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Airport is committed to responsibly managing growth [In response to the letter, “Urge Change in Airport Parking Choices,” June 13, Xpress:] The airport is growing quickly and in big leaps. We have experienced four consecutive years of record growth, and recently, we were designated as the second-fastest growing small hub airport in America. So first and foremost, I would like to thank our region’s travelers for choosing to “fly local.” With growth comes some “growing pains.” One such area has been in the parking options available at the airport. The airport has been constrained in our parking lots for several years, and in response, the Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority Board accelerated a plan to construct a five-level parking garage. The new garage added approximately 400 parking spaces for public use and allowed us to close a portion of our overflow lot at the southernmost end of our parking area — an area that was the cause of the majority of our passenger experience complaints for several years. Specifically, for several years, we heard consistent complaints from travelers about the overflow lot, due to its location “down the hill” with no shuttle service. Travelers were dissatisfied
with the uphill, uncovered walk to the terminal. They also did not like arriving at night and walking that distance to their vehicles. We only utilized that overflow lot for a few years as we planned for a renewed parking program that would achieve several objectives: • Increase the available parking spaces at the airport to accommodate growth now and into the future. • Preserve choice for passengers. • Ensure that parking options are easy, convenient and that we have a covered, lighted option to better meet the needs of travelers. Our new parking program now has three tiers of options rather than two. We have preserved nearly all of the long-term parking spaces (approximately 700) and grown our overall capacity by 400 spaces (a total of 1,900 public spaces are being offered). And, we have eliminated the source of most of our parking complaints by decommissioning the overflow lot. It is important to note that the overflow lot was never operated and maintained as a regularly opened parking lot. It has only been in frequent use in recent years, as we have worked to build additional parking options. This area has been slated for development, which is part of the airport’s future plan. What many don’t realize is that airports are required by the Federal Aviation Administration to operate self-sufficiently. In other words, we
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must operate as a business. The airport does not receive any tax funding. Construction or operation of parking facilities are not eligible for FAA grant funding, so airports are responsible for funding construction of parking facilities. So, our business plan to operate three differently priced parking options is what was needed to move forward with the large capital expense of constructing the garage. Also, by designating the former overflow lot as an area for development, we have the potential to implement a diversified revenue-generator for the airport to support operations. Again, this is part of the airport’s master plan to respond to growth, market conditions and the requirement to operate self-sufficiently. We are listening to feedback — both positive and negative — about the new parking program. In response, some changes are coming that we hope will help enhance the positive passenger experience at AVL. We will be installing an automated car counting system that will communicate the number of available parking spaces available in our lots at any given time. In addition, we also are improving our signage based upon customer feedback to help passengers better understand their options. The airport board and management team are committed to managing the exciting growth as responsibly and efficiently as possible. We appreciate feedback, and again, I thank our community for using their local airport. — Lew S. Bleiweis Executive Director Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority Asheville
Developers, breweries and hoteliers come first It’s not rocket science, folks. A perfect storm of developers in a frenzy to cash in on a city run amok with breweries, one restaurant after another, sometimes several on the same block. A complacent or compliant, take your pick, City Council and a development lawyer as mayor, a City Council that basically goes along to get along, pays little or no attention to the complaints from concerned citizens in those neighborhoods affected by the impact of the changes
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they approve. Why? Because the first seat at the table belongs to developers, breweries and hoteliers. So apartment complex after apartment complex will be plugged into any and every space that’s not already occupied. To people affected by the decisions of the mysterious “staff,” the Board of Adjustment and all the various departments, including Buncombe County: Sorry, this is progress, and if you’re waiting for this present political cabal of bad actors to act any differently than the ones in Washington, if you think that at some point they are going to behave like genuine stewards of this natural resource, never going to happen. If these projects ran through The Ramble or Biltmore, these issues would not be up for discussion. So in the name of progress, neighborhoods are being displaced, communities’ concerns are being ignored, and the people charged to serve the greater good have given over to the avarice of so-called “progress.” I believe there is a “law of diminishing returns,” and people will see through the vulgarization of Asheville at some point and vote out the people who allowed it to happen. — Jesse Junior Fletcher Editor’s note: Xpress contacted the mayor and members of Asheville City Council for a response to a summary of the letter writer’s points. Council member Vijay Kapoor offered the following statement, noting that he was speaking for himself, not the entire Council: “Though Asheville City Council is constrained by laws passed by the North Carolina General Assembly as to the development restrictions we can implement, Council has taken steps to ensure that neighborhoods have input into development, including requiring developers to meet with affected neighbors before any project is approved. This has allowed for community input and has also resolved many potential issues. In my view, the city and Buncombe County need to do a better job coordinating development in areas that border the city, since the county has less restrictive development rules than the city and does not require developers to meet with affected neighbors. I will be working hard this year to try to make that happen.”
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Speak out to deter sexual harassment I appreciated your article “The Tipping Point: Sexual Harassment Is Rampant in Local Restaurants,” in [Xpress’] June 6 edition. Thank you for shining a light on the additional challenge of sexual harassment that (primarily) women have to deal with in the already challenging hospitality business. Despite that, there was one idea that I did not find helpful in a quote from one of the women you interviewed. Talking about potentially reporting a man who was making unwanted advances, she stated, “I’m not going to ruin that person‘s life: I don’t want them to not … have a job.” This quote shows the negative power of victim-blaming: It causes the person who has been wronged to feel some responsibility for the other person’s actions. I don’t want to add to the blame or shame that this woman feels; however, it is worth speaking out in an attempt to decrease the victim-blaming part of this cycle, which allows sexual harassment and abuse to continue. While the times are changing in a positive direction, I also understand that social structures can still make women feel powerless in these situations. I also understand that woman are often told that it is wrong for them to report such behavior and that it would be their fault
if the person doing the harassing/abusing faces any negative consequences. As a man myself, I want to put the message out there that a person’s behavior is that person’s responsibility. If a person does something wrong or illegal, it is not your fault if they go to jail or lose their job after you report their behavior. It is their fault for committing the crime in the first place. If you do feel helpless, please know that is not true. There are people who can and will support you. I am not affiliated with Our VOICE, but they are one such source of support, and I know they help people. They can be reached 24 hours at 828-255-7576. — James “Buck” Schall Asheville
WHAT IS ASHEVILLE STYLE? What is Asheville and WNC style? For Xpress’ upcoming Style issue, we’d like our readers to help us find out. If you’d like to share your look, please shoot a selfie (or shelfie or tripodie) of yourself and email it to Xpress staffer Tracy Rose (trose@mountainx.com) by Wednesday, June 27, with “Style issue” in the subject line. Please include your name, address and phone number, along with a short statement about how you define your personal style. Selected photos may appear in print and online. We can’t wait to see you! X
Clarification In Smart Bets: Pisgah View Community Engagement Social, published in our June 13 issue, the lead organizations behind that event and upcoming 2018 Community Engagement Socials should have been listed as the Asheville Housing Authority, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College and Buncombe County Health and Human Services. MOUNTAINX.COM
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An unvarnished look Gospel According to Jerry BY JERRY STERNBERG Let’s talk about affordable housing. Wait! Wait! We can’t even mention those forbidden words. I found that out through my work with Pisgah Legal Services committees that are trying to relieve our housing problems and through my interactions with elected officials and staffers at the city and county. This 17-letter phrase, it seems, immediately conjures up images of people with pigmented skin who are unemployed, on food stamps and welfare, sitting on their lazy asses in front of their big-screen TVs drinking beer and eating Twinkies while their children run around outside the decrepit projects they’re living in operating unregulated drugstores or worse in an effort to support their respective families. So we’ve had to substitute such terms as “workforce housing” and “subsidized housing” to keep the politicians from racing for the door as soon as the subject is mentioned, to avoid putting their imprimatur on building more so-called “housing projects.” I think I’ve told the story before about the time I was asked to serve on one of the many mayor’s affordable housing task forces, which supposedly included a cross section of interested citizens. First shot out of the barrel, the person who represented the various neighborhood groups said that while they were all for “affordable housing,” it was going to happen in their neighborhoods only over their dead bodies. Since I didn’t want to see the city strewn with corpses, I resigned. That dog whistle, so shrill it was earpiercing, highlighted the No. 1 impediment to finding a rational solution to the housing problem for low- and even middle-income people. Hey, I understand tribalism: I grew up in the South, where it was very clear that those “other” people would fare better if they stayed with their own kind. It’s a difficult human syndrome that’s hard to overcome, as it has been operative in this country ever since we took the land away from the Indians. And this is particularly hard when the largest tribe makes most of the rules: i.e., slavery , Jim Crow, immigrant naturalization laws, etc.
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JERRY STERNBERG To help you understand the real impacts of the tribalism syndrome, however, let me bore you with a few statistics concerning our community: • 46 percent of our citizens who live in public housing projects are unpigmented people, yet they suffer from the same stigma as their pigmented neighbors. Hey, these folks are part of your tribe: Don’t you want to stand up for them to have a decent place to live? • 39 percent are single females with children. I just can’t imagine any reason why they might have financial or housing issues, can you? • 44 percent are disabled and probably living large on those extravagant disability benefits. • 81 percent of these families live on incomes of less than $14,000 per year. I would say these wastrels just don’t manage their money well — particularly the 19 percent who are elderly and have to live on Social Security, though I’m sure they also secretly own beach houses on Pawleys Island.
In all fairness, I would point out that the most liberal members of the un- or only slightly pigmented tribe tend to reside in neighborhoods that are predominantly or exclusively inhabited by members of their own tribe. I doubt that more than 10 percent of the unpigmented community has ever visited the projects, a slim majority of whose residents are pigmented folks. On the other hand, I would hazard a guess that less than 10 percent of the pigmented people have ever set foot in communities such as Beaver Lake, Biltmore Forest or Biltmore Park — unless it was work-connected. The second issue, of course, is that wages in the area have fallen way behind the rising cost of houses. The wage structure that supports this predominantly tourism- and retirementbased culture is well below what is projected as a living wage. There seems to be no way to enforce a higher wage structure, so we end up subsidizing the low-wage industries (including big-box stores) by providing government services for their employees. And that, in turn, generates resounding resentment among a large segment of the unpigmented population — many of whom are
also living paycheck to paycheck — toward subsidizing housing for the least among us. The third issue is the lack of buildable land with accessible infrastructure, including public transportation. County and city zoning and municipal cowardice have contributed mightily to the problem, especially for private investors who attempt to build new housing. As soon as outraged neighbors show up at municipal meetings screaming and shouting about traffic, quality of life and property values, our elected officials quietly slide down in their chairs and hide their faces behind their computer screens, concealing their shame about discouraging developers, both public and private, from increasing our woefully inadequate housing inventory. These scarcities of new product seriously impact the market while also driving up the cost of the existing housing. So much for the problems. In Part II, I’ll discuss what might be done to address them. Asheville native Jerry Sternberg, a longtime observer of the local scene, can be reached at gospeljerry@aol.com. X
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BY ALLI MARSHALL amarshall@mountainx.com This year marks the 17th that local transgender advocacy, education and support organization Tranzmission has organized a Stonewall Commemoration Week. Eight days of events provide opportunities for connection, celebration and learning around the 1969 Stonewall riots — LGBT community demonstrations against a police raid of the Stonewall Inn in New York City that helped launch the gay liberation movement. Proceeds from all events benefit Tranzmission, and donations to the organization are accepted at free-toattend events. Find complete details at avl.mx/505. • Pool Party — Saturday, June 23, 2 p.m. This Stonewall Commemoration Week kickoff is inclusive and family-friendly. “A great environment to feel comfortable in your body, wear
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the swimsuit you like and have fun with friends,” says the Facebook invite for the event, held at the Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. Hot dogs, not dogs, snacks and ice cream will be available for purchase. Pre-sale tickets are required for admission, $5-$20 sliding scale, at avl.mx/50n. • Queer songwriters showcase — Sunday, June 24, 7-10 p.m. “Come sweat and sway with the babes in your community,” suggests the invite to this show at The Odditorium, 1045 Haywood Road. The lineup includes local queer, trans and nonbinary musicians MT Sullivan, Bless Your Heart, Brynn Estelle and Cloudgayzer, along with wWaylon from Atlanta. $5-$10 sliding scale admission; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. “Many hands make light work” might be a completely apt maxim in the case of navigating the system around legal name change. But embarking on the journey with kindred spirits can’t hurt. This clinic guides attendees through the paperwork and leads group trips to the
Bureau of Identification on Davidson Street for fingerprinting. Meet at the WNC Community Center, 4 Doctors Park, Suite A. Fees include $10 for a set of fingerprints, $14 for a state background check, $14 for an FBI background check, $120 for a name change petition, plus a new birth certificate copy (price depends on state of birth). • Stonewall history seminar — Tuesday, June 26, 6 p.m. Myka Johnson from Queer Trans People of Color, Charlotte, leads an information session on “the leaders who kicked off the modern day LGBTQ movement — trans people of color,” says Tranzmission’s Facebook post. “Know your history so that you can honor while celebrating your pride.” The alcohol-free event, at the WNC Community Center, will look at luminaries such as Miss Major, Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. Free to attend. • Adult cocktail party — Wednesday, June 27, 6 p.m. The Crow and Quill, 106 N. Lexington Ave., hosts this gathering
for those who want to mix, mingle and sip libations and mocktails. $5-$15 sliding scale admission; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. • Stonewall training series — Thursday, June 28, 4 p.m. “An informative series of Tranzmission’s most beloved trainings,” according to the invite, includes “How to Be a Better Ally,” presented by Tranzmission youth and family program director Sharon Shelton Hansen; “Hormone Replacement Therapy and Screenings” with CMA Archer Emmet Faust and pharmacy intern Vanessa Hand; “On the Biology of Gender,” presented by Tranzmission logistics director Brynn Estelle; and “Using EvidenceBased Practices with Transgender and Nonbinary Counseling Clients,” presented by Tranzmission support programs director Tuesday Vee. The alcohol-free event will take place at the WNC Community Center. Admission is by donation. • Movie night — Friday, June 29, 7 p.m. The 2015 feature film Tangerine will be screened at the WNC Community Center. Directed by Sean Baker, the dramedy follows Sin-Dee Rella (Kitana
Kiki Rodriguez), a transgender sex worker who learns her boyfriend has been cheating on her with a cisgender woman. The discovery leads Sin-Dee and her friend Alexandra (Mya Taylor) on a misadventure. Real-life friends Rodriguez and Taylor inspired the film; their roles in Tangerine led to the inaugural Academy Award campaign for openly transgender actresses supported by a film producer. The screening is an alcohol-free event and is free to attend. • Nonbinary and trans adult prom — Saturday, June 30, 7 p.m. Yes, there’s an under-the-sea theme. Yes, you can wear a mermaid dress (or whatever your heart desires). “Come for the dance of your deep-sea dreams and have a swimmingly good time with your friends and community members,” says the Facebook invite. “The night it sure to evolve into the dance party to end all dance parties.” This prom, which promises to, most likely, be way better than the prom you either attended or sat out, takes place at Land of the Sky UCC, 15 Overbrook Place. $7-$30 suggested donation; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Contact Tranzmission to donate to the scholarship fund so others can attend. X
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Reality Check Conference builds understanding of diversity challenges DIVERSITY IN MIND
As ever more organizations embrace the importance of diversity and inclusion, members of marginalized groups increasingly find themselves in formerly homogenous boardrooms and offices. For Leslie Council Lake, founder of female youth development program My Sistah Taught Me That, this shift is rife with opportunities — and challenges. In her experience, Lake says, the leaders of predominantly white organizations too often address diversity with the best of intentions but insufficient knowledge. “They just don’t know how to go about things,” she explains. “[They’ll] have a person of color on their board to check the box to say, ‘We’re a diverse board,’ but they are not in real relationship with the people in the community or the employees that they are trying to ‘serve,’ so they miss it altogether.” For Lake, the solution to that frustrating dynamic is a reality check. Together with her husband, Kenyon Lake, the founder of male youth development program My Daddy Taught Me That, she’ll be helping leaders from across Western North Carolina understand diversity challenges and build skills at the Reality Check Conference, which will be held on Friday, June 29, at A-B Tech. The event will also raise funds for both of the Lakes’ work in the community.
Topics on the agenda include empathy, the difference between intention and impact, and the historical and current trauma of AfricanAmericans in Asheville. “A lot of organizations in Asheville have come to the understanding that diversity is important and that there is something within their organizations that has to change in order to be a more inclusive environment,” says Ashley Cooper, board member of My Daddy Taught Me That. “But I’m not sure if people are having the mindset changes so that they actually understand what are the patterns and behaviors of how they operate that need to shift.” With change often comes discomfort, and conference organizers encourage those interested in attending to be prepared to stretch. “If we want to create an equitable environment for people to live and learn and work,” says Cooper, “we have to allow our own minds to be reorganized a little bit, because none of us have lived in an equitable world, a world where there are equal rights and opportunities for all. “If we really are committed to this type of change,” Cooper continues, “then we have to be willing to step into environments where we can be exposed to things that we hadn’t thought of and erroneous ways of thinking we are practicing, and to have the courage and bravery to sit with that and allow ourselves to be transformed so we can actually create the world that we dream of.”
BE THE CHANGE Lake clarifies that the conference is not structured to be a racial equity event, with interactive workshops that dig into the causes of systemic racism. Instead, it will educate and empower attendees to lead conversations about diversity and inclusion in their own organizations. “I want attendees to walk away with a better understanding of how to approach people, how to approach subjects, how to deal with people, and realize that everyone is not like you and does not act like you, lead like you,” she says. The daylong event will include local African-American leaders such as Darin Waters, Alaysia BlackHackett, Libby Kyles and Shuvonda Harper, as well as featured speeches from nationally recognized white anti-racist educators Tim Wise and Jane Elliot. Lake explains that the choice of white keynote speakers
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CHECK YOURSELF: Leslie Council Lake, co-organizer of the upcoming Reality Check Conference at A-B Tech, wants leaders of area organizations to shift their perspectives on diversity and inclusion efforts. Photo courtesy of Lake acknowledges the demographics of the conference’s location. “As a person of color, I get frustrated because I have been in too many situations where people are not listening to what I’m saying,” Lake says. “So I wanted this conference to feature speakers who look like the majority of people who live in our community. Hopefully, the message will be more well-received coming from their own peers.”
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Lake says that message is particularly important for region’s largest employers, including Mission Health, Asheville city and Buncombe County governments and UNC Asheville. “This is a majorly white community, with white leaders, and not a lot of diverse representation in any level of leadership from the bottom to the top,” she explains. The conference thus represents a place for these leaders to build competency around diversity issues.
My Sistah Taught Me That and My Daddy Taught Me That, which will benefit from the funds raised by the Reality Check Conference, are committed to bringing that world into being. Beyond providing young people of color with essential support and supplies, the Lakes’ programs encourage them to thrive through life skills education and opportunities to explore the world beyond Asheville. Notably, Cooper says, the Lakes ”live amongst the communities that they serve, and they are in everyday relationship with these youth. That’s how they know what’s needed.“
The organizers of the Reality Check Conference welcome leaders who value diversity and inclusion and are open to new insights and tools for improved outcomes. “There are a lot of incredible people who live in this town,” says Cooper. “I believe that there are enough humble and brave folks who are willing to feel it in their gut when they’re just checking a box versus when they’re having a reality check and taking action that’s going to have an impact, that’s actually going to make the world a more equitable and just place.” X
WHAT Reality Check Conference WHEN Friday, June 29, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
STRETCHING FOR EQUITY: Ashley Cooper, board member of conference beneficiary My Daddy Taught Me That, encourages attendees to step outside their comfort zones. “We have to allow our own minds to be reorganized a little bit, because none of us have lived in an equitable world,” she says. Photo courtesy of Cooper
WHERE A-B Tech Event Space 340 Victoria Road Asheville MORE INFORMATION mahec.net/event/55327
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Buncombe County sues Greene, launches search for new manager New charges against former County Manager Wanda Greene marked the beginning of a cascading series of changes in Buncombe County governance in recent days. Allegations that Greene misappropriated $2.3 million to purchase wholelife insurance policies for herself, her son, Michael Greene, and several other members of county staff came to light on June 5 with the release of a new federal indictment. The new charges allege that Wanda Greene bought the policies with county money without approval from the Board of Commissioners as required by state law. Previously, Wanda and Michael Greene had been accused of using county purchase cards for personal purposes.
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A SHIFT IN MANAGEMENT The June 5 indictments hit the news as the county Board of Commissioners met in its regular biweekly session. Board members added discussion of the new charges to their previously scheduled closed session and announced upon returning to open session that the county would soon file civil charges against the two Greenes. Yet even before the county’s lawsuit was filed, a new development emerged. On June 11, the county announced that Mandy Stone, who took over as county manager shortly after Wanda Greene’s retirement on July 1, 2017, would retire. Stone was among the county employees for whom Greene had purchased a supplemental life insurance policy. The county said Stone notified board Chair Brownie Newman of her decision to leave county employment on June 8. Newman later told Xpress Stone will be taking time off until her effective retirement date on July 1. The Board of Commissioners also said that all current and former employees except Wanda and Michael Greene had assigned the insurance policies to the county after learning that Greene had not followed the proper legal requirements for issuing the benefits and that the board did not approve them. On June 12, the county filed its civil lawsuit against the Greenes.
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Commissioners indicated during their May 15 meeting that the budget process was far more transparent and accessible this year than it had been in the past. Newman said commissioners for the first time had access to a full hard copy of the county manager’s proposed budget this year. “It’s a really simple idea, but it’s literally not been done this way in the past,” he said. Speaking to Xpress, Newman reiterated the board’s supportive comments. “I think that the budget process has been handled in a much better way this year than it has in the past,” he said, giving much of the credit to Stone. “She’s put in over 30 years at the county so she’s certainly eligible to retire, and she made the decision to do so, so I don’t have much more to add to it than that.”
LEAVING SO SOON: Buncombe County announced on June 11 that County Manager Mandy Stone, pictured, who took over soon after former manager Wanda Greene retired last year, will be retiring effective July 1. File photo The next day, the Board of Commissioners met in a three-hour closed session to discuss the selection of a new interim manager. After the meeting, Newman announced, “The commission has had some very good deliberations this afternoon about the interim county manager position, but we’re not quite through with the process yet.” Buncombe County announced on June 18 that the Board of Commissioners would consider George Wood, who previously worked as the county manager for Wayne County and Lincoln County, for the position of interim county manager. At presstime, the board was scheduled to vote on his appointment during its meeting on June 19. Newman says he hopes the search for a new permanent county manager will involve input from the community and county staff. The search, he says, could take four to six months, though it could extend to early 2019. “I think the point would be that we really want to do it right,” Newman says. “Speaking for myself, I really don’t want to rush it.”
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SPLITTING UP Commissioners have complimented Stone’s management style during the county budget process this year, which is the first budget cycle the board has weathered since Greene’s departure in 2017. “I’m really tired of people saying that bringing Ms. Stone to where she’s at was a bad deal,” said Commissioner Mike Fryar on June 5. Stone was promoted to the role of county manager after serving as director of Buncombe County Health and Human Services. “It wasn’t. The wool was pulled over our eyes a year ago by Ms. Greene, and the fact is I’m proud to have this lady run this show.” “I have the trust, and hopefully the rest of the board will go with me, that Ms. Stone is going to guide this county in the best way that she can,” Fryar said. Commissioner Ellen Frost also expressed strong support for Stone during the June 5 meeting. “Commissioner Fryar, you and I don’t always agree on things … but I want to thank you for your remarks,” she said. “Mandy Stone inherited a mess. A horrible, horrible mess.”
Buncombe County’s civil lawsuit against Greene represents its attempt to recoup money it claims was misappropriated by the former county manager. “We believe this money is owed back to taxpayers,” Newman says, “and we’re going to do everything we can through the legal processes to do that.” In addition to the allegations contained in federal indictments that Greene misused county credit cards and misappropriated $2.3 million of county money to purchase wholelife insurance policies, the county also claims former board Chair David Gantt’s signature was forged on forms that allowed Greene to receive thousands of dollars worth of retention incentive payments from the county. The county says Greene received more than $240,000 in retention incentive payments over an 11-month period from August 2016 through June 2017. The county’s lawsuit says that at the time of Greene’s retirement, none of the county commissioners knew about Greene’s alleged use of her county purchase card for personal purchases. The lawsuit says board members also weren’t aware of any of the financial improprieties of which Greene and her son would eventually be accused upon her retirement. Gantt said in a statement that he has total confidence in investigators scrutinizing the alleged fraud and embezzlement schemes. “I will continue to fully cooperate with both offices to provide any information and/ or testimony that might further their progress,” he said in the statement.
“The people of Buncombe County have an absolute right to be presented with all details of this sad chapter in our history.” WHO’S LEAVING? Since Greene’s departure in 2017, several Buncombe County officials have left or declared their intention to leave: • County Attorney Bob Deutsch resigned on Oct. 31, 2017. He was replaced by Burnsville attorney Heather Hockaday during the board’s meeting on June 5. • Buncombe County Planning Director and Assistant County Manager Jon Creighton retired effective Jan. 1. Creighton was one of eight employees who received one of the whole-life insurance policies. He has been replaced by Nathan Pennington, who has worked for the county since 2015 and previously worked for the city of Asheville. • On May 30, the county received a letter of resignation from Chief
Financial Officer Tim Flora, who worked for the county for 10 years. His resignation became official on June 15. Flora’s resignation came about a week after a closed session on May 22, in which commissioners “reviewed the performance of the Finance Director,” according to the closed-session agenda. No action was taken during that meeting. Flora was the beneficiary of one of the whole-life insurance policies. The board selected Eric Hardy to serve as CFO on an interim basis. Hardy has worked as controller and the project manager for the selection of a financial and human capital information system with Buncombe County. • Clerk to the Board Kathy Hughes, who has served in that position since 1983, will retire effective June 30. Lamar Joyner, who has worked for the last 11 years as the deputy director of the board of elections in Forsyth County, will replace Hughes. • Human Resources Director Lisa Eby told reporters by email on June
14 that she would retire on Sept. 1. She gave Stone notice of her retirement on April 22. Originally, Eby said she was planning to retire on Dec. 1, 2017, but stayed on because Stone asked for her help with the management transition. “As a part of her team, I believe we have done many things in the past year to right what was wrong [and] to put in place practices that are open and accountable to the public and to build a management infrastructure that is sound and supports the 1,600 county professionals who deliver core services to our residents each day.” Eby said she is retiring without an incentive from the county and with partial retirement benefits. “Despite everything that is going on, I still believe in the power of local government,” she said. “Unlike national politics, we do have choice at a local level for building the kind of community we want to live in.”
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Unique among city boards and commissions, the HRCA will have the dedicated support of a city staffer from Archie’s office beginning early next year, pending approval of the city’s 2018-19 budget. HRCA members decided not to choose officers at their first meeting, agreeing that they needed more time to become familiar with each other and make informed decisions. They also did not set a date for the commission retreat, at which they hope to hash out their rules and procedures, priorities and first-year workplan. That cautious beginning matched Young’s advice to the group as the meeting drew to a close. While he called the HRCA “the most important citizen board that we have as of this moment,” he encouraged the members to consider its work one step at a time. “Don’t feel like you have to conquer the world in one sitting, because you will burn yourself out.”
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by Virginia Daffron | vdaffron@mountainx.com WOMEN’S BUSINESS CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON EXPANSION While business and entrepreneurship top the agenda for the fourth annual conference of the Western Women’s Business Center, the event promises to be the furthest thing from a staid and stodgy function served up alongside a rubber chicken lunch. Held on Thursday, June 21, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on the campus of A-B Tech, the conference will feature inspirational speakers, music, workshops and breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack by local caterers Everyday Gourmet. Local musician Kat Williams will be among the keynote speakers, as well as Ursula Jorch of Work Alchemy and Suzannah Tebbe Davis of Your Awakened Life. “This year’s theme, ‘Planting Seeds, Inspiring Growth,’ says it all for women entrepreneurs who have embarked on a new venture and are ready to expand and grow,” says Sharon Oxendine, WWBC’s director. In addition to the keynote addresses, the conference will host workshops covering topics including financial planning, insurance for business owners, accessing capital and realizing your dreams and potential. COXE AVENUE TARGETED FOR TACTICAL URBANISM PROJECT According to the website www.tacticalurbanismguide.com, “Tactical urbanism is all about action. ... This approach refers to a city, organizational and/or citizen-led approach to neighborhood building using short-term, low-cost and scalable
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SOUL OF BUSINESS: Local musician Kat Williams will deliver the closing address at the Western Women’s Business Conference on Thursday, June 21. Photo courtesy of WWBC interventions to catalyze long-term change.” A joint effort of Asheville on Bikes, the Blue Ridge Bicycle Club and Asheville’s AARP, a new local tactical urbanism team — the Asheville Street Tweaks Team — will plan and build a project on Coxe Avenue from Hilliard Street to Southside Avenue to improve the experience of the corridor for all users, including motorists, cyclists, pedestrians and those with mobility challenges. The team will coordinate its work with the city of Asheville, and the results of the project could inform the city’s planned redesign of Coxe Avenue. “The tactical urbanism approach invites participation from all community members through every step of the process,” says Mike Sule, Asheville on Bikes’ executive director. “Not only do citizens provide input on design, they also show up to build it. The process works to empower community to revision and rebuild their infrastructure. It’s an inclusive process that is proven to yield inclusive results. The street transforms to reflect the needs and values of the community.”
Join the organizers at the Refinery Creative Space of the Asheville Area Arts Council, 207 Coxe Ave., on Thursday, June 21, 6-8 p.m. for a kickoff meeting. Registration for the free event is at avl.mx/51q. ASHEVILLE CHAMBER HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING Pro tip: Those planning to attend the annual meeting of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, June 27, at 5:45 p.m. at the Omni Grove Park Inn should plan to arrive early to beat the parking squeeze at the resort. With your car safely stowed and the $110 ticket in hand ($90 for chamber members), you’ll be set to mix and mingle with local business folk in one of the hotel’s ballrooms and listen to keynote speaker Rebecca Ryan’s observations on the potential impact of changing demographics on Asheville’s future. Tickets and information are available at avl.mx/51o. X
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NEW TO TOWN: The first Piggly Wiggly opened in Asheville on Nov. 10, 1922. That day’s newspaper ran this image (taken inside one of the company’s Memphis, Tenn., stores) with its announcement. There are no known photographs of Asheville’s first Piggly Wiggly on Pack Square. If anyone has a photo, please contact Xpress. Photo courtesy of Memphis and Shelby County Room, Memphis Public Library & Information Center This week’s column is an accompaniment to the preview article on the upcoming Pack Memorial Library presentation by local historians Terry Taylor and Nan Chase (see “Small Bites: Looking back on Asheville’s grocery scene,” page 32). On Sept. 3, 1922, The Sunday Citizen informed readers “[a]n entirely new method of selling groceries” was on its way to Asheville. That November, the Piggly Wiggly Co. (founded in Memphis, Tenn., in 1916 by Clarence Saunders) would open its latest store on Pack Square. The article described the grocery’s operation as a “wait-on-yourself” approach. It explained: “The customer enters the store and at a turnstile picks up a market basket and passes into the aisles. The articles wanted are picked from the shelves and bins and deposited in the basket. It is necessary before leaving the store to traverse the aisles from end to end to pass by all the wares displayed. Upon leaving the store, the customer passes in front of a checker, who wraps all the packages neatly and returns the basket to its place. The amount of the purchases are quickly added on a specially constructed adding machine, so that but little time is taken in this transaction.” Mayor Gallatin Roberts performed the store’s ceremonial opening on Nov. 10, 1922. According to the paper, the mayor’s wife, Mary Roberts, became the shop’s first paying customer. Meanwhile, all
guests that day received a free flower. With its opening, Asheville’s newest grocery store joined the 1,100 other Piggly Wiggly’s operating in 44 of the country’s then 48 states. Early Piggly Wiggly advertisements in The Asheville Citizen provide insight into the store’s main adversary: consumer habits. At the time, many local residents were accustomed to calling in their grocery orders and having these items delivered to their homes. Piggly Wiggly undermined that practice by raising questions about hidden fees. “Did you ever stop to consider what it costs to operate a Delivery Truck?” a Nov. 13 advertisement asked readers. “Do you know that telephone operators are paid salaries? Also that Order Clerks, Shipping Clerks and Porters get paid every week or month?” The cascade of questions led to the ad’s main point and most pressing query: “Who do you think pays these salaries and other expenses? If you have given it any thought, you will know that the customers do the paying. Just how much of it are you paying? And yet you are told it is ‘Free Delivery.’” A steady campaign to break consumer habits continued throughout the shop’s early days. In a Nov. 19 advertisement, the store proclaimed: “It often happens when PIGGLY WIGGLY opens in a city that the retailers become panic-stricken and attempt to drive PIGGLY WIGGLY out by selling some goods at a loss.”
But according to the announcement, neither Piggly Wiggly nor its low prices were going anywhere thanks to the company’s “purchasing power, scientific management and low overhead expense.” Days later, another advertisement ran. The layered message conveyed the company’s maverick approach to the industry while simultaneously encouraging consumers to be more self-reliant. This Nov. 25 ad declared:
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CARE PARTNERS FOUNDATION 828-277-4815, carepartnersfoundation.org • SA (6/23), 9am-3pm - Proceeds from donations and registration fees for the "Drums and Dragons" individual and team boat race benefit CarePartners Foundation. Visit the website to register or volunteer: drumsanddragons.com. Free to attend. Held at Lake Julian Park, Overlook Extension, Arden
FLETCHER AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION jim@extraordinarycopywriter.com • 4th THURSDAYS, 11:30-noon - General meeting. Free. Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden • WE (6/27), 11:30am1pm - Educational monthly meeting to bring local business leaders to present and discuss topics relevant and helpful to businesses today. Free. Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden
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ANIMALS ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY 828761-200-1315, ashevillehumane.org • SA (6/23), 1:30-3pm - Behind-the-scenes tour of the Asheville Humane Society and the Buncombe County Animal Shelter. Free. Held at Asheville Humane Society, 14 Forever Friend Lane
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ASHEVILLE GREEN OPPORTUNITIES 828-398-4158, greenopportunities.org • SA (6/23), 10am-noon - Proceeds from this 108 Sun Salutations yoga workshop benefit Asheville Green Opportunities. $10.80. Held at Anjali Hot Yoga, 780 Hendersonville Road
appalachianbarns.org • TH (6/28), 5:30pm - Proceeds from this farm to table dinner and tour benefit the Appalachian Barn Alliance. Registration required: info@appalachianbarns.org or 828-380-9146. $45/$40 members. Held at The Farmers Hands, 605 Phillips Valley Road, Mars Hill
ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY 828761-200-1315, ashevillehumane.org • SU (6/24), 5-8pm Proceeds from "Live @ Aloft," concert series featuring music by Special Affair benefit the Asheville Humane Society. $5. Held at Aloft Rooftop/Poolside, 51 Biltmore Ave.
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ARTS FOR LIFE artsforlifenc.org • WE (6/27), 6-8pm - Proceeds from “Heartbeats LIVE!” event featuring live performance of Arts For Life’s “Heartbeat Sessions,” a series of musical recordings that combine a pediatric patient’s heartbeat, their favorite song and a local musician benefit Arts for Life. Free to attend. Held at The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road ASHEVILLE AFFILIATES ashevilleaffiliates.com • TH (6/28), 6-9pm - Proceeds from "A Light in the Dark," benefit party with live music, local food, Catawba Breing Co.
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ASHEVILLE ROTARY CLUB rotaryasheville.org • TH (6/21), 5-7pm - $1 from every pint sold of Catawba Brewing Co. Boysenberry Sour benefits Rotary Club of Asheville. Donation period runs through June 28. Held at Catawba Brewing Co., 32 Banks Ave., Suite 105 BOUNTIFUL CITIES bountifulcities.org • SA (6/23), 2-6pm - Proceeds from the Bountiful Cities Garden tour of four community gardens benefit Bountiful Cities. Limited seating and transportation provided. Information: bit.ly/2JwiQu6. $25$40. Held at Vance
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CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LITERARY FESTIVAL 828-208-4731, cmlitfest.org • SA (6/23), 1:30-4pm - Proceeds from the "Friendraiser" featuring live music by Ash Devine benefit the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival. Admission by donation. Held at Rescue Dog Cafe, 240 E Main St. Burnsville FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 828693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • SA (6/23), 8pm Proceeds from "Rocket Man," concert of Elton John music by Daniel Sage benefit Safelight of Henderson County. $25. HANDS ON! A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 828-697-8333, handsonwnc,org, learningisfun@ handsonwnc.org • FR (6/22), 6-8pm Proceeds from "Family Mud Fun!" event with mud puddles and races benefit Hands On! A Children's Gallery. $20 (includes dinner). Held at Berkeley Park, 69 Balfour Road, Hendersonville • SA (6/23), noon7pm - Proceeds from the Mad Mountain Mud Run, a mud-filled athletic competition offering timed individual races, team of four races or untimed
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HOLA ASHEVILLE: Downtown Asheville comes alive with the sights, sounds, music, pageantry, colorful costumes and talent of Latin America at Hola Asheville on Saturday, June 23, noon-9 p.m. in Pack Square Park. This free, family-friendly event showcases the culture and rhythms of Latin America through live music, dance, food and artisans. “We recognize the power of the arts to challenge and shift perceptions, spark creativity and connect people across cultures,” says Adriana Chavela, founder of Hola Community Arts. “When we celebrate cultural diversity, we bring people together to build stronger and more economically vibrant communities.” For more information, visit holacommunityarts.org. Photo courtesy of Hola Community Arts (p. 19) individual races, benefit Hands On! – A Child’s Gallery. See website for full guidelines and registration: madmountainmudrun.com $50-$55/$200 per team of four. Held at Berkeley Park, 69 Balfour Road, Hendersonville MEMORYCARE 828-771-2219, memorycare.org, conaty@memorycare.org • SA (6/23), 8:30-11:30pm - Proceeds from this fundraising concert featuring live music by Several Dudes, Skinny Legs and All and Mia Green benefit MemoryCare. $25. Held at Isis Music Hall, 743 Haywood Road
REYNOLDS FIRE DEPARTMENT • Through TH (8/2) - Proceeds from registration for the “Reynolds Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary Crazy Scramble Golf Experience,” benefit the Reynolds Fire Department. $50 per golfer/$180 per 4-person team/$35 per golfer for first responders. Held Aug. 4 at High Vista Country Club, 22 Vista Falls Road, Mills River THRIVE thrive4health.org • SA (6/23), 7pm Proceeds from "Let Love Brew," tea time with baked goods benefit Thrive. Registration: 828-697-1581, x2016. $12. Held at Trinity
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BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (6/20), 3pm "Using Wordpress to Build a Website for Your Business," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TH (6/26), 9-11am "Outdoor Recreation Entrepreneurship: Share Your Values," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for
THE COLLIDER 1 Haywood St., Suite 401, 1828, thecollider.org/ • TH (6/21), 1pm Lunch & Learn: "How Angel Investors Evaluate Deals," presentation by Josh Dorfman, CEO of The Collider. Registration required. $20. • TU (6/26), 1pm - Lunch & Learn: "Creating Opportunities Beyond You," presentation by Ken Cooper, strategic business development professional. Registration required. $20. • TH (6/28), 1pm - Lunch & Learn: "Avoiding the HR Storm: The Startup’s Guide to Employment Law," presentation by attorney Jonathan Yarbrough. Registration required. $20. WESTERN WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER 828-633-5065 x101, carolinasmallbusiness. org • TH (6/21), 8:30am3:30pm - Western Women's Business Conference, event featuring women entrepreneurs, business experts, nationally-renowned speakers and artists. Registration: bit. ly/2rIGPzj. $50/45
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MOMS DEMAND ACTION momsdemandaction. org • WE (6/20), 6-8pm - General meeting regarding gun laws and safety to end gun violence. Free. Held at Biltmore Lake Pavilion, 80 Lake Drive, Candler OLLI AT UNCA 828-251-6140, olliasheville.com • TH (6/21), 5:307:30pm - Advance care planning workshop. Assistance provided so attendees can leave with legally executed, notarized advance directive documents. Free. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road PEACE EDUCATION PROGRAM jtfbuilder@gmail.com • THURSDAYS (6/21) through (8/23), 6:307:30pm - Multimedia facilitated class series based on talks about personal peace by Prem Rawat. Free. Held at Montford Community Center, 34 Pearson Drive
FESTIVALS HOLA ASHEVILLE FESTIVAL • SA (6/23), noon9pm - Outdoor event celebrating Latin America with costumes, performances and food and drink vendors. Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. UPPER FRENCH BROAD RIVERFEST • SA (6/23), 10am-3pm - Outdoor event with live music, art vendors, food trucks, outdoor gear flea market, handon activities, river tubing, and canoe relays. Free to attend. Held at Champion River Park and Rosman Town Hall, 6 Main St., Rosman VENTURE LOCAL FAIR venturelocalfair.com • 4th SATURDAYS, noon-7pm - Outdoor festival featuring makers, artists, collectors, musicians, chefs, enter-
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STONEWALL COMMEMORATION WEEK Tranzmission.org • SA (6/23), 2pm Transgender, nonbinary, queer, kid and family-friendly pool party. Registration required: facebook.com/events/ 157042494968970/. $5. Held at Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. • MO (6/25), 8am-4pm - Legal name change clinic. Free. Held at WNC Community Center, 417 Biltmore Ave., #4a Asheville TRANZMISSION PRISON PROJECT tranzmissionprisonproject.yolasite.com • Fourth THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - Monthly meeting to prepare packages of books and zines for mailing to prisons across the U.S. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road
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• SUNDAYS, 4pm Community meal. Free. Held at Black Bear Coffee Co., 318 N. Main St. Hendersonville LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828774-3000, facebook.com/Leicester. Community.Center • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm Welcome Table, community meal. Free.
WHAT: A concert and art show to benefit Arts for Life WHEN: Wednesday, June 27, 6-8 p.m. WHERE: The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road WHY: In 2014, music therapist Brian Schreck at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital began using an improvised stethoscope microphone to capture patients’ heartbeats. He then helped the children choose a song to record over the pulses and crafted the piece at home. A child life specialist at Mission Hospital brought the story to the attention of Arts for Life music teacher and performer Melissa Hyman (The Moon and You; Cowboy Judy) and suggested she do something similar for the Asheville nonprofit. Shortly thereafter, Jessica Tomasin, studio manager at Echo Mountain Recording Studios, enthusiastically offered her workplace and collaborated with Hyman to craft their own version of Schreck’s model, calling it the Heartbeat Sessions. With Hyman’s help, some participants select an existing song while others choose to write their own original lyrics. Various approaches also extend to the instrumentation, with some patients having lots of ideas about how they want the song to sound and others letting the musicians — most of whom donate their time and talents — decide. The project has averaged six sessions a year so far and it usually only takes a few weeks to go from a patient expressing interest in participating to the recording of a finished track. “In the studio, we take a sample of the heartbeat that is nice and steady and our amazing recording engineer Clay Miller samples it out over the length of a track, and so it becomes the first and most important rhythm element in the recordings themselves,” Hyman says. The versions of these songs created for each child will be played at 20
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Heartbeats Live on Wednesday, June 27, at The Mothlight. A core group of Ross Montsinger (percussion), Kent Spillmann (drums), Andrew Platt (bass) and Kevin Williams (keys) will play the entire set. They’ll be joined at various points by Hyman, Doug Murray, Nora Garver, Beth Magill, Ruby Mayfield, Lee Stanford, Dulci Ellenberger and other special guests. Selections include “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees, “Bad to the Bone” by George Thorogood and an original tune called “I Love You, Mom” by 12-yearold patient Brooklyn, who sang the lead vocal on her recording and will be singing live with the band at the show. The first pressing of The Heartbeats Sessions Vol. 1 has been ordered and will be given to the participating families and some Arts for Life donors, as well as be available to the public for donations at the Mothlight event. There will also be a hands-on art activity for kids of all ages and pediatric patient artwork on display, the sales from which allow Arts for Life to continue making a difference through the Heartbeat Sessions. “Some of the participants are doing great now, health-wise, and for them it’s this really fun, proud moment and memory that they can take forward with them after this really difficult and scary phase of their life,” Hyman says. “We’ve lost three of the children so far that have participated in the sessions, and so for them it’s a really different memento where it’s a part of their legacy that their family has to remember them by and hear their heartbeat in a song that they were part of creating.” Heartbeats Live takes place Wednesday, June 27, 6-8 p.m. at The Mothlight, 701 Haywood Road. Free to attend. Donations are welcome and sales from artwork and prints support Arts for Life’s programs. themothlight.com X
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BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKSELLERS ASHEVILLE MALL 3 S. Tunnel Road, 828296-7335 • SA (6/23), 11-11:30am - Storytime for children featuring the book, Jurassic Park Little Golden Book. Free to attend.
828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • TU (6/26), 5-7:30pm - Cedar Hill community development, public input meeting. Free. Held at Johnston Elementary, 230 Johnston Blvd.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • SA (6/23), 10-11:30am - Read with Olivia the Therapy Dog. Registration required: 828-250-6482. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • MO (6/25), 4-5pm - Lego club for ages 5 and up. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • 4th TUESDAYS, 1pm - Homeschoolers' book club. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • 2nd SATURDAYS, 1-4pm & LAST WEDNESDAYS, 4-6pm - Teen Dungeons and Dragons for ages 12 and up. Registration required: 828-250-4720. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.
GOVERNOR'S WESTERN RESIDENCE 45 Patton Mountain Road • TH (6/28), 6pm Democratic Women of Buncombe County, barbecue with presentation by Wayne Goodwin, NC Democratic chairman. Registration required: buncombedemwomen@ gmail.com. $15/$12 members.
CAROLINA PEDIATRIC THERAPY 9 W Summit Ave. • SA (6/23), 10am-noon - "Epic Saturdays," program designed to help school-aged children develop and refine their social skills in an unstructured, natural environment. For ages 10-16. Registration required: carolinapeds.com/epicsaturdays-social-skillsgroup/. Free.
HENDERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY 828-692-6424, myhcdp.com/ • SU (6/24), 2-5pm Event with the 2018 local progressive candidates, hot dog dinner and free ice cream. Free to attend. Held at Southern Appalachian Brewery, 822 Locust St., Suite 100 Hendersonville
HANDS ON! A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 828-697-8333, handsonwnc.org, learningisfun@handsonwnc.org • TU (6/26), 10:3011:30am - "Lil Engineers," activities for children to explore ramps, design their own world and build a balancing tower. Students must be
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POWER DUO: Melissa Hyman and pediatric patient Brooklyn pause while recording the latter’s original song “I Love You, Mom,” at Echo Mountain Recording Studios. The tune and others crafted through Arts For Life’s Heartbeat Sessions project, spearheaded by Hyman, will be performed June 27 at The Mothlight. Photo courtesy of Arts for Life
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CAROLINA ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR • FR (6/22) through SU (6/24) - Event with books for sale, workshops, discussions, information about radical political projects, concerts and dance parties. See website for location and times: acab2018.noblogs.org. Free to attend. CITY OF ASHEVILLE
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OUTDOORS CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) Enjoy breathtaking views of Lake Lure, trails for all levels of hikers, an Animal Discovery Den and 404-foot waterfall. Plan your adventure at chimneyrockpark.com ASHEVILLE ON BIKES ashevilleonbikes.com • SA (6/23), 3:30pm - Family-friendly, community bike ride in West Asheville and the River
Arts District. Routes range from 3-12 miles. Route information online. Rear and front bike light required. Free. Held at New Belgium Brewery, 21 Craven St. BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKES 828-298-5330, nps.gov • FR (6/22), 10am - Hike of the Week: "A Room With a View," 1.4 mile guided hike on the Craggy Pinnacle Trail. Free. Meet at MP 364.1 BUNCOMBE COUNTY RECREATION SERVICES buncombecounty.org/ Governing/Depts/Parks/ • SA (6/23), 6pm through SU (6/24), 9:30am - "Great American Campout," outdoor camping event. Registration required: campout.buncombeoutdoors.org/. $20 per campsite. Held at Lake Julian Park Marina, 406 Overlook Extension, Arden CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • Tuesdays through (8/7), 5:30-7:30pm "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. • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - LEAF Cultural Arts event featuring live performances, interactive workshops and the LEAF Easel Rider Mobile Art Lab. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St.
PARENTING BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WNC 828-253-1470, bbbswnc.org • TH (6/21), noon Information session for single parents with children ages 6-14 interested in learning more about connecting their child with a mentor. Free. Held at Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC, 50 S. French Broad Ave. Ste. #213.
PUBLIC LECTURES GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, 828733-4337, grandfather.com • TH (6/21), 6-8pm Lecture by conservationist Tom Butler on the role of private initiative and funding to save natural areas, ranging from North Carolina to Patagonia. Registration: judi@grandfather.com, or 828-733-2013. $20. HILL STREET BAPTIST CHURCH 135 Hill St., 828-254-4646, hillstreetbaptistchurch. org • SU (6/24), 10am Presentation by Maria Young on her journey from an athlete to becoming a community organizer, activist, writer and author. Free. STONEWALL COMMEMORATION WEEK Tranzmission.org • TU (6/26), 6pm "Stonewall History," seminar about the leaders who kicked off the modern day LGBTQ movement. Free. Held at WNC Community Center, 417 Biltmore Ave., #4a
SENIORS ASHEVILLE NEW FRIENDS (PD.) Offers active senior residents of the Asheville area opportunities to make new friends and to explore new interests through a program of varied social, cultural, and outdoor activities. Visit ashevillenewfriends.org ASHEVILLE NEW FRIENDS ashevillenewfriends.org • TU (6/26), 9am11:30am - Group hike. Free. Held at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary, US-25 HISTORIC JOHNSON FARM 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville, 828-891-6585, historicjohnsonfarm.org • WE (6/20), 10:30am "Grand and Me," event
for grandparents to bring grandchildren to play games, have an old schoolhouse lesson, tour the farm house and have a wagon ride and ice cream. $10 per family.
SPIRITUALITY ASTRO-COUNSELING (PD.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Stellar Counseling Services. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. INTUITIVE READINGS (PD.) Listen to your Spirits messages for you. For your reading, or for more information, call 4pm-7pm, 828 5511825. SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER (PD.) Thursdays, 7-8:30pm and Sundays, 10-noon • Meditation and community. By donation. 60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113, (828) 200-5120. asheville.shambhala.org AVALON GROVE 828-645-2674, avalongrove.org, avalongrove@gmail.com • SA (6/23), 3-4pm Celtic-Christian, outdoor, summer Solstice service. Held at a private home. Register for location: 828-645-2674. Free. CENTER FOR ART & SPIRIT AT ST. GEORGE 1 School Road, 828-2580211 • 4th FRIDAYS, 10amnoon - Contemplative Companions, meditation. Free. • Last Tuesdays, 7-9pm - Aramaic, Hebrew and Egyptian vocal toning, breath work and meditation. Admission by donation. CREATION CARE ALLIANCE OF WNC creationcarealliance.org • TUESDAYS through (7/2), 6-7:15pm Summer book study for people of all kinds of spiritual backgrounds featuring the book,
Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnston. Free. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 6th Ave W, Hendersonville, 828-6934890, gracelutherannc. com • Fourth TUESDAYS, 10am - Volunteer to knit or crochet prayer shawls for community members in need. Free. MILLS RIVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10 Presbyterian Church Road, Mills River, 828891-7101 • TH (6/28), 7-8:30pm “Celtic Christianity: Then and Now,” informational session with Scottish refreshments and a presentation on the upcoming 2019 Presbyterian Heritage Tour of Scotland. Free.
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DODGING THE OPIOID BULLET Alternative pain therapies may reduce addiction risk BY LIZ CAREY lizcarey@charter.net Amber Myers knows what it’s like to live with pain. Just over a year ago, she was enduring a minimum of three migraines a month. One was tied to her menstrual cycle. Starting as a low-grade headache a few days before her period began, she says, the migraines would grow in intensity until it felt as if every part of her head, from her skull to her eyes, was being squeezed. Then there were the tension migraines. Usually the result of overwork, the pain would start as a spasm between her shoulder blades that would travel up her spine and become a piercing pain at the base of her skull that felt as if “someone had shoved a needle into my skull until it came out through my eyes.” Drugs to treat the migraines left her spacey or, worse, unable to recall words. That was a problem, she says, when trying to deal with customers at Nature’s Vitamins & Herbs, where she works as an herbalist. “I couldn’t talk to them about their health care because I couldn’t remember the words I needed,” she says. “The drugs treated the pain, but they didn’t prevent the migraines.” So, like many others who live with chronic pain, Myers eventually turned away from traditional medical treatments in favor of alternative modalities. From workplace injuries to bad joints to migraines, millions of Americans deal with chronic pain.
AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING: In the midst of a crisis of opioid addiction and overdoses, patients and doctors alike are seeking out alternatives to opioid medication for relieving pain. Ranging from medicinal herbs to acupuncture to biofeedback, options abound — offering both hope and a bewildering array of choices. Graphic by Scott Southwick A 2015 National Institutes of Health review of data from a National Health Interview Survey found that more than 11 percent of adults, or 25.3 million people, suffer from daily pain that lasts at least three months. Often, that leads to dependence on medications such as opioids. But as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tightens guidelines for prescribing opioids, alternative
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treatments for pain are attracting increased attention. Whether it’s herbs, other ancient practices or cutting-edge technologies, alternative therapies can help people cope with pain and even overcome opioid addiction, local practitioners say, offering effective relief without the side effects of some prescription drugs. More research is needed, however, to assess the safety and effectiveness of alternative treatments, some of which can also cause serious health problems. CANNABIDIOL FOR CHRONIC PAIN One of the most popular remedies these days is cannabidiol. Pharmacist Mike Rogers, co-owner of Nature’s Vitamins & Herbs, says CBD gives his customers relief from pain without side effects or fears of overdosing. “Cannabidiol is from cannabis plants, but it contains less than 0.3 percent THC,” Rogers explains. “Most chronic pain comes from a combination of inflammation and damaged nerves. Opioids make the brain not sense the
damaged nerves, but CBD is a potent anti-inflammatory as well as a pain reliever. We sell more CBD for chronic pain than anything else.” Rogers says anywhere from 40 to 60 customers a day come in seeking CBD in one form or another. “I had one customer who came in here on a walker to get CBD,” he reports. “The next day he came in without the walker and thanked me for helping him.” Like most therapies, however, CBD isn’t equally effective in all cases. “It’s not 100 percent for everyone,” says Rogers. “Some are perfectly fine with it. Some of our customers, it helps cut the pain down and tones it down so they can feel better. Some of them, it doesn’t have an impact on them at all.” CBD comes in several different forms — capsules, topical ointments, vape juice and oil — each with different uses, pros and cons, he explains. You might use the ointments on your knuckles to ease arthritis pain, says Rogers, or use vape juice in an electronic cigarette to get more immediate pain relief. CBD oil is taken orally, held under the tongue for a minute and then swallowed. Prices vary widely: The products Rogers sells range from $20 to $275. “The price really depends on the concentration of the CBD in the bottle,” he explains, stressing that CBD can be an affordable alternative to prescription drugs costing thousands of dollars a year. “It was my customers who really got me interested in CBD and getting more experience with that,” Rogers reveals. “But then my son had awful asthma and was on a number of medications. We took him to a homeopathic doctor who recommended that we try CBD; within a month he was off all of the medications. ... It’s not that we were recommending it; it was that people came to us with all these godawful conditions, and they said that CBD would help them.” CBD is also what changed Myers’ life: Her doctor recommended it to help with her migraines. “For me, having CBD has been a godsend,” she says. “I thought, ‘OK, I’ll try this for a month and see what happens.’” After a month, says Myers, “Things were a little better. Then I tried it for another month, and things
got better still. After six months, I was like, ‘Wait: Something’s missing here. I haven’t had a migraine in a while!’ And I haven’t had one since. That was six months ago.”
“After six months, I was like, ‘Wait: Something’s missing here. I haven’t had a migraine in a while!’ And I haven’t had one since. That was six months ago.” —Amber Myers
THE KRATOM CONTROVERSY A more controversial herbal pain treatment is kratom, a tropical tree whose leaves contain natural alkaloids. For hundreds of years, the leaves have been chewed, smoked or brewed into tea in Southeast Asia to relieve pain and boost energy. Amid the U.S. opioid epidemic, kratom has caught on as a way to manage pain and ease withdrawal from opioids. “Supporters regularly tout it as a natural treatment for conditions like chronic pain, anxiety and depression,” HuffPost reports. “Others claim it’s a safer alternative to traditional opioids, both legal and illegal, which has also contributed to kratom’s increasing popularity as a step-down treatment off of painkillers or heroin.” Former Asheville resident Taylor Griggs, who moved to Raleigh last year, says he used kratom to help him deal with an opioid addiction. More than a decade ago, Griggs crashed his car while going 120 mph, wrapping it around a tree and breaking his back in seven places. The pain, he says, was intense. “I lay in bed in agony,” he recalls. “I didn’t have any insurance, so I had no way to get treatment. A friend of mine sold me fentanyl; one day he ran out of it and recommended I use heroin instead. I didn’t want to take it; I was completely against the idea, but eventually I tried it because of the pain. Within six months, I was addicted. I lost everything: my family, my friends, my job. It took me 10 years to break that habit.” Griggs says his experience with kratom inspired him to provide the herb to those with chronic pain or drug addiction: He now sells it through his business, Kustom Kratom. “It helped me,” he says simply, “and this is my way to pay back. I want to be able to help people who are going through what I went through.” Even so, cautions Griggs, kratom should be the last resort for people in pain because it can be addictive as well.
“If you’ve got pain, try yoga, surgery, focus on your breathing, whatever else works,” he advises. “But if you know you’re going to be in pain for the rest of your life, kratom may be a solution for you.” Clinical herbalist John Janeski says he’s seen kratom work miracles for some of his clients but agrees that it should be used only in certain cases and even then not taken lightly. Kratom, however, is just one of the more than 200 herbal therapies Janeski offers. “It’s not the focus of my business,” he stresses. “I don’t sell it to everyone: I won’t sell it to kids, and I won’t sell it to someone who I think will be using it for the wrong reasons. I want to make sure, if they’re using it for pain, that they’ve tried acupuncture and bodywork and worked on their diet. There are other herbs that are more commonly known that may help. I really think this is a solution for those in dire straits who can’t find relief anywhere else.” Kratom comes in powdered form and can be mixed into a drink or brewed like tea, he says. “I know an individual, a local man, who was in a car accident. He suffered severe injuries, including multiple broken bones,” says Janeski. “As a result, he now lives in constant pain. There are days where this person can’t prepare his products for sale at local farmers markets. Kratom helps him relieve the pain and keep going.” According to a December 2016 article by Walter C. Prozialeck in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, one of the problems with assessing the risks is that “no controlled clinical trials on the safety and efficacy of kratom have been published.” Nonetheless, the author, who chairs the Department of Pharmacology at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University, concluded: “In my opinion, the therapeutic potential of kratom is too large to be ignored. Well-controlled clinical trials on kratom or the many active
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compounds in kratom are needed to address this issue.” Earlier in 2016, Prozialeck reported, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced plans to classify kratom as a Schedule I controlled substance, a category that also includes heroin and LSD. Faced with opposition from patients and advocacy groups, the agency postponed the move. But in 2018, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, a physician, issued a public health advisory warning of kratom’s “potential for abuse, addiction and serious health consequences.” The most common reported side effects, noted Prozialeck, are anxiety, irritability, nausea and vomiting; high doses have been said to result in tachycardia, seizures and liver damage. After reviewing the literature, however, Prozialeck wrote: “I can reach no other conclusion than, in pure herbal form, when taken at moderate doses ... pure leaf kratom appears to be relatively benign in the vast majority of cases.” And he adds, “Several investigators who closely examined these issues concluded that kratom is not as dangerous as traditional opioids and that the potential benefits may outweigh the risks.” Kratom is illegal in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. It’s also been banned in municipalities such as San Diego; Denver; Sarasota County, Fla.; and Jerseyville, Ill. And while kratom is currently legal in North Carolina, that may change, notes Janeski. In 2016, state legislators introduced SB830, which would have made kratom a controlled substance. But after support groups expressed opposition to the bill, Sen. Tom McInnis (R-District 25), the primary sponsor, amended it to ban sales of kratom to people under age 18.
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“If you’ve got pain, try yoga, surgery, focus on your breathing, whatever else works. But if you know you’re going to be in pain for the rest of your life, kratom may be a solution for you.” —Taylor Griggs about their pain. “We have lots of data on how behavioral therapy can actually reduce their pain by 2 percent,” says Dr. Blake Fagan. “Essentially, we’re training them to replace negative thoughts about their pain with more positive thoughts.” But MAHEC, he notes, also uses a number of other alternative therapies to help patients deal with pain. “There is good, solid data that treating a patient’s depression that is a result of that pain actually helps to decrease their pain,” says Fagan. “With physical therapy, we tell the patients to get out and move. Whether it’s yoga, exercise or tai chi, just move and it will help you in the end. Sometimes it’s hard for patients to hear, ‘If you’ll just get out and walk every day, and you can make it for two weeks doing that, you’ll see a difference.’ They may not want to do thatbecause it hurts when they walk, but it will help, and they will feel better.” Fagan, however, also stresses the need for more scientific research to assess different therapies’ effectiveness. “We have data on behavioral therapy. We have data on treating patients’ depression. We have data on acupuncture,” he says. “But there haven’t been any randomized, controlled trials on CBD or kratom. I don’t think we in the medical community can say these are safe alternatives because we just don’t know.” Kratom, for example, can lead to much worse problems than the ones it’s being used to treat, he says. Although he’s seen patients use kratom to get off of opioids, it’s had no effect on others — and still others have become addicted to kratom and gone on to addictions to more harmful substances, such as heroin.
ALLEVIATING PAIN WITH ACUPUNCTURE Another ancient Asian pain remedy is acupuncture. Small, thin needles applied to specific points on the body can provide almost immediate relief, says Aimée Schinasi, co-owner of The People’s Acupuncture of Asheville. “Acupuncture helps so many different things, from emotional pain to menstrual pain to lower back pain. Pain is what it’s best for,” the licensed acupuncturist explains. “It hurts for about 30 seconds, and then it feels better. … It depends on the patient as to how long the effect lasts.” The therapy can help people avoid having to use pain medication and get off of meds they may already be on, says Schinasi. “I’ve had people literally crawling through the door for help,” she recalls. “I had one woman who was on multiple opioids for pain from numerous back surgeries. She was able to use the acupuncture treatment to get off of most of her opioid medications. ... If people can come here first, we can prevent them from going on opioids in the first place.” Schinasi also uses the procedure herself. “Last month my shoulder freaked out, and I could barely move my head,” she reveals. “I visited the chiropractor, I got a massage, but it was the acupuncture that ... knocked it out.” Treatments, she says, might range from once a week to once a day, depending on the pain level. And while many alternative therapies aren’t covered by most health insurance, that’s offset by their relatively low cost, Schinasi points out. “Our services are on a sliding scale, between $25 and $40 for the initial visit and between $15 and $35 for every visit after that,” she notes. “A patient who is in severe pain that requires several visits can afford $15 a visit — $15 is nothing when you’re hurting. But with doctor visits sometimes costing hundreds of dollars, a patient may forgo treatment or rely on medication instead.” And economics aside, “We’ve seen everything here,” she notes. “We’ve seen all kinds of people who fall into addiction — from nurses with easy access to those things to those who have become addicted to opioids following surgery. I 110 percent stand behind acupuncture as one of the best alternatives to opioids.”
“But there haven’t been any randomized, controlled trials on CBD or kratom. I don’t think we in the medical community can say these are safe alternatives, because we just don’t know.”
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Meanwhile, some newer therapies use technology to help ease pain. At Focus Centers of Asheville, biofeedback can help patients learn to control their body to decrease pain, says Phil Ellis, the facility’s director. “Our method is to connect an individual patient to an instrument that illustrates how their body is working,” explains Ellis, a licensed psychologist who’s board-certified in neurofeedback. “It may show an image that shows their skin temperature. … We tell them to imagine looking at a thermometer and focusing on their desire to see the temperature drop. Most people can do that. … Getting feedback like that is very rewarding. Eventually we get to the place where the patient can do it on their own.” Biofeedback is best for pain associated with muscle tension and headaches, notes Ellis, but it can also be used to steady heart rates and help with insomnia. “Studies have shown that biofeedback changes the way our patients view pain,” he says. “Our patients say they have seen a 20 to 30 percent reduction in their pain levels after therapy.”
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W ELL NESS FEELING THE PULSE BioQPulse, used in Europe since the 1960s and approved by the FDA five years ago, combines reflexology with electrical stimulation applied to pressure points on the hands and feet, says Chris Taylor, who owns Physio Physical Therapy and Wellness in Asheville. “These low-level electromagnetic pulses increase blood flow, boost energy production and help the nervous system calm down and relax,” says Taylor. “It’s great help for fibromyalgia patients and those with chronic pain. We’ve seen great results on people with nerve injuries. It helps stimulate nerve healing and growth.”
The therapy, he notes, alleviates pain at the source, rather than merely masking it with drugs. “Basically, everything we do in our practice is set up to treat pain without drugs. BioQPulse is just one piece of the puzzle. But all of these therapies can help someone get off of opioids or not start them in the first place.” BEAM ME UP Another local practice, Chiropractic Physicians at Biltmore Park, specializes in K-Laser therapy. Chiropractor Michael Masterman, who owns the clinic, says that while many kinds of laser therapies can alleviate pain and promote healing, K-Laser therapy goes deeper into the tissues and works to repair the muscles as well as stimulate healing. Using red and near-infrared light, he continues, the lasers penetrate deep into the body to increase circulation, drawing water, oxygen and nutrients to the area. This creates an “optimal healing environment” that reduces swelling, muscle spasms, stiffness and pain. Masterman says he’s helped several patients get off opioids. The therapy works, he says, because the lasers address the underlying problem instead of just treating the symptoms. Several drug rehabilitation centers now refer some of their patients to the clinic to help them get off opioids and other painkillers, he reports.
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DAMAGE CONTROL Schinasi, too, believes alternative pain treatments are the best way to avoid opioid addiction. “If you can get in somewhere and get alternative care, you can avoid surgery and the nerve damage, the scar tissue and other issues that cause pain,” she points out. “If you can avoid the pain, you can avoid getting on opioids. And the best way to avoid getting addicted to opioids is not to start using them in the first place.” Fagan of MAHEC agrees that the increasing problems with opioids are something all health care providers need to be aware of — and the
focus needs to be on avoiding getting patients addicted to begin with. “The public health analogy for opioids is to think of a river that’s swiftly moving, and there are people in the river drowning,” he says. “You’ve got to go in and rescue those people who are drowning. But more than that, you’ve got to do something to prevent the people upstream from pushing people into the river in the first place.” Ultimately, Fagan maintains, it’s up to patients to determine what’s best for them. “If they decide to do alternative therapies, I would want them to make sure that whatever they do decreases their pain, increases their function and they don’t have any adverse reaction to the treatment,” he says. “With each of these new therapies, they need to go in with a little bit of skepticism, and if it’s not working, they need to stop. I would say that about traditional medicine and painkillers too: If it’s not working, tell your doctor.” X
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WNC Regional Air Quality Agency hosts public hearing on budget was yet again rebranded as the Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency. “The name can be confusing because we only cover one county,” says Ashley Featherstone, WNCRAQA’S permitting program director. “It was left that way in case any other counties decided to opt in. So far, none have.” REGULATION HAS ITS BENEFITS As an independent agency, WNCRAQA can — and has — set regulations and enforcement that are more stringent than federal and state standards. Buncombe County has placed more restrictions on open burning, asbestos disposal and contractor demolition than the surrounding counties. In addition to yielding cleaner air, the rules also come with some financial perks. “We get funding from the EPA, just like the states do, to operate
these air pollution monitoring networks where we monitor for things like ground-level ozone and ground particles,” says Featherstone. “Any place you have a local program [like WNCRAQA], you have air pollution monitors. If you don’t have a local program, it is up to the state to decide which counties get them.” Buncombe County’s air quality monitors allow the agency to accurately predict air quality in real time while also observing long-term trends. A station installed last year at the Bent Creek Community Park monitors ozone, while another unit at A-B Tech tracks toxic substances like benzene. Three monitoring units located at the Buncombe County Schools Board of Education facility at 175 Bingham Road in Asheville continuously measure airborne particulates. While WNCRAQA doesn’t operate the monitor that tracks sulfur dioxide emissions from Duke Energy’s
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DUST IN THE WIND: The Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency has been operating fine-particle monitors in Buncombe County since 2001. Monitors are replaced and updated every few years. Photo courtesy of WNCRAQA
BY TIMOTHY BURKHARDT burkhardttd@gmail.com The Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency is something of a strange bird. While the agency bears the name of the WNC region, it operates only in Buncombe County. And while it receives no funding from Buncombe County’s government, its six staff members are county employees. One of only three local air quality agencies in North Carolina — the others are in Forsyth and Mecklenburg counties — WNCRAQA will hold a public hearing on its proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 on Tuesday, June 26, at 4 p.m. at the office of the Buncombe County Permits and Inspections Department at 30 Valley St. in Asheville. Comments should be submitted prior to the meeting at wncair@buncombecounty.org.
CLOUDIER SKIES First formed in Asheville in the 1940s as the Smoke Abatement Program, the organization originally focused on mitigating the coal smoke that settled in local valleys during stagnant weather conditions. In 1965, the Smoke Abatement Program teamed up with Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Transylvania counties to become the Western North Carolina Air Pollution Control Agency. But the partnership was short-lived. After disagreements about financial support, Henderson and Transylvania counties left the APCA in 1970, deciding to adhere instead to only state and federal regulations. In 2000, Haywood County pulled out of the deal as well. That year, Asheville City Council considered disbanding the agency but held off in the face of an outpouring of support from community members and industry. The APCA, which now covered only Buncombe County, MOUNTAINX.COM
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G RE EN S CE N E Lake Julian plant, it does review data from the monitor on a daily basis, says Kevin Lance, field services program manager. Installed by Duke Energy on Brown Mountain in South Asheville in January 2017, the monitor has returned readings that are well within federal limits, according to Lance. Still, it’s too soon to say for sure that Duke Energy is in full compliance. “You have to have three years of data to make a determination,” says Featherstone. The irony is that the three-year monitoring period will come to an end just as Duke is transitioning the Lake Julian plant to run on natural gas rather than coal, a switch that ought to lower smokestack emissions substantially, Lance says. LEVEL FUNDING In its $1 million proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year that starts July 1, WNCRAQA cites funding sources that include federal grants, permit and inspection fees and the state gasoline tax. Local air quality staff is keeping a watchful eye on developments at the Environmental Protection Agency, which provides nearly half of WNCRAQA’s annual funding. “The president and the current administration have proposed a reduction to the air pollution grants that the states and local air agencies get. They have proposed at least a 30 percent reduction but so far, Congress has kept the funding level,” says Featherstone. “And it’s been level for about 14 years, which basically amounts to a reduction when you think of cost of living.” The agency’s staff, she says, has gone from 11 to six over the past decade. The downward funding trend, says Betsy Brown, air quality supervisor, means fewer workers to conduct facility inspections, operate air pollution monitoring equipment and investigate open burning and dust complaints. Education and public outreach and managing grants are tasks that are also feeling the squeeze. Some of the funding reductions can be traced to the success of clean air programs. “WNCRAQA, like the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality and the EPA, have seen a reduction in the workforce due to stagnant or diminishing funding of air quality programs and grants, as well as the reduction of permit fees due to the reduction of pollution emissions at point sources,” says Brown.
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PERMIT ME While WNCRAQA’s revenue from permitting and inspection fees is lower than in the past, it still makes up over a quarter of the agency’s funding. Director David Brigman says his organization is responsible for permits and inspections for 229 facilities in Buncombe County. Those range from the county’s biggest emitter of regulated substances, Duke Energy’s Lake Julian power plant, to local gas stations and dry cleaners. In addition, the agency reviews all construction demolition permit applications in the city of Asheville and Buncombe County, a total of 800-1,000 applications a year, as well as permitting and inspecting all asbestos abatement projects in the city and county every year. The asbestos work adds up to another 300-400 projects for which the agency is responsible. While the agency collected an average of $11,600 in fines annually between 2012 and 2016, all of that money must go to Asheville City and Buncombe County schools under state law, according to Brown. Finable infractions range from illegal burning to noncompliance with permit regulations in industrial facilities.
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I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW A major win for local air quality came in 2006, when Duke Energy installed smokestack scrubbers at its Lake Julian plant in accordance with the N.C. Clean Smokestacks Act of 2002. “In 2006, [Duke Energy’s] emissions of SO2 [sulfur dioxide] were around 16,000 tons a year and now they are less than 2,000 tons a year, and this is happening all over the state of North Carolina. All the power plants have had to put in these scrubbers,” says Featherstone. “We are currently in compliance with National Ambient Air Quality Standards.” According to Featherstone, clean air isn’t just about breathing well, it’s also a boon for the economy. “The fine particle pollution, not only is it a serious health hazard, but it affects regional haze and it obscures mountain views when the particles are high, so it’s important for tourism as well. People come up here, they want to see the mountains and they want to have clean air if they’re out hiking.” Despite funding challenges, Featherstone says she is happy to be doing her job in Asheville. “We live in an area where people care about air quality, and not all of our colleagues in air pollution control can say that.” X
FIELD TRIP: A visitor checks out the flowers at Flying Cloud Farm in Fairview. Flying Cloud is one of nearly two dozen area farms participating in the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s 10th annual Farm Tour. Photo by Colin Wiebe
BY CATHY CLEARY cathy@thecookandgarden.com Would you believe that a single Western North Carolina event lets you go for a hayride, taste local wine, meet alpacas, watch a cooking demonstration, learn vegetable growing tips, go fishing, eat a local grass-fed beef burger and pick berries to take home? It’s true. The Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s annual Farm Tour includes all of these activities and many more as participating farms open their doors, gates and barns for ticket holders to learn more about who feeds us and how they do it. This year, the tour, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, June 23-24, marks its 10th anniversary with plans to showcase 22 owner-operated family farms. The event has evolved a bit over the last decade, says ASAP events coordinator
Robin Lenner. “In the past few years, we developed clusters so that the tour can focus on a few regions and rotate from year to year,” she explains, noting that with farms clustered together, visitors can see more in a day. WNC is lucky to have a plentiful number of small-scale farming operations, and even the most hard-core farm tourists would find it challenging to visit more than 10 in a weekend. The clusters include farms in Yancey County and Henderson County as well as in Fairview, Candler, Leicester and Smith Mill Works right outside Asheville. Lenner recommends picking a cluster and visiting three to four farms in that area per day. But she acknowledges, “It can be so hard to choose!” With everything on display, from hemp production to aquaponics to goat rearing to artisan cider, visitors will want to get strategic to make the most of the weekend. ASAP provides a handy
printed Farm Tour guide (available at the ASAP office, area businesses and farmers markets) with tips on how to plan a route and what each farm will offer for guests. We live during a time when a child can grow up without ever seeing a working farm in action, and many adults have no idea what it takes to grow the kale they put in a morning smoothie. The Farm Tour provides an opportunity to see all the effort behind products we might otherwise take for granted. West Asheville resident Robin Mehler took her kids on the tour last year, and her 9-year-old son, Asa, reported, “I never knew you could grow mushrooms on farms. We saw them growing on logs, and we bought some shiitake mushrooms. Now I really love them.” Visitors are not the only benefactors. Farmers, trying to educate the public and build a customer base, benefit from the exposure. Carolyn Bradley, co-owner of Farm House Beef in Sandy Mush says, “The Farm Tour brings many people to our farm to enjoy the
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beauty of the farm and learn about the health benefits of eating grass-fed beef. We enjoy sharing about good food and the importance of maintaining a farm for the next generation.” More information and Farm Tour passes are available on ASAP’s website (see info box for details). And be sure to leave your furry pets at home — dogs are not allowed on the Farm Tour. X
WHAT ASAP’s Farm Tour WHERE Buy car passes and find a list of participating farms and other details at asapconnections.org. WHEN Noon-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, June 23-24. Passes are $30 per car in advance or $40 per car the weekend of the tour.
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According to studies by Ohio State University, 80 percent of restaurants close within their first five years. And the markup in the industry is notoriously meager — the National Restaurant Association calculates that overall profit margins often sink as low as 5 percent, even among businesses we tend to think of as successful. Margins can be even thinner for restaurants that prioritize environmental sustainability because the products they buy — from the pasture-raised meat right down to the compostable straws — tend to cost more than what the competing chain eateries are using. This is one explanation for why farm-to-table prices are often so much steeper than those at the average meat-and-three. When Rebecca Hanser and Mitchell Marecki moved to Asheville from Germany with plans to open a Turkish döner kebab shop, they were hardpressed to find a space that would
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TREADING LIGHTLY: Despite slim profit margins and competition from chain eateries, Mitchell Marecki and Rebecca Hanser do their best to make environmentally sustainable choices at their Asheville Mall kebab restaurant, The Döner. Photo by Cindy Kunst mimic the tiny takeout restaurants that appear on nearly every street corner in German cities. Most of the available downtown square footage was sprawling, and the rents were far too high for a concept focused on a cheap, easy eat like döner kebabs. So instead, they wound up with a booth in the Asheville Mall food court, where they vie for business with chains like Chick-fil-A. Marecki says there’s no way his shop, The Döner, could sustain itself competing against
chain restaurants if it switched to an entirely farm-to-table system, but he does the best he can. “Anything we can get here, we try to get here,” he says. The Döner uses entirely hormone-free and antibioticfree meats. “Even that is hard. In quickservice restaurants, the margin is just too small. We are lucky to get a 7 percent profit margin right now.” Being primarily a takeout location adds another dimension of challenge. The business saw its profit margin
shrink from 7 to 5 percent when it tried using paper cups, so it has shifted back to using Styrofoam. The restaurant still uses ecofriendly to-go boxes, but they cost a hefty 35 cents a piece. “Thirty-five cents on top of something that only sells for $7 really makes a difference,” says Marecki. “But because these big chains buy millions of those boxes, they could get them for 15 cents, but they still buy the Styrofoam.” Marecki calculates that it costs the restaurant nearly a dollar to equip just one to-go order doner kebab with the appropriate wrappings and trappings — straws, napkins, a bag, disposable fork, etc. — expected by the customer. Marecki also observes that the mall doesn’t have recycling receptacles, which further disincentivizes corporate restaurants and their customers from doing the right thing. When asked for comment, representatives from the Asheville Mall said, “We are currently working with our center’s partners to expand our current recycling program at Asheville Mall.” When asked if they would ever require restaurants in their food court to use ecofriendly packaging, they had no comment. Having higher prices than competitors — even if the difference is slight — can adversely affect business. “When someone is standing in our line and they can see, ‘OK, this is $8, and next door it is $7,’ it takes three steps to get to the next cash register, so they will do it,” says Marecki. “Now if customers at the mall said, ‘I’m not going to go to Chick-fil-A because their entire model isn’t sustainable’ or started bringing their own cups, only then can it move. That change is doable, but it has to be united,” he says. The Döner has begun offering discounted drinks for people who bring their own cups.
then, to make it cost-effective, you have to bend other ways.” McGaughey and his wife, Shannon, who each have logged nearly 20 years in the restaurant industry, have built two very different models for slinging farm-fresh cuisine. Salt & Smoke, a food truck permanently planted outside Burial Beer Co. on the South Slope, tends to keep prices on the lower side, serving a limited yet creative menu on paper plates. But at their River Arts District eatery, Vivian, there’s the added bonus of alcohol sales. This pads the budget enough for them to make fewer compromises, allowing them to play with higher-priced cuts of meat and serve a fine-dining menu. The overarching theme among chefs who aim to build sustainable businesses that are also ecofriendly — in fine-dining establishments and quickservice venues alike — is that the restaurant business is a game of constant compromise. And the rules are largely dictated by the customer. “You’ve got to think about it like you are going to feed your family,” says McGaughey. “You’ve got to feed your family the best thing that you can afford to feed them, and that’s what you should be doing. You should also be taking that approach when you are cooking for people and expecting them to buy your food. You want to be able to say at the end of the day that I have done the best job I can do to give you the best quality food that I can give you. “In the grand scheme of things, you want to have a good conscience about it,” he continues. “And I know that that makes it more expensive for people, and we try to watch that here. But the cost is the cost, and I’m not just trying to pull a couple extra dollars.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Some see Asheville’s economic reliance on tourists as a potential threat to the restaurant industry’s long-term sustainability. “I’m a farmer on food stamps, man; I can’t even afford to eat at most of these places,” says Severian Simmons, owner of Free Orbit Farm, which vends to 18 restaurants in town, including Vivian. Simmons views tourism as both a blessing and a curse to Foodtopia. “They are coming, so we might as well build it,” he says. “But it’s a Catch22, because the more tourists come to town, the more real estate gets sold and rental rates go up, [but] there isn’t enough work outside of the service sector to be able to sustain that, and the people working those jobs can’t afford to work there anymore, and that’s real-
Xpress has reported at length about the challenges posed to the restaurant industry by its own market, how labor shortages — perhaps partially caused by oversaturation — can burden kitchens and how the loss of demand for fine dining has reduced margins, making it hard to pay workers what they are worth. All of this turbulence begs the question: Is the local restaurant industry actually sustainable? “There are a lot of subcolumns in that question, but based off of my experience with Salt & Smoke, I would say yes,” says Josiah McGaughey, coowner of Vivian and Salt & Smoke. “You do what you can, you buy local, you buy sustainable products, and
ly what I see as the most unsustainable part of it all.” But he also points out that local restaurants sustain a breed of farmer that would otherwise not be in business. Simmons left the tailgate market game a few years ago when he sensed it was becoming oversaturated, opting instead to partner with chefs directly. “I do believe that in a lot of ways that alliance can transcend conventional economic norms creating a closed loop,” he says. “Farmers in that category aren’t trying to carry the torch of old-school farmers that are monocropping soy or corn, and they are taking on the less-is-more approach, encouraging biodiversity.” He notes that support of this brand of agriculture isn’t just good for the environment, it can be good for the farmer’s wallet as well. “People that shop at a co-op or farmers market don’t have the same purse that a restaurant has,” he explains. “So when The Market Place takes 50-75 pounds of heirloom tomatoes twice a week, they are not just paying for a product, they are paying for a methodology that the farmer is employing. My farm wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for restaurants.” X
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A city’s history includes countless diverse narratives. And for local historians Nan Chase and Terry Taylor, the chronology of Asheville’s grocery stores is a story worth exploring. On Wednesday, June 27, the pair will host a multimedia lecture, Asheville Shops for Dinner: A Grocery on (Almost) Every Block, in the Lord Auditorium at Pack Library. The free event will look at the decades from 1880 to 1960, with a particular focus on 1925. That year, says Taylor, marked the largest number of grocery stores within city limits. Trivia nerds and history buffs eager to learn the exact count will have to attend the talk, though. Chase and Taylor plan for a giant reveal at the event, with a map pinpointing each location. “It’s a big number,” Taylor says. The presentation will offer other quirky insights into the city’s past, including diet trends and unusual food preferences, says Chase, and will highlight the ways history tends to repeat itself. For example, while the majority of people today still push carts up and down supermarket aisles, a 2017 Gallup Poll found that 9 percent of Americans order groceries online at least once a month. The technology might be new, but the luxury of having groceries delivered to your door is far from revolutionary. According to Chase, prior to the emergence of chain stores in the 1920s, most neighborhood shops offered free home delivery. Taylor will pair the talk with a series of images and advertisements from decades past. Many local stores, he notes, were concentrated on North and South Main (present-day Broadway and Biltmore Avenue), as well as Patton Avenue and College Street. Along with providing attendees a sense of where these shops stood and what they looked like, the images will also showcase how the sector evolved over time. Improvements in transportation and refrigeration had major impacts on the trade, Taylor notes, ultimately leading to a reduction in the overall number of stores in town. In a broader sense, Chase hopes the upcoming event will offer some fresh insight on the city’s overall history. She
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PAPER OR PLASTIC: On June 27, local historians Nan Chase and Terry Taylor will discuss the history of grocery stores in Asheville at Pack Memorial Library. The multimedia lecture will feature images and ads from the past. Photo courtesy of Taylor notes that between 1880 and 1930, the number of grocery stores grew rapidly because of Asheville’s growing popularity. During that time period, she says, the city’s population ballooned from 2,610 to 50,000. “This was a booming tourist town 100 years ago,” Chase points out, noting once more the cyclical nature of history — part of the area’s appeal was its culinary scene. “There were fruit orchards, vegetable farms [and] cideries,” she says. “It was what we have today: a food city.” Asheville Shops for Dinner runs 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at Lord Auditorium in Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. The event is free. THE SUMMER OF FERMENTATION On Thursday, June 21, White Labs Asheville will host Fermented Pairings Series Vol. 4: The Summer
of Fermentation. The event will be led by White Labs’ education and engagement curator, Jo Doyle, and Fermenti co-founder Meg Chamberlain. The menu will include dishes such as the “Holy Mole,” a fermented chocolate, cayenne pepper and cabbage combo atop a wood-fired brisket torta paired with a Taberer IPA made with WLP066 London Fog Ale Yeast. The Summer of Fermentation happens 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at White Labs Kitchen & Tap, 172 S. Charlotte St. Tickets are $25 and are available at avl.mx/512. FOOD: AN ART EXHIBIT Local artist and curator Constance Vlahoulis has a motto: “Fine food deserves fine art.” This aphorism inspired her latest group art exhibit, Food, which opens at the Adler Gallery
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THE YEAR OF THE WOMAN Asheville Percussion Festival brings in female musicians from around the world with guys. I’ve been in tons of performance ensembles where I’m the only woman, and that’s usually how it is.” One of many professional women percussionists who have to fight to be seen within the industry, Lehmann is thrilled that the theme of the 2018 Asheville Percussion Festival is “Celebrating Women in Rhythm.” Intended to honor powerful female artists brought to Asheville from around the globe, the seventh annual gathering takes place Monday, June 25, to Sunday, July 1, mainly at Odyssey Community School. In planning the festival at the start of the year, director River Guerguerian was on the verge of getting his usual mix of genders and cultures under the banner of a different theme. But on Jan. 20, the father of three daughters, ages from 11 to 21, attended his second consecutive Asheville Women’s March and had an epiphany. “I kept seeing these [handheld] signs everywhere that said, ‘The Future is Female’ and ‘empower this’ and ‘empower that.’ And I was like, ‘No, man. That’s actually not true. The female is now.’ And then I said to myself, ‘This really is the year of the woman,’ with all the things going down on many different levels — political and not political,” Guerguerian says. “So I decided that all the headliners were going to be women or people who see themselves that way.”
UNCOMMON DENOMINATOR: Clockwise from upper left, Jessie Lehmann, Isabel Castellvi, Kasiva Mutua and Naghmeh Farahmand are among the residency artists for the 2018 Asheville Percussion Festival. Photos courtesy of Asheville Percussion Festival
BY EDWIN ARNAUDIN earnaudin@mountainx.com Asheville-based drummer Jessie Lehmann loves West African music. Over 20 years, the Warren Wilson College graduate has visited Guinea and Ivory Coast three times and made connections with different master drummers to best represent and teach its nuances. She enjoys West African music’s physical nature and precision, the deeper understandings that come
through learning French and certain African languages and the cultural contexts of specific rhythms. Also appealing is its focus on polyrhythms, memorization and being group-oriented, plus the ways it pairs with dancing and its status as the source of other indigenous forms of drumming throughout the world, including samba, Afro-Cuban and Haitian styles. One aspect she’s not crazy about, however, is the scarcity of women djembe players, which remained the case on her most recent trip to Africa in 2017.
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There’s the nature of how athletic it is, “and it hurts your hands. You get calluses. You have to try hard. Not as many women want to have callus-rough hands that are gross, or build up your upper body and have all these muscles that you wouldn’t normally form,” Lehmann says. “And then just the sheer act of having to push through the machismo [is challenging] — because there is that as part of the ‘Look at me. I’m the best, fastest, loudest drummer’ and that’s a lot of the culture, the way it feels when you play MOUNTAINX.COM
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Chris Rosser and Eliot Wadopian will also be male exceptions at the Masters Concert, held this year on Friday, June 29, at Diana Wortham Theatre (instead of the usual Saturday night slot). Spoken-word artist (and Xpress arts editor) Alli Marshall will also perform at the Masters Concert. Other local residency artists include cellist/multi-instrumentalist Isabel Castellvi, Abby the Spoon Lady and Bharatanatyam dancer Aparna Keshaviah. Headlining the festival and
making the trek from Nairobi, Kenya, is percussionist Kasiva Mutua. She’ll be joined by Brooklyn-based Latin percussionist Lisette Santiago; experimental percussionist and Seattle resident Bonnie Whiting; Iranianborn Persian percussionist Naghmeh Farahmand, who now lives in Canada; and Turkish-based, Middle Eastern dumbek expert Raquy Danziger. Also visiting for the week from California is Monette Marino, whom Lehmann considers one of her percussion heroes. “I love supporting her. She’s amazing and was on the forefront of Americans learning West African drumming,” Lehmann says. “She even went to study in Belgium with Mamady Keita, which was before anyone did that stuff. When I came around in the late ’90s, already people had sort of started going to West Africa, but she was the generation prior, when it was very rare.” A veteran of multiple Asheville Percussion Festivals, Lehmann was initially brought in to play backup on dundun bass drums for West African artists like Bolokada Conde and Adama Dembele in their classes and performances. In 2017, she got to teach her first festival class — also
on dunduns — and will do so again this year. She’ll also get to set a piece for the Masters Concert, a year after a mechanical malfunction caused her drums to drop while walking onstage to play with Conde before a sold-out auditorium. Lehmann says she “had to put [the drums] all back together and play in a weird, awkward way,” all of which was captured in a video that went viral on YouTube — and which, with the aid of hindsight, she’s able to joke about today. X
WHAT Asheville Percussion Festival WHERE Odyssey Community School 90 Zillicoa St. and Diana Wortham Theatre 18 Biltmore Ave. WHEN Monday, June 25, to Sunday, July 1. Ticket prices vary. Full schedule of workshops and concerts at ashevillepercussionfestival.com
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Indigo De Souza releases a full-band, garage-rock album
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MAKING MAGIC: Though Indigo De Souza started as a solo, acoustic artist, “I became bored of singer-songwriter life,” she says with a laugh. When she connected with musicians Owen Stone, left, and Jake Lenderman, right, her songs morphed into what she’d been hearing in her head. “I don’t even have to tell them what I want. They just know,” she says. Photo by Alice Epanchintseva Because this is Asheville, synchronicity is not just a Police album from the early ’80s — it’s a way of life. When local musician Indigo De Souza, who had been following Columbia, S.C., transplants Elvis Depressedly (an indie-rock duo) on Twitter, and that group’s members Mat Lee Cothran and Delaney Mills mentioned they were looking for someone to rent the house next to theirs, De Souza went to check the place out, “partly because I needed a house and partly because I wanted to meet them, because I’ve always been a big fan,” she says. It was Cothran and Mills who showed her the place, and “we just became good friends first, and then we ended up playing music together, and I’m actually singing on one of the songs [they put out] on their last album.” Elvis Depressedly will also perform at the release show for De Souza’s new, full-length record, which launches at The Mothlight on Saturday, June 23. De Souza’s 10-track album is called I Love You Mom — a surprise for the musician’s mother, who created the painting that will be featured as the record’s cover art. (The mother and daughter have long collaborated on visual art: “When I was 5, my mom would take the drawings I’d do and blow them up really large on a canvas and paint them,” De Souza says. Her father is a bossa nova guitarist from Brazil.)
Though the record was still being mastered at press time, a rough mix of the track “Like Everybody Else” offers a hint of what’s to come. Warm, fuzzy guitars and crisp percussion under De Souza’s sweet-with-bite vocal recall ’90sera Cranberries. This is more angsty, though; its pop instincts muddied and confessions colored with irreverence. But the coiled energy is there, as is the sonic explosion — the punch and snarl — around the 1:30 minute mark. “When am I gonna go back to school, like everybody else does?” De Souza sings. “When am I gonna start being cool, like everybody else is?” For those mostly familiar with De Souza as the intrepid singer-songwriter, introduced to the Asheville scene at age 14, the rock ethos of this new album might come as a surprise. “I’d definitely been hearing the [full band] sound all along, but never had the right people to back it up,” De Souza — no longer a teenager — explains. “When I met Owen [Stone] and Jake [Lenderman] and realized we clicked musically, it was like magic.” Stone and Lenderman have been collaborating on each other’s creations for a while; Lenderman’s own project, MJ Lenderman, will open the Mothlight show. Though De Souza hasn’t put out a lot of music, what she has released has been varied. “I used to hang out at Echo Mountain Studios and record there,” she
says of her early work. “Since I moved on from there, I’ve mostly recorded in people’s basements or bedrooms.” Two EPs, available on Bandcamp, include a shoegaze project and a neo-soul effort. “I feel like it’s confusing to people who I am, because I’m putting out a lot of different kinds of music,” says De Souza. “But I’m more excited about that than taking a one-sized approach.” While she’s been advised to pick a genre and stick to it, “I’ve never been able to do that because my mind strays to so many different kinds of music,” De Souza says. “The people I’m working with inspire the type of music I’m making.” The 2017 neo-soul EP, don’t cry just do, was in collaboration with Ethan Baechtold, “a jazz genius,” De Souza says. The dreamy, sonically collaged Boys, from 2016, includes contributions from local artists Ryan Lassiter, Michael Libramento and Andrew Costantion (the latter is also credited with the concept). But, “When I’m playing rock music in a basement with people, I tend to write more angsty-female lyrics.” It’s worth noting that, across genres and lineups, it’s De Souza’s vocal — the crystalline high notes, the sleepy low notes and the honey ease with which she slips from one register to another — that defines and drives each project. Her delivery is intelligent and artful, unex-
pected but relatable. She doesn’t need to pick a style: She is the style. For I Love You Mom — which De Souza describes as garage-rock with pop flair — “Collin Miller is the guy who made it all happen. He engineered it, [and] he’s also mixing and mastering,” says De Souza. “It was pretty simple. We did live recordings of the songs with all of us playing at the same time, and we added pretty stuff over the top.” The release show will include not only some of De Souza’s favorite fellow musicians, but merch that she’s created (“I’m printing T-shirts with my own designs on them and tote bags,” she says). Local music fans might want to catch De Souza now while she still calls Asheville home: “New York City is where I’ve always wanted to be,” she says. “I really like the fast-paced energy and how everyone is working really hard and moving together … like a large organism.” For an artist who has been pushing her own boundaries and stretching her skill set, it makes sense that stretching her wings would be the next step. X
WHO Indigo De Souza with MJ Lenderman and Elvis Depressedly WHERE The Mothlight 701 Haywood Road themothlight.com WHEN Saturday, June 23, 9:30 p.m. Free
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STAYING IN MOTION While doing research for a new ballet about Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald — the sometimes-Asheville-based writer-and-artist couple who, in many ways, personified the Jazz Age — Heather Maloy experienced a realization: “Scott was horrible to Zelda in a lot of ways. But he was way more supportive than most men would have been.” As she dug more deeply, Maloy came to a provocative conclusion. “The #MeToo movement has latched onto Zelda as this sort of victim,” she acknowledges. “But I don’t see her as quite the victim she’s often portrayed as.” The dance piece resulting from that study, “Zelda’s Dance” was choreographed by Maloy, who launched the contemporary ballet company Terpsicorps in Asheville 15 years ago. The premiere of the performance, based on the complicated, nuanced and ultimately tragic relationship between the Fitzgeralds, features the Terpsicorps company dancers joined by the Firecracker Jazz Band. Terpsicorps kicks off its 15thanniversary season ThursdaySaturday, June 21-23, at the Diana Wortham Theatre. Zelda Fitzgerald’s obsession with being a dancer was part of what initially drew Maloy to her as a subject. “Scott and and Zelda were household names for me growing up,” she says. But the ballet’s narrative focuses upon the couple’s relationship. “It’s difficult subject matter to tackle because there are so many different takes on the story,” Maloy says. “The only source that made sense for me to go to was their actual letters to one another.” That approach informs the character of the dance performance: “It’s as if Zelda was sitting there reading old letters, remembering good times and bad, through the lens of her solitude.” Maloy summarizes the theme of “Zelda’s Dance” succinctly. “It’s about a tortured — and in some way unrequited — love.” Terpsicorps’ anniversary season also includes the return staging of past works from the company’s repertory. “Second Line” was created in part to honor John Payne, a fixture of the River Arts District who passed away in 2008. Payne was a sculptor, owner of the Wedge Building and and a passionate supporter of Maloy’s company. “I creat38
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ROMANCE OF THE JAZZ AGE: The enduring love between Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald is at the center of “Zelda’s Dance,” a new work staged by Asheville contemporary dance company Terpsicorps. Photo by Jeff Cravotta ed ‘Second Line’ right after Hurricane Katrina,” Maloy says. “It’s about how New Orleans put itself back together through music; that was the one thing that never stopped, and it’s the bond that holds the city together.” She continues, “‘Second Line’ is what you call a New Orleans jazz funeral.” Just as she began work on creating the piece, she learned that Payne had died. “I walked into the room to start this piece, knowing that one of my very best friends had just passed away, and I was choreographing a funeral.” Also on the roster is “Le Suil Go...,” a work created by Maloy in 2003 for the Nashville Ballet, and “Afternoon of a Faun,” choreographed by Salvatore Aiello, late director of the North Carolina Dance Theater. This season showcases the efforts of Maloy and her company, a somewhat unlikely success story. Before her 2003 move to Asheville, Maloy worked for 13 years with the NCDT (now known as Charlotte Ballet) and had choreographed a number of performances. “I kept getting this advice from people that I should start a company,” she says. Maloy knew she wanted to stay in North
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Carolina and considered several locales. “With Asheville being the artistic and open-minded community that it is, it seemed like a really good fit,” she says. Starting the new dance company wasn’t as easy as Maloy had hoped. “I was a little naive in what it was going to take,” she admits with a self-effacing laugh. A premiere event at The Orange Peel was sparsely attended. After the second act, Maloy took the stage and addressed the crowd. “I said, ‘Are you enjoying what you’re seeing?’ And there was riotous applause. ... I said, ‘We need your money, and we need it now. Because these people came here from elsewhere to put on this show; I have to pay them. And we’re supposed to do another show later in the summer; we can’t if we don’t get your help.’” Those in attendance voted with their wallets. “We raised enough money that night to pay the dancers for both sets of shows,” Maloy says. “It was pretty amazing.” The contemporary dance company made it through that difficult period, and today Maloy focuses on the creative side. Managing director Estelle Woodward Arnal handles the busi-
ness end. “Heather is really a part of the cultural community here,” Arnal says. “And that community has really lifted her up and helped keep the work going. You don’t find that everywhere.” She adds that the company’s long-term plans call for a year-round schedule, including performances in Winston-Salem. Terpsicorps’ current season includes performances in Waynesville and Brevard. And the Asheville staging of “Zelda’s Dance” rekindles a decadelong creative relationship with Firecracker Jazz Band, illustrating the company’s collaborative approach. Maloy readily admits that creating “Zelda’s Dance” on her own was a challenge. “It’s a complicated story, and the more I got into it, the more complicated it became,” she says. “Bringing outside energies into the work is inspiring for me,” Maloy adds. “It makes it more interesting and gives a greater depth to the work. And it inspires more people to want to come see the show.” X
WHAT Terpsicorps’ 15th Anniversary Season WHERE Diana Wortham Theatre 18 Biltmore Ave. dwtheatre.com WHEN Thursday-Saturday, June 21-23, at 7:30 p.m., $40 (limited number of tickets available for $15) -----------------------------------------------------WHERE Haywood Arts Regional Theatre 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville harttheatre.org WHEN Sunday, July 15, at 7:30 p.m., $35 -----------------------------------------------------WHERE Brevard Music Center 349 Andante Lane, Brevard brevardmusic.org WHEN Tuesday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m., $20-$40
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Identical twin brothers Amiri and Rahiem Taylor have said that when people see them pick up their guitars, they expect to hear Bob Marley or Stevie Wonder covers. Elated to subvert expectations, the Bed Stuy, Brooklyn-based siblings instead developed a following performing Beatles covers on the New York City subway, which led to a guest spot on “Ellen,” where they performed “Eight Days a Week.” Under the name Blac Rabbit, they also play original psych-rock tunes with drummer Patrick Jones and bassist/guitarist Josh Lugo. Just before the end of 2017, the band released a self-titled EP that its members recorded and mixed on their own. As part of its East Coast summer tour, the four-piece stops by Ambrose West on Sunday, June 24, at 7 p.m. Nashville-based garagepop quartet Kid Freud opens. $10. ambrosewest.com. Photo by Angel Boyd
As shown by the recent Xpand Fest and All Go West, the Asheville area is rich in a range of musical styles. Such daylong, multivenue festivals can feel a bit daunting, however, making an event like the Asheville Mish-Mash Bash a far more approachable option. On Sunday, June 24, at The Grey Eagle, four local acts will take to the stage for 45 minutes apiece on the hour, every hour, 7-10 p.m. Hosts Stephen Evans & the True Grits start off the night with a set of folk rock, followed by prog-rocker Kyle Corbett and special guests, indie-rockers Daydream Creatures and recent NewSong LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition winner Carly Taich, whose folk-pop stylings will be accompanied by violinist Alex Travers. $8 advance/$10 day of show. thegreyeagle.com. Photo of Daydream Creatures, courtesy of the band
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Leona Beasley A native of Atlanta, Leona Beasley studied interior design at the University of Georgia and education at Oakland’s Mills College before earning her MFA in creative writing from the New School University in New York City. She went on to various creative endeavors, including work as an educational consultant for “Sesame Street” and Nickelodeon, before returning to fiction. Published in 2017, her debut novel Something Better Than Home centers on Onnie Armstrong, a young black woman who comes of age and comes out in the 1970s South — with help from a summer visit with her uncle in San Francisco. Closing out Malaprop’s Pride Month events, Beasley will read from her book, a 2018 Lambda Literary Award nominee for lesbian fiction, on Wednesday, June 27, at 6 p.m. Free to attend. malaprops.com. Author photo courtesy of Beasley
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Asheville comedy fans may thank former resident Minori Hinds for bringing Judah Friedlander to town. The two stand-ups met while on tour, and Hinds connected him with The Orange Peel, where he’ll perform on Saturday, June 23, at 9 p.m. for his America ... Still Number One: New Stuff & Crowd Work Tour. Perhaps best known for playing staff writer Frank on all seven seasons of “30 Rock,” wearing a new trucker hat with a humorous phrase on each episode, Friedlander has remained busy since the show’s finale, appearing on such programs as “Children’s Hospital” and “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.” He also had a cameo in Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens and, in 2017, released his stand-up special America Is the Greatest Country in the United States on Netflix. $20 advance/$22 day of show. theorangepeel.net. Photo by Phil Provencio
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‘Eleemosynary’ by Different Strokes tity as she becomes a national champion and endeavors to force herself into her mother’s life while healing the rift between Artie and Dorothea. The play is told in confessional moments, directed at the audience. These give way to flashbacks that fill in gaps. The conclusion will leave the audience a little teary-eyed but also enriched by witnessing the journey of the play’s three characters. Eleemosynary is defined as “charitable.” And, while much of the actions of the women of this story seem to run counter to that word’s meaning, in the end you can’t help but feel as though Different Strokes has given its audience a great gift. X
WHAT Eleemosynary WHERE The BeBe Theatre 20 Commerce St. differentstrokespac.org
GIVE AND TAKE: Three generations of strong women (played by, from the left, Janet Oliver, Jessica Law and Amanda Shive) discover the charity within themselves to heal their own lives. Photo courtesy of Different Strokes Three generations of women, blessed and cursed with genius, ambition and eccentricity, provide a moving evening of theater in Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective’s production of Lee Blessing’s Eleemosynary. This quirky gem of a show runs through Saturday, June 30, at the BeBe Theatre. Lee Blessing has been a reliable and imminently producible playwright for decades. Though never achieving status alongside the likes of Neil Simon or Arthur Miller, Blessing built a strong catalog of plays that have become staples of college and community stages. Local director Kristi DeVille found herself in this particular play in college, and gives the Different Strokes production a passionate and inspired direction. From a set of librarylike shelves and elevated platforms (designed by Laura Lowe), she guides a trio of mesmerizing actresses across the space and time of family dysfunction, which divides and unites these women in unique ways. As Dorothea, Janet Oliver has a spry twinkle. Dorothea found herself forced to accept marriage and moth-
erhood while surrendering her intellectual pursuits. She might have been a great mind of her generation, were she not stunted by society’s expectations of women of her era. Instead of finding defeat in it, she chooses to become eccentric, as she puts it. Dorothea has many children, but only one daughter, Artie, shows promise to follow in her footsteps. Artie, however, finds her mother’s ways to be overbearing. Pushed to abort a teen pregnancy, she resents her mother and flees, making her own way. Jessica Law gives Artie equal measures of sympathy and frustration. You want to root for her, but find it off-putting when she essentially shuns her own daughter years later. Artie leaves her daughter, Echo, to be raised by a doting Dorothea, who encourages the young girl to follow in her eccentric path. Meanwhile, over years and awkward phone conversations, Artie pushes Echo to become a spelling bee champion. This is partly in further defiance of her own mother, and partly a means of remaining close with Echo while having a safe nonemotional buffer.
Echo (expertly played by Amanda Shive) is a product of the mistakes and misgivings of both women in her life, but shows more clarity of her own iden-
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ART ASHEVILLE SISTER CITIES 828-782-8025, ashevillesistercities.org, ashevillesistercities@ gmail.com • WE (6/20), 7-9pm - "World Wide Wednesdays," lecture about the public and private art of Vladikavkaz, Russia, given by Constance Richards, curator at the Grand Bohemian Gallery. Free to attend. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 South Market St. IKENOBO IKEBANA SOCIETY 828-696-4103, blueridgeikebana.com • TH (6/21), 10am Monthly meeting with a demonstration and workshop on Shoka Shofutai Nishuike. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville • TU (6/26), 10am - "Emotions using Ikebana," presentation and demonstration of ikebana techniques. Free. Held at Folk Art Center, MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway SALUDA CENTER 64 Greenville St., Saluda • SA (6/23), 6-8pm Proceeds from "Art for Preservation," fundraising gala with heavy hors d'oeuvres, refreshments and eight Saluda area artists creating art live, benefit preservation of the 1891 historic Church of the Transfiguration. Registration: 828-7499740 or jenniferbshand@gmail. com. $60. WARREN WILSON COLLEGE 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa, 828206-8877 • TH (6/28) through SU (7/1) - Puppet Paradise Southeast Regional Puppet Festival, fourday event featuring nine different performances by puppeteers from across the nation, workshops, community children's workshop and an
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ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS SUMMER SHOW & TELL MINI-POP (PD.) 6/21-7/1, 10am-7pm @TRADE & LORE COFFEE. Shop this curated mini-pop up shop feat. local/indie craft, design, and vintage. showandtellpopupshop.com • 37 Wall St., 28801. ART IN THE PARK ashevilleartinthepark. com/ • SATURDAYS through (6/30), 10am-5pm Outdoor, handcrafted art market featuring glass, ceramics, wood, jewelry and metal. Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. DOWNTOWN BLACK MOUNTAIN 125 Cherry St., Black Mountain, visitblackmountain.net • SA (6/23), 5-7pm Gallery stroll with wine in art galleries and specialty stores. Free to attend. TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 828-884-2787, tcarts.org • 4th FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - Brevard 4th Friday gallery walk with open galleries, art stores, restaurants, live music and refreshments. Free to attend. Held in Downtown Brevard
AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS ART COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 828-693-8504, acofhc.org/art-on-main. html • Through FR (8/31) Submissions accepted for artists to demonstrate and sell their art and craft at the 59th annual Art on Main Festival in September. Contact for full guidelines.
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STRENGTH IN SELF-DISCOVERY: Maria Young made history on the South Carolina basketball circuit during her college career at Limestone College. At 26, she is now making just as big of a difference off the court through her work as a community organizer, activist and author. Young is sharing the transformative story of her development from athlete to activist and presenting her memoir, Lost in a Game: The Journey of Self Discovery, in a free service at Hill Street Baptist Church on Sunday, June 24, at 10 a.m. Photo of Young courtesy of the organizers (p. 21) BREVARD LITTLE THEATRE 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard, 828-884-2587, TheBrevardLittleTheatre.org • SA (6/23), 2-4pm - Open auditions for Snoopy, for ages eight and up. Visit website for full guidelines: TheBrevardLittleTheatre.org. CALDWELL ARTS COUNCIL 828-754-2486, caldwellarts.com • Through SA (9/8) Submissions accepted for the Caldwell Arts Council Sculpture Celebration, taking place on SA (9/8), 9am-4pm. See website for details. HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 828-452-0593, haywoodarts.org • Through SU (7/1) Submissions accepted for the Haywood County Arts Council Member Show. See website for full guidelines. Held at Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N Main St., Waynesville
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21. 828-333-0715. naturalrichard@mac.com • www.DanceForLife.net 2-HOUR DANCE WORKSHOP - LEARN RUMBA, SWING & CHACHA (PD.) Saturday, June 23, 1-3pm. Cathedral of All Souls, Biltmore Village. $20/pp, Early Bird $15/pp by June 21. 828-333-0715. naturalrichard@mac.com • www.DanceForLife.net 6-WEEK DANCE CLASS - LEARN COUNTRY TWOSTEP (PD.) Wednesdays, starting June 27, 7-8pm, Asheville Event and Dance Center. $75 • $65 Early Bird by June 22. 828-333-0715. naturalrichard@mac.com • www.DanceForLife.net 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 OLD FARMER'S BALL oldfarmersball.com • THURSDAYS, 8-11pm Old Farmers Ball, contra dance. $7/$6 members/$1 Warren Wilson Community.
Held in Bryson Gym at Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa TERPSICORPS THEATRE OF DANCE terpsicorps.org • TH (6/21), 7:30pm - “In Zelda’s Words," dance performance that also includes a restaging of “Second Line” and “Le Suil Go…” $40/$30 seniors/$20 students. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 18 Biltmore Ave.
MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS DRUM SHOP (PD.) Saturdays 5pm, 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 BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 828-350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • TH (6/21), 7pm - “Asheville Sound Survey,” interactive project investigating the sounds in our community with composer and writer Alec Sturgis. $5/Free for members.
• WE (6/27), 8pm - Bonnie Whiting performs a simultaneous performance of John Cage’s 45’ for a Speaker and 27’10.554” for a Percussionist. $12/$8 members. BREVARD MUSIC CENTER 828-862-2105, brevardmusic.org • TH (6/21), 7:30pm - Janiec Opera Company presents ensemble pieces from the beloved operas. $25. Held at Porter Center at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard • FR (6/22), 7:30pm - Outdoor concert featuring the Brevard Festival Orchestra and pianist Olga Kern playing Bartok and Rachmaninoff. $25 and up. Held at Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium at Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • SA (6/23), 7:30pm Outdoor concert featuring The Manhattan Transfer quartet. $25 and up. Held at Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium at Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • SU (6/24), 3pm - "Beloved Bernstein," outdoor concert featuring the Bravard Sinfonia playing Leonard Bernstein scores. $20 and up. Held at WhittingtonPfohl Auditorium at Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane, Brevard
• MO (6/25), 7:30pm Artist faculty chamber music series featuring works by Dvorak scored for two violins, viola, cello and bass. $28. Held at Ingram Auditorium at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard • TU (6/26), 7:30pm - Outdoor concert featuring the Steep Canyon Rangers with the Blue Ridge Festival Orchestra. $20 and up. Held at WhittingtonPfohl Auditorium at Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • WE (6/27), 12:30pm - Student piano recital. Free. Held at Searcy Hall at Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • WE (6/27), 7:30pm - Artist faculty concert featuring works by Mozart and Fauré. $28. Held at Ingram Auditorium at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard • TH (6/28), 7:30pm & SA (6/30), 2pm - Janiec Opera Company and Brevard Festival Orchestra present Puccini's Madama Butterfly. $35 and up. Held at Porter Center at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm - Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. • THURSDAYS 5-7pm - Pritchard Park singer/ songwriter series. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. CONCERTS ON THE CREEK mountainlovers.com • FR (6/22), 7-9pm - Tuxedo Junction, classic hits, outdoor concert. Free. Held at Bridge Park, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain, 828-3579009, floodgallery.org
• MONDAYS, 6-7pm - Didjeridu lessons. Admission by donation. LAND OF THE SKY CHORUS 866-290-7269, ashevillebarbershop. com • SA (6/23), 8am-6pm "Real Men Sing! Young Men in Harmony," intensive workshop for 30-50 high school men to learn three quartet arrangements followed by a performance. Registration required: ashevillebarbershop. com/realmensing. $15 includes two-meals. Held at T. C. Roberson High School, 250 Overlook Road MADISON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 828-649-1301, madisoncountyarts.com, info@ madisoncountyarts.com • SU (6/24), 4pm - Ebbs Chapel 2018 Summer Series: Josh Goforth, folk concert. $20/$15 advance. Held at Ebbs Chapel Performing Arts Center, 271 Laurel Valley Road, Mars Hill MAKE MUSIC DAY ASHEVILLE • TH (6/21) - Free music related events across Asheville. See website for full schedule: makemusicday.org/asheville. MONDAY NIGHT LIVE! CONCERT SERIES 828-693-9708, historichendersonville. org • MO (6/25), 7-9pm Outdoor concert featuring Dog Whistle, classic country. Free to attend. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville MUSIC AT UNCA 828-251-6432, unca.edu • MO (6/25), 7pm - Outdoor concert featuring multi-reedist Steve Alford and UNC Asheville jazz faculty. Bring lawn chairs, blankets and/or picnics. Free. Held at UNCAsheville, 1 University Heights MUSIC ON MAIN 828-693-9708, historichendersonville. org
• FRIDAYS until (8/17), 7-9pm - Outdoor live music event. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville MUSIC ON MAIN WEAVERVILLE visitweaverville.com • SA (6/23), 4-9pm Outdoor concert featuring live music by Kat Wright, Jesse Barry and Lyric, along with food and beverage vendors and children's activities. Free to attend. Held at Main Street Weaverville, 1 South Main St., Weaverville RHYTHM & BREWS CONCERT SERIES 828-233-3216, facebook.com/rhythmandbrewshendersonville • TH (6/21), 5-9pm Outdoor live music concert featuring Izzie Hughes, Strange Avenues and The Broadcast. Free to attend. Held at Historic Downtown Hendersonville, 145 5th Ave E, Hendersonville
SLY GROG LOUNGE 271 Haywood St, Asheville, 828-552-3155, slygrog.wordpress.com/ • SUNDAYS, 7pm - Openmic for storytellers, poets, musicians and all kinds of performance artists. Sign ups at 6:30pm. Free to attend. TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LIBRARY 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard NC, 828-884-3151 • FR (6/22), 7:30pm - Alexa Rose Band, outdoor music concert. Free.
• TUESDAYS, 7-8am Event to improve speaking skills and grow in leadership. Free. Held at Reuter YMCA, 3 Town Center Blvd. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TH (6/21), 7pm Storytelling by David Joe Miller. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St.
35BELOW 35 E. Walnut St., 828-2541320, ashevilletheatre.org • TH (6/28), 7:30pm "Listen to This" storytelling series hosted by Tom Chalmers and featuring stories and original songs from locals. $15.
LENOIR-RHYNE CENTER FOR GRADUATE STUDIES 36 Montford Ave., 828778-1874 • TH (6/21), 5-7:30pm - "What’s Your Story?" Storytelling series featuring a story by Karen Cowan, The Joseph Initiative’s executive director. Registration required: josephcommunitycenter. org/storytelling. Free.
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• WE (6/20), 6pm Ethan Kytle and Blain Roberts present the book, Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy. Free to attend. • TH (6/21), 6pm - Jen CK Jacobs presents Road Trips: A Guide to Travel, Adventure and Choosing Your Own Path. Free to attend. • MO (6/25), 6pm - John Copenhaver presents his book, Dodging and Burning: A Mystery. Free to attend. • WE (6/27), 6pm - Leona Beasley presents her book, Something Better than Home. Free to attend. • TH (6/28), 6pm - Joe Crespino presents his book, Atticus Finch: The Biography. Free to attend. • TH (6/28), 7pm - Works In Translation Book Club: The Stone Building and Other Places by Asli Erdogan, translated by Sevinc Turkkan. Free to attend.
ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 290 Old Haw Creek Road • FR (6/22), 6pm - Supper and storytelling with David Novak. For older youths and adults. $20.
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BUNCOMBE CHAUTAUQUA HISTORY ALIVE FESTIVAL greenvillechautauqua.org/ June-Festival/buncombe_ chautauqua/ • WE (6/20), 7pm Buncombe Chautauqua History Alive Program: "Alice Paul: Iron-Jawed Angel," portrayed by Leslie Goddard with music by Don Pedi. $5. Held at AB Tech, Ferguson Auditorium, 340 Victoria Road • TH (6/21), 7pm Buncombe Chautauqua History Alive Program: "Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox," portrayed by Ken Johnston with music by Zoe and Cloyd. $5. Held at AB Tech, Ferguson Auditorium, 340 Victoria Road
35 E. Walnut St., 828-2541320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (6/1) until (6/24) - The Full Monty, comedy. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. Thursday perfor-
DIFFERENT STROKES PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE 828-275-2093, differentstrokespac.org • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (6/14)
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN susangrable2@gmail.com • SA (6/16) through TH (6/21) - Proceeds from this book sale featuring over 30,000 books benefit AAUW scholarships for local young women. See website for full schedule: brevard-nc.aauw.net. Free to attend. Held at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard
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until (6/30), 7:30pm Eleemosynary. $21/$18 advance. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 828-693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (6/14) until (6/30) - The Love List, comedy. Wed. & Thurs.: 2pm & 7pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $20 and up. FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 828-693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (6/21) until (7/15) - Aladdin Jr., based on the animated Disney film. Thurs. & Sun.: 3pm. Fri. & Sat, (7/13) & (7/14).: 2pm & 4pm. Fri. & Sat., through (7/7), 1pm & 4pm. $14-$28. HENDERSONVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 828-6921082,
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hendersonvillelittletheater. org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (6/22) until (7/1) - Moonlight and Magnolias, comedy. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $16. MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS 828-254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (6/1) until (6/30), 7:30pm - A Midsummer Night's Dream. Free. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REPERTORY THEATRE 828-689-1239, sartplays.org • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (6/21) until (6/24) - Seeger, multimedia solo show featuring the music of Pete Seeger. Written and performed by Randy Noojin. Thurs.Sat.: 7:30pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2:30pm. $25-$30. Held at Owens Theatre, 44 College St., Mars Hill
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• Through SA (6/30) - Falling, exhibition of contemporary paintings by Michael Francis Reagan.
14 Riverside Drive • Through MO (10/8) - North Carolina and the Studio Glass Movement, group exhibition. Reception: Saturday, June 2, noon-4pm.
HAEN GALLERY BREVARD 200 King St., Brevard, 828-8833268, hehaengallery.com/brevard/ • Through TU (7/31) - Celebrating Tim Murray: A Life in Art, exhibition.
310 ART 191 Lyman St., #310, 828-776-2716, 310art.com • Through SA (6/30) - Visual Melodies, group art exhibition.
HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 86 N Main St., Waynesville, 828-452-0593, haywoodarts.org/ • Through SA (6/30) - Freedom: An Artist’s Point of View, group exhibition in conjunction with REACH.
AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING 64 Biltmore Ave., 828-281-2134, amerifolk.com • Through TH (6/21) - Spring Reunion, exhibition of artworks by Liz Sullivan & John "Cornbread" Anderson.
MACON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 149 Siler Farm Road, Franklin • Through SA (6/30) - Exhibition of paintings by Kay Smith. MORA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY 9 Walnut St., 828-575-2294, moracollection.com • Through SA (6/30) - Jewelry Edition Volume 4, group exhibition of fine jewelry.
ANANDA WEST 37 Paynes Way, Suite 5, 828-236-2444, anandahair.com • Through TU (7/31) - Exhibition of paintings by Zach Briggs.
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ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • Through FR (8/10) - Art & Manufacturing, exhibition. Held at Mars Hill University, Weizenblatt Gallery, 79 Cascade St., Mars Hill • Through TU (7/31) - The War From Above: William Barnhill and Aerial Photography of World War I, exhibition. Held at The Ramsey Center in Renfro Library, 100 Athletic St,, Mars Hill • Through MO (12/31) - A Cabinet of Curiosities, exhibition featuring examples of rural Southern Appalachian farm and household artifacts. Held at Rural Heritage Museum at Mars Hill, 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill ART AT WCU 828-227-2787, bardoartscenter. wcu.edu • Through FR (12/7) - Glass Catalyst: Littleton’s Legacy in Contemporary Sculpture, exhibition of glass works by and inspired by Harvey Littleton. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive
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ART IN THE AIRPORT 61 Terminal Drive Fletcher • Through SU (8/12) - Perspective, group exhibition featuring works by Julie Bagamary, Cynthia Decker, Derek DiLuzio, Ivana Larrosa, Hillary Frye, Mary McDermott, Robert LaBerge and Skip Rohde. ASHEVILLE BOOKWORKS 428 1/2 Haywood Road, 828-2558444, ashevillebookworks.com • Through SA (7/28) - Secundo, exhibition of works by local artists working in book, print and mixed media.
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS 67 Doras Trail, Bakersville, 828-765-2359, penland.org • Through SU (7/15) - Personal | Universal: Narrative Works in Craft, group exhibition featuring 11 artists. POSANA CAFE 1 Biltmore Ave., 828-505-3969 • TH (6/28) through TU (7/31) - Food, group art exhibition featuring paintings by over 25 artists in various styles. Reception: Thursday, June 28, 6-8pm.
NATURAL INSPIRATIONS: While husband-and-wife duo, Beth and Ken Bowser, work in totally different mediums, glass art and painting, respectively, they both draw their artistic inspiration from the same source — the natural beauty of Western North Carolina. Gallery 1 Sylva’s newest exhibition features the Highlands-Cashiers pair’s most recent works until Monday, Aug. 6, with an opening reception Friday, June 22, at 5 p.m. The free exhibition showcases Beth Bower’s stained-glass and kiln works as well as Ken Bowser’s oil, pastel and watercolor paintings. Painting by Ken Bowser courtesy of Gallery 1 ASHEVILLE CERAMICS GALLERY 109 Roberts St. • FR (6/1) through SA (6/30) - Exhibition of ceramic art by Frank Vickery. Reception: Saturday, June 9, 4-6pm.
• Through SA (8/4) - Shared History, exhibition highlighting the museum's partnerships, collaborations, programs, exhibitions, conferences and {Re} HAPPENINGs over the past 25 years.
GALLERY 1 604 W. Main St., Sylva • FR (6/22) through MO (8/6) - Exhibition of glassworks and paintings by Beth and Ken Bowser. Reception: Friday, June 22, 5pm.
ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 828-251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through SA (6/30) - Color Our World, exhibition of paintings by Reda Kay.
CAROLINA MOUNTAIN SALES 10 Brook St., Suite #235 • Through TU (7/31) Exhibition of paintings by Naomi Diamond Rogers.
GRAND BOHEMIAN GALLERY 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com/ • Through SA (6/30) - Spring into Summer, exhibition of paintings by Karen Weihs and works by silversmith Alexandria Reznikoff.
BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 828-350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org
DISTRICT WINE BAR 37 Paynes Way, Suite 9 • Through SA (6/30) - The Legend of Rosebud, exhibition of paintings by Joyce Thornburg and Ken Vallario.
GROVEWOOD GALLERY 111 Grovewood Road, 828253-7651, grovewood.com
SATELLITE GALLERY 55 Broadway St., 828-305-2225, thesatellitegallery.com • Through SA (6/30) - Opening Eyes: New Asheville Painting, exhibition by the Asheville based Contemporary Artists Group. THE REFINERY 207 Coxe Ave., ashevillearts.com • Through FR (7/27) - Process, exhibition of works by Erica Stankwytch Bailey, Asheville Makers, Bright Angle and Emily Rogstad. TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY 188 Coxe Ave, TraceyMorganGallery.com • Through SA (7/28) - Lost Utopias, exhibition of photography by Jade Doskow. YMI CULTURAL CENTER 39 South Market St., 828-252-4614, ymicc.org • Through FR (7/13) - Trigger Warning, 21-artist group exhibition on the issue of gun violence in the United States. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees
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Travelin’ Man: Jazz saxophonist and woodwind player Mark Small has gone on three world tours with crooner Michael Buble (local musicians Jacob Rodriguez and Justin Ray are also part of that band). But Small’s career spans far beyond the Buble bubble. He’s composed and arranged music for film and TV, recorded with the likes of Walter Smith III, and performed as a sideman for the Village Vanguard Orchestra and Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society — not to mention fronting his own group. Partly planned and partly spontaneous, Small’s ensemble will play two consecutive Saturdays — June 23 and 30, at 10 nightly — at Jargon. Billed as the Mark Small Trio, the group will be rounded out by local artists: Bill Bares on keyboard and Mike Holstein on bass on June 23; Mike Baggetta on guitar and Zack Page on bass on June 30. Photo Courtesy of Amanda Kowalski WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic hosted by Billy Owens, 7:00PM
JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Open Jam Session, 5:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM MG ROAD Salsa Night, 8:00PM NOBLE KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30 sign-up), 8:00PM
CARMEL'S KITCHEN AND BAR Adi the Monk (jazz), 5:30PM
ODDITORIUM Lunas, Sorrytown, Kno (emo, rock), 9:00PM
CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM
OLE SHAKEY'S Sexy Tunes w/ DJ's Zeus & Franco, 10:00PM
CROW & QUILL Asheville Fringe Presents: Summer Fringe Fest Performance Art, 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ Rebecca & The Reckoning & DJ David Wayne Gay, 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series: The Moon & You (acoustic, folk, soul), 6:30PM Clarence Bucaro (rock), 7:00PM Elisabeth Beckwitt & The Sedonas, 8:30PM
ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Evil Note Lab, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Bean Tree Remedy (Americana, folk, soul, blues), 8:00PM ORANGE PEEL Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers [SOLD OUT], 8:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Eric Congdon (folk), 5:00PM
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Emma Dilemma & Morgan Orion (electrified folk, cosmic folk), 8:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Chicken Coop Willeye, 5:00PM American Aquarium w/ Curtis McMurtry, Kenny George Band (rock, alt. country), 9:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Berlyn Jazz Trio, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Virginia & The Slims w/ The Northside Gentlemen, 8:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE R3Z0N8, Rob Breax, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Open Jam w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES JJ Kitchen All Star Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM
PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Hope Griffin, 8:00PM
UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo, 8:00PM
SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Mountain Valley Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM
WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Jazz Night: The Bill Gerhardt Group, 7:30PM
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THURSDAY, JUNE 21
Downtown on the Park Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 14 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night
5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM AMBROSE WEST Grateful Asheville Music Experience (Grateful Dead tribute), 8:30PM
THE SUNDAY SOCIAL LUB C IC ON THE P MUS ATIO @ 4:30PM
THU. 6/21
COMING SOON
Hope Griffin Duo
WED 6/20
(acoustic rock, folk)
6:30PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES:
FRI. 6/22
7:00PM–CLARENCE BUCARO 8:30PM–ELISABETH BECKWITT AND THE SEDONAS
MOON AND YOU (FREE)
DJ MoTo
(dance hits, pop)
THU 6/21
SAT. 6/23 The Lowdown Band
6:30PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES: UPLAND DRIVE (FREE) 7:00PM–SCOT SAX & SUZIE BROWN
FRI 6/22
(rock,pop & dance favorites)
6:30PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES: ZOE & CLOYD (FREE)
7:00PM– BELLA AND THE BAND
8:30PM–AVL PRODUCERS SUMMIT W/ EARTH CRY
20 S. Spruce St. • 225.6944 packStavern.com
SAT 6/23 7:00PM– JOSHUA DAVIS 8:30PM–MEMORYCARE BENEFIT CONCERT
FEAT. SEVERAL DUDES, SKINNY LEGS AND ALL, AND MIA GREEN
SUN 6/24
Open daily from 4p – 12a
WEDNESDAY 20 JUNE:
HOPE GRIFFIN 7:00PM – 10:00PM
THURSDAY 21 JUNE:
FWUIT
7:00PM – 10:00PM
FRIDAY 22 JUNE:
THE MOJO BROTHERS BLUES BAND
5:30PM–TASTE OF ARGENTINA 8:30PM–TRIBUTE TO THE BUDDY RICH BIG BAND WITH RICK DILLING AND TIME CHECK TUE 6/26 7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS WED 6/27 6:30PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES: MIKE O’MALLEY AND FRIENDS 7:00PM–THE TRAVELING ONES WITH THOMAS KOZAK AND THE POETS THU 6/28 6:30PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES: QUEEN BEE AND THE HONEYLOVERS 7:00PM–JESSE TERRY W/ SPECIAL GUESTS RYANHOOD FRI 6/29 6:30PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES:
7:00PM – 10:00PM
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w w w. p i l l a r a v l . c o m JUNE 20 - 26, 2018
BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM
OLE SHAKEY'S Karaoke With Franco, 10:00PM
BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Matt Sellars, 7:00PM CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Jeff Thompson, 8:00PM CROW & QUILL Carolina Catskins (gritty ragtime jazz), 9:00PM DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance 15th Anniversary Season, 7:30PM FLEETWOOD'S Animal Show w/ The Power & Bethlehem Steel, 9:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER Open Mic (6 PM sign up), 6:30PM
GINGER'S REVENGE Make Music Day, 4:00PM
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TUES-SUN 5PM-until 743 HAYWOOD RD 828-575-2737
LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM
ODDITORIUM Industry Night w/ Shellshock Goth, 9:00PM
SAT 6/30 7:00PM–SOUTH HILL BANKS SUN 7/1 5:30PM–AMICIMUSIC PRESENTS: ‘MINAS- BRAZILIAN SOUNDS’
BRYCE DENTON
LAZY DIAMOND Punk Jeopardy, 9:00PM
BARLEY'S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA Alien Music Club (jazz), 9:00PM
FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Matt A. Foster (banjo blues), 6:00PM
MONDAY 25 JUNE:
JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM
NOBLE KAVA Cuttlefish Collective: Beat Workshop & Show, 7:30PM
7:00PM–THE HOWLIN’ BROTHERS 9:00PM–LOVE CANON CD RELEASE WITH HANK, PATTIE AND THE CURRENT
28 PAGES
ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Scot Sax & Suzie Brown (blues, folk), 7:00PM
BANKS AVE Bass Jumpin w/ DJ Audio, 9:00PM
JACK VICTOR AND ZACK KARDON W/ SPECIAL GUESTS
7:00PM – 10:00PM
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ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Magic City Hippies, 8:00PM
FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Ashley Heath (Americana, folk), 9:00PM
7:00PM – 10:00PM
SATURDAY 23 JUNE:
ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:30PM
HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Roots & Friends open jam (blues, rock, roots), 6:30PM
GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:30PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Red Rover Thursdays: Heather Taylor w/ Sean Jerome & Alexa Rose, 7:00PM
ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM West King String Band, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Brian Keith w/ Michael Frevert (singer, songwriter), 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Josh Carter (bluegrass), 6:00PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic w/ Cody Hughes, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Hope Griffin Duo (acoustic rock, folk), 8:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Fwuit, 7:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Michael Reno Harrell, 8:00PM
THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Burger Kings (classic rock n' roll), 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT The Moth: True Stories Told Live, 7:30PM
ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series: Zoe & Cloyd Trio, 6:30PM Belle and The Band, 7:00PM AVL Producers Summit w/ Earth Cry, 8:30PM
TIMO'S HOUSE Gemini Party w/ JJ Smash & Genetix, 8:00PM
JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Modern Strangers, 9:00PM
TOWN PUMP Caleb Martin, 9:00PM
JARGON The Jacob Rodriguez Trio, 10:00PM
TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (blues, dance), 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Anya Hinkle , 7:00PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT Sarah Tucker, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Tracey Schmidt and Friends, 7:00PM
MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Nikki Talley, 7:00PM NOBLE KAVA Jason Moore Trio, 9:00PM ODDITORIUM Party Foul Drag Circus, 9:00PM
185 KING STREET Sezessionville Road, 7:30PM
ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam, 5:30PM Matt Petty & The Whiskey Chasers, 10:00PM
5 WALNUT WINE BAR Space Mammals (funk, pop), 9:00PM
ONE WORLD BREWING Captain EZ - The Vibe Conductor, 9:00PM
AMBROSE WEST Reasonably Priced Babies (comedy), 8:00PM
ORANGE PEEL Anthony Jeselnik w/ Jaqueline Novak, 10:00PM
ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Chris Wilhelm & Friends, 8:00PM
OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Jeff Michels & Folkadelic Jam (Americana), 6:30PM
FRIDAY, JUNE 22
ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Travers Brothership w/ Empire horns & Dean Mitchell of MKB, 10:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Molly Parti, 8:00PM
SALVAGE STATION Chain Station, 8:00PM
CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Grass to Mouth, 7:00PM
SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Billy Litz (Americana), 7:00PM
CROW & QUILL Chrysty Lynn Band (folk, Americana), 9:00PM
SOUTH MAIN STREET Rhythm & Brews Concert Series w/ The Broadcast, 5:00PM
FLEETWOOD'S Hearts Gone South, Jesse Daniel Band (honky-tonk), 9:00PM
THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Early Jazz Jam w/ Micah Thomas & Friends, 5:30PM
FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Chris Cooper Project (jazz, soul), 10:00PM
THE GREY EAGLE Cody Siniard, 8:00PM
LOBSTER TRAP Rob Parks & Friends, 6:30PM
GINGER'S REVENGE Record Prophets, 8:00PM
PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Laura Blackley & The Wildflowers, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Trio, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Todd Hoke (roots, folk), 4:30PM Ross Osteen Band, 8:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Shutterings w/ Mr. Mange, 9:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Albi & The Lifters w/ American Swing & French Chanson, 6:00PM Progressive Comedy Tour: Ron Placone & Graham Elwood, 8:00PM Ashley Beach & The Old Ditties w/ Ghost Driver, 10:30PM
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20 THE GREY EAGLE Marcia Ball, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ Sets, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT TV Girl w/ Coma Cinema & Infinity Crush, 9:30PM THE WINE & OYSTER Adi the Monk (jazz, blues guitar), 7:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE Zabuls, Vietnam Jerry, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP The Pearl Snap Project, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Lenny Pettinelli (piano evergreens), 7:30PM Jordan Okrend (soul, R&B), 10:00PM US CELLULAR CENTER JJ Grey & Mofro (swamp rock, blues, soul), 6:30PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Gavin Conner & The Junk Drawer, 9:00PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT DJ Abu Disarray, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Riccardi Duo (musical satire), 8:00PM
SATURDAY, JUNE 23
WEEKLY EVENTS
THIS WEEK AT AVL MUSIC HALL
5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pink Mercury w/ Stephanie Morgan (improvised pop-art), 9:00PM
ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Swing Step: Weekly Swing Jam, 4:30PM Cristina Vane (roots, blues, folk), 8:00PM
HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS
ASHEVILLE MASONIC TEMPLE Gracie and Rachel w/ Tiny & Her Pony & STACE, 7:00PM
HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY
Saturday Improv w/ HOA & Family Dinner (comedy), 9:00PM
David Zoll Trio, 7:00PM
ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Saturday Night Jive w/ Robbie Dude, 10:00PM Black Mountain Ale House Andrew Thelston (acoustic rock n’ roll), 7:30PM
HILLMAN BEER Cyndi Lou & the Want To, 7:00PM
ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Joshua Davis, 7:00PM MemoryCare Benefit Concert w/ Several Dudes, Skinny Legs and All & Mia Green, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Old Chevrolet Set w/ D.W. Doucet, 8:00PM JARGON The Mark Small Trio, 10:00PM
FREE PATIO SHOW, 5-7PM
WED AMERICAN AQUARIUM: “THINGS CHANGE” TOUR
20 THU
21 FRI
22 SAT
23
SAT
THE DIRTY DOORS: A TRIBUTE
SUN
ASHEVILLE MISH-MASH BASH!
23
CHICKEN COOP WILLAYE
24
W/ TRAVIS MEADOWS
MT. JOY
CODY SINIARD
25
MARCIA BALL
26 WINTERVALS
MON
W/ CHRYSALIS TRIO
FREE PATIO SHOW, 6-8PM
TUE
FREE PATIO SHOW, 5-7PM
TUE
PARKER MILLSAP
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ROBIN LEWIS
W/ STOP LIGHT OBSERVATIONS
W/ TRAVIS LINVILLE
Asheville’s longest running live music venue • 185 Clingman Ave TICKETS AVAILABLE AT HARVEST RECORDS & THEGREYEAGLE.COM
BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Paul Defatta, 7:00PM CAPELLA ON 9@ THE AC HOTEL Pam Jones Trio, 9:00PM
6/20 wed virginia and the slims
CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE King Possum, 7:00PM
w/ the northside gentlemen
6/21
CHESTNUT Jazz Brunch, 11:00AM
thu
the moth: true stories told live
6/22 fri tv girl
CORK & KEG Soul Blue (rock & roll, soul), 8:30PM
w/ coma cinema, infinity crush
6/23 sat indigo de souza
CROW & QUILL Posey Quartet (swing jazz), 9:00PM
(album release show!)
w/ mj lenderman, elvis depressedly
DISTRICT WINE BAR Saturday Night Rock Show, 10:00PM
6/24 sun yob
FLEETWOOD'S Minorcan & Mother Gooses , 9:00AM Minorcan w/ Mother Gooses , 8:00PM
w/ bell witch, netherlands
6/25 mon bat fangs
free!
w/ deathtapes
FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Freak Mythology, 9:00PM
Yoga at the Mothlight
Tuesdays and Thursdays- 11:30am
FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Paul Edelman (indie, folk), 6:00PM
Details for all shows can be found at
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THIS WEEK AT THE ONE STOP:
DO CA$
THU 6/21 West King String Band - [Newgrass] FRI 6/22 Matt Petty and The Whiskey Chasers [Folk grass] SAT 6/23 Jacks River Band - [Blues/Rock]
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UPCOMING SHOWS - ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL:
MAGIC CITY HIPPIES
THU 6/21 - S HOW : 9 pm (D OORS : 8 pm) - T ICKETS : $15
TUESDAY:
Turntable Tuesday - 10pm
TRAVERS BROTHERSHIP SATURDAY NIGHT JIVE + EMPIRE HORNS & special guest Dean Mitchell (of MKB) FRI 6/22 - S HOW : 10 pm (D OORS : 9 pm) - T ICKETS : $10
W/ R O B BI E D U D E SAT 6/23 - S HOW/D OORS : 10 pm $5 S UGGESTED D ONATION
WEDNESDAY:
THURSDAY:
FRIDAY:
Evil Note Lab
Mitch’s Totally Rad Trivia 6:30pm
F ree Dead F riday
9:30pm
5pm
SUNDAY: Bluegrass Brunch
ft. Bald Mountain Boys + Aaron “Woody” Wood and Friends - 10:30am-3pm
6/29 6/30 7/6 7/7 7/13
Asheville Modern Big Band - [Music Ensemble] Saturday Night Jive w/ Robbie Dude - [Dance] Soohan + AtYyA wsg. Push/Pull - [Electronic] Saturday Night Jive w/ DJ AVX - [Dance] Handmade Moments w/ Christy Lynn Band + Kozak and the Poets - [Folk/Soul]
TICKETS & FULL CALENDAR AVAILABLE AT ASHEVILLEMUSICHALL.COM
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THE MOTHLIGHT Indigo De Souza Album Release Show w/ Mj Lenderman & Elvis Depressedly, 9:30PM THE WINE & OYSTER Jason Whittaker (favorite songs), 7:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE Dope Knife, Free the Optimus (hip-hop), 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Union Five (pop rock), 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Ruby Mayfield, 7:30PM Ryan R&B Barber Dance Party (r&b, funk, soul), 10:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY April B. & The Cool (jazz, hip-hop, R&B), 9:00PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT The Jordan Okrend Trio, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Wendy Jones & Friends, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Modern Day Society (alternative rock), 9:00PM
SUNDAY, JUNE 24
FLEETWOOD'S Travelin Appalachians Revue Sunday Matinee, 3:00PM TTotals, Southern Rancor & Sane Voids, 9:00PM FUNKATORIUM Bluegrass Brunch w/ Gary Macfiddle, 11:00AM GOOD STUFF Open Mic w/ Fox Black & friends, 6:00PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS AIC Student Showcase (comedy), 4:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Chalwa, 1:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Taste of Argentina, 5:30PM A Tribute to the Buddy Rich Big Band w/ Rick Dilling and Time Check, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Traditional Irish/Celtic Jam, 3:00PM Soggy Po’ Boys (traditional New Orleans), 9:30PM JARGON Sunday Blunch w/ Mark Guest & Mary Pearson (jazz), 11:00AM LOBSTER TRAP Drew Matulich & Friends, 6:30PM NOBLE KAVA Reggae Sunday Brunch, 4:00PM
185 KING STREET Sunday Sessions Open Electric Jam, 4:00PM
ODDITORIUM Queer Songwriters Showcase, 9:00PM
5 WALNUT WINE BAR Hot Club of Asheville (gypsy jazz), 7:00PM
ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bluegrass Brunch, 10:30AM
AMBROSE WEST Blanc Rabbit (psychedelic rock, pop), 7:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Post-Brunch Blues, 4:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Musicians Jam & Pot Luck, 3:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Larry Dolamore, 7:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Musicians in the Round Songwriter Series, 6:00PM CROW & QUILL Beards of Valenccio (art & poetry party), 9:00PM
ORANGE PEEL Lifecurse, Chaos Among Cattle & Fractured Frames, 8:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Madeline Dierauf (bluegrass, old-time), 3:00PM Trivia Night, 5:00PM
THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Blue Spiral Tango's Milango w/ De la Noche (live tango orchestra), 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ Sets, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT YOB w/ Bell Witch & Netherlands, 9:00PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, jazz, blues), 7:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE BYOV w/ Squad CTRL, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Freak Mythology, 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Extended Trio, 7:30PM
MONDAY, JUNE 25 185 KING STREET Open Mic hosted by Christ Whitmire , 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Sound Club (R&B, soul, jazz), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Classical Guitar Mondays, 7:30PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Open Mic hosted by Jon Edwards, 6:00PM GOOD STUFF Bingo Wingo Thingo, 6:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Game Night, 4:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo Trivia Night, 7:00PM Open mic, 9:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & Friends, 6:30PM NOBLE KAVA Ladies Night Showcase, 7:00PM
PACK'S TAVERN Sunday Social Club, 4:30PM
ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque w/ Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM
PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Pisgah Sunday Jam, 6:00PM
OLE SHAKEY'S Live Band Honky Tonk Karaoke, 9:00PM
SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Folkadelic, 2:00PM
OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays, 6:00PM
SLY GROG LOUNGE Sly Grog Open Mic, 7:00PM
PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Scott Denton, 7:00PM
SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Bob Dylan Night w/ The Gathering Dark, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Mt. Joy (alternative, indie), 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Ghost Pipe Trio (jazz), 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Bat Fangs w/ Deathtapes, 9:00PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, jazz, blues), 7:00PM THE WINE & OYSTER Blue Monday: Jazz & Blues Open Mic hosted by Linda Mitchell, 6:30PM TIMO'S HOUSE Service industry night , 8:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES R&B Jam with Ryan Barber (R&B, soul, funk), 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Monday Night Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 26 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM
JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Cajun/Creole Jam hosted by Trent Van Blaricom, 7:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM
ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Gypsy Jazz Jam Tuesdays, 7:30PM
MAD CO BREW HOUSE NC Songsmiths, 6:00PM
ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday night funk jam, 11:00PM
NOBLE KAVA Open Jam, 8:00PM
BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM GOOD STUFF Old time-y night, 6:30PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Asheville Beer & Hymns, 6:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 6:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Tuesday Bluegrass Session w/ The Darren Nicholson Band, 7:30PM
ODDITORIUM Open Mic Comedy Hosted by Tom Peters, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Booty Tuesday w/ DJ Meow Meow (rap, trap, hip-hop), 10:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesday, 10:00PM
SLY GROG LOUNGE Okapi, Armadilla & Sleepy Poetry, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing Asheville & Jazzn-Justice Tuesday w/ the Community Jazz Jam, 8:00PM THE GREY EAGLE The Wintervals, 5:00PM Parker Millsap w/ Travis Linville (singersongwriter), 8:00PM THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Bob Zullo, 6:30PM TIMO'S HOUSE Beat Science, XII Olympians, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Brother Oliver, 9:00PM
PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, 6:30PM
TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Funk Jam hosted by JP & Lenny (funk, jazz), 9:00PM
SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday, 6:00PM
UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Open Mic Night, 6:30PM
Grateful Asheville Music Experience:
THU
A Tribute to the Grateful Dead and Beyond
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ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Evil Note Lab, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Daniel Earle & Friends (rock, singersongwriter), 9:00PM PULP I, The Supplier, Backwater Drowning, Annabell Lee & As Sick As Us, 9:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Riyan Roots, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Rebelution (roots, rock, reggae), 5:30PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Mountain Valley Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Back to Back to Black: Amy Whinehouse Tribute, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Berlyn Jazz Trio, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Heartbeats: An Arts for Life Music & Arts Show, 6:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE DJ ZenGo (hip-hop, dance), 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Open Jam w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES JJ Kitchen All Star Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM
ODDITORIUM Ancient Rivers w/ The Spiral & The Mouthbreathers (rock), 9:00PM
UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo, 8:00PM
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MOVIES
REVIEWS & LISTINGS BY SCOTT DOUGLAS, FRANCIS X. FRIEL & JUSTIN SOUTHER
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Director Brad Bird returns to Pixar for a polished but perfunctory sequel, Incredibles 2
Incredibles 2 HHHS DIRECTOR: Brad Bird PLAYERS: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabella Rossellini, Barry Bostwick ANIMATED ACTION-ADVENTURE RATED PG THE STORY: The Parr family, also known as the superhero team The Incredibles, fight to regain the legality of their collective avocation as a mysterious villain known as Screenslaver threatens to undermine their efforts. THE LOWDOWN: Visually stunning but narratively regressive, director Brad Bird’s return to Pixar lacks the punch of its predecessor. I probably don’t need to tell anyone that the world has changed a great deal in the last 14 years — but someone might need to point that out to writer/director Brad Bird. Don’t get me wrong, Incredibles 2 is undeniably competent, visually mindboggling and narratively cohesive. But I found myself persistently asking, throughout
the course of two-plus hours in the theater, why this? Why now? The answers may be both nuanced and elusive, and if Incredibles 2 left me inexplicably cold, I appear to be in the dissenting minority. The movie already boasts the highest box-office gross for any animated feature opening weekend, and it will undoubtedly take home countless technical accolades come awards season. But picking up the story of a family of superheroes exactly where it left off 14 years ago begs the question, not only of its necessity or timeliness, but of the film’s intended audience. Considering the fact that kids who would have been old enough to remember seeing this movie’s 2004 predecessor in theaters would now be heading off to college, exactly who is Incredibles 2 supposed to draw? The answer to that one may not be so elusive — apparently, everybody. And there’s nothing wrong with that, nor is it entirely unexpected. Disney/Pixar has created a clockwork mechanism that cranks out middleof-the-road pabulum with alarming alacrity. These films are consistently
proficient, never lacking in style or substance and always family-friendly. Incredibles 2 is no exception, and it goes many of its forebears one better by focusing on female empowerment, if you’ll excuse a light superhero pun. This time around Mr. Incredible (voiced again by Craig T. Nelson) and Elastigirl (Holly Hunter, also reprising) are in hot water over some egregious first-act property destruction, and the government agency that employed them has been disbanded as a result. In steps tech mogul Winston Deavor (Bob Odenkirk) with a claim to rebrand and religitamize superheroes, but there’s a catch — he wants Elastigirl, not Mr. Incredible, to be the face of the movement. This leads to a plot that plays something like Mr. Mom meets Captain America: Civil War, but the result isn’t nearly as dissonant as that description might suggest. The narrative gives Hunter’s Elastigirl plenty of space to shine and Nelson’s Mr. Incredible some convincingly fraught domestic disturbances, but between the overstuffed action set pieces, the emotional core seems vaguely hollow. The antagonist’s villainous scheme, hypnotizing heroes by way of TV screens, offers some superficial social commentary that doesn’t come to much and is painfully predictable. Whereas the first Incredibles film was distinguished by the originality of its quasi-futuristic midcenturymodern setting and its then-unique take on humanized superheroism, the plethora of comic book blockbusters in the ensuing decade-and-a-half have rendered Incredibles 2 something of an exercise in redundancy. Still, the lengthy lapse between films has allowed for technological advancements that make Incredibles 2 one of the most visually stunning animated features ever to have been produced. There’s no doubt that it’s a great thing to look at, and my deeper qualms with its questionable necessity take nothing away from its remarkable technical achievements. It’s not dull, it’s not boring, and it’s not entirely pointless. There are far worse movies in theaters right now, but there’s nothing particularly incredible about that. Rated PG for action sequences and some brief mild language.
MAX RATING Now Playing at AMC Classic River Hills 10, Carolina Cinemark, Grail Moviehouse, Regal Biltmore Grande, Epic of Hendersonville, Co-Ed of Brevard. REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM
Xpress reviews virtually all upcoming movies, with two or three of the most noteworthy appearing in print. You can find our online reviews at mountainx.com/movies/reviews. This week, they include:
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Luke and Jo HHHH DIRECTOR: Joshua Overbay PLAYERS: Erik Odom, Andie Morgenlander, Dustin Whitehead, Luke Beavers, Mondy Carter, Mary Katherine O’Donnell DRAMA RATED NR
THE GREEN ROOM: Erik Odom and Andie Morgenlander star in Joshua Overbay’s Luke & Jo. The Asheville-produced feature screens at the Fine Arts Theatre on June 28, followed by a cast and crew Q&A. Photo courtesy of Solis Films • The Musical Matinees weekly summer film series continues at the Columbus Public Library, 1289 W. Mills St., Columbus, on Friday, June 22, at 1 p.m. with Annie. Free. polklibrary.org • Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St., opens its Phenomenal Friday Fantasy Films series on June 22, at 3 p.m. with The Princess Bride. Complimentary popcorn and drinks will be provided. Free. avl.mx/514 • The Burger Bar, 1 Craven St., continues its Sunday Night Slaughterhouse Sinema film series on June 24, at 8 p.m. with Evil Dead 2 and Bride of Re-Animator. The series occurs each week through Oct. 22. Free for members. facebook.com/burgerbar.asheville • On Monday, June 25, 7-9 p.m., HealthCare for All WNC hosts a screening of the documentary Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 290 Old Haw Creek Road. Free. healthcareforallwnc.wordpress.com • The Block Off Biltmore, 39 S. Market St., presents We the People 2.0 on Wednesday, June 27, 6-8 p.m. Directed by Leila Conners (The 11th Hour) and narrated by Walton Goggins, the 2017 documentary chronicles the work of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund to counter corporate interference in
FILM ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS 828-254-1776, ashevillegreenworks.org • WE (6/20), 7-9pm Proceeds from this documentary film screening of
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the U.S. government. Free to attend. theblockoffbiltmore.com • The latest selection in the monthly climate and environmental film series at The Collider, 1 Haywood St., Suite 401, is Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom, which will be screened Wednesday, June 27, at 6:30 p.m. The 50-minute documentary visits people in eight states whose lives have been changed by the renewable energy industry and explores such aspects within the field as innovation and installation. Refreshments will be provided by Oskar Blues Brewery. Free with a suggested donation of $10 per person and $20 per family. thecollider.org • On Thursday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m., the Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave., hosts a screening of Luke & Jo. The Ashevilleproduced work is the third feature film from director Joshua Overbay. Described as “an absorbing character study of two people who discover the danger in meeting the right person at the wrong time,” the film was shot Dec. 1-16, 2016, in Black Mountain, Old Fort and Asheville, and features improvised dialogue. The film will be followed by a Q&A with Overbay, star/co-writer Andie Morgenlander and producer/cinematographer Nate Glass. Tickets are $8 and available online and at the Fine Arts box office. fineartstheatre.com X
The Guardians, benefit Bee City USA Asheville. $10. Held at Grail MovieHouse, 45 S. French Broad Ave.
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MOUNTAINTRUE 828-258-8737, mountaintrue.org • WE (6/27), 6:30pm Film screening of the documentary, Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom. Free. Held at The Collider, 1 Haywood St., Suite 401
THE STORY: A struggling screenwriter confronts his demons after meeting a young musician while promoting his script at a film festival. THE LOWDOWN: A locally produced independent drama that makes the most of its budget — and its picturesque Asheville setting — while telling an emotionally resonant story. There’s an inherent conflict of interest in reviewing a locally produced film as a WNC native. My most valiant attempts to maintain objectivity go right out the window every time I recognize a notable landmark or spot a wellknown streetscape — so if local writer/director Joshua Overbay’s Asheville-shot indy Luke and Jo scores some extra points with me, you’ll have to forgive my bias. But as cool as it is to see the interior of Jack of the Wood or All Souls Cathedral on the big screen, and as much as I geek out when an actor in a feature film picks up a can of Wedge Iron Rail IPA, there’s a great deal to recommend this low-budget melodrama even to people who couldn’t care less about such things. Co-scripted with lead actress Andie Morgenlander, Overbay’s film is a deeply personal story of a distinctly millennial midlife crisis. Luke and Jo probes an existential angst inherent to creative professions — but not specific to them — as aspiring screenwriter Luke (Erik Odom) faces the familiar dilemma of chasing his dreams versus providing stability for his young family. The urgency of this choice is exacerbated by his wife, Kate (Mary Katherine O’Donnell), supportive financially but not creatively, as Luke sets out for a last-ditch attempt to break into the industry at a prestigious film festival. Squarely at the end of his metaphorical rope, Luke’s struggle with depression and sui-
cidal ideation leads to a chance encounter with a young musician (Morgenlander) that will irrevocably alter his outlook. Overbay and Morgenlander are tackling some very weighty human themes, and Luke and Jo’s heavily improvised script suits its tone admirably. In examining not only the artistic temperament of its protagonist but also the conflict that such pursuits necessarily engender, the filmmakers are undoubtedly delving into well-trodden territory. But if the narrative feels familiar, the intimate nature of the script and its robust character development keep Luke and Jo from teetering over the edge into the heavily populated abyss of cookie-cutter indy festival bait. Though festival bait it certainly is, as despite its modest budget and lo-fi aesthetic, it seems poised to be a strong contender for significant accolades on the circuit. Overbay clearly has a strong sense of story structure, and aside from some excusable second-act drag, his narrative pacing is spot-on. The cast is uniformly solid, with Odom a standout leading man and Morgenlander delivering a charmingly unpolished performance. While cinematographer Nathaniel Glass’ handheld work occasionally veers too far into shaky-cam territory for my taste, Overbay’s directorial voice is consistently clear, and Glass executes that vision with admirable professionalism. What Luke and Jo lacks in flash, it more than makes up for in personality, and its Asheville setting contributes an added allure for locals lucky enough to attend its one-night-stand premiere at the Fine Arts Theatre. It’s far from the biggest production to showcase Asheville in recent years, but it might be the most in keeping with the town’s independent spirit. The big guys might shoot at Biltmore, but Luke and Jo shoots at the Downtown Inn — and that sense of integrity only enhances its appeal for those of us who know and love this town. One screening only, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 28, at Fine Arts Theatre.
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DIRECTOR: Akira Kurosawa PLAYERS: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura SUSPENSE THRILLER Rated NR For his 1963 suspense film High and Low, Akira Kurosawa seems to have been actually trying to draw the wrath of those who find his work too “Western” by choosing the Ed McBain novel King’s Ransom for his source material. What could possibly be more Western — indeed, more downright American — than a McBain novel? Then again, High and Low is Kurosawa taking a shot at a kind of Hitchcock suspense thriller, and he was so sufficiently good at it that the film was one of the few works singled out for detailed attention in William K. Everson’s 1972 pioneering book on the genre, The Detective in Film. It may not be one of Kurosawa’s best works, but it’s certainly a worthy one. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on Jan. 25, 2011. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present High and Low on Friday, June 22, at the new Flood Gallery location in Black Mountain, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain.
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DIRECTOR: Cecil B. DeMille PLAYERS: Victor Mature, Hedy Lamarr, Angela Lansbury, George Sanders, Olive Deering, Russ Tamblyn, Henry Wilcoxon BIBLICAL EPIC Rated NR Cecil B. DeMille’s historical epics are an acquired taste in my book, but even those with accepting palates may find Samson and Delilah (1949) hard to swallow. Despite its (mostly) remarkable cast and suitably grandiose scale, it’s perhaps the most forgettable of DeMille’s biblical films. Sure, Hedy Lamar looks gorgeous and George Sanders gets to be sleazy, but then there’s Victor Mature. ... I’m not sure if he ever did so in writing, but in casual conversation Andrew Sarris frequently referred to Mature as “Victor Manure” — see this film if you want to know why. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Samson and Delilah on Sunday, June 24, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Latest installment in the action-adventure franchise, directed by J.A. Bayona. According to the studio: “It’s been three years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs out of containment. Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans while the surviving dinosaurs fend for themselves in the jungles. When the island’s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinctionlevel event. Owen is driven to find Blue, his lead raptor who’s still missing in the wild, and Claire has grown a respect for these creatures she now makes her mission. Arriving on the unstable island as lava begins raining down, their expedition uncovers a conspiracy that could return our entire planet to a perilous order not seen since prehistoric times.” Early reviews mixed. (PG-13)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Documentary from Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville. According to the studio: “For over 30 years, Fred Rogers, an unassuming minister, puppeteer, writer and producer was beamed daily into homes across America. In his beloved television program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Fred and his cast of puppets and friends spoke directly to young children about some of life’s weightiest issues, in a simple, direct fashion. There hadn’t been anything like Mr. Rogers on television before and there hasn’t been since. Though he may be best known today as a soft-spoken, cardigan-wearing children’s television host, in reality, Fred Rogers’ career represents a sustained attempt to present a coherent, beneficent view about how we should best speak to children about important matters and how television could be used as a positive force in our society.” Early reviews positive.(PG-13) MOUNTAINX.COM
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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you have cosmic permission to enjoy extra helpings of waffles, crepes, pancakes and blintzes. Eating additional pastries and doughnuts is also encouraged. Why? Because it’s high time for you to acquire more ballast. You need more gravitas and greater stability. You can’t afford to be top-heavy; you must be hard to knock over. If you would prefer not to accomplish this noble goal by adding girth to your butt and gut, find an alternate way. Maybe you could put weights on your shoes and think very deep thoughts. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re slipping into the wild heart of the season of discovery. Your curiosity is mounting. Your listening skills are growing more robust. Your willingness to be taught and influenced and transformed is at a peak. And what smarter way to take advantage of this fertile moment than to decide what you most want to learn about during the next three years? For inspiration, identify a subject you’d love to study, a skill you’d eagerly stretch yourself to master, and an invigorating truth that would boost your brilliance if you thoroughly embodied it. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Four of his works were essential in earning that award: the play Waiting for Godot, and the novels Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable. Beckett wrote all of them in a two-year span during the late 1940s. During that time, he was virtually indigent. He and his companion Suzanne survived on the paltry wage she made as a dressmaker. We might draw the conclusion from his life story that it is at least possible for a person to accomplish great things despite having little money. I propose that we make Beckett your role model for the coming weeks, Gemini. May he inspire you to believe in your power to become the person you want to be no matter what your financial situation may be. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I suggest you ignore the temptation to shop around for new heroes and champions. It would only distract you from your main assignment in the coming weeks, which is to be more of a hero and champion yourself. Here are some tips to guide you as you slip beyond your overly modest self-image and explore the liberations that may be possible when you give yourself more credit. Tip #1: Finish outgrowing the old heroes and champions who’ve served you well. Tip #2: Forgive and forget the disappointing heroes and hypocritical champions who betrayed their own ideals. Tip #3: Exorcise your unwarranted admiration for mere celebrities who might have snookered you into thinking they’re heroes or champions. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “A waterfall would be more impressive if it flowed the other way,” said Irish writer Oscar Wilde. Normally, I would dismiss an idea like this, even though it’s funny and I like funny ideas. Normally, I would regard such a negative assessment of the waterfall’s true nature, even in jest, to be unproductive and enfeebling. But none of my usual perspectives are in effect as I evaluate the possibility that Wilde’s declaration might be a provocative metaphor for your use in the coming weeks. For a limited time only, it might be wise to meditate on a waterfall that flows the other way. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stage magicians may seem to make a wine glass hover in mid-air, or transform salt into diamonds or make doves materialize and fly out of their hands. It’s all fake, of course — tricks performed by skilled illusionists. But here’s a twist on the old story: I suspect that for a few weeks, you will have the power to generate effects that may, to the uninitiated, have a resemblance to magic tricks — except that your magic will be real, not fake. And you will have worked very hard to accomplish what looks easy and natural. And the marvels you generate will, unlike the illusionists’, be authentic and useful.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to accentuate and brandish the qualities that best exemplify your Libran nature. In other words, be extreme in your moderation. Be pushy in your attempts to harmonize. Be bold and brazen as you make supple use of your famous balancing act. I’ll offer you a further piece of advice, as well. My first astrology teacher believed that when Librans operate at peak strength, their symbol of power is the iron fist in the velvet glove: power expressed gracefully, firmness rendered gently. I urge you to explore the nuances of that metaphor. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If I were your mom, I’d nudge you out the door and say, “Go play outside for a while!” If I were your commanding officer, I’d award you a shiny medal for your valorous undercover work and then order you to take a frisky sabbatical. If I were your psychotherapist, I would urge you to act as if your past has no further power to weigh you down or hold you back, and then I would send you out on a vision quest to discover your best possible future. In other words, my dear Scorpio, I hope you will flee your usual haunts. Get out of the loop and into the open spaces that will refresh your eyes and heart. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sex education classes at some high schools employ a dramatic exercise to illustrate the possible consequences of engaging in heterosexual lovemaking without using birth control. Everywhere they go for two weeks, students must carry around a 10-pound bag of flour. It’s a way for them to get a visceral approximation of caring for an infant. I recommend that you find or create an equivalent test or trial for yourself in the coming days. As you consider entering into a deeper collaboration or making a stronger commitment, you’ll be wise to undertake a dress rehearsal. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Members of the Dull Men’s Club celebrate the ordinary. “Glitz and glam aren’t worth the bother,” they declare. “Slow motion gets you there faster,” they pontificate. Showing no irony, they brag that they are “born to be mild.” I wouldn’t normally recommend becoming part of a movement like theirs, but the next two weeks will be one of those rare times when aligning yourself with their principles might be healthy and smart. If you’re willing to explore the virtues of simple, plain living, make the Swedish term lagom your word of power. According to the Dull Men’s Club, it means “enough, sufficient, adequate, balanced, suitable, appropriate.” AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the Georgian language, shemomechama is a word that literally means “I ate the whole thing.” It refers to what happens when you’re already full, but find the food in front of you so delicious that you can’t stop eating. I’m concerned you might soon be tempted to embark on metaphorical versions of shemomechama. That’s why I’m giving you a warning to monitor any tendencies you might have to get too much of a good thing. Pleasurable and productive activities will serve you better if you stop yourself before you go too far. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Please do not send me a lock of your hair or a special piece of your jewelry or a $100 bill. I will gladly cast a love spell in your behalf without draining you of your hard-earned cash. The only condition I place on my free gift is that you agree to have me cast the love spell on you and you alone. After all, your love for yourself is what needs most work. And your love for yourself is the primary magic that fuels your success in connecting with other people. (Besides, it’s bad karma to use a love spell to interfere with another person’s will.) So if you accept my conditions, Pisces, demonstrate that you’re ready to receive my telepathic love spell by sending me your telepathic authorization.
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HUMAN SERVICES DISABILITIES SERVICES COORDINATOR Community Action Opportunities (CAO) is seeking a Disabilities Service Specialist. The ideal candidate will have experience working with families of preschool children and coordinating services with community agencies, service providers and other program employees. • The position also provides staff training and technical assistance in the child outcome domain of Social Emotional Development and School Readiness. Compensation: $16.48 to 19.77 per hour, DOQ, plus competitive benefits including 401(k). EOE and DFWP • Visit www. communityactionopportunities. org/opening.html for full job description and application requirements. Open Until Filled. OPERATIONS DIRECTOR FTE position responsible for overseeing day-to-day program operations for nonprofit agency located in Hendersonville, NC. • Master’s degree in behavioral health coupled with relevant experience serving behavioral health and homeless populations. Clinical licensure preferred. thrive4health.org/ about-us/working-at-thrive/
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, GRADUATE ENROLLMENT Assists in identifying, enrolling, and retaining motivated and qualified graduate students. Salaried, exempt, fulltime position based at LenoirRhyne University’s Asheville campus in Montford. lr.edu/employment
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PROGRAM COORDINATOR Children First/Communities In Schools is hiring a Project POWER/AmeriCorps Program Coordinator to direct, manage and support the AmeriCorps grant and serves as the main source of contact with the NC Commission. The coordinator will be the liaison between members, site(s) and site supervisors, constituents, and stakeholders. For full details and how to apply www.childrenfirstcisbc.org REAL ESTATE ACCOUNTANT Private nonprofit community development corp. seeks skilled accounting professional for growing work in affordable housing development and finance. $10-15 mil annual production of single/ multi-family homes, portfolio of 900+ apartments, and a $6 mil second mortgage loan fund. 4 year accounting graduate and 3 years real estate accounting experience preferred. • Work with finance mgr, professional development staff, investors, funders, regulators. Track multiple projects, job costs and cash flows. • Excellent analytical, computer skills, commitment to community, positive teamwork spirit. Position includes full benefits package including health insurance. EOE. Letter w/ resume & salary requirement to: Ms. Selena Jimenez, Finance Manager, Mountain Housing Opportunities, Inc. selena@mtnhousing.org TAX MANAGER Storck CPA, P.C. seeks a full-time CPA to manage a diverse client base of businesses and individuals. Please see our job posting at mountainx.com/classifieds/ Jobs for more details.
TEACHING/ EDUCATION EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SUPERVISOR (Social-Emotional Support Specialist) Community Action Opportunities (CAO) is seeking an Early Childhood Education Supervisor that will specialize in Social-Emotional Support. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of and the ability to implement Head Start Program Performance Standards, professional educational practices, theories and techniques, Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning Pyramid Model framework, demonstrated leadership, supervisory and team work skills and agency policy and procedures. Compensation: $43,680 to $50,000 DOQ, plus competitive benefits including 401(k). EOE and DFWP. • Visit www. communityactionopportunities. org/openings.html for full job description and application requirements. Open Until Filled.
PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN DIRECTOR Lutheran Church of the Nativity seeks a part-time (30 hrs) Preschool & Kindergarten Director. Our school is Christ-centered. Job description available. Please email all inquiries and resumes to rhoffman@ nativityarden.org.
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