hero? Jenkins seems to think it’s at least a dozen. Gadot is a blast to watch, and Jenkins has the good sense to let her carry the picture on her nigh-impossibly statuesque shoulders. Chris Pine is at his least obtrusive, and there are moments of sheer delight in watching the goodlooking guy who would ordinarily be the romantic lead in a more androcentric film relegated to love interest/sidekick territory. But Robin Wright and Connie Nielsen are utterly wasted, and the less said about Danny Huston as the film’s primary villain, the better. One is left with the distinct impression that the cast was almost criminally underserved by the script, leaving us with a film that’s merely good when it could have been great. Ultimately, Wonder Woman is far and away DC’s finest accomplishment to date — but that bar was exceedingly low, so take that superlative with a big grain of salt. That said, it’s undeniably refreshing to see a summer action tentpole that’s making substantial strides toward gender inclusivity, even if true parity still seems like a definite long shot. Hopefully, the film’s financial success will act as a clarion call to the other studios that have been so thoroughly neglecting female moviegoers. While Wonder Woman would have been an absolute game-changer had it premiered in 2007 rather than 2017, it’s still a step in the right direction. Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action, and some suggestive content. Now Playing at AMC River Hills Classic, Carolina Cinemark, Grail Moviehouse, Regal Biltmore Grande, Epic of Hendersonville. REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM
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DRESSED TO IMPRESS: Three gay Palestinian friends confront their national and sexual identities in modern-day Tel Aviv in this still from Oriented. The 2015 documentary is the latest selection in the monthly Israeli Film Series. Photo courtesy of Pictured • The Asheville Parks & Recreation Department’s 2017 season of Movies in the Park continues Friday, June 9, with Sing (108 minutes, rated PG). The 2016 animated musical comedy follows koala Buster Moon (voiced by Matthew McConaughey) as he stages a singing contest in order to save his theater. Children’s craft activities begin at 6:30 p.m., and the film starts at dusk on a giant screen on the Pack Square Park stage. The series continues monthly through September. Attendees are encouraged to bring a chair or a blanket. Free. avl. mx/3s9 • Grail Moviehouse’s and the Asheville Jewish Community Center’s monthly Israeli Film Series — designed to allow viewers to use film as their window into the minds and culture of Israel — continues Sunday, June 11, at 3 p.m. with Oriented. The 2015 documentary follows a trio of gay Palestinian friends as they confront their national and sexual identities in Tel Aviv. Tickets are $7 and available online or at the Grail box office. grailmoviehouse.com • The Princess Bride is the next selection in The Orange Peel’s Summer Movie
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The Mummy The first installment of Universal’s “Dark Universe” monster movie revival series, directed by Alex Kurtzman and starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella and Russel Crowe. According to the studio: “Thought safely entombed in a tomb deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.” No early reviews.(PG-13)
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A Woman is a Woman (Une Femme est une Femme) HHHS DIRECTOR: Jean-Luc Godard PLAYERS: Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Claude Brialy, Suzanne, Jeanne Moreau, Ernest Menzer MUSICAL COMEDY Rated NR Godard’s second feature is definitely second-tier, failing to live up to its predecessor, 1960’s Breathless, but not entirely devoid of appeal. Although billed as the director’s love letter to Hollywood musicals, the film is not a musical at all, and its connections to the genre are tenuous at best. Most of the stylistic quirks and technical innovations that would come to define Godard’s oeuvre are already in place, but so too is his supercilious sense of self-satisfaction. A Woman is a Woman may not be Godard at his most forgettable, but it’s in the running. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present A Woman is a Woman on Friday, June 9, at 8 p.m. at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 2160 U.S. 70, Swannanoa.
Quiz Show HHHS DIRECTOR: Robert Redford PLAYERS: Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Paul Scofield, Mira Sorvino, Hank Azaria DRAMA Rated PG-13 In the age of Russian election tampering and WikiLeaks, the quiz show corruption at the heart of Robert Redford’s 1994 Best Picture nominee seems almost quaint. At the time, Quiz Show was a scathing indictment of the dark underbelly of the entertainment industry, a valid proxy for 1950s American capitalism writ large. While excellent performances from John Turturro and Ralph Fiennes have weathered well and Redford’s direction was solid, what seemed like a revolutionarily cynical film over two decades ago has lost some of its impact when viewed from a modern context. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Quiz Show on Sunday, June 11, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.
The Street Fighter HHHH DIRECTOR: Kôji Takada PLAYERS: Sonny Chiba, Gerald Yamada, Doris Nakajima, Tony Cetera MARTIAL ARTS ACTION Rated NR There’s a good reason that Quentin Tarantino has continually referenced this 1975 karate classic throughout his career — in spite of (or perhaps, because of) its trash-cinema tropes and exploitationally gratuitous gore, The Street Fighter is a pretty damned entertaining film. Few screen presences have ever rivaled the demented dynamism of Shin’ichi “Sonny” Chiba, and The Street Fighter is possibly the crowning achievement of his lengthy career. I can say with no equivocation that this film thoroughly earned the “X” rating it received on its initial release in the States, and its eye-popping (you’ll get that joke when you see the film) level of violence still packs a punch. It may be more high-kicks than high art, but The Street Fighter is nothing if not the right kind of wrong. The Asheville Film Society will screen The Street Fighter on Tuesday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.
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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you chose me as your relationship guide, I’d counsel you and your closest ally to be generous with each other; to look for the best in each other and praise each other’s beauty and strength. If you asked me to help foster your collaborative zeal, I’d encourage you to build a shrine in honor of your bond — an altar that would invoke the blessings of deities, nature spirits, and the ancestors. If you hired me to advise you on how to keep the fires burning and the juices flowing between you two, I’d urge you to never compare your relationship to any other, but rather celebrate the fact that it’s unlike any other in the history of the planet. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Milky Way Galaxy contains more than 100 billion stars. If they were shared equally, every person on Earth could have dominion over at least 14. I mention this because you’re in a phase when it makes sense for you to claim your 14. Yes, I’m being playful, but I’m also quite serious. According to my analysis of the upcoming weeks, you will benefit from envisaging big, imaginative dreams about the riches that could be available to you in the future. How much money do you want? How much love can you express? How thoroughly at home in the world could you feel? How many warm rains would you like to dance beneath? How much creativity do you need to keep reinventing your life? Be extravagant as you fantasize. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “When I grow up, I’m not sure what I want to be.” Have you ever heard that thought bouncing around your mind, Gemini? Or how about this one: “Since I can’t decide what I want to be, I’ll just be everything.” If you have been tempted to swear allegiance to either of those perspectives, I suggest it’s time to update your relationship with them. A certain amount of ambivalence about commitment and receptivity to myriad possibilities will always be appropriate for you. But if you hope to fully claim your birthright, if you long to ripen into your authentic self, you’ll have to become ever-more definitive and specific about what you want to be and do. CANCER (June 21-July 22): As a Cancerian myself, I’ve had days when I’ve stayed in bed from morning to nightfall, confessing my fears to my imaginary friends and eating an entire cheesecake. As an astrologer, I’ve noticed that these blue patches seem more likely to occur during the weeks before my birthday each year. If you go through a similar blip any time soon, here’s what I recommend: Don’t feel guilty about it. Don’t resist it. Instead, embrace it fully. If you feel lazy and depressed, get REALLY lazy and depressed. Literally hide under the covers with your headphones on and feel sorry for yourself for as many hours as it takes to exhaust the gloom and emerge renewed. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the early days of the Internet, “sticky” was a term applied to websites that were good at drawing readers back again and again. To possess this quality, a content provider had to have a knack for offering text and images that web surfers felt an instinctive yearning to bond with. I’m reanimating this term so I can use it to describe you. Even if you don’t have a website, you now have a soulful adhesiveness that arouses people’s urge to merge. Be discerning how you use this stuff. You may be stickier than you realize! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Ancient Mayans used chili and magnolia and vanilla to prepare exotic chocolate drinks from cacao beans. The beverage was sacred and prestigious to them. It was a centerpiece of cultural identity and an accessory in religious rituals. In some locales, people were rewarded for producing delectable chocolate with just the right kind and amount of froth. I suspect, Virgo, that you will soon be asked to do the equivalent of demonstrating your personal power by whipping up the best possible chocolate froth. And according to my reading of the astrological omens, the chances are good you’ll succeed.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do you have your visa for the wild side? Have you packed your bag of tricks? I hope you’ll bring gifts to dispense, just in case you’ll need to procure favors in the outlying areas where the rules are a bit loose. It might also be a good idea to take along a skeleton key and a snake-bite kit. You won’t necessarily need them. But I suspect you’ll be offered magic cookies and secret shortcuts, and it would be a shame to have to turn them down simply because you’re unprepared for the unexpected. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re like a prince or princess who has been turned into a frog by the spell of a fairy tale villain. This situation has gone on for a while. In the early going, you retained a vivid awareness that you had been transformed. But the memory of your origins has faded, and you’re no longer working so diligently to find a way to change back into your royal form. Frankly, I’m concerned. This horoscope is meant to remind you of your mission. Don’t give up! Don’t lose hope! And take extra good care of your frog-self, please. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): People might have ideas about you that are at odds with how you understand yourself. For example, someone might imagine that you have been talking trash about them — even though you haven’t been. Someone else may describe a memory they have about you, and you know it’s a distorted version of what actually happened. Don’t be surprised if you hear even more outlandish tales, too, like how you’re stalking Taylor Swift or conspiring with the One World Government to force all citizens to eat kale every day. I’m here to advise you to firmly reject all of these skewed projections. For the immediate future, it’s crucial to stand up for your right to define yourself — to be the final authority on what’s true about you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “God doesn’t play dice with the universe,” said Albert Einstein. In response, another Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Niels Bohr, said to Einstein, “Stop giving instructions to God.” I urge you to be more like Bohr than Einstein in the coming weeks, Capricorn. As much as possible, avoid giving instructions to anyone, including God, and resist the temptation to offer advice. In fact, I recommend that you abstain from passing judgment, demanding perfection, and trying to compel the world to adapt itself to your definitions. Instead, love and accept everything and everyone exactly as they are right now. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lysistrata is a satire by ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It takes place during the war between Athens and Sparta. The heroine convinces a contingent of women to withhold sexual privileges from the soldiers until they stop fighting. “I will wear my most seductive dresses to inflame my husband’s ardor,” says one. “But I will never yield to his desires. I won’t raise my legs towards the ceiling. I will not take up the position of the Lioness on a Cheese Grater.” Regardless of your gender, Aquarius, your next assignment is twofold: 1. Don’t be like the women in the play. Give your favors with discerning generosity. 2. Experiment with colorful approaches to pleasure like the Lioness with a Cheese Grater, the Butterfly Riding the Lizard, the Fox Romancing the River, and any others you can dream up. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take your seasick pills. The waves will sometimes be higher than your boat. Although I don’t think you’ll capsize, the ride may be wobbly. And unless you have waterproof clothes, it’s probably best to just get naked. You WILL get drenched. By the way, don’t even fantasize about heading back to shore prematurely. You have good reasons to be sailing through the rough waters. There’s a special “fish” out there that you need to catch. If you snag it, it will feed you for months — maybe longer.
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ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR • ECONOMICS Expected Work Schedule: Variable. Anticipated Days: Varies within Monday - Friday. Anticipated Hours: Varies: 8am-8pm. Anticipated Hours per Week: 3 to 6. Application Review: 06/15/2017. Start Date: 08/01/2017. Salary Range: $30.75 per contact hour. • To complete the online application: abtcc.peopleadmin.com/ postings/4233
CAREER COUNSELOR A-B Tech is currently taking applications for a Career Counselor. For more details and to apply: abtcc.peopleadmin.com/ postings/4251 CENTER MANAGERS/ DIRECTORS Full-time. $35,000-$48,000. Verner, an innovative leader in the field of early care and education and recent recipient of an Early Head Start expansion grant, is seeking a Center Manager/Director to lead the flagship center in East Asheville (Verner East) and a Center Manager/Director to lead the satellite Center in Candler (Verner West). Verner East Nestled in a natural setting of fields and forest just outside of Asheville, NC, this state of the art facility serves 100 children and their families. The successful candidate must provide verifiable evidence of strong skills in effective leadership and management, impeccable integrity and professionalism, a passion for early care and education, a commitment to researched-based practices, dedication to continuous self-growth, and successful engagement of staff, families, volunteers, and community partners. The candidate must also possess the ability to imbed the vision, mission, values, and standards of the organization into daily practice of the team s/he serves and the acumen and desire to further build the center’s status as a model training site. Depending upon experience and qualifications, the incumbent in this role may supervise key management positions. • Experience with the following is valuable: reflective practice; teaching children birth – five years; diverse cultural and socioeconomic groups; NAEYC accreditation; Early Head Start; mentoring; working in a model training center; Emergent Curriculum; Paley Approach; Teaching Pyramid. • Requirements: Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree and five years of experience in a management position, preferably in an early care and education center or program. Excellent organizational, time-management and written/verbal communication skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office programs including Outlook, Excel, and Word are required. Candidates with North Carolina Child Care Administration III credential or its equivalent will be given preference. Verner West Located in a natural setting in Candler, NC, this facility serves 36 children and
their families. The successful candidate must provide verifiable evidence of strong skills in effective leadership and management, impeccable integrity and professionalism, a passion for early care and education, a commitment to researchedbased practices, dedication to continuous self-growth, and successful engagement of staff, families, volunteers, and community partners. • The candidate must also possess the ability to imbed the vision, mission, values, and standards of the organization into daily practice of the team s/he serves and the acumen and desire to further build the center’s status as a model training site. Experience working with diverse cultural and socioeconomic families is a must. Prior experience with Head Start/Early Head Start is preferred. • Experience with the following is valuable: reflective practice; Emergent Curriculum; Teaching Pyramid; Teaching Strategies Gold, working in a model training center; teaching children birth – five years. • Requirements: Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree and five years of experience in birth-kindergarten, serving at least three of those years in a management position. • Excellent organizational, time-management and written/verbal communication skills are required. Candidates with North Carolina Child Care Administration III credential or its equivalent will be given preference. • Compensation for both positions is commensurate with experience, education, and skill set. • Verner is an EEOE. • To apply, go to www.vernerearlylearning. org/jobs-employment
COUNSELOR A-B Tech is currently taking applications for a Counselor. For more details and to apply: abtcc.peopleadmin.com/ postings/4250
ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, & SCIENCE TEACHERS WANTED The Academy at Trails Carolina, a year-round experiential and adventure based therapeutic boarding school for boys grades 9-12 based in Henderson County North Carolina, is seeking Licensed Teachers to join its faculty. Interested applicants should email copies of their resume, teaching license, and professional references to: nduncan@trailsacademy. com www.trailsacademy. com
JOB CLUB INSTRUCTOR/ ADVISOR A-B Tech is currently taking applications for a Job Club Instructor/Advisor. For more details and to apply: http://abtcc.peopleadmin. com/postings/4241
TEACHERS • SHARED TEACHERS • SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS Full-time and part-time. Verner Center for Early Learning is a state of the art learning environment providing the highest quality early care and education and so much more! Free nutritious lunches prepared on site, plenty of outside play on our natural learning environments, and continuing educational opportunities provided through staff development trainings and to qualifying teachers based on availability of funds are some of the many qualities that our teachers enjoy! • Verner currently seeks teaching professionals for children ages 0-5 who are nurturing, skilled in supporting the development of young children, and can be an asset to our model, progressive program. • Applicants must be at least 18 years of age with a high school diploma or equivalency. College coursework related to early childhood education, including EDU 119, and previous professional experience working with children birth to 5 years old are required for Teachers. • Shared Teachers and Substitutes are preferred to have some college coursework in Early Childhood Education and previous experience working with children ages birth to 5. Candidates must display a nurturing and patient demeanor in all interactions with the children. • Verner is an EEOE. • To apply, go to www.vernerearlylearning. org/jobs-employment
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MOUNTAIN XPRESS IS SEEKING A CONTRACT DELIVERY DRIVER for weekly delivery of Xpress to Transylvania County. Distribution may happen beginning mid-afternoon on Tuesdays and/or Wednesday mornings every week. After picking up the papers in West Asheville this route usually takes about 6 hours to deliver. Reliability is a must as is a clean driving record, a large capacity vehicle (SUV or van may be needed for large issues) and the ability to smile and say hello while delivering. We prefer this driver live in Transylvania County because there is a location that needs to be stocked later in the week. E-mail jtallman@mountainx.com with a number where you can be reached. No calls please.
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IT/Database/Web assistant Mountain Xpress seeks a part-time person to assist with administration, development and day-to-day support of the company’s
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2007 WILDCAT 5TH WHEEL CAMPER 30LSBS. 3 slides. On seasonal site, Lake Hartwell RV park. Boat and dock access. Too many extras to list! Reduced: $13,000 or best offer. 802892-6658. hydel27@gmail. com
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