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Attitude toward mural is ironically intolerant Thank you, Mountain Xpress, for printing the satire on an increasingly silly social issue. I am referring, of course, to Michael Beal’s letter about the misogynistic cowgirl mural at 99 Riverside Drive. [“Cowgirl is Misogynistic,” June 25, Xpress]. Hilarious! The mural referenced depicts a woman dressed in a sailor suit and climbing upon a ship’s anchor — you know, a cowgirl. She is meant to appear attractive, thus “embodying antiquated, cognitively sedentary values,” as if we are supposed to be such highly evolved monkeys that we can transcend sexual attraction. It is further stated that this image is “disrespectful and belligerent toward Indians.” Now there is a piece of perfectly pitched irony.

After I finished laughing, I started thinking about what was really being said and it does seem that we as a society are amusing ourselves more and more by looking for reasons to be offended. If the girl in the picture is pretty, then so what? That does not imply disrespect toward women any more than the mural on the next building, depicting a muscular male figure holding a large orb upon his shoulders, connotes disrespect toward males. We are interested in

sexual attraction, and that is natural. Furthermore, the stretch to catch the indigenous people of this continent in this “should be offended” lasso is ridiculous.

But indeed, it is time to slough off these old modes of thinking.

We seem to be growing more and more sensitive and quick to cry foul when it comes to what might be perceived as demeaning to one particular subset of people or another.

It is a shame we find it so difficult to tolerate each other. Thus, the cleverly obtuse letter to the editor about misogyny in a mural, which would have us to oppress and stifle the creation of art, based on some negative message which may be projected upon it. It is time we quit overdoing it by pointing out flaws in other persons’ thinking and strive for self-improvement.

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valid points as to the commercialized sexploitation of women, I hardly think the cowgirl mural is the poster child of female objectification. Take it for what it is: reprovintage artwork paying tribute to the 1950s — when rock ‘n’ roll was young, cars were cool and postwar America was strong and prosperous. That sort of PG-rated pinup imagery, like the cowgirl, was iconic of the rockabilly scene.

And as for the whole cowboy theme being degrading to Indians — really? Watch less old Westerns and read more history. Cowboys weren’t just a mob of white rednecks with hats terrorizing Indians; they were hardworking cattlemen who helped feed a growing nation, and they came in many colors. There were African-American cowboys, Indian cowboys, Mexican cowboys and women cowboys.

I like the cowgirl mural because it reminds me of the music and an era I admire. While some find her provocative, others may see her as a sign of innocence. The woman isn’t giving a lap dance or twerking or even revealing anything to deserve more than a PG rating. If the mural reads as “provocative,” it’s only because you project R- or X-rated thoughts upon it. I mean, a cucumber is just a cucumber until

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your mind turns it into something else, and I just see her as reproartwork from a great era.

If you want to point your finger at murals that may be guilty of objectifying females, there are more than a few graffiti murals in the River Arts District that are less skillfully executed and feature full female nudity.

Though I don’t find these to be objectifying either, I’m just saying there are several other mural images at which one could point a finger before picking on a PG-rated cowgirl.

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Urge legislature to put medical marijuana to vote There is a bill currently in the N.C. House of Representatives to put the issue of medical marijuana on the November ballot. House Bill 1161 currently languishes in the Judiciary Committee under the control of Rep. Leo Daughtry, R-Johnston. The much-maligned marijuana plant’s use for alleviating suffering is well enough documented that 23 states have legalized its use. According to several polls, 68 percent of North

Carolinians approve of legalizing marijuana for medical purposes.

I urge you to contact your representatives and Rep. Daughtry urging them to move this bill out of committee and support its passage. Allow the people of North Carolina to vote on this crucial issue. Daughtry can be reached at 919-733-5605. Find your representative at www.ncleg.org and call.

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Poetic mayhem The secret world of WNC skateboarding

Numbers aside, the simple fact is that skateboarding’s stereotypical image hovers somewhere between Fast Times at Ridgemont High and the Sex Pistols. And while that would seem to make it a natural fit for the fringe-blender that is Asheville, there are challenges. “It’s illegal in public,” says Seymour. “You have to do it at a park or you get fined. It naturally pushes people to underground locations.”

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Two men in green T-shirts stand guard, flanking the rolled-back chainlink gate. Beyond, a gravel drive leads to an unremarkable warehouse.

There’s no number visible anywhere; the men clasp beer bottles.

I roll down my window. “Is this…” I say hesitantly, giving them the address.

“Depends on what you’re looking for,” one replies.

I gesture toward his shirt, which bears a circular insignia with the word “Thrashville” ironed on in a rainbow pattern. “That.”

He points up the hill with his beer.

“Head straight. Man up there will park you.”

Thrashville is a skate park that can be found only by those who already know where it is. This is both intentional and, in some ways, necessary.

“They’re called keyholder bowls,” Shawn Youtz explains. “Membersonly skating organizations.” He goes on to describe something like a co-op: 30 members, all told; each one has a key, and they split the rent and other expenses.

“We, as a group, came to a decision about the total number of members,” says Youtz. “You want to have enough to lower the rent to an amount it doesn’t break the bank to pay, but you don’t want to have too many and overcrowd the location.

Each of us can bring two guests, but that’s all.”

Secrecy, says fellow member Ryan Seymour, “is really just about demand. We have nothing against skate parks, of course, but they tend to be very crowded. You have a lot of children out there and a lot of moms, and we’re a bunch of guys in our 30s and 40s. This way, we have a space we can call our own.”

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TRICKED UP: Rorey Hipps tries to complete the tricky “nosepick” maneuver during a competition at Thrashville, a local skateboarding club.

Photos by Dyshon Whidbee

The occasion is the second annual Mountain Masters Gentlemen’s Cup, held May 31 this year. It draws skaters from across the region. It’s easy to see why: Thrashville is a skateboarder’s dream, specifically designed to accommodate sick tricks and physics-defying stunts.

Half of the cavernous space is taken up by a skating bowl, where most of the action goes down. The rim stands about 10 feet above the warehouse’s unforgiving concrete floor. Underneath sits an engineering degree’s worth of wooden struts and crossbeams. The shape of it resembles a top-heavy jellybean. On the far side, the floor-to-rim distance increases, nearly reaching the steelbeam rafters and metal roof. An integrated halfpipe structure runs along the bowl’s straighter side. The rim consists of welded sections of metal piping about 3 inches in diameter — perfect for grinds.

Thrashville members built all of it themselves.

“One of our members is a carpenter,” Seymour explains, “and very, very careful. We always overbuild: Everything is 16-on-9. In fact, he was reluctant to do it. But I told him, ‘Come on, you’re the only one who knows how to build a round wall.”

Each section is overlaid with Russian birch. “That stuff was hard to get,” says Seymour. “We had to import it through New Jersey. But it’s just a better surface than concrete.”

Still, the park’s obscurity comes at a price. “We don’t have bathrooms, air conditioning, any of that,” he reveals, yelling to be heard over the

cacophony. “We don’t have insulation either.”

What would happen if a city code enforcement officer found out about Thrashville?

“Ah…” says Ryan. “Well.”

Chalk up another reason to keep it on the down low.

“Heard about this one park in Atlanta: Bunch of people came in and said the place had to get an underground sprinkler system, would cost $12,000. Had to go out into the community and raise the money. What a nightmare.”

“A skateboard has three parts,” Thrashville member Nathan Freeman explains. “You have the board, the wheels and the trucks — they’re the things on the bottom that hold the wheels on. There’s a pin inside with rubber bushing that lets the board pivot, depending on what the rider wants. The trucks can last a long time. The ones I’ve had are about 5 years old. The boards? Well, we break boards all the time.”

It’s a rough sport, which contributes to the subculture’s isolation from the mainstream.

“A lot of people are afraid of skateboarders,” notes Seymour. “They think we’re just a bunch of degenerates out there hurting ourselves.”

Skateboarding grew out of the 1940s surfer culture. No one’s entirely sure where the first skateboard was made or who first had the idea: In many ways, it was a natural evolution, bringing surfing to dry land.

Early skateboarding took most of its cultural cues from that archetype.

The current image — part daredevil, part punk rock, part beatnik — took shape only after the sport had moved inland, away from the water. And as the sport’s become more popular and the Internet has spread it worldwide, the stigma has lessened. That’s reflected in the audience for the Gentlemen’s Cup, which runs the gamut of race, age and profession.

“One of our people is a surgeon,” says Youtz. “Another’s the vice president of a bank.”

One skater, a mop of curly hair poufing out from under his hat, looks no older than a child.

Asked his age, he says, “Sixteen.”

“You from around here?”

“No, I’m from Boone.”

“How’d you hear about this place?”

“I’ve been here a couple of times,” he replies, deftly dodging the question. “It’s pretty cool.” And then he’s

FREE FALLING: Adult skateboarders test their skills at Thrashville.

off, obviously having better things to do than talk to a nosy reporter.

“Degenerate” is way too superficial and extreme a term to cover the spectrum of people careening about the warehouse. It’s possible, though, to see how somebody could make that leap.

“Most people’s only experience with a skateboard is the one time they step on it and it flies out from under them,” notes Youtz. “I’d say it’s the most extreme of extreme sports: Either you’re going to control it or it’s going to control you.”

That’s exactly what draws or repels people. “I got into it because of the adrenaline,” says Youtz, “that rush of endorphins.”

A skateboard has no safety restraints: no harness, brakes or gyroscopic balancing system.

Unlike other extreme sports, there are no straps securing your feet. The only real analogue is its grandfather, surfing. It’s a person standing, bereft of security, on a piece of wood with four wheels underneath. And while injuries occur in more mainstream sports — America’s beloved football, for example — that lack of control is a clear dividing line.

And most of the skaters at Thrashville today — the onlookers too, for that matter — do have an edge to them. Devil-may-care is the appropriate adjective. Almost all of them, including the 16-year-

old, eschew protective gear. Most sport cargo shorts and T-shirts; a few are in jeans. The cigarettes smoked during the event’s eight or so hours could keep the tobacco industry solvent for a year, and by day’s end, a lake’s worth of Pabst Blue Ribbon has been vaporized as well.

But those are just the trappings.

What most characterizes these devotees is their passion, leavened by a tacit understanding of deportment. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the free skate preceding the competition. The skaters enter the bowl one or two at a time, and once someone wipes out, he exits politely, seamlessly replaced by another. Upon witnessing a great trick, the skaters slam their polyurethane-coated maple boards onto the raised wooden floor, creating a terrific clatter. Avoiding collisions by inches, they crisscross in an intricate dance. And when, inevitably, they do collide, they pat each other on the back.

Once, two skaters obliviously fly toward the same spot on the rim in perfect triangulation: one along a leg, the other following the hypotenuse.

At the last second they notice each other, and hypotenuse jumps off his board as both climb the steep ramp to the rim. The other skater pulls up, flies out of the rim and catches the vacated board as he hops off his own.

The onlookers whoop. Hypotenuse gets his board back, and they elbow-

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nudge each other, laughing as if at a private joke.

After a while, you start to wonder how it’s possible that no one’s been grievously injured yet. In one memorable instance, a skater hits the deck. His board, however, continues on its merry way, up the ramp and out in a negative parabolic curve so perfect that an algebra teacher would weep, arcing downward straight at a gray-haired couple sitting no more than 10 inches apart. The board slices right between their heads, and you get the feeling that under any other circumstance, someone would be going home with a dent in their face. You also suspect that the requisite indifference to bodily harm somehow negates that fact.

“Oh, we’ve had some broken bones before,” says Seymour. “But everyone that’s gotten hurt is still skating.”

Injury is one of the sport’s more notorious byproducts, but skaters’ devil-may-care attitude is also what engenders the particular brand of looseness that enables them to go with the flow. Loose legs can maintain balance on a skateboard that’s riding a ramp so steep it’s nearly vertical. Loose torsos provide the necessary counterweight to instantly adjust to sharp changes in angle.

Working with the very physics that would otherwise smash them to kibble, loose skaters simply accept the wipeout, fall into it, letting the momentum carry them forward till their bodies smack the Russian birch

“I’d say it’s the most extreme of extreme sports: Either you’re going to control it or it’s going to control you.”

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and roll wherever and however the resulting forces take them, breaking the fall by welcoming it. It’s heavy metal tai chi.

Look long enough and the discipline emerges. Beneath its surface madness, skateboarding girds itself with a subtle but very real prosody.

Of necessity, each skater owns an intuitive understanding of physics, deftly navigating a cavalcade of morphing angles, exponential ramp structures and triangular shifts at high speeds with nothing holding them onto the board save gravity and centrifugal force. They waft along, embodying a kind of enlightenment they don’t even know they possess.

Out of the madness comes rhythm.

Out of the havoc comes beat. Out of the mayhem comes poetry.

Rorey Hipps, 27, sits in front of a big fan that accounts for much of what passes for Thrashville’s ventilation system. Born and raised in Asheville, he’s been skating for fully half his life.

“My parents worked for a children’s home,” he says, “and one

day I saw some kids on skateboards.

I was like, that looks really cool.”

These days, he enters three competitions a year: “It’s as many as I can get to, honestly.”

Hipps is well-known among the Thrashville contestants, most of whom seem to be acquainted.

The Gentlemen’s Cup runs in heats of eight to 10 skaters. Today there are two heats, each beginning with a 20-minute jam session. Three judges, all Thrashville members, select their top 10, each of whom gets a one-minute solo ride. Based on those, the judges winnow the list to five, and after a final 10-minute group jam, the top three are chosen. In addition, there’s a 20-minute “best trick” jam. The prizes are as follows: first place, $700; second place, $200; third place, $100; best trick, $200.

“Dude, it’s purely subjective,” says Seymour. “There aren’t any score cards or little tabulations or anything.”

Another member, Jamie Ingram, says: “What we’re looking for is tricks: technique plus bigness plus style plus speed. All have to com-

“A lot of people are afraid of skateboarders. They think we’re just a bunch of degenerates out there hurting ourselves.”

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bine. You do a hard trick ugly, it’s not so good.”

Hipps is in heat No. 2. His skill and experience are immediately apparent, as is his highly aggressive style.

During the free skate, his board slips from under him and his momentum carries him smack into the halfpipe’s upswing. It’s the only time all day that a skater sits injured for any amount of time.

“Oh, I’m all right,” he says later.

“I smashed the left side of my face a little bit, but I’m good.”

The injury doesn’t seem to affect his jam session. Unlike the free skate, everybody’s in the bowl at once: up to eight people flying about, spinning out of control, slamming into one another, a frenetic swirl of motion that’s impossible to comprehend.

Fortunately, another Thrashville member gives a running commentary, directing the audience’s attention to specific feats of derring-do when he’s not spouting off halfbaked proverbs (“Remember, kids: To defy gravity is to defy expectations.) In between, he eggs the skaters on: “There should be eight people in there! Why are there only three? We’re talking about seven. hundred. dollars here. No one wants it, I guess?”

Hipps’ 20-minute jam run consists of repeatedly running the same route. Entering the left side at a corner of the bowl, he heads toward a vertical wall and swings up, using it to gain velocity, then shoots back toward the opposite wall and the second-highest ramp.

The board swoops up the side, over the rim, high into the air, nearing the roof.

Then he grabs his board and, if he’s lucky, lands back on his feet.

Just as often, he falls and tumbles down the ramp.

Hipps tells me later that he was attempting a “backside nosepick.”

The boarder goes up a ramp, flips so that he now faces down it, catches the rim of the bowl with the truck and then descends. Hard enough on its own, but Hipps adds another layer of difficulty: serious air.

Imagine dropping a ball from above so that it lands on and rolls down the

side of your bathtub: The tiniest bit off and you’re history. Not surprising, then, that during Hipps’ heat, every attempt ends in failure.

“I was just a little off,” he says.

“I’ll get it.” And despite repeated failures and his focus on the one trick, he doesn’t seem terribly concerned about advancing. “Oh, I’m going to make the top 10.

Trust me.”

He does. But in the meantime it’s hot, and muggy, and all 10 have been skating for hours, so each person’s one-minute run is, well, underwhelming. One contestant has somehow managed to lose his shirt, revealing the tattoos along his arms and shoulders. He looks like he should ride with a cigarette in his mouth. Every time he wipes out, he leaves big Bob Ross brush-stroke smears of sweat on the Russian birch.

“These guys go all out when they’re in a group,” the commentator says sardonically. “But suddenly they get all shy when they’re alone.”

Hipps, too, is exhausted and increasingly frustrated. With every failure to complete the nosepick his anger increases, till he begins slamming his board onto the plywood, cursing. Multiple times he’s hit the deck hard, and after a while his expression is stuck in a perpetual frown. His one-minute run is perfunctory, and he doesn’t make the top five.

That doesn’t seem to trouble him, though, and it becomes apparent that Hipps is focused solely on winning best trick.

While the top five do their final runs in a 10-minute, multipleperson jam, Hipps rests, stirring only to smack his board against the wood to salute a good round of skating.

After the top five jam, the bowl opens to all skaters: 20 minutes, best trick wins, not necessary to have competed in the tournament, $200 to the winner. This is what Hipps has been waiting for. He enters the bowl, throws himself around the perimeter,

shoots for the tall ramp, flies up, falls down, fails.

By this time the entire crowd has caught on, and each subsequent try is met with groans of disappointment and words of encouragement. Hipps tries again, doesn’t get it. Tries again, doesn’t get it.

“Come on, Rorey,” the commentator urges. “It’s going to happen this time. You’ve got it this time.”

Up, down, fall, board spins off into the ether. The other skaters might as well not even be there. By my unofficial count, Hipps has attempted this high-flying trick 15 times. The minutes tick by, and the only progress he’s made is in the number of bruises he’ll have that night.

The crowd is restless, simmering with disappointment; five minutes left. Hipps’ expression is stoic. He pushes off from the corner, up and around the curved opposite walls, the bowl practically empty, as if the other skaters, too, are determined to help Hipps see it through. He shoots back toward the front side, eyes straight ahead, wends around the ramps here, swings his body forward for an extra burst of speed toward the tall ramp, his nemesis. He rockets up the broadside, straight as an arrow, launches up, up, up…

And flips in midair, aims the board 180 degrees downward and lands perfectly, vertically, back on the ramp. The wheels carry him down and across the bowl; a deafening roar drowns out the music; 50 skateboards create a mortarfire staccato as their owners all but break them on the rim. Other boards are thrown, graduation-like, into the air to fall into the bowl.

Skaters and onlookers and cheering, jumping fans pour into it; the commentator babbles nonsensically. The mob overtakes Hipps and knocks him to the floor, total strangers dogpiling him.

Even though there’s four minutes left in the jam, the commentator announces Hipps’ victory, though he’s barely audible. It’s a last-second jump shot, a successful Hail Mary, the impossible proved doable.

Tomorrow, Thrashville will lie dormant once more, back in intentional obscurity, open only to those holding a coveted key. But here and now the place is rocking, and the walls shake. Through the mass I catch up to Hipps, who’s taking a well-deserved breather outside, 200 real American dollars clutched in his hand, and ask him how it felt.

“Dude,” he says. “I don’t even remembering doing it.” X

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In the news ALL EYES ON COAL ASH Since a February coal-ash spill on the Dan River near Eden, N.C., the nation’s largest electric utility, Duke Energy, has been in the news and under watch. On July 3, the North Carolina House passed a bill that would require the company to clean up its 33 unlined coal ash impoundments — including the 78-acre ones just south of Asheville along the French Broad River. The Senate takes up the bill this week.

And state environmental officials have ordered Duke to “install monitoring wells in a residential neighborhood outside Asheville to determine whether toxic chemicals from the company’s coal ash pits are contaminating homeowners’ drinking water,” the Associated Press reported, adding: “During tests at five homes last fall, traces of thallium were detected in

one of the drinking wells. Although below state or federal drinking water standards, authorities say more testing is needed to determine both the source and the severity of pollution they believe is leaching from coal ash pits nearly a quarter mile away.” For the AP’s full report, go to avl.mx/0cc. For Carolina Public Press’ latest legislative update on coal ash, go to avl.mx/prq8.

CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS MAKES EVIDENCE-ROOM AUDIT AVAILABLE After rejecting earlier requests for its release, Buncombe County District Attorney Ron Moore made an audit of the Asheville Police Department evidence room public in June, two days after a federal judge sentenced former room manager Lee Smith to 10 months in prison followed by a year’s probation for stealing drugs from the evidence room, Carolina Public Press

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Turner told the Asheville Citizen-Times that, while he was disappointed with the outcome of the case, he was “glad the Board of Elections saw enough merit in my complaint to conduct a thorough investigation.”

N.C. GOV. MCCRORY SIGNS LAW ALLOWING HEMP OIL TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY Last week, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation that will allow the use of cannabidiol oil from hemp plants as part of clinical trials for treating children with epilepsy. “For some children, this treatment is the only relief they can get from debilitating seizures,” said McCrory in a public statement. “Additionally, provisions in this law will lead to clinical research at our universities that could help in the development of new and more widely accessible therapies.” X

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BENEFITS ASHEVILLE SISTER CITIES 782-8025, ashevillesistercities.org • SU (7/13), 3-6pm - Bastille Day Fête with food, drinks and a silent auction to benefit this international awareness nonprofit.

Tickets must be purchased in advance. $8. Held at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St. DANCING THROUGH THE DECADES 456-7898 • FR (7/11), 6:30-11pm - Tickets to this dinner and dancing fundraiser benefit REACH of Haywood County. $75. Held at Laurel Ridge Country Club, 49 Cupp Lane, Waynesville GIRLS ON THE RUN EXERCISE EVENT studioclasique.com/our-philosophy/local-community, katie@ studioclasique.com • SA (7/12), 10:30am-1:30pm - Admission to this all-levels fitness and acupuncture event sup-

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THE OTHER COLOR RUN: If you can’t make The Color Run, don’t fret. There’s another chance to get colorful while running a 5K — and show your support for the LGTBQ community as well. Participants at the Gay 5K are encouraged to wear costumes and pride colors while running this race on Saturday, July 12, in Carrier Park. A Doggie FunDay with pet adoptions and a dog costume parade follow the run, along with kids’ activities and a potluck dinner. Photo courtesy of Blue Ridge Pride. (p.14)

ports Girls on the Run scholarships. Registration required. $30-$60. Held at Clasique Acupuncture & Pilates Studio, 157 S. Lexington Ave.

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A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc Unless otherwise noted, classes are free.

• TU (7/15), 6-9pm - Workshop: "Bookkeeping Basics for Small Business." Registration required.

• TH (7/17), 10am-noon Seminar: "Starting a Better Business." Held at Riverlink, 170 Lyman St. Registration required.

• TH (7/17), 6-8pm - Workshop: "How to Competitively Price Your Natural Products." Registration required.

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AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION abwaskyhy.com, abwaskyhychapter@gmail.com • TH (7/17), 5:30-7:30pm Monthly meeting with speaker Marcy Stahl. Includes dinner. $25. Held at Crowne Plaza Expo Center, 1 Resort Drive

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS A NEW ART SCHOOL IN ASHEVILLE! (pd.) Weekly classes at Astoria Art Center, East Asheville. $210 for 6 classes. Free supplies and all levels welcome. Thursdays 7-10 PM. 718-956-8539 astoriaartcenter.com THE ELEMENTS OF TRANSFORMATION (pd.) With Pana Columbus.

Saturday and Sunday, July 19-20, Earthaven Ecovilage, near Black Mountain. Two-day intensive using archetypal elements and

story to catalyze life changes.

Amazing results! $180 includes camping and meals. Bring a friend for $120. Sponsored by Culture’s Edge, culturesedge@earthaven. org • 828 669-0114. Visit www. earthaven.org AFTERNOON TEAS AND LECTURES 398-7852, abtech.edu Held in Fernihurst Building on A-B Tech’s Campus. Free • WE (7/9), 2pm - Kieta OsteenCochrane discusses the history of St. Genevieve's and Gibbons Hall.

• WE (7/16), 2pm - Members of the Men’s Garden Club discuss Frederick Law Olmsted and recreating Olmsted blueprints.

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES WESTERN OFFICE 176 Riceville Road, 296-7230 • Through FR (10/3) - The Photography of Lewis Hine: Exposing Child Labor in North Carolina, 1908-1918, photographs of child textile workers.

GOODWILL CAREER CLASSES 828-298-9023, ext. 1106 • TUESDAYS through THURSDAYS, 9am-noon - Adult basic education/ high school equivalency classes. Registration required.

• MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-8:30pm - ESL classes.

Registration required.

• ONGOING - Classes for careers in the food and hotel industries.

Includes American Hotel and Lodging Association Certification.

Call for times. $25.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 12:30-3:30pm - Medical office support career classes.

Registration required.

LEADERSHIP ASHEVILLE SUMMER BREAKFAST SERIES 255-7100, leadershipasheville.org UNCA’s series of panels focuses on community leadership development.

• WE (7/16), 7:30-9am "Asheville's Young Innovators," with panelists from local businesses. Held at Renaissance Asheville

Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. LET'S EXPLORE AFRICA QUIZ SHOW 275-8704, letsexploreafrica.net • TH (7/17), 3-7pm - A quiz-show style contest to increase awareness and knowledge of Africa.

Held in A-B Tech's Ferguson Auditorium. Free. Registration required to compete.

SMITH-MCDOWELL HOUSE HISTORY CENTER 283 Victoria Road, 253-9231, wnchistory.org Located on the A-B Tech campus.

• Through WE (12/31) - Exhibit: Hillbilly Land: Myth and Reality of Appalachian Culture.

• SA (7/12), 2pm - Poet Michael McFee and photographer Tim Barnwell will discuss their work in Hillbilly Land. $5/free for members. Held at the Reuter Center on UNCA's campus.

THE ROAD SHOW AMATEUR RADIO CLUB 483-7393, theroadshowarc.com, philipjenkins@gmail.com

• TH (7/10), 7pm - "Field Day," with classes, demonstration and information. Free. Held at Skyland Fire Department, 9 Miller Road WESTERN CAROLINIANS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST elizakeiser@aol.com • FR (7/11), 3:15pm - July meeting. Held at Brooks-Howell Home, 266 Merrimon Ave. WNC ORCHID SOCIETY wncos.org • SU (7/13), 2pm - With speaker from Sunset Valley Orchids. Held at Asheville Eye Associates, 8 Medical Park Drive YOUTH OUTRIGHT youthoutright.org • SUNDAYS, 4-6pm - Weekly meeting for LGBTQ youth and straight allies. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

DANCE BEGINNER SWING DANCING LESSONS (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $10/week per person.

• No partner necessary. Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville.

Details: www.SwingAsheville. com BEYONCE'S SINGLE LADIES STRIPTEASE CLASS (pd.) With DANCECLUB. 8 Week Burlesque Series starts July 9 (ok to miss first class) turning Beyonce's Single Ladies dance into a striptease! $72.

Third floor of Loretta's Cafe, 114 N. Lexington Ave. Register: (828) 275-8628 or danceclubasheville@gmail.com or DanceclubAsheville.com STUDIO ZAHIYA, DOWNTOWN DANCE CLASSES (pd.) Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 6pm Bellydance 1 7pm Bellydance 2 8pm West African • Wednesday 6pm Bellydance 3 • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt

10am Bellydance Wrkt 4pm Kid's Dance 5pm Teen Dance 6pm AfroBrazilian 7pm West African • Sunday 5:15pm Yoga • $13 for 60 minute classes.

90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: (828) 242-7595 AERIAL SPACE 46 New Leicester Highway, Suite 103, 333-4664 • SA (7/12), 1-5pm - Aerial dance and yoga students perform on silks, sling, trapeze and lyra. Suggested donation $2-$20.

BREVARD'S OLD TIME STREET DANCES 1-800-648-4523, visitwaterfalls. com • TUESDAYS through (8/6), 6:30pm - Includes live music and square dance instruction. Free.

Held on Main Street, Brevard.

CLOGGING AT THE LIBRARY 250-4700 • TU (7/15), 6pm - Rodney Sutton performs and discusses history of clogging in WNC. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

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DANCE AT WCU 227-2617, sacarter@wcu.edu • WE (7/9), 5:30-7:30pm - Belly dancing workshop. Free. Held in the Hinds University Center.

HISTORIC HENDERSONVILLE STREET DANCES 693-9708, historichendersonville. org • MONDAYS through (8/11), 7-9pm - Mountain heritage music and dancing. Free. Held at the Visitors Center, 201 South Main St., Hendersonville.

INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING connielwiley@gmail.com • MONDAYS, 2:15-4pm & TUESDAYS, 7:30-9:30pm- Free with donations. Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road

ECO COALITION AGAINST FRACKING IN WNC facebook.com/ NoFrackinginWNC, sally@cwfnc. org • SA (7/12), 3pm - Information session and action meeting. Held at Andrews Ballroom, 965 Main St., Andrews

Dinner and dancing with REACH WHAT: REACH of Haywood dance party fundraiser WHEN: Friday, July 11, from 6:30 to 11 p.m.

WHERE: Laurel Ridge Country, 49 Cupp Lane, Waynesville WHY: What’s better than getting all dolled up for dinner and dancing? Dinner and dancing for a good cause, of course! REACH of Haywood will hold a Dancing Through the Decades fundraiser to raise money for its emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children, as well as therapy and support programs, legal and court assistance, a 24-hour helpline and prevention programs.

REACH of Haywood Executive Director Julie Freeman says Dancing Through the Decades is designed to bring together many different generations at one fun event.

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“We’re going to do everything from ‘60s-style go-go dancing to hip-hop,” Freeman says. “There’s a little of everything really. A genre for everyone.”

Music for the event will range from ‘50s Big Band classics to current hits. There will also be a retro photo booth and a dessert bar.

Since the closing of REACH of Jackson in early 2012, the REACH agencies in Haywood and Macon counties have provided support to women and their families from Jackson County, which Freeman says has contributed to an increase in clients and an increased need for funding.

Freeman says REACH will hold additional fun fundraisers throughout the year, including a formal English tea party in September and a fall festival later in the year.

Tickets to Dancing Through the Decades are $75 per person or $1,000 for a VIP table of 8. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 454-5824.

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ELISHA MITCHELL AUDUBON SOCIETY emasnc.org, emas@emasnc.org • 3rd TUESDAYS, 7pm - Includes a speaker discussing topics in environmental stewardship. Held in the Reuter Center on UNCA’s campus.

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL 254-1995, wncgbc.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 5:30pm "Green Edge," a networking event for the green building community and interested members of the public. Free to attend. Held at Burial Beer Company, 40 Collier Ave. • FR (7/11), 5:30-7pm - Tour of AsheVillage. Registration required. $15/$10 members.

• SU (7/13), 1-4pm - Tour of a “near-zero” solar home in Bent Creek. Directions given upon registration. Free.

YOGIS BEYOND COAL avl.mx/prq5 • SA (7/12), 10am-noon - To raise awareness about coal pollution and alternative energy sources. Held during Yoga in the Park at Pack Square, 21 Collage FESTIVALS St. BONFIRES FOR PEACE ashevilletravelingbonfires. blogspot.com, pasckie@yahoo. com • SU (7/13), 4-9pm - A music, art and dancing festival hosted by

Traveling Bonfires. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St.

FOOD & BEER ENVIRONMENTAL & CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION 692-0385, eco-wnc.org • TU (7/15), 6:30-8:30pm - Workshop on food preservation and canning. $15.

Registration required. Held at Henderson County Cooperative Extension Center, 100 Jackson Park Road, Hendersonville JUBILEE COMMUNITY CHURCH 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • TU (7/15), 7-9pm - Workshop: "Quick Raw Foods for Energy and Health." $10. Registration required.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS MOVE TO AMEND OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY 299-1242, movetoamend.org/ nc-asheville • SA (7/12), 5:30pm - Interested individuals may participate in an demonstration calling for a constitutional amendment against corporate rights. Held during ShinDig on the Green in Pack Square.

KIDS LEARN TO SKATE/PLAY HOCKEY! (pd.) Kids ages 8 and under, come out to the rink at Carrier Park, Mondays from June 16-August 11, 6:30-8pm.

Equipment supplied. Details: www.ashevillehockey.org CHALK IT UP 697-6393 • SA (7/12), 9am-6pm - Sidewalk chalk art contest across 6 blocks in downtown Hendersonville.

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RIDE ON KIDS 318-3740, laurentamayo@gmail. com • TU (7/15), 9-10:30am - Bicycle riding for kids around the track at Carrier Park. Free. Held at 220 Amboy Road SUMMERTIME KIDS ACTIVITIES AT THE LIBRARY LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations:

•BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) •EA = East Asheville Library (902 Tunnel Road, 250-4738) •FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) •LE = Leicester Library (1561 Alexander Road, 250-6480) •NA = North Asheville Library (1030 Merrimon Avenue, 2504752) •PM = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) •SA = South Asheville/Oakley Library (749 Fairview Road, 2504754) •SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) •WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) • WE (7/9), 3:30pm - Lego Day. SA • WE (7/9), 2pm - Dress-up gala and reading of the Fancy Nancy books. FV • WE (7/9), 11am-noon - Hands On! hosts "Fizz, Boom, Science."

For pre-K through 2nd grade.

Registration required. EA. • WE (7/9), 2pm - Weather-based science experiments hosted

by Hands On! For grades 1-5.

Registration required. PM. • TH (7/10), 2:30pm - The Red Herring Puppets present Electricity! For ages 5 and older.

SS • TH (7/10), 11am - Mountain Story Magic. LE • TH (7/10), 3pm - Mountain Story Magic. WV • WE (7/16), 3pm - Performance

by Fish the Magish, children's magician. Reservations required. NA • TH (7/17), 10:30am - Terrarium building activity. BM • TH (7/17), 3pm - Performance

by Fish the Magish. Reservations required. WV • TH (7/17), 6pm - Nighttime Storytime. Ages 3-6. SA • TH (7/17), 11am - Performance

by Fish the Magish. Reservations required. LE TOT TIME AT ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 282-253-3227, ashevilleart.org • TU (7/15), 10:30am - Held in the museum's ArtPLAYce. Admission fees apply. Held at Asheville Art Museum, 2 N. Pack Square

OUTDOORS BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKES 298-5330, nps.gov, gail_fox@ nps.gov • FR (7/11), 10am - 1.5-mile ranger-led hike to the Buck Springs Lodge ruins. Meets at MP 407.6

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS ggapio@gmail.com • TH (7/10), 7pm - "Animal Talk Show," teaches kids about animals through interactive role playing. Held at the Visitor Center, MP 384. Registration required.

• SA (7/12), 7pm - "Overmountain Men and the Battle of Kings Mountain" program looks at Revoluntionay War history. Held at Linville Falls Campground Ampitheater, MP 316. Free.

GAY 5K AND DOGGY FUNDAY blueridgepride.com • SA (7/12), 7:30am - Sponsored

by Blue Ridge Pride. Includes a potluck family-style luck, dog costume parade and kids activities. $35. Held at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road LAKE JAMES STATE PARK 6883 N.C. Hwy. 126, Nebo, 5847728 • SA (7/12), 9am - Presentation on beavers in the park. Held in the basement classroom at the Catawba River area.

• SA (7/12), 11am - Rangerled hike 2-mile hike on the Overmountain Trail. Meets at Holly Discovery Trail parking area.

• SA (7/12), 1:30pm - Ranger-led hike along the Paddy's Creek Trail. Meets at the bathhouse breezeway.

• SA (7/12), 7pm - Ranger-led hike along Mills Creek Trail. Meets at the East Shelter in the Paddy's Creek area.

• SU (7/13), 1:30pm - Kids activity: arts and crafts with leafs. Meets at bathhouse breezeway in Paddy's

Creek area.

• SU (7/13), 2pm - Ranger-led discussion of insects and butterfly gardens. Meets at the bathhouse breezeway in the Paddy's Creek area.

• SU (7/13), 3pm - Ranger-led program on trees. Meets at bathhouse breezeway in Paddy's Creek area.

OVERMOUNTAIN VICTORY NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL 864-461-2828, nps.gov/ovvi • SA (7/12), 9:50am - Threehour guided walk along the

SENIORS ADULT FORUM AT FCC 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • SU (7/13), 9:15am - "The Still Small Voice," workshop on cultivating divine grace. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5t Ave. W., Hendersonville SENIOR CRIBBAGE MEETINGS 367-7794 • MONDAYS, 6pm - Instruction provided. Free to attend. Held at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 Merrimon Ave.

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PARENTING CHILDREN FIRST/CIS MIND THE GAP TOUR • TU (7/15), 8:30am - The Children First/CIS Mind the Gap Tour will call attention to issues that hinder the success of children and families in poverty. Free. Info and registration: AllisonJ@childrenfirstbc. org or 259-9717.

CO-LUMINATE 69A Biltmore Ave., 581-9030, columinate.com • SA (7/12), noon-2pm Introductory lecture on Mindful Parenting Intensive. Free.

ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE: FREE INTRODUCTORY TALK Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-2544350 or MeditationAsheville.org AIM MEDITATION CLASSES (pd.) Ramp up your meditation practice with AIM’s Meditation’s Classes: Mindfulness 101- Basics of Mindfulness Meditation, Mindfulness 102 - More advanced, intermediate class. Class dates and times: www.ashevillemeditation.com/events, (828) 808-4444 ASHEVILLE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION CENTER (pd.) Free practice group. Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practic-

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252-0538 or www.ashevilleccc. com • 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 5:00-6:00pm.

HEALING WITH COLOR AND LIGHT: FREE LECTURE & DEMONSTRATIONS (pd.) Tuesday, July 22, 7pm. Learn about multiple methods of Light and Color healing, including the German system of ColorPuncture.

A presentation at The Vesica Institute, 1011 Tunnel Road, Suite 200, Asheville, NC 28805. This evening’s event is Free, however please RSVP to info@vesica.org.

More information at www.vesica. org

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

7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, Suite 200, (828) 808-4444, www. ashevillemeditation.com ASHEVILLE OPEN HEART MEDITATION (pd.) Experience effortless techniques that connect you to your heart and the Divine within you.

Your experience will deepen as you are gently guided in this complete practice. Love Offering 7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 heartsanctuary.org.

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION (pd.) "ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION Deepen your authentic presence, and cultivate a happier, more peaceful mind by practicing Insight (Vipassana) Meditation in a supportive community. Group Meditation.

Thursdays, 7pm-8:30pm. Sundays, 10am-11:30pm. 29 Ravenscroft Dr., Suite 200, Asheville, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com

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

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION CLASS (pd.) Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Mondays, 6:30-7:30pm: Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. Asheville Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation. Info: 2583241. www.billwalz.com

CRYSTAL VISIONS BOOKS AND EVENT CENTER (pd.) New and Used Metaphysical Books • Music • Crystals • Jewelry • Gifts • Incense • Tarot.

Visit our Labyrinth and Garden.

828-687-1193. For events, Intuitive Readers and Vibrational Healing providers: www.crystalvi-

ASHEVILLE HARE KRISHNA 506-0996, gopalonetwo@yahoo. com • SUNDAYS, noon - Includes chanting, discussion and a vegetarian meal. Free. Held at Kuntao Arts, 211 Merrimon Ave. ECKANKAR CENTER OF ASHEVILLE 797 Haywood Road, 254-6775, eckankar-nc.org • SU (7/13), 11-11:30am Community HU Song.

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • TUESDAYS (7/15) through (8/12), 8pm - Pastor-led Bible study group, "Parables: Stories for Life in God's World."

MAHA SHAKTI MANDIR 11 Sand Hill Court, facebook. com/mahashaktimandir • WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Arati, chanting and spiritual discourse.

• SATURDAYS, 6-8pm - Shiva and Sri Chakra Puja.

MOUNTAIN ZEN PRACTICE CENTER 450-3621, mountainzen.org, mountainzen@bellsouth.net • TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm Conscious compassionate awareness meditation and group discussion. Contact for directions.

THE SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER 19 Westwood Place, 490-4587, shambhalaashvl@gmail.com • TH (7/10), 6-7pm - Introductory meditation and Dharma reading/

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• SU (7/13), 10am-noon - Group meditation. Free.

URBAN DHARMA 29 Page Ave., 225-6422, udharmanc.com • MONDAYS, 7-8:30pm & THURSDAYS, 8-8:40am "Mountain Mindfulness Sangha," in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. All levels. Free.

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD BLUE RIDGE BOOKS 152 S. Main St., Waynesville, 4566000, blueridgebooksnc.com • SA (7/12), 3pm - Lin Stepp discusses her book Down by the River.

Love bomb drops on Asheville WHAT: Private screening of Love Bomb, a film directed and produced by Rhea Zimmerman Komarek, documenting her journey from anguish and fear triggered by the events of Sept. 11 to discovering a career in chiropractic and subsequently embarking on a mission to bring that service to the world.

WHERE: Carmike theater, 121 River Hills Road, Asheville

Choosing to live from love more than from fear is a lifelong experience. I frame it [in the context of] 9/11 in the film, yet the reality is that to choose love is a daily dedication.

The choice becomes easier the more we practice it, as the habit of choosing love neurologically programs our entire mind [and] body.

WHEN: Thursday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m.

I love that the title actually does make people stop and think: What is a love bomb? How can a bomb be loving?

I think of the bomb aspect as something that can break us out of the status quo ... [and] then have the opportunity to choose something new. ...

The ideal is that love bombs are something we choose to provide for one another; disrupting the status quo of fear, worry or apathy with a surprisingly loving experience.

Mountain Xpress: Are both fear and love contagious emotions?

Komarek: Emotions in general are contagious. ... The option we have as thinking beings is to become aware enough to choose what emotions we are going to respond to life with. This gives us the inherent capacity to become immune to the epidemic of fear and intentional about participating in an epidemic of love.

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“Love” and “Bomb” are an oxymoronic pair. What do you want the title to communicate?

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BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: •BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) •EA = East Asheville Library •SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) •SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 2506486) •WA = West Asheville Library (942 Haywood Road, 250-4750).

• WE (7/9) & WE (7/23), 10am Swannanoa Sewing Circle. SW • TH (7/10), 6pm - Book Club: One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel Garcia. SW • SA (7/12), 10am - Book Club: A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash. WA • TU (7/15), 7pm - Mystery Book Club: The Truth of All Things by Kieran Shields. BM. • TH (7/17), 7pm - Book Club: The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan. SS CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (7/11), 6:30pm - David Webb discusses his book Judaculla Speaks.

• SA (7/12), 2pm - Rose Senehi discusses her novel Dancing on Rocks.

• SA (7/12), 11am - Kids Storytime with Harold Sims of Catman2 animal shelter.

• TU (7/15), 5:30pm - Author Elaine Neil Orr leads "Finding Your Life through Writing It" workshop. Part of the Cullowhee Mountain ARTS Creative Writing Summer Workshops.

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

• WE (7/9), 7pm - Salon discussion of Women Who Run With Wolves.

• TH (7/10), 7pm - Pattie Callahan Henry discusses her novel, The Stories We Tell.

• SA (7/12), 7pm - Jeff Vandermeer discusses his book Authority.

• MO (7/14), 7pm - Writing workshop with Annie Fahy.

• MO (7/14), 7pm - Mystery Bookclub: Look Again by Lisa Scottoline • TU (7/15), 7pm - Suzanne Palmieri discusses her novel, The Witch of Little Italy.

• TU (7/15), 7pm - Comix Club: Rat Queens Vol. 1: Sass and Sorcery.

• WE (7/16), 7pm - Laura Lane McNeal discusses her novel, Dollbaby.

• TH (7/17), 7pm - Jeremy B. Jones discusses his book, Bearwallow: A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland.

• SA (7/12), 8pm - Volunteers

POETRY IN MOTION avl.mx/0cb • SU (7/13), 2:30pm - A presentation of original poetry by youth ages 13-21. Sponsored by SLAM Asheville Youth Team. $20/ $10 students. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St.

• MO (7/14), 6:30pm - Volunteers

SPELLBOUND CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOP 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop. com • SATURDAYS, 11-11:30am Storytime. Ages 2-6. Free.

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STORIES ON ASHEVILLE’S FRONT PORCH 251-9973, ashevilledowntown.org • SA (6/28), 1030am - With Bobby Norfolk. Free. Held at Pack Place, 2 S. Pack Square

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needed to assist in the Highland Night Flight race, which benefits the development of greenways.

• Through SA (7/26) - Volunteers needed to prepare for and work at the Highland Ale Share benefit for the greenways.

• Through SA (7/12) - Volunteers needed to assist with Night Flight race. Part of Highland Brewing Company's 20th anniversary celebration.

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

• SA (7/12) - Volunteers needed to unpack and price merchandise at Ten Thousand Villages fairtrade retail store.

• SA (7/12) - Volunteers needed to help create book packages for people placed in news housing by Homeward Bound of Asheville. needed to make cookies for families staying at the Rathbun Center.

LITERACY COUNCIL OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY 254-3442, volunteers@litcouncil. com (7/17), 9-10:30am - Orientation sessions for adult literacy and English as a second language programs. Registration required.

Held at 31 College Place, Building B, Suite 221.

PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION 418-0826, curethekids.org • Through SA (7/26), 6:30am11:30am - Volunteers needed to assist with the Asheville Color Run, which benefits the founda-

APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY 828-254-3708, ext. 15, appalachiantrail.org, rbrydon@appalachiantrail.org • SA (7/12), 8am-5pm Volunteers needed to remove invasive exotic plants at Lemon Gap on Tennessee/North Carolina border. Carpools from Asheville available. Experience not required.

ASHEVILLE PARKS AND GREENWAYS FOUNDATION myashevilleparks.org, info@ parksgreenways.org

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RIVERLINK 828-252-8474, ext. 18, Volunteer@riverlink.org • FR (7/11), 5-10pm - Volunteers needed to assist with various activities during RiverLink's RiverMusic concert. Contact for additional information.

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North Carolina School of Advanced Bodywork Class Begins Sept. 8 Continuing Education Provider See 2014 Schedule at www.ncsab.com Advanced Structural Massage & Bodywork Training 500 Hours Board Approved for Massage and Bodywork License Day or Evening (828) 628-3007 ncsab.com Fairview, NC

A colorful opportunity

(10 min from downtown Asheville) The Color Run is coming to Asheville on Saturday, July 26 — bringing a chance to run for a good cause as a portion of proceeds will benefit the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. For those looking for a colorful and fun chance to help out, the foundation needs volunteers to help with the paint race.

Communications coordinator Katie Allison gives us the details on the event and the foundation’s work.

Can you tell us more about the mission of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation?

The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation is a national voluntary health nonprofit that works to eliminate the challenges of childhood brain tumors — one of the deadliest forms of childhood cancer. More than 28,000 children in the United States are living with a brain tumor diagnosis, and nearly 13 new cases are identified each day. As the world’s largest nonprofit funder of childhood brain tumor research, our mission is to cure the kids.

Our programs also include free educational resources and college scholarships for brain tumor survivors and mission-focused events.

Tell us more about the Color Run. What are some of the tasks volunteers will be doing?

The Color Run, also known as the Happiest 5K on the Planet, is a unique paint race that celebrates healthiness, happiness and individuality.

Volunteers will be helping local law enforcement direct traffic around the race course and keeping runners within the designated path.

Are there any requirements for being a volunteer?

Volunteers must be 15 years of age or older, and they must be able to commit to the full shift, 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Will you have additional volunteering needs after the Color Run? We have events all over the country, including Ride for Kids motorcycle event and our new walk/run, Starry Night. Volunteers help with everything from securing sponsors to registering participants. After the Color Run, we’ll need volunteers for the Asheville Ride for Kids, which takes place on Aug. 24.

For more information on volunteering at the Color Run or other PBTF events, call 665-6891, or email info@curethekids.org.

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Briefs City Council member busted for DUI Bothwell insists he will seek help for his dependence on fossil fuels

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For more information about how to apply for Eagle Market Place and the information session, contact: Partnership Propety Management 828 575-2323 372 Depot Street Monday—Thursday 9am - 4pm

Secret shopper thwarted by secret employee during ‘offthe-record’ conversation

Employee: ‘Months of doing nothing on the clock allowed me to be a hero this day’

Man strips naked and fights police in front of White House, before having his rational, well-reasoned policy statement rudely interrupted with repeated tasering

Kim Jong-un vs. Hollywood

The Seth Rogan/James Franco comedy, The Interview, which hypothesizes the assassination of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, has raised the ire of Kim Jong Un. He has threatened “merciless retaliation” including, but not limited to “a gust of hatred and rage.”

Some of Kim Jong Un’s previous threats to the U.S. that have been provoked by Hollywood movies: Movie: Team America; Threat: Shove a marionette into every orifice of our capitalist oppressors.

Movie: Sharknado; Threat: Strap a nuclear device to Charlie the Tuna.

Movie: Superbad; Threat: Launch a missile for every penis joke in the film.

Movie: Frozen; Threat: Play the theme song repeatedly from WWII-era bombers.

Movie: Sixth Sense; Threat: Change title to spoiler: Ghost Shrink.

Movie: Pollyanna; Threat: Grind all happy blonde women into kimchi.

Movie: Avatar; Threat: Deploy secret blue balls weapon.

Movie: War Games; Threat: Hack school’s computer and change PE grade to B+.

Movie: Wizard of Oz; Threat: Send Army of tin men into U.S. farmers markets, axes swinging.

Movie: Naked Lunch; Threat: “Just somebody explain this crap to me.”

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Local piglet lands starring role during metal show at LAB

ASHEVILLE, MONDAY — When Stephanie Johnson’s life crossed paths with a small piglet who was rescued from deplorable conditions on a neglected Leicester farm, she knew he was meant for bigger things.

“The first time I saw Fauntleroy, I knew that little piglet was a tiny diva just rooting its way through life in search of stardom,” said Johnson, holding a picture of her beloved friend.

“Fauntleroy was a real attention hog,” Johnson continued. “I did his star Fauntleroy chart, and it said he would touch many people.”

According to Johnson, the piglet was not shy around large groups of people, and enjoyed revelry.

So when members of Charlotte band Young and In the Way approached Johnson on social media and asked if Fauntleroy could be a part of their live performance at LAB, Johnson didn’t hesitate to book her piglet its first starring role.

“They said his appearance would make a real splash,” said Johnson.

Little Fauntleroy entered the band’s van with a happy wiggle and a hop, pressing its snout against the back window as if saying, “Bye! Thanks!” to his proud owner as she waved to her pink pal, with comp tickets to that night’s performance in hand.

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Lord Satan summoned during metal show at LAB

ASHEVILLE, TUESDAY — Cast out of heaven by angels to toil away in the Netherworld claiming lost souls since the Early Times, Lord Satan was recently summoned and freed from His spiritual chains during a thunderous, howling performance at Lexington Avenue Brewery (LAB) that left all involved cleansed of righteousness and soaked in pig’s blood.

“I have returned to claim my earthly throne,” said Lord Satan, still covered head to hooves in the blood of sacrifice.

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The robots also yield copious data tracked from transponders worn around the cow’s neck.

Argentinian agricultural scientists in 2008 created the “methane backpack” to collect the emissions of grazing cows (with a tube from the cow’s rumen to the inflatable bag) in order to see how much of the world’s greenhouse-gas problem was created by livestock.

Having discovered that figure (it’s 25 to 30 percent), the country’s National Institute of Agricultural Technology announced recently that it will start storing the collected methane to convert it to energy. In a “proof of concept” hypothesis, it estimates that about 300 liters of methane could power a refrigerator for 24 hours.

SCIENTISTS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Bioengineers who work with Dictyostelium slime molds held the “Dicty World Race” in Boston in May for a $5,000 prize and intellectual adulation in August at the annual International Dictyostelium Conference in Potsdam, Germany. The molds oozed down the 800-micrometer (0.0315 inches) track, lured to the finish line by ordinary bacteria that the molds normally enjoy.

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Artist Diemut Strebe offered his 3-D-printed re-creation of the famous ear of Vincent van Gogh for display in June and July in a museum in Karlsruhe, Germany, having built it partially with genes from a greatgreat-grand-nephew of van Gogh and in the same shape, based on computer imaging technology. (Van Gogh reputedly cut off the ear himself in 1888 during a psychotic episode.)

Visitors can also speak into the ear and listen to sounds it receives.

Researchers from the Polish Academy of Sciences, writing recently in the journal Zoo Biology, reported witnessing 28 acts of fellatio by two orphaned male bears at a sanctuary in Kuterevo, Croatia, the first-ever report of bear fellatio and the payoff from 116 hours of scientific observation over a six-year period. In each case, the researchers wrote, the older male was the receiver, and the researchers speculated that the episodes were less sexual in nature than a reflection of the bears’ “early deprivation of maternal suckling.”

THE FINE POINTS OF THE LAW Paul Stenstrom, 62, lived comfortably in his Palm Harbor, Fla., home from 2002-14 without paying a penny of his $1,836 monthly mortgage bill, exploiting federal bankruptcy law that forces foreclosing creditors to back off once a debtor files for protection. Stenstrom and his wife filed 18 separate petitions in that 12-year period, according to an April Tampa Bay Times report, until a judge recently cut them off. The Stenstroms were spotted recently preparing to relocate, but Stenstrom said he was considering buying the Palm Harbor house back (since the price has dropped because of the foreclosure).X

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The right care Four Seasons nonprofit wins federal grant for palliative health care reform

BY LEA MCLELLAN

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In essence, community palliative care is simply identifying “the right care, at the right time, for the right patient,” says Dr. Janet Bull, chief medical officer at Four Seasons Compassion for Life.

The approach hardly seems radical, but it’s the basis of the potentially game-changing health care model that won the local nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider a $9,596,123 grant award in May from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, a program of the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will allow Four Seasons to implement health care reform over a threeyear period, with the aim of delivering better care outcomes and lower costs. The nonprofit is based in Flat Rock, and serves Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania and Swain

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Palliative care is a specialized form of medical care, delivered by a team of professionals that may include social workers, chaplains, nurse practitioners and physicians who treat people with advanced, serious illnesses, explains Bull. This type of care is often appropriate for hospice and terminally ill patients but is also used for patients who are working toward a cure. “It’s what we call patient- and family-centered [care],” she says, “because a lot of what we do is really understand what’s important to patients and families and try to align their treatment with their choices [and] help them navigate the complexity of the medical world.”

The grant is one of 12 awarded this year and the only grant awarded in palliative care. It will allow Four Seasons, in conjunction with its collaborative partner, Palliative Care Center and Hospice of Catawba Valley, to follow 8,000 Medicare beneficiaries and their families over three years, track outcomes and study cost data and quality. Clinical and financial results of the project will be monitored through a partnership with Duke University.

The findings will translate into potential finance models to assist Medicare beneficiaries, as well as national benchmarks for other palliative care organizations to improve patient outcomes. The grant will also allow Four Seasons to provide more professional training and create educational videos as well as implement a telehealth program. All these initiatives are intended to further increase patient access to care and information.

The biggest difference between the palliative care model and other models of care is that palliative care is team-based, says Bull. That team-based, community-centered model ensures that the patients’ care doesn’t end when they walk out of the hospital. “There’s a huge problem when people leave the hospital,”

COMPASSIONATE CARE: Dr. Janet Bull, chief medical officer at Four Seasons Compassion for Life, describes palliative care as “the right care, at the right time, for the right patient.”

says Bull. “Sometimes discharge orders aren’t understood, sometimes patients don’t get back to follow-ups with their doctors, they might not get the right medications, they might not be able to afford their medication, and so there’s not a lot of continuity of care. Part of what we propose in following very sick people is to be part of that system of continuity. … We make sure that we are identifying the medical issues that [patients] have but also the psycho-social issues, things like spiritual distress or depression, social isolation, those kinds of factors that often drive getting people readmitted to the hospital.”

Four Seasons also connects patients with outside community resources as

appropriate. For instance, if a patient doesn’t have the resources to get enough food or someone to fix meals, a social worker at Four Seasons might connect him with Meals on Wheels or a similar agency.

Bull says that most palliative care programs in the country are limited to the hospital setting because “no one has really figured out how to financially deliver this kind of care in the home setting because there’s not much reimbursement for it.” But over the last decade, Four Seasons has not only been able to grow its program, but the nonprofit partnered with Duke University Medical Center in 2005 to study and report on quality measures. The research has shown that Four Seasons’ community care model delivers higher-quality outcomes. With the shift away from the pay-for-service model toward the pay-for-performance model currently happening in health care, as well as eliminating unnecessary procedures, the palliative care model also lowers costs for both the federal government and families.

“The aim [of the palliative care model] is not necessarily to save money,” Bull is quick to point out.

“It’s a byproduct of giving people the kind of care they want, and I think we have to be really careful because it’s not at all about rationing, which I think the media sometimes plays upon, but it’s really not. It’s about giving high-quality care.”

In a lot of instances, says Bull, lack of communication leads to unwanted, costly medical procedures that put strain on both the patient and the patient’s family. “What a lot of the studies have shown us is that, for instance, most people, when they get to the end of their lives, prefer to die at home,” says Bull. “They don’t want to go back to the hospital. Yet they often haven’t had that conversation with their physician or their care team, so they can get stuck in this system where they are having a lot more medical intervention that may not necessarily help them to get any better.” By giving patients the care they want and need, saving money is a welcome side effect.

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ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE: FREE INTRODUCTORY LECTURE (pd.) Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation. Learn about the authentic TM technique. It’s not concentrating, trying to be mindful, or common mantra practice. It’s an effortless, non-religious, evidence-based technique for heightened well-being and a spiritually fulfilled life. The only meditation recommended by the American Heart Association. • Topics: How the major forms of meditation differ—in practice and results; What science says about TM, stress, anxiety and depression; Meditation and brain research; What is Enlightenment? • Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350 or MeditationAsheville.org ASHEVILLE BIRTHKEEPERS • 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-7:30pm - Meets at the Spiral Center for Conscious Beginnings, 167A Haywood Road.

Mike Rogers & Bill Cheek

Registered Pharmacists & Founders

ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER 8 Brookdale Rd., ashevillecommunityyoga.com • THURSDAYS through (7/31), 6-7:30pm - Stiff Guy Yoga. $40 for four sessions.

• SA (7/12), 1-3pm - Yoga for Posture. $20.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 254-8539 or aancmco.org.

ASHEVILLE UNDEREARNERS ANONYMOUS underearnersanonymous.org • TUESDAYS, 6 p.m. – First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 102 ASPERGER’S TEENS UNITED facebook.com/groups/AspergersTeensUnited • SATURDAYS, 6-9pm – For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every 3 weeks starting June 28.

CHRONIC PAIN SUPPORT deb.casaccia@gmail.com or 989-1555 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6 p.m. – Held in a private home. Contact for directions.

DEBTORS ANONYMOUS debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7 p.m. – First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 101

We are fully stocked with natural remedies for seasonal allergies, bug bites, muscle injuries, poison ivy, and many other conditions we see during outdoor summer months! We also have natural sun screens and bug repellants. Need some Arnica? We have it. Our staff has years of experience in helping folks on their health care walk. Come see us!

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • THURSDAYS, 10:11:30am - T’ai Chi Qi Gong class. $12.

752 Biltmore Avenue • 828-251-0094 www.naturespharmacy.biz

COUNCIL ON AGING MEDICARE CLASSES 277-8288, coabc.org. Free. Registration required.

• TU (7/15), 6-8pm - South Asheville/Oakley Library, 749 Fairview Road.

DIABETES SUPPORT laura.tolle@msj.org or 213-4788 • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 5:30pm – Mission Health, 1 Hospital Drive. Room 3-B.

HEARTSPEAK EMPATHY CIRCLE heartspeakpeace.com • 3rd TUESDAYS, 7:30-9pm - For practicing and experiencing empathy. Free with donations accepted.

EATING DISORDER SUPPORT GROUPS Info: thecenternc.weebly.com or 337-4685. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES redcrosswnc.org. Appointment and ID required.

• TH (7/10), 12:30-5:30pm - Ridgefield Business Park Blood Drive at Paramount Kia, 1000 Ridgefield Blvd.

Appointments and info: 667-3200.

• SU (7/13), 8:30am-1pm - Central United Methodist Church, 27 Church St. Appointments and info: 2533316, ext. 320.

• TH (7/17), 10:30am-4:30pm - Black Mountain Fire Department, 106 Montreat Road, Black Mountain. Appointments and info: 800-733-2767.

SIDE-BY-SIDE SINGING FOR WELLNESS sidebysidesinging.wordpress.com • WEDNESDAYS, 1-2:30pm - For people with dementia, Alzheimer’s or brain damage and their care-partners. Held in UNCA’s Sherrill Center.

YOGA IN THE PARK 254-0380, youryoga.com/yoga-workshops • SATURDAYS through (8/20), 10am-11:30amOutdoor yoga event. Free with donations to Homeward Bound or Helpmate encouraged. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St.

SUPPORT GROUPS ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS & DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES For people who grew up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home. Info: adultchildren.org. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

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AL-ANON/ ALATEEN FAMILY GROUP A support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. Info: wnc-alanon.org or 800-286-1326. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

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DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE magneticminds.weebly.com or 367-7660 • WEDNESDAYS, 7 p.m. & SATURDAYS, 4 p.m. – 1316-C Parkwood Road

ELECTRO-SENSITIVITY SUPPORT For electrosensitive individuals. For location and info contact hopefulandwired@gmail.com or 255-3350.

EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS For anyone desiring to live a healthier emotional life.

Info: 631-434-5294 • TUESDAYS, 7 p.m. – Oak Forest Presbyterian Church, 880 Sandhill Road FOOD ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 423-6191 or 301-4084 • THURSDAYS, 6 p.m. – Asheville 12 Step Club, 1340A Patton Ave. HEART OF RECOVERY MEDITATION GROUP Teaches how to integrate meditation with any 12-step recovery program. asheville.shambhala.org • TUESDAYS, 6 p.m.- Shambhala Meditation Center, 19 Westwood Place.

HEART SUPPORT For individuals living with heart failure. 274-6000.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 2-4pm – Asheville Cardiology Associates, 5 Vanderbilt Drive.

LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN Hosted by American Chronic Pain Association. 7764809.

• 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6:30 p.m. – Swannanoa Library, 101 W. Charleston Ave. MEMORY LOSS CAREGIVERS For caregivers of those with memory loss or dementia. network@memorycare.org • 2nd TUESDAYS, 9:30am – Highland Farms

Retirement Community, 200 Tabernacle Road, Black Mountain MEN WORKING ON LIFE’S ISSUES 686-5590 or 683-7195 • TUESDAYS, 6-8pm – Meets at 90 Zillicoa Ave.

• MONDAYS, 6pm – Foster Seventh Day Adventists Church, 376 Hendersonville Road.

For those affected by another’s sexaholism. Four For dates, times and locations contact wncsanon@

NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS For relatives and friends concerned about the addiction or drug problem of a loved one. Info: nar-anon. org. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

of addictive behavior. Visit mountainx.com/support

NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS For people living with mental health issues and their loved ones. Info: namiwnc.org or 505-7353. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

For cancer survivors. Strengthinsurvivorship@yahoo.

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Brace yourselves — the plant enthusiasts are coming. From Tuesday, July 15, through Saturday, July 19, Western North Carolina will once again play host to the Cullowhee Native Plants Conference, an annual event based at Western Carolina University. The conference features workshops and field trips exploring many aspects of native plants — including home gardening, wild edibles, ethnobotany, plant photography, botanical illustration, stream restoration and backyard rain gardens.

“Unlike a lot of academic conferences, the Cullowhee conference has a really diverse audience,” says conference director Robert Wyatt. “There are enthusiasts, gardeners and landscapers, but also nursery owners, breeders and landscape designers.

We also have a wide array of speakers — from academics to people who are working to preserve natural areas.”

Wyatt, a retired botany and ecology professor from the University of Georgia, began attending the conference 15 years ago while serving as the director of the Highlands Biological Station. This is the 31st year of the conference, but Wyatt — who says he is looking forward to a lecture from caterpillar expert David Wagner and a canoe trip along the Little Tennessee River — says each year offers new experiences.

“We’ve always got new places we’re going to or new trip leaders who are focusing on a different aspect of that place,” Wyatt says. “So even if you’re taking a trip to a place you’ve been before, you’ll learn something new from a trip leader who is highlighting something different.”

Adam Bigelow, one of the conference’s field-trip leaders and the

TAKE A GOOD LONG LOOK: The Cullowhee Native Plants Conference, running from Tuesday, July 15, through Saturday, July 19, encourages enthusiasts to really ‘dig in’ to their love of native plants. Photo by Ashley Evans, courtesy of WCU

garden manager at the Cullowhee Community Garden, says the conference is a way for the public to learn about incorporating native plants into their home gardens.

“Using native plants in your landscape is really environmentally friendly,” Bigelow says. “Often, once you get them established, there’s really no need for fertilizing or extra water management. You’re using plants that are native to your region and are adapted to live there, so they do well.”

Native plants support a variety of animal life, including native insects and pollinators, and help attract birds to gardens, Bigelow adds. In addition to the lectures and field trips, the conference includes a vendor fair where regional nurseries will have many varieties of natives for purchase.

Bigelow says it’s ironic that he now leads field trips at the conference, as he was once skeptical of their value.

As a Jackson County resident, he initially didn’t see the need to pay the extra cost to attend trips to places he regularly hikes. However, a conference walk around WCU’s campus changed his mind.

“I’ve walked that campus hundreds of times, but I never saw it like I did that day,” Bigelow says.

“On a Cullowhee Native Plants Conference field trip you’re walking along with very talented and knowledgeable trip leaders, but the people who are with you are also top-level botanists, nursery owners or, as it happened for me, the author of your very favorite wildflower book. It’s amazing how much you begin to see when you’ve got so many people to point out new things to you.”

“It’s changed the way I walk in the forest,” he adds. “I used to walk with my head up, looking for waterfalls and beautiful views. Now I do a slow walk, with my head down, trying to see every flower and every single thing I can.”

Registration for the conference is $125 and is open through Friday, July 11. Field trips are an additional cost and range from $75-90.

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Handcuffed Local bartenders decry ABC law restrictions

BY JONATHAN AMMONS

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North Carolina has always had a peculiar relationship with alcohol.

Despite being known as the home of American wine before Prohibition, the state beat the nation to the punch by nearly a decade, outlawing alcohol in 1909. In the 1920s, North Carolina’s Prohibition chief declared that the Tar Heel State led the nation in illicit distilleries. Yet even though the 21st Amendment ended that nationwide experiment in 1933, North Carolina refused to accept the change until 1935, when the governor finally realized how much local money was being lost to South Carolina and Virginia.

Attorney Derek Allen, who represents many Asheville breweries, says, “We’re operating with these rules that were written post-Prohibition to make buying and consuming alcohol as difficult as possible. It’s just crazy to me!”

Asheville’s craft cocktail boom began in 2012 with the opening of The Magnetic Field and The Junction, following in the wake of pioneers like Sazerac and the Joli Rouge. By 2013, other venues, including newcomers MG Road and The Imperial Life, were launching award-winning cocktail programs.

But have our alcohol laws kept pace?

Donnie Pratt and Jasper Adams have been instrumental in developing the local cocktail scene. Adams started out at Sazerac and now heads up the bar program at The Imperial Life. Pratt, one of the minds behind The Blind Pig Supper Club, began his career at The Magnetic Field, honing his craftcocktail chops under the tutelage of New Orleans transplant Cynthia Turner. He later helped open Wxyz at the Aloft hotel before taking over Cucina 24’s bar program.

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“When I go to the liquor store to get the product, or when I make a cocktail and want to prepare it in a certain way, by putting it in a keg or a bottle, I shouldn’t be made to feel like I’m doing something wrong,” says Adams. “As I’ve told my parents since I was a kid, if I’m doing something wrong, punish me. If I’m not, and you’re just annoyed or frustrated or worried, tell me that and let’s talk about it, but why should I be punished for it?”

Both men are unhappy with the Alcoholic Beverage Control system and the legal restrictions on serving mixed beverages. “When we go to other cities and tell them about our alcohol laws, they laugh. The last major revision to our liquor laws was in 1983, and that’s crazy,” says Adams.

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FRESH DRINKS: Jasper Adams, who heads up the bar program at The Imperial Life, is a vocal advocate for revising North Carolina’s antiquated liquor laws. “It’s just insanely restrictive,” he says of the current system. Photo by Tim Robison

liquors is the name of the game, but state law makes it difficult.

Before 2013, specialty liquors had to be purchased by the case, which really ran up the tab. A bottle of Chartreuse, for example, costs just over $59 at the ABC store.

In addition to the regular sales tax, however, bars have to pay a $3.75 mixed beverage tax. And until last year, they were forced to shell out for 11 more bottles of

Chartreuse, and the accompanying taxes, in order to get the one bottle they might actually need for the next three months.

But in May 2013 the commission created a boutique list of about 50 specialty items that bars could order in three-bottle cases, to encourage more ABC stores to stock those particular products. Representatives of regional ABC boards did not respond to requests for comment.

“I would even go further than Jasper and say that regular availability of products is the problem,” notes Pratt. “I shouldn’t have to wonder when’s the next time Batavia Arrack will come in, when I’ve ordered it off the boutique list and asked them for it a dozen times. And sure, arrack isn’t something people order all the time, but I do know for a fact that the distributor has other products that

come in regularly. With the boutique list, they jerry-rigged the system for us. And it kind of worked for a while, but we’ve grown to the limits of that, and now we want an actual fix.”

Adams, meanwhile, says, “What we have right now is a system where we aren’t placing orders: We’re just making requests.” And with a state-run retail store that has a monopoly on liquor sales, he continues, that just doesn’t work.

But obtaining these spirits is only the beginning: To be successful, bartenders must do something interesting with them.

Many will barrel-age cocktails to impart the oak flavor; some will carbonate and bottle them or serve them from a keg. State law, though, harks back to a very different era. Ingredients, for instance, can’t be stored or infused in Mason jars, because when that law was written in the 1940s, moonshiners were still selling illegally to bars in competition with the state-run distribution system.

“I think the people in charge, whether it’s the lawmakers or the people on the actual ABC board, feel like we don’t want to pay the taxes, or we don’t want there to be a state board — that all we want is for the system to be privatized,” says Adams. “I don’t care if it’s privatized or not; I just want to be able to get the product I ordered in a timely manner and not deal with a huge hassle. I don’t even mind having to pay higher taxes, but I shouldn’t have to deal with that and not be able to get what I ordered, and then have them regulate how I use it. It’s just insanely restrictive.”

“The way I look at it,” he continues, “We’re no longer a dry state: We approved liquor sales long ago. So if we’re worried about malfeasance, and we’re worried about people going crazy and doing stupid s**t while they’re drinking, the problem is not having alcohol, or even a specific type of alcohol. ... The problem is properly training people, whether they’re selling the bottles in retail or selling and making drinks, to deal with the product appropriately.” X

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When ordering a chai in the Western world, a customer may receive any number of concoctions.

A simple black tea with spices is one possibility, but it is significantly more likely that the beverage will be prepared with a powdered mix of sugar and corn syrup solids, with tea nowhere to be seen on the ingredient list. Fortunately for Asheville residents, local businesses are taking the making of chai back to the basics.

The history of chai tea can be traced back more than 5,000 years to India, where the word chai translates as the Hindi word for tea. In India, family recipes for masala chai (or spiced tea) are passed down through generations. Although recipes for chai can vary significantly, masala chai traditionally refers to a black tea, generally of the Assam variety, that is slowly simmered with several or all of the following spices: star anise, cinnamon, fennel, saffron, ginger, clove, cardamom, and peppercorn. The spiced tea is then blended with milk and honey or sugar to create a creamy and soothing infusion.

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TO A TEA: Tod’s Tasties on Montford Avenue is one of several local shops that makes its chai from scratch. Photo by Cindy Kunst

to spend a whole day bouncing from coffee shop to restaurant and back to coffee shop on a selfguided chai tour. And don’t let the summer heat deter you from going nuts on a caffeine-ridden tasting spree; most places are happy to serve their concoctions over ice.

Rick and Laura Telford, owners of Biltmore Coffee Traders, lovingly craft their own chai tea, which is prepared with organic ingredients.

“We went with the boxed brands at first but found that they were oversweet and over-syrupy, then Laura said, ‘I can do this better,’ and she found an organic chai recipe and worked at perfecting it, and it has just turned out to be so much better,” says Rick.

Laura adds, “We were using the boxed kind, and it was so sweet that I couldn’t drink it, so I knew I had to find an alternative. I experimented and I used one of my regular customers as a guinea pig.

It took me about a month to perfect it with the right strength so that it was strong enough but not too sweet. I always err on the side of less sweet because you can always add sugar but you can’t take it out. We finally worked it out to the right combination of strength and sweetness and spiciness, and we get compliments all the time.”

Mela Indian restaurant offers a house-made chai that is mixed fresh every morning and is available hot or iced. Customers can add a chai to the all-you-can-eat, made-from-scratch daily lunch buffet for a total price of $12. “It is really popular, and we have had many customers tell us that it is the best chai they have ever had,” says manager Sarah Katzmark.

Tod’s Tasties on Montford Avenue has made its own chai since it opened. When asked why the eatery chose to go with a homemade version rather than using one of the

Our approach many pre-made options available, manager Chelsea Potter says, “We do everything ourselves. We don’t source out for any of our baked goods — we make our own jam and everything — so chai is something, from the very beginning, that we just decided to make for ourselves.”

Other hot spots serving their own house-crafted chai include Chai Pani, Izzy’s Coffee Den, Posana Café, Kathmandu Café and Dobra Tea House.

Not only are an increasing number of local businesses making their own chai, but those that aren’t are starting to opt for either freshly brewed options or locally made varieties. Chad’s Chai, based in Winston-Salem, provides the chai blend used at Old Europe and Edna’s of Asheville. Filo in East Asheville brews its chai using a tea and spice blend created by SerendipiTea, an organic tea company operating out of New York. Green Sage, Biscuit Head, Clingman’s Cafe, Chocolate Gems, Dynamite Roasting Co., Dripolator, Asheville Coffee Roasters, Hyphen, The Hop and Louise’s Kitchen have all started to carry Appalachai!, a new chai concentrate created by Black Mountain residents Kathryn Ames, Tommy Winant and Joel “Windfox” Boyle.

Boyle and Winant met in the summer of 2012 and bonded between sets at Town Pump Tavern’s Tuesday night open jam session. While chatting over some good local craft brews, they discovered that they both had a love for herbal remedies and natural healing. “I had been making chai almost every day since I learned an Indian friend’s old family recipe,” says Winant via email. “Joel

also made chai often, as well as many other medicinal teas, and we decided to fine-tune a recipe that we could share with the public.”

After brewing numerous small batches, for six months, and adding and subtracting gram by gram from Winant’s friend’s family recipe, the team finally tweaked out what is now known as AppalaChai! “When Joel and I eventually got stuck with how to package and create the business officially, Katie came on board and kick-started the operation,” says Winant. AppalaChai! uses 100 percent organically grown ingredients.

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Small bites Another local small business has been forced to yield to the power of a large corporation.

GalloLea Pizza Kits, owned by husband-and-wife team Tom Gallo and Susan Devitt, recently changed its name to BelloLea Artisan Kitchen as it joined the list of independent Asheville businesses affected by trademark infringement actions from national and international companies.

The name change follows a cease-and-desist order filed against GalloLea in December 2012 by the California-based E.&J. Gallo Winery, one of the largest wine producers in the world.

Because the two companies make completely different products and their brands were trademarked in two totally different categories, Devitt says she and her husband initially felt that they had a fighting chance to keep the name which, she says, was very close to their hearts.

“We loved [the name GalloLea], and it was real personal because it’s Tom’s name, Gallo,” she says, adding that the name had special meaning because the company’s pizza kit was created using Gallo’s grandmother’s beloved sauce recipe.

Devitt says that after more than a year of frustration and legal wrangling that cost them about $15,000, she and Gallo finally gave up in the face of a battle with no end in sight. “Even if we had won in the trademark court — and we probably could have with probably another at

guess that’s just the way big business does business.”

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NAME GAME: Susan Devitt, left, and Tom Gallo, right, recently had to change the name of their Asheville-based pizza kit company from GalloLea to BelloLea under pressure from international wine producer E.&J. Gallo. Photo by John Warner, courtesy BelloLea Artisan Kitchen

least $50,000 — they could still go to federal court and sue us for copyright infringement. There was just no end to it.”

The new BelloLea packaging looks very similar to the GalloLea brand, and Devitt says she hopes for as smooth a transition as possible. But the new design, she says, has cost about $140,000, and changing the company’s URL and online presence has wasted years of work she had invested

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in marketing efforts. The winery refused a request from the couple to help pay for the cost of rebranding and repackaging.

In 2012, two other Asheville small businesses, food market Amazing Savings and home-andgarden shop Small Terrain, were forced to change their names in a similar fashion. Amazing Savings changed its name to Hopey & Co. despite having a North Carolina trademark after a run-in with the New York-based retail chain Simply Amazing. Small Terrain had to rebrand as Villagers after the multinational clothing corporation Urban Outfitters notified the owners that it held the trademark on the word “terrain” in multiple categories.

Devitt says although she and Gallo felt blindsided by the situation, they are now focusing on catching up and moving forward. But are they bitter about the experience?

“Well, I don’t know if you can ever really get over an unjustness,” she says, after giving the question some thought. “But they are a big company, and I

Soon Urban Orchard Cider Co. could become the new pre-lunch hangout spot on Haywood Road.

The company’s marketing and creative director, Jeff Anderson, told Xpress in an email that Urban Orchard has invested in “the finest equipment, baristas and product to set us up for some fantastic beverages.” According to Anderson, two roasters will be featured: Espresso will be from the locally popular Athens, Ga.-based1000 Faces, and drip coffee will be from Pennycup, a new roasting company started by BattleCat Coffee Bar owner Amber Arthur. No launch date has been released yet for the new service.

More details are to come. www.urbanorchardcider.com NIGHTBELL ROLLS OUT DINNER SERVICE Nightbell, the upscale cocktail spot opened a few months ago by husband-and-wife team Felix Meana and Katie Button, is expanding to offer a full dinner menu. Known as Nightbell Restaurant & Lounge starting Wednesday, July 9, the restaurant will offer, according to a press release, “Chef Button’s modern interpretation of traditional American food served small-platestyle, sophisticated craft cocktails with hand-carved ice, unique wines from all over the world, and innovative music from across the Atlantic and around the corner.” The menu promises everything from buildyour-own burgers to chilled corn soup with sea urchin, as well as desserts such as salty praline peanut butter cake, tobacco-infused chocolate cake and a bourbon-spiked root beer float. Dinner, desserts and snacks are served all night long.

Dinner items will be in the $10$24 range. Desserts will run $9-$10.

Reservations are accepted, but walkins are welcome.

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Brewgrass, the original Asheville beer fest is officially back for its 18th year. Tickets are now on sale for the Sept. 20 event, to be held at Memorial Field, at brewgrassfestival.com.

In years past, there was little but Bele Chere when it came to Asheville festivals ahead of Brewgrass in the hot summer months. But this year promises to be different. While there will be no Bele Chere, we’ve already had our first new fest with the actionpacked debut of Burning Can from Oskar Blues in Brevard. Below are three more to look forward to.

HIGHLAND’S ALE SHARE FESTIVAL — JULY 26 When Highland Brewing found out Bele Chere would be no more, it quickly moved to fill the void.

According to Highland Vice President Leah Wong, this new festival, dubbed Ale Share, will “further the community-minded spirit of craft beer in Asheville,” with most of the 20-plus participating breweries coming from WNC. Every brewery will bring at least one flagship and at least one harder-to-find specialty beer, according to Wong.

The sharing comes into play because 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the Asheville Parks and Greenway Foundation. Many of the breweries taking part also offered to donate their beer. “We offered to pay [for the beer] … but we’re thrilled by the generosity of our brewing community,” says Wong. It means that even more money from the festival goes to charity.

Highland hospitality manager Grant DaSantos spearheaded the idea for this new festival, and he says to expect plenty of live music in the Bele Chere spirit — including, perhaps, some of the bands that have played Bele Chere in the past. Tickets will be $35 for standard admission, $50 for

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DRINK THE INVITATION: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. invited more than 2,700 breweries to Beer Camp Across America with a limited-edition double IPA. Photo courtesy of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

VIP (with early entry and a commemorative T-shirt), and $15 for designated drivers. They are available now at the brewery and online at highlandbrewing.com/whats-up/event/ale-share SIERRA NEVADA’S BEER CAMP ACROSS AMERICA — AUG. 3 If you’ve been anxiously awaiting a glimpse of Sierra Nevada’s new North Carolina brewery, this next festival is for you.

From July 19 to Aug. 3, Sierra Nevada’s team is traveling across the country for Beer Camp Across America. Every craft brewery in the United States — more than 2,700 — has been invited to take part in the massive multi-city fest.

“We’re about to open a second brewery in North Carolina, and while that’s exciting for us, it’s an even greater reason to celebrate the future of craft brewers everywhere,” says Ken Grossman, Sierra Nevada’s founder. “We’ve watched and learned from each other for decades, and together we’ve seen tastes change

and craft’s momentum snowball.

Beer Camp Across America is our way of reflecting on this — with thousands of brewers, fans and great beers. It should be pretty fun.”

The first stop will be at Sierra Nevada’s original brewery in Chico, Calif. on July 18, and the last stop will be the first big event at the company’s new facility in Mills River on Aug. 3.

The event will double as the official launch of the Mills River brewery.

Every festival will feature a roster of guest breweries, including however many regional breweries want to attend and pour. So far, 63 North Carolina breweries have decided to take part in the Mills River edition of the festival, with even more from other Southeastern states joining the party.

Food vendors will be on hand, and every festival will feature live music from the MarchFourth Marching Band. The $65 tickets ($30 for designated drivers) are on sale now at sierranevada.com/beercamp. Proceeds will go to the state brewers guild, and to hops and barley research.

Thirsty Monk will be taking part in the Sierra Nevada opening excitement in a couple of ways.

There will be Sierra Nevada Pint Nights every Wednesday July 9-30 at the various Monk locations, and each night will offer attendees a chance to enter a raffle for tickets to the Mills River event. Then, on July 31, the Biltmore Park location will host a tap takeover with the dozen official Beer Camp Across America Beers. (While there will be hundreds of beers at the Beer Camp Across America Festivals, there is also an official 12-pack of bottles and cans featuring collaboration beers between Sierra Nevada and breweries like Russian River, Ninkasi, Cigar City, Oskar Blues and more.)

Thirsty Monk is also throwing its own August event. Sour Fest, a celebration of domestic and imported sour beers, will run Aug. 4-8. This year, expect everything from Boulevard’s Saison Brett and The Bruery’s Sour in the Rye to Birrifico Del Ducato and BFM Vintage BonChien. As in past years, it will be a pay-per-beer event, rather than unlimited sampling for an entry fee. X

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Food trucks are a known entity: Those mobile dispensaries of cheap, tasty meals drove into downtown Asheville (and our hearts) in 2011. And with revised city ordinances, a dedicated lot on Coxe Avenue and regular appearances at local festivals and music venues, food trucks have only increased in number.

But sandwiches aren’t the only thing that can fit into a truck, and businesses on wheels are on the rise in other parts of the country. Style and culture website refinery29.com recently showcased a number of drive-up stores in San Francisco, including a floral design company, a gift shop housed in a VW Vanagon and a mobile clothing boutique.

In fact, fashion trucks are already well on their way to rivaling food trucks.

For proof, look no further than fashiontruckfinder.com. As its name suggests, the website organizes motorized apparel shops by location. The “Southern Fashion Trucks” category alone lists more than 60, nine of them in North Carolina. Topping that list is Sadie Mae’s Boutique (originally Betties Mobile Boutique), launched in April by Celeste Adams — one of a number of local entrepreneurs who are taking retail startups beyond brick-and-mortar.

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food truck business but found it to be cost-prohibitive. Learning that others had paved the way for the boutique on wheels “solidified, for me, that what I was doing made sense.”

With help from Chris Crenshaw at The Rabbit Hole auto repair shop in Arden, Adams turned a 1972 Travelaire camper into a rolling storefront stocked with fashion accessories from such local designers as SIRENbags, Seed & Sky jewelry and Serious Leather (Sadie Mae’s best-seller, according to Adams).

“All women walk in and say, ‘It’s so cute,’ and every man asks me what I’m pulling it with,” Adams says about her boutique. Tourists, meanwhile, are sometimes confused by the movable enterprise. “They think it’s an art installation. I have the camper, which is painted really cute, and AstroTurf and flamingos and lights, so maybe it’s overwhelming,” she says. But locals are already embracing Sadie Mae’s, which has set up near Short Street Cakes, plans to do private shopping parties, has put in appearances at yard sales and at the Asheville Tattoo & Piercing Expo, and recently served as a makeshift gallery for an Adam Strange art show.

And Sadie Mae’s success may prove contagious: Adams has already met with other mobile vendors (including Flow Skin Care & Massage, a mobile spa based in Brevard) about doing a group event. Flow is the brainchild of April Daniel, a licensed aesthetician

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THE WHEEL DEAL: Celeste Adams at Sadie Mae’s a mobile boutique she built inside a 1972 Travelaire camper. Photo by Shara Crosby

and massage therapist who wanted a studio space that would enable her to offer affordable services. That vision came to fruition in the form of a 1970 Airstream Overlander, which Daniel converted with the help of her partner and an IndieGoGo campaign.

The business “has a semipermanent home on 5 acres of homestead ... surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest,” Daniel’s website explains, adding, “One of the unique beauties of the Flow studio is that we have the ability for mobility.”

DREAM BIG, START SMALL The itinerant business rings like a fad, but avatars of it have existed

at least since the invention of the wheel. In prior times, most commerce was conducted from carts and wagons (think produce, ice, horseshoes, snake oil). We’re only a generation removed from the milkman and the vacuum cleaner salesman, and the ice cream truck’s siren call still provides the soundtrack to summer.

Jamie Beasley of Mountain BizWorks cites Valet Gourmet, Balloon Fairy Magic and Home Cleaning Professionals as local portable enterprises that have gotten loans or other assistance through the nonprofit. “For a lot of people, a mobile business is a transition,” he says. “A lot of people doing food trucks really wanted to open a restaurant.”

HAVE BOOKS, WILL TRAVEL: Julie Wade and her daughter, Sovay, next to Wade’s Snake, Rabbit and Snail bookmobile. Photo by Shara Crosby What Mountain BizWorks looks for in a potential loan recipient, says Beasley, is the right combination of determination and flexibility. “Loans are harder to get than people think, and it’s generally easier to get a smaller amount of money,” he says. “In the world of startups and having difficulty raising capital, it’s common to think, ‘How can I scale back my idea a few steps to make it more attainable now, so that I can build up to the dream that I had pictured?’”

Mountain BizWorks closed a loan last month for Heavenly Touch Mobile Detailing and has also worked with Libreria A y M, a Spanish-language mobile bookstore offering Christian books and worship items. The owner of that endeavor, says Beasley, “has now also expanded into a West Asheville location near the Emma community.”

Shannon Tuch from the city of Asheville’s Development Services Department remembers two requests for mobile business permits within the past year: one for a nonprofit delivering produce to underserved areas, and the other for a bookmobile.

And while getting a permit for a food truck can be complex, other mobile ventures present fewer obstacles. “We’re issuing a temporary-use permit that’s renewable every year,” says Tuch. “We list all the different sites they visit and pick one site or home office and use that as the home address. We’re trying to

keep it simple — we’ll definitely work with businesses wanting to get started in Asheville.” — A.M.

SPEED READING Julie Wade, a longtime bookseller at Downtown Books & News, first had the idea for Snake, Rabbit and Snail in 2009. During a casual conversation with a friend, she mentioned that opening a used-book store specializing in children’s books would be her dream job. “If you’re still thinking about an idea three months later, it was a good idea,” she reasoned, so she began taking concrete steps to realize the dream. And like many Asheville entrepreneurs, Wade began with a class at Mountain BizWorks.

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much for kids to do in Asheville that doesn’t cost a lot. That perspective suggested other niches for her business, such as hiring out the bookmobile for children’s parties and special events, and offering storytelling as an added attraction.

As her business plan slowly came together, Wade delved into fundraising and began accumulating books. A Kickstarter campaign helped spread the word about her plans while raising some seed capital. Obtaining a business license proved to be a hurdle due to the unique nature of the enterprise, but after multiple meetings, city officials finally granted it in early June.

Snake, Rabbit and Snail debuted outside The Odditorium in West Asheville during the venue’s community yard sale this spring. A few weeks later, Wade set up shop at the Montford Music and Arts Festival. “So many children came to the bookmobile. It made me so happy to see them sitting and reading,” she posted on her Facebook page. Initially, Wade plans to set up at a number of locations whose owners have given her permission to use their parking lots. And while those locales, she concedes, might not be “exactly ideal for maximum child awareness,” it’s one way to get the word out.

Right now, the bookmobile is a regular for-profit business, enabling Wade to learn her trade and test her ideas.

But that may change at some point, she believes, and she’s currently taking a class on nonprofit management. “The main goal is to get books at a reasonable price — preferably as cheap as possible — into the hands of kids from all walks of life,” she says. “There’s a lot that’s down the line; I just need to get started.” And if the business model is still evolving, Wade says she’s guided by a simple belief: “I really just want kids to have books.

Snake, Rabbit and Snail will be at Asheville City Market, 161 S. Charlotte St. on Saturday, July 19.

Info at snakerabbitandsnail.com — R.R.

THE ROAD TO SUCCESS When Debbie Barry moved to Asheville from New Jersey in 2011, she had it in mind to start her own business — hopefully something that would help her and her husband, Bob, transition to retirement. Remembering the fun she’d had hosting weekly homemade pizza nights with friends and neighbors when her three kids were

A MOVABLE FEAST: “We wanted to be able to be outside and to chitchat and meet people. We didn’t want to be enclosed,” Debbie Barry says about her business, Mama Dukes Wood Fired Oven. It centers on a custom-built, wood-burning brick oven on wheels. Photo by Tim Robison

young, Debbie decided that artisan pizza was her calling.

But having owned and operated a parent-child program in years past, Debbie also understood the ins and outs of being a small-business owner, and the idea of being tied to the inherent stresses and demands of a brickand-mortar restaurant seemed less than appealing. She wanted to be able to enjoy the beauty of Western North Carolina; she wanted freedom; she wanted flexibility.

So Debbie decided to aim for something a little more … out there.

“We wanted to be able to be outside and to chitchat and meet people. We didn’t want to be enclosed,” Debbie says about her business, Mama Dukes Wood Fired Oven, which she rolled out — literally — during the watery Greening Up the Mountains festival in Sylva in April of last year. “It just rained terribly,” she remembers.

Undaunted by that soggy first experience, however, Debbie’s still all about the open air. Unlike most mobile restaurants, her business isn’t confined within a van or bus. Instead, her convivial setup centers on a custom-built, wood-burning brick oven on wheels, spreading outward via an assortment of canopies and folding tables that she assembles to create an outdoor kitchen-prep area.

With the signage up and the homemade dough and fresh, colorful toppings laid out, the whole thing looks and feels like a portable food festival.

And the arrangement, she says, makes it easy for her to move around and interact with customers.

The lack of walls also lets the heat from the 900-degree oven dissipate — a key point that Bob, who moonlights as her oven guy during weekend gigs, particularly appreciates in the summer. The couple’s youngest daughter, who now lives in Charleston, S.C. often drives up to help out on weekends as well, keeping it all in the family.

On weekend evenings, Mama Dukes can often be found at Highland Brewing Co., but the roving eatery also caters events and turns up at festivals, wineries and craft fairs — Debbie’s favorite — all over WNC and as far away as Atlanta. The business, she says, is rolling along nicely, and she wouldn’t want to be doing anything else.

As for the moniker, it too traces back to her family. “The kids came up with that name,” Debbie explains. “That was their nickname for me, because I always had my dukes up for them. ... I always went to battle for them growing up.” — G.S. X

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Doc Watson to Dokken In-demand guitarist Bryan Sutton talks influnces and a new album Asheville native Bryan Sutton isn’t just another guy with a guitar. After launching his career as a member of Ricky Skaggs’ Kentucky Thunder, he went on to play and record with artists like Keith Urban, Taylor Swift and Harry Connick Jr. “I simply want to make the best music possible with the best people possible,” Sutton says. “I try to not pre-qualify what that music is or who those people are.”

Though his background is in bluegrass, the guitarist has studied various traditional and pop approaches. “I learned a long time ago that there’s not much room for an ego when it comes to backing someone up,” he says. “The more I can kind of lose myself in the interest of the bigger musical picture, the better off everyone is.”

Sutton also has a solo career. His new album, Into My Own, shares a title with a Robert Frost poem about a young man who sets out to find himself. “This record represents a bit of me stepping into some musical zones that aren’t as familiar and comfortable,” he says. The record includes contributions from Sam Busch, Noam Pikelny, Stuart Duncan and others. And while those

artists won’t be joining Sutton at his Friday, July 11 album release party at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall, he will be backed by Sam Grisman on bass, Mike Barnett on fiddle and Casey Campbell on mandolin.

Mountain Xpress: Are you ever intimidated to work with celebrity musicians? And who’s at the top of your list of musicians you’d still love an opportunity to play with?

Bryan Sutton: I use to be a little more star-struck than I am now. ... I’m fortunate in that, in the studio environment, it’s not so much about the crowds, big screens, lights, etc. Famous artists realize they aren’t onstage, and if they’re comfortable, they can relax a little and just try to make some good music.

I’d still like to work with someone like Sting, Merle Haggard or maybe Metallica.

Your new album presents some very traditional mountain music themes in a way that feels refined, light and modern.

I love music that looks forward but reminds you of where it came from.

That sums up one of my main goals as an artist. Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Norman Blake and Jerry Douglas are only a few of the folks I’ve learned a lot from about this approach. It kind of boils down to being true to who I am. Upholding tradition, yet allowing music to evolve has been a theme for me for a long time.

GUITAR HERO: “There’s a bounce and energy that has been maintained from the early dance roots of a lot of fiddle music,” says Bryan Sutton. Beyond bluegrass, he’s also a fan of classical piano and ’80s metal.

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When you arrange a traditional song, is it daunting to work with such well-known and loved pieces of music?

I try to find something about older songs that feels fresh to me. With “Been All Around this World,” I found a collection of lyrics that, to me, helped tell the story in a better way. With “Cricket on the Hearth,” I liked the idea of taking a basic fiddle tune and arranging it in way where a five-piece bluegrass ensemble could sort of “share” the tune by trading bits of it around. ... These old songs still have a lot to give in the way of fun energy, and they don’t seem to be letting up anytime soon.

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At this point in your career, do you feel like you’re still learning about bluegrass music?

I’m continuing to learn about different facets of the bluegrass world.

Maybe I’ve spent a lot of time with bluegrass guitar styles, but now I’m focusing a little more on singing,

writing and leading a band. A little more of the big picture kind of things.

Does Western North Carolina still impact your sound?

The traditional music of WNC has a sound that’s a kind of blend of what folks nowadays would call folk, bluegrass and old-time. It’s hard to call it one or the other, and to do so limits what the sound is, as the titles folk, bluegrass and old-time were created long after the sounds from this region were developed. Doc Watson always called it “mountain music,” and that seems to hold up.

There’s a bounce and energy that has been maintained from the early dance roots of a lot of fiddle music.

There’s also a storytelling component that, to me, is tied very much to the old ballad singing approach. I would hope that someone listening to anything I do would hear these roots in my music.

What is an album or band you listen to for inspiration that might surprise us?

I love a lot of solo classical piano music. Beethoven, Bach and Schumann are few of my favorite composers. I also have a guilty penchant for metal — especially ... from the late 1980s into the early ’90s. Bands like Metallica, Racer X and Dokken are really fun to listen to. X

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Everybody’s doing a brand-new dance From MOTION’s choreographic laboratory comes cuttingedge performance “At 21 years old, it had been decided for me the roles I was capable of dancing for the rest of my life,” says choreographer Nick Kepley. “That was kind of silly.” It’s also, at least in part, the reason he created MOTION Dance Theatre, a choreographic laboratory and three-week residency. From that comes a world-premiere dance performance. MOTION returns to Asheville this summer, with a production at Diana Wortham Theatre on Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12.

The program, which this year invites eight dancers and two choreographers to Asheville, pushes the

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boundaries of everyone involved.

“It’s always fun as a dancer when you find something you haven’t done before,” says Kepley. “There might be a dancer who, during the year, tends to do fast roles. At MOTION, a choreographer might select them to do an adagio [a slow piece]. It’s good for them to stretch themselves.”

It’s the choreography, though, where the real risks happen, because the final show depends upon what comes out of a couple of weeks of rehearsal among artists who may not

have ever worked together before.

“I did have a choreographer work for four days on material and then scrap it all and start again,” says Kepley. “What I liked about what he did was that he was working in a way he’d never worked before.

That’s what this is about.”

An Asheville native, Kepley studied at the Fletcher School of Dance and Balance Pointe with Sandra Miller. He spent summers at the School of American Ballet and The Juilliard School. These days, he says, “The quality of training that is available here has strengthened. Ballet Conservatory of Asheville is a great ballet studio.

I teach there a lot, and I think, ‘If I’d taken [dance] here, my life could have been really different.’”

Kepley is currently ballet master at Ballet Austin, but it was while he was in New York, performing in Mary Poppins on Broadway, that he conceived of MOTION as a one-time event.

“Right off the bat I knew I wanted to involve more than just my own work,” he says. “Unless you’re George Balanchine or William Forsythe, asking an audience to sit through an entire night of just you is asking a lot.” He enlisted a fellow choreographer to create material, and they produced two sold-out performances. The next year, friends from Asheville reached out, suggesting Kepley bring the project to his hometown.

“Since the program was really meant to be about nurturing the choreographic process, I liked the idea of making it feel like a retreat for the artists,” he says.

That focus on process has only increased. Now in its fifth season, MOTION’s performances include behind-the-scenes videos and short, documentary-style interviews with the choreographers as well as an opportunity for the audience to ask questions and provide feedback.

“I feel like with dance, especially ballet, there’s a veil over it,” says Kepley. “It looks easy, everyone looks happy. I’m trying to show

MASTER CLASS: “Dance can be a contemporary art form,” says MOTION Dance Theatre founder Nick Kepley. “Just as you’d go to a museum and contemplate art, you can do the same with dance.” Photo by Parker J Pfister

that dance can be a contemporary art form. Just as you’d go to a museum and contemplate art, you can do the same with dance. It has many layers of meaning you can decipher.”

Is he concerned that the backstage reveal detracts from the mystique?

“For me, it deepens the understanding,” Kepley says. “Choreographing is an art. There are methods to it, and it takes time to develop. It’s not just, ‘Hey, let’s put together a little dance! Kick-ball-change!’”

This year, the music for Kepley’s piece — inspired by ’40s jazz — is being composed by one of the dancers.

Live music, an addition to this year’s program, changes the experience for the audience, he says, while an original score is special for the choreographer and the dancers. “This is the first time

this music has ever been heard and anyone’s ever danced to it,” Kepley says. “It gives you total freedom.”

Another collaboration this year is with local fashion designer Liz White, who is creating costumes for the performance. Instead of crafting new apparel, White is working with vintage clothing to make it danceable. Though it’s her first foray into ballet-wear, it won’t be her last: Kepley has already enlisted White to create costumes for Ballet Austin.

Other hopes for MOTION include an additional week of rehearsal time and a tour around North and South Carolina. “But I really just want to get better at what we do now,” says Kepley. “There’s something cool for me, having grown up here, bringing all that I’ve learned back here.” X

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Lion kings Zvuloon Dub System brings Israeli/Ethiopian reggae to Asheville

As far back as Asaf Smilan can remember, the Lion of Judah has been present in his life. Growing up in Jerusalem in the 1980s and ’90s, the city’s symbol watched over him, and when he became interested in reggae music and Rastafarian culture around the turn of the century, the lion was there to greet him once more.

Around that same time, the Internet became more common in Israel and with it a rise in file-sharing programs. The technology afforded Smilan virtual travels to hear music from all over the world. With this digital passport, he found that some of the most appealing sounds came from Africa, specifically Ethiopia.

Pursuing this interest gradually led to learning more about the country’s history, and in Ethiopia’s national symbol, the drummer again encountered a familiar face.

Three cultures come together under the Lion of Judah in Zvuloon Dub System, Smilan’s nine-piece Israeli/ Ethiopian reggae band. Based in Tel Aviv, the group has previously toured Canada, but its current collection of shows marks its first time in the United States. The group plays Asheville Music Hall on Friday, July 11.

The band’s origins date to 2006 when Smilan and his guitarist

brother Ilan were renting a space on Zvuloon Street in Tel Aviv. At their previous apartment, living room practice sessions with three musician friends were met with complaints by neighbors, but in their new quarters, they encountered a different response. “All the neighbors were into the music and what we were doing,” Smilan says. “Every time we were rehearsing, people would be listening and we got a very good vibe for the people up there. It felt right to name the band after the street.”

Since then, Zvuloon Dub System has grown from an instrumental roots reggae group to adding vocals and incorporating jazz, funk and Middle Eastern music into its sound. In addition to the Smilan brothers, the band now has saxophone, trumpet, a second guitarist, bass, keyboard, a five-stringed traditional Ethiopian instrument called a krar and two singers. Taking the lead on vocals is Ethiopian-born Gili Yalo, who stepped into the role in 2010 after Zvuloon Dub System’s primary singer left the band. “It took us a while to find Gili. Not many people can sing reggae and sound good, but after three to four months of searching, a friend said, ‘I may have found someone,’” Smilan says. “I met with Gili, and he played Bob Marley’s ‘Redemption Song,’ and I said, ‘All right, we should start making music together.’”

One day, the two were sitting in the studio listening to music for inspiration, when Smilan told Yalo

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HEAR THEM ROAR: Tel Aviv-based Zvuloon Dub System embarks on its first tour of the U.S. Photo by Noam Chojnowski

of his affinity for Ethiopian music.

Both were fans of Ethiopian artist Muluqen Mellesse and decided to put a reggae twist on his song, “Tenesh Kelbe Lay.” The rest of the band liked the results, requested another experiment in this creative vein, and they’ve continued down that path ever since.

The unified effort embraces the Lion of Judah, who’s prominently featured on the cover of the band’s latest album, Anbessa Dub, which takes its name from the Ethiopian

WHO Zvuloon Dub System with Bruckshot WHERE Asheville Music Hall ashevillemusichall.com WHEN Friday, July 11, at 10 p.m. $8 advance, $10 day of show

language Amharic’s word for lion.

“It’s the symbol that ties together all the cultures that are mixing in our music,” Smilan says.

The blending of these influences allows Zvuloon Dub System to stand out in the Tel Aviv music scene, which Smilan describes as diverse but lacking a strong reggae presence. He notes

that Israel overall is fairly small and points to Jerusalem-based Sputnik Hi-Fi as the country’s other notable reggae group. Composed of four Ukrainian and Russian immigrants, the band mixes Soviet music and culture with reggae, similar to what Smilan and company do with Ethiopian styles.

The North American tour will also mark Zvuloon Dub System’s first trip to Jamaica, as the group plays Montego Bay’s Reggae Sumfest.

Smilan did some digging into the festival’s history and was astounded by what he found. “They never bring in any reggae artists other than from Jamaica,” he says. “They’ve had some R&B artists from the U.S., but not any outside reggae groups. It’s pretty amazing for us to play for a Jamaican audience. It’s a big honor for us to get this invitation and bring this mixture.”

Firmly aware of the opportunities that await, Zvuloon Dub System looks to make the most of its time in the Caribbean, including some musical collaborations. At the recent Sierra Nevada World Music Festival in Boonville, Calif., Smilian and his bandmates made connections and exchanged telephone numbers with multiple Jamaican artists. Over the course of 10 days, they plan to travel the country and record with these new allies, all the while uniting their triune Lion of Judah facets in exciting and unprecedented ways. X

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“We wanted a revolution, but they just ran us around in circles. Here to speak truth, to say what needs to be said,” says the Bandcamp page for Free the Optimus, a hip-hop collective whose members are based in Boone and Asheville. The group was founded by lead emcee, C.Shreve the Professor, who is about to launch his new album, Summer Ransom. A single of the same name was just released as a video, filmed and directed by Andrew Anderson. The track — which blends a laid-back, light-infused melody with a taut beat and uplifting, hard-hitting lyrics — plays like an ode to a summer that’s only just begun. And, as explanation for the collective’s name, Shreve raps, “If I really freed my optimus, I’d have a reach like an octopus.” Free the Optimus plays an album release show at The One Stop on Thursday, July 10, at 11 p.m. $5. ashevillemusichall.com.

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“The quest for the perfect blend of Old World Cirque and American Roadhouse fun will be seasoned with aerialists, singers and showgirl burlesque dancers to delight the senses,” according to a press release for Teatro del Gusto. Join the circus cabaret crew for a “feast of the senses” — it’s the first show in a series of cabaret-inspired performances. In addition to complimentary desserts and table service, attendees will be treated to aerial arts, comedy, acrobatics, juggling, stunts and live music from local Southern-style rockers Red Honey. Not to mention event organizer Madame Onça “and her Old World wonders.” The first show of the cabaret circus series will take place Sunday, July 13, at 7 p.m. at The Orange Peel. $15/$18. (The next installment is on Sunday, Aug. 17.) theorangepeel.net. Photo by Jay Paul

Grandfather Mountain Highland Games Grab your kilt and your clan and get to the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games for “blaring bagpipes, astounding athletes and tons of tartan.” The four-day event begins with sheep-herding demonstrations and only gets more Celtic from there. Brawnier participants may enter heavyweight competitions such as “turning the caber” and “tossing the sheaf.” In the caber toss, athletes flip a telephone pole-sized log end over end. The sheaf toss involves lifting a 16-pound sack of hay over a 20-foot bar. Not an athlete?

Grab a traditional meat pie and enjoy Scottish dance, music and various other cultural offerings. The games take place Thursday through Sunday, July 10-13, at McCrae Meadows on Grandfather Mountain. $15-$30 day passes, $75 weekend passes. gmhg.org. Photo by Hugh Morton

The Big Crafty Go local and bolster your DIY cred at the same time at The Big Crafty. There, artists and makers of all kinds will convene in downtown Asheville and sell their one-of-akind, handmade wares. “Our guiding principle is that buying handmade is good for the community, and our aim is to make doing so fun,” say the Big Crafty organizers.

“We extend a warm welcome to Asheville’s rich pageant of basement and backyard artists, its juried prize-winners and those who delight in them.” Local food, beer and music will also be on hand. The craft fair takes place on Sunday, July 13, from 1-6 p.m at the Asheville Art Museum and Pack Place. Free. thebigcrafty.com. Photo

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Asheville’s only a capella barbershop-style chorus! We welcome all women who love to sing! www.songosky.org or (866) 824-9547 Parking available behind the church.

ART FROM THE QUALLA BOUNDARY: The Native American Business Network will hold Native Marketplace, showcasing works from contemporary Cherokee artists, on Tuesday, July 15, at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. The event includes demonstrations as well as authentic Cherokee works from native craftsmen, including jewelry, baskets, soaps, lotions and wood carvings. Photo courtesy of the Economic Development Coalition for AshevilleBuncombe County. (p.44)

ART APPALACHIAN PASTEL SOCIETY appalachianpastelsociety.org • SA (7/12), 10am-noon - July meeting with a presentation on “The Art of Promoting Art.” Free to attend. Held at Grace Community Church, 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River FLOW GALLERY 14 South Main St., Marshall, avl.mx/aw • TH (7/10), 6pm - Artist talk with clothing designer Lisa Mandle.

WAYNESVILLE’S ART AFTER DARK 452-9284, waynesvillegalleryassociation.com.

• FR (7/11), 6-9pm - Art stroll through working studios and galleries on Main Street, Depot Street and Frog Level in Waynesville. Free to attend.

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS

NATIVE MARKETPLACE 503-968-1500, onaben.org • MO (7/15), 11am-3pm - A showcase of contemporary works from Cherokee artists. Includes demonstrations and for-purchase works. Held at Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 36 Montford Ave.

AAAC’S REGIONAL ARTIST PROJECT GRANT ashevillearts.com • Through (10/14) - Applications will be accepted for this grant from the Asheville Area Arts Council to provide financial support for committed, accomplished artists.

PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 PARI Drive, Rosman, 862-5554, pari.edu • FR (7/11), 7pm - Lecture and display of nature photography by Alex Armstrong. $20/$25 seniors & military/$10 children 14 and younger.

ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY • Through (8/16) - Applications will be accepted for the N.C. Arts Council Regional Artist Project. Open to artists in Henderson, Polk, and Transylvania counties. Contact for guidelines.

RED HOUSE STUDIOS AND GALLERY 310 W. State St., Black Mountain, 699-0351, svfalarts.org • SA (7/12), 11am-4pm - Second Saturday Studio Show with demonstrations by artists Susan Shaw, Eileen Ross and Ray Mata.

RIVER ARTS DISTRICT ARTISTS riverartsdistrict.com • 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am-6pm - “A Closer Look,” self-guided open studio tour through the River Arts District with artist demonstrations and classes. Free to attend.

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DOWNTOWN HICKORY Hickory, 322-1121, downtownhickory.com • Through TH (10/9) - Applications will be accepted for arts and crafts vendors for Oktoberfest, as well as the juried Arts & Crafts show. Contact for details.

WRITERS’ WORKSHOP EVENTS 254-8111, twwoa.org, prez@twwoa.org For beginning and experienced writers.

• Through SA (8/30) - Submissions will be accepted for the Literary Fiction Contest, stories of 5000 words or less. $25. Contact for guidelines.

• Through WE (7/30) - Submissions will be accept-

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ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • TU (7/15), 7-8:30pm - Performance by Brevard Music Center’s Artist Faculty String Quartet. $10/$6 members.

BREVARD MUSIC CENTER 349 Andante Lane, Brevard, 862-2100, brevardmusic.org • WE (7/9),7:30pm - The Shanghai Quartet. $20.

• TH (7/10), 7:30pm - Marc Cohn, folk rock. $20 and up.

• FR (7/11), 7:30pm - The Brevard Music Center Orchestra. $15-40.

• SA (7/12), 7:30PM - Brevard Sinfonia plays British orchestral music. $15-40.

• SU (7/13), 3pm - Brevard Concert Orchestra performs suites from Swan Lake. $15-40.

• TU (7/15), 7:30pm - The Brevard Symphonic Winds. Free.

• TH (7/17), 7:30pm - Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni. $40.

DANCE PARTY IN THE PARK djtransputer@gmail.com • SA (7/12), 7-10pm - An electronic dance music party with DJ Transputer. Free. Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square FLETCHER CONCERTS IN THE PARK 687-0751 • SA (7/12), 6pm - Steve Weems & Caribbean Cowboys, beach music. Free.

Held at Fletcher Community Park, 85 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher GROOVIN’ ON GROVEMONT 250-6486, Groovin@iLoveTheLibrary.org • TU (7/1), 6pm - Lyric, pop/funk. Held at Grovemont Square, 101 W Charleston Ave., Swannanoa HENDERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, HENDERSONVILLE 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 697-4725 • TH (7/10), 6:30-7:30pm - Todd Holder, jazz pianist. Free.

HENDERSONVILLE’S MUSIC ON MAIN STREET 693-9708, historichendersonville.org • FR (7/11), 7-9pm - The Night Crawlers, oldies rock JUBILEE COMMUNITY CHURCH • SU (7/13), 7:30pm - Performance by the 50-piece Jubilee! Summer Orchestra. $5.

Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music Present: Our video series showcasing local musicians concludes this week with a performance from Comet West at Sherwood’s Music. Check it out on our website this Thursday.

MAGNOLIA ACOUSTIC CONCERT SERIES 697-2463, magnoliaconcertseries.com • 2nd SUNDAYS, 3pm - Held at Flat Rock Cinema, 2700 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. $15.

MUSIC AT PACK LIBRARY 250-4700 • TH (7/10), 6pm - Pianist Michael Jefry Stevens and vibraphonist Byron Hedgepath. Held at 67 Haywood St. MUSIC AT WCU 227-2479, wcu.edu.

• TH (7/17), 7pm - Mountain dulcimer concert featuring staff from WCU’s Dulcimer U Summer Week. $10/ $5 faculty, staff & students.

OLLI AT UNCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com, olli@unca.edu • FR (7/11), 3pm - Asheville Lyric Opera previews their South Pacific show. Free.

PARK RHYTHMS CONCERT SERIES 669-8610 • FR (7/10), 6-9pm - Dashboard Blue, classic oldies covers. Free. Held at Lake Tomahawk Park Pavilion, 401 S. Laurel Circle Dr., Black Mountain RHYTHM & BREWS CONCERT SERIES 233-3216, facebook.com/ RhythmAndBrewsHendersonville • TH (7/17), 6-9pm - The Fritz, funk-rock. Held in downtown Hendersonville.

RIVERLINK’S RIVERMUSIC 252-8474, ext. 1, dave@riverlink.org • FR (7/11), 5-10pm - The Billy Sea, bluegrass.

Held at RiverLink’s Sculpture and Performance Plaza, 144 Riverside Drive. Free.

SUMMER MUSIC SERIES ON THE NANTAHALA RIVER 488-7185, noc.com • FR (7/11), 6pm - Dr. Paul Constantine, Americana. Free. Held at Nantahala Outdoor Center, 13077 Highway 19 West, Bryson City • SA (7/12), 6pm - The Jamunkatrons, funk/ rock Held at Nantahala Outdoor Center, 13077 Highway 19 West, Bryson City SWANNANOA CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL swannanoachambermusic.com • TUESDAYS through (7/29), 7:30pm - Held at Kittredge Theatre at Warren Wilson College. $21.40.

THEATER DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 2 South Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre. com • FR (7/11), 8-10pm - Motion Dance Theatre, contemporary ballet troupe. $35/ $30 seniors/ $10 children.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS until (7/13) - My Fair Lady. Wed.-Sat.: 8pm; Wed., Thu., Sat., Sun.: 2pm. $40.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/27) - Boeing, Boeing. Wed.-Sat.: 8pm; Thu., Sat.-Sun.: 2pm. $40/$30 seniors.

MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/26), 7:30pm - Tartuffe. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. SART - SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REPERTORY THEATRE Owen Theatre Mars Hill University, Mars Hill, 689-1384, sartplays.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/13) - The Stardust Supper Club. Thu.-Sat.: 7:30p.m.; Sun.: 2:30 p.m.

• THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS (7/17) until (8/3) - Joseph. Thu.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.:2:30pm. Opening show: July 16, 7:30pm. $26.56.

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AMBROZIA BAR & BISTRO 120 Merrimon Ave., 350-3033, ambroziaavl.com • ONGOING - Two Worlds, abstract watercolors by Mick Donelan.

ANANDA 22 Broadway, 232-1017, anandahair.com • Through SA (8/2) - A Retrospective, sculpture and ceramics by R. N. Grinnell/ Banister.

ARTETUDE GALLERY 89 Patton Ave., 252-1466, artetudegallery. com • Through SU (7/27) - Evolution of the Landscape, works by William Vandever, Jo Ridge Kelley and Ranoma Bronkar Bannavan.

Opening reception: July 18, 6pm ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through (SU) (9/7) - Dox Thrash, An American Journey: Georgia to Philadelphia, print works.

ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 16 College St., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-ofart.com • Through TU (7/31) - World’s Apart, works

by Peggy Horne Taylor.

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • Through (7/18) - Art in Bloom, plein air paintings.

CANTON BRANCH OF HAYWOOD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton, 648-2924, haywoodlibrary.org • Through FR (8/1) - Fly Over, photography of WWII warbirds by Barbara Sammons.

CAROLINA CINEMAS 1640 Hendersonville Road, 274-9500, carolinacinemas.com/asheville • Through SA (7/27) - Paintings and illustrations by Trek 6, Ishmael, Ted Harper, Topr, Melt FTK, Big Bertha and Gus Cutty.

CITY BAKERY 60 Biltmore Ave., 252-4426, citybakery.net • Through SU (8/31) - Pop Gun, photography Sandlin Gaither.

MICA FINE CONTEMPORARY CRAFT 37 N. Mitchell Ave., Bakersville, 688-6422, micagallerync.com • SA (7/5) through MO (9/1) - Bits and Pieces, sculptures by Raven Tata. Artist’s reception: August 2, 5pm.

MISSION FOR TEMPORAL ART 68 N. Main St., Marshall, 917-650-7321, themissionfortemporalart.blogspot.com • Through (7/27) - The Luminous Surface, channel video and audio visual works RED HOUSE STUDIOS AND GALLERY 310 W. State St., Black Mountain, 699-0351, svfalarts.org • Through (7/28) - People, Places and Things, works by Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League members. Opening reception: July 11, 5pm.

TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through FR (7/11) - Works by members of the Transylvania Art Guild.

YMI CULTURAL CENTER 39 South Market St., 252-4614, ymicc.org • Through WE (8/27) - Cash Crop, life-size sculptures of slaves during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. $6/Free students 12th grade and younger.

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C L U B L A N D THE SOCIAL Open mic w/ Scooter Haywood, 8pm

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 185 KING STREET Jefferson Ross, 8pm

TIMO'S HOUSE Unity Thursdays w/ Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 9pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Wine tasting w/ The Moodees (rock), 5pm

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The Westsound Revue (Motown, blues), 9pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Buncombe County Boys (bluegrass), 7pm

URBAN ORCHARD Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic, Americana), 6:30pm

CORK & KEG Irish jam w/ Beanie, Vincent & Jean, 7pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Ginny McAfee (piano, vocals), 7pm

GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7pm

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Joe Lasher Jr. (Southern rock), 6pm DJ MoTo, 8pm

IRON HORSE STATION Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm

FRIDAY, JULY 11

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5pm

185 KING STREET Carolina Blue, 8pm

LEX 18 The Roaring Lions (jazz trio), 7:30pm

201 S. MAIN ST. (HENDERSONVILLE) The Night Crawlers (rock), 7pm

LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 7pm MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30pm OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lessons, 7pm 3 Cool Cats (Vintage rock 'n' roll), 8pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Screaming J's (honky-tonk, ragtime), 6pm SLY GROG LOUNGE Open mic, 7pm TALLGARY'S CANTINA Open mic & jam, 7pm TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & Soul Jam with Al “Coffee” & Da Grind, 8:30pm URBAN ORCHARD Poetry on Demand w/ Eddie Cabbage, 6:30pm VINCENZO'S BISTRO Aaron Luka (piano, vocals), 7pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Skinny Wednesday w/ J LUKE, 6pm

GET SWEPT AWAY: You may be tempted to call Richmond indie group Avers a super group, as its members have played in indie rock bands The Head and the Heart, Hypercolor, The Mason Brothers and Farm Vegas. The band describes its sound as something out of “some 1960s time capsule unearthed by a group of 21st century indie kids.” You can catch Avers’ psychedelic-infused shoegaze pop at The Grey Eagle on Wednesday, July 16. Local post-folk outfit The Hermit Kings open. Expect a night of sweeping harmonies and ringing guitars. Photo courtesy of the band.

THURSDAY, JULY 10 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Hank West & The Smokin' Hots (jazz exotica), 8pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Open mic night, 7pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL The Visionarium: Dep w/ Luzius Stone, New Color, Starspinner & more, 10pm BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Lyric (acoustic soul), 9pm BLUE KUDZU SAKE COMPANY Trivia night, 8pm

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BUFFALO NICKEL Pierce Edens (Americana), 9pm CROW & QUILL Vendetta Creme (Vaudeville/ cabaret), 9pm DOUBLE CROWN 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM Paul Cataldo (Americana, roots, folk), 6pm GOOD STUFF Jefferson Ross (country, soul), 7pm

LEX 18 Michael John Jazz and Friends (swing, jazz), 7:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 7pm MARKET PLACE Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm OLIVE OR TWIST Pop the Clutch (Motown/ Swing), 7:30pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Summer Ransom Album Release Party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm PACK'S TAVERN Steven Poteat (acoustic jam, rock), 9pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Cry Baby (funk), 9pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Amos & The Mixx Live, 9:30pm ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Small Town Lights (Americana), 9:30pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Zvuloon Dub System w/ Bruckshot (reggae, dub, roots), 10pm ATHENA'S CLUB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm BREVARD BREWING COMPANY Conservation Theory (bluegrass, roots), 7pm BYWATER Whiskey Grits (country), 9pm CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE DJ Jam (old-school hip-hop, R&B, funk), 9pm DOUBLE CROWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm

POSH BAR Acoustic jam, 6pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM Letters to Abigail (Americana, country), 6pm

PULP Comedy open mic, 9pm

GOOD STUFF Cosby (pop), 9pm

PURPLE ONION CAFE Michael Reno Harrell, 7:30pm

GREEN ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOUSE Kevin Lorenz (jazz, ragtime, pop), 6:30pm

RENAISSANCE ASHEVILLE HOTEL TLQ + 2 (rock, blues), 6:30pm ROOT BAR NO. 1 Lizzie & The Makers (rock, blues), 8pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm SKY CITY BBQ Open music stage, 8:30pm

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Iris Dement w/ Josh Oliver (Americana, country), 8pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY The Soulfeathers (soul, Southern rock), 6:30pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Bryan Sutton CD release (bluegrass), 9pm

HAVANA RESTAURANT Open mic (instruments provided), 8pm

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Big Block Dodge (jazz fusion), 7pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Floorboards (rock, alt-country), 9pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7pm

THE PHOENIX Kira Velella & Scott Barkin (Americana), 8pm

JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

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LEX 18 Michael Jefry Stevens Trio (jazz), 7:30pm

TOY BOAT COMMUNITY ART SPACE Tales 'n' Ales (storytelling), 8pm

LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & friends (bluegrass), 7pm

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Nikki Calloway & Friends (folk/ singer-songwriter), 7pm Jim Arrendell & The Cheap Suits (funk), 10pm

MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm METRO WINES Stand up comedy w/ Disclaimer Comedy, 7pm MILLROOM Stewart Huff w/ Sonya King (stand-up comedy), 8pm NIGHTBELL Dulítel DJ (electronic), 10:30pm NOBLE KAVA Seraphim Arkistra (electro-coustic, ambient improv), 9pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm WHITE HORSE Singer Songwriter Night, 8pm WILD WING CAFE Sarah Tucker (acoustic), 9pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Trial By Fire (Journey tribute), 9:30pm

SATURDAY, JULY 12

ODDITORIUM Random Conflict, MRSA, No Anger Control Killing Solves Everything (punk), 9pm

185 KING STREET Michael Corwin, 8pm

OLIVE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (classic jazz) with swing & ballroom dancing, 8pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Brooke German (Americana), 6pm Pleasure Chest (rock, blues), 9pm

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm

ALLEY KATS TAVERN The Twisted Trail Band, 9:30pm

PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (pop, dance, hits), 9pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Moe. (jam band), 6:30pm ROOT BAR NO. 1 The Gravelys (rock), 8pm

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Traveler Brewery, Mustache Rides, 4pm ANDREWS BREWING CO. Pierce Edens & The Dirty Work (Americana), 6pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Makayan w/ Donnie Dies & The Jauntee (jam, psychedelic), 10pm

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm

ATHENA'S CLUB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm

SCULLY'S DJ, 10pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE The Low Counts (blues, rock), 9pm

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Bird In Hand (indie/ folk), 8pm

BREVARD BREWING COMPANY Cody Siniard (country), 7pm

TALLGARY'S CANTINA Matt Townsend & The Wonder of the World (folkrock), 9:30pm

BYWATER The Hillside Bombers (folk rock), 9pm

THE PHOENIX Howie Johnson Trio (blues, rock), 9pm THE SOCIAL Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie-rock), 9:30pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Dr. Filth (soul, psych, punk), 10pm TIMO'S HOUSE Art of Techno: Jenna Gilmore, Alex Falk & Jade Butterfly, 9pm

CLASSIC WINESELLER Jesse Junior Quartet (jazz), 7pm DOUBLE CROWN DJ Lil Lorruh (50s, 60s R&B, rock), 10pm

OPEN MON-SAT 12PM-8PM EXTENDED HOURS DURING SHOWS FOR TICKET HOLDERS

OPEN AT 5PM FOR SUNDAY SHOWS

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iris dement w/ josh oliver 8pm • $27/$30 avers w/ the hermit kings 9pm • $10

phox w/ trails + ways 9pm • $10/$12 an evening with Chris smither “still

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ha ha tonka w/ strung Like a horse 9pm • $10/$12

thu 7/24

pauL barrere & fred taCkett (of Little feat)

fri 7/25

natty vibes w/ hi roots 9pm • $10/$12

sat 7/26

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June 12 - July 13 ON 10 BIG SCREENS

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ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM The Angie Haze Project (gypsy-bluegrass-folk), 6pm GOOD STUFF Alex Smith & The Mountain Sound (folk), 6pm

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CLUB DIRECTORY

GREEN ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOUSE Elise Pratt & Mike Holstein (jazz), 6:30pm

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NIGHTBELL DJ Bümerang (electronic swing), 10:30pm

NEW MOUNTAIN T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi (psychedelic, trance), 10pm

NOBLE KAVA A.J. Nunez (harp, ambient), 8:30pm ODDITORIUM Haochi Waves (punk), Ancient Whales (garage rock), Bleeth (rock), 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (classic jazz) with swing & ballroom dancing, 7:30pm Late Night DJ (techno, disco), 11pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Reggae Family Jam, 2pm ORANGE PEEL The Kings of Hollywood w/ Appetite for Destruction; Red, White & Crue & Poison'd (Guns n' Roses tribute, rock), 9pm PACK'S TAVERN Three Cool Cats (rock 'n' roll), 9pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Lazybirds (old-time, jazz, blues), 8pm PURPLE ONION CAFE Peggy Ratusz, 8pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm SCULLY'S DJ, 10pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Vinyl Night with Robin Tolleson (Funk/Soul), 8pm TALLGARY'S CANTINA FlashBack Sally (classic rock), 9:30pm THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm THE MOTHLIGHT Hot Stuff Tattoo's 5 Year Anniversary party w/ Brother Hawk & Big Jesus, 9pm

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THE PHOENIX Dan Shearin (folk), 1pm Dave Desmelik Trio (singer-songwriter), 9pm THE SOCIAL Karaoke, 9:30pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR DJ Devyl's Hands (psychedelic, indie, metal, rock), 10pm TIMO'S HOUSE d:raf, Fantasy Talk, DJ Whistleblower (trip-hop, hip-hop, DnB), 9pm

LEX 18 Andrew Fletcher (barrelhouse piano), 11am Michael John Jazz & Friends (smooth jazz), 7:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & friends (bluegrass), 7pm OLIVE OR TWIST Shag & swing lesson w/ John Dietz, 7pm DJ Michael Filippone (beach, swing, ballroom, rock), 8pm

ORANGE PEEL Teatro del Gusto w/ Red Honey (circus-cabaret, rock, blues), 7pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Ash (folk), 5pm THE MOTHLIGHT David Dondero w/ May Erwin (ex-Goner), The Practice Family, 9pm THE PHOENIX Jazz brunch w/ Up Jumped Three, 12pm THE SOCIAL '80s night, 8pm TOWN PUMP Steady Flow (funk/jam), 9pm VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

YACHT CLUB Steely Dan Sunday, 5pm

WILD WING CAFE Grand Theft Audio, 9pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function (acoustic), 9pm

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WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Party on the Patio w/ Mike Snodgrass, 5:30pm

MONDAY, JULY 14 185 KING STREET Monday Night Laughs (stand-up comedy), 9pm 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Resonate Rogues (old-time), 8pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Open mic, 8pm ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Old-time jam, 8pm

185 KING STREET Sunday Funday, 12pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass jam w/ The Deals, 7pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Big Nasty (hot jazz), 7pm

BYWATER Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Bags of Glory (corn hole competition), 3pm

COURTYARD GALLERY Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Jazz brunch w/ Mike Gray Trio, 11:30am BLUE KUDZU SAKE COMPANY Karaoke & brunch, 2pm BYWATER Kate McNally (singer songwriter), 5pm DOUBLE CROWN Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm HI-WIRE BREWING Circus Mutt (rock), 7pm IRON HORSE STATION Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Jazz showcase, 6pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish session, 5pm Liz Ciavolino & The Wilhelm Brothers (harp, folk), 9pm

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FRI. 7/11 DJ MoTo (pop, dance hits)

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JULY The Trey Trial SEMI PHINALS: 10 Phish N Chips “Trey Try-Outs” THU

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GO AHEAD, SPAZZ OUT: Electronic producer and songwriter Mark Redito, aka Spazzkid, creates “uplifting beats that make the world feel young.” We dare you not to bust a move or two when Spazzkid brings his infectious pop beats to The Mothlight on Monday, July 14. Local duo Alligator Indian and DJ sohsie LAN round out a night of electronic-infused dance and surreal pop. Photo courtesy of Spazzkid.

Honky-tonk (classic country & rockabilly) w/ DJ Lil Lorruh & David Wayne Gay, 10pm

WEDNESDAY • JULY 9 BREWS-N-BRINES 4-8PM

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm WESTVILLE PUB Trivia night, 8pm

FRIDAY • JULY 11 THE SOULFEATHERS 6:30-8:30PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH The Moore Brothers & Dixie Darlins Cloggers (bluegrass), 6pm

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SATURDAY• JULY 12 NIGHT FLIGHT RACE 20TH ANNIVERSARY AMERICAN SAISON BEER RELEASE (CHECK WEBSITE FOR DETAILS) 8PM

185 KING STREET Red Wine, Mike Guggino and Barrett Smith (bluegrass), 7pm 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (swing, jazz), 8pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Bluegrass Tuesday, 8pm ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Open mic w/ Chris O'Neill, 8pm

SUNDAY • JULY 13 OPEN 1-6PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7pm Karaoke, 9pm BUFFALO NICKEL Trivia night, 7pm CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Dance, 8:30pm CORK & KEG Honkytonk jam w/ Tom Pittman & friends, 6:30pm

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IRON HORSE STATION Open mic with Kevin Reese, 6pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Bluegrass session, 7:30pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Gantry (Americana), Dogs on Main St. (folk/ blues), 9am LEX 18 Steve Karla & Phil Alley (gypsy swing), 7:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7pm MARKET PLACE The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm ODDITORIUM Comedy open mic w/ Tom Peters, 9pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Tuesday night techno, 10pm SCULLY'S Trivia night, 9pm THE SOCIAL Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter), 7pm TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Tuesday w/ Pauly Juhl & Oso, 8:30pm VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm WESTVILLE PUB Blues jam, 10pm

DOUBLE CROWN Punk 'n' roll w/ DJs Sean & Will, 10pm

WHITE HORSE Irish sessions Open mic, 6:30pm

GOOD STUFF Celtic night, 7pm

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Trivia, 8:30pm

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Wine tasting w/ Hot Point Trio (fiddle), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Latin), 8pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Nightmares on Wax w/ Aligning Minds (experimental, hip-hop, electronic), 10pm

THE MOTHLIGHT Death Blues w/ Villages, Thom Staton/Tashi Dorji, 9:30pm THE PHOENIX Jazz night, 8pm THE SOCIAL Karaoke, 9:30pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Sean & Will (classic punk, power pop, rock), 10pm

BEN'S TUNE-UP Live band karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 9pm

TIMO'S HOUSE Release hosted by Disc-Oh! & Dam Good (dance party), 9pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Buncombe County Boys (bluegrass), 7pm

TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm

BYWATER Soul night w/ DJ Whitney, 8:30pm CORK & KEG Irish jam w/ Beanie, Vincent & Jean, 7pm DOUBLE CROWN DJs Greg Cartwright & David Wayne Gay (country), 10pm DUGOUT Karaoke, 9pm EMERALD LOUNGE Blues jam, 8pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Avers, Hermit Kings (psych-pop, garage-rock), 9pm GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, folk), 5:30pm IRON HORSE STATION Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5pm

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm URBAN ORCHARD Poetry on Demand w/ Eddie Cabbage, 6:30pm VINCENZO'S BISTRO Aaron Luka (piano, vocals), 7pm WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Skinny Wednesday w/ J LUKE, 6pm

THURSDAY, JULY 17

ALLEY KATS TAVERN Open mic night, 7pm

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Plaid w/ Aligning Minds, Papercraft & more (electronic, IDM), 10pm

BLUE KUDZU SAKE COMPANY Trivia night, 8pm

MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30pm

ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm

NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM One Leg Up Duo (jazz), 6pm GOOD STUFF Juice (pop-punk, ska, reggae), 7pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN PHOX w/ Trails & Ways (indie-pop), 9pm HAVANA RESTAURANT Open mic (instruments provided), 8pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Tellico & The Aaron Burdett Band (Americana), 8:15pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7pm

ORANGE PEEL Asheville Music Video shocase, 9pm

LEX 18 Michael John Jazz and Friends (Jazz), 9:30pm

SKY CITY BBQ Local music showcase (folk, bluegrass), 8:30pm

LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 7pm

TALLGARY'S CANTINA Open mic & jam, 7pm

Michael Travis & Jason Hahn of String Cheese Incident)

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Lyric (acoustic soul), 9pm

DOUBLE CROWN 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm

SLY GROG LOUNGE Open mic, 7pm

7/17 EOTO (featuring

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Quimby Mountain Band (rock), 9:30pm

LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 7pm

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Forward Thinking Sounds Showcase w/ Alexander Supertrill & New Planet (future), 10pm

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5 WALNUT WINE BAR Mande Foly (West African), 8pm

BUFFALO NICKEL George Terry & Aaron Price, 9pm

OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lessons, 7pm 3 Cool Cats (Vintage rock ‘n’ roll), 8pm

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185 KING STREET Brevard Music Center String Quartet (classical), 8pm

LEX 18 The Roaring Lion (jazz trio), 7:30pm

ODDITORIUM Lemuria, Kind of Like Spitting, Muscle & Bone and Means Well (punk, rock), 9pm

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MARKET PLACE Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm NEW MOUNTAIN Eoto w/ Michael Travis & Jason Hahn of String Cheese Incident (electronic), 8pm

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ODDITORIUM Asheville Beard Society Presents: Enchantment Under The Sea (Beard Prom), 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST Pop the Clutch (Motown/ Swing), 7:30pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Grandpa's Cough Medicine (outlaw bluegrass), 8pm

JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

POSH BAR Acoustic jam, 6pm PURPLE ONION CAFE Mare Wakefield, 7:30pm RENAISSANCE ASHEVILLE HOTEL Chris Rhodes (jazz, blues, R&B, pop), 6:30pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm SKY CITY BBQ Open music stage, 8:30pm

LEX 18 The Byron Hedgepeth Vibes Trio (latin jazz), 7:30pm The Kings County Lighthouse (jazz), 11:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Calico Moon (Americana), 7pm MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm METRO WINES Stand up comedy w/ Disclaimer Comedy, 7pm

THE MOTHLIGHT VA/MD w/ Goldrush & Rough Coat, 9:30pm

NEW MOUNTAIN Blackalicious (hip-hop), 9pm Stokeswood (Blackalicious after-party), 11pm

THE PHOENIX Bradford Carson & Will Knight (Americana), 8pm

NOBLE KAVA Kings County Lighthouse (chillwave), 8:30pm

THE SOCIAL Open mic w/ Scooter Haywood, 8pm

ODDITORIUM Girly Girl Revue Burlesque w/ Art Show (Burlesque review), 9pm

TIMO'S HOUSE Unity Thursdays w/ Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 9pm TOWN PUMP Billy Litz & Mountain City Rhythm (Americana/ funk), 9pm

OLIVE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (classic jazz) with swing & ballroom dancing, 8pm

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The Westsound Revue (Motown, blues), 9pm

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra (soul, funk), 10pm

URBAN ORCHARD Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic, Americana), 6:30pm

ORANGE PEEL Hank III (country-punk), 8pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Ginny McAfee (piano, vocals), 7pm

PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (pop, dance, hits), 9pm

WILD WING CAFE Thirsty Thursday w/ Mike Snodgrass, 7pm

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead covers), 9pm

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH DJ Josh Michael, Brad Blackwell, 6pm

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Jamar Woods Acoustic Band (funk), 9pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Amos & The Mixx Live, 9:30pm ATHENA'S CLUB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm BREVARD BREWING COMPANY Sean Austin Leonard (rock), 7pm DOUBLE CROWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm

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ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Jim Arrendell dance party (Motown, soul), 9pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Grandpa's Cough Medicine Band w/ The Whiskey Jackets (outlaw bluegrass), 9pm

185 KING STREET Rick Rushing and The Blues Strangers (blues), 8pm

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IRON HORSE STATION Mark Shane (R&B), 7pm

PACK'S TAVERN Steve Mosley Duo (acoustic rock), 9pm

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HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Circus Mutt (rock), 6:30pm

SCULLY'S DJ, 10pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY 'Round the Fire (jam band), 8pm THE MOTHLIGHT Deleted Scenes w/ Bulgogi & Minorcan, 9:30pm THE PHOENIX The American Gonzos (rock, funk), 9pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Dr. Filth (soul, psych, punk), 10pm TIMO'S HOUSE Fighted, Kool Laid, Starspinner & Primitive Tools (dance party), 9pm TOWN PUMP Peace Jones (classic rock), 9pm

ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The Patrick Dodd Band (blues), 7pm The Nightcrawlers (blues/rock), 10pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM Rickshaw Roadshow (rock, blues), 6pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

GOOD STUFF 49 Winchester (folk-rock), 8pm

WILD WING CAFE Crocs (acoustic), 9pm

GREEN ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOUSE Carrie Morrison (Americana), 6:30pm

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Snowpiercer

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DIRECTOR: Bong Joon-ho (Mother) ASHEVILLE PIZZA & BREWING CO. (254-1281)

PLAYERS: Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ko Ah-sung

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CARMIKE CINEMA 10 (298-4452) CAROLINA CINEMAS (274-9500) Begin Again (R) 11:10, 1:30, 3:55, 6:45, 9:10

THE STORY: The last remnants of humanity, broken into class structures, are all aboard a super train that endlessly circles the otherwise frozen world — until revolt breaks out.

THE LOWDOWN: Brilliant, creative, exciting, suspenseful — and with much more on its mind than the usual blockbuster, Snowpiercer is a front-runner for one of the year’s best films.

In a word, “Wow!” Bong Joonho’s (whose 2009 film, Mother, was a surprise hit in Asheville) first English language film, Snowpiercer, is near the very top of 2014’s “Best of” list — at least so far, and I can’t imagine it slipping out of the top five, no matter what surprises are in store as the next few months unfold. This incredible, nonstop outpouring of imagination and surprising twists is that rarest of things: The intelligent blockbuster with something on its mind. Or, as one character describes it, “a blockbuster production with a devilishly unpredictable plot.” Yes, the film offers its own assessment of what it is — and most aptly, since the proceedings, motivations and relationships are only slowly — and surprisingly — made clear. In fact, one relationship is made appar-

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ent in the film’s last three or four minutes. It is a film of such complexity that it required two viewings for me to feel even slightly comfortable writing about it. That second viewing proved that the film offers hint after hint about some aspects, but those hints are difficult to pick up on till you watch it again. A second look also increases the emotional impact of Snowpiercer, making it clear what an intensely moving — even shattering — experience it is.

Almost as remarkable as the film itself is the fact Bong Joon-ho went head-to-head with Harvey Weinstein, who wanted to cut the movie (what else is new?) and won. In a way, I can understand why Weinstein might have been reticent to release Bong’s cut. It is not an easy film. It will be too dark and violent for some and too politically charged for others.

The entire film — save for about a minute — takes place on a fantastic and fantasticated train. The train is, so far as we know, carrying the last

remnants of humanity in an endless loop around the world — and has been doing so for 18 years. The world itself has become an uninhabitable frozen wasteland, thanks to an attempt to stop global warming that went wildly wrong. What is left of the human race — and of any life at all — made it onto this train, which has become the world.

And it is a world that works as an extension of our own world, with the wealthy few enjoying the benefits, while the rest of society are “kept in their place,” living on scraps and in squalor. No, this is not just my reading of Snowpiercer. The film is very upfront about the oligarchic nature of the society, with its few haves and the many have-nots. The latter are, in fact, called “takers.” (That, and the fact that this society exists on a super train, makes for a tempting reading of the film in terms of Ayn Rand. However, Bong is a Korean filmmaker, and the film is based on a French graphic novel, so this may be

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coincidental, since the Rand cult is almost entirely American in nature.)

The film’s focus is on a revolt against the ruling class that inhabits the front sections of the train (of course). And — despite the film’s status as political allegory — it’s a compelling, exciting and suspenseful ride. This is never a star vehicle, though both Chris Evans as the (partly by default) leader of the revolt and Song Kang-ho (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) as the drug-addled security expert are for all intents and purposes the leads. Plus, the film leans pretty heavily on Tilda Swinton’s nasty bureaucratic villain. (Asking why Ms. Swinton has been in three of the year’s best films would not be out of place.) Mostly, it’s an ensemble piece, and when that ensemble includes Ed Harris, John Hurt, Octavia Spencer, Ewan Bremner and Ko Ah-sung (The Host), it’s in good hands. What is remarkable is the way each performer manages to create the sense of a real character and how much most of them make us care about what happens to them — especially, starting at the 50-minute mark when we realize that high billing doesn’t guarantee anyone will make it to the front of the train. That also increases the film’s suspense to no end.

On every level, Snowpiercer is an amazing accomplishment. It is stylish and beautifully photographed from first to last. There’s clearly a touch of Terry Gilliam to the proceedings. For that matter, John Hurt’s name in the film is Gilliam. The film’s ability to turn around on itself in ways that are constantly surprising, yet ultimately make sense in the fabric of the story, is stunning, and things are rarely what they seem. Some may find Bong Joon-ho’s tonal shifts startling, but if you’re familiar with his earlier films, they’re consistent. It is, I suppose, possible to pick the film apart on a realism basis, but traditional realism is so clearly not what the movie is about that it seems a pointless game.

It is, in any case, true to the world the film has created. It’s also a film that can be taken as nothing more than a dynamite sci-fi action film, if that suits you, though it’s really about much more. And its allegory may be in-your-face, but its arguments are startlingly complex. I really can’t recommend this one strongly enough.

See this film! Rated R for violence, language and drug content.

Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas and Fine Arts Theatre. reviewed by Ken Hanke

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Deliver Us from Evil HHS DIRECTOR: Scott Derrickson (Sinister) PLAYERS: Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez, Olivia Munn, Chris Coy, Dorian Missick, Sean Harris, Joel McHale HORROR RATED R THE STORY: Fact-based hooey about a police sergeant who becomes involved in a case of demonic possession in the Bronx.

THE LOWDOWN: A somewhat atmospheric but way too long horror picture that has nothing new to offer.

Scott Derrickson’s demonic-possession flick Deliver Us from Evil isn’t the worst bag of Beelzebub buffoonery to ever douse audiences with holy water.

For that matter, it’s better than Derrickson’s own The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005). Granted, that’s not saying all that much, but it’s some kind of accomplishment. This does not make Deliver Us from Evil good. In the debit column, it’s about 30 minutes too long, it brings little new to the exorcism subgenre and its pose as “inspired by the actual accounts of an NYPD sergeant” can only impress the very credulous. (This last becomes even more dubious when you learn — something the movie doesn’t tell you — that Sgt. Ralph Sarchie was mentored in his second career as a “demonologist” by Ed and Lorraine Warren of Amityville Horror fame.) Basically, it’s an Exorcist rip-off where Lt. Kinderman has become an on-the-edge cop with faith issues. There are also dribs and drabs of Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) and Se7en (1995), but in its heart of hearts, Deliver Us from Evil has a bad case of Friedkin envy.

So in love with The Exorcist is this opus that it even starts out in Iraq — just like Friedkin’s film. The difference? Well, apart from the fact that the scene in The Exorcist is haunting, and this one quickly becomes silly, especially with Sean Harris in

HHHHH = max rating his Exorcist “scary face” make-up, the biggest drawback is that the scene is completely superfluous. We see it again later in the film and learn what it all means. Here, it just adds running time to a movie that is already too long. The film would have benefitted from just cutting it and going straight to the “three years later” main story. (It also raises the not-really-answered question of what our movie’s possessed Marine, or Marines, have been doing for the intervening years. Perhaps this is one of those time-release capsule demons.)

The bulk of the movie concerns the demonic doings of ex-Marine and part-time house painter Santino (Sean Harris, Prometheus) who appears to have gone on a possession spree just in time to add to the worries of our hero, Sgt. Ralph Sarchie (Eric Bana). Poor Sarchie is not only a neglectful workaholic husband and father suffering from job stress, guilt and faith issues (not to mention Joel McHale as a wisecracking partner), but he’s blessed with a kind of gaydar for evil — call it demondar — and this makes him strangely tuned-in to such things.

As a result, he has a positive nose for paranormal perfidy. He even senses evil (or the fact that he once saw Exorcist II) in the Bronx Zoo’s bug carousel. (Is it really a Pazuzugo-round? Somebody needs to call John Boorman to check on this.) Of course, this also means — oo-wee-oo — that the forces of evil are tuned-in to him, with predictable results.

Much against his will, he ends up teamed with unorthodox priest/ exorcist/recovering drug addict Mendoza (Edgar Ramirez, Carlos the Jackal) in the fight against the evil Santino and his pals brought back from Iraq. Said evil is essentially a Latin inscription that has the power with certain people to open a door that lets evil into our world. No, it doesn’t make a lot of sense, but it allows Derrickson an excuse to load the soundtrack with some rather curiously applied Doors songs.

(Whether these please or displease the demons is not made clear.)

While I will freely concede that the film manages to create a reasonable amount of atmosphere, it just goes on far too long. Plus, some scenes are more apt to produce snickers than shrieks, and the big exorcism is kind of flat. (That it’s based on footage of what the real Sarchie claims is a genuine exorcism doesn’t make it any more

exciting.) Yeah, I’ve seen worse, but I get paid to sit through this stuff, and you don’t. Rated R for bloody violence, grisly images, terror throughout, and language.

Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Ken Hanke

Earth to Echo HHS DIRECTOR: Dave Green PLAYERS: Brian “Astro” Bradley, Reese Hartwig, Teo Halm, Ella Wahlestedt TWEEN SCI-FI ACTION RATED PG THE STORY: On their final night living together, three best friends find an extraterrestrial that shadowy government agents are after.

THE LOWDOWN: While it has its heart in the right place, this tween adventure flick is far too derivative and far too distracting within the confines of its found footage artifice to be more than passable entertainment.

Dave Green’s Earth to Echo has nary an original bone in its body, harkening back to (and by “harkening,” I mean blatantly ripping off) films like Richard Donner’s The Goonies (1985) and Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial (1982). The poster even carries a heavy resemblance to the one printed for E.T., and it seems that Earth to Echo desperately wants to fill that same niche for today’s kids. While the movie’s genteel attitude and overall goodhearted nature is welcome in comparison to the rest of the summer’s noisier fare, Earth to Echo is missing the right amount of charm and inspiration to succeed.

Really, there’s no simpler way to describe the movie than calling it a mix of The Goonies and E.T. with whatever flavor-of-the-month, found footage flick is currently making the rounds. That latter aspect is all director Green manages to add to the tween adventure subgenre the film inhabits. And like so many other found footage films, it does little for Earth to Echo

besides add a layer of distraction gallivanting as style.

The film finds three best friends — Tuck (Brian “Astro” Bradley), Munch (Reese Hartwig) and Alex (Teo Halm) — faced with their last night together as a construction project threatens to remove them from their cozy suburban homes.

But, after discovering glitches in their cell phones that look suspiciously like a map, the trio realizes they’re being beckoned to the desert. From here, the movie becomes a low-key, scifi adventure, as the three boys find a small, robotic extraterrestrial abandoned in the middle of nowhere. All the creature wants to do is reassemble his spaceship and head home, and the only thing standing between Tuck, Munch, Alex and their little alien friend, Echo, are nefarious government agents and other various complications, none of which ever feel too threatening.

For its target demographic, the film is certainly entertaining enough. But that’s about as much as the film can hope for, even with the good-natured ideas of friendship and growing up that underpin the movie. Sure, it’s reasonably likable entertainment for kids, but its also so timeworn and trite as to be nonexistent.

Rated PG for some action and peril, and mild language.

Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande,United Artists Beaucatcher. reviewed by Justin Souther

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Hellion HHH DIRECTOR: Kat Candler PLAYERS: Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Josh Wiggins, Deke Garner, Dalton Sutton, Camron Owens, Dylan Cole DRAMA RATED NR THE STORY: Story of a dysfunctional, motherless family in Texas, focused on the older, delinquent son.

THE LOWDOWN: An indie-basic tale of disaffected youth and their alcoholic dad in rural Texas. Some aspects are pleasing, but you’ve seen it all before.

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I can’t decide if Kat Candler’s Hellion is bogged in the mire or mired in the bog of its own indiness, but it’s one or the other.

Everything about it is so indie that it feels like its following a formula as rigid as that of any romcom or teen-meat-on-the-hoof slasher picture. It dwells in the lower depths of cardboard suburbia. It features characters you’d probably cross the street to avoid in real life. And, though it eschews outright shakycam, it’s awash in hand-held queasy-cam. Predictably, a great many otherwise sensible folks are waxing rhapsodic over the profundity of its “realism.” (Whether or not any of them have actual first-hand knowledge of the kind of lives depicted here is another matter that is not addressed.) If anything, I’m surprised that it hasn’t been more praised than it has. The truth is that it’s not exactly a bad movie, within the limited confines of its

aims. But those confines are extremely limited.

Hellion is a fairly generic work of the disaffected child subgenre — an easy favorite of indie filmmakers — that neither shows, nor tells you anything you haven’t seen before or didn’t already know. It seems, based on its look and nearly all heavy metal soundtrack, to take place in some not-too-distant past (or in a place where things change very little and very slowly). It’s all about a dysfunctional family (in indie films — drama or comedy — there is no other kind) living in the lowest of the lower end of suburbia in Port Arthur, Texas.

We have Hollis (TV actor Aaron Paul), a neglectful dad drowning his sorrows over his dead wife, and his two sons, Jacob (Josh Wiggins) and Wes (Deke Garner), who are pretty much left to their own devices. The older Jacob (the hellion of the title) is bored and angered by the neglect and drifts into juvenile delinquency and vandalism that will pretty quickly send him on a reform school stint. Faster than you can say “social services,” the younger Wes is taken from Hollis and sent to live with his aunt (Juliette Lewis). This only depresses Hollis further and drags Jacob further into rebellion. Things get worse, and then there’s a heavy-handed dose of melodrama.

If you can’t tell from that, this movie fairly bristles with clichés.

As usual in such cases, Josh Wiggins’ performance is being called brilliant and other hyperbolic things, and, as usual, it’s because the young actor is really good at being inarticulate and looking sullen. It is something of a given with this type of film that reality is depicted by showing teenage boys as oafish dullards, doing nothing, talking about nothing and swearing a lot. Hellion is no slouch in this department. I am not quite sure how or why aimlessness has come to be viewed as profound, but it has. Now, having said that, I will give credit to Hellion for giving Jacob an interest in life — becoming a dirtbike champion — besides vandalism and assorted mayhem. It also gives his story something of a viable dramatic arc in his uncomprehendingly childish (well, he’s 13) attempts to reunite his family.

That these are ultimately hobbled by melodrama doesn’t completely

destroy it. I can’t honestly recommend the film, but I’m sure it has its audience. However, it’s apt to be a smallish one, so those interested probably oughtn’t dally. Not Rated but contains language, adult themes, and young boys behaving badly.

Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas. reviewed by Ken Hanke

Tammy S DIRECTOR: Ben Falcone PLAYERS: Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Mark Duplass, Kathy Bates, Gary Cole COMEDY RATED R THE STORY: After discovering her husband’s infidelity, a down-on-herluck former fast-food employee and her alcoholic grandmother set off on a road trip.

THE LOWDOWN: An ugly, unfunny comedy of the supposedly raunchy R-rated variety that’s little more than noisy and grating.

Being fully aware of the subjectivity of comedy, I still defy anyone to convince me of Melissa McCarthy’s appeal. She has built her career upon playing loud, brash, willfully annoying characters who lie somewhere on the wide spectrum of white trash. There’s an intentional ugliness to the roles — despite the idea in some circles that McCarthy is innately and irreproachably likable — that sucks any possibility of charm from her characters.

McCarthy’s latest vehicle, Tammy, is no different. It actually ratchets the unsympathetic nature of her onscreen persona up a few decibels, while the rest of the film — from the cast to the story to the characters — is coated in a subtly vile, boorish tone that becomes increasingly painful to watch.

McCarthy is the titular Tammy, a slovenly, rude, former fast-food worker who comes home to find her husband (Nat Faxon, The Way Way Back) cheating on her. Why anyone would marry this woman is confounding. She’s generally obnoxious and loud — a combination that’s compounded by McCarthy, who’s given every opportunity to riff and

ad-lib the movie to a halt. The rest of the movie is spurred on by her husband’s infidelity, as Tammy and her grandmother Pearl (Susan Sarandon in a bad wig) decide to take a road trip, and ... that’s pretty much it. Various set pieces pop up, usually punctuated with some hoary slapstick or vaguely objectionable bit of humor from McCarthy.

The film’s real purpose is for the audience to sit and laugh at the redneck Tammy and her alcoholic grandmother, adding a slimy tone to the whole proceeding. In theory, this is a worthless endeavor to traipse along after. In practice, it comes off even worse, as first-time director Ben Falcone shoots the film with the vim and vigor of an infomercial. But, in the end, the film belongs to McCarthy, and a lot of the blame should be placed at her feet. There are many critics — and, one would assume, audience members — who still find her schtick palatable. With her reliance on a kind of artless physical comedy, the free reign she has to be “random” and her generally clamorous nature, she’s not all that far removed from Will Ferrell or, if you really want to get down to it, a slightly more palatable Adam Sandler.

Really, McCarthy’s Tammy isn’t much different from the sort of honky minstrel business Larry the Cable Guy was peddling a few years ago. And if you question this, Tammy is all the proof you need. Rated R for language including sexual references.

Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande,United Artists Beaucatcher. reviewed by Justin Souther

from heavy-hitters are strongly positive. (PG-13)

Begin Again Irish filmmaker John Carney (Once) returns with Begin Again, another music-centered movie, but this one has real movie stars — Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo — and a bigger budget. Harvey Weinstein was being his usual quixotic self by deciding late Thursday to open it in Asheville this week, which is why this is opening here without a review. (R)

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Following a weekend that was totally bereft of the Next Big Thing, we find the surefire hit sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. The director of Rise of the Planet of the Apes has been dropped in favor of Matt Reeves (Let Me In). The human leads have gone away, but some of the ape actors — including Andy Serkis of course — are back.

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CHICO, GROUCHO, HARPO MARX and MARGARET DUMONT in the Marx Brothers’ second film, Animal Crackers, which is being shown by the Asheville Film Society at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15 in Theater Six at The Carolina.

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The Gorgon HHHHS Director: Terence Fisher Players: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Michael Goodliffe HORROR Rated NR Back in their day, the Hammer horror films were considered to be quite graphic and bloody. Today, they seem positively restrained, but don’t sell the studio at its best short — and Terence Fisher’s The Gorgon (1964) is definitely Hammer at its best. Premise-wise you mightn’t think so, but somehow transporting a monster from Greek mythology to Germany circa 1900 actually works. Of course, realism isn’t exactly a staple of horror, nor is it a staple of Hammer, with its theatricality, its fairy-tale aura and its use of color that evokes the pre-Raphaelite painters. These latter elements, however, can create a potent mix of sinister creepiness, as they do here, especially with the presence of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Gorgon Thursday, July 10 at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Confessions of a Womanizer HHHS Director: Miguel Ali Players: Andrew Lawrence, Gary Busey, C. Thomas Howell, Jillian Rose Reed, Andrew Caldwell COMEDY Rated NR This year’s feature winner at the Twin Rivers Media Festival is an extremely likable — mostly due to its energetic cast — sex comedy that benefits to some degree by name performers, Gary Busey and C. Thomas Howell, in key supporting roles. The fact that it’s mostly gorgeous looking in bright, pop art colors is another plus. It’s a fairly basic romantic comedy about a young man (Andrew Lawrence) who doesn’t think he wants a relationship but actually does — if only he was a little better at them. It would probably help if he didn’t gravitate toward obvious head-cases. Apart from the presence of a transgendered hooker (Kelly Mantle), there’s little here that’s surprising, but it’s well done and pleasant.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Confessions of a Womanizer Friday, July 11, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com.

Dante’s Inferno HHHH Director: Harry Lachman Players: Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Henry B. Walthall, Alan Dinehart DRAMA Rated NR Harry Lachman’s Dante’s Inferno (1935) may be more of a curio than anything else, but what a curio it is. It was an expensive production with most of the money being spent on an elaborate vision of the title Inferno (based on Gustave Dore’s engravings) — and the film would be worth seeing for this sequence alone. The story itself is still pretty solid, with Spencer Tracy (just before his move to MGM) as an unscrupulous carnival barker turned promoter, whose view of the Inferno attraction is to “put hell on a paying basis.” He also has a tendency to cut corners and ignore safety standards — and thereby hangs much of the drama.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Dante’s Inferno Sunday, July 13, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Blood Simple HHHHS Director: Joel and Ethan Coen Players: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams NEO-NOIR THRILLER Rated R As good as it is on its own merits, Blood Simple worked as the Coens Brothers’ announcement of themselves to the moviegoing world — showing off, to the best of their ability on a low budget, exactly what they had to offer the movies. So much of what they indeed proved they did (and do) have to offer is in — even if only in sketchbook form — this one very savvy show-off movie. It constantly draws attention to itself and the filmmakers, showing over and over again how clever and original it is. I can only think of two other films that have been so effectively used in this manner — Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave (1995) and the Wachowski Brothers’ Bound (1996). Here we are 30 years after it first appeared, and it hasn’t dated at all. If anything, it’s even better than it seemed in 1984.

Wedge Brewery will show Blood Simple on Saturday, July 11 (Rain date: Aug. 2).

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Animal Crackers HHHHS Director: Victor Heerman Players: The Four Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Lillian Roth, Louis Sorin, Hal Thompson COMEDY Rated NR No one and nothing is quite safe at Mrs. Rittenhouse’s (Margaret Dumont) swanky Long Island house party when the Marx Brothers show up. Worse, one of them, Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding (Groucho), is her guest of honor. Zeppo is his secretary and, as usual, mostly fades into the background, while Signor Emmanuel Ravelli (Chico) and his accomplice, The Professor (Harpo), have been hired as musicians. What’s bad news for Mrs. Rittenhouse is a lot of fun for the rest of us. There’s a sort of a plot about a stolen painting and a mostly unobtrusive romance, but the film is primarily there to showcase the Marxes and some of their most famous routines. It’s on the stagebound side, but it hardly matters.

The Asheville Film Society will screen Animal Crackers Tuesday, July 15 , at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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Deliver Us from Evil HHS Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez, Olivia Munn, Chris Coy, Dorian Missick, Sean Harris, Joel McHale Horror Fact-based hooey about a police sergeant who becomes involved in a case of demonic possession in the Bronx. A somewhat atmospheric but way too long horror picture that has nothing new to offer. Rated R

Earth to Echo HHS Brian “Astro” Bradley, Reese Hartwig, Teo Halm, Ella Wahlestedt Tween Sci-Fi Action On their final night living together, three best friends find an extraterrestrial that shadowy government agents are after. While it has its heart in the right place, this tween adventure flick is far too derivative and far too distracting within the confines of its found footage artifice to be more than passable entertainment. Rated PG

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Snowpiercer HHHHH

Documentary Documentary about cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky's incredibly ambitious, never-made film of Frank Herbert's Dune. One of the most entertaining documentaries in living memory — especially for movie fans. It paints a compelling and enjoyable portrait of what may have been a milestone of 1970s filmmaking had it actually been made. That it stars the irrepressible, outrageous filmmaker himself helps make it a pure pleasure. Rated PG-13

Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ko Ah-sung Politically Charged Sci-Fi The last remnants of humanity, broken into class structures, are all aboard a super train that endlessly circles the otherwise frozen world — until revolt breaks out. Brilliant, creative, exciting, suspenseful — and with much more on its mind than the usual blockbuster, Snowpiercer is a front-runner for one of the year's best films. Rated R

Tammy S Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Mark Duplass, Kathy Bates, Gary Cole

Hellion HHH Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Josh Wiggins, Deke Garner, Dalton Sutton, Camron Owens, Dylan Cole Drama Story of a dysfunctional, motherless family in Texas, focused on the older, delinquent son. A completely indie-basic

HHHHH = max rating

Comedy After discovering her husband’s infidelity, a down-on-her-luck former fastfood employee and her alcoholic grandmother set off on a road trip. An ugly, unfunny comedy of the supposedly raunchy R-rated variety that’s little more than noisy and grating. Rated R

Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, H.R. Geiger, Chris Foss, Brontis Jodorowsky

Obvious Child HH Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffman, Gabe Liedman, David Cross, Richard Kind, Polly Draper Abortion Rom-Com After a drunken onenight stand, a comic finds herself pregnant, faced with a suitor she doesn't want and an impending abortion. Yes, it's been critically lauded, but personally, I found this abortion-themed rom-com mostly tedious, unfunny and cursed with an unlikable main character. Rated R

Transformers: Age of Extinction S Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor

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Sci-Fi Action Giant robot Optimus Prime must stop an old nemesis and his former allies — mankind. A loud, noisy, stupid and incredibly angry movie that’s far too long and only occasionally interesting thanks to its screwy worldview. Rated PG-13

Ida HHHH Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela, Adam Szyszkowski Drama Before taking her final vows as a nun, a novice is sent out into the world to meet her only relative and learn about her past. Strong, beautifully shot character drama that seems to be being taken for more than it is because of topics it touches on. Definitely good, but not-so-definitely great. Rated PG-13

Jersey Boys HHH John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Vincent Piazza, Michael Lomenda, Christopher Walken, Mike Doyle Showbiz Biopic Standard showbiz biopic on Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. If you're wild about the music of Frankie Valli, this probably passes muster, but it's also a sloppy, cliché-ridden mess of a movie that never breaks free of its biopic-basic approach. Rated R

22 Jump Street HHHS Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Amber Stevens, Ice Cube, Jillian Bell

Comedy Officers Schmidt and Jenko head undercover again, this time at college. Not as fresh as the original, the movie’s more interesting as a parody of Hollywood franchises and a critique of gay panic in buddy cop flicks, but doesn’t have much going for it as a comedy. Rated R

How to Train Your Dragon 2 HHHS (Voices) Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill Animated Fantasy New adventures and new challenges for Viking boy Hiccup and his trained dragon, Toothless.

Not as fresh or funny as its 2010 predecessor – and with a curious lack of focus in its first half – but with a bang-up second half, much visual beauty and a surprising emotional resonance. Rated PG

Edge of Tomorrow HHHS Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Paxton, NoahTaylor, Jonas Armstrong, Tony Way Sci-Fi Action A cowardly public relations man forced into battle against aliens finds himself repeating the day every time he gets killed. Clever and fast-paced with a welcome streak of dark humor, this sci-fi actioner is undeniably entertaining, if ultimately not terribly substantial, despite an intriguing premise. Rated PG-13

The Fault in Our Stars HH Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe Teen Cancer Melodrama Two teens suffering with the effects and aftereffects of cancer fall in love. A goopy, manipulative little movie that suffers from inefficient plotting, flat direction, a milquetoast disposition and some truly wrongheaded story decisions. Rated PG-13

Maleficent HHS

Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton, Jono Temple, Sam Riley, Brenton Thwaites Revisionist Fantasy Retelling of Sleeping Beauty that presents the evil Maleficent as a scorned woman seeking revenge on the man who betrayed her.

Despite an amusing performance from Angelina Jolie, Maleficent is a sloppy, overly designed movie that completely disposes of the appeal of the title character. Rated PG

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HUMAN SERVICES ADULT/CHILD FAMILY CARE HOMES (AFL) Excellent compensation. Similar to foster care, an AFL is a home with a heart for serving adults and children with developmental disabilities. An AFL can help to take people out of institutional settings and group homes and make them a part of their family. Some may need specialized

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Call (828) 274-4406 between 9am-5pm. www.homeinstead. com/159 COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR The Autism Society of North Carolina is currently hiring for a Community Service Coordinator in the Asheville area. • Applicant must be IDD/QP qualified in field of Developmental Disabilities (The individual must hold either a Masters degree in a discipline related to human services, and have at least one year of full time, post-graduate degree accumulated experience in working with persons with intellectual developmental disabilities; or at least a Bachelor’s degree in a discipline related to human services, and have at least two years of full-time, post baccalaureate accumulated experience in working with persons with IDD; or hold a Bachelor’s degree in a field other than one related to human services, and have at least four years of full-time, post baccalaureate accumulated experience working with persons with IDD. • Preferred: one year supervisory experience, one year of experience working with individuals on the autism spectrum. • Please forward letter of interest and resume to Joe Yurchak at: jyurchak@autismsociety-nc. org JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC (JFS) Located in Asheville, NC, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit agency providing case management, mental health counseling and other social services to people of all faiths, races, color, ethnicities, gender, sexual orientation, country of origin, age and ability. Knowledge of Jewish culture, values, and traditions is preferred for all employment positions. Mental Health Counselor Part-time. Licensed Clinical Social Worker (MSW, LCSW): This individual provides therapy services to individuals, couples, families and groups to

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Hourly position pay rate of $3540/hour. Current NC licensure, liability insurance, and a minimum of five years’ experience required. • For a full job description go to www.jfswnc.org • To apply, email resume and cover letter to: info@jfswnc.org • No phone calls, please.

LIFE WORKS COACH Economic Development Department.

Community Action Opportunities Asheville, NC. We are a high-performing, non-profit Community Action Agency created by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to end poverty. We need 1 or more seasoned professionals to, immediately fill a FT temporary, (less than 6 months) position as a Life Works Coach and a FT regular Coach vacancy available in August. Applicants may apply for either or both positions. • The successful candidate(s) must be able to: Work in a team-based setting and conduct long-term, multifaceted case-management that to help people overcome poverty and become safe, healthy and self-sufficient; Recruit customers and use strengthbased approaches to assess their condition; Use a variety of evidenced-based strategies, techniques and tools to help customers set life goals and implement action-based solutions; Collect, analyze, maintain & protect up-to-date confidential electronic and hardcopy information; Build and maintain community relationships; Facilitate coursework and training; Requires a bachelor’s degree in Social Work or related human services field and at least 3 years of outcomes-focused, multi-dimensional, case-management experience in a teambased setting. Prefer 5 years, Nurturing Parenting Curriculum Certification and bi-lingual in English/Spanish. Salary: $32,032 to $43,576 DOQ plus benefits.

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positions include MondayFriday, 6am-9:30am and Saturday/Sunday, 9am-9pm. • Full-Time opening on 2nd shift.

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PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG FREE NC is hiring a LCAS or LCASA to do assessments and case coordination in the Buncombe County Work First/ Tanf program. Please respond to sboehm@drugfreenc.org PROGRAM OPERATIONS MANAGER Community Action Opportunities, Asheville, Children, Family and Community Partnership Department. We are a high-performing, non-profit Community Action Agency created by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to end poverty.

We are looking for a seasoned and skilled professional to fill a full-time management position to oversee key department operations. • This position requires a unique individual with a variety of skills to: • accurately budget and monitor 7+ million in federal/state/local funds and cost allocations; • prepare refunding and other applications; • manage department procurement and HR procedures and comply with grant, CFR and Agency policies/procedures; • Facilitate the annual Head Start self-assessment; supervise program data collection/reporting functions; • Use teams to develop and implement technology and program plans/procedures; • Use and understand Results-Oriented Management and Accountability, (ROMA) concepts and outcome tools; • Meet repeated deadlines; use critical thinking skills, be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, customer database applications & Google Apps, use high-quality oral and written communication skills; establish/maintain effective working relationships; and • Incorporate the Agency’s principles: Teamwork, Communication, Quality and Respect into daily work. • For a complete description of the job, requirements and application instructions go to: www.communityactionopportunities.org DFWP/EOE QUALIFIED AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS (QP/ AP) needed to work as a part of a family-based Intensive In Home (IIH) team in Buncombe and Haywood counties. Aspire Youth & Family: (828) 243-5163.

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for the right person who • gets Xpress’ community-oriented journalism; • loves Asheville’s locally focused, grassroots exuberance; • has good organization skills, works well collaboratively and meets deadlines. The ideal candidate is highly organized, loves interacting with the community and shares our fascination with the region’s health & wellness, arts & entertainment, food & beer scenes. The job entails assisting section editors, finding and writing stories for print and online, and engaging readers using social media.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Asheville GreenWorks seeks an experienced leader with a demonstrated commitment to the environment and to organizational excellence. The new ED must have successful management, fundraising, and relationship building experience to lead the organization to its next level of effectiveness. For more information about the position and the organization, please visit http://www.ashevillegreenworks.org/employment-opportunities.html YWCA DIRECTOR OF EMPOWERMENT Full-time.

The Director of Women’s Empowerment is a member of the senior leadership team of the YWCA. The Director will supervise the Mother Love and Women’s Empowerment Programs. The Director will also carry a case load pregnant and parenting teens, providing support for academic achievement, improved nutrition, pre-and post-natal health, and access to community resources to strengthen families, helping each participant recognize her full potential as a parent and as a person, and optimizing the parent-child relationship by providing a one-on-one support system to young mothers. • The goal of the work is to ensure that the participants progress toward their next academic level or graduate from high school and that they avoid repeated pregnancies while participating in the program.

The Director is also responsible for supervising the facilitation of the empowerment series “Getting Ahead in a Just Getting by World” and the management of a caseload of graduates of the program. The position is fulltime, benefits eligible, exempt and supervises two full-time staff persons. • Educational Requirement: Masters of Social Work preferred, Experience supervising staff and program administration, Excellent written and verbal communication,

Computer Proficiency; Google Drive, Microsoft Office, Excel, Spanish fluency preferred. The YWCA fosters a team environment and seeks employees who are dedicated to promoting our mission: eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Please apply for this position only after reading the complete job description at www.ywcaofasheville. org under the heading ‘Who We Are.’ Contact information is provided there. • Please do not call the YWCA to discuss this position. Application deadline is July 15, 2014 Send resume and cover letter to humanresources@ywcaofasheville.org

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER ArtSpace Charter School is now accepting applications for an Elementary School Teacher for the 2014-15 school year. Applicants MUST have a current North Carolina teaching license in Elementary Education. • Previous experience as a lead teacher is highly preferred. Applicants 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 “Elementary Teacher”. Deadline to apply: July 11.

DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE Evergreen Community Charter Schools is seeking a Development Associate who will be responsible for development-related tasks such as coordinating mail campaigns, production of printed material and newsletters, managing gift processing and overseeing school school-wide fundraisers.

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree and development experience. • Submit resume and application from website: www.evergreenccs.org to: eleanor.ashton@evergreenccs.org

6TH GRADE MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHER ArtSpace Charter School is accepting applications for a 6th grade Math and Science teacher.

This position will be a one year interim position for the 2014-15 school year. Applicants Must have a current North Carolina teaching license in either K-6 Education or in Middle School Math and Middle School Science. • Knowledge of the arts and arts integration strategies is preferred but not required.

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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)

What are the sources that heal and nourish you? Where do you go to renew yourself?

Who are the people and animals that treat you the best and are most likely to boost your energy? I suggest that in the coming week you give special attention to these founts of love and beauty. Treat them with the respect and reverence they deserve. Express your gratitude and bestow blessings on them. It’s the perfect time for you to summon an outpouring of generosity as you feed what feeds you.

Since 1981, Chinese law has stipulated that every healthy person between the ages of 11 and 60 should plant three to five trees per year.

This would be a favorable week for Chinese Cancerians to carry out that duty. For that matter, now is an excellent time for all of you Cancerians, regardless of where you live, to plant trees, sow seeds, launch projects, or do anything that animates your fertility and creativity. You now have more power than you can imagine to initiate long-term growth.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) Why do birds fly? First, that’s how they look for and procure food. Second, when seasons change and the weather grows cooler, they may migrate to warmer areas where there’s more to eat. Third, zipping around in midair is how birds locate the materials they need to build nests. Fourth, it’s quite helpful in avoiding predators. But ornithologists believe there is yet another reason: Birds fly because it’s fun. In fact, up to 30 percent of the time, that’s their main motivation. In accordance with the astrological omens, Taurus, I invite you to match the birds’ standard in the coming weeks. See if you can play and enjoy yourself and have a good time at least 30 percent of the time.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) Is there an important resource you don’t have in sufficient abundance? Are you suffering from the lack of an essential fuel or tool? I’m not talking about a luxury it would be pleasant to have or a status symbol that would titillate your ego. Rather, I’m referring to an indispensable asset you need to create the next chapter of your life story. Identify what this crucial treasure is, Gemini. Make or obtain an image of it, and put that image on a shrine in your sanctuary. Pray for it. Vividly visualize it for a few minutes several times a day. Sing little songs about it. The time has arrived to become much more serious and frisky about getting that valuable thing in your possession.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) The weeks preceding your birthday are often an excellent time to engage the services of an exorcist. But there’s no need to hire a pricey priest with dubious credentials. I can offer you my expert demon-banishing skills free of charge. Let’s begin. I call on the spirits of the smart heroes you love best to be here with us right now. With the help of their inspirational power, I hereby dissolve any curse or spell that was ever placed on you, even if it was done inadvertently, and even if it was cast by yourself. Furthermore, the holy laughter I unleash as I carry out this purification serves to expunge any useless feelings, delusional desires, bad ideas or irrelevant dreams you may have grown attached to. Make it so!

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VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) You know what it’s like to get your mind blown. And I’m sure that on more than one occasion you have had your heart stolen.

But I am curious, Virgo, about whether you have ever had your mind stolen or your heart blown. And I also wonder if two rare events like that have ever happened around the same time. I’m predicting a comparable milestone sometime in the next three weeks. Have no fear! The changes these epiphanies set in motion will ultimately bring you blessings. Odd and unexpected blessings, probably, but blessings nonetheless. P.S.: I’m sure you are familiar with the tingling sensation that wells up in your elbow when you hit your funny bone. Well, imagine a phenomena like that rippling through your soul.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) Since 2008, Marvel Studios has produced nine movies based on characters from Marvel Comics. They’re doing well. The Avengers earned $1.5 billion, making it the third-highest-grossing film of all time. Iron Man 3 brought in over a billion dollars, too, and Thor: The Dark World grossed $644 million. Now Marvel executives are on schedule to release two movies every year through 2028. I’d love to see you be inspired by their example, Libra. Sound fun? To get started, dream and scheme about what you want to be doing in both the near future and the far future. Then formulate a flexible, invigorating master plan for the next 14 years.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) While in Chicago to do a series of shows, comedian Groucho Marx was invited to participate in a séance. He decided to attend even though he was skeptical of the proceedings. Incense was burning.

The lights were dim. The trance medium worked herself into a supernatural state until finally she announced, “I am in touch with the Other Side. Does anyone have a question?” Groucho wasn’t shy. “What is

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) In one of her poems, Adrienne Rich addresses her lover: “That conversation we were always on the edge / of having, runs on in my head.” Is there a similar phenomenon in your own life, Sagittarius? Have you been longing to thoroughly discuss certain important issues with a loved one or ally, but haven’t found a way to do so? If so, a breakthrough is potentially imminent. All of life will be conspiring for you to speak and hear the words that have not yet been spoken and heard but very much need to be.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) This would be a fun time for you to brainstorm about everything you have never been and will never be. I encourage you to fantasize freely about the goals you don’t want to accomplish and the qualities you will not cultivate and the kind of people you will never seek out as allies. I believe this exercise will have a healthy effect on your future development. It will discipline your willpower and hone your motivation as it eliminates extraneous desires.

It will imprint your deep self with a passionate clarification of pursuits that are wastes of your precious energy and valuable time.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) Expect nothing even as you ask for everything. Rebel against tradition with witty compassion, not cynical rage. Is there a personal taboo that no longer needs to remain taboo?

Break it with tender glee. Do something playful, even prankish, in a building that has felt oppressive to you. Everywhere you go, carry gifts with you just in case you encounter beautiful souls who aren’t lost in their own fantasies. You know that old niche you got stuck in as a way to preserve the peace? Escape it. At least for now, live without experts and without leaders -- with no teachers other than what life brings you moment by moment.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) Every year, the U.S. government spends $25,455 per capita on programs for senior citizens. Meanwhile, it allocates $3,822 for programs to help children. That’s only 15 percent as much as what the elders receive. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I believe your priorities should be reversed. Give the majority of your energy and time and money to the young and innocent parts of your life. Devote less attention to the older and more mature aspects.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you need to care intently for what’s growing most vigorously.

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Must pass physical and background checks. Make application with complete work references and contact information along with DCDEE CRC Qualifying Letter to: Human Resources Manager 25 Gaston Street Asheville, NC 28801 Or Admin@commuityactionopportunities.org Or Fax: (828) 253-6319. Open until filled.

EOE and DFW HEAD START/NC PREK TEACHER Needed Immediately: Dedicated and experienced early childhood professional to join our high quality early childhood program. Four year degree in Early Childhood Education and at least two years of related experience with pre-school children required. BK license preferred.

Bi-lingual in Spanish-English a plus. Salary: $15.15-$19.19, DOQ. A valid North Carolina driver license required. Must pass physical and background checks. Send resume, cover letter with complete work references and contact information along with DCDEE CRC Qualifying Letter to: Human Resources Manager 25 Gaston Street Asheville, NC 28801 or Admin@communityactionopportunities.org Or Fax: (828) 253-6319. Open until filled.

EOE and DFWP. IRL CAMPUS DIRECTOR To provide broad leadership and management of the IRL afterschool programs in Asheville City Schools. To apply: http:// acsf.org/irl.php or email cover letter, resume, & two references to kate@acsf.org. www. acsf.org

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