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PAGE 34 DIFFERENT DRUMMERS Now in its sixth year, the Asheville Percussion Festival continues to build community through global rhythms.

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If each of us had the chance to make a huge difference in climate change and our health, would we be willing to do it?

Do we dare to be courageous enough to know that each animal food change we commit to is the answer to the most pressing social justice issue ever facing the world?

Are we willing to claim and be responsible that our eating habit is the answer to climate change and health?

We all know the statistics. Emissions and depletions from the resources used for animal food production use far more of our limited resources than any other combined form of energy and add to toxicity in our environment.

Just think of this: If everyone just stopped eating meat, climate change would immediately slow down as would the incidences of diabetes and heart disease.

That’s so empowering! Did we ever think that we have the answer to our planet’s demise on our daily plate? We do not have to wait for Washington or the world to mandate external changes.

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lobbyist. Your newspaper poses as an open-minded, environmentally conscious, liberal organization — but this article clearly shows where your loyalties lie. Who’s writing the check for this one?

Please check your “alternate facts” about the safety of glyphosate and other toxic chemicals that are polluting our land, our water and our bodies. And check your statistics on world pesticide use, as the U.S. does not rank 43rd in the world for use of pesticides.

Good journalism requires an unbiased approach, and your interviews with local pro-GMO scientists were appropriate. However, you offered no rebuttal to the information provided by these interviewees.

Putting false information and statistics into quotations does not absolve you of any wrongdoing.

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Barnardsville Freelance writer Nick Wilson responds: “With this piece, I was genuinely trying to understand a very controversial and complex issue. During my research process, I became aware of my own ignorance in regard to much of the actual science behind genetic engineering. I found my conversations with folks like Jack Britt and Leah McGrath to be informative, thought-provoking, compelling and eye-opening. Throughout my research, it also became apparent to me that there’s a lot of public opinion on genetic engineering that’s based primarily in emotional rhetoric, rather than in facts. This isn’t to claim that certain arguments are right only if they are unemotional, it’s simply a reason why I felt it was important to focus the article on clarifying some of the common misconceptions about genetic engineering.

If you believe the article contains misinformation, I’d love to see more accurate data. I can assure you I’m not a Monsanto

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lobbyist. I’m genuinely skeptical of large corporations and voiced reason within the article to be critical of these entities as well as directing readers to check out the local March Against Monsanto protest.

You’re correct in pointing out that the U.S. does not rank 43rd in the world for the use of pesticides. According to data Jack Britt downloaded on June 8 from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, it now ranks 42.5, tied with Peru, Austria and Ireland.

I chose to focus the story on the common fears about genetic engineering countered with facts provided by people who are well-versed on the subject in order to showcase a side of the story that, to me, seems to receive less attention in Asheville. My goal was to reveal that it’s much more than pro-GMO vs. anti-GMO, but a highly complicated issue that needs to be better understood to facilitate more meaningful debate moving forward.”

Votes are for favorites, not best Once again, the Xpress collects votes on people’s favorites and then announces which have been voted “best.” If we were to vote on our favorite color, you would announce which color is “best.”

— Ron Ogle

Asheville Editor’s response: For the 23rd year in a row, Xpress has asked readers to vote in the Best of WNC poll. Favorite color is not one of the categories.

Please share bulletin board space Dear Asheville, As someone who’s been putting timely event notices on local bulletin boards for

20 years or more, I’m feeling frustrated and annoyed by the appearance in recent years of more and more giant posters on these very limited promotional spaces.

It’s also problematic to have people using full-sized (8.5-by-11) sheets to advertise businesses and other undated announcements. It would be more considerate to make those smaller.

It used to be common practice for bulletin board providers to request that undated fliers have the date of posting on them. Please, space providers, return to that policy and give undated events the same month or two as dated events have on your much-coveted spaces.

Now back to those 11-by-17 or even larger posters that some of y’all think it’s fair to hog space for. Please stop! You are hogging space that needs to be shared with those of us from more modest organizations. This is a heartfelt request for a more collaborative spirit that clearly sees we have to share the limited bulletin board space available to us.

I have been very reluctant to take those space-hogging posters down but am getting tempted to do so if this problem doesn’t start to improve in our community. Thanks to everyone, space providers as well as poster makers, for your consideration.

— Arjuna da Silva

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WHERE THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK ENDS Reactions to Gideons distributing Bibles outside high school graduations

BY KARI BARROWS karibarrows94@gmail.com Several smiling men in slacks were on hand outside the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Asheville last weekend, passing out small orange Bibles to graduating high school students, their families and other passers-by, before the rehearsals and ceremonies of five Buncombe County high schools.

It was a scenario that has played out over the past four years of graduation ceremonies, according to Cellular Center General Manager Chris Corl.

The men with the Bibles are members of the Gideons, which describes itself as “an Association of Christian business and professional men and their wives dedicated to telling people about Jesus,” according to its website. The group was established in 1898 by two businessmen who began distributing Bibles in hotel rooms. Nowadays, the Gideons distribute Bibles and religious literature worldwide in hotels, hospitals and at outside events.

The Gideons’ presence is perfectly legal, Corl notes, who says he has never received any complaints about the Gideons in his four years on the job.

The men’s activities didn’t stop or slow people in their passage, according to Cecil Crawford, a retired secretary for the Gideons in Avery County.

“I’ve never in my life encountered any bias against handing out Scriptures,” Crawford says. “But

FREE FOR THE TAKING: Members of Gideons International stand outside the U.S. Cellular Center, handing out Bibles to those walking by on the street downtown. Photo by Kari Barrows now, that does happen, and if it happens, then [we] just don’t do that particular place anymore. We don’t push ourselves onto people. We want people to receive the word, the Scripture, but we don’t push it.

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FREEDOM FROM RELIGION Corl doesn’t have a problem with the Gideons. ”Just like any other event, like if there were protesters of the circus, or just ‘Joe Schmo’

walking down the street to get to the restaurant, the 6 foot of sidewalk space is sidewalk space, so people can do whatever they wish,“ he says. ”You see people handing out Bibles randomly on the streets downtown.“

But that all changes a few closer to the Cellular Center entrance, Corl explains. ”Once you get into the leased space, if our leasing agent, A-B Tech for example, or a concert promoter, whoever, wants somebody to be removed or asks them not to hand things out, then we ask people to move and go to the sidewalk space.“ The Gideons have not encountered much opposition in Avery County, Crawford says. But the group’s activities did spark debate in Buncombe County Schools in 2012, after the fifth-grade son of Pagan mother Ginger Strivelli came home from a Weaverville school with a Bible distributed at the school by the Gideons. The event resulted in Buncombe County schools adopting a religious policy that states the school board ”will neither advance nor inhibit any religion or religious belief, viewpoint, expression or practice.“ Strivelli, who now lives in Egypt, acknowledges that the Gideons’ sidewalk activities may be legal. But she argues that it’s inappropriate for a group to hand out Bibles on public property outside school events. ”My objection has always been that it is misusing public property or public school events, which should, as part of the government, be free from any favoritism for any one faith group — as it could be seen as the government promoting that faith over others, which is, of course, unconstitutional,“ she wrote in an email.

Strivelli also believes handing out Bibles outside school events is different from leaving Bibles in hotels. ”[Hotels] are not government-run public services, and the hotel owners and operators could choose to promote that one faith or they could chose to put a Quran, a Rig Veda, a Mayan Codex and an Egyptian Book of the Dead in the nightstand drawers with the Gideon Bibles and be more inclusive,“ Strivelli wrote.

Strivelli also thinks it is unnecessary for the Gideons to be handing out Bibles at a time when anyone interested can easily obtain one at any of the hundreds of Christian churches in Buncombe County.

The national nonprofit Freedom From Religion Foundation objects to the Gideons’ practice of handing out Bibles near school events. ”It is unfortunate that [the Gideons], among other evangelizing groups, view schools as ripe territory for recruitment.

These organizations take advantage of truancy laws and the captive audience of schoolchildren to proselytize

young students,“ according to the foundation’s website.

THE GOOD BOOK Some people waiting outside the U.S. Cellular Center spoke in support of the Gideons’ activities.

Candler native Michele Burnette, noting that her uncle is a member of the Gideons, said, ”I think it’s great that they do that, because that’s what Christians are supposed to do — to let people know about Jesus.“ Cherryl Roberts of Flat Creek says she supported the handing out of Bibles, as long as they are the King James Version. ”When we were kids, we got the New Testaments from school, it didn’t hurt anything,“ Roberts says. ”And sometimes that’s the only thing they ever read.“ Frank Vance, vice president of the Gideons in Avery County, says he has never encountered opposition to handing out Bibles. He adds he wouldn’t be worried if there were opposition. ”Especially here in the mountains, there’s not a problem at all,“ Vance says. ”I’m sure that [in] a lot of secular areas you may have some problems, but it’s like anything else…. If the Hare Krishnas want to give their literature out, we don’t say anything. I mean, the Bible will stand on its own against all of that stuff, so I don’t worry about it.“ CAP AND GOWN Tony Baldwin, superintendent of Buncombe County Schools, explains that his focus was to make sure the graduates cross the stage. ”Really, our focus — especially with the graduation ceremony, and all the parents, the students — our focus is on what happens, once they’re inside those doors, inside that building,“ he says.

But Baldwin acknowledges the importance of keeping church and state separate, particularly in the areas around public schools. He noted that schools must stay in accordance with Buncombe County School’s neutral religion policy. ”It certainly continues to be, I think, an issue across all public schools, across the country, keeping that dividing line," Baldwin says. X MOUNTAINX.COM

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Asheville honors origins of LGBT rights movement

LEADING THE WAY: The new documentary ‘MAJOR!’ spotlights Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a black, transgender elder and activist who champions the rights of trans women of color. In this still from the award-winning film, Miss Major serves as a community grand marshal in the 2014 San Francisco LGBT Pride parade. Photo courtesy of Floating Ophelia Productions Forty-eight years ago this month, a police raid on a gay nightclub in New York and the resulting resistance sparked a human rights revolution.

What became known as the Stonewall riots (after the name of the club) began on June 28, 1969, and the six days of unrest that followed played a key role in launching the LGBT rights movement.

“We often hear people express shock that homosexuality was a crime,” says Ezekiel Christopoulos, executive director of Tranzmission. “But it’s true, and people lost everything.

Their names were printed in the paper and they lost their jobs, their homes, everything.” For the 16th straight year, the Asheville-based nonprofit will commemorate the Stonewall riots with a series of events and activities beginning Saturday, June 24 (see box).

At the time of the uprising, homosexuality was illegal in almost every state. People could be sent to prison for loving someone of the same gender. Police could raid a nightclub and haul everyone inside off to jail, simply because they were lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

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have gained a number of rights — most notably the right to marry — but society still has a way to go, says Christopoulos, whose organization conducts education and advocacy on transgender issues.

“We still don’t have job protections in North Carolina, and local governments still can’t pass nondiscrimination laws,” he points out. “You hear reports of trans kids being locked out of bathrooms in schools and forced to urinate on themselves. We are not there yet.”

State Sen. Terry Van Duyn, a Buncombe County Democrat, agrees that more protections are needed.

“We are not where we were when Amendment One was passed, and that was only a few years ago,” she says.

“We have made progress, but our own General Assembly needs to catch up, culturally, to the majority of people in this state.”

The 2012 amendment to the state constitution defined marriage as being between one man and one woman. It was never repealed, but an October 2014 appeals court ruling voided the amendment, and a June 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision made samesex marriages legal under federal law.

Van Duyn wants North Carolina to pass strong anti-discrimination laws, though she doubts that this will happen under the current leadership in

Raleigh. “Sometimes, progress is incremental,” she says. “That’s really frustrating. We need to get to a place where everyone is on equal footing, and we’re not there.”

The most hotly contested portions of House Bill 2, the law requiring people to use the public bathrooms corresponding to the gender listed on their birth certificates, were repealed in March with the passage of House Bill 142. But critics point out that this still leaves in place a provision banning local governments from passing nondiscrimination ordinances before the end of 2020 at the earliest.

Supporters of the repeal say it was the most they could get from the current legislative leadership. “It stopped the boycotts” by businessses and sports organizations, notes Van Duyn. Other states were getting ready to pass similar laws, which would have made even a partial repeal harder to achieve, she explains. Still, Van Duyn says she’s tired of waiting and wants to see statewide nondiscrimination laws passed that will protect LGBT people on the job.

Christopoulos agrees, pointing out that it’s hard to remain patient when studies show that 41 percent of transgender people attempt suicide at some point. “I do feel impatient sometimes,” he says, “especially when I see the hatred that the winning candidates for public office have allowed.” X

Stonewall Commemoration and Trans Pride Week events • Saturday, June 24, 10 p.m. — Stonewall Commemoration Week kickoff. Drag and burlesque performances will be followed by a dance party with DJ Abu Disarray. Donations at the door ($7-$10) benefit Tranzmission. O. Henry’s Underground, 237 Haywood St., avl.mx/3tl • Sunday, June 25, 2 p.m. — Pool party and ice-cream social. This family, kid, transgender, nonbinary and queerfriendly event supports Transmission and Youth OUTright. Concessions and ice cream from The Hop will be available. $3-$10 sliding scale. Asheville Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St., avl.mx/3tm • Monday, June 26, 6 p.m. — Cocktail night. Socialize with the LGBTQ community. The Crow and Quill, 106 N. Lexington Ave., avl.mx/3tn • Tuesday, June 27, 6 p.m. — Stonewall information session. Myka, from the Charlotte-based organization Queer Trans People of Color, will discuss

the the origins of the modern LGBT civil rights movement and its leaders. Free.

Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St., avl.mx/3to • Wednesday, June 28, 7 p.m. — Film screening of MAJOR!, a documentary chronicling the life and work of 75-yearold black transgender activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy. $9 suggested donation.

Grail Moviehouse, 45 S. French Broad Ave., avl.mx/3tp • Thursday, June 29, 5:30 p.m. — Dinner and “Crucial Conversations.”

The workshop focuses on effective communication around charged or difficult topics. Free. Land of the Sky UCC, 15 Overbrook Place, avl.mx/3tq • Saturday, July 1, 8 p.m. — Stonewall commemoration concert with local queer-folk-punk acts Gullible Boys, Bless Your Heart and Brynn Estelle, and wWAYLOn from Atlanta. $5-$10 suggested donation. Broadway’s, 120 N. Lexington Ave., avl.mx/3tr

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Asheville sets property tax rate, passes budget The city of Asheville has adopted a budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year, which begins on July 1. The bottom line for city property owners? City Council set a property tax rate of 42.89 cents per $100 of taxable value, which represents a revenue-neutral rate plus 3.5 cents to pay for interest on the $74 million bond program approved by a referendum in November 2015.

While “revenue-neutral plus bonds” was Mayor Esther Manheimer’s stated goal from the first bond work session on March 14, getting there required five more meetings (a mix of budget work sessions and City Council meetings). Along the way, Council ran a gauntlet of organized lobbying from social justice advocates, law enforcement advocates and citizens. A major point of contention was Police Chief Tammy Hooper’s request (repeated from the previous year) for funding to add 15 police officers to create a fourth police district downtown.

The adopted $176 million budget, which encompasses a $120.7 million operating budget, passed June 13 on a split vote of 5-2, with Council

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MONEY IN THE BANK: City Finance Director Barbara Whitehorn can breathe a little easier now that City Council passed its $176 million budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year, which starts July 1. Photo by Virginia Daffron members Brian Haynes and Keith Young opposed.

The final form of the budget includes funding for the 15 additional officers, as well as $630,000 in transit system improvements. Previously, city staff had said paying for both the police and transit expansions would require an additional half-cent above the revenue-neutral rate plus the amount needed to pay interest on the bonds. In the end, said City Manager Gary Jackson, savings gained from postponing the replacement of Assistant City Manager Paul Fetherston (who left for a position in Illinois on June 9), postponing the purchase of equipment for the city’s vehicle fleet, reducing temporary and seasonal workers, and delaying some consulting contracts will allow the city to forgo the extra half penny.

As of June 14, the version of the budget posted on the city’s website had last been updated on May 30 and didn’t include all the most current information. Going forward, said city Chief Financial Officer Barbara Whitehorn, revised and reconciled versions of the budget will be posted following each budget work session.

“We’ve heard discussion in the community wanting to see that,” she said.

Some in the community want to see much more than updated figures as the budgeting process unfolds, however. In remarks before Council’s vote on the budget, Young called for adopting a participatory budgeting model, which he said would give community members more substantive opportunities to weigh in as spending decisions are being made. Manheimer called participatory budgeting a “very interesting idea” and said the city should explore using it for future budgets.

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According to the website of the Participatory Budgeting Project, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the practice, “Participatory budgeting is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget.”

Elements of the final budget Whitehorn highlighted in her presentation before Council’s vote included an increase in the city’s match of firefighter retirement savings from 2 to 4 percent, and a 2.5 percent pay raise for all city employees, effective July 1.

While the budget adopted by City Council is based on a lower tax rate compared the previous rate of 47.5 cents, a recent property revaluation means many tax bills will rise. Average property values increased nearly 30 percent citywide, Whitehorn has said.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 338 HILLIARD AVE. In what represented either a drop in the bucket toward addressing the city’s affordable housing shortage or a revolutionary use of an innovative model of public-private collaboration, Council voted to approve a $1.6 million package of loans and incentives for a new housing complex to be built on city-owned land at 338 Hilliard Ave. Retiring city staffer Jeff Staudinger outlined a proposal from the Kassinger Development Group to construct 64 units of housing on the former site of a Parks and Recreation maintenance facility on Hilliard Avenue close to Aston Park. Thirty-three of the units will rent

at rates designated as affordable to residents earning between 60 and 80 percent of the federally defined area median income, while 31 of the units will rent at market rates.

The developers requested a total incentive from the city of $1,571,430, which represents a $1.28 million loan from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund and an estimated $291,430 in a land-use incentive grant. Also part of the deal are a 50-year land lease agreement, in which the developer will pay 10 percent of the yearly cash flow of the property to lease the site, and a 50-year term of affordability for the lower-income units.

But Council members had hardly gotten their arms into position for some collective back-patting before commenters began criticizing the relatively small number and still-high rents of the affordable units.

Pointing out that the project sets aside no units for the homeless or those earning low wages, Melissa Clark said, “This does almost nothing for actual low-income people.” The current rental rate for a one-bedroom apartment for those earning 80 percent of the area median income, which Staudinger said would be about $700, is only about $50 below market rate, Clark commented.

Later in the discussion, Staudinger said that a new one-bedroom unit in that location would go for a market rent of about $1,200 to $1,300.

Commenters Dewana Little and Ashley Cooper also said the proposal didn’t do enough to create truly affordable housing. “How are we considering this, saying this is the best thing that ever happened?” asked Little. As a person of color with a good job, Little said, “I wouldn’t be able to afford this.”

Protesting that Council was doing something “really innovative” with its first attempt to leverage city-owned land for affordable housing, Manheimer said, “You’re really kind of raining on our parade here.”

Young took up the banner of those critical of the proposal, arguing that the city was selling its position too cheaply in the deal. “What we put on table needs to be of bigger benefit to those who want to live here,” he said. He echoed Little’s reflection on personal affordability, saying, “You take me off City Council — and I work for the state — I can’t live there.”

Council member Gordon Smith countered by outlining a previous proposal for the property from Tribute Companies.

That deal, Smith said, eventually fell apart in the face of high construction costs. Cautioning Young against making “the perfect the enemy of the good,” Smith said, “This is a win.”

Council voted 6-1 in favor of the incentive package, with Young opposed.

Though he voted for the deal, Haynes

commented that the project did “zero” for those earning 30 percent of area median income. “That land is extremely valuable,” he said. “We don’t have to sell ourselves short.”

STANDING UP FOR THE CLIMATE Council supported two resolutions in support of action to limit carbon emissions and reduce the negative effects of climate change. The first resolution, which was passed as part of Council’s consent agenda, received the approval of the city’s Sustainability Advisory Committee on Energy and the Environment and calls on state and national governments to transition to 100 percent clean energy by 2050. SACEE voted to recommend Council pass the amendment before the decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord, Council member Julie Mayfield explained.

SACEE plans to examine Asheville’s goal of reducing its carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2030, Mayfield said, and it may recommend a new target.

In the wake of Trump’s decision on the Paris accord, Manheimer said toward the end of Council’s meeting, many U.S. cities and municipalities have reaffirmed their commitment to tackling climate change.

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By passing the second resolution, Asheville joined with more than 86 mayors representing over 40 million Americans who support taking significant action on reducing harms related to climate change, she said.

Joe Cobble and Melissa Clark complimented Council’s support for climate action.

“I wish there was some advertising money to publish” the city’s leadership on the issue, Cobble said, while Clark expressed the view that, while laudable, the resolution is “not enough” since climate change has already passed the point of no return. Humanity should be on a 10-year timetable and should immediately begin sequestering atmospheric carbon, she said, noting that the current schedule “is not going to do it for our kids.”

— Virginia Daffron

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Board of Adjustment approves vacation complex, 17-home subdivision In one of the shorter meetings Xpress has attended this year, the Buncombe County Board of Adjustment wrapped up its agenda in just under 2 1/2 hours on June 14.

Approved projects of note included a vacation rental complex in East Asheville and a 17-home subdivision in Swannanoa. Also, a proposed 221unit apartment complex on Overlook Road was officially postponed until next month’s meeting.

PERMANENT VACATION A proposed vacation complex that failed to get approval last month was back before the board with an amended application. The developers of the nearly 22-acre property at 198 Shope Creek Road were seeking a conditional use permit to build eight cabins, down from 10 in last month’s request. The new plan increases noise buffers to adjacent properties by 200 percent.

Joel Osgood, of Osgood Landscape Architecture, spoke on behalf of the property owners, saying the new plan addresses the noise and traffic concerns that ultimately sank the original proposal. He said about 85 percent of the property would remain undeveloped and that reducing the footprint to eight cabins, each between 400 and 800 square feet, would minimize traffic and noise.

“The other thing to state is we very much want this to be considered a retreat that is quiet in nature,” said Osgood.

Developers also said the property owners would be on-site as much as possible, acting as de facto managers monitoring noise and other potential issues.

Two neighbors of the proposed vacation-rental property spoke against it.

Angela Stone said the application changes didn’t satisfy her concerns about increased traffic and the sounds of tenants at night. “The Shope family has been there 200 years, and all the surrounding properties are still Shopes. We are directly impacted,” she said.

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ing … the lights and noise are substantial. This will completely change that area,” Stone said.

Board member James Wilson said, “I was not supportive the first time. I think the applicant has made substantial changes that make a lot of sense. Someone could build 15 or so houses pretty easy and not have to come before this board.”

Board member Mychal Bacote echoed the sentiment: “As these parcels fall out of family land, they will be developed, and we can’t be onerous and ignore what ordinances say.

If we have a problem, we need commissioners to look at [zoning uses].”

Other board members commented favorably on the new plans’ improvements prior to unanimously approving the proposed development.

Developers said they will build three cabins within the next six months and plan to wrap up construction within three years.

HOME IN THE VALLEY The board also gave the goahead to a 17-home subdivision in Swannanoa. New Salem Heights will sit on 3.26 acres at 420 New Salem Road and feature common open space.

The developers sought a conditional use permit that would classify the project as a planned unit development, allowing smaller lot sizes as long as the project satisfies density requirements.

The applicant said New Salem Heights aims to build homes in the 1,500-square-foot range with pricing around $250,000.

No one spoke against the project, and the board unanimously approved it.

The Board of Adjustment’s next meeting is set for Wednesday, July 12, when it is slated to consider the proposed Overlook Apartments in South Asheville.

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NEWS BRIEFS

by Max Hunt | mhunt@mountainx.com 30TH ANNUAL OPERATION BLOOD DRIVE JUNE 22 AT TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH The Red Cross is calling on local residents to donate blood on Thursday, June 22 at Trinity Baptist Church for the 30th annual Operation Blood Drive.

Donation appointments are available from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

All donors will receive a commemorative Red Cross t-shirt. Appointments can be made at redcrossblood. org, by phone at 1-800-RED CROSS or by downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor App. “Every donation has the potential to help save up to three lives,” says Alli Trask, executive director of the American Red Cross Asheville-Mountain Area Chapter. “We invite the Western North Carolina community to come together for Operation Blood Drive and experience what it feels like to be a hero.”

More info: redcrossblood. org or 1-800-RED CROSS A-B TECH HOSTS “HEALTHCARE FOR ALL” SYMPOSIUM JUNE 27 A-B Tech will host a Healthcare for All symposium from 7-8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 27 at the Ferguson Auditorium in Asheville. Sponsored by The Healthcare Action Team of Indivisible Asheville/WNC, the event

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will address concerns and questions regarding the American health care system and provide information for residents.

Speakers include Dr. Carol Paris, president of the national organization Physicians for a National Healthcare Program, and Dr. Jessica Schorr Saxe, chair of Healthcare Justice NC, in addition to local healthcare providers and patients. A question-andanswer period will follow presentations.

More info: indivisibleavl. org.

CITY HOLDS INPUT MEETING ON NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATOR POSITION City staffers will hold a public input meeting from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, June 29 at the Public Works Building to gather feedback on the neighborhood coordinator position hiring process. The neighborhood coordinator shares information and coordinates community engagement in city programs and intiatives with various neighborhoods and stakeholders.

Residents can alsoprovide feedback online through July 9 at http://avl. mx/3v9. Paper copies of a community survey will also be available at Asheville recreation centers.

More info: 828-259-5981 or DHitch@ashevillenc.gov

DUKE ENERGY AWARDS LOCAL EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS Duke Energy has awarded $185,000 in grants to seven local education and workforce development programs in WNC. The grant awards support efforts to strengthen science, technology, engineering and math, childhood reading proficiency and workforce development.

Recipients include: • Asheville Art Museum ($10,000) – More than Math

• Asheville City Schools Foundation ($20,000) – ACSF in Real Life: Improving STEAM Education After School • Asheville Museum of Science ($40,000) – Increasing Access to STEM with AMOS • Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County ($10,000) – Project READ • Buncombe County Schools Foundation ($50,000) – Energizing Elementary Education • Madison County Public Library ($40,000) – STEAM Across the Ages

• Young Women’s Christian Association of Asheville and Western North Carolina ($15,000) – Primary Enrichment Program More info: http://avl. mx/3v8 X

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ASHEVILLE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION 251-9973, ashevilledowntown.org • WE (6/28), 7:30-9:30am "Coffee with a Cop," community event to ask questions, voice concerns and get to know the officers in your police department and neighborhood.

Free. Held at Mast General, 15 Biltmore Ave.

For a full list of community calendar guidelines, please visit mountainx.com/calendar. For questions about free listings, call 2511333, ext. 137. For questions about paid calendar listings, please call 251-1333, ext. 320.

ANIMALS ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY 14 Forever Friend Lane, 761-2001, ashevillehumane.org • SA (6/24), 5-8pmProceeds from the "Paw it Forward Block Party," with live music, food and beer vendors, and adoptable animals benefit the Asheville Humane Society. Free to attend.

BROTHER WOLF ANIMAL RESCUE 505-3440, bwar.org • WEDNESDAYS, 4-7pm & SATURDAYS, 11am-3pm - Pet adoption event. Free to attend. Held at Petco, 825 Brevard Road FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • Fourth FRIDAYS, 6pm - Animal rights reading group. Free to attend.

FULL MOON FARM WOLFDOG RESCUE 664-9818, fullmoonfarm.org • SU (6/25), 4-8pm Proceeds from "Tacos and Wolfdogs," fundraiser with live music, raffle, salsa contest and taco dinner benefit Full Moon Farm Wolfdog Sanctuary. $20/$10 children/$15 salsa contest entries. Register for location: nancy@ fullmoonfarm.org

BENEFITS AAUW BOOK SALE brevard-nc.aauw.net • Through TH (6/22) - Proceeds from this 20,000 book sale go towards scholarships and support for young women. See website for full schedule. Free to attend. Held in

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FRIENDS OF CONNECT BUNCOMBE weconnectbuncombe. org • SU (6/25), 5-8pm - Proceeds from this live music concert featuring CaroMia benefit the Friends of Connect Buncombe. $5. Held at Aloft

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Rooftop/Poolside, 51 Biltmore Ave. MANE EVENT CELEBRATION horsesenseotc.com • SA (6/24), 1pm Proceeds from this fundraiser with food vendors, kids crafts, live music, dancing and silent auction benefit equine therapy for veterans and at-risk youth. $25/$15 active duty & veterans/$15 children/Free for children under 6. Held at Horse Sense of the Carolinas, 6919 Meadows Town Road, Marshall RIVERLINK 252-8474, riverlink.org • SU (6/25) - Proceeds from this whitewater rafting trip benefit RiverLink. $55/$300 for a raft of 6 people.

Register for location.

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE 39 South Market St., 254-9277, theblockoffbiltmore. com • FR (6/23), 5:30-7pm - Proceeds from art sales at "Visionary Art, Activism & Spirits," event with live music

by Albi and The Lifters and art by Tobey Pierce benefit local NGOs, community groups & neighbors. Free to attend.

STONEWALL COMMEMORATION WEEK Tranzmission.org, Info@Tranzmission.org • SA (6/24), 10pm Proceeds from this evening of drag, burlesque and performance art benefit Tranzmission. $7-$20.

Held at O.Henry's/ The Underground, 237 Haywood St.

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SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL BENEFIT: Local producer Samuel Paradise is releasing his first full-length album in five years at The Altamont Theatre on Saturday, June 24, at 8 p.m. All donations and proceeds from the sale of the album and album merchandise will be donated to Survival International, a nonprofit that has been protecting indigenous people and the land they live on since 1969. The $5 event includes live music by Futexture, EME and Grizzleboogie. For more information, visit facebook.com/ samuelparadisemusic/ and survivalinternational.org. (p. 18) SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL BENEFIT 18 Church St., 274-8070 • SA (6/24), 8pm - Proceeds from Samuel Paradise album release party with guests Futexture, eMe, and Grizzleboogie benefit Survival International. $5.

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • WE (6/21), 6-8pm "Increasing Cash Flow in Your Business," seminar.

Registration required. Free.

Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION ASHEVILLE 658-0281, aafasheville.org • TH (6/22), noon Luncheon honoring the 2017 Silver Medal recipient Elizabeth Sims. Registration required. $25/$20 members. Held at Rhubarb, 7 SW Pack Square FLETCHER AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION jim@ extraordinarycopywriter. com • 4th THURSDAYS, 11:301pm - "Protect Yourself," general meeting and presentation by Jared Bellmund about small

business insurance. Free.

Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden G&W INVESTMENT CLUB klcount@aol.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 11:45am - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Black Forest Restaurant, 2155 Hendersonville Road, Arden WESTERN WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER CONFERENCE bit.ly/2mRgpqV • TH (6/22), 8:30am-3:30pm - “Her Story, Her Journey,” with presentations, breakout sessions and live music and keynote speakers.

Register online. $35. Held at the US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St.

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS EMPYREAN ARTS CLASSES (PD.) BEGINNING POLE weekly on Sundays 5:45pm, Tuesdays 5:15pm, Wednesdays 5:30pm, Thursdays 11:00am, and Saturdays 11:45am. FLEXIBILITYCONTORTION weekly on Mondays 6:30pm, Tuesdays 8:00pm, and Thursdays 1:00pm. AERIAL

ROPE weekly on Tuesdays 2:15pm. BREAKDANCE weekly on Fridays 7:15pm.

FLOOR THEORY weekly on Wednesdays 8:00pm.

For details & sign up go to empyreanarts.org or call/ text us at 828.782.3321.

ORGANIC GROWERS SCHOOL'S 4TH ANNUAL HARVEST CONFERENCE (PD.) 9/8-9/9 at Warren Wilson College. 20+ classes on fall & winter growing, fermentation, homesteading & self reliance. Friday, pre-conference, all-day, workshops. $45 by 8/6, $50 after. organicgrowersschool.org.

UFOS AND THEIR SPIRITUAL MISSION (PD.) UFO sightings increasing worldwide; crop circles; the emergence of Maitreya, the World Teacher and the Masters of Wisdom; people's voice calling for justice and freedom; growing environmental movement.

How are these extraordinary events related? • Free talk and video presentation. Wednesday, June 28, 7pm. Crystal Visions. 5426 Asheville Hwy. Information: 828 398-0609.

WORKSHOPS AT THE EAST WEST SUMMER POP UP SHOP (PD.) Tassel Necklace $45, 6/22, 6-8pm. Botanical Cyanotype $45, 6/24: kids, 10am-12pm, adults

ASHEVILLE GREEN OPPORTUNITIES 398-4158, greenopportunities.org • WE (6/21), 4-6pm - Community engagement social with a community resource fair, food, cooking demos, music by DJ Supaman, bounce house, face painting, and cell phones from Assurance Wireless. Registration: bit.ly/2seCfrS.. Free. Held at Deaverview Apartments, 275 Deaverview Road • FR (6/23), 4-6pm - Community engagement social with a community resource fair, food, cooking demos, music by DJ Supaman, bounce house, face painting, and cell phones from Assurance Wireless. Registration: bit.ly/2sfSPJT. Free. Held at Pisgah View Apartments, 1 Granada St. ASHEVILLE TIMEBANK 348-0674, ashevilletimebank.org • SA (6/24), noon-2pm Community potluck and general meeting. Please bring a dish to share. Free. Held at Kairos West Community Center, Haywood Road, Asheville AZULE 190 Rabbit Den Road, Hot Springs, 622-3533, azule.org • WE (6/21), 10am-7pm - "Water Summit" event to honor water with discussion circle, potluck lunch and medicine wheel creation. Registration: dancingsuncabins.com. Free to attend.

BLUE RIDGE PRIDE 338-8277, blueridgepride.org • SA (6/24), 2-7pm - Community Celebration Day with live music, presentations and connection.

Free to attend. Held at Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive, Asheville BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • WE (6/21), 4pm - "Coloring and Conversation," adult coloring gathering with pencils, crayons and coloring books provided (or bring your own). Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • TU (6/27), 4-6pm - Knit and crochet workshop for all ages. Free.

Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • 4th TUESDAYS, 6-8pm - "Sitn-Stitch," informal, self-guided gathering for knitters and crocheters. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. HISTORIC HENDERSONVILLE RAILROAD DEPOT 650 Maple St., Hendersonville • SA (6/24), 10am-4pm - 25-year, open house celebration of the Apple Valley Model Railroad Club with displays, demonstrations, activities for kids and food vendors. Free to attend.

LIVING WEB FARMS 891-4497, livingwebfarms.org • SA (6/24), 1:30pm - "Seed to Loaf: Local Grain Production for Artisan Baking," workshop about the whole process of growing, milling and baking with small grains from seed to loaf. Registration required. $15. Held at Living Web FarmsGrandview, 149 Grandview Lane Hendersonville MARINE CORPS LEAGUE ASHEVILLE 273-4948, mcl.asheville@gmail.com • Last TUESDAYS - For veterans of the Marines, FMF Corpsmen, and their families. Free. Held at American Legion Post #2, 851 Haywood Road

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

OLD BUNCOMBE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 128 Bingham Road, Suite 950, 253-1894 • SA (6/24), 2pm - Monthly meeting and presentation by Gene Hyde regarding photographs from the Isaiah Rice Collection.

Free.

BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock, 694-1885 • TH (6/22) through SU (6/25) Blue Ridge Bridge Spectacular, bridge tournament. See website for schedule and costs: BlueRidgeSpectacular.org.

OLLI AT UNCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com • WE (6/21), 7-9pm Advance care planning workshop to assist regarding end-of-life ethical and legal issues and assist with completing legally valid advance directive. Free. Held at UNC-

Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • FR (6/23), noon-1:30pm - "Budgeting and Debt Class." Registration required. Free.

• MO (6/26), noon-1pm - "Understanding Credit.

Get it. Keep it. Improve it." Seminar. Registration required. Free.

• MO (6/26), 5:30-7pm - "Budgeting and Debt Class." Registration required. Free.

• WE (6/28), noon-1:30pm - "How to Find Extra Income in Your Day-to-Day Life," seminar. Registration required. Free.

STONEWALL COMMEMORATION WEEK Tranzmission.org, Info@Tranzmission.org • SU (6/25), 2pm Transgender, nonbinary and queer friendly pool party and ice cream social. Family and kid-friendly. $3-$10.

Held at Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. • MO (6/26), 6pm Adult cocktail night for the LGBTQ community.

Free to attend. Held at Crow & Quill, 106 N. Lexington Ave. • TH (6/29), 5:30pm "Crucial Conversations," dinner and communication workshop to help people be effective communicators during difficult times.

Free. Held at Land of Sky Regional Council, 339 New Leicester Highway TRANZMISSION PRISON PROJECT tranzmissionprisonproject. yolasite.com • Fourth THURSDAYS, 6pm - Tranzmission Prison Project. Free to attend.

Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road

DANCE EXPERIENCE ECSTATIC DANCE (PD.) Dance waves hosted

by Asheville Movement Collective. Fun and personal/community transformation. • Fridays, 7pm, Terpsicorps Studios, 1501 Patton Avenue. • Sundays, 8:30am and 10:30am, JCC, 236 Charlotte Street. Sliding scale fee. Information: ashevillemovementcollective.org

LEARN THE COUNTRY TWO-STEP • THIS SATURDAY (PD.) June 24, 1-3pm. 2 hour Workshop in Asheville.

Contact Richard at Dance For Life to discuss your interest. 828-505-1678, naturalrichard@mac.com, www.DanceForLife.net POLE FITNESS AND DANCE CLASSES AT DANCECLUB ASHEVILLE (PD.) Pole Dance, Burlesque, Jazz/Funk, Flashmobs!

Drop in for a class or sign up for a series: • Tues. and Fri. at 12PM - Pole class for $10 • Intro/Beg. Pole Drop in - Sat. at 1:30PM - $15 • Memberships available for $108/month • Beginner Jazz/Funk starts May 18 • Chair Dance class starts May 22 • Intro to Pole Series starts May 23 • Exotic Poleography starts May 25. Visit the website to find out more about these classes and others.

DanceclubAsheville.com 828-275-8628 - Right down the street from UNCA - 9 Old Burnsville Hill Rd., #3 SQUARE DANCE WITH THE SAYLOR BROTHERS AT HICKORY NUT GAP FARM (PD.) Friday, June 23rd 6-9pm.

Wear your dancing shoes! $6. Kids under 5 free.

Dinner and drinks available.

STUDIO ZAHIYA, DOWNTOWN DANCE CLASSES (PD.) Monday 9am Yoga Wkt 12pm Barre Wkt 4pm Dance and Define Wkt 5pm Bellydance Drills 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Bellydance Special Topics 7pm Classical Ballet Series 8pm Tribal Bellydance Series 8pm Lyrical Series • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 12pm Sculpt-Beats Wkt 5pm Modern Movement 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 2 8pm Advanced Bellydance • Wednesday 5pm Hip Hop Wkt 5pm Bollywood 6pm Bhangra Series 7pm Tahitian Series 8pm Jazz Series • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 12pm Sculpt-beats Wkt 4pm Girls Hip Hop 5pm Teens Hip Hop 6pm Bellydance Drills 7pm Advanced Contemporary 8pm West Coast Swing Series • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 10:45 Buti Yoga Wkt • Sunday 11am Yoga Wkt • $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $6. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595

TERPSICORPS THEATRE OF DANCE terpsicorps.org • THURSDAY through SATURDAY (6/22) until (6/24), 8pm - Together We Soar, dance concert. $40/$35 students/$20 children. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 18 Biltmore Ave.

FOOD & BEER FOOD NOT BOMBS HENDERSONVILLE foodnotbombshendersonville@gmail.com • SUNDAYS, 4pm Community meal. Free.

Held at Black Bear Coffee Co., Rosdon Mall, 318 N Main St., #5, Hendersonville LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 7743000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community.Center • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am1pm - Welcome Table meal.

Free.

FESTIVALS GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN 2050 Blowing Rock Highway Linville, 733-4337, grandfather.com • SU (6/25), 8:30am-3pm "Singing on the Mountain," 93rd annual outdoor gospel music festival featuring live music performances. Free.

SIRENS ON THE MOUNTAIN sirensonthemountain.com • SA (6/24) - Outdoor music and art festival featuring Melissa Reaves, Ashley Heath, Laura Blackley, Shelby Rae Moore, Amythyst Kiah, and Downtown Abby and benefiting the Mountain Mermaids Collective. $45.

Held at The New River Barn, 839 River Road, Todd

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS CITY OF ASHEVILLE 251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • TU (6/27), 5pm - Asheville City Council public hearing.

Free. Held at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza

KIDS ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE 43 Patton Ave., 254-7162, colburnmuseum.org • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS,

9-9:45am - "Little Explorers Club," guided activities and free play for preschoolers. $3.50 per child/Free for caregivers.

BLUE RIDGE CONSERVANCY 264-2511, blueridgeconservancy.org • WE (6/21) - Naturalist led kid's hike on the Boone United Trail. Registration required. Free.

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • WE (6/21), 10am Children's hour with storytelling, traditional games, and/or hands on simple crafts. For ages 4-12. Free.

Held at Cone Manor, MP 294, Blue Ridge Parkway BREVARD LITTLE THEATRE 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard, 884-2587, TheBrevardLittleTheatre.org • MO (6/26) until FR (6/30), 1:30-4:30pm - "Tot Hollywood," class for children ages 4-7 with activities from Broadway Shows, and participate in scene work, songs, movement, crafts and puppetry.

Registration: cwaremartin@ yahoo.com 216-4768. $20 per day.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • FR (6/23), 11am-noon "Six Legs, Two Antennae: Introduction to Insects," event for kids ages 7-13 to learn about insects and major insect groups.

Presented by the N.C. Arboretum. Register at the library. Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • MONDAYS, 10:30am - "Mother Goose Time," storytime for 4-18 month olds. Free. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • MONDAYS, 10:30am - Spanish story time for children of all ages. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TU (6/27), 2:30pm Homeschoolers Book Club: The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island by Dana Alison Levy. For ages 8-12. Free.

Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.

CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 5869499, citylightsnc.com • SA (6/24), 11am - Rosalind Bunn storytime for kids.

Free to attend.

FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library.hendersoncountync. org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free.

HANDS ON! A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-8333 • Through FR (6/23), 10am5pm - Giant games for kids.

Admission fees apply.

• MO (6/26), 3-4pm -"Mad Scientist on Wheels," science activities for teens.

Registration required.

Admission fees apply.

• TU (6/27), 10:30amnoon - "Magical Magnets!"

Magnet activities for ages 3-6. Registration required. $20/$15 members.

• WE (6/28), 2-3pm- “Lego Engineers!” Lego activities for kids. Registration required: 828-697-1218.

Free. Held at Fletcher Library, 120 Library Road, Fletcher • WE (6/28), 10:30am12:30pm - "Crazy Coasters and Raging Ramps!"

Amusement park science for ages 7-11. Registration required. $25/$20 members.

• TH (6/29), 10:30am-

12:30pm - "Art'full' of Science!" Science art activities for ages 7-11.

Registration required. $25/$20 members.

HENDERSON COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OFFICE 100 Jackson Park Road, Hendersonville, 697-4891, henderson.ces.ncsu.edu • Through FR (6/23), 9amnoon - "PUT IT UP!" youth food preservation camp for ages 9 to 12. Registration required: 697-4891. $5 per day.

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • WEDNESDAYS, 10am Miss Malaprop's Story Time for ages 3-9. Free to attend.

PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 877-4423 • WE (6/21), 9am-noon "Snorkeling in the Stream," workshop to learn about aquatic macroinvertebrates for ages 8 and up. Snorkels and masks available.

Registration required. Free.

• WE (6/28), 8am-1pm "Introduction to Fly Fishing: Lake Fishing," for ages 12 and up. Registration required. Free.

POLLINATION CELEBRATION! beecityusa.org • TH (6/22), 5:30pm "Pollinator Superheroes,"

presentation about native pollinators for all ages.

Registration required: 250-4750. Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road

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 DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION 251-9973, ashevilledowntown.org • Tuesdays through (8/29), 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, 6-7pm - "LEAF Global Citizen’s Dance and Art Series," outdoor event featuring public dance workshops by visual and performing artists plus craft activities at the Easel Rider mobile art lab.

Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com

• FR (6/23), 10am “Exploring Mills River,” ranger-led easy, 2.2 mile hike on the Mountains-toSea Trail from the Mills River Overlook to Elk Pasture Gap. Free. Meets at the Mills River Overlook at MP 404.5 • SA (6/24), 10:30am Ranger presentation about black bears along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Free. Meets at Wilson Creek Overlook, Milepost 302, Blue Ridge Parkway BUNCOMBE COUNTY RECREATION SERVICES buncombecounty.org/ Governing/Depts/Parks/ • SA (6/24), 6pm through SU (6/25), 11am - "Great American Campout," outdoor camping event.

Registration required: campout.buncombeoutdoors. org/. $20 per campsite.

Held at Lake Julian Park, 406 Overlook Road, Ext., Arden GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN 2050 Blowing Rock Highway Linville, 733-4337, grandfather.com • TH (6/22), 6-8pm Grandfather Presents: Presentation by hiker, author and speaker Jennifer Pharr Davis. Admission fees apply.

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COM M U N I TY CA LEN DA R guided canoe excursion.

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PISGAH FIELD SCHOOL pisgahfieldschool.org • FR (6/23), 8:30-10:30pm - "The Cradle Creeps at Night," night hike exploration of nocturnal creatures guided by naturalists.

Registration: 884-3443. $15. Held at The Cradle of Forestry, 11250 Pisgah Highway, Pisgah Forest POLLINATION CELEBRATION! beecityusa.org • SA (6/24) - "Bug Day and National Pollinator Week Celebration," all-day event with bug hunts, pond explorations, guided walks, games and crafts.

Admission fees apply. Held at The Cradle of Forestry, 11250 Pisgah Highway, Pisgah Forest

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HEALING HUGS: A veteran works with a rehabilitated horse through the Heart of Horse Sense foundation, which provides equine therapy to veterans and at-risk kids. Many of the horses have never been touched by a human before working with veterans, says Executive Director Shannon Knapp. Photo courtesy of Heart of Horse Sense WHAT: A celebration and fundraiser for Heart of Horse Sense WHEN: Saturday, June 24, 1-6 p.m.

WHERE: Horse Sense of the Carolinas Farm, Marshall WHY: Saddle up for a day of “good, clean, farm-friendly family fun” at the inaugural Mane Event, a celebratory fundraiser for Heart of Horse Sense. The nonprofit organization provides equine therapy services for veterans and at-risk children throughout Western North Carolina, says Executive Director Shannon Knapp.

Not many people understand just what equine therapy really is, Knapp says, so a focus of the event will be explaining their services to the public. The afternoon event will include rhythmic riding demonstrations for kids, natural horsemanship demos, a barbecue meal from local vendors, live music, children’s crafts, a cash bar, silent auction and a discovery trail scavenger hunt to show all that it takes to keep the farm operational.

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Additionally, veteran support organizations that provide out-of-the-box services will also hold interactive demonstrations, Knapp said. “This is going to be a way for the community at large but also veterans in particular to learn about some of the ‘Asheville’ equivalents to therapy with some of these really cool outside organizations that are going to be there,” she said.

With all of the event’s offerings, Knapp hopes visitors will take away a sense of understanding. “Connection and relationships with each other is the key — if we have those connections and healthy relationships with other people, I think we can do anything. For our veterans and our kids, that’s going to be what solves the problem.”

The Mane Event is on June 24, 1-6 p.m. at the Horse Sense of the Carolinas Farm in Marshall. Tickets are available online at bit.ly/2sIBDwU, $35, $25 for military or children 12 and younger. X

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BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • FR (6/23), 2pm - "Get to Know Asheville Businesses," presentation

by The Hop Ice Cream Café. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (6/28), noon1pm - "The Bitter Battle between E.W. Grove and Fred Seely for the Grove Park Inn," presentation by author and historian Bruce Johnson. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. STONEWALL COMMEMORATION WEEK Tranzmission.org, Info@Tranzmission.org • TU (6/27), 6pm Presentation about the history of Stonewall. Free.

Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

SENIORS OLLI AT UNCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com • TH (6/29), 2-4pm - "Medicare Choices Made Easy," workshop with the Council on Aging of Buncombe County.

Medicare and Social Security benefit questions answered beginning at noon.

Free. Held at UNC-

Asheville, 1 University Heights

SPIRITUALITY ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE • FREE INTRODUCTORY TALK (PD.) The authentic TM technique, rooted in the ancient yoga tradition—for settling mind and body and accessing hidden inner reserves of energy, peace and happiness. Learn how TM is different from mindfulness, watching your breath, common mantra meditation and everything else. Evidence-based: The only meditation technique recommended for heart health by the American Heart Association. NIHsponsored research shows deep revitalizing rest, reduced stress and anxiety, improved brain functioning and heightened well-being. Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut.

828-254-4350. TM.org or MeditationAsheville.org ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION (PD.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays.

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

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

EMBODIED HEARTFELT AWARENESS (PD.) Meditation Retreat, July 6th-9th,2017. Directly experience a sense of embodiment and the qualities of an awakened heart, led by Heather Sundberg & Ronya Banks. 828-8084444, ashevillemeditation. com.

FAMILY MEDITATION (PD.) Children and adult(s) practice mindfulness medi-

by Abigail Griffin tation, discuss principles, and engage in fun games.

The 3rd Saturday monthly.

10:30am – 11:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 175 Weaverville Road, Asheville, 828-808-4444, ashevillemeditation.com.

OPEN HEART MEDITATION (PD.) Now at 70 Woodfin Place, Suite 212. Tuesdays 7-8pm. Experience the stillness and beauty of connecting to your heart and the Divine within you.

Suggested $5 donation.

OpenHeartMeditation. com SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER (PD.) Wednesdays, 10pmmidnight • 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 645-2674, avalongrove.org, avalongrove@gmail.com • SA (6/24), 3-4pm Outdoor celtic Christian holiday service to honor the summer solstice. Held in a private home, register for location. Free.

CENTER FOR ART & SPIRIT AT ST. GEORGE 1 School Road, 258-0211 • 4th FRIDAYS, 10amnoon - Contemplative Companions, meditation.

Free.

• Last Tuesdays, 7-9pm - Aramaic, Hebrew and Egyptian vocal toning, breath work and meditation. Admission by donation.

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • WE (7/21), 5:30pm Cross-generational informal potluck supper and interactive worship experience.

Bring a dish to share. Free.

• Fourth TUESDAYS, 10am - Volunteer to knit or crochet prayer shawls for community members in need. Free.

MARY WHITESIDES: GATHERING OF FRIENDS dolly3695@aol.com • FR (6/23), 7-9pm "Spiritual Phenomena," non-duality gathering with silent sitting, talk and question and answer session.

Admission by donation.

Held at Asheville Women's Wellness & Education Center, 24 Arlington St. SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER 60 N Merrimon Ave., #113, 200-5120, asheville.shambhala.org • FR (6/23), 11am-1pm - Open house with information session and refreshments. Free.

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD 35BELOW 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • TH (6/29), 7:30pm "Listen to This" storytelling series hosted by Tom Chalmers and featuring stories and original songs from locals. $15.

BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKSELLERS BILTMORE PARK Biltmore Park Town Square, 33 Town Square Blvd., #100, 687-0681 • SA (6/24), 1-3pm Lawrence Thackston presents his novel, Carolina Cruel. Free to attend.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TH (6/22), 6pm Swannanoa Book Club: Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. Free.

Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 2558115 • SU (6/25), 6pm - Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt presents her book, A Tangled Tree. Free to attend.

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 2546734, malaprops.com • WE (6/21), 7pm Steve Katz presents his book, Blood, Sweat and Rock 'n' Roll Years: Is Steve Katz a Rock Star?

Free to attend.

• FR (6/23), 7pm "Literary Karaoke," hosted by Laura Blackley with reader Maggie Smith. Free to attend.

• SU (6/25), 3pm Celebration of the life and work of Jimmie Margaret Gilliam and the book, Torn From the

Ear of Night. Free to attend.

• MO (6/26), 7pm - Marla Milling in conversation with Jan Schochet regarding the book, Legends, Secrets and Mysteries of Asheville. Free to attend.

• WE (6/28), 7pm Bridge the Gap Book Club: Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions by Valeria Luiselli. Free to attend • WE (6/28), 7pm Phakyab Rinpoche presents his book, Meditation Saved My Life. Free to attend.

• TH (6/29), 7pm - Scott Gould presents his collection of stories, Strangers to Temptation. Free to attend.

• TH (6/29), 7pm Works in Translation Book Club: Other Russias by Victoria Lomasko, translated

by Thomas Campbell.

Free to attend.

SPELLBOUND CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOP 640 Merrimon Ave., #204, 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • TU (6/27), 6-7pm Hope Larson presents her graphic novel, A Pirate Adventure​. Free to attend.​ THE WRITER'S WORKSHOP 387 Beaucatcher Road, 254-8111, twwoa.org • Through WE (8/30) Submissions accepted for the "Literary Fiction Contest."

Contact for full guidelines. $25.

TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • MO (6/26), 7-9pm - Open-mic night for writers. Each speaker has five minutes to present material. Free.

WNC MYSTERY WRITERS 712-5570, wncmysterians.org • TH (6/22), 6pm - WNC Mysterians Critique Group meeting for serious mystery/suspense/thriller writers. Free to attend.

Held at Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave., #101

SPORTS BUNCOMBE COUNTY RECREATION SERVICES buncombecounty.org/ Governing/Depts/ Parks/ • Through MO (7/10) - Open registration for the adult Summer Sand Volleyball League for all skill levels.

Registration: volleyball. buncomberecreation. org. $25-$35.

HANDS ON ASHEVILLEBUNCOMBE 2-1-1, handsonasheville. org • TH (6/22), 11am12:30pm - Volunteer to cook and serve a homemade lunch to the men staying at the ABCCM Veteran's Restoration Quarters. Registration required.

• SU (6/25), 1-2:30pm - Volunteer to help knit baby and adult hats to

be delivered to those in need.

• TH (6/29), 4-6pm Volunteer to assist with unpacking and pricing in a nonprofit, fair-trade retail store.

unteering two hours per

LITERACY COUNCIL OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY 31 College Pl., Suite B-221 • WE (6/28), 5:30pm & TH (6/29) 9am Information session for those interested in vol-

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week with adults who want to improve reading, writing, spelling, and English language skills.

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170 Lyman St., 252-8474 ext.11 • FR (6/23), 9am-5pm Volunteer to help clean RiverLink's warehouse studios storage areas.

Drop in event.

ASHEVILLE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION 251-9973, ashevilledowntown.org • Through MO (4/4) Volunteer to help with beer service, water and soda sales, ID checking and wristband adhering and other jobs at the Ingles Independence Day Celebration.

Registration: bit. ly/2sGNHMt or volunteer@ ashevilledowntown. org.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave. Suite #213, 2531470, bbbswnc.org • WE (6/21), noon - Information session for those interested in volunteering to share their interests twice a month with a young person from a single-parent home or to mentor one-hour a week in elementary schools and afterschool sites. Free.

For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

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VOLUNTEERING ASAP WNC FARM TOUR asapconnections.org/ events/asaps-farm-tour/ • SA (6/24) & SU (6/25), 12-5pm Volunteers needed to help with this community farm tour.

Receive a free car pass for participating. Registration: bit. ly/2rvW8gI or robin@ asapconnections.org.

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AIDS PROJECT 252-7489, wncap.org • 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 10am-noon - Volunteer to deliver food boxes to homebound people living with HIV/AIDS. Registration: 828252-7489 ext.315 or wncapvolunteer@wncap. org.

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BREAKING BARRIERS, BUILDING BRIDGES Yoga and social activism intersect in Asheville

BEAUTIFUL IN EVERY SHADE: Chelsea Jackson Roberts, front and center, a presenter at this year’s Asheville Yoga Festival, stands with students from her Yoga, Literature and Art camp at Spelman College. Photo courtesy of Red Clay Yoga

BY KATE LUNDQUIST kvlundo@gmail.com The yogi’s work is to create liberation for the collective good, says Michelle Johnson, a yoga instructor, licensed social worker and presenter at the July 27-30 Asheville Yoga Festival. Johnson has focused on the intersection between social justice and yoga since 2009 and aims to inspire others to do the same.

“So many people are going to yoga, and that space has an opportunity to inspire the collective and to call them into larger action. It is going to be messy, but we need to show up and practice,” says Johnson.

“Yoga is a microlens, and the macrolens [are] social justice issues, which you need to be present to look at in a certain space,” she says. “I am a woman of color in this culture who has experienced racism. I have a responsibility to tell the truth and to 22

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make some changes. Wherever I go, I am doing yoga and engaging in social justice work. I don’t take off those hats,” says Johnson.

In America, she says, “People practice the physical part of yoga, only to roll up their mat after class and leave.” That’s different than in Africa, where she volunteered to teach in 2012.

There, Johnson notes, yoga is a community-building practice intended as a bridge for dialogue and collaboration about social justice.

“The experience of practicing yoga mirrors their experience in the world,” says Johnson. She asks those in her teacher-training program to start with how their individual backgrounds have affected their access to yoga.

“People focus on asana postures and meditation, which is what people expect ... when walking into a yoga class. Yoga is so much broader than that,” Johnson says. “I want people to come in and feel something in their bodies and to feel moved to take some action in the world to live in a different way.”

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Participants at the July festival will have a chance to explore what she means, in such forums as “Stay Vigilant, Mindful and ‘Woke.’” This festival session will include a panel featuring Johnson as well as Carrington Jackson, the Yoga in Action coordinator for Off the Mat Into the World, a nonprofit that bridges yoga and activism through trainings and opportunities for activism; Kerri Kelly, a woman of color and founder of CTZENWELL, a movement to mobilize the wellness community into a powerful force for change; and Chelsea Jackson Roberts, who founded a community program for teen girls called Yoga, Literature, and Art Camp at Spelman College in Atlanta.

The panel was organized in response to the November election and current events in our country, says Johnson. “What does it mean to be a black woman teaching yoga and to be in the seat as a teacher, and how is that capacity different for white

women versus women of color teaching in yoga studios? Who is the face of yoga?” she asks.

“I think part of what makes people go back to the day-to-day of their lives is that it’s overwhelming to be in the space of the impact of Trump being our president. It means we are in crisis.

We can’t sustain that without being burnt out,” says Johnson, who is also a trainer for Dismantling Racism Works in North Carolina. The organization explores personal, institutional and cultural racism.

Johnson continues, “We can’t actually hold the intensity forever; that’s why we need different ways of dealing with it. White supremacy offers people an option to stay in the position to care or not. It’s patterned behavior, and people have to do a lot of work to stay connected to what it means for them and the people in the community to stay engaged.”

Anti-oppression work is a practice, Johnson says, so if we think of it as our yoga practice, it’s one and the same

— how to decrease suffering for those who are oppressed.

Fellow festival presenter Roberts focused her doctorate on yoga with teenagers as a form of social action.

The research motivated her to establish a camp called Yoga, Literature and Art for teen girls at Spelman College, a historically black college for women (Roberts attended as an undergraduate). Students who apply to her camp, says Roberts, typically identify as black or brown girls. During the camp, Roberts and her staff utilize yoga practices and then study literature and art created by women. “We have cultivated [a place] where they feel safe,” says Roberts.

The teens are at an intersection of race, gender and socioeconomic differences and talk about their experiences through the practice of yoga to understand themselves and their position in this society, she explains.

“We have seen a shift in a lot of trainings and workshops since November,” says Roberts, who was one of 25 yoga instructors invited to teach yoga at the White House in 2016 for Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign. “People who are gravitating to yoga are looking for ways to understand others and for ways to be understood themselves. The tools we practice in yoga — of taking breaths or pausing to react or respond — are resources that, when talking about race and class and gender identities, can show up in the physical body.

This can usher us into social dialogue and emotional concern.”

Roberts is also offering an online course called Inclusivity Training Building Compassion through Yoga Journal magazine. “There are a growing thread of trainings focused on trauma-sensitive work, inclusivity, body types and working with communities that are not reflective of your own,” says Roberts.

Her advice for anyone who feels compelled to do social justice work with yoga is to enroll in a training course. “We need to make sure we confront all the things we experience in our world ... our experience around power and privilege and our relationship with those terms. If the person is not familiar with a term, then pausing before we go into these other spaces to do yoga with people to make sure we are clear on our intention and that we are trained and equipped to do so, especially when working with trauma,” says Roberts. “Sometimes our best intentions can harm the people we actually want to work with.”

It’s great that her work is growing and getting more visibility, says Roberts — particularly in times of

political and social shifts. She adds that there is a lot of movement to build bridges versus borders, which continue to block the practice. “The sky’s the limit once those bridges are created.

We all have different perspectives to represent larger groups of people,” Roberts says about participating in the panel with Johnson, Kelly and Jackson. She expects to talk about what is working in their communities and to interact with the audience in order to turn ideas into actions.

“The practice can be individual.

It can be the mat for people to get away from the world. We see the disconnect. When we step into the yoga space, we bring everything to the mat; it doesn’t just go away,” says Roberts. “Even in spaces that practice yoga, if there are opportunities for people to learn about people feeling marginalized or not heard, then we allow yoga to be practiced. ...

Why not practice wholeness; why not practice understanding?”

Lyndsey Azlynne, an Asheville yoga instructor, will put her yoga skills into social action in September in India, for example. Azlynne was selected to be part of Rise As One, a program that places yoga instructors in various locations around the world to do community work. In its first year, Rise as One is collaborating with the Bodhicitta Foundation, a Buddhist charity which helps poor and oppressed communities.

“When deepening the yoga practice, there is an innate tug to serve others,” says Azlynne. “That is the heartbeat of yoga. It is going into the wisdom of body and learning to be with what is present with meditation and breath awareness.”

Azlynne will be working in schools that teach trades for women and girls recovering from sexual exploitation.

The schools also offer counseling, dance and yoga in a safe space. Azlynne says that one year of education and a skilled trade transform their future.

“I feel like yoga is such an incredible vehicle for self-awareness, and it’s commonplace in the modern culture to not even be in our bodies and see patterns in our lives,” she says. “Yoga is that bridge. It is the journey of first leaning into just being in a body, being human, and then it is from that place where you realize how interconnected we all are.”

Suffering across the world, Azlynne says, can be “bodyfelt.” In the yoga practice, there is a responsibility to serve.

“May all beings really be happy,” says Azlynne, “and we really have a lot of work to do.”

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A film crew will accompany Azlynne and the other yoga teachers to India to make a documentary. All the people invited on the trip are crowdfunding from July 1 to Aug. 1 to raise money for the schools. Azlynne has organized an auction at a Day of Wellness at Veda Studios on June 24, with local guest yoga instructors Michael Johnson and Cat Matlock.

“Yoga truly encourages every single person to take responsibility for themselves, and massive waves of global change can happen,” says Azlynne.

“There are a lot of pointing fingers, but there is a continuous invitation to be in your body and take responsibility for the words you say. It’s a grassroots level push to make global change real.” X

MORE INFO WHAT Asheville Yoga Festival WHERE Various locations in downtown Asheville

WHAT Rise as One Fundraiser: A Day of Wellness

Rise as One Project riseasoneproject.com bodhicitta-vihara.com

WHERE Veda Studios, 853 Merrimon Ave.

Michelle Johnson Michellecjohnson.com Africayogaproject.org dismantlingracism.org

WHEN

WHEN Saturday, June 24

Thursday, July 27, to

1-3 p.m.

Sunday, July 30

COST $20 http://avl.mx/3uw

COST $110- $410 Ashevilleyogafestival.com

Lyndsey Azlynne Wisewildandfree.love

Chelsea Jackson Roberts Chelsealovesyoga.com Redclayyoga.org Inclusivity Training with Chelsea Jackson Roberts avl.mx/3ut

WELLNESS QIGONG/NEI GUNG CLASSES (PD.) Saturdays, 11am-12pm, Weaverville, NC. Foundational mind/body practices for creating whole health, online and in group classes. Instructor Frank Iborra has over 47 years experience in the internal and Taoist movement arts. 954-721-7252. www.whitecranehealingarts.com ASHEVILLE CENTER FOR TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION 165 E. Chestnut, 254-4350, meditationasheville.org • THURSDAYS 6:30-7:30pm Introductory talk on Transcendental Meditation. Free to attend.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • WE (6/21), 11:30am - "Laughter Yoga," yoga class for adults. Free.

Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • 4th WEDNESDAYS, 5:30pm - Radical Reproduction Monthly Discussion Group. Free to attend.

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• TU (6/27), 7-8:30pm - "Healthcare for All - A Workable Solution," presentation by the Leaders of Physicians for a National Health Program regarding healthcare solutions. Free. Held at AB Tech, Ferguson Auditorium, 340 Victoria Road OM SANCTUARY 87 Richmond Hill Drive, 252-7313 • SA (6/24), 9:30am-7:30pm "Summer Solstice Demo Day," with classes and demonstrations. See website for full schedule: omsanctuary.org. Free to attend.

OUR VOICE 35 Woodfin St., 252-0562, ourvoicenc.org • FRIDAYS (6/23), (6/30) & (7/21), 12:30-2:30pm - "Soul Collage," therapeutic collage workshop for survivors of sexual violence and the loved ones of survivors. Registration required: 252-0562 ext. 110 or rebeccaw@ ourvoicenc.org. Free.

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Italy and planned to begin planting on Father’s Day. Blake Butler, founder of HempX Asheville, says he’s moving the twoday festival to Franny’s Farm this September to celebrate hemp’s new legality and the farm’s involvement in the pilot program. “Franny’s 2 acres are designated for research and she’s doing something really cool with it, Butler says.

nickjames.w@gmail.com In early June, Brian Bullman and Brian Morris, founders of Ashevillebased Carolina Hemp Co., were about halfway through an all-hands-on-deck planting process. “We’ve been out here planting every day, including the weekend,” says Bullman.

The growers are thrilled to finally be planting hemp in WNC. “It was definitely a quasi-spiritual moment when we put those first plants in the ground. We weren’t sure if this was going to happen. We’ve been working at this for three years and we weren’t sure up until we actually planted the plants. It’s significant and it’s the first real big opportunity for people to get involved and help a whole new industry,” says Bullman.

That planting frenzy is a far cry from the waiting game that potential hemp growers were playing earlier this spring. On April 26, Mountain Xpress reported on how the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s strict interpretation of hemp’s legality was hindering the N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission’s efforts to set its hemp pilot program in motion. In late April, prospects of a successful 2017 research pilot program seemed dismal, as the planting window for this season was rapidly vanishing.

Yet in mid-May, the N.C. attorney general’s office issued an advisory letter concluding that the Agricultural Act of 2014 did not prohibit growers from obtaining seed from other states’ industrial hemp programs. That letter gave the Hemp Commission enough confidence to issue licenses to those North Carolina farmers who had been waiting to obtain hemp seed or plants before the clock ran out on planting for this year.

Growers must agree to participate in state-run research and reporting, and adhere to a 0.3 percent THC content limit. Those who plan to import seed internationally must obtain a DEA import permit, but growers sourcing seeds or plants domestically were essentially given the go-ahead to move forward immediately.

Carolina Hemp Co.’s Bullman and Morris are among the recently licensed growers. Their business currently operates as a wholesale distributor of hemp goods, with an emphasis on products infused with CBD, or can-

WNC hemp crop is in the ground

ROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES

BEST BUDS: Hemp entrepreneurs Timothy Sadler, left, and Brian Bullman are buzzing about the crop’s potential to boost local agriculture while yielding a number of valuable products. Photo courtesy of Timothy Sadler

Carolina Hemp Co. has planted approximately 6,500 female hemp clones on 8 acres of WNC farmland that Bullman says is conducive to hemp farming because it features rich, fertile soil and a relatively mild climate.

Bullman explains that they’ve chosen a rather untraditional approach to planting their first hemp crop, largely due to getting approved so late in the season.

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nabidiol, a non-psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant that preclinical research has shown to have a range of therapeutic effects, including pain reduction, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse.

Bullman and Morris, who had already been planning to source live cultivars from Colorado, were prepared to spring into action upon the commission’s approval. “Once we got that green light, which was very late in the season in the first place, we were able to move quickly on the connections we’d made [in Colorado], and make a run to pick up the clones,” says Bullman, referring to cultivars that are produced asexually, so that all the derived plant material is genetically identical.

Getting the plants back to Asheville was no easy feat. The trip took a week and required careful transport of the fledgling hemp plants, while the pressure mounted to get them in the ground in time to mature this season. “We got back with them the Friday before Memorial Day and proceeded to start planting the following Tuesday,” says Bullman.

Leicester-based Franny’s Farm is also participating in the inaugural season of the state’s industrial hemp program.

“We’re an N.C. State research site and are planting 2 acres of industrial hemp,” says Franny’s Farm owner Frances Tacy. According to Tacy, Franny’s Farm recently received seed sourced from MOUNTAINX.COM

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G REEN SC E N E be hurdles. Next year, we’ll be way ahead of the game and shouldn’t expect some of these issues,” he says.

Bullman says Carolina Hemp Co. will likely be harvesting in early to mid-September.

FROM PLANTS TO PRODUCTS

PERFECT COPIES: Transplanting clones — young hemp plants grown from cuttings, rather than seed — gave Carolina Hemp Co. a bit more time to get growing this year. Photo courtesy of Brian Bullman “We’re approaching this as a permaculture style of planting, in that we’re not preparing rows like you’d traditionally see in farming,” says Bullman. “What we’re doing is leaving the field intact because it’s alive and it offers premium growing conditions with minimal input.”

Bullman says it takes a tremendous amount of labor to grow hemp this way, especially after getting a late start.

“We’re probably talking about 1,000 hours of labor over the course of the summer that we otherwise would have been able to diminish greatly, just from having to plant so much later in the season” he says.

Bullman says there is a lesson to be learned by other states considering instituting pilot programs. “By the agricultural department dragging its feet — whether it’s good or bad, it doesn’t matter — what it does is lay an additional burden of cost on maintenance, because our plants are competing with very well-established hay grass right now,” Bullman says.

Bullman suspects they might see lower yields due to the delayed planting.

He also realizes that, along with some of the hurdles faced by delayed planting, there will likely be some growing pains as first-time industrial hemp growers.

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Growing the plants is just the first step in producing CBD. “We’re potentially looking at as much as 7 tons of flower, biomass, plant material that will need to be extracted. We first have to cut it and hang it to dry and cure it to a specific moisture content, and we’re in the process of setting up our drying process. From there it will go to our extraction partners, and it looks like we’ve aligned with a company here in Asheville [Extract World], that is moving their project back here to their home.

They have been out West for the last few years developing some incredible extraction technology,” says Bullman.

Bullman says once they extract the oil, they will preserve it and have the option to make products out of it or bulk sell the concentrated product. “There’s a number of different products ranging from edibles, tinctures, topicals, drinks — almost anything you put this extracted product into. You can use it in so many ways that it’s hard to wrap your mind around,” says Bullman.

A LONG TIME COMING For many N.C.-based hemp industry advocates, the hemp pilot program has been a multi-year passion project. “I came to Asheville in 2010 as a volunteer to help build one of the first hempcrete homes in America,” says Asheville-based entrepreneur, consultant and hemp advocate Timothy Sadler, who plans to join the Carolina Hemp Co. team. “After being here for two weeks, I went home, packed my stuff and was living here permanently within six weeks. Once on the ground, I began actively working to [have] legislation passed on the state level and organizing Hemp History Week for the past six years.”

Hemp History Week aims to raise awareness about the environmental sustainability, health benefits, regenerative agriculture potential and new technological applications of industrial hemp, according to a release from the organization.

Sadler believes that creating a strong hemp industry will provide the WNC area with significant opportunities. “Hemp represents the perfect intersection of economic development and environmental protection.

And with our goal of weaving in a social justice component, a perfect storm of positive change is created,” he says. X

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GET YOUR GOAT: Visitors to Madison County’s Spinning Spider Creamery will have an opportunity to get up close and personal with the family farm’s dairy goats at ASAP’s annual farm tour, held this year June 24 and 25. Photo by Colin Wiebe

BY MAGGIE CRAMER mcramerwrites@gmail.com It’s that time again: Pack up your car with friends and family this Saturday and Sunday, June 24 and 25, and head out on Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s annual Farm Tour, an opportunity to get up close and personal with more than 20 WNC farms and the farmers growing your food and fiber. But don’t just rely on your smartphone or GPS to get to the agriculture ventures you want to visit, stresses event coordinator Robin Lenner.

“Even after four years of planning the tour, I took a wrong turn last year!” she admits. Of course, she had her printed Farm Tour guide in hand (available at the ASAP office and various locations around town, as well as participating farms), so she was able to get back on course.

Along with the guide, Lenner advises bringing a secondary non-tech navigation tool, since cell service can be

spotty and devices themselves often get turned around on the tour’s rural roads. “It’s time to dust off those cobwebs on your maps and antiquated N.C. gazetteers,” she suggests with wry chuckle.

Lenner’s other insider tips? Seek out the farmers behind your favorite local products to learn much more about where your food comes from.

And don’t forget to ask questions, not just about the products you know and buy but also growing tips to take home to your garden.

To launch this year’s event, tour sponsor Sierra Nevada Brewery will host Brews & Barns, a four-course, beer-paired, family-style dinner celebration using ingredients from tour farms — the brewery’s aim is to feature something from each of the 21 operations. Tickets are $100 per person, with proceeds going to ASAP. The dinner will be held Thursday, June 22, from 6 until 9:30 p.m. Farm tour passes are half off with a kickoff party ticket. X

2017 Farm Tour Participating Farms BARNARDSVILLE CLUSTER • Big Ivy Little Farm* • Good Fibrations Angora Goats • Candler Cluster • Smoking J’s Fiery Foods • Venezia Dream FAIRVIEW CLUSTER • Cane Creek Creamery • Flying Cloud Farm • Hickory Nut Gap Farm HENDERSON CLUSTER • Holly Spring Farm* • North River Farms • Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards

LEICESTER CLUSTER • Addison Farms Vineyard • Farm House Beef • Franny’s Farm • Long Branch Environmental Education Center • Reeves Home Place Farm MADISON CLUSTER • Dry Ridge Farm • Spinning Spider Creamery • Zimmerman Berry Farm • Smith Mill Works Cluster • Jah Works Farm* • OG Pepper Company* • L.O.T.U.S. Urban Farm and Apiary* *New to the tour this year or returning after an extended break from the tour.

Hay, you...more info WHAT ASAP’s 2017 Farm Tour WHEN Saturday and Sunday, June 24 and 25, 12-5 p.m. each day WHERE Farms across WNC

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WHY To experience firsthand how food is grown and raised in the mountains, sample farmfresh products, and meet the community’s local producers DETAILS One pass admits a carload of visitors to all farms both days; advance passes are $30, $40 tour weekend. To purchase a pass or kickoff dinner ticket, or for more information about the weekend of events, visit asapconnections.org.

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ECO ASHEVILLE GREEN DRINKS ashevillegreendrinks.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Eco-presentations, discussions and community connection. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave. POLLINATION CELEBRATION! beecityusa.org • SA (6/24), 10-11:30am - “Pollinator Safari,” outdoor event to learn about the wide diversity of pollinators that thrive in the Oklawaha Greenway’s flowering meadows. Free. Held at Oklawaha Greenway, Berkeley Road (parking area), Hendersonville • SA (6/24), 2-5pm - “So you wanna be a Beekeeper?”

Workshop presented by the Buncombe County Beekeepers Club.

Registration required: wncbees.org. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne University,, 2nd Flr Boardroom, 36 Montford Ave.

FARM & GARDEN ASAP WNC FARM TOUR asapconnections.org • SA (6/24) & SU (6/25), noon-5pm- Self-guided tours of over 20 working farms in Western North Carolina. $40 per car/$30 per car advance. Visit the website for maps and to purchase passes.

ASHEVILLE BOTANICAL GARDENS 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd., 252-5190, ashevillebotanicalgardens. org • WE (6/21), 4-5:30pm Book club meeting discussing, Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit by Andrew Moore.

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BIGELOW’S BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS bigelownc@gmail.com • MONDAYS (6/19) until (6/24), 9am-1pm - Summer wildflower class to learn identification and gain knowledge about wildflowers. Register for location: bigelownc@gmail.com. $40 per class.

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BULLINGTON GARDENS 95 Upper Red Oak Trail Hendersonville, 698-6104, bullingtongardens.org • SA (6/24), 9am-5pm Proceeds from “Beyond the Garden Gate,” tour of six private gardens around Asheville benefit Bullington Gardens.

Event includes a boxed lunch and transportation.

Registration required. $100.

HAIKU BAMBOO BAMBOO NURSERY/ FARM 20 Tuttle Rd, Hendersonville • 2nd & 4th SUNDAYS, 1:30-3pm - “Bamboo Walking Tours,” through bamboo forest to learn about bamboo plants.

Registration: 685-3053. $25/$23 seniors/$15 ages 13-18/Free under 13.

606-3130, chuck@ JeweloftheBlueRidge.com • TH (6/22), 10am-2pm “Disease recognition and treatment,” grape growing class. $35 includes lunch.

NC ARBORETUM 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, • Through FR (6/30) - Winged Wonders: Step Into the World of Butterflies, butterfly metamorphosis exhibition.

Admission fees apply.

POLK COUNTY FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE BREAKFAST polkcountyfarms.org • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 7-8am - Monthly breakfast with presentations regarding agriculture. Admission by donation. Held at 4-H Center, Locust St, Columbus SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY’S COMMUNITY FARM 180 Mag Sluder Road, Alexander, 253-0095, appalachian.org • SU (6/25), 2-5pm “Protecting Your Body, Your Biggest Asset,” farm workshop focused on learning efficient ways to move led by a farmer and yogi. $20.

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is Manicomio Pizza is in the home stretch of construction with the goal of opening by the end of June. The prime downtown location will sling thin-crust pizza, Italian restaurant staples including subs, pasta and salads and locally sourced vegetarian options, as well as beer, wine, hard cider and coffee.

Manicomio, which means “madhouse” in Italian, is the joint project of food industry veteran and Syracuse, N.Y., native Mike Napelitano and rising kitchen star Jonathan Leibowitz. Napelitano previously owned and operated Mr. Pizza for nearly 25 years in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he formed a strong relationship with Liebowitz. After retiring from the business in 2013 and returning to Syracuse, Napelitano decided to move to Asheville in 2015 and unexpectedly found himself contemplating opening up another pizzeria.

“I moved here basically to retire. I remember walking around town and noticing that there wasn’t actually a pizzeria. There are places that serve pizza, but you’ve got to pick a table, you’ve got to sit down — there’s no easy pizza by the slice,” says Napelitano. “So I called Jon up and said, ’What the heck are you doing? You want to come up to Asheville and open up a pizzeria?’”

Thus started the immense journey of turning an idea into an actuality. “I came up for three or four days in early September of 2015 to check Asheville out and said, ’Yeah, this is awesome,’” says Liebowitz.

From there, he and Napelitano spent four months scouting locations online and pounding the Asheville pavement, considering along the way a number of familiar properties, including the Wall Street space now occupied by Trade and Lore and the Patton Avenue spot that now houses Sonora Cucina Mexicana.

“Eventually, we landed on 27 Biltmore,” he continues. “We met the owner in January 2016 and got the thumbs-up,

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MOUNTAIN MADHOUSE: Syracuse, N.Y., native Mike Napelitano, right, said farewell to an intended retirement to open Manicomio, which means “madhouse” in Italian.

He is joined in the venture by Jonathan Leibowitz, left, who moved to Asheville from Florida for the project. They are currently hard at work renovating the Biltmore Avenue space for a late-June launch. Photo by Max Hunt signed the lease in February, and from February to November, it was finding a construction company, getting the permits, etc. Construction has been going on since Nov. 1.”

Liebowitz and Napelitano are well aware of how long the process has taken and are visibly eager to finally open up the shop. “It’s been a major project,” says Napelitano. “To say it’s been a long time coming is an understatement. The architect [from Samsel Archictects] at one point told us that we’re the largest independent project going on in downtown. There’s been a ton of construction work, which is being done by Merit Construction. I think they said it was about 100 tons of debris that they took out.”

The building, which used to house Hannah Flanagan’s Irish Pub, is massive. The outdoor patio space alone, which extends from Biltmore Avenue to the back of the building, is 4,390 square feet — Napelitano says it should easily be able to host 70-80 people. Of the 8,994-square-foot, three-story interior space, Manicomio will use only the front half of the street-level floor, which should seat 50-60 guests in addition to housing a working kitchen.

Napelitano would like to see the back half of the street-level space eventually turned into a catering venue or an entirely separate business, but nothing is currently planned. The upstairs will be closed off and turned into apartments.

The vibe of the restaurant will be relaxed and family-friendly. Patrons will order at the counter, and food runners will bring the orders right to the table. The canopied patio area will include picnic tables, including small tables made specifically for dogs.

Napelitano says that he wants to make it a place where people can bring their kids and pets or just come and chat with friends over a beer or coffee.

He also hopes it’ll be a spot where local food service industry workers can come to grab some quick pizza and cold beer, even if they get off work at 10:30 p.m.

Manicomio will be open from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. on the weekdays and until midnight on weekends. Delivery will most likely be done strictly by foot or bicycle and limited to the immediate downtown area.

Pricing will be affordable, says Napelitano. “It’ll be a slice and a soda for about four bucks. We want it to be a place where it’s easy; it’s not going to be one of those pretentious places that has mediocre food — you know, those places that’s a single lamb chop with two pieces of asparagus for $21.99, where you feel like you need to stop off and grab a hoagie after because you’re still hungry,” he says.

Manicomio Pizza is at 27 Biltmore Ave. and is due to open by the end of June. For updates, look for the restaurant on Facebook at ManicomioPizzaAVL or visit manicomiopizzaavl.com. X

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GRAND TOUR: The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services brought a contingent of international beer importers to Hi-Wire Brewing June 9 as part of a trade mission tour of North Carolina craft breweries. Although Western North Carolina’s beer industry is booming, very few Asheville brewers have begun exporting their products. Photo by Jonathan Ammons By the time the nine passengers crawled out of the Sprinter van, stretched and passed through the garage doors of Hi-Wire Brewing’s Big Top on June 9, they had been brewery-hopping across North Carolina for six straight days. The delegation of beer importers had traveled from as far afield as Germany and the Dominican Republic at the invitation of the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to tour the state’s diverse brewery scene from one end to the other as part of a craft beer trade mission.

“We work as an international consumer marketing specialist, and it is my job and directive to provide outlets for North Carolina producers in the ag sector,” says John Hammond, international marketing specialist with the NCDA. “What we do best is make the partnerships and make the connections. We find buyers, and we will either bring them here or bring our producers to them.”

The NCDA has consultants all over the world who help network them with importers. It also relies on the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service, which has offices in most American embassies, for connections to agriculturally related groups that might be drawn to North Carolina-made products.

After organizing a trade show last year in Berlin with a handful of North Carolina brewers, the NCDA saw an interest in North Carolina beers sparked among the German buyers and facilitated a trip for them to tour the state’s breweries. “It’s just like any trade business,” Hammond says. “Most of the time, unless you’re shopping at Lowe’s or Home Depot, you don’t buy on-site.

It’s about relationships, and we are here to help facilitate those relationships.”

GLOBAL DEMAND Internationally, there’s an increasing demand for craft beer — an obvious

irony for countries like Germany, which is often credited with having defined the beer-making process, yet has a modern craft brewing scene that is still in its fledgling stage. In 1516, Munich’s Duke Wilhelm IV passed the nation’s Purity Law, a measure intended to regulate the market and cut back on the number of Germans being poisoned by sheisty brewers using toxic roots, sawdust and general garbage as shortcuts in the process of creating a beverage deeply ingrained in the country’s culture.

The law limited beer ingredients to only water, barley, hops and yeast. More than 500 years later, that law is having some unintended consequences. As a growing call for craft beer in Germany is coming up empty against a largely offlimits but burgeoning market, entrepreneurs and importers are looking to the U.S. for products, thus bringing them to the production floor at Hi-Wire.

“There are only probably 40 craft brewers in the country,” says Berlin-

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based import consultant Donald Burke, who works with companies like One Pint GmbH to bring in a variety of brands such as Rogue Ales & Spirits, Redhook Brewery and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. “But the percentage of craft beer drunk in Germany right now is probably 0.2 percent, and that might even be generous. If you compared that to the American market, it’s around 20 percent. There’s a lot of room for growth, but it is still in its infancy.”

Hi-Wire co-founder Chris Frosaker says exporting is an interesting side project for his otherwise locally and regionally focused operation. “We have our day-to-day business, and the majority of what we do is focused on Asheville and North Carolina, but it’s just a fun way to mix things up.”

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While the trade mission brought the delegations to Hi-Wire and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Hammond notes that most Asheville brewers have yet to show much interest in exporting their products. “We could spend the whole week in Asheville,” he says. “But really, most of the companies that have contacted us about exporting have been around the Raleigh area and in Hickory and Greensboro.”

Burke, a Canadian expatriate who has been a strong advocate for the rise of craft beer in Germany, observes that the N.C. Craft Brewers Guild has over 200 member brewers and nearly

every other state has anywhere from dozens to hundreds of microbrewers, resulting in a heavily saturated market. “If a brewery in North Carolina wants to sell their product in another state, they have all of that state’s craft breweries to compete with,” he says.

“But in Berlin, there may be only, what, four, five, six microbrewers in the city?

And they all started up fairly recently because the scene is really new there.

So it’s an open market to get some American craft brewers in there.”

And Germany isn’t the only untapped market. The Dominican Republic has seen a spike in craft beer sales among tourists and locals alike, according to Fedor Agelan Casasnovas of the Republic’s import company Grupo AFM. “But it is so hot there that we still only want certain kinds of beers,” he says. “They like the lager, pilsner — the lighter beers.”

There’s not a lot of interest in imperial stouts or heavy porters, but a brown ale or an IPA? Agelan thinks there may be a demand for that.

“Beer is so many things to so many different types of people,” says Chris Lutkowski, Hi-Wire regional sales director. “Americans tend to think one way about beer, and different cultures think about it differently. When I ask somebody from the Dominican Republic what the most popular beer is down there and they tell me Rogue, I think, ‘Really? Rogue? How did they get there?’ If they drink theirs, surely they’ll drink ours.” X

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Sometimes pie — or in this particular instance, no pie — can change a person’s life. Last summer Kirsten Fuchs and her daughter, local artist Haley Nocik, spent part of their day driving around South Asheville in search of coffee and pie. Unable to find a place to satisfy their craving, the mother and daughter gave up on their afternoon quest.

The experience would spark a new business idea for Fuchs, who at the time had just turned 50 and was interested in moving away from her previous life in the corporate world. “I was looking for something to do with the rest of my adult life,” she says. In this way, Baked Pie Co. was formed. On Saturday, June 24, the Arden shop will celebrate its grand opening.

The eatery’s head pastry chef is Emily McCarthy, formerly of Geraldine’s Bakery. Each week, says Fuchs, she and McCarthy collaborate on two to three new recipes for possible inclusion in the everexpanding menu. Prices range from $5.49 for a single slice to $32 for a whole pie. An assortment of drinks, cookies and pie shakes (which, as the name suggests, blends pie with ice cream to create a frosty beverage) are also available.

Among its rotating pie options, the shop offers such flavors as honey pecan, blueberry crumb, sugar crack, lemon meringue, chocolate cream and apple crumb. There are seasonal selections, such as the summer-themed raspberry-lemonade and the Atlantic Beach, which is a reinterpretation of the key lime pie using lemon juice and a buttered saltine cracker crust.

And then there are some concoctions that defy categorization, like the unicorn pie, which sports a crust made from Fruity Pebbles and Rice Crispy Treats filled with homemade vanilla custard and finished with whipped topping and sprinkles. Because of the large variety, the shop offers pie flights for the indecisive. For $12.49, guests can choose three smaller slices along with a scoop of vanilla bean or salted caramel Blue Bunny ice cream.

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LIFE OF PIE: Kirsten Fuchs launched Baked Pie Co. as a departure from her previous career in the corporate world. “I was looking for something to do with the rest of my adult life,” she says. The shop’s grand opening is Saturday, June 24. Photo courtesy of Baked Pie Co. Fuchs says her aim is to create a feeling of home at Baked Pie Co. The pie paired with an interior filled with antiques, used books and couches helps foster the vibe. “It feels like you’re either in your grandparents’ house or your mom’s home,” she says. “It’s very inviting and warm.”

Baked Pie Co.’s grand opening is on Saturday, June 24. The shop is at 4 Long Shoals Road, Arden. Hours are TuesdayThursday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday-Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

For details, visit bakedpiecompany.com.

LIVE FIRE DINNER AT URBAN ORCHARD CIDER CO. On Sunday, June 25, Urban Orchard Cider Co. will host a fivecourse dinner cooked over an open fire by Charles Lee of The American Pig and Charleston, S.C.-based chef Craig Deihl. Deihl is a four-time

nominee and two-time semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation Award and received the American Culinary Foundation’s Chef of the Year award in 2010. Menu highlights include collard-wrapped Hickory Nut Gap Farm pork, coals-roasted lambcetta and pork fried doughnuts. Each course will be paired — and often prepared — with Urban Orchard Craft Ciders. Lusty Monk Mustard and The Hop ice cream will also be featured on the menu.

The Backyard Five Course Live Fire Dinner begins at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 25, at Urban Orchard Cider Co., 210 Haywood Road. Tickets are $65. For details and tickets, visit avl.mx/3ug.

SHRIMP AT THE FARM Asheville Breakfast Rotary Club will host an evening Shrimp at the Farm

dinner at the Hickory Nut Gap Farm on Saturday, June 24. According to the event’s Facebook page, the menu will feature cauldron-boiled shrimp, Hickory Nut Gap Farm grilled sausage, smoked potato salad, coleslaw, seasonal fruit crisp and dessert from Ultimate Ice Cream. Beer, wine and soft drinks will also be available, and live music will be provided by soul band Westsound.

Proceeds from the event’s live auction will support Haitian scholarships, wheelchairs for a Mexican village and the Rotarians Against Hunger program, which will package over 300,000 meals to be distributed throughout Western North Carolina by MANNA FoodBank.

Shrimp at the Farm runs 6-10 p.m.

Saturday, June 24, at Hickory Nut Gap Farm, 57 Sugar Hollow Road, Fairview. Tickets are $75 per person or $140 for a pair. For tickets, visit avl.mx/3uh.

Among its programs, Asheville Poverty Initiative sponsors 12 Baskets Cafe, which offers free, communal meals donated by local hot bars, buffets and grocery stores.

Throughout June, The BLOCK Off Biltmore is donating 10 percent of its Tuesday bar sales after 9 p.m. to the organization. On Tuesday, June 27, The BLOCK Off Biltmore will also host a discussion with members of Asheville Poverty Initiative.

Avenue M is also contributing by donating 15 percent of its Sunday brunch sales through Sunday, July 17. For those funds to benefit the API, diners must present a card to Avenue M staff, which is available for free at either 12 Baskets during cafe hours or at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church after services.

For more information, visit ashevillepovertyinitiative.org.

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RISING TEMPOS

Asheville Percussion Festival creates community around rhythm

BY DANIEL WALTON danielwwalton@live.com Asheville Rhythm artistic director River Guerguerian is the Batman of world percussion. He’s got an underground lair — a spacious basement room beneath the Odyssey Community School, carpeted in Persian rugs — stocked with a bewildering array of musical gadgets, from Tibetan singing bowls to Indian tabla and Japanese gongs. As he leaps between instruments to show different drumming techniques, he demonstrates powers gained from a lifetime of rigorous training. And, when he speaks, he shares an unshakable passion for his chosen work.

“With music and drumming, there’s this synergy where one and one is more than two,” Guerguerian says. “I’m so into this stuff and still want to share it, and that’s what keeps me going.”

That collaborative impulse underlies the Asheville Percussion Festival, now entering its sixth year, which returns to Odyssey Community School and the Diana Wortham Theatre from Monday, June 26, to Sunday, July 2.

GLOBAL CADENCE Much more than a series of performances, the festival brings together professional artists and amateur drummers for a week of immersion into percussion traditions from around the world. Participants in the event’s intensive program at Odyssey form a community of practice over more than five hours of classes and rehearsals per day, then showcase their development in Saturday’s culminating masters concert at Diana Wortham Theatre.

Guerguerian explains that the festival’s tagline, “Mosaic of Rhythm,” refers to the diverse assemblage of artists who come together to share their perspectives on percussion.

“When you box a tradition up, it just dies,” he says. “All of the teaching artists I pick, whether they’re from Senegal or India or Brazil, are willing to mix their stuff with other cultures and collaborate. I think that’s what will keep many of these subtle arts alive.”

In keeping with that goal, many of the festival’s participants come from places where the arts may be over-

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IN THE FLOW: This year’s festival, organized by multipercussionist River Guerguerian, left, includes free Saturday workshops, open to the public. “Regardless of what instrument you play, when you get to the level where you can express your life and emotions through that instrument, beautiful things are spoken,” says kalimba player Kevin Spears, right. Photos courtesy of the musicians shadowed by political controversy.

This year’s lineup includes the Turkish multi-instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek and his son Murat Tekbilek, the Iranian percussionist Naghmeh Farahmand and the Lebanese drummer Yousif Sheronick with his wife, violist Kathryn Lockwood.

“With all the anti-immigrant, U.S.A.first type of thing going on, I wanted to show that all these people could come together and make something of beauty,” says Guerguerian.

But artists with local backgrounds are also well-represented. Asheville drummer Jessie Lehmann leads workshops on the West African dundun, Greenville-based Bolokada Conde teaches djembe and former UNC Asheville visiting instructor Barakissa Coulibaly shares African dance tech-

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niques. Guerguerian’s bandmates in Free Planet Radio, Chris Rosser and Eliot Wadopian, will also join the festival for the final masters concert.

SHARING THE GIFTS New this year is the chance for Asheville residents to become part of the festival community, free of charge.

Thanks to a grant from the Grassroots Arts Program of the N.C. Arts Council through the Asheville Area Arts Council, as well as support from the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority’s Festivals and Cultural Events Funding Program, all of the festival’s Saturday workshops are open to the public. “We’ll probably get two to three times as many people during those work-

shops as last year,” says Guerguerian.

“We’re really excited to bring these gifts and talents to the community in the way we can best share them.”

That community involvement helped draw Atlanta-based kalimba player and teaching artist Kevin Spears to the festival. “Asheville is very unique in that it has so much world music supported on a grassroots level,” Spears says. “There’s probably 70 percent more world music here than in the Atlanta area — and Atlanta has roughly 6 million people.

[Asheville is] the world music capital of the South, if not further.”

At the festival itself, Spears explains, he absorbs as much from other participants as he teaches in his own classes.

“Regardless of what instrument you play, when you get to the level where you can express your life and emo-

Similarly, Guerguerian views percussion as a path toward holistic wellness. “Something very tactile like this is vital because we’ve gone so heady in our culture, sitting in front of our computers so much,” he says as he dances his fingers across the skin of a frame drum. “When I watch my students as I’m showing them new techniques, I can feel their brains being activated in ways that they don’t use in their regular lives.”

The Asheville Percussion Festival concludes with a sound meditation on Sunday afternoon, where the teaching artists create a peaceful soundscape within the walls of the Odyssey gym. “It always sells out — people love to bring their yoga mats, lay down and bliss out,” says Guerguerian.

The event is the perfect summary of what he feels percussion can accomplish: “If I’m feeling really dark and I pick up my drum, all of a sudden things will reset, and the world becomes a better place.” X

WHAT Sixth annual Asheville Percussion Festival WHERE Workshops and sound meditation at Odyssey Community School 90 Zillicoa St.

MOSAIC OF RHYTHM: “All of the teaching artists I pick, whether they’re from Senegal or India or Brazil, are willing to mix their stuff with other cultures and collaborate,” says River Guerguerian. This year’s festival includes Korean kathak dancer and tabla player Jin Won, left, and Iranian percussionist Naghmeh Farahmand, right. Photos courtesy of the musicians tions through that instrument, beautiful things are spoken,” he says. The complex polyrhythms of West African drumming, the lyricism of Middle Eastern wind instruments and the ebullient energy of Brazilian Carnival marchers might all find their way into his fusion approach to kalimba.

BEYOND MUSIC But the sharing among participants also goes beyond the music.

Spears, for example, sees his instrument as a vessel for communicating wider lessons about focus and discipline. He advocates careful musical

practice at increasingly greater tempos as a way of harnessing what he calls “the speed of thought” in any activity. “When I slow it back down, I can allow my hands and physical actions to play as fast as I can think — I’m free both mentally and physically,” Spears says.

Masters concert at Diana Wortham Theatre 12 Biltmore Ave. WHEN Monday, June 26 to Sunday, July 2 Masters concert on Saturday at 8 p.m. $35 adult/$20 youth Sound meditation on Sunday at noon, $18 avl.mx/3ux

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by Max Hunt

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TELLING THE WHOLE STORY New film explores the multicultural roots of traditional music and dance Old-time, mountain music, buckdancing — no matter which terms come to mind, Western North Carolina’s traditional music and dance play a central part in the region’s identity, a kind of cultural anchor delighting hillbillies and hipsters alike.

But while most fans of the genre are familiar with its British and ScotsIrish heritage, few realize the important role that African-Americans and indigenous peoples had in crafting some of America’s oldest art forms.

In an effort to shine a spotlight on those contributions, filmmaker David Weintraub’s latest documentary, A Great American Tapestry: The Many Strands of Mountain Music, explores the diverse roots of traditional music and dance in this region.

The film’s world premiere is set for Thursday, June 22, at Blue Ridge Community College. Subsequent screenings will take place at the Fine Arts Theatre on Thursday, June 29, and at White Horse Black Mountain on Friday, June 30.

CHANGING DIRECTION Making this film has been on his bucket list for more than six years, says Weintraub, who also runs the Center for Cultural Preservation in Hendersonville. “It’s become more complicated than I first anticipated; other things kept coming up that were so exciting and interesting, too.”

Intrigued by old-time’s enduring popularity, Weintraub originally set out to document the tradition’s abil-

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OLD-TIME TRADITION: Local filmmaker David Weintraub’s new documentary, A Great American Tapestry, delves into the multicultural roots of old-time music and dance, from early African and indigenous influences to present-day performers like Rhiannon Giddens, pictured. Photo courtesy of Weintraub Films ity to “carry on across the generations,” despite “the completely different world [we live in].” But as he delved deeper into the history of mountain music, the documentarian was increasingly bothered by the inconsistencies between the genre’s accepted history as a largely European

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invention and the details that seemed to say differently.

“There was a point in time when I realized I was telling part of the story, but there’s a whole other part of the story that I’ve never heard,” Weintraub says.

To discover those missing pieces, Weintraub turned to the research of local music historians such as David Whisnant and Phil Jamison.

“I leaned heavily on those scholars,” he says, pointing to groundbreaking works like Jamison’s 2015 book Hoedowns, Reels & Frolics.

Jamison, who spent 14 years poring over primary documents going back to Colonial times for the book, says his research revealed, among other things, that “all the earliest dance callers were African-American.” Without the formal dance training many white settlers received, African-Americans often gave instructions on the spot.

Other old-time dance terms, such as buck dancing, have a more sordid history. “We use that term now to mean an individual dancer,” Jamison reveals, “but originally, a ‘buck’ was a male slave. White people adopted not only the term but some of the style and steps.”

African-Americans and indigenous peoples continued to play a large role in traditional music into the 20th century, says Weintraub. By the end of the 1800s, half of all string bands in the U.S. were composed of black musicians; Cherokee musicians, like Walker Calhoun and Manco Sneed, meanwhile, were widely acknowledged as some of the foremost old-time performers of their times.

BLACKFACED AND WHITEWASHED Why, then, do so few know about the African and Native American old-time tradition? According to Weintraub, cul-

tural appropriation, coupled with the growth of mass media, combined to drive minority musicians into the shadows in the early 1900s.

The practice of “blackface” — white musicians in greasepaint portraying African-Americans through negative stereotypes — grew in popularity to the point that “you had black people blacking their faces, mimicking white people in black face,” Weintraub says. “It becomes this ironic and disgusting ethic in American music.”

As radio broadcasts and personal record players grew in popularity, the budding music industry began marketing old-time and country acts as “hillbilly music,” downplaying minority musicians’ contributions. “[Record companies] thought the only thing black people will buy is blues and jazz,” says the filmmaker. “If you were a black string band player, they wouldn’t record you.”

By the end of the 20th century, the diverse cultural roots of old-time music and dance had been essentially whitewashed, adds Jamison: “It’s kind of the democratization of the dance — the traditions got shared.”

With few people of color represented in popular media, “People for-

got where [the music and dance] came from.” ’CREATING A SPACE FOR ALL CULTURES’ But the white cloud cast over traditional music and dance is beginning to lift. Popular African-American musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Amythyst Kiah — who feature in Weintraub’s film — have made a name for themselves playing Appalachian roots music.

For Kiah, who began playing old-time after attending East Tennessee State University, the genre offered “the kinds of things that inspired me — alienation and loss; sounds that had a foreboding or brooding quality,” she says.

While her entrance into the old-time scene was largely met with positive reinforcement, Kiah admits there were some folks uncomfortable with a person of color singing traditional music. “I got mixed reviews, if you will,” she says.

“Through slavery and Jim Crow, people developed attitudes and justifications for treating a group of people a certain way; that manifests into these stereotypes of what a black person is and should be interested in.”

Studies like Weintraub’s film, she adds, can help dispel such stereotypes, creating a space for all cultures. “History is a narrative about people, places and ways of life,” Kiah says. “Now we have more information to help shape up the narrative and tell all the different aspects of what it means to be an American, a musician and a Southerner.” Kiah, along with other local balladeers like Sheila Kay Adams, will perform at the world premiere of A Great American Tapestry before the film’s screening.

Weintraub hopes that the film will further music lovers’ appreciation of the diverse influences that old-time music and dance sprang from.

“It’s exciting to know that there isn’t one straight line,” says the filmmaker, “that there’s [cultural] tributaries connecting to other tributaries, becoming this incredible river of music. I think when we understand the role we all played in both society and in music, we have a better sense of being part of something larger than ourselves.” X

Screenings A Great American Tapestry will be shown at the following times.

Tickets are $10-$15.

Info at 828-692-8062 or saveculture.org • Thursday, June 22, 7 p.m., Blue Ridge Community College, Bo Thomas Auditorium,

180 W. Campus Drive, Flat Rock Performances by Sheila Kay Adams, Amythyst Kiah and Rhiannon and the Relics • Thursday, June 29, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave.

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Performances by Joe Penland and others • Friday, June 30, 7:30 p.m., White Horse Black Mountain, 105 Montreat Road, Black Mountain Performances by Rhiannon and the Relics and Bobby McMillon

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by Bill Kopp

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LONG AND WINDING CAREER PATH Paula Boggs brings her socially conscious songs to Asheville Paula Boggs has one of the more unusual biographies in music.

Before devoting herself full time to performing and making albums, Boggs was an Army paratrooper, a U.S. attorney, general counsel for Starbucks and a vice president at the Dell Computer Corp. But there’s a definite thread — such as being both openly gay and a leader for diversity in the corporate world — running through her history that led her to where she is today.

Though the Paula Boggs Band could be filed under folk and protest labels, its leader’s indefatigable undercurrent of optimism shines through. Inspired to start her band after reading Questlove’s appeal (“I urge and challenge musicians and artists alike to push themselves to be a voice of the times that we live in,” he wrote in 2014), Boggs built a repertoire of originals and carefully chosen covers that expressed her concerns.

The Seattle-based group brings its socially conscious mix of rock, funk, roots and soul to Isis Music Hall on Thursday, June 22.

The title of Boggs’ 2017 live EP Songs of Protest and Hope illustrates Boggs’ worldview. It includes three originals, including “Look Straight Ahead,” a song that she describes as “our prayer for better days.” And the spirit of a past folk-protest era is evoked in live readings of Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock” and Dino Valenti’s “Get Together.”

A new, original song was premiered days ago, when the Paula Boggs Band took part in a commemoration of the victims of 2015’s church shooting in Charleston, S.C., and was joined by the Mother Emmanuel Gospel Choir. “‘Benediction’ was inspired by that massacre,” Boggs says. She describes the song as “an example of the music activism we find in our life today.” The song will appear on the band’s next record, Elixir: The Soulgrass Sessions, scheduled for release in September.

Boggs agrees that — thanks in part to Questlove’s urging in the wake of the killings of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown — we

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MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE: Paula Boggs’ circuitous career path might seem unlikely to have culminated in her current role of folkprotest singer, but she believes there’s a common thread running through her life story. Photo by Tom Reese may be experiencing another golden age of activism in the arts. “This era has already formed great protest music, and that will always continue,” she says.

Once a listener delves into Boggs’ history, her eventual rebirth as a folk-protest singer doesn’t seem like such a radical career change. “I think there is a constant theme,” she says.

“I’m a very mission-oriented person.”

Whether her job involved jumping out of planes or working in the private sector, she always sought “something that was bigger than me and that aligned with values I hold.”

Boggs’ sense of purpose developed early while attending Catholic elementary school in Maryland. “My dad was a professor at a historically black college in Virginia,” she says. Both at home and in school, Boggs was taught that, as someone fortunate, she had responsibilities.

“You’ve got to give back,” she says, quoting John F. Kennedy’s paraphrasing of the Gospel of Luke. “For of those to whom much is given, much is required.”

She continues, “Those themes really resonate with me throughout my life journey.” In each phase of her career, Boggs has been a catalyst for change. “I was a closeted gay person

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before I joined Dell,” she explains.

But once she came out — and was the first openly gay executive at Dell, “it was a movement that led to liberation for me, and it gave permission for other people at Dell to come out of the closet, too.”

At Starbucks, Boggs led the Law and Corporate Affairs Department, “a community of people who wanted to make a difference,” she says.

That division provided legal services to the poor and, in Boggs’ words, “became a leader in diversity in the legal profession.”

After she left Starbucks, Boggs was asked to serve on then-President Obama’s Commission on the Arts and Humanities. While simultaneously getting her music career off the ground, she worked on the Turnaround Arts program, matching celebrity mentors with low-performing elementary and middle schools.

Enlisting the aid of classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma, actor Sarah Jessica Parker and others, Turnaround Arts demonstrated success and — thanks to eventual sponsorship by the Kennedy Center — was able to survive into the Trump era.

Once her time on the commission ended, Boggs put all of her focus on songwriting and playing with her band.

“People often tell us that it’s so cool to come to our performance and actually be able to hear what the musicians are singing,” Boggs says.

“To hear the poetry of the lyrics is something that people don’t always get to experience in a gig or concert setting, and so we try to do that.”

The Paula Boggs Band focuses on putting on a show, too. Onstage, each of the five band members switches constantly among several instruments. “We have a lot of three-part harmony, too,” Boggs says.

“There’s a lot of emotion on that stage. And we’re multiracial,” she says with a laugh. “We look like the U.N. up there.” X

WHO The Paula Boggs Band with Brie Capone WHERE Isis Music Hall 743 Haywood Road isisasheville.com WHEN Thursday, June 22, 8:30 p.m. $15 advance/$18 day of show

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by Lauren Stepp

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ON THE MEND Americans like to quibble. Just look at the divisive rhetoric still floating around from November’s presidential election. Fighting words from both the political left and right “left our country splintered,” says Heather Malloy, artistic director of Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance. “It left us feeling hopeless.”

And while some argue that there is no easy way to mend what’s been broken, Malloy sees a simple solution: dance.

“We need to bring people together through experiences,” says Malloy.

“They need to have moments of empathy together.” Compassion, and possibly shared frustration, is the basis of Together We Stand, a series of dance performances onstage at the Diana Wortham Theatre Thursday-Saturday, June 22-24.

The Associated Press called it at 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 9: Presidential candidate Donald Trump had defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Pushback from women’s rights group promptly ensued, including the Women’s March on Washington (and other cities around the globe) in January.

There was a quieter, more private outcry as well. Malloy, for instance, remembers watching her middle and high school dancers fall apart at the news. “The possibility [of having a female president] was just pulled right out from beneath them,” she says.

Despite being young, they could already sense the looming glass ceiling and the universal struggle to shatter it. “Being a female choreographer is hard,” says Malloy. “No one realizes the struggle to make it.” Malloy’s firsthand experience in a man’s world inspired the night’s first piece, “Run Ragged.”

It’s heavy, but the choreography isn’t crestfallen. Instead, Terpsicorps dancer Elena Bello keeps things light with whimsical, albeit frantic, movement.

“She’s basically dancing in fast motion during the whole piece while some guys in the back are acting like robots,” says Malloy. In other words, the woman is working twice as hard to get from point A to point B — an analogy for all the institutional barriers women face.

Salvatore Aiello’s “The Waiting Room” touches on the topic of health care. In this piece, three women seek support and face-to-face connection as they wait on life-threatening test results. Though Aiello choreographed the dance to process his own struggle

Terpsicorps presents a unifying performance in election’s wake The courses are all-inclusive for kids ages 4-18, meaning auditioning and pricey gear isn’t required. Headed by Isabel Jenkins and Melissa Wilhoit, both outreach coordinators with the Academy at Terpsicorps, this initiative complements master classes that are currently being taught in middle and high schools. It also furthers an existing scholarship program that students can access during the school year.

Wilhoit says that dance helps children feel confident in their ability to express themselves. “In the classes ... they have the opportunity to create their own movement vocabulary as well as learn traditional, codified steps,” she says. Once students learn the structured choreography, they can then elect to perform in the Diana Wortham Theatre production for the show’s titular piece, “Together We Stand.” The debut of the student dancers will be set to “The Star-Spangled Banner,” performed by local vocalists Stephanie Morgan and Leeda Jones, aka Lyric.

The hope for the performance is to “bring kids together from varying backgrounds and represent the fullness of our community,” Malloy says. X

WHAT Together We Stand WHERE Diana Wortham Theatre 18 Biltmore Ave. terpsicorps.org WHEN Thursday, June 22 to Saturday June 24, 8 p.m. $20-$40

TIPPING POINTE: Wanting political liberals and conservatives to find middle ground after last year’s election, Heather Malloy organized Together We Stand. The night of dance includes performances by Terpsicorps dancer Elena Bello, pictured. Photo by Dathan Brannon with HIV, it carries relevance today — especially in light of the GOP’s proposals to change or altogether nullify the Affordable Care Act. “In looking at the country right now, health care is a legitimate point of concern,” says Malloy.

So is income inequality. According to Malloy, dance classes are seen as dispensable for children living under the poverty

line. Sometimes parents can’t afford basic necessities — groceries, utilities, rent — much less tap shoes or lessons.

To mitigate some of those barriers to the arts, Terpsicorps will be offering free classes throughout the summer at Hillcrest Community Center, Burton Street Community Center and West Asheville Community Center.

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by Emily Glaser | Send your arts news to ae@mountainx.com

Hola Asheville Eric Gales was introduced to the guitar at age 4 and soon became known, around his native Memphis and the blues-rock world, as a child prodigy. Nearly 40 years later, the legendary guitarist is still touring the world and collaborating with renowned artists like Gary Clark Jr. His latest release, Middle of the Road, is rife with soulful, blues-tinged rock anthems. Local bass player Cody Wright (who produced the majority of the music for the upcoming video game Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove) is currently touring with Gales. He’ll perform with the band and serve as the opener in a duo with drummer Jeff Sipe at Gales’ show at Isis Music Hall on Friday, June 23, at 9 p.m. $15/$18. isisasheville.com. Photo of Wright, left, with Gales, by Natasha Cornblatt

Hola Media, Western North Carolina’s voice for Latino culture, presents Hola Asheville, a downtown festival celebrating the sights and flavors of Latin America.

Visitors can peruse traditional crafts, arts and wares, and indulge in delectable dishes from more than 20 countries, represented by vendors. The stage will host regional Latin American-inspired acts like Brazilian Fusion Dance Company, which brings the culture of Carnival to the Carolinas; Liley Arauz, a romantic crooner from Panama; and Asheville Salsa Suave, a local freelance dance troupe with Latin roots.

Hola Media’s grand intention is to reveal the opportunities of the Latino market to area companies through vehicles like the monthly Hola Carolina Magazine and now the lively, family-friendly Hola Asheville festival, which takes place Saturday, June 24, noon-8 p.m. at Pack Square Park and the Roger McGuire Green. Free. holacarolina.com. Photo courtesy of Hola Carolina

Cindy Wilson

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Cindy Wilson is best-known as the frontwoman of archetypal party band The B-52s, but her new project is distinctly different from her sound of the previous 30 years. “When working on new material in the studio, I wanted to do something that represented a complete departure from The B-52s,” says Wilson of her new electro-pop solo album.

Preceded by two EPs last fall, Wilson’s first LP, Change, is due out this summer. “It was all about experimentation. I got to step outside of myself and reinvent. Look at things from a fresh perspective. In a sense, that’s what Change is all about.” Wilson will celebrate the release with an East Coast tour, including a stop at The Mothlight on Tuesday, June 27, at 9 p.m. The Pylon Reenactment Society will open. $15/$20/$35 meet-and-greet. themothlight.com. Photo courtesy of Wilson

Talk About Funny is a new venture in comedy. Part dinner theater, part talk show and part comedy act, it encourages audience participation with the comedians. “I want to change the way people see comedy,” notes host Jason Scholder, pictured, far left. “Our show gives people a chance to talk as well as listen. By borrowing from the classic talk show format, the audience has a chance to get to know the comics a little deeper” than a typical stand-up or sketch event allows. He continues, “Performers are mysterious to an audience. I want to break down those walls and give the comics and their fans a chance to connect.” The audience can pose questions to the comedians at the second dinner theater show at UpCountry Brewing on Wednesday, June 28, at 7 p.m. Free entry. upcountrybrewing.com. Photo by Tanja Kuic

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‘WHY I MARCH’: On Friday, June 23, from 6-8 p.m., the Progressive Women of Hendersonville are hosting an open mic and the opening of the Why I March art exhibition at Sanctuary Brewing Co., Hendersonville. The exhibition, which will be on display through mid-July, includes the images and words of over 50 artists concerning why they are becoming politically active at this time in history. To sign up to perform, contact Education@pwhendo.org. For more information about the Progressive Women of Hendersonville, go to pwhendo.org. (p. 41) ART 362 DEPOT GALLERY 362 Depot St., Asheville, 2341616 • TH (3/30), 10am-1pm - "Artists' Breakfast," informal monthly gathering of artists, writers, musicians and art patrons. Coffee is provided. Bring snacks to share.

Free.

BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • TH (6/22), 7pm - "The Quiet + The Wild," presentation by Jerald Melberg discussing the work of Robert Motherwell. $5/Free for members.

GALLERY OF THE MOUNTAINS Inside the Omni Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave. • FR (6/23), 2-5pm - Book signing with author and photographer Tim Barnwell. Free to attend.

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville, 595-9956, sanctuarybrewco.com/ • FR (6/23), 6-8pm - Open-mic and opening for the art exhibition, Why I March. Free to attend

THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY AND DESIGN 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org/ • SA (6/24), 4-6pm - "Salon Series // Lines: A Brief History," discussion centering around themes of the, Tie Up, Draw Down, exhibition and the book, Lines: A Brief History by Tim Ingold.

Registration required. Free.

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS EAST WEST SUMMER POP UP SHOP (PD.) 6/22-24, 10am-8pm & 6/25, 10am-6pm. Free! Over 75 local/ indie artists, makers & vintage collectors. VIP PREVIEW, 6/21, 5-9pm-$5 at the door. Enjoy first access to shop with live music, complimentary drinks & bites, tarot readings & a flower bar. eastwestpopupshop.com • 278 Haywood Rd. 28806.

ART IN THE PARK ashevilleartinthepark.com/ • SATURDAYS through (6/24), 10am-5pm - Outdoor artist market. Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. CALDWELL ARTS COUNCIL 754-2486, caldwellarts.com • SA (6/24), 9am-4pm - Self-guided studio tour of home studios and art

galleries in Caldwell County. Over 100 artists are represented at 11 locations. Free to attend. Pick up map at the Caldwell Arts Council, 601 College Ave., SW Lenoir TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 8842787, tcarts.org • 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 ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 693-8504, acofhc.org • Through WE (8/2) - Vendor applications accepted for the 58th annual Art on Main Festival, taking place Saturday, Sept. 30 & Sunday, Oct. 1. See website for full guidelines. Held at Arts Council of Henderson County, 401 N. Main St., Hendersonville BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • Through WE (7/12) - Papers and proposals accepted for the annual ReVIEWING Black Mountain College conference.

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CALDWELL ARTS COUNCIL 601 College Ave., SW Lenoir, 754-2486 • Through - Submissions accepted for the 32nd annual Sculpture Celebration taking place Saturday, Sep. 9. Contact for guidelines.

FOOTHILLS FOLK ART FESTIVAL facebook.com/ FoothillsFolkArtFestival • Through FR (9/1) - Applications accepted for The Foothills Folk Art Festival. See website for full guidelines.

HICKORY OKTOBERFEST hickoryoktoberfest.com • Through TU (8/1) - Applications accepted for arts and crafts vendors to participate in the annual outdoor Oktoberfest. See website for full guidelines.

TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through (7/10) - Submissions accepted for artists to participate in Art Spark 2017, art auction for the TC Arts Council taking place Sunday, Aug. 13 at 6pm. Contact for full details.

MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS DRUM SHOP (PD.) Sundays 2pm, Wednesdays 6pm.

Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. Drums provided. $15/class. (828) 7682826. www.skinnybeatsdrums. com BREVARD MUSIC CENTER 349 Andante Lane Brevard, 8622100, brevardmusic.org • FR (6/23), 6pm - Outdoor concert featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 with pianist Garrick Ohlsson and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra. $15 and up.

• SA (6/24), 7:30pm - Outdoor concert with Lee Ann Womack, country. $28 and up.

• SU (6/25), 3pm- Outdoor concert featuring the Brevard Sinfonia playing Stravinsky’s Petrushka and violinist Anne Akiko Meyers. $15 and up.

• MO (6/26), 7:30pm - Brevard Music Center Faculty play Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor. $28. Held at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive Brevard

• TU (6/27), 7:30pm - Ricky Skaggs, Kentucky Thunder and the Brevard Festival Orchestra in concert. $28 and up.

CANTON RECREATIONAL PARK Penland St., Canton • FRIDAYS through (8/25) Outdoor bluegrass concert with clogging. Free.

CITY OF ASHEVILLE 251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • THURSDAYS 6-8pm - Pritchard Park singer/songwriter series.

Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. • FRIDAYS, 6-10pm - Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. DOWNTOWN BOOKS & NEWS 67 N. Lexington Ave., 348-7615, downtownbooksandnews.com • FR (6/23), 7pm - Hope Huntington concert, hurdy gurdy music. Show features traditional and contemporary ballads and medieval music. Free to attend.

FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 2160 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, 273-3332, floodgallery.org/ • SA (6/24), 7pm- Ves Frank, acoustic soul concert. Free to

attend.

HENDERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY 905 S. Greenville Highway, Hendersonville, 692-6424, myhcdp.com • 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - "Strings and Things," folk pop music jam. Free.

HENDERSON COUNTY LIBRARY 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 697-4725, henderson.lib.nc.us • WE (6/21), 6:30pm - George M. Raab sings songs from the 50s and 60s. Free.

MACON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 149 Siler Farm Road, Franklin • FR (6/23), 5:15pm - "Musicians of North Carolina Showcase," with DJ Justin Moe. Free.

MADISON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 649-1301, madisoncountyarts.com, info@madisoncountyarts.com • SU (6/25), 4pm - Bobby Hicks and Mark Kuykendall CD release concert. $20. Held at Ebbs Chapel Performing Arts Center, 271 Laurel Valley Road, Mars Hill MONDAY NIGHT LIVE! CONCERT SERIES 693-9708, historichendersonville. org • MONDAYS through (6/26), 7-9pm - Outdoor concert series.

Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville MUSIC AT UNCA 251-6432, unca.edu • FR (6/23), 3-4pm - "Opera Talk," presentation by Asheville Lyric Opera General Director David Craig Starkey. Free. Held at UNCAsheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road • MO (6/26), 7-8:30pm - Outdoor concert featuring Westsound, soul/ funk. Bring blanket or chairs. Free.

Held on the quad. Held at UNCAsheville, 1 University Heights MUSIC AT WCU 227-2479, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • SU (6/25), 3pm - Alfred Lloyd Tennyson’s, Enoch Arden: A Melodrama, performed to piano music of Richard Strauss performed

by George Brown. $35 includes reception. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive MUSIC ON MAIN 693-9708, historichendersonville.org • FR (6/23), 7pm - Outdoor live music event featuring the band, Special Edition. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL

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PRESERVATION 692-8062, saveculture.org • TH (6/22), 7pm - A Great American Tapestry: The Many Strands of Mountain Music, premiere film screening. Live music by Sheila Kay Adams, Amythyst Kiah and Rhiannon & the Relics. $10-$15.

Held at Bo Thomas Auditorium, Blue Ridge Community College Hendersonville • TH (6/29), 7:30pm - A Great American Tapestry: The Many Strands of Mountain Music, premiere film screening. Live music by Sheila Kay Adams, Amythyst Kiah and Rhiannon & the Relics. $10$15. Held at Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LIBRARY 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard, 884-3151 • FR (6/23), 7:30pm - Brevard Summer Outdoor Concert Series: Harpeth Rising, chamberfolk trio.

Free.

WEAVERVILLE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION visitweaverville.com • FR (6/23), 5-9pm - Outdoor live music concert featuring Raising Caine and The Broadcast.

Event includes vendors and kids activities. Free to attend. Held at Weaverville Town Hall, 30 S. Main St., Weaverville WNC HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION wnchistory.org • TH (6/29), 2:30-4pm - "Raise Every Voice: Gospel Music in the Mountains," concert by Bruce Nemerov & Friends featuring discussions and music found in WNC during the 19th and 20th centuries. $5/Free for members of WNCHA. Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road

THEATER ANAM CARA THEATRE 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • FRIDAYS & SATURDAY until (7/1), 8pm - Cafe le Monde. $20/$16 advance. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B BREVARD LITTLE THEATRE 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard, 884-2587, TheBrevardLittleTheatre.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (6/22) until (7/2) - Urinetown, musical comedy. Thurs. - Sat.: 7:30pm.

Sun.: 3pm. $22/$15 students/$10 children.

BUNCOMBE CHAUTAUQUA HISTORY ALIVE FESTIVAL greenvillechautauqua.org/ June-Festival/buncombe_chautauqua/ • WE (6/21), 7-8:30pm - "The Power of Words: Cesar Chavez," theatrical presentation about

Cesar Chavez portrayed by Fred Blanco. $5. Held at AB Tech, Ferguson Auditorium, 340 Victoria Road • TH (6/22), 7-8:30pm - "The Power of Words: Walter Cronkite," theatrical presentation about Walter Cronkite portrayed by Larry Bounds. $5. Held at AB Tech, Ferguson Auditorium, 340 Victoria Road DIFFERENT STROKES PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE 275-2093, differentstrokespac.org • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (7/1), 7:30pm - 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche. $21/$18 advance. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 6930731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/2) - Annie, musical. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $15-$50.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (6/29) until (7/23) - The Little Mermaid. Thurs. & Fri.: 7pm. Sat.: 1pm & 5pm. Sun.: 2pm. $12.50 - $25.

MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/1), 7:30pm - The Taming of the Shrew, comedy. Free to attend. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. NC STAGE COMPANY 15 Stage Lane, 239-0263 • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (6/25) - Seeger, multi-media solo show about folksinger and activist Pete Seeger.

Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $16.

PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE 202 Green Mountain Drive Burnsville, 682-4285, parkwayplayhouse.com • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS through (6/24) - The 39 Steps.

Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $20/$10 students.

THE MAGNETIC THEATRE 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (7/1), 7:30pm American Arcade or How To Shoot Yourself in the Face (An Outrage in Two Acts). $16/$12 previews.

GALLERY DIRECTORY ART GALLERY EXHIBITIONS ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • Through SA (8/12) - Rock Creek Pottery, exhibit. Held at Weizenblatt Art Gallery at MHU, Moore Fine Arts Building, 79 Cascade St., Mars Hill ART AT UNCA art.unca.edu • Through MO (7/31) - Paintings and ikebana by Jamie RoweRischitelli. Held in the Blowers Gallery Held at UNC-Asheville, 1 University Heights ART AT WARREN WILSON COLLEGE warren-wilson.edu • MO (6/26), 7-10pm - Guild of Natural Science Illustrators members' art exhibit and reception. Held at Holden Art Center at Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa ART AT WCU 227-2787, bardoartscenter.wcu. edu • Through FR (11/10) - Ancient Forms, Modern Minds: Contemporary Cherokee Ceramics, exhibition of the work of 11 Cherokee artists. Held at The WCU Bardo Fine Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive • Through FR (8/25) - Print Plus One: Beyond the Glass Matrix, vitreographs created by seventeen different artists at Harvey K. Littleton Studios. Reception: Thursday, July 27, 5-8pm. Held at The WCU Bardo Fine Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive • Through FR (8/25) - Water Portraits: Barbara Tyroler, photographs by Barbara Tryoler.

Held at The WCU Bardo Fine Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through FR (6/23) - Current Effects: Contemporary Woodfiring in WNC, exhibition featuring dozens of local artists curated by Josh Copus. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. • Through FR (6/23) Iconography of the Early Anthropocene, paintings and illustrations by Rees Perry. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through FR (6/30) - Taking the Ordinary to Extraordinary, exhibition featuring the work of Bill Cole.

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • Through FR (7/21) - Exhibition of plein air paintings from the Art in Bloom garden tour.

ODYSSEY COOPERATIVE ART GALLERY 238 Clingman Ave., 285-9700, facebook.com/ odysseycoopgallery • Through FR (6/30) - Ceramic art show featuring the work of Anne Jerman, The Larsons and JoAnna Carroll.

BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • Through SA (9/2) - Frank Hursh: Marking Space + Place, exhibition of the paintings and drawings of Frank Hursh.

PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS 67 Doras Trail Bakersville, 7652359, penland.org • Through SU (7/16) - Within the Margins | Contemporary Ceramics, exhibition of ceramic art curated by Steven Young Lee.

BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through FR (6/23) Exhibitions: Tamie Beldue + Christina Brinkman; John Paul Vincent; Connected by Fire, wood-fired invitational; and John L. Cleaveland Jr., Robyn Horn, Kenneth Baskin.

• TH (6/29) through FR (8/25) Forging Futures: Studio Craft in Western North Carolina, exhibition of the work of 24 emerging and established artists shaping in studio craft.

PINK DOG CREATIVE 348 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com • Through SU (7/9) - Signs of Life, paintings of Mark Flowers.

THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY AND DESIGN 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org/ • Through SA (9/2) - Tie Up, Draw Down, curated show exploring weaving as a source for experimentation across media and genres.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • Through MO (7/31) Exhibition of the paintings of Cecil Bothwell. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road

THE VILLAGE POTTERS 191 Lyman St., #180, 253-2424, thevillagepotters.com • Through SA (8/12) - Forms, Figures, and Function, exhibit featuring the work of The Village Potters’ apprentices. Artist talk: Saturday, July 1, 2-6pm.

BURNSVILLE TRAC GALLERY 102 W. Main St., Burnsville, 6827215, toeriverarts.org/facilities/ burnsville-gallery/ • Through SA (8/5) - The Interbeing Project, The Interface of Woman & Nature, exhibition of photography by Bonnie Cooper. Reception: Saturday, June 24, 5-7pm.

CANVAS ARTSPACE 212 S. Church St., Hendersonville, 577-4590, canvaswnc.com • Through TU (7/4) - Nature’s Black Crown: Tales of Restoration, exhibition of new drawings by Christopher Charles Curtis.

FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 2160 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, 273-3332, floodgallery.org/ • Through FR (6/30) - Looking for You—New & Old Photography, exhibition of photography by Rimas Zailskas.

FOLK ART CENTER MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, 298-7928, craftguild.org • Through FR (6/30) - Exhibition

TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY 188 Coxe Ave., TraceyMorganGallery.com • Through FR (6/30) - Forest for Trees, exhibition of paintings by An Hoang.

• Through FR (6/30) - Staring, exhibition of paintings by Rob Amberg. Artist talk: Wednesday, June 21, 6pm.

THE INTERBEING PROJECT: Bonnie Cooper Photography’s newest exhibition, The Interbeing Project, the Interface of Woman & Nature, opens with an artist talk and reception at the Burnsville Toe River Arts Council gallery on Saturday, June 24, from 5-7 p.m. The show, which runs through Saturday, Aug. 5, features 21 framed prints that combine 11 female models with representations of nature — melding them into one image. Photo courtesy of Bonnie Cooper of works created by the Haywood Community College's Professional Crafts Program graduate class of 2017.

GREEN SAGE CAFE WESTGATE 70 Westgate Parkway, 785-1780, greensagecafe.com

• Through SA (7/15) - Beloved Bears, exhibition of bear photography by April Johnson and Jeff Miller.

JUBILEE COMMUNITY CHURCH 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • Through FR (6/30) - Project

Maureen, art and photography

by Maureen Simon.

MORA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY 9 Walnut St., 575-2294, moracollection.com • Through FR (6/30) - Exhibition of jewelry by Oblik Atelier.

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TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 8842787, tcarts.org • Through FR (7/14) - Summer art exhibition featuring works from members of the Transylvania Art Guild. Reception: Friday, June 23, 5-8pm.

WEST END BAKERY 757 Haywood Road, 252-9378, westendbakery.com • Through MO (7/31) - Exhibition of paintings by Pat Barratt.

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CLUBLAND BEN'S TUNE-UP The Cris Coleman Blues Experience, 8:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Patrick Fitzsimons (roots music), 7:00PM BURGER BAR TRIVIA! w/ Ol'Gilly, 7:00PM

FREE SCREENING: Pieces of Tangier

BYWATER Well Lit Strangers, 6:00PM

w/ filmmaker Jenny Roberts, 6/22 @ 7pm 39 S. Market St.

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CROW & QUILL Carolina Catskins (rowdy ragtime jazz), 10:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Gospel Night Presents: Roy & Revelation, 10:00PM

6/21: TRIVIA @ 7:00 PM! 6/22: $1 OFF FULL POURS APP C HIC FOOD 6/25: Y OGA & C IDER @ 12:30 PM! COMING SOON: 6/30: NIKKI TALLEY!! FREE SHOW

FAMILY MATTERS: Balladeer John Gernandt has been a familiar face on the Asheville music scene for several decades. Now he’s bringing his daughter, the precocious Lady Yssabel, into the fold. The duo, which goes by Hope Huntington, is Asheville’s only hurdy-gurdy band, melding traditional balladry, medieval music, and modern stylings into an instantly recognizable sound.

Hope Huntington kicks off it’s second season with a 7 p.m. show on Friday, June 23 at Downtown Books & News. Photo courtesy of Hope Huntington WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Karaoke, 8:00PM

TAVERN 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 DAY AF SUN T H TERNOON TUNES E PAT ON IO – 4:30PM!

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ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Hank Bones or Kon Tiki, 7:30PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM BEN'S TUNE-UP The Secret B-Sides, 6:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic w/ Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM BROADWAY'S Broadway HumpDay Variety w/ DJ NexMillen, 9:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock 'n' roll), 7:30PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Female Artist Spotlight Night w/ Peggy Ratusz, Linda Mitchell, Ruth Cooney, Marilyn Seits & Daniel Iannucci, 7:30PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 An evening w/ Kelly McFarling & John Elliott, 7:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Daniel Romano w/ Buffalo Motel, David Barbe & Inward Dream Ebb (experimental), 9:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5:00PM

THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Sesame Street Live: "Make A New Friend", 10:30AM

JUICY LUCY'S BURGER BAR AND GRILL Acoustic Jam, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM LONDON DISTRICT STUDIOS Gypsy Jazz at The London, 7:30PM ODDITORIUM Coping Skills w/ Sinai Vessel, The Velvet Wolves & Brief Awakening (punk, indie), 9:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Open mic jam w/ Riyen Roots & friends, 7:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Evil Note Lab, 10:00PM

DJ MoTo

CROW & QUILL Western Wednesdays (local honky tonk), 9:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING Chris Jamison, 9:00PM

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DOUBLE CROWN Classic Country Vinyl w/ DJ David Wayne Gay, 10:00PM

Jason Whitaker (acoustic rock)

FRI. 6/23 ( dance hits, pop)

The Groove Shakers ( rock n’ roll, bluegrass)

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Stevie Tombstone Duo (folk, blues), 9:00PM FUNKATORIUM John Hartford Jam w/ the Saylor Brothers (bluegrass), 6:30PM

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HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM

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ORANGE PEEL Old 97's w/ Vandoliers (alt. country), 9:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Bradley Carter (bluegrass, oldtime, Americana), 6:00PM POST 25 Albi & The Lifters (American swing, French chanson), 7:00PM

GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM

SALVAGE STATION RnB Wednesday Jam Night w/ Ryan RnB Barber & friends, 8:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN The Zuzu Welsh Band (rock, blues,

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Chris Smith, 7:00PM

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TOWN PUMP Open Mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Invitational Blue & Soul Performance (blues, soul), 9:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Open Mic Night , 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Richard Shulman Jazz Trio, 7:30PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Fat Catz (funk, jazz), 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Gavin Conner (alternative country), 6:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Home Town Honkytonk w/ Planefolk, Scooter Haywood and the Repeat Offenders & The Jangling Sparrows (country, folk, Americana), 8:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY East Side Social Ride, 6:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 An evening w/ Acoustic Eidolon, 7:00PM Laid Back Thursday w/ Wild Card Trio (funk, soul), 7:00PM The Paula Boggs Band, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Open Jam Session, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND The Nude Party w/ Post Animal & White Woolly (garage rock), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Travis Bowlin, 7:00PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH J Luke (acoustic) , 6:30PM

NATIVE KITCHEN & SOCIAL PUB George Terry, 7:00PM

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

ODDITORIUM The Dark Shave w/ Pretty Pretty & Shrub Hugger (rock), 9:00PM

185 KING STREET Clint Roberts w/ Garrett Owen, 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Honey Be Nice w/ Joe Penland, 8:00PM

OLE SHAKEY'S Shakey's Karaoke, 10:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 6:30PM The Kris Lager Band (rock, soul), 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Rossdafareye, 9:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:30PM

ORANGE PEEL Steve Katz (of Blood, Sweat, and Tears), 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bella's Bartok w/ Plankeye Peggy (circus punk), 8:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Ross n Lindsey (old-time), 6:00PM

BARLEY'S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA Alien Music Club (live jazz), 10:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN Jason Whitaker (acoustic rock), 8:00PM

OPEN MIC NIGHT EVERY MONDAY 7PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Appalucians (family show, Americana), 4:00PM Super Yamba Band (Afro-beat, funk), 8:00PM

SWEETEN CREEK BREWING Vinyl Night, 6:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Film screening: Pieces of Tangier w/ Jenny Roberts, 7:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT What Cheer? Brigade! (brass, punk), 9:30PM THE RIDGE AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL Linear Symmetry w/ Hail Cassius Neptune, 10:00PM TOWN PUMP Tyler Pearce Project, 9:00PM

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6/23

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SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY King Possum, 6:00PM

6/24

TAQUERIA

“HOMETOWN HONKY TONK” OPEN AT 11AM DAILY w/ Jangling Sparrows and More!

Free Patio Show

LEW CARD 6:00pm - 8:00pm

FREE SHOW

6/23 AARON LEE TASJAN

FRI

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance Club w/ DJ & drag show, 10:00PM

6/21

SAT

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Wayne Bodley, 7:00PM

w/ Jon Latham Fortuneteller Entertainment Presents

RALO

w/ Kade

6/25 POKEY LAFARGE

SUN

PURPLE ONION CAFE The Moon & You, 7:00PM

Historic Live Music Venue Located At

185 CLINGMAN AVE • ASHEVILLE Free FREE Patio THE ZUZU SHOW Show WELSH BAND

w/ Lillie Mae

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT

HARVEST RECORDS + THEGREYEAGLE.COM

COMING SOON 6/29: Kenny George Band + The Travelin’ Kine w/ Frozen Concrete 6/30: Tellico + Hank, Pattie and The Current 7/02: Idlewild South’s Tribute to Gregg Allman 7/05: Mishka (with Full Band!) w/ C.J. Reid 7/06: Tina and Her Pony: A Benefit for QORDS

this week only Tuesday • June 27th Ice Cream and Beer pairing with The Hop, 3-9pm Saturday • July 1st Island to Highland Reggae Festival w/ Saylyn, Chalwa, and the Natti Love Joys, 6-10pm

eVery week

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (live music, dance), 9:00PM

Mondays: $3 year-round & seasonal beers + games

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Freewheelin' Mamas (bluegrass, country), 6:30PM

Thursdays: Oakley Farmer’s Market- 3:30-6:30 Sundays: Reggae w/ Dennis from Chalwa, 1-4pm

WILD WING CAFE Jason Wyatt (acoustic), 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Mike Snodgrass (acoustic), 6:00PM

extended hours

WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL WXYZ Unplugged w/ Taylor Knighton, 8:00PM

Monday-Thursday 3-9pm Friday-Saturday 12-10pm Sunday 12-6pm

FRIDAY, JUNE 23 185 KING STREET Ashley and the X’s, 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Eleanor Underhill & Friends (Americana soul), 9:00PM

12 Old Charlotte Hwy. Suite 200 Asheville, NC 28803 828-299-3370

550 TAVERN & GRILLE League of Fools (rock), 9:00PM ALOFT HOTEL Phantom Pantone, 8:00PM

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ALTAMONT THEATRE Rett Smith & his Band, 8:00PM

THIS WEEKEND AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL UPCOMING SHOWS 6/30 The Get Right Band w/ Marbin 7/1 & 7/2 TOO MANY ZOOZ

BELLA’S BARTOK w/ Plankeye Peggy Ca $ h THU 6/22 8pm donation $

CORY HENRY & The Funk Apostles

FRI 6/23 8pm

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SAT 6/24 10pm donation $

7/13 Crystal Garden ft. Boyd Tinsley (of Dave Mathews Band) 7/14 Supatight: EP Release

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C LUBLAND ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Jody Carroll, 7:30PM

6/21

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ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles (R&B, funk), 8:00PM

daniel romano w/ buffalo motel

6/22 thu what cheer? brigade!

(20 pc. brass/punk band from r.i.) w/ mistresses (arone dyer + ryan oslance)

6/23 fri

knives and daggers

free album release show!

w/ cobra horse, wnc string ensemble

6/24 sat

CORK & KEG The Old Chevrolette Set (country duets), 8:30PM

w/ konvoi, acid reign

CROW & QUILL Low Down Sires, 9:00PM

free!

cindy wilson (of the b52"s)

w/ pylon reenactment society

Yoga at the Mothlight

Tues., Thurs., and Sat. 11:30am Details for all shows can be found at

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West Asheville 12-5pm at UpCountry

Pottery, Paintings, Copper Tiaras, Jewelry (handmade, bohemian, and local cut stone) Glass Works, Clothing, On Site Screen-printing, Candles, Soaps, Fabric Bags, Upcycled Nature, Crocheted Bags, Facepainter, and so much more!

KID AND DOG FRIENDLY. IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER WE WILL RESCHEDULE.

Show will be FREE Supporting local Artists of Asheville

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BURGER BAR Burger Bar Bike Night, 6:00PM

comedy + science + psychedelics

6/26 mon jenny besetzt

J U N E 24

BOILER ROOM Hafla (bellydance), 8:00PM

BYWATER FriDaze, 6:00PM

w/ darren hanlon

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BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM

highcountry music and arts presents....

shane mauss: a good trip

6/25 sun chastity belt

6/27 tue

BEN'S TUNE-UP Iggy Radio, 6:00PM DJ Kilby spinning Vinyl, 10:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Garage & Soul Obscurities w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10:00PM DOWNTOWN BOOKS & NEWS Hope Huntington (hurdy-gurdy, ballads), 7:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER Classic World Cinema, 8:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Hustle Souls (Americana, soul), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Robert Dimaio & the R3s (rock, blues), 6:00PM GOOD STUFF Kevin Scanlon (Americana, singer-songwriter), 8:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Lew Card (rock), 6:00PM Aaron Lee Tasjan w/ Jon Latham (folk, rock), 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Justin Cody Fox (blues, country, rock), 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Me and Molly, 7:00PM The Eric Gales Band w/ Jeff Sipe & Cody Wright Duo, 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Rock 'n' Soul DJ, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Rob Parks and friends, 6:30PM LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE Riyen Roots (blues, roots), 8:00PM LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE BILTMORE PARK Ashley Heath (folk), 8:00PM NATIVE KITCHEN & SOCIAL PUB The Gypsyswingers, 7:30PM NEW MOUNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Emancipator Ensemble w/ EarthCry, 8:00PM ODDITORIUM The Plague of Man Presents: Belushi Speed Ball (punk), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam, 5:00PM The Ones & Ho-Tron Beats (hip hop), 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Calvin Get Down, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL The Wholigans (The Who tribute), 9:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Earleine (Americana), 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Lake Street Dive, 7:00PM SALVAGE STATION Station Underground, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Todd Hoke, 4:30PM Why I March open mic, 6:00PM Letters to Abigail, 8:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance Club w/ DJ & drag show, 10:00PM SCARLET'S COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Open Mic night w/ Sam Warner, 8:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Billingsley, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Visionary Art, Activism & Spirits w/ Albi & The Lifters, 5:30PM Unite! Open mic night (sign up @ 7:30 p.m.), 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Phantom Pantone, 9:00PM THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Sarah Tucker, 8:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Knives & Daggers w/ Cobra Horse (experimental, shoegaze, instrumental), 9:30PM TOWN PUMP Momma Molasses, 9:00PM TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LIBRARY Harpeth Rising (folk, newgrass, rock), 7:30PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jim & Nancy Simmons (live music), 7:00PM Jim Arrendell & The Cheap Suits (soul, dance), 10:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Acoustic Phish, 9:00PM WEAVERVILLE TOWN HALL Weaverville's Music on Main, 5:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN True Grass Band, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Mike Snodgrass Duo (acoustic), 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:00PM

SATURDAY, JUNE 24 185 KING STREET Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations, 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Juan Benavides Trio (flamenco, world), 9:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Jason Whitaker (acoustic, rock), 8:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Samuel Paradise w/ Futexture & eMe, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Hard Rocket, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Summer Dance Party, 10:00PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Gypsy Jazz Jam, 3:00PM Funky Dance Party w/ The Wildcard, 9:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Mark Bumgarner (Americana, bluegrass), 7:00PM

Where The Blue Ridge Mountains Meet the Celtic Isles

MONDAYS Quizzo – Brainy Trivia • 7:30pm Open Mic Night • 9pm WEDNESDAYS Asheville’s Original Old Time Mountain Music Jam • 5pm THURSDAYS Mountain Feist • 7pm Bluegrass Jam • 9:30pm Bourbon Specials

FRI CARY FRIDLEY BAND 6/23 9PM / $5 CAROLINA CEILI SAT TRADITIONAL 6/24 9PM / $5 CELTIC WESTERN SWING with TEXAS T and TUE THE TUMBLEWEEDS

6/27

HOT NIGHT OF TEXAS SWING DANCING! 7 PM / FREE

JACK OF THE WOODS 20th ANNIVERSARY! FRI featuring 6/30 SONS OF RALPH 9 PM / $5

IRISH SUNDAYS Irish Food and Drink Specials Traditional Irish Music Session • 3-9pm OPEN MON-THURS AT 3 • FRI-SUN AT NOON CRAFT BEER, SPIRITS & QUALITY PUB FARE SINCE 1996

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C L UB L AND BOILER ROOM Dance Party & Drag Show, 10:00PM BURGER BAR AshevilleFM DJ Night, 6:00PM CONUNDRUM SPEAKEASY & INTRIQUE LOUNGE Gypsy Guitars Django Tribute, 7:30PM CORK & KEG Zydeco Ya Ya, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Vendetta Creme (silly sultry cabaret), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge (50's/60's R&B, rock 'n' roll), 10:00PM

FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER Ves Frank (acoustic, soul), 7:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Dave Desmelik (Americana), 6:00PM FROG LEVEL BREWERY Bend & Brew, 11:00AM GOOD STUFF Lew Card (rock), 8:30PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Ralo & Kade (hip hop, trap), 11:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Andy Mowatt's Steely Jam (funk, jazz, rock), 7:00PM

THE SUMMIT AT NEW MOUNTAIN AVL Honky Tonk Nights (live music & DJ), 10:00PM TOWN PUMP Jimmy & the Jawbones, 9:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Traditional Celtic jam session, 3:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Punk Night w/ DJ Chubberbird & Hard Mike, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Phil Alley, 6:30PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Carolina Ceili (Celtic music), 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY The Groove Arcade, 8:30PM

LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Belfast Boys, 8:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bluegrass brunch w/ Aaron "Woody" Wood, 11:00AM

OLE SHAKEY'S Saturday Night Fever, 10:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Space4Lease (psychedelic rock), 10:00PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Jordan Okrend Duo (acoustic), 9:00PM

SUNDAY, JUNE 25 185 KING STREET Sunday Sessions open jam, 4:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Jane Kramer Trio (Appalachian folk), 7:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Swamp Rabbit Railroad (acoustic), 6:00PM

550 TAVERN & GRILLE CaroMia (Connect Buncombe benefit), 5:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN The Groove Shakers (rock n' roll, bluegrass), 9:30PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Guitar Bar Jam, 3:30PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Fam Damily (funk, fusion), 8:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Michael Jefry Stevens w/ Wendy Jones, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION Sweat and Soul (free community bootcamp), 10:30AM WNC Pride Community Celebration Day, 2:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga with Puppies w/ Blue Ridge Humane Society, 10:00AM Derek Stipe & Friends, 8:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance Club w/ DJ & drag show, 10:00PM SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. Sierra Nevada After-Nooner Series, 2:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Fin Dog, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Hola Asheville Festival afterparty, 8:00PM

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THE MOTHLIGHT Shane Mauss (comedy, storytelling), 9:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Jazz Cats, 5:30PM

LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE BILTMORE PARK Gypsy Jazz Brunch w/ Leo Johnson, 12:00PM

ODDITORIUM Benefit for The Steady Collective (rock, benefit), 9:00PM

JUNE 21 - 28, 2017

THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Brother West, 8:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Dennis "Chalwa" Berndt, 1:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The King Zeros (blues, delta blues), 7:30PM Happy Birthday, Ruby! Ruby Mayfield & The Friendship Train (dance, live music), 10:00PM

MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Customer Appreciation Party w/ Free Flow, 7:00PM

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Latin Rhythms & Salsa w/ DJ Malinalli & 2umbao, 9:00PM Liley Arauz live!, 11:30PM

BARLEY'S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA Jesse Barry Trio, 7:30PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Dub Kartel (reggae, dub), 6:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Sunday Jazz Brunch, 11:00AM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Matt Sellars (Americana, blues, roots), 7:00PM BOILER ROOM J Taylor Presents Sunday Skool of Rock, 5:00PM BURGER BAR Push Presents: Skate Cinema, All day DOUBLE CROWN Sweet Soul Sundays w/DJ Chrissy & Miss Glo, 5:00PM Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open-Mic (music, poetry, comedy), 5:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Pokey LaFarge w/ Lillie Mae (folk), 8:00PM

ODDITORIUM 90s Dance Party w/ DJ Nickie Moore, 9:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Chicken Fried Possum (newgrass), 3:00PM PACK'S TAVERN The Sunday Social Club (unplugged), 4:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Sunday Paper Crowns jam, 6:00PM SALVAGE STATION Sunday Funday, 12:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Hope GriffinDuo, 2:00PM Jordyn Pepper, 6:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance Club w/ DJ & drag show, 10:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE WNC solidarity concert series w/ Bill Berg Trio & Jason DeCristofaro, 3:00PM WNC solidarity concert series w/ Jake Wolf Duo & Jason DeCristofaro, 3:00PM Milonga Asheville w/ Blue Spiral Tango (Argentine tango, nuevo, alternative), 7:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Here We Are w/ Shane Mauss (comedy, science), 2:00PM Chastity Belt w/ Darren Hanlon, 9:30PM THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (rock, jazz, pop), 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Refugee Awareness Event, 3:00PM WICKED WEED BREWING Summer Concert Series w/ E'Lon D.J. Project, 4:00PM

MONDAY, JUNE 26 185 KING STREET Open Mic Night w/ Chris Whitmire, 6:00PM

LIVE MUSIC FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHT NO COVER CHARGE 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Jazz Club (R&B, soul, jazz), 8:00PM ALTAMONT THEATRE Sister Ivy w/ Sunshine Nights, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Classical Guitar Mondays, 7:30PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Twelve Olympians, 6:00PM BURGER BAR Booze Bap, 6:00PM BYWATER Open mic (sign-up @ 6:15 p.m.), 7:15PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Musicians in the Round Jam, 5:30PM

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TUESDAY, JUNE 27 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM 550 TAVERN & GRILLE Shag Night w/ Mountain Shag Club, 6:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Gypsy Jazz Jam Tuesdays, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday night funk jam, 11:00PM

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CLU B LA N D BEN'S TUNE-UP Rhoda Weaver & The Soulmates (vintage rock, soul, blues), 5:30PM Lyric (funk, soul, pop), 8:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7:30PM

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Live Music w/ Tina and Her Pony, 7pm

6/29: Fundraiser for National Parks Conservation Association, 5-9pm & Live Music w/ Naked Scholar, 7pm

7/12: Music Bingo, 8pm

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Beatriz at Dinner See Scott Douglas’ review

I, Daniel Blake

CROW & QUILL Boogie Woogie Burger Night (burgers & rock n' roll), 9:00PM

See Scott Douglas’ review

DOUBLE CROWN Honky-tonk, Western & Cajun night w/ DJ Brody Douglas Hunt, 10:00PM

Manifesto

GOOD STUFF Old time-y night, 6:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 6:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Tuesday bluegrass sessions w/ Damn Tall Buildings, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Western Swing w/ Texas T & the Tumbleweeds, 7:00PM JUICY LUCY'S BURGER BAR AND GRILL Trivia w/ DJ Cliff, 8:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Winstons w/ Drunken Prayer (rock), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM MARKET PLACE Bob Zullo (rock, jazz, pop), 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Open Mic Comedy Night w/ Tom Peters, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Booty Tuesday, 11:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesdays, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING TRIVIA! w/ Ol' Gilly, 7:00PM ORANGE PEEL #40BOYZ Hip Hop Showcase, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION Fire Jam (live fire performances, DJs), 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing Asheville & Jazz-n-Justice Benefit Tuesday w/ One Leg Up (lessons @ 7 and 8 p.m.), 9:00PM Swing Asheville's Late-night Vintage Blues Dance, 11:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Cindy Wilson w/ Pylon Reenactment Society (psychedelic pop), 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Jazz & Funk Jam (funk, jazz), 9:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Trivia Night, 8:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Open Mic w/ Chris O'Neill, 6:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30PM WILD WING CAFE Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6:30PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Doghouse Band (bluegrass), 6:00PM

Cate Blanchette delivers a series of monologues detailing a history of artistic principles. According to the studio: “From acclaimed visual artist Julian Rosefeldt, Manifesto features two-time Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett in 13 distinct, mustsee vignettes that incorporate timeless manifestos from 20th century art movements. From anchorwoman to homeless man, from Pop Art to Dogma 95, a chameleonic Blanchett gives a tour-de-force performance as she transforms herself like never before. Rosefeldt weaves together history’s most impassioned artistic statements in this stunning and contemporary call to action.” (NR)

The Bad Batch Dystopian post-apcalyptic cannibal thriller from writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) starring Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Keanu Reaves, Giovanni Ribissi and Jim Carey. Early reviews are mixed.(R)

Transformers: The Last Knight Michael Bay’s latest entry in the Transformers franchise, and ostensibly the last for both he and star Mark Wahlberg. According to the studio: “The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Sir Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock).”

No early reviews. (PG-13)

MOVIES

REVIEWS & LISTINGS

BY SCOTT DOUGLAS & JUSTIN SOUTHER

HHHHH = H PICK OF THE WEEK H

Director Ken Loach takes another stand for the working man with I, Daniel Blake

I, Daniel Blake HHHH DIRECTOR: Ken Loach PLAYERS: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Dylan McKiernan, Briana Shann, Kate Rutter, Sharon Percy, Kema Sikazwe DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: An aging British carpenter must navigate a never-ending maze of ludicrous obstruction when a heart attack forces him to turn to his nation’s failing social safety net for survival.

THE LOWDOWN: A tragi-comic humanist parable that aptly demonstrates director Ken Loach’s continuing capacity to devastate audiences with a smile on his face.

Unlike the eponymous character driving 2016 Cannes Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, Ken Loach’s curriculum vitae is in no need of a polish. The director has a well-established track record of biting social commentary, and his latest glimpse into the Kafka-esque hellscape of dehumanizing governmental bureaucracy follows suit admirably. What’s surprising

about Daniel Blake is not the black comedy that pervades writer Paul Laverty’s script, but the amount of pathos he and Loach are able to concoct without lapsing into saccharinity or preachiness. It’s a touching, heartfelt work that’s hard not to like, even if it can be difficult to enjoy.

That difficulty lies in the film’s premise and its inherently frustrating progression.

The story revolves around an aging carpenter who’s recently suffered a massive heart attack and therefore been prohibited from working by his doctors, while attempts at drawing government benefits during his convalescence are consistently thwarted by a byzantine British bureaucracy that makes the cable company’s five-hour service windows look like a model of efficiency. We learn all of this in the opening minutes of the film, as an agonizing phone call with a caseworker plays out in real time — and while that sounds tedious, it’s far more entertaining than it has any right to be. But as the film goes on, I found my sense of exasperation mirroring that of the protagonist a

little too closely. Drawn-out pacing and the stubborn withholding of even minor catharses were clearly intentional choices on the part of Loach and Laverty, but while these choices are tonally appropriate, they’re also exhausting.

As discomfiting as I found watching my blood pressure rise in accordance with that of Daniel Blake’s, the fact that it did says a great deal about the efficacy of the film. Loach and Laverty are in top form, their political sentiments equally applicable to contemporary America as to northern England. But none of this could work nearly as well without the talents of comedian Dave Johns as the titular Blake and Hayley Squires as the single mother he befriends. Johns brings just the right amount of sardonic crotchetiness to his portrayal, while Squires is absolutely gutwrenching. The duo’s relationship is the heart of the film’s argument that even the downtrodden deserve dignity, and without two such dynamic performances, Blake’s bitter pill would be far too hard to swallow.

It very nearly is anyway.

Daniel Blake presents a nightmare that is dystopian in the truest sense of the term, rendered all the more devastating because it feels so believably real. This is not the surrealistic future of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, or the mythic seriocomedy of A Man Called Ove — this is the world we live in, as it stands today. These are characters just as rounded and dimensional as you or me, living in a world that punishes integrity and has long since disavowed any acknowledgment of a moral high ground. Whether or not this perspective resonates with your individual take on reality probably has a lot to with your politics, but it probably shouldn’t. Late in the film, Johns’ Blake says pointedly of his struggles to achieve even a modicum of human decency from his overlords: “It’s a monumental farce, isn’t it?” I left Daniel Blake with the sneaking suspicion that he’s right — and that I need to watch this film again, daunting though that prospect may be. Rated R for language.

Opens Friday at Grail Moviehouse.

REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

M A X R AT I N G Xpress is shifting some of its movie coverage to online-only as we expand other print sections of the newspaper. Virtually all upcoming movies will still be reviewed online by Xpress film critics Scott Douglas and Justin Souther, with two or three of the most noteworthy appearing in print. You can find online reviews at mountainx.com/movies/reviews.

This week, they include: CARS 3 HHH ROUGH NIGHT HHS 47 METERS DOWN HHS ALL EYEZ ON ME S THE BOOK OF HENRY HHS PARIS CAN WAIT S I, DANIEL BLAKE (PICK OF THE WEEK) HHHH BEATRIZ AT DINNER HHHS

Beatriz at Dinner HHHS DIRECTOR: Miguel Arteta PLAYERS: Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Connie Britton, Chloë Sevigny, Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, David Warshofsky, John Early BLACK COMEDY RATED R THE STORY: A sensitive massage therapist confronts racism, class warfare and a man who represents the imperialistic capitalism that destroyed her native Mexican village when she’s stranded at a client’s business dinner.

THE LOWDOWN: Despite a bleak worldview and half-baked climax, Salma Hayek’s performance alone deserves your attention.

Beatriz at Dinner is easily the best role that Salma Hayek has been granted since her Oscar nominated turn as Frida Khalo

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MOVIES in 2002, and she makes the most of it. Not having revisited Frida since its debut 15 years ago, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this turn may well be Hayek’s current career zenith. That Beatriz almost lives up to her performance is certainly a testament to director Miguel Arteta and writer Mike White. However, the fact that the duo flub the third act in spectacular fashion can’t be avoided, and that shortcoming is particularly hard to accept in light of the film’s virtuosic first hour.

And that first hour is a masterpiece of understatement, introducing Hayek’s Beatriz as a stereotypic California free spirit, complete with the requisite Dr. Bronner’s sticker on the bumper of her beat-up VW. Beatriz is a healer, employing every alternative therapy in the book, from Reiki to Rolfing, in her singleminded quest to address the suffering of the world, one cancer patient at a time. But she’s also a Mexican immigrant trying to earn a living, which has led her into the sphere of a family of Malibu elites (Connie Britton, David Warshovsky) that represent every value she opposes. An ill-fated automotive breakdown strands Beatriz at a business dinner where her employers play host to a pair of sycophantic social climbers (Chloe Sevigny, Jay Duplass) and a repugnant industrialist overlord, played with a spectacular ease of sleaze by John Lithgow.

The resultant class and race conflicts are predictable, but riveting nonetheless.

Arteta and White first made waves with their dementedly engaging 2000 Sundance darling Chuck and Buck, and though White would go on to pen more crowd-pleasing (and profitable) Jack Black vehicles while Arteta would bounce between R-rated raunch-coms and Disney

FILM MOVIE NIGHT AT HICKORY NUT GAP FARM (PD.) Saturday, July 1st. Back to the Future. Movie at 7pm. Screened in Big Barn. $6. Kids under 5 free.

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BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • MO (6/26), 2pm - Legends of Jazz Film Series: A Woman of Heart and Mind - the Story of Joni Mitchell. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. CREATION CARE ALLIANCE OF WNC creationcarealliance.org • TH (6/22), 7:30pm - From the Ashes, film viewing. Registration recommended. Free to attend.

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kids’ films, the duo never entirely divested themselves of the twisted sensibilities that launched their careers. Beatriz is probably closer to 2002’s The Good Girl or the short-lived HBO series Enlightened than anything else the two have turned out, but it’s also a distinct departure in its level of maturity and subtlety.

Social satire is the name of the game here, and Beatriz nails every beat — at least up until its catastrophic cop-out of an ending. That said, the performances of Hayek and Lithgow alone are worth the price of admission, and Arteta has the good sense to let his camera linger on each. Hayek does more with a brief closeup than most actors can do with a twopage monologue, and I for one hope that casting agents take note and finally pull her headshot out of the has-been drawer.

The fact that Arteta and White are able to come as close to a masterpiece as they do on what was obviously a constrained budget and shooting schedule is laudable, but they never could have pulled it off without such a talented cast.

Ultimately, Beatriz feels like an impeccable entree followed by a curdled desert course; it’s very nearly great, but the finish leaves a bad taste in one’s mouth. Hayek and Lithgow are beyond reproach, and it’s a shame that the film doesn’t live up to their performances any more than it does to Arteta and White’s prodigious potential.

If anything, Beatriz has piqued my morbid curiosity regarding White’s next script due to hit theaters: The Emoji Movie. Rated R for language and a scene of violence. Opens Friday at Fine Arts Theatre.

REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

617 W Main St., Sylva FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 2160 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, 273-3332, floodgallery.org/ • FR (6/23), 8pm - Classic World Cinema: Belle de Jour, film by Luis Buñuel. Free.

GRACE COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 789 Merrimon Ave., 254-3274, gcpcusa.org/ • TH (6/22), 7pm - Before the Flood, film screening. Free.

POLLINATION CELEBRATION! beecityusa.org • TU (6/27), 7-9pm - Flight of the Butterflies, documentary film about the migration cycle of butterflies. Sponsored by Oskar Blues Brewery. Free. Held at The Collider, 1 Haywood St., Suite 401 THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL

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by Sheila Kay Adams, Amythyst Kiah and Rhiannon & the Relics. $10-$15. Held at Bo Thomas Auditorium, Blue Ridge Community College Hendersonville • TH (6/29), 7:30pm - A Great American Tapestry: The Many Strands of Mountain Music, premiere film screening. Live music by Sheila Kay Adams, Amythyst Kiah and Rhiannon & the Relics. $10$15. Held at Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. TRANZMISSION Tranzmission.org, Info@Tranzmission.org • WE (6/28), 7pm - Film Screening: MAJOR! $9. Held at Grail MovieHouse, 45 S. French Broad Ave.

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COMPLICATED SMOKE: The Colstrip Power Plant in Montana, as featured in the documentary From the Ashes, is pictured. Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina hosts free screenings of the environmental advocacy film.

Photo courtesy of National Geographic Channel • Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina hosts two screenings of From the Ashes. Michael Bonfiglio’s 2017 documentary examines the complicated social, environmental and economic issues surrounding coal in the U.S. and specifically addresses recent controversies in North Carolina. The first showing takes place Thursday, June 22, at 7:30 p.m. at Mad Batter Food & Film in Franklin.

Due to limited seating, reservations are recommended (call 828-5863555). The second screening occurs Friday, June 23, at 6:30 p.m. at First Congregational UCC in Asheville. Free. creationcarealliance.org • The board of directors at Hendersonville Community Co-op hosts a family movie night on Friday, June 23, 6-9 p.m. in its Community Room with a screening of Wall-E. Popcorn will be provided, and attendees can bring additional snacks. Free. hendersonville.coop • Silver Fork Winery in Morganton starts its Movie Under the Stars: Classic ’80s Rewind series on Saturday, June 24, at 8:30 p.m. with The Princess Bride. Free. silverforkwinery.com • Hi-Wire Brewing kicks off its Summer Classics movie series on Saturday, June 24, at its Big Top location with an 8:30 p.m. screening of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. The brewery’s parking lot will be transformed into an outdoor movie theater, and the event will occur rain or

shine. Admission is free, and attendees are invited to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets. Foothills Local Meats will provide classic movie theater eats, including $3 corndogs. hiwirebrewing.com • Pack Memorial Library continues its monthly Legends of Music film series — curated by local jazz pianist Michael Jefry Stevens — on Monday, June 26, at 2 p.m. with Joni Mitchell: A Woman of Heart and Mind. Susan Lacy’s 2003 American Masters documentary looks at how the Canadian singer-songwriter’s music evolved from personal folk into pop, jazz and avant-garde. The film features concert footage and interviews with James Taylor, Herbie Hancock, David Crosby and others. Free. avl.mx/ff • Raiders of the Lost Ark is the next selection in The Orange Peel’s Summer Movie Series and will be shown on Monday, June 26, at 8 p.m. Free. theorangepeel.net • Transgender advocacy group Tranzmission presents a screening of MAJOR! on Wednesday, June 28, at 7 p.m. at Grail Moviehouse. Annalise Ophelian’s 2015 documentary explores the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a formerly incarcerated black transgender elder and activist who has been fighting for the rights of trans women of color for more than four decades. A discussion will follow the screening. Tickets are $9 and available online and at the Grail box office. grailmoviehouse.com X

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Belle de Jour HHHHH DIRECTOR: Luis Buñuel PLAYERS: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Genevieve Page, Pierre Clementi VAGUELY SURREAL DRAMA Rated NR That most playful of surrealists Luis Buñuel had one of his greatest successes with his 1967 essay in erotica Belle de Jour — in part, I suspect, because it is one of his least overtly surreal works (which may make it all the more surreal). But more, it was — and is — promoted for its erotic content, though it should be mentioned that its erotic content is achieved with almost no nudity and no actual sex scenes. And, for that matter, much of it is presented comedically or at least absurdly. The tale of a respectable housewife who turns to prositution is an old one that’s still with us, but Buñuel made it timeless here. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke originally published on May 16, 20064 Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Belle de Jour on Friday, June 23, at 8 p.m. at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 2160 U.S. 70, Swannanoa.

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio HHHS DIRECTOR: Jane Anderson PLAYERS: Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern, Trevor Morgan, Ellary Potterfield BIOPIC DRAMA Rated PG-13 One of the more perplexing mysteries of modern studio practices is just why Dreamworks Pictures abandoned The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, a 2005 release that played on a mere handful of screens to mixed (though often glowing) reviews. It boasted a box-office draw in both star Julianne Moore and its popular literary source that chronicled the true story of Evelyn Ryan, who kept her large family together and going in the 1950s by winning slogan and jingle contests. And yet it was unceremoniously pulled from distribution. Far worse films with far lesser credentials have been given much fairer shots. It’s not a perfect film. But the film has several things to recommend it, starting with Moore’s performance as the beleaguered housewife who has found a way to be at least a pale shadow of what she might have been in an era that didn’t consign her to the kitchen. Certainly it’s worthy of better treatment than it received. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke originally published on June 21, 2006. This review was published prematurely on June 13. The actual date of the screening is June 25. The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio on Sunday, June 25, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Vertigo HHHHH DIRECTOR: Alfred Hitchcock PLAYERS: Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbra Bel Gedes, Tom Helmore PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER Rated NR In Brief: I’m going to make a potentially controversial statement here, but before you jump in the comment pool to argue with me, be forewarned that I’m prepared to defend this assertion: Vertigo is the best film Alfred Hitchcock ever made. As I was programming this month’s AFS Big Screen Budget presentation, I was shocked to find that Vertigo hasn’t been shown in Asheville for over twenty years — a particularly glaring oversight, considering it surpassed Citizen Kane as the best film of all time in last year’s Sight and Sound magazine decennial critics’ poll. Many of you may have seen this film, but it’s one that requires multiple revisitations — and as Hitchcock’s most visually ambitious work in both color and VistaVision, it demands to be seen on a big screen. It’s the darkest, most psychologically complex outing in an oeuvre defined by both, and Hitchcock would never again attain the heights (or depths, considering your perspective) of emotional realism that he delves into here. Don’t miss your chance to find out why it’s my favorite, or to tell me in person why it shouldn’t be (as my illustrious predecessor often did). The Asheville Film Society is showing Vertigo on Tuesday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. at The Grail Moviehouse as part of the Budget Big Screen series. Admission is $6 for AFS members and $8 for the general public. Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas will introduce the film.

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TROLLEY TOUR GUIDES If you are a "people person," love Asheville, have a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and clean driving record you could be a great TOUR GUIDE, FULL-TIME and seasonal part-time positions available.

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SKILLED LABOR/ TRADES ANNIE'S BAKERY • PART-TIME For packaging department and as a back-up delivery driver. This position can expect 25-30 hours/ week. Applicant should be fast-paced, able to lift 50 lbs., and self-motivated. • A clean driving record and valid NC driver’s license should be provided at time of application.

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ADMINISTRATIVE/ OFFICE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND INSURANCE LIAISON Red Oak Recovery, a cutting edge substance abuse treatment program for young adults, is seeking an accounts receivable and insurance liaison with our finance department. • The ideal candidate will have experience in AR/AP, insurance billing and Quickbooks software.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, and 2+ years experience with billing and accounts receivable is preferred. This position will be located in our corporate headquarters in Asheville. • Competitive pay and benefits package offered. • Please visit our website and apply for this position today! www. redoakrecovery.com/employment ADMINISTRATION SPECIALIST Red Oak Recovery, a cutting edge substance abuse and co-occurring mental health treatment program for young adults, is seeking a highly qualified Administration Specialist for our growing programs. • Qualified candidates will welcome visitors to the office as well as answer and direct calls on a multiline telephone system, have strong computer skills with familiarity of Microsoft Office Programs, have effective written and verbal communication skills, have solid organizational skills with management of records and able to meet deadlines, and has the ability to work efficiently in a fast paced environment. • Those with personal or professional experience with 12 Step Recovery, Substance Abuse Treatment, and/or Mental Health Treatment are encouraged to apply. Competitive pay and benefits package offered. • Please visit our website to apply today! www.redoakrecovery.com/ employment BILLER/COLLECTOR Four Circles Recovery Center is seeking an experienced biller/ collector to increase collections, reduce accounts receivable days and reduce bad debt. High school diploma/GED and 5 years relevant experience required. Apply online at www.fourcirclesrecovery.com/careers.

OFFICE PERSONNEL NEEDED FOR SALES OFFICE Office Personnel needed for sales office. The position is part-time with the potential to develop to full-time.

Applicant must be available to work until 6:00 pm, as well as Saturday from 10 am - 2:00 pm. Applicant will be cross trained as receptionist and customer service sales representative. As the first point of contact with the public, an applicant is expected to present a friendly, outgoing, energetic attitude both in-person and on the telephone.

Applicant must be self-motivating, computer literate, great at multi-tasking as well as being able to perform basic office tasks and be a team player. Applicant must be at least 19 years of age and have a Valid NC Driver's License. Applicant should apply in person at 1473 Patton Avenue, Asheville between the hours of 10:30 am - 5 pm Monday- Friday or call 828-258-8085.

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Fast, friendly, fun atmosphere. • Experience required. • Must be 18 years old. • Apply in person between 2pm-4pm, 485 Hendersonville Road. 274-3582.

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COOK • PART-TIME Individual to cook lunch for small group of elders on Wednesdays in Hendersonville: plan menus, shop, prepare, serve, and clean up; maintain excellent hygiene practices. • Must be familiar with, or willing to learn, kosher food guidelines and preparation, have knowledge of nutritional requirements, special dietary needs and portion sizes for older adults. • Must be flexible with changes in schedule and number of meals needed and mindful of non-profit budget limitations. • This is a contract position, one day a week. • For more information, email info@jfswnc.org • To view the full job description, go to http://www.jfswnc.org/ employment-opportunities/ KITCHEN COOK Red Oak Recovery, a cutting edge substance abuse treatment program for young adults, is seeking a Kitchen Cook for our Fairview location. This position will be responsible for preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner meals for approximately 25 people, dish washing, packing food for adventure trips, receiving and storing food deliveries, and other duties as assigned.

This position will report to the Kitchen Manager. • Qualified candidates will have prior kitchen experience, an interest in healthy and delicious foods, friendly, hardworking and reliable, and able to move about campus, including bending and lifting 40 lbs. • Salary is based on experience. Competitive pay and benefits package offered. Red Oak Recovery is a non-smoking and drug free work environment. • Please visit our website to apply for this position today! www. redoakrecovery.com/employment LINE COOK NEEDED Hickory Nut Gap Farm is hiring for a line cook. Our employees are friendly and hardworking. Qualified candidates will have kitchen/food experience. Job responsibilities include food prep, and multi-tasking in a fast paced environment. Please email resume to Executive Chef Nate Sloan: nate.sloan@hngfarm. com, call 828.628.1027, or visit www. hickorynutgapfarm.com/employment.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): There are places in the oceans where the sea floor cracks open and spreads apart from volcanic activity. This allows geothermally heated water to vent out from deep inside the earth.

Scientists explored such a place in the otherwise-frigid waters around Antarctica. They were elated to find a “riot of life” living there, including previously unknown species of crabs, starfish, sea anemones and barnacles.

Judging from the astrological omens, Aries, I suspect that you will soon enjoy a metaphorically comparable eruption of warm vitality from the unfathomable depths. Will you welcome and make use of these raw blessings even if they are unfamiliar and odd?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I’m reporting from the first annual Psychic Olympics in Los Angeles. For the past five days, I’ve competed against the world’s top mind-readers, dice-controllers, spirit whisperers, spoonbenders, angel-wrestlers and stock market prognosticators. Thus far I have earned a silver medal in the category of channeling the spirits of dead celebrities. (Thanks, Frida Kahlo and Gertrude Stein!) I psychically foresee that I will also win a gold medal for most accurate fortunetelling. Here’s the prophecy that I predict will cinch my victory: “People born in the sign of Taurus will soon be at the pinnacle of their ability to get telepathically aligned with people who have things they want and need.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While reading Virginia Woolf, I found the perfect maxim for you to write on a slip of paper and carry around in your pocket or wallet or underwear: “Let us not take it for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small.” In the coming weeks, dear Gemini, I hope you keep this counsel simmering constantly in the back of your mind. It will protect you from the dreaminess and superstition of people around you. It will guarantee that you’ll never overlook potent little breakthroughs as you scan the horizon for phantom miracles. And it will help you change what needs to be changed slowly and surely, with minimum disruption.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Now that you’ve mostly paid off one of your debts to the past, you can go window-shopping for the future’s best offers.

You’re finally ready to leave behind a power spot you’ve outgrown and launch your quest to discover fresh power spots. So bid farewell to lost causes and ghostly temptations, Cancerian. Slip away from attachments to traditions that longer move you and the deadweight of your original family’s expectations. Soon you’ll be empty and light and free — and ready to make a vigorous first impression when you encounter potential allies in the frontier.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I suspect you will soon have an up-close and personal encounter with some form of lightning. To ensure it’s not a literal bolt shooting down out of a thundercloud, please refrain from taking long romantic strolls with yourself during a storm. Also, forgo any temptation you may have to stick your finger in electrical sockets. What I’m envisioning is a type of lightning that will give you a healthy metaphorical jolt. If any of your creative circuits are sluggish, it will jumpstart them. If you need to wake up from a dreamy delusion, the lovable lightning will give you just the right salutary shock.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Signing up to read at the open mike segment of a poetry slam? Buying an outfit that’s a departure from the style you’ve cultivated for years? Getting dance lessons or a past-life reading or instructions on how to hang-glide?

Hopping on a jet for a spontaneous getaway to an exotic hotspot? I approve of actions like those, Virgo. In fact, I won’t mind if you at least temporarily abandon at least 30 percent of your inhibitions.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I don’t know what marketing specialists are predicting about color trends for the general population, but my astrological analysis has discerned the most evocative colors for you Libras.

Electric mud is one. It’s a scintillating mocha hue.

Visualize silver-blue sparkles emerging from moist dirt tones. Earthy and dynamic! Cybernatural is another special color for you. Picture sheaves of ripe wheat blended with the hue you see when you close your eyes after staring into a computer monitor for hours. Organic and glimmering! Your third pigment of power is pastel adrenaline: a mix of dried apricot and the shadowy brightness that flows across your nerve synapses when you’re taking aggressive practical measures to convert your dreams into realities. Delicious and dazzling!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do you ever hide behind a wall of detached cynicism? Do you protect yourself with the armor of jaded coolness? If so, here’s my proposal: In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to escape those perverse forms of comfort and safety. Be brave enough to risk feeling the vulnerability of hopeful enthusiasm. Be sufficiently curious to handle the fluttery uncertainty that comes from exploring places you’re not familiar with and trying adventures you’re not totally skilled at.

insurance, paid holidays and paid time off.

• Contact Michelle Stokes at RHA Health Services LLC, 828-684-1940, ext. 102 or apply in person: 145 Cane Creek Industrial Park Rd. Suite 250 Fletcher N.C. 28732.

MEDICAL SERVICES MANAGER The Willows at Red Oak Recovery, a clinically dynamic substance abuse and trauma focused, dual diagnosis treatment facility, is seeking a full-time Medical Services Manager to be responsible for providing professional wellness visits to young adults, ages 18-30, meeting a diagnosis of substance use or co-occurring disorders, to work with clinical and case management staff to coordinate care and assist in treatment plans, transport clients as needed for medical appointments, and educate/communicate medication and medical information to clients and families. • Qualified candidates will possess EMT basic certification, and a medical background. Nursing experience preferred. • Those with personal or professional experience with 12 Step Recovery, Substance Abuse Treatment, and/or Mental Health Treatment are encouraged to apply. Competitive pay and benefits package offered. • Please visit our website to apply. www.redoakrecovery. com/employment RN AND LPN OPENINGS AT NEIL DOBBINS CENTER FOR RHA Do you enjoy being the grounded, knowledgeable nurse when treating consumers in crisis or withdrawal? RHA's crisis units in Asheville are hiring for RNs (no BSN required) and LPNs (no two year degree required) of all backgrounds. ndc@rhanet.org

HUMAN SERVICES SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars,” writes Jack Gilbert in his poem “Tear It Down.” He adds that “We find out the heart only by dismantling what the heart knows.” I invite you to meditate on these ideas. By my calculations, it’s time to peel away the obvious secrets so you can penetrate to the richer secrets buried beneath. It’s time to dare a world-changing risk that is currently obscured by easy risks. It’s time to find your real life hidden inside the pretend one, to expedite the evolution of the authentic self that’s germinating in the darkness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When I was four years old, I loved to use crayons to draw diagrams of the solar system. It seems I was already laying a foundation for my interest in astrology. How about you, Capricorn? I invite you to explore your early formative memories. To aid the process, look at old photos and ask relatives what they remember. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that your past can show you new clues about what you might ultimately become. Potentials that were revealed when you were a wee tyke may be primed to develop more fully.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I often ride my bike into the hills. The transition from the residential district to open spaces is a narrow dirt path surrounded by thick woods on one side and a steep descent on the other. Today as I approached this place there was a new sign on a post. It read “Do not enter: Active beehive forming in the middle of the path.” Indeed, I could see a swarm hovering around a tree branch that juts down low over the path. How to proceed? I might get stung if I did what I usually do. Instead, I dismounted from my bike and dragged it through the woods so I could join the path on the other side of the bees. Judging from the astrological omens, Aquarius, I suspect you may encounter a comparable interruption along a route that you regularly take. Find a detour, even if it’s inconvenient.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I bet you’ll be extra creative in the coming weeks. Cosmic rhythms are nudging you towards fresh thinking and imaginative innovation, whether they’re applied to your job, your relationships, your daily rhythm or your chosen art form. To take maximum advantage of this provocative luck, seek out stimuli that will activate high-quality brainstorms. I understand that the composer André Grétry got inspired when he put his feet in ice water. Author Ben Johnson felt energized in the presence of a purring cat and by the aroma of orange peels. I like to hang out with people who are smarter than me. What works for you?

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The primary responsibilities of the Systems Advocate include case consultation with DSS social workers about domestic violence and advocacy to improve systems that impact survivors.

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