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PAGE 10 CALL OF THE WILD What’s it like to be a seasonal employee in Asheville? Workers tell Xpress about the freedom — as well as the lifestyle’s challenges and pitfalls. COVER PHOTO Courtesy of Nantahala Outdoor Center COVER DESIGN Scott Southwick

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Advocate for better e-cig policies for students The National Institute for Drug Use reports that seven in 10 teens were exposed to e-cigarette advertisements, leading to e-cigarette usage among 1.4 million youths. In addition, there are over 7,700 unique flavors for e-cigs, with around 240 new flavors being added monthly. This extensive variety of flavors appeals to and is directly marketed toward youths. The emergence of vapes and JUULs among youths has led to an e-cigarette crisis that needs our attention. The NIH reports that 86.8 percent of youth e-cigarette users range from those thinking these products contain only flavoring or water vapor to those having no idea. Anyone can buy a JUUL in Asheville from a kiosk in the mall or online without having to give an ID. The Asheville City Schools and Buncombe County Schools policy codes state that e-cigarettes are prohibited within schools and consequences may include restorative justice programs, but these programs are extremely vague, and there have been no signs of follow-through. As a high school student in Asheville, I can verify that at least a few students JUUL in class every day. Students will take a hit of their JUUL and then exhale into their backpack or sweatshirt sleeve. Too many of these users don’t know the health determinants that they’re risking when they JUUL.

Each JUUL pod contains 0.7 milliliters of nicotine (a highly addictive and very dangerous chemical). Each pod is equivalent to a pack of cigarettes. So as you can see, this “harmless and healthier” smoking alternative is neither harmless nor healthier. Advocate for comprehensive and specific e-cigarette policies, so that we not only add regulations but also educate teachers, students and parents about the immense dangers that e-cigarettes are accompanied by. — Ella Carlinnia Youth staff YES! (Youth Empowered Solutions) Asheville

Don’t negate Asheville’s mountain charm Sears in the Asheville Mall will close in July! Then, picture this: A development by Seritage Growth Properties will follow, part of which will include a 10-story, 104-foot apartment building, which will rise out of the demolition dust, dwarfing the proposed enjoyable new plaza, restaurants and theater. This parcel, on the high-traffic corner of Tunnel and South Tunnel roads, is currently zoned for buildings not to be higher than 80 feet. In fact, there are no buildings on these roads higher than 80 feet; most are much lower. This zoning variance, if allowed by the city, will create a new height standard outside of downtown Asheville, opening the doors to future giant-box buildings.

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Hundreds of additional vehicles will jam the intersections at Tunnel and South Tunnel roads. Once changed, according to Barber Melton, an East Asheville member of the city’s Neighborhood Advisory Committee, “There’s no legal way to go back.” With the future closure of Sears a foregone conclusion, I am in favor of the redevelopment. Several neighbors attended a public meeting with Seritage in December and were excited by the prospect of an upscale theater, restaurants and a plaza. We have significant concerns that must be addressed. New rush-hour commuters and the 10-screen theatergoers will overwhelm the intersections exiting the property, especially to the north. I believe the required traffic impact study results will confirm all of our concerns. A 104-foot apartment complex would cast a shadow over many homes in Kenilworth Forest, as well as present a very unappealing focus to all who approach Asheville from I-240 as well as other routes and locations. Our city believes it needs additional housing and that the only way to go is up. However, the Sears redevelopment area has additional land available which

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can achieve the desired density within an 80-foot height. We cannot afford to negate the mountain charm of Asheville. Melton says, “Asheville must be careful not to kill the golden goose.” Before the project proposal goes to the City Council, I implore Asheville Planning and Zoning to decline the 104foot height variation from the existing 80-foot code. — Rick Freeman President, Kenilworth Forest Residents Association Asheville

It takes a village to end homelessness The 2018 Point-in-Time homeless count was recently released, and this year shows a slight decrease in Buncombe County’s homeless population from 562 people in 2017 to 554 people in 2018. In the city’s news release published June 25 [avl. mx/52w], they correctly attribute the decrease to the ongoing work of community partners who help those expe-

riencing homelessness get into stable permanent housing, despite the shortage of affordable housing. A recent study showed only one vacancy out of 3,315 affordable units in Buncombe County. With a 2016 poverty rate of 13.5 percent and many of our neighbors living one paycheck away from losing their home, it’s cause for celebration when the number of our neighbors experiencing homelessness decreases, if only minimally. The [Point-in-Time] count represents only a 24-hour count of individuals sleeping in shelters, in their cars, on the streets or in transitional housing. While it lacks nuance, it does track our community’s progress toward its goal of ending homelessness. For instance, the number of chronically homeless individuals has decreased by 53 percent over the last 10 years. Homeward Bound, the leading agency using the Housing First model, works to house those homeless for over a year who are also dealing with disabilities — mental and/or physical. Housing chronically homeless people saves our community millions of dollars a year in shelter, emergency medical and public safety costs. Homeward

Bound has housed 1,950 individuals since 2006, and 89 percent have not returned to homelessness. The reason for this extraordinary housing retention rate is Homeward Bound doesn’t just put people in homes and forget about them; we provide ongoing support called case management. This support can range from providing technical assistance, such as completing housing and employment applications, connecting with mental health and medical providers and teaching budgeting in order to pay bills on time, to providing real-life, hands-on assistance such as teaching how to set and achieve personal goals, guidance on basic household chores like doing laundry and grocery shopping, driving our clients to doctors’ appointments and comforting them when they become overwhelmed with the day-to-day struggle of managing their lives. Homeward Bound staff wraps our clients in the right level of support so that once they move inside, they are able to stay there. Homeward Bound case managers refer our clients to organizations such as OnTrack WNC financial services, Pisgah Legal Services, Helpmate, Vaya Health and others that provide

valuable resources for people experiencing homelessness. It takes a village or a community to end homelessness, but it begins with housing. The Five Year Strategic Plan on homelessness adopted by the City Council and county [Board of Commissioners] last year lists seven priorities to address homelessness. The first two are housing and case management. With the continued support of the community and local government, and the services provided by Homeward Bound, an end to homelessness in Buncombe County is achievable. — Mary Jo Powers Executive Director Homeward Bound of WNC Asheville

Airport should rethink parking plan Asheville airport director [Lew W.] Bleiweis’ letter [“Airport Is Committed to Responsibly Managing Growth,” June 20, Xpress] cites one of their objectives as “preserve choice for

passengers.” Their current parking policy does just the opposite. By restricting the number of longterm spaces, they are forcing many passengers to use the exorbitantly priced deck parking. I am willing to walk a couple of extra minutes to reach the more remote long-term spaces, since I could save almost $30 on a weeklong trip. There are obviously many others who would also use longterm spaces if they were available. The airport should reopen the entire long-term lot in order to “preserve choice for passengers.” — Bruce Emory Asheville Editor’s note: On June 28, the Asheville Regional Airport announced that the airport board voted at its June meeting to drop the price of parking in the new airport parking deck from $13 to $12 per day, starting July 1. “To date, passenger numbers and use of the parking facilities has exceeded projections, and the actual revenue at this time is higher than needed to cover bond debt” on the new deck, according to the press release. See avl.mx/530 for more info.

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Would you like citizen initiatives in NC?

low citizens agree with you? Let’s start making this an issue; start asking our candidates if they will support giving citizens the right to direct democracy in our state. What do you think? — Nann Bell Fletcher

As of April, 71 citizen initiatives were on ballots across the country for 2018. Sick of gerrymandering and want to force nonpartisan districting? Michigan has a citizen initiative for that on November’s ballot. Believe in Medicaid expansion and want it in your state, but the legislature won’t pass it? Citizens put that issue on the ballot in three states for next fall. Support medical marijuana use? Three states have that on the ballot this year. None of these questions are on North Carolina ballots this year. Why not? Only 24 states allow citizen initiatives to be placed on the ballot, usually by petition. North Carolina is one of the 26 states with no citizen initiative process. Under North Carolina law, measures can only be placed on the ballot by the General Assembly. We lost the right to put citizen initiatives on the ballot in the 1916 North Carolina Legislation Restrictions Amendment. This amendment from a century ago continues to constrain us. Citizen initiatives are direct democracy: citizens putting questions on the ballot and voting those themselves. North Carolina has only representative democracy, with our officials deciding issues for us and controlling what few issues make it on the ballot for a direct vote. The extreme gerrymandering we have now is a prime example of how poorly this works when in the wrong hands. Why aren’t citizen initiatives an issue in North Carolina? Shouldn’t we begin to demand to have the right as citizens to put a question on the ballot by petition? Do you wish we, like Michigan, were voting next fall to force nonpartisan districting on our elected officials? Do you want to join the ranks of states with expanded Medicaid? Do you want your opinion reflected in North Carolina’s marijuana laws? Would you like to put voting by mail on the ballot? Do you want the option of putting any future such questions on the ballot if enough of your fel-

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Though the Fourth of July celebrates America’s declaration of our quest for independence from the king’s oppression, it is appropriate to remember that it was through our dependence on each other that we achieved our freedom. Independence Day is, then, a celebration of the spirit of community, of the caring for the needs of our neighbors that truly makes America the greatest nation the world has ever known. ... I am deeply concerned that the storm now raging over our land with its darkening clouds of lies, flashing sheets of bitter rhetoric and deafening thunder of media is hiding from our sight the values of our founders, so clearly and forcefully stated in the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble to the Constitution. Yet I believe, as they did, that human goodness will ultimately prevail because our government derives its just powers from the consent of ourselves, the governed. So does Phillip Price. That is why he is running to represent the 750,000 citizens of the 16 counties comprising North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. He reminds me of the village blacksmith who laid aside his hammer and cooled his forge to stand fast with his neighbors against tyranny at Old North Bridge. A small-business man who salvages lumber from old structures and restores it for use by those who build anew, he is truly a working man for working people. Mr. Price is one of us. Rather than engaging himself in the cause du jour, he has devoted his life to providing for his family, to raising his children in partnership with his wife, to membership in

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C A R T O O N B Y B R E NT B R O W N his church, and to making a little music and doing a little fishing and hunting as time permits. And like so many of us, he is not without human frailty. But unlike many, he has come to grips with his flaws, sought and found redemption, and grown beyond them. In his campaign. he pledges to strive to secure the same from our government in Washington as we would ask for ourselves and our neighbors: honest jobs with fair pay, good health and long life, the opportunity for our children to learn so their lives may be better than ours, and an environment in which we and the generations who follow us can thrive. Election Day is months away. In the intervening weeks, you will have the opportunity to meet Mr. Price at numerous fairs and festivals throughout Western North Carolina. You are apt to see his dual-tired pickup parked where we work, where we find treatment for our ills, where we learn and where we gather to have fun. Don’t be shy. Go up to him, tell him who you are and tell him how he can help you, your family, and your neighbors. That’s what he needs to know when we send him to Washington to represent us. — Graeme McGufficke Asheville

Editor’s note: McGufficke reports that he is the field director for the Phillip Price for Congress campaign. A longer version of this letter will appear at mountainx.com.

Correction

The article, “Breaking the Logjam: Armed with Data, Local Groups Aim to Boost Minority Business Ownership,” and accompanying photo caption in our June 27 issue should have stated that Arturo Chavarria, right, will open Arturo’s Barbershop on Hendersonville Road in South Asheville in the coming months. Arturo’s Barbershop received loan funding through Mountain BizWorks. Arturo Chavarria is the brother of Studio Chavarria owner Guadalupe Chavarria, left. Photo by David Floyd X

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THE CALL OF THE WILD

Seasonal workers swap security for adventure

BY THOMAS CALDER tcalder@mountainx.com Eli Mills hasn’t paid rent since 2011. During most of those seven years, the 34-year-old has called Western North Carolina home. As a seasonal employee at the North Carolina Outward Bound School, Mills gets room and board throughout his nine-month stint, which runs from mid-February to early November. Come winter, however, he typically lives out of his Honda Fit, roaming the country in search of adventure or visiting family in Iowa. “It’s actually cheaper to travel than it is to stay in Asheville and pay rent,” Mills reveals. During the offseason, he rarely spends money on accommodations, opting instead for free camping on properties overseen by the Bureau of Land Management. Such freedom has its perks, but the lifestyle also carries its fair share of challenges and potential pitfalls, notes Mills. To begin with, it takes a lot of planning to line up winter work and manage one’s money so it lasts through the offseason. Relationships can also be tricky with a schedule that may keep a person out in the woods for weeks or even months at a time. And for those new to the industry, there’s often a lingering anxiety that comes with not knowing where they’ll be once the weather turns cold. Employers, of course, face similar uncertainties. “We’re not going to be able to go toe-to-toe with a full-time job that offers benefits,” says Devin Kearns, staff recruitment manager at Outward Bound. Accordingly his organization, like others in the region, offers a number of financial incentives and additional networking opportunities as a way of encouraging qualified staff to come back year after year. But for Mills, it’s ultimately the flexibility and the chance to pursue his passions that keep him returning to the mountains every February. And he’s not alone. “It feels like a migration of birds,” he explains. “Every year we come up on the mountain in the very early spring, and slowly, people start trickling in from whatever adventure or work they’ve had over the last few months. Stories are swapped, and hugs exchanged. Everyone wants to know: Where have you been? What have you been up to? And what have you learned?” 10

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HANGING OUT: Zip line instructor Chris Gaillard says seasonal outdoor employment affords him time in the places he loves the most. “It’s about trying to be on the mountains,” he says. “That’s my favorite part of everything.” Photo courtesy of Gaillard

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AUTONOMY TRUMPS PREDICTABILITY In 2017, North Carolina’s amusement and recreation industries peaked in the third-quarter (summer season), according to the state Department of Commerce’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Buncombe County alone averaged 1,201 employees in those sectors. The data doesn’t distinguish between seasonal/part-time and full-time employment. But the fourth-quarter (autumn) average is 1,039 employees, a drop of nearly 200 positions. Neighboring counties show a similar pattern. This is certainly the case for Sara Bell, co-owner of Green River Adventures and The Gorge zip line canopy tours, both based in Saluda. Together, the two businesses employ 78 people, roughly 50 of whom, she says, are seasonal. Peak employment typically runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekend. Since launching Green River Adventures in 2007 (The Gorge followed in 2013), Bell says she’s noticed a shift in employee outlook. “When I started this business, there was this intense pressure to make sure every single employee had full-time [seasonal] work,” she recalls. “But this generation of millenni-

als, they much prefer flexibility over set work schedules.” To accommodate this growing trend, Bell has incorporated scheduling apps that enable employees to swap shifts among themselves. “In some ways it’s a massive headache for us,” she admits. But it appeals to her staff’s passion for autonomy, which helps retain valued team members long term. ACROSS OCEANS AND HEMISPHERES Among the perks such companies offer to attract and cultivate relationships with seasonal workers are room and board, subsidized housing, meal plans, referral bonuses and educational reimbursements. Partnerships are yet another effective strategy. The Nantahala Outdoor Center, for example, has an ongoing arrangement with the Pucón Kayak Hostel in Chile, which offers similar outdoor adventure programs. NOC recruiter Colleen Hickey says the relationship has significant advantages for both businesses: NOC helps the Chilean operation expand its clientele base, and in return, the hos-

tel gives some of NOC’s instructors offseason employment. All the while, adds Hickey, “This is achieved without having to invest in infrastructure and assets in a foreign country. … It is a massive win for both parties.” NOC kayak instructor Curtis England is one of those staffers who divides his time between two hemispheres. Besides the financial security the arrangement creates, he points out, it helps instructors expand their overall skill set. “You can never truly master the ability to teach someone such an active and dynamic skill as whitewater kayaking,” he maintains, adding, “We’re constantly learning ourselves.” Other companies offer similar programs. Outward Bound provides winter options via satellite camps in Everglades City, Fla., and Patagonia, located at the southern end of South America. Bell, meanwhile, is in the early stages of developing a partnership with a zip line tour company on the coast of New Zealand. “From a business owner’s perspective, it would be such a perk,” she says. “It’d be a really cool draw for us to say, ‘If you get trained here and you get accepted into this program, we can help facilitate you to go live in New Zealand for six months.’” Besides “keeping staff’s skills fresh and sharp by working for another quality organization that offers similar work in the winter,” she continues, such an arrangement would give seasonal workers a more seamless transition back to the WNC mountains come spring. HUMBLE PIE Sometimes, however, a change of scenery can create initial hiccups. Erin Schaberg, who’s been with Outward Bound since 2015, divides her time among its WNC, Florida and Patagonia camps. “I think some of the biggest slices of humble pie have been thrown at me through this work,” the 26-year-old says. After her most recent winter in the steamy flatlands of Everglades City, Schaberg says it took some time to readjust to backpacking through spring snow in WNC. “It reacquainted me with the feelings that a lot of our students experience when they’re being pushed outside their comfort zones”

and learning new skills in a kind of “trial by fire,” she says. But for Schaberg and other seasonal employees, it’s that very push that attracts them to the lifestyle in the first place. It’s also what keeps the work interesting. “You get to know people really well in challenging circumstances,” she says. “You learn how they respond and what they’re like when they’re breaking down.” Of course, those intense bonds are almost always short-lived, ranging from a few hours to a few days, a couple of weeks or, at most, a couple of months. “For better or for worse, we go through it all the time,” says Schaberg. “Getting really close to people and knowing them really well, and then saying goodbye and knowing we’ll never see them again.” Over time, she notes, those experiences have changed the way she interacts with her students. “I meet new students and ... they remind me of students I’ve had before,” Schaberg explains. “It’s not a less personal connection, but it feels a step removed. I don’t mean that in a dark, isolated kind of way. But you start to see patterns. … That’s been the most surprising part: how everyone is unique, but there are also a lot of pat-

terns in people that you can assess and learn to work with.” LOOKING AHEAD Patterns play an important role not only in bonding with new students but also in creating a more viable lifestyle. Particularly for folks just starting out in the field, who may lack the kind of network that evolves over time, it’s imperative to look two seasons ahead, counsels Outward Bound lead instructor and course director Ryan Kingrey. “It’s summertime now, but you’ve got to have a couple of applications out to other organizations for the fall and winter,” the 26-year-old explains, to avoid succumbing to panic once the season ends. Creating routines also helps maintain social and family ties, he continues. It can be as simple as scheduling phone conversations at set times each week when that’s feasible or writing letters while out in the backcountry. Socially, one of the major challenges is the inconsistent nature of the work. Although there may be predictable patterns day to day, variations in

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N EWS one’s weekly or monthly schedule can be harder to explain to outsiders. Mills, for example, says that during his longer stints in the woods, friends and family generally just assume he’s “fallen off the face of the planet and won’t exist for a while.” Erratic schedules and distance can be harder, however, for those in romantic relationships. Chris Gaillard, 31, divides his time between The Gorge in Saluda and working as a ski instructor in Park City, Utah. But this past winter, he opted to stay back east, working in a managerial position at The Gorge. His girlfriend, he notes, “doesn’t like me going out west as much as I wish I could. But I’m sure we’ll work something out to where I can go this winter.” England, who’s also in a relationship, believes marriage and children are usually what steer seasonal employees toward more conventional jobs. “When people start wanting to have kids, it gets a little harder to live this kind of lifestyle and be constantly moving around,” he concedes. “I think that’s when a lot of people start leaving the seasonal life.” MONEY MATTERS Ultimately, though, financial management may be the most essential skill for those hoping to sustain a seasonal lifestyle. For 13 years, Justinn Steffe has worked summers on the water for Outward Bound. The remainder of the year she teaches paddling and business courses at Warren Wilson College. She also leads financial workshops for a number of organizations that employ seasonal workers. Last year she hosted seven such programs at Outward Bound. Topics ranged from savings to debt management to different options for paying off student loans. Financial planners, says Steffe, typically recommend that people save a minimum of 10 percent of their annual income. She advises seasonal workers, however, to aim for more like 20-40 percent. “I’ve noticed that a lot of folks who’ve worked in this seasonal role have a lot of stress around finances, and then that stress leads to them not wanting to think about it or talk about it,” she explains. “But I’ve found that once you sit down and meet with someone, make a plan and kind of look it in the eye, a lot of that stress goes away.” Steffe adds that folks in a lower income bracket need even greater discipline to meet their financial goals. Yet with the right approach, she maintains, those goals may still be achievable. “It’s important to really understand, one, where your money goes every month,

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and two, how to capitalize on the things that are afforded to you that other people aren’t getting, such as free housing and free food,” she points out. “These tend to be the two biggest expenses most Americans have. If you don’t take advantage of those things, then it can be really challenging to feel like you’re getting ahead.” Of course, not all employers offer free room and board, and in such instances, economy must outweigh comfort. When Gaillard does head west in the winter, his job in Park City doesn’t provide him with a place to stay, so from spare rooms to finished basements, he’s seen it all. “I’m really fine just sleeping on a couch,” he says. “When I’m out that way, it’s all about living cheap as a way to get to the mountains.” HARD CHOICES Employee longevity varies from business to business. On average, Outward Bound’s instructional staffers return seasonally for 5.3 years. Over at The Gorge/ Green River Adventures, on the other hand, only about 10 of Bell’s roughly 50 seasonal employees are fully committed to the lifestyle, she reports. The rest are typically retirees or college students on summer break. Yet for some, the very notion of giving up the lifestyle seems hard to fathom. “When I’ve been away from wilderness work, I’ve felt stifled and just not myself,” Mills explains. Others, however, say they’ve pondered a life less wild. “I think about it all the time,” says England. “Maybe at some point I do need to get a more traditional job so I can earn a better paycheck. For me, personally, I have a lot of student loan debt. It’s not really going anywhere.” For Schaberg, though, the end is nowhere near in sight, however much her current lifestyle may differ from her original plans. “I kind of walked into this life thinking I would take a year off before going to grad school,” she says. “I’m four years in now, and I feel like there are so many more avenues and opportunities for me to try new things and have new experiences and gain new skill sets. I guess what I mean to say is, I didn’t tap out like I thought I would.” Gaillard, meanwhile, says his years working seasonal jobs have made one thing abundantly clear: All things come to an end, but not all endings are bad. “You can’t do it forever,” he maintains. “I’m just trying to ride it out as long as I can. It’s been good so far.” X

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“It’s fairly unusual to see manufacturing outperforming these other two sectors,” notes Duncan. Duncan says that the rise in manufacturing jobs can partly be attributed to the region’s economic recovery over the past several years, which created a pent-up demand for critical investments in technology and machinery. “You saw this rush to make fairly significant investments like GE Aviation and New Belgium Brewing,” says Duncan. In May 2016, New Belgium Brewing opened a $175 million brewery in Asheville, and in March of this year, GE Aviation announced it would invest $105 million into the company’s Asheville facility, creating 105 new jobs. “We see that kind of optimism and confidence in the economy still today,” says Duncan. “People are planning on a two- to five-year timeline, and they are confident in their supply chains and their ability to continue to see growth in their own market.” Duncan adds that people might be surprised about the local economy’s diversity. “When you dig deep into the numbers, the fastest-growing sector in the Asheville metro economy is professional and technical services,” he says.

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SOARING ECONOMY: Year-over-year growth for Buncombe County’s manufacturing sector was estimated at 1,100 jobs in April, good news for workers such as this employee at GE Aviation in South Asheville. Photo by Brian McCord, courtesy of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce

Buncombe County is No. 1 — at least when it comes to North Carolina’s workforce. According to the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, the county’s unemployment rate in April hit 2.8 percent, its lowest since 2001 and the lowest of all counties in the state for 38 consecutive months. “It’s a great sign of the health of our economy,” says Clark Duncan, senior vice president for economic development at the chamber and executive director of the Economic Development Coalition of Asheville-Buncombe County. The past three years have seen consistent growth throughout the region, driven by sectors both expected and surprising. Tourism and health care, the traditional drivers of the Asheville-area economy, continue to play vital roles. Jobs in health care rose by 11 percent between 2014 and 2017, while jobs in accommodation and food services were up by 8 percent over the same time period. Explore Asheville (formerly the Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau) reports that in 2016, 3.8 million overnight visitors came to Buncombe County and an additional 6.1 million people came to the county for the day, together spending $1.9 billion at local businesses. The bureau also notes that one in seven jobs in Buncombe County is supported by the tourism industry. Without those jobs, the bureau says that the unemployment rate would be 15.2 percent. Those employees serve an everincreasing number of tourists, according to the most recent available bureau data. Demand for hotel rooms in January was up 8.5 percent over the same time period in 2017, and total airport passengers were up 30 percent. But Duncan points out that the manufacturing sector actually led Buncombe County job creation in March and April. In March, year-overyear growth in manufacturing was 600 jobs, and in April, year-over-year growth was estimated at 1,100 jobs. “That is more year-over-year growth than health care and tourism,” he says. By comparison, health services and education saw a year-to-year growth of 200 jobs in March and 200 in April, while the leisure and hospitality sector saw year-to-year growth of zero in March and 200 in April.

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N EWS nity and economic development, says that the city is well-positioned to attract businesses that are concerned with their triple bottom line, an accounting framework that broadens the focus of the financial bottom line to also include social and environmental performance. “Asheville has flourished by being preservation-minded and sustainabilityoriented,” says Powers. “Both of those tenets will be attractive to businesses in the future. The city’s progressive and innovative stormwater management program was one of the first programs that New Belgium Brewing noticed as they looked for an East Coast location.” Duncan agrees, adding that purposedriven businesses are also a great opportunity for future growth. “These are businesses that see the culture of the business community in Asheville and want to contribute in a meaningful way,” he says. “They’re highly philanthropic. They pay meaningful wages and invest in their workers. Increasingly, they are evaluating communities in which they want to do business.” Cramer thinks that one of Asheville’s biggest economic opportunities is entrepreneurship. “We are a very attractive place to be, and there are talented people who can choose to live anywhere,” she says. “We want them to come here and start a business. We love businesses that can scale up and really grow. All it’s going to take is for one of those companies to do really well, and you’re looking at a success story.” Duncan adds that already existing businesses also require support to grow. “Headlines might be grabbed by folks who are coming from out of town and starting new here, but more often than not, the growth is actually coming from existing industries,” he says. “It’s important to us that we are working on retaining businesses, that we are helping them figure out how to address any challenges they might have in doing business here and helping them when they’re ready to expand.” Of course, with every opportunity comes a challenge as well, and Asheville does have its own unique barriers to growth. Powers sees affordable housing as a major concern but notes that “the city and county are both working to help create more affordable housing.” “People have a collective freakout when there is a proposal for a new housing development,” says Cramer. “But it’s supply and demand. The more housing we build, hopefully the lower the cost will be of that housing.” Developable land is also a major challenge in our region. “Unlike Greenville, S.C., and other similar cities, the cost of land and the site development costs make Asheville challenging for manufacturing on a larger scale,” says Powers. 14

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Duncan adds, “Sites where you might encourage a local company to grow into — we have fewer of those because of topography.” Powers also lists public transportation and lack of diversity as barriers to growth. “Our population is predominatly white,” says Powers. “Many prospective businesses are seeking more racially and culturally diverse locations. The city has established an Office of Equity and Inclusion, which over time should help in building a more equitable and diverse community.” LOOKING FORWARD As time goes on, Powers says that urban areas such as Asheville are projected to keep growing as economic activities continue to cluster in population centers. He cites 2016 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that job growth is taking place in all types of metro areas while nonmetro areas are actually losing jobs. Duncan says that Asheville’s unique personality will continue to drive companies to our region. “Talent follows place, and companies follow talent,” says Duncan. “The community assets that we have intentionally developed over the course of the last 20 years have become a real attractant, not only to retaining Generation Z but also attracting those individuals to our community. ” In 2020, the chamber will roll out a new version of its AVL 5X5 strategic plan. In the meantime, the group will work to discover the trends that will impact the area over the next 20 years. “We are really hoping to identify a few guiding stars that a broad section of the community can agree upon that will allow us to focus our work in economic development and provide guidance for other types of organizations in town,” explains Cramer. “So many times, I think we get dragged into one direction or another based on some very narrow agendas. Instead, we need a broader agreement about a few key things that we want to ensure Asheville and Buncombe County look like 20 years down the road.” Cramer adds that there’s no better time than now to capitalize on the energy and buzz of the local economy. “I hear people bemoan that we are growing explosively,” she says. “We are not growing explosively. We are growing at a healthy rate, and we need to make hay while the sun is shining,” she says. “It’s important we take advantage of the opportunity to grow.” X

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Four county fire departments fall short of requested funding Part-time employees at Swannanoa Fire & Rescue make less per hour than many Buncombe County restaurant workers, says Swannanoa Fire Chief Anthony Penland. The department’s part-timers make about $8.50 an hour, but thanks to a 1.1-cent boost in the district’s tax rate, their pay will jump to $10 an hour. Full-time employees will also see a bump, which will put them close to the state average. “In order to make our guys … stay here, we knew we needed to do something,” Penland says. Swannanoa was one of the 12 Buncombe County fire districts that requested rate increases in the county’s fiscal year 2019 budget, which was approved by the Board of Commissioners in a 5-2 vote on June 19. Eleven districts requested at least a 1-cent tax rate increase. Commissioners approved an across-the-board 1-cent increase for those districts and a 0.8cent increase for North Buncombe, which requested that amount. Then the commissioners examined the individual districts’ requests to identify those they believed deserved more than the 1-cent baseline. Only Riceville, West Buncombe, French Broad and Fairview received less than their total requested increases. Fairview requested the biggest boost in property tax money, 5.5 cents,

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department received will generate an estimated $172,905. Commissioner and Fairview resident Mike Fryar says a 5.5-cent increase was excessive and would have burdened taxpayers. “Too much money,” he says. “When you’re at $2 million and something, and that’s your budget, and you turn around and ask for basically another million dollars a year, that’s kind of out of hand.” Jones says he was “thoroughly shocked” by the decision to give Fairview a 1-cent increase, calling it “a slap in the face.” A 1-cent increase, Jones says, will not cover the increases necessary to get department personnel up to the state average. “We were very open, transparent and honest with everything,” Jones says. Frost disagrees. “We constantly asked what their [Fairview Fire Department’s] salaries were and we never got the information from them,” she says. “They never once represented that the raises were a priority for them nor did they answer our emails about what they were actually paid or what turnout gear they needed.” Frost says she only learned Fairview’s actual salaries after the vote on June 19, and then via messages from individual

by News staff | news@mountainx.com FALL CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ACCEPTING APPLICANTS Recent events have focused local attention on policing in the community. From a police beating scandal involving officers with the Asheville Police Department to the upcoming election of Buncombe County’s first new sheriff in 12 years, residents are scrutinizing policing practices and budgets closely. Those who want more insight into local law enforcement may apply for the fall semester of the APD’s Citizens Police Academy, a free, 12-week course that provides classroom instruction, presentations and demonstrations of topics such as criminal investigations, constitutional and criminal law, use of force, departmental structure and defensive tactics. Participants may also choose to ride along with an officer. According to an APD press release, the course also “gives participants an opportunity to appreciate and better understand the problems and challenges facing law enforcement.” Classes meet weekly beginning Thursday, Sept. 6, at 5:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 100 Court Plaza, Asheville. Dinner will be provided. Online applications are at avl.mx/52v. For more information, contact Officer Ryan Justus at 828-259-5834 or rjustus@ ashevillenc.gov.

BUNCOMBE COMMISSIONERS TO MEET ONCE IN JULY The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will hold its only scheduled meeting during July on Tuesday, July 10, at 5 p.m. at 200 College St., Suite 326, in downtown Asheville. An agenda will be posted online at avl.mx/4a8 by Thursday, July 5. EDUCATION INPUT SESSION CONVENES IN CHEROKEE myFutureNC, a statewide education commission, will hold the eighth of nine listening sessions across the state at Cherokee Central School, 86 Elk Crossing Lane, Cherokee, on Thursday, July 12, 2-5 p.m. According to a press release, “The listening sessions are designed to hear from communities about what they perceive as their region’s economic strengths and identify the education opportunities that are most needed to capitalize on those strengths.” Formoreinformationvisit www.myfuturenc.org, or contact Executive Director Kristy Teskey at 704-575-9536 or kristy.teskey@myfuturenc. org. PLANNING BOARDS MEET The Buncombe County Board of Adjustment will meet at noon on Wednesday, July 11, at 30

firefighters. “It’s very unfortunate that the firefighters didn’t have more advocates on their board to be more transparent and let us know what they’re being paid,” she says. Jones said he did receive a phone call from Frost prior to the vote but believes the commissioners didn’t engage enough with the fire department. He provided an email he sent to commissioners on June 18 detailing how the tax increase would be used: increasing salaries, rebuilding the department’s capital improvement and reserve fund, and hiring nine additional firefighters. 16

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Valley St., Asheville. The meeting will include public hearings on requests including a permit extension for a 95-unit apartment complex planned by Mountain Housing Opportunities at Franklin Road and U.S. Highway 70 in Swannanoa and a proposed project with 84 townhome units and 69 single-family residences at 65 Hartshorn Drive in Candler. The Asheville Planning & Zoning Commission will meet at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, in the first floor conference room at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza. The agenda for the meeting has not yet been published, but it will be available in advance of the meeting at avl.mx/41x. FILING FOR NONPARTISAN RACES OPEN Local residents interested in running for Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor must file by Friday, July 6, at noon. Candidate filing for the Buncombe County Board of Education begins that same day and closes Friday, Aug. 3, at noon. Filing information is available at avl.mx/3xc; the fee for those offices is $5. At press time, two candidates had filed for the two available Soil and Water seats, incumbent Elise Israel and perennial candidate and population control advocate Alan Ditmore. X

Even as chiefs seek to plug gaps in salaries, departments are also looking for ways to update old equipment. While Fairview’s department looks for ways to update its aging fleet, Swannanoa is in the process of replacing two 30-yearold vehicles. One engine, which is now gone, had a unfortunate habit of spontaneously shutting off. “It would be sitting on a call and just shut down — for no reason,” Penland says. “Is that safe? Are you going to want to be the guy at the end of a nozzle with that thing fighting a fire?”

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‘An infusion of new blood’ Immigration at the turn of the century spurs controversy

YOUR HUDDLED MASSES: This illustration was featured in the Nov. 8, 1903, edition of The Asheville Daily Citizen. It accompanied a piece addressing the issues surrounding immigration. On Oct. 11, 1899, The Asheville Citizen featured the full transcript of a speech delivered by one M.V. Richards of the Southern Railway. It took place during the Southern Industrial Convention in Huntsville, Ala. The purpose of the conference was to discuss potential ways of improving the South’s economic industries and outlook. Richards’ address, titled “Immigration to the South,” centered on both the need for and benefit of appealing to immigrant labor. Richards declared: “Immigration means an infusion of new blood; a coming in of new ideas; an augmentation of the vital forces and a general advance all along the line of development, progress and prosperity.” But not everyone agreed with Richards’ address. A rebuttal came in the following day’s paper. The unnamed writer argued that the majority of immigrants were “unassimilable” (excluding the Scottish, Irish, English,

German, Austrian, Swiss and “a few Russians”). Because of this, the author maintained, “this country is far better off without immigrants, and would be far better off if 98 per cent. of the Poles, Italians, Hungarians, Slavs and Belgians would go somewhere else.” Talk on the matter continued into the 20th century. In 1900, the latest census was underway. On May 30 of that year, The Asheville Daily Citizen addressed the importance of completing the form. The census included questions concerning place of birth, as well as naturalization status. “To the several foreign-born elements of our population it is a matter of pride and interest to know the number of persons of their nationality in the United States and their general economic condition,” the paper declared. The article went on to spotlight information gathered from previous censuses. This included the decline of immigrants from the United Kingdom,

as well as the increasing number of those arriving by way of Austria, Hungary, Russia, Poland and Italy. According to the paper, the latter grouping rose notably over the previous four decades: between 1861-70, the five countries made up only 1 percent of the total immigration population; between 1891-99, the number jumped to 64 percent. As more immigrants continued to arrive in the country, the issue remained a hot topic. On Nov. 8, 1903, The Asheville Daily Citizen reported that the group’s annual total would reach more than 1 million. “No wonder the subject gathers new gravity with each stage of its discussion,” the paper declared. Throughout the piece, the article’s unnamed writer offered a farrago of opinions. Some disparaged the new wave of immigrants: “It is particularly unfortunate that many thousands are swarming from Italy, from the Levant, and from countries which do not supply the material out of which the best American citizenship is made.” Yet within the next paragraph, the writer reminded readers: “It is, of course, unjust to impute bad morals and criminal tendencies to even a large percentage of these immigrants. As a matter of fact the positively dangerous characters are comparatively few.” Nevertheless, the author maintained that it was the responsibility of Congress to impose “a stricter guard over immigration and of a more complete watchfulness over the criminals of the world, in order that they may not be allowed to come to this country.” But ultimately, the writer professed optimism for the country’s future: “[I]t is foolish to become pessimistic. Our vast country has worked out its great problems safely thus far. It passed the crisis of a civil conflict with a success such as the world has never witnessed, and it will be able to handle the problem of immigration remembering that many of our best and most successful citizens came to us from across the seas and added wonderfully to the wealth, wisdom, business expansion and progress of the nation.” Editor’s note: Peculiarities of spelling and punctuation are preserved from the original documents. X

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CENTURY STEPS: Downtown Hendersonville’s mountain street dances originated in 1918 to welcome soldiers home from World War I. On Monday, July 9, the Hendersonville Tourism Development Authority celebrates 100 years of these gatherings at the visitor center at 201 S. Main St. The event beings at 7 p.m. with brief remarks from city and county dignitaries, followed by bluegrass music from local quartet Appalachian Fire, clogging demonstrations by Bailey Mountain Cloggers and square dancing called by Walt Puckett, who’s been calling dances in the city for 50 years. Street dances will continue every Monday evening through Aug. 13. Free to attend. For more information, go to visithendersonvillenc.org/street-dances. Photos courtesy of the Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc. (p. 42) Daytime Celebration,” event with live music, sidewalk sales and children’s parade at 11am. Free. Held in Downtown Waynesville WEAVERVILLE bit.ly/2taU6Bt • WE (7/4), 7pm “Fire on the Lake,” Independence Day celebration with food and craft vendors, live music and fireworks at dark. Free to attend. Held at Lake Louise Park, Doan Road, Weaverville

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Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. HICKORY NUT GORGE BREWERY 461 Main St., Chimney Rock • FR (7/6), 5pm Proceeds from this fundraiser with live music by Jeff Gregory and silent auction benefit Chimney Rock Village's storm-damaged Rocky Broad RiverWalk. Free to attend. FIRECRACKER 5K goo.gl/oYTKKD • WE (7/4), 8-10am - Proceeds from this 5K race benefit the Kiwanis Club of North Buncombe scholarships for college-bound North Buncombe High School students. $30. Held at PNC Bank, 81 Weaver Blvd., Weaverville LAUREL CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA 828-686-8298, egacarolinas.org • TH (7/5), 11am-1pm - Proceeds from the “Stitchers Stash Sale,” featuring patterns, fabric and thread for sale benefit the Laurel Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Free to attend. Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe

REYNOLDS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT BENEFIT reynoldsfire.org • Through TH (8/2) Proceeds from registration for the “Auxiliary Crazy Scramble Golf Experience” benefit the Reynolds Fire Department. $50 per golfer/$180 per 4-person team/$35 per golfer for first responders. Held at High Vista Country Club, 22 Vista Falls Road, Mills River RESIST! A BENEFIT salvagestation.com • SA (7/7), 6pm Proceeds from “Resist! A Benefit to Fight Unnatural Disasters,” with children’s activities, education booths and live music by SIYAH, PR Heavy, Mook, Jonathan Santos, DJ Dr Hotron Beats and Natural Born Leaders benefit Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico. $15/$11 advance. Held at Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive THE VANISHING WHEELCHAIR 828-645-2941, vanishingwheelchair.org • TH (7/12), 7pm Proceeds from the Live Your Dreams, all-ages magic show benefit Bright Blessings of Asheville and The Vanishing Wheelchair,

Inc. $10/$7 children. Held at Goodwill Career Training Center, 1616 Patton Ave.

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • TU (7/10), 9-11am "Outdoor Recreation Entrepreneurship: Lead Your Cause," seminar series focuses on competitive advantage development for outdoor recreation industry entrepreneurs, startups and small business owners. Registration required. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave. • WE (7/11), 9am-4pm - "Using Quickbooks in Your Small Business," seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler DEFCON 828 GROUP meetup.com/ DEFCON-828/ • 1st SATURDAYS, 2pm - General meeting for information security professionals, students and enthusiasts. Free to attend. Held at Earth

THE COLLIDER 1 Haywood St., Suite 401, 1828, thecollider.org • TU (7/10), noon Lunch & Learn Series: "Guerrilla Usability Series," presentation by Dave Michelson. Registration required. $20/Free for members. • TH (7/12), noon - Lunch & Learn Series: "Climate Science to Solutions: The CASE Study for DailyBreath," presentation by a health IT entrepreneur and a climatologist. Registration required. $20/Free for members. WNC LINUX USER GROUP wnclug.blogspot.com, wnclug@main.nc.us • 1st SATURDAYS, noon - Users of all experience levels discuss Linux systems. Free to attend. Held at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Road

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS THIRSTY THURSDAY AT CALYPSO! (PD.) Join us for Women In Conversation ALL DAY. Laid back atmosphere, sample tropical St. Lucian flavors and bottomless Mimosas for $15. 18 N. Lexington Ave. at Calypso Restaurant. 828-575-9494. VILLAGERS... (PD.) ...is an Urban Homestead Supply store offering quality tools, supplies and classes to support healthy lifestyle activities like gardening, food preservation, cooking, herbalism, and more. 278 Haywood Road. forvillagers.com AMERICAN LEGION POST NC 77 216 4th Ave. W, Hendersonville • 2nd THURSDAYS, noon - Korean War Veterans Chapter 314, general meeting. Free.

ASHEVILLE CHESS CLUB 828-779-0319, vincentvanjoe@gmail. com • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Sets provided. All ages and skill levels welcome. Beginners lessons available. Free. Held at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road ASHEVILLE NEWCOMERS CLUB ashevillenewcomersclub.com • 2nd MONDAYS, 9:30am - Monthly meeting for women new to Asheville. Free to attend. ASHEVILLE ROTARY CLUB rotaryasheville.org • THURSDAYS, noon1:30pm - General meeting. Free. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. ASHEVILLE TAROT CIRCLE meetup.com/ Asheville-Tarot-Circle/ • 2nd SUNDAYS, noon - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road ASHEVILLE WOMEN IN BLACK main.nc.us/wib • 1st FRIDAYS, 5pm - Monthly peace vigil. Free. Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • SA (7/7), 10am2pm - Fairview History Project: Event offering free scans of vintage photos. Digital copies will be archived in the Buncombe County Public Library North Carolina Collection. Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • TH (7/12), 4pm Knitting & Crochet workshop for all ages. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828-774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community. Center • 2nd TUESDAYS, 7pm - Public board meeting. Free.

ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • TH (7/5), noon - "Introduction to Homebuying," class. Registration required. Free. • MO (7/9), 5:30-7pm "Discover Your Money Vision and Flip Your $ Switch," seminar. Registration required. Free. • TUESDAYS (7/10) until (7/24), 5:30-8pm "Money Management and Credit," class series. Registration required. Free. • WEDNESDAYS (7/11) until (7/25), 5:30-8pm "Money Management and Credit," class series. Registration required. Free. • TH (7/12), 5:30-7pm "Budgeting and Debt," class. Registration required. Free. PEACE EDUCATION PROGRAM jtfbuilder@gmail.com • THURSDAYS through (8/23), 6:30-7:30pm Multimedia facilitated class series based on talks about personal peace by Prem Rawat. Free. Held at Montford Community Center, 34 Pearson Drive PUBLIC EVENTS AT WCU 828-227-7397, wcu.edu • 2nd MONDAYS, 7pm - Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table, club meeting. Social meeting at 6:30pm. Free. Held at H.F. Robinson Administration Building, Cullowhee SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM 223 W State St., Black Mountain, 828-6699566, history.swannanoavalleymuseum.org • TU (7/10) through SU (8/5) - NC Digs! Traveling exhibit featuring artifacts from the Berry Site located in Burke County. Free to attend.

FESTIVALS GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN 2050 Blowing Rock Highway Linville, 828-733-4337, grandfather.com • TH (7/12) through SU (7/15) - 62nd Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, celebration of Scottish culture with live music, athletes and dancers. See website for full schedule and tickets: gmhg.org. LAKE JUNALUSKA CONFERENCE & RETREAT CENTER 91 North Lakeshore Drive Lake Junaluska, 828-452-2881, lakejunaluska.com • WE (7/4), 9:30pm Outdoor Independence Day fireworks display. Free. NC BLACKBERRY FESTIVAL ncblackberryfestival. com • TH (7/12) through SU (7/14) - Outdoor festival with live music, art, craft and food vendors and a parade. See website for full schedule. Free to attend. Held in Downtown Lenoir

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS BLUE RIDGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S CLUB facebook.com/BRRWC • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6pm - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Gondolier Restaurant, 1360 Tunnel Road BUNCOMBE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS 951 Old Fairview Road, 828-274-4482 • 2nd MONDAYS, 6:308:30pm - Progressive Democrats of Buncombe, monthly meeting. Free.

HUMANA 1863 Hendersonville Road, Suite 122 • TH (7/12), 11amnoon - "Mood-Boosting Recipes," healthy cooking demo by Chef Brian Ross. Free.

CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • WE (7/11), 5pm Citizens-Police Advisory Committee meeting. Free. Meets in the 1st Floor Conference Room. Held at Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St.

VEGAN BARBECUE COOKOFF theblockoffbiltmore.com • SU (7/8), 5-7m Proceeds from this vegan barbecue cookoff event benefit Animal Haven of Asheville. $15 for tasters and judges/$10 advance. Held at The Block Off Biltmore, 39 South Market St.

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HANDS ON! A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 828-697-8333, handsonwnc,org, learningisfun@ handsonwnc.org • MO (7/9), 1-2pm "Science on Wheels," science activities for kids. Registration required: 828-890-1850. Free. Held at Mills River Library, 124 Town Center Drive Suite 1. Mills River • TU (7/10), 10:3011:30am -"Beginning Scientists," class for 3 year olds. Admission fees apply. • WE (7/11), 9-11:30am - "Robot Engineers," class abour robot making for ages 4-6. Admission fees apply. • TH (7/12), 11am-noon - "Blue Ridge Humane Day," event with a visit from a special animal. Admission fees apply. • TH (7/12), noon-4pm - "Mars Travelers," activity for ages 7-11. Admission fees apply. HENDERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 828697-4725 • TU (7/10), 2-3pm - "Kindness Rocks," decorate smooth stones with a positive message or image. Free. HISTORIC JOHNSON FARM 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville, 828891-6585, historicjohnsonfarm.org • WE (7/11), 10:30am - Teddy Bear Tea Party for 3-6 year olds. Events features tea time, snacks, games and stories for kids and their teddy bear friend. Registration required: 828-891-6585. $3.

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Resist! WHAT: A concert to benefit the Puerto Rico Teachers Federation WHEN: Saturday, July 7, 6 p.m. Music begins at 8 p.m. WHERE: Salvage Station, 466 Riverside Drive WHY: In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s September 2017 assault on Puerto Rico, organizers for local social justice activists collective Pop! Ed were reaching out to see what contacts they had doing front-line work in the territory. Through those efforts, they were introduced to Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Teachers Federation), an educators’ union that went from fighting to protect the right to public education for all young people in the territory to bringing food and supplies to students’ families affected by the storm and battling a local government that was attempting to shut down hundreds of public schools. “We were moved by the Federación’s ability to respond to crisis, even when it is not the crisis they signed up to fight against,” says Pop! Ed member Jae Slaughter. “Schools being shut down because of climate change-related disasters and schools being shut down by governments are an infringement on [the] right to an education. Because of this, Pop! Ed sees overlap between the work of the Federación and the work that we are moved to do.” In addition to working to make quality education available for all people, Pop! Ed — which Slaughter says is a nod to the term “popular education,” a practice that became a core strategy of organizing in Latin America in the 1930s — strives to stop human actions that accelerate climate change, thereby resulting in “unnatural disasters.” In order to raise money for the Federación and awareness of their shared efforts, the collective will hold its latest concert event, “Resist! A Benefit to Fight Unnatural Disasters,” Saturday, July 7, at Salvage Station. “We want to get people critically thinking about climate change. How are we living in unsustainable ways that accelerate climate change, and as a result, create unnatural disasters? How can we resist now, before it’s too late?” Slaughter says. “We hope folks leave with a new lens on the world that makes them want to resist policies, actions and business endeavors that drive unnatural disasters. Right now, we can start by using art to build community and reimagine the new world we want. 20

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required. Info at chimneyrockpark.com BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKES 828-298-5330, nps.gov • FR (7/6), 10am "Portal to the Past," ranger guided, moderate, 2-mile hike overlooking the Asheville reservoir. Free. Meet at MP 361.2, Blue Ridge Parkway CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • Tuesdays through (8/7), 5:30-7:30pm "Asheville Hoop Jam," outdoor event hosted by Asheville Hoops, featuring hula hooping and music. Bring your own hula or borrow a demo. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - LEAF Cultural Arts event featuring live performances, interactive workshops and the LEAF Easel Rider Mobile Art Lab. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St.

EXCLAMATORY: Asheville-based hiphop artist Mook! will be one of the performers at Resist! A Benefit to Fight Unnatural Disasters on July 7 at Salvage Station. Funds raised go toward the Puerto Rico Teachers Federation. Photo by Bill Pence

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Resist! includes education booths and children’s activities, disc golf, bubbles, face painting, ice cream for purchase from The Hop and sparklers later in the night. The main attraction will be performances by MCs SIYAH, PR Heavy and Mook!, soul singersongwriter Jonathan Santos and hiphop ensemble Natural Born Leaders. “Seeing the parallels of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Maria, we recognized the connection between the struggle of black and brown folks in the U.S., so we wanted to have black and brown artists playing together, to demonstrate that solidarity on a stage,” Slaughter says. “Music is healing and has the greatest power to bring people together, so we were excited about using this show to do just that. We also feel that black and brown artists deserve to be uplifted in our city because there is huge talent there in these communities, right here in Asheville.” Resist! A Benefit to Fight Unnatural Disasters takes place Saturday, July 7, at Salvage Station, 466 Riverside Drive. Activities begin at 6 p.m. and music starts at 8 p.m. $8 advance/$10 day of show. salvagestation.com X

FRIENDS OF THE SMOKIES 828-452-0720, friendsofthesmokies. org, outreach.nc@ friendsofthesmokies. org • TU (7/10) - 7.2 mile, guided hike on the Appalachian Trail and Mountains-to-Sea Trail including a 1,600 foot ascent to Clingmans Dome. Register for location. $35/$20 members. PISGAH CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED pisgahchaptertu.org/ New-Meetinginformation.html • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7pm - General meeting and presentations. Free to attend. Held at Ecusta Brewing, 49 Pisgah Highway Suite 3 Pisgah Forest SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY 828-253-0095, appalachian.org • SA (7/7), 9am Guided, strenuous hike with the Hemlock Restoration Initiative. $10/Free for members. Held at Montreat Conference Center, 401 Assembly Drive Montreat

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PUBLIC LECTURES MINDFUL MORNINGS facebook.com/ mindfulmorningsAVL • FR (7/6), 8-9:30am Monthly speaker series with the mission to connect, inspire, and teach do-gooders. Registration required: bit.ly/MM-AVL_no9. Free to attend. Held at The Wedge at Foundation, 5 Foundy St. OM SANCTUARY 87 Richmond Hill Drive, 828-252-7313 • SA (7/7), 2-4pm Chai Chat: "Astrology of the Eclipse Season," presentation by Virginia Rosenber regarding the astrology of eclipses and the partial solar eclipses of July and August. $15-$30.

SENIORS ASHEVILLE NEW FRIENDS (PD.) Offers active senior residents of the Asheville area opportunities to make new friends and to explore new interests through a program of varied social, cultural, and outdoor activities. Visit ashevillenewfriends. org JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC, INC. 2 Doctors Park, Suite E., 828-253-2900 • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 11am2pm - The Asheville Elder Club Group Respite program for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths. Registration required. $30. • WEDNESDAYS, 11am-2pm - The Hendersonville Elder Club for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths. Registration required: 828-2532900. $30. Held at Agudas Israel Congregation, 505 Glasgow Lane Hendersonville

insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Stellar Counseling Services. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. EXPERIENCE THE SOUND OF SOUL (PD.) Sing HU, the most beautiful prayer, and open your heart to balance, inner peace, Divine love, and spiritual self-discovery. Love is Love, and you are that. HU is the Sound of Soul. Spiritual discussion follows. Sponsored by ECKANKAR. Date: Sunday, July 8, 2018, 11am. Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Rd. (“Cork and Craft” building, lower level), Asheville NC 28806, 828-2546775. (free event). www.eckankar-nc.org INTUITIVE READINGS (PD.) Listen to your Spirits messages for you. For your reading, or for more information, call 4pm-7pm, 828 5511825. SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER (PD.) Thursdays, 7-8:30pm and Sundays, 10-noon • Meditation and community. By donation. 60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113, (828) 200-5120. asheville.shambhala. org CENTER FOR ART & SPIRIT AT ST. GEORGE 1 School Road, 828258-0211 • 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 2pm Intentional meditation. Admission by donation. CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING ASHEVILLE 2 Science Mind Way, 828-253-2325, cslasheville.org • 1st FRIDAYS, 7pm - "Dreaming a New Dream," meditation to explore peace and compassion. Free. URBAN DHARMA 828-225-6422, udharmanc.com/ • THURSDAYS, 7:309pm - Open Sangha night. Free. Held at Urban Dharma, 77 Walnut St.

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ASHEVILLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION avltennis.com/ • Through SU (7/15) - Open registration for Asheville Open Junior Tennis Championships played Friday, July 20 through

Sunday, July 22 at Aston Park Tennis Center. Registration required: southern. usta.com, tournament ID 703940018. $33 singles/$13 doubles. ASHEVILLE ULTIMATE CLUB ashevilleultimate.org, ashevilleultimateclub@ gmail.com • SU (7/8), 1-3pm Introduction to the sport of ultimate frisbee. Free to attend. Held at Memorial Stadium

VOLUNTEERING AUGUSTINE PROJECT INFORMATION SESSION (PD.) Tues. (7/10) 4:00pm Information session for those interested in volunteering two hours per week with a lowincome K-12 student reading, writing, or spelling below grade level. Free. www. litcouncil.com LITERACY COUNCIL OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY VOLUNTEER INFORMATION SESSION (PD.) Tue. (7/10) 5:30pm & Thur. (7/12) 9:00am Information session for those interested in volunteering two hours per week with adults who want to improve reading, writing, spelling, and English language skills. Free. www.litcouncil.com HAYWOOD STREET CONGREGATION 297 Haywood St., 828-246-4250 • 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 10amnoon - Workshop to teach how to make sleeping mats for the homeless out of plastic shopping bags. Information: 828-7077203 or cappyt@att. net. Free. STITCHES OF LOVE 828-575-9195 • MO (7/9), 7-9pm - Volunteer to stitch handmade items for local charities. All skill levels welcome. Free. Held at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

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Hit the trails in Western North Carolina any day of the week and you’ll find hikers, runners and mountain bikers enjoying a workout. But exercising outdoors may have benefits that extend beyond burning calories. “Think about how we evolved for hundreds of thousands of years versus how we live now for a very short period of time,” says Aubri Rote, exercise physiologist and associate professor in health and wellness at UNC Asheville. “We obviously exercised outdoors for so much of our evolution in time here on Earth — we evolved to [exercise outdoors] and to do it indoors is certainly different,” she says. It may seem like common sense, but science shows that there are quantifiable benefits to exercising outside. A 2011 study in Environmental Science and Technology comparing the effects of outdoor to indoor exercise found that exercising in natural environments was associated with higher levels of revitalization, energy and positive engagement as well as decreases in tension, confusion, anger and depression. Participants also reported greater enjoyment and satisfaction with outdoor activity and expressed greater intent to engage in the activity again. Rote warns that although there is a growing body of evidence suggesting there are benefits to exercising outside, the topic is relatively difficult to study. “The brain is still a black box,” she says. “But we know that being outside is calming in general.” There’s no doubt about the benefits of exercising outdoors in Miranda Peterson’s mind. Peterson is the owner of Namaste in Nature, an Ashevillebased business that leads clients on hikes and conducts yoga classes in nature. Peterson says she decided to start a business encouraging people to exercise outdoors after taking a sabbatical from work and school. “I noticed such a difference in spending more time outside. It really improved my mental and physical health,” she says. Her clients tell her they experience the same: “After three hours outside, they say they feel amazing,” says Peterson.

OUTSIDE THE BOX: Miranda Peterson, owner of Asheville-based Namaste in Nature, which leads hikes and yoga in nature, says she and her clients see health benefits from exercising outdoors. Photo courtesy of Peterson LET’S GET PHYSICAL Stepfanie Romine, a Hendersonvillebased American Council on Exercise certified health coach, says there are a variety of physical and mental benefits to exercising outdoors. “The first benefit to exercising in nature is that outside is free,” says Romine. “That’s not just a popular hashtag. Anyone can go outside at any time and get the benefits of fresh air. I encourage people to get outside whenever possible,” she says. “When you get on the treadmill and you set your speed and incline, you’re running at that speed and incline for

whatever time period you’ve selected. There are no curveballs thrown your way. You can tune out and stare at the TV or phone. You aren’t training your body to stay present when you are working out indoors,” she says. “We also have a different stride when we run and walk outdoors. We flex the ankle more, which is good for us.” Other benefits of exercising outdoors, she continues, are burning more calories from wind resistance and building physical resilience. For example, exercising outside builds resilience to the weather, she notes. “We are really fortunate here

Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couples in Western North Carolina to live in a temperate climate. If you are willing and able to go outside year-round, you will acclimate to the wind, heat, rain and cold.” We’re also less likely to pick up colds or flu outdoors in the wintertime, she says, when recycled air at your fitness facility may carry germs and nasty bugs. There are also benefits associated with exercising in natural light. “When you exercise outside, you expose yourself to sunshine, more vitamin D and more oxygen,” says Rote. Research reported on the Scientific American website in 2009 indicates that “three-quarters of U.S. teens and adults are deficient in vitamin D, the so-called ’sunshine vitamin’ whose deficits are increasingly blamed for everything from cancer and heart disease to diabetes.”

connection to nature, the freedom or some combination thereof.” The same studies also showed that the presence of water generates even greater mood and self-esteem boosting effects. Men and women experienced similar improvements in self-esteem, and those with mental health issues showed some of the greatest self-esteem improvements. A 2013 study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health showed that higher levels of green space are associated with lower levels of perceived stress and a decline in the stress hormone cortisol. Rote says that even seeing scenes of the outdoors while indoors is relaxing: “It has a calming effect and a good psychological benefit.”

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While the benefits of exercising in nature are well-documented, exercise may not be required to reap some benefits. In Japan, the practice of shinrinyoku, also known as “forest bathing,” produces health effects from taking in the forest through the senses.

Studies also show that the benefits of exercising outdoors extend beyond the physical. Outdoor exercise improves mood and self-esteem — both indicators of mental health. Romine notes that it’s not clear whether effects are from “the vitamin D exposure from sunshine, the

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BY DANIEL WALTON dwalton@mountainx.com Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness: Article I of the North Carolina constitution enshrines these rights as fundamental for the governance of the state’s citizens. The constitution also proclaims the sovereignty of the people — including their power to amend their founding document. In November, North Carolina voters will choose whether to exercise that power to add the right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife among the “great, general, and essential principles” of their constitution. If the amendment passes, the state will join 21 others, including all of the South save Florida, Maryland and West Virginia, in explicitly affirming this right. What changes should area sportspeople expect upon gaining this new constitutional protection? “Nothing,” says Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson. “I don’t think hunting and fishing is under attack, and therefore I don’t think the amendment is necessary,” McGrady continues. “It’s not harmful; I do think it probably reflects our values, and if it’s that important, putting it in the constitution is OK. It’s just not something that’s being put in, to my knowledge, to try to deal with some problem.” Despite this blunt assessment, McGrady voted yes for Senate Bill 677, which added a referendum on the amendment to November’s ballot. He was joined by the majority of the Buncombe County legislative delegation, including Democratic Reps. John Ager and Brian Turner and Republican Sen. Chuck Edwards (who

REEL ‘EM IN: Some area lawmakers suggest that a proposed state constitutional amendment to protect the rights of people to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife is a political ploy to encourage Republican voter turnout. Photo of a mountain fly fisherman courtesy of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission lives in Hendersonville but represents much of South Asheville). But two of his Democratic colleagues in the General Assembly from Western North Carolina — Rep. Susan Fisher and Sen. Terry Van Duyn — voted no on the bill out of skepticism regarding its true motives. “All we know is that this is a ballot initiative meant to draw a certain demographic that votes a certain way to

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the polls during an election where they may not have a dog in the fight,” says Van Duyn. RED MEAT? Van Duyn explains that she formed her opinion during the bill’s committee process. “Several of us asked, ‘What is the problem we’re trying to fix?’ And no one had an answer to that question,” she says. “There were bizzare responses like ‘they’re taking away the right for our free speech on college campuses’ or ‘they’re taking away the Second Amendment.’ That is not true.” Instead, Van Duyn suggests, the amendment is part of a larger strategy for the current Republican supermajority in the state legislature to maintain control of government for the next decade. “They fundamentally understand that the legislatures that get elected in this election and the next will draw the next districts,” she says. By introducing a referendum with broad appeal to their base — “Trump voters,” Van Duyn specifically mentions

— party leaders may hope to attract otherwise unmotivated voters who will vote for state Republican candidates. Once elected, those lawmakers could help gerrymander advantageous districts for Republicans competing in future races. All of the bill’s four sponsors are Republican senators: Danny Britt, R-Robeson; Norman Sanderson, R-Pamlico; Tom McInnis, R-Richmond; and Tommy Tucker, R-Union. Of these legislators, only McInnis responded to multiple requests for comment. “A constitutional amendment is necessary to protect the heritage of hunting and fishing in our state because there are forces that lobby every day to restrict the right to hunt and fish,” he explained via email. Locally, Edwards did not respond to a request for comment. McInnis did not mention any forces lobbying on behalf of the amendment, but its language echoes model legislation maintained by the National Rifle Association. Wording included verbatim from the NRA proposal includes: “Public hunting and fishing shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife”; and the two permitted areas of hunting regulation, to “promote wildlife conservation and management” and “preserve the future of hunting and fishing.” A similar bill filed in 2016 failed to progress out of the state Senate’s committee for rules and operations. Fisher attributes the change in the current bill’s prospects to renewed Republican urgency for votes. “I really believe that the majority party is concerned about what voter turnout will be this fall,” she says. “They believe, as is prescribed to them by organizations like ALEC [the American Legislative Exchange Council, a Virginia-based conservative think tank] that if they put these sort of enticements on the ballot, they’ll be able to bring out more people in November.” Reps. Dennis Riddell, R-Alamance, and Jason Saine, R-Lincoln, North Carolina’s state chairs for ALEC, did not respond to requests for comment. Bill Meierling, ALEC executive vice president for external relations and strategic partnerships, says that his organization had no contact with state legislators regarding the amendment because it has no relevant model policy.

DIFFERENT AIMS Turner, who voted for the bill, disagrees with Fisher and Van Duyn over the impact a referendum on hunting and fishing rights will have on November’s turnout. “I’m a Democrat. I hunt, I fish, and I support this,” he says. “Maybe it’s a turnout tool for folks like me.” The Buncombe representative does acknowledge that the amendment’s passing will have little impact on the day-to-day efforts of sportspeople to carry out their activities, and he currently sees no specific threats. But language in the constitution, Turner hopes, will set a stricter standard for future efforts to change or regulate hunting and fishing. “As a lifelong hunter and fisher, these sporting traditions are very important to me, and they’re very important to the area that I represent,” Turner explains. “This is one way to make sure they’re protected. It prevents changes that aren’t necessarily thought through from being rapidly pushed through.” However, Turner has previously expressed worry about what might happen should the public vote no on the amendment at the ballot box. Speaking with Xpress in May, he said the referendum’s failure would “send a larger message across the state that hunting and fishing isn’t as well-regarded or as important as I believe it to be, or as I believe it to be at least in our community and out west.” Ager did not address the broader political implications as he offered a more ambiguous assessment of the amendment. “There could be some unintended consequences in having it in the constitution, perhaps limiting oversight by Fish and Wildlife or protecting inhumane activities like trapping, but hopefully that is overblown criticism,”

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he says. “Also in general, I consider our constitution a sacred document that should be amended rarely, and it seems protecting hunting and fishing is a solution looking for a problem.” But Ager also stands behind his yes vote as supporting “time-honored traditions” in WNC. Hunting and fishing, he says, provide not only sustenance but also sport and community for his family and others throughout the region. Britt, Sanderson and McInnis mirrored those themes in a press statement released after passage of their bill. “These rights are deeply rooted in the culture of North Carolina, and that is what this amendment recognizes. We are confident that voters will agree,” they wrote. MISSING THE MARK While legislators debate the merits of the amendment, local environmental leaders and regulators argue that the General Assembly has failed to address more basic concerns for the quality of outdoor sport. Ken Brame, political chair of the Sierra Club’s WENOCA chapter, notes consistently low funding levels for the Department of Environmental Quality and the Clean Water Management trust fund as an important oversight. “We have too many places in this state where you can catch a fish, but it’s not safe to eat it,” Brame says, citing the discovery of GenX contaminants in Eastern North Carolina. “It certainly makes you a little bit cynical that they’re doing something like this [constitutional amendment].” Although the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission hasn’t taken an official stance on the amendment, District 9 Commissioner Brad Stanback, who

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oversees the area including Buncombe County, agrees that habitat is the greatest limiting factor to the region’s hunting and fishing. As human populations increase and develop previously rural areas into urban environments, he says, wildlife is pressed into an ever-smaller range. Stanback also points out that development has made hunting in particular less accessible to the general public. “Those opportunities are shrinking for people who don’t have the means to either own a lot of land themselves or lease land,” he says. Public game lands could offer an alternative if legislators chose to fund their expansion. But the biggest threat to hunting, suggests Gary Peeples, public affairs officer for the Asheville office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is simply a lack of interest. National FWS data show that 11.5 million people went hunting in 2016, a decline of 2.2 million from the 13.7 million hunters in 2011. Hunting-related spending also fell by nearly $10 billion over the same period; although the number of anglers rose by 2.7 million, fishingrelated spending increased by only $1.4 billion. Less spending on hunting and fishing licenses and equipment, excise taxes

from which are used to support state wildlife agencies, hurts the capacity of those agencies to manage wildlife habitats. “We currently don’t really have an alternative source of funding for those agencies that would replace the income,” Peeples says. Options might include a license or user fee for other types of outdoor recreation on game lands, such as hiking and mountain biking, or a state excise tax on equipment to complement the national tax. However, Peeples says such alternatives have yet to be seriously discussed. “Another possibility is increased allocation from the General Assembly; I think that would be a tough sell,” he adds. Peeples hopes that whatever the amendment’s impact on hunting and fishing rights, the publicity it brings to the issue will encourage more people to get outside. “Hunting and fishing have been primary ways that people have connected with the outdoors,” he says. “People who connect with the outdoors come to value the outdoors and work to be good stewards of it, and it would be a shame if we lost that connection.” X

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When Dan Silo is in the kitchen, he isn’t just making food; he’s channeling something. “Northern, French-Canadian food — it’s really just country grandma cooking,” he says, trying to explain why a chef who has worked everywhere from Animal in Los Angeles to Sean Brock’s McCrady’s in Charleston, S.C., would focus on Northeastern cuisine. “It’s really more of an approach to cooking than it is a certain set of dishes,” he says. “There are certainly the staples — poutine and tourtierre and that kind of thing. But for the most part, it’s just about making sparse things work with whatever you can find.” Silo’s great-grandmother and greatgreat grandmother both worked as lumber camp cooks in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York state in the late 1800s and early 1900s. When he took ownership of the Leicester Family Restaurant in June, he did so with the intention of bringing his Northern roots down South, starting with the eatery’s name — Sawhorse. “It’s kind of a reference to my greatgrandmother and my grandfather and our cabin in the Adirondacks; there was always an old sawhorse or several around,” he says. “Years ago, when I’d just started having the realization that I wanted to open my own restaurant, I was up there and I remember seeing the sawhorse and thinking, ’That’s it, that is exactly it.’ That image connects me so much to my family and that place, but it’s also about the utilitarian character of what a sawhorse is,” he continues. “It is perfect and efficient and exactly what it needs to be and nothing else.” Much like the food of his people. COOKING THROUGH THE CHAOS For many Western North Carolina chefs, despite the demands of the restaurant world’s tourism-based economy, having control of a menu isn’t just about doling out froufrou dishes learned at culinary school. For many, it’s less about what they are serving, and more about the food’s origins. “Most of our recipes are handed down from my mom,” says Suzy Phillips, chef

CULINARY LEGACY: With his upcoming restaurant, Sawhorse, chef Dan Silo honors his Northeastern heritage. Pictured in the inset, far left, is a jug used by the chef’s grandmother to make buckwheat pancakes, which will be featured on Sawhorse’s menu. The fork, center, has been used by five generations of Silo’s family to make gravy. Photo by Morgan Ford and owner of Gypsy Queen Cuisine. “They are her recipes and her mother’s recipes, passed down generation through generation. There are, of course, new creations, but it comes from a love for her and a love for my culture.” Born and raised in Lebanon, Phillips’ mother, Salwa Farah, never learned to read or write, was never sent to school, and was, instead, sent to work as a housekeeper cooking in people’s homes.

“She really had a hard life from the getgo, from a really poor family,” she says. “She grew up cooking, and that’s all she really knew how to do, because it was all she had ever done.” For Phillips, who grew up in Lebanon during that country’s civil war, her mother’s cooking is a thread that still binds her to the fabric of her culture and her heritage. “Something about the Lebanese culture, it runs through

our veins: We have to cook. Everybody cooks,” she says. During the war, Phillips and her mother spent time in a shelter, and to keep their minds off of the bombs falling outside, they cooked. “We had a stove in our little apartment in the shelter where we did a lot of fun stuff, as morbid as that sounds,” she says. “The situation we were in, we just focused on food to give us some kind of joy. As Lebanese people, we try to live around the chaos, so when it finally got quiet, we got out of the shelter, and we would go to the farms, and we would go to the butcher, or we fished, or we went hunting.” When Phillips moved to the U.S. in 1988, she and her mother preserved the memories of their beloved homeland through continuing to prepare its cuisine. And today, Phillips keeps her mother’s memory vibrant through food as well. “After my mom passed away over three years ago, I remember her when I taste the food. I want to keep it alive, I want to share my story and my culture and my traditions through the food I cook at Gypsy Queen,” she says. But since her mother could not read or write, none of her recipes were written down. “I used to be able to call her and say, ’How did you do this?’ But now, I just have to wing it. There are some dishes I still can’t do like she did.” FROM THE HEART “I really wanted people to know where I’m from and what we eat in

Argentina,” says Cecilia Marchesini, chef and owner of Cecilia’s Kitchen in Asheville and La Guinguette in Black Mountain. “People are always like, ‘Where’s the rice and beans?’ We don’t eat rice and beans in Argentina,” she says. “Our main meal is beef, so I try to bring that to my new community here. They don’t know about me, and this is a way to let them know a little bit more of who I am.” For Marchesini, her connection with food took root many years ago with a family tradition of cooking four- or five-course Sunday feasts with grandparents, aunts and uncles. “That side of my family was Italian, so for us, the big deal was to make homemade pasta,” she says, noting that she usually cooked with her father. “My mom was a really good cook, and a lot of the recipes I have actually come from her. But she wouldn’t cook because she didn’t want to make the kitchen dirty,” she says with a laugh. “So my dad would say, ‘Let’s send Mom to the movies with her friend, and then we will have the kitchen for ourselves.’ And we would prepare the whole meal, and by the time she would be back, most of the meal would be done, and most of the mess would either already be happening, or we would have cleaned up everything.” Marchesini grew up in a rural village in central Argentina, cattle farming country where the food was fresh, ripe and relevant. She carried that sense to her restaurants, opening Café Soleil with her now ex-husband, Stephane Diaz, on Lexington Avenue in 2003

(it shuttered in 2005), and later to her other ventures. Early on, she focused on crepes, which reflected her ex-husband’s French background, but she later also began offering empanadas, savory hand pies that are a traditional food in Argentina. “Not everyone knew what an empanada was, but now, I love to see kids eating a beef empanada with their hands, like we would eat it [in Argentina]. It’s sharing something from my life; these are things I grew up

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OUTSIDE THE CONE One of the wonderful things about Western North Carolina’s hot summers is that there are so many sweet ways to cool down. The season’s best memories for many may include dripping cones at Ultimate Ice Cream or The Hop, braving sizzling downtown sidewalks for frozen cookie sandwiches at Sunshine Sammies or mixing crazy flavor mash-ups at Whit’s Frozen Custard. This summer brings some intriguing new ways to chill out with a frozen treat in Asheville. In the River Arts District, Café Yuzu owner and pastry chef Cynthia Pierce has replaced her usual summer offering of house-made ice pops with kakigori, a shaved-ice dish popular in Japan. Inspired by memories of his native Osaka and the recent Japanese trend of highend, gourmet kakigori, Pierce’s husband, local potter and musician Akira Satake, convinced Pierce to invest in a traditional Japanese-style, hand-cranked ice-shaving machine. “When I was growing up, when that machine came out, we knew it was summer,” says Satake. “We associate it with natsumatsuri [Japanese summer festival]. Cicadas, watermelon, kakigori — that’s summer to me.” Served in towering portions in compostable wooden bowls at Café Yuzu, kakigori has the irresistible texture of soft, fluffy snow. “It comes out of the machine like bonito flakes — a very thin, tape kind of thing because it’s shaved so fine,” says Satake. “And that’s

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from the more traditional kakigori flavors, I get to experiment, like plum-basil or blueberry-lavender — things like that are really fun to get into,” she says. “I’m going to start branching out a little as the fruits really start coming in.” As possibly the only place in the area that serves authentic kakigori, Café Yuzu also offers at least one traditional concoction that’s a favorite of Japanese guests but may seem strange to American palates. “When Japanese people come here, pretty much 95 percent of them order matcha green tea with adzuki beans and condensed milk over it,” says Satake. “This is what we feel nostalgic about.” At Wild Ginger Noodle Bar in South Asheville, Filipino halo-halo is the exotic summer dessert to try. The shop specializes in Vietnamese pho, but co-owners Mary Ann Tan

Ar and Aileen Tan are of FilipinoChinese descent. “Even though we are a Vietnamese restaurant, we wanted to offer food that represents where we came from and share it with our locals,” says Ar. Served in a tall bowl, Wild Ginger’s halo-halo is a dizzying mix of colors and textures. Ar says the dessert’s “hodgepodge of ingredients” can include sugar palm fruits, coconut strings (macapuno) and sweet beans with shaved ice and evaporated milk, all topped with house-made flan and a scoop of ice cream. This is the third year the restaurant has offered halo-halo. “And our patrons enjoy every taste of it,” says Ar. Joining halo-halo this summer in South Asheville is rolled ice cream. Aaron Cheng’s soon-to-open Yum Sushi Burrito and Poke will offer

the popular Thai street food on its menu. Cheng also features the dessert at his other restaurant, Yum Creamery, in Spartanburg, S.C. He trained for several months at a friend’s rolled ice cream shop in New Jersey to learn the process, which involves pouring liquid ice cream base onto a chilled anti-griddle then using a spatula to scrape it into neat rolls. “It’s not hard to learn how to make it,” says Cheng. “It just needs some practice.” Yum will feature eight base flavors and at least 32 toppings. And Cheng predicts rolled ice cream, which is also available at Rolled and Roasted in the Asheville Mall, will be as much of a hit in Western North Carolina as it is in Spartanburg. “When we first opened last year in June, customers had to wait around an hour just to get our ice cream,” he says. “They like the way each ice cream is handmade in front of them.” Already a summer staple for many Ashevilleans, Frostbite Ice Cream serves American nostalgia with its giant, twisty soft-serve cones, slushies and shaved ice. The West Asheville shop, which was

named in a 2017 BuzzFeed.com article as the best place in North Carolina for soft-serve, has built a fan base as much with its playful approach as with its scratchmade, locally sourced ice cream and baked goods. “One of our key points is that we like to run things by our customers to see what they will like,” says coowner Misti McCloud. “We like to do taste-testing, get customer feedback, play with things.” The business prides itself on having numerous flavors in rotation at all times, including complementary varieties that run side by side in the machines for creating memorable twist cones. Last summer, McCloud and co-owner Jason Istvan developed watermelon and mojito ice creams that could be swirled together for an alcohol-free watermelon mojito. They also made a flavor with Imladris Farm’s grape jelly so customers could twist it with the shop’s regular peanut butter ice cream for a PBJ swirl. And early this season, the pair came up with a mixed-berry ice cream to go with their popular new Cap’n Crunch cereal flavor.

The shop also makes its own funnel cakes, fried Oreos, brownies, french fries (served either with salt or cinnamon-sugar) and other items from scratch, which can be paired with ice cream to concoct off-the-wall treats. So what’s on the menu this summer? McCloud recently ran the idea of pickle ice cream up Frostbite’s social media flagpole. “A lot of people were interested in it, so we may see if we can create a pickle soft serve,” she says. She’s also had numerous requests for red velvet cake and matcha tea varieties. “There are all kinds of unique flavors we’ll be bringing in, like tiramisu, which is kind of a favorite,” she adds.“We really like to do things that are kind of unique that nobody else is doing.” Café Yuzu is at Riverview Station, Studio 165, 191 Lyman St. Wild Ginger is at 1950 Hendersonville Road. Yum Sushi Burrito and Poke is scheduled to open in mid July at 100 Julian Shoals Drive, Arden (check its Facebook page for updates). Frostbite is at 1475 Patton Ave. X

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Diversifying for success Programs at A-B Tech and Blue Ridge broaden their courses to keep pace with WNC’s growing craft alcohol industry

OVERALL EDUCATION: Students in the Craft Beverage Institute of the Southeast at A-B Tech consult one another while brewing beer. The popular program has shifted from being heavily beer-focused to providing diverse training that covers numerous products within the alcohol industry. Photo courtesy of A-B Tech In an ordinary-looking building in Enka, some extraordinary beverages are being produced. Selections include apple brandy aged on French oak and cherry wood, plus mead, beer and more — none of which will ever be sold or even tasted by the general public. The liquids are all the educational property of the state of North Carolina, made at the Craft Beverage Institute of the Southeast at A-B Tech, where students are taught the ins and outs of brewing, distilling and fermentation, and business practices. Over in Flat Rock is a similar program on brewing, distillation and fermentation at Blue Ridge Community College. While jobs are continuing to increase locally at breweries, wineries and distilleries, education has become very important to landing positions that require skilled training. Together, the two schools are providing much-needed training to prepare students for working in these fast-growing industries. 32

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DIVERSITY TRAINING The Craft Beverage Institute has become incredibly popular since its start in August 2013, says director Jeff Irvin. For two years, he’s been joined by John Lyda, the former head brewer at Highland Brewing Co. The two-year program is already full for classes this fall. According to Irvin, the cohort is limited to 24 students at any one time so they can all get plenty of hands-on experience. “We look at everything from soda pop production to fermented goods, wine, beer, cider and sake,” Irvin says. The program is well-stocked with equipment, including a 100-gallon hybrid pot still, and this fall the school will be ramping up its wine production. “The wine program has blossomed and grown,” Irvin says. “The [alcohol] industry is a giant right now. We were heavily beer-focused at first, but we knew that our students needed to diversify some of their training. There are people making bitters and mixers

to support the craft beverage industry. That’s been an interesting thing.” All students must be at least 21 years old, and Irvin says many of them already have a four-year degree in some field. They also need math and English basics and high school chemistry or its equivalent, plus must be strong enough to lift a sack of grain. “We are lucky to get students from all over the country,” Irvin says. “Our oldest student was 71. He graduated and got a job at a brewery in Bristol [Tennessee-Virginia].” Lyda, who in 1994 was one of Highland’s first three employees, along with founder Oscar Wong and original head brewer John McDermott, says he’s greatly enjoyed working with students and teaching them all the things he’s learned over the years. “It’s been a good experience for me,” he says.

FRUITS OF LABOR Blue Ridge offers one- and twoyear degrees and certificates in specialized topics. The school began offering continuing education classes in January 2013. “I had been tossing around the idea of starting a brewing school,” says program director Gabe Mixon. “I knew there was a great need for it. The choices [for education] were very limited. There’s the Siebel Institute in Chicago and the University of California-Davis. Both are very respected programs, but they would have a two- or three-year waiting list.” Limits on enrollment depend on the class, though most are capped at 16-20 students. Everyone must be at least 21 years old, have a high school diploma and good math skills. For those who need them, the college offers preparatory classes. “We get a wide range of students,” Mixon says. “We have folks who are retired and just want to learn more about beer. And we have some that this will be their first degree after high school. I [also] have students who are interested in starting their own brewery.” The school’s equipment includes a 3-barrel brewing system and a canning machine. “Wine and ciders are a big deal for us,” Mixon says. “We have 30 heirloom apple trees on campus and harvest some of the cider varieties to make cider. We are planning to add a distillation course, and we do visit the local distilleries.” REAL-WORLD APPLICATION Both schools use the alcohol produced at their programs for educational purposes, and many students at both programs have found work locally. They include Graham McCormick, who graduated from the Craft Beverage Institute and currently works at Noble Cider. His numerous duties include making cider and traveling to help with sales and marketing — all of which he feels amply prepared for thanks to his A-B Tech training, as do his fellow alumni. “A few days ago, I ran into a number of classmates, and they are all working at local breweries,” McCormick says. “I didn’t go into it thinking that I wanted to be a brewer or wanted to be in the wine industry or do cider. I wanted a solid education that covered all aspects of the industry. I wanted to understand the art of brewing or making cider.” X

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The Great North Carolina Vegan Barbecue Cookoff The concepts of veganism and barbecue might seem at odds with each other. But that is kind of the point of The Great North Carolina Vegan Barbecue Cookoff, says event co-organizer Laura Beck. “Our intention is to show people that dishes they already know can be made plant-based and be supertasty,” she explains. Chefs and amateurs alike will compete at this year’s inaugural event, which takes place Sunday, July 8, at The BLOCK Off Biltmore. The gathering, co-hosted by Mountain Vegans Meetup Group and Your Vegan Mentor, will benefit Animal Haven of Asheville, a nonprofit dedicated to caring for, sheltering and protecting homeless and abused animals. The evening’s top three winners will take home swag from Asheville-based company No Evil Foods. Cooks must arrive at The BLOCK Off Biltmore at 5 p.m. the day of the event with dishes prepared in advance. No electric outlets will be available for slow cookers or other cooking devices. Recipes must not contain meat, fish, poultry, dairy, honey or gelatin. Competitors should bring their own serving utensils, and guests are asked to bring their own silverware. Both chefs and attendees will cast ballots for their top three dishes. Several local restaurants and catering companies have been invited to participate in cookoff, and at press time, confirmations included Vegan

PLANT-BASED BARBECUE: Laura Beck, co-organizer of The Great North Carolina Vegan Barbecue Cookoff, says the event is an opportunity for omnivores and carnivores alike to try old classics with a new twist. Photo courtesy of Beck Roaming and Fat Rabbit Catering. Meanwhile, amateur cooks will have the chance to go head-to-head against local professionals. Along with the culinary competition, Beck sees the event as a chance to break stereotypes associated with veganism — namely, she says, the concept of “the vegan police.” In other words, rest assured that no one will be checking for leather shoes at the door. “Wherever you are on your journey, it’s all good,” she says. “If you’re looking to simply reduce the amount of animals you eat, that’s great. It’s not all or nothing.” The Great North Carolina Vegan Barbecue Cookoff runs 5-7 p.m. Sunday, July 8, at The BLOCK Off Biltmore, 39 S. Market St. Entry for competitors is $5. Admission is $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Advance ticket sales close July 7. For tickets and more details, visit avl.mx/52e.

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Ivory Road Cafe & Kitchen will host Macaron & Mimosa Flights on Sunday, July 8, featuring mimosa combinations such as ginger-peach and watermelon-mint and sparkling rosé. Nonalcoholic flight options will also be available, and guests are welcome to order from the restaurant’s brunch menu, which features dishes including quiche, orange-zested brioche French toast and a Southern skillet. The gathering is kid-friendly. Macaron & Mimosa Flights at Ivory Road Cafe & Kitchen, 1854 Brevard Road, Arden, runs 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, July 8. Pairings are $14. Quantities are limited. For more, visit avl.mx/52f. THE BLIND PIG PRESENTS POP SUGAR

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Winery’s Stars Like Ours rosé. Other menu highlights include pecan-crusted fried chicken, Maryland-style crab cakes, pork belly with a balsamic reduction and a pie sampler for dessert. Featured wines are Gloria Ferrer Sonoma Brut, Maysara 3 degress Pinot Noir, N x NW Red Blend and Bogle Petite Syrah Port. The American wine dinner runs 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 5, at La Guinguette, 105 Richardson Blvd., Black Mountain. Tickets are $60 per person, not including tax and tip. For reservations, call 888-424-7810. AUX BAR (ON FIRE) GUEST CHEF SERIES The AUX Bar (On Fire) Guest Chef series continues with chef Jeff Bannister of Columbia, S.C., restaurant Bovinoche. The menu was unavailable at press time, but the theme will be wood-fired street food with a focus on South Carolina cuisine. No reservations are required. AUX Bar (On Fire) Guest Chef Series runs 5-10 p.m. Saturday, July 7, at AUX Bar, 68 N. Lexington Ave. For more information, visit auxbar.com.

What do The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Barack Obama, Andy Warhol, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain and Bruce Springsteen have in common? Give up? They are among the celebrated names that have inspired dishes at the Blind Pig’s upcoming Pop Sugar dinner. The sixcourse meal will feature interpretations of the favorite foods of historic and modern pop culture figures. Craft cocktails will accompany the meal. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Asheville Humane Society. Pop Sugar runs 5-9:30 p.m. Sunday, July 8. Tickets are $55. The location will be disclosed with ticket purchase. To learn more, visit avl.mx/52g. WINE DINNER WITH BIBIANA GONZÁLEZ RAVE On Wednesday, July 11, Californiabased vintner Bibiana González Rave will host a signature wine dinner at Jargon. In 2015, Rave was named the San Fransisco Chronicle’s 2015 Wine Maker of the Year. “Bibiana is far from a one-variety winemaker,” says Jargon co-owner Sean Piper. “She has a rare ability to excel with numerous varieties and different styles.” The dinner will include a six-course tasting menu by chef Marcus Day. Rave will lead conversations throughout the event. Guests will also be able to purchase the evening’s featured wines. The dinner starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, at Jargon, 715 Haywood Road. Tickets are $100 per person, gratuity and tax not included. For reservations and more details, email jargonrestaurant@gmail.com. X

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WHAT COMES AROUND, GOES AROUND Revolve and MAP mark a year of partnership

in Weaverville. It was made with financial support from the Media Arts Project’s and Revolve’s Make Local Creative Grant program. “Those small artist grants [are] for local folks to fulfill projects that they need help on,” Caldwell explains. Mountain Bitters was the first recipient of that fund, which comes from money raised via initiatives MAP supports, such as Asheville Butoh Collective, David Raymond’s In Love Shadow documentary and Eric Baden’s photo+sphere project. The MAP, founded nearly a decade and a half ago, supports arts and artists in WNC through educational programming, artist opportunities and grants. Revolve teamed up with that organization in 2017, effectively becoming the physical manifestation of MAP. HOLLER, a web-based arts magazine, serves as the online arm of MAP and Revolve. That triad has led to expansions for all facets of the

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NEAR AND FAR: Butoh artist Vanessa Skantze, left, and guitarist Tasha Dorji performed in Threshold Embrace, with art by Kimberly Gattozzi, at Revolve in November — one of many experimental and multidisciplinary offerings presented by the art space. “A really important aspect of Revolve [is] a balance of local and international artists,” says program director Colby Caldwell. Photo courtesy of Revolve

BY ALLI MARSHALL amarshall@mountainx.com Revolve, it’s fair to say, has evolved. The art space, which hosts visual art, photography, dance, music and more, got its start as an idea tucked into the corner of a River Arts District studio. About five years ago, artist Colby Caldwell (now Revolve’s program director) had moved back to Western North Carolina, where he grew up, after many years living and teaching in Washington, D.C. He’d rented a space in the Cotton Mill Studios where

he did his own work but also started a series of conversations — under the auspices of Revolve, to which he dedicated part of his studio — called First Drafts, where other artists could present new ideas and receive feedback. “They were much better-attended than I expected,” Caldwell recalls. “After the first year, the studio space shrank, and the Revolve space grew.” MAP = REVOLVE + HOLLER: ONE, in part a celebration of Revolve’s first anniversary in its current RAMP South location, will take place Sunday, July 8.

It was last July that Revolve offered its initial show in its current digs. Caldwell moved to the RAMP building after outgrowing his Cotton Mill Studio. “That first program was with Mountain Bitters [a local folk trio] and Julyan Davis [a local painter],” he recalls. “We felt it would be really nice to make that circle with having Mountain Bitters be the featured performer this year.” The anniversary show also serves as the album release party for the allwomen outfit (Emmalee Hunnicutt, Gretchen Caverly and Megan Drollinger). They tracked their record, Woven from Rushes, at the Eagle Room MOUNTAINX.COM

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A &E MAP/Revolve collective, so the organization brought Anna Helgeson on board this spring as Revolve’s exhibitions director and editor of HOLLER. “From the first time I attended Revolve, it had an amazing energy,” says Helgeson, who relocated to Asheville from Milwaukee four years ago. She mentions an arttheory reading group and speakers series organized under the Revolve umbrella. “I would see work and hear conversations that weren’t happening as vibrantly [elsewhere]. I loved the sort of risks Colby was willing to take with programming.” She adds, “I don’t know how Colby was doing it alone — just the amount of requests [we’re] getting [to host shows, exhibitions and events], now that Revolve is a known entity. People from all over are loving what’s going on and are reaching out.” To foster that, as part of the MAP = REVOLVE + HOLLER: ONE celebration, a subscription service is being launched so supporters can sign up to receive benefits such as performance tickets and invitations to members-only happenings. A donation from artists and former Cotton Mill Studios owners Denise Carbonell and Derek Dominy helped support Revolve’s programming; now Caldwell and Helgeson hope the local creative community can step in and step up. Past shows at Revolve include Arone Dyer’s Drone Choir sound installation; an exhibition of Linda Larsen’s paintings in collaboration with movement by Butoh artist Constance Humphries, music by Kima Moore and projections by Adam Larsen; and Warp & Woof, which paired local dancers with musicians for improvisational performances. The art space’s sound series, which continues to push the boundaries of experimental music, “came about by accident,” Caldwell says, when he saw

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local guitarist Shane Parish perform at Downtown Books and News. Parish later approached Caldwell about a listening-room-style concert at the early iteration of Revolve, “and that was a seed,” Caldwell says. Giving a platform to that collection of artists and ideas “was like lighting a match,” Caldwell says. “I thought we’d have one show a month. It became where we could literally have a show every day.” Luckily, the RAMP South space is located in a converted warehouse that includes a community exhibition area — the RAMP Gallery — for which Revolve handles programming duties 10 months of the year. That room allows for more flexibility in types of shows and events, such as pop-up performances and exhibits. The MAP = REVOLVE + HOLLER: ONE celebration will include a taste of that potential: Along with the Mountain Bitters album launch, there will be a communal art project, a DJ, projections, a video installation, and food and drink. “We’re really hoping that anyone who’s been involved with Revolve in the last several years will come to celebrate with us and see where we’re going in the future,” says Helgeson. X

WHAT: MAP = REVOLVE + HOLLER: ONE and Mountain Bitters album release show WHERE Revolve at RAMP South Studio 821 Riverside Drive No.179 revolveavl.org WHEN Sunday, July 8, doors at 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m.

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WEAR TACTICS Last year, Charlotte “Cat” Murphy created a costume inspired by the movie Blade Runner, re-envisioning traditional Japanese clothing with a futuristic edge. But, because it was for Asheville Community Theatre’s Costume Drama: A Fashion Show — a contest that asks designers to focus on creativity over practicality by using unconventional materials such as feathers, flowers, paper and inflatables — Murphy’s costume incorporated found objects and LED lights, which she hand-sewed into the dress, headpiece and a parasol. This year, Murphy will enter a piece in the revisionist history category. “I wanted to do Victorian underclothes as outer clothes, exposing the architecture of Victorian clothing,” she says. “I started with the hoop skirt. Traditionally, they are actually made out of wicker, and I’ve never worked with wicker. … It’s still honoring the past but then reimagining it in a different way.” On Friday, July 6, the seventh annual Costume Drama will take place at the newly renovated Asheville Community Theatre. The first such event was staged at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel, and subsequent iterations of the fashion show were also held at that location because it offered more space than the local theater. But, with renovations complete at ACT, “I am really motivated by the idea of bringing people back to the theater so they can see what this show is for,” says Costume Drama director Sara Field. She also says that the newly remodeled ACT now features a runway, which will allow the models to walk out into the audience and give everyone a better view of the costumes. Though Costume Drama is now a mainstay of the Asheville fashion scene, Field says that in 2012, when it was introduced, ACT had fears that the event might never reach fruition. “We put the announcement out there, and it was crickets for a little bit,” says Field. “Then one bigger Asheville designer joined, and everybody else followed suit.” Even as interest from designers grew, the reaction from the public remained uncertain. “When we first started this event, we weren’t quite sure what we had on our hands — what the ultimate turnout would be,” says Field. “We actually sold the tickets for $10 apiece because we really wanted to make it accessible and avail-

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PUT A BOW ON IT: Hannah Kepple models Rebecca McClure Morgan’s winning design in the ribbon category from the 2017 Costume Drama. Photo by Myriah Wood / MCW Photography able to everyone who could come. We just didn’t know if anybody was going to be interested.” It turns out people were very interested. The first year, 40 designers had costumes modeled in front of a sold-out, standing-room-only crowd. “I was backstage the whole time praying it would go well,” Field recalls. “And then it was over, and I looked out into the crowd, and people were just going bananas.”

Costume Drama sold out every year since then, raising standard ticket prices to $50 to increase the production budget for the show. This year’s iteration will be a smaller, more exclusive show, with 20 designers competing instead of the usual 40. “We wanted the designers on the runway to get more time and exposure instead of having the show feel rushed,” says Field.

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A &E The 2018 categories are paper, light, revisionist history and hardware. (While some categories carry over from year to year, others come and go. Past groups included nature, transformation and artistic license.) Potential designers were asked to submit portfolios and fill out an application explaining their concept before selection. Designer T.M. Ellis is returning to the paper category. She won Best in Show in 2016 with a dress made out of shredded and folded pages from her favorite books. But, she admits, this year she has found the design process a bit more challenging. “I’ve changed the design like two or three times. I know I’m using coffee filters and deli wax paper sheets and tissue paper,” she says. “I’m using Jacquard pigment dye. Usually, I use really natural colors, but I think part of my roadblock right now is I need to do vibrant colors, and I don’t know how to function very well with those.” But those struggles won’t be apparent to viewers. “A lot of the audience members tend to miss the fine details, and they don’t know how long it takes,” says Ellis. “They just see it and are like, ‘Oh, that’s beautiful.’”

She continues, “Everyone is going to the very end. No one is happy or done with their work until they can’t work on it anymore. Once they can’t physically touch [the model], that’s when it’s finally over.” Murphy says she expects to be working on her entry up until the last minute because the creative process is full of setbacks, discoveries and surprises. “There’s a chance I may have shot myself in the foot a little. I’m not sure [the costume] will fit in the car anymore,” she says, then adds, “Luckily, wicker is really bendy.” X

WHAT Costume Drama: A Fashion Show WHERE Asheville Community Theatre 35 E. Walnut St., ashevilletheatre.org WHEN Friday, July 6. Doors at 7 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m. $75 preferred seating/$50 general admission

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Senegalese kora master Diali Cissokho finds his groove in NC

THE FEELING TRANSLATES In 2010, soon after Senegalese musician Diali Cissokho settled in Pittsboro, he found himself sad and bored. “I have to play music,” he told his wife, Hilary Stewart, a Pittsboro native. “I [can’t] find another job; I’m not good at that. That doesn’t make me happy.” Stewart was supportive. “She’s very strong, and she pushed me,” Cissokho recalls. “She said, ‘Yes, you’re going to find a band.’” In fact, it was Stewart who gathered the musicians who would make up Kaira Ba. “I didn’t build this band,” Cissokho says. “My wife and her mom, they built this band.” Eight years later, Cissokho has a strong command of the English language (he spoke very little when he first arrived in the U.S.) and has just released his third album, Routes. Touring in support of the record, he and Kaira Ba play Isis Music Hall on Sunday, July 8. Cissokho’s dance band formed when Stewart invited a lifelong friend, Berklee-trained guitarist John Westmoreland, to come over. “We hung out and started playing,” Cissokho says. “Me and John, we started getting along, and that was the beginning of Kaira Ba.” He continues, “My wife and my wife’s mom, they always tried to find right musicians for me, because they know my talent and they know I’m kind of difficult to guide. [For] the music I’m doing, you have to have a big heart. You have to be positive with music; then I can take you. And they were looking for that kind of person.” They soon found the right people. Cissokho sings and plays the kora, a 21-string West African instrument that looks like a cross between a lute, a harp and a banjo. He’s backed by Kaira Ba, which includes Westmoreland plus three more North Carolina-based musicians: bassist Jonathan Henderson, drummer Austin McCall and percussionist Will Ridenhour. Cissokho’s music is steeped in Senegalese traditions. The music he makes with Kaira Ba combines those flavors with Western instrumentation and musical sensibilities. But, he admits, it wasn’t initially that way. “When I started playing with John, he always followed my direction; he always tried to play African style,” Cissokho says. “But [once] he was comfortable, I said, ‘John, you know what? Now it’s time for me to join your style

EVERYBODY CLAP YOUR HANDS: The music of Senegal-by-way-of-Pittsboro musician Diali Cissokho, center, is steeped in Western African traditions and sung in a foreign tongue, but the international feel of his music helps the messages get through. Photo by Bruce dePyssler of music, to move out, to be comfortable with a new style.’ So we started sharing.” The band released its debut, Resonance, in 2012. That recording subtly applies a rock aesthetic to West African griot traditions, but the Senegalese flavor of Cissokho’s music isn’t diluted in the process. The Great Peace followed in 2014; Routes was released last month on Twelve Eight Records, a label founded by Henderson — an ethnomusicologist as well as a musician — who also coproduced the album. For Cissokho, the act of making music is deeply ingrained into who he is. “We don’t just play music,” he says. “We speak. When we’re on the stage, we speak by our hearts, and the audience understands what we say.” Though his lyrics — showcasing the Senegalese Manding and Wolof cultures — are indecipherable to most Westerners, somehow the ideas and emotions get through. A variety of guest musicians from both Senegal and the U.S. (including North Carolina “chamber soul” vocalist Shana Tucker) lend their talents to the album. A booklet included with Routes features liner notes that explain and contextualize each of the album’s 11 songs, and printed English translations express the depth of Cissokho’s lyrics about family, death, friendships, love and Ndoli, a mythical creature in Mandinka folklore. The international feel of the album also draws from Malian traditions (the instrumental parts of “Story Song”) and Latin culture (“Salsa Xalel”). The latter is “just something I decided to combine,”

Cissokho says with a laugh. “It’s a little bit Senegalese.” Written in the aftermath of being harassed by drunken concertgoers at the Shakori Hills Festival, “Baayi Leen” is a reminder that “judging people without knowing their story is wrong,” Cissokho says. The musician relates a story that gives him great satisfaction. “We were in a performance, two or three years ago. When we were done playing, a lady asked me, ‘Do you realize what kind of music you do? Your music is like a medicine. I was having a bad day, a sad day. And I don’t understand what you’re singing, to be honest. But I feel you, and it’s a medicine for my heart. You have something that’s magic.’

“That’s the kind of music we do,” Cissokho says. “At first, people don’t always get it. But one day they’re going to get it.” X

WHO Diali Cissokho and Kaira Ba WHERE Isis Music Hall 743 Haywood Road isisasheville.com WHEN Sunday, July 8, at 7:30 p.m., $12 advance/$15 day of show

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LIVE TO TELL It’s just you and the teller: no cellphones, no social media, no streaming video or television. “It’s like paying a visit to an old-timer on a front porch,” says Becky Stone, head of the Stories on Asheville’s Front Porch. The storytelling series returns each Saturday in July, with Stories from the Mountains to the Sea, showcasing six artists who represent different regions of the Carolinas. Their tales, whose inspiration come from a variety of folk traditions, reflect the unique cultures of Western North Carolina and the surrounding areas. The SAFP series began as a class project for an adult education course, says Jim Stokely, a member of the SAFP leadership team and president of the Wilma Dykeman Legacy, a supporting organization. About 10 years ago, Sarah Larson, the founder of SAFP, and other students in the Leadership Asheville Seniors Program proposed a storytelling initiative. The Rhino Courtyard at Pack Place served as the venue until 2016; last year, the series moved to Jubilee! Community. “This was a labor of love for Sarah,” says Stokely. “She is to be commended for doing this.” Larson moved out of the area four years ago; SAFP strives to build on her work and grow an audience for regional storytelling, says Stone. Stone is a storyteller herself with a repertoire of historical figures she embodies onstage, such as Maya Angelou and Rosa Parks. She appears as a scholar-performer for the Chautauqua festivals held in Greenville, S.C., Spartanburg, S.C., and Asheville. Last month, at the Buncombe County Chautauqua, she performed

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RECAST FROM THE PAST: “My material comes from relatives, from going to church, community picnics and school,” says Gullah historian and storyteller Donald Sweeper, who will share his tales as part of the Stories on Asheville’s Front Porch series. The July events also include tellers Abby “The Spoon Lady” Roach, Sherry Lovett, Frederick Park, Nancy Reeder and Pat Stone. Photo courtesy of Sweeper

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as Harriet Tubman, one of the leaders of the Underground Railroad and a spy for the Union during the Civil War. Afterward, still in character as Tubman, she took questions from the audience about her life. The catch was she only provided responses that Tubman could know, and she could not predict the future. Then, Stone transitioned to her current self, the scholar who researched the life and historical context of her character. Stone describes the storytelleraudience relationship as the “fourth wall coming down.” No barrier exists between the teller and the spectator. “You want the house lights up so that you can connect with every person,” Stone says. One of the SAFP performers who exemplifies this approach is South Carolina native Donald Sweeper, a Gullah historian and storyteller. “You have to feel your audience out in the first 30 seconds or minute,” he says. Sweeper began as a re-enactor of the Civil War hero and former slave, Robert Smalls. In 1861, Smalls was hired as a deckhand on a Confederate transport steamer, the USS Planter. One night, while on guard, he stowed his family and other slaves on board and sailed the ship to the Union side of the harbor, where he surrendered. Smalls traveled across the North on a speaking tour to tell his story and to recruit AfricanAmericans for military service. Later, he entered politics and served in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Sweeper’s stories originate from the Sea Islands off the South Carolina coast. The Gullah are the living descendants of West Africans. Slave traders brought them to the southeastern coastal Sea Islands and Lowcountry through ports in Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga. The slaves were from a variety of African cultures, and, once forced onto plantations to grow cash crops, developed their own languages and identities, depending upon their location. Sweeper tells stories about “growing up Gullah.” He uses humor to entertain and educate people about the types of food, superstitions, sayings and everyday life in Gullah communities. “My material comes from relatives, from going to church, community picnics and school,” he says. One superstition he mentions is “don’t split the post.” It means if you and your partner are walking together on the sidewalk and there is a pole, like a light post, in front of you, go around it on the same side. Don’t allow the post to separate you: It’s bad luck. For SAFP, Sweeper will also give a crash course in speaking Gullah. To do this, he takes a reading from the New Testament in American English and asks an audience member to read it aloud. Then, he will read from a Gullah New Testament Bible, so people can compare the two languages. The series opens on Saturday, July 7, with Abby “The Spoon Lady” Roach, one of the best-known buskers in town. She and her musician

partner, Chris Rodrigues, will perform stories and songs. On July 14, the storytellers are Sherry Lovett, who offers stories, ballads and folktales from the Celtic tradition; and Frederick Park, a former student of Berea College, who will share stories based on the motifs of Appalachian folklore. On July 21, Donald Sweeper will provide his mixture of humorous stories, songs and teachings from the Gullah tradition. The series concludes July 28 with Nancy Reeder and Pat Stone. Reeder’s stories highlight outdoor recreation in the WNC mountains. Stone is a whitewater canoeist and teller of Jack and other mountain tales. In the long term, Stone sees the goal of SAFP as the resurrection of a mountain tradition of gathering people together to listen to the knowledge of the locals. “Asheville honors those things and lifts up the stories,” she says. X

WHAT Stories on Asheville’s Front Porch presents Stories from the Mountains to the Sea WHERE Jubilee! 46 Wall St., jubileecommunity.org WHEN Saturdays, July 7, 14, 21 and 28, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free

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Johnnyswim & Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors Jamie Laval and Megan McConnell Tryon-based fiddler Jamie Laval’s latest Celtic Christmas show was such a rousing success that it’s been rebooked for December at Asheville Community Theatre. A key component of that showcase’s appeal was vocalist Megan McConnell, and fans of the collaboration won’t have to wait until the end of the year for the two to join forces. On Sunday, July 8, in the upstairs lounge of Isis Music Hall, the duo’s talents will be bundled in the service of “toe-tapping melodies, traditional folk songs and the recounting of amusing stories that help re-create the beautiful atmosphere of ancient Celtic lands.” The performance begins at 5:30 p.m. $20 advance/$24 day of show. isisasheville.com. Photo courtesy of Laval

During a short break between touring schedules, Los Angeles duo Johnnyswim and Nashville’s Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors got together and united their folk, soul and rock leanings for a five-song EP. Calling the collection Goodbye Road, the artists see the collaboration as a balm for an emotionally charged year and a way to maintain hope after the racial assaults in Charlottesville, Va., the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas and the death of Tom Petty, whose “I Won’t Back Down” receives an acoustic cover on the project. The supergroup stops by the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Friday, July 6, at 8 p.m. Austin, Texasbased duo Penny and Sparrow, who contribute vocal harmonies on several of the EP’s tracks, will also help re-create the recording sessions’ magic. $34.50-$59.50. uscellularcenterasheville.com. Photo of Johnnyswim by Darren Lau

Willa of the Wood

Renee Dion

While fans of Robert Beatty’s Serafina books patiently await the series’ fourth installment in 2019, the Asheville author introduces his readers to a new saga. Moving from Serafina’s Biltmore Estate setting to the Great Smoky Mountains circa 1900, Willa of the Wood follows the titular orphaned 12-year-old forest girl as she discovers the truth about her rugged scavenger clan and the civilized “day-folk” and decides where she belongs. A launch party takes place Sunday, July 8, noon-6 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in the Asheville Mall — two days before its official release date. The afternoon includes a book signing and such Willa-themed activities as animal presentations, live old-time music and ice cream from The Hop. Beatty will also be at Malaprop’s on Saturday, July 28, 2-4 p.m. for a book signing and reception. Both events are free to attend. avl.mx/48t. Author photo courtesy of Beatty

Ohio native Renee Dion grew up in a musical family with her jazz DJ father and schoolteacher mother encouraging her passion for songwriting. Studying poetry, music management and creative writing at Chicago’s Columbia College helped hone her talents, as did the formation of her first band. Stints in Los Angeles and Atlanta further shaped the singer’s experimental soul sound. Now back in Columbus, Ohio, Dion released her latest album, Haven, in September and calls it “an intimate view into the space of a woman rediscovering herself.” Sharing its songs and others from her catalog as part of her first national tour, Dion will play The Town Pump Tavern in Black Mountain on Tuesday, July 10, at 9 p.m. Free to attend. avl.mx/52b. Photo courtesy of Dion

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NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION ncwildlife.org/contest • Through SA (9/1) Submissions accepted for The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission annual Wildlife in North Carolina Photo Competition. See website for full guidelines.

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ART HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 86 N Main St., Waynesville, 828-452-0593, haywoodarts.org/ • SA (7/7), 1-4pm - Artist demonstration with Jeannie Theodore. Free. • WE (7/11), 9:30amnoon - Plein air workshop session with Anne Vasilik. Register for location. $20. • TH (7/12), 10am Artist Coffee & Chat, event to meet fellow artisans for camaraderie. Registration required. Free. THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY AND DESIGN 67 Broadway, 828-785-1357, craftcreativitydesign. org/ • FR (7/6), 5-8pm Craft City Workshop: "Rubber Stamp Greeting Cards," workshop with Eleanor Annand. $12.

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS ASHEVILLE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 121 College St. • SA (7/7) & SU (7/8), 10am-5pm - Outdoor festival featuring national and regional artistvendors specializing in hand-made works of art. Free to attend. Held at Pack

DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE FIRST FRIDAY ART WALKS downtownashevilleartdistrict.org. • 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm - Downtown Asheville First Friday Art Walks with more than 25 galleries within a half mile radius of historic downtown Asheville. Free to attend. Held at Downtown Asheville, Biltmore Ave/College St.

DANCE COUNTRY DANCE W/ TWO-STEP LESSON (PD.) Friday, July 13, 7-10:30pm. • Theme “Bring Out Your Hats” Awards for the best Cowboy/Cowgirl Hats. Asheville Event & Dance Center. • Twostep lesson 7-8pm. Dance/Lesson $15, Dance $10. 828-3330715, naturalrichard@ mac.com • www. DanceForLife.net

MAGGIE VALLEY FESTIVAL GROUNDS 3374 Soco Road, Maggie Valley, 828734-6750 • SA (7/7) & SU (7/8), 9am-4pm - Summer Arts & Crafts Show with seasonal items, yard art, paintings, photography, pottery, wooden bowls, furniture, jewelry, goat milk soaps and more. Donations at the event benefit the Friends of the Haywood County Animal Shelter. Free to attend. MOONLIT ART MARKET burialbeer.com • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 8-11pm - Art and craft fair. Free to attend. Held at Burial Beer Co., 40 Collier Ave.

SATURDAY NIGHT INSIGHT: On the second Saturday of each month through the end of the year, the River Arts District presents gallery walks with live demonstrations, live music, wine tastings, food spreads and more. Many of the 200-plus artists in 23 buildings throughout the mile-long district will stay open late and be on hand to describe or show their techniques and share what inspires them. Offerings on July 14 include Cindy Walton demonstrating the use of cold wax as a medium for oil painting at Wedge Studios, demos from Andrea Kulish of Ukrainian pysanky Easter egg decorating at Studio A at Pink Dog Creative and a performance by the Swing Step Band at The Guitar Bar. All events are free to attend. For more information, visit riverartsdistrict.com. Photo of Walton courtesy of River Arts District Artists

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OOOH LA LA MARKET • SA (7/7), 10am4pm - Oooh La La Market, outdoor art market with live music. Free to attend. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St.

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS AUDITIONS FOR THEATRE (PD.) For a two character theatrical production to be performed in the town of Black Mountain, NC. Character description requires a woman in her early to late fifties. Candidate must have theatrical experience, and a commitment to the craft. Auditions will be held at: The Asheville Community Theatre / downtown Asheville. Dates and time are

to be scheduled. To schedule an audition please e-mail: actorstheatre54@ gmail.com ART COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 828-693-8504, acofhc.org • Through FR (8/31) Submissions accepted for artists to demonstrate and sell their art and craft at the 59th annual Art on Main Festival in September. Contact for full guidelines. CALDWELL ARTS COUNCIL 828-754-2486, caldwellarts.com • Through SA (9/8) - Submissions accepted for the Caldwell Arts Council Sculpture Celebration taking place on SA (9/8), 9am-4pm. See website for details.

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 ASHEVILLE MONDAY NIGHT DANCE 828-712-0115, oldfarmersball.com • MONDAYS, 7:3010:30pm - Community contra dance. $7. Held at Center for Art & Spirit at St. George, 1 School Road HENDERSONVILLE STREET DANCING 828-693-9708, historichendersonville. org • MO (7/9), 7-9pm - 100th anniversary celebration featuring live music by Appalachian Fire and dancing by Bailey Mountain Cloggers. Free to attend. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville OLD FARMER'S BALL oldfarmersball.com • 2nd SUNDAYS, 3-5pm - Family contra/square dances for families with children ages 6-12. All ages welcome. Free. Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB 828-697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (7/7), 6pm "Beach Bop" themed dance. Advanced dance

at 6pm. Early rounds at 7pm. Plus squares and rounds at 7:30pm. Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS DRUM SHOP (PD.) Saturdays 5pm, Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/ class. (828) 768-2826. skinnybeatsdrums.com BREVARD MUSIC CENTER 349 Andante Lane Brevard, 828-862-2105, brevardmusic.org • WE (7/4), 12:30pm Student piano recital. Free. • TH (7/5), 7:30pm - "Just Brass," brass concert with Brevard Music Center faculty and students. $25. • FR (7/6), 4:30pm "Program of Song," high school voice students concert. Free. • FR (7/6), 7:30pm Outdoor concert featuring the Brevard Music Center Orchestra and pianist Yekwon Sunwoo playing works by Berlioz, Schumann and Brahms. $20 and up. • SA (7/7), 7:30pm Outdoor concert featuring the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, violinist Robert McDuffie, REM's guitarist Mike Mills and conductor Daniel Hege, playing Mill's Concerto for Violin, Rock Band, and String Orchestra. $20 and up. • MO (7/9), 12:30pm - College division students perform chamber music. Free. Held at Transylvania County Library, 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard • MO (7/9), 7:30pm - “Bernstein Week," concert featuring some of Bernstein’s bestloved chamber music. $28. Held at Ingram Auditorium at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive Brevard • TU (7/10), 7:30pm - Sō Percussion, modern percussion ensemble concert. $28. Held at Ingram Auditorium at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive Brevard • WE (7/11), 12:30pm Piano students recital. Free. • WE (7/11), 7:30pm - Outdoor concert featuring the BMC chamber orchestra playing a program of masterworks by Bach and Tchaikovsky. $20 and up. • TH (7/12), 7:30pm - Janiec Opera Company presents

La Cenerentola (Cinderella). $35 and up. Held at Porter Center at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive Brevard BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • TU (7/10), 6pm - Live concert by Jessie Neptune, ukulele folk rock. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TU (7/10), 6pm - Groovin' on Grovemont Summer Concert Series: Outdoor concert featuring The Jordan Okrend Experience, vintage pop/funky jazz. Free. Held at Grovemont Square, 101 W Charleston Ave., Swannanoa CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • THURSDAYS 5-7pm - Pritchard Park singer/ songwriter series. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm - Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. CONCERTS ON THE CREEK mountainlovers.com • WE (7/4), 7:309:30pm - Crocodile Smile, outdoor concert and fireworks. Free. Held at Bridge Park, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva • FR (7/6), 7-9pm - Outdoor concert featuring the Darren Nicholson Band, Americana/blues. Free. Held at Bridge Park, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain, 828-3579009, floodgallery.org • MONDAYS, 6-7pm - Didjeridu lessons. Admission by donation. FREEBURG PIANOS 2314 Asheville Highway, Suite D, Hendersonville, 828697-0110, freeburgpianos.com • SU (7/8), 4pm - Proceeds from Jazzville's album release party benefit The Music Foundation of WNC. Registration required: jazzvilleband@gmail. com. $20. MUSIC AT UNCA 828-251-6432, unca. edu • MO (7/9), 7pm - Concerts on the Quad: Outdoor concert featuring The Get Right Band, funk.

Free. Held at UNCA, 1 University Heights MUSIC ON MAIN 828-693-9708, historichendersonville. org • FRIDAYS (6/8) until (8/17), 7-9pm Outdoor live music event. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville RIVERLINK'S RIVERMUSIC 8282-528-4741, dave@riverlink.org • FR (7/6), 5-9:30pm Donations at the outdoor, family-friendly concert featuring The Mattson 2, Super Doppler and Dyado benefit RiverLink. Free to attend. Held at New Belgium Brewery, 21 Craven St. SHINDIG ON THE GREEN 828258-610-1345, folkheritage.org • SATURDAYS, 7pm - Outdoor old-timey and folk music jam sessions and concert. Free. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. SUMMER TRACKS CONCERT SERIES 828-290-4316, summertracks.com • FR (7/6), 7pm - Get Right Band, outdoor concert. Free. Held at Rogers Park, 55 W. Howard St., Tryon SWANNANOA CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 828-771-3050, scm-festival.com • SA (7/7), 7:30pm - "New Voices," concert featuring the Alyssa Weinberg Clarinet Quintet and the Cesar Franck Piano Quintet. $25. Held at Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa • SU (7/8), 7:30pm - "New Voices," concert featuring the Alyssa Weinberg Clarinet Quintet and the Cesar Franck Piano Quintet. $25. Held at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, 556 S. Haywood Waynesville UR LIGHT CENTER 2196 N.C. Highway 9, Black Mountain, 828669-6845, urlight.org • TH (7/5), 7:309pm - "Sacred Sound Meditation," concert with Nathan Dyke. $25/$20 advance.

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD ASHEVILLE WRITERS' SOCIAL allimarshall@bellsouth. net • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - N.C. Writer's Network group meeting and networking. Free to attend. Held at Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave., #101 ASTON PARK 336 Hilliard Ave. • SU (7/8), 6pm "Quiet Your Mind Chatter," presentation by author Lucky McCullough. Free. BLUE RIDGE BOOKS 428 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Banned Book Club. Free to attend. BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • TH (7/5), 6:30pm Meet local author and musician Danny Ellis. Free. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • FR (7/6), 6pm Swannanoa Book Club: Behave: The Biology of Humans at our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • TU (7/10), 1pm Leicester Book Club: The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 828-687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club. Free. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:30pm - Writers' Guild. Free. MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (7/4), 7pm Malaprop's Book Club: The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges. Free to attend. • SU (7/8), 3pm "Poetrio," poetry readings by Alan Cohen, Chris Abbate and Jennie Boyd Bull. Free to attend. • MO (7/9), 6pm - Jeff Biggers presents his book, Resistance:

Reclaiming an American Tradition. Free to attend. • MO (7/9), 7pm Mystery Book Club: An Event in Autumn (A Kurt Wallander Mystery) by Henning Mankell. Free to attend. • TU (7/10), noon - Discussion Bound Book Club: The Madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel by Debra Dean. Free to attend. • TH (7/12), 6pm - Neal Thompson presents his book, Kickflip Boys: A Memoir of Freedom, Rebellion, and the Chaos of Fatherhood, in conversation with David Shields. Free to attend. NEW DIMENSIONS TOASTMASTERS 828-329-4190 • THURSDAYS, noon-1pm - General meeting. Information: 828-329-4190. Free to attend. Held at Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, 33 Meadow Road STORIES ON ASHEVILLE’S FRONT PORCH facebook.com/storiesonashevillesfrontporch • SA (7/7), 10:3011:30am - Storytelling and music by Abby the SpoonLady and Chris Rodrigues about their lives and busking in Asheville. Free. Held at Jubilee Community Church, 46 Wall St.

THEATER FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 828693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/15) - Aladdin Jr., based on the animated Disney film. Thurs. & Sun.: 3pm. Fri. & Sat, (7/13) & (7/14).: 2pm & 4pm. Fri. & Sat., through (7/7), 1pm & 4pm. $14-$28. MAGNETIC 375 375 Depot St., themagnetictheatre.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (7/5) until (7/14) Some Things You Should Know Before The World Ends (A Final Evening with the Illuminati), by Larry Larson and Levi Lee and directed by Rodney Smith. Thurs.Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $12-$16.

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GALLERY DIRECTORY ANANDA WEST 37 Paynes Way, Suite 5, 828-236-2444, anandahair.com • Through TU (7/31) - Exhibition of paintings by Zach Briggs. Reception: Saturday, June 16, 7-10pm. ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • Through FR (8/10) - Art & Manufacturing, exhibition. Held at Mars Hill University, Weizenblatt Gallery, 79 Cascade St., Mars Hill • Through TU (7/31) The War From Above: William Barnhill and Aerial Photography of World War I, exhibition. Held at The Ramsey Center in Renfro Library, 100 Athletic St,, Mars Hill • Through MO (12/31) A Cabinet of Curiosities, exhibition featuring examples of rural Southern Appalachian farm and household artifacts. Held at Rural Heritage Museum at Mars Hill, 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill • TH (7/12) through FR (8/31) - Where We Worked: the Place of Employment in Madison County, photography exhibition. Held at Mars Hill University, Weizenblatt Gallery, 79 Cascade St., Mars Hill ART AT WCU 828-227-2787, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • Through FR (12/7) Glass Catalyst: Littleton’s Legacy in Contemporary Sculpture, exhibition of glass works by and inspired by Harvey Littleton. Held at The WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive ART IN THE AIRPORT 61 Terminal Drive Fletcher • Through SU (8/12) Perspective, group exhibition featuring works by Julie Bagamary, Cynthia Decker, Derek DiLuzio, Ivana Larrosa, Hillary Frye, Mary McDermott, Robert LaBerge and Skip Rohde. ASHEVILLE BOOKWORKS 428 1/2 Haywood Road, 828-255-8444, ashevillebookworks.com • Through SA (7/28) Secundo, exhibition of works by local artists working in book, print and mixed media. ASHEVILLE CERAMICS GALLERY 109 Roberts St. • Through TU (7/31) Exhibition featuring the ceramic work of Julie Covington. Reception: Saturday, July 14, 4-6pm.

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VAN LIFE: The I Am Home Art Project has its latest show Saturday, July 7, 7-9 p.m. at Habitat Brewing Co. The event also includes a silent auction of items donated by renowned local artists to help the homeless nonprofit raise money for a van. Artwork by Michael courtesy of I Am Home Art Project ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 828-251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through TU (7/31) - Bright and Bold, exhibition featuring the paintings of Bee Adams. Reception: Friday, July 6, 5-8pm. CAROLINA MOUNTAIN SALES 10 Brook St., Suite #235 • Through TU (7/31) Exhibition of paintings by Naomi Diamond Rogers. DOUBLETREE BY HILTON 115 Hendersonville Road • Through FR (8/31) Exhibition of art work by Mark Holland. GALLERY 1 604 W. Main St., Sylva • Through MO (8/6) Exhibition of glassworks and paintings by Beth and Ken Bowser. HAEN GALLERY BREVARD 200 King St., Brevard, 828-883-3268, hehaengallery.com/ brevard/ • Through TU (7/31) Celebrating Tim Murray: A Life in Art, exhibition. HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 86 N Main St., Waynesville, 828-4520593, haywoodarts.org/ • FR (7/6) through SA (7/28) - Forty-artist member show. Reception: Friday, July 6. HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC homewardbound.wnc.org • SA (7/7) through SA (7/31) - I Am Home, art show by homeless to benefit the homeless. Reception: Saturday, July

7, 7-9pm. Held at Habitat Tavern & Commons, 174 Broadway MICA FINE CONTEMPORARY CRAFT 37 N. Mitchell Ave., Bakersville, 828-688-6422, micagallerync.com • Through WE (8/22) Exhibition of glass work by Colin O'Reilley. MOMENTUM GALLERY 24 North Lexington Ave. • Through WE (8/25) - Dale Chihuly, glass exhibition. • Through SA (8/25) Reflections, group glass exhibition in conjunction with Dale Chihuly exhibit at the Biltmore Estate and the Summer of Glass, featuring works by Thor & Jennifer Bueno, Amber Cowan, Jennifer Halvorson, Alli Hoag, Joanna Manousis, Kit Paulson, Pablo Soto and Tim Tate. • Through SA (8/25) - Therman Statom: Contemporary Glass Pioneer, exhibition. MORA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY 9 Walnut St., 828-5752294, moracollection.com • Through TU (7/31) Exhibition of jewelry by Anna Johnson. Reception: Friday, July 6, 5-8pm. PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS 67 Doras Trail, Bakersville, 828-765-2359, penland.org • Through SU (7/15) - Personal | Universal: Narrative Works in Craft, group exhibition featuring 11 artists. PINK DOG CREATIVE 348 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com

• Through SA (7/28) - Exhibition of recent paintings by Morgan Santander. POSANA CAFE 1 Biltmore Ave., 828-505-3969 • Through TU (7/31) - Food, group art exhibition featuring paintings by over 25 artists in various styles. UPSTAIRS ARTSPACE 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 828-859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (8/3) - Four Women/Four Journeys, Thoughtful Forms and Holland Van Gores: Polychrome Turnings, three exhibitions featuring 11 artists. WOOLWORTH WALK 25 Haywood St., 828-254-9234 • Through TU (7/31) - Journeys, exhibition featuring encaustic paintings by Julia Fosson. Reception: Friday, July 6, 5-7pm. YMI CULTURAL CENTER 39 South Market St., 828-252-4614, ymicc.org • Through FR (7/13) Trigger Warning, 21-artist group exhibition on the issue of gun violence in the United States. ZAPOW! 150 Coxe Ave., Suite 101, 828-575-2024, zapow.net • SA (7/7) through SU (8/18) - Tin to Plastic; The Toys That Made Us, group exhibition. Reception: Saturday, July 7, 7-9pm. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

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ROOTS & ROLL: Based in nearby Knoxville, Tenn., The Nouveaux Honkies draw some of their inspiration from the Smoky Mountains. Touring in support of their third EP, Loud in Here, the musicians blend the sounds of New Orleans, Nashville and Austin, Tex., mixing in shades of old-school country with roots, swing and blues. Tim O’Donnell’s sincere vocals and guitar playing complement Rebecca Dawkins’ soaring fiddle on country classics and self-penned songs. Offerings range from the quirky “The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly” to a cover of Townes Van Zandt’s “Pancho and Lefty.” The Nouveaux Honkies will perform at Isis Music Hall on Wednesday, July 11, at 7 p.m. Photo by Rich Sullivan WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic hosted by Billy Owens, 7:00PM CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Phantom Pantone DJ Collective (house, soul, top 40’s), 8:00PM CARMEL'S KITCHEN AND BAR Adi the Monk (jazz), 5:30PM

DOUBLE CROWN All-day Country Music benefit for CIMA w/ Megg Farrell, Esther Rose, Sabra Guzman, Vaden Landers & the Do-Rights, Gracie Lane & El Musico, 3:00PM FLEETWOOD'S 4th of July Party: 5 Bucks, 5 Bands, 5:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 5:00PM Teddy & The Rough Riders (country, rock n' roll), 8:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM

OLE SHAKEY'S Sexy Tunes w/ DJ's Zeus & Franco, 10:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Evil Note Lab, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST 4th of July Foam Party, 2:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY AmeriCANiversary w/ The Clydes & Asheville Country Music Revue, 6:00PM

MG ROAD Salsa Night, 8:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Asheville Circus, 8:00PM

ODDITORIUM Void Omnia, Isenordal, Mo'ynoq, Shadow of the Destroyer (metal), 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Mountain Valley Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 7:00PM STATIC AGE RECORDS Big Huge, Bottom Bracket, Ghost Dog, Jaeb (rock), 9:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Koffin Kats & The Goddamn Gallows w/ Viva Le Vox, 9:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Live Jazz Bands, 9:00PM The Berlyn Jazz Trio, 9:00PM TOWN PUMP Post Firework Open Jam, 9:00PM

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COMING SOON THU 7/5 6:30PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES: THE GRAVYHOUSE STORYTELLERS

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FRI 7/6

6:30PM–LAWN SERIES: JOSH BLAKE & FRIENDS

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM

6:30PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES: WEST END TRIO

AUX BAR Phantom Pantone & Friends (G house, trap, rap), 10:00PM

7:00PM–FINN MAGILL & DAVE CURLEY

SUN 7/8 5:30PM–JAMIE LAVAL: EVENING OF CELTIC MUSIC AND MYTHIC TALES 7:30PM–DIALI CISSOKHO & KAIRA BA TUE 7/10 7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

WED 7/11 6:30PM–LAWN SERIES: KENT SPILLMAN & FRIENDS

7:00PM–THE NOUVEAUX HONKIES THU 7/12 6:30PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES: UPLAND DRIVE 7:00PM–ZOE MULFORD WITH EMILY MURE FRI 7/13 6:30PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES: FWUIT!

7:00PM–VIOLET BELL FEATURING LIZZY ROSS & OMAR RUIZ-LOPEZ 8:30PM–THE LOST CHORD: MOODY BLUES TRIBUTE BAND- 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF IN SERACH OF THE LOST CHORD SAT 7/14 7:00PM–REGGIE HARRIS 9:00PM–BETH SNAPP WITH REBECCA HAVILAND AND WHISKEY HEART SUN 7/15 5:30PM–SHARED MADNESS WITH HALEY RICHARDSON TUE 7/17 7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS WED 7/18 6:30PM–LAWN SERIES: WEST END TRIO

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WICKED WEED FUNKATORIUM 5J Barrow, Mrs. Dubfire & Lightning Orchestra, 4:00PM

ALTAMONT THEATRE John Pizzarelli Duo, 9:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:30PM BANKS AVE Bass Jumpin w/ DJ Audio, 9:00PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA Alien Music Club (jazz), 9:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Party Foul: Drag Circus, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Karaoke w/ Franco , 10:00PM Karaoke With Franco, 10:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM Whiskey Dixie, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Sister Ivy, 5:00PM John Ferrara of Consider the Source w/ Seth Moutal, 8:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Random Strangers (country, blues, rock), 6:00PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic w/ Cody Hughes, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Hope Griffin Duo (acoustic rock, folk), 8:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR David Shearin Trio, 7:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (blues, dance), 9:00PM UR LIGHT CENTER Sacred Sound Meditation Concert w/ Nathan Dyke, 7:30AM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Island to Highland Reggae Festival, 6:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Robin Lewis (singer, songwriter), 7:00PM WICKED WEED FUNKATORIUM Dr. Bacon, 8:30PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Blue Yonder Album Release, 7:00PM Ellis Dyson & The Shambles, 9:00PM

W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT WXYZ unplugged w/ Stevie Lee Combs, 8:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Thunderosa (rock, blues), 9:00PM

FRIDAY, JULY 6 185 KING STREET Smooth Goose (Americana, funk), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Cancion Franklin (roots, rock), 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST Courtyard Series, 5:30PM Ian Ridenhour w/ Jordan Okrend (pianodriven rock), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Hard Rocket, 8:00PM

PURPLE ONION CAFE One Leg Up, 7:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Soohan w/ Atyya & Push/Pull, 9:00PM

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM

SALVAGE STATION The James Hunter Six w/ Pleasure Chest, 8:00PM

BARTACO BILTMORE Phantom Pantone: DJ Collective (tropical house), 5:30PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Andy Farrell, 7:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Wintervals, 7:00PM

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

CROW & QUILL Dirty Rotten Snakes in the Grass (gritty folk), 9:00PM FLEETWOOD'S A Deer A Horse, Slugly, Jackson Harem & Gladis, 8:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER Open Mic (6 PM sign up), 6:30PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Matt Walsh (rock, blues), 6:00PM HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Red Rover Thursdays w/ Danielle Dror, 7:30PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 The Gravyhouse Storytellers, 6:30PM McKain Lakey (folk, country), 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Poet Radio, Jaeb, Sane Voids, and Hat Madder, 8:00PM STATIC AGE RECORDS Nuclear Hollercaust, Yellow Cuss, Love Birds, Greg Cartwright (rock, emo, indie), 9:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Early Jazz Jam w/ Micah Thomas & Friends, 5:30PM THE GREY EAGLE Isaiah Breedlove, 6:00PM Louise Page w/ Thee Sidewalk Surfers & Cannonball Jars, 9:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Burger Kings (classic rock n' roll), 9:00PM TOWN PUMP Stephen Evans w/ Kyle Corbett, 9:00PM

HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS AIC's 3rd Annual Patriot Games, 9:00PM

CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Phantom Pantone DJ Collective (house, dance, top 40’s), 9:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Fin Dog, 7:00PM CORK & KEG The Gypsy Swingers, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Vendetta Creme (cabaret), 9:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Trouble Boys, Zin Vetro, GAK & Crocodile Tears, 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY The Jangling Sparrows (indie, folk), 6:00PM GINGER'S REVENGE Lime Agave Bottle Release Party w/ Wes Hight (soul, rock), 12:00AM

JARGON The Page Brothers, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Gypsy Jazz Trio of Asheville, 6:30PM NEW BELGIUM BREWERY RiverLink's RiverMusic w/ The Mattson 2, 5:00PM MOE’S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Cat & Crow, 7:00PM ODDITORIUM Pinky Doodle Poodle (Japan), Poet Radio, The Half That Matters (rock), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Aaron Kamm & The One Drops, 10:00PM ORANGE PEEL Grunge Night w/ Jeremey's Ten (Pearl Jam tribute) & Grind (Alice in Chains tribute), 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Letters to Abigail (Americana), 6:30PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ Ocelate (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR David Earl Band, 7:00PM SALVAGE STATION Big Head Todd & The Monsters, 7:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Kelly Hoppenjans, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Friday Latin Nights w/ DJ Victor, 9:30PM THE FAIRVIEW TAVERN The Anton Filippone Band, 9:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Cheick Hamala Diabate w/ Les Amis, 9:00PM

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THE IMPERIAL LIFE Phantom Pantone & Friends (house, hip hop), 10:00PM THE WINE & OYSTER Linda Mitchell & The Live Wires, 7:00PM TOWN PUMP Somebody's Child, 9:00PM US CELLULAR CENTER Johnnyswim & Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, 8:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Kaizen w/ Jeff Sipe, Mike Barnes & Mark McDaniel, 9:00PM WICKED WEED FUNKATORIUM Bobby Miller & The Virginia Draedevils, 8:30PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT WXYZ Electric w/ Molly Parti, 8:00PM

SATURDAY, JULY 7 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Rahm Squad (jazz, funk, soul), 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST Courtyard Series, 5:30PM Amandla (soul-rock, folk psychedelia), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Swing Step - Weekly Swing Jam, 4:30PM Jody Carroll (deep roots, blues), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Saturday Night Jive w/ DJ AVX, 10:00PM

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BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Larry Dolamore, 7:00PM

CAPELLA ON 9@ THE AC HOTEL Capella on 9 w/ Drayton & Friends, 9:00PM CHESTNUT Jazz Brunch, 11:00AM

ODDITORIUM Dendrons, Grendel’s Mother, Daydream Creatures (rock), 9:00PM

CROW & QUILL House Hoppers (swing jazz), 9:00PM DISTRICT WINE BAR Saturday Night Rock Show, 10:00PM

THU

PACK'S TAVERN The Big Deal Band (rock n' roll, bluegrass), 9:30PM

FRI

NATCHEZ TRACERS (SOUTHERN FUNK), 10PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Lazy Birds, 7:00PM

SAT

ORANGE PEEL Unknown Metal Orchestra, 7:00PM

SALVAGE STATION RESIST! Benefit Concert, 6:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL

CORK & KEG The Old Chevrolette Set, 8:30PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY The Runout (Americana), 6:30PM

KOFFIN KATS + THE GODDAMN GALLOWS

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W/ VIVA LE VOX

FREE PATIO SHOW, 6-8PM

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LOUISE PAGE

CHARLEY CROCKETT

OPEN MIC NIGHT

TUE

FREE PATIO SHOW, 5-7PM

TUE

ALLEGRA KRIEGER + AMBY

10 WINTERVALS

W/ THEE SIDEWALK SURFERS, CANNONBALL JARS

CHEICK HAMALA DIABATÉ

W/ LES AMIS

SPICE WORLD MOVIE NIGHT AND DANCE PARTY

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FREE PATIO SHOW, 6-8PM

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FLEETWOOD'S Weller, Indigo De Souza & Lavender Blue, 9:00PM

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FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Jessie Davis (folk, pop), 6:00PM

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

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Murmuration, 7:00PM

THE SUNDAY SOCIAL LUB C IC ON THE P MUS ATIO @ 4:30PM

HILLMAN BEER Saturday Sounds w/ Chill Tonic, 7:00PM

THU. 7/5

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Finn Magill & Dave Curley, 7:00PM

Hope Griffin Duo (acoustic rock, folk)

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Woody Pines, 9:00PM

FRI. 7/6 DJ O’Celate

(dance hits, pop)

JARGON The Mike Baggetta Trio, 10:00PM

SAT. 7/7 The Big Deal Band

LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM

(rock ‘n roll, bluegrass)

MG ROAD Late Night Dance Parties w/ DJ Lil Meow Meow, 10:00PM MOE’S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Bald Mountain Boys, 8:00PM

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Evil Note Lab

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7/13 Handmade Moments w/ Christy Lynn Band 7/14 Saturday Night Jive Summer Dance Series w/ Robbie Dude 7/20 Dynamo 7/21 Saturday Night Jive Summer Dance Series w/ DJ AVX 7/27 Jahman Brahman w/ TUB TICKETS & FULL CALENDAR AVAILABLE AT ASHEVILLEMUSICHALL.COM

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Ian Ridenhour w/ Jordan Okrend

Issue

[piano-driven rock w/ a dark streak]

DOORS: 7PM / SHOW: 8PM

SAT 7/7

SUN 7/8

FRI 7/6 &

SAT 7/7

C LUBLAND SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Carrie Morrison Duo, 3:00PM Shabudikah, 8:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE The Half That Matters, The Night Physics/ Aqua Mule, 8:00PM STATIC AGE RECORDS Western Weirdos #2 (country, western), 9:00PM

Amandla

[Ween vet Coleman fuses soul-rock, folk psychedelia, and R & B]

DOORS: 7PM / SHOW: 8PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Saturday Salsa & Latin Dance Party Night w/ DJ Edi Fuentes, 9:30PM

Guitar Center Jam [open house]

DOORS: 2:30PM / SHOW: 3PM

THE GREY EAGLE Spice World Movie Night & Dance Party, 8:00PM

COURTYARD SERIES

THE MOTHLIGHT Matt Townsend & The Wild Lights w/ Southern Pine, 9:00PM

DOORS: 5PM / SHOW: 5:30PM

Courtyard Open – Bring Food, Fam and Friends for early show & stay for evening!

THE WINE & OYSTER Peggy Ratusz, 7:00PM

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THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Stay Hungry: Sebastian Maniscalco (comedy), 8:00PM

312 HAYWOOD RD, WEST ASHEVILLE

TOWN PUMP Goodnight Wolf, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Bill Mattocks & The Strut (blues, soul, funk), 10:00PM TWISTED LAUREL Phantom Pantone DJ Collective (hip hop, top 40’s), 11:00PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT WXYZ Live w/ Queen B. & The Honey Lovers, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Red June, 8:00PM

SUNDAY, JULY 8 185 KING STREET Sunday Sessions Open Electric Jam, 4:00PM

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5 WALNUT WINE BAR Rooster (folk, rock), 7:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Classical Guitar Society Player's Circle, 1:30PM Musicians Jam & Pot Luck, 3:30PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Ben Phan, 7:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Troy Breslow, 6:00PM FUNKATORIUM Bluegrass Brunch w/ Gary Macfiddle, 11:00AM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Jamie Laval: Celtic Music & Mythic Tales w/ Megan McConnell, 5:30PM Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Traditional Irish/ Celtic Jam, 3:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Drew Matulich & Friends, 6:30PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bluegrass Brunch w/ Woody & Krekel & Bald Mountain Boys, 10:30AM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Quickchester (folk, Americana), 3:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Sunday Social Club, 4:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Pisgah Sunday Jam, 6:00PM REVOLVE Mountain Bitters, 6:00PM SALVAGE STATION What It Is, 6:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Brother Bluebird, 2:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Sly Grog Open Mic, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Brunch w/ Musa M.M. Shebat (Palestinian-Arabic clarinet), 12:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Charley Crockett, 7:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Phantom Pantone DJ Collective (house, soul, hip hop), 8:30PM TOWN PUMP Treats for Dogs, 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Phuncle Sam, 9:00PM

MONDAY, JULY 9 185 KING STREET Open Mic hosted by Christ Whitmire, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Sound Club, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Classical Guitar Mondays, 7:30PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Open Mic hosted by Jon Edwards, 6:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB QUIZZO Trivia & Open Mic, 7:30PM LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & Friends, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque w/ Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Live Band Honky Tonk Karaoke, 9:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Jay Brown, 10:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY The Gathering Dark Present Paul Simon Night, 7:00PM STATIC AGE RECORDS Fire Bad, Los Eskeletos, Billy Joe Winghead, Dirty Dutch Trio (monster rock), 9:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Open Mic Night, 6:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Ghost Pipe Trio (jazz), 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Andrew Thelston Band w/ Electric Phantom & Sang Sarah, 9:00PM THE WINE & OYSTER Blue Monday: Jazz & Blues Open Mic w/ Linda Mitchell, 6:30PM TOWN PUMP Alex Culbreth, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES R&B Jam with Ryan Barber (r&b, soul, funk), 9:00PM UNCA Concerts on the Quad - The Get Right Band, 7:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Monday Bluegrass Jam hosted by Sam Wharton, 7:00PM

TUESDAY, JULY 10 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Gypsy Jazz Jam, 7:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday night funk jam, 11:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM CORK & KEG Old Time Moderate Jam, 5:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Elders w/ Shutterings, Florence & Normandie, 9:00PM GROVEMONT SQUARE Groovin' on Grovemont Summer Concert Series, 6:00PM

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THURSDAY 5 JULY:

DAVID SHEARIN TRIO 7:00PM – 10:00PM

FRIDAY 6 JULY:

DAVID EARL BAND 7:00PM – 10:00PM

SATURDAY 7 JULY:

LYRIC

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SUNDAY 8 JULY:

OPEN MIC W/ LAURA BLACKLEY SPECIAL GUEST DAVE DESMELIK 7:00PM – 10:00PM

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JAY BROWN 7:00PM – 10:00PM

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ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions hosted by Rob Parks & Friends, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Honky Tonk Jam, 7:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM NORTH ASHEVILLE LIBRARY Jessie Neptune, 6:00PM ODDITORIUM Open Mic Comedy Hosted by Tom Peters, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Booty Tuesday w/ DJ Meow Meow (rap, trap, hip-hop), 10:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesday, 10:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday, 6:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Hoo:Lumes, LittleBoy BigHeadOnBike, Livingdog & Moonlight Street Folk, 8:00PM

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STATIC AGE RECORDS Appalachian Terror Unit, Autarch, Poverty Bomb (punk), 9:00PM

OLE SHAKEY'S

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing Asheville & Jazz-n-Justice Tuesday w/ the Community Jazz Jam, 8:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL

THE GREY EAGLE Wintervals, 5:00PM Allegra Krieger & AMBY, 8:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING

THE MOTHLIGHT Dent May w/ Shannon Lay, 9:30PM TOWN PUMP Renee Dion, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Funk Jam hosted by JP & Lenny (funk, jazz), 9:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Open Mic Night, 6:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish Jam, 6:30PM Open Mic, 8:30PM

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 185 KING STREET Vinyl Night, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Archetype Record Club presents: Crates and Barrels Vol. 2, 6:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic hosted by Marc Bumgarner, 7:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Blue Cactus & DJ David Wayne Gay, 9:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 The Nouveaux Honkies, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 5:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM MG ROAD Salsa Night, 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Synergy Story Slam, 7:00PM

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Sexy Tunes w/ DJ's Zeus & Franco, 10:00PM

Evil Note Lab, 9:00PM

Kelly Hoppenjans (indie-folk, rock), 7:00PM White Coyote (old time, bluegrass, folk), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Bowling for Soup w/ Not UR Girlfrenz, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Mountain Valley Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Ashley Beach & the Odd Ditties w/ Ghost Diver (acoustic rock & roll), 8:30PM THE GREY EAGLE A Film in Color w/ Luxury Club & Secret Shame, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Berlyn Jazz Trio , 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Khandroma w/ Shane Parish & Lunar Creature, 9:30PM TOWN PUMP Open Jam w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES JJ Kitchen All Star Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Jazz Night, 7:30PM

MOVIES

REVIEWS & LISTINGS BY SCOTT DOUGLAS, FRANCIS X. FRIEL & JUSTIN SOUTHER

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Kevin Macdonald’s loving tribute, Whitney, depicts the undeniable cultural force of Whitney Houston in the 1980s

Whitney HHHS DIRECTOR: Kevin Macdonald PLAYERS: Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Gary Houston BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY RATED R THE STORY: The life story of superstar Whitney Houston, as told by her friends, family and music industry insiders. THE LOWDOWN: A loving tribute to the late singer that never truly gets to the heart of who she really was, relying on the almost Rashomon-like memories of those closest to her. Kevin Macdonald’s near-epic new film, Whitney, gets just how undeniable a cultural force Whitney Houston was in the 1980s. Springing from nowhere (technically New Jersey) with only her talent launching her, she was the pop alternative to the jangly

sex symbol trappings of Madonna or the baggage of weirdness surrounding Michael Jackson. Certainly in my own house growing up at the time, her music was everywhere, and today when I hear her songs, I get the same nostalgic fix as when the Sesame Street or Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood theme plays. The film recognizes this and uses that rush of sound and images to evoke a time when being an artist with seven consecutive No. 1 hit singles meant that damn-near everyone in the country knew who you were. The real test is whether we learn anything new from all this. To his credit, Macdonald tries to answer questions I didn’t even know I had about Houston’s life. It’s his interview subjects and a lack of any clear throughline that eventually tank the narrative before it really gets going. When you have everyone else in the movie — not

to mention video evidence — confirming the drug use that was a major part of Houston’s life, but ex-husband Bobby Brown flatly shuts down any questions on the subject with “I’m not here to talk about that,” where do you go from there? There are rumors regarding the singer’s alleged bisexuality that become a major part of the story but are left behind since Robyn Crawford, Houston’s best friend and business partner, and the one person who could speak to that with any real authority, doesn’t take part in the film. Likewise, a pretty stunning late-film revelation regarding another famous singer comes and goes, despite being damning enough that I think the filmmakers might be setting themselves up for a potential slander suit. The film’s true aim is to rescue Houston’s memory from the circus that clogged up the final years of her life. While it may be true that there are those who only remember the singer as a punchline, this is the film that should stand as the ultimate rebuttal to that. Following Houston from her childhood all the way up to the day she died is a noble effort, but in packing in so much detail, the film falls short of where it could have gone with a little more elbow room. It’s a breathless undertaking, and one that shows the star for the rare talent she was. It’s her absence in the telling of her own story that is felt most strongly. She is now at the mercy of which bits and pieces those in her life choose to remember, which becomes a compelling angle all to itself as the film goes on. To that point, it’s fair to say that there are those who still stand to gain or lose, depending on how that story gets told and the sense of a dozen unreliable narrators edging for the spotlight is too obvious to ignore. Even so, the piling-up of points of view and the cumulative effect of seeing so much of a single life crammed into two hours can’t derail the film completely. If Whitney’s intention is to show us just how unknowable Whitney Houston really was, it pretty much nails it. Rated R for language and drug content. Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemark.

MAX RATING Xpress reviews virtually all upcoming movies, with two or three of the most noteworthy appearing in print. You can find our online reviews at mountainx.com/movies/reviews. This week, they include: BOOM FOR REAL: THE LATE TEENAGE YEARS OF JEANMICHEL BASQUIAT HHHS

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and slick. But this isn’t quite enough to push the film toward greatness. I did find the first half of the film to be a bit tedious as a lot of it is used solely to set up the characters and the tangled nature of their intersecting desires. But the film does take a darker turn toward the midpoint, one that ups the stakes for the characters and feels reminiscent of the middle climax of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997). And while this part of the film does crank up the urgency of the narrative, it also sends the movie toward full-on melodrama. As someone who generally appreciates melodrama, The Seagull never quite strikes the appropriate tone to make such a delicate balance work. In an attempt to undercut the stodginess found in a lot of period pieces, the film goes for a more casually modern sensibility in its acting, something that brings a certain unevenness. While Howle, Ronan and Bening all seem to belong within the world of the movie, Stoll and Elisabeth Moss feel as if they’ve been plopped into the middle of the movie in period clothes. None of this really wrecks the movie, specifically because the ways in which the characters dovetail is entertaining enough. But it can be a bit distracting, especially once the heavy drama sets in and the characters’ motivations start to feel more strained and silly. There’s still enough of a magnetism to the majority of the cast to be worth the time if you have an interest in this style of movie. It’s just missing a certain cohesion that leaves it flawed, yet interesting. Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic elements, a scene of violence, drug use and partial nudity. Opens Friday, July 6, at Fine Arts Theatre.

HHHS DIRECTOR: Mike Mayer PLAYERS: Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Annette Bening, Corey Stoll, Elisabeth Moss DRAMA RATED NR THE STORY: In early 20th-century Russia, an affluent family deals with desire and jealousy. THE LOWDOWN: A beautifully shot and stylish film that suffers from a certain amount of unevenness in its acting. Based on the classic fin de siècle play by Anton Chechov, Michael Mayer’s adaptation of The Seagull is a stylishly staged and gorgeously shot period piece. This is a bit surprising from a director whose last theatrical credit was the 2006 horse sudser, Flicka. But while the film has a visual panache and a sense of professionalism and charm from some of its cast, as a whole, The Seagull lacks any real consistency in its performances or its storytelling. For the most part, the film revolves around a family and its acquaintances who are entangled in their various loves and jealousies with one another. The cast includes the ambitious but artistically obstinate young playwright Konstantin (Billy Howle, The Sense of an Ending); his pompous, coldhearted mother (Annette Bening); her famous writer boyfriend Boris (Corey Stoll, AntMan); and the young woman both he and Konstantin are infatuated with, Nina (Saoirse Ronan). As I said, the cinematography is gorgeous, and the camerawork fluid

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WE ROB BANKS: Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty star in Bonnie and Clyde. The Fine Arts Theatre screens the film on July 12. The event begins with a short talk on director Arthur Penn and how his career was influenced by his experiences at Black Mountain College. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. • The Musical Matinees weekly summer film series continues at the Columbus Public Library, 1289 W. Mills St., Columbus, on Friday, July 6, at 1 p.m. with Singin’ in the Rain. Free. polklibrary.org • The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave., hosts a screening of Spice World on Saturday, July 7, at 8 p.m. The film will be followed by a Spice Girls dance party. Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes. Tickets are $5 and available online and at The Grey Eagle box office. thegreyeagle.com • Designed to allow viewers to use film as their window into the minds and culture of Israel, the monthly Israeli Film Series — a collaboration between Grail Moviehouse and the Asheville Jewish Community Center — continues Sunday, July 8, at 2 p.m. with One Week and a Day. The 2016 dramedy follows the vastly different actions taken by a husband and wife after sitting shiva for their 25-yearold son. A discussion will follow the film. Tickets are $8 and available online or at the Grail box office. grailmoviehouse.com • The Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave., kicks off its Summer Movie Series on Monday, July 9, at 8 p.m. with The Princess Bride. Popcorn, candy and beverages will be available for purchase. Free to attend. theorangepeel.net

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Ant-Man and the Wasp Sequel to the 2015 Marvel Cinematic Universe hit, with director Peyton Reed returning to the helm. According to the studio: “Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a superhero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as AntMan, he’s confronted by Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) and Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from their past.” Early reviews positive. (PG-13)

The First Purge Prequel to the Purge franchise. According to the studio: “Behind every tradition lies a revolution. Next Independence Day, witness the rise of our country’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness. Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: The First Purge. To push the crime rate below 1 percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.” No early reviews. (R)

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Bad Day at Black Rock HHHH DIRECTOR: John Sturges PLAYERS: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis,Walter Brennan, Dean Jagger, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin DRAMA Rated NR Clocking in at a tight 81 minutes, John Sturges’ Bad Day at Black Rock (1954) is everything you don’t expect from a John Sturges movie. It’s taut, tense, and it doesn’t dawdle. The film is an expression of the increasingly leftist slant that MGM had taken after Dore Schary had managed to oust right-winger Louis B. Mayer from controlling the studio. (The idea was unthinkable of a movie under Mayer dealing with an embittered war hero coming to Black Rock and uncovering a racially motivated murder and a conspiracy to cover it up.) Spencer Tracy is uncommonly good, and the whole cast is strong — even if Ernest Borgnine’s role seems like reheated William Bendix. Though the film suffers from being an early Cinemascope production — there’s not a single close-up in the movie — Sturges evidences a clear understanding of composing for the wide screen. It isn’t quite a great movie, but it’s a very good one. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on May 26, 2015. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Bad Day at Black Rock on Sunday, July 8, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

The Taste of Others HHHHH DIRECTOR: Agnes Jaoui PLAYERS: Anne Alvaro, Jean-pierre Bacri, Brigette Catillon, Alain Chabat, Agnes Jauoi COMEDY Rated NR Writer-actress Agnes Jaoui’s directorial debut is a deliciously funny and insightful comedy about people’s varied tastes and perceptions, especially perceptions of other people. There’s scarcely a false note in the film, which is impeccably photographed and directed in an unusual (for an essentially intimate film) yet intelligent use of wide-screen. The Taste of Others is by turns funny, touching and thoughtprovoking. It very much deserves to be seen by the widest possible audience. And here’s hoping that it’s merely the springboard for a fruitful career for Jaoui as a filmmaker. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on Jan. 1, 2000. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present The Taste of Others on Friday, July 6, at the new Flood Gallery location in Black Mountain, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Twentieth-century French novelist Marcel Proust described nineteenthcentury novelist Gustave Flaubert as a trottoire roulant, or “rolling sidewalk”: plodding, toneless, droning. Meanwhile, critic Roger Shattuck compared Proust’s writing to an “electric generator” from which flows a “powerful current always ready to shock not only our morality but our very sense of humanity.” In the coming weeks, I encourage you to find a middle ground between Flaubert and Proust. See if you can be moderately exciting, gently provocative and amiably enchanting. My analysis of the cosmic rhythms suggests that such an approach is likely to produce the best long-term results. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You remind me of Jack, the nine-year-old Taurus kid next door, who took up skateboarding on the huge trampoline his two moms put in their backyard. Like him, you seem eager to travel in two different modes at the same time. (And I’m glad to see you’re being safe; you’re not doing the equivalent of, say, having sex in a car or breakdancing on an escalator.) When Jack first began, he had difficulty in coordinating the bouncing with the rolling. But after a while he got good at it. I expect that you, too, will master your complex task. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): From the day you were born, you have been cultivating a knack for mixing and blending. Along the way, you have accomplished mergers that would have been impossible for a lot of other people. Some of your experiments in amalgamation are legendary. If my astrological assessments are accurate, the year 2019 will bring forth some of your all-time most marvelous combinations and unifications. I expect you are even now setting the stage for those future fusions; you are building the foundations that will make them natural and inevitable. What can you do in the coming weeks to further that preparation? CANCER (June 21-July 22): An open letter to Cancerians from Rob Brezsny’s mother, Felice: I want you to know that I played a big role in helping my Cancerian son become the empathetic, creative, thoughtful, crazy character he is today. I nurtured his idiosyncrasies. I made him feel secure and well-loved. My care freed him to develop his unusual ideas and life. So as you read Rob’s horoscopes, remember that there’s part of me inside him. And that part of me is nurturing you just as I once nurtured him. I and he are giving you love for the quirky, distinctive person you actually are, not some fantasy version of you. I and he are helping you feel more secure and well-appreciated. Now I encourage you to cash in on all that support. As Rob has told me, it’s time for you Cancerians to reach new heights in your drive to express your unique self.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Is there any prize more precious than knowing your calling? Can any other satisfaction compare with the joy of understanding why you’re here on earth? In my view, it’s the supreme blessing: to have discovered the tasks that can ceaselessly educate and impassion you; to do the work or play that enables you to offer your best gifts; to be intimately engaged with an activity that consistently asks you to overcome your limitations and grow into a more complete version of yourself. For some people, their calling is a job: marine biologist, kindergarten teacher, advocate for the homeless. For others, it’s a hobby, like long-distance-running, bird-watching, or mountain-climbing. St. Therese of Lisieux said, “My calling is love!” Poet Marina Tsvetaeva said her calling was “To listen to my soul.” Do you know yours, Libra? Now is an excellent time to either discover yours or home in further on its precise nature. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have you entertained any high-quality fantasies about faraway treasures lately? Have you delivered inquiring communiqués to any promising beauties who may ultimately offer you treats? Have you made long-distance inquiries about speculative possibilities that could be inclined to travel in your direction from their frontier sanctuaries? Would you consider making some subtle change in yourself so that you’re no longer forcing the call of the wild to wait and wait and wait? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If a down-to-earth spiritual teacher advised you to go on a five-day meditation retreat in a sacred sanctuary, would you instead spend five days carousing with meth addicts in a cheap hotel? If a close friend confessed a secret she had concealed from everyone for years, would you unleash a nervous laugh and change the subject? If you read a horoscope that told you now is a favorable time to cultivate massive amounts of reverence, devotion, respect, gratitude, innocence and awe, would you quickly blank it out of your mind and check your Instagram and Twitter accounts on your phone? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A typical working couple devotes an average of four minutes per day to focused conversation with each other. And it’s common for a child and parent to engage in meaningful communication for just 20 minutes per week. I bring these sad facts to your attention, Capricorn, because I want to make sure you don’t embody them in the coming weeks. If you hope to attract the best of life’s blessings, you will need to give extra time and energy to the fine art of communing with those you care about.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The ghost orchid is a rare white wildflower that disappeared from the British countryside around 1986. The nation’s botanists declared it officially extinct in 2005. But four years later, a tenacious amateur located a specimen growing in the West Midlands area. The species wasn’t gone forever, after all. I foresee a comparable revival for you in the coming weeks, Leo. An interesting influence or sweet thing that you imagined to be permanently defunct may return to your life. Be alert!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Allergies, irritants, stings, hypersensitivities: Sometimes you can make these annoyances work in your behalf. For example, my allergy to freshly-cut grass meant that when I was a teenager, I never had to waste my Saturday afternoons mowing the lawn in front of my family’s suburban home. And the weird itching that plagued me whenever I got into the vicinity of my first sister’s fiancé: If I had paid attention to it, I wouldn’t have lent him the $350 that he never repaid. So my advice, my itchy friend, is to be thankful for the twitch and the prickle and the pinch. In the coming days, they may offer you tips and clues that could prove valuable.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The ancient Greek poet Sappho described “a sweet-apple turning red high on the tip of the topmost branch.” The apple pickers left it there, she suggested, but not because they missed seeing it. It was just too high. “They couldn’t reach it,” wrote Sappho. Let’s use this scenario as a handy metaphor for your current situation, Virgo. I am assigning you the task of doing whatever is necessary to fetch that glorious, seemingly unobtainable sweet-apple. It may not be easy. You’ll probably need to summon extra ingenuity to reach it, as well as some as-yet unguessed form of help. (The Sappho translation is by Julia Dubnoff.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you somehow growing younger? Your stride seems bouncier and your voice sounds more buoyant. Your thoughts seem fresher and your eyes brighter. I won’t be surprised if you buy yourself new toys or jump in mud puddles. What’s going on? Here’s my guess: you’re no longer willing to sleepwalk your way through the most boring things about being an adult. You may also be ready to wean yourself from certain responsibilities unless you can render them pleasurable at least some of the time. I hope so. It’s time to bring more fun and games into your life.

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1931 Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville, NC 28793 • 828-221-2310 • 07/11/18 @ 9:30am Unit 260, Ashley Whitaker – Collectables 3173 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28803 • 828-202-5701 • 07/11/2018 @ 5:00pm Unit 478, Samantha Gunn – Mattress, Box Spring, Footboard, Headboard, Mirror, Bedding, Outdoor Chair, Boxes, Household Items, Air Mattress, Coffee Maker, Crock Pot 600 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28806 • 828-221-0084 • 07/11/18 @ 1:15pm Unit 651, Ebony Bozeman – Sofa, Loveseat, Queen Bed/Mattress/Foundation, Twin Bed/Mattress, Dresser, Lamps, Toys, Fan, Heater, misc. items Unit 001, Christopher Eatmon – Full Mattress & Foundation, clothes, toy cars, Microwave, bedding, fan, toaster oven, karaoke machine with cd & graphics, skateboard, totes, bags, pillows, space heater, misc. items Unit 108, Nathan Justice – Fishing poles, clothes, bedding, totes, shelf, chair, bedframe, misc. items Unit 122, Mario Sauls – stroller, books, air compressor, misc. items. Multiple bags, clothes, box, cooler bag, hat, shoes, suitcase, misc items 3909 Sweeten Creek Rd, Arden, NC 28704 • 828-278-0440 • 07/11/18 @ 2:00pm Unit 0060, Adrian Mills – Lamps, Speakers, TV, couch, Christmas decor, electronics. Unit 0085, Brenda Harris – Toys, boxes, Christmas décor, baskets, home décor, & other household items. Unit 0093, Michelle (Tracy) Beelen – Exercise equip., wall art, Christmas décor, & other house hold items. Unit 0095, Courtney Jeter – Lawn mower, weed eater, fishing poles, motor cycle, wall art, home décor, and other misc. items. Unit 0117, Reginald Menifee – T.V., boxes, electronics, furniture, and other misc. items. Unit 0129, Yolanda Conyers – Guitar, books, shelf, seasonal décor, frozen doll house, clothes, and other household items. Unit 0186, Jennifer Roy – Coffee tables, chair and ottoman, weights, toys, and other misc. items. Unit 0192, Melissa Edwards – Doll house, wall art, garden tools, and other misc. items. Unit 0198, Daniel Fitzgerald – Dressers, fishing equip., ladder, grill, speakers, and other misc. items. Unit 0210, James Lowder – 7-500+ gallon water tanks, 1 tire an rim. Unit 0217, Charles Davis – Wood, shelves, safety cones, blocks, pipes, and other construction tools and hardware. Unit 1072, Khyle Covington – Lawn mower, car stands, chest, hedge trimers, and other items. 1104, Kristen Peak – Appliances, furniture, Christmas décor, baby items, toys, and other items. 40 Wilmington Street, Asheville NC 28806 • 828-237-2035 • 07/11/18 @ 1:30pm Unit G11, Alice Crosson – Furniture, doors, tables, cabinets Unit B53, Caryn Birchfield – Clothes, Furniture, mattress, weights Unit A57, Janice Moore – TV, couch, boxes, chairs, cleaning supplies Unit G16, Terrence Searles – clothes, bags, plastic containers, shoes Unit L18, Patricia Thompkins – boxes, bags, clothing, bedding, toys, furniture Unit L05, Leticia Ruegger – boxes, bags, clothing, bedding, household items Unit K06, David Sorenson – couches, bags, bins, furniture Unit N03, David Branagin – Furniture, bags, bins, Grill, clothing Unit J02, Shane Fitzgerald – Camper 90 Highland Center Blvd, Asheville, NC 28806 • 828-221-0749 • 07/11/18 @ 12:00pm Unit 146, Kelby Carr – toys, games, totes, computer, Christmas Décor, Bikes, Shelving, Bags 21 Sardis Road, Asheville, NC 28806 • 828-551-2340 • 07/11/2018 at 9:00am Unit 124, Stephen McKinney – house hold goods Unit 350, Donald Parham – household goods Unit 245, Ricardo Leon Jr – house hold goods Unit 112, McDonald’s – Restaurant supplies Unit 485, Lana Riddle – house hold goods. 550 Swannanoa River Rd, Asheville NC 28805 • 828-229-7246 • 07/11/2018 @ 10:00am Unit 515, Chuck Wiseman – Bedding ,boxes, bags, totes, mattress, flat screen tv, model cars, tool boxes, furniture Unit 251, Allen Clark – suitcases, toys, boxes, bags, pictures frames Unit 144, Chris Moses – night stand and dresser 2594 Sweeten Creek Rd, Asheville,NC 28803 • (828)278-0792 • 07/11/2018 @ 1:00pm Unit 126, Debbie Smith aka Debbie Ryan – Appliances,boxes, bags, totes,furniture, tools, shelving Unit 049, Tristen Watty – Bedding/Clothing, Boxes/Bags/Totes, Furniture Unit 177, Leonardo Romero – Bedding, clothing, Electronics, computers, sound & lighting equipment Unit 145, Henrietta Caldwell – Bedding, Clothing, boxes, totes, bags, Furniture

including cable and internet. • $150/day (2-day minimum), $650/week, $1500/month. Weaverville area. • No pets please. (828) 658-9145. mhcinc58@ yahoo.com

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Compensation ranges from $ 18 to $ 28 / hr depending on experience. dena@ southeastclimatecare.com NOT JUST A JOB • A CAREER! Be part of the process control industry! Immediate job openings, full time with benefits. • Assembly • Electronics • Machining • Calibration •Welding •CAD Design. Contact us, go to our website, or come in to apply. Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm. Palmer Wahl • 234 Old Weaverville Road, Asheville, NC 28804. (828) 6583131 • FAX (828) 658-0728 • www.palmerwahl.com

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SUMMER EMPLOYMENT $12.50 an hour, no experience necessary. Perfect summer job for teachers! 1st and 2nd shift positions available. Must be 18 or older, have a HS diploma or equivalent, able to pass a background check and drug screen. Please apply online at www.plicards.com.

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FINANCIAL ASSISTANT • THE CATHEDRAL OF ALL SOULS Seeking an experienced Financial Assistant for accounts payable/ receivable, payroll, and other duties; 20-30 hours per week. Job details at allsoulscathedral.org

DRIVERS/ DELIVERY LAUGH, PLAY, ADVENTURE, PEDAL Make your own schedule, full or parttime, great wages! Needed: playful, charismatic, enthusiastic folks who love life, people, and Asheville! Simply pedal folks around downtown on batteryassisted pedicab-rickshaws. heretothereadventures.com

HUMAN SERVICES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, GRADUATE ENROLLMENT Assists in identifying, enrolling, and retaining motivated and qualified graduate students. Salaried, exempt, full-time position based at Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Asheville campus in Montford. lr.edu/ employment

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GROUNDSKEEPER A-B Tech is currently taking applications for a Full-Time position Groundskeeper (Extended to 7/9/18). For more details and to apply: abtcc.peopleadmin.com/ postings/4858 IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR HVAC INSTALLER/ GENERAL LABOR/SERVICE TECH • HENDERSONVILLE NC Positions available for helpers, installers and professional HVAC technician including recent graduate of a technical school. Come check us out and talk to our of our managers about how to earn more $$ and work in a great positive environment. contact phone number is 828-585-5535 , ask for Dena or Ricky.

CATHEDRAL MISSIONER FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC RECONCILIATION AND MISSIONER FOR KAIROS WEST All Souls seeks experienced advocate for racial and economic equity. Email mail@ allsoulscathedral.org or call 828.274.2681 for job details. allsoulscathedral.org OPERATIONS DIRECTOR FTE position responsible for overseeing day-to-day program operations for non-profit agency located in Hendersonville, NC. • Master’s degree in behavioral health coupled with relevant experience serving behavioral health and homeless populations. Clinical licensure preferred. http://thrive4health.org/ about-us/working-at-thrive/ RESIDENTIAL COUNSELORS NEEDED! 2ND AND 3RD SHIFTS! The Residential Counselors work in psychiatric residential treatment programs. The Counselors are responsible for providing a safe and therapeutic environment, teaching anger management, social, and coping skills to the student population, and monitoring the behaviors of the students. This position offers an outlet for creativity with activities and allows staff to bring their strengths and interests to the students in their care. Applicants must be at least 21 and possess a high school diploma or GED. A

degree in Human Services and/or previous relatable work experience is a plus! This is a full-time position with excellent benefits including paid holidays, vacation days, sick pay, health, vision, dental, and life insurance as well as discounts at various businesses! Eliada offers an amazing team focused atmosphere where you are able to learn and grow while making an impact in the lives of at-risk youth.

TEACHING/ EDUCATION 5TH GRADE MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHER ArtSpace Charter School, a K-8 public school located near Asheville, North Carolina is seeking a full-time 5th grade Math and Science Teacher beginning August, 2018. Applicants must have a current North Carolina teaching license in Elementary Education. Previous experience as a lead teacher is highly preferred. Candidate must be willing to work in a collaborative, integrated, experiential environment. Knowledge of the arts and arts integration strategies is preferred, but not required. Please send resumes and cover letters to: resumes@artspacecharter. org with the subject heading “5th grade Math/Science Teacher”. DANCE TEACHER ArtSpace Charter School, a K-8 public school near Asheville, NC, has an opening for an innovative, energetic, Dance Teacher to join its arts integration team in the 2018-2019 school year. Candidates must be willing to work in a collaborative environment and willing to teach various subjects through dance to students in grades Kindergarten through Eight. • A Dance Education degree and NC licensure in dance is required. • Qualified applicants may email their resume and cover letter to: resumes@artspacecharter. org with “Dance Teacher” in the subject line. TEACH HUMANITIES AT MONTFORD HALL Teach Humanities at an amazing school near downtown Asheville! Montford Hall is a non-profit, therapeutic boarding school for teenage boys in early recovery. Email sjcouture@ montfordhall.org with resume and cover letter.

ARTS/MEDIA DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT WANTED FOR NONPROFIT ASHEVILLE MUSIC SCHOOL A minimum of four years' fundraising experience, nonprofit arts organization background a plus. Excellent grant writing and management skills; ability to research new funder leads. Send resumes to ryan@ ashevillemusicschool.org

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SERVICES COMPUTER HUGHESNET SATELLITE INTERNET 25mbps starting at $49.99/month! Fast download speeds. WiFi built in! Free Standard Installation for lease customers! Limited time. Call 1-800-490-4140. (AAN CAN)

ENTERTAINMENT DISH TV $59.99 For 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote. Some restrictions apply. Call Now: 1-800-3736508 (AAN CAN)

HOME IMPROVEMENT GENERAL SERVICES DRIVEWAY SEAL COATING Protects pavement and beautifies. Hand applied commercial grade sealer. Also: Painting • Powerwashing • Top quality work • Low prices • Free estimate • 30+ years experience. Call Mark: (828) 2990447.

HANDY MAN HIRE A HUSBAND • HANDYMAN SERVICES Since 1993. Multiple skill sets. Reliable, trustworthy, quality results. Insured. References and estimates available. Stephen Houpis, (828) 280-2254.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS LUNG CANCER? And Age 60+? You And Your Family May Be Entitled To Significant Cash Award. Call 844-898-7142 for Information. No Risk. No Money Out Of Pocket. (AAN CAN) NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY The following is a list of unclaimed and confiscated property at the Asheville Police Department: electronic equipment; cameras; clothing; lawn and garden equipment; personal items; tools; weapons (including firearms): jewelry: automotive items; building supplies; bikes and other miscellaneous items. Anyone with a legitimate claim or interest in this property has 30 days from the date of this publication to make a claim. Unclaimed items will be disposed of according to statutory law. For further information, or to file a claim, contact the Asheville Police Department Property and Evidence Section, 828-232-4576. NOTICE OF DISPOSITION The following is a list of unclaimed and confiscated property at the Asheville Police Department tagged for disposition: audio and video equipment; cameras; clothing; lawn and garden equipment;

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personal items; tools; weapons (including firearms): jewelry: automotive items; building supplies; bikes and other miscellaneous. All items will be disposed of 30 days from date of posting. Items to be auctioned will be displayed on www.propertyroom.com.

LEGAL NOTICES CELLCO PARTNERSHIP And its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless), proposes to build a 94-foot monopine communications tower at the approx. vicinity of 308 Gashes Creek Road, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC 28803. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Ana Rodriguez, 1051 Winderley Pl, Ste 201, Maitland, FL 32751, 407-6607840 a.rodriguez@trileaf. com

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